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British Say.

E DEAD HtQH BEFORE AL-

LIED LINE.

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SLOWLY ARE FORCED BACK

•TOUT DEFENSE AND COUNTER ATTACK* FAIL.

HINOENBURQ LINE BREAKING BRITISH SLOWLY BUT STEADILY MOVE AHEAD.

Von Hindoo burg Evldantly Is Ualng Evary Avallabla Man Along Woat•rn Front, but SusUlnod Onslaughts of Allis* Ar* Wsarlng ^ Down His Llnss—Effort* at Coun-tsr-Attaoks Mst by, Osvastatlng Firs—Msanwhll* Italians Found Austrian Lin*.

In ths faca of ths rao*t dsaporato laistancs rrsr offtrod by any arrniea. ths British ths battls of Arm. and th.' Franch In tha bam. of ths Aisne not only havs boon able to contlnus thslr alow ’but steady advance, but they havs forced th* Carmans to uss virtually all their frsah reserves which they had, at the

beginning of April.

Major-General F. B. Maurice, director of military operations London war office, told the

Preaa today that when

British offensive began, on - April 0 t the Germans had forty-nine reserve divisions on- the western front. The British onslaught at Arras and the more recent French offensive have compelled the Germans to employ all but four of these

The German divisions

been reorganised since the beof the war, General Maurico but at present contain at least

men each.

Net Result In Allies' Favor. ; ve piled m*h their deed lines, but have failed advance. The most and sustained Counter-attacks withered before the blast of the srttfiery and the sapping; of the Hlndenbur* tins* goes on, slowly but

WttJlotU halt.

The tremendous efforts made by Field MSrshsJ von Hindenbur* to stem tho tide of victory which was steadily settin# Mtalnst hint have irivert the battle ‘Of Artis an appearance of ebb and flow, but 4h0 net result Is that ths most violent efforts of the Oermans to reraln Ihe Initiative have failed. Von Hlndenburg apparently ueed every ounoe at hie command to wreet from the British the vlllagca of Roeux and Bullecourt. and the outcome le summed up Ip the almost complete repetition by the British war office of the etatement: **Our troupe made progress In the Hlndenburg line.’* * Progress In Bullecourt Further progress has been made by the British In the village of Bullecourt, on the Hindenburg Ups. Bernn admits a German lose of ground at Roeux under a powerful Britlah attack. It also reports a tout of 5.000 British and French made prisoners by the Germane

since May 1.

On the tront held by the French the Germans have made heavy attacks near the western end of the Chemln-dea-Damea plateau. Six aeaaulta by the crown prince's troops, three of them tiorth of the Laffaus mill aryl the other three northeast of Braye-en-Lan-nois, were repulsed with heavy losses to the Germans,, the Parle wsr office reports. % ^ Imported** of Italian Stroke. Possibly more ominous for Berlin, In view of the wabbly condition of her Austrian ally, ia th* news of the great blow struck by Italy In the direction of Triest. The Italians have opened thslr spring offsnsive In brilliant faah* ton, attacking on a wide front and apparently with greater force than at any othsr prsYlous operation. The a rugged mountain valley borby mountains and clifTa, is in hands tor a distance of fifteen to ty miles north of Gors. General appaara to plan a great flankmovement against the Coreo plateau, nature's great rampart defending the Triest region. The plan la In too early a stags to permit sound Judg ment on Its outcome. Ths Italians havs succeeded In capseveral vantage points. Including villages of Sagora and Zagomila. carrying with great dash two The Austrian*, appar ently taken by surprise In the beginning of ths offensive, now are striving with their artillery and infantry to hold the Italians in check, but thus far. ac cording to the Rome war office, they have met with no success. Prisoners to ‘' of MTL among them 95 guns, machine guns and wart material, have been captured by Other Allied Successes. in Mesopotamia and In Macefor the entente allies In the letter theater the m ■ Lake Dot ran region have MM yards of enemy trenches depth of 800 yards and in the a river sector another front of

AON yards

offensive In Macedonia eonwtth considerable success for but the fighting Is on front and so sporadic that Its meaning is obfrom Bulgaria of nadiscontent and weariness of Continued on Pegs Twenty. 1M m *

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DRAFT BOARD IN APPEAL TO TYPISTS TO AID WORK The fadiaeapelie conscription beard today made the following appeal te typists te assist fa the werfc of reeorSlng the regletrntiea data tha* will be precared ea the day men of military age are te be repaired to register! “Typists who ean bring a machine to the registration plsee on eeaeerlptlen day will be ef practical service ea that occasion. Voting women who want to 'do their bit* can write te the Indiaaa^ pells esaserlptfoa beard at the efty ball, gtvtag their addressee, sad they will be pot la teach with their precise* registrars, or ssolgaed to some coiArealeat precinct. Every erne wbe patriotically eestribates services grataitoasly will have Us name ea a roll which Is to he filed as a record with the war desartmeat at WashtagrtW* f

Governor Goodrich Will Appoint Body of Probably Fif-

teen Men.

