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WHAT DO YOU WANT? LET THE WASHINGTON HERALD CLASSIFIED PAGE ACCOMMODATE YOU. NO 4o36 weather?fair; WARRL " WASHINGTON. D. C.. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1918. ONE CENT SJSSSTSR GERMAN DRIVE SPREADS ON TO PICARDY; BIG SOUTHERN "PUSH" REACHES MARNE; HUNS DRIVEN BACK AT BRIDGEHEADS YOU MUST READ A MORNING NEWSPAPER TO LEARN THE LATEST WAR DEVELOPMENTS LARGEST ARM BILL EVER PASSED ' v 1 House Measure 50 Per Cent More Than Civil War Cost. $12,041,682,600 SUM t FULL DRAFT POWERS "Stop Watch" System Ends. "Cost Plus" Only When Inescapable. ? LONGWORTH SCOLDS BAKER CALDWELL WARMLY DEFENDS Tilson Says Production Marvellously .Speeding Up?Yanks to Be Armed with Brownings. The army bill, which carries appr>? ; pnations aggregating IK.iHl.S82.tOS. j and gives the president unlimitedI power to raise an army of whatever sue be deems fit. was passed unani mously by the House yesterday after noon. Representative L*ongworth told the | House Just before the bill passed that it carried appropriations 50 per cent greater than the total coet of the civil war to both sides. Th# m* asur* passed after three days' debate, all limited to flve-minute speeches. When it was certain no vote had been cast against the great measure?by far the hugest appropriation in the history of the world?the House roe* and ap plauded. - The Senate Military AJts?r* Com mittee is understood to oe ready to begin work at once on the bill. No tice has been given that there will be Senate opposition to the section which gives President Wilson power to raise aa large an army as can be shippeo to Europe. Two small amendments were adopt ed. One directs that cost-plus con tracts be entered into only when in escapably necessary. The other pro vides against the use of "stop-watch" efficiency methods in speeJtng up labor. Rebate Friendly. Although debate was friendly, a sharp passage occurred between Rep resentative Longworth. son-in-law of Col. Roosevelt, and Representative Caldwell, of New York, who vigor ously assailed the colonel. Longworth sought to make it ap pear that glowing reports of the size of the army had been given out to "lull the nation into a sense of se curity." He said no greater injury could be done the people by a pub lic servant than this. He questioned figures recently submitted by Cald well to show that l.OQO.flto troops will soon be in France and that they are supplied with more than 40,000 machine guns.. Caldwell replied: "The flguhes I have submitted as to this nation's preparedness, which are cfuite at vari ance with those of some of its would be critics, naturally do not sit well in certain circles.. "The figures are absolutely relia ble. are official, and represent the true achievements of the great .Amer ican ymy, of which every member of thia House ahould be proud rather than hyper-erltical. "A year ago this July 4. I was pres ent at luncheon with the bitterest critic of the War Department. I said that there were then 1.000,000 armed men under American colors, and he denied it. He asked me how many men we would have in France a year from then, and I replied a million. ? Teddy Was Octratatiosa. "He arose ostentatiously before all the guests and said he wished to shake hands with a Pollysnna op timist. Well, the troops will be there, and I propose to tell of the army's feats, regardless of the discomfort of the War Department's foes." T?ngwnrth denied intention of be littling the War Department. This bill." said Representative Gar rett. of Texas, "gfvea warning that ?the lid Is off* and that all the money and all the men that can be used will he put Into this war to lick the Kai ser and all connected with him." Representative Anthony, of Kansas, father of the anti-cost-plus amend ment. declared there waa no doubt that this eystem had led to great ex travagance. He was desirous, he said, to do away with It altogether, but to meet emergencies, was willing to al low exception*. A hard flght was waged on the pro posal that "jtop-watch-efBciency" methods be prohibited In army work. Vete ?3 ta S8. The vote was 65 to 58 in favor of the anti-"efficiency" amendment. Representative Kahn, of California, leading Republican on military mat ters. ssld In debate he thought the War Department had worked won ders. but believed It had made a mis take la letting the people believe It could accomplish more than was pos sible for "any human organisation" to do. Representative Tilson. of Connecti cut. Republican, an ordnance student, said that next summer ha expected all American