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DAILY ARI
REITE
"LEST WE FORGET"
1034 MORE DAYS OF GORE
firiftl
Stamps
A Newspaper of Character
KULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ARDMORE OKLAHOMA SATURDAY MAY 4 1918.
VOL. 25.
NO. 211.
SIX PAGES TODAY
JMO
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TOTAL 250DDD
INCLUDES KILLED WOUND-
ED CAPTURED AND
MISSING.
ENEMY LOSSES COLOSSAL
Method of Mass Attacks Used by
Foe Results in Appalling Number
oi Casualties Many Divisions
Wholly Shattered.
Washington May -1. llriiish loss-
es in men killed wounded Rap-
tured and missing on the western
front since the German offensive be-
gan March 21 are estimated by tin-
British military mission here at
nearly 2500(10.
The situation was summed up in
this manner.
This estimate would appear to be
in remarkable contrast to the enor-
mous German losses in the drive.
The German war office of course
has not disclosed to the world what
its losses in the great battle have
been but the estimates of allied ob-
servers have placed the loss of Ger-
man life at a staggering figure.
Front the very nature of the light-
ing military experts have pointed
out the losses of the attackers were
bound to he heavier than those ot
the defenders. Tint in addition to
that the method of German attack
advancing troop waves faster than
machine guns could mow them
down must military experts say
have entailed enormous losses.
An inkling of how serious the
German losses are came some time
ago when it was reported that the
German military chiefs dared not
disclose their extent to the German
peoide. ivcv therefore sending
i iii- wounded to iiclgium. Otiu-r
reports have told of railway gale-
ways being choked with wounded
while the dispatches of correspond-
ents at the front have told how the
battle fields were carpeted with gray
clad bodies.
British Losses.
"The casualties in the T'.ritish
army are cmplasized." the military
mission's statement said "by the
German wireless. Although ligures
from German sources would be un-
doubtedly much exaggerated yet it
is certain from the severity of the
fighting and from the fact thai the
entire combatant forces of the jiiit-
ish army have been almost continu-i
ously engaged the llriiish losses in
proportion to reinforcements imme-
diately available must be very heavy.
It is probable that one will be ap-
proximately accurate in quoting
these- as close- on a rpiartrr of a
million.
"Kvcrything points to the German
ollensive being continued almost
immediately and should the brunt
of the attack have to be borne by
the British the situation will be un
doubtedly serious unless suilieient
troops are available close at hand in
erve to strengthen the line as re-
quired and bring relief to the Brit-
ish divisions who have been in the
line almost constantly since the be-
ginning rif the present battle.
"Should the Germans determine
again to attack in I-lanelci s it is
certain that any advance in the di-
rection of the channel ports will be
made at great cost to themselves
and over the bodies of the British
army who have-so often shown
such bulldog determination in the
defense."
Art Unbeaten British Division.
As example of what the British
have gone through the statement
cites two divisions who lost a lare
percentage ot (heir clfcctu ene-ss.
The Twenty-fifth a new elieisioii in
the fighting between March 22 and
JO. lost 4.iKJ men. Put into the
fighting again from April MtnApiil
l'. it lost 5.(MI.'J ineiie. Despite tbe-s(-losses
it was brigade-el with the-
French for a counter-attack and siill
later it beat oil four heavv German
attacks.
The Twenty-first 'livisioii fought
continuously freeni March 21 le 2S
and hist 4.UH0 iniai'I-v men of a tetal j
strength of o(Mt. Later it drove
back a German attack in which five
German divisions were engaged and
increased its Iosm-s to 0.. I
"Statistics such as the-e." s.n'1 the I
Matemcnt "bring home to the mili-
tary mind the terrible ordeal
through which the British army i '
now passing. History roolv re-j
viewing facM ill record w hat is
jeerhaps often no- b-t sight of in
the crowded interesn of eiery-day;
life and obscureel by hearsay ;nd
extravagant writings. Kritoei at
thii very moment is making the su-
preme sacrifice of md:iraiKC ii.r ;
right against might and now
strengthened by and shoulelcr-to-sbouldcr
with the famous French
lighting divisions is prepared to
holl the German masses in check
until the right moment arrives for
the great revenge." !J
e us
OSSES
SINCE MARCH 21
Ketnmel Hill Was An
Inferno of Fire Iron
Gas As Foe Attached
(By the Associaed Press').
