v STARVATION
DRAWS NEAR
j, IN GERMANY
f Race With Famine Becomes
[ ' Cioser and Berlin, Favored,
Is Told British Are
in Worse Shape.
POTATO RATION IS REDUCED
Grocers Ordered to Sell Last
of Canned Goods—Weath
er No Longer Fur
nishes Excuse.
t
Copenhagen. May 21—The potato sit
uation in Germany apparently is grow
ing steadily worse, although the weath
er no longer furnishes an excuse for
scanty shipments. Following the ex
ample of its sister city, Altona, Ham
burg next week Will reduce the weekly
ration to 24 ounces, substituting an al
lowance of 640 grams of bread for the
rest of the promised five pounds. To
meet the dissatisfaction which this
state of affairs produces, the govern
ment has authorized grocers to sell all
their remaining stocks of canned veg
i etables next week.
Tb Berlin Gets Her Spuds.
S The Berlin potato ration is being
maintained, although witii great diffi
culty because of the morale effect of
reducing at the capital the allowance
promised so definitely after the April
strike. In a remarkably worded official
appeal the people of Berlin are implored
to remember that the eyes of the world
are upon them. They are admonished to
cease complaining and recognize thank
. fully how much better conditions are in
^ , Berlin than in the war ravaged enemy
lands of the British isles which, it is
V' said, are headed toward actual starva
tion.
Race With Famine.
K, Simultaneously there are published
official arrangements for a race be
tween Father Time and Famine, which
show how perilously scant is the mar
gin of safety, under the most favorable
conditions, between the moment when
the present stock is exhausted and the
time new flour will be available. These
plans provide for selection of the region,
where the harvest will ripen first under
this year s climatic conditions, to which
reaper*;, threshing machines and mili
tary workers will be sent. All arrange
ments have been made for rushing this
grain to the mills.
f ITUS SCORE
FURTHER SIS
Strategic Points Are Taken in
Today’s Fighting — Quiet
Prevails,on Other
Fronts.
Rome, (via Rondon). May 21 —
The Italians yesterday reached the
crests of Hill 652 and the Vodice,
says today’s official statement.
These positions are the key to the
Austrian defenses north of Monte
Santo.
i The recent intensive fighting on the
A British front in France has subsided
mj ynd the activities along the French lines
V In the Aisne region are confined mainly
J to counter attacks by the Germans.
I The Italian offensive, with Triest for
1 Its object, is therefore being watched
with perhaps more active Interest than
any of the other vast military opera
tions in progress.
General Cadorna’s armies have a
heavy task before them with the cream
of Austria’s fighting forces defending
the naturally strong defensive posi
tions in the Isonzo region. The Ital
ians. however, admittedly are making
progress having already taken more
than 6.000 prisoners and numerous guns
while the Austrian reports claim the
capture of some 3,000 prisoners.
Rome, May 21—Austrian losses in
dead and wounded and missing on the
Italian battlefield to Tuesday is esti- )
mated at 12,000 and since that date
probably as heavy losses have been re- |
corded, according to dispatches receive i
from the front.
Gorlzia is suffering severely from the;
Austrian bombardment. '
SPAIN DEMANDS PAY
FOR SHIP DESTROYED
' i
Guarantees for Future Sought
by Alfonso's Government
in New Protest.
London, May 19.—A Madrid dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph company
i says that the note sent by the Spanish
M government to Berlin in regard to the
” sinking of the Spanish steamer Patricio
demands immediate satisfaction and
guarantees for the future.
LIGHT AND HEAT TAX
* SURVIVES ATTACKS
House Refuses to Eliminate 5
Per Cent War Revenue
Clause.
Washington, D. C\, May 19.—Voting
on amendments to the war tax bill oc
cupied the House agair. today. The first
vote was on Representative Lenroot’s
amendment to strike out the 5 per cent
taxes on light and heat bills. It failed
116 to 5k.
FRAT PINS BARRED.
