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RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, -1918

SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS

GOAL MAY DE SOON REACHED IN R. C. DRIVE Id RICHMOND

Total Raised for Mercy Organization Is $18,951 and Full Quota Will Be Reached Thursday

EIGHT TOWNSHIPS OVER

Four more townships reached their quotas Wednesday. Chairmen of the Red Cross War fund campaigns in Webster, New Garden, Jackson and Center township notified the war fund headquarters here that they had gone over their apportionment. About onethird of the county quota of $24,653 has been subscribed. The campaign will continue over the county this week until the township quotas have been reached.

Township Abington Boston .. Center . . Clay Dalton . .

Franklin

Quota 662 HOOD 890 2,700 1,004 552

1,172 DDOO

Greene 1,046 0000 Harrison 448 Jackson 4,880 Jefferson 2,091 C3D0 New Garden .... 1,367 Perry 795

Washington .... 1,629 0000

Webster -604

Wayne 4,813 0000 Richmond 25,673 0000

SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTION If the Red Cross solicitors failed to call on you, send your.contribu-., tion to Red Cross headquarters or to any bank In Richmond. The appeal of the Red Cross is universal. It Is a call for duty that reaches every one. Because your name,' through an oversight does - notappear in the list of persons to be solicited, you have no right to refute to send your contribution to headquarters. , In every great undertaking, mistakes are bound to occur. In the Red Cross drive, the mistakes are not intentional but accidental. Only a man of small calibre will hold back his support because he has not been visited personally by solicitor. - '' , ? . The Red Cross needs every dollar that a generous public can con-,, tribute. No shirker or slacker ought to hide behind a flimsy excuse to escape contributing. , '-' The men and women who does this will be counted. .

County $50,326 0000

Rtrhmnnii will co over the tOD In

three days In the Red Cross war

fund campaign. Solicitors reponea Wednesday noon that $9,673 had been raised in the day's campaign, bringing the city total up to $18,951. 75, and workers pledged themselves to reach the quota of over $25,000 Thursday. The campaign is to extend over four days. The British army led Wednesday with subscriptions, totalling $2,763.05. The British engineers, Carl Eggemerer. major, led the companies with $1,384.50. . The soliciting by cards probably will be completed' Thursday, and Friday the workers will visit any persons who have not been solicited, but who are willing to give. On Saturday unsolicited contributions will be taken on the streets by tho war toothers. Twenty-five cash registers will be placed on Main street and Tort Wayne avenue, and will be In charge of the war mothers, dressed in uniform, and distinguished by the official service pin. The women are hoping to raise the last $1,000 of the war fund on Saturday. Pony Is "Contributed." A Shetland pony was among the gifts to the war fund reported by the Krench army Wednesday. The pony and a canary bird donated Tuesday will be auctioned, and the proceeds turned into the fund. Employes of the B. B. glove factory have raised a fund of $75, it was reported Wednesday, which is to be turned in to the Red Cross war fund. The money was obtained without solicitation, and represents sacrifice on the part of the girls who gave It. A letter which . accompanied a check for $50 presented by the Richmond order, K. of C, was read Wedneariav. The order exnressed its re

gret, that the condition of its treasury prevented its increasing the size of the gift, and expressed the sympathy of the organization with the Red Cross work. "A friendly spirit" is the way one eolicitor expressed the manner in which he was received by subscribers. "We aren't delayed in obtaining contributions," he said, "but people do keep us while they tell us about their sons in service, and what the Red Cross is doing for their boys. Everybody is ready to give." Over half of the townships have rone over the top In the campaign. Center. Jackson, Webster and New Garden are the lust townships to report their full quotas subscribed. Subscriptions by armies were: American army $2,486.75 General E. M. Campfield Captain L. S. Bowman $1,315.75 Captain W. W. Reller 818.75 Major L. A. Schwan 352.25

French army $2,085.25 General John W. Mueller Captain Gath Freeman $ 773.00 Captain J. H. Allen 824.25 Major Horace Horton 488.00 British array $2,763.05 General George 11. Eggemeyer Captain O. P. Nusbaum $ 804.00 Captain J. S..HU1 674.55 Major Carl Eggemeyer 1,384.50 Italian army $2,038.50 General John H. Johnsor Captain Fred H. Lemon $1,029.75 Captain Harry C. Doan 966.25

