7v I.-L.- .. ' " !'J'7 E If fr h 0 In 'Ck r . m ' fJ N'' I .a '" P ''. M l r WEK 2fi iMMRSPIVES 5aiington. Thinks Supe- rior Numbers Allow Huns to Attack All Summer PLAN TO COMB AUSTRIA Germany , Conscripts Faster Than Allies Puts Problem i tljp to U. S. i - By CLINTON W. GILBERT Mtaff Cmritrmdtnt EvenlXB Public Ltdotr Washington, June 1. 'The opinion here, Is; that Qermany will tt able to keep UP efforts on the present scale against the Allies Sill summer. This U what 'the representatives of the British and French, have been saying ''right along Blnce the 'beginning of the March offensive, and the present situa tion has brought It home to Washing. ton, which was Jncllned to be pleased with Its Own efforts In getting men across and tended ( to be- optimistic about the possibility of restoring the baUr.ce 6f manpower on the western front. ' . . But the present demonstration of Germany's reserve man p6wer Is most Impressive. Hlndenburg has Just car ried througha. drive of tremendous ex tenf. ,and yet he, has.i all authorities . agree,,, reserve sufficient, to strike now and then a blow of great magnitude, whenever he chooses, In the north at Channel, ports, on ttie Solssons salient, so as ft) throw the present wedge and the Plcardy wedge Into one, and on lomei other part of the battlellne. Or biy resting for a while he may accumu lJtVfor'ce and start a new offensive as great as 'the present one and as the one let loose in March. M Germany Increases Forces Gerrnany'ls'stlh Increasing its forces faster 'than the ''Allies have been able to fncrea.se theirs,' Irt'splte of the Ameri cans being shipped abroad and In spite of the Rattans sent Into France. The rushing of American troops to France will have rto be still further ap'eeded up. Further shipping will have to. .be converted, both by this country a,nd by the AllleB, to the use of the American army. Up to the present, Hlndenburg haB won the manpower race. The statement by the British general staff, published this morning, the frankest comment -of an ofllclal sou ever published In the war, makes this plain. The emphasis In It Is all on manpower. Our Inferiority In numbers Is 'placed first among the disadvantages frpm which the Allies suffer and all the other 'disadvantages, exterior lines,! vulnerable, points, and lack of .roomto maneuver ,ln the north, either spring from shortage of men or are made much worse by shortage of men. ,, ' Controls Austrian Army .Can1 Germany keep rushing men to the west front faster than the Allies? At tention Is being directed to recent de velopments In Austria, the extension of Germany's power over Austria and the recent agreement between-the two powers,' letting Germany treat Austria's Soldiers i as her own, Austria's railroads as her-ovvn', and making the food prob lems of certain parts-of Austria a Ger man problem, for that Is what the agreement recently published virtually amounts to. -AustrlanB are to be bri gaded .with Germans and Germans with Austrlans, with officers of either power over the soldlerr.of the other. That Is the polite -way It Is put, but It doubtless means an absorption of Austrlans into the German army under German commanders. This can. hardly mean anv thing but the combing of Austria for men to win . Ue big fight. In the west,ln.the.,saiTievvay GerTWnyM8-hJtherto been combed. Up till now tin AusYrlans, except Austrian artillery, hi ive not been used on the western fro it. Austria has been afraid to provoke, her people by sending her subjects to Jght other than a defensive war. But. t tie Germaulzation of Austria is now complete, and Itils expected that when Germ my needs Austrlans to keep up the hammering on the west front she will take the m. Miscall ulate Enemy Numbers The Allies appear.to have totally mis calculated the manpower , resources of Germany. ' Before the Karen drive be gan the' British war cabinet assured the peopie pf England that Germany had not 'the men to break up, the western deadlock. After the disaster at St, Quentiny Lloyd-George said in a speech. In Pfrllamept that in manpower both Eiaes were aqgui eiiua.. na i,, ter of fact 'the inside ngurts of our own War Department show that on the day the drive1 sti&ted, Allied strength in the west wasBljghtly greater than that of Germ my, .Today, In spite of the Amir ipans J?ent abroad. In spite of the ii.ii - iilsnatehed to the French front, in sp Ite of ..the British hurried across the cianneV German manpower exceeds the ,t .Hied manpower.