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8WEEPER8 SUNK BY AUS-
'TRIANS IN ADRIATIC.
CRUISER HIT BY TORPEDO
London Says Vessel Reached Port
After Attack by Submarlnc-i-Ual-Ian
Airmen Damage Foe's War
ships 150 Die on Transport y ,
London, May 21. It Is olliclnlly nn
trounced that tlio transport Ciiincronln
has. been smile. One hundred and forty
men on board arc missing.
The Hrltlsh admiralty announced on
Prldny that 14 inlnc-swccplng steam
vchkl'Ih, known as drifters, had been
mink In a, raid by Austrian Unlit critls
crs In the Adriatic sea and that thu
Ilrltlsh light cruiser Dartmouth was
torpedoed lit a subsequent eiigligcinent
with the Austrian warships, but
reached port safely.
The text of the statement reads:
"The admiralty announces that
from reports received from the rear
ndmlral commanding the Adriatic
squadron, supplemented by the Ital
ian olllelal communication, It nppeara
tha,t early Tuesday morning an Aus
trian force, consisting of light cruis
ers', subsequently re-enforced by de
stroyers, ridded the allied drifter (Ine
nml succeeded In sinking 14 British
drifters, from which, according; to tlie
Austrian communication 71! prisoners
were taken.
"His majesty's ship Dartmouth,
with tho Italian rear admiral aboard,
and II. M. S. Bristol Immediately
chased the enemy off, assisted by
French and Italian destroyers.
"Tho chase continued with tho ene
Jny under heavy and "continuous lire
until near Cumu'ro, when, soino enemy
battleships coming out In support of
their cruisers, our vessels drew off.
"Italian airmen, after n battle In
the air, attacked the Austrian war
ships outside Camaro and confidently
nfllrm thnt ono ot the enemy's cruis
ers wns on tire and wns taken In tow
off Camaro In a Making condition.
One other of tho enemy's cruisers was
reported by the British admiralty as
padly damaged.
"During her passage back tho Dart
mouth was struck by a torpedo from
nn enemy submarine, but returned
Into port with three men killed, one
oftlcer nnd four men missing and be
lieved dead, and seven wounded.
There were no other casualtlesto our
ships."
Vienna, May 21. A British cruiser
was mink during nn engagement with
English, French nnd Itnllnn vessels
iifter an Austrian naval detachment
ind made n successful raid In the
titralt of Otranto, on the southern
coast of Italy, nccoring to nn official
announcement made by tho admiralty.
Italian destroyers, three merchant
men nnd twenty nrmed guard vessels,
the statement adds, "becamo vlcltlins"
pf the Austrian raid.
AMPLE GRAIN SUPPLY IN U. S.
Members of Exchanges Declare Ab-
.normal Conditions of Today Call
for Food Control Body.
"Washington, Muy 21. After a con
ference on Friday between Herbert C.
Hoover nnd n special committee ot
tho council of grain exchanges and a
committee from the western grnln ex
change tho following statement was
Issued on behalf of the committees;
"The conclusion wns reuched by the
representatives of tho grain trade thnt
the abnormal conditions existing today
ns regards the necessity for conserva
tion of the food supply of this country
called for the creation of n food ad
ministration clothed with tho acces
sary powers to work out the unusunl
problem resulting from the world wnrJ
nnd that the existence of such food
administration should be limited to
tho duration of the war.
"The representative of tho grnln
trndo arc convinced thnt wjth elimina
tion of waste and proper conservation
In this country nn ample supply of
grain will be available for domestic
consumption as well as to prnvldo for
the requirements of our allies, and
that tho problem therefore is one of
administration." -
PLAN DRAFT IN CANAuA
Compulsory Military Service to Raise
Army of 100,000 Men Proposed
by Premier.
Ottawa, Ont., May 21. Compulsory
military service on a selective basis to
raise immediately at least 50,000 and
probably 100,000 men to make good
the wastage In the Canadian army
corps In Franco was proposed to par
liament on Friday by Sir Bobert Bor
den, the premier, who returned from
England last Tuesday.
Three French Ships' 8unk In Week.
Fnrls, May 21. Only threo French
merchantmen were sunk by subma
rines in the week ended Mny 48, nc
cording to olllelal nnnouneement. Dur
ing thnt period 052 .vessels entered
French ports nud 001 depnrted.
John Nevll Maskelyne Dies.
