Pershing’s Recruits to See
Service With Tommies In
Vital Sector Defending
Channel Ports.
BRITONS ARE CONFIDENT
Believe Coming Battle Will Be
Turning Point In Favor of
Allies—Artillery Duel
Still Rages.
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in France,
May IS.—Troops of the new American
army have arrived within the zon> of
the British forces in northern France
and are now completing their training
in the area occupied by the troops
which are blocking the path of the
Germans to the channel ports.
Their commander already has com
manded American forces in the
trenches on the French front.
The British officers and men who
are training the new force say the
Americans are the finest material and
are certain to give a most excellent
account of themselves.
British troops greeted the Americans
not only as comrades in arms but as
warm friends. On arriving within the
British zone they were cheered lustily
by the sons of Britain, many of whom
boro unmistakeable signs of batlie.
They had not seen the Americans be
fore, but they knew they were coming.
_ The last stages of their training be
fore entering the line were begun al
most as soon as 'they reached their
destinations. From that point they
could hear the rumble of the not dis
tant guns.
.How long the American troops have
been with the British, when the news
that, they are making their presence
felt along the line may be expected,
and where the homos of the men are
cannot be disclosed.
Washington, May IS.—The Ameri
can 'troops referred to as “the new
American army” in dispatches today
reporting their arrival in the zone of
British operations in France, are the
forces being brigaded and trained
with* the British, probably on the
Flanders battle front.
They are not troops detached from
General Pershing’s present forces, but
ore part of the new movement of
troops from the United States forecast
by Premier Lloyd-George some time
ago.
. So far as is known, these Americans
are the first troops to get into the
fighting zone as units brigaded with the
British. They are part of the force
which has been dispatched from the
United States in the new movement of
troops forecast after the German of
fensive was started in March.
It seems not improbable that there
will he a renewal of the German thrust
In the Flanders area shortly, either as
a separate operation or in conduction
with a reopening of the offensive on a
great scale all along the battle line.
The German guns have been persis
- tently active all around the Lys sali
ent where the enemy’s wedge pro
— trudes toward HazebroueU, the rail
way junction which is the key to the
transportation system in this whole
area and" an increase in the intensity
of the bombardment there is reported
by the London war office today.
On the Somme front the chief ac
tivity continues to manifest itself in
the vicinity of the Hallies, where the
Germans salient in Picardy has Its tip.
The French have been cutting into
tiie German advanced line here re
cently and the guns of the opposing
artillery forces are again hammering
hard at each other's positions, as if in
preparation for some new movement
by one side or the other.
llxcept for raiding operations there
have been no Infantry actions on
either of the battle fronts. The air
^ forces have been extremely busy how
's ever, and incidentally the Americans
are showing effective work in this
branch of the fighting service.
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AWAIT NEXT HUN MOVE.
By Associated Press.
With the British Army in France,
(Thursday), May 16.—The allies are
still waiting for Field Marshal von
Hindenburg to show his hand. No
more magnificent weather could be
Imagined than has favored the west
ern front 111 the last 48 hours. But
even this has brought no change in the
military situation. The Germans con
tinue to remain comparatively inactive
in their sun baked defenses, and were
it not for the grumbling of the guns,
the clouds of ilusl along the lines of
transport and the flight of airplanes
winging their way across the battle
zone, it would be hard to realize that
a war was going on.
Notwithstanding this, there has been
no relaxation of the tension which
has existed along the front for many
days. It is realized that the enemy
mav strike at any time. Certainly no
one doubts that an ambitious offen
sive Is in preparation, and the time
necessary to complete the plans must
•«- have about run its course. ,
The delay is in Itself an added in
dication that the next German push
is to he one of great magnitude and
fierceness. This next battle may easily
be Uie crucial one. for the Germans un
doubtedly will attempt once more to
smash entirely through the allied lines.
Supreme Test Near.
If the Germans again fail to achieve
their aim—-and all along this front
there Is confidence loaf they will.— the
defending forces will feel easy once
more, for they believe that if the en
emy cannot break through this time
lie will have played his last high
trump. If ho is held again it will be
the beginning of the end for the central
powers, military experts say.
in this connection the assistance of
America fast coming to the rescue is
emphasized. It is fell that with
steadily growing man power the allies
. will he aide to resume the offensive
■ and reclaim the land overrun by the
invaders Dependence is being placed
out here on the help of the United
States in delivering the finishing blow.
