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TODAY’S WEATHER REPORT.
Georgia and South Carolina: Cloudy
tonight and Friday; probably showers.
IF YOU LIKE THE HERALD—PASS IT ALONG.
VOLUME XXII, No. 123.
Northcliffe Declares Subs Won’t Win the War
‘SUB’ NOT
TO WIN
THE WAR
HE SAYS
Northcliffe Declares America
Getting All the Facts, Save
U-Boat Losses —and
These Coming Soon
(BY THE UNITED PRESS.)
NOTE —Sensing a nation-wide
doubt as to whether Britain has been
telling the full truth regarding the
German submarine successes and the
campaign on the west front, the
United Press today put the question
squarely up to the best posted man
in the British Empire, Lord North
cfiffe, and inquired whether America
is getting all the facts.
In addition, the difficulty of Ameri
cans accepting unreservedly Britain’s
claims of great interest in small na
tions and democracies, while the Irish
question is unsettled, was pointed out,
and a request made for an authora
tive statement of England's attitude.
As an indication of the import
ance attached to the inquiry by the
British foreign office, the resulting
interview was cabled to the United
Press today over the British govern
ment’s own line, evidently at the
suggestion of the foreign office.
(Copyright, 1917, by the United Press.)
Every News Feature.
London. —America is getting the full
and complete facts of' everf news feature
of the British end of*the war develop
ments, except the actual figures of sub
marine losses —and may expect to receive
them very soon. .The miomarine menace
is the strongest card Germany has play
ed, but will never win the war.
The foregoing is on authority of the
man whose prophesies and statements on
the war have come to carry more weight
than those of any other figure in the Al
lied countries—Lord Northcliffe.
Northcliffe is probably the squarest
facer of facts in England. He never
dodges. Today the United Press put
squarely up to him the proposition of
the gathering doubt and distrust in Am
erica resulting from belief that British
officialdom has not been frank with
America in its statements of submarine
losses—and possibly has .not told the full
truth regarding the Allies’ successes on
the west front.
"In regard to the loss of tonnage Dy
submarines," said Lord Northcliffe,
"there is no doubt that the figures are
serious. The government does not pre
vent our newspapers from saying so, nor
prevent American correspondents from
saying so. The government will, I be
lieve, very soon publish the full facts
and figures, as soon as they can ar
range the matter with our French and
Italian allies.
Is Preposterous.
"I do not hesitate to say in my news
papers that the submarine menace is the
greatest difficulty we have had so far
but to pretend that the war can be won
by the submarine is preposterous.
"Certainly there can be no complaint
of lack of frankness or of over-censorship
in the reports of the United Press and
the Associated Press correspondents at
the British front. In the early part of
the war, I was one of censorships’ sever
est critics. But I am convinced that
the present daily reports of the progress
of the British advance, as published here
and in the United States, are the frank
est statements made by any of the bel
ligerents.
"The very fact that the Germans are
concealing their huge losses In men and
our methodical capture of their under
ground forts in the battles around Arras,
should convince Americans that our suc
cesses have been so great as to cause
them to hide their collosal losses in dead,
wounded, prisoners, guns and other
booty.
"When they are winning, the Germans
are frankness itself. Today they are
hiding even such facts as the capture of
Bagdad, which they have not even yet
allowed to be published by the Turks.
"The reports of our series of Bagdad
and Mesopotamian victories, which have
put the proposed Berlin-Bagdad proposi
tion out of action, are merely satires
on the truth.
Turkey on Last Legs.
"The whole situation of the war is that
in 1914 and 1915 the Prussians, owing to
their many years of preparation, were
successful In certain areas, though they
lost all their colonies and had their
ships driven from the seas. Last year
wj* the year of final preparation by the
Allies, but during 1916 the fight resem
bled that point in a tug-of-war when
neither side seems able to pull the other
over the line. Today Turkey is on its last
legs. Austria and Hungary are crying
out for peace and Prussia and Bavaria
are discontented.
