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U.S.AND BERLIN IN WAR RACE.SAYS GEORGE
GERMAN TROOPS ON U. S. FRONT SHIFTED
ROCKEFELLER GIFT
F
Personalty Adds to Founda
tion's Subscription to Make.
It an Even $3,000,000.
BROOKLYN IS LAGGING.
Good Showing in Other Bor
oughs Many Activities
Planned for To-Dav.
" WASHINGTON, May 24.
Three-quarters of the hundred
million dollar second war fund of
tha Red Cross was found to have
been subscribed when totals were
made this morning at National
Headquarters. Optimism was felt
that there would be a large over
subscription before the drive ends.
The early total to-day was $74,-
. 69,825.
"With a erfnele donation of $3,000,000
bj tho ItockofoIIcr foundation the
largest yet tnado anywhere In tho
country Now Tork's total for tlio
Hod Cross Second War Fund drlvo
Up to : o clock this afternoon Jumped
to
This means that with two and ft
half nioro days of the drive this city
haa tu ralM hut fl.339.6C to reach
ltu twcnty-flvo million quota, und be
fore Jlonduy nlKht tho ur.ind total
of tho fund to alleviate the miseries
of a wur-rldilcn world will bo fur
nbovo that hum.
An tho lltf push for dollars Bwinjra
Into tin) llnal spurt each day's total
outdlHtanvc.i tho preceding day's by
a matter of millions. To-day's total
reckoned from 2 o'clock yesterday
to that hour to-day In J,303,7i8, tlio
highest mark of all the Individual
days so far.
Among tho bifr subscriptions re
ported to-dny were tho following:
General Hlcctrlc Company, JjOO.000:
Lackawanna Stcol Company, $100,000;
Mr. und Mrs. F. W. Vanderbllt, $100,
000; William Itockcfellcr, $100,000,
American Cur and Foundry Company,
$150,000; E. J. Ucrwind, $25,000; Inter
national Nickel Company, $100,000;
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Osborne (ad
ditional), $00,000; Goortre Khrct (addi
tional), $80,000; Rodman Wanamaker,
$12,600; employees of WanamaUcr
Company, $12,000; Metropolitan Llfo
Insuranco Company, $30,000; New
York Llfo Insurance Company, $30,
050: Union Trust fnmnn jm.ooo;
Hanover National Hank, $30,000; Cu
ban Cano Huirar Compjiny, $30,000;
employees of Liggett & Meyers, fK, 193
Tho Rockefeller Foundation gift Is
tlio third of a million or moro to romo
from Now York in tho course of thu
drive. On Monduy Mm. (ieorgo V,
Baker jr. wrote her check for
$1,000,000; yoBtcrilay tho Carnegie
Corporation Hiihsi'rllied another mill
ion. Several cheeks for half a million
havo been sent' In by hit so corpora
tions. It was John D. Rockefeller jr. who
Announced tho Foundation contribu
tion at tho dally luncheon of thu
teamn in the Chamber of t'oniuuive
Bulldlnc thin afternoon. His state
mont canto In due eoursa as each of
tho team captains aroso and reportixl
the nim of his team's collections dur
ing tho past twenty-four hourB. Mr.
Rockefeller, who Is captain of Team !
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1 Elsie Janis Keeps Up Song
at U. S. Camp in France as
German Plane Threatens
"Go Ahead!" Shout American
Soldiers While Anti-Aircraft
Guns Sputter.
WITH TUB AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Thursday. May 23 (As
sociated Press). Seldom has a tho
atrlcul entertainment been staged In
u more unusual setting than one given
this afternoon In a location which.
enabled several hundred hot and dirty
American soldiers just out of the
trenches to get back for an hour or
so to the atmosphere of Hroadway.
An open-air prize ring was tho stage.
I Airplanes purred overhead and tho
booming of the guns on the front was
plainly heard.
