,.' A v !Vf! .i. ,&.. a?; TJE WEATHER. fPVuiinpion, May 27". Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; 1FMIF.RATIRn AT 15.rit TtOl It NIGHT EXTRA. '. l I 8 ! 9 , 10 11 12 1 ! 2 3 4 5 fil flj f!3 B8 I 72 l 78 ' 81 ' I . I I Sv ' s2r EL i I r I -H 1 1 H 1 I 'SLrB 1 1 si H 1 H I T ;jiw aM to' !& 94 & -fi!yi3v STJHS5' Wk JSSSvJS' BV V -SV - - - - - 1 VOL. IV. NO- 218 I rajuate BE BYM Passenger and Freight Scales Lo vance' Ad- TRATN TRAVEL AT 3 CENTS A MILE! Charges for Carrying Com- modities Arc Boosted 25 Per Cent WILL MEET ADVANCED COST OF OPERATION Additional Expense of Oper ating Roads $860,000,000 for Coming Year I ATT CT ASSES AFFECTED ALL LLAbbbS At I LA-J L,u " New Frci-'lit Rate" Effective e .-, June .jo; rassciigcrr. ucs JlinC 10 Washington, May 27. in passenger fares to Increase.". three cents per mile, cllective .Juno; 10 and general freight rate increases .' .,,.. o; nn, ,t efTecl- . . . oi appru.Min.iiui.Y i". -..-. ice Juno 25, as approved ny 1'rcsi- i-. tir:l .,. In.lni- nmlni-Pfl bv I neni, , - - - I William U. -MCAUOO, mrecior kuii- eral of railroads. More than P8oO,000.00(l tho in- ,.cn,l onnvnHnc oxnenscs for 1018 v..o .--- - are expccieu to uu i.um-u ".v im. increases in rates, accoiding to the United States railroad administra tion. ", One hundred and ninety-six rail roads and all steamships in lake and coastwise trade under Federal con trol are affected. These sweeping changes in rates were announced today, following tho granting, to railroad employes, of the kiaiiuufe, , , , largest wage increase lccoium, amounting to $300,000,000 yearly. Wage increases, plus $100,000,000 additional cost of coal this year' and the high price of other railroad ' materials, make higher passenger, and fieight rates necessary said Mr. McAdoo. In passenger rates, he an pounced these changes: "The basis fare for one-way trav ... . .,, ,. . .,.. i. , el in day coaches Will oe inreu reuw o milo with o few excentions in a mile, Wltll a lew uaiumis m km m 'ABOO sparsely settled regions, wncre ineitween relatives and the Lutheran Home. existing higher rates will remain. f"Ur'i.ile'!ololJ,ep!4nn1"-i(?irnirr phBM "Round trip tourist fares, some- nf0w'i(iiaTn1c,,Xe, 'dhd 'in'1? ' what higher than those now in ef-, oTa Ho.pUal. .-vin, to reia- . feet, will be established to take cf-1 w Tallmno. Germantow-n Ho.-plt.il, ?H - - . T . .. nnn; BenMmln F. Pearson. JS9 N'orth . feet Juno lo. . ' sixiV-third sfteet. iw.ooo: Mantarei , ..t, , i: ! o,or.rln,d -rassenKcis ua,uiiiiB ..i ..u..... sleeping cars and par or can will be required to pay an additional passage fare of one-half cent a mile. Those , traveling in tourist sleeping cars, an ' , .... i i. r - ,..,.,,. f additional Charge of one-qjai tor cent a mile. Commuters Sutler Commutation fares are not included i fhft punpr.il Increases, hut are ad vanced ten per cent. Non-transfer- Long-Range Guns Resume After j able commutation tickets,, purchased I-ong Silence I before yesterday, will be honored, l-nrls May 27. The German long- j Without additional charge, to tho date range bombardment of Paris was re-' , , , . sumad at G:2j this morning. of expiration. Alt commutation tickets 8USn9a nave ,,en faIHnB at ,nterval8 , bought from today will be honored or fifteen minutts since tho bombard- I until June 10, when they may bo ment began. ! j .