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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918
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WtEGY OF GREAT DRIVE EXPLAINED IN SPECIAL CABLE DISPATCHES FROM SCENE OF BATTLE
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PLAY SAFE
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AISNE BATTLE
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Ground Slowly, Sure
it Scale Will Turn in
Their Favor
GERMAN STRATEGY
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ft Br WALTER DURANTY
I Cabte to Evening Public Ledger
IqM. til, bv AVto York Timet Co.
'the French Armies, Thursday,
gtay 30.
nt consequence of the new factors.
auced by aermnn strategy, of the
1ee attack with enormous nunv
we 'must readjust -our concep-
i heretofore based on position war-
That is the lesson of the second
tt offensive, whose course hitherto
been a repetition of the attack of
eh 31.
position warfare of the last year.
I ever Bln.e the Marne, the defender
where the blow would fall, and
l for a while able to mass his forces
singly. The new shock may
at a point where his numbers
limited, with the result that the
' pours through and gains a con-
arable amount of ground before the
tuatlon once agntn Is stabilized
It It will be stabilized no one In
i. French army doubts.
the enemy tactics of massed as-
tit with depth, the Allies have re-
by corresponding depth of de-
wnicn necessitates the abandon-
of ground quite out of proportion
gito-.what has been the custom In poti
on wanare. in me present battle.
ich seems to be the principal drive
I not a diversion as at first thoucht.
it' Germans have engaged, according
,'the latest reports, at least twenty-
divisions, sneer weight of men
e them through the lhrht screen
rthe Allied defenders.
Et .... .
?:! Allies Plavlnp Safe
Vat'must be remembered that the Al-
t are playing safe, with the full cer-
1 that the armies will ultimately
the scale in their favor. The
nana are in exactly the contrary
dtion. They have got to trv for
1 4 immediate decision. It would be
tying tneir game to waste our ener-
ln defense of position whose loss,
ever regrettable, is of no vital Im
ance. ilathe never-ending discussions of the
, tnree days regarding the German
itantlons and objectives one often hears
lauggestlon that the enemy struck en
tAlsne In order. to nrotect hl rtirfit
ainst possible Allied counter-nttneks
Laon, or chose the Chemln-des-
nca because of the morale value of
ess in this historic sector. Such
orlea are plausible enough, but do not
Into account the basic principle of
ny action at oresent.
feBy new tables he brought back the
' of movement, and his central pur
1 la aggressive oneratlon to defeat
I 'Allied) armies before America turns
equilibrium of force against him.
Is too precious for movements
: tiuraose Is defensive or Hentlmn.
;Th explunatfon Is far more simDle.
f-TfjMi essence of the von Hutier attack
gens, u to ran witn overwhelming force
mi wwRer opponent, ji is. inere-
A&iyMtlvf aha .ho. Ilia nnln, ..... t...
en for preference where the density
efenders Is not great. The Alsne po-
were the nearest point to tne
4a area of Allied concentration which
Blled this requirement. They form.
'fact, the outlying flank of a great
ny whose left is In Flanders, Its cen-
1 at Amiens and its right at the Mont-
'Noyon sector.
"-jJt. 1 most probable that the German
liver was a classic attempt to turn
..Allied right by bursting through a
flank guard In the hope of a sub-
ent turning movement that would
I up the stronger position to the west-
ife -
m'wu ii.rrr.,0 unitwrr,,
mita AAiauia duuici
Cup Booted by New York
M J Societv Peonle
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1 Yerk, May jo. one or tne most
m chapters In the story of Joyous
ikltlca heaped upon the Kaiser's gold
i donated by Wilson Marshall to the
Cross and som six times in me re
L drive for a total of S:21.000, was at
janer given by William Fox.
taring wasn t nail distinction enough
itB token presented by Wlllyum.
were overturned in tne rusn to
nt It In a nttlng manner, each
striving to outdo his neighbor In
riag and kicking ana slamming: and
Ring' tne oia yenow iropny. it
l could only nave, seen tne Killing
i bestowed In tno polite dismem-
ant ef his costly gift the happiness
jtfca occasion might have moved even
(iron gioyca nana 10 uppinuse.
