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The Great War?1391st Day
the first to meet with destruction by a
.'-boat. She was sunk on Oct. 17 last
when returning to thi* country from
Europe, and seventy lives were lost.
The second was the Tuscania. which
was sent to the bottom off the North of
Ireland on February 6, when one hun?
dred and one soldiers io. t their lives.
The onh- other serious attack known
to have been made on American trans?
ports occurred last June, when ves. els
carrying some of the first expedition?
ary units, under a convoy commanded
bv' Roar Admiral Cleaves, narrowly es
caped disaster in the mid-Atlantic. ,
Irish Steamship
Sunk by U-Boat,
37 Believed Lost
QU?ENSTOWN, May 24.?The Cork
steamer InmscarTa, bound from Fish
guard to Cork, has been torpedoed and i
?unk. Thirty-seven members of the
crew arc ir.?ssing and are supposed to
have been lost.
The commander of the submarine
which sank the liir.iscarra handed the
ship's steward two letters addressed to
David Lloyd George, the British Prime
Minister, with instructions to post
them when he reached shore. The
kteward, however, turned them over to ;
the authorities. The steward was one
ci five survivors out of a total comple?
ment of forty-two men on board the
Inniscarra.
After torpedoing the Inniscarra the
submarine came up alongside a boat ;
with survivors in it and took several
"f them, including the steward, ?board
in an effort to learn if the Inniscarra's
captain was among their.. It was de- |
sired to make the captain a prisoner.
Although the C?ptai.'i was among the
survivors his identity was concealed.
Five aurvivors of the disaster have
been landed. They are the captain, the
chief officer, one steward and two
sailors.
The Inniscarra was struck amidships.
She listed immediately and foundered
in four minutes.
The Inniscarra was a vessel of 1.412
tons. She was built in 1003 and be?
longed to the City of Cork Steam
Tacket Company.
Elsie Janis Takes
Breath of Broadway
To Men at Front
iBy The Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IX
FRANCE. Thursday, May 23.?Seldom I
ha? a theatrical entertainment been |
Btaged in a more unusual setting than
one given this*afternoon in a location !
which enabled several hundred hot and i
dirty American troopers just out of the
trenches to get back for an hour or so
to the atmosphere of Broadway. An :
t pen-air prize ring was the stage. Air?
planes purred overhead and the boom- !
ing of the guns on the front was j
plainly heard. From the ring, at a
crossroad on a hill, the German bor-:
r.erlund opposite the Toul sector could ;
be plainly seem. I
The performer was Miss-Elsie Janis. |
She told stories, sang new songs and !
danced and for the most part appeared ;
unconcerned over the unusual' condi- i
lions surrounding the performance, j
Once, however, when a German air- j
plane soared in the sky not so very far '
?iway and the American anti-aircraft
guns began bursting shrapnel around
it the performance stopped for a mo- !
nient while Miss Janis looked up and
asked if there was any chance of her
being killed, because she didn't want
to be, as she had work to do to-mor
low.
The assembled doughboys, thick on
the ground around the stage and
Torched on the housetops everywhere
within hearing and seeing distances,
yelled in chorus, "No, keep on!"
At the conclusion Miss Janis offered
to show the men the new dance steps
arid several accepted, including one
"mule skinner." who created much
amusement. The music was furnished
by a Y, M. C. A. secretary on the rem?
nant of an old piano.
Miss Janis planned to remain in the
vicinity of the Toul front for two days,
entertaining at various rest camps.
U. S. Soldiers
In Italy Soon,
Says Baker
(fontinn*el from I-"l-_.t Vuge)
: ocicty. who walked on the stage in
company with Mr. Baker, struck a
(hord of response when he said, "We
do not want anything done that sound
military advice would oppose, but I)
??hould express the hope, which I know
is shared by the people of Italy, that
: ome day in the not far off future
American soldiers shall tread the soil
of Italy; bearing our banners with
ihcirs."
Mr. Baker had prepared his speech
!?efore leaving Washington, but on
learning, after his arrival in Xew York,
of the sinking of the transport Mol
eiavia he referred to the difficulty
which beset the sending of American
troops to Europe.
"The American army must travel
three thousand miles across the sea,'
he said. "It has to court dangers
which arc peculiar to this war. Even
to-night 1 learn that a transport carry?
ing soldiers has been lost, but I am
happy to' tell you with but slight los?
of life. As yet, I don't know how
great, hut it is sukl to be slight. And
that message called very vivielly to my
mind the picture of that submarine-in?
fested sea as the American sailor and
the American soldier must face it."