With the liriiish Army in France
'day 3. ( Friday ). Veterans of the
defense of Verdun predominated
among the French soldiers who so
gallantly defended Kemmel hill
against the Germans. Many of them
had fought al Fleury and ;hcy knew
what hard lighting was but declare
that Verdun was child's nlay com-
pared to the conflict in Flanders re-
cently. The bombardment at Verdun had
set a high water mark for concen-
tration of guns of all calibers but.
say those who went through il it
was nothing compared to what the
French troops experienced during
the (lerman drive against Kemmel.
'I he French took up positions about
Kenunel on April 22 relieving the
battle-weary Briti-h. Throughout
April 23 and 24 before the attack
the Germans maintained a trctnen-dou-i
bombardment and threw hun-
dreds of thousands of gas shells
n:icd with ordinary cplo.-ive shells.
Battle in Gas Clouds.
On the morning of the attack on
Kemmel. the German gunners
placed ten big shells per second on
tile crest of the hill and (hiring that
day the blench put on their gas
masks lillv ditlercnt tunes lor
fa.st as the wind cleared the gas
away another deluge of noisoiioiis
.ii.mi- poured over the hill. Part of
the time the poilus had to sleep in
their gas masks.
Despite the great (uantities of
gas thrown the French had only 12
casualties from it. accoreiing to the
CALLLD Iii BiAfT
OTHER HEAVY CALLS CN
CLASS 1 TO BE MADE
DEPARTMENT SAYS.
Washington May Simultane-
ously with l he announcement that
2U.U0O men from 45 slates had been
calie-d lo join the colors in May
:-e-erelary Ji.iker unhealed the sceipe
of tlie government's plans for in-
cteasing its lighting sliengih by sta-
ting that congress had been a -ked
to j.ppropriatc approximately '15-
OU'UiUiJ.UMO tor the army for the next
lisi.al year.
'! iiat amount is exclusive ed funds
prowueil in the foitiiicaiioii bill
which not only covers coast elclVu.scs
nut a.s : rule prowilcs the hulk oi i
heavy field ordnance.
Last year the army estimates ag
gregated :so.(i)ii(i:)ii ty pay ior a
force of 1.5U00'K) men which has
already be-eii exceeded.
ri"he call for a epiarter of a mil-
lion nun during May goes to all
slaie-s except California Oregon and
'vevaela which with the District oi
Columbia alieady have- supplieel so
large a part en tiu-ir vuotas that ill
was di-ciehd not to include tlic-in
at this time-. 'I he moveim-tit in
most states will begin May 25 and
will be completed in live- days.
By this orehr the- war department
abandons its plan of assembling
nie-n in even monthly increments oi
.(proximately K1U00. Under the
oiiginal program it was inle-nded
to call out not to exceed cM ).( n ! I
men duriuy; 1 V 1 S. The call for 15(1-
)i)') in April and 233.001 .1 this month
v. id bring out in two mouths half
eil the number en igiually conlciii-pl.ue-d
for the year.
"Let us aoiil specific figures"
Secretary Baker again s.iiel today.
"They imply limits. There is rn
limit. We will call out enough nun
to make victory certain. We wi
call tl ein as rapidly as tiu-y can b
liained and sent forward."
DARK OUTLOOK FOR
GRAIN IN UKRAINE
Amsterdam May 4. Only about
.:H per cent eii the spring grain sow-
ing has be e n aecomiilishe d in the
Ukraine. He ir em Waldow. presi-
dent of the German regulation
board has informed the foeiel com-nuttee-
of the- re i. li tag. according to
the Koelni-che- eiiung. lighting
occurred in Kiev when ihe- Ukrain-
ian rad.i ovcrthievv the- government
savs the Kex Inische Yolks-Xcitiing.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fer Ardi.iore and icinity:
Tonight and Sunday fair.
Fast Texas: Tonight and Sun-
day chiudy; showers in south-
west portion am! on west cei.ist;
warmer in west perlion Sunday.