London, Mny 21. John Nevll Maske
lyne, London's famous conjurer, died
In London. Mr. Mnskelyno was seventy-eight
years old and for nearly
fifty years had been almost an English
Institution. . -
HERE'S TO
SSS' INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, du
U. S. FLEET ON DUTY
AMERICAN DESTROYERS JOIN IN
PATROL OF-WAR' 'ZONE.1
Have Brush With Submarine People
Give Sailors Warm Welcome
Greeted Officially. .
Ldndon, -May 18. The British ad
miralty annoupeed qn Wednesday thnt
American destroyers had arrived In
British waters.
"Tho British admiralty states thnt
n llotllla of United States destroyers
recently arrived In tills country to co
operate with our naval forces In the
prosecution of the wnr," Is the text of
the olllelal statement.
Bear Admiral Sims, U. S. K, who Is
.In general command of all the United
States mivnl forces, that nre sent to
European waters, is in dally touch
with the chief of the British naval
staff.
Tho admiralty announcement says
the services which the Amcrlenn ves
sels are rendering to the allied cause
nre of the greatest valuo and nre ap
preciated deeply.
Messages of greeting wero ex
changed between Admlrnt Sir David
K. -..-. .u 11.- Y..t.lr.n ...nnil
utility, coninijmuiui; uic nnunu i,i"
fleet, and Admiral Mayo, commander
of' tho American Atlantic fleet.
Tho American navy's actuul entry
Into the wnr zone has already been
productive of n brush between n de
stroyer and n German underwater
boat, according to nn nnnouneement
by the British admiralty, but the re
sult of It has not been rondo public.
Tho destroyer squadron arrived here
and almost Immediately put to sen
again for tho hard work that Is be
fore It.
A crowd of several hundred persons,
some of them carrying tiny American
lings, lined the water front and cheered
the destroyers from the moment they
llrst sighted the flotilla until It-reached
the dock.
APPEAL MADE BY GOMPERS
Head of A. F. of L. Says Labor and
Capital Must Unite to Win War
Wilson Warns Nation.
Washington, Mny 17. Labor nnd
capital must co-operate In sacrifice.
This was tho keynote of the address ot
Samuel Gompers, president of tho
American Federation of Labor, before
a great gathering of American capital
ists nnd labor leaders In Wnshlngton
on Tuesday.
"If the cause of freedom, Justice,
dempcrncy nnd humnnlty Is to prevnll,
labor and capital both must put nway
xPlIUh alms and work together to win
thu war," Mr. Gompers declared.
President Wilson warned the nation
to be prepared to nirtko heavy sacri
fices lo Inking victory.
Addressing tho committee on labor
of the council of national defense ad
visory commission labor representa
tive and capitalists at tho White
House, the president declared the Unit?
ed State' must steel Itself to meet
tho "terrible pressure of suffering and
pain of war." "
New American Hospital Opened.
Paris, May 18. Tho American Bed
Cross hospital, established by Dr. Jo
seph Blake of New York has been
opened and n number of wounded
wero received from the Alsno river
fighting front. Elaborate dedication
services were held, with Cardlnnt
Amctte, nrchhlshop of Paris, olllclnt
lng. Live Stock Men at Meet
Louisville, Ky., Mny 10. With dele
gates present from practically every
Important live stock, market In tho"
country, tho nntlonn) live stock ex
change began n 'three days' meeting
here on Thursday.
Crew Saved From Ship.
San Francisco, Mny 10. All mem
bers of tho crow of the Cannery
stenmer Standard, ashoro off- Capo
Constantino, Alaska, hnvo been taken
safely ashore, according to advices re
ceived hero.'
THE DAY
BILLIONS
WAR
ALL RECORDS BROKEN IN ARMY
AND NAVY BILL.
Calls for $3,390,946,000, Including
$400,000,000 for American Mer
chant Marine.
Washington, May 17. All appropria
tion records of congress were broken
on Tuesday when the senate appropri
ations committee reported the wnr,
army and navy deficiency bill, carry
ing n total of ?:i,:K),0 10,000, Including
$400,000,000 for construction and pur
chase of an American merchant ma
rine. Tho committee added $503,392,000 to
the house bill. Among the senate In
creases wero $500,000 for the council
of nntlonnl defense, $1,000,000 for de
tention of Interned Germans, $20,000,
000 for army machine guns nnd $35,
000,000 for henvy army ordnance
For tho new Amcrlenn merchant
fleet they directed Immediate nppro
priatlon of $400,000,000 nnd author
ized $350,000,000 more for use later as
an "emergency shipping fund." '
Tho bill nuthorlzes tho government
to commandeer shipyards, factories or
tho products of such factories nnd to
tnko over existing shipbuilding con
tracts of private Individuals or for
eign governments. Construction fa
cilities taken over nre to be pnld for
at n reasonable price. Persons refus
ing to deliver requisitioned fnctorles
or establishments would be penalized.