Contjucring the U-Boat
Rut, Mr. Baker declared, the sub?
marine is becoming less a menace. "It
?Ils me with happiness." he said, "to be
?.ble to say with confidence and assur?
ance that the submarine is growing less
and less a peril of the deep; that we
I ire mastering that viper by the ingenu?
ity of our sailors."
Mr. Baker continued'
United States to Send Soldiers
"Already there are in Italy as rep?
resentative of America, Red Cros?
activities and Y. M. ('. A. activities
and a substantial number of American
men and women are cementing the
bond between the two peoples bj
these helpful and humane agencies
The American government has estab
lished there a dignified military mis
.ion, and a careful study is being
made of Italian methods of warfare.
"We have already sent to Italy s
large number of medical units witl
doctors and nurses and equipment, am
the time undoubtedly is not far dis
tant when American soldiers wi|
take their places with British an?
French so'diers on the Italian front
thus making of the army on the Hal
:an front a composite unit evidencini
the community of feeling and unity o
effort which is characterizing the ac
tivities of the great civilized allie?
powers on the front in France. W
are making common cause to a com
mon end, and the blessings of tfli
victory will be a benefit not to on
nation or to one people, but to al
nations and to all peoples who, lov
ing liberty, are-willing to make greo
sacrifices for it and who, having wo:
it, have no selfish wiJlingness to with
hold it from others."
President Wilson, in a mossag? whici
Military Comment
By William L. McPherson
THE clement of surprise has figured largely in nearly every major
operation of this war in which a striking initial success has been
achieved. Von Moltke's invasion of France by way of Belgium
was a surprise. It compelled .loffre to improvise a new plan of defence.
That required delicate readjustments. Meanwhile the Germans swept on
past Paris to the Marne. The German defeat at the Marne was due, also,
to a surprise?the creation of the army of Maunoury, which appeared
suddenly out of Paris on ven Kluck's flank and rear. The second surprise
checkmated the first.
Ma^kcnsen's attack at Dunajec was a bolt out of the blue to the Rus?
sians, who had been laboriously engaged, further east, in fighting their
way down the southern slopes of the Carpathians into the plain of Hun?
gary. They could not hold their lines intact against Mackensen's vastly
Superior weight in artillery and the deadly follow-up thrust of his in?
fantry. He had introduced a mechanical collaboration between artillery
and infantry which proved novel and irresistible. He applied the same
system ?n Serbia later in 1915. There, according to Alexander F. K.
Roda-Roda, the brilliant Viennese man of letters and war correspondent,
who went through the campaign, the artillery worked through one-half
ami the infantry th.ough the other half of a sort of unionized eight-hour
labor day.
~he attack on Verdun was also a complete surprise. War critics
are still puzzled to understand why Germany expended so much energy
trying to reduce an ancient fortress of such limited strategical value, at
a point so close to her own border. But because the Germans struck an
unexpected blow there, they came within a shave of a highly dramatic
victory.
It was the same thing in Rumania. Mackensen quietly gathered to?
gether an army in Bulgaria, overran the Dobrudja and crossed the Danube
into Wallachia, while the main Rumanian armies were on a wild-goose
chase into Transylvania. He completely outwitted the Rumanian Gen?
eral Staff.
Similarly, on the Isonzo, Cadorna was caught napping by a success?
ful attack directed at his flank and rear. The Italian disaster was the
more irreparable because the bulk of Cadorna's army had bteen drawn
into a perilous pocket at the extreme eastern end of the Italian line.
Hindenburg's present offensive on the Western front was not sprung
in the dark. Never before had a great operation been so openly adver?
tised. It, succeeded in spite of that fact because of a certain laxity of
preparation or some imperfect functioning on a part of the British front.
Yet the extent of the German effort and some of its tactical methods
were in the nature of surprises. So was its objective. For, apparently,
the French, from the^disposition of their reserves, were counting on an
irruption in the direction of Rheims.
In the next phase of Hindenburg's offensive the element of surprise
ought to be nearly negligible. The two main German objectives have
been disclosed to view?Amiens in the south and the Channel ports in
the north. The Allies have now had a very large experience with the
new tactical methods of the German "Eastern school." Foch is prepared
to deal with the storming formations which von Hutier invented at Riga
and which have ueen rehearsed with such painstaking accuracy behind
the German lines in the West.