- and promises to do.so all summer to such an extent that -..a. .. . .W. tin. similar to those al ready delivered, can be kept up as long as; the' weather permits, or as long as Girmkny finds it profitable Jo continue i ' Advantage In System . fMIHtary men find Germany's ability tVbrtng manpower to. the front faster than-,the- Allies to He in the same thor oughfr established system of nsrtPj ;i.Tk.. .i.i. v.,,, .hi. to strike first and'tardest l 1914. When she wants, the class 01 iszu, " " . ""-" she wants the men of fifty-five or slxtj. she .takes them. 'England has to pass an" act Of parliament to do what Ger many does at a ..moment's notice.' Tne belief -Is that the combing process which BiigUnd ortly Plans, Germany has al- paVnut 'nt Kct' ih6J,hihr,MSn i.I,-.i man Into the fight to win th. war, this summer, And extending Kftr authority oytt Austria, she will ; Rod men? there when it becomes necessary t6.1ieep lip the arives shi U now making 'at as' Sequent Intervals as it la pos sible to prepare for them. Drs Onlckly Prepared And'lt is" possible to prepare offensives now In a brief time, because of tho sZll nart artillery Js playlnr In them. & Bh -hlchP it tok month. tVvmanufaoture were expended In one 4fi on f?w wllea ' ,ron1L,Kd b, was months before another emild be . iVempWdf But artllltry w.rt -1WJ iBhat 'Germany Is doing tof' '" &rtdr4m?onr 8rrS S?L nl exttnslve manufacture at , S2mlP And the op Won Is'that Oernvany Sii Mteep Poundlhg away" for months. R1. IcHLCluLnta become less start- MBhtWWJJ&;S2r3& Vma.'J&9X2!Z-3.Z-ni a. r5it;ed Uh ten ;, tne Casualties Among American Troops Washington, June 1. General Pershing reported fifty-seven names, on today's casualty list to the War Department, divided as follows: Three killed In action; six dead from wounds; ten dead from disease; one lead from airplane accident! seventeen wounded severely; eleven slightly wounded; nine missing In action. Lieutenants" Lee V. Farnum, 621 Broadway, New York J Andrew P, Peter sen, Lamberton, Minn.; James D. Ward, Houston, Tex., were among the severely wounded. The list follows: kiM.r.n ix actios rrlrates DO.NNELUAN. TIMOTHY. Ww York. HlLLnilT. QUSTAVE. Bemldjl, Minn, McINTYHE, JOHN. 809 East Harper street, Philadelphia DIED OF WOODS Serseant CATCZOR. JOSEPH. Milwaukee. LONG, TIM, Chlcascr. Corporal CAUL, WALTER. Q., Norfolk.' Conn. Trlrates CARROLL. WILLIAM C. Elisabeth. N. J, FRANK. JOSEPH. 'New Orleans. McNEARY, HAROLD, Tlrooklyn. DIED OF DISEASE Serteant MCDONALD. JOHN L.. ninghamton, N. T. rrlTates OARVIN. JAJIES S . Hartford, Conn. HOSTETTER. WILLIAM C. Oklahoma City, Okla. KOETHKE, HERBERT. St. Ansiar. la McOUIRE, TATRICK. Drandcnbers, Mont. PERO.NI, JOHN, Vesolacca, Villa Prato. Italy. RUTHERFORD. RfWERT E.. Plfrrc, S D. SANDERS. ERNEST. Devils Lake. N. D. THOMETT. RUSSELL JOHN. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. WILLIAMS, WAlAACD R , Joplln. Mo. DIED. AIRPItNK ACCIDENT Sentesnt CHAMBERLAIN. THURSTON R Ouerns vllle. est. WOUNDED SEVERELY Lleatenantn FARNUM. LEE V.. New York. TETERSON, AXDHBW r Lamberton. Minn. WARD. JAMES D., Houston. Tex. Serieant DEKENKOLR, EDWARD B , Itasca, page County, III. rrlrates ARRAEBEL. DAN. Carson. New CEREZOLA. Wadsworth. New COOUERA. MIKE. Bear Creek. Mont. rtimwto ,TUiUlBin! O. jAfthua. N, Du ll. DES8TIN. RALPH F.. Purdys Btallon, N. X, QBDD1S. ROBERT. Miles v.iiy. Aioub. HOEY. JOHN ,E.. Pony. Monl. HOWE. EVERETT M , Chics no., LAMBERT. HERMAN. San Francisco. LEWIS, EDGAR C, Ashland. N. C PARTRIDGE. JOSEPH M., Werner. N D, SMITH. STANLEY. Mlnso. la. WAGER. EDWARD B . Xlllwaukee, Wis. HOUNDED SLIGHTLY Wagoner McGARY, CLAUDe'r.. Maple Plain. Minn. Frillies AMONETT, HENRY L.. Lynchburg, a. ANASTASIOU.. STVROS R.. Karanda Thevon, Greece. BAB1CK, TONY T.. Berlin, Wis. BERO, ALBERT H., Warwick, N. D. DEVLIN, JOHN F.. Sioux Falls. S. D. FETTIO, AUGUST, Wllkfs-Barre, T. QOODWIV, EARL, conagen. Mom. LEAVEY. JOHN. Roxbury. Msss PHILLIPFE. JOHN ELIAS. Portland. Me. ROGERS, FRANK. Jersey City. N. J. MISSING IN ACTION Sergeant v BRANDON. DANIEL. Townsrs. Putnam TJountj. NY.' y Trliates CAVERLT. . HARRY C , 2VS Green street, Manchester. N. H. CUZ2IP0LL BATTISTE. Sprfngdalc, Conn. DARMEN. CHEbTER. Moundsllie. W.. Va, TITZOERALD, HARRY T Waterbury, Conn. GOLDMAN. jLOUIS J., 3S12 North Fifth street. -Philadelphia. LENHARDT.' LOUIS R., Somerlleld, Pa. LY8EVT, I THOMAS A., Saratoga Springs. N. Y., SWANSON. HARRY. Waverly, Mass. Noto Lieutenant Hi'gh L. Sutherland, Benslt, Miss, (previously repqrted severely wounded), now reported slightly wounded. Prlate William Colllgan, JJSI Forty-third street, Brooklyn. N. Y. (previously reported missing), now reported returned to dut. ITALY SEES AUSTRIAN DRIVE war Council in Undine Fore- shadows New Offensive Borne, June I, Military Critics con sider the arrival of General Boehm-Er-mollo at FrIUll and the council Of war held In Udine under General Boroevlc as certain Indications that an Austrian offensive