"Through the United *Press I have re
petedly pointed out at various periods of
the war that in my judgment the strug
gle will be a long one. I have not al
tered my judgment. A tyranny that has
taken so many years to gather strength
and has fortified itself by every possible
mixture of brute force and science, is
not easily broken.
"I was talking today with an American
citizen who left Austria with your am
bassadorial train three weeks ago. He
tells itie that the Prussians and Bavar
ians long ago discounted the entrance of
the United States into the .war. being
characteristically •ignortant of the speed
with which you will be able to make
vour preparations. But on the other
hand, the Austrians and Hungarians
greatly regretted having come to the
Continued on page eight.
WHERE TO GO TO OFFER
FOR WAR SERVICE.
Kotowing it tho location* of
tho place* where men deairing to
enlitt for war aervice* may go:
Regular Army Recruiting Sta
tion, aouthweat corner of Broad
and Ninth atreet*.
Naval Recruiting Btation, the
New Theatre Building, 741 1-2
Broad atreet. s
First Regiment National Guards
of Georgia, the Armory, 100 block
of Ninth street.
Troop K, Second Squadron,
Georgia-Carolina Fair Grounds,
Lake View.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
UNITED PRESS.
Haig Strikes
May Try Chicago’s
Mayor For ‘Disloyalty’
\
y' *
Willi api M .Tpiopipdon
Federal authorities are investigating
charges that Thompson, mayor of Chi
cago, made disloyal remarks when asked
to invite Marshal Joffre to visit Chicago.
nicl ship
. IS TORPEDOED
(BY THE UNITED PRESS.)
Washington, D. C.—The torpedoing of
the American sailing vessel Willard Abra
hams, off the Irish coast and rescue of
her crew of six was reported officially
to the state department today
Another state department message said
the American sailing ship Margaret had
been set on fire by a submarine, April
27, but made no mention of lives lost.
Big Tanker Sunk.
Philadelphia.—The big tanker Sun was
torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean
sea, according to advices received here
today b ythe Sun Oil Company, owners,
from its London agency.
The crew is reported as saved.
The tanker Sun, though an American
vessel, was chartered to the British gov
ernment last summer along with a num
ber of other vessels owned by the com
pany for the purpose of facilitating the
sending of oil to the allies.
TRANSPORT*
279 LIVES LOST
(BY THE UNITED PRESS.)
London.—The transport Arcadian was
sunk in the Mediterranean, April 15, with
a loss of 279 lives, according to an ad
miralty statement today.
The Arcadian was hit by a torpedo from
a Teutonic U-boat and sank in five min
utes, according to the- official statement.
Most of those lost were drowned.
The Arcadian referred to is probably
the former Royal Mail steam packet liner,
a vessel of 8,939 tons, registered at Bel
fast.
HOUSERECEIVES
BRITISH NEXT
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESB.)
Washington, D. C. —Members of the
British commission will visit the house
at 12:30 o’clock Saturday, Speaker Clark
announced today.
Balfour’s reply to Speaker Clark’s in
vitation to visit the house said:
"Please allow me to express, on behalf
of myself and the members of the Brit
ish commission our high appreciation of
the great honor done to us by the invita
tion which was conveyed to me on behalf
of the house of representatives.
"I and the members of the commission
will be very happy to avail ourselves of
the privilege offered and I venture to
suggest 12:30 on Saturday next. May 5,
if that time suits the convenience of the
house.
"Believe me, dear sir, yours most re
spectfully, r
"ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR."
NO SLACKENING
IN WAR BY RUSS
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Petrograd, (via London.) —The Russian
provisional government has sent to the
Russian representative In the Entente
allied countries a note assuring the Al
lies that the change in government in
Russia cannot afford a pretext for any
slackening on the part of Russia in the
common struggle of all the Entente allies!
“Germans Have Contempt For Us As
a Fighting Nation/’ Says Dr. Andrew M.