Infantry to be armed ? ~ He GEN. CROZIER RETURNS. War Council Ordnance Expert Back from In*pection Trip. MaJ. Gen. William Crosier. ord nance expert on the War Council here, returned to Washington yes terday from a lengthy Inspection at the French and Italian fronts. In a "two-hour conference with Secre tary of War Baker yesterday after noon. he is understood to have Im pressed upon the latter the heavy demands of the armies abroad for constant replenishments of ord nance. The conference was held behind closed doors and all details concerning it were withheld. PRESENT War WILL REDEEM WORLD-WILSON President Speaks at Anni versary of Central Presbyterian. "This is a war of the spirit of Christ against the powers of evil," said President Wilson last night, at the celebration of the Central Pres byterian Church's flftith anniver sary. "Today, twenty nations of the world are at war for the re demption of mankind. "Every effort, every sacrifice we make, is in the highest service of God?he has chosen the "work for the world. After the war, there will be a renaissance of His spirit; the nations of the world and the churches of the world will be bound together, as never before in the his tory of man." The President's address came as a surprise, as he had not been expected to speak, and only did so at the urgent request of Dr. Taylor, pastor of the ? church. Dr. Taylor thanked the Prest- j dent in behalf of the congregation j anrf spoke of the early history of tha church?of the days when It had been In a small frame building on what was then the outskirts of the city, and of !ts growth in the pst fifty years. He said that he hoped that the President would be able to attend the church's centennial celebration in another fifty years. The President has attended the Central Presbyterian Church since first coming to Washington. In the earlier part of the even ing, short talks were given by a; number of local pastors. Dr. Rad cliflfe, of the New York Avenue Church; Dr. Green, of the Calvery Baptist; Dr. Muir, of the Temple" Baptist, and Dr. Kelly, of^ the' Fourth Presbyterian. A number of letlers were read from former pas tors. Atfer the address, an informal re ception was given to the members of the congregation and their friends. Mrs. Wilson attended the cele bration wit hthe President: IRISH COUNTIES MILITARY AREAS Drilling and Assembling' Declared Unlawful Therein. Dublin. May 31.?The chairmen of the Nationalist conference sitting here announces tonight that the govern ment's home rule bill will be intro duced within a fortnight. By official proclamation. Counties Limerick ind Tipperary were tonight declared military areas. Drilling and assemblies are declared unlawful in these counties. Although the Nationalist conference now sitting here is secret. Hugh Law, a member of the committee, writing in the Irish Times, reveals the fact that some of the members are isap pointed over the alliance with Sinn Feinism, and over the failure of re cruiting. Law prays Ireland to re vert to her 1914 attitude toward the war. CUT YACHTS COAL AND OIL. Fuel Heads Order None Used in Pleasure Craft for Year. The Fuel Administration yester day issued an order forbidding the use of coal or fuel oil on any pri vate yacht except in the galleys. This does upt restrict or regulate in any way the use of coal or fuel oil by any craft operated or em ployed in the service of the govern ment of the United States. The pro hibition will be effective from today until May 31, 1019. Private yachts which are away from home ports today may use coal or fuel oil suf ficient to carry them home by the most direct route which safe navi gation will permit. "Private yacht" means any nautical craft not op erated for profit. No order has been Issued affect ing the use of gasoline in pleasure launches or automobiles. MISS MORGAN'S WORK DESTROYED BY HUNS '? In the capture of Berlancourt. northwest of Soissons. there falls Into German 'hands some of the finest reconstruction work among the French villages done bjr Mis. Anne Morgan, of New York, snd her as sociate*. Berlancourt Itself had been rehabili tated by Miss Morgan, and she her self spent much time there. It la presumed here that the village will be destroyed, aa It passes from one sMa of the battle line to the other. Much work of this character had also been done nl the vlUafea BORAH SCORES ; PROFITEER AS A TARANTULA Offers Senate Resolution Asking Information Bear ing Thereon. WANTS LEGISLATION Supports Wilson's Position; i Warns Congress to Act Promptly. ; Stigmatizing th? war profiteer an a I I "blood-sucking