Is Imminent: The -Austrian)) continue masslns troops alone; the Italian front. Re-enforcements, are still arriving; from Rumania and Ukraine and new Turkish contin gents are expected. Zurich, June 1. As a result of the visit of Emperor Charles to Constan tinople the Sultan has consented to fur nish Austria with re-enforcements of reserves. It was reported today. .WILMINGTON STRIKE ENDS Trolleycsf Men Resume 4Work, Accept ing 8-Cent Increate Wilmington, June 1. The, Wilmington trolley strike, begun yesterday, ended at noon today, the men compromising; on an eight-cent an hour Increase. They asked for ten cents an hour ad vance, Government Intercession hurried the close of the suspension. THE STUPENDOUS BATTLE IN FRANCE la Specially Reported for Readers of -Today's aliening public He&ger H Ay PHILIP GIBBS Greatest Living War Corre' saondent, who Is, with Haig in Flanders WALTER DURANTY " With the French Armies, and G.B.PERRIS In the thick of the action at the Marne. ' ''In addition to the most vivid and authoritative reports of the culminating action of the ureal Hear, the EVENING ruauv LEDGER presents today; New revelations of the great German spu system by William J. Flynn, retired ehiet of the United States Secret Service. Thrilling installment of the "CRACK IN THE BELL." Mac farlane's lerialstoryof Philadel phia, which grows more colorful and astounding daily. A page of the country's funniest "comics." A tufl page photographic news supplement.'' A story for children. . 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Roso, an Italian sculptor, who alo has made valuable suggestions to the War Department a to the art of camouflage. The statue represents Italy breaking her chain and giving her word in behalf of demorrac) CREEL DENIES PARTY OR SOCIALIST VIEWS Challenged Any One to Prove Act "Soiled by Political Prejudice" Wnshlngton, June 1 George Creel, chairman of the com mittee . on public Information, today answered charges of socialism and par tisanship with a challenge to "any on to prove a Single act even remotely soiled by political prejudice " Creel's statement was written to vChalrman Pou, of the House Rules Com mittee, In a reply to a letter In which Pou asked on behalf of the committee that Creel furnish the names of mem bers of his staff nnd pointed out to Creel a number of charges that had been brought Informally against the Creel buieau. Creel said that of his twenty-six bureau heads five were Democrats, thir teen Republican and eight Independents Taking up the charges as stated by Pou In their order, Creel said- "I am not a Socialist ; have never been identified with the Socialist organiza tion In any partjcular; have never voted a' Socialist ticket, and distent absolutely from the fundamental tenets of the So cialist faith. Instead of holding a con tempt for our form of Government, I be lieve In It with all the stiength of my being. Democracy Is a religion with me and throughout my whole adult life 1 have preached America as the hope of the world. "The article that constitutes my al leged attacks upon the Constitution were written In 1910 In Colorado In support of the Initiative, referendum and recall, livery word I wrote had the complete approval of Senator Thomas M. Patter son, owner of the paper, as fine and loyal an American as ever lived, and all three propositions were Indorsed at the polls by large majorities. "Not a single emploje belongs, or liai ever belonged, to the I. W. W. If any proof can be brought that thli Is not the case 1 will discharge the person at once Every man and woman stands absolutely behind the Gov eminent In what I believe to be a just and holy war "It is lo be rememoered that while tho committee during the ear of Its existence has Issued thousands of news releases, only three of this vaBi numuer have ever been questioned as to absolute accuracy. The first of these, a direct cnarge that the Fourth of July statement was a fake' and that our transports nao not been attacked by submarines, was met fully by the reporJt of Admiral Gleaves. "The second complaint concerned vvhh certain captions for airplane photo graphs was largely due to a coniusion between training planes ana Dame planes. The captions referred to train ing plane production and the pictures showed clearly that the machines were training planes. There was the feeling. however, that people mignt ue ieu iu think that battle planes were Intonded and the pictures were withdrawn. Th third, a release bearing upon airplane production and shipment, came to ua with explicit lnaorsemems mm. we were without right to question. A system of checking and verification is now permitted that wlll.hereafter guatd effectively against error. "The