West Texas: Tonight and
Sunday partly cloudy: not much
change in temperature.
Local Temperature.
Maximum temperature jester-
day 79 degree; minimum tem-
perature last night. 58.
latest reports which speak clo-cpu-nily
of tile efficacy of the French
gis protectors.
A large part of the lighting was
with machine guns of which the
Germans always had great numbers
and at times the German enfilading
lire was terrific. The French artil-
lery and machine guns hi- - ever in
their turn reaped a Yjgf harvest
fiom the enemy.
At times the Frejjr 75 ot into
heavv eoneentrat Lv of infantry and
literally tore
German los-
li
pieces. The
f '
.iig
Ill
many
instances
are placed
'.iigh as -HJ per cent.
v..
h Take No Rest
We 'of French runners with
messages was noteworthy. They re-fusi-el
to rest and kept al their task.
Kntioniug of one famous regi-
ment which fought at Verdun was a
gie;-t teat. It had always l.icn note-el
for il-i line rations and the: com-
mander decided that nothing shoulel
eiei-ie the" men of their accustom-e-d
fare. It was impossible to use
the- transport because of the artil-
lery lire so that rations we-re
l.i ought forward on machine gun
carriages unde-r a heavy tire. The"
re ginu iil had its beefsteak and wine-
every day and furnished neighbor-
is l in I l egiuie-.it s as w ell.
.scailv all tile - I retelier Dealers
were killed. One stretcher hearer
worked six days ami nights with
only slight rest.
(iirman airplane; were out in
io'-oe. They tlew al. an altitude of
10') meters and u-ed machine guns
continually against the infantry.
imstcrdam. May 4.
.rli-s of Austria has
Austrian premier
Emperor
empowered
Cn
the
to
aeljo urn
parliament and forthwiih iiu.u
u rate-
i-.i as .:: s to r.'ii r i'ir" 'V-
resumption of its activitn-.-. a ieu-
na dispatch says.
A statement puhlishcel in Vienna
iheliealrs that the closure -l p.ulia-
! ii. cut is due lo the seriousness ol
I the food proposition. The stale-1
men! says :
"The government will de-vote its
entire strength to the economic
piohk-ni and Will try io create con-
dition; reeuire'd to enable the pop-uiit-i
ii to hold out."
HUNS GIVEN VOTE AND
FORCED TO USE IT
Amsterdam. May 4.
making it obligatory for
A clause-
every elect -
or le) Use hi-
hy the lower
ilie-t which i
vote has been passed
house of the Prussian
. eonsHle-ring the- sul-
frage reform bill. 'Ihe principle tj I
the secret ballot also was approved.
STAR ATHLETES GIVEN
COMMISSIONS IN ARMY
Kockford. 111.. May 4. Among the
graduate s of the third officers' train-
ing camp at the e-antoiimenl here
were two sar athletes Jo Loumis
and Fail lb.
Texans Cet Commissions.
Washington. May 4. The list of
C'aeluutes at the Camp Lee Va
third officers' training camp in-cluile-
:
I nf. mt rv Albert C. Michael.
Pearsall. Texas; William F. Mc-
Cutcbeon Jell' Texas; JeiMi 1 ).
Mash. I.verinan Texas; Winliebl P.
Prentiss Shreveporl La.
PRESIDENT PARDONS
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
SENTENCED TO DIE
Wa-hingteni May 4.
Wilson elis.ipprov eel toel.i
tence of four American
Pre.siele-nt
the seu-
oldiers in
France ordered te be shot.
Sentences -'( tuu of the l.ieu. Private-
(lllill l.eebivell and Stanley t i.
l-idiback. were commute el to three
ears' coiiiine nie-tit. Priv ate s 1-eir-est
1. Se bastian and Je-s Ceiok were
graided tul! pardons. Se bastian and
Cook who were pardone d we re ceiti-
victed il sleeping at en:iy posts.
I.e deivi-ii and l id.iback -.n re .en-
tenced for disobeying unlet-. They
will serve their liiree-year terms al
i.eavt nworth.
WEST TEXAS GETS RAIN.
