LOAN EXCEEDS
FOUR BILLIONS
All Districts Oversubscribe, Min
neapolis Leading With 172
Per Cent of Quota.
THE 100 PER CENT AGRICULTURIST-PATRIOT
MOST SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN
Great Result Achieved Notwithstand
ing Country Has Been Called Up.
on to Pay Income and Excess
Profits Taxes.
Wnslilnirtnn. Mnv 20. TllO total
nf th Third Liberty loan 18 $-1,170,-
010,050, an oversubscription of 20 per
cent nbovo the three-billion minimum
n'lm mimiior of subscribers
was about 17,000,000. Every federal
istrlct oversubscribed, the
Minneapolis district 172 per cent, the
highest, and the New York district
124 per cent, the lowest.
Tn niinninwini? these llcures on
Thtirsdnv tho treasury explained the
total may be changed slightly by later
' 1
is wmmaxmxatm mmmiwjmuiivm m
BRITISH DOOR Ihe bpint ot Mis ratners
OPEN TO PEACE
Balfour Asserts England Will Lis
ten to Straightforward
Proposals.
I OFFER SENT FROM VIENNA
GUNS FOR U. S. REVOLT I HUGHES HEADS PROBE
Rl
Declares Emperor Charles Made Peace
Move to Both France and England
No Secrets-From President
Wilson.
London, May IS. Great llrltnln Is
nrotmrod to consider nronosals from
the enemy, provided thoy nro put for
ward by accredited porsons In n
straightforward manner, Foreign Sec-
rotary llalfour declared on Thursuay
In the house of commons.
"If nnv riurispiitiitlv of M1V bol-
lltrnritnt rvtiititpt ,1i)clritQ RorlnimlV tO
'lay beforo us any proposals," he sold,
"wo aro ready to listen to them."
The British government was desir
ous of nn honnrnhlo termination of tho
war, ho added, but tho pence moves
- . . . .. t ... .1
or tho central powers ncrotoioro imu
not been In tho Interests ot lair anu
honornblo neaco. Mr. Balfour dls-
total mny be changed si.gntiy oy mtui n.-B
reports from federal reserve banks of KAISER SENDS ARMS TO AMER- PRESIDENT NAMES FORMER
... 1 1 .1. .-I., (In. lnot llnVS of . I .... -vs a,,-. IMlrcT1(!TI(1
tho campaign. I cussed at length tho peaco pleas which
"This Is tho most successful loan country AbVb Quick Aircraft Investigation and E,I1Ilpr0P eimrles of Austria wroto to
lhc United States hn8 ore a 0o n Wm Demande Pro8ecutIon ef Any hla brother-in-law. Prince Slxta. of
in nuinuer ol suuoui u- - Persons Found Guilty. Bourbon, and which were submitted to
amount realized," said Secretary Me- . Taken. Persons houna the French and British governments.
Adoo In a statement. fcAcry suu 1 ..... .... Kmsidnnt I rn, .nhit timm-iit nn l.v the
pectcd, unlike .the first and seconu ported m,m the -- ft Sitimtlon. There was no evidence now or at
mnn, wnen niioimcuis w .....-. - . .. m..a. it ' , .., mnito.i tlmt he will nnv time, ho added, that German gov
congratulate tho country on this won- united States were re u t ,.," 7 ' eminent circle, eontcmnlatcd tho los-
derful result, Irrefutable evidence ot uny at the inquiry com uu "J - '""r" nm,l- ..r .i. "u-,. i.i,i r..L-.,rd as
the strength, patriotism and deter- Attocy General Lewis mtou ,u do' pub- a oTuib rpeace peace" which
mlnatlon of the American people. of the hoarding of arms by German in dent and ... ' ..... ...,,, ,...,, ,, fl.on(Imn of tho WOrld
... t,invnrt tnrnsts In the United States, lie Here. iiiu - -
-xnis great rcsu.t u - ,. pU n wit. nnPnneo of tho aviation service war- nnd trccuoni lor tnoso wnourom ....
notwlthstnndlnc that the country nns uugiu r" .. 0(Ih with ns little .-or of German domination."
been called upon to pay since the sec- ness, credited the ropons , 0 ""' 0 hcU no sccrc,s from President
end Liberty loan Income and excess named George n. Crosslcy. nolnus, delay as , 1"C;t,,,,s heln in the Wilson. Mr. Balfour said, livery
nn0 r ..nnmvlinutelv ST..000,- as a broker, tried to ouj uii. iuw m u..h . ,,. nll ,., ,,, nP ,hQ
Om atotol amount turned but was unsuccessful, he said. Dun. g Invest gnuon ino V " " - - wug
' Annr It ll.il...,. 1... inlil f 'PHCUIH V UIU I (III 1111 V I. 1U lliniwuu I r
."n.r" serious charges of dishonesty s open to President Wilson as to any
mm wmi nuuiv .w , v miido In connection with other human being.