- -i ,vir, ' Three of the Ions-range guns. Eta. I redeemd for unusad trips. , flnned ncar St Goba!ni were rsported Liberal rules provide for the ro- t0 navo been destroyed by French ar domptlon of partially unused tickets tillery and t-omhE, and there had been prior to the effective date of the " sstlon In the shelling for several j bo redeemed by charging for the used ! portion the tariff fare at the timet Journey was begun and refunding the I difference. Mileago tickets, partially. used, will be redeemed on the basis of what purchaser paid per mile for the ticket, for the unused portion. Ad vanced fares become effective on June 10 and will apply on both State and Interstate travel. The Increased freight rates become effective June 25, ana an ciass iaies,w yomlsslng textile plsnt for the dls- less than 25 cents, first class and; charge of waste matter. The two bor--"......,;. ,,.. on other classes ! o?hs. West Heading and Wyomisslng. iiuiui,uu.v ..-- -.. .-- will be canceled. Special .Military Rates JIemb.ers of the iO. A. R. and allied, organizations, wun ineir lauuncn, ma secure passage to the National En- campment at Portland. Ore., at a cent a mile. In either direction, ana Uie W " P?WV. .? ""'."ri8"? Kaemnf. who wa's seven J K erate eterans mum m .u. " . .... ,t bo fnken. hnvrnvw i-uui. luuinn ; ;,: .m.- .... . ctoto meetings nf th two XflU lUIC fcw m"..w ....-.-- -- ..... organizations will be two cents a mile from arjj"- point within the state. Olrtcers and. enlisted men of the army, navy and niarine corps, and army and navy nurses will bo allowed the cent-a-mile rate only when on fur..' r v -.i ,..... wt !,. -uan OP-omvwi ki v "v. .-.." j,-ary beean Sunday. when the baecaUu.t ;i I' ., . . .' 'I. . '-' "' !L' "trtate fnpoi W5 .flym. hy Bishop J tto&t y ei&,W'-.yHsW Changes Made Under M'Adoo's New Order Passenfrer fares three rents per mile. Mllenpe and excursion tickets eliminated. Commutation tickets advanced 10 per cent. Class freight Increased 2S per cent. Commodity freight Increased from 15 to 25 per cent. Export and Import rates can celled. Passenger Increases . effective Juno 10, freight. Juno 2'" COMMUTERS HIT BY priCe of Ten-Trip and Monthly Tickets to Go Up on June 10 ntc.r (nm-m -in tji?tj riTTVT RISE ABOLT 10 PER CENT ' Agents at Stations Besieged by ."forget politics" and prepare an ado rn c r 1 1un,e financial program sn that the Throng ot (Questions , cconomic situation shall be as sound All lint' T rwitr an -'t T i-''1H i ; . Commuters were temporarilv stunned '"day nn lrnlnx of the incren.e In .he , i( commutatlon ci!Cts ,n accord. 'nnce with the new order of Director c.enemi McAdon. i AKents at the various railroad tirk.t , ,nmrf,s wi,rf, ,,WRnP,, wlth n,1(.Ftinns. '"" could nut give infornintton offhand as tney ton. hnu just ne.irn m iiik n order. The Increases. In effect June 1". ad vances the ten-trip fare lietween fhlla- .1.. ..!.