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Newspaper Page Text©he Atlanta jleini-WeMa Sffwtial VOLUME XX. DISLOYAL AMERICANS ARE DENOUNCED MACKENSEN MAY CONDUCT NEW DRIVE IN SOMME SECTOR CONSIDER MEASURE IMPOSING H E A V Y PENALTY ON GUILTY Senators Try to Rush Through House Bill Prescribing Twen ty-Year Term and $10,000; Fine for Offenders WASHINGTON. April 4. —German spies, propogandlsts and persons making I disloyal utterances, were denounced in the senate today when an effort was made to rush through a house bill pro viding penalties of twenty years im prisonment and $lO-00 fine for inter ference with government bond sales. ■ acts intending to interfere with the army draft, and disloyal statements. "We’ve got to do something to catch these scoundrels and spies all over the country.” said Senator Overman. of North Carolina. "People are taking the law into their own hands on the ground | that congress is not passing necessary laws We hear reports of mobs every where” Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, de clared the bill would "not catch a single spy." asserting 'Tiat spies do not to •heir work publicly, or openly make dis loyal utterances. German propaganda has been "notori- • ously conducted" and the bill’s purpose is to broaden the espionage law. Sena- > tor Welsh, of Montana, said. He said some federal courts have made "strain ed constructions’’ of existing law and discharged persons who have denounced the president and the nation and ob structed selective service regulations •nd bond subscriptions. Objections Are Entered Declaring the bill was "loosely drawn, sweeping” and too broad in verbiage. Senator Lodge said it might be used by district attorneys for personal or politi cal purposes. Senator Borah, of Idaho, replied that under present laws district attorneys could use their power, and that the bill does not extend their au thority. . Vigorously-opposing the measure. Sen ator Johnson, of California, said he was • astonished” at its breadth and that it could be used to curb freedom of ihe press and free speech. He said it is the "fashion to impute disloyalty to men who do not agree with every doctrine presented. "This bill is not to punish disloyal ty.” he said, "but to suppress the free dom of the press and prevent one from , presenting legitimate criticism of the present goverrmmt or administration in the prosecution of the war. Not only would it suppress the press and make • subservient to those in phwer today, out it would e'en prevent you from thinking as you wish to think.” Senator Johnson said he based his as- ' sertions on a phrase penalizing utter- ' inces "ealcula.ed” to incite or inflame I public opinion against any duly consti tuted federal or state "authority.’ Conferees Agree on BiU Conferees cf the senate and house to day agreed on a bill providing most se vere penalties for destruction of war materials, and for sabotage. Penalties of th’rty years’ imprison ment and SIO,OOO fine are provided in •.he bill, which was greatly broadened n scope both by rhe house and the • onfere"s. for acts which actually, or •re intended, or which "there is reason ,o believe” arc intended to injure or destroy war material and utilities. Th? •at er include arm.-, munitions, live stock, eiothinr. food supplies, railroads, •lectric lines, canals, engines, machines, vehicles, vessels, dams, reservoirs, aflue oucts. water and gas pipes, structures. , electric, wireless, telegraph and tele phone plants and “all other articles in tended to be used by the United States <-r any associate cation in connection with the conduct ol the war.” The legislation also penalizes wilful manufacture of defective war materials, including their ingredients. A special clause provides that em ployes shall not be prohibited from agreeing to stop work when for the bona fide purpose of obtaining better wages or conoiticns of employement. nut otherwise penalizes acts interfering with nroduction of war supplies. The bill was passed by the senate a ' ear ago In restricted form and re - er.tly was broadened and passed by the house, at the request of the department of justice. •Germania Club Stripped Os Everything German JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. April 4—A ommittee of citizens last night called the Germania club and with a chisel mt bamn.ei r.-meved the ncme from he cornerstone of the building. This -.•ine committee, few nights ago. call •i at »hc dub and secured she removal . ••* all German pictures, etc., from the .•alls of ihc club al the same time re j j»-sti< g ’nai the name la* removed from •he corn*.