ItWi
:essor for luxburg
" Berlin Envoy Pretenti Credentiils
I?, in Argentina
Aim. Mav 10. Count Don-
rho was secretary to the German
i acre unaer uouni von LiUXDurg,
nlaaad ambassador, nresented his
ttlala todav to the Foreign Office
Oermsn charge d'aflalrs.
unsettled situation Detween the
legation ana ine Argentine
nnte. which has existed since
vjiapulslon of Count Luxburg. after
Vfwuun ! mcwiKn KUVIBiniC
King or Argentine vessels "witn-
aa mav thus tlA larlflH
STRIA WILL GRANT NOTHING,
EMPEROR INFORMS PROVINCES
ttWU
s?
, Despite Professed Desire for Peace, Refuses Help
TrWte .Trade or Oppose Southern Slav Movement
ig;id:Virtually Kowtows to Germany
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AIRMEN TRY TO RAID PARIS
Barrage Blocks Second Teuton
Effort in Two Nights
rtl. May 30. For the second time
In two nights. German airmen tried to
raid Parts early today, but the machines
were unable to penetrate the barrago Are
from the high angle cannon.
One of the raiding planes was brought
down In flames. Home of the raiders
got as far as the suburbs, where a num
ber of bombs were dropped.
The danger signal as sounded at
11:30 last night, but It was not until 3
o'clock that the "all clear" was given-
In addition to dropping bombs on the
outskirts of Paris, some of the boche
airmen bombed points behind the battle-front.
GRAVI DISORDINI IN
AUSTRIA-UNGHERIA
Le Rivolte Interne Avrebbero
Paralizzata TOffensiva
Contro l'ltalia
SUCCESSI ITALIANI
rubllnhcrt nnil Iltrlbutrl tfnili-r
PKftMtT No. 341 ,
AuthnrUrii by th- nit nf Oetobjr 0.
1T17. on fll at th rontofflco of Phila
delphia. r. .
liy order of the PrcMilpnt .
A S. mmt.RBON. ,
rn-tmnitr Ocneral.
(llnem. 30 magglo. ,
Un dlspacclo. glunto da Innsbruck,
reca che I disordlnl Internl In Austria
Unaherla hanno narallzzata la progret-
tata offenlva nustrlaca ror.trol l'ltalia.
Roma, 30 magglo.
Pal ropportl perxenuti dal Quartler
Oenerale ttallano si rllev.i che II nemlco
con due poderosl attacchl. cnmlnclatl la
notte dl lunedl' c contlnuatl durante II
successlvo glorno, ha tentato dl rlcattu
rare le posUlonl oecupata dagll Itallanl
presso Capo Slle, ma e' stato resplnto
con perdltu gral.
Anche nella Valle Frescna gll aus
trlael hanno effettuato slmlll tentativl,
Immedlatamente frustratl dalle truppo
ltallane. In dctta alle una ptttuglla
nemlca, composta dl un uffirlale e dodlcl
uomlnt dl truppa e' stata fatta priglo
nlera. Dlstaccamentl dl truppe oustro
ungarlche hanno opernto attacchl contro
le poslxlonl dl Monte Corno e Monte
Asolone, ma sono statl costrettt ad una
Immrdiata ritlrata dl fronte al micldiale
ruoco dl fucllerla e delle mltragliatrlcl
delta truppe ltallane.
I rlpartl Itallanl d'Incurslone e le
pattuglie operanrt nellarea dl Col
Caprlle catturarono parecchl prlglonierl.
