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2,300,000 MEN IN THE U. S. ARMY BY JULY 1 WEATHER Pair To-Morrow. 'If It Happens In New York It In The Evening World1 "Circuhitioi ooks Open to All." 'Circulation Hooks Open to All. PRICE TWO CENTS tepjrlhl. I'll-, lit TIM hlW liilillslllug Co. (111.' Sew Vork World 1. NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1918. 2 1 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS wfot I " Circulation Hooks Open to Alt." L ! CI I LOAN FRENCH CAPTURE HILL 82 LOAN SOAR! . BY ROCKEFELLER Millions Plow In and ( ver wbscription ol $9oo,txxv 000 Quota Is in Sight. BANKS GET BIG BLOCKS. Brooklyn Passes Mark Set for it and New York Gains $43,423,360 ( )vernight. Millions iiiv flowing int.. tho Sec ond Federal District Reserve bank to-d.iy to carry Sew York oTtr the top of ib 1(00,000,000 minimum allotment . John D, Rockefeller or, nunte tho largest Individual bond pun hast day- tliut or M.000,000 through the Petroleum and Allied Trades Com stMee "f the llalnbow Division. Thla la Mr, flock sf oiler's brat contribution to the loan fund. Thi central Trust Company eialm td tli credit of buying the largest block of bond. Ten million doiiais Mua the amount purchaeed by thla comimnv. jut. I it had made nrevmn.s wrciiMei oi large amount. The frudntiai Insursnci Company bought nn additional si.ooo.non. Blocks of fi.ooo.ooo irere bought by the Kings CoUnty Truat CoH the Standard Oil Co. of New York, the New York Life insurance Co., nmi Montgomery Co, In mid -afternoon tho report came In of additional block of (1,000.000 imueiit by tin- Mutual Life Inaurance company and the Corn Bxchang Hank. At 11 o'clock New York's figure stood at J75u.-loo.OOi. which Pel nt. fd an over-nighl increaae of $i.i.i-:i.-360. At noon Brooklyn claimed to have "gone over the top" with Ita suhscrlp- tion and to 'je ? tu.oou b yond it mlnL mum, The BWlfteal flurry of the day oc curred when tha Blue Devlla vlalted the Stock Exchange at 1 o'clock and NG HERE $5,000,000TAKEN ild 00,00, 1 wiiii of bonds in just gruphing plane, a ciermaii machine three minute. Thl; w a d ine through c.iine In view. The day was brilliant the m at artifice of raffling a French I With sunshine. A French planu t,:urt- i , gas mask, Which had seen servl Oil ad for the Herman, but Mi isuor, who I the bn4.tlc.rit Id. to tho blithest bond j WM flying high neurby In u Speedy I bidder. , NlOUPOrt chaser, niadu u dlvo for the I J. I'. Morgan . Co. bought In the (iiiinuu's tail. When within MUgS mk with H40.000, Other purchases bo opened are with hi machine gun, made in the swift three minutes were i and the Qennan started a spiral noso by J. W. Bellgmsn, 3SO,000, and! due, but ufter a few seconds straight- Urown Hros. In u 1 1 k sum. Icuid out and sturtcd back tor Ger- The following are boiu of the sub- many. scnptions regiBtsred at the Federal Reserve Hank: New York Central lt.ulroad Co. (through i in N itlonnl Bank), $600,000. Olobe Indemnity Co., l-'jO.OOO. Mercantile Hank of thu Amc.lcas. Inc., i:oo,ouo. Dollar Savings Bank or Now Yoik City (through Hfcnovtr National Hank), (200,000. Mrs. Mary Clark Thompson, $100. 000. I'eerless Truck and Motfer Corpora tlon, $100,000. Van Antwerp, Hlshup it l';sh, 0I, 000. Harrison William. 