#ho holds the balance of power and the
prospects are being discussed eagerly
throughout the length of the line.
Kverywhere there is the greatest con
fidence in America on the part of al
lied officers and men.
As the corre.spondenee of the As
sociated Press travels up and down the
front he is besieged constantly by
friendly inquiries as to how American
preparations are comtiig along. Some
times there Is a certain anxiety ex
pressed to bo sure, but there is no Im
patience. Officers are loud in their
—■ praise of tho work they understand
already has been accomplished by
America. Surii troops as have been
\Lost--One Building;
Chicago Policemen
Are on Trail of It
Chicago, May 18.—Chicago police
j men, who think nothing of searching
j-for lost children, dogs, cats, pigeons
I and almost every other kind of human
: or animal or article, were mystified
| tonight when they received a request
| to search for a "lost” three story brick
j building.
| According to the owner, Joseph
: Johan, of Spring Lake, Mich., the
I building‘‘mysteriously vanished" after
| February y>, 1917, when he purchased
] it from his moth, nlaw. A broken
j leg, Johan declan 1 kept him from
i coining to inspect ills property until
' today and when lie arrived lie found
the building had disappeared so lie re
I ported it to the potice.
Failure of Johan to have the trans
fer of tlie sale recorded, the police be
( lieve, resulted in the building being
, wrecked when the appraisers could
j not locate the owner.
I
! seen from the United States have
' pleased the veterans immensely for the
\ overseas recruits shape up well, it is
I felt that with an army of such ma
I terial, victory is certain, for the allies
! will hold the Germans until that army
; gets into action.
AIR FIGHTING INCREASES.
London, May 18.—In spite of deter
mined opposition by German airplanes,
! British aviators on Thursday dropped
I bombs on factories and the railway
station at Saarbrucken, in German Lor
S raine, starting a fire on the railway,
j After bombing the town, the Britishers
turned on the enemS' and in aerial
fighting, says an official statement on
aerial activities issued last midnight.
One of the British airplanes was lost.
In intense aerial fighting on the
western front Wednesday 37 German
| airplanes were accounted for by British
| aviators, while 11 British machines are
| reported missing.
London, May 18.—'The German ar
j tillery lire is increasingly active from
I Locon to Hinges, along the western
j side of the Flanders salient and be
tween the forest of Nieppe and Meter
' en on the northern side of the salient,
i the war office announces.
The statement follows:
“A hostile raiding party was repulsed
last night in the neighborhood of
MoyenneviUe, south of Arras,
"There was great artillery activity
on both sides during the night in the
Pacaut wood sector north of Hinges.
The hostile artillery also has shown in
! creased activity between Locon and
Hinges and front the forest of Nieppe
to Meteren.”
Paris, May 18.—"Americans are
fighting in the region of Hailles,
southeast of Amiens is reported in to
day's official statement.
The announcement follows:
During the night there was a violent
bombardment in the region of Hailles.
“Near Mesnil-St. Georges we repulsed
a German raid and took prisoners.
“South of Sanny-Sur-Matz (south
east of Mont Didier) French detach
men penetrated the German lines at two
points, bringing back 40 prisoners, in
cluding an officer.
“On the southern bank of the Oise
German attacks on small French posts
in the sector of Varennes, were broken
up by our Are.
"Elsewhere the night passed quiet.”
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SMUTS IS OPTIMISTIC.
May 18.—Ideal flying weather yester
coming by the thousands, by the tens
of thousands, 1 might say, by the hun
dreds of thousands, every month, and
therefore there is no doubt about the
result,’’ General Smuts, of tlie British
army, declared in an address here to
day.
“As a climax of four years of cumu
lative efforts upon us, the Germans art
j about to deliver the greatest blow of
i llie war,” General Smuts said.
“Tiie enemy 1h determined to split
I the French and British armies and
! seize the channel ports, realizing that
| if the British army is beaten, the war
j will be over."
MANY AERIAL CLASHES.
With the British Army in France,
day on the British front in Flanders
j constituted a bad period for. the enemy
i air service. One British brigade alone
up to 3 o'clock in the afternoon had
destroyed 15 German planes and had
driven six others down out of con
trol, according to unofficial, hut re
liable figures which the correspondent
learned, and at least live other hostile
machines were sent crashing down.