REQUEST OF GOVERNMENT

Plan to Co-operate With Federal Policy in Matters Relating to Conduct of War.

IS MADE EVIDENT

Reichstag Incident Shows Plainly There Is No Prospect of Collapse. T" RUSSIAN CHANGE IS CAUSE

Prospoet That Great American Army Must Fight In Itlg to Suataiir *

the Allies.

(Sy Frank H. INmonds)

NEW YORK. May 17.-The most in- * rest ln« and important incident te the relchatai on Tuesday waa not the speech of Von Bethmann-Holiweg. Faced with a situation In wlgch he had to make a speech, the German chancellor. with great adroitness, said nothing. The really significant occurrence was th* greeting that the relcnstag gave to the assertion of the Socialist.

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nouijced a program of peace without

annexation there would W

allies* an-

. .... be a revolution

m Germany.' - -

What waa the verdict of the reichetag on this? There Is no mistaking It. Rcheidemann's statement was so generally challenged and hooted that he had finally to qualify It by aaying that the time had not yet come when what he said would happen or could happen. In other words, Scheidemann confessed and the relchhstag demonstrated that Germany la not yet prepared to discuss seae* on the basis of no annexation gnd no Indemnity as a result of her Attack upon Europe. ’No Proepect of German Collapse. New, If Germany la still In this state of mind, there la nothing more unaound than to talk about a German collapse, or to predict an immediate infiltration Of Ruaala’a revolutionary ideas Into the German masses. If a Socialist can apeak of peace without annexation only a* a future possibility the sooner the rest of the world recognizes that the business In hand la war and not peace the better for ail concerned. Turning now to Hollweg's address, it should be viewed In the light of hts difficulties. We know some of them. There Is a very considerable socialistic element In Germany which believes that the time has come to end the war on the basis of status quo ante helium. It Is not a majority of the Socialist party even, but !♦ is a growing factor In the German situation. Conversely, there Is a very large element belonging to the ruling parties which believes that Germany should aot make peace save as a conqueror, and that her annexations should Include Belgium, a part of Franc* and Russian Lithuania, and that there should be In addition a joint Aus-tro-German protectorate over Poland, and a guaranteed Germano-Austrd hegemony in the Balkans It la Interesting to note that Bethmann did not feel himself strong enough at this time to declare himself openly a partisan of th* annexationists' plan. We may gather from this that there Is a strong demand In Germany for peace with honor, but not with conquest. This is a hopeful sign. But. on the other hand, we have Hollweg’s own words and the Seheldemann Incident to prove that there is not sufficient vitality or force yet in the demand for peace in Germany to compel the renunciation of all projects of annexation. Ruaela Gives Germany Hope. Now actually what is the German point of view? One can only conjecture. But y*t It would aeem very clear tiiat th* collapse of Russia has been Interpreted by a large part of the German people as opening a new horizon of hop* for German arms In the war. Arthur Brisbane, In the Evening Journal , the other night, very shrewdly advised Americans to study th* history of Frederick the Great. After Frederick had seized Silesia by a piece of brutality fully comparable to that of Continued on Page Twenty. WEATHER INDICATIONS. UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU. Indianapolis. Ind., Hay 17. 1»17.