110,040, Federal Ctllitles, Inc., $i0,uu0. William 1. Quthlie, 110,000, The Herman Bavlnga Bank a Brooklyn (additional), $ju.000. Tacony Steel Co., layout). Sellgsberg & Co. (additional), Olli' 000. T. ,H. King (additional), IS,000, H. D. Walbrldga & Co., irooo. It. II. Simi ajn & Co., $:'5.ooo. A. A. lleusman it Co. (additional), 111,000, (Coiitinuid on gecond t'agu.) I in i i .' Qfcla eat' ' ' .liini-nt In li u-alsbl. commaKins at 11 o clo.k Adv. lirlll ltu WELL 'OVER THE TOP' BY LOAN OVER THE TOTAL REACHES $2,838,317,300 IN NATION - WIDE SPIRT Chicago District Fourth to Pass Its Quota, and All States West of the Missis sippi Are Filled Up. WASHINGTON, May 3 The Liberty Loan total to- day reached $2,838,317,300, with partial reports from yes terday's business. The Chicago district is the fourth to go over the top with subscriptions of $453,640,850 to cover its quota of $425,000,000. Indications now arc that every State west of Mississippi has subscribed its quota, although official reports to substan tiate this are lacking from the Dallas and San Francisco dis tricts. The indications are that the loan will go well "over the lop" overnight. BROOKLYN YOUTH WINGS FOE PLANE 15,000 FEE! IN AIR Mcissner's Machine Damaged by Aerial Crash, but He Kills Adversary. with THB AMERICAN ARMY. IN CRANCB, May 3 (Associated Cress). An American aviator has brought down tho fourth Oermun airplane along the American front northwest of Toil!, Lieut James A. Melssncr, Whoa homo Is In llrooklyn. after a thrilling aeriul batllo at 15,0'JO feet, shot down an Albatross scout, which fi ll in tlames. Lieut, Melaaner i twenty-one year old and a graduate of Cornell, Ht came to Franco u few months ago qualified as a pilot here. While ho wus protecting a photo- Melasni l- followed o closely when the U'Tiiiun itfOlghtened out that the lutter's wing tore both of tho under wings ot Melasner'a machine, but at tho same time, tho young American p-iured a deadly stream of bullets Into tho enemy il,WK, which started smoking, Mslsaner kipt up the tire until the Qerman machine burst Into Dame! and tlau ci cashed to tttg earth. Thu story of his tgplolt having i Irlokiad In over the telephono wire, I thu oor respondent went to the iiuu nn. mi' hangar, it had been report- ' ed that a wing of Mei.ssner's machine j had been torn off by hi op; OMttt'g . airplane. "Impossible." said one of the mem bers of McisMiei's r(UJili jii In fore j the younh' aviator had returned to his j bll'.et. "If the BOOhS really had I; craped Jimmy with his Wing we WOUld have had to call on tin.. Ued i Cross to make Iikjuu h s through I Switzerland a to what had hap pen. to hnn." Jut at that time Lieut, Melaanei himself lumped QUI of an automobile (Continued o.i Ninth Page,) nn. mini n rim EI, m i i in, S sue. I'u. c i iwuikli K ' - is liJi I'm Xjl I t 'i:i I. .. ... ... I., , 'ls, Cl-i'X r..fii n.i ;.ij,- ... i ....-. n, laf i Lad.t"" wasa uo TOP' TO-NIGHT; BROOKLYN AVIATOR WHO SHOT DOWN FOE IN THRILLING BATTLE JA3 vk saei-o a KJCKi,. DIE IN BALLOON BLOW-UP. Two rritati-K Head and Tweatj Hurt nt Oatasia, OMAHA. Neb., May "-Two in. .li bers o' the itth Balloon Company were burned to death and twenty "th ere slightly burned laal night when a biu observation balloon exploded in Ita hangar on Florence Field! it wus o.'termini"! to-day. The dead are Private John B. Davta, At Concord, N II, and I'uvato Vin cent L Beaili Jessup, Md itn of the injuifd Is Private Willard M. Camp, New Vork City. Two other soldier were Injured uft'T tin- eX lini.in. Minn the arnbu- t fro Fori Omaha t.i l lnnncu Field collided nii snotl ON FLIGHT TO PITTSBURGH . II ii 1. e rreneh liniir lli,ei-t fe 1 III M I trm II o lino e, nDuasrn n t. i m.,v r;e,.rges I-laschara of t'- Pienoh Avis- t'.ull Cnrris, left ),': t' lay for Pitts burgh in u demonstration flight in a French Spud machine, large number of whleh s.s being purchased by this Oov - eminent, ii. wo flying by sompsst and expected to make to) miles an hour, arriving ther late t'; afternoon, nis i oMarreaeloual laalak lo i a, sallansta nr. off WABHINOTON May I Crestlon lu.1' a Congresalonsl CommUaion, with ilfty r!;' ,,vv members of the House and Twenty-flvi '"' Xanatora. in an to K it ios to Invttatbral,, I tin progress "i the i " i rotio rosolutlon offerel In the Housi H Representative Kelly ., pi a,. I III III I- Ml III nil. il In