Today is another perfect day and it
i is certain to see many bitter clashes
j in the air.
i STEEL REQUIREMENTS
TO BE INVESTIGATED
! Washington. May 18. After a con
j ference today between the steel 'com
mittee of the American Iron & Steel
institute and the war industries board,
the appointment of a joint steel oom
. rnittee to investigate the entire steel
industry with special reference to the
j government's war requirements, was
i announced.
j James A. Farrellt-F.. G. Grace, H. G.
Dalton. J. A. Topping and K. A. S.
i Clarke, represent the steel inslitute
j and Alexander I.egge, J. 1.. Replogle,
reperestn the war industries board. It
is probable General Hugh R. Johnson.
! will likewise sit for the war industries
board.
SHORTAGE OF PENNIES
NOW FULLY RELIEVED
Washington, D. C„ May IS.—The
shortage of pennies and other small
! coins, so acute a few months ago. lias
: been entirely eliminated," Raymond 3'.
; Baker, director of the mint, reported
(today. By working the Philadelphia.
1 San Francisco and Denver mints 24
j hours a day. 1,047.000 1-cent pieces,
I 637.000 nickels, 3,141,000 dimes. 3.041,00(1
(quarters and 3,227.000 half dollars have
(been accumulated above the orders of
hanks.
MRS. PALMER’S ESTATE.
i Chicago, May 17.—The personal
property left by Mrs. Potter Palmer,
( tlte society leader, who (lied last week
in Florida, was $1,600,000. This is ex
! elusive of ttie trust estate left by Mrs.
(Palmer’s husband, which 12 years ago
was estimated at $8,000,000. Mrs. Pal
| mer’s will was filed today.
A marriage license was issued re
cently to Walter J. Feebler and Jane
( R. Kowe, botli of Gloucester City, N. J.
j The bridegroom’s sister is a stepmother
I to tit# bride, so under the marriage she
I will also be a motherlniaw to her own
* brother.
1
'liberty loan over
FOUR BILLION MARK
Believed Total Will Reach
$4,250,000,000 Figures
Known Next Week,
Washington. May 18.—Unofficial
reports today to the treasury indicated
that the third Liberty loan total had
gone above $4,000,000,000 and might
reach $4.2.G0.OO0,00O. The exact total
will not be known until next week.
1 * ^ > .—
TO BEENLARGED
President Wilson Expected to
Reveal Plans for Greater
Activity In All Lines
In 1919.
BY ROBERT J. BENDER.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington, D. C„ May 18.—Amerlcv
must prepare for further great sacri
fices to meet the demands of a gigan
tic effort now assuming definite shape
in the war government to frustrate
the Teuton designs on the world.
This will be the message of Presi
dent Wilson tomorrow night when lie
opens tlie Red Cross drive in New
York.
With a serious situation facing all
fronts as Germany pursues her ruth
less drain on conquered peoples In
Russia and the Balkans. America is
preparing for a mighty stroke before
the close of 1919. This greater par
ticipation demands greater sacrifices
at home, the president will undoubted
ly show—and at the same time, as he
has previously assured, the nation
stands ready to listen to honest* prof
fers of peace.,,
Some indication of the size of Amer
ica's program may be found in the fact
that the war department is calling on
the shipping board to increase its 1919
Plans GO per cent. Director General
Schwab will make some startling
changes In the personnel of the emerg
ency fleet corporation Immediately—
and also in the administration of the
various yards to get greater speed and
efficiency.
Millions of dollars in advance con
tracts for all kinds of war needs are
to be let in preparation for the great
army of men expected to be In Prance
before another 12 months.
A just peace appears possible now,
according to authorities, only with
complete crushing of German’s deter
mination to hold the devastated coun
tries she had overrun. No great sig
nificance was placed on the peace dis
cussion of Britisli secretary for for
eign affairs, Arthur J. Balfour, in the
house of commons yesterday. It is
pointed out that Balfour's statement
that England would listen to any
“serious” peace proposals of a bellig
erent was merely a reiteration of Pres
ident Wilson's recent address in Bal
timore. Balfour's utterance also
squares with the expressed conviction
of the president that thus far “no hon
or.! blc offer has been made.’
The president left Washington at 10
o’clock this morning for New York.
He will confer with Colonel House late
tonight on points to be covered in his
expected discussion of international
affairs tomorrow night.
NAVAL OFFENSIVE BY
ALLIEOFLEET SOON
Recent Raids Regarded as Pre
lude to More Extensive
• Operations.