-rstone Findina «hat their re in, st had been ignored, they proceeded aBZ night to complete the job. South Carolina Bov J Decorated for Bravery wfH Hr ‘ MERK AX \R.MV IN ’R.IXCix April X— •By the Associated •ress. •—Lieutenant <’. It. Holmes. « f -noth C« rolina. and Sergeant James A. .Murphy, have b—n awarded the French War t’m-s. Lieutenant Holmes is the man »ho recently captured a German entry Horn hy> por t. Sergeant Murphy killed a German while he was trying to shoot an officer. Full Associated Press Service WILSON TO UNMASK LATEST PEACE MOVE OF CENTRAL POWERS Speaking in Baltimore Satur day at Opening of Liberty Loan Drive President Will Reveal Czernin’s Hypocrisy WASHINGTON. April 4. —While Am erica proceeds with swifter troop move ment. broader and more efficient ship building and large select service levies. President Wilson Saturday will un doubtedly unmask and kill Teutonia s latest insidious peace move. Speaking at Baltimore, he is expected to point to the viciousness of Austrian Count Cxernin s latest peace talk Ef forts by the foreign minister to make it appear that peace was almost pos sible recently and that Alsace-Lorraine was the sole stumbling block will be exposed, if the president enters the peace discussion. Austria’s and Ger many’s ruthlessness in Rumania and Russia will be shown as conclusively belying any words of peace. The president’s speech, as stated some time ago. will be a war speech. It will seek to stimulate the nation and will point to the administration realization that hundreds of thousands of men and all resources must be pour ed into the struggle now in the hope of making this western battle decisive. The most definite answer to Teuton peace propaganda at this time is in the quickened war moves. A new call of more than 100,000 men is planned following close on the in duction of about 95.000 men into ser vice And by July 1. it is proposed to have a ’**tal of about 400,000 new men called. At the same time, the shipping prd gram is undergoing a thorough over hauling. and the authorities are insist ing on results where heretofore they have remained more or less silent over delays. The war. navy and shipping board are accomplishing swifter troop move ment already and under revised sched ules will get more ships soon. While America is taking a greater share of the war burden than originally scheduled for this time, the west front situation today appeared to be one of waiting for another vast outbreak. This will doubtless see movement of Ameri can forces into the Franco-British zone completed or at least partly done. The latest big gas attack on Ameri cans indicated that some of our forces had relieved veteran French forces for emergency service. It is held likely the Germans have learned of America’s intent to enter the fight and are pur suing their usual terrorist tactics. IB LOIN miGN Kill LIST HHIR KEEKS Five Per Cent Cash Payment instead of Two to Be Required WASHINGTON. April 4.—The third issue of Liberty loan bonds will mature in ten years, on September 15 ,1928. the treasury department today announced, and will bear interest from May 9. next, payable semi-annually on September 15 and March 15. "Payment in full may be nwde with the application on or before May 4th." the treasury announced, “but bonds will not be delivered before May 9th on any subscription for an amount ex ceeding SIO,OOO. Full payment may be completed unon subscriptions for any amount on May 9th or any subsequent installment date. "Payment of any installment, includ ing the first installment of 5 per cent, or payment in full, may be made in treasury certificates of indebtedness ex cept those maturing April 22d and June 25th. Qualified depositary banks and trust companies may make pay ment by credit upon the subscriptions of themselves and their customers but only to the extent that they cannot make payment in treasury certificates of indebtedness. "Third Liberty loan bonds which have been owned by a person for six months prior to the date of his death will be acceptable at par and accrued interest in ’payment of United States inheri aanee taxes upon his estate. This ap plies also to t 1-4 per cent bonds is sued upon conversion.” The treasury also explained that the Liberty loan bill provides for the pur chase of onc-twentiet-h of the total is sue of the third loan this year, and that this provision also applies to bonds of the second loan and converted bonds of the first loan. The Third Liberty loan campangn will last for four weeks, beginning Saturday and ending May 4. the treasury depart ment announced today. Banks will be given five days after the campaign's clo-e to tabulate and report subscrip tions. Itistea 1 of requiring a 2 pei cent cash payment with the subscription, as in the sc-o. d loan. 5 per cent w ; ll be asked for the third loan. Twenty per cent the:-. I will be due May 28th; 35 per cent July ' !