Un dlspacclo glunto a Londra da Vi
enna annunxla che II Mlnlstrro della
Guerra austrlaco ha lerl pubbllcato II
seguente comunlcato ufflctale:
"Nella reglone del Tonale I ccmbattl
mentl si rlnnovarono durante la giornata
dl martedl'. Due attacchl Itallanl hop
portatl da violento fuoco dl art:glierla
e dl mine, contro Montlcello, h sud del
passo, furono speziatl. II fuoco dell'artl
gllerla nemlca contro le nostre poslxlonl
lungo 11 basso corso del Plave conti
nua." Lo notlzia dell'lmminento partenza dl
truppe amerlcane per II fronte llallano
e' glunta, lerl, In Italia, ed e1 stata ac
colta con viva scddtsfazlone. Ovunque
la notlzia e' commentata slmpattca
mente. La spedlzlone rappresentera' una no
vella prova dl slncera amlclzla del
l'Amerlca per la nostra nazlone. Oil
amerlcani quando arr'.veranno In Itnlla
rlceveranno accogllenze lndlmenticablli,
ma I dettacll ed II caratterc del rlcevl-
mento che ad essl si prepara non c' stato
anccra ben deUneato.
Innanzl U Corte Marzlale dl Roma si
dlscute II procct.so per a to tradlmento
contro gll Imputatl dl commerclo llleclto
dl cascaml con gll Inferl centrall. II
trlbunale ha ammesso costltuzlone dl
parte civile da parte dcllo Stato,
rhenendo, cos'll dlrltto dl questo
al rlscarclmento dl dannl. Gll
Imputatl appartengono alle Dltte dl
Conno e Cornegllano Carlo Blanchi.
proprletarlo dello stablllmento dl Como.
e' stato esonerato dall'accusa per man
Mana HI nrnvp. ma ner sua moffle
rinxn. una donna dl orlglne tedesca.
c'per II Comm. Attlllo Firotta, compro
prtetarlo, sembra che t'accusa sla
fondata.
3 BLACK SEA SHIPS ESCAPE
Prove Obstacle to German At
tempts to Resume Shipping
Amnterdam, May 30. Three battle
ships of the Kusslan Illack Sea fleet
have escaped to Xovorosaysk, says the
Cologne, Volks Zeltung.
The paper adds they are proving a
serious obstacle to the Germans' at
tempts to resume Black Sea shipping.
SULTAN ANXIOUS FOR PEACE
Turkish Ruler Urges Kaiser to
Moderate His Ambitions
London, May 30. The Sultan recently
urged the Kaiser to moderate his ambi
tions and offer a reasonable peace ap
peal, but received no response, said a
Central News dispatch from Rome.
The Sultan based his appeal on the
deplorable conditions in Turkey, It was
said.
BERLIN WOULD OUST ENVOY
. Amsterdam. May 30. Germany has
demanded the recall of the Bolshevik
Ambasador Jeffe.
The Russian envoy Is accused of
spreading Bolshevik propaganda.
phaafs on Austria's obligations to Ger
many. -Within our national frontiers," he
aid. "a great and Important duty has
developed upon the German people of
Austria .worthy of the high achieve
menu which they have shown during
this iwar and of which they may be
pruln.the future. I rely upon the
fatthfni an precious collaboration of
tbr German for, the. development of the
lateraate ot the But. Be fatly asaur4
that Barer in any manner whatever. will
tka'rlahu anal deveJoomanta of tha Oar.
mag Inhabitant of Austria ba cheeked.'
, rvmaiav jm snmiBKifq wiin inw
taiwhlagawrrender la tha bw that dl
twtimniluTe hrokea-eat.ln alctlrcu
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GERMANS AGAIN PAID
HIGH FOR SMALL GAIN
Heavy Casualties in Mass At-
tacks Across Aisne Out
generaled by Foch
By CHARLES A. SELDEN
Special Coble lo Evening Public Ledger
Copurloht, 8I. bv .Vein Vorfc Timet Co,
rrl. May 28 (nftcrnoon),
Xews received here this afternoon
shows that the enemy has rapldlv fol
lowed up the advantnges of his unex
pected success of the Chemln-des-Dames.
Yesterday (Monday) and during the
night he succeeded In crossing the Aline
on a wide front, running between Vallly
and Berry-au-IlBc. Desperate fighting
was proceeding this (Tuesday) morning
In the form nf stubborn attacks In
larger nnd langer masses on the new
Allied positions between the Alsne and
Vesle.