Washington. D. C., May IS.—An al
lied naval offensive of Sizeable pro
portions vvitli Great Britain, France,
(lie United States, Italy and probably
■lapan participating, was predicted in
entente naval quarters today.
These authorities declared that the
British raids against the Ostend and
Zeebrugge U-boat, nests, followed by
the successful Italian sally against
Pola and Durazzo are evident fore
runners of further spectacular sea
action.
Simultaneous action by the Brltish
American naval forces against the
Germans in the North sea and by tlie
Franco-Italinns against the Austrians
in the Adriatic, is believed to be in the
allied plan of action. The Belgian
raids have shown the possibility of
getting past the German mine fields
around the U-boat bases. The com
plete destruction of the banes as well
as demoralization of the German line
near the Belgian coast could perhaps
he accomplished by the Knglish chan
nel actions. And at l-ast the Teuton
might be forced to shift Ills bases
eastward.
SHORT PLUNGE FATAL
TO AVIATOR RESNATI
Famous Italian Killed While
Testing American Built
Caproni Biplane.
New York. May 17. -Capt. Antonio
Silvio Resnati, of the royal Italian fly -
ing corps, who piloted the 10-passenger
Caproni biplane from Washington to
Now York and buck again recently, was
killed at noon today at the Hempstead
fljing field.
Resnati. one of tho most famous Ital
ian military aviators, met his death
while testing an American built I'a
pronl plane of the bombing type, re
cently authorized for purchase by the
United States government.
Flying alone and carrying a cargo
of BO bombs, Captain Resnati left the
flying field on what was to have been
the first test of the new type of bi
plane. The machine rose only 100
feet when one of the planes crumpled
and it fell backwards. Captain Resnati.
strapped to his seat, was unable to
release himself in time and one of the
three heavy engines crushed him to
death.
Capt. Antonio Sylvia Resnati was 35
years old. Onn of his greatest feats
was a flight over the Italian front
carrying 10 passengers in the big ma
chine.
Prussian Repartee. ! ■'*
Tirpitz: “Did you enjoy your dinner in Peris, General?"
Hindenburg: "As much as you en joyed starving England."
—Fitzpatrick in St. Louts Post-Dispatch.
Miss Lusk Screams Denial
When Roberts Attempts to
Evade Blame for Her Sin
Waukesha, Wis., May IS.—With a
cry of "Oh, that is not true—that is not
true," Grace Lusk today sprang to her
feet and halted the testimony of Dr.
David Roberts at her trial for the
slaying of Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts.
Dr. Roberts, unexpectedly called to the
witness stand, had Just sworn that at
his first meeting with Miss Lusk, which
was in the nature of a business con
ference, she suddenly "asked me if 1
loved her and said she cared for other
tilings beside work. She asked me to
take her to Chicago for a good time.
I told her ‘You would' have a lot of
respect for a married man Who would
do that.’ ”
It was at this point that Miss Lusk
sprang from her chair, tears streaming
from her eyes, with a protest that
thrilled the court room and stopped all
proceedings until after a moment she
fell back into her father’s arms and
burled her head on his breast.
Dr. Roberts waived his constitutional
rights and told the story of Ills rela
tions with Miss Lusk without reserve.
Waukesha, Wis.. May 17. The prim
exterior by which Waukesha knew
Grace Lusk was revealed today as
covering a strong passion which be
reft her of sanity when she slew the
wife of Dr. David Roberts, the man
she loved.
Three state witnesses in her trial on
murder charges told of the shooting
last June when Mrs. Roberts visited
the 40 year old school teacher and
taunted her with being his plaything.
And while the jury heard her own
lawyers reveal her passion-torn soul.
another was placed on trial before the
par of public opinion. Dr. Roberts,
church pillar and Holtd citizen, saw his
life bared before his neighbors.
The alleged trips he took with Grace
Lusk, even outside Wisconsin, were
described by Henry Lockney, chief at-"
torney for the defense. Miss Lusk,
according to Lockney, yielded herself
completely to the man. All she naked
was ills undivided love. She did not
demand marriage. Put off again and
again she became morbid and with
suicidal intent purchased a revolver.