Soule, Who Was in Berlin When War Broke
"The Germans have a contempt for us
as a military nation," said Dr. Andrew
M. Houle, president of the Georgia Col
lege of Agriculture, In an Interview
Thursday. "Thoy do not believe we can
fight and think that we are a great giant,
grown soft ami Impotent so far as war is
concerned because of years of financial
propsperltf’.
"It Is true that the present German
military machine is the greatest' menace
that the world has ever faced. The
people over there for two generations
have been taught to obey and one man
can lift his finger In an empire of over
70,000,000 people and every person in It
will obey. They are taught duty, dis
cipline and 1 obedience. The peasants
are educated to do work along their par
ticular line and they do It. Whenever a
peasant shows capacities for leadership,
one who might lead a revolution in be
half of the common people, he Is made a
member of the-nobility, like von Kluck
was. The removes him at once Into a
higher sphere and there Is no more Idea
left In him to start anything In behalf of
the people from whom he sprung.
"I was In Germany when the war
broke out in 1914 and was there for
sometime before it broke out and I know
whereof I speak. German’s great, am
bition was to become an ally of England,
to crush France and then Russia. Per
haps after awhile she would have taken
up arms against England, but that was
:THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3, 1917.
FI6HT TO
A FINISH,
CENSOR
CLAUSE
Belief That “Drastic Free
Speech Restriction” in Spy
Bill Will Finally Be
Beaten.
#BY THE UN FT ED PRESS.)
Washington, D. C.— The finish fight on
"the most drastic free speech and press
restriction in the nation’s history"—tho
censorship clause in the general spy bill—
was in its last stages in congress to
day.
Revealed by its opponents as being even
more rigid and granting more autocratic
power to this nation’s government heads
even than that which England first en
forced and later was compelled to soften,
there was evidence today that the meas
ure would finally be beaten.
This belief, however, did not turn op
ponents of the measure from th#|ir plans
to carry out completely their program of
attack.
These men said today they will not be
satisfied with a "softening" of the cen
sorship clause. They will insist that it
be totally stricken out and an entirely
different one substituted.
Wants Entire Elimination.
Senator Johnson, California, today re
iterated his intention to move to strike
out the censorship feature of the bill
entirely.
Senators Kenyon, Borah and others will
assail the measure violently.
Borah says there is "too much censor
ship on in the world now."
"This country is entitled to know what
is going on everywhere and if the veil
of secrecy were lifted from Russia, Eng
land, France and the rest we would have
a differeilt idea."
Borah takes the position that the meas
ure is the most autocratic in the history
of democracies and despite assurances of
President Wilson that the censorship will
not be construed to clamp the lid on criti
cism of hinYanrl the government, believes
It would be ft "greht national menace."
For the Draft Bill.
The fight on the espionage bilk which
as it is now compiled includes veritable
hodg’e-podge of provisions, each subject
to vigorous bpposition by some senators,
promises to bring long drawn out debate
both in the senate and house. It will be
sidetracked temporarily when the army
bill conferees report In the conscription
bill and then will intermittently hold the
center of legislative stage until adjourn
ment of the legislative bedy,
ASK AMBULANCES
SENT TO FRANCE
(BY THE UNITED PRESS >
Washington.—The United States will
send 3,000 ambulanees and 7,700 doe
tors -and drivers to France, the Coun
cil of National Defense announced to
day.
The first of the units of 22 ambul
and 70 men will leave within three
weeks.
This is in addition to the six med
ical units totaling about 1,000 medical
men which will be sent at once to
Great Hritaln.
The Freneh commission here has re
quested that 200 American medical
men be sent over each month for an
indefinite period. The French and
Hritish medical and hospital organiza
tions, it is said are greatly depleted,
owing to the fact that this service
suffers the heaviest mortality of any
branch.