San Angeb). Texas. May 4. A
general rain which promises o break
tiic unprecedented drouth in West
Tcas fell in this section yesterday
anel last night. More than 15 cemii-
ties which have received practically
no iai:i for the past two or more
years r.rc being benefited.
K.-.in was reported as Lr south
as Fredericksburg Junction Sonora
.-"id Del Rio. from Alpine to 11am-
h: on the Kansas City. Mexico and
Orient railroad.. ami from Sterling
City to Drownwood-
TOTAL OF 265 TRAINS
BEARING HUN WOUNDED
COUNTED IN 3 DAYS
Amsterelam May 4. A total
of 265 trains full of wounded
soldiers returning to Germany
from the battle fronts in Picar-
Iy and Flanders says the news
paper I.e-s N'enivelles of The
llagiic were cemnted in the day
time on April ' April 11 and
April 12 on the Xamur-I.iege
railway. The transports were
so crenvded that the Germans
were using open coal cars If)
carry the weiunde-d. Many
trains pass during the night.
Hospitals convents schools
ami factories in Iiclgium the
paper adds are all packed with
wounded.
I
LOAN EXCEEDS
THREE BILLIONS
WORKERS CONTINUE FEV-
ERISHLY TO RAISE FOUR
TO FIVE BILLIONS.
Washington. May 4. The' third
Liberty loan has been ovcr-siih-seribed
by (l.SSS.'fOO the- treasury
repented today. Later figures are
expected to raise- the total far
above' three billions.
Although this insures the mini-
mum askeel by Secretary McAehio
much work remained to be done to-
day to bring the total to the four
or live billion which the treasury
heipeel to get.
O'iicial reports from the San
Francisco and Dallas districts con-
lirmcd claims of having passed their
quotas. San Francisco will stand
sixth in the honor roll and Dallas
with an over-subscription of $10-
(KKI.0IKI will stand seventh.
Treasury ollieials today saiel they
expected the number of subscribers
to exceed 15.00h.IMH).
St. Louis headepiartcrs wired that
every county in the- entire elistrict
except Sebastian County. Arkan-
sas and Shelby County Tennessee
had reached (In- goal.
NVv ' ork. Mav -h With snb-
scriplion-
York at
still penning in Mew
noon today went over its
minimum in ihe Liberty loan cam-
paign. 'I'he minimum ejuut.e of s'l(K)-
ui.ilJ.UIil lor tins district had then
bee-u exceeeb'el. and millions were
still to be tabulated the Liberty
loan cummitle-c aiiuounceil.
Washington. Ma
workers today ale
v 4.-
ont I.ibi-rl v loan
for a billion
ubscriptions
oses at in iel -
el eil I i is eir more over-be-fore
the campaign id
night tonight. With .
2'i4' !.(-!-! .-Il )0
ollicialiy taliul.ile d at the- oprnin
f
husnii-ss. committees vvi-nt to work
to gather e-uoin-h belate-d pleelge-s to
se nel ihe nation's war credit over the
thrce-hiMioti minimum in the early
nioniing hour-.
Il was the busiest day of the four
weeks' elrive and prediably the ineist
pi onueiiv e-. l.eieal eoninnt tee':
moued e very worker to aid in
corne r speecln house-to
canvassing eiliie-e- anil faclory
tatiou and telephone appeal
i Mllll-
street-
liouse soliei-
i IO
siinserihe (he niiiiu-i .
"A bond in every hemic
wa-
the
last day slogan which workers
sought to make gooel. (liher cam-
paign war crie were "buy another
bond." "iiiauh the pre -id(mt's $50
liond. and "..ubsci ibe before it is
loo late."
'Ihe treasury i; preparing regula-
tions covering the- conversion of
1-2 per cent bonds of the first Lib-
erty loan and 4 p r cent bonds of
the sreoud loan into the 4 1-2 per
cent securities ed the third loan.
They may be exehangeil between
May ') and Nov. ' and owners will
be cneouiagee! to permit the conver-
sion of s eond 4 to be as of May 15.
w hem interest payments are elue em
the second loan and the exchange eif
hist Liberty boiiels to be as of June
15 when the- inte rest on them is'due.
GERMAN WARNS GERMAN.
