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April 17rShoirert to-

.Ida end Thundayi cooler Thursday.

' TFMPiaiATtllB AT IUCH IIHKIt

rrri i To'i iljlrX'LQ3IiLi'

I'-WrrfiTrscTfiTI I I I I i

.'

HIE WEATHER

r -

.i!i .

POLICE HEADS

WILL REMAIN,

gAYOR SAYS

i

lemith Will Not Oust

If Wilson and Rob

inson

.l.lMCTAVT I

Si-fll, ASK ABBiowi"

WLi SUPERINTENDENT

- ,

,, Executive Declares j

He Has Bene Tricked "

by fOllUCiiino

ULTIMATUM

TO POLICE

Firemen Must Also Get Out of

Politics or Lose Jobs.

People to Judge

It ....... ihil I

S?::E',r:ALIEN INVESTORS

V("2 . ' , nrnntendent ot police bo

Z. "'

tta Mills probaWJ wl" tw picked for

t """'. ., itl,nttnn of

, post. Th.. mn . . ....... -

hnngo In

IWher inipnru.".

,ly offlclalK-

and an ultimatum u

jpltemt" nnd nrr

men to cease all pollll-

... ..tuitv within

ucck. were tlio

nr ... .i..-i.inniiipiits today In

Hie l

fUlfcllu,"

Wj'i vlco situation.

1 Will l'.ml VIpo In" Week

! The Ma J or denied that- there were anj

.ftr-flfty political methods In tho police

Kdolnco.u.eetlonwIththeUce

clean-up. He awerieu wm. - - -5rttb.cl.vouiaber.dotMccl.yP

ni of the t. ecu, at wl.ic. une ....

M'a ... .W.lnrp.l that

Major i""'"1 " " '" ; r

Mctor WlNon f the Department ot

,.. R!,f.H . ARsiiant Director. I'avU

i Superintendent of I'ollce ItobUoi.

fwiU! retained ,,.,.,

tnddentalls It was icarncu .. .---

ml Investigators under the dliectloli or

, rant roloncl i-hailes H. H.stch, r

tiMitenant Colonel

P.v.v- Kin.ps inaiine corps, who was

Vrt here b Se.ntaiy

nrllnr un on the ico

Daniels, aie

hnestlcatlon

frtidilsbtlnB made by the city aumo...

mCL i

. h n iirmiL in

Till. In

On arrhlng

or said Unit J

Tliec

tnnltf hnth tO

Bfilclmcnt

Alter annou

ruiB Director

'IPavIs and Kupi

liiror wlu

I "I expect to

rWoced In r

treale the post

Mmmdnt of nolle

will b named for the position. See

'i.ih..voi.Iimii Kiii'ircHted. f hae

t.iwi (.nnfl.ioncn In Suncrititendeiil I.""

Jhson and anj man he plcUs fo

for tin

E.,;: rhavct,'!

1 will

Stormed Superltnendent Hoblnson that ,

fitter selecting the man for too jou ,

lit Kill be held reponMDie i""' imu-. .

Cerelopments

was -learned tli.it cnpiaiu ' .

. .. AnHUn '

wen oaercil an auraciivu mmni' ,

Itrth the Vnlted Si.ite Government.

llo!

muked to o.gan'zo gua.ds for the i

jftk.n ouid nav "scooo a year.

IttTInsof the laptain's offer, tl.e .viaju.

Cmforhlm i aptaln .Mills then ngieru

u remain acre anu nvip io cie.ui m -.

L .V. .1 .....I I 1.1... In

iiiriiciuiiiiiii'ii.

"Clfn-ii. MeeU" Hon that Hie (leimans have landed an location of the embarhatloii ttatiou ev- In tho fall of 1U15.

i-fof. way i r, - :: 'rzr. "''''''I'-iiti-hiihia...

"". ,' alt"" r censorshh, ho ajs. It Is then -Mr Schwab will !,,, un11,n!tP., ...-,..,,''?. 'J. '. n?LL l Tr. '" ."T-

" - :: i-'sr-sw-ss? sssa-s

"!"" ":At. ".. . :...:: i' ".';.;; p.- : .i. i- sa5s. num. ti.oUBi, i, 8 indicate , " v? ' ; .w"u,r..w ",,lp i" the

iii-oi. .. ""'-"r. ..... ." :..:.. .,... ...,. , v. ihu . spend a laim. nan r i.i. ,i. , " ... u . T."' ." . "'o sti u,e uy mrormlnc

B1lntedent i;om.on. u.c u. .... 3';"'"" "V,, 1 tual Hold of operation, ,1 ! i, " " . I b.l.or Uelegat ons on January SO It was

haw an ortunancc -,.... ... ... " "; , f pn.t of his Miup h,,a"r ilt lo earliest possible moment b an