Port Sheridan, III., May 19.—Fratern
ity pins, college yells and motur ears
were placed under the ban at the re
serve officers training camp today by
OoL William Nicholson, commandant.
MRS. BELVA LOCKWOOD,
WOMAN LEADER, DIES
Only Woman Ever Admitted to
Practice in Supreme Court—
Was Presidential Candidate.
Washington, May 21.—Mrs. Beva A.
B. Loookwood, the firs’! woman ad
mitted to practice before the supreme
court, a pioneer in the Woman Suf
frage movement and the only woman
who ever was a candidate for president
of the United States, died here today
after a long illness, aged 86 years.
Successful Raid by Austrian
Fleet and German Sub Is
Announced—14 Small
Craft Destroyed.
London. May 21.—The British admir
alty issues the following statement for
newspapers of Saturday:
“The British transport Cameronia
with troops was torpedoed by an enemy
submarine in the eastern Mediterranean
on April 15. One hundred and forty men
are missing and are presumed to havo
been drowned."
The survivors of the Cameronia say
the vessel was torpedoed in fine, calm
weather in the afternoon. The sub
marine was not seen.
A large number of the casualties were
due to tile explosion of tile torpedo,
which struck where ihere happened to
bo many soldiers. There was some ex
citement and confusion at the outset
aftAr the torpedo had struck, but disci
pline soon prevailed. The boats were
smartly launched, but one of them was
smashed and many lives were lost.
The Cameronia was afloat for 40
minutes after she was torpedoed, which
enabled torpedo boat destroyers to run
alongside the doomed vessel. Boldiers
from the Cameronia jumped on their
boats in disciplined succession.
The British steamer Cameronia, of
10,963 gross tons, was one of the larg
est ships belonging to the Anchor Lino
of Glasgow. She was requisitioned by
the British government May 1, 1915.
and her passengers were transferred to
the Lusitania, which was sunk off
Kinsale, May 7, 1915, while carrying the
Cameronia's passengers For the last
two years the Cameronia has been used
in the transport service.
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London. May 19.—Fourteen drifters
have been sunk in a raid by Austrian
light cruisers in the Adriatic sea. and
that the British cruiser Dartmouth was
torpedoed in a subsequent emragefncnt
with the Austrian warships. hut
reached port safely, has been an
nounced.
The admiralty stated that the British
warships Dartmouth and Bristol pur
sued the Austrian vessels to a point
near Camaro. when, battleships coming
to their assistance, the British vessels
were compelled to withdraw.
A drifter is a steam fishing vessel,
many of which have been used during
the war in mine sweeping.
— 4—
Rome. May 19.—(via Paris!—The fol
lowing official communication was is
sued today:
“An enemy squadron, composed of
Cruisers and destroyers, favored by
darkness, attacked shortly before dawn
on the 15th a small convoy crossing the
Adriatic under escort. In the brief, un
equal fight, one of our escorting torpedo
boats, one steamer and a motor fishing
boat used as a patrol were sunk.
“The pilots of two of our seaplanes
were able to observe one of the cruisers
enveloped in smoke. Its stern had been
demolished and it was in a sinking con
dition when it reached Cat taro.
“All of our warships and seaplane?
returned to their base.”
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GERMAN SUB AIDS.
Vienna, May 21.—(via London)—A
British cruiser was sunk (luring an en
gagement with English, French and It
alian vessels after an Austrian naval
detachment had made a successful raid
on the strait of Otranto, on the south
ern coast of Italy, according to an of
ficial announcement by the admiralty.
Italian destroyers, three merchantmen
and 20 armed guard vessels, the state
ment adds, "became victims” of the
Austrian raid.
A German submarine cooperated with
the Austrian forces, which are said to
have returned to port with small loss
of life and little damage.