New Yeuk May 4. " em are
condi:ctiug in l.ivemia anil l!stlio-
nia a regime- of force which will
c; me a eb-e-p enmity t.i.var.l every-t'ling-
lb;. i German." Slid Deputy
tieoig l.ebeelonr. le-ade-r of the Ger-
m.Mi imlepe-n.ieht socialists iluring
a eli-cii-sjoii of the Brest l.itens.
iie.uv in the- eerman re ico-tag'
ae -
core.ng- to erman new
ajiers.
'We leiecl a I real v." be 'aid ." Ibe
king ed l'ru-da sheuibl become Duke
ed' '. an land. According to what
piinciplo.ii the geioel man 'to reign
I here :
I. eel.
biiir saiel that Rus
sian soblie-rs in Livonia a;i j Fstho-
nii v.crc being hanged by the Ger-
mans. FUEL OIL GIVE OUT
UNLESS LEASE BILL
PASSEUANE SAYS
BULLETIN.
Washington. May 4. A predic-
tion that ships railroads anel war
ii.dustrics will le unable to obtain
f del oil after 60 days if the leasing-
bid is not passej by congress was
iridic today by Secretary Lane.
PEACE OFFENSIVE BY
FOE AIRE AD YLA UNCHED
British Navy Lays Great Mine
Field Across North Exit of
North Sea to Foil Hun U-Boat
Loiubin May -1. According
to Archibahl llurd in the Daily
Telegraph the' area in the North
Se.i recently announced by the
llriiish government as probih-ile-d
as dangerous lo shipping
after May 15. will be the great-
est mine fu-hl ever laiel t'eir the
purpeise eif foiling submarines.
It will embrace 121. "!s2 sepiare
inile-s the base' forming a line
between orway and Scotland
and the peak exte-neling north-
warel into the .Arctic circle.
Iliinl. who is an authority on
naval subjects savs that there
JT
KILLED II WEST
WESLEY KIRK IS SHOT BY
SHERIFF OF HOLBROOK
N. M. AFTER CHASE.
ir..lbroek X. M.. May 4.-Wesley-Kirk
alias Roy Davis an alleged
lug'live from justice from Waurika.
Okla. was shot and killeel late yes-
terday by Sheriff Newman of lleil-
bieiok after an all night and day
chase over the desert.
Kirk who (led from Ilolbrook
last night after attacking a Mexi-
can was followed by Sheriff New-
man tipeui being in feirtncel by Sherilf
W. j. Ballard of Jefferson County.
Oklahoma that Kirk was wanted em
a charge of stealing an automobile
at Waurika on May 1".
When Sheriff Newman came to
get Kirk the latter accoreiing to
the she-riff opened tire with a pistol.
Sheriff Newman who was not hit
".iid 'u.c si. e l fr- m a title killing
Kirk instantly.
Kirks uncle James Slilivvell. ami
a woman who came- here with Kirk
were arresteel. They will be taken
back to d.lahoma.
FOIL ESCAPE OF
GERMANS HELD IN GEORGIA
DIG 50-FOOT TUNNEL
FROM BARRACKS.
Atlanta. Ca. May 4. An appar-
ent attempt at a wholesale- delivery
of the German prisoners at Pejrt
Mel're-sou was foiled hue yesterday
whe n guards discovert el a .sil-loeit
tunnel le-.nling from under one ed
the prisoners' barracks toward the
eiouble- wire fence which encloses
the- prisein camp.
Discovery id the unelergreuiiiel
las--age- followed an in est ig.it ion of
trouble- among tin- uisone-rs the
guarels be ing compelled to ailvance
with lixe el bayonets beforf the- creiwd
ed augrv Germans would ell-perse.
They hail been e ngaged in a heated
eliseussion for some unknown reason
ami several blows were passed
among the Te-uton
W he n the eli eirde r had been quiet-
ed guarels began a systematic sca'ch
of the- pri-oners" ijiiarteis and dis-
Ceivereel the- luuuif v. '.licit had been
elug with great 'ii-rii'v. The exca-
vation wolk evidently had con-
s timed many ek.ys. ibe Germans hav-
ing inrel all piissil;- means to hide
evidences of the-ir work.
It is iimlersleioel lhat several pris-
oners have- been placed in confine-
ment pending the lesiilt oi the of-
ficial iiiM-stig.ition.