tarantula upon the American people," Senator Borah, of' Idaho, yesterday called upon Con- i gress to pass drastic laws to put the profiteering clasa out of business. In a ringing speech delivered in the Senate, he declared there should be ! no talk of adjournmnt until legis I iation of this kind has been passed. | Quoting the worda of President Wtl- ] | son in his recent addreas to Con-1 j Kless on the subject of revenue legis-1 j Iation, Senator Borah said there is I : indisputable evidence of the exist- j ence of the profiteers. He detjpunced the class as "miserable scavengers [ upon civilisation," and declared them I to be "Infinitely worse than the for eign spies." To prepare the way for legislation I to curb the profiteers. Senator Borah introduced a resolution asking the | I Secretary of "the Treasury to send i ; to Congress all the information which ! bears upon the subject. Fotlewa President. | Senator Borah read to the Sen ! ate the following paragraphs from President Wilson's address to show | that information of thi? character is | in Secretary McAdoo'a hands: i There fcrAbundant fuej for the ! light In th? records of the Treasury j with regard to profits of every sort. | "The profiteering that cannot be .got at by the reatraints of conscience and love of country can be got at' I by taxation. There la such profiteer- j ] ing now. and the Inforjnation with I regard to It is available and indls j putable." j In the Mght of this statement. Sen | ator Borah declared that the govcrn iment could not Justify Its prosecution \ of seditious and disloyal persona, if it does not at once take steps to drive! I the profiteers out He cited tho con | viction of Rose Pastor Stokes aa a case In point. She was convicted for uttering the statement that "No gov ernment yrhich la for the profiteers can also be for t!:e people, and I am for the people ? here the government I | is for th- : . jfiteers." , "Nothing is truer than that state-! (ment." Senator Borah announced, "and If the government possesses .he j facts as to the existence of these j profiteers and fails to proeectue them,' the government la derelict and subject j to the criticiam of everybody who ls[ for the people." Tax the Pralten. "The President suggests a very proper and efficient way in which to deal with the subject of profiteering, and that is by taxation." Senator Borah continued. "You can not reach it in all instancea In Its subtle and devious ways of carrying on ita work by criminal statutes. While criminal statutes are desirable and should be passed wherever it is thought that they can reach the situation, there Is no doubt that an effective aid to any ! criminal statute is that of taxation: and in many instances where It could not be reached at all by any other method it can be reached effectively by taxation. "I am. therefore. In hearty ac cord with the expression of the President with reference to the method of reaching profiteering but I regarded that statement when made by the President as some what startling. If it had been made by some private cltixen, it would likely have started him upon the way to the penitentiary; but the President has made it perfectly proper?indeed, not only proper, but has devolved upon us the duty to discuss the subject and to deal with I?. *nd I take it that he would not have Incorporated It In his mes-1 ? sage had he not regarded it as of transcedent moment, and worthy of the spcedly consideration of Con gress." Worse Than Foreign Spy. The profiteer was defined by Sen-! iator Borah as one who takes ad-! jv-intage of his country's condition to gather extraordinary profits and to reap enormous private gains Such a person, he declared. Is worse than the foreign spy, and should be dealt with more harshly. "To my mind, I presume I simply express the view of every patriot, the man who does that la upon a lower standard than the foreign spy because the foreign ?py I 1* loyal to one nag. he la loyal to one country." Senator Borah said. "He takea hia life In his hands to serve that country, but the man who claims the protection of the American, government and claims the protection of the American flag, who protease* hla loyalty to the government and the flag, and at th* same time takea advantage of hia nation's peril or lta dangers -to increase his private galna and thereby demoralise the efforta of the people. Impeding the progress of the war, and Anally worka for lta ultimate failure. 