KAISER BLOCKS PEACE TERMS
On Hlndenburg's Advice Ruler Turno
Down Chancellor's Pro
posal. The Ilngue, Mny 10. Tho knlser
and Field Marshal von lllndenburg
were responsible for the refusal of
tho German chancellor to nnnounco
peace terms In the relchstng this week,
according to ndvlccs received hero
from Berlin.
It wns reported In theso dispatches
that tho chancellor, Doctor von Beth-mnnn-Hollweg,
had gone so far as to
draw up n pence offer, suitable to both
Germnny nnd Austrln-Hungary, but
when ho took It to German Grent
Headquarters for the affirmation of
tho knlser, It was rejected nt n mili
tary council.
There is n growing belief In somo
circles In Germnny thnt the confer
ences going on between the German
chnncellor and Count Czemln, the for
eign minister of Austrin, may lend to
a pense proposition In the relchstng
when It reconvenes In July.
AFFIRMS RETROACTIVE TAX
House Votes to Retain Section Proyid
" InO tor Levy on 1916
1 Incomes.
Wnshlngton. May ll).Thb house
voted 123 to 54 to retain In the wnr
revenue bill tho section providing for
a retroactive levy on Incomes for I ho'
year 1010. This boethm provides that
in addition to the tax already paid" on
1010 Incomes the taxpayer shall pay
by September 10' next nn additional
tnx of one-third of the nmotint already
paid.
Gardner Assigned to Duty.
Washington, Mny 10. Col. Augustus
P. Gnrdner, adjutant general's reserve
corps, who resigned his seat In con
gress ns representative from Massa
chusetts to Join the colors, has been
nsslgncd to nctlvo duty nt Governor's
Islund, N. Y.
Troops Forced to Take Bonds.
Amsterdam, May 21. In the courso
of tho hudget.debate in the relchstng,
Peputy' Vogthern, socialist, said sol
diers In tho field hnd been forced 'to
subscribe to tho German war lonn last
week.
"Slide for Life" Proves Fatal.
Des Moines, la., Mny 21. Lcroy
Brnmmer, twenty years old, died nt a
hospltnl here with a broken back suf
fared at Dexter, la., when ho did a
"slldo for Ufo" with a carnival cora
puny.
FOR
PREMT
SIGNS
DRAFT RH;
TROOPST
Division Under Command- of
vMajor General Pershing.
REGULARS" FIRST TO FRANCE
Executive Sets June 5 as the Date of
Registration for All Men Between
the Ages of 21 and 31 Re
jects Roosevelt Volunteer
Army Declares It
Would Interfere
With Present
Plans.
Washington, May 21. Flatly reject
ing Hint section of the measure which
would permit Colonel Uoosevelt to or-
1 ganlze volunteer divisions, President
Wilson signed the conscription bill.
The president signed the army bill
Just after dinner at 8 p. m. on Friday,
without formality, and set June 5 as
the date of registration for all men be
tween the ages of twenty-one and
thirty-one for military service.
President Issues Proclamation.
President Wilson's proclamation, put
ting into effect the selective draft pro
vision of the war army bill, signed last
night, follows in part:
"A proclamation by the president of
the United States:
"Whereas, Congress has enacted and
the president hns on the 18th day of
May, one thousand nine hundred and
seventecen, approved n Inw which con
tains the following provisions:
"Section 5. That all male persons be
tween tho ages of twenty-one and
thirty, both Inclusive, shall be subject
to registration b;i accordance with reg
ulations to be prescribed by the presi
dent; nnd upon proclamation by the
president or other public notice given
by him or by his direction, stating the
time nnd place of such registration, it
shall be the duty of ull persons of the
designated nges, except officers and en
listed men of tho regular army, the
nnvy and tho 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 net, nnd every
such person shnll be deemed to hnve
notice of tho requirements of this act
upon the publication ofsald proclama
tion or other notice as aforesaid given
by the president or by his direction;
nnd any person who shnll willfully fall
or refuse to present himself for regis
tration or to submit thereto as herein
provided, shall be guilty of a misde
meanor and shall, upon conviction in
tho district court of the United Stntes
having Jurisdiction thereof, be pun
ished by Imprisonment for not more
than one yenr, nnd shnll thereupon be
duly registered; provided, that In the
cnll of the docket precedence shnll be
given, In courts trying tho same, to the
trial of crlmlnnl proceedings under
this net: Provided further, that per
sons shall be subject to registration as
herein provided who shall have at
tained their twenty-first birthday nnd
who shnll not have attained their thlry
flrst birthday on or before the day set
for registration, nnd nil persons so reg
istered shall be nnd remain subject to
draft Into the forces hereby nutnonzeu,
unless exempted or excused therefrom
as In this net provided.
