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THE MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL
LIBERTY LOAN
HUGE SUCCESS
Oversubscription of 39 Per Cent.
Shown in Final Treas-
ury Figures.
MINNEAPOLIS HEADS LIST.
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Approximately 17,000,000 Persons Sub-
scribed, Almost Twice as Many as
in Second Loan and More Than
Four Times as Many as in First,
Washington.—America’s third Liber-
ty loan has been oversubscribed by $1,-
170,019,650, the treasury department
announced.
This result not only exceeds every
other government loan, it proving the
patriotism of the people, according to
department officials, but exceeds as
well the response of the people of any
other nation :n the war, including Ger-
many. ;
Besides the material purpose of rais-
ing money to support the war, it is
deemed of incalculable value in dem-
onstrating te friend and foe alike the
readiness and eagerness of the Ameri-
cans at home to help those Americans
at the front. Approximately 17,-
000,000 persons subscribed, almost
twice as many as in the second loan
and more than four times as many as
in the first, showing an increasing in-
terest among the people and desire to
sacrifice for the American cause.
The New York district, the largest
contributor, with $1,114,930,700, more
than a fourth of the total, held the
bottom positicn on the percentage ta-
ble because big business interests with
headquarters in New York and bank-
ing institutions failed to subscribe
heavily to the loan owing to imminence
of federal tax paying time,
. Records by Districts
Records by districts are as follows:
Quota in Per
Millions. Raised. cent.
Minneapolis ..... 106 $180,826,350 172.0
Kansas City . 130 202,301,060 156.0
St. Louts ...... . 130 199,085,900 153.0
Atlanta ........ 90 136,653,350 151.0
Philadelpnia .... 250 361,963,500 144.7
Dallas .......... 80 115,395,200 144.2
Chicago ........ 425 608,878,600 143.2
Richmond ..,... 130 185,966.950 143.0
Boston ......... 260 354,537,260 142.0
San Francisco... 210 286,657,450 136.0
Cleveland ...... 300 404,988,200 135.0
New York ...... 0 1,114,930,700 124.0
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United States Treasury, $17,915,150.
The subscriptions accredited to ‘the
treasury were those sent direct to
‘Washington. Treasury officials will
begin immediately to organize canvass-
ing forces for the campaign for the
next loan in the autumn.
U. 8. ARMY JOINS BRITISH.
Americans to Assist in Defense of
Channel Ports.
With the American Army in France.
—Troops of the new American army
have arrived within the zone of the
British forces in northern France and
are now completing their training in
the area occupied by the troops which
are blocking the path of the Germans
to the Channel ports.
Their commander already has com-
manded American forces in trenches
on the French front. "The British offi-
cers and men who are training the
new force say the Americans are of
the finest material and are certain to
give a most excellent account of them-
selves when they meet the Germans.
The British troops greeted the
Americans not only as comrades in
arms, but as warm friends, and the
work of instruction is being continued
in that spirit. The American forces on
arriving within the British zone were
cheered to the skies by the sons of
Britain, many of whom bore unmis-
takable signs of battle. They had not
seen the Americans before, but they
knew they were coming.
‘The Americans, on the other hand,
gained all the more enthusiasm by
the heartiness of the greeting which
they received from their battle scarred
comrades in arms. The last stages of
their training before entering the line
were begun almost as soon as they
reached their destination.
WORLD'S NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
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NEW YORK.—Captain
Italy’s most famous wis Hr, is killed
in a fall at Mineola ..x : a new air-
plane he was trying out “sideslips”
after a bad start and tumbles to the
earth.
WASHINGTON. — George Creel,
chairman of the Committee on Public
Information, makes a full and frank
apology to Congress for his slur in re-
cent New York address.
LONDON.—British press is urging
allies to intervene and save Russia
from complete German domination.
Favors giving Japan free hand, with
formidable entente representation.
CHRISTIANIA. — America’s agree-
ment to provide Norway with food has
met with great popular approval and
Norwegian officials declare it has
saved the present cabinet and averted
a disastrous food crisis.
NEW YORK.—No other nation in
the world hag leaped from extrava-
gance to thrift as quickly as did the
American people when this country
entered the war, Myron T. Herrick de-
clared at a luncheon of the New York
savings Banks Association. . He cited
the sales of Liberty Bonds and Thrift
Stamps, as well as the Increased sav-
ings deposits In banks.
Resnati,
Eo om
HENRY P. DAVISON
Says Peace by Terror Is Foe's
Aim as He Slay. and Maims.