BRAZIL RAILWAY TRIES
OUT J. J. HILL'S PLAN
■Rio De Janeiro. Brazil, .May 21.—Fol
lowing an idea very similar to that
adopted by James J. Hill in his “empire
building,” the Brazil Railway company
has established a number of ‘ nucleus
colonies” along its right of way through
uninhabited sections of Brazil's inter
ior. The colonists who settle in these
towns are assisted by both the railroad
company and the government until they
become self supporting. Thirteen
colonies consisting of 641 families, a
total of 1,593 persons, have been estab
lished in the lust year, and have proved
that pioneering in Brazil is a prosper
ous business.
GERMANS OFF FOR HOME.
New York, May 21.—The remaining
members of the Austrian diplomatic
and consular party and 150 Germans
from China were among those who
booked passage on the Norwegian
American liner Kristianiafjord sailing
for Norway todpy. As the vessel is
neutral and passes through neutral
waters exclusively, the management of,
the line announced there was no need
of secrecy.
DJelal Munif Bey, Turkish consul gen
eral and his wife and Constantin Mav
roudi Kffendi, second secretary of the
Turkish embassy at Washington, also
were passengers.
GERMANS WIN FOOTING.
Paris, May 19.—The*-Germans once
more returned to the attack on th«
Aisne front last night, hurling tro^pj
in waves against the French position;
northwest of Bray-Kn-Laonweis. The
war office announces that the Germans
were unable to reach the French line*
except on the extreme western part ol
the front attacked, where some German
detachments won a footing in advanced
trenches.
Prisoners remained in the hands o!
the French. The Oermans used burning
liquid in an unsuccessful attack north
west of Rheims.
DRAFT AGE H
.“j
President Signs Draft Bill, and
Denies Roosevelt’s Plea—
To Draft Entire
Guard.
Washington, D. C.. May 21—The war
nrmy bill as passed by congress and
finally reviewed by the war department
went back to the White House and
was signed by President Wilson. The
president's signature set in motion im
mediately machinery designed to pro
duce within a year's time a national
army of more than 1,000,000 trained and
equipped men, backed by adequate re
serves of men and supplies and by an
additional 600,000 soldiers under train
ing.
The proclamation by the president
calls approximately 10,000,000 men from
21 to 30 years of age to register for mil
itary service and setting the date foi
registration.
Indications are that registration will
begin about June 5. to be completed
within five days. The first 500.000 mer
will be called to the colors about Sep
tember 1.
All existing regiments of the national
guard will be called into service by
August 5, and officials estimate that
with from a month to six weeks’ inten
sive training these troops will be ready
to go forward for final preparation be
hind the fighting lines in Europe.
Draft Entire Guard.
The national guardsmen will by
drafted into the federal service in three
increments on July 15, July 25 and
August 5. As a general order is Issued
by the president drafting specific regi
ments, the force will cease to be militia
and become part of the armies of the
United States.
Colonel Roosevelt will not he per
mitted to raise his volunteer expedition
to carry the American flag against the
Germans in France.
On signing the war army bill Presi
dent Wilson issued a statement say
ing that acting under expert advice
from both sides of the water he would
he unable to avail himself at the pres
ent stage of the war of the authoriza
tion to raise a volunteer division.
There was talk in army circles of the
possibility that a way will be found
to use the former president's services
in another way, but official comment
on the subject was lacking.
hin t use Kooseveir.
The president’s statement follows:
"I shall not avail myself, at any rate
at the present stage of the war, of the
authorization conferred by the act to
organize volunteer divisions. To do so
would seriously interfere with the car
rying out of the chief and most imme
diately important purpose contemplated
by this legislation, the prompt creation
and early use of an extensive army, and
would contribute practically nothing to
the effective strength of the armies
now engaged against Germany.
"I understand that the section of tins
act which authorizes the creation of
volunteer divisions in addition to the
draft was added with a view to pro
viding an independent command for
Mr. Roosevelt and giving him the mili
tary authority and opportunity to use
his fine vigor and enthusiasm in re
cruiting the forces now at the western
front.
He'd Like to Do It.