' Tho ring, located nt a crossroad on
a hill from which the Ocnnun bor
derland oposlte the Toul sector can
easily be seen. Is constructed of rough
lumber and roped In after the. con
ventional style. On it of an evening
some of the rnorgctlc youngsters of
tho American Army whllo away the
hours of rest between trench tours by
putting on the gloves nn knocking
each other around.
Tho performer who to-day trod tho
hoards of this unla.ua stago was Miss
Klxlo Janls, now on a visit to the
front to glvo entertainments for tho
lighters. Sho told stories, sang new
songs nnd danced, and for the moat,
part appeared unconcerned over tho
unusual conditions surrounding the
performance. Once, when a Gorman
nlrplanu soared In tho sky not so very
far away and tho American anti
aircraft guns began bursting shrap
nel around it, tho performance
stopped for a moment whljo Mi.a
Janlii looked up and asked If there
was any ohance of her being klltod,
because sho didn't want to be, as sho
had work to do tho next day.
Tho assembled doughboys, thick"' on
the ground arcuud tho stago and
perched on the housetops everywhere
within hearing and seeing distance,
yelled In chorus: "No, keep on."
Cheers nnd npplauso were very fre
quent during tho show, and tho
shouting on occasions could bo heard
a mile away.
At tlie. conclusion Miss Janls offered
to show the men the new danco stops,
and several nccepted, Including one
"mo skinner," who created much
amusement by his eccentricities.
Tho music for the performance was
furnished by a V. M. C. A. secretary
on the remnant of an old plnno.
Miss JanU will remain In the vicin
ity of tho Toul front for two days, en
tcrtulning at various rest camps.
PLANNING A GOAL SUPPLY
FOR POOR NEXT WINTER
City Will Provide Storage Facilities
for Cellar Dealws lo Carry
1 50,000 Tons in Reserve.
A plan to prevent a repetition of the
winter coal famine In Now York Cl!v
v.'ns discussed to-dnv nt a ronfiToneo
railed bv Mayor Hvlan. Chitlrmin
Oeorgn W. Loft of tlie Mnror'a Commit
tee on N'utlonnl Defense, Cltv Chamber-
lain Jolinnon. I'ubllc Maikt ComrnU
hlrner Day and Huoei'Vlsor III nil v of the
Cltv Ileconl Httcnileil.
It I estimated that the aiipplv neeijeil
bv eo.il ilenlers In th tenement dlMrlr's
rinriiiK tho twel roldeHt weeks will lie
3UO.0UO toiiB. or 25,000 toni n week. It
Is neeeismv that these dealer Hhoiilil
have ii .'0 per rent, reserve, or nlmtit
130.000 tons. They will ha reuiientej to
frtta t.l l h that re.ien ti liitween now an I
net : nier. V.'Iimd nc'eMnrv the eitv
will (In I Mor 'ire ruirii fur (lie dealers.
Tin- Ivi' anil orl'f yii'ie ,if 1(i(ii,,ij
till' (liner mvilii.i . f ihe c ty a lel it a I -1
Mipplel .orfl p'.at n i iim.
kilcre. Il iij.nte.l owi in.,t u,
' rxf uue to fhci.HBf of cojI cn foul,
.nil, 'j-1 pmeme.l bee.t,i of tlm nmrHl
effeu mien ili.lii.UaiKt uuull hao la
cnamy csunultt.
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Military Committee Limits Ad
dition While House Body
Removes Restrictions.
WASHINGTON-. May IM.-Tho Sen
ato Military Commltteo to-day un
animously went on lecord in favor
of large expansion of tlio American
Army. It ordered a favorahli, rcjiort
on a resolution hy Senator Itccd of
Misourl, dcclarinB for an Increase of
3,000,000 men.
In taklnc this action thu Commltteo
went on record aji favoring Hxlne
definitely the amount of tho JncreaHe.
Hy tho resolution "tho President la
authorlzoil in hla discretion and at
such time ns ho may dotermlno to
ralso and hesin tho training of an
additional force of 3,000,000 men," who
are "to ho called for training at such
tlmea nnd In sueli numbers as tho
President may direct."