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Henry P. Davison, head of the Red
Cross, returned from France, says the
Germans have failed utterly in their
efforts to break the spirit of the allies
by aerial raids on unfortified cities.
He says American troops have won
the admiration of Europe by their dash
and bravery.
ASKS SURVEY OF MEN
Senate Resolution to, List and
Classify All Workers.
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it Is Estimated That Five Millions Are
Needed in Fighting Ranks in
Next Two Years.
Washington.—Initial steps for the
complete industrial and military mobi-
lization of the man power of the Unit-
ed States were taken in the presenta-
tion of a resolution to the senate by
Senator Cummins of Iowa calling for
a survey and a report of the number
of men available for either military
duty or industrial work incident to the
war.
The resolution asks the heads of
various departments of the govern-
ment to supply Congress with informa-
tion and statistics in this matter, on
which adequate legislation may be
framed.
The Iowa senator in urging adoption
of the resolution suggested that the
age limits to which it would apply be
fixed at eighteen to forty-five. Not
fewer than 5,000,000 men in the fight-
ing ranks and trenches irrespective of
the number of men employed by the
military authorities in other capacities
in France will be needed in the next
two years, he said. To supply these
it was obvious that many more men
must be taken from industry.
The resolution. provides that a sur-
vey of the man power of the country
be made with a view of ascertaining
“how many men can be withdrawn
within the ensuing two years from in-
dustrial and preductive occupations
for military service, leaving enough
workers in the fields of necessary and
essentiai production” to meet these
needs:
All needs of the military forces im
the field.
All necessities of the civilian popa-
lation in the United States.
All imperative needs of the allied
countries fighting alongside the armies
of this country.
The needs of the essential commerce
of neutral and friendly nations.
TO CUT STEEL USE.
Hinted That Commercial Outlet Must
Be Curtailed.
Washington.—A long conference be-
tween members of the War Industries
Board and the American Iron and
Steel Ii stitute over the question of
increased steel production adjourned
without settlement. '
Despite attempts at secrecy it was
learned that in the event of a refusal
of steel manufacturers to curtail the
outlet to commercial users the gov-
ernment must operate the plants.
SENATE WANTS ALL HAWAII DRY
Passes Bill Including All Territory
Outside of Hoholulu.
Washington.—Hawail is right out in
the middle of a great deal of water,
put it’s dry territory just the same.
The senate passed a bill including in
prohibition territory all the Hawaiian
Islands in addition to Honolulu, which
is already in that category.
Senator Sheppard of Texas, author
of the national prohibition amendment,
is responsible for what the senate
wishes to the islands.
DEFEATS PLANS
FOR WAR INQUIRY
President Names Hughes as As-
sociate to Gregory in Investi-
gation Into Aircraft Charges.
es.
SAW WAR CONTROL SOUGHT.
President, in Letter to Majority Leader
Martin, Declares Passage Would
Constitute Vote of Want of Con-
fidence in Administration.
Washington.—President Wilson made
two decisive moves in the demand for
investigations.
In a letter to Senator Martin, major-
ity leader, the President called upon
the supporters of the administration in
Congress to defeat the Chamberlain
resolution for a general investigation
of the conduct of the war.
The President also announced the
appointment of Charles Evans Hughes
of New York to be an associate of At-
torney General Gregory in investigat-
ing charges of dishonesty in aircraft
production.
The spirit of the letter by which the
appointment was accepted to aid the
Democratic administration is under-
stood to have been a source of pro-
found gratification at the White House.
The President is determined to pre-
vent politics from playing any part in
the war inquiries, but the fight is still
on, as a substitute resolution intro-
duced by Senator Chamberlain calls
for an investigation of ordnance as
well as aircraft production.
By a vote of 3 to 2 Senate Fixpendi-
tures Committee ordered a favorable
report on the Chamberlain war inquiry
resolution, but added amendments to it
modifying it so as to limit the Military
Committee's activities to army opera-
tions. A proviso was added expressly
prohibiting the committee from a gen-
‘eral inquiry into the conduct of the
war.
The President, in his letter to Sena-
tor Martin of Virginia, Democratic
leader, declared the resolution, if
passed, would constitute a vote of want
of confidence in the administration,
and would indicate that Congress de-
sired to take on itself the conduct of
the war.
Senator Chamberlain, called before
the Senate Expenditures Committee,
displayed considerable feeling, and in
a prepared statement issued later in-
dicated that if the senate were to.re-
fuse to pass an amended resolution
giving the Military Committee author-
ity, he would not attempt to press the
army inquiries further.