1a Infinitely lower la my humble judgment than the foreign apy who takes hla life In hla handa for hla own govern ment." Senator Borah aald that the rev enue measure* enacted by the pre* 4 EULOGIZES "ACE" LUFBERRY. Tilson, in House, Puts His Achieve ments in Record ? Major Raoul tufberry, the Amer ican "ace," who (ell Id a tight against a heavily armored German biplane, was honored yesterday aft ernoon In tha Houae of Representa tives. Representative Tilson, of Con necticut, In a short speech, charac terised him as "an American who died gloriously, and whose name will ever live." A collection of newspaper articles, telling of I,uf berry s life and flying fe^ts, was made a part of the Congressional t Record. TENANTSNOW FREE TO STAY | AT OLD RENTS Saulsbury Resolution, Sign ed by President, Pre vents Rent Raising. With the signing yesterday by the* President of the Saulsbury anti eviction resolution an entirely new status wag conferred upon rented ior leased property in the District, j Agreements and leases In force before the bill was signed, regord , less of their terms or conditions are I continued aufomatically until the j war end? unless the tenant of the i [ premises or property chooses to j sign a new lease. | No person can now be put out of j any room, apartment, hotel, office ' building, store. garage, storage: place or warehouse, or from any I ! place whatsoever, as long he pays' hi? rent and behaves himself on the premises in question. Just what the law means, what , it does and doeg not do, whom it t regulates and how. and all about it, is explained in the following: 4 What ?"?Tenant* Means. The word "tenant" means anyone, j , plural or single, male or female. I (who rents or leases a room, or an f apartment in a hotel or apartment house, a room or rooms in a private | house, whether It is a rooming house i or not, a person. Arm, or corpora | tlon who is renting or leasing a room. \ | rooms or suite of rooms in any ' ! building whatsoever for business pur- 1 ! po*es. I The word "landlord"' means real j estate Arms or companies, tenants who are subleasing rooms or build- ! ings, property owners, trustees of es- ! tates, or guardians or anyone who acts in the capacity of a landlord Renl Eatnte Definition. The word "real estate" means any room, house, apartment, hotel rooms, garages or garage space, desk room in office buildings, rooms or suites of rooms in office or business build ings, stores, storage rooms?in tact, any place or places that are leased or rented by a person or persons for any purpose whatsoever. The terms of leases, written or ver bal, that expire between now and the end of the war, on any property what-1 soever must stand unless the ten- ? snt of his own free will agrees to sign a new written lease or' enters into a new spoken agreement to lease or rent the premises he or she has been occupying at the price stipulat ed in the old lease or agrees to pay what the landlord asks. % The tenant may move out If he so desires at the end of the lease or he may move out any time thereafter as he chooses. The landlord can do noth ing as long as the tenant is paying the price agreed to in the old lease or spoken agreement or has so mis behaved himself on the premises so leased as to be a nuisance. foarts* Function. The courts? ? Cannot force a tenant to vacate any room, apartment, house, store, or any premises whatsoever as long I as he pays his rent and behaves him I self on the premises; Cannot grant a landlord relief . where the tenant has refused to va cate atter notice has been given up on the expiration of the lease or oth er agreement whereby he first secur ed possession of the premises, except ,ln such cases where the premises haVe been sold and the landlord Is to occu .y them himself or has sold them to a bona fide purchaser. Such pur chaser Is himself retired by law to occupy the premises. Tenants' Privilege. The tenant Can snap his fingers at the land lord as long as he pays the rent he agreed to pay before the bill became a law and is behaving him self on the premises he is occupy ing; Cannot be thrown out legally even if his lease expires, or a writ ten agreement between himself and his landlord has terminated. He may get out when he Is ready. There is nothing binding him after a lease or agreement expires. He may con tinue to reside in or occupy or do the business on the premises until the war is over if he cares to, at the same price he was paying when the lease or agreement expired. I""occupied Premises. Properties that were not rented when the bill became a law and are occupied afterward do not come under the law until after they have been occupied a month. There is no provision in the bill as to the