charge of partisanship Is one that I would like to have threshed out as quickly and thoroughly as may be, for not only does It weaken the work of ii,io mmittfp hut It shames the thou sands of devoted men, Democrats and Republicans alike, who are giving tnem Boivoa k whole-heartedly to the com mittee's work. I attach herewith a list showing the political amuauons or my division heads: and I beg to say, sir, thai ,nqt until I was asked for this list yesterdav -was this subject ever brought up in this1 committee or even thought of" pou wroje Creel that his Inquiry vyas wholly informal and said the charges against ri n unuuo ouuu.u .!. permitted to Btrind. ir .... . ...ill. GREEKS CAPTURE TOWN Take 1500 Buigars and German Pris oners on Struma Front tandon, June 1. Strong enemy posi tions ut Srka dl Legen, on the Sti umti front In Macedonln, on a width of twelve kilometers (near eight miles) and to. u depth of two kilometers (more than n mile) have been captured by Greek "troops supported uy Fiench, artillery. An official statement bays that more than 1500 Bulgarian and Ger man prisoners. Including thirty-thiee officers., were taken, together with a large amount of war material. WILL FIX ALL FOOD PRICES Danville Board Named to Regulate Sales and Protect Consumers" I)nvlle, Tp-. June 1. Twenty retail merchants, together- with N. D. Swank, borough food administrator, organized the Retail Food Dealers' Association of the United States food .administration. It will act as a price-fixing board for all foods sold at retail In Danville. nnr B. Jacobs was chosen chairman nd'CtarleP. -Murray secretary. John uiP'r'siy.-g'"y.lT'; TV'."-" fj LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE ST 1918 p-pm mwUaKteu wxir'is.v - iti.'tsstis&tx PRIEST CONDEMNS "SALOME" Father Vatighan Says Play Should Have Been Suppressed London, June 1 The defence in the trial of Noel Ppmberton-BIUInc charged with libeling Maud Allan, the dancer, today called the Hev Father Bernard Vaughan noted Jesuit sociologist, lo tes tify iPgnrdlrKT the play "Salome." in which MM Allan appeared Father Vaughan said he legards "Sa lome" an a "trea-.on agalnM the sanctity and majesty of God" He said Its pio ductlon should not be peimltted, and that the effoits of Ppmherton-nilllng. through his newspaper Vigilante, to pre vent It, were "good woik" But even to pi event the production of the plav. Father Vaughan said he would not libel a "pure woman" Pemberton Bllllng thereupon suggested that the character of "Salome" was "hideously Impure." 364 ALIENS AT DIX PLEDGE LOYALTY Respond to Congratulations by Waiving Exemption and Accepting Citizenship Camp I)lx, Wrliclitstnwn N. .1., June 1. Urging the 364 alien soldiers Just made citizens of the United States to obey the law not only In letter, but Ih spirit, and also to live moral llei so that their comrades would be proud of them and the United States would be proud that she has placed her stamp of approval on them. Judge J Warren Davis yesterday congratulated the men, who showed that they would make good citizens by waiving any claims for ex emption because they were aliens, and manifested an eagerness to accept the Government- of this country by renounc ing all allegiance to other lulers Italians predominated in the class, but there were five Germans, one Spaniard, one Portuguese and five who were born In the Ottoman Umpire One officer also took the oath of allegiance Uli was a peculiar case, fpr he had al ways counted himself a citizen of this country, but when there was some doubt expressed after he had been recom mended for promotion, he decided that he would avoid any fu-uie inuiuvenience by taking the oath The officer's father was a IlusHian i evolutionist, who came to this country and became a naturalized cltlzenf Afterwal he returned to roland, where the son was born Tiring of living there, he returned lo this country. His papers of naturalization have been lost, and this Is the reason for the difficulties that have arisen. Miss Nellie K. Scanlon, of Philadel phia, became the bride of Private John R. Clark, of the Thirty-fourth Engineers, at a quiet wedding performed here by tho Rev. J. F. Walsh, post chaplain. The attendants were Miss Ulizabeth Scanlon, the bride's sister, and Private James Vennard, of the engineers. A concert was given here last eve ning by Mrs. S. E, Hutchinson, a violin ist, and Mrs, Kdlth Mahon, accompanist. WILLARD PLAGUE VICTIM United Slates Ambassador Now III in Spain Madrid, June 1. Colonel Joseph E W'llard. the American Embassador, has been affected by the epidemic of the disease resembling grip which has swept over Spain, causing the Illness of more than 150,000 persons In Madrid alone. King Alfonso