BIG GAS ATTACK MADE ON HUNS BY AMERICANS

Enemy Positions Drenched With Poisonous Gas Many Believed Killed. (By Associated Press.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Tuesday, May 21. The American artillery northwest of Toul launched a sudden and terrific local gas attack upon the German positions and cantonment within the Gerechamp wood early today. Severe punishment was' inflicted upon the enemy. How great is not yet known. The deluge of American shells fell in three waves and within a half hour the woods in which it is known many Germans were sleeping had been drenched with a large quantity of poisonous gas. 4 . In lively patrol actions Monday night and this morning east of Luneville, German parties were twice defeated by the Americans who captured

2 prisoners. Fight Foe Patrols. An officer and twenty men while exploring the area northwest of Ancervilfers, east of Luneville. sighted four enemy patrols and established contact with one of them. The enemy party, numbering 16, took up a position in an unused trench from which they were driven by the rifle and grenade fire of the Americans. The Germans were then rushed by the Americans, who took two prisoners, one so badly wounded that he died later. There were no casualties on the American side. Four hours later' ah enemy patrol made a bold attempt to ruclrone-of our outposts but was driven off. One German was killed and his body was brought back to the . American lines

for Identification purposes. Northwest of Toul an American patrol traversed the Apremont-Varnevllle road and found a high tension cable used for charging the enemy wire. They cut the cable and brought back a large section of it. Another patrol came on a German party southwest of Apremont and sharp fighting resulted. The Americans used their pistols, rifles and hand grenades effectively and the Germans were forced to retire. A corporal named Klick, from a New England state, carried out a "personal patrol" late yesterday afternoon. He crawled to the enemy wire to investigate what he thought was a periscope and saw a German step up to the fir

ing trench. Bullets were exchanged but the American returned safely

across No Man's Land.

ENEMY NAVY IS POWERLESS TO HAMPEO LUES "Suicide" to Interfere with Transportation of Troops, Rear Admiral Says.; - . v - (By, Associated Press . LONDON, May 22.-Suicide" is the word used by the German naval authorities to describe what it would mean for the kaiser's navy to attempt

!,to interfere with the transport of al

lied troops and munitions across the English channel. ' According to German papers,-considerable irritation has been caused in Germany by the rapidity with which England has been throwing men into France, and criticism has been directed at the admiralty. In a vogoroUs defense, Rear Admiral Karl Hollwegg, points out that the activity of the German navy is subject to certain geographical limitations. "A voluntary attempt to remove these limitations," he argues, "would signify a heroic but useless suicide for the German fleet. The distance from German harbors is too great for the regular and frequent attacks which alone could cause continuous Interruption of channel traffic. A small German fleet can not remain long in the channel, for submarines and mines would reap a rich harvest among it, and,' after being cut off, it would be compelled to accept battle with overwhelming British forces in unfavorable circumstances." Even German submarines, accordingto their commanders, writes Captain Von Kuhlwetttr in the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, find that attacking transports is especially difficult in the channel. V- . Discussing U-boat warfare possibilities, generally, he alluded to a suggestion made to "post submarines off

various aided harbor entrance. The idea, he says a?Js Impracticable"- because "there are not enough submarines.'' v ' ' v,

THE WEATHER

For Indiana by United States

Weather Bureau Fair tonight and

Thursday, except probably ' thunder-

showers this afternon or tonight in

extreme south portion tonight. Cooler Thursday in extreme south portion.

Today 'Temperature Noon 86 Yesterday Maximum 82 Minimum 50 For Wayne County by W. E. Hoore Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with local thundershowers. Cooler tonight and Thursday followed by fair. General Conditions The great Rocky Mountain storm Is now over the Great Lakes and is now causing rain over portions of the central states. It was raining at noon in Randolph county. Tornadoes over Iowa were severe, due to a lake storm. It Is much cooler in the northwest with snow at Qu'Apelle, Sask.. and freezing weather at Medicine Hat and portions of Montana.

