v . !,.: :::: .'. uv ir . .. v, ..;.. ..- . . - . . u a 1 ?- t1 nf'fi- - "-s, ., ;m . i'i . tzttentnfi with tr -MiinnHf' Washington, May 2S Cloudy tonight and Sunday, probably dinners; warmer TKMrr.n.m'BB at each nobn "g I 9 110 11 1 13 I 1 2 3 "4 fe Ifil I 62 i 84 , 69 71 ! 73 I I I I I ??yj- EXTRA t VOL. IV. NO. 217 PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1918 Cnrvriorti litis nt tiif rrsuc t rrwrs CovirUt PRICE TWO CENTS? - " t m wm" 'r 'tr .fr" '..t.tt - -- ..two ' .n' r v - r 130 FEDERAL SHIP CLERKS ARRIVE HERE Fleet Corporation Van- "guard, Led by A. Merritt Taylor, Reaches City SET SPEED RECORD i. ON 120-MILE TRIP v i M Army Trucks Bring First '" Group From Washington in Record Time START DUTIES MONDAY North Broad Street Buildum Rapidly Taking Shape for Occupancy A. Merrltt Taylor, head of the passenger transportation and housing division of the Emergency Fleet Cor- 'poratlon; J Wlllison Smith, his assistant. nnd 130 office employes arrived in this city from Washington today. ' The groupt formed the vanguard of .the great movement from Washington to . this city of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration's offices. The ISO office employes will start their duties early Monday morning In the Gomery-Schwartz Building, headquarters ' snn- In a letter to Senator I'olnrtexter. for the fleet corporation, HO North ' noosevelt nsked that as Burleson's at- , : tack on him had been given wide puh- wroaci street. ; liclty. the reply he printed In the Con- Work on the office building, now near- gressional Record. At Coindexter's re Ing completion w'M he finished within a 'Hirst, (his was done. short time and 'will be ready when the ltonsevett declared th.it dui ing the last main body of the armv of workers fiom v,'ar tlie action nf the Administration, the. fleet corporation's ofliees come later taken largely through the I'ostolTlce Elevator service has heen Ins-ailed department, has been such as to render and two elevators are now In operation " a matter of some danger for any man. The employes starting work Monday vvlli anrt ejieolally any newspaper to speak work on the second floor, which hat been the :i'u,n "lf ,hat tru,h v, unpleasant to remodeled for their reception. ll'c governmental authorities at Wash- Itlgotl." Taylor I irt to Arrive Hegaidlng Burleson's uomiiartsnn of Ir. Taylor was the first to arrive Heatst and Itoosevelt. T U vvrole: here. He has established an office In "Mr. Burleson has stated that he re the building. Iit:t has no statement to celvcd more complaints about my writ make he said at this time. logs than about those of Mr Hearst Mr Smith and the 1.10 employes ar- In view of Mr. Burleson's rtcotd and rived this afternoon. In the gray dawn of early morning, sixteen two-ton motortrucks left Wash- Ington today for this city, loadeH with office furniture, files, stationery and Other equipment of the Housing and Passenger Transportation Division nf Jhe Emergency Fleet Corporation The movement marked the Initial Citing editorials irom ueaisi news transfer of the corporation to Its new ' papers. Boosevelt declared- permanent headquarters here and repre- sem.i the start or one of the most le- piarkable motortruck transfers ever eon- ducted In this country. A woek from today ninety two-ton trucks will travel over th com. rnt . r,n,ni... th "office transfer A II cord was broken at the start. m. -..i. a . i.T.. 7:?" , T . :r "mr, , T. k . r-""" """. "'" """'' ,.. . ' " ''i '" " u,,tu Wlli, lllj , Mttillllllllt; 1IJIIIKIIL. The run from Washington to this city, about 120 miles by motor highway, should be made In about fourteen hours, taking In occasional stops, It was esti mated by A. W Talt. dispatching officer In Washington having charge of the removal. This should bring the first big (shipment to the new quarters at 1421 Cherry street hy 7 o'clock this evening. The Mart - At noon Friday every desk In the two divisions was closed and within a few minutes expert furniture movers had tdken nn;sS5:lnn nf thn hnllrlfn? Almost all of the perf.nal belongings of the 200 employes of the two denart- tnentK liielurtlnc- hniisohnlri fnrnitim ia already been started on Its way to this "Y