Thn Gprmans nr striving to force the
paangp of the V'e ?t Fismes, which
Is a center or ery Importont communi
cations The enemy Is constantly throw
ing fresh troops Into the battle.
His reserves had been concentrated
In such a manner that they could be
utilized either toward the Alsne or the
olse, os circumstances might demand.
The unhoped-for success yesterday
(Monday) on the Chemln-des-Dames de
cided the Oermans to hammer home
the results obtained hy pushing all avail
able forces toward the south.
Once this fact was made clear. Gen
eral Foch was able to take steps to
stem the enemy's onslaught, which he
naturally could not do until the German
Intention revealed Itself.
The Allied reserves had begun this
(Tuesday) morning to flow toward the
south of the Vesle Rlcr and have
already begun to make their Influence
felt in the region of Klsmes, which Is
the central point of the struggle.
There Is every reason to suppose that
the intry of Koch's reserves will, as
on former similar occasions, soon bring
about a stabilization of the situation.
The Germans arc merely repeating
their tactics of attack after attack In
overwhelming numbers, which they tried
on the Bomme, at Verdun and In the
present battle.
The main result of these tactics, as In
the past, although It certainly cost the
Allies a certain nmount of ground, has
been a much more serious loss to the
enemy In the shape of an enormous
quantity of Invaluable human material,
which lie can 111 afford to spare. It
will be the same on this occasion.
CHARGE ITALIANS SOLD
COTTON TO GERMANY
Owners of Two Factories on
Trial for Treason in
Rome
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyrioht. 19t. b .Vcic York Tlittrs fa.
Milan. May 30.
I The high treason case against the
Como and Cornlgllano cotton factories
I Is on trial before the Home court-martial.
That a serious view of the matter Is
taken by the Italian Government Is
shown by the fact that the state con-
stltuted Itself civil prosecutor for dam
nges to Its patrimony. This may mean
the wholesale confiscation of the prop-
I erty of the accused If they arc found
guilty.
Karl Blanchi. proprietor of the Como
establishment, was acquitted at the
earlier stages of the proceedings on the
ground of Insufficient proof, but his wife,
Ttosa, a woman of German origin, stands
In the dock, as does also Commcndatnre
Attlllo Plrotta, the co-proprietor. Other
prisoners are Arthur Schwelgcr, Itodelf
Durst, a Swiss, and managing director of
the Cornlgllano works; Giovanni Verga.
the firm's commercial traveler, and Cap
tain Robert Frlgerlo, an Italian Infantry
officer, who appeared In court In uniform
and hearing on his breast the silver
medal for merit won during the present
war. The seventh defendant, a Swiss
named Braum. escaped to Zurich.
All were charged with having com
bined In offering and selling to the Cen
tral Empires Immense quantities of cot
ton iroods and shredded waste, via
Switzerland, and with having persisted
In this traffic from the very outbreak of
the Italian war right down to the end of
labt year. In full knowledge that the ma
terial supplied was Intended to be used
In the manufacture of munitions. The
Indictment occupied nearly two hours In
reading.
FINNS APPEAL TO WOELD
' t
Ask Humanity to End Teutonic
Reign of 1 error
u.. V.a. Vlnnlah -nrV mn nm !
mi lire n wi - """-
sued an appeal to the world In the name
of humanity mai preBnurti uc uiuunu
. i ..!. 1iiaJ irAasnmani ntttB
upon tne wniio uu.u .....
Germany to end the terrorism In Fin
land, say tne uunaian wireiera !';" .
.. .. mn AAA ..aMhh Al,.Alna Ifl AAA
civilians, have been Imprisoned, the ap
peal saia. mey are ucum Buuimnni w
horrible treatment and thousands are III
from starvation.
Kxecutions are iukihb inm """' .
hufvud. : wiping out the Social Demo
crats. It was declared.
DBvase riiiuinii !. p..fc j
Qermans, killed 168 women prisoners In
one aay ai tacim. vaiu mc bpiwi.
Eight sisters or mercy were executed az
VlbcTg.