The House Militar) Commltteo al
ready has added to tlio Army Illll an
AdmlnlHtratlon provUlnn giving un.
llmltoil authority to tho President f
raise an army of whatever slzo t
needed.
It uin wifely be predlcteil that the
draft ago will hoon b" r.ilK'd lo forty or
forty-live year., with a provision for
dlstrlhutlng tho new rous.cilptiiuniong
tho useful ;iiiluitne.i.
In addition t" the p aiis of I'rovuMt
Marshal (leneral t'rowiler that all
men of draft ago inuit ensago in i
war-helping lvorli or fish!, u ? un. 1
drstood I'rehldent Wilson, In a fmv .
day, will maho n lurm.ll nppeiil to I
tho l!ovcrnorn of all thn StuteH to1
enact ineahiireH ..inu.iir to tlm untl- !
loHlliig Ihwh of New orl,. Miiiylund '
and Noi Ji'rn, rompi ll,ng nil p--r.
b'Hii between "rfli" f 11 and Ilfty to tn
gugc fn tifrfu: i inpln) tn"tt.
Tlliis older idl'.". H well as all :
draft aao. no. In xeiwr cr in koiiiu
hhuiiiiiI pii'j !oj 'iicnt, uro to b.j
loiindej up to .luj ri crii.liln ihe
encinj, cIUki Ly fljlilinu 01 bj woil,. 1
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SENATORS DECLARE
FOR ARMY INCREAS
OE 3,000.000 MEN
LLOYD GEORGE ANNOUNCES
II BOWS NO LONGER A PERIL
SUNK EASIER THAN BUILT
llies Now Turning Out Ships
Faster Than Germany
Can Destroy Them.
NO FEAR OF BIG DRIVfi.
Confidence Shown Every
where on Eve of Offensive,
Says British Premier.
KDI.VntritGIf, May :t. "Tho sub
marine Is still a menace, hut Ih no
longer a reril; it In still formidable
for Inflicting Injury, but It cannot
caiihc the winning or losing of the
war."
Premier Lloyd Cleorge thm numnitd
up the submarlno situation to-day
in a Hpecch at tho City Hall, accept
ing tho freedom of thu city.
Tho Premier declared that tho Allies
aro building ships faster than tho
submarines can sink them and, at
tho samo time, tlm Allied navies nre
sinking siibinarinej faster than Ger
many run build them. Uo snld that
an Admiralty report showed that
during April 11 record In destruction
of submarlnea was established, whllo
in tho samo month tho output of
shipping exceeded losses for the first
timo slneo unroatnetcd submarine
warfaro began.
"The next fw weeks will bs
race between Hlndenburri and
Wilson," said the Premier. "Tho
Germans aro straininji every
muscle to reach their noal before
America's help is available."
"Gen. Koch Is one tho most brill
iant strategist) of tlio age. Ho is a
man of dynamic enerr- and ptofound
knowledge and experience, command
ing tho lespci't, admiration, conlldenco
nnd affection of all allied soldier.
"We tried repeatedly to achieve
unity of command. It is now ac
complished. It is really incredi
ble that we were compelled to
finht months every inch of the
way for this unity which ht
added miahtily to our fighting
strength."
Lloyd Gcorgo said that America'
entrance into tho war haH not yet
equalized Hussla'a collapse. Ameri
ca's accession, ho said, has given the
Allies only about a fifth of tho num
ber of men that Germany was ahlo
to add to her armies through with-
di.iwals fr"i 'ho eastern front.
"Hut on thu ovo of tho great Gor
man nltiudc, thoso best ncqualntul
with th prospects aro tho most con
fident of tho result," ho declared.
"In 1'JIO W" doubled the produi'tlon
of ships. In 1918 no liopo to trebln 01
(liiadtrublo It."