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Governor Goodrich has decided tfc appoint a state council of defense for Indiana, to be composed of perhaps fifteen men representing the various Interest* and lines of activity in the state, the purpose of which la to cooperate with the federal government In all matters relating to preparedness and the conduct of the war and Indiana’s oartlcipation In the struggle. This action will be In line with the policy of .the federal government, which has created a council of national defense. The government has made an urgent request for the creation of a state council of defense in each state In the Union, and a number of states already have appointed such bodies. In some cases the legislatures of states were in session when the request was made by the government, and they were ready to make appropriations for use of th# state council of defense in carrying out Its work. In some of the states legislatures were called In special session for this purposes Appropriations In such states have ranged as high as 16,000,000. Governor to Act. It Is understood that Governor Goodrich soon will announce the names of the members of the council of defense for Indiana, and that he will call the members of the council together as quickly as possible for the purpose of organization and to get the work started. The whole plan is predicated on the fact that th# condition* of modern warfare require co-ordination of national, state, county, municipal arfti individual resources and ability: that if democracy is to defeat autocracy, broad-minded co-operation of all units is absolutely imperative. In general, the plan for the state organization Is explained by the following statement of tfie subjects that will occupy the attention and efforts of the council of defense; finance, publicity, legal, co-ordination of societies, sanitation and medicine, food supply and conservation, industrial survey, survey of man power, labor, military affairs, state protection, transportation. Outline of Purposes. \ In outlining the general purposes for which the state counCH of defense is created, the federal government made this statement: “These state councils of defense are urged to co-operate with each other and with the federal government in organizing and directing the resources of the state In men and materia In. to make them effective for national use, and are asked to recommend changes in the state laws which may become expedient.” The committee on finance would be the ways and means committee and woul$ also be a committee on administration rtf funds appropriated for the use of tha state council. The cortimittea on publicity would control the dissemination of Information and carry on the necessary propaganda and educational campaign. The other committees in charge of the various lines of work as enumerated above would give their attention especially to the particular activity coverfed by that subject. How State Will Assist. The matters In which the federal government asks the assistance of the state councils of defense include the folowIng: j Promote patriotic spirit. Educate as to the magnitude of the task ahead In the war. \ Aid In recruiting the national guard and the regular army. Assist in carrying out th# enrollment for the army to be raised by conscription. Plan a holiday for the enrollment Assist in the determination of exemptions from draft on account of industrial. agricultural and other reasons. Assist in recruiting for the navy. Maintain standards in the matter of labor, including health and welfare of workers; also maintain standards of living. Prepare systems of clearing houses so that the worker and the employer may be put in contact with each other. Assist In gettin# workers to use their “broken time” in helping fanners. Assist ki getting Idle workers and boys below military age to 'assist on farms. Reserve Officers’ Camps. Aid In the effort to get into the camps for reserve officers some of the older and responsible men. Aid In getting state lands used for oulContinued on Page Twenty.

CARE OF 1 FEE! CRISIS SETTLED CONFERENCE TOPIC

Declaration of Government’s Policy Accepted by Workmen and Soldiers.

SOCIALISTS JOIN MINISTRY

Renewal of Fighting Spirit Indicated —Fraternizing With German Troops Ceases.

Army Officers Tell Candidates for the Reserve How to Look After Pedal Extremities.

HEALTH OF RECRUITS GOOD

Equipments of Rifles and Sidearms Now Being Issued to Embryo Commanders at Ft Benj. Harrison.

« MEN MEN

HILONIAN TORPEDOED OFF GENOA, ITALY.

STEAMER WAS NOT ARMED

NEW TORK. May 17.-The American steamship Hilonian has been torpedoed and sunk off Genoa, Italy, with a loss of four members of the crew, according to a cablegram reeelved here by the owners, the Universal Transportation

Company.

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She was a vessel of 2,921 tons gross.

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commanded by Captain H. H. Williams and carried a crew of thirty-nine men, of whom eighteen were American citi-

zens.

The cablegram to the owners- gave no details of the torpedoing. It said that Captain Williams and the engineer, Fred Schmidt, a naturalized Norwegian, were saved and that four of the crew perished. / ^ The cargo consisted mostly of provisions and was worth J2,500,000, the owners said, and the ship itself was vSlued at 51,000,000. British Ship Harpagus Torpedoed. NEW YORK, May 17—The British steamship Harpagus has been torpedoed, according to a cablegram received here today by the agents, J. W. Elwell & Co. The Harpagus, of 5.806 tons gross, left New York on April 21 for Marseilles, France. The message received here gave no details of the sinking.

in a spirited way add the house Js restless underwit. The effect undoubtedly

COST OF WHITE DRESSES WILL BE NOT MORE THAN $15.

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—Local Forecast— I Local forecast for Indiana polls and I V Wtctnlty for tho twenty-four hourai end|—Jlng 7 p. m.. May M: Fair tonight and Friday; little change in temperature. Forecast for Indiana: Generally fair tonight and Friday; Uttlo change In tempera-

ture.

Forecast for IlUnoia: Partly cloudy tonight an* Friday; somewhat cooler Friday north and central part —Weather in Other Cltiee— The following table shows th* state of th* weather In other cities at » a. m.:

Station.