BAN FRIGHTFULNESS TODAY
British Agree to Halt Air Raids Except
at Front
London, May 30. On religious and
humane grounds, that, so fir u the
Rritish Government la concerned,
there shall be no air raids on cities
not In the vicinity of tha battlefront
during the daytime tomorrow the
feaat of Corpus Christ).
The decision followed the receipt
through the Vatican of the request re
cently made by the Archbishop of
Cologne, Cardinal von Hartmann, that
in view of the serious damage dona
lately by British air ralda In .that city
there ahould be no bombing there
during the time of the Corpus Chrlstl
procession.
't Suffer
with corns i&Br
Ha will sail yon A. . Pierce's Cora
Plaeurs with' a oltlra mon-r-hack avar
antaa If yati'ja net satiated with tha resells.
Purlas la rears avaaraaa of ttitrataiyu at
sjeepla 'bare aaaa aaa .raoeauaaaate tktaa.
.-.XHa't asperUaaot wita) aaMa. wktck auy
aajnf Dm sMb- a4 ett aad lajare tha etaaib
tm, Do;t j tWa.ajtetw alaaters,
h 'afea.ha, jBaBasaAAaaa) m .
GERMANS ACTIVE IN FLANDERS
i ..y" eostun&
)HMKIB1Caa'TwfiecKmiiA Nluiveu'v ATiucenYl
"y fotinMrtX ACT.VITV
XlDnnnthnh- tE V 1 if
i Tx fij. WMereE ortTiM
Artillery activity has become livelier in the sectors of Nleuport,
Merrkem and Langemark. A strong Germuii attack upon the strong
British positions it Festubert was completely repulsed last night, Field
Marshal Haig reports.
AMERICANS REPEL TEUTON ATTACKS
RETAIN HOLD IN TOWN OF CANTIGNY
Cnntlnued from Pane One
nnd others between forty-five nnrt
fifty. All arc poorly clothed nnd ap
pear to be underfed.
The Hermans trooped out of their
dugouts when they saw the futility
of resistance, their hands held up,
shouting "Kamcrad!1- Apparently
they were glad to surrender. One of
them said he did not want to fight,
hut had been compelled to do so.
Rsat nf Vlllsge
The American line now runs 1B0 to
200 vnrds east of Cantlgny. ns a result
of the successful attnek today. The
nearest German trench Is several hun
dred yards east of where the Ameri
cans have dug In. The Germnns. It
has heen found, had manv outposts
and machine-gun emplacements In
Cantlgny.
The old German lines formed nn
nmile which has now been straight
ened out. The Americans have ob
tained high ground commanding a
section of plateaulike countrv.
Many of the American soldiers who
took part In the successful attack nlso
participated In the repulse of the Oer.
man raid against the American lines
Monday.
One participant In Mondav's nffalr
Is said to have heen found todav In
n. shell hole In No Man's land with
two wounded Germans as his pris
oners. He was unable to get back to
the American lines Monday night, so
he stood guard over them until the
attack this morning liberated him and
secured the prisoners to the Ameri
cans. Illew fttrnrk In Mint
America's first offensive blow was
struck In a mist. The French tanks
apparently did not have much to do, as
the American artillery already had
prepared the way, A bright sun came
out and shone on the Americans as
thev dug In their new positions.
As the Amerlc.tns started out across
No Man's Land there were manv jokes
about "eating boche for breakfast,"
Several officers, describing the scene.
agreed that the outstanding feature In
their minds was tne wonaenui morale
of the men and their absolute confi
dence In themselves. The Germans
poured machine-gun bullets all around
the Americans as they were digging In.
but no attention was paid to them as
lokes nnd quips were handed back and
forth.
Fierce hand-to-hand fighting oc
curred in Cantlgny, which contained a
larire tunnel and a number of caves.
Tha tunnel sheltered a hundred Ger.
mans. The Americans hurled hand
grenades like baseballs into thesj
shelters.
Berlin, May 30. A German statement
says: . .
West of Montdidler the enemy during
a local advance penetrated Into Can
tlgny yesterday.