.muds tomor.o.v to ..- ' b" nnd ,.a nil. . o . e, -. ;u5 fo, , la l i r " 'mn. honorable peace. Other members of his I

to of assistant su, u - casn .... ... ",. 'n... 7 . , , , I cn.er of . , - .7... n .."" ",.l"a' Ulcrnn.ent promised labor and inllltan

r -.in ufii u.tt i in t ii i iii'iiii. i,n ifi'iiiit iih hi i ,....- - - ii u .in i ii l: ni nun i - e.. .. i

Regarding; political iumoisi.icom.ee-1 W0UNDED LOMi TU IMU111

nn with littt.irtlitiweiliriitinil. AlIlOll,' 1

U at.u i. - . 1.. i... nlir.itlni. Mnvnv

Jmlthsald, "Tl.eie is no fifty-fifty basis

J i my campaicn to clean the elt .

i .

People to Judge

That applies to nio, l'cmoso or an

Mter faction in politics. By the end of

ibt neek 1 will let the peoplo bo my

1 Jodje. Furthermore, what 1 have map

W4 out will remain lu operation .luting

py entire administration. I'm serving

wUctBaathe policemen and firemen that

Wlll havo to get out ot politics. If

gey don't they w ill lose their jobs, and

JJt toes. I have been deceived and

IIVIL Hllll Lllf II'U lll I'BllhUViu.ii .....j".

PWed ever since I havo been Majoi.

1 mean hndncea i ..... .t... ... .i.n...

I. - ...vww a .iu fcUlUfe U D1IU11

8Jt I am Mayor

IMed conce.miiK Hn- Mslt ol Sen-

Kf,k.i ,,ls 0T1" cstcrdny, -Mayor

l"i said the Senator merely called

P8. ,?re" . ll13 "Pl,r"al of the Mco

S-up and promised to back the JIaj or

IfrS "" camPlffn

Wonel Ilutch said today that thtc

"lam J!lfdo ccr,aln Pfomlbcs and had

Rw .. S!,""rday to make good. He

5wf'J0ulI b0 unfalr t0 a" !"

allet nappen ir the -Jlaor

Avlrtuaj curfew has been established

" central ti-riinn ..r n. i... ..

L'tretuit ot 19 aiI.Uce camn..,..

Mltast 100 VOllnn- rrl.lu . ' , .1

Kr. 'I," "" Va old: found

IbmwX.1? .th. tenllal Part f tho-city

htel iu ," ,ast '"Bbt, were ques

iMd by Detective Alfred I Rm.rter

ftu.V... . ",0 ""r

ian. 7 ., 0l nl8 cl,''n-uP squad.

Kl ton. t,1 Blrl8 allotted that they

Horn V- oco ule soldiers mid

ra. A 8ee llle Folllers

tu .,, t- " "juinj sum mat tncy

Went Th?" ,Vlt,10Ut ll,elr Par"

id i,fi iT1 majority said that they

iTtoiirtW . . lolu t0 e """e-

ken..:;..?.. "" "iicen years old. weie

t s..., nan and their paient notl-

getecthe Souder sai.i , .,.. ... j.

S theTaHn y 0t MllorH "1 Koldi;

fcfi.'S! "let. "' .""latlons.

r.i.J .. -"-vo iilffL Z p iTtrlM iniA

Ner. -lu. .V. "" J"11" cteclve

Who city "r It ""ay r.ro'." l" "enI't

Cn ana .. ' "'"' in in llie eve-

?0teaph ..T. . ' "u Propose to

:, 'l night" "CU n U'

fstln Vrnnrli v r. .

t Of th p.j. . "-""""" "1

' Hall m,;.., . "'""'om. returned to

Q ' hy a Bquaa ot P'al"'

,mni my lHvl.lrtr. . ... .

J4CtalnCalhUian,

Developments of a Day

in City Vice Investigation

.Mayor smllli will ask ohiih in

to I "-establish position r As.,t.

mit Superintendent of I'uliiT and

Is considering Captain Wlllium U.

Mills for tlic post.

lie ainioiiiirpTliMo he win ip.

tain Dlii'ctor Wilson. Kuperlntcn

dent Uoblnson mnl Assistant 1)1

icotni lluiry Davis.

Another nhtikdip In like Police

Department nffccthig ono of the

ulltcors "hlghei up" uf ls cxl,ccUl,

to lip niatlo todn.

.Mayor Smith Iium ordered pnllto

men mnl Jlrcmen to km out of poll,

tics within a week or lose tlielr

Jobs.

Tho nm.vur kujh he will tican up

downtown dens of lrc which mas

querade us "tea 1ioiich.''