ovlalor? p"' u"n l" nosuia 111.1 fiSr..I's:.r""rl.d..anI Sh0UW 'eaCh "" lKW Wednesday afternoon i-v "-"""j- . First Lieutenant Walter v. BarneDy, 1 . The employes and their families will ilgnal corps, of Sumner. Wash., and make the Journey by train at their Second Lieutenant Kenneth P. Colbert, convenience today and tomorrow, so as L'nited States marines, of Orange, NT. J., to be on hand at the opening for bust- "re fatally Injured by the accidental ness Mondav mnrninc- . fal f an aliplane In which they were, wi..h .ht JwiTn f;.i, k .u acting, respectively, as pilot and oh When the sixteen trucks bearing the 1 serVer. Both officers died during the unite ciuimeiii. reacii mis cuy tonignt night. In the evening, both were deco a force of men will be on hand to hustle rated with the Croix de Guerre with the It at once Into the new offices. It Is ' palm for excellent, faithful and cour planned to have everything ln Its proper aeeous work In numerous former flights. Place to that the division ran rptnm. Their valor In operating In belcheprey, hnin. i,rt MnHi .uh .1, V"'"! on April 20, under heavy fire and under business early Monday with the loss of adverse vveather conditions, was espe only one working day. clally mentioned." Promptly at the time appointed, 9 o'clock last nlgrt, tne first two trucks' iiriitr civtii cmrPT rjAtirn wheeled up to the shipping board annex WANT SIXTH SIKLL1 PAYtD t Washington and began loading u iWlth office equipment. By 4 o'clock n . AI i ; . rt J' the last truck had been filled, and at 6 , Business Men Ask Why Ordl o'clock In the still gray dawn, the iflx. '. iinin-n Ta TVnt r!nrripfl On! ;teen trucks, with a "honk-honklng" of1 norno turned northward for the 12U- ' mile run. ''. . ,. , ... i.c ......j nil.. The transfer today was made hv I itrucks belonging to moving companies , ,of Washington. . The big transfer to be made next Saturday Is to be made Jmaster's Department of thl army. ,, ueorge oiler, otllce manager for the shipping board, who Is chairman of the committee having th transfer In charge, has already come to this city "and U located at the new headnuarters jbulldlng of the Emergency Fleet Cor poration. 140 ortli Broad street. Mr. Olll.t. haa mmnl.l ..have nt th,, .11... itlons being made to the new home ot lhe, corporation, the arrangement of tha offices and the schedule for the transfer. J&The housing and passenger transpor tation divisions are befng moved here oris weeK nneen or ine oiner divisions that tliey may assist In the locating of the personnel of the Emergency Fleet Corporation In uultable quarters In Philadelphia, rA 'All the other divisions of the cornora- itlon will make the transfer one week jtfwp today. At that time Director Gen- rm vnnncti i. ocnwau ana nis sianr. ('riil altnost everybody and everythlne L-ujiucuivu wini io Bi.njuuuuing pro- am will move over the week-end. from ashlngton to this city. To Close' at Noon tit Is planned to close down, every k or tne organization at noon next iturday, pack th'lrty truckioads Into ailing United States army trucks and nil out for pniiaaeipma dv midnight. jit lc expected to have the trucks ar- here by noon on sunaay and tha alpment placed In shipshape In the la eor tnat tne employe can start i early Monday morning. pln ,call for jnovtmr thirty v-wtvi (hvvvwimi invmjr (-. -teat- by U. S. GUNNER GETS SUBMARINE THAT SANK INNISCARRA 1 American Destroyer Avenges Loss j of British Steamer Thirty j seven Reported Missing London, May 23. The German submarine which tor pedoed the British steamship Innlscarra was sunk by an American destroer shortly afterward. It was announced to ' day. There was a probable loss of thirty , seven lives, according to advices re celvcd here totlay by the Chronicle. Sev. tral members of the U-buat crew were ' taken prisoners and have landed af a British port, the Chronicle dispatch says The Innlscarra was bound from Fish guard to Cork. Five of her crew were saved. The Innlscarra was a steel steamship of 1412 tons, built In 1S93. She was 280.5 feet lone, owned by the City of Coik Steam Packet Company and regis tered at Cork. ROOSEVELT HITS ADMINISTRATION Dangerous to Speak Truth. ' Savs T. R., Answer- i