KHI Jul.ll'l UxliiSM ..,lu is i,.j itfsajph. adrei DRAFT CALL FOR 250.000 , TO-MORROW SETS IN MOTION BIG ARMY EXPANSION PLAN Baker Reveals Approximately 1,820,000 Are in the Ser vice Now. I WA8HINOTON, May 3. -America's greal army expansion jirogramme wag t In motion to-duy. The largeal single draft cull of tho war - lor approximately KO.ooo men w in be sent out by Provo t Marshal Qanaml Crowd' i- to-morrow, A special call lor 11,000 skilled inn'hanles Will be iue. to-night. Mobilisation orders (Or 1,000 moio artisans wero tele graphed to-day. AmeriCa'a lighting force on July 1 Will total ".300,000 men, 000,000 more than originally planned. Iii develop ing tins i.n I before tin House Mllt 4asw Committee to-day Secretary linker, den. Match and others rc voub d Bpproxlmab ly 1,110,000 men ale In the service now. Indicating that HK.nOO mori' will he culled to cump between now and June ao. Secretary Baker's estimates, as submitted to the Military Committee. total approximately $13.000,1100,000. bo said today, The principal Inoreaaes are in the Ordnance Bureau and the Quartermaster Qontcafi Department. The Secretary said the airplane progn mime had not met expectations, and blame 1 the 11111.1111111 on ovcr confldence of the (lovernment nnd lack of ability of contractors to ful- i nil tin ir contracta as speedily a 1 they had pnnnlsed. He said the Lib' city Motor a beginning to be 1 ro- auoed. m quantity and tnai it wa an uiuiu.iiiM' 1 succeaa, so much o timt ' Foreign Qovommenlg wanted to use It, He told ot the needs of various , bureaua, in the light of the knowledge it, obtained in Uurope, His trip, he said, opened his eye to the magni tude of oi" rations, The hearings will be reeumed Mon j day and the Committee plans to re I pnit lh,' bill to the House the last of 1 in xt weak. While Secretary llaker was dis cussing army expanaton, georetary Daniels and his chief aides were out lining the Navy's needs to the Bonatc N'aval Committee in connection with tin $i,it(000,000 n.ivai appropriation paaaed by the House. May movementa of troops to Mil the gap abroad will exceed the record f April, it eras stated offlolal- hu f.,-.t., Willi., Il 1'i.liiiiOirv ..n sursliip prevanta any extensive deal ing ill llgures, It may be said that the April murk sgoet dad original promises bv n, coMtdeyablo number f thouaanda, and thai whlla II did not r, u li tho high water mark the max imum ought to be In tight this month. Atnerlc in tr.,ops in e.urope snau oi well along toward the 1,000,000 mark I,, fur.- the year ends, if the prssonl aaheduli tare nt . red or extended, I Added British tonnage tar trot p t i isport is already in tho service nn l almost literu.Iy ev rythlng ,;"lt B1" ",J"t i " ' 1 if, . ,. Kgd supplies movement While i." specific recommendations for a change In agl limit have been 1 mbm It tell, the War Department is considering plans for raising the draft agi to forty years, Inclusive, Qen, Crow ler sould o I., i.i i timt ri gi-ti .i nt thirty -one to fi,rty a t . .till of iboul ii,"'11'.- lu i Idltion to the I uudi r the pros- This ,.f ! l w .ul. I slve Ann nr.: I nn a. R A A I hl fN H U 1 U ESULTS. Pave 2 I' M B I l i P,.. in -vJ LONG ISLAND R. R. WRECK TIES UP BROOKLYN TRAINS All Sfrvice Over Atlantic Avenue Division AlMfldonOXl No "..