Tlio Pii'inler paid tribute, to the
skill, Ingenuity, rcsouivefulnesi und
"Invlni'lblo wilor" of tho naval and
merchant sailors, who Imva overtome
tho' submarine, dltllcultics.
Lloyd George Mild tlio Allied pullm'
had pursued tho submarines relent
l"Shl), day and night, until "the pest'
bun at Inst been conquered." They
have iilnu harried the submarines'
nests, ho Kald, of hloh two- Oste.id
and '.eebriiBtfo had beun blocked. '
"Thin is no tuna to organize cam- !
palgiiN to linrus the nun h-Iij are I
in charge of tho dunUnlen of natloiu. 1
Tin re uilght i lie u trilco In sU'b!
-111111:111. 111. at IciiKt until the offen-1
Hive 1-, un 1 .
"I mil honiHtlv 1 '(.. 1 the li.it-'
Ivli i;iiLninn)t hli liealeelt'd no pus
Jtllll" lliea.lt ul ueiHTIuilliu? wh'lli"r
tlll-l'H IH .Hl IlU.lor.lOlu lllltl"! I'tl'lll
Hie nm.
"i iir- . .1 1 ,i I, r ii r-ui'.i-'
t'Jatumucd oa Ulsbth i'ass,)
LIGHT BROWNING RIFLES .
SENT TO TROOPS ABROAD
Supplies Produced" for Four and a!
Half Divisions Some Heavy )
(iuns Distributed.
WASHINGTON, yy 24. - Oversells!
snipment or a considerable number of
llRht Browning rifles has been started,
the War Departnint announced to-dav.
Cnough of thete light machine gum
have been produrert to supply four and
one-half army Hlvlilomi, mid one-half
of tlievc are being sent abroid und tho
other half to army divisions in this
country.
The heavy type aum are now being
manufactured. The Liberty Dlvl.ilon of
Camp Meade get the first completo eon
M.nmeiit of tlm heavy typo, ha! of
which havo alrradv arrived there. Oth
er camps and cantonments uro receiv
ing a few for Instruction purposes and
some heavy Urownlngs havo bieu
ohlpped for overseas truliilng.
ZEPPELIN BROUGHT
DOWN IN THE NORTH SEA
Crew of the German Dirigible Re
ported Rescued by a British
Destroyer.
t'OPUNIIAtlUN'. May It .-Pisliermsn
rnport that a Zeppelin was lironxlit
down In tho North Sea ami that a
llrltlsh destroyer rescued the crew.
FINED $25 FOR INSULTING
RED CROSS FUND WORKER
Government Chemist Accused by
Woman Saved From Work
house by I lb Position.
man describing hlnuself .11 Ilrnesi
Wolf, forty-nine, of No. :;t0 West Both
fjtroet, a Government chemist was fined
Ki by Magistrate Ite.ity In West Hide
Court to-day on a chnrgo of disorderly
conduct picferred by Mm. Itubv H.
I.ewls of No. 310 West fcOth Street, a
Hcd Cross worker.
The woman charged that on May 21,
while sho was gathering Ited Crona funds
In the lobby of Ihe Ansonla hotel. Wolf,
who entorod the hotel with his wife,
ssld to her. "l'ou need not recognize
me; you reported mo ns a spy and you
nre a dirty rotten llnr " Wolf denied
the charge.
In Imposing the fine Mug.strnto Ilealy
mid. "These women must bo protected
nnd I will protect them. Only for otir
position I uould Impose a us months'
orkhouse suntvnRH upon you "
SIXTH U. S, ENGINEERS
HELPED BRITISH HALT FOE
Members ot Companies li and D
Identified Through Decora
tion of Col. Hodges
WASHINGTON .Maj -'! - Kix.nner
units Ahieli Here In uetlun viitli too llrlt
Ikti ,run ug.un.t tlie (lurnuns lietneen
M.ir- Ii :t und April 3 mire I'ernpan.vi
It un I Ii. Slvlli United Htaiei KiiKlueem.
col. Jonn N. HodKos, conimanilltig, thn
War Depntinint to. lay announeed. rol.