ing -Burleson ! REPLY PUT ON RECORD WnMilngton, May 25 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt today re plied to criticism of his writings, voiced recently by Postmaster General Burle- actions, there Is small cause for won- der In this Every pro-German and anti-American, every believer In a feeble American War and a triumphant German peace, every man who follows Ml. Hearst, would naturally appeal for sym- pathy to Mr. Burleson In denunciat on of what I have done" "These quotations show .that .Mr. "eaisi nas iuuv niu.vi-ur-- m,le tne vltal Importance of our country ln tnls "ar and excite the hatred of our """ ;vho are faithfully righting beside ". and such conduct can be of help to Germany, to the enemy we aie fighting. Just so long as Mr. Hearst's publica tions are permitted in the mails, Mr iioiij aie ifimuict Burleson is without excuse for excluding any other publications from them. The Administration by Its acquiescence per- mlts the continuance of Mr Hearst's Continued on I'uce Two, Column Two TWO U. S. AIRMEN KILLED 'Dprnrnlntl T.ipntpnnnts Dip ns pi irii. T. . T7i: n...n,l l lane 1' alls I wo Hiers Downed to decorated American aviators, as the "suit of an accidental fall and the shooting down of two German airplanes cJ&'mad'e ? Department today The communique follows: , ' bectlon . There are no new aevei- opments to report It Is established that ,. , ,vtI, .,,... havfi complained to Director Dalesman, of the no,..........,.. nr rnhii,-. wmifQ. nf th. condition of that thoroughfare between Market and Chestnut stieets. pointing out that Councils had appropriated the m0"e' .fo'' """".'i', ''fiJin,.. . Dietrich Conradl. of the Meeargce- Hare Paper Company at 12 and 14 South Sixth street, received a letfer from Director Dalesman referring to the ordinance and the appropria tion, but calling attention to the order of the Government that nonessential vvoik be stopped. At the tame time. Mr. Conradl said, he had personally noticed the city Is laying wood blocks In Wood street be tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth, and aEked why. If It were possible for the city to pave Wood ttrect. Sixth street could not also be paved, since It Is an Important approach to Independence Hall, where so many great patriotic demonstrations are belni held and where many out-of-town visitors go every day. ACCIDENTS FATAL TO BOYS Child Crushed Under Bale of Burlap Elevator Kills Youth A bale of burlap and an elevator were responsible for the deaths .of two boys last night, ope flvt years old and me otner seventeen. Playing around a motortruck, un loading In front of a warehouse at 41? South Water street, George Sparks, tivk years old. of 522 South Front street, wat, . crushed when Jerry Lyonsi the chauffeur, loosened a rope and allowed a bale of 'burlap to fall to the ground from the rear of the truck. Lyons vvas arrested, protesting he had' warned the child away, and did not know he wai near the end of the truck, Aaron Merkle, seventeen years old, of 3114 North Twenty-fourth street, was caught between an elevator hnd the frpn of the- ,haft at the tls Elevator piut,Ut flight,- .'Sftreami. attracted the BERNSTORFF BEHIND IRISH REVOLT PLOT British Reveal German In- trigucr as Head of Conspiracy - - . - i REVOLUTION CHIEF j j RESIDES IN AMERICA ! Submarine Was Off Coast Pre pared to Land Arms I This Month PAPEN ALSO PLOTTED Irish Asked Troops. Germany Offered Arms Teuton Agent Arrested IOiulon, .May 25. Count Von tsernstorff. former Ger- ndiiTT"' ' ,he Unlted s,nH"BardinK the strained relations be Plotter n AM"", 3Pen' arCh ermn 'tween the two nations. Ireland, in which rtermi.. cially stated that diplomatic rela- Ireland. In which r.ermnn . ....' to participate, It Is oftlclallv known ' today as the result cf the i-suance of a statement on the Sinn Fein situa tion hy the Onvernment. ' This month i Oerm.-in submarine cruised off the west coast of Ireland ready to unload Iworrt mlssinel for a new revolution. It was reported It was planned that the Oerman-Irtsh plot was to come to a head at the same time as the launching nf the olfenslve on the western front, which would be draining England of her armed foices. The arrest of a man who had been landed on the Irish coast from a Germ mi submarine and the arrest of the olnn he. n leaders nipped the th' bud. conspiracy In Fomenters or the contemplated upris ing were Irish committees and an "Irish revolution director In America." 