SALARIES FOR
OFFICERTRAINING
•
Washington, D. C.—-Men training foi
commissions in officers’ training ramps
will be paid regular salaries. This was
assured today when house and senate
conferees on the army appropriation bill
agreed to retain that section of the
measure which authorizes a salary not to
exceed SIOO per month in addition to
present allowances, on condition that
each inan agrees to accept whatever the
secretary of war assigns to him after he
has completed his training work. «
not her ambition at the time this war
broke out. .She wished to become an al
ly of England and In exchange for a free
hand In Turkey and Asia Minor, she
v/as to allow England to have all of
France's colonial possessions, including
Morocco and all of the others In Asia,
Africa and the islands of the sea. When
England declined such a preposterous
pr»q>osltlon the fight was on.
"The Germani are marvels In efficiency.
They are so efficient and mo inliitarlMlc
that. at. times they forgot to be as con
siderate of the Individ us I as they might
he and of sll the countries I have travel
ed In the foreigner hi subjected to more
rigorous regulation In Germany than any
other country. The people are under
the yoke of a militHrlstlc regime and have
been educated wrong. They need to be
gin all over again so far as their educa
tion Is concerned. They have no regard
for the rights of other people when they
come Into conflict with German ambi
tion as exemplified by a desire for a
‘place In the sun,’ as they term M. In
military maneuvers near Berlin before
the war when the soldi# r fell exhausted Jn
the ranks from long drilling he was
trampled over by the other soldiers and
left to get home the best he could. This
was to teach him hardihood and endur
ance.
"America Is facing a terrible war and
the forces of this democracy must be
• ru h
the military machine of um kaiser."
OVATION FOR
FRENCH SAILORS
IN N. Y. TONIGHT
(BY■•THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
New York.—As guests of the city
at Madison Square Garden tonight 1.-
000 sailors and marines from the
French warships that escorted the
French commission to the United
States will be accorded the greatest
ovation ever given by Americans to
foreign sailors.
The Frenchmen will march from
their ships to the garden, escorted by
500 bluejackets, two hundred marines
and the marine band from the navy
yard. *
There will be special theatrical and
athletic program and addresses by
public men, including Mayor Mitchel.
BRITISH RESUME
OFFENSIVE ON A
12 MILE FRONT
Foutth Great Attack Begins
in Powerful Force. French
Actions Widely Scattered.
English Driving Turks.
(by the Asaor.ivrrr press.,
London. —After two flays of inaction,
the British drive, was renewed In pow
erful force again today—and in a new
direction, Field Marshal Haig reported
today.
“There was heavy fighting all along
• the front, from the Hlndenburg lino
south of the Sensee river to the Ache
ville-Vlmy road," he said. “We are
progressing and have already eaptur
ed a number of strong hostile posi
tions.”
The British commander in chief's
report Indicates an offensive extend
ing over a from, of at least twelve
miles. It is thai distance from the
road between Vimy and Aeheville, on
the north to the Sensee river on the
south.
There has been almost continuous
fighting around Vimy, but the direc
tion of the thrust by the British offen
sive has heretofore been exterted In an
easterly direction, toward Doual. Hag's
report today indicated a sudden switch
to a northern pash, out of Villerval,
Oppy and These towns lie
approximately ae’,,?n and a half miles
north of Monchy-le-X’reux, where the
strength of the British drive was for
merly . most powerfully exterted. It
was against further advances here also
that von 'Hlndenburg threw J great
forces of his reserves.
The new British offensive takes in
virtually the entire front on which the
battle of Arras was begun on Raster
Monday and evidently is a jnajor oper
ation. It is the fourth great attack
which the British have made along
this line. The attacking front Is about
twelve miles long.
Berlin Official.
(BY THE UNITED PRESS.,
Berlin. (Via London.) British
troops began a new attack "on a wide
front early this morning,'' today's of
ficial statement asserted.
"The continuous artlllerying of the
past few days on both banks of the
river Hcarpe was followed early this
morning by heavy drurrfkfire. After
wards new English attacks oommenc*
ed on a wide front."
Widely Distant Point.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.,
Pa rie.—The French made an Im
portant gain on the Champagne front
last night, reducing the position which
was still being held by the German;*
in the new lines east of Mont Haut arid
capturing the German of more
than 200 men, the war office announc
ed. There was active patrol fighting
on the Chemln-desDames line.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Bombarding Monastlr.