>th. and 4o per rent August 15th. The treasury expects many sub scriber* to pay in full on purchase and these early payments may be sufficient to redeem the $9"0.0')J.OOO of certiti etes of indebtedness falling due before May 9th. Otherwise it mav be necessary to I refund the certificates with other short i lots. Officials also believe the May 28th 1 payment actually will be much greater than th • 2® pci cent required. The installment payment dates have been arranged so that none will come | in June when the drain on the country's I financial resources will be great on ac« count of income and excess profits taao due June 15th. TUKO-ffMB ARE i FORCED BACK FROM\ BATUM By BOSS® i : - I Fall Back 3 Miles From Ba- turn and Also on Erzerum-1 Kars Line, Petrograd Re-' port States ■ - PETROGRAD, April 3. —Turco-Get* man forces have been thrown back siXt;.* j versts <39.6 miles) from Batum, it v.a t I announced here ‘today. Likewise, they i have been driven back from the Erz.e --■ rnm-Kars line. Ukrainian and German forces seeking to recapture Odessa and Nikolaieff were repulsed, it was announced today. , The Turco-German fleet headed to ward Odessa was driven back by the Russian Black sea fleet. Batum is in Transcaucasia, on the i Black sea. twenty miles east of the I Turkish boundary. Erzerum is 110; miles south of Batum and was recently I recaptured by the Turks. Kars is 100 miles cast of Erzerum and about, the same distance south and east of Batum. MOSCOW, Tuesday, April 2. i By the Associated Press.) —Anti-Jewish riots' have occurred In Turkestan. In Kokand three hundred persons were , killed and much property destroyed, ac- j cording t-» the Ranneyi Outro Anti-Semitic agitation in Kiev, it adds. | is assuming acute form. When that city was captured by the Ukrainians, most of ■ the inhabitants they shot were Jew’s. Romanoff Family to Get 300 Rubles a Month PETROGRAD, Wednesday, April 3. — ; IBy the Associated Press.) —Several i members of the former imperial Rus sian family, now at Tobolsk, are the ReJ Cross has petitioned the 80l- ; shevik government to allow the fam- . ily of Nicholas Romanoff, the ordinary rations instead of that allotted to sol- i fliers. It has been decided to give the Romanoff family an allowance of 300 rubles a month. M. Tehitcherin. -the Bolshevik for eign miniseter, has refused to recognize M. Lyednitzky, who has arrived at Mos cow as Polish ambassador. The Novaia Zhazhn reports the dis covery in Moscow of an organization to enforce the calling of a constituent as sembly. They call themselves Blue guards and are said to number 12,000. The local soviet at Vologda has re fused to permit the exiled former grani dukes to reside in Vologda. Thirty German Transports Land Troops in Finland PETROGRAD. Wednesday, April 3. Thirty German transports with troops arrived at Hangow. on the southern coast of Finland, southeast of Helsing fors. The Bolshevik commissary for Finn ish affairs reports' that M. D’Estrees, Belgian minister to Russia, has been wounded by White Guards, or govern ment troops, while attempting to pass into the rebel lines. An official statement from Berlin re ceived in Amsterdam Wednesday an nounced that German troops had landed at Hangow to give help to Finland. The Germans will assist the Finnish troops in putting down the rebels. Peace Is Proposed By Ukrainian Rada MOSCOW, Tuesday, April 2.—(By the Associated Press.)—Peace has been proposed to the Bolshevik government by the Ukrainian rada of Kiev, the non- Bolshev'k organization, according to ru mors current here. • Although not con firming the report, a member of the Russian government points out that the chances for peace are greater since Ger many’s reply regarding territory in the Ukraine offers ground for negotiations and an understanding on the territorial question. It seems that the rada is willing to make concessions and to modify its original demands which included parts of the governments of Kursk and Voro nezh. The peace question is complicated by the. existence of a Bolshevik-Ukrainian rada. which at present is at Taganrog, it having fled from Kiev. The foreign minister of this government arrived re cently in Moscow in connection with the impending negotiations. Germany Sending Large Force Against Kharkov LONDQN, April 4. —Since the occu pation by the Germans of Poltava, 70 miles southwest of Kharko’ the posi tion of the Bolshevik! detachments op posing them has become more serious. Reuter’s Moscow correspondent cables The Germans are conducting an offen sive against Kharkov from Poltava and Vorojba. employing large detachments which have already occupied Glout iagky. 