This time Germany's cards seem to be all on the table. If the new
offensive makes headway it will be through its own inherent driving
power?i power which, in the initial phases of any offensive, the defence,
under modern conditions of warfare, is always pretty hard put to offset.
was read by Mr. Hughts. hoped for and !
prophesied that American troops would |
bo sent to the Ital!-.n front. Mr. '?
Hughes, too, in his speech eleclared the I
American people hoped the day would j
come when American soldiers would i
tread the soil of Italy to bear their
greeting.
The President's letter follows:
The President's Letter
"My Dear Mr. Hughes: Will you ?
not convey to those assembled em '
the twenty-fourth of May ?this ex- i
pression of my regret that I cannot :
be present in order to expr?s., in ?
person my feeling of admiration for j
the great* Italian people who ere en?
gaged with us in the great struggle
now going forward for securing the
fights of free men? The friendship j
of America for Italy has always been !
deep and cordial. We have welcomed S
to this country with a genuine wel?
come millions of Italians who have :
added their labor and genius to the |
richness of American life, and thi_i ;
new association with the Italian peo- i
pie in a struggle which has ^iven to ?
men everywhere the sense cf ccm
munity of interest and comradeship
of right more intenselv than th.y
ever had it before, will serve to i
. trengthen that friendship still more [
and crown the many happy recollec?
tions of the association of vh'? two- ;
countries in thought and feeling. |
"I am sure that I express the
sentiment of the whole ?country when
1 thus express my admiration for
Italy and my hope that increasingly,
in the elays to come, we i__v be
enabled to prove our friendship in
every substantial way."
Hughes Praises Italian Soldiers.
Mr. Hughes praised the bravery ?of
the Italian army and declared that the
debt of the Allies to her could not be
over-estimated. Referring to the or?
ganization he heads, he said:
"The Italy-America Society is
formed to foster the friendship be?
tween the two peoples, to promote a
better understanding of what Italy
lias achieved, to strengthen the bonds
which unite us in our common
struggle for our common security.
We wish, by voicing the sentiment of
the American people, to give the lie
to German propagandists. We wish
to testify to our grateful apprecia?
tion of the sacrifices and heroism of
our brothers in arms. We hope the
day will come when American sol?
diers will tread the soil of Italy to
hear our greetings. We are looking
forward to cooperation in peace as
well as in war, by combination of
>ffort with unity of purpo&e for the
j benefit of mankind.
"France, Great Britain, Italy and
; the United States, fighting unitedly,
determinedly, and without stopping
i short of complete victory, will se
j cure the future of civilization."
Tribute to Red Cross
Count V. Macchi di Gellere, the Ital
: ia:i Ambassador, who followed Judge
I Hughes, paid high tribute to the Red
| Cross for what it has done in Italy.
; He said in part:
"And we like to think of the as
j sistance which our own Italian Red
i Cress, soon after its establishment
I in the early sixties, offered to the
J United States, then engaged in the
Civil War; a courtesy which is re?
turned to us to-day with touching
generosity by the American Red
('ross on the common battlefields.
j "Three years ago a nation that had
; been waiting for its hour to strike
I rose as one man from the Alps to
j Sicily, from her eastern to her west
i em sea, to vindicate the rights that
i were being trampled upon and to
I claim her unredeemed brothers, who
j were crying for help. Victory smiled
for three years on our army, which
J was renewing the deeds of valor of
I ancient Rome. Then the enemy, con
| centrating treason and violence in
i the offensive on our front, brought
| upon us a reverse, though not a de
i feat. The army an.d nation rallied
j soon after the blow.
"The army and the nation united
I to-day in a real spirit of sacrifice
j take up once more the heritage of
: nation:?! feeling in the solemn proni
; ise never to lay down their sword
while a bit of Italy remains enslaved,
or until the Motherland be made
one from, the Alps to the sea, in pol?
itical unity as well as in unity of
heart, langaugc and feeling, within
the boundaries that nature has as
j signed to her and the sacrifice of her
sons has consecrated.
"We are giving to-day of our heart
and our blood wherever the soldiers
of Italy are called upon to cooperate I
in the liberation of a threatened ?
world. We rejoice in being hailed by ;
you as fellow workers in this work !
for civilization and fellow fighters
in the fight for which our common
battles are being waged and our com- \
mon victories must be won."