"It would be very agreeable to me to
pay Mr. Roosevelt this compliment and
the allies the compliment of sending to
their aid one of our most distinguished
public men, an ex-president who has
rendered many conspicuous public
services and proved his gallantry in
many striking ways. Politically, too, it
would no doubt have a very fine effect
and make a profound impression. But
this is not the time or the occasion for
compliment or tor any action not cal -
culated to contribute to the immediate
successes of the <war. The business in
hand now is undramatic, practical and
of scientific definiteness and precision.
. I sliall act with regard to it at every
step and in every particular under ex
pert and professional advice from both
sides of the water.
"That advice is that the men most'
needed are men of the ages contem
plated in the draft provision of the pres
ent bill, not men of the age and sort
contemplated in the section which auth
orizes the forma^on of volunteer units,
nnd that for the preliminary training of
men who are to be drafted we shall
need ail of our experienced officers. Mr.
Roosevelt told me, when J had the
pleasure of seeing him a few weens ago,
that he would wish to have associated
with him some of the most effective of
ficers of the regular army. He earned
many of those whom he would desire
to have designated for the service, and
they were men who cannot possibly be
spared from the too small force at of
ficers at our command for the much
more pressing and necessary duty of
training regular troops to he put into
the field in France and Belgium as fast
as they can be got ready.
Troops to Be Regular.
“The first troops sent to Fram e will
be taken from the present forces of the
regular army and will be under the
command of trained soldiers only.
"The responsibilP- for the successful
conduct of our own part in this great
war rests upon me. I could not escape
it if I would. I am too much interested
in the cause we are fighting for to be
Interested in anything but success.
The issues involved are too immense
for me to take into consideration any
thing whatever except the J$est, most
effective, most immediate means of mil
itary action. What these mans ar I
know from the mouths of men who have
seen war as it is now conducted: who
have no illusions and to whom the
whole grim affair is a matter of busi
ness. 1 shau center my attention upon
those means and let everything else
wait.
“I should be deeply to blame should
I do otherwise, whatever the argument
of policy for a personal gratification or
advantage.”
/ —f—
ROOSEVELT SILENT.
Oyster Bay, N. Y„ May 21—Col
Theodore Roosevelt declined last night
to comment on President Wilson's re
fusal of his offer to raise a volunteei
army for immediate service in France.
MAIDS QUIT HOUSEWORK
FOR MUNITIONS WAGES
Chicago, May 19.—There's a shortag*
of maids along the north shore today
Offers of $20 a week with board and
room, private buth, laundry and othei
privileges for a maid and a cook ar>i
going begging at one home. Appli
cations for employment as maids hav«
fallen off from 50 to 75 per cent in
Evanston, Willamette and Winnetka.
Mrs. Helen Gahl, director of the em
ployment agency at Evanston, puts t‘i»
blame on the munitions factories, a»
does Mrs. II N. Graham, director of th<
Henson avenue agency.
Nation, Not Only Army, Must
Organize for War, President
Says in Draft Proclamation
Washington. D. C., May 21—Presl- 1
dent Wilson’s proclamation putting
into effect the selective draft provision
pf the war army bill follows:
A proclamation by the president of the
United States.