In iidditlon to cleaning up vice,

tlio .Mayor declares lie will elcun

up polli-e dvpnttnicnt.

Detective Soulier, heading AIa

or' clean-up snuad, starts cm few

drive aK.iin.it unescorted glib on

stints at night. ,

1'edpii.l invcsligatois. under

Lieutenant Colonel I t.i 1 1 1i l s

X. (' . .'in- quli'th keeping talis on

vice Uan-lip

IN LOAN DUPED;;

PnmmiHoo Tiivoorin-o i n ..

ommutet in estig a t e s ,

Alleged Attempt tO bCai'e j

Foreigners Into Sell

ing Bonds

EEI) i),000,000 A DAY,

An alleged iitleiiipt to defraud for- !

clgnem living In the (.oullicrn part of (

tlio cl was uueai tiled today by the I

Liberty Loan committee. The charge are ,

now being IntCKtlgated by the special

agents of the committee, nnd If such con

ditions exist the matter will be turned

over to the Department of Justice, they j

say. ,

.. . ....... .... .. ... i

Niamey i;eec, iiuiiriuan 01 wic mn-

brclln trade dIU&lon of the Industrial and

commercial committee of the Liberty

Loan, dlscoteieil

that In

some cates i

Italians

weie being confidentially ud- I

, Used 1.. xell all the Liberty Uonds they

s wa nine Is belnc issued In a

s naming is 01 ing lbHUnl nj a I

man

who claims confidential Infoima-

.i llun.e lar b.'liiv

III the us If pin till liv

Italian Is -aid t" bai -

Mr. l!i H', tb

Id his holdings

tn.illiiurd on I'aee . Column I'our '

AMlTRTf ANS WIN

Xl.lTIl - - l'Vi Al 1W

BOCHE POSITIONS

ni.vo patrols Cross io

v

-!Man's Land and Find

-

(jOl'mUll vjUlineiS UUlli:

,,. .,..

,,.,.,'

With Hie Amerliiin Armj In .runir.

DlH j;

. ', , ,.,,1,, cio-sed Xo

'I wo AnicitcJti pan o.s u. -

.Man's Laud northwest ot roill Jester

clay morning and cleared out t.eiman

liiichlne-guu positions. They found the

.... cunc

.u tms so"e .....

Americans ivounueu .11 ..i " --

tie aro begging their muses to let them ,

... ...I.,.a1 fliA fillMnV.

(Ilt fill UllOltlLT WiUlV-lV Mfc H"J k""i'

The weather Is damp and cold and

tin urounl Is muddy. .

w bo ';r 'prt", 'r twS "isrs !

Apremo.it forest, i.o.thvvcst of Toul.

futight Hie Germans for live hours with1

pa.t ot his right ankle blown awaj bj a .

hhrapncl bullet and then walked ten t

miles to a hospital to be treated. lie ,

refused medical aid until tho end of the

battle llo was woundul at four hi the ,

morning and was not t.eated until after i

"""was on dim in an outpost, fo n.ar ,

10 tho Geinian lines that I could near

the Germans laughing In their trenches

and the watchdogs barking. A fellow

In our company 100 yards away had i

been wounded by a grenade. 1 guess he

.".'.. -a U... y.(o ..rrimAiit

must have coughed or bonieimng, lur inc j

JloCho got him. I icporteu mo aua.r u

I icported tho affair lot

-v corporal and no ami two i.rivica ......

inyself stole out in the darkness The

mud was deep and there was cutnider-

able danger, but we goi nun an num.

V grenade bomb dlopped near me and I

felt an awful pain 1n my leg. I kept on

shooting and 1 guess 1 muM have got

n few I am anxious to leavo the hos-

niral and get bad; to the tienchcs for 1 1

:... . Hv them hell."

... , '

"Com! I.uek 1 elloivs," ll.en IHril

Another private wild that before tho

llflif everyone was wondering how it

would seem. !

n.p tiiliicr that iminossr.l me," he ,

went on. "was that everybody seemed to I

take It us a Joke. Tho bodies dropped

fifteen shells right near us. I gut clipped

on the shoulder. One of our gang, had

his leg shot ort. We found him lying

In the trench. He was u gamo kid.

He said 'Oood lucli. fellows; so long;

and then died.

V rolo near me jelled like a crazy

man every time he threw a grenado at

tho bodies. Ho knocked out his share

all right. Tho first German I got was

creeping along the ground. I noticed a

light blond head and Jet go with my

.n. i .aiv i.tm roll over and not- move.

"I got ono fellow as he was going to

Continued on I'M Tn, t'elvnn On

... ' "". .m..:7 ,..;..: he will be In ihlt...i n. .,..,:. :..": .?"'n' ...nperor to . nd the wai

CITY BECOMES

SHIPBUILDING

CENTERINGS.