Mr. Hughes read this telegram from !
Secretary of State __unsing:
"On the occasion of your celebration
of Italy's entering into the war, I wj sh
to join with millions of our country?
men in appreciation of the armies of
Italy and the great service rendered by
the Italian people in the cause of lib
erty."
Among those who attended the cele?
bration were George F. Baker, jr.. Ed?
mund L. Bayiies, William Fellowes
Morgan, Cornelius N. Bliss, jr., Thomas
W. Lamont, J. P. Morgan. Henry Clews,
Francis Crowninshiolel, Mrs. Robert F.
Huntington, Mrs. Hamilton Holt, Mrs.
August Bclmont, Mrs. Nicholas Murray
Butler, Mrs. Orme Wilson, Mrs. Ogden
Goelet, Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, jr.,
Mrs. William D. Sloane. Mrs. Marshall
Field. Mrs. Edward M. House, Mrs. My?
ron T. Herrick, Mrs. Robert Bacon,
Mrs. Dana Gibson, Lady Muriel P?get,
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, Mrs. Law?
rence Keene, Mrs. John Magee, Mrs. E.
H. Harriman. Mrs. Douglas Robinson,
Mrs. Henry P. Davison, Mrs. Riccardo
Bertclli, Mrs. Emanuele Gerli, Mrs.
Stefano Berizzi and Mrs. Joseph di
Giorgio, Princess Eugene Ruspoli.
Senate Committee
Favors Bigger Army
i_
| WASHINGTON, May 24_^-The Sen
? ate Miytary Committee ' to-day
unanimously ordered a favorable re?
port on a resolution by Senator Reed,
of Missouri, declaring for an increase
of 3,000,000 men for the army.
"The President is authorized in his
discretion and at suen time as he may
determine to raise and begin the
training of an additional force ?f
3,000,000 men" who are "to be called
for training at such times and in such
-?? numbers as the President may di
! rect."
Senator Reed probably will report
the bilL next Monday.
The House Military Committee al?
ready has added to the army bill a
provision giving authority to the
President to raise an army of what?
ever size is needed.
I Drives 5,804 Rivets in
! 9 Hours, a New Record j
LONDON, May 24.?A new riveting
! record for the United Kingdom was
i made yesterday at Barrow by William
I Moses, an employe of Vickers, Limited.
?Using a 28i??-pound riveting ?hammer
on tiring beams for 9.2-inch howitzers,
! Moses drove 5,804 rivets in nine hours.
The rivets were of two kinds, counter?
sunk and snaphead, and the tools em?
ployed had been in use for twelve
months.
Moses made a slow beginning, owing
to defective heating arrangement, and
at noon, which was naif Arne, the score
stood at 2,620. At 1 o'clock it was
3,285.
Mr. Mackenzie, one of the directors
of Vickers, had offered $125 if 5,000
rivets were driven, $50 if Moses beat
I the mark of 4,422 made by Thomas De
| vine'on the Clyde last week and $25 if
l Devinc's mark was equalled.
When time was called Moses wiped
the sweat from his brow and jumped
down from the platform amid the en?
thusiastic cheers of thousands of fellow
workers. The Mayor of Barrow, who
had been an interested onlooker
stepped forward fend warmly congratu?
lated Moses upon his achievement.
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FOR INDIGESTION
Kaiser's Last
Hope Is to Gain
Channel Ports
Real Objective of Drive Is
to Give U-Boats New
Chance
Clamor for Decision
Spurs Ludendorff
To Stop Now Would Be to
Confess Promised Vic?
tory Is Impossible
By C. W. Gilbert
WASHINGTON, .May 24. Recent de-?
velopments in the Allied campaign
against the submarine make it plain |
that the real objective of the Germans j
in the West must be the Channel ports.,
If Germany does not get these ports ?
she faces the prospect of steadily di- ;
minishing usefulness of .her U-boats, j
The ligures of sinkings will tell her j
people that the device for the sake of :
using which she drew this country into ]
the war is a failure.
The Channel ports are now her great j
need. Military authorities here in
Washington believe that breaking of |
the Allied line would be no such '?
serious blow as the loss of Calais and '
the neighboring harbors.
The raids by sea and air upon Ostend ?
and Zeebrugge arc not sporadic, but are j
part of a large plan to press the attack ?
upon the submarine everywhere. An J
element in that plan, and an important !
element, is the new mine field recently ?
announced in the? dispatches from Lonj i
don.