The weapon lay beside letters by
whicli she sought to show Mrs. Roberts
at the fatal interview that Roberts
was the pursuer, not the pursued. Her
reason snapped, according to Lockney,
and ufter shooting down the wife. Miss
Lusk shot herself and then held off the
police at a revolver point when she
thought she was dying and dictated the
statement "It’s strange, hut I love him
still,”
in reply to tills the state sought to
show by witnesses today that Miss
Lusk had threatened Mrs. Roberts' life
previously, that the shooting was wil
ful murder committed by a sane, highly
educated woman. Captain (Dr.) R. E.
Davis, who was first to reach Grace
following the shooting gave as his ex
pert opinion that she was sane at that
time, “although under tension."
Hetween Grace Lusk and Dr. Roberts
never a sign of recognition passes in
the court room. A probable witness,
he refuses to discuss the case. Mrs.
Roberts’ mother, rige 70, and Grace
Lusk's aged fattier are two oilier pathe
lic figures in the room.
AMERICAN OFFENSIVE NOT
PROBABLE BEFORE SPRING
BY J. W. T. MASON.
United Press War Expert.
New York, May IS.—Expecta
tions that there will be 1,150,000
American soldiers in France at the
end of the present year, indicate
that the most favorable time for
America's great offensive against
Von Hindenburg will be next
spring.
Since General Focli iuis shown
an inflexible determination not to
be tempted into wasting liis man
power by minor assaults, it is to
be expected that he will do every
thing possible to prevent a prema
ture use of the American armies,
i'ressure, however, will probably
be exerted very soon for the or
ganization of an American offen
sive in an effort to end the war by
military decision this year. This
pressure will be due to certain Im
patience with long periods of pre
paratory training, which exists in
every country.
Should General Koch lie forced
to submit to so dangerous an in
fluence, tin American offensive
will occur this summer. Otherwise
“WOBBLY” ORGANIZER I
PREACHED REVOLUTION
Official Publication Declared
Quick Action Would Over
throw Government.
Chicago, May 17.—The membership
>f the Industrial Workers of the World
wore advised through the official
organ, Solhlarnoso. on July lfi. 1917.
that by a qulo^, concert on revelation 1
the American government could be |
overthrown and the workers rise up as i
leaders, according to evidence intro- j
ducted at the trial of lit? members
charged with violation of the espion
age act today.
“In itussia they did not wait for de
mocracy to come to their rescue.” said
the article, written by Joseph Oraber,
An eastern organiser, and introduced j
t
It is reasonable to expect that only
limited operations wilt be con
ducted by the allies during tlie
summer months, principally for
the purpose of training the Ameri
cans and keeping the Germans In
a state of nervous expectancy.
Whether tiy the autumn enougli
trained Americans will be in
France to warrant the complete
assumption or the Initiative by
General Koch cannot now he defi
nitely foretold. A strong reason
against autumn offensives is that
they may tie interrupted by win
ter weather at critical times.
Hut there is no doubt that next
spring tiie American troops in
France will he equal to accepting
the responsibility for conducting a
sustained offensive on a gigantic
scale. By next spring, the cen
tral powers will have gone through
another devastating winter under
reduced food rations. Their morale
undoubtedly will be lower titan It
is now. They will thus he sub
jected to the greater reaction from
the effect of an American ad
vance into German territory to
ward the Rhine.
by (Maude 11. Porter, government at
torney, "They tool; matters into their
own hands and with quick action over
threw the government.
'"The same thing cun lie done in
America through the I. W. \V. \Vc. the
workers, produce ever' thing neces
sary to the existence of the entire
world, but for the benefit of the capi
talist. It is up to the working mail
to defend himself and he has power
to overthrow the power of the capi
talist.'’ _
AMERICAN NAVY IS
MAKING SUBS SCARCE
Paris. May 17.—"There was only one
case of torpedoing in waters wht-ee
American warships are operating dur
ing February, compared with 34 in
October, and in April there were
none,” Admiral Wilson declared today
in an interview published in the Matin.
The Hebrew word for prophet is de
rived from a verb signifying "to bubble
forth" like a fountain.
HOME RULEBILLIS
ONCE MORE DELAYED
House oi Commons Adjourns
With Introduction of
Bill Not In Sight.
London, May 17.—The house ot
commons adjourned last night until
May 28, without any sign of the long
delayed Irish home rule bill. Ap
parently the members of the govern
ment have no idea when the bill will
be introduced.