Paris.—“ There wa« heavy artillery
fighting near Juina and In the Gema Bend
on May 1,” said today's official state
ment from the Macedonian front. "On
Monday night the Kummluhh repulsed an
erifYmy recormolterlng party. The bom
bardment of Monastlr continues.”
Thirteenth Turkish Corps. /
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
London.- The thirteenth Turkish
army corps ha* been driven by the
British from ith positions ip Mesopo
tamia on both banks of the Hhatt-EI-
Adhern, General Maude reported today.
“The British cavalry Is pumping the
Turks into the Jebel Hamrln hills and
making many captures.
(BY THE UNITED PRESS.)
In the Darkness.
With the British Armies In the Field.—
In the darkness lust, preceding dawn to
day the British dealt a blow at Ihe Ger
mans over a wide front both north and
south of the Hcarpe river.
At the moment of cabling, the Impres
sion here, Is that the buttle Is going
siitlsfaf torlly for the British. Prisoners
are beginning to arrive and more Ger
man guns have been taken.
Heavy fighting continues.
Since the fighting began on the 9th
moretban thirteen «n*<ny divisions have
been exhausted on this front a!one--and
yet Hlndenburg Is desperately throwing
In fresh units with pitiless orders to hold
or die.
To the north of Greenland Hill and to
wards Fresnoy, #*herisy and Bullecourt,
reports of headquarters Indicate the Brit
ish have gained ground.
At Oavrelle and Loos the Prussians are
counter attacking fiercely, The enemy
Is In a particular frensy over Brit lari
’possession of thftMi points because such
a hold hampers the work of destruction
of Lena.
That work Is proceeding by day and by
night.
The Boches also fear for Doual and the
remaining portions of the Hbgfried or
Hlndenburg line which has already been
partly turned at Arras.
The attack this morning began under
an Indigo sky The moon had set, hut
during the brief period between the har
rlcan barrge fire and the attack Itself,
thf« stars Tit up the battlefield with a
bluish light.
Fiercely In France
INSANITY
PLEA IS
VAWTER
SWITCH
After Introduction of Sensa
tional Defense, New Tact
Adopted By Defense in
Virginia Trial.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Chrlstiansburg, Va.—Vawter’s letters,
Introduced yesterday by the state, it is
believed, determined the defense to bring
his sanity into question today.
It in believed probable that If the de
fense had been In possession of tht> let
ters introduced yesterday by the com
mon wealth it would have induced them
to support a plea of Insanity.
There was not a woman present in the
throng which packed the courtroom this
morning.
Court opened with Bernard Williams,
the student lodger at. the Vawter home,
on the stand for a few additional cues
tions as to occurrences the night or the
tragedy.
Long Hypothetical Question.
At this stage counsel for Vawter held
a lengthy conference, and at the resump
tion of proceedings, Dr. A. M. Showal
ter, a local physician, was Introduced.
W. H. Calhoun, of Vawter’s counsel, pro
pounded a long hypothetical question In
volving Incidents «>f Vawter’s life and
asked what was his opinion of the sanity
or insanity of such a person.
Dr. Showalter testified that the letter
to Beth supposed to have been written
about the middle of last May, taken in
connection with previous events outlined,
was In his opinion written by a crazy
man.
The second letter of October 18 was In
his opinion evidence of a more normal
mind. His testimony was taken up large
ly with qualifying and technical matter.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREBB.)
Chrlstiansburg, Va. —Mrs. Charles E.
Vawter was expected to take the stand
Continued on page eight.
GREATEST FOOD SHORTAGE IN HISTORY
OF WORLD, SAYS DR. A NDREWM. SOULE,
WHO URGES FARMERS TO RAISE FOOD
It Is the Highest Duty of the
South in the Present National
Crisis. Man Who Speculates
in Foods is a Traitor
HEARD ONE GEORGIA
FIRM .HAS 12,000
BARRELS OF FLOUR
Which Are Being Held For $25
Per Barrel. The Government
Should Seize Flour, He Said.