40 miles from Kharkov. The correspondent also says the Germans have seized at Poltava 54.000 tons of grain which they are exporting to Ger many. Commission Has Program For Carrying Out Treaty MOSCOW, Wednesday. April 3. ( By the Associated Press.) —The special commission formed to carry out the pro visions of the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty has drawn up a program for the restora tion of postal and telegraphic relations with Germany. It has also ordered Rus sian mine sweepers to clear the mines from the Gulf of Finland-and in the Russian part of the Baltic. Grav Hair Banished Kolor Itnk positively guaranteed to restore your gray Iffiir to its nrigiiml color. Not a dye <>r stain. Cures dandruff in 2 api*li<-:ition«, stops falling bair. Harn'!***, colorless, stainless. Ply nothing if it fails. Write Kolor lt.tk Prod nets Co. 68 West Washington St.. Dept. 166, Chicago, for free book and positive proof. lAdvL) ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1918 NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE- By Webster IF YOU WANT UNCLE SAM TO BE HARD- FISTED DrPICATEDTOTWE JAW f Or THE UNSPEAKABLE JL \ HUN "A Sb. ( A; (CorrlgM. I,l«. by H T. waw.) - SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT CLOSE FISTED AjbP Oik ) • WMB If fr*/ MUfiOER OF WATCHMftN AROUSES WASHINGTON Guardian of Public Informa tion Committee's Records Found Dead at Post ——— WASHINGTON, April I.—The murder early this morning of James King night watchman at the government cen-: sorshin bureau —committee on public in- ■ formation—sent a sharp thrill through i the city today. First belief, however, that a spy, , seeking valuable information kept in the ' building, may have been responsible, gave way shortly before noon to con- 1 viction that William Clements, negro; janitor of the committee, with whom ; King had quarreled, may have been re- ; sponsible. The man is being sought aft- I er failing to report for work today. Earl Johnsen, an assistant to Clem- j ents, was taken to headquarters when i he reported late for work. He is under- i stood to have made a damaging slate- : ment against Clements. Clements left his home for work at ; the usuill hour this morning and up to 11 o’clock had not reported at the com- ' mittee or returned home. Hear White House Occurring as it did in the heart of Washington’s war government—the censorship bureau being flanked by the state, war and navy buildings, White House mansion and executive offices — the murder was given a dramatic back ground. Within a stone’s throw of 10 Jack son Place, the committees offices, un der King’s guard, artn e d sentries ' watching the White House, patrolled' the sidewalks. The shot that killed King, howeve”, 1 apparently was heard by only one per son except the murderer. Levina Mui- ; ler. negro charwoman, was working ;n the basement of the committee room shortly before 6 o’clock when the re volver spoke on the floor above ner. Dashing upstairs, she saw King drop to the floor dead. She claimed to have seen no one else. Careful search of the offices revealed that neither the personal files of Chair man George Creel or any other of the valuable archives were disturbed? This strengthened the belief of officials that’ personal • enmity—not spies—was re sponsible for the killing. * Found by Woman B. F. Beach, a 50-year-old Western i L'nion messenger, went to the building shortly after the shooting. ”1 was walking on Pennsylvania ave nune between the White House and Jackson Place.” Beach said, "when I heard a : hot. "The first thought was that an auto tire had punctured. Then 1 figured there were few machines on the street at that time of the morning. 1 had a message for the committee, so T erossc4l and started for Jackson Place. “There was a colored woman in the doorway. When I went up the steps -he said. ’lx>rd.<’. somebody’s killed the night watchman.’ "He was lying on his back, his hat nulled down over one side of his head. !t didn’t look as if there had been a struggle. He was shot through and ; through. I never went inside, just stood' in the doorway and looked at him. Then I hurried off to the state depart- ; ment to get help.” NO GROUND READY FOR 105-MILE GUN; SCHEME IS HELD UP Development of New Long- Range Marvel Is Held Up Because Congress Has Pro vided No Range WASHINGTON. April 4. —Develop- ment of Arherica’s 105-mile gun is be ing hampered by congressional delay in appropriating for a naval proving ground. This was learned officially today to gether with the fact that other vitally important ordnance work of the navy is suffering from the same reason. Some authorities suggested that the delay means a marked effect on the war. Some of the undertakings for which the prov ing ground is needed ought to be tested now fn order that they could be put into the. struggle, they said. The navy departments original esti mate of $2,000,000 for proving ground territory in King George county, Mary land, extending the Indian Head ground, has been sliced to $1,000,000 and now slumbers with the unpassed naval ap propriation bill. The projects which need testing are not untried dream ideas, the experts say, though the 105-inile gun may not prove to be more than psychological advantage. With the possibility that the allied- American and Teuton navies may be come involved in the struggle, the navy’s gun development now is vital, it is suggested. Lack of territory’ on which to test out the guns, therefore, is held Yo mean that to an extent the navy’s efficiency is crippled or ham pered BIIJMITI OF LENHDDT WOIIMIIELI 11,111 MILWAUKEE. Wis., April 4.