The bottling up of the submarine,
which has been urged in this corre?
spondence for a year, is now being at- !
tempted, with every prospect at least of !
greatly reducing the number of sub- ?
marine's which will be able to attack j
British nnel French shipping.
No such mine field as the British and
American navies have laid will entirely
confine the submarine. Storms and
heavy tides will affect the best marine!
traps ever set, but ihey will at least!
make it extremely difficult and danger-!
ous for the U-boats to get out where j
they can?(!o the most damage to Allied
r.nd American shipping.
At any rate, the war is at last being j
carried home against the submarine noti
only in his nests at Ostend and Zee-1
bri?gge, but in his larger and most per- ?
mancnt bases in the German ports.
So the holding of the Channel ports,
the loss of which would bring the U
? boat closer to the British shore, be- I
comes of even greater importance to '
i he Allies; important as it was before
that this short line of communication
between England and her armies at
the front should be kept open. So
wherever the coming German drive ap?
pears to centre at first it is likely to
. be found that its real aim is to weaken
; the grasp F_ngland has on Calais and
: Boulogne. *
The delay of this drive does not sur
i prise military authorities in Washing
[ ton. They point out that it was weeks
: after the original drive of Germany
was announced before it actually was
; set in motion. It was expected daily
; for more than a month. The delay
continued so long that men began to
believe 'that the drive was a bluff.
! The reason for the length of time
consumed is now apparent in the ex- j
tensiveness of tho preparations made I
for it, which surpassed anything pre-:
viously disclosed in this war. And the?
real basis of comparison for the coin-;
ing effort of Germany is the attack
which centred upon Amiens, not that ;
directed ?it Ypres, which, big as it was, ?
whs not so much a new offensive as
the second phaso of the Amiens olfen
sive, The now effort, when it c-_ie.,
will surpass the effort ngainst Amiens I
?f Germany still has the resources to
strike harefer than she then struck. So
the period of preparation is likely to
bo extended.
Everything about the preparation ;
for the Amiens drive was on an en
larged scale. An offensive used to be j
rehearsed n few miles buck of the;
front.. The Amiens olfensive was re?
hearsed fifty miles back of the front. ?
This distance permit.?, of the mnnreu- ;
vring of large bodies of men out of ?
the usual range of air observation, and i
at a point where, several parts of the
front along radii of a circle, arc about
equidistant. The' rehearsal of the com?
ing drive is probably taking place at
least as far in the rear as did the re?
hearsal of the Amiens movement.
The factors which will control Gcr- ?
many in making the drive are these:
Political pressure at, home from the
people who are demanding to see results
bought by their terrific sacrifices, and
the military necessity of improving tho
?situation of the Germ?n troops on the
West front. The factors which will de?
termine the time of the blow are two.
tho enormous size of tho preparations
necessary and the relative speed with
which tho German armies and the Al?
lied armies are being strengthened.
One?: of these factors obviously makes
for delay, the other for haste. If wo
knew the elements involved it would be
possible to tell just at what moment the
drive must be made.
All that is generally agreed on is
that? Germany will attack again, prob?
ably in as great force as she did at
Amiens, anel if possible in greater
force.
Military men hold that the political
rather than the military factor con?
trols in determining the necessity
that Germany shall renew her effort.
Germany could, they say, hold her
present lines, modifying atrd recon
forming them here and there and await
an Allied attack.
That is a military possibility. But
they say it is not a political possibility.
This has been advertised as the drive
that would win the war. The German
people have been led to believe that
it would win the war. For Germany
to stop now would be for her to con?
fess that a military decision in her
favor was out of the question. There?
fore she must make at least cue more
lermendous effort. And it is believed
that one more such effort is all that is
within her power.
Now as to time. Both the Allies and
the Germans are strengthening them?
selves in preparation for the coming
effort. Germany has the advantage of
being nearest to her base and uninter?
rupted njeans of communication. But
the point where the Allies gain strength
faster than tho Germans do cannot be
safely passed by Germany. She must
strike before tnat time conies. She
must hasten her preparations.
