Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 165, 23 May 1918 — Page 1

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DRAFTEES IN NON-USEFUL OCCUPATIONS TO BE TAKEN

Will Be Given Choice of Changing Jobs or Service in Army Waiters, Bartenders, Store Clerks Hit.

EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON", May 23. Provost Marshal General Crowder's new "work or fight" regulation will require professional baseball players either to engage in some useful occupation or to Join the army. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 23. Every man of draft ago must work or fight after July 1 under a drastic amendment to the selective service regula

tions announced today by Provost

Marshal General Crowder. Not only Idlers, but all draft registrants engaged in what are held to be non-useful occupations are to be haled

before local boards and given the

choice of a new job or the army.

Gamblers, race track and bucket-

shop attendants and fortune tellers head the list, but those who will be reached by the new regulation also include waiters and bartenders, theatre ushers and attendants, passenger elevator operators and other attendants of clubs, hotels, stores, etc,, domestics and clerks in stores. Will Be Re-elaasified. Deferred classification granted on account of dependents will be disregarded entirely in applying the rule. A man may be at the bottom of class one or even in class 4, but if he falls within the regulation and refuses to take useful employment he will be Riven a new number In class 1 that will send him into the military service forthwith. Local boards are authorized to use discretion only where they find that enforced change of' employment would result in disproportionate' hardship upon hi- dependents. It had been known for some time that some form of "work or fieht" plan had been submitted to President Wilson, but there had been no intimation that it was so far reaching In scoiie. Both the military authorities and . department of labor officials believe that it will go a long way toward solving the labor problem for farmer., shlnbullders and munition makers, and will end for the present at least talk of conscription of labor. The announcement today gives notice significantly that the list of non-useful occupations will be extended from time to time as necessity requires. Crowder's Statement. The statement from Marshal Crowder's office: "Provost Marshal General Crowder today announced an amendment to the selective service regulations which deals with the question of compelling men not engaged in a useful occupation immediately to apply themselves to some form of labor, contributing to the general good. The idler, too, will find himself confronted with the alternative of finding suitable employment cr entering the army. "This regulation provides that after July 1. any registrant who is found by a local board to be a habitual loafer, or not engaged In some useful occupation, shall be summoned before the board, given a chance to explain and in the absence of a satisfactory explarallon, to be inducted into the mili

tary service of the United States.

"Any local board will be authorized to take action whether it has original Jurisdiction of the registrant or not; In other words, any, man loafing around a pool room in Chicago may be held to answer to a Chicago board, even thon.eh he had registered in New York and lived there most of his life. Applys to Gamblers. The regulations which apply to idle registrants will be deemed to apply also to gamblers of all descriptions, and employes and attendants of bucketshops, and race tracks, fortune tellers, clairvoyants, palmists and the like, who (or the purpose of the regulations, shall be considered a3 idlers. (Continued on Page Four.)

"Every Yank Over Here Surely is a Lucky Boy9 Writes Fishback

"Believe me. every Yank over here surely is a lucky boy," says Lieutenant Leland K. Fishback, Richmond boy in France, in a letter to his parents here. Lieutenant Fishback is in the aviation squadron. His letter to hi3 parents

follows: ' "France, April 2, 1918.

"I started to write you the other day but old Fritz kept sending some

of those "big babies" over and considering that we had six aeroplane raids in 48 hours, I decided that it was a poor time to write home when so much was going on all around me. Besides dodging 10 inch shells and seeking shelter from the Hun planes,

I carried my gas mask for the better

part of three days. But here I am safe, sound, and feel like a young colt, turned loose. "Had a wonderful walk late yesterday afternoon. Four of us boys captured an old Frenchman wso acted as our guide and when we turned in last night we had walked nearly 12 miles. Saw some of the most wonderful as well as the most beautiful country In all France. We followed a very winding river for a greater part of our hike and here and there on the towering peaks in the distance there stood out against the pale blue sky, large white castles which dated back for centuries and centuries. Describes Old Roman Road. "It so happened that Caesar was through this same part of the world a few hundreds years ago and during a part of our hike we had to walk over an old Roman road. It is not used very much at the present time and now dark green moss is growing between all the rocks in the road bed. I

J stopped at one little stone hut and chatted with the old occupant and he ' A 1 -J .1 1. A 1 . . x m

ioiu me uiai mis particular pari, oi ui old Roman road Lad not been touched for over 10 vears that he knew of. and

the story had been passed from father I and son for several hundred years

that the road was the same as it was when built in the first century. "All along this old relic of the (Continued on Page Twelve.)