has recovered suffi ciently to' resume his1 work. Hl aunt. Infanta Isabel, Is 111 of the disease. AMBULANCE PRESENTED TO NAVAL 1snw;srorc75assrr . The Sixlielk sad -urn WAR CHEST - r'&t'i. - 'ZJ.z ,ftS.Cl.!v4J-! ' BARES PLOT TO "GET" 3 ALLIED PREMIERS Camarilla Was Active Against Asqnith, Caillaux and Ciolitti London, June 1 Cross-examination of Captain Harold Sherwin Spencer, who gave startling testimony on his direct examination took up thp greater part of the dnv's proceedings In the trial of Noel Pem-berton-DIIIIng In the now street court Few new developments were brought to light, except that Captain Spencer said he had received from Italian deputies and members of the British embassy at Rome Information about the- efforts of the Camarilla to get Heibert H Asqulth, Joseph Calljaux and Giovanni Glollttl. who wc-e returned to power as the premiers, respectively of England, France and Italy A sensational feature of Spencer's statement was his ussertlon that Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, late British Ambassa dor to the United States, did not tile from natural causes while In Canada but was killed to prevent his return to Eng land and his exposure of the German plot Involving English people of social distinction. Mrs George Keppel who was men tioned hy Captain Spencer as the men singer between Germans nnd English men, was represented by counsel, who asked that she be given nn opportunity to give evidence that she had not been In Holland since the outbreak of the war The Judge granted the request and her evidence will be given later Captain Hall, chief of the Admiralty Intelligence department, also will be called. Captain Spencer In his direct testi mony declared that in May. 1917, he had made this report to the chief of the British general staff In writing. We are being undermined In Italy because the British ambassador In Italy Is being blackmailed by the Ger, mans and Is afraid to send Informa tion to England Captain Spencer added that the am bassador's name was also on the list piepared by German secret agents of 47,000 British men and women Earlier Captain Spencer nnd Mrs Villlers F'lv art had declared that the reruns named were said to be addicted to vice and held In bondage to Germany through fear of exposure Captain Spencer said he was born in the United States and had served In the Ameilcan army. Mr Pemberton-Billlng. the defendant. Is publisher of the newsp-iper Vigilante and a member of Parliament. The British ambassador to Italy Is Sir James Rennell Rodd. He Is a historian and poet. Annapolis, Md., June 1, Tho Pemberton-Billlng libel suit being tried In London Is Interesting the naval circles here through the personality and local connections of Captain Harold Sherwin Spencer, an American midshipman some, years ago. Spencer was prominent at Annapolis and after leaving the ncadeiny sprang into the public eyo from time to time Some months after leaving the acad emy he married a countess nearly twice his age. After a stormy encounter In a New York hotel the couple separated. Spencer later went abroad as a war cor respondent, and was heard of from time to time, HU presence in England, his connec tion with the higher diplomatic circles and his title are causing some specula- Itlon here. i Market Streets Butlnes Men's Aoiaiion ha presented the above ambulance to the United at .WiMaliickon Barracks, Caee.JiUy. N. J. Funds for the.ptwtkiM'werebtained by pop v ATLANTIC CITY MAY GET AIR MAIL SERVICE Pracger Assures Business Men Shore Will Receive Consideration Atlnntlc rit,v, June 1 Atlantic Cltv Is to be considered In "onnectlnn with n branch line of the aerial postal service from Philadelphia to tho shore If tho present service be tween New York, Philadelphia and Washington Is extended, the Post Office Department assured shore business men In replv to a formal request from the Chamber of Commerce. Otto Praeger, Second Assistant Post master General, wrote Samuel P Eeeds. president of tho Chamber of Commerce, as follows- Your telegram of the 24th Instant, addiessed to the Postmaster General, relative to the establishment of an aerial mail route for your city, has been re ferred to this office, and In reply I have to advise that, as there are many details to 1 worked out before the aerial method of transporting mail can be considered a success, It Is not thought advlsnb1 to establish more than one route However, In the event this serv ice proves to be a success, consideration will be given to an extension of the service to other cities Geoige V Kerr has been appointed chairman of n committee to at range for a landing station here and to co operate otherwise with the Post Office Department in the event that the