(.. nnrl W m HP fin Imll : l O .i.ii "- -- - j205 nnil thp thirty-trtu fare from ?T to J7 :n. Comitvitcrs to West Chester. Norrls- tr).n anrl otnPr places who win nave to ,,,y pimtlar Increase are iilrcatjy mat itlg plans fo retrenchment in otl rr dl-1 ct!ons to meet the fare l.oost A,oncll t W!ls rolmltpil f,m Wa!ll. .etnn that mllenKe hooks would he ills- continued. aBentx at r.road hlreet nation said they w ouhl he sold at the three-cent- n-mllo into specllkd The Increase In the t of nilleaBe books wll he fell moie than the aiHance In other form" of travel Itonks of loon I milts wh'ch now sell for S2: 50 und'-r j th new flat rate of thteo cents a ml'.e will tump to $30 With the war ta. of Jl.8 the mlle ,'iKe book nt present costs J2J30. I'nder ! the increase the books at the thrie-; cents.-.i-mlle rate will cost IS- I", or is in more than the present tlcure. , Agents at Broad Street Station ex-1 pressed the .belief thai the books would1 be sold as a convenience This w he no violation of the OA eminent oi ouiu . rder. lt ls hPl(Ji for the reason tlwt the three-, cen:t-a-mlle rule would be observed. , CHARITIES TO SHARE ESTATE i I Minnie F. roMr-r Benefit Luth-j craii9 aim .wafons m w in I'ontlnitent unon the dmth of a soi of I the testa'rlx. the will of Minnie F Fos 5 ter. 1 ,'2G South Broad itree :."iio o the Luther Hofniee. i oit.l n-tpn ctrpets. anil ?10i10 each Williamson I.odKe. No 365. F. ar.d A1 M and Potter LodEe o HI F. and A. M. The remainder of the trust eitaie valued at $25 nnn Is divided be- rol'adsv. R31S Sherman street SOSon Ma A. Youru. 1417 nickin,on sueet. fjJ.cob zaun . r.. Lt .,or?as LawVence street. Mioo-Mnry i; Henrv ' "pJSlSS ""t1, Miry-'s" HonUa7 J2too. ' The p"rconaltv or the estate or EmmT j Crawford has been nppraised a, H111SR17 Upnrv Knur 5.11 14K4S. 'and Margaret A. Durell, 18021.10. PARIS BOMBARDED AGAIN IN J UNCTION IS ASKED Vvcrtion Is Made That Schuylkill Is BeinR Contaminated Rendlns, Tp., May 27. Alleging that the Reading Railway Company permits ' dralnaee from x quarry full of waste dve water Into the Sehuvlkiil River, the West i Re.ad!ne Board of Health has asked the i Borough Council there to start inlunc- tlon proceedings against the comnanv. The Councllmen referred the matter to heir solicitor. The quarry, belonging a the railway company. Is used by a get ineir arir-iiuiB water :rum tne river. REICHSTAG SPEAKER DEAD 1 ' ' Dr Kaempf Supporled U-Boat Warfare Jq tjje gnj I Jia'"1- & jonTrZt'. .n.aver 0f the German Itetchstac. died I .." m hod been a con , ' ,T ' J"'" "T" 7 !":". " T". ")" porter oi me Bmnnmcni, nnu at the i I-i nf nnres sted snhmnrin. . uct,liii..- " ,n,i j ....v ,iai fnr in Febiuary,l917. daclared In the Reichstag that Germany was Justified and would not abandon this weapon until her war alms wer,accoropllshed. Dlcklnion Seminary Open, Exercise. wiUiam.port. r.. Jfay 37 Com- .imeneement exercises. St WICKtnron SmU' ITrtsic w, ,wrn. ot-wwjsia9w,i.iBdiii ENACT FINANCIAL PROGRAM . ON SOUND, DEFINITE BASIS, PRESIDENT ASKS CONGRESS Sacrifice Political Expediency and Prolong Session to Pa?? Adequate Tax Legislation for Conduct of War, He Lrses Draws. Lesson From New German Drive in Plea for i Revenue to Be Derived From Incomes Fat- ! tenet! by World Struggle WashinRton. May 27. "We arc not only in the midst of the war,) wo are at the very peak and crisis of it," declared President Wilson to ' a joint session of Congress today in . demanding immediate action on a , new war tax hill. Faying: high trih-1 "te to the military forco3 of the mill-i tnry foiccs of tho nation thp P).cs. , dent insisted that Congress mint as is the military. His entire address was a plea for definitencss in a taxation program ... ... . . , - ' "u" "l ' !