Amarillo, Tex.

Bismarck. N. D. Boston. Mae*. . Chicago, III. ...

Cincinnati, Q. DenverteM

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Helena, Mont.

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Little Rock. Ark. 30.06 Los Angeles Cal. .......... 90.0. Mobil* Ala. 30.14 New Orleans La. 30.14 New York. N, Y. ......... 29.72 Oklahoma. Okla. .......... 29.82 Omaha, Neb. ................ 29.78 Pittehurg. P*. 39.84 Portland, Ore. m............ 29.90 Rapid Oty. 8. D. 29.94 San Antonio. Tax 90.00 San Francisco. Cal. 90.06 St. Louis Mo. .«•«..«••.••«« 29.98 St. Paul, Minn. 29.70 Washington. D. C. 29.24 “ C. E. NORQCEST.

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Two hundred girl members of the senior class at Shortrtdge high school, who wljl be graduated In June, today put a ban on unnecessary expenses incident to the commencement festivities. An economy dress program was unanimously decided on at a meeting called to consider the subject The program provides for a slm white dress, costing not more than if home made, and not more than it tailor made, for graduation; the ellin (nation of any special dress preparation for baccalaureate Sunday and class day; no hats to be worn class day; white shoes, to cost not morerthan 53.50, and bouquets for graduation to be limited to two red ro9es, costing not more than

25 cents.

A committee, composed of eleven members of the class and seven teachers, outlined the plan. The pupils were Martha Morris, Dorris Holmes. Margaret Pierson. Jeanette Benedict. Hildegarde Flanner, Hester Syrickland, Barbara Hines. Katherine Turney, Margaret Ott, Pauline Marshall and Hilda Lieber. This committee was named Wednesday afternoon at a meeting of the senior girls and George Buck, principal of the school. Its report was unanimously concurred In by the class, the members of which are bound to follow the program’s provisions. When Mr. Buck broached the question of commencement expenses to the class Wednesday, he found that the girls already had been considering the question of eliminating useless expense. Because of this, it was only necessary' to appoint a committee to work out the economy program. The boys of th# Shortridge senior class held a meeting this afternoon to consider their cost of graduation. Czernin Goes to Berlin. AMSTERDAM (via London). May 17.A semi-official announcement from Vienna says that Count Czernin, Austrian j foreign minister, has left for German headquarters to continue his conferences with Chancellor von Betfam&nn-Hollweg. He will take up matters which were diseussed during the chanceUpr'9 feqent

PROPOSAL FOR CONVENTION.

IRISH

REDMOND MAKES DECISION

LONDON, May 17.—John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists in the house of commons, today rejected the proposal of Premier Lloyd George for a settlement of the home rule question, but accepted the proposal for the immediate calling of a convention to decide on a government for Ireland. Mr. Redmond In a letter to Premier Lloyd 'George, accepted on behalf of the Irish party the proposal for “assembling a convention of Irishmen of all parties for the purpose of producing a scheme of Irish self-government,” on condition that the "basis on which the convention is to be called is such as to Insure that it is fully and fairly representative of Irishmen of all creeds, interests and parties; and, secondly, that the convention be summoned

without delay.”

Mr. Redmond said Premier Lloyd George’s proposal for an Irish government, in the opinion of the members of the Irish party, would find no support in Ireland. They, therefore, were irreconcilably opposed to it, and any measure baaed on that proposal would meet with their vigorous opposition. But. Mr. Redmond continued, the “sec;ond alternative, namely, the assembling of a convention of Irishmen, has much to recommend it. I trust it may be found possible of realization. My colleagues and I will place no obstacle in the way and are prepared to recommend the proposal most strongly to our

countrymen.”

Ulstermen Also See Difficulties. The Nationalist members of parliament and the Ulster members both met today to consider the government’s proposals for a settlement of the Irish question. After the Ulster meeting it was said that the situation was full of difficulties and that no definite decision was yet possible. The proposals have been received with mixed feelings in Ireland, according to dispatches from Dublin. The Freeman's Journal says: “The plan for a permanent partition, for diaaolement of the Nationalist majority and of Nationalist Ulster, ar.d for minority rule—for that is wnat the government proposals amount to-will.

proposal of an Irish constitutional con-

vention remains to be seen.” Newspaper* Are Uncertain.

The plan of the British government for the settlement of the home rule queetion was presented to John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalist party, in a letter from Premier Lloyd George, which asked Mr, Redmond to state his views on the proposal so that the government might be able to con-

sider the matter before Monday.