PERSHING REPORTS
SUCCESS IN LORRAINE
TTMhlngten, May 30.
. ...., .am... ABaaiilta nanlnst tha
Ame-lcan positions In Lorraine are being
broken down by the effective work .of
the American forces, says General Persh
ing today. In a continuation of last
iv, u.-.nmiilfii. In nna AttACK tne
enemy lost ten men.' some of whom were
Rilled ,witn me oayonci. .....
aviators got another enemy machine
while patrolling near Bt. Mlhlel.
titi..,i.. u y ba lh In Tyirralna.
the enemy were again very active against
our iroopB, 'mere win mutni v... .-.'. -
obtained were very im-all. Protected by
an artillery narroKe. h. r.u."K ...
anoui imy mm ntiviu,'cu a r.. ...
. at -.. aitanaarl rtrtaTa Til A nta
una u our u - .., . ..- ...
tempt was a complete failure, the nemy
losina ten aeaa ana mur uuim. w
these, iome were killed In bayonet fight -
a st ILL aaaa ata Alia a alia It I aa
ing. in inia ca oi-u our L?'""'CI
were very light. During the night two
rcOMMRCIflu
MTiONeny;
Real Effidency
Comes With,
MANN'S
Loose Leaf Forms
Many large, aeeessfal baal.
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I.eaae Leaf Devlees. Wfcyf
Beeaase these lystems are sav
lag time, labor aad asaaaaa a
bMkkeealaa' and ealee detail
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other attacks on our lines were pre-
'"mpci ny our narrnge nna macninr-giin
fire, the enemy falling to penetrate our
wires.
"In the Lite afternoon of May 27. Lieu
tenants Fischer. Curtis. Buford and Mc
tanahan. living nt 4000 feet on patrol
duty, encountered hostile planes In the
region or i-it. aunici. in the fighting
which ensued one of the hostile planes
broke into flames and fell.
"Credit for bringing down the air
plane reported In yesterday's cominu
nioue. 1h Blpn to T.lplltpnnnt Ittrknn-
backer and Lieutenant Hambleton and
not to Lieutenant Illrkennncker and
Lieutenant Campbell, as reported.
"This morning an Knailsh aviator re-
turning from a bombing expedition was
wounded In the arm. He was chased by
two enemy machines. Lieutenant Camp
hell drove the hostile airplanes off, en
abling the i:hk1Ib1i aviator to return to
nis airdrome safely."
AMERICANS REPEL
3 LUNEVILLE RAIDS
lVlth the American Army In Franre.
.May su.
Following another heay gas attack
against the American front on the
I.unevllle sector, the Germans attemnted
to raid our lines at three points early
this morning.
The first attack, which was delivered
over a front of two kilometers (slightly
more than n mile) was completely re
pulsed by the lire of the American ma
chine guns.
Shnrtlv afterward, following n heavy
barrage fire, flftv Germans attacked our
lines a kilometer farther west. Fourteen
of them penetrated h trench which was
held by Americans, who had been sub
lectcd to n gas attack on Monday. These
Americans, eager for revenge, pounced
upon the boches fiercely with knife and
bayonet. As a result nf the encounter,
nine Germans were killed and another
was wounded so badly he died shortlv
afterward. The remaining four were
taken prisoners.
The prisoners said that they had been
ordered to tnke American prisoners nt
any cost, but noe one of our men was
captured. Our casualties were very
light.
The artillery firing on the Toul sec
was much aerial activity, A number
of combats In the air took place, but
there were no Infantry actions.
Lieutenant George F. Fisher, of
Chlcngo, Lieutenant Kdward Curtlls, of
Ilochester. Lieutenant Edward Buford,
of Nashville, Tenn., and Lieutenant Kd
ward Melanahan, of Philadelphia, are
accredited with bringing down a German
airplane In flames over the Toul front,
on Monday,
Lieutenant Doualas Campbell went
to the aid of a British bombing plane
that was returning from a raid oxer
Germany. The bomber nnd observer
had been wounded In an engagement
with two German Albatrosses.