- .u, oxlst ,n the present law. No other subject hut taxation was touched on in the message itself. Turning from h's manuscript in ' concluding, the President spoke ex- j tempornneously: ' "Just ns I was leaving the White I House," he said, "I was brought the news that Germany had apparently i , . .... r, , " -i".- the western front. Surely you can realjzo how that solemnized my fcel- rnciimnrf nny nic.nvHntPf niMro er ing as I came to you, and strengthens the purpose that I nave tried to ex irposc that I 1 press in these lines President's Address , (Icntlcmen of tlir Coinings. i It Is with unaffected reluctance that I come to ask you to prolonj; your session Ions enough to provido ' more ar"eiuato resources for the I Treasury for the conduit nf the war. ' I have reason to appreciate as fully , ns you do how arduous the sei-lon ; has been. Your labors hive been . seeio and protracted You have passed a loner series of measures which required the debate .of many doubtful questions of Judgment and ' many exceedingly difficult questions I of principle, as well as of practice. ( The summer Is upon us In which I l.ibor and counsel are twice arduous and are constantly apt to be tin- ' paiied by lassitude and fatuue. The . elect. ons are at hand, .mil we ourIu us soon as possible to ko and render J PAY RISE HELPS . 80,000 IN CITY: ' .. . . . Audltors 'f Local Koads Busv F ReSntS of " . , , AlnAflnn f)rflfi' iHCvdoo urfiei BRINGS yAgT gj HRE ' ' 'V"' wnBe "rr'a'' """""'"'"J l;r V.1," rant ah r .. I -..! ...-.! ..11. the lois mnntiiiv rP, n hiri. .i.-.. ere based, follow: Jtonthlv rate In inir, inc. aboiii lft.1 pay 110 to S.M1 JL'll 21 to $21. .VI .'Ml lo ."..1 21 1,0 to J.ri.'i 5.1 to 110 2-' ml to 24 till in! to c.'i 2.'. 01 to 2ii ill ij to 70 27.011 to 2h "o 70 to 7.1 2'i 1 1 to HO 7.1 7.1 to Sn .11.111 to 32.7H bU to S.7 .12.71 to 31 OH C5 to nil Sj M to a I 2.1 00 to li.l S3 in to 32 .VI 15 to 100 32 31 to 31 71 HO to !I5 3.1 HI to 32 10 0.1 to 1 (it) 32 31 to 31 7.1 llio lo Hi.1 31 III) to 31. no 103 to 110 20 11 lo 27 50 110 to IIS 27 12 to 2". ml 11.1 to 120 2.1 31 to 23 nil 120 to 12.1 2.1 111 to 22 in 121 to 1.10 22 11 lo 20 till 130 to 13.1 20 III' lo 111 H3 131 to HO 1!) .IS to IS 3 HO to HI Is 111 to 17 24 141 to !) K 02 to HI 17 l.m to 1.11 IS i.'i to 1.1.KI 150 to 100 14 (17 to 14 22 li.il to 1.1 14 CU to 13 33 10.1 to 170 13 HI to 12 .10 17H to 17.1 12 31 to 11 71 175 to 10 11 Ml to 10 07 1M) to 1S1 in fclto in 27 185 to 190 10.15 to 0.01 Iflu to 10,'. il 4S to 8.H7 10.1 to 20ii s K.1 to s 3 200 to 20.1 S 20 to 7.'0 2IH to 21D 7.ll'l to 7 20 210 to 21.1 7 HI to 11 74 215 to 220 II 111 to 0.25 2.'0 to 221 11 1.1 to 5 7 221 to 230 .1 IV) to .1 31 230 to 231 .1.24 to 4.K0 23.1 to 231" 4.81 to 4 50 i 230.01 to 250 Enough to make $230 fll Many thousand employes in