'ihose j Identity has not been revealed. John , Devoy, operator of a successful Irls-h-. American line of communication Is In- volved. as well as the Rev. Father John T. .Nicholson, an American citizen of Irish birth. Von Papen and Bernstorff. It was learned, started reorganizing an Irish rebellion shortly after the iJub 'lln uprising twp .years ago. . "Thus It is seen that negotiations be tween the Sinn Felners and Gernnnv were virtually continuous for three and , a nair years,' says the statement. At nrst, the second rebellion was ilanm.,1 for last ear, but the plan broke down 1 as C.ermany was unable to send troop- "The plan fop this year was to bring about an uprising In conjunction with the German offensive on the western I front, and It was maturing A shipment ot arms from Germany to Ireland was j imminent Under the circumstances, j there was no other course open to the I Government, lf useless bloodshed vvas I to be avoided and our duty to our allies to be fulfilled, than to Intern the authors and abettors of this Intrigue. , Word Sent to nernstorff "In June, lOlti, a message went from Berlin to Washington referring to 'a 25f," saying that Germany was ready to give further help to Ireland lf the Irish would only say what Fort was required. On the 16th Bernstorff sent a message Continued on I'aee Five. Column SU RAIN BLOCKS TEUTON ATTACK IN FLANDERS I Allied Airmen Hold Enemy Lines British Have Advantage in Thrilling Air Conflicts By PHILIP GIBBS ' Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger CopiHolit, tots, by .Vno Vorfc Times Co. War Correspondents' Headquarters on (lie Western Front, Hay 25. There Is a west wind oyer the north ern front ln France, and heavy rain storms have broken up the fine spell of sunshine which made this May so splendid. This change does not fill us with regret, because dirty weather now may be In our favor and hinder the enemy In his offensive schemes. Our memories of the wet months ln Flanders last year when the British attacks were launched comfort us with the thought that ihe Germans will have to wade through1 the tame boss, get their transport over the same morass and work their guns from the same slime pits. If the rain ' lasts for a few days that Is, long enough to bring the Flanders fields into the same slough of despond which made them horrible. ' Elsewhere, as on the Amiens front, the lines of communication are better ' and the ground has not been cratered h.. venrn nf shell fire, so that the rain will not affect It so much. Dad weather however, acts against both sides, and though they should like the Oermans be held fast In the mud the British do not want to lose visibility for their dying men or machine gun ners The enemy made use of fog on March "1 to sneak through and make his infiltrations of the British line under cover of a dense ground mist which restricted the field of observa tion ot the British machine gunners In the rear positions. The enemy Is very cunning- In making use of climatic conditions and adapts his methods to The high wind checked alrwork on both sldes,-and the German machines, like some of the British, had to, make forced landings before getting back to their airdromes. For some little time now the enemy's daylight fliers hav been kwln more. o the east over oouniry, ": iru MEXICO CALLS ENVOY HOME FROMHAVANA Cuba Denies Break, Ofli- cially Announced From Mexico City RELATIONS STRAINED, CUBANS ANNOUNCE Southern Republic Issues 1 .Statement Explaining Atti tude in Crisis With Island .CONFUSING REPORTS Aguilar Sas Representations to Cuba Would Restrict "Afflicted" Nation Dispatchrs from the capitals of .Mexico and Cuba confuse the facts claII" stated that diplomatic ,10ns navp hci'n severed and the Mex ican Charge d'Affaircs recalled from Havana. Dispatches received from Havana this afternoon state that diplomatic relations have not been broken. It is admitted that the situation is'rWTTT