Emergency Fleet Con

struction Offices

Shifted Here

CHOICE OK SCII WAR

HAILED AT SHIPYARDS

Speedng Up of War Pro

gram Seen as

Result

$20,000,000 A R M Y POST

Government Picks Site for'

Embarkation Depot Here.

Industry Dooms

Philadelphia will ultiinatclv I.e. .uue

the nlllelal (iovemment center of the

nation's shipbuilding activities.

IJecaiie of the preponderance of .

ie shlppln g for tho fulled States'

to eminent now being built on the'

Delawaie Itlvcr, construction ot of-,

"ces ot ,1,p Unieracncy 1'lect Corpora-,

w, hc IrollRl,t hcre folIowll,B tllc

appointment of Clmrles Jt. Schwab as

rldcctor general of the Kmcrgency

fleet Corporation,

ss'l'Iic first matter to claim :..t attention

of the new head of the tansrseney Tleet

coiiioratlon will b" the speeding up ot

uorli at the Hog Island nhlpvnrds. Tho

. arils hate reached a stage where heels

rre being laid and a steady How ot ulilps

will Boon be under construction.

Ke-organi7atlnn of the lime, geticy

Plect Corporation and appointment of

Schwab as head of the corporation were

largely the result of testimony of l'lilla

delphlans In the Hog Island senatorial

Inipilry home wceUs ago.

l.iiiliiirUiitlnii Dcpol I Irr,.

.M.out MU.iion.ooo will be F,,nnt here ,

by the Government in imiMi.ii. ,,i I

. . .. . -'(.,

cnu.aruation uepot. A site has heen

selected and arrangements for taUlngl

"'" tl10 Ia'"' uvo """"'"ed. I

., , . .

"lele is no inrorinatlon as to tho exact

along the Di law an lil. i

ng inilnstij

.111(1 lf irr.Mil.

-i iuii ui .in auimnni (,f tlic "st

'"I

"" "

tnnllniiril m P.ier se,,n, ( U11I i

MF!N MA11R nnnn

AJJUy

BAKER DECLARES

ur..-. ti. . j

di secretary bays Amer

leans in France Have

Proved Worth

IT ., ,,...,. ,

" -..... - . j ipiiiriuv

u. n. MUS1 ftUl'l'URT WAR'Fromdcnblatt. which saJ3: "Thei

... . . .... ... .

I

... ,

Wasllliiglou, April K.

"'llic Aiucrltau soldier has made

good lu I'raii.e." ,

Secreta.-v of w.... t.i- . . .1

. . tcuiai 01 Uai Laker biought

tlitt message back to tho country !

today in n pics.s interview. In which i

" dcelaicil "the big thing for Amer-

lei, 1,. .1,. i. ... .,. ... !

------ .., ..,, Illlul1. ,

daily, In sentiment, in belief nnd In

rntlt:irf

--. "o.

"I lie American soldier." he de-1

elarcd. "is healthful ami l.un.n- .......... I

" "" I'l'rf -

' j'f ; -7 - 1.

'H'' mi II It h .I....P."

hllo icfuslng to comment on the

present drive. Maker pointed out that

the tli.ee urniies in l'runco aie "tilled

with the most tremendous spirit,"

while tho civil population aro "qulto

determined and confident."

f "J

""J'f,, rW "AV"A

sonal inspection ot the gi eat v est front "

..,,0 i,,,,,,,.,,, ,,, BtU fro

lrunir," be said. "U mr of lremeiduu.

rarnrM, oi.ri.le.il entliukhisiii.

"Tho whole spirit Is one of almost

...p....." ...iu tawnuj inspiring do-

tei munition. Any one who goes there

..nisi navo un mci eating sense of nd

iiilintlon for the magnitude and speed

with which we have gone about our task

of building communication lines and

stiiiUiues of various kinds lu organiz

ing tho task as a whole.

"Fiance is u beehive full of tlio most

cncigctlc peolpe. who know ..n l.n.i.u

and no limitations on their labois. The

condition of our soldiers In I-Vance is

u thing I mn glad to tell. .

"0U1' 1j0" are well, j.lsleahj st.ong

and robust and well In every other

was. Their behavior Is goo.I and their

iclntlons with tho llrltlsh and r.ench

cordial and sympathetic.

"They give you tho senso of ineethiff

biio ant Hell human beings and their

wbolesomcness ls perfectly splendid

".VII wno Iihvo teen arrtler at llie

front want more.

"Tho American soldier has made good

In France. Allied critics uniformly

praise tho endurance and soldierly qual

Hies of Americans.