price to be paid. That will have to be agreed upon by the landlord and the tenant New leases will have to be made. Until the passage of the Pomerene-Johnson anti-profi teering rent bill, premises bow unoccupied that may be occupied later may be rented for any figure that may be agreed UPS* h* Um ENEMY A T MARNE ON 8-MILE FRONT; CHECKED IN ATTEMPT TO CROSS; DOUBLE DRIVE ON Wins Honor by Shooting Down His Fifth German Airplane. RAID HUN POSITIONS French Mayors Unite in Memorial of Praise to Gen. Pershing. By NEWTON C. PARKE, Staff Coireipondent of the I. N. S. With the American Army in France, May 31.?Lieut. Douglas Campbell, of Mount Hamilton, Cal., won his fifth air battle this morning when he shot down a, big German two-seater, thereby becoming the first "ace" develop ed solely in the American army. Successful Raids By American Troops. The American troops in the, Woevre sector carried out a suc cessful raid yesterday, according to an official communique trom Ceneral Pershing, received last night. It follows: "In a course of a raid executed j this morning by our troops in the Woevre, our technical dctachmcnt destroyed the enemy's advanced positions. At the same time our raiding party inflicted losses in killed, wounded and prisoners. "In Lorraine artillery fighting has diminished. There is nothing j to report from the other sectors | occupied by our troops. I "Early in the day our aviators | shot down a hostile machine." London Sings Praise Of Cantigny Victory. London, May 31.?"The American victory of Tuesday," says the Star has not received the attention it merits. The more we hear of the I American army the better. So great is the erman chagrin that they have : not yet ventured to mention the I victory. The Americans beat crack 1 Silisean and Brandeburg troops and held their ground acainst all ! comers. The Germans have no time to waste." The mays of the French towns j in the battle zone are among the' heartiest admirers of the American! ! soldier overseas. They have united' | in a memorial of praise to Gen.! Pershing, the text of which was' received here yesterday as follows: | "The mayors of the war zone, who are In a position to watch the pow- j erful and admirable efTorts made j by the Americans, see with joy the! bands between the French and the I Americans are becoming every day closer and more affectionate. They have it at heart to express to Gen. Pershing the absolute confidence begot by the soldier citizens of <J|ir| allies who left their own countfr to come here and defend the UniteBI States as a nation of free and prou& independence, of democracy and soli-1 darrity." German Torpedo Plant Burned. A Swiss dispatch received here yes- : 'terday reports that the German , Whitehead tordedo factory at Saint i Poeltern has been destroyed by lire. | The Munich Augsberger Zeltung, given as authoiity by the Swiss dis patch, says it is believed the lire was an act of sabotage. Car Men Stop Skip Work. Wilmington. Del., May il.?Opera tIon of shipyards and munitions plants in this city Is seriously dis rupted by the walkout of street ! car employes. The men demand 40 ! cents an hour. No cars are being operated. LABOR DEPARTMENT SETTLES 23 DISPUTES; The settlement of twenty-three | industrial disputes during the week j ending May 2S was announced by . the Department of Labor yesterday. Although the number of atrlkes la lncreaaed. says the announcement, they are of less Importance* In the aggregate than during previous weeks. The only important labor trouble at preeent la a strike of twnatyrg Md truck <Uk*s? U fiW T TREAT MAY COMMAND ITALIAN EXPEDITION Mentioned for Position for Which Gen. Wood Was Slated MaJ. Gen. Charles G. Treat, who was to have been relieved by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood as commander of the western department, may be given command of an American Ex peditionary Force on the Italian i front. Gen. Treat Is already under tentative orders to proceed to Italy, but it was not generally known at the War Department until today that he might actually command a fighting force there. It had been supposed that he would be attach ed to Italian headquarters as a mil itary observer. General Wood himself has been mentioned as a possibility In con-* nection with the proposed Italian' expedition, but this suggestion has been discounted in responsible quar ters. Senator Johnson, of California. In a speech in the Senate yesterday, deplored the action of the govern ment in refusing to permit Wood to go to France with the 89th Di vision. which trained at Camp Fun ston. U.S.TRANSPORT