While neither Nationalists nor Unionists were willing to discuss the home rule proposal today, gossip in the parliamentary lobbies indicated that Lloyd George’s plan would find a more favorable reception with-the Unionists than with the Nationalists. The morning papers had little comment, most of them professing a desise to withhold criticism until Irishmen of both parties had an

opportunity to exphese themselves

The Unionist papers intimated a belief

IS HAIG ITS EFEECT

LODGE SPEAKS IN DEFENSE .MEMBERS.

EVERY HOUR IS IMPORTANT

The Indianapolis Newt Bureau,

SS Wyatt Building.

WASHINGTON, May 17,-The criticism directed against the congress for its failure promptly to put through The war legislative program Is bearing fruit.

will be to hurry up the work before the congress, though there is small expectation that the legislative body will be able to satisfy the public demand that all the Important war legislation pending shall be disposed of within the

next few weeks.

At a matter of fact the bongress is certain to devote two or three months to the task before it. In striking back at the executive department, the senate in secret session yesterday afternoon and later in a brief open session attempted to Justify the conduct of the congress since war was declared, forty-

one days ago.

lays Loc

dge Defends Congress. ,

Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, put the case in this way: “It is said by certain newspapers that we have done nothing. Let us see. Since the declaration of war as a beginning, we passed four great appropriation bills which came over from th© last congress. We then passed a great loan bill carrying 25.000,000,000 in bonds and 22,000,000.000 in treasury notes. We have passed through both house a bill for selective conscription. It Is In its very last stage of conference at this moment. It ^vill be a law in a day or two. England and Canada have been discussing conacriptioiti under the pressure of war for nearly three years. Neither of them has passed conscription yet. We have done it in both houses inside of a fort-

night.

"Is it to be supposed that a complete revolution not only in the traditions of the country but In the tradition of our

_ ^ g on which there was a great, a natural, division of opinion, and it was right to discuss selective conscription and also whether men over consoriptive age could be permitted to offer their lives to their country. Other Bills Pasted. “We have passed through both houses, and it has become law, the bill to take the German ships. We have passed a number of important bills for the navy, Including the bill passed yesterday which increases th© seamen to 150,000 and the marines to 30,000. We have passed the spy bill through both houses. It Is now in conference and It will be disposed of finally and become a law very shortly.” While it is undoubtedly true, as the Massachusetts senator pointed out, that Continued on Page Twenty.

SHE FOR INDIANAPOLIS

ERNEST N. SMITH SEEKS SUITABLE GROUND.

ARMY BOARD TO PICK PLACE

Centhyted on P*go Iwgjnfc.

If there is a tract of 5,000 acres of land in Indiana that is suitable for a training camp for the Ninth division of the army that will be raised by conscription. Indianapolis or Indiana stands n chance of obtaining the camp. Land owners who own such tracts are requested to take full information, together with maps or drawings, to the Chamber of Commerce, before midnight, tonight, and give them to Ernest N. Smith, secretary of the chamber, in order that they may be presented to the

army board for consideration. Meeting at Louisville.

The board of army officers appointed to select a site for the training camp for the Ninth division will hold a meeting at Louisville, tomorrow, and will consider all sites that are suggested, either In Indiana or Kentucky. The Ninth division will be composed of Indiana and Kentucky troops. Mr. Smith and a committee of Indianapolis business men will go to Louisville tonight to attend the meeting and to urge the board to pick an Indianapolis site, if possible, but, at least to place the camp in this state.

Kentucky Wi«he* Camp.

Kentucky, it is said, has organized thoroughly for the fight few the camp

and will attempt to get it

Colonel Edwin M. Lewis, of the regular army, is chairman of the board that will meet aty Louisville, and another member is >JFj©r_E, L. Ruftner, who is Ft* -Benjanjl Hafrieon,

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M1 OR 1 PROBABLE

DESIGNATION OF MEMORIAL DAY UNLIKELY.

SOME STATES NOT READY

[Special to The Indianapolis News! WASHINGTON. May 17-Memorial day probably will not be designated as registration day under the selective conscription act. The general staff of the army has indicated to thy President that at least fifteen days should elapse between the President’s proclamation ar.d the date of registration. The war department is reaoy, so it waa said tcday, to have registration day set for. the day following the Issuing of th* proclamation, but a number of states have postponed the action they will be expected to take under the legislation until the bill Is signed by the President. It was said at tbe department today that if every state had acted as promptly as Indiana, the registration could take plage within the next week or even within five days after the issuing of the proclamation. The prospect today was that the bill would be ready for the President’s signature tomorrow. It was said at the executive offices that if Memorial day finally Is abandoned as registration day and the President <\oes sign the bill tomorrow, registration. In all probability, will take place on Friday, June 1. or Saturday, June 2. In any event, it would take place not lat\ er than Monday, June 4.