Whereas, congress has enacted and the
president has on the 18th day of May,
1217. approved a law which contains the
following provisions:
Sec. 5. That all male persons between
the ag<*s of 21 and 30, both inclusive,
shall be subject to registration in ac
cordance with regulations to be prescribed
by the president: and upon proclamation
by the president or other public notice
given by him or by h^s direction stating
the time and place of such registration,
it shall he the duty of all persons of the
designated ages, except officers and en
listed men of the regular army, the navy
and the national guard and naval militia,
while in the service of the United States,
to present themselves for and submit to
registration under the provisions of this
act. and every such person shall be deem
ed to have notice of the requirements of
this act upon the publication of said proc
lamation or other notice as aforesaid
given by the president or by his direction;
and any person who shall willfully fail or
refuse to present himself for registration
or to submit thereto as herein provided
shall be guilty of a. misdemeanor and
shall, upon conviction In the district court
of the United States having jurisdiction
thereof, be punished by imprisonment for
not more than one year and shall there
upon be duly registered; provided, that
In the call of the docket precedence shall
be given in courts trying the same to the
trial of criminal proceedings under this
net: Provided, further, that persons shall
be subject to registration as herein pro
vided who shall have attained their 21st
birthday and who shall not have attained
their 31st birthday on or before the day
set for the registration, and all persons
so registered shall he and remain subject
to draft into th6 forces hereby author
ized unless exempted or excused there
from as In this act provided: Provided,
further, that in the case of temporary
absence from actual place of legal resi
dence of any person liable to registration
as provided herein such registration may
be made by mail under regulations to be
prescribed by the president.
i o us© mii uTTicers.
See. 0. That the president is hereby
authorized to utilize the service of any
or all departments and any or all officers
or agents of the United States and of
the several states, territories and the
District of Columbia and subdivisions
thereof in the execution of tills act. and
all officers and agents of the United
States and of the several states, territor
ies and subdivisions thereof and of the
District of Columbia and all persons desig
nated or appointed under regulations
preserlbed by the president, whether sueh
appointments are made by the president
himself or by the governor or other of
ficer of any state or territory, to perform
any duty in the execution of this act. are
hereby required to perform such duty as
the president shall order or direct, and
all such officers and agents and persons
so designated or appointed shall hereby
have full authority for all acts done hv
them in the execution of this act by the
direction of the president. Correspon
dence in the execution this act may tv*
carried in penalty envelopes beating tic
frank of tie war department. Any per
sons charg! i as norein provided with the
duty oi chi wing into effect any of the
provisions of this act or the Regulations
made nr directions, given thereunder who
shall fail or neglect to perform such duty:
and anv person charged with such duty
or having any existing authority under
said act. regulations or directions who
shall krowincly make or he a party to
the making of unv false nr Incorrect, icg
l5-i?r:ition. physical examination, ‘•xomp
tion. cniistmmt. enrollment or muster:
artd v: . p* »-v.,n who shall make or be a
pv.rtv to the n aking of any false state
Mf , r •. it ate as lo the fitness or
«-1 c. an self .-..ay other person
ter jre i *o\isto,ns of this
.• l or regulation.® made by the president
th* '■ '-und't. or otherwise evud-s or aids
-other to evade the rrqrdrgrn-^ots of this
,i t or of raid regulat;«.»ns. or vho, m any
oaanner shall fall or oegU'Cti'-i-jy" to i»vr
forni any duty requir'd of hba b« b-c ex
ecution of this net "hail. :i not viiv.>e» t to
military law. he guilty of -t •mi* : o a*
and upon conviction in tie* district e» um
of the I .'nib ft State® ha ving jurist! atiint
thereof be punished by imprisonment for
not more than oee year, or if :ad«./er to
military law shall »“ tried t»y cent mar
tial and «offer such punishment as a
courtmartial may direct.
Calls on Governors.
Now, therefore, I. Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States, do call
upon the governors of each of the sev
eral states and territories, the board of
commissioners of the* District of Columbia
and all officers and agents of the sev
eral states and territories, of the District
of Columbia and of the counties ami mu
nicipalities therein to perform certain du
ties in the execution of the foregoing law,
which duties will be communicated to
them directly in regulations of even date
herewith. , . . , ^
And 1 do. further, proclaim and giv©
notice to all persons subject to registra
tion in the several states and in the Dis
trict of Columbia in accordance with the
above law that the time and place of such
registration shall be between 7 a. in. and
fl p. qi., on the 5th day of June, 1J17. at
th** registration place in the precinct
wherein they *have their permanent
homes. Those who shall have attained
their 21st birthdays and who shall not
have attained their 31st birthdays on or
before the day here named are required
to register, excepting only officers ami
enlisted men of the regular army, the
navy, the marine corps and the national
guard and naval militia, while in the
service of the United States, and officers
in the officers’ reserve corps and enlisted
men in the enlisted reserve corps while
in active service. In the territories of
Alaska, Hawaii and Porto Rico a day for
registration will be named in a later proc
lamation.