TTTDT"? TTr,0 strained, but a break is not expected. Pl , W 1 FrJ 9 , ijlRS Washington, nflicially, is without definite information. Havana, Jlay 25. Diplomatic relations between Cuba and Mexico have not been severed, a'though they arc somewhat strained, according to information seemed here today. A crisis is unlikely, so far as Cuba is concerned, it was said. .Mexico City, May 23. Diplomatic relations with Cuba have been broken by Mexico This report was officially confirmed I here, that the Mexican Charge rl'Af- falres at Havana and the Cuban Min ister here had been recalled from their respective posts. The Cuban Minister to Mexico, Dr. Ezeaulel-Uarcla' Enrenar, hrrs'-Tiot'iyet4Ku,:Si:,1--toAh4c-antl hrhf'rs. . alter .jul, arrived in Mexico City, pointed only recently. having beiyi ap- During the In- terval, Dr. Luis SantamarU y Catvo ' ?ias heen acting; as Chaise. The Mexi can Charge nt Havana is Alberto l . Franco. i The recall of the Mexican charge, to gether vv 1th the buspenslon of the f-end-Inc of a hew representative Is explained as due to the fact that because of Cuba being Involved with war. that Govern ment has been obliged to dictate meas ures that affect the interests of the Mexican Government ln many Instances i It is further declared that making I of representations that the Mexican re presentative would be foiced to make , to the Cuban Government would restrict ' the liberty of action of a friendly nation ' "which Is now in an afflicted situation.'' General Candido Agullar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave out a statement Contluueil on race Five, Column Thrre Fliers Back Over German Allies Malic Raids Along West Front nitiTisti "During the night we raided enemy trenches in the neighbor hood of Hamel anil north of Al bert, capturing over forty prisoners nnd two machine guns. We car. rled out successful raids north of Lens, resulting In the capture of a few prisoners. There vvas hostile artillery firing as,t night and also gas shelling east of Bethune. The enemy artillery showed Increased activity In the Strazeele district." FRENCH French troops penetrated the German line west of Noyon (Pic ardy battlefront) capturing pris oners. - German raids south of Hansard Wood (opposite Amiens) and In the Vostjes mountains were Repulsed. back and kept them backfar enough to enable the reconnoltering and pho tograprilq planes to do their dally rou tine work in safety from attack in the air a considerable way over the enemy lines. This, however, does not neces sarily mean that the fighting quality of the Gertpan air service is deteriorat ing, ana tne uriusn pilots find many jJexpgeertthem,dTnB opponents t0 chal ' There have been a great number of I air fights during the last week of ' perrect uying weamer. ana astounding tourneys have taken place in the wide arena of tne sky, only known to us earth-tethered folk by a glimpse now ana, men pi cquaarons mingled rar up like a swarm of mosquitoes nd, the MI.LKI) IN KRANCK Lieutenant I'.nil Kurt?, -on of a Philadelphia banker, who i killed when lu- airplane fell in llame beliinil llie Vmrrirdii line. IN AERIAL BATTLE Philadelphia Banker's Son Falls Behind Lines With 'Plane Aflame WON CROIX DE GUERRE Lieutenant Paul Kur'z. son of Wll-' Ham U Kurtz, banker, of this titv. was killed while ln aerial romhat with Ger man filers over the American I ranches ln France. This information was received today from the War Department oiy Lieutenant investigation had followed the indefinite ' announccment of the death of a "Lleu- tenant Kurtz" while in action Lieutenant Kurtz died fighting, ac cording to General Pershing's leport to the War Depaitment His machine, aflame from a Oeiman incendiary shell, dropped behind the Ameilcan lines Won Crnl de (Juerre The voung Phllailelphian recently was mentioned In French oiders for valor ln uc.ion and was. on May S. awarded the French Croix de Gucne for hl3 ambu lance w-nrk In the Verdun sector. Lieutenant Kurtz resided with his par ents on Manheim street, Germintown I A student at Harvard L'nlverslty 1 when the war hroke out. Lieutenant Kurtz remained at his studies until June. 1015. when he enlisted ln Section 1 of the American