The Russian cabinet situation cleared itself today, the representatives of the radicals accepting and signing the government's declaration of policy. The reorganisation of the cabinet by the admission of Socialists and other representatives of the party that are powerful In the council of soldiers’ and workmen’s delegates is proceeding PETROGRAD (via London). May 17. The cabinet crisis has been settled. A declaration of the government’s policy has been accepted by fhe representatives of the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates, with merely slight alterations, and was signed by them at

midnight.

■ During the sitting M. Tchernoff. National Socialist, waa appointed minister of agriculture, and M. Skobeleff, vicepresident of th# council of worfimens and soldiers’ delegates, was appointed minister of labor. It was also decided to be desirable to include in ths government Feodor Kokoshklne. Constitutional Democrat, and a professor at th# University of Moscow, and M. Tsereteli!, member of th# council of workmens and soldiers’ delegates. Th* duty of these men will be to prepare for the constltutent assembly. It is understood that a total of five or aix representatives of different Socialist groups will be taken Into the cabinet, including A. F. Kereusky, who assumes the war portfolio. _ Will Re-establish Discipline. Generals Atexieff, Dragomiroff.| Gurko and Brusifoff arrived in Petrograd today for a conferenc* on tha military situation. They declared the formation of a coalition ministry was indispensable, as It would make possible strong measures to re-establish dlsctpllns and the fighting spirit in the army. The generals expressed the opinion that the appointment of M. Kerensky ss minister of war would be received by the army with great enthusiasm, as he is very popular among th* soldiers. There arS rumor* that General Alexteff has resigned as commandsr-tn-cMef or that his resignation Is impending. Fraternising between Russian and Teutonic soldiers has stopped along practically all th* northern front, according to a Nord-Sud agency dispatch.. The cessation of friendly relations was caused by an Incident which, It was said, brought home to the Russian troops the duplicity of the Germans and the hint that Germany had ulterior motives. Th* Incident happens) on a sector of the

Riga front.

Unsociable Regiment Bombarded. A certain Russian regiment had Withstood all German blandishments to com* out and talk. The position held by this regiment was then overwhelmed by asphyxiating gases. Intense rifle and artillery fire. »uld a hurricane of hand grenade* and trench ntortar shells.

Mires were exploded nearby.

And now is the third day of th* oiflcera* reserve training camp at Ft. Ben-

jamin Harrison.

Ay*, the third day of ninety to be spent by 6,300 men of Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and IVest Virginia in equipping themselves for commissions In th* mighty national army that Und* flam Is constructing. That Colonel Edwin F. Glenn, commanding, and Major Hanson

care of th* feet, hundreds of feet

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The Nord-Sud dispatch declared that German guns were now roaring over a •rreat part of the front since the sol-

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TO PASS ON REQUESTS FOR RELIEF FROM ARMY DRAFT.

CHANGE IN COUNTY BOARDS

Governor Goodrich today received notification from Washington that a state conscription board to sit’in Indianapolis and pass on all questions relative to exemption from draft under the army bill had been authorized by President Wilson. T Tbe board is to be made up of not less than five men, who will be appointed by the President It will have entire power, according to the announcement, to decide on all questions of exemptions

under the military law. To Include Physician. -

The Governor also was advlsed*by the authorities at Washington to Include a physician as a member of each county conscription board and of each conscription board In a city of more than 30,000

population.

The Governor Immediately telegraphed each county board to displace the third member, of tbe board and add a physician in his stead. As now constitute the beards will consist of the county clerk, the county sheriff and a physician. The physician in each case will be of the same politcal faith as the

citizen whom he displaces.

Governor Goodrich has taken similar action with regard to the city conscription boards and has asked each mayor to recommend a physician for the board. The Indianapolis board is composed of Gavin L. Payne, chairman; William L. Elder and L. C. Boyd. As Mr. Boyd has been unable to devote any of his time to the work, and as he probably will -not be able to do so for some time because of sickness in his family, it is probable that Mayor Bell will name an Indiana-

polis physician as his successor. Doctor in Jones’* Place.