And I do charge those who through
sickness^shall be unable to present them
selves for registration that they apply on
or before the day of registration to the
county clerk of the county where they
may be for instructions as to bow they
may be registered by agent. Those whe
expect to be absent on the day named
from the counties in which they have
their i>ermanent homes may registe r by
mail, but their mailed registration card.*
must reach the places in which they have
their permanent homes by the day named
herein. They should apply as soon is
practicable to the county clerk of the
county wherein they may be for ingtruc*
t'.ons as to how they may accomplish their
registration by mail. In case such per
sons as. through sickness or absence, may
be unable to present themselves p< rson
ally for registration shall sojourn in cities
ct over 30,000 population, they shall apply
to the city clerk of the city wherein th**v
rpay be sojourning rather than to the
clerk of the county. The clerks of coun
ties and of cities of over 30.000 population
in which numerous applications from the
sick and from nonresidents are expected
are authorized to publish such sub
agencies and to employ and deputize such
clerical force as may be necessary to ac
commodate these applications.
Trains Nation for War.
; The power against which we are ar
rayed has sought to impose its will upon
the world by force. To this end it ha.
increased armament until it has changed
the face of war. In the sense in which we
have been wont to think of armies there
are no armies In this struggle. There are
GJitire nations armed. Thus, the men who
Remain to till the soli and man the fac
tories are no less a part of the army that
is in France than the men beneath the
tiattlc flags. It must be so with us. It
is not an army that w** must shape and
train for war; it is a nation To this funl
our people must draw close in one vast
army ugalrmt a common foe.
But this cannot be if each man pursue*
a private purpose. All must pursue on*
purpose. The nation needs all men; but
it needs each man, not in the field that
will most pleats* him. but in the endeavni
that will best servo the common good
Thus, though a sharpshooter pleases t<
operate a triphammer for the forging ol
great gun* and an expert machinist de
sir©* to march with the flag, th© natiai
is being: served only when the sharpshoot
er marches and the machinist remains at
his levers. The whole nation must be a
team In which each man shall play the
part for which he is best fitted. To this
end, congress has provided that the na
tion shall be organized for war by selec
tion and that each man shall be classified
for service In the place to which It shall
best serve the general good to call him.
The significance of this cannot be over
stated. It is a new thing in our history
and a landmark in our progress. Tt is a
new manner of accepting and vitalizing
our duty to give ourselves with thought
ful devotion to the common purpose of
us all. It is In no sense a conscription
of the unwilling: It is rather selection
from a nation which has volunteered In
mass. Tt is no more a choosing of those
who shall march with the colors than it
Is a selection of those who shall servo
an equally necessary and devoted purpose
in the Industrie** that lie behind the bat
tle line.
Urqes Gap Be Filled.
The day named Is the time upon which
all shall present themselves for assign
ment to their tasks. It Is for that rea
son destined to be remembered as one of
the most conspicuous moments in our his
tory. It is nothing less than the day upon
which the manhood of the country shall
step forward in one solid rank In de
fense of the ideals to which this nation
Is consecrated. It Is lm|>ortant to those
ideals no less r-^an to tno pride of this
generation in manifesting its devotion to
them, that there be no gaps in the ranks.
Tt is essential that the day be ap
proached in thoughtful apprehension of its
significance, ami that we accord to it the
honor and the meaning that it deserves.
Our industrial need prescribes that it t»e
not made h technical holiday, but the
stern sacrifice that is before us urges
that it be carried in all our hearts as a
i.reat day of patriotic devotion and ob
ligation wben the duty shall lie upon
every man, whether he is himself to be
registered or not. to see to it that the
name of every male person of the desig
nated ages is written on these lists of
honor.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this
18th day of May In the year of our Lord.