LINCOLN SINKS, LOSS UNKNOWN Second Troop Ship Return ing to Go Down Tor pedoed. The American transport President Lincoln, bound for the United States, was sunk at 10 o'clock yesterday morning by a German submarine. The following announcement was made oy Secretary Daniels: "The Navy Department, has receiv ed a dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims stating that the U. S. S. Presi dent Lincoln was torpedoed at 1?':40 o'clock this morning and sank an hour later. "The vessel was returning from Europe. No further particulars have been received." Though details are lacking. It *s assumed, from the fact that the transport waa returniug to the United States, that few if any troops were on board. Meager reports so far re ceived mention no casualties. Official announcement of the sink ing was made about 4 o'clock yester day afternoon by Secretary Daniels. Kt Definite Word. At that hour the Navy Department was without information other than that contained in the brief cablegram from Admiral Sims, commanding the American naval force in European waters. The Secretary was unable to state definitely whether there was any lo?*s of life or whether the Pres ident Uncoln was under convoy. The vessel, registering 1S.07L' tons, was formerly of the Hamburg-Amer ican line. and. with all other Ger man merchant ships in American waters at the lime, was seized by the government when the United States entered the war. The loss is the second instance of an American transport to fall vic tim to the Hun U-boats. Like the President Lincoln, the Antilles/ tor pedoed soon after the United States began sending troops abroad, was re turning practically empty to the United States. The Tuscania. In the sinking of which several hundred American sol diers paid the supreme sacrifice, was a British transport, bound for France with American soldiers on board, and under convoy by British destroyers. ?. Hope AH Were Saved. From the fact that the President Lncoln remained afloat for an hour afifcr being torpedoed, it is hoped that all" on board had opportunity to escape, provided none waa injured by the explosion of the torpedo. While originally it was the practice not to convoy returning transports, since the sinking of the Antilles con voys have generally been used. For that reason, too, the hope here Is that .few if any of the crew lost their Uvea. U - MORE HUN BAD FAITH. Contrary to International Law Pris oner! Employed Near Front Line. French soldiers. Just escaped from the German lines, report that they were compelled to work with their comrades wltfiln three kilometers of the front line, constantly subjected to the shell Are of their own armies News of these (scapes was contained in an offlcial French dispatch received here yesterday. An agreement was signed by Ger many and the ether powers under which all prisoners of war were to be employed at least thirty kilometers back of the front Hoe. "It is a new proof." say* the dis patch, "of the Wgr the Qannaas kesp ' i ? Germans Now Possess Chateau, Thierry and Dormans, Both On Right Bank of Marne AMIENS AGAIN ENEMY'S AIM Drive Extends Westward, to Menace Big Railhead As Well As Paris?French Reserves Brought Up. London, May 31.?The Germans have reached the right bank of the Marne on an eight mile front between the West of Chateau Thierry and Dormans. Information to this effect reached here late today direct from French headquarters. A dispatch from Rome says Cardinal Lucon, of Rheims, has telegraphed to the Vatican that he is leaving the ruined cathedral city. Cardinal Gasparri, replying to Cardinal Lucon's message, stated that the Holy See was dispatching a petition to the German govern ment begging that what remains of the Rheims cathedral be spared. 100 ARMY TRUCKS MOVE FLEET FORCES Schnab s Stiff and Office Equip ment Go to Philadelphia. An overland fleet of 100 great ,ruc><? Ia!t n,*ht started upon the big job of moving the head quarter's* offices of the Emergency Meet Corporation from Washington t*> Philadelphia. The motor trucks were furnished ? to Manager Schwah by the Quar ? termaster's Department and travel ed in squadron, of thirty each, with (the extra ten trucks for diversified . attached to the different squadrons as need dictated The first squadron, which had !?"dln,r "'?>? late aftcVnoon. I'h"4dr|Phia. to be fol inrt .h " !W hour" hy *not^er were .