Philadelphia-Atlantic City branch route is In stituted IrUh Prices I.enp Shore prices for Ash, now being taken In large quantities by the nets here and the pounds off Beach Haven for shore markets have gone perilously near profiteering llml's. despite Herbert Hoover's appeals and the creation of a special commission by the New Jersey Legislature to demolish a supposed fishing "trust" and bring prices within reason. Dealers demanded fifteen cents a pound for flounder, one jf the "com monest variety of Jersey coast fish, and eighteen cents a pound for sea bass, ei equally common species, taken from pier nets less than two miles from their stores and with vlrtuallv no cost for transportation. Tor mackerel the deal ers made a prohibitive price of twenty five cents a pound so far as the average family Is concerned Croakers, which the dealers refused to handle a few vears ago, sold for eight cents a pound, and, sea pike for five cents, because fnmllltles In modest circumstances were unable to pay more. The pier nets supply home dealers with the greater part of their stock without the Intervention of middlemen or ex press companies for long hauls riillndelphln Idler In Jail Fred ruller, seventeen 5 cars old, of Philadelphia, !?. alleged to have boasted to pollremen that he "never forked" when thev took him into custody on the Boardwalk as an "Idler," under the provisions of Jersev's work-or-flght law. He wns sent to jail to await a hearing. Notice has been served upon every saloon and cabaret proprietor In the city that the Government will prosecute them to the limit of the law if they sell or en give drinks to any of eighty sol diers who are to he sent here on June 11 by the War Department to av.vll themselves of Atlantic City's facilities as n health resort During their stay the enlisted men will be the Iguests of tho community service committee, of which Leoiiaid D Algar l.i chairman KITCHIN'S STATEMENT STANDS Refuses to Retract Revenue Bill Lobbying Charge Washington, June 1 Majority Lead er Kltchln refused this afternoon to re tract his statement that the Administra tion In demanding a new revenue bill at this session of Congress was swayed by the hidden Influence of publishers' lob bvlsts working for the repeal of the postal zoning section of the last revenue bill In replv to Secretary of the Treas urj McAdoo's demand for a retraction of th's asrertlon, Kltchln made this for mal statement "I have nothing to say now and noth ing to retract " He Intimated that If tho controversy weic contlntltd he would I ly facts that had not Iien mentioned befoie the House, that would tend to substantiate his previous statement. CHINA NEGOTIATING LOAN Willing to trive japan tobacco Privilege as Security Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Copyriflftt. IP'S, tu -vcio row rimes Co. l'ekln, June 1. A nig loan Is under negotiation with the Japanese with the tobacco privilege as security. It is feared that this will infringe the rights of other nations Mr. Hitchcock has signed an agree ment with the Government whereby J2R0.OO0 Is advanced for a Burvey of the grand canal on behalf of the Slems Carey Company. fjLL GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS War Department Wants 24,174 Graduates for Special Training Washington, June 1. As another step In its policy of military training for American youths the War Department today Issued a call for 24,174 grammar school graduates to qualify for general military .service. They will enter vari ous colleges nnd schools on June 15 for special military training. Voluntary re cruits will bo accepted until June 7. COAST DEFENDERS Thoto from Qlob Btudlo. mmrsssmmsmm General Foch Entertains No Doubt of Victory Paris, June 1. The following Is told today, Il lustrative of the confidence of the Allied generalissimo In his armies: .When General Foch recently vis lted Dunkirk, the Mayor said to him "General, you saved Flanders In 1914. You won't leave It In danger In 1918?" Foch replied: "When one remembers how we stopped the enemy four years ago, one must entertain no doubt with the means we have at our disposal today." BOMBING ON HOLY DAY STIRS FRENCH WRATH People and Press Cry for Re venge on Treacherous Germans Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger Covuriiht. 