“1 deem it my duty to say,” the pres-
ident’s letter said, “that I should re-
gard the passage of this resolution as
a direct vote of want of confidence in
the administration. The purpose which
it undoubtedly expresses has been ex-
pressed again and again in various
forms during the present session and
has always seemed to originate in a
rooted distrust of those whe are at
present in charge of the executive
functions of the government. Those
executive functions are very clearly
understood. They have been defined
both by the Constitution and by long
experience, and no one can doubt
where the responsibility for them lies
or what the methods are by which
those who are responsible can be held
to their duty.
“Such activities on the part of a
particular committee of the senate as
this resolution would look forward to
would constitute nothing less than an
attempt to take over the conduct of
the war, or at the least so superintend
and direct and participate in the exec-
utive conduct of it as to interfere in
the most serious way with the action
of the constituted executive. I protest
most earnestly against the adoption of
any such action' and shall hope that
every senator who intends to support
the present administration in the con-
duct of the war will vote against it.
These are serious times, and it is abso-
lutely necessary that the lines should
be ciearly drawn between friends and
opponents.”
PITH OF THE
WAR NEWS
Ne
The Kaiser is on the west front again,
apparently to direct a new attack.
The Emperor has been present be-
fore several times, on each occasion
witnessing a defeat.
The rapid flow of American troops to
France makes it imperative for the
Germans to renew their offensive
soon, in the view of the British gen-
era) staff. Delay enables the Ger-
mans to reform their divisions and
prepare another biow.
Lieut. James Pellache of New York
continued to fight after beigg fatally
wounded in the Picardy battle and
choked a German to death.
Every German advance is smashed as
quickly as launched. Prisoners
taken are thoroughly tamed, and in-
dications are that the German high
command is loging confidence in its
ability to push an offensive through.
The aggressive has been taken by
the Italiane, however, and the Aus-
tro-German forces, instead of
jaunching their long expected as-
sault, have been compelled to fight
hard to maintain the positions where
they have stood since last November.
General Pershing, in the first official
daily communique, tells of increased
artillery fire in American sectors,
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CHARLES E HUGHES
Wiil Probe Alleged Col-
lapse of Airplane Program.
ii reeesrer seers if
Charles Evans Hughes of New York,
who sprang into a fame which carried
him to the very portals of the White
House itself as a result of his masterly
and pitiless conduct of the famous in-
surance investigation 12 years ago,
was named by President Wilson to
direct the department of justice in-
quiry into charges of dishonesty and
malversation in the production of air-
planes for the army.
RUSH 1,300,000 TROOPS
America Has Promised That
Number of Fighting Men.
Declares Misunderstandings About
Foreign Workers Replacing French
Are Cleared Up.
Paris.—The United States has prom-
ised to have 1,500,000 fighting men in
France by the end of 1918, says
L’Homme Libre, Premier Clemenceau’s
newspaper. These troops, it adds,
must have their own organization and
services, which will mean at least
2,000,000 specialists, workers, men ‘in
the quartermaster’s department, and
others, ’
The newspaper says certain misun-
derstandings which had existed have
been cleared up, and that under no
circumstances will allied workers or
soldiers replace French workers in
factories. The presence of American
workers on French soil will be in di-
rect consequence of the presence of
American fighters on the front.
Care for 5,000,000 U. S. Troops.
London.—American preparations on
the western front are amazing in their
immensity and plans are being made
to care for 5,000,000. American troops,
Harry E. V. Brittain, secretary of the
English branch of the Pilgrims Club,
told the Royal Colonial Institute. If
the Germans do not give in, he added,
the number of American troops will
be increased to any amount necessary.
Sir Charles P. Lucas, former head
of the dominions department of the
colonial office, said he wondered if the
Germans realized what the entry of
America into the war meant. It
meant, he said, not only the accession
to the allied powers of many millions
of fighting men and the addition of
vast resources, but also the coming in
of the only one among the great peo-
ples of the world who have seen and
carried through to an unmistakable
issue a four years’ war.
Berlin Uneasy as Americans Pour to
Front,
Parts.—The steady arrival of Amer-
ican, troops in France is crusing great
uneasintss in Germany.
Following the admission in the Ber-
lin Reichstag that it is not known how
many troops the Americans already
have in Europe, Colonel Gaedke, the
military critic of the Vorwaerts, says
that Americans may yet play the most
important part in the great battle.
Gaedke also admits the wonderful
tenacity with which British and
French troops have .defended their
positions.
INTERNED HUNS NEAR MUTINY.
