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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,
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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.
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