Military men believe that this effort
of Germany will be an effort of des?
peration. Unless there is some ele?
ment of surprise in it like that which
so nearly brought about disaster near
St. Quentin it will, I think, aoffrd the
Allies such an 'opportunity as they are
not likely to have again for a year or
two when Germany settles down to a
discreet defensive. A desperate attack
is likely to expose the attacker. An
opportunity such as that which Foch
saw and used at the Battle of the
Marne is likely to come again. *
Meanwhile a feeling of encourage?
ment prevails. The submarine has
passed its climax of effectiveness. On
the sea the offensive, which has been
for a year in the hands of Germany
has passed over into the hands of the
| Allies. On land it is expected that
1 Germany's aggressiveness will end
with one more huge effort, anel that
then the offensive there, too, will pass
definitely over to the Allies.
Comrades to Honor Our Fallen
Heroes at Front Memorial Day
(Bu The Associated Press) ?
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. May 23.?-The American dead,
sleeping in the soil of France, will re- i
ceive the homage of the American army
on Memorial Day. Many of those who '
have given their lives for their coun?
try were buried in graves over which
shells and bullets are flying, close to
the spots where they fell. But wher?
ever they are resting, their comrades
will bear them in mind and pay tribute
t'> their memory.
Throughout all the zones in which
there are American soldiers plans have
been made for ceremonies, in which
the French will participate in nearly
all cases. At one place is a row of
mounds under which lie sons of New
York. Men of the same regiment will
gather there to replace the faded Amer?
ican flags with new ones and deposit
wreaths of fresh flowers.
Similar ceremonies will take place at
the graves of boys from other states
who have been killed in action or have
died from wounds. In the same local?
ity, roadside grave of French soldiers,
buried whore they/' fell in the earlier
days of the war, will be decorated by
Americans.
At general headquarters all graves
of American and French soldiers in
that vicinity, many of whom died in
hospitals, will be decorated with flowers
and crossed flags?the Star-Spangled
Banner and Tricolor of France. There
the troop3 will be drawn up, while
American and French army chaplains
repeat prayers for the dead. A squad
will fire a salute. Northwest of Toul
ceremonies will be held at several lo?
calities. Men of the new and the old
armies lie there, some in cemeteries
exclusively American, others beside
French soldiers.
At various points along the battle
front there are little groups of Ameri?
can graves and single mounds, mark?
ing the resting places of men from
units which have faced the enemy there
for a tima and then moved elsewhere.
Efforts will be made to decorate every
one of these graves.
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Casualties Among Our
Fighting Men Abroad
WASHINGTON, May 24. ? The army i
casually list to-day contained forty-four
names, divided a_ follows: Killed in
action, four; died of wounds, nine;
died of accident, four; died of disease,
ten; wounded severely, sixteen; wound?
ed slightly, cno.
The army list follows:
{All. names not othcrtvise marked
arc those of privater,.)
Killed in Action
CI,MR. Frederick D., captain, 3222 Mont- .
?ornery Avenue, Philadelphia.
T-OTHROCK. Lionel B., corporal, R7 Bich
moml .Street, Pittsburgh.
HIGBY. Francis, 3G0 West Water Street,
Elmira, N. Y.
SCHRAMKOWSKI, John A., 215 Char?
lotte Street, Jackson, Mi-h.
Died of Disease
JOHNSON. Dar.iel L., corpora!. Atlanta.
BRUN. Franklin G., Muacotah, Kan.
ERICKSON, Gunnard, Brainerd, Minn.
GRAFTON, Homer E., 845 Nort:, Grand
Street, Springfield, Mo.
GRIENER, John, Lupemberg, Iowa.
MORRIS, Joseph V., 1799 Eighth Avenue,
New York City.
PEGUES, Evans, Osborne, N. C.
PRENOEI,. Elmer H., -010 St. Ferdinand
Street. St. Louis, Mo.
ROBERTS, Herman, general delivery, Min?
neapolis.
WILLIAMS, Joseph, Line, Ark.
Died of Wounds
JOYCE, Whitney H? lieutenant. Unadilla,
N. Y.
YATES, James L., sergeant, Quebec, Can?
ada.
GALLAGHER, Neil, Dooyork Geesala ?
Ballnr,? County Mayo, -.?land.
JQYCE, John R.. Crosby, N. P.
KAPITSKE, Willie. Converse, Tex.
M'CONNELEE, trvin O., Atlantic, low?.
OPIE, Frank, 20 Tahanto Street, Concord,
' PERKINS. Woodruff, Overton. Nev.