SZ TXl fcS,: j?C aircraft. Uo did not think It posslb, for
WXfS of Ud n ncl o7t. m lita;; service To' carr? on the great" work In which
In the United States If the W of this . rime i c . i bo th(j
were successful In reaching the Kng I fee 1 at U.tse c , g blcmj Qf t(jd
lish channel ports. , t oufcliiy i n tsu& ni . Lmntata confidence, and so far
nnstnvo Lussnc .was nameu uj nuio um, ------ . ' i,k ,,h.
, (nllltv. If there he any suuu, ns ne was coucurnuu, iwhimuiu
deliver the goods. w nttneked may utlKlo Tfl lilAn OM RUSSIA
HIIUSU HtUUllo mn " .- IUI0 IU Iinil Vll iivviii
, 1
Ho
Will Be
Ready
to
Joke Up
Old Glory
When
His Turn
Comes,
Into the treasury of about $7,000,000,
000."
The District Standings.
Quota
,' (in millions).
Minneapolis 103 180,820,350
Kansas City 130 202,301,000
Bt. Louis 130 109,035,900
Atlanta 00 130.003.jou
Philadelphia .. 250 301.903.500
Dallas SO 115,305.200
Chicago 455 C0S.878.COO
Richmond 170 185,0C0,9o0
Boston 250 851,537,250
San Francisco 210 280,577,450
Cloveland 300 404,988,200
New York 900 '1,114,930,700
U. S. Treasury 17,015,150
Tho subscriptions credited to tho
treasury are those sent direct to Washington.
MANY U. S. PLANES IN EUROPE
Congressman Baer of North Dakota
Defends Aircraft Production Board
Big Fleet Coming.
TWO ENEMIES
EQNI
MAO
. o maii ccmt ov AIRPI AMP 1,0 protected In case the charges are
U. S. MAIL SENT BY AIRPLANt Bltnin(l,eB8
" . i i. v ma
"I renuested tho doparimuui j"
Aviator Files From New York to Cap
Ital With 12,000 Letters In 3 Hours
and 20 Minutes.
Berlin Says Action Was Forced by
Conditions Kaiser Nartiea Four
Kings to Rule Slavs.
A Romance of
Our uvil war
i .ttp. ifrith of Mnl. Casslus E.
' aniotte In Philadelphia rocall-
mi tn ihn Tlccord of that city
an interesting and romantic Incident
In the life of bis soldier father-in-law,
tiio noted General Hamilton or uojum-
Washlngton, May 20. Tho aircraft
...n.iontinn iinnni found a new defen
der In th6 person of Representative
Baer of North Dakota. In a state
ment he said was based on accurate
information secured from aviation au
thorities, Baer clulras the government
has not spent $040,000,000 for alr
nlnnes during tho-Inst year, but only
$105,000,000.
"On May 1 wo had 250 war planes
In Europe," he ndded. "Besides this
we have 1,200 training planes In Eu
r.n Tn Amnrtcn we have over 4,000
training plnncs and are turning out
1,000 nlrplanes a monui. anu uaijcuui
tures of tho government Include air
plane equipment, selected timber, mo
tors nnd various other parts which
when assembled will muke a mighty
aerial lleet."
NOTED ITALIAN FLYER KILLED
tlco to use every Instrumentality at
,iian!ni tn investlcnto these charges
. ... i iin nttornev I . . .r... ii.