Great Food Conference at the
New Modjeska. '
That the man who I* speculating in
foodstuff* 1h a traitor to bin country wan
the declaration of Dr. Andrew M. Houle,
president of the College of Agriculture of
Georgia, at a maws meeting, or food con
ference, held at the new Modje*ka thea
tre Thursday morning. Hundreds of peo
ple, principally farmer* from throughout
this aectlon of Georgia and South Caro
lina, attended the meeting.
]>r. Houle *ald that the atrong hand of
the government Hhould Mtep In and atop
the Hoeculatlon In foodstuff*, for the man
who buy* flour at $* per barrel and holda
It for |2’ per barrel l» giving Holace and
aid to the enemy of our country. Dr.
Soule *ald that he had heard one Georgia
concern had purchased 12,000 barrel* of
flour which It whh holding for s2f» per bar
rel. Thla flour Hhould be aelzedf he said,
arid the men holding it Hhould he Jailed
l>r. Houle Maid he wan not prepared to
prove hie ti**ertlon about tfie 12,000 bar
rels, but. merely gave it a* he heard it.
The Augusta Food Conference, under
the auspice* of the Hoard of Commerce,
opened at 10 :H0 o’clock. Rev. .1. 10. Hu*h
nell opened the meeting with prayer,
after which Dr. ,f. K. Green, chair man,
outlined the purpose of the meeting, *tat-
Ing thatdt wan being held to further the
raising of food crop* In thin section of
the country. Dr Green then Introduced
Mr. P. A. Methvln, of the Georgia de
partment. of agriculture and the repre-
Hflhtutlve of CommlMMioner J. J. Hrown.
Mr. Mdhvln, who in a food expert, mild
that It Hhould not be ncc***ary to tell
the the people why foodatuffM Hhould be
rained In the South to a greater extent
tha never before. Mr. Methvln *ald that
It hadn't been altogether the farmer*'
fault 'hat more foodatuffH haven't been
rained, becaua* they didn't have the mar
ket facilities. He aald grocery’ nhelven
are lined with canned good* and gro
ceries grown everywhere except In the
South, becauee the people haven't de
manded them from tho Mouth. On the
other hand, the people of the Mouth, aald
the speaker, haven't nut their article* In
marketable shape. fie Maid the people
mtiat learn how to prepare their canned
good*, their crated vegetable*, etc., for
market ho that In look* and qaulity they
will compare with thoflie brought from
other place*. There are two e*Hentlal*.
aald the apeaker;
Get the food product* produced.
Get them Iti marketable ahape,
Mr. Methvln aald that there i* ao lit*
(Continued on l'age Eight.)
TWO LEASED WIRES FOR TELEGRAPH NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
1,200 U-BOATS
AFLOAT IN YEAR
IS WALKER PLAN
(BY THE UNITED PRESS.)
New York. —Twelve hundred nubraa
rlnes afloat within a year -submarines as
powerful as the IT-53. which paid a visit
to Newport last fall—is possible for Ger- |
many, according to J. Bernard Walker,
eriifor of the Scientific American, in an
address to the National Security League
here.
Germany’s facilities, he said, offer the
chance of keeping under construction 53
U-boats constantly. A standard type, he
pointed out, could bo adopted and con
struction speeded. Six months, ho be
lieved, would be sufficient time to com
plete a boat..
Sailors from idle German battleships,
he declared, could be used to man the
craft.
Walker declared the belief that Ger
many is bending every energy to the
manufacture of submarines, pinning her
faith on their ability to bring the allies
to their knees.
EMBARKCAPTIVE,
HOSPITAL SHIPS
(BY THE ABBOCIATED PRESS.)
London.—ln the house of lords today
the Archbishop of Canterbury raised the
question of the recent bombing of Frei
burg by French and English aviators in
retaliation for outrages perpetrated by the
German fleet. The archbishop declared
there was a strong feeling throughout
the entire country against such reprisals.