19tf, 6tf S'cio York Times Co, ' Turin. June 1. For the first time since tho beginning of the war revenge has an Important place today In the speech In Paris bc cau; of the airplane and long-range gun attacks on Corpus Chrlstl day There- Is also pome bitterness toward the Pope for his Intervention In behalf of Cologne without stipulating that the Germans cease their attacks on the holy day Whatever potential power the Pope Is supposed to have as a peacemaker later on Is greatly lessened In French public opinion nightly or wrongly, the Pope is more than ever exposed to a charge of sympathy for Austria as against the Allies Paris Disappointed Paris people went tp church j ester day thinking themselves safe because the Germans, through the Pope, had begged England not to bomb Cologne on the holy day. England consented. Paris took It for granted that Fhe also would have a day of Immunity from long-range bombardment and aerial attack It was a cruelly false hope. Shelling and bombing were worse than usual As on Good Friday, a church was hit by a long-range shell, which exploded on the high altar shortly after the evening service began, when the edifice was crowded The name of the church may not be given, as It would afford the enemy accurate information In the di rection Of big gunfire. But It was one of the most cherished In Paris Its name Is a household word throughout the world reeling '.n America at the time of the Lusltanla sinking is repeated In Paris with great intensity. Anger Follows Orlef Grief over damage to the church and the loss of lives by the latest atr raid over the suburbs is supplemented by anger and chagrin at having been fooled by the Implied German promise on Corpus Chrlstl day France ruppesed her capacity for sur prise at German treachery had" been ex hausted, and the holiday began with an unusual sense of security ana safety for twenty-tour hours. The false hope was shared by Americans In Paris at tending their Memorial Day service at several churches. It was one of these churches that was hit by a shell. Nothing further Is left In the way of treachery or cruelty that Germany can do to surprise the French Herce the call for revenge. The Gov ernment is urged by press and public to turn the French aviators loose over German towns by day and night to avenge Good Friday and Corpus Chrlstl. BARNARD GIRLS 'DEFAME' KAISER Lurid Paintings of Wilhelm, Czar and Sultan Appear on Walls at College Wlio painted the lurid, multicolored1 pictures of the Kaiser, the former Czar, the Sultan and other well-known faces on the Inner walls and pillars of Bar nard College? Was It some students who want to "wake up" the college? These questions are troubling the officials of the women's part of Co lumbla, University, and have resulted In the organization of a band of fac ulty detectives to ferret out tne per petrators. Barnard Co lege appeared early one morning to continue classes In the same staid, dignified way as usual, and was horrified to se scores of 'comic, ugly, hideous caricatures palmed In every Imaginable way on every conceivable surface. The majestic pillars Just Ins'de the main entrance held the first exhibits. The tle floors and white marble walls added scores of other pictures to the exhibit Wherever one turned there was a leering, laughing face, painted with every color known to science, and a few more which w,re thought out by the Imaginative artist or artists. Barnard thought af first It was tha work of some of Columbia's students'. The varsity show was being held at the time, and Barnard's scientists, after scraping some of the paint off the walls, announced that It unquestionably was make-up paint, such as Is used by actors. As a result, the chairman of the King's Crown Organization, which In cludes all undergraduate activities, was called in. He Is Loverlng Tyson, alao the alumni secretary of Columbia. Mr, Tyson made a thorough Investigation of as many paintings as was possible. Hi measured their distance from the flr to determine the height of the cul prit or culprits. He caused the paint' to a analyzed and cam to the conclu sion that there must have been three ptrsons at work. ' Some of the work unquestionably 'was that of Barnard students who wished to "wake -up" the Institution. FIRE WRECKS WAR PLANT- New Building la Ordered Before OM Mitten. Pa.. June 1. The forrlnr de. partment of the Milton Manufacturing company s large munition plant nra nurnea yesieraay, ine-names originate , ll uil -; ait l,,v uant utHtia, ,ja.faay swept wiroLjgii -lit, trama mruciifre- yi less man an naur, cauews mucn an age to the machinery. vynue tne nre was in progreaa com pany officials were making plana it erect a new atee) structure, in'.fh plaoa of the burned building; - ";, 1 a ti ,?U Airman Caipaiu CerMW Mllli Th Abm1 June l. vm u4$. lo Be." nviator Tkviri t&.U. . U.S.WHEAr tfrttA FOR TEN Hoover Decrees flfi Must Adopt Bisis Until Crop Is Harvested! ' v, ALLIES MUST BE - ,. ffl .1 HIII,UI', UUHUrA,1 tr tn weeks the nation li'to'tw, virtually a whcatless basis. L-a Squeezed down to 20 per cent oT.naf- J mal wheat supplies, the American hjHtW'-jl hold must go virtually whe&tless untVjf August 16, when the new crop became! ,1 Food administration officials are qtitiiv' lv nuttine the program into effect.Vtt' wbb learned officiality today. -JBtiS VWfci'V fraternal society, church, Sunday cltor,a and religious organization has -r (, v. asked by Hoover to pledge each otnuje .. w tn qhefaln ntlrtv frnmHli7' iiieiuuuiB ,-" .... - -.