Registration on June 5.
"Now, therefore, 1 Woodrow Wilson,
president of the United States, do call
upon the governor of euch of the sev
eral states and territories, the board
of commissioners of the uistrict ot
Columbia nnd all officers and agents
of the several states and territories,
of the District of Columbia nnti or
the counties und municipalities there
in to liprform certain duties In the
execution of the foregoing law, which
duties will he communicated to them
directly In regulations of even date
herewith.
"And I do further proclaim and give
noHlco to all persons -subject to regis
trntlon In tho several states and In
ihe District of Columbln In accord
nnce with the ubovc law that the tlmo
nnd place of such registration snail ie
between 7 n. m. nnd 0 p. in. on the
r.th day of June, 1017, ut the regis
tration place In the precinct wherein
they have their permanent homes.
Thoso who shall have attained their
twenty-ilrst birthday and who shall
not have attained their thirty-first
birthday on or before the dny here
named .are required to register, ex
cepting only officers nnd enlisted men
of the rifciilar army, the huvy, tho
marine corps nnd tho National Guard
hnd naVal mllltln. while In the service
nf tho United States,? and officers In
the officers' reservq corps nnd enlisted
men in the1 enlisted reserve corps
while In active service. In the terri
tories of Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
IUco n dny for registration will bo
named In n Inter proclamation.
All Must Co-Operate.' ' ,
"The power' against which wo arc
arrayed has sought to Impose Its will
upon tho world by force. To this end
It has Increased armament until It
tons changed the face of war. In tho
sense In which wo have been wont to
think of armies there are no armies
Id this struggle. Thero arc entire na
tions armed. Thus, tho men who Jre
mnln to till the soil and man tho fac-j
torles nre no less a part of the army.'
OH
that Is In Franco than the men beneath p
mo uiiiuu uuga. ii ujuai uv ou ithm
us. It Is not nn nrmy that wo must
shnpo nnd train for war; It Is n na
tion. To this end our people must
draw close in one compact front
ngnlnst n common foe. But this can
not be If each man pursues n private
purpose. All must pursue ono pur
pose. "The nation needs nil men, hut It
needs ench man, not In the field thnt
will most pleasure him, but In the en
deavor that will best serve the com
mon good.
"It Is In no sense a conscription of
the unwilling It is rather selection
from n nation which has volunteered
In mass.
"The dny here named Is the time
upon which all shall present them
selves for assignment to their tasks.
"It Is essential that the day be ap
proached In thoughtful apprehension
of Its significance and that we accord
to It the honor and the mcnnPng that
it deserves. Our Industrial need pre
scribes that It be not made a techni
cal holiday, but the stern sacrifice
that Is before us urges that It be
carried In all our hearts as a great
day of patriotic devotion and obliga
tion when the duty shall lie upon ev
ery man, whether he Is himself to he
registered or not, to see to It that
the name of every male person of the
designated ages Is written on these
lists of honor.
"By the president:
"K01U3KT LANSING,
"Secretary of State."
President Wilson directed that an
expeditionary force of approximately
n division of regulur troops, under
command of MaJ. Gen. John J. Persh
ing, proceed to France nt as early a
date as practicable. General Pershing
and staff will- precede the troops.
A division contains approximately
28,000 men. It Is understood that at
least 20,000 will bo Infantry.
The war bill was carefully gone over
during the day by Brigadier General
Crowder, judge advocate genernl and
provost marshal general.
It was announced that all existing
regiments of the guard will be called
Into service by August 5, nnd officials
estimate thut with from n month to" six
weeks' Intensive training theso troops
will be rehdy to go forwnrd for final
preparation behind the fighting lines in
Europe for the fighting that Is before
them.