Karl Curzon of Kedleston, member of
the war council, replying for the gov
ernment, said that after the "abominable
outrage” against the hospital ship Astu
rias the war cabinet had decided to exe
cute the threat of reprisals made In Janu
ary.
“We consulted the French upon the
matter,” Karl Curzon continued, "and
they heartily approved of the plan and ex
pressed a desire to co-operate. It was
then decided to carry out the bombing
raid on Freiburg. The government, how
ever, consulted the Imperial war confer
ence which also concurred and It was
also decided that no reprisals would be
undertaken after this If the Germans
ceased their attacks on hospital ships.”
It was too early, Earl (’urzon added,
to say whether tho reprisals had been
successful, but there was evidence that
it bad a salutary effect. He said the
French had announced they would em
bark German prisoners on their hospital
ships.
$'500,000 A. 0. H. FUND
Washington, D. C.—The national board
of the A indent. Order or Hibernians, has
decided to raiHo a $500,000 fund by as
sessment of members for use tn caring
for dependent.** of enlisted man of the
army and navy.
The board at Its meeting last night also
adopted a resolution urging the American
government, to exert its Influence with
the British government to obtain self
government for Ireland and "to present
the claims of Ireland to complete national
independence at the peace conference to
l>e hel dat the dose of the War."
CHICAGO BAKERS
GET INCREASE
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Chicago. —Hulking bakers got an In
crease of $2 a week In wages and em
ployers retained tho right to employ
non-union foremen by an agreement
which ended the bakers' strike here.
Settlement was effected lust night, after
a conference of representatives of both
sides In the office of United Ktates Dis
trict Attorney Ulyne.
It also was agreed that shall bo no
undue "speeding up” of workmen.
Other details will be published later.
It was said that Hinton Clahaugh of
the federal department of Justice is In
vestigating a report that a leading
member of the bakers' union Is a Ger
man reservist.
READY IN FIVE MONTHS
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Washington.—. Seventy-one German and
AuHtrlan merchant whip* seized by the
government will be repaired and ready
for comml«*lon within five month* uiilch*
concealed damage I* dlHCOvered, the Fed
eral shipping board eHtlrriatvd today. They
will add f»85,722 ton* to America's mer
chant marine. Many of the Hrrialler whip*
can be made ready for *ervice In lew*
than four month*, and necessary repair
work 1* being rushed in private shlp
yard*.
RECRUIT GERMAN ARTISTS
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Copenhagen, via London. -German
artists arc tho latest recruits demand
ed by the German war machine. Tho
German Academy of Arts has been no.
tilled that artists will he subjected to
compulsory enrollment under the na
tional service law. The academy ad
vises Its members to volunteer for suit
able avocations and suggest that man
ufactories need draughtsmen.
PERFECT AGREEMENT
(BY THE UNITED PRESS.)
Amsterdam. —Perfect agreement exist*
between Germany arid A nutria on all
quefUlon* of noace, a semi-official *tate
rnenr received from Vienna today assert
ed The Auntrlan cabinet whh *uld to ln
*i*t that both rnonnrchleH must "hold to
gether to the end, otherwise no good could
accrue to either power In the future."
LOmN F. DEL*ND DEAD.
IDY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Boston.—Gorin F. Deland, who a* n
Meritor coach of Harvard football team*
20 year* ago, originated the "flying
wedge," died at hf« homo here yesterday.
He war <l2 year* of age. Mr. Deland said
that the# play which revolutionised the
football game wa* an application of mili
tary lacflcH, bared especially on Na
poleon's method of turning an enemy's
flank.
• DA NE S FlB HI NO AG A IN.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Copenhagen, via London.™ The Dan
ish fleherles In tho North Hen whoso
operations were temporarily suspended
owing to a whortkgo of gtiHolino and
the danger from mine*, are again busy
with highly satisfactory results.
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U-BOAT
MENACE
America Face to Face With
Grim Realization. World’s
Tonnage Being Destroy
ed Alarmingly Fast
(BV THE UNITED PRESS.)