BRITISH FLIERS DOWN SIXTEEN ENEMYJLANES Railway Stations and Chloride Factory on the Rhine Are Bombed. .

J THE WEATHER .

For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair in north. Probably showers in south portion tonight and Friday. Watmer Friday. Today's Temperature. Noon 71 Yesterday. Maximum 87 Minimum 63 For Wayne County by W. E. Mocre Increasing cloudiness followed by unsettled weather tonight and Friday. Probably showers. Warmer Friday. General Conditions A cool wave overspreads the south and central portions of the United States east'ef the Mississippi river while low barometric pressure over the west is causing temperatures to rise from Texas northward to Canada. The weather is generally fair north of the fortieth parallel excepting over the northeast. Rain continues in narrow belts south of this parallel due to a mall storm over the southwest.

(By Associated Press) LONDON, May 3. Railway stations in German Lorraine and the railway near Liege, Belgium, and a chloride factory at Mannheim, on the Rhine were bombed Tuesday night and Wednesday by British aviators, says the latest British official statement on aerial operations. Three fires were caused at Mannheim and large conflagrations near Liege. British aviators destroyed 16 German airplanes , und two observation baloons and drove down two airplanes out of control. The statement reads: Reconnaissances and bombing by our airplanes continued uninterruptedly Tuesday. Some 1,200 bombs were dropped on various targets Including four of the enemy's large airdromes near Ghent and Tournai and billets in the neighborhood of Armentieres, Bapaume and Bray. Three British Missing. "A good deal of fighting again took place around our bombing machines. Sixteen German airplanes were destroyed and two driven down out cf control. Two observation baloons also were destroyed. Three of our airplanes are missing. During the night both ours and the enemy's bombing airplanes were active. Over twelve tons of bombs were dropped on airdromes used by the enemy's night-flying machines and on billets at Bray and Bapaume. All our machines returned. Two German machines were brought down by gunfire behind our lines. "Two tons of bombs were dropped on a chloride factory at Mannheim, causing three large fires, and another two tons on railway stations at Thionville and Karthaus. One of our machines failed to return. "At dawn Wednesday two formations set out on a long distance raid to bombard the important railway tri

angle at Liege. All the machines

reached their objectives and dropped 22 heavy bombs. Those dropped by the first formation caused three very

large fires which were burning fierce- j

Iy three quarters of an hour later when the second formation flew over Liege. Other machines dropped 12 heavy bombs on the railway stations at Metz. All the machines returned."

IRISH REFUSE TO SUBMIT PAPERS TO GOVERNMENT Evidence Concerning" Hun Plot in Ireland Before the British Cabinet Today. (By Associated Press.) LONDON, May 23. Evidence concerning the German plot in Ireland will be submitted to the British cabinet today by Edward Shortt, chief secretary for Ireland, a Press Association dispatches from Dublin announces. If it is thought that any part evidence could or should be published, compatible with the public interest, it will be done, says the dispatch, which adds: "It can be stated on the best authority that justification for the arrests in the arrests in the shape of astounding evidence but publication of the same is a question affecting not merely the wellfare of the prisoners but the well being of the empire." In a dispatch to the Times from Dublin it is suggested that the delay in publishing the evidence of the German plot is due to the discovery of new evidence since the arrests. Discussing the prospects of recruiting under the arrangement of which notice was given in last Sunday's proclamation the dispatch says that few persons honestly believe the scheme will be successful as the atmosphere, so far as the public is concerned, is decidedly unfavorable to voluntary enlistment.

(By Associated Pres9.) DUBLIN, Wednesday, May 22. At the anti-conscription conference at Mansion House today a letter was read from A. J. Balfour, the British foreign secretary to the lord mayor of Dublin declaring that passports would be granted to tiie lord mayor if he agreed to submit to the Irish government all documents he intended to carry to America on his proposed trip. It was announced that - the mayor had replied that the only document he intended to carry was one direct to President Wilson from the mansion house conference and that he would decline to submit to the lord lieutenant of Ireland. The matter was considered In a two hour sitting after which the conference adjourned until tomorrow. The lord mayor's departure Is now delayed further and he -will not leave, if at all, before the end of next week. The lord mayor in a letter to Secretary Balfour on May 15, said: Receives His Passports. "I have received from you passports to proceed to America to place before the president of the United States the case against conscription being enforced in Ireland. I beg to thank you. "I understand that no documents may be carried by passengers going to the United States. I would be glad