"The only bad Americans hi Fiance

uro thoso who fear they might have

to como homo before the Job Is done.

They want to como home when It Is

over, but It makes thoni gloomy If any

Centlnued an Pas Sin. Column lire

When you Ihlnlc oe writing-,

think ot tVMiri0e-Uf

PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1918

flow Schwab's Appointment

Will Boom Philadelphia

Kstublishtncnt of Philadelphia as

tbe ofllolal renter ot shipbuilding

operations of tlio United States

Rovcrntnent will result from tho

appointment ot Charles M. Schwab

us director general of the l'niet

gency Fleet Coiporttlon.

Another result will be a heavy

influx of labor ami money to this

city and u gcneml Immolation of

production along the Delaware.

Hog Island will boom. Already

construction In tho gigantic ytid

has been carried to such n point

that Keels are being laid and a con

stant How of ships will soon bo

under construction.

The Government, recounting tho

Importance of this port as a point

of embarkation, will build a L'O.OOtV

tiOA embarkation station, plans for

which aro aheady under way.

The "tcel master" of licthlchcm

will spend a largo part of his time

here In the actual Held of opera

tion". SEYDLER, VIENNA

PREMIER, RESIGNS

Former Foreign Minister

JSUCCeeUS tO AllStrUUl

Post of Czernin

was STRONG for PEACE

-- -

.uriali, April 17.

I AuMiian I'lemtcr mi Sejdler has re-

&igncu, accorillitff to uports ricetxed

hero today.

Karon Stephen Ilurian von llajccz,

former -utro-IIungarlait Foreign Mln-

Ister. has been appointed successor to

Count fzernln. who resigned from that i

otlico following the recent exposure of '

janpcior Knrl'8 letter to 1'rlnco Slxtus, I

It was reported today from Vienna. '

l.aron Stcphan Iturlan von IlaJecZ

was .Minister f Foreign Affairs fiom

September 15. inn, to December 23.

1310, when lie was succeeded by Count

Czernin, whose place ho now takes,

tlarou Ilurian has been Aniim-tiim.

garlau Finance .Minister since fount

Czernin has heen In the l.'niclpn nin.-n

rt,,...., ,,ih ..i- .i. ... . .. .

ii-m ,7 L .' ' Z. . ",. . ,"" , . ' .1. '

He was the author of 'the "notes to tlio

imtecl Males on the case of the Italian

xteanish In Aii...,h-i ,,mv i,. l, m.ii.-

The i otognu and Frankfonl Gazettes ,

uidiL.ito that tho hmnedlato cause of I

I Viiitif rvai.iilii'.i ...,..L... i . I

fount 1 'zemln's resignation as Austro

Hungarian foreign minister Is tho pub

lication of Lniperor Charles's letter,

whereof hc probably had no knowledge.

It Is, as a matter of fact evident that

t icinm has been sacrlllced to the howl.

Ing mob of wolves led by Count von

fieventlow, who now i tiles, Germany.

Ills latest offenso has been to secure for

llungar advantages from tho Itu

iiiauiati peace pact which, In the opinion

of Gciiuau annexationists, are not com

ptnsated by any advantages accruing to

Germany. Doctor von K.irhlmann has

been accus-cd of letting fzernln outwit

him.

The plainest statement of the Imme

diate cause for Count Ozernln's icigna

tion is. however, made by tho Hamburger

.ion Is. however, made by tho Ilaml

e are

. m... In.lt. I !r.nu 1 1. flm I 'munrir'ii Int.

IUIIUU1 lll'.l. ...... n ... ..w .......u. w .-..

ter to show this was no private letter of

u n,naich. but was compiled with dlplo-

tnatlo assistance, rcrhaps. under the

impression of Impending successes on the

western front, llniperor Charles has

como to thc conclusion that ho had a

bad adviser when he tool: that step at a

time ot pessimism."

""

nUMdVM r.TRRRTY T.OATC.

,

JAILED FOR 30 DAYS

,, ... . , -.t :,

Roesci' Committed by MaglS-

Loui.-

tratc Collins After Attack

on U. S.

Louis Kocser, llfty-two scale old, was

today sentenced to tho coun.lv prison

for thirty dajs by Jlaglstrato Collins,

nt tho Nineteenth and Oxford sheets

police ttatlon for defaming tho t'nlted

States and assailing tho third Liberty

' Itoescr was arrested shoitly after mid

night by John V. Kirwln. a cleric of the

Municipal Gourt, nt Twcntj -ninth strest

and Gliard avenue.

"Damn the United States and the

Liberty Loan," r.ocser Is said to have

exclaimed.

Koeser also was said to have asset t

.d that "the Irish are tools If thsy stand

for conscription."