Washington.-Means of getting vast
numbers of sturdy ships sobn swept
aside practically all other govern
mental war topics today.
Face to face with tho grim realiza
tion that Germany is eating Into the
world's tonnage alarmingly fast, tha
government prepared to push through
congress at once its bill giving Presi
dent Wilson dictatorial power over
ships and shipyards.
Food questions, serious as th«y still
are, discussion of dispatch of troops to
France -all these matters went by the
hoard In tho overwhelming problem
of more shipping in order that Ger
many may not triumph in her plan to
bring England to her knees.
The government bill, practically
ready for definite action, propones that
the president, If necessary, can com
mand all shipyards, all ships and con
trol tho use of steel mills.
Will Be Inadequate.
Government statistics show that even
Its present program of turning out
200,000 tons of the thousand ton wood
en ships a month Is inadequate to keep
pace with Germany's now admittedly
devastating U-boat toll.
Seventy-one German and Austrian
ship—of 551,000 tons—now interned—
will be ready to augment the American
merchant fleet within five months, it
was officially announced today, and it
Is assumed, these will be put Into ser
vice at once.
Repairs are golhg forward rapidly
on all vessels damaged by the Teutons
before seizure.
As the government plan now stands,
shipyards will he forced to grind out
small wooden and steel vessels on a
standardized plan at a rate far higher
than ever before estimated.
Incidentally the government has
learned with a shock that many yards
arc accepting slow-time contracts for
vessels of alien concerns. Sweeping
aside patriotic requests under a mer
cenary desire for perhaps more lucra
tive business.
Whole World’s Output.
Aside from the official warning of the
seriousness of the submarine situation
voiced by the cabinet members yester
day. information made public here by
the shipping board discloses that ths
whole world's ship output the next four
months cannot exceed one-fifth of the
monthly losses by torpedoing—ls the
present average of Prussian destruc
tion continues.
There Is a very distinct feeling here
that unless the shipping question is
solved unless everybody helps to the
utmost —Germany will be a practical
victor In the months ahead.
The near-panic evidenced by author
ities followed conferences with allied
commissioners, and receipt of figures
showing that Germany’s U-boat har
vest is hitting far more grim totals
than perhaps even the TeutoiiH them
selves had anticipated.
The practical upshot of the official
warnings, It Is thought by many, will
he to shunt aside the clamor for send
ing troops to France immediately and
to force upon the nation the realiza
tion that, as Secretary T,ane said, tho
war “will l>e fought on this side of the
Atlantic If we do not beat the Ger
mans to It.”
Short Bhrift.
The vital topic of food control. If
still under senate consideration and th*
outcome appears likely to be short
shrift for unscrupulous fool specula
tors.
Commerce shipment figures Issued
today show that In March, the nation
exported $41,888,103 worth of bread
stuffs and $39,590,028 worth of meat
and dairy products.
To carry the supplies represented
above, ships must be had. And, the
government proposes that within six
months, at least three vessels a day
shall he sent down the ways at Am
erican yards.
GREEKS PROTEST
THE KING*S ACTS
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Paris.—The congress of Hellenic • colo
nies, r*pre*entlng the most Influential
Greeks remdertt In Frame. England, the
I’nited StAte* and all part* of the world,
at a meeting In Pari*, have decided t*
Issue a declaration to the power*
tectlng Greece—France, England and
Uuimla—that they aro convinced King
Constantine, by hi* unconcealed pro-
Gorman policy 1* hurrying Greece to cer
tain ruin. The congrcM* place* entire
confidence In the Venlzelo* government.
The declaration accn*e* princes of the
Greek royal family of visiting London,
Pari*, Petrograd and Herlln for the pur
pom* of Intriguing against the national
government of Greece and quote* the
word* of the heir apparent, Prince George,
to hi* regiment on th#eve of the Athen
ian vesperr:
"Don't leave a single Frenchman allvo
on Greek soU."