ambulance corps. He remained on duty until December I of 1015, when he returned to Harvard i and completed his course. Immediately ' after his gradual on, he again sailed for 1 France, applying for a transfer to the American aviation corps, hut was as- i signed in commann nr section 17 of the ambulance corps. because of his pre .oils experience and valiant work in SU.K a,ld tare of wounded " th j Won Praise hj Air rmU j Last June his enlistment In the am 1 hulance corps ixpind, and hv again sought tiansfer to the American Hying forces This time his lequest was gianted His experience with Hying ma chines while a mtmliei of the ambulance corps served him to good advantage, and he was not long in winning praise fiom various All eil commanders for hi daring feats In the air. Details of the tight which led to his death were lecelv.d only In part They did not mention whether L.eutenam Kurtz was attaching or being when shot down. Hacked William Fulton Kurtz, president of the Colonial Trust Company, Thirteenth and M,.iket streets, a biother of Lieutenant Kuitz. said today he had learned tint his bi other's aliplane Tell behind the Ameilcan lines. Mis V. B Kurtz, mother of the liiutenant. Is prostrated with grief His brother, who made a trip to Washington yesterday to ascertain if it were Lieu tenant Kurtz whose name vvas In the casualty list, is alto suffering from grief. 1 Lieutenant Kurtz's father Is a member of the banking firm of L'. W. Clark & Co., 321 Chestnut strtet NO MORE GERMAN RECORDS Building Association to in English Keen Minutes The rtobert Blum BtAldlng Association may abandon Its practice of keeping its ntlnutei! In the Herman language The board of directors has called a spec'al meeting of stockholders for Wednesday evening. June 8 at 8 o'clock In the Corson Building. 4619 Frankford avenue, to consider a proposed amend ment to the bylaw requiring the use of the German language In keeping the minutes Henry Landgraf, president, and Char. Ies Ouckes. secretary of the association, published the bpecla) meeting call. BULGARS STONE KARL'S TRAIN r. . . i c u- i Discontented boldiers Join in At- tack on Austrian Umneror Zurich. May 25. Traveler arriving bre from Germany declared today that U.U..W. ,,,..,.. (.-...B-.. .. vv...,v. ..nWRCU Kmperor nans irain auer it had left ConstaRtlnooU. 53 YANKEE MISSING MEN SHOW GREAT COURAG FIFTY-THREE AMERICANS LOST WHEN MOLDAVIA WAS SUNK Washington, May 25. Fifty-three men, all members of Company B, Fifty-eighth Infantry, Fourth Division, were reported lost in the sinking of the British trans port 'Moldavia, the War Department reported today. There were 482 American soldiers on the vessel, all members of the Fifty-eighth Infantry. The names of those reported lost follow: Corporals CHAPI'KLL, FRED, 6G2S Hadding- SHENK, ROY H., Lancaster, Pa. ton street, Philadelphia. Privates ARMSTRONG, OSCAR 0.. Bridge HODGES, THADDEUS, Mount port, Okla. BLACK WELL ANDREW, Hominy, Okla. BOOSALIS. GEORGE I).. Fargo, N. D. BOSLEY. CLYDE E.. North Troy, Vermont. BOSLEY. ERWIN W.. North Troy, Vermont. BRACKEN. WALTER. G Royal ton, Minn. BRACKEN. WALTER Minnesota. BROWN. ILLIAM A. G Cloud, Hoytsvillc, Utfih. BLCIIANAN, GEORGE N.. Ma- nate, Wash. BICHER. EMIL. EI Central, Cal. CALLAN. JOSEPH P.. Milwaukee. CANWELL. FRED D., Fall River, Massachusetts. CASTRO. LOUIS V.. San Jose, Cal. CLAUSING. EDWIN L., Grafton, Wisconsin. COOK, VIRGIL G.. Hobart, Okla. CROATT. WILLIAM .1., Port Washington, Depere, Wis. DIEHL, HERMAN. New York. DiEItKS. HERMAN W., Brownfels, Texas. EKEL, CONRAD. West Allis, Wis. GEPHARDT, FRED, Chicago. GFRL. EDWARD L., Manitowoc, Wisconsin. GOTTEN BERG, REDWALD, Pidg- enn Falls. Wis. GRACI. GUISEPPI. Licati, Italy. HACKLER, CHARLES F.. Mill- --il!tT,-eal - ' 200,000 U. S. SOLDIERS SENT TO FRANCE IN MAY WASHINGTON, May 25. More than 200,000 American soldiers have been sent to France in May. In June, May's fig- -ures will he considerably bettered, members of the Senate Mili tary Affairs Committee were told today at thir weekly conference with th War Council. THIRD URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL REPORTED WASHINGTON, May 25 Th third urgeut deficiency bill of the