Mr. Payne, chairman of the board, said during the day that the third member would be named by Mayor Bell, after he had had ar conference with Governor Goodrich. The citizen member of the Marion county board, who

lers stopped fraternizing, but that th# Russian army mo ale was helm' excel lently maintained despite this persistant

pounding.

Defeat Great Misfortune. The most important points covered by the government concessions are in connection with th# foreign policy. The document begins with a statement that the government’s aim Is the attainment of a general peace without conquest of other nations, depriving them of their national sovereignty or their territo-y. In a word, peace without annexations of contributions. Th# declaration further meets the ooundll’s demands by promising to take steps toward the attainment of an agreement with the allies which will realize the government's declaration of April 9. The government, however, Is convinced that Russia’s defeat In the war would be a great misfortune to all nations and while willing to make q general peace on the foundations outlined, believes firmly that revolutionary Russia will not permit tbe defeat of its allies in th* west. Will Democratize Arirty. The government consents to the council’s demand for th* democfatlzation of the army, but desires to combine it with a strengthening of Russia's fighting Continued on Pag* Twenty.

ASSERTS BRITISH PIAN

conference on the There were many willing to listen.

Th* regular army officers detailed as instructors arranged the companies in circles on the parade ground and there Instructed the uninttated in th* care of their pedal extremtttea. The llmpere felt better after the conferenc* and at once proceeded to apply the simple remedies recommended by the officers. The are many sore arms In camp, teo, ths result of the Inoculation against ty-

phoid fever and smallpox. In Physical Upbuilding.

"if these training camps rendered the country no other service,” said Major* Ernest L. Ruffner, chief medical officer, "they will pay for themselves in the physical upbuilding of America. The vaccination her* taking place will do great good in stamping out typhoid fever and smallpox and when you figure the large number of menJn other camps that ar* gaining the same preventatlvit will be seen that we/ are passing through a period of health progress " The health of the camp Is remarkably good, th# medical officers say. A few minor accidents have occurred, but they were quickly disposed of. The soreness of arms and feet will disappear In a few days and th* men will round into good physical shape for the rest of

the period of training

Today’s schedule called for the usual setting up exercises at reveille and the morning practice march. Each day the men are marched a little farther and at a stlffer pace. Besides the conference on th# oar# of the feet there were lessons in the organisation of battalions and regi-

ments.

At 7 o’clock this evening Governor Goodrich will be the guest of Colonel Glenn and the officers of th* training camp. The men will parade for th* Governor. Harry B. Smith, adjutant-gen* erab of the Indiana national guard, arranged to have a band present The Governor will deliver an address of w«lcome to th* men, who will form a semicircle before the quarters of Colon«l Glenn. \ Equipments of rifle* and eldearms ar* now being Issued to th* embryo officers and It Is Interesting to se* th* novices handle them- One young .Clevelandwr, anxioua to make hie Jifl# and bayontt shine, forgot that handkerchiefs soon will be at a premium and used his to do the shining. Engineer Rotter Complete. The two companies of engineers now being organized at the camp have their rosters completed, When the cam structure began seeking for men gineering ability to make up th4 twu companies they were surprised at the number of technical school graduates who are now in the ranks. Men who, in civil life, draw salaries ranging from 25,000 to 219,000 a year, were found Ip ths ranks and transferred to th* new engineering outfits. They found almost double the number of engineers needed. Work began during the day on the construction of ths medical officers' training camp. Fred Fletcher, reprssenting the Gaylord Construction Company, of Scranton, which is to build th# new cantonment, arrived and laid plans for the construction. Ths medical officers' cantonment will occupy a tract immediately north of Day’s crossing, a mile east of the Ft. Harrison barracks Rapid progress is being mad* In the construction of the remaining- buildinge for the Indiana and Kentucky men who now are housed in the permanent barracks. One hundred bulimias will constitute the cantonment for the Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia men. It will take 300 building* to house the entire outfit of regular*, medical officers and reserves. i/ Temporary hospital buildings also aty under construction adjoining th# base hospital. Additional ambulances have been ordered added to the fort equipment. New fire apparatus- also has arrived and is being tested. Every precaution la being taken to prevent fire. K*en* Makes Camp Tour. Major T. Victor Keene, chief sanitary officer, made a tonr of the camp during the day and several squads of men were put to work clearing away every form of inflammable debris. Among th* regular army officers d*» tailed for duty here and numbered among late arrivals are Major T. W*

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GENERAL MAURICE DESCRIBES PROCESS OF ATTRITION.

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will be supplanted by a physician, is

Aquilla Q. Jones.