Prospects for Coming Harvest in France Better Than any Year Since 1898 (By Associated Press.) PARIS, Tuesday, May 21. Prospects for the coming harvest In France are better than any year since 1898, Victor Boret, food minister,' Informed The Associated Press upon his return today from a week-end tour in the country. .... "Unless unforeseen situations arise

between now and harvest time," he added, "actual restrictions on food consumption will not be increased. I may even say that we are approaching the end of the era of restriction and that the restrictions at present in force gradually will be eliminated. "But I want men for the harvest. If they can be found I can promise that I will diminish the importation of cereals and release important tonnage." " , " . . . " M. Boret presented to the council of ministers several measures tending to decrease the high cost of living. These include the placing' of a tax on'cattle on the hoof, sheep and hogs, a census of French .cattle, the reorganization of the Lavilette stockyards and the building of refrigerating warehouses there. The minister said he intended to make "a small Chicago" out of the Lavilette stockyards.

Where Armies Prepare for World's Greatest Battle

Single black line'shpws battle front on March, 21, when TGermans started .'spring offensive; double black line indicates present front dotted line indicates battle front a year ago before the great German retreat- .

Only One Township in Randolph Not Over Top WINCHESTER, Ind., May 22. Reports in up to Tuesday night shows ihat every township in this county has raised its quoto for the Red Cross except Greene. The report from White River shows they raised $7,755 which is $2,550 more than their quoto. This does not include pledges made to pay within a week. Chairman Ross of this township says that the full amount will reach $8,000.

STEPS TAKEN TO CURB OUTBREAKS OVER BOHEMIA

Estates of Close Friend of j

Kaiser Are Plundered and Burned. ; .

Threatened Break Between Senate and the President is Eliminated

(By Associated Press.) ' t LONDON, May 22 Martial law has

been proclaimed in Bohemia . and in

consequence of "popular excesses A

many persons have been Imprisoned, says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Berne, quoting the Slovenski Parod. Outbreaks have occurred in Pilsen, Nachod and other towns. The vast estates of Prince Furstenburg, a close friend of the German emperor have been plundered and the buildings on them burned. - Dr. Von Seydler, the Austrian premier, it is added, has summoned the Czech deputy Stanek to discuss the situation. Deputy Stanek has declined

and has warned the premier against i

a policy of violence in Bohemia, fear-.) ing evidently that the indiscriminate

the beginning of the war are to be repeated in Bohemia. "

MRS. LANNING GETS DIVORCE ,

Mrs.' Emma Lanning was granted a divorce from Lon Lanning in circuit court Wedneseday. She charged abandonment. She was given the custody of their four children.

(By Associated Press) , WASHINGTON, May 22. With less than two minutes debate the threatened breach between President Wilson an3 the senate disappeared today w hen by a viva voce vote an acceptable substitute was adopted in place of the Chamberlain resolution which the president contended was nothing less than a proposal to constitute the military affairs committed, a committee on the conduct of the war. t The compromise, pronounced accept; able to the administration and declared by Senator Chamberlain to be acceptable, to him , was; reached 'after prolonged conference and merely proposes that any expenses incurred by the 'military committee, for investigation, previously authorized, shall be paid from the 'contingent fund of the senate. a ' ,.. . ' It eliminates entirely the proposed authority for a sub committee to sit during the recess of congress. .By the adoption of the substitute a vote on the original Chamberlain resolution wa3 avoided entirely. President Wilspn plainly told , senators he con: sidered such a vote practically a question of a vote of confidence. The substitute resolution does not prevent any investigation of the air craft situation to which the president has stated he has no. objection whatever. It meets the president's objection that the original Chamberlain resolution virtually proposed to constitute a committee on conduct of the war and place - with congress ' the executive duties now lodged with the president

and other executive heads of the government . - " Instead of the expected pitched battle, between the contending factions not a riple indicating the strife which has been in progress beneath the surface was shown in the senate disposal of the question today.

3,575,000 Prisoners are Held by Central Powers Says "Official" Statement (By Associated Press.) I AMSTERDAM, May 22. "Our growing labor army" is the -description applied by .the German newspapers to their prisoners' of war. In an official statement the German people is notified . that i Germany and her allied states now hold 3,575,000 prisoners. ,The . statement lays stress on the "supreme value" of these prisoners as man power for industry and agriculture. They will go far, it is said, to

compensate Germany for the men she has had to withdraw from peaceful pursuits for active military service. "The longer. the war lasts, the more adaptable and useful these prisoners become," says the official statement.