^anrthfr- "'^ht ?"1 1.1 y ??ere alike to the hundreds of soi jdiers In charge of the fleet on a i hurry-up Job like the one to which they were assigned. | The trucks that left j,te are ex ,7''? "r'y* Philadelphia ,h? afternoon, unload and return at i once for another trip, ft l6 expect ed that. by the utilization of the motor trucks and war-time tactic' the entire office effects of one of the woTlnfT":"" of ^rnment lav and A, ,' ,n Ph"?""Ph'? Mor i / w,ork m?-v h* rcsumrt with the actual loss of onlv a it., (Saturday) of work. a> hundred employes will Heinh ?m ^'?"hington to Phiia thi v* con,,'>?<' their work w.th Th^r ,7^ur}' F'e,t Corporation! Sctlwnilllr *nd ho'""hold ef Philadel'^hU .""To^m^" * pense. Quite a number of employes trouble in ^ "?? *h"> "st *-=? $165,000,000 GIVEN BY NATION TO MERCY D. C. Donations to Be More Than $1,150,000. Jriv"" whET*. In I* Crosa last teiminatcd in ihia city last Monday n.'dnichl will he ,7 in?gUnoCe the' l'" .COnc,u"?" "r ? meeN <o be held a, 1 w" B '75 in/hr oBW of '-h.lrmTn" BulUirg.' M,Cf,rl"d' '? ">e Evans contributions to the hu~e Cros, ljTp C?"*"ln"y I-0"ring Into Bed .nW.?..io?.C,nhar it iV ?3*VX by the committee to Issue no future check?,*,? h,?h,e driv* ur,il th? last tnecic and bill is counted terV,v"V.V',nL,,t h'?n1?*rters yes ,th*t ,h* net financial result of the late campaign will b? in c?a of Jl.i5o.ono. The ,"' tlon^of the entire country ma, ??. PRAEGER FLIES HIGH. Assistant Postmaster General Goes Up with Airmail Aviator e?!00^?. A",8Unt Postmaster Gen eral Otto Praeger. who haa super vision over the aerial mail service ?a given a first-hand view ofk.. i?t Edlenor? " h,",dtea Uetften . i.t!* n' on? of lh? mail fliers took him up for a long "Joy ride " srgszsittix ir*n*poruu?n' ?? K* G? Ki0? It k Park Pari* lfay H.-Elght?B person. hara been killed by tka , r ? Tkln).aw Jtlle. (.rralnl Drrit. ! The German army which, according to the foregoing despatch, bu crossed -?b# Maine. ?. that eomposlng the Crown Prince a center. Chateau Thierry la u miles southwest of Fere en-Twt!enoia and H miles northeast | of faris. Dormant i* ten miiea aouth : cast of Fcre-en-Tardenois Both cit ies are joints on the Parie-Calooa ! Hheima-Verdun Railway. The front ou the Maine reached by the German# jrlacea the advance of the Crown jlYince armies at a maximum depth jof a miles from Pinon due aouth to Chateau-Thierry, and at 27 milei from | above Cerny to Dormana. Berlin Again Claims Attacks Succeed ' !l?ndon May SI.-"On the ? tonf from .\oyon to the weat of I 'T .?Ur " Progressing fa vorably. aaya tonights War Office ; statement. I??- <h?t the Crown Pnnce a ^ K?" T"'6 10 and that * f " ,n with I wl? Part* ? the main ob I , v. # n**w attacking front ho I lon?" >on *"? Rhc,m? '? M mllea |jr?"*'"flVe thoUBan? Prisoners and W Run., a, well a, thousand, of machine guns, have been captured so Iment"58 tod?>"? War Office atate I Pans. May *1?French reserves are 'now .n the line. ...King th, | the direction of j * ans. ' JZ ~rmy "" ""ven back "hen menacing Chateau-Thierrv. anl I attempting to cross the Mame at the JauUnnne (half way between C ha tea U-Thicrry and Dormana* i hacifin <>nven | back in attempts to reach Dormana by way of VerueuQ bridgehead. Heavy fighting ragea In the Ju vignn-Kpagny-Blerancourt a e c t o e north of SoDesperate enlac J nr l?",k P'1C? " Hartenne, n the road from Soisaona to Cul inrVT<"h""rU "" "?*m> trv ing to reach the Savierea River which is a northern branch of tha The main attack on Paria Is ex pected to come down the Curco from ie:uKi;nrrn'T,rd'no""cu,chr-i^ch w!.l ? "Pec'wl ,h* '?t but ban,, will ho fou?ht upon tho Montdldler f>?"'' ?1 ?,*>ft*-Cha teau-Thlorry line w;th the main thrus, fi^Noyon anlT'flcroer. " ?? ?? Vmrim r?Nui CmmmUtbUm. The Paria preaa is speculating ?""??"* of ? genera. Ge* man offensive meeting a monstor counter offensive by the allies <h* smalleat po.,ibl. Part of his reserve. The French rear tuard resistance I. marvelous The famous seventy.lives keep ,,p their murderous are to a distance ??? '* ?'*?* yards and the. the positions are defended to the fl'n.ii J|,h* m,oh,r"' Runners, who finally blow up the big guns Chateau-Thierry Is now entlrelv evacosted. The bombadment con tinwes. The enemy apparently in tends to cut the Paris-Ghalons main line, but his eBort are costing him enormous lonsea. Soissoms is becoming a German chambles. The French are holding the positions to the weat like a veritable Gibraltar. The German attempt to croes the Mame at Jaulgonne and Varennea suffeted a disastrous check, the French cutting up the fhlans la the Fere Forest Paris is positive the Germans will not advanee beyond the Mame The left wing of the German* around Rhelms and Thlllots la reported weakening, the ao-olled exhausted ' British divisions counter attacking