Prisoners Incensed When Told They
Will Be Moved.
Washington.——Almost a mutiny
broke out among the 2,200 interned
Germans at Hot Springs, N. C.,; when
they learned of the government's pian
to move them before July 1 to army
posts at Forts Oglethorpe and Mc-
Pherson, Ga.
Many of the interned aliens had in-
vested their savings in improvements
on their cottages, to make them more
comfortable.
ITALY ASKS U. S. TROOPS.
Would Show America Is Behind Ally,
Rome Intimates.
Washington.—Italy in an informal
way has made known to the United
States that the presence of American
troops on the Italian front is greatly
to be desired. A few thousand men
under the American flag, Italian offi-
cials feel, would hearten the Italian
civilian: population and their troops.
Italy desires the inspiration that would
be afforded by the presence of Amer! |
can forces.
FRENCH SMASH
ENEMY LINES
Advance Over Two Mile Front
Around Locre and Take
400 Prisoners
POSITIONS ARE IMPROVED
In Thrilling Air Battle American Avia-
tor, Maj Lufbery, Leaps From Burn-
ing Machine to His Death—Had
17 Victories to His Credit.
London.—In sharp operations around
Locre, French troops made an import-
ant advance on a front of more than
two miles and captured over 400 pris-
oners, according to Field Marshal
Haig’s report from British headquar-
ters in France.
No attempt was made to push for-
ward to a great depth, and all objec-
tives were gained. As a consequence
there has been a decided improvement
in the allied positions.
With the American Army In France.
—Maj. Raoul Lufbery, who had been
regarded as the best aviator in the
American air service, was shot down
in flames and killed Monday by a big
German triplane which he was attack-
ing. Lufbery jumped from his flam-
ing machine when 800 yards above the
ground. He had 17 victories to his
credit.
The German machine which brought
Lufbery down, which was armed with
two machine guns with an operator
for each piece, apparently escaped.
Lufbery’s only wound, aside from
those received when he crashed to
earth, was a bullet hole through the
thumb. Apparently the same bullet
punctured one of the gasoline tanks
of his machine.
To Build 130 Boats on Lakes.
; Cleveland, O.—An agreement tanta-
mount to a contract to build 130 ves-
sels to cost approximately $800,000
each and totaling about $100,000,000,
was reached here between Charles M.
Schwab, director general of the gov-
ernment’s ship building program, and
Great Lakes ship building companies,
President Readjusts Air Service.
Washington, D. C.— Reorganization
of the army air service was completed
by, President Wilson as his first act
under the new law permitting him to
readjust government departments for
the war. In an executive order he
directed that the air service be wholly
divorced from the signal corps, and
aizo that the functions of producing
and operating air craft of all kinds in
the military service be separated. This
gives full legal status and power to
John D. Ryan, recently appointed direc-
tor of aircraft production and chair-
man of the aircraft board.
Carelessness Caused Explosion.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—Failure to observe
the United States government's warn-
ing to manufacturers of high explo-
sives to refrain from using sodium bi-
carbonate in the manufacture of T.
N. T. as a neutralizer was probably
responsible for the explosion at the
Oakdale plant of the Aetna company
last Saturday, when approximately
180 men were killed. This information
was disclosed by the investigators: of
the catastrophe.
Shoot and Burn Negro.
Johnson City, Tenn.— Thomas De
vert, a Negro, was shot to death and
later his body was incinerated near
Erwin by a band of men after a sensa-
tional chase in which the Negro swam
a river, dragging with him the dead
body of his victim, a 15-year-year old
daughter of a white blacksmith.
Air Raid Does Much Damage.
London.—Thirty-seven persons were
killed and 156 injured in the last Lon-
don air raid. Six persons. were in-
jured in the provinces. The casualties
are divided as follows: London and
the metropolitan police district: Kill-
ed, men 17, women 14, children 6, to-
total 87; injured, men 83, women 49,
children 23, total 155; provinces: in-
jured, men 2, women 3, children 1,
total 6. Considerable damage to prop-
erty has been reported.
British Aviators Active.
London.—During -the aerial fighting
Saturday, 27 German airplanes were
destroyed, three were driven down out
of control, and three German balloons
were burned, according to the report
on aerial operations issued by the war
office. Twelve British machines are
missing.
Charles W. Fairbanks Near Death.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Charles W. Fair
banks, former vice president of the
United States, is critically ill at his
home here with Bright's disease. His
condition was better than for a few
days past, it was reported, but physi-
cians stated that he may not recover.