-n- Hon of Injuries in Larly Report, Hoth tracks of the Atlantic Avenue dlvlalon of tho dong taiand HaHraed were bloi ki'd Win n sn electric truln was de- rslled at 5 30 V. M. to-dny at Vender bill Avenue, llrooklyn. First reports did not mention Injury of any pawn ger. Wrecking crew were sent to the scene. There win be no tralas out or tha Iflatbnah lltllail ovrr the Atlantic Ave nue division thla afb moon, ai cording to the rallroud. Tleki-t will be hon ored at the I'ennaylvaiilu staUon In Manhsttun und at Nostrand Avenue, i'r oklyn, It wa ssld. GOVERNMENT TO CUT SIZE OFJIEWSPAPERS ChlinTUfl of W.ir Industries Board Will Create Commodity Sec tion rin Print Paper, WAMMMOTOM, May 2. The Oov ammant'O first step towanl re.luclns the lzu of the American newspaper will bu taken soon. 1 Chairman Darnell of tho War Indus. Miles Hoard gaagwinoad to-day that h. I will creato a i mninodlty seitlon 00 pgpor, to be headed by a leading pun- llaheri which win handle quastloni of print paper shortage and paper eon 1 aervatlon, Park ok baa t n In conference with i.i wspnper publishers this week, and It la said had their Informal approval or tn scheme. Hi- Is now looking for a man to head the paper section. Baruoh would not Indicate hi posi tion on the matter or reducing the six Of newspapers or elimination Ol Sunday i uppleaaenta, ASKS DELAY ON I. W. VV. HOT Weed Trlerili "iciiiile to iiid t Ulan-Walsh urn- CHICAOO, May I. Counsel fm tha ''.overnment in the trial of ti members of the industrial Workers of the world, charged with violating llu Baplanaga Act, to-day uetionad MUis Hilda gaary, PliVOAa Secretary t" William " ("Big Hill") Haywood, and Miss Bllaaheth ger v'.i e, stenographer at Oeaersl Head quartets, iiuwood and the seerotarlea of the vsrloua branches sent a telegram 10 the chairman of the Judiciary Com mittee of the s.-nnti . aeklna sn Inveatl. ntloa nt ins I W w before es-parte I'-glNlatlon, suoh as that purposed in the King-Walsh mil is passed by Congraas THIS SHIP ESCAPED U BOAT. Haveefardi Reported Terped I Ten Moatha two, Safe Part, AN ATLANTIC PORT, May I The h nisi lean llnsf Haverford. reoorted j-unlc ti n months sxo, was dl covered '."day uafelv i ns-oneed in a tirrth In i i in Juii Pi la.it tlo- Havt'i fi'i'l ' us otrl- isily listed on ped d, hut n hiu.ls ur looalton i ii given The ere ,,f tl vi-ssel anlved hen W.-dnesdny nighi. but It innnli. n . i- silent it is believed that the Haverford Was torpedoed while op her return trip from Bnxlsnd to t ii' s cuntiy Hu i helped to safety by another vessel The Haverford. built at Clyde Hank Scot- and, in l$01, has gross tonnage of .jjj-j. SHIP RUN BY ELECTRICITY. Ragllsh Hun. i i ran PeslgMed In Hit , e I UN I. LOMDON. May I, The il slsel cslly propelled mi ..-iiit slop sver btilll i Bnglsnd ,ii,i lha la gaat sleclrl ai si in the world is now undergoing Its nlahlnl touches at a British ililpya 1 ni si soon s'l.t on ii- f. yoyagf deslsne ; e ' i . no. -i i i..h grgo spats! I 'in ..- ISISS1 NEAR AMIENS find two kiddies I Ar I tK I HKtt UAYS slept in Hallway and Eleven Year - old Boy Rustled Money t See Thrillers, Michael Kerles, eleven, and Ills afster Pearl, right i.irs od, who have been missing fnnn their hmne, No, Ml Columbus Avenue, stnoe laal Tuaaday, were round tin afternoon I lu front t a movta theatr 1 Waal JOOd Street, eal of A m I i nla in Ae- nU(1 xht wero looking at tha throti I HKHS.EU siieet posters cnarhy I'haplln, oblivious to tho fact thsjt a score of detectives wen- looking for Ibem, und timt tho entile nelgbborl i was In n state of alarm The ohk f 1 ow 1 n w as ,,s to how t hi ,: I l i 'In wind to get Into ih" movie theatre, Michael had six pennies ind needed live more, 'rin , had been seen first bv Jimmy Caru, ell of No. Ill Wsgt 101st Hi i 1 t, ho a Ith bis '-hum, ... X. . . ... J "II II 11 I I I I I I I '.I ... Ill', IT ' ,, - lumbua Avenue and 11,1 I Street when t hi1 youngStei , i in' ' i i by. Jimmy got hla inothel t., k' p the ,. ., . (ni whlli he ind ' " ,k 1 gnt wnm i 'i. lobnny won) In 100th Htreel Po- ilea Station foi m m. II. re lurnod with "Cop Burton, who ked ), youngsters thell n n.n . Which i ., ., , were promptl) tlvon bi Michael, In n th.' puli , oi' ii tnld him t.i it ha had b. ii look ng for him for three days Michael opened his may ayss and said ihul he had been to thi ntOVle M , ..ml