SPRING DRIVE ENTERS THIRD MONTH TODAY; ALLIES HOLD

Allies Improve Position in Local Fighting, While Renewal of Enemy Push Is Daily Expected.

URGED TO USE MOTOR TRUCKS

WASHINGTON, May 22. Use of

rural motor transportation to release labor for production was urged upon farmers today by the department of labor.

Major J. J. Rae

342.50

Russ-American Chamber of Commerce Formed

(By Associated Preus.) BERLIN, Friday, May 17. A Russian-American chamber of commerce, has been organized here with an initial subscription of 30,000 rubles from tho Russian members. M. Oustrougoff, former Russian assistant minister of railways, has been elected president

- U'Boat Peril is Curbed by "Go Get 'Em" Spirit of Yankees

WASHINGTON, D. C, May 22 The American and British navies are beginning to curb the German submarine peril. , To the "go get "em" spirit of the Yankee sailors is attributed the splendid result. "At the present time," Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt said today, "submarine sinkings have been cut down from a monthly average of 400,000 tons, the average rate during the winter months, to the neighborhood of 300,000 tons, or reduction of 25 per cent." ' Aswed what he regarded as the greatest factor in lessening the efficiency of the U-boat, Mr. Roosevelt 6aid: "We are going after the submarines Instead of waiting for the submarines to come to us. That's the answer." It was pointed out that the reduction of 100,000 tons in the average monthly submarine sinkings is a greater defeat for the subma:ine than is Indicated by the figures, because thej

reduction is made in the face of the fact that the longer days and fair weather of the spring months give the submarine an advantage. " Naval experts are not tgreed, however, that this is much of an advantage to the submarine. Thev point out

mai wane me rougn weauier 01 winter is a disadvantage to the submarine the long winter nights give more opportunity for the submarine to come to the surface, recharge ifs batteries, and rest its crew. Spring and summer weather with smooth seas give the submarine an advantage in accuracy of fire, but there is less time for surface navigation.' Reports to the navy department show that the armed ship has become a deadly factor in resisting submarines. These reports also show the policy of arming merchantmen has been generally adopted by all the allies. Reports to the navy last month showed that only two unarmed ships had been sunk- j

Destroyers are doing the business for the British and American navies in the warfare on the submarine, and for this reason both governments are building these small naval craft by the hundred. - The building' of Capital ships and other vessels listed on the American three . year naval program

! has- been suspended temporarily in or

der that yards may concentrate upon the task of rushing destroyers to completion. All the turbine engines American factories are capable of producing have been virtually commandeered by the navy department and recently Chairman Hurley of the shipping board asked that part of them be diverted to the equipment of the merchant marine. ' Secretary Daniels objected, insisting that the first duty, of the country is to defeat the . submarine and protect troop transports, for both of which destroyers are essential. ' ' ,

The navy has made a splendid record in guarding the troop ships which have carried an army of more than 500,000 men to France. The only out-

jward bound transport sunk has been

tne Tuscania, a ttntisn snip convoyea by British destroyers. The loss of life included 150 American soldiers. One homeward bound American transport, the Antilles, was sunk with a loss. of seventy lives, the cause being attributed to an insufficiency of convoy.; All outward . bound transports are so heavily guarded that German submarines have been completely foiled In the attempt to strike at the fountain head of the stream of American soldiery being poured into France. Although fortuitous circumstance may yet make American transports the prey of submarines, it has been abundantly, demonstrated that it is possible to carry soldiers by the million safely over the 3.000 miles of enemy

infested waters, separating America from the battlefields of France. The bureau of war risk insurance has recommended a reduction . from $2.50 to $1.50 per $1,000 in the insur-

i ance rate on lives of . officers and

crews of merchant vessels passing through the war zone. This is in line with the recent lowering of marine Insurance rates on vessels and cargoes from 3 to 2 percent. . The Yankee punch appears to have been put into the allied naval operations all along the line. The American naval officers have been clamoring for a naval offensive for months and among them the exploits' of the British navy recently at: Zeebrugge and Ostend were hailed as an omen of a more . aggressive naval policy against Germany. It is believed here that before the summer is over there will be developments of still greater importance, which the American navy will have a large part in shaping.