Phila- h.ii,i. -iii h tf. h ,h m.tinn.1 ""-''"'"" "" "" "--- wide general wage Increase by Direc tor General .McAdoo. Announcement of the wage increase Is based on the nndings of the rail. I en oil ii'Oii ftrrtrvilcfrvn vif(H ivia ' submitted at the close of April and I affects those receiving less than $250 niMy- ' The advanced wage scale which goes Into effect on June X caused-general Mn'hilaMon today among the many ' ' thousand railroad workers and also tnousana raurodo Momeis ana aiso met with the warm approval 6f trade . . . unionists. Tno new order will pay about 2,000.. ! 00.i 'n .p?Jd,nate '"CreaSe 0I uu"-l'v"' - o:"- Auditors Hero Busy Tle increase, ; SPlnspectloa, showed Ser tQ ' b. without Xygwy fttd,ene9un. .. ,. ,? iiU th rUa of Jjyg. 4vMth leari, :, fM4 ( (.Wn'ti-'MW wWWfil !- this,) The Increase, which Is compared PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY. MAY '27. mis an intimite account of nu- trustee ship to the penple who del.-'atd u: to act fur them in the weighty and anxious ir,itte:c that ciowd upon u in theio il.is of rntii.il hinc" .mil action. 11 it we dire not ko to the elections until we have d",i cur dtitv to tho full Tlicc are dtys when ilut stands btark anil nakctl. and even Mitli .!n.'0il ojo we Unoiv it is tlwrc. Excuses hip unn.u'.i.i:- We line either done our d'ltv or e li.nr not. The fact will be as cross mil plain as the duly If-plf. In such a case limit 'iilc and fatlsup seem negligible enoji :h. The fact- .u' tonic a ivl sutlu e to fie-hrn the labor. Time lo Kiiliuhtcn i'uhlic And the ficts an- ilwe Addition il revep.'i's mi.-- l . i .1 featly he pimided for. It would be most iinuii!vl policv to ..iloe i in la rise a ij.ch r'.ion bv loai. m.. I it i evident that the four billion ii"W provided for t.ixition will trnt ol" themselvi . mimiuii the i,r. it! cu lai'RCd builLi t to whlidi wo ni:i.t iminei!..itil I. ok inrw ml. We c.in not in fmne-s will until the i-id of the lisc.il : ear Is at luiiid to tip in l.-e our prupl.. of the taxes th v must puy mi their eai nines of tne prcseul w.ileml.ir year, whose . countincs and cxpendituic.-! will then bo closed. We cannot get increase 1 u.m'.i unl-iis the country knows th.it tin v are 'to be and practices the neoo.--tary economy to m.iks them avail able. Uetlniteness, early dciinite nosi a to what its tasksil to lie is absolutely neessarx for the uc cesful administration of the Ticis ury: it cannot frame fair and work able regulations in ' haste and it must frame its regulations in h.istu if it is not to know its exact task until the veiy eo of its perfoi m ance The present l.i laws are marred, moreover, liy inrquilies which might to lie remedied. In disputable farts eiir.v one; .nu up (untlniieil en l'.i:e j:leien, ( oliinui Tliri PfflLABELPHIANS MISSING AT SEA Were Aboard Taiikcr Erlna, Found Abandoned ill uunu .-uiuimuiitu ill Ol-- 1 Ti Lliesaneake Iav QNE QF THREE VESSELS lll,J ' 1"3"3L,1';3 T"n Philadeipinans ar miss.njt in the f latent rea myFtery potted Ivre They were aboard th,- IMna. an oiler. cary.ng a cargo of ga-ollnc from Bhila- jdelphia to Havana The Edna was i found drlffns without a crew Hole? ere torn win her sides. Her cirgo war, untouched. The Philadelphia men in her crew were Marcus Judge. thirty-sevrn. brother of Mrs Maiy Ford, 17.1S South Eighteen "-' street, where he lives in this citv. a Adolphus Lewis, a negro, forty. 