POR FLOUR AflO
FLOUR PRODUCTS
The card sysU-m for the purchase
of tbnir and lloiir pioducl-. will be
put into t fleet in Carter County as
emiii .ts ihe cjrds cm be punted
and si-nt to the vaiienis parts nf the
county. hi!" in Ardmore yt-ster-elay
Judge C". II. Ames fijnd admin-
istrator tor the state said the sys-
tem a in force in ten or twelve
counties in Oklahoma .-ire! that it is
I working out successfully.
i'.. ...il ir i . -s
HUN PRISONERS
AWAITING CARDS
Iliss it lj lllIH-l J- f- A s fc yj Wl; 1 I Viifc fillC t 1 1 tMUell.f Ail'HI tMt" I CdVl V C
tor tor Carter County. hde he wajdepoU in Alsace-Lorraine according-'to an Alsatian chemist
at Oklahejma Citv this week talked
with Hal Mublro-.v. food adminis
trator for Oct eland
ciiifl fhv liail lift frr.ii
ihr rarei cvstrm ini rtwf in tt..
conntv and that the iei.!e were !
really p.eaed ith it aner they had
Coi.tinrtJ cn r J
has been a vast improvement in
British mines since Admiral Jel-
licoe became first sea lotel. lie
points out that the creating of
the barrier across the northern
e-xil of the North Sea was an
enormous task involving twelve
eir more months and estimates
that tens of thousamls of mines
were refuircil te cover the area.
llurel suggests that when Ad-
miral Jellicoe tnaele his fameuis
prophecy that the submarine
menace wembl be nut by August
that he had this mine field in
lllillel.
COULDN'T APPRECIATE
HONOR TO HICfiTHOFEN
CHIVALRY OF BRITISH TO
DEAD HUN AIRMAN IS
DERIDED BY ENEMY.
Amsterdam
vetitlovv in an
iesh Chivalry
metit" in the
Mav 4. Count
K
article headed : " llril-
and Self-aelvertise-Deutsche
Tagcs Zei-
tung complains that
press recently went sn
the German
far as to ad-
mil the British sometimes are chiv-
alrous to an enemy. This he con-
siders insuffera'nie.
The count is iiicenseel particularly
because the German papers express-
ed satisfaction over the manner in
which the famous German airman
Captain Baron Von Kicbthofen was
burieel by The British anel he says:
"We cannot accept these so-called
honors as sincere. It is all aelver-tisenii-nt.
Our enemies forge t to tell
us what enormous sums they re-
ceiveel for bringing elown Kichthei-
fen. All members of the British
living corps who burieel our hero
are nothing but war profiteers."
WANT THE GOVERNMENT
TO TAKE LAKE VESSELS
Seamen's Union Make This Plea
Avert Strike.
to
Washington. May 4. Govern-
ment operation of all Great Lakes
vessels has he-en asked by .seamen's
unions in an effort to avert a strike
which union leaelers toelay ledd the
shipping labor conference was in-
evitable otherwise'.
The seamen are reaely to strike
the baeb-rs saiel. because of the re-
fusal of the l ake Carriers" Associa-
tion to join with the shipping board
ami the' union in the conference- lo
eon -iiler means of recruiting new
tmii lor the merchant marine anil
because of bitterness growing end
of the alleged repudiation by the
association ed an agree nn-nt made-
last y ear w ith the union.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MAN IS DECORATED
ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Patis. May J.-
for two years h.i
vobert Berry who
bee-u cot respond-
ut ol the Asseici.eteel Press at th
1 reue h army headquarters has been
d.-cor.iteel on the haltlc'hclel with
the Cross of the Legion of lloiieir
by General Aiithoine acting on be-
half of the commaiider-in-chief
Genual Pet.iin wheiso urgent du-
ties prevetiteil biin from bestowing
the decoration in pe-rsem.
Ywei other American and four
British correspondents aLo Were
eleceiratrd.
Gitie-r.il Amhoine spoke of the
val i.eble wotk eif the Anniican anil
British press ami said the decora-
tions were awarde d as coming Irorn
SolJiers for soldiers.