NIAGARA MAY 11 E ASYLU.M

U. B. Plans Caring for I.tsane Sol

diers at Army Post

tVskhlnilon, April 17. Foil Maga.a.

N V.. may be transfoimed into an enor

mous hospital for Insane BOldlera brought

back from France. If conditions which

are now being Investigated warrant, ac

cording to Wur Department otllclals to

day Oltlcors of tho medical corps ate

iTow looking tbo ground over and If their

Skt &ws crrthirjn

orelrrKcatlon for this

purpose Is Ideal, being sateen miles

from Niagara Falls and sufllclently Iso

lated for the purpose of an Insane hos

pital. Runaway Soldiers Held at Lancaster

lancastcr. V April 17 Theodore

IJraun, of Auburn. N V.. and Chester

Carroll, of New York city, who said they

had escaped from Camp Wadsworth,

Spartanburg, H, C, were taken from a

locked mall car here last night, by spec

ial ofllcera of tho railroad They are

being held by tho police.

inilPr.tl .till. thn lASJ r,t lninFlnn. 11. ft-

GEN. PERSHING

lfE

"You're Greatest in

Europe," Said Brit

ish Marshal

!

! UNIFIED ALLIED ARMY

! IS U. S. LEADER'S PLAN

Orderly Brings Story of i

! the Conference That

Elevated Foch

'AMERICAN PROPOSED IT

Troops Would Gladly Die for

Commander, Invalided

1 Sergeant Declares

!

"(.rurrnl I'rr-lilliir, jiiil're llir srrul- ,

et nmn In llunipp."- 'id Mat thai S

DmigUii Italy. rouimamUr-ln-rhlrf of (lie

llrlUsh foncs in 'inner. ,

Tho personality of Hie Anieitoun

I'ominandhig general In l'rance. General

John J. t'ershlng. has reached out and ,

gripped the Allies until today lie stands

foremost among tho commander who1

aro blocking the massed onslaughts of

the Herman Invaders In I'lcaidy nnd i

In Klandcrs as the? battle for Hie

Amicus nnd Dunkirk objectives.

Testimony to the tribute paid 'Illack

Jacl." I'orshlng was hroimht to America (

by tlio generals orderly Fcrgcant, who,

told a sidelight of the hlstoilc Allied

conference t an i:nstKO Ffiu.i.- j

Lnnnr.n rciiorler lien Secretary ot K'a ,

IlnKcr'a parly passed through I'lilladel-,

nlil.i on its return from France.

It was at tho Instance and under

the leadership of General Fondling that

tho Allies pooled tlielr resources i

tho appointment of a generalissimo to

tho command of all tlio armies ot all

tho Allied nations In France. American j

determination to cast aside all consider- I

attorn. In order to "In tho war z

placed the French, tho Americans and ,

tho F.rltlsh In a position for unlded j

action In defense and offense such as

had never bef&To been achieved.

SInco It was the contact point be

tween the French and tho UrltWi posi

tions on the front through which Hln

denburg attempted to drive his human

wedge. It Is apparent that tho Germans

shortly befoin their drive wero con

vinced that the division of command

would mal.o such a ttrokc possible.

Vlllen Tight n "nr

Hut the conference ot the Allied gen

erals spoiled tho plan of the Germans,

and tlio French, Americans and Drltleh

today fight as one.

finitni-ni iTniir :nnsp from tho table

about which tho chiefs of tho three

great nations nt war against the Teu

. ... i .iiiim nl.

tonic allies had been sitting, ino con

ference was at an end. History had

been made that day.

Then General IVrshlng aroso and the

two commander lookt.l each other in tho

faco for a full minute. Halg's hand ro'e

and fell In a smart slap on tho shoulder

of thn American.

"General I'cruhlng," ho exclaimed en

thusiastically, "you'.o tho greatest man

hi Europe"

Tho sergeant, who Is the only man

prtsent at ino conference to leturn to

America, was in the party of Secretary

of AVar Itaker. with Major General Wil

liam lJiacli, Colonel M. I llrett. of tho

ordnance mrps, and the Secictary'a prl-1

vato secielaiy, Italph Hayes. .

For ten yearn tho orderly sergeant has '

F .i ... ... ...til. I.lu nntiinninlor In Atovl. rt .

Ul'Ull HI lllu i-i-.t- . .... .... . . n ,

at tho slile of Oeneral 1'ersinng

, ,(, ,in VTl.ll imo , un -. ... '-..,

lin,i has been everywheio the general has ,

been during tho last decade.