present sesbion of Congress was reported this afternoon by the Appropriations Committee. It carried a total of 912a, U74.C0S, of which the appropriations amounted to $00674,800 and the authorizations S33,000,000. PENNSY ACCEPTS REMOVAL OF REA J. DcW'itt Cliyler, a DiieC- tor. Indorses Action of Director General NO ILL-FEELING HELD Approval of the action of Ulreitor rteneial McAdoo In removing President Samuel Ilea of th" Pennsylvania lines and other railroad chiefs as operating executives, was given this afternoon by Thomas He Witt Cuvler. a director of the Pennsylvania Hallroad. Mr Cuyler. who Is chairman of the railroad executives corporate board, composed of the highest railroad officials of the country, said that the action of Mr McAdoo was thoroughly practicable for the reason that he tojl. tlmllar action with o'her roadi ro tHat thtre would be separate executives for the operative and corporate functions of the lines. Among other chief executives re moved was Daniel Wlll'ard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio. In discussing the action taken by t?l rector General McAdoo. Mr. Cuyler said he would acqulerce In any policy which would help to win the war. Up to the present Mr. Cuyler Is the only member of the board of directors who has openly Indorsed the action of M r, McAdoo, but It Is said several other directors share his opinion. Not Considered, Personal "There was nothing personal In the action of Mr. McAdc-o," raid Mr. Cuyler, "and mere was aosoiuteiy no aiserirqm- i. .V1.aa , H4 k. .11.1...., II, r..t ia"v - ' ' uu.i u itti Ing between the director general and SOLDIER BOYS FROM MOLDAVIA; Caimcl, Utah. JOHNSON, CLEM, Martins Mill, Texas. KNEIP, ISADOIT M.. St. Paul, Minnesota. KOBUS. JOHN, South Milwaukee. LADING, HENRY C, Strasburg, Illinois. LARSEN, JOHN S., Chicago. WILLIAMS, BARNEY B., Dixon, Kentucky. LEWANDOSK1, FRANK, Chicago. LINDSEY, CLYDE B Clarksburg, Mississippi. LUNJ)ELL, ANTON W., South Chi cago. MCCARTHY, JAMES G.. Boston. McKINNEY, FRANK, Stonington, Illinois. MARS, JESSE, Shclbyville, 111. MIKLE. RUDJOLPH, Depere, Wis. MILONE, JESSE. Olney, 111. ODELL, FRANK, Blytheville. Ark. BOSH. EMIL J., Lankin, N. D. ROUX. FRANK. Rice Lake, Wis. REASER, LEE, Cedarville, W. Va. SAUTTER, WALTER G.. New Hartford, N. Y. SCHUH, JOHN, Portsmouth, O. SHERMAN, JOSEPH, Fort Totten, North Dakota. SHIES, LEWIS P., Nelson, Wis. SWARTZ, RAY, Pleasant Hill, 0. SWEETLAND, MAURICE G., Al bany, N. Y. TRAPP, WILLOW. Arbor Vitoe, Wisconsin. WEBER. EDWARD North Dakota. N., Toley, J URGES IMMEDIATE HELP FOR RUSSIA Allies IMuSt Act tO Prevent breat .benefit to German : Power NEED RALLYING POINT Special Cable to bvening Public Ledger: 1 ondon, M&y - i Dr Harold Williams, a lifelong student of Russia and for several years a newspaper correspondent at Petrograd, writes In the Dally Chronicle his views of the situation In that country, and tells what he thinks ought to be done to relieve 'it. He says: ''Russia needs help. This may be a hard saying to those who are smarting under the sense of Russian defection, who have suffered personal loss because the Russians have ceased to fight with US and for Us; hut. ln tha firnt nlapa , , , ... ...w ...H. ,'...vv, : Russia cannot be accused of an lnten. tlona) betrayal. "The Immense catastrophe that has befallen her hasmany causes, many of which lie far back in the past ; but It Is a catastrophe; and Russia Is suffering at present morally and physically far more than we, and earlier in the war, when she was active and not passive, she bore many sacrifices, suffered brave ly, and fought nobjy In our common cause. "Secondly, whatever our feelings may wc, iicio is mo piHin lacf if ivussi. i remains in ner present condition; if, German 'domination Is oonsuitji.t-H k &"; i WM t A?r, ..i Trnnil Trnncnnft Tnmk-t', rlnnd hv TT.Ronf ?ik0 in - English Channel' AMERICANS KILLED WHILE THEY SLEPT m Pfitli nAM.AM n - Tiff- jvar "411011 itouujgio 11CBLUC itXtt v jority of Men Who Were on Board HOPE TO GET REVENGE?rt 1;,.; , Survivors Cheerful Notvith- tfjMi standing uraeai inrougn i Which They Went ! An English Port, May 25. Heroism and true soldierly bearbnrt'l1S i marked the conduct of the Ameri-i, I m j t it.. -rill W tnii uiiictrrs unu men wnpn uie nrit-.