—’lrvine L. Lenroot. Republican and loyalist, has been elected senator from Wiscon sin by a margin of approximately 12.- 000 votes. Practically complete returns today, showed. Lenroot, 148.302; Davies (Democrat), 136,612; Berger (Socialist', 102,911. Analysis of the returns led to the be lief that the entire anti-war vote —Paci- fist Socialist and pro-German—went to Berger. On the strength of that, man agers of both "loyalty” candidates —Da- vies and Lenroot —were jubilant over the fact that the Davies-Lt nroot total was three times as great as Berger’s. Davies, conceding defeat, telegraphed his suggestions tin the "opportunity thus afforded you for service in our state and our common country in these serious and momentous times.” Lenroot arrived in Milwaukee th'H afternoon and was to leave later for Washington. Two Ashland men are mentioned as possible candidates for Lenroot's seat in the house of representatives—John Chapple, editor of the Ashland Press, and State Senator A. W. Hanborn. Gov ernor Philipp has power to call a spe cial election to fill this vacancy, but it may be unfilled until the regular state polling in November. A certificate of election will be given Lenroot when the canvassing board com pletes its work in Madison today. JJSPER SMITH INDICTED UNDER “DONE-Dfll” UK Well-Known Atlantian Charg ed With Importing trunk Full of “Wet Goods” Did Jasper N. Smith, Atlanta's fa fnous octogenarian of “The House That Jack Built” fame, find these bone-dry days so dry, indeed, that he sent his niece all the way to Louisville to bring him back a trunkful of wet goods? This, at any rate, is tfie charge Mr. Smith was called upon to answer Thurs day morning before United States Com missioner Colquitt Carter, following his indictment in Louisville on the charge of violating the Reed prohibition amend ment Mr. Smith, dressed as usual in the stove-pipe hat, Prince Albert coat and cravatless shirt and high collar which he wears in the hottest weather, ap peared before Commissioner Carter, to gether with his niece. Pearl Brazell. They neither affirmed nor denied the charge and were released on S2OO bond apiece, pending their trial in Louisville. Federal agents allege that Mr. Smith sent his niece to Louisville, that she there purchased a large consignment of whisky from a wholesale liquor house, that the trunk containing the whisky was followed to Atlanta and traced to Mr. Smith’s residence. The agents re turned to Louisville and there Mr. Smith and his niece were indicted by the fed eral grand jury. Certified copies of the indictment were received in Atlanta Thursday, warrants were issued for the arrest of the twain and at noon they were taken into custody by Deputy United States Marshal W. P. Daniel. "Jack” Smith is known to all At lanta. He is over 80 years old and his eccentricities have furnished material for many a story in the newspapers. At Oakland cemetery today stands the monument of himself he had erected over the grave where some day he will rest. The statue, like Mr. Smith, has no neck tie. Only the other day he went to the cemetery to see that the vine, which sometimes twines up the statue in the spring o’ the year, was not circling its coils around the neck which he wishes to be virgin of cravat in the future as it has been in the past. United States May Allow Switzerland to Get Grain From France WASHINGTON. April 4.—ln endeav oring to protect neutral European na tions from the consequence of the Ger man ruthless submarine warfare, tho United States is preparing to go even further than its original promises to keep Switzerland supplied with food and. if necessary will allow that country to take grain through France. The grain supplied from France would ' be replaced by the United States. Switzerland has failed to get Ger- I many’s consent for grain to be landed nt Ue»te for transfer to her needy popu lation. In view of the needs of the Swis-. and the attitude of Germany, the United Si -tes will trj to carrj out the pa"t by other means. The German attitude has delayed the program of shipments to Switzerland by approxi mately 90,000 tons. NUMBER 55. RENEWAL OF GREAT BATTLE OF PICARDY IS EXPECTED SOON Allies Expect -Germans to Make a New Attempt to Break Through Toward Amiens in a Few Days