ana :vj iyhhuico. unu, yviw mo uiiihuvhi mm. i- , Amstcruam, iiay xi. xnw vussidimo
Benernl.J am writing to beg that you ZeUung o Berlin announces tlmt war
nrnei,infFnn ifnv 17. Aerial mull ...in t with him In making this in- , i.mifniio nrnrlnlmed at Eknterlno-
t T U(7IIIIIK1VKI ..-. - w II 111 . ' - - - - , 1 -v T
service In the United States on Wed- tlon. i fCcl that this is a imu- , 0tcsaa nnd Poltnva ns n strong urn douq u ""'n " r onernl
nesday became au accomplished fact. tcr of the vcry Kreatcst mP"nc counter-current to tho order of things V1"" prnndra a ,,rIgado In
Piloted by army aviators, airplanes uml x 8,nceroly hopo Umt you will feci obscrvnblc. There aro several BS?tsa t the Umo one
.imnnto nf mull from ii. la ,r.uiv,i to contliiuo your - ,f Ti,iain fnrros n the Sherman s army, ociub
New York and Philadelphia to Wash- v,unblo scrvlco In studying and Don oDi tho neW81)nper 8nyB. "XoS" part of tho
Ington and from Philadelphia to New pnss,ng upon tho questions nvolvcd. Lomloni Muy 17.Tho Austrian and Jce. ShcrnmnVmado tho
wv a niniin wiiiph stnrted from the ttiufIioo rnnllod that ho wouiu nn
t thedr mcctlnc at uva. u
national capital for PUladelPtal. In L' his affairs to enter upon the , Gcnnau Rreat headquarters. German taZTnZZA nassed through
tho presence or rresiuent wnouu inquiry with ns iuim uumj nowspapors say, accoruuiK io nu a- :,nf,0f, nnrth-
othcr high government officials was chango Telegraph dispatch from Co- Georgia lte route od
rniwiil ir Innd n t Waldorf. Md., thirty , nnniinfmn nnlictnd monarchs for Llth- ward wmi mo oujuvt uv
S r&'TSZSXSZK. B"TLE RAGING IN MOSCOW , c.u, Esu,... i va. ttu. onu ,
l"""-' " . , .... -N-, 1
dally trips from each ena oi u.u d CIagh at Cap).
York-Washington air mall route aro Bo,uf "aTr00Da FIre on Flag at
Ker Anarchists' Headquarters.
xliruu liuuia iv i.i-w..rf
a machine piloted by Lieut, 'lorrcy a. jIoscow, Mny 10. Fighting Degnn ni
. . . . . . nni,nnia Ovlnf nohl I .... .. . .. 0 ,t.n rtif., i.ntwnnn
Welti) leu me xjuiuiuiii. - tilght in tne ceiuur wn.-vuji
near New York the man u tuuwi bolshevik troops and annrcmsis.
. f -ixr.tcililnrrtrm I ... .....ll II. n .1 ,1,1 rf1llKl
was lanueu m Yo..ibw soviet troops Hiirrunui: -
' lmn.lminrrnrs. over which tt block Ullg
Mil I mM TflM OF U S SH PS was flying, nnd nrou on vne
MILLION lUNb Ur U. O. oniro ,1,,1nnnt.hiKtSreilled with grenades
for yon to ask you whnt you Intend to
do for us women who havo been left
without tho hopo. of flndlnc mntea
among oir own people, Thcro ar
nono left whom I, Bpeaking for my
self, would caro to marry. Now, what
nro you going to do for nnl
Rin lookeil at tho itcneral. her dark
eyes seeming, as ho afterward said, to
bo seeking to read his bouu After a
short sllcnco aho came to tho point oi
rect by proposing that he should mar-.
ry her. Bho explained that sne ownea
largo landed proportlea but, thu slaves
having been sot frco, ano couiu not ob
tain the, labor to till her lauds, gbei
needed a mnn to lean upon.
General Ilamllton, Bomowhat take!
aback by n proposal he had not reck
oned tipon, rose to tlio noccselty of the
occasion, however, and with all thej
gallantry and sympathy Inherent In aa.
honorable man, explained to ner tnai
thcro -was a little woman left behind!
tn Ohio to whom his heart was pledged i
and that ho expected the wedding bolls'
to ring for them when tho cruel wari
was over, which ho felt sure would bei
Captain Rcsnatl Falls to Death
New York When Wing of
Plane Crumples. ,
In
., -iro nw Vessels fUl on
the High Seas up to
May 11.
Washington, Mny 10. Tho flrst mil
lion tons of ships completed nnd ,de-
llveretl to tho United Ktntes govern'
tr ,w tlir direction of the ship
llil-lik ..,!.
ping board have been put on uie
aula .
and machine guns. Similar lights oc
curred on other streets.
Washington, May 10. Details or uie
iinUf .ii.mnniiu nn ittiKshi bv Germany
warn rorolvi-d here from Swedish
OVERMAN BILL TO WILSON
Measure Empowers the President to
Reorganize Departments ana
Agencies. .