if you would kindly have authority issued to enable me to convey a document which has been drawn up for petition to President Wilson." Mr. Balfour replied: "I am advised by competent authorities that the document which you desire to convey to the president of the United States ought in the first instance to be submitted to the lord lieutenant of Ireland" The lord mayor of Dublin sent this reply to the foreign secretary: "My

conference has decided that as the document Is a direct communication between the conference and the president of the United States, they decline to submit to the Lord Lieutenant."

COUNTY GOES OVER TOP IN CAMPAIGN FOR R. C. SOCIETY

$3,522 Over the County Apportionment of $50,000 Is Subscribed -Expect to Get Total of $60,000.

13 TOWNSHIPS OVER Township Quota Abington $ 662 OSDD Boston ..... 890 Center 2,700 Clay 1,004 Dalton .. . .. 552 Franklin .. 1,172 D9Q0 Greene 1,046 Harrison ....... 448 Jackson ........ 4,880 Jefferson 2,091 New Garden .... 1,367 Perry 795 Washington .... 1,629 Webster ....... 604 Wayne 4,813 Richmond 25,673

21-Year-OlAs Will Be Registered at Court nous's The Richmond selective service board will register all men who have become of age since June 5, 1917, in the board's office at the court house on Wednesday, June 5. The Richmond district comprises the townships of Wayne, Boston, and Franklin. All other townrhips in the county are under the Jurisdiction o fthe selective service board at Cambridge City. Men who are working in Richmond, but do not live here, and wish to register with their home boards, will have to appear before the Richmond board and then 'return their registration cards to their home boards before June 5. Men wishing to register with their home boards may do so at any time now, and are urged by the chairman of the Richmond board to take the matter up at once as the law requires they be registered on or before June 5.

Deny Rumors of Attempt on Lives of Hindenhurg and General Ludendorff (By Associated Press) LONDON, May 23. Rumors of a recent attempt on the lives of Field Marshal Von Hindenberg and General Ludendorff are denied in a Berlin dispatch to the Koelnische Volksznitung, according to the Aremican corrpsnondpnt of the Morning Post.

PARIS AGAIN BOMBED BY HUN AVIATORS

(By Associated Press.) PARIS, May 23. German -aviators made another attack on Paris last night and this time succeeded in reaching the city. Bombs were then dropped as various places, an official statement reports. The following official announcement was given out: "Several bodies of enemy aircraft successively made for Paris. Our lookout posts opened a very violent curtain of fire. Our airplanes to the air. "A certain number of bombs were thrown on Paris and in the Paris districts. The 'All clear' signal was given at 3:30 o'clock." On Tuesday night German aviators attempted to raid Paris but were kept

away from the city by the French j

defenses. One of the raiders was brought down. Three persons were killed and several wounded in the outskirts of the city.

Artillery Fire Falls Off on American Sectors

ttty Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Wednesday, May 22. A falling off in artillery firing on the imerican sectors is reported in the official statement issued at American headquarters at 9 o'clock tonight. The statement reads: "The artillery activity has decreased. There are no new developments to report."

County $50,326 Wayne county went over its quota of $50,000 in the Red Cross war fund campaign Wednesday and subscribed $3,522 over the county apportionment. Of the amount subscribed, $27,000 was raised by the townships outside Richmond, and the remaindtr inside the city. The news that Wayne county had gone over was received with enthusiasm by the army of solicitors gathered together to report at the Y. . C. A., and the announcement that the rural eommunities ' led was generously cheered by the city workers. An effort will be made to raise $6,500 more In the county in order to bring the total of county subscriptions up to $60,000. The subscriptions raised ty armies in the three days of the campaign were, American, $7,040; French, $6,331; British, $6,848; Italian, $6,522. -W American. Army Leads. i . ...True, to tcatUtiantiSsiAoierlcan army was the first one over and received the privilege of "swatting the Kaiser." the privilege was delegated to E. M. Haas, secretary of the county war fund committee, and his efficient work in organizing the campaign. W. W. Reller, a captain in the American fortes, acted as spokesman for the army, and stated that "it was but fitting that the American army should be the first one over the top, since it was the American army over there that would bring victory to the Allies." On Friday the solicitors will continue to work, and will visit persons who have been missed. There is such an eagerness to give, the workers reported, that persons who have not been visited are hurt by the omission, and for that reason a free-for-all