Dublin. Thursday, May 17.—At a
meeting of -15 members of the Irish
party here today with the Irish na
tionalist leaders. John Dillon presid
ing, a statement was issued to the
effect that the bill for conscription In
Ireland was adopted by parliament
largely under the Impression that no
attempt would be made to use the
power until a responsible Irish gov
ernment and an Irish parliament were
culled into existence. The latest de
velopments, however, lead to the con
viction, the statement says, that the
government has no intention of pro
ducing any bill whatever and that all
the promises made were simply for the
purpose of deceiving the house of com
mons, the British public and above all,
the American government, the Ameri
can people and the allied European na
tions, and of prejudicing the cause of
Ireland In their eyes.
SAYS WILSON LEADS
INTERNATIONAL MOVE
John Spargo, Militant Socialist,
Says Socialism Is Hopeless
While Huns Menace World.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 17.—"Thera
can be no democratic socialist com
monwealth anywhere in the world if
PrusHiunism triumphs in this war,"
said John Spargo, author and social
ist. speaking today nt the national
convention of the league to enforce
peace. Mr. Spargo recently severed
his connection, with the socialist party
because he opposed its attitude toward
the war.
"I am a .socialist," he said, “an in
ternationalism and an anti-militarist.
There can be no worthy international
ism unless the conspiracy on the
llohenzollern dynasty against the free
dom of mankind is crushed. There
can be no freedom from militarism for
any civilized people except as a result
of the triumph of the allied nations.”
“We must be on guard against that
perverted idealism which, in a hun
dred subtle ways, undermine the na
tional morule and thus becomes a
valuable ally of the kaiser, however
unintended it may be. Surely the ex
perience of Russia, and In a less tragic
degree of Italy, proves that perverted
idealism is as much to he feared as
the armed legions of the Huns. So
cialism, Internationalism, pacifism—
generous and ennobling ideals, have
been perverted and prostituted and
made to serve the ends of the most
brutal military depottem in history.
"We have resolved that we will not
he the victim of any deceptive peace
propaganda, whether e marl a ting front
Berlin, or merely from native addle
pated roiriantists who still do not
recognize that the Prussian prating
of peace is more to be feared than the
Prussian making war with the fiendish
ingenuity of which he is capable.
"President Wilson has become the
foremost living spokesman of sound
Internationalism because he voices the
sympathies of America. We are a na
tion of Internationalists."
GASDALTY LIST
SHOWS 15 KILLED
Three Iowans and One South
Dakotan Are Among Those
Slightly Wounded.
Washington, May 17.—The casualty
list today contained 106 names divid
ed as follows: Killed In action, 15;
died of wounds, six; died of disease,
four; died of gas poisoning, one;
wounded severely, 12; wounded slight
ly, 60: missing in action, eight.
Officers named Include: Lieuten
ant Averill Braxion Pfeifer, Cleveland.
Ohio: slightly wounded. Lieutenant
Charles W. Maxson. Baltimore, Md..
missing in action. Lieutenants Har
old A. Goodrich. New Haven. Mo., and
M. S. Redmond, Pittsburgh, Pa., pre
viously reported missing now reported
prisoners.
Listed ns killed in action is Private
John M. Jennings of Belle Plaine, Ia„ —
previously reported missing.
Among those reported slightly
wounded are three Iowans and ono
South Dakotan, but no Nebraskans, as
follows: Emil J. Henkel. Dubuque,
la.; David V. Hamlet, McGregor. Ia.:
Daniel J. Ray. Moulton, la.; and
Theodore G. Welland, Bridgewater, S.
D.
FIFTH WINTER OF WAR
IS SEEN BY GERMANY
Member of Wuerttemberg Diet
Asserts People Must Make Up
Minds to Disappointment.
Berne. Switzerland, May 17.—(via
the British Admiralty, per Wire
less Press.)—In a speech before the
Wuerttemberg diet. Herr Hausmann.
one of the leaders of the progressiva
party, said tliat a fifth winter of war
was now inevitable.
Germans must make up their minds
to face disappointment, lie said, in
stead of obtaining the victory hoped
for during the summer.
ALL STUDENTS MAY
GET COMMISSIONS
Washington. D. C„ May 17.—Under
a new ruling announced today by Sec
retary Baker all students of the fourth
officers’ training camps which have
Just opened, who 'Successfully complete
the course, will be eligible for a com
mission. The secretary removed th»
restriction allowing onily 50 per cent
of the total number of candidates t«
qualify.