i. - llstel went to ii" i n station Instead, i kC-lltiUUvJ -u BSMIUttd I'ilgC ) ON MOVIE SPREE f . r-S .' - 1 PtARE KEPTTS5 'i - " Of 1 TO-NIGHT HEAVY FIGHTING IN REGION OF LYS TOM; VICTORIES FOR ALLIES ON WHOLE LINE French Forces Take Initiative and Deliver Telling Blow English Advance Strengthens Vital Spots Ready Now for Kaiser's Drive. BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE May 3. A tre mendous crescendo of gunfire has broken out this morning, the principal increase being apparently in the Lys region. Last night there was much bombing activity on both sides, the Entente airmen inflicting heavy casualties. The Australians carried out successful minor operation ml Villers-Bretonneux during the night, while the Canadians mopped up a strong post, taking seven prisoners and five machine funs. Further north the British rushed a machine gun emplace ment, clearing it tr-t and bringing in three survivors of the gar rison. PARIS, May 3. The French made an attack late yesterday on the front between Haillea and Castel, southeast of Amiens, and captured Hill 82 and the wood on the Avre River nearby, the) War Office announces. f Castel la about a mile and a quarter eouth of lfalllee, wbeie Aim rlcan ttOOBSJ mo fighting, on the west hank of the Avre Hlver. Tho hill Is an SmlaVSnOS of L'ji) feet. The ground thus galnd Is prob ably morn valuable than any other of equal ana which lies along th. rutin, Homme lino. It waa at (tallica that tho Dermans effected tlnli greatest penetration In tin Ir Amiens drive, and at Hill 13 thoy Wero within leas than three miles of the Important Paris-Amiens Railway, ; "In the region south of Villers-Bretonneux," says the state ment, "there was violent artillery firing by both of the combatants as well as fairly spirited infantry engagements near the monies ment, in the course of which the French troops gained soma ground. "South of the Avre the French late yesterday carried out local operation which met with perfect success. Our troops ate tacked the German positions between Hailles and Castel. We toosg possession of Hill 82 and the wood bordering on the Avre. The) number of prisoners taken exceeds 100, including four officers. "In the region of the Ailette the French repulsed a German raiding party. French reconnoitering detachments were active, especially in the Wocvre and in Lorraine, bringing back prise oners." LONDON, May 3. In the neighborhood of Villers-Bretotv rtrux, on the front before Amiens, the British gained the advan tage in local fighting during the , H i lie statement ioiiows: "Local fighting took place to our advantage last night in the neighborhood of Villers-Bretonneux. We carried out suc cessful raids south of Arras and cast of St. Venant, in the course of which ten prisoners and five machine guns were captured by our troops. "The artillery has been active on both sides during the night between Givenchy and the Forest de Nieppc, in the ncighburhood of Locre and south of Ypres." Inti n. e pi spallations for u rt nswal of the fighting on a grand si'sle are evidenced lo-dai Wuors the blow will fall I problematical, bu; the con- ii llltnry exports. thai ! will sgslnsl the Awerlcau and Brit forci defending; Unl n Largo numbers ! American divisions are ready to mi., action th. ro if Uw Oorguuii uttack. I n. ling m tha'' region, .'ii la betlcvi I Uou Perah- Mount ! Cats. Hcherpenbvrg aa ing's dlvls will bs segloualy eu- ; ,n a in ,. i Urns. II ml Kemmel being Intensely d ..I H in ind U I ige to the i v In Mount i. ., , ... . ., ul jl ts to luki night, the War Office announces. ' remali ler of tho high giuund held by the Allies. 1 1 1 1 :'s i. i H from British heud.iuarters lust night sayat ram which tho enemy at. tempted thla morning la IkS) PSl nborbood of Ilebuterno waa rtrjulitd KSxospt for the usual as-