day has been assigned, when all such

subscriptions can be rounded up. The War Mothers will be in charge

of the campaign Saturday, and will be in charge of the cash registers on the downtown streets, where contributions may be received. The War Mothers are expecting to raise the last thousand dollars of the county fund on Saturday. Still Working in Townships. Chairmen of the various townships said Thursday that they were still working, and were hoping to exceed the apportionment. Abington and Franklin were the only two townships in the county who did not expect to have their quotas raised by Thursday evening. Abington's quota is $662, and Franklin is to. raise $1,172. The complete totals from the townships

have not yet been received, but reports telephone in to the war fund office, showed the amount already subscribed to be $27,000. The Red Cross campaign is said to have been the most successful and efficient carried on the county, owing to the card system for solicitation prepared by E. M. Haas, secretary of the county war fund committee. The card system has enabled solicitors to have time and has enabled the county to reach its quota in less than the alloted time. Reports from the first Red Cross was fund campaign showed 12,000 subscribers. The amount subscribed for later payment at that time totalled $32,158.65, and of this amount 97 percent was collected. American General E. M. Campfield $1,915.00 Captain I.. S. Bowman 500.00 Captain W. W. Reller . 1,094.00 Major L. A. Schwan .... 321.00 British. . General Geo. H. Eggemeyer. 1,900.00 Captain O. P. Nusbaum .... 1,085.00 Captain J. S. Hill 393.39 Major Carl Eggemeyer 422.50 French General John W. Mueller.. 2,112.00 Captain Gath Freeman.. 1,013.00 Captain J. H. Allen 864.00 Major Howard Horton ...... 135.00 Italian . General, John H. Johnson,... 1,748.23 Captain Fred H. Lemon., 604.75 Captain Harry C. Doan..... 591.25 Major J. J. Rae , ....... 552.25

Will Urgz Maximum Penalty For Slackers Who Leave Country

(By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. May 23. Slackers who leave the country to escape the draft will be prosecuted under the selective seivice act on their return, Attorney General Gregory announced today. "It has teen brought to my attention," said the attorney general's statement, "that a number of men of conscription age have left and that even now occasionally others are leaving the country to evade military service. " "Slackers are presumably laboring under the delusion that by securing a temporary residence in another country for the duration of the war, they may escape their military obligations and may return here to enjoy the fruits of sacrifice in which he did not share. Must Stand Trial. "When this struggle is completed, however, such men, on seeking admission to the United States, will find that It will be necessary for them to stand trial on indictments charging them with violation of the selective service act. These trials will be vigorously pros-ecuted and the maximum penalty provided by the act will be urged upon conviction. "The parsage of time will not prevent the bringing of prosecutions. Such non-residents and delinquents either must return for military service or become expatriots with all future rights of United States citizenship denied them. The government at no time hereafter will be inclined to grant any general amnesty to such men." "It should also be clearly understood by the general public that whoever assists another to escape from this

American total French ...... British ........ Italian

$7,040 09 : 6,331.00 6.848.00 6,303.00

$26,522.00

STARVATION AND DISEASE WORSE THANJULLETS Hoover Tells Dairymen They Are Morally Drafted to Aid Food Supply. (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, May 23 The greatest human decimation in Europe has uot been wrought by German bullets but 'by starvation and its attendant dis

eases in the districts overrun by the German military power, declared Food

Administrator Hoover, In an address

to the National Dairy League here today. "Pointing out the service which the dairymen of ths nation "are morally drafted to fulfill," he said he was

convinced that "if the war were to cease tomorrow the toll of actual dead from starvation and its attendant diseases would double or treble the five million or six million killed by Germany and her allies." Calling upon the dairymen to do their part in maintaining the United States as a "reserver of food." Mr. Hoover said: "It is worse than folly to put five million of our boys into France if the civilian population of our allies is not also to be maintained in strength and morale with our food. Supplies 50 Percent. "During this fiscal year North America will have supplied approximately fifty percent in nutritive values of the foodstuffs imported by the allies and fifty percent, came from more remote markets. Before the war, we contributed probably less than ten percent. The shipping situation or the war situation might develop to a point where these ships must be withdrawn to the nearest markets our own. If that became necessary and if we could supply the food, the allied food carrying fleet could be diminished by 1,500,000 tons and still feed our associates In the war. This contingency may not arise, but if it should arise and we are unprepared to meet this demand