PARIS. April 4. —Field Marshal von Mackensen has left for* the west front i and may conduct the new German effort to break through, according to a Zurich dispatch published in the Petit Journal *.oday. Northwest of Rheims (In the Chemip des Dames sector. where American troops are training', in the Champagne and along the left bank of the Meuse. French Hoops penetrated various enemy trenches and took prisoners, the ccm munique said. East of Rheims in the Avocourt wood (northwest of Verdun > and north of St. Die, German raids fell down. WASHINGTON, April 4. —The det parture of Field Marshal Mackensen for the western front, reported in Paris newspapers, is a tacit admission by Ger* ' many of the failure of her PicTardy I drive, allied diplomats said today. Von Mackensen is considered as the ablest of The kaiser’s generals, but for some time has been in bad favor at court. His presence on the wes-err front would indicate, diplomats say, that Ger many is about to play her last card in France. And it may mean, they added, ! that Hindenburg is slated to fall. Germans Expected to Renew Great Battle on Somme WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, April 3.—Military men regard the first stage of the German of fensive as having ended similarly to the first stage of the battle of the Somme. The Germans ar« not likely to be able to renew the offensive before the expiration of a three-day interval, when 1 they will probably attack again witYi Amiens as their objective. ’ The allieg are thoroughly prepared, although the enemy so far has engaged 100 divisions (1,200,000 men), of which a fourth have been smashed up and I withdrawn. Heavy Artillery Fighting On the Montdidier Front PARIS, April 4.—Heavy artillery fighting occurred last night on the front north of Montdidier. the war office announced. In raids in Champagne and on the Verdun front, the French took prisoners and also captured two ma chine guns. Third Week of Battle Finds Front Rather Quiet NEW YORK, April 4. —(From Euro pean Cables of the Day to the Asso ciated Press.) —Germany’s "peace drive” through Picardy enters upon its third week with both forces preparing for the resumption of heavy lighting. The weather has interfered somewhat but the Germans have not renewed their heavy attacks and the fighting front has remained virtually unchanged since Monday. North of the Somme the British have improved their positions in small at tacks while on the important sector south of the river there has been no infantry action. In the region north of Montdidier. which has been the scene of much heavy fighting, the artillery bombardment has been violent, but the enemy has made no attempt to attack. While there is little doubt that the Germans must attack again and will have to sustain still greater losses in. further efforts against the allied line much interest centers in the plans of General Foch. The attacks by the Brit ish between Albert and Arras and by the French between Montdidier and Noyon apparently were for the purpose of improving local positions. Silence is being maintained by both sides as to the next act in the titanic military’- contest. German newspapers declare that the German drive was halted by bad weath er and not by the Franco-British de fense. Admission is made that the Germans are having great difficulty in moving up guns and supplies ovei* the muddy area of the Somme and that transport is in poor shape because of 1 the necessity for constructing new ■ toads. Amiens, the primary objective of Ger man efforts in the past two weeks, is far from danger fdr the moment. A military proclamation posted there in forms the population that threatening peril has been removed and exhorts i them to maintain confidence. American troops in the region of Toul and in an unnamed place have been sub jected to a heavy bombardment from enemy guns. Gas shells were used ! mainly in the fire against the Ameri- I cans in the unnamed place. High ex | plosive shells and projectors were used |in the artillery attack northwest Os Toul. but no great damage was done. Reconnaissance and patrol activities are increasing on the Italian front, es pecially from west of I.ake Garda to the Piave river. The Italians have cap tbred several enemy outposts and made a number of prisoners. A German force has been landed at Hangow. on the southern coast of Fyi land, to aid in the campaign against the Finnish rebels. Finnish government forces are bom barding Tammerfors, north of Helsing fors. while new Russian reinforcements are reported to have arrived to help the rebels, who control most of southern Finland. German'” ■„ -p., seas, like her land drive, feil down last w-ck Only sixteen British, French and Italian steamships were sunk in the past week (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.)