Itni'gos hn been awarded the Ilrltlsli
IJ Mtlngulslied Servleo Ordur Ir ieeUlnl
uon of Ids Htrvkes.
-eiimor iiri,,e I'riiinol Ion
of ,
vliireli 11111I llllo,
W .:ilI.NHTl).V. Mnv !l - 'Me Si n.ue
Mllit.uv 1 'oiiinilttee to-uai- mJered fii
ior.il)h lenorleil tlie r.oniiniilloii ft'
M.i 1 11 li'-h I'evton C. Mi 1 eh Ai tn
r i.e' of Stuff, proinotln: hhn to the
1 ii K .ir .1 f.ni i;..ni .-.1 1 ni,d c I , 1 of ;
1'usner II Illimi. I'hlef of tHalf. tu be
(icntrsl by brevet.
.WHOLE GERMAN DIVISION
1 MUTINIES ON EAST FRONT;
j 60 SHOT, 1,000 IMPRISONED
Troops at Dviusk, Russia, Revolt at
Order Transferring Them et 1
and Against the War. 1
WASIIINOTON. .May II. '
Mutiny has broken out
among (lernian soldiers .
In thn Hast, according to Klate
Delk'irtment niessngon to-day. A
Itusslan wireless tnessiign dated
May 1!) said a Clcnuan division at
Dvlnsk' revolted on tho l"th when
ordered to leavo for the West
front.
Sixty soldiers weiii shot and
morn than 1.000 put In prison to
nwait court martial.
Other (ierman troops mndo
donionstrutlons against the action
of tho (Ierman commanders. Tho
VX.x Infnr. y Kcglment at Wescn
hi:rg and oth- iMian regli..ents
organized meetings tu protest
against tho continuance, of tho
war.
A seritvi of complaints tiMilttflt
tlio action of the Ciernian iiuthori
tlcs In varloua plaren In llussla,
transmitted hy tho Moscow tiov
eminent to Ilnrlln, as'outllmil In
thn kdme dopatclies, ileclaru that
Hi-mcd Oerr. : merehant vessels
had been wnt to bombard lllack
Hea towns, that ;1UimImii ll'hlng
boats had' been punk and that a.
Itusslan steamer carrying passen
gers h.-..l boi n turpedoud liy a
(Ierman inibmarine In Wulda Hay.
Ono complaint an Id a boipltal
thlp had been attacked by Oer
man submarinea in the lllack
Sea.
Only One of Thirty German
Planes Reached City in
Latest Raid.
PAHIS. Thursday. M.iv .'3. -An
American Ic.idrlte, composed of
aviators chonen from among tlio heat
American plloln, In tho futuro will
help to defend Parln ngalnat enemy
air raids.
Offer of this help was mado apon
talneoiiHly by tho chief of thu Amer
ican Aviation Service and accepted
by tho Krench Government through
M. Dumcanll, .MlnlHter of Aviation.
An ofllclal announcement nijm tho
American offer win rondo lifter 11
Oerman olr raid noni timo ago. It
was proponed to orgauuo ,111 Ainuil
can Kscadrlllo nupeclallv iliitalleil to
defend tho rreneh r.ipltal. Kiiial nr
langnmenta ivero ronrliided to-day.
Of tho thirty Gorman alrplaneo
tthloh partlelp.-itcd in tho nei ond raid
on Parln Wediiet-ilay night, only one
reached thn city. t, rfii'tve the
dnfenso by tho llftj-fuur airplanes
vhlch oppoHed IIh tii.
Ono of tho bomhi drofiped In tin
outHhlrtH of Paris dining last nlght'
attack hilled six uieiiilmu of a family
recently repatriated lliri'iitih .SIUor
lamL Tell other per'ioim wero 1 11J u r I.
Tho other boiulei nhlcli were
droppeil In thu suhurlM fell on farm
lands, causing but flight damage.