AMERICANS POURING IN (By .Associated Press.) LONDON, May 22. In the sector south of Arras German trenches were entered at two points last night by British raiding parties, saya today's . official announcement. Prisoners and a machine gun were taken. On the Flanders front the Germans carried out a heavy gas bombardment of the sector to the northeast of Be thane. The announcement follows: "A number of successful raids were carried out by us last night on different parts of the front. In the sector southeast of Arras our troops entered the German trenches at two points and captured fourteen prisoners and a machine gun. Other raiding parties brought back a few prisoners from the enemy's position in the neighborhood pf Locon and in the sector between the forest of Nieppe and Meteran." ARTILLERY FIGHTING VIOLENT (By Associated Press) PARIS, May 22. Artillery fighting of the most violent character occurred last night on the front southeast of Amiens, the war office announces. Heavy artillery fighting took place also on the southern part of the battle front, in the neighborhood of Plemont, west of Noyon. Enters Third Month. Germany's spring offensive, launched

in the hope of forcing the allies to

conclude peace .enters upon its third month today. The allied armies are still intact and awaiting further enemy attacks while American reinforcements are hurrying to France. Great losses sustained in Picardy and Flanders have forced the Germans to halt and reorganize their shattered divisions. In the weeks since the repulse of the last strong German attack, that north of Mont Kemmel, the allies have succeeded. here and there In biting off important portions. - Enemy counter attacks have not been vigorous and all his attempts to regain the lost positions have failed. The latest German failure was northwest of Merville, the apex of the Lys salient. Attacking new British positions on a front of two-thirds of a mile, the Germans, although in strength, were thrown back. The British line remains unchanged. Smaller enemy attempts north of Batlleul have been repulsed by the French. On the sectors southwest of Ypres and west of Amiens the Germans have shown indications that infantry attacks are about to be renewed. Neither has General Otto Below's army, east of Arras, undertaken new operations. However, Berlin cannot delay

a renewal of the offensive much

longer and that Is the time the allies are waiting for, as they improve their positions at various points. ' Down 1,000 Foe Planes. British aviators since March 21 have

accounted for 1,000 German airplanes

and have dropped more than 1,000 tons

of bombs on enemy military targets. The aerial campaign against the

enemy military targets. The aerial campaign against the enemy continues unabated, both British and French bombing squadrons being busy.

On the front between the Piave and

Lake Garda, the Italians have been vic

torious in several strong local engagements with the Austro-Hungarians. On .Monte Spinoncia, west of the

1 Piave, the Italians wipe dout an enemy

post and captured 53 prisoners, while their new positions at Cape Sile on the Paive, have been extended further. North of Bagdad, in Mesopotamia, the Turkish resistance to the advancing British still is weak. Mounted troops have occupied Fatha. north of Tekrit on the Tigris, the Turks fleeing after slight fighting. In the Kirkuk region the Turks have not molested the British in their removal of military stores from that captured town. Americans Are Active. The American troops on the French front are engaging in some lovely local fighting, their patrol parties frequently meeting and engaging the Germans. Dispatches today describe several such 'actions In which the Germans were beat by the Americans. Two prisoners were taken during this fighting. ' American air pilots also kept up their brilliant work and engaged In a number of successful battles with the German airmen. The artillery In the Toul sector as notably busy, the American gunners carrying out a heavy gas attack on the German position and cantonments in Gerechamp - wood. Three waves of the American gas shells deluged the Germans and inflicted severe punishment. On the main western battle fronts, no infantry movements of major importance were reported last night but there were successful raids on the part of the British on the Arras and Flanders fronts. The principal German activity was in the form of a heavy gas bombardment on the sector northeast of Be'hune. Paris repoits pronounced activity on the front northeast of Amiens where the gun fire is described as extremely violent. There was heavy firing also on the southern side of the Montdidier salient near Plemont to the west of Noyon.