- .- - of wheat until the new crop Is out, rVSTJ Thousands of others will be reaeiMWj through women's clubs, commercial jOf.J eanlzations and other channels. TmMtj as a State, has volunteered to adopt,tov wheatless Schedule. While labor orga-? lzatlons have not been asked to aband9 hni. food administration officials loeia'd for savings from worklngmen butdo,ntj'l ask complete abolition of wheat by themui While It Is expected that the BaKinga Industry will be hit by the wheatle program, tne grain snoriage leaves fn -i alternative. If the Allies are to beifcS,ij n,br who have up to now cont(nMfA to use the "S per cent wheat tltntp, s allowed them will look for BomekMV, of wheatless loaf- Food AdmlnlstraloVr ,, . ., u le helleved. will nnf (WHrtV 4 that bakers shall produce a wheatei,vj loaf It is aesirea 10 hvuiq unoue aij;g turbance to that extensive InduMr; Hospitals and other Institutions still required 'wheat. The exception! the wheatless rule will virtually M up the surplus left in the United State forcing the great body cf housewlvi . f.ir.t Mttti-lr hrpnria And in other varttS cease using wheat. .tr'ii Official figures show that slight over 20,000,000 bushels of whitl wt for domestic consumption int August 15. Normally we" would 100,UUU,UUU uusiieia ill mm limn. , : ;&y GERMANY CONTROLSiii THE GREAT DAMJBl $&& - iari Central JMirope s main Art Becomes Highway for. Teuton CommercevJ.'! , '-4 The peace that has been forced r;U Rumania Is essentially a uerman " The treaty which the King of Ro signed was brought about by the raw of the Hohenzollern and Ha sabers, and Its terms are a crua dlctment of the rapacious policy;,! Centrnl Empires. Lust jor ten greed of conquest and the extlnc national Independence have been;th variable accompaniments of ajpeaoa. fected by a triumphant German, twin ism They are stamped all over ..I terms enforced upon Rumania- -US the threat of deposing the Kinc.StMa country was reduced to a state -.or yt salage toi the Berlin government,':. the last obstacle in the way or ooT Ing the Danube Into a. German river.i1 removed. , -" & Napoleon aimed at control byvf of the greater part of the Ttlver-,'' Had he succeeded-In his object of i verting it permanently Into a.fT river, his despotic act would hav; stltuted a prolific source for war1' more nations than Germany-Si" Wj.m tn llhaln" inaanl If ll.na anything at all, that Germany'-wHlj relinquish the, provinces that malm i watercourse a german river witoo ordeal of the sword; while theV word "QUI vlve?" on the statue $1 ', Place de la Concorde has for year stltuted a dedication of France ih. recovery or tne lost provinces t,M access to the great stream, But '!'; up Alsace-Lorraine would Imply tiri many the abandonment of deoi policies which; lf'unchecked;majr1 the political 'annexation of Hopm guardian of the mouths of "the Now, the supposititious history Rhine is the momentary history uanuDe. uy me stern logic Of: has admittedly become a Ger from Its source In the Blacttsl Baden to the Black 8ea,for.iJ control Is but that of an ob sal, whilst the, subjugation of 8 Rumania, throurh which -It1-! complete. . vL' it is wen to pause amr c full siralficance of thls'conau tral Hu rope's greatest rlvirt nan oi wr.icn oy mo imyvuji 1856, was declared f ree tpjal -J ine river is iiou innes ions,' a main artery for the enormoiw.i represented by the, Allttel-Burofl j oi mo iemrai rowers, aeiofa tne stream was, lor viermany, , lively useless, nut the conm Balkans undoubtedly .opened vistas or unlimited economic leal power, Already commui tween the Danube anditrta. possible Dy means or tne In Bavaria, which conn with the Regnltz. a Illvei- Main. To th Oir meant that an unrestrk)t44 ) river could -be carried o' from the Rhine to, the : this possibility; rctntate the details of .Gernuuir'a, ' Iln" nnlli-v .'IVJai BWZ converting the.Blaak 8a I !ake,and the,' Beam want Odessa, 4Batum, M".oO ported lrf order to eavtra I of tlveUkralne 4'ta faspian. .pominattnft and tte Nrsr H Otn hold thesirlwr'o st , monopoly., on ways.- "and oatte faterruiMtoitvfroN. 1, fth. "il 1 ill H v ii nil nil.' ihorteef'Watr:wi I and. beaVfrl Us f i pire.the, poastMIMMa nation can iw ' 'A.QermM? German'' Asia.' dlent ktava, tfta W!j ' alln4tWn to , owawpw enalave4 tlera ,' Uw'Al yti
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