Tho Ik-'liu do I'urli u.inm tienminy
tliat thn llrltlsh aro In ginning to
carry out a cart fully conceived air
offensive, and that "I'ianco'.s turn
will como boon."
a srt.i:.Mini m,ii 1 iiimi
Miu-niiirirH A, Id I In.-. i I
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Suin'ier tieii A .pn.. I J t . . . I , i.,
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rnr. miiti.ii thki. nt iu:i'.
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AMERICAN AERIA
SQUADRON HELPS
TO DEFEND PARIS
BAVARIAN RESERVE ARMY
TAKES PLACE
; ON U. S. FRONT NEAR TOUL
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IHaig's Lines in Flanders and West
1 of Lens Under Cannon and Gas
! Attacks Raids by French and
British.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Thuwday,
Mny 23 (Aaociitcd Press). German troops which faced the
Americans along the Toul sector for several weeks have been with
drawn and sent to the battle area of northern France. They have
been replaced by the Eighth Bavarian Reserves.
The following statement concerning operations at Hie front was
issued to-night:
"Tho du tun hfi'ii uuli't on sill I'ulnts (Jreupjed J,j yur troops.'
flie inactivity on Hie Toul sector was marked, Hie Germans firing
only thirly-live .shells on the American lines along Hie entire (rout. No
Ciernian airplanes were out and a falling barometer curtailed aerial activity.
BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS
IN TWO RAIDS ON TRENCHES
Opening of German Offensive Still Delayed,
Although Their Divisions Are Reorganized.
BRITISH REPORTI
LONDON, Shy 21. nombarJnicnl ot various Hritis.li sectors an.l
continueil raiding operations Were reported" by Held Marshal 11.1, to-day.
The text of the report follows:
"As a result of a raid carried out by tlie enemy yesterday
north of Hill 7o (north of Lens) a few of our men are missing,
iiarly last night the enemy attempted another raid on one of our
positions in Aveluy Wood, but it was driven off. .
"W'c carried out a successful raid shortly after midnight
southwest of La Dassee, and captured a few prisoners. A few
prisoners were secured by us in a patrol encounter north of tlie
Yprcs-Comines Canal.
"The hostile artillery was active last night west of Lens and
in the neighborhood of Givcncliy and F;estubert. Our positions
in the Forest of Nieppe section were bombarded with gas shells."
Three American airplanes were brought down Wednesday on the
Lys battlefield, tlie German War Office declared in its night official state
ment. iThlH Is accopted as Indication that American atlatora aro In
considerable fort:" oa the t'laud-.T-j PHi'Wmnt. M dipt. Hlddl nur
rmvly ccapeil death when his piano was forced down eUst of Vprcs a
fnw days ago.)
The llerlin communique also reported the repulse of l-'rench attacks
along tlie west bank of the Avre, southeast of Amiens.
Although fne shattered German divisions have been reconstructed
and rehearsed in the mles they are to play in the new attack upon the
l-ranco-Urilish-Anicrican lines in Flanders and I 'icardy there has been
110 attack.
Military experts are unable to solve the mystery in the delay, for
every day adds to tlie strength and effectiveness of tlie Allied reiistarrce.
The weather is ideal for an attacking torce yet the Germans do not
attack.
Hut one logical explanation has been offered, and tiiat is that the
1-iitente tl)m have literally "blinded" tlie German aereal scouts and
prevented the German high command from learning absolutely anything
about the newest dispositions of the Allied troops.
OFFICIAL FIIKXC1I liKPOKT.
I'AKIS, May l-'reuch troops last niirht carrie, out raids along
bCer.il p.nh ol the trout, notably southeast of Cuucy, on the Aisne front,
in the Champagne, and in the Vusgea, in which prisoners were taken, to
day's ar Office reprt stales. German raids attempted to the west of
Noum, un tl-.w' m.iin battlefront, and southeast of iesuiI-St. Georges,
were tailurcs.
I here was intermittent shelling at seeral points on the front.
OF GERMANS