801 Lom bard street. i Three ships werr found by an Amer ! lean coastwise vessel at the mcuth of i the Chesapeake Bay, hut only the IMn.i . was Identified The others rank too soon. The Ed.'.a was towed toward l.ma. hut sank before port was reiched There has been little ror.ph weather along the Atlantic coa.t for the last week. The calm of the ocean Increases the mystery surrounding the etrnnge wrecking of the vessels The coastwice ship found no trace of the crews of the wrf eked .ihip3 Abandoned In Haftto They apparently had deserted the ves sels In a hurry N'elther was any sign seen of the lifeboats nor has any In I coming steamship reported the rescue of men from open boats. A few cork ring ' reBV'?. wr? founi1 ln the vlrnlty of . tne derelicts, but they bore no identify- Ijy- Inir names Tho dlHnr.imni.. t h:daV Ve)ore tne oj'ni.-.a , ...c ,.ilu ,-,. crew3 Is as mysterious as that of thej""1" ff'naive) Cyclops. -ar correspantlents' Heailiitiarlers on The coastwise vessel was steaming .... ,-... i.vi mv it northward from a southern port when at a quarter to six on Saturday afternoon the man on the bridge sighted ths first derelict in latitude 37 degrees 38 minutes north, longitude 74 degrees 55 minutes west. It proved to be a three-masted schooner, half submerged, with Its bow down and the stern shcoting upright out of the water. Four small fi3htng steamers, supposed to be but of the Pelaware or Chesapeal bays, were standing close by the derelict apparently exaiiuuini; "T, 50 tne oit; steamship proceeded on her way without further Inquiry. Second Derelict Slthttil Half an hour later and less than ten miles away the second derelict was sighted, It was of a large, four-masted schooner. She was floating with her starboard side up aid toward tne boiy there was a Jagged hols more than four teet square weij below the watr lne. ALLIES MEET GERMAN DRIVE JO RILLIANTLY ON NEW FRONTM FO OFFICIAL REPORTS ON NEW Strong- ho; life at tad: . " tensity, developed early " ;. British am iVcnt'h, bclv. r.:! French, bchvecn Lnrre ;.;.:": There was consider? Cc niffht against British posit it- FRENCH The Germans launched nn r.tt:.ik this morning over the front between Pinon forest (9 mifes no 'theast of Soissons) and Rheims. French and British ii rop-: arc rof-isiing vrith their customary vklcr. In Champagne, on the r-.hl bank of the misuse, and in the Woevre plain artillery was active, - During the night l"oc-! Gcr-v: vtacks at Apremont forest, near Limri, and northeast, of Ua::v.v'.:," v. ere broken up with losses to the enemy . WHERE GERMANS KAT Vv HA ' ( -RT '- M L- - " - A K2V5C5 ) 1 ( l,r i - - "- vrJ -rr V X rM I FOE RELUCTANT ON EVE OF DRIVE Hnsnital AflflltlOns Dpni'OSS 1 ' ' German Soldiers Pre pared for Sacrifice GUNFIRE GRIM PRELUDE; By PHILIP GIBBS I Special Cable ro Evening I'u'i'h Ledger Copirlofc'. 