In order that the registration records may be uniform, and as perfect as possible. tbe city board has decided to have as many registration cards typewritten as possible. This plan would call for the services of typists in all precincts, and the precinct registrars are being asked „to Induce typists to serve with-

out ch&rg*.

WHEAT PRICES FALL

Effect of Report That Allies Were Asked to Sell Holding*. CHICAGO, May 17.—Report* that the United States government had asked Great Britain and her European alliee to sell immense holdings of future delivery wheat bought in this country, were largely responsible for a downward plunge in wheat prices on the board of trade today. The maximum fall in values this morning was 16 cents. Because of the continuance of artificial restrictions on trading the aggregate of wheat transactions was small. July wheat fell to 22.14 as against 22.30 at vesterday's finish, but later rallied to julv wheat closed at 22.19, a loss of lie- September wheat at $L», a lo PXICW . —

LONDON, May 17.-"Our plan on th# western front has been and is to wear the Germans down,” said General F. B. Maurice, chief director of operations in the war office, today. “We realize that there is going to be no big advance without the accomplishment, of this. You need not expect sensational pushes into enemy territory at present. It will be slow hammer and tongs fighting such as we have been conducting in the bat-

tle of Arras.

Forced to Use Fresh Troop*. "And we are succeeding In our. object.

When we began the offensive we were thoroughly prepared and the result wa* the German losses were much heavier than ours. Lately we have been forcing the Germans to assume the offensive in order to prevent us from going forward. This is Just what we want, for the Germans are compelled to throw men against us under unfavorable circumstances without having time

to make deliberate preparations. “The results are disastrous for them,

as their losses are tremendous. In making these counter-attacks, the Germans have used virtually all their reserves, and nobody uses fresh troops unless it

is necessary.

Deceit by Berlin War Office. “In this connection I may cite as a significant fact that the German higher command lately adopted a deliberate policy of deceit in the issuance of official statements. This was not done in the early part of the war. and the reasons for the present deception are due to obvious causes. The German officials are trying to bolster up the courage of their people and make them patient. In the meantime the German army is doing everything possible to tire us out and hold us while the German submarines work. They hope to win by starving us ou*. through the U-boat campaign." Discussing the Italian offensive. General Maurice said it was begun partly because of th* allied successes in th* west. The Germans had been forced to keep their troops along the western .front, thereby Itevlpg Italy. Xrse,

Twenty-seven Infantry; Captain Cooper, Twenty-first infantry, and tain R. J. Sherrad, infantry. The officers whose regiments dire not named have been on detached duty. Major Ernest L. Ruffner, chief medical officer, who has been detailed as a member of th* army board that is to select camp sites for additional cantonments in Indiana and Kentucky, will gfc to Louisville tonight. A meeting of the board, of which Colonel Edward M. Lewis is president, will be held th*r* tomorrow. ^ Now Ban<f for Flr*t Infantry. Harry B. Spilth, adjutant-general of the Indiana national guard, announced today that orders had been signed for the mustering out of the First Infantry iind, Indiana national guard, at Marion, and that It was proposed to muster In a new band, being organized In Indianapolis by Sergeant Guy Dalton, for duty with the First Infantry. Th»* new band Is to serenade at Ft Benjamin Hqrrlson tonight on the occasion of Governor Goodricn’s visit to the officers’ reserve corps training camp. FOUR MORE TO H08PITAL. Pennsylvania Infantrymen Poisoned After Meal—One Officer Dead. PITTSBURG, May 17.~Four more soldiers of trfe Third Pennsylvania Infantry, on police duty In the Pittsburg district. were removed from their camp at Port Perry, Pa., to hospital# here tV dav. suffering from the effects of poison, while the military authorities and physicians investigated the death last night of Lieutenant William F. Corcoran, of Philadelphia, and th* illness of twelve other guardsmen. The soldiers were on duty at Port Perry, and yesterday ate a meal from the restaurant conducted by Carl Miller near their camp. Later. Lieutenant Corcoran entered th* old Pullman car which served as headquarters for the command and complained of being 111. In five minutes he was dead. Within an hour a number of noncommissioned officers and privates were i mandti which -- _ teL, junction with the county authoritl**. Lieutenant Lebaron to Chicago. [Specie! to The Indianapolis Newel WASHINGTON. May I7.-Li*ut*nant Rudolph Lebaron has been relieved ~ duty at Ft. Benjamin ordered to Chicago to 1 new enfujsw regQuent al teat X