- .iv- . ish troop ship Moldavia was sunk, w. !r iie TTnr.liet, n.-nnal TUmmjImw fciPl', -'J morning by a torpedo from a 'Ger,?)-, m. n u-noat. . j- "I never saw better disciDline.'' 'iH declared CaDtain Johnson, of tS 'S...5'.'i . -.r TT.--1 Oi.- T x t F ' jr ,i-i.,v-15 uuui-u outies inianiry, survivor, in T. X describing today the torpedoing ot $!& the Moldavia. -J gtfqi "The torpedo struck the Moldavia ,,?.. lorward ot the engines, on the portivfc'ti side," Johnson said. "All the troopafr were sleeping in bunks, in their unl-rsf forms. "There was a loud explosion and tfc&' the ship's whistle sounded the. alarm.' All n f Vtl aJ MM Ja! MlMaaalJ iL . .. onocuiuicu uil lictiv UlUllgElUB UIB ' fJis.S; k... : r . i t. j..-..tT3, uuulo in ijcuctbiuiuer. it was justtogi like the daily boat drill. her pur pedo. s? "The Moldavia continued, undew''.SW own steam for a time, for tkSM&ft? pose of avoiding a second tor- i5ju' "The destroyers escorting us eir. &&' cled about and dropped a number 'of jfe depth charges, but no one saw thVW - O . - T-, . -, ; submarine. - &fUM "It is sucnosed that the force irf-B,. i the explosion cut off the' means. of; ?Jv7"3 escape of several men who weraoaflgff'Crl the troop ship. The survivors lottjffi all their personal belongings. 'ffl "It was a situation ralUnt fnr tii?'. utmost courage and steadiness. .The1$Sf'f men resnonded noblv and sane as ..'' they took to the boats. Thev c?ava fMv; thrpp rhpprs nn th TvTnlHavin etinV ' .VJ 7 " ttifi-'S Tnp snrvivnra nl-p now nf n -f V, v," .J .v.,. ,.WjC; camp. They are enthusiastic over J.Va the splendid work of the' ship's ofiV 'V''i cers and crew of the British de-w stroyers. - ii,'.-.- ,.. ,,.... - -';.. .uen ncre uuurageuue j"- "I have learned little yet, except Csv that the men got off the ship in 4-p orderlv fashion." declared Malor ,f s-a A , T--JJ , "' Z'll " JK.' uenerai umuie, cuiuiiiaiiuer oi Arner- T.a v ; ican forces Nn Great Britain, tndnvi r-J- V u....: - ..:-:i t ......I - vft!'v '. iuuuwiii a vioii, iu ttuuivum u r"Vli-fiWar torpedoed Moldavia. ', "Most of the men were asleepfatffVfsS the time of the explosion," saicl, onetosS officer amnnc thp Knrvivnrs. 'Ihnf 'Ctl4rfi there was no disorder, so far '884M known. No one was drowned. Alri';.'iv ' casualties occurred at the moment $$&' i of the explosion. 1 -t "After the shin was struck., her nffirtTi Went on. honincr to remain ''. remain afloat, lut when it was seen that this, j J$ i was impossible. British destroyers'r ninl'orl lie Ir 'Pfl A TYIOTI U'ftf Ttttt '1 f- ' j courageous.' FT1.,"JY TO KEEP SHIP AFLOAT Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger, iopiri0nr. tvin, vv -vrw i qtk JimrijLti An English port.. May 25. 1 The Penisular and Oriental llmten .Moldavia was torpeaoea ana sue Hit Thursday morning while carrylntM American troops. All the members?, of the crew and the marines are bSi Heved to have been saved, but 'abowt'jfll fifty American soldiers are mlssiiMripfjMf' ana il is leureu inm mey tost uia ,t "ves '" lne explosion, --r.fv T i-ii Riniriaitin tm piMiMir ri .IIO tuviUR i 01,1 uv-n. xi j torpedp ln the fore part or the causlnc considerable damage. commander. Captain Smythe. ami,' officers handled the vessel with skill. Thev made evprv effort to''k6aa - her afloat, but the extent of the daw. - '' ate defeated their efforts, and the'M..4fei lai'la cnnlr whlln enma i1letnnf.n ' t i-aaan .".--wf-tiffl landi ;..Oi rne uenavior ot an aooara is saia:: .have, been admirable, the men IJn , un at their stat ons quite calmly ' ' the muster sounded. Troops And,' were tnken off by the British an era which had been cVnvoytnc thV . .tn.tln TUj ...H1. u. t.....l.lnM,.H3 lie "Win U UiC UttiioaiiiiJuioiUjf carried out with but one mishap.. a dozen men getting a vvettlng b.j nlnfr frnm n i-nft. j il The torpedo had barey exploded i tore tne destroyers were pjazing ui ilio utuohv ivivi) ev,tuii wi-'w up p--v',nv m uetr. I found the survivors. In on the British rest camps, Wpen.I; whether they were dispirited. experience, tney -jui ,pujooii with denials! .. 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