101S. bj Sew Vork Timnt Co. iThe follou-.ng ilspnd ft n. fli'rl to- I . - - . ' . ... .. .,. ... The enepil'a gunfire has increased somewhat in violence and U lather widespread. In Flanders tho shelling has been heavy around Ypie3 and the line ol hills opposite Kemmel Scherpenbcrs. Mont F.ouge and Mont Nolr and on tho villages and joada near I'oper. Inshe The Forest or La .Motto and the area near Hasebrouek have ben under harassing fire, and the t,ens mining 'country down to Vlmy nidg? and Arras has been bomburded inter, mlttently with high explosives and gas During the last twenty-four hours there nas oeen u neavy nro ovetthe British lines north and south of Albert down' to VIIlers-Bretonneux and above the Somms, including many villages and woods like those of Bou. T:' ... ... j . ..- ri,,A. T3.n.nH zlncourt, Engtineimer. jiartmsart, were PP1LL v "vj" r J V -v. a k y .-vl n Zt-' I awtwtJJSl ir ATT' T TV JlwSrSrv 5X3 U xXsSKVl (V. ROUEN . y SCALE C MILES (fr.VriS S ( " I -I 1tl.'- v , O 10 20 30 .1V j. ...... II 1.11,1. lis -Mil . I . . . V E HITS AGAIN IN FLANDERM -r-i' v. by a bombardment of great in- --.--k -,g on wide fronts against the '-'--.' and Soissons, and against the .' : ' .zccle. .:: ill. .litilkry firing yesterday and last .''r-.VD y y 'S. O r ft y S -iA.f0.e-)J&'f ...... .. . .- -v. ." ,-i& &&g&3 S J ItiWtS s' v,i i ,- - - ... ;""' """ - -i-;-l -" . 'M , . V. .-r-r". V1-4!.- "i- v ,'. 'IfLWii-'-c'r-p -V .Ll.i- ,- , X. ':vrrC K Xm J X v 7v i "vvs. .s -v n jk:. j ', - 'v ' I , ?f'--tfl ? ..'!PiZ?tr& fV' r. . : i; ' .: -. v - V'' jl""'.-1ft.' (. trr s ??. - i w'; v Cy- v 1 :: i t. p r.. i i . -i t ji 1. .1 . fi PRESIDENT PLANS TO RAISE 40 PER CENT BY TAXATION WASHINGTON, May 27. President Wilson's war finance policy contemplates laising 40 per cent of new revenues by taxa tion and 00 per cent by bonds, it waslearned today. A memo randum, written by the President and given to Senator' Sinnnon3 and Representative Kltchin, suggested this proportion by bonds and taxes to fuance the war. On this basis the new tax Ml, expected to raise S4,000,000,COO more than the present cue, would augur a $3,000,000,000 bond issue in the fall. TOLEDO SINKS HUGE U-BOAT British Submarine, Far .From Home, Downs Sunpreraft X,ondon, May 27. The German super- submarine runk in the latitude of St. n in no miiTnne or si. Vincent (Cap? vr.i iain.,,1.1 , H..iTirns ouotinc tho aerman soeiaiit stroyed by the single torpedo from a submerged llritish submarine, said Archibald Kurd, naval critis of the i - - - - , Telesr.lph, vrltlr.s in that paper today. - ... Ths scene of tho British submarine? victory waa 2000 mtlos from Plymouth, M. nuiifi artiflfe' ihofftd that.Drituii Tbmmnm f I i r'.Fi '""oMPst OFFENSIVE BTG OFFENSIVE ; 7v .HP 'I LS - .. I " . . - iCH-&Or 2?S n f - ' "-" ..r!etet. i 1 Vr.rsEiAU y-.y v-l . V J: J Nft vjf try jT.QOXNTINi i i ,f VC BVWS V. ', J!Htltc -I i LA FEREyy ATTACKING szs ,s oosti'.t -t ; x .iai. ..''. "JfeaCatR1 COUNTER-REVOLT IN ODESSA n;B;o,,te.,i !n rri,,,n'r(ennvuri jn o! ! . r rti'.i. .-.. ......,. .. tlon has brohen out at Odessa. Crimea., u .... ....,...?.. ia..aAi. . .. n""?Jir , iiv i "i. . The S-clallst ,Titro: at Odessa has been dlolyed. i , ...,. , Interned German Killed by Guard AUnnto, O?,, May 57 Ilelnrlch KnappHe v Oerman prisoner interned at Fo MePhersoRi failed to halt at thi orflrr of a saiawr guara waeo He i -..'