The Germans withdrew after the en
counter, the British machine landing
safely. Campbell accompanied a num
ber nf our pursuit planes that had
crossed the German lines to meet and
escort back the British bombers, who
would attack as they neared the line,
BRITISH TRANSPORT SUNK
Lcasowe Cattle Torpedoed in the
Mediterranean
London, May 30. The British trans
port ship Leasowe Castle haa been
torpedoed and aunk the Admiralty
announced last night. One hundred
and one persona were drowned.
The Leasowe Caatle, which was of
9737 tons gross, was sunk In the
Mediterranean on May 26. Among
those who lost their Uvea were thir
teen military officers and seventy-nine
soldiers of other rank.
WITH FINGERS!
CORNS LIFT OUT
Costs few cents! Doesn't
hurt a bit! Drop a little Freez
one on that touchy corn, in
stantly that corn stops hurting,
then you lift it right out.
with the fingers. Yes, magic!
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AMERICAN AVIATORS
SHOW FIGHTING SPIRIT
Two Yankees Disperse Six
Germans, Bringing Down
One Enemy
By F)WIN L. JAMES
Special Cabte to Evening Public Ledger
f'ninrlefif.'iat, In Ktw York llrnrt To.
Willi the American Army In France,
May 30.
Two American airmen were 4500
meters In the air when they sighted
six German machines four monoplane
fighters nnd two observation airplanes.
The, Americans dived down, whereupon
the four fast German machines took
flight, leaving the observation machines
they were supposed to protect.
The Americans. Lieutenant Douglas
Campbell and Lieutenant Eddie Itlch
enbacher, went after the two observa
tion mnchlnes. One fell Into the woods
and the other was driven down out of
control. k
The spirit of the American ountors
s shown In the case of one young man
who was sent out yesterday on patrol
duty. He left his patrol and, sweep
ing low oer the German trenches,
poured bullets onto the bocnes mere.
Then, seeing two big enemy airplanes,
he attacked them until his ammunition
gave out, 150 yards away, and then
came home. Probably he will be mildly
disciplined for disobeying orders.
An American uhsemttlon machine had
a narrow escape while directing nrtll
lery fire. He directed shells to the left,
when one fell on a camouflaged ammuni
tion dump, and a flying shell took off
his propeller. He got back to our lines
safely. An exploding shell nlso oer
turned another American observation
machine, but It was righted. An excel
lent bit of work was done yesterday.
whin four American mac'-ilnes, going up
on the alert, Mghtrd two Germans and
a minute later the four Americans were
on nil sides of one of the Oermans.
GERMANS USE TANKS
TO PROTECT INFANTRY
Enemy Making Efforts to Cor
rect Errors of March
Offensive
By WALTER DURANTY
Special Cable to Evening Pubtic Ledger
ronurloht. lOIH. bv .Vrir yorfc rhnr O.
lTlth the French Armlea, May .In.
Interesting details come In regarding
the efforts made by the enemy to cor
rect the errors of their March offenslxe.
Officers of the British division in the
Crannne region declare that the ad
vancing Infantry were accompanied by
tanks "In very large numbers," In order
to minimize as far as possible the losses
by machine gun fire that proved so dis
astrous In the former battle.
The German air force, too. Is described
as "numerous and aggressive," and It
Is clear that the enemy airmen have
been taken to task severely for their
previous Inefficiency.
Prisoners relate that the utmost has
been done to revive the lagging morale.
Some had been told that they would be
In Paris in a fortnight, but they hardly
appear to believe It.
Sir Gilbert Parker, M. P- Resigns
London. May 30. Sir Gilbert Parker,
the novelist, who has been a member
of Parliament for Gravesend since 1900,
has reslaned his seat. It Is understood
that Sir William Weir, Secretary of
state ior tne air forces, win oe me
Government candidate at a by-election In
the Gravesend district to fill the vacancy.