.Military necessity keeps this soldier.

whn wears tlio llrst trench strlpo to be

awarded any Amci lean soldier for six

months' service In tho front-line

, tienches, fiom telling even a small mlto j

of what he has teen and what ho has I

"la '

Soldlrrn I. urn fcrnhlnc

ns Joxo fop Ucnol.Ai yen,Mns ,,.

sealed his lips for a moment In order

1I...1 . 1. t .. t...iti .nlila ittr iwililn

i how their commander In Trance stands

, estimation of the Allies.

illitl I III .IllltiHrtit ii- "Uij a M..II.C

The sergeant was unablo to ic

slst tho temptation to publicly Idolize

tho hero of the American soldiers who

have gono "r.ver theie"

"I.ovp l.l.n?" he queried. "Alan, there

Isn't u ooldlrr In l'runre win. vvnuhln'l

Cluilly die fur l.lmi"

Tho sergeant, who underwent an opei -atlon

In Kraneo and was sent homo to

recuperate, torn of tim parting ot oen -

eral Pershing and Secretary of War

Daker after their first conference at

headoua. tela of tho American uimy.

They stood outside with several clllceis

and members of Mr. linker's party. Oen.

eral Pershing, due at thn conference of

the Allied commandeis, abruptly raised

his aim and pointed to his automobile.

"There's i"J" :("! here' my orderly;

U.rre'n I'rsnre," lie ronrluded, with a

swerp uf hi arm. "I mu.t go to (he

onfereneel"

And he left the party as the Secie

tary of War entered the automobile.

Mr. Uaker brought back with him

exactly tho samo party he took to

France, with tho addition of General

Pershing's orderly. Tho orderly lives In

Ohio, Is n member of Company D. Sec

ond United States Cavalry, and has

been In the service about twelve years.

Ho will return for duty to American

headquarters abroad as soon as Ids

leavo expires.

NAVAL FUNF.RAL FOR GOAT

2000 Soldiers Attend Last Rites for

"Ell"

eir Aork, April 17. A good arlslo.

crat of tho caprine world. Kll. pet of the

1'elhum Hay Naval Training Station, was

burled yesterday with full military hon

ors In the presence ot 2000 soldiers.

Naval Chaplain John Nlcol delivered tho

eulogy. LU s a large and husky goat,

possessed of n forceful habit of mind,

and a mascot who had found much favor

In the ranks.

The manner of his death was not made

publlo except that it was said his demise

vvaa "sudden " wiildi Is taken to mean

that Kll passed out butting somo large

find concrete thing that stood in his way.

fortucMi, 1018, si tut

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hack nt Mctcrcn. a mile west of Bailleul, in the salient south of

Ypres, iiml also north of the .Messincs lliilg-e. The British have

also driven the Germans hack nnd sti.tiRhtencd their line at

Boyellos, seven mdes south of Arms.

HELSINGF0RS CASUALTIES HEAVY

WASHINGTON, April 17. Thousands of casualties oc

curred in the Teuton capture of Helsingfors. April 13. taken

after tlnee days' storming, according- to Swedish press reports to

the State Department today. White Guard prisoners were lelcased.

GERMAN WAR PLANE DOWNED 50 MILES FROM PARIS

PARIS, April 17. A German, battle plane has been bioughr

down between Cievccoeur and Le Grand-Dretull (about fitly

miles uoithwcst of Paris), it was officially announced today.

BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS TOTAL $931,156,050

WASHINGTON. April 17 Subscriptions to the third Llb-

eity Loan in all of the twelvce Federal Reserve Districts total

$03 1,1 50 05Q, accoidlng to the official Tieasury Department fip;

m es announced today. The Minneapolis district repotted its

first total S!5,000,000. These figures aie of the close of

business on Monday, and represent the leports received by the

banks on actual initial deposits of 5 per cent.

SOLDIER GIVEN FIFTEEN YEARS IN PRISON

SCRANTON, Pa., April 17. Nicholas Stainer, of Bingham

ton. N. Y., a private in the army stationed at Camp Uptcn, Loiiij

Island, pleaded guilty in court here today to assaulting Mn.

Chrlb'tinn Keay, of Wllkes-Barve. He wus sentenced by Judge

XSdwarUs to from tvia to fifteen years in the Eastern Penitentiary.

CHAMBERLAIN PUSHES

HIS ANTI-SPY BILL

irjrast,ic Pleasure for Stamping

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UUl Ulaiuyiuiy nciuiu qciuiic

Military Committee

vvn-liliicloii, Apnl 17.

The most .evolutionary mcasuro

pioposed In Congress to stamp out dis

loyalty In the United States was brought

bofoie tho Seuato Military Affairs Com

mittee for Investigation today by Sen

ator Chambc.Ialn. ot Oregon.

Under Its drastic provisions the en

tiro country would be declared n part

of tho military zone and pro-Germanism

and Bolshevism would be dealt with

under martial law with death as the

penalty. Prosecution of traitors and

spies would be taken from tho hands of

tho Department of .lustlco nnd placed

within tho Jurisdiction ot the military

and naval forces of the nation.