14 Men Entombed In Mine.
Charleston, W. Va.—Fourteen men
are imprisoned in a mine of the Mill
Creek Coal Company at Villa, behind
a fire which broke out following the
explosion of a gasoline engine driving
a fan near the mouth of the mine.
Three members of the state mine in-
spection force are in charge. Little
hope was entertained that the men
could be rescued alive, until a fan was
brought to the mines and it was said
this soon would begin operation and
permit the rescue forces to make a
more effective fight against the flames.
PLACES READY
FOR DISABLED
Pennsylvania Employers Wil
Provide for Army and
Navy Cripples
MANY SITUATIONS ARE OPEN
Short Items of Interest Gathered at
the Various State Departments
Touching Affairs of the People
of ‘the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg.—In the Bureau of Em-
ployment of the Department of Labor
and Industry, extensive card files, re-
cently installed, indicate where 42,111
soldiers, sailors and marines, crippled
or permanently disabled threugh war
service, may find, in Pennsylvania,
suitable employment despite their vari-
ous disabilities.
Places of employment range from
steel mills to dairies, from silk mills
to railroads, from cigar factories to
paper mills and from lumber camps
to department stores. :
The great number of employment
openings for crippled war veterans are
classified in the Bureau of Employ-
ment by industry, by locality, by oc.
cupation and by disability of workers
to be employed. This classification
has been made possible by the patriot-
ic responses of Pennsylvania employ-
ers to a questionnaire sent statewide
from the department of Labor and In-
dustry early this year.
Every Pennsylvania employer who
can give employment to war cripples,
handicapped by various disabilities, is
urged to notify, at once, the Depart-
ment of Labor and Industry, Harria.
burg.
Brushing Up Their History.
The presence of French soldiers in
Harrisburg recalls that the last French
soldiers here was about 225 years ago.
English were by no means the first
white men on the banks of the Sus-
quehanna. Years before John Harris
ever saw the ford where he later es-
tablished his ferry and dreamed of
a city there were French traders in
this section and more than once
French soldiers moved up and down
the river to the great annoyance of the
English at Upland and Philadelphia.
One of the most noted French traders,
Peter Chartier, who later became ac-
tive about Fort Duquesne, had a settle-
ment on the hills near New Cumber-
land and French soldiers went with
him to straighten out some Indians.
Conscience Fund Grows.
Some one in Harrisburg sent State
Treasurer Kephart four $1 bills with a
request that they be placed in the
“conscience fund.” There was no ex-
planation. This is the second payment
! of cash for the “conscience fund” from
Harrisburg within ten days.
Dr. Royer Honored.
Dr. B. Franklin Royer, Acting Com-
missioner of Health, has been appoint
ed a member the committee on
sanitary policy under war conditions,
to report at the Conference of the
State and Provincial Boards of Health
of North America at their meeting in
Washington June 5 and 6. In the same
conference, in the symposium on child
conservation, he will make a report on
what Pennsylvania is doing in child
conservation.
Seed Buckwheat in Demand.
Demands for seed buckwheat which
have been pouring into the Department
of Agriculture from farmers who will
put out that grain in increased areas
this year, have raised hopes that Penn-
sylvania may have the lead of the na-
tion again as a raiser of the gram.
There is a scarcity of the seed grain,
and the Bureau of Markets is trying
to locate a supply. Last year the state
harvested 314,000 acres, the crop of
5,570,000 bushels being worth $8,681,»
000.
Wheat Prospects Discouraging.
Gloomy predictions as to the wheat
crop of Southeastern Pennsylvania, in-
cluding Lancaster county, are made in
the mid-May bulletin of the State De-
partment of Agriculture. It is declar-
ed that some parts of Lancaster, Ches-
ter, Delaware and Montgomery coun-
ties will not have 60 per cent of the
average yield for 10 years.
Trolley Fare Decision Soon.
Steps will be taken by the Public
Service Commission in the very near
future to determine upon the scope of
its authority in complaints against in.
crease of fare on trolley lines where
the fares are governed by ordinance.
This subject was argued some time
ago. The trolley fare increase com-
plaints have been increasing and are
being grouped to hearing and determ-
ination.
Lighting Code Revised.
The factory lighting code of the in-
dustrial board of the Department of
Labor and Industry has been revised
to insure adequate artificial lighting
without glare in Pennsylvania induse
trial establishments.
The Groggery's Fate.
The last frame buildings In North
Fourth street, in the Capitol Park Ex.
tension district were sold to E. C.
Ensminger for $31 and will be removed
at once. They once contained a grog:
gery of renown.