1917. ami of the independence of the
United States of America, the 141st.
By the president:
Robert Lansing,
Secretary of State.
M GUARDS TO
State Troops Will Be Used to
Replace Regulars, Who
Will Accompany
Pershing.
Lies Moines, la.. May 21—Iowa's
troops of the national guards will be
called Into federal service soon, but will
not be sent to Europe at once. Adjutant
General Logan today was informed by
the wa; department.
Logan wired for permission to in
crease tile state’s four cavalry troupe
by adding eight new troops and other
companies to form a eomplete regiment
and the department after granting per
mission, later withdrew the order.
The infantry of the Iowa National
Guard which will be mobilized July 15
will be entrained as border patrols to
replace regulars who will go to Europe
with Pershing’s expedition.
The Iowa infantry regiments will bt
sept together In training as far as prac
ticable. It is even planned to retain
the state designation when tiwy >r«
merged with the national unify,
WAR BUDGET
BILL PASSED
Washington. May 21—Tlie largest
appropriation bill in American history
—the war budget mensure earning
$3,342,300,000 including $750,000,000 for
American merchant ships—was today
passed by the Senate by viva voca
vote.
DISCUSS TAX CHANGES.
Washington, May 21 — Important
changes in the war tax bill were dis
cussed, but none was decided upon to
day by the Senate finance committee.
Prohibition of the use of land for grow
ing tobacco was among new sugfos
i turns.
i House rates on liquor and beer, sen
ators said, probably will be retained, if
not Increased.
Sentiment in the committee is strong
for an amendment to stop whisky pro
duction. Elimination, or at least con
siderable modification of the House in
creases on postal rates, is probable.
TWO ZEPSDOWNED;
LIGHTNING GETS ONE
Eye Witnesses See One De
stroyed Off Esbjerg, and
Hear Sound of Guns.
Copenhagen, May 19.— (via Donflon)
—Destruction of the Zeppelin D-2* re
ported in a British announcement Mon
day, occurred off Ksbjerg, within *lght
of the Danish coast, according tc. eye
witnesses. These accounts indicate that
not one, but two Zeppelins were de
stroyed on that day, inasmuch as the
explosion of an airship off Tersche-ling
was reported from Holland at a point
too distant to cover the same case. The
loss of the second airship is attributed
to lightning.
The K-22 was seen off Ksbjerg not
far from shore and was plainly visible,
its opponents could not be seen, but
their presence was made known by ttie
sound of guns. Ky • witnesses saw the
airship dart upward after the first
round of shots. Then they henrd a sec
ond salvo. The Zeppelin endeavored to
maneuver itself out ef range, but with
the third broadside it went down mor
tally hit. _
NICARAGUA BREAKS^
RELATIONS WITH KAISER
Washington. D. C.. May 21—Nic
aragua. following the lead of Guate
mala and Honduras, has severed diplo
matic relations with Germany.
FIRST VICTIM
OF GERMANY
AIDED FIRST
Fighting General May Take
Regulars to Help Hold At*
of Belgium That
Is Free.
TO DRAFT ENTIRE GUARD
Legislation to Increase Army
and Navy Strength Will Be
Hurried — Supplies for
Expedition Rushed.
Washington. D. C.. May 21—Ameri
can troops when they go to the Euro
pean battle front may take places to
buttress the little Belgian line, so te
naciously holding fast to a strip on
the extreme west—all of Belgium that
escaped the German invaders.
The war department today had no
announcement to add to its terse bul
letin of last night, which merely said
Mnj. Gen. Pershing would lead a di
vision of regulars abroad "at as early
a date as Is practicable."
But President Wilson’s statement ex
plaining his reasons for not accepting
at this time Colonel Roosevelt's offer
of a division contained a phrase which
has attracted much attention and sug
gested the possibility that American
troops may go to Belgium—to help
right the wrongs which turned tha
world against Germany.