ROBERTS, Cnrlton F., 2654 Bedford Ave?
nue, Brooklyn.
Died of Accident
GENARD, Aimce? P., lieutenant, fit Laval
Street, Manchester, N. It.
Wi'BBKN. K.ugene Paul, lieutenant, 10.
North Chestnut Street, Colorado Spring.,
Col.
BETTENHAUSEN. Joseph A., cadet, 13?
North Laurel Street, Hazi.ton, Penn.
JOYCE. Patrick W.. 302 Central Street,
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Severely Wounded
BATTIN, John A., captain, Watorvliet,
N. Y.
O'MARA, John .T.. corporal, 111 West
Forty-third Street, Chicago.
SULLIVAN, John K.. corporal, 45 Walnut
Street. Kingston. N. Y.
HAM BY, Clu C, sergeant, Covington. Ga.
MITCHELL, Thoma- C, .ergeant. South
bridge, Mass.
CONGDON. Harry W? 341 South Avenue,
Bridgeport, Conn.
GARV?N, Orville E., 2G Frank Street,
Seheneetody, N. Y.
GIEGERICH, Joseph A.. Elizabeth, N. J.
HALL. Paul I.., Juniata. Penn.
? JABLONOWSKI, Wiadyslaw, 8020 Sowin
i sky Street, Cleveland.
! LAWLER. Edward D.. Portland, Conn.
LAWRENCE. Ear-u?=t G.. Gastonia, N. C.
PHELAN, John J., 51 Elliott Street, New
? Haven.
\ RUDD, WylHys Singleton, 614 James
Street. Rome, N. Y.
SMOUSE, Murray C, Box 14., Cumber?
land. Md.
SULLIVAN, James W? 429 Poplar Street,
New Haven.
Slightly Wounded
MOODY, Eric H., corporal, Tiptonville,
Tenn.
The Official Statements
LONDON, May 2U.?Field Marshal Haig made the following reports
to-day from British Headquarters in France:
NIGHT.?Under cover of a heavy artillery barrage the enemy carried
out a raid last night in the neighborhood of Bucquoy. A few of our men
are missing.
A few prisoners were brought in from the different parts of the front
by British and French patrols.
DAY.?As a result of a raid carried out by the enemy yesterday north
of Hill 70 (north of Lens) a few of our men are missing. Early last night
the enemy attempted another raid on one of our posts in Aveluy Wood,
but wa3 driven off.
We carried out a successful raid shortly after midnight southwest of
La Bassee and captured a few prisoners.
A few prisoners were secured by us in a patrol encounter north of the
Ypres-Comines Canal.
The hostile artillery was active last night west of Lens and in the
neighborhood of Givenchy and Festubert. Our positions in the Forest of
Nieppe section were bombarded with gas shells.
French Penetrate German Line East of Montdidier
PARIS, May 2J+.?The War Office to-day issued the following:
DAY. -One of our detachments penetrated the German line south of
Canny-sur-Metz, northwest of Lassigny, during a sortie. An enemy raid
east of Compigny failed.
Eastern Theatre (May 23).?There was an active reciprocal artillery
fire west of Vardar and in the region of Moglena. The enemy attempted
attacks in the Cerna Bend sector and west of Lake Ochrida.
Many attempted raids by the enemy near Struma and north of Lake
Takino broke down. A Bulgarian post was penetrated by a Greek attach?
ment. Allied aviators carried out bombardments of an airdrome at Hudovo
and enemy encampments northwest of Monte and in the region of Lake
Ochrida.
American Fronts Quiet, Pershing Reports
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 23.?The offi?
cial statement issued to-night from Amey^can headquarters said:
The day has been quiet at all points occupied by our troops.
Artillery Fire Continues Marked, Says Berlin
BERLIN, via London, May 2l>.?T\he War Office to-day issued the
following :
DAY.?The artillery activity was revived last evening in the Kemmel
region and on both sides of the Lya and'the Sccrpe. South of the Somme,
between Boreuil and Montdidier. it was also lively during the night.
The infantry activity was limited to reconnoitring engagements.
Prisoners were brought in as the result of five raids carried out by us
southwest of Bucquoy and on the Oise.
Local Operations Continue on Italian Front, Says Vienna
VIENNA, May 23.?The Au?tr o-Hungarian Headquarters to-day is?
sued the following statement:
Reciprocal reconnoitring activity yesterday again led to engagements
at several points.
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