for a doubling of the whole of the food exports from this country, it might result in the losing of the war. "North America," Mr. Hoover continued, "stands unique in one great particular. We are independent of sea transport for feeding stuffs for our animals. We grow them side by side. Here lies the great economic difference between ourselves and Europe, and this, is one reason why we can and must be the great final reservoir of supplies." In order that people of the allied powers whose dairy herds have been diminished by lack of feeding stuffs and other exigencies of war, may be provided even with a slender milk and fat ration by the United States, Mr. Hoover explained it would be necessary for the dairymen of this country not only to maintain the herds but to build up stocks in warehouses in sea

sons of surplus productions. He said dairy products in storage at present was not a cause for alarm and legislation, but should be a source of satisfaction. Referring to tha work of the various milk commissions and distributors with fairness to the consumers, Mr. Hoover declared the present "market system in dairy products is inherently a wasteful and expensive system.- Our consumers need relief from the present high price levels of milk. This relief may partly come through cheaper foods but it appears to me must be to a larger degree in reduced cost of distribution."' To solve the problem Mr. Hoover advocated a complete reorganization of distribution methods, intimating that in cities and towns where there are several distributing companies these concerns should be combined. , MAJOR GENERAL IS RETIRED -

country to evade military service or whoever assists to maintain in a foreign country one who has fled there to escape military service is guilty of a violation of the espionage act and upon conviction becomes liable to the lull penalties "imposed thereby."

American Flier "Takes On" Three German Airplanes Within Twenty Minutes (By Associated Press.) ' WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 23. There was great aerial activity northwest of Toul today. American aviators participated In more than half a dozen combats but up to an early hour tonight they had not been able to bring down an enemy machine. One American aviator engaged three different Boche machines, one after the other, within 20 minutes. Two other American pilots fought for half an hour with two German machines at an altitude of 5,500 meters, but failed to get telling shots home.

AMERICAN ARMY SETS RECORD IN RUSH JOFRANCE Efforts of Britain Fall FarBehind What the United States Did.

(By Associated Pre!"?) WASHINGTON. May 23. Major General Erasmus M. Weaver, chief of coast artillery, was transferred to the retired list of the army today on account of age.

WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 23. "America has raised and equipped a bigger army in shorter time and now holds a greater section of the fighting front, transporting her forces 3,000 miles across an infested sea, in ten months, than Britain did in twelve

months across the English channel of less than thirty miles. We began with less, went further, and arrived with more in shorter time." These declarations were made in the house today by Representative Caldwell of New York, a member of

the military affairs committee, in a speech on America's war accomplishments. "When the war was declared in April, 1917," he continued, "the standing army of the United States consisted of 136,000 officers and men, many of whom were in the foreign

service, and the . national guard consisted of . 164,000 .,- officers and . men, many of whom were too old for active service and a large part of them phys

ically unfit to perform the duty for

which they had volunteered. Beat Limit Experts Set. "Our experts told us that it would take two years to raise, an army of a million men and five years to train the commissioned personnel. It has now been about one year since the first legislation was passed authorizing the increase of our army for war purposes. The strength of our military forces is now as follows: Officers. Men. Regular army 10,295 504,677 Reserve corps 79,038 78,560 National guard 16,906 411,952 National army 33,894 510,963 On special and technical duty 8,815 ... Drafted in April 150,000 Drafted in May 233,742 i Totals 148,338 1,889,594 Grand total officers and men 2,038,222 Vast Force Already Abroad. "So we have today an army of more than 2,000,000, of which 500,000 have already been shipped o France and a million more have had the necessary training to fit them for foreign service. These are now waiting for the boats to carry them over. Our critics now Continued On Page Ten. War Mothers Sale for Benefit of Sammies is Opened Thursday The War Mothers benefit sale fo: the Wayne county men in service opened Thursday afternoon at the McGuire building on Main street. Aluminum ware, cut glass, various articles of household furniture, suit cases, go carts, lamps, and pictures, are among the articles offered for sale. There is also a quantity of foodstuffs including S50 jars of canned fruit. The sale will continue through Saturday afternoon and evening. On Sat

urday morning there will be a market at which will be offered for sale, eggs, poultry, cakes, pies and bread. Forest Meek and Thomas Conniff are to serve as auctioneers.