.a Ik-. . . - .....-... . . . . -. J4fr JHH . " iffS TL9 ;'J..S-. iMJ m s": ..'0Tif ) Vf"""SfM5ciJifiriV f -fiJ -7 11 si ,7 r8eu . L A teCr3wow.r ""SvS X a i v' -"-s c. -..: 1 V"0 f r .ucTTr. V. .Jvn -s j '-vxr-' PRICE TWO CEN1 '& m ysm l& 'M mi&M Offensive is Renew; "Xi !rv v on Rheims-Soissons! VM. Line ' M ,3 TEUTON ATTACKS stCrftiia OPENS HEAVjEllil Ali:.. n i r ir. i''i"2Wi iiiiits i icijiiiuu iui 12 uriuui' Blow on Anclo- French .'Lm "z" r iaa Mli TinilPITT TTT-, T-1-T-.T-.' H teW nnn ism im-iiiNTuntiJb jSjj ALLY IN CHAAIPAGNBi Supplementary Assault Yii lent in Locre-Scherpeni,- i vi vlr nerg Area i&S HOT GUNFIRE PRECEDES Americans Brigaded With Afcs lies in New Field of i Battle 1 London. May 27Sf The Germans have launcheilVs their new offensive on thefy; western battlefield and havcaf? VI tacked on a new front. Mlfe The Alios are meeting.vtlM drive with valor ana citectw ii'SM&iaiii;., ysri After a lull of a month in;,! scale infantry operations, Germans suddenly switch their offensive operations."! the Allied battle line lying''M tuccn the Aisne River asl Rheims, in the Champ'asiMUR south of the Picardy regio. assaultinc British ana rrencli. ' positions vigorously on a 'WfiNtf ,j I ""V" M imni - -. xjsr' A croat battle is in proarrj north of the Aisne Riverti north of Rheims, followij j. l -iAi:. ...... nr !. CmiwA. me ucniiaj ui nic uci4iiiti attacks over a wide front. bJR4 i ween luicims una mu ranwf fore.t, said the official "'cokS vninue received here toda' i". Paris and supplement'?! Alarshal Ham's announca-J nt of the opening of .ihej.V . ?my unve. ,'-' Durinsr the latter nart of ,tsi- -ight, after 'a bombardmei't i ovfi'Amn infpnaifv tri (!mw'S -ns delivered violent asf;i . i 'is between these pomui (1'inon roresi nes aooui ninj miles northeast of SoissonWipga German fortress of Laon)if At the same time a Get blow fell on the northern ffa (Flanders battle zone) ani'ijLWijffM i'rt;icn pusuiuns in me iAfcrf' ooremezeeie sector DecaHHf- , the scene of heavy German jasj' naults. ma 1 he Drive m Flanders,. "? ine uerman dicw in Jiana ers, viiich got under way to dr.". is reported by a corre pandent at the front to Jiawss progressed in spots, but rt-is;5f i too early to know the acttia result. ine attacK was a powerf local blow by General Armin's army against Schrtg enberg (a mile northeast Locre) where the French ed considerable ground v: the Germans a week ago,(!l.J me iiiaea ireops are,j ing bri'liently. ,d The battle for Scherpefl cegan wu.i a neavy oo rnPTit frnm Ihp Vnrp.ijl . A , it ? j,"!3 mines oanai vnau a mm of VoDrmezeelo) to their .J1 .. - I...Vl.BHS V,u iiini.- iictii, ui uuuBi-fK,". The artillery opened. ;uj pawn, anu in ine nuo6i, i hrt7 coverms trc Fle'ml Irno the German it swept forward in suc! waves. Tho attacks in both: "t of combat began at fea ! day, Marshal Hale nnd were nreceded htv bardments of the utmost sit v. The German driri ' -v - .-T ---.- - - i twcen ivneiinB ana wns launrnea aionur in River front,ia district; thai long peeri comparatively m Champagne 'SwrimM VonS ,rt. .. ssS ' 'jJ J" -.:. ' IMi imT atiiln IW''.- WlBWff'"l,W'?.8l7?S', jaatt.Jt!'
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