Washington, Mny 10. The long light
I in i-nmrrnss over the Overman bill, em
powering the president to reorganize
government departments and agencies,
iniiil on Tuesday with passage of tho
ilod bv the house. It
goes to President Wilson for his sig
nature.
The vote was 205 to 2, Representn-
linn during a halt at a certain point
In that state, General liamnion wu
sent for by n young southern lady, tho
daughter of a former governor of tho
etato, deceased, a strikingly hnndsomo
young woman and a belle. Tho gen
eral, whoso youthful, soldierly figure
was well calculated to attract tho at
tention of the fair sex, supposed ho
was summoned by the young womnn to
receive a plea for tho protection of her
property, as it appenred she had been
left nn orphan In the possession of sov
eral largo plantations, and repaired
. . . 1.1 n ntlltn.
without delay to ner rcamum-v, u mw
fit
Without (ICIOy IO Jiur remuunw, .
ly southern mansion with n beautiful Tn0 General Explained Matters to the'
w?ro received here from bwcrtisii sternKof Illinois and Glllett of
sources, Russia has been asked ton; Uenuinicnns. cast-
glvo up Mopcow, censo arming troops ncBlltlvo votes.
and to dissolve nil recently formed h nllpl.lment tH tho Intcr-
unlts. I 8tftte commerce commission from tho
;;: i.,n .mfont Germany. X total rT1Tr Mn nnn nnn operations ot u.e ......
of 1C0 vessels of 1,018.021 tons wg rALWItll EIHIC guw.wuw wl, 213 to 87.
lawn and many fine old trees
She received him with the dignity
nnd ceremony beflttlng Ids rank, and
the general saw ho was In the pres
ence of n beautiful brunette with nn
nbundanco of fire nnd spirit in her
make-up. Ho expected to near m
Young Officer.
very soon. But ho had an Idea he
could bo of scrvlco to her, neverthe
less, no Informed her that there waB
a young colonel In his command, hand
some, bravo and the soui oi nonor,
New York. May 20. Capt. Antonio
Silvio Resnati of the Royal Italian
Hying corps, who pllbtod the ten-pns-blnlnno
from Wush-
Ington to New York and back ugnln
recently, was killed on Friday at tho
Hempstead flying Held. Resnati, one
of the most famous Italian military
aviators, met his death while testing
lit Onnronl nlnne of
tho bombing type, recently authorized
for purchase by the United States
Kovornment. Flying alone and carry
lug a cargo of CO bombs, Cuptnln Res
Lh i tho llvlnK Held on what was
.to huvo been tho first test of the new
ZZ"'1"? o- JSXST" AUSTRIAN WARSHIP IS SUNK
i.or.t since January 1 more to Charity buik oi t-onunc
oiuiiintih "" 7 . " xAjn Rnnm. . .
.v . " - i .HH.rM.MriAp and i nreo ivicn
Italian huiuhiiii
Enter Pola Marnor ana icrpcuu
20,000-Ton vesrei.
Rome, May 18. Coiiimaiider Pel-
lilnnltlft 1
uni? nf tho totnl tonnncc, C07,8flfl
has been delivered and tho monthly
totuls have shown a steady increase
ALLIES TO ASSIST
ri.inn rn. Mnv 20. Mrs. Potter Pal
mer's will, affecting tho dlsp sal of be-
. an,nnnnnn .....I 'in fVAA flAO ivnn
filed In tho probate court. The bulk of
tll estate Is hande.1 down, In trust, to hegr.nl of the
Ithe estnio is imnuuu uunu, i.'3, "
Honoro Palmer and Potter Palmer, Jr., nled by three picked men. sfcosfully
f.. Ilnnnro nn,l Pntlcr Pill- nnnetrntcd the llefoIlSOH Of tllO AUStrO-
Policy to Preserve Russia as
Allied Country."
London, May 18. "We artr anxious
, .,n nil in our nower to assist and
lu .... . .
u,,nrt itussln not only now, but
after tho war," Lord Cecil, mlnlstor of
u-Mi w "- MnMfndo. declared in me nouso m
.n,. nf hlnlano. Tho machine nroso nn rrhurndny. "It Is our
.l - . ,..,. 1 VUlli,J
'.... inn fnt when one of tho plaues
crumplud nnd it fell backward. Cap- i
nln Rostmtl was crushed to death by
he onglne-
' College Offers Camouflage Course.
Now York, Mny 18. A course In
camouflage, wild to' bo tho flrst ever of
fered by any college o: the world, was
Woned at Columbia university. It will
ibo open to artists and mnturo students
iln various branches.