HON AIRMEN ' AGAIN BOMB HOSPITALS OF THE ALLIES

Hundreds of Patients and Members of Hospital Staffs Are Killed ox Wounded by the Germans.

ENEMY CAPTAIN TAKEN

(By Associated Press.) German frightfulness again has been vented upon patients and workers in British hospitals behind the battic line In Northern France. Some hundreds of patients and members of. the hospital staffs were killed and wounded Sunday night by bombs dropped by German airmen. Although one large American hospital was near the bombed area, it escaped damage. The captured captain of an enemy airplane which took part in the bombing of hospitals said he did not see the red cross sign. He added, however, that if the British built their hospitals near the railway they must expect to get them bombed. Artillery Fire Normal. Infantry operations on the westerfront continue at a minimum and neither side gives any indication that intensive fighting is about to be resumed Immediately. The artillery fire is normal on the various sectors. In the air, however, the hostilities are at a high pitch, as they have been for the past week or more. Between Arras and the Somme, where there has been no heavy fighting in six weeks, the British and Germans are carrying out raids, evidently for the purpose of gaining information as to - their opponent's plans. North of Albert, the Germans have been repulsed in an attempt to rush the - British positions southeast of Mesnll. Further north Field Marshal Haig's men continue their raids and have penetrated the enemy lines near Hebuterne as well as at other points southwest of Arras. On the French front and on the American sectors, as on the British front, the lull is unbroken and even raiding has quieted down. British airplanes are harassing seriously German airdromes and billets behind the lines in Flanders and Picardy. - The Germans are seeking unavailingly to check the British and in aerial fighting Tuesday 18 enemy machines, 16 of. which were destroyed, were accounted for by the British. At night the enemy is raiding behind the British lines and two of his machines were brought down by gunfire Tuesday.

Former Vice President is Slightly Improved (By Associated PresiO INDIANAPOLIS, May 23. The condition of Charles W. Fairbanks, the former vice-president who is ill at his home here, was considered mere satisfactory this morning by the attending physicians. "Mr. Fairbanks passed a better night and was a little stronger this morning," they said.

Ur 5. Captain of Engineers Awarded British Order for Helping Check Foe fBy Associated Press.) AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS ON THE BRITISH FRONT. Wednesday. May 22. Col. J. N. Hodges, of the American eneineer corns. hn Tun

awarded the British Distinguished

bervice Order in recognition of his Fervice during the period from March

27 to April 3.

Col Hodges is one of the first A

ican officers to receive the D. S. O. From March 27 to ADril 3 was th

period during which the British were

stemming the tide of the German offensive begun on March 21. Th lat

est published United States army list gives John N. Hodges, as a captain in the first engineers.

Italian Flags Will Be Displayed Here Friday Persons are urged to wear the red. white and green colors of Italy Friday. May 24, in honor of the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into the war. Ribbons or flowers of these colors are appropriate. The flag of Italy. America's ally in the great war, will wave all day Friday over the city building, over the post office and in many homes and business houses in Richmond. In a proclamation issued by President Wilson he has ordered that the Italian flag be displayed on all federal buildings throughout the nation. The president has also asked that the governors of all the states, and the mayors of all cities and towns request the people to display the Italian colors Friday. . Fire Chief Miller , is looking for a large Italian flag to display on the city building, in accordance with an order from the Board of Works that America's ally be thus honored.

1,752 Persons Executed Under White guard and Han Regime in Finland (By Ao-ited Press.) LONDON, Mav 23. Under the white guard and German regime in Finland. 1,752 persons were executed up to May 1, according to a Finnish socialist who has escaped to Sweden and whose interview with the Folkets Dagblad Is transmitted from Copenhagen by the Exchange Telegraph co. According to the exile, 516 were executed in Tammerfors. 148 in Tornea. 380 in Varkom and 380 in Vasa. Prisoners taken by the German and Finnish government forces, he says, were treated so badly that many were starved to death.

Russ Prisoners Exchanged for Germans, Described

Walking Dead Men

as

(By As-jociated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 23. Arrival at Petrograd of the first contingent of 1,500 Russian prisoners to be exchanged under- the recent , Russo-German agreement, was reported to the st.te department today. The men, the dispatch said, were "veritable walking dead men."