The president explained that the reg
ular army officers whom Colonel >
Rposevelt wanted to take with his di
vision were needed for "the much more
pressing and necessary duty of train
ing regular troops to he put in the
field in France and Belgium as fast
as they can he got ready.”
Rush Supplies for Army.
So far as is known that was the first
official mention of putting American
troops in Belgium and the sentimental
value of sending troops bearing the
American flag to the violated soil of
the little country in whose behalf all
humanity has been aroused has been
recoRSifcifP *ju?<-kly.
With the • c.>y hill now out of the
wc the navi! hill will be put through
soh« ;r,cr«;ia4fu^ its strength from 87,000
t; 1 ',0.000 iifiii the marine corps from
T7.000 to .Ui.OOff,
A): mil’.i ’.vlsers have agreed that
auditions! ‘r-iwAng within sound of the
... ihe front must'be given to
forces -ikon to France before they
took tnelr places in the line. The reg
ulars of the expeditionary force are
certain to have that training. In plac
ing new divisions In the line of battle,
Great Britain has followed the practice
of accustoming the men gradually to
the work before them. The first 100.000
of the Kitchiner army was put in with
each battalion flanked by veteran
British or French troops until it found
itself.
Pershing to Select Site.
Presumably General Pershing will
select, in conference with French and
British pfficlals when he reaches the
scene of action, the location for the
American training camps. The part of
the line to which American troops will
later be assigned will also he deter
mined then. The first expedition prob
ably, also will pave the way for the
.•rmies thnt are to follow it us soon as
*h«-v are ready.
A minimum of 329,000 fighting men
oe brought to the colors under
j -e orders, supplementing the 293,000
| r< gui'frs who will he under arms -by
i .in- e 15. It is from these forces that tha
i fivut armies to join General Pershing
; at the front will be drawn, to be fol
lowed within a few months ’ - waves
from the selective draft armies, the first
500,000 of whom will be mobilized Sep
tember 1.
General Pershing and his staff will
go to Europe ahead of his troops at as
early a date as practicable. He was
automatically relieved of his command
or the southern department by the
president’s orders designating him to
command the troops to be sent to
Europe.
It is requested that no details or spec
ulations with reference to the mobiliza
tion of this command, dates of de
parture or other items be carried by
the press, other than the official bul
letins given out by the war department
relating thereto.
Washington. D. C„ May 2t—General
Pershing holds the rank of major gen
eral. It Is said on good authority, how
1 ever, that he may he made lieutenant
general. This would be possible under
existing law. The need for it is found
in the fact that as major general abroad
Pershing would be outranked by many
foreign officers. Furthermore, the fact
that Pershing goes as head of the first
expedition means that he would doubt
less command the entire force of the
new American army, once it is on % '
French soil.
The possibility that the title of gen
eral, which was held by Grant may be
revived, is suggested.
Washington. May 21—A regiment of
marines commanded by Col. Charles A.
Doyan and composed of veterans of ac
tive service in Haiti, Santo Domingo
ami Cuba, will accompany' the army
division to be sent t.o France under
Major General Pershing.
PRO-GERMANISM IN
SINN FEW ACTIVITIES
Home Rule Proposal Involves
“Great Imperial Dangers,”
Viscount Midleton Says.
London. May 21—Viscount Midleton.
former secretary of state for India, has
written the prime minister saying that,
in accordance with the premier’s re
quest. he has conferred with the union
ist representatives in the west and
sooth of Ireland, and that on their be
half he can state that they consider the
proposal of home rule for a part of Ire
land involves great imperial dangers
and a strengthening of the Sinn Fein
movement which is “actively seditious
and pro-German."
SOCIALISTS CONFER.
Stockholm, May 19.—The conference
of the various socialist delegations wiH
commence Monday, each delegation
holding separate meetings. The Bul
garians, Germans, Finns and Hungar
ians will meet in the order named