After the army bill had been per
fected In both houses of congress nnd
sent to President Wilson for signa
ture the senate adopted an amendment
to the war budget bill to put conscrip
tion out of force four months nftcr tho
end of the wnr.
President's Statement
The president Issued the following
stntement nt the White House:
"I shnll not nvoll myself, nt any
rate, ut the present stage of the war,
of tho 'oxithorlnntlon conforrixl by tho
act to organize volunteer divisions.
"To do so would seriously Interfere
with the carrying out of the chief nnd
most Immedlntejy Important purpose
contemplated by this legislation:
"The prompt crentlon and early use
of nn effective nrmy would contribute
practically nothing to tho effective
strength of tho nrmles, now engaged
against Germnny.
"I understnnd thnt the section of
this net which authorizes the creation
of volunteer divisions In addition to
tho draft was added with n view to
providing nn Independent command for
Mr. Booscvelt nnd giving the military
authorities an opportunity to use his
fine vigor and enthusiasm recruiting
the forces now nt the western front.
"It would be very ngreenble to mo to
pay Mr. Boosevelt this compliment nnd
the nllles the compliment of sending
to their aid one of our most distin
guished public men, an ex-presldent,
who hns rendered many conspicuous
pubMc services nnd proved his gallant
try in many striking ways.
"Politically, too, It would no doubt
hnvo n very fine effect nnd make n
profound Impression. But this Is not
tho time or tho occasion for compli
ments or for nny nction not calculated
to contribute to the Immediate success
of the war.
Seeks Advice From Both Sides.
"Tho business now In hnnd is un
drnmntlc. practical and of scientific
definlteness nnd precision.
"L shall act with regard to It at
every step and In every particular un
der expert and profession ndvlec,
from both sides or the water.
Says He Is Responsible.
"Ho named many of thoso whom ho
desired to have designated for tho
service nnd they were men who cannot
possibly be spared from the too small
force of officers at our command for
4hemuch moro pressing nnd necessary
duties of training regulnr troops to bo
put Into the field In Franco nnd Bel
glum as fast as they can be got rendy.
"The first troops sent to France will
be tnken from tho present force of tho
regular army and will be under tho
command of trained soldiers only.
"Tho responsibility for tho success
ful conduct of onr part In this great
war rests upon me. I could not escnpo
It If I would. I am too much Inter
ested In tho causo we aro fighting for
to b Interested In anything but suc
cess.
"The issues Involved nre too Im
mense for mo to tnko Into considera
tion anything whntever except tho
best, most effective, most linmedlnto
means at military nction. Whnt theso
means nre I know from the. mouths of
men who havo seen war as It Is con
ducted, who havo no Illusions nnd to
whom the whole grim matter Is n mat
ter of tyus!"'088- I shall center ray
attention npon thoso matters and let
everything elso wait. I should bo deep
ly to blame should I do otherwise,
whatever the argument of policy or of
personal gratification of advantage."
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A Babylonian Epic.
In the midst of It nil, n man In Phila
delphia, n professor, Is calmly trans
lating a Babylonian epic. Ho hns be
foro him certain tablets which were
burled In Mcsopotamlan ground thou
sands of years ngo, upon which, In tho
time of Abrnhnm, certain queer conc
shnped characters wero Inscribed. Not
mnny yenrs ngo tho key to theso chnr
ncters wns discovered, In tho form of
nn Inscription in two languages, ono
of which wns known, nnd the meaning
of the queer characters slowly
emerged. The Philadelphia professor
has discovered thnt tho tablets bear
nn epic poem. Hu Is translating tho
epic nnd finds It to bo the story of tho
way In which n hnlf-bnrbnrous chief
tain, nnmed .Enkldu, wns redeemed
from n enreer of tyranny and violence
by the love of n woman. And dny nfter
dny, while the pnpers nre full of woes
nnd wickedness, nnd the drums of war
beat on the streets, Indifferent to nil
the upronr this patient man goes on
translating Into good English tho poem
of Enkldu und bis love.
Their Method.
1 sco Indlnn regiments nro to bo
recruited." '
"Yes; when they get on tho front
nnd begin scnlpln'g tho enemy the Ger
mnns nro going to have Bomo hnlr-rals-
Ing experiences."
Men who try to achieve distinction
by being no better than they ought to
he nlwnys get lost in the crowd.
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