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GERMAN PROPAGANDA
SPREAD AMONG SWISS
a '
Kaiser's Agents Constantly
Strive to Yiolate Neutrality
and Control Press
By JULIUS WEST
Special Gable to Evening Public Ledger
Cepurlokt, ISIS, tv New York Timet Co.
Genera, May 30,
A leading clttten of Geneva told me
of, some of the difficulties encountered In
maintaining hwiss neutrality in the race
of German encroachments. Germany has
spared no pains to make Switzerland n
base of operations, military, commercial
and political, and an example of each
type, may be Instructive.
French soldiers dften used to spend
their leave with relatives In Geneva,
where there Is an Important French
colony, German agents used to ask
these soldiers under various pretexts to
take letters through Into French terri
tory, where they were posted. Simi
larly, soldiers coming to spend their
leave here were Often asked to bring
letters across the frontier. In this way
unsuspecting soldiers were frequently the
bearers of apparently perfectly Innocent
epistles which were really communica
tions of German' agents. The Swiss nat
urally objected to their territory being
used as a base for espionage, and now
decline to admit men on leave.
On, Scheme Stopped
Knemy agVits also used Switzerland
ns a base for distributing German goods
In Allied countries. These goods were
sometimes marked with Imitations nf
British and French trade-marks. In
some cases Germans established fictitious
Swiss companies to act ns a coxcr for
the distribution of German goods by ac
quiring the right to Ufe Swiss trade
marks. This now Is also prohibited.
The most subtle and difficult to fight
of nil her methods of propaganda Is Oer.
many's attempt to control the Swiss
press. This Is epcclally dangerous In
view ot the fact that many French-Swiss
papers are widely read In France. An
organisation has been formed with head
quarters at Zurich with this object. A fa
orlte method Is to place advertisements
of German firms, offering generous rates
of payment, but on condition that the
paper receiving these advertisements
shall also print articles supplied hy the
organizations, which are naturally pro
iterman In tone.
Papers which once allow thcmelcs
to. step Into the spider's parlor struggle
In vain to get back their Independence.
By some occult means, they find, the
German organization acquires even a
stronger hold upon their advertisement
revenues.
gnppltea News Copy
The organization puts forward ueful
suggestions, nil tending to save money.
" Luxurious
Hair Mattresses and Box Springs
Represent the ultimate achievement of expert
workmanship and quality materials. Much of your
summer benefit depends upon proper bedding. Why
not make certain of all of it by installing Faultless
Hair Mattresses and Box Springs Unapproached
by any other in comfort and economy.
Dougherty's Faultless Bedding
Hair Mattresses. Box Springs. Bedsteads.
1632 CHESTNUT STREET
It will supply news copy of everything,
and every bit of assistance so liberally
forthcoming means the surrender ot the
papers' political Independence mora
completely Into the hands of Germany.
Papers which resist find themsetvea .
hindered at every step, especially If they
are at all Influential. Germans buy up
any shates which happen to come on the
market They buy up the printers.
They stop German sales hy forbidding
the paper to enter Germany. They may
subsidize, or even establish, rival organs,
and they manage In one way or another
very effectively to Interfere with "'the
advertisement revenue. Tho struggle
which pro-Ally papers, such as- the Jour
nal de Geneve, have maintained during
nearly four years to preserve their ln
dependence can easily be described as
heroic
FINNS HALT SWEDISH SHIPS
Germans Wonted to Search
Them, Is the Reason Given
Special Cabte to Evening Public Ledger
Copenhagen, May 30. Swedish steam
ships leaving Stockholm on Wednesday
for Petrograd, after a long Interruption
of direct traffic between Sweden and
Ilussla, were stopped at Helslngfors by
the Finnish authorities.
A special dispatch to the Berllngske
Tldende now discloses that the reason
for their detention Is that the Germans
wanted to search the vessels.
The Least of
Any Nation
Americans are the lightest
cocoa drinkers of any civil
ized people. We average
only one cup apiece every
fortnight. As a matter of
fact only 15 per cent of us
ever drink cocoa, but it is
gaining fast in popularity. It
would gain far faster through
more advertising. And per
haps this also applies to the
article that you manufacture.
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