Kaiser Plots to Kill
Manhood of Alsace
(By The Associated Press.)
Gtnevar May 4. The German mili'arv authorities ara
spiiiliner lir.- iIia f.r 1 ;
wno nas just arrived here from
t ine tnemisT. aireauy nas lost
u1je n M.'!in'ihavins' been kiled at Locre in the 'lnders Me.
ctTect in that "The Germns are employinsr their Ist rcservs." said ih
I Aloof ion "aonoAi' r 1 V ! -1 . 1 1. . t
. . 1 ne Oerm&ns are employincr their ht rtsens." said th
Alsatian. "e.pecialy the soldiers
"e German manr.e of settling
inces if a referendum vote is
Aleutian o1artn tfill
Alsatian electors will be IefL1
KAISERSENDING
EMISSARIES TO
II
DUTCH FINANCIER ACTING
FOR BERLIN ALREADY
IS IN LONDON.
ANOTHER AGENT ON WAY
All of These Meddlers and Parti-
sans for Duns Dilate Suspiciously
on Food Shortage in Kaiser's
Realm as Camouflage.
London May 4. An emissary e.f
Germany's new peace offensive al-
ready is in l-'.ngland. According to
the Central News Agency he is a
Dutch financier. Another agent
the agency says is tie-lie veil to be
on the way.
These agi-nls of the kaiser show
suspicious readiness te elilate upon
the foeid shortage and general dis-
comfort in Germany with the ob-
vious intention of lending a ring oi
sincerity to Germany's protession ed"'
anxiety for peace. At the- same time;
neutral emissaries of well known
ante-ceileuts and tendencies are iin-
elerstood to have arriveel recently in
England anel other allied counlrie-S:
for the purpose ed suggesting- that
if the allies will "emly show a pa-
cific disposition" they will find Ger-
many ready to meet llieiu on mod-
erate terms.
In sonu- instances these emissa-
ries are believed to have put for-
warel proposals as to the best policy
for the allies to follow.
"The allied gove rnments are like-
ly to present as linn a front to any
peace intrigue as the allieel armies
prese-ite-d to 1
attacks" is th
1 German military
way one official
puts it.
London May
Germany's next
signs of which
'4r-In H
iscussmg
"peace offensive."
have begun to ap-
pear the newspaper
re-llect the ele-
te-rnim.it ion ot the British nation
and its allies to see the war through.
They say it is impossible that Ger-
many shoulel succecel ill duping the
allies into a peace which eloes not
fulfill the- principles for which they
are lighting.
The Times says the- expectation
that the Germans would inaugurate
a peace campaign seems likelv to be
fulfilled.
The Daily Mail says:
"'I'he arrival of amiable neutrals
into I'nglaud including a pro-German
friend of the German foreign
secretary Dr. Yon Kue-hlmaiin al-
reaely has begun. These neutral
eiiiissai ies should save themselves
trouble and some personal danger if
(hey woubl recognize clearly that
Great Britain is not to be duped
like the boLheviki anil Ukrainians."
COCOANUT SHELLS MAKE
EFFECTIVE GAS MASKS
(By the Associated Press.)
San Juan May 4. German poison
gas has given ihe- shell of the cocoa-
nut a humane as we ll as a commer-
cial value and thousands of cocoa-
mils are being shipped from Porto
Rico so that the shell. may be used
in the- manufacture of gas masks
feir American troops in France. The
shell of the eocoanut it was fouml
after much experimentation could
be niaile- into a high grade of char-
Coal. This charcej.el. it is said is a
valuable arnielote for poison gas.
SENATE CONTINUES TO
DEMAND $2.50 WHEAT
Washington. May 4. The senate
yesterday again formally recorded
itself in favor id increasing the
govt mucin minimum eujrantced
pi ice for wheat from to SJ.S'J
a l.iisbe-l. despite rejection of the
prtipo.-al by the house. It insisted
oil the wheat clause in the agii-
cuiti'.ral appropriation bill but it
ge in tally was expected the ito4s1
would die there.
.-. n .u v. .. .
Hulhau.sen.
four son.-; ire latest atred IS.
from Alsace-Lrrraie.e. It ii
the question of ths two prov
taken after the war only a few
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