Traction Men Get Raise.
' mrinnnnnniiH. Minn.. May 18. Em-
T,loyeod of tho Twin City Rnpld Tran
sit company will bo granted wage In
,?int from S7 to $10 a month
policy to proserve Russia as an allied
country, and, If that Is Impossible, an
n non-German."
Strlko In Philadelphia Grows.
in.iin.iPinhln. May 20, Tho strlko of
conductors and motormcn of the Phll-
...iini,i,i ItniUU a.rnumi- uouiiiiuijf,
...... n,.nrniis nil of tho street car
eysteins of Philadelphia, Is more seri
ous, from i,ow io -,ww iucu uub
A.n.ntina Remains Neutral.
Iluenos Aires, May 20. Argentlnn is
with nil nations and hns no
reason to change her present policy of
the two sons. Ilonore nnd Potter i-ni- pcnetrnicu im-uu nu...
- .i ...in. titn iinfT nr i iTtinmir nn nuvni iiiibi: iu i uiti hiv v
S otar to expend $.00.000 for pedoed an Austr an 'Ueshlp o '
-a . .... -.1. niiiiiiiiiiinitiin itiiii. utriiiuu iiiiuin i.i nu v . . . v
u,t. ............ .... .1,; nv un. -ttnrr Tho darliiK enterprise was
w To 1 o United Charities S100.- made known olllclally. Tho battleship
. . . I rt i-... ..noKitl Ifniltlll livi'll-
000 is loft, to tho Children's Memorial wits n in.
i nil inifA f'ntnrnnnu n i nriH siiimhii Lt;u
Aid society. Tho rainier nouie on uio nauan iihh.i"- ,
Lake S lore drive Is given outright to Hungarian planes wore destroyed and
I . ....... (AMflAll 1WH
the two sons.
another was forced down.
make-up. no expect u, n fnr hc knJ hn(, n0 tlcai
preaches, but was agreeau.y l"',-wprn crccblo ho would
tako pleasure In bringing hlra to her
house nnd Introducing him. The young
lady signified her willingness. The
general went back to hendqunrterB,
sent for tho young officer nnd after a
private conversation with him they set
mil fnr the vounir lady's residence.
Thcro thoy wcro received with prover
bial Southern courtesy and dignity, and
after the Introduction and the Inter
change ot compliments tho general
withdrew.
"And, do you know," said General
Hamilton In after years, "that In tho
closing days of tho war thoso two 'ene
mies' were happily married and after
tho colonel jas mustered out ho set
tled there In the home of his bride and
tho lust I hoard of them thoy hnd sev
en children and ovorybody seemed to
be morry and Joyous on 'the old plan
tation.' "
Huns and Italy to Exchange.
Borne, Switzerland, Iuy 20. An
agreement bus boen ronched here be
tween Gorman anu luiiian eomium
slonors In regnrd to tho exchange of
sick nnd crippled prisoners of war nnd
tho management of prison camps.
Three Die In Nltro Blast.
Pleasant City, O., Muy 20, Three
idnwn to nieces by tho ox-
nloslon of n quantity of nitroglycerin
ZirSXed P belngihauled io tho oil fields by John
neutrality, aecmrtiiircaiuii i , horses also were killed.
5 SXc"Sh Sn .0' ! S otto v,cu, . ft
Drt nleanB to Work on Farms.
,r..i.in,.inti. Mnv 20. Porto Rlcan
laborers are to bo transported to tho I
ui.iinu M'ltiiui n mnniii mi
e i tim sohthorn states and ship
yards and other war Industries along
the Atlantic count.
Hun Daby Loss 3,000,000.
London, May 20. A report based on
information from Gorman sources
shows a fnll In the birth rate In Ger
many during the thrco yunrs, 1015-17,
Inclusive, equivalent to the loss of
15.000.000 lnfunts.
Received Him With Dignity.
to find himself mlstnkon. The conver
sation at once proceeded on hor part
on a lino direct.
"General," she said with a simple
candor which at once cnllited his In
terest and sympathy, our juuuk
men, the flower of tho South, havo
gone to tho front and been killed In
bottlo with your armies. Nono Is left
to whom wo can turn, and I havo sent
Malct no mistake about the
place which this Decoration
day of 1918 will hold in the
history of the greatest repub
lic of all lime. It is one of
the red-letter days in the most
tremondous chapter of the
world life of the American
people.
leffcctlvo Juno 1, It was unnounced on
Thursday.