The Military Committee summoned to

the witness stand today otllclals of tho

Department of Justice to learn then

vlevra on tho measure and lo ascertain

whether It will ever bo possible effects

ually to check treason and disloyalty by

criminal proceedings

The Chamberlain bill expresses the

Impattenco of many members of Con

gress over the slow pt ogress of the Gov

crmnentlln rounding up spies nnd dis

loyalists. They have reached tho con

clusion that this work Is essent'lally a

part of the duties of the military e-

tabllshment and that It ran be effect Ivtlv

carried out onlv bv .be application of

martial U.

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Federal ollleers today Interned Fied-

)t-t,eilcl; Schubcit and Fritz Blcrct, former

employos of the United States Guage

Company, SellersvUle, who ,aro accused

ot tampering with gauges ordered by

tho Government. Schubert and Illcret

wero arrested recently with Schubert's

brother. George, and George Hclndrlcks

The latter two are American citizens

and were not Interned.

When the Federal ollleers started to

leavo the United Stntes Marshal's oltlcc

with the two defendants, the wives ot

Schubcit and Illerct attempted to get

them nway from Deputy Marshals JCen

nv. McCaffrey and Kelly. Tho women

were dragged fiom their husbands and

finally calmed.

Mrs. Schubcit, holding an infant In

her arms and accompanied by two other

small children, was visibly excited dur

ing tho proceedings beforo United States

Commissioner Long and made tho at

tempt to freo her husband when she

learned ot tho warrant ordering Ids In-

l.rnmAnt

rr..d a..r..nri.intH were emnloved at tho

plans ot the United States Gauge Com.j

pany at Selletsvtlle where gauges were

being made for the I'latt Iron Company,

Dai ton. which holds a contract with the

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HDeetor. testified that) hc tested the

gauges and found thirteen EOO-poune.

! ones detective The arrest of the four

men followed.

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Haig Reports Re

tirement East

of Ypres

BRITISH AGAIN

HOLD METEREN

'Break German Foot

hold on Point Mile

From Bailleul

ASSAULTS REPULSED

IN MANY SECTORS

Hindenburg Apparently

Forming Drive to Gain

Ypres

I PACES UPHILL FIGHT

i Lloyd George's Message In

spires Confidence in

Commons , '

:28TH day of battle

London, April 17.

The British struck back hard

against the Germans in successful

counter-attacks on the northern end

of Mcssincs Ridge last night, but

were forced to withdraw slightly east

! of Ypres, thc War Office reported

1 today.

Thc counter-blows of the British

wcic centered ifT the sector of

Wytschacte, where the Germans had

1 scored nn advance in their frontal

attacks against Vimy Ridge on

Tuesday.

The British are again in complete

possession of the town of Meteren,

which is between one and two miles

west of Bailleul. '

Heavy fighting has continued In

thc Arras section, the British

valiantly holding their own there de

spite violent assaults. Haig reports

. that the line has been completely re

stored at Boyellcs (seven miles south

of Arras).

The Geimans tried to extend their

gains north of Bailleul, but all t5f

i their attacks in that zone were ro

( pulsed.

In consequence of the enemy pres

sure in the center along the Lys

, British troops have been forced to

rcsirc from advanced positions on

thc northern flank cast of Ypres.

Haig reported the retirement was

deliberate and without interference

and straightened thc line. This in

dicates the first tightening of the

, British lines for thc defense of

Ypres itself.

I Thc fighting on tlic Flanders front

has spread northward to the Ypres

salient and thc entire northern half

of the new German wedge is the ,

scene of bloody combats, according

; to Field Marshal Haig.

Il-aig's Report

The field marshal reported as fol

lows: Hast of Ypres, in consequence

of the enemy progress along the

Lys, British troops holding for

ward positions were withdrawn to

a new line, deliberately and with

out interference from the enemy.

South of Arras, opposite Boyllca

(seven miles south) our lines was

completely restored.

In thc neighborhood of Wyt

schaetc yesterday evening we suc

cessfully counter-attacked.

Advancing enemy parties were

caught under our fire cast of Tprcs

yesterday afternoon at our old

positions and were destroyed.

In Meteren thb situation also wai

restored. The village is ours.

South of the Sommc hostile artil

lery fire increased considerably this

morning.

At Bailleul a body of German

infantry in close formation wag;

caught under order fire at close

range and suffered heavy cas

ualties. Wc nlso took a few

prisoners. '

Repeated hostile attacks north

of Bailleul yesterday aftern .

and evening were repulsed wMfc

loss to the enemy. (

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