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jJteVV;'pwJ'5-rH-'- --j Hie Ifehmgfcm Witatg WEATHER FORECAST: Fair and Continued Cool Tonight and Monday Full Report on Editorial Page SUNDAY EVENING EDITION NUMBER 10.157. WASHINGTON, SUNDAY EVENING. MAY 6, 1917. PRICE ONE CENT. SCARS ONAWALL VITAL TO YAWTER Jurors Scanned BuM'Holes as Evidence of Importance. Plotted to Kill Crown Prince BEARS ON VERACITY ISSUE Question Whether Heih Attacked or Was Assailed Before Conrt. nr itoncRT n. disrman. christiansbcrg. v. Mar c Upon two seemingly Insignificant little rears In the planter of the walL in a hall a mu'i life may ban. The tear are In the home of Vaw ter. They were made by two bul lets that he shot through Heth. The Jury trying Vawter saw the scars yesterday, and upon that evi dence may decide whether Vawter shall go free or be lmpriioned. The are in the second story hall, where the death grapple took place. One Is about five feet from ths floor, the other seven. The whole Issue centers about this point. If the lower hole was made first, then Vawter" story of the death struggle Is correct; If the upper one was made first, he lied. Attacked Vawter Says. Vawter on the stand awore that Heth attacked him as he came up the stairs and that he fired as he was thrown back over the newell post. If that Is true, the first shot would have struck low and almost directly, while the second or third naturally would have hit higher and glancing. Friends of the defense point to the fact that the lower hole Is practically straight, while the other is a scar running at an angle of about 45 degrees. un tne other hand. It Is pointed Aged Widow, Aided By Neurotic Young Man, Sought Revenge For Ruin of Her Son, and Kaiser's Heir Almost Met Early End. yPUHatn Le Queux . tcho here CAronl-T claMmVu amaocinl'A MtJt n 1-Mt.n ,m nt cle for kit friend. Count Erntt von I the astounding Inner machinery of Oer- Ueltsendorf, the latter revelation of me inner life of Imperial German Court, ha long been recognited through out Europe at the pottcitor of its inner most secrets. The Rngliih "Who' "Who- ay of him: "tie hoe intimate knowledge of the secret service of Continental coun tries and it considered by the govern ment (of Great Britain) an authority on euch tnattert." Another authority ay: "Sew people have been more FRENCH PIERCE FOE'S LINE BEHIND CRAONNE many than he." Count von Ileltxendorff became an in timate of Le Qurux eeveral year prior to the outbreak of the tear; he ha been living in retirement In .France since Jiuguet, UU, and it tea there that Le Oueitx received from the Croicn Prince1 late personal adjutant permission to make public thete revelation of the inner life of the Iloheneollern. Today' revelation tell of an astound ing adventure which nearly brought death to the Crown .Prince. BOHEMIA REVOLTS AS TEUTONS RIOT Promised Self-Government People Fight Kaiser. MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED Cat Salieat of Four Miles Id Laoa Defenses. PSTROQRAD, May & Russian troops have resumed the offensive against the Germans In the district around Kovel. The fighting Is continuing, accom panied by severe artillery duels. Sev eral of the enemy's munition store houses have been destroyed. News has been received here of a fresh attack by the Teutons in Rou-mania. This was smothered by the Russians who drove the Prussians back to their trenches. An official statement by the Russian war office Issued today says: "There have been exchanges of Are ana raids by patrols. Our heavy ar. tlllery bombarded the station at Fc- out that lr Vawter were the aggres-1 vurik - ot Kovel, causing a series exactly tne same acars could have 'been made but 'In opposite or der. That Is. Vawter, grappling with the larger man. naturally would have flred with his revolver pointing up PARIS, May 8. With renewed I vigor the French have returned to the attack on the defences of Ijum u. . ., . . . . ... . ui iime, ana isier, as nis victim and made excellent progress. They -M6fa'", c proDaoiy wouia nave of great explosions, apparently munition depots." in straightened his weapon. The Jury evidently realized the Im portance Of this Question nnri . amined the scars with great interest. 5 Their Sabbath Interlude Chrtstlansburg had a results from the sensations of the trial today and almost unanimously went to the three churches of the town. It may be sus pected -that the unusual crowds could t be explained' by the fact that the preacners were rather expected to refer to the love triangle trial in the sermons, but everybody wu disap pointed. The onlr outward sign of uie mu at tne churches was the re porters who flocked to one of them. They were permitted to enter only after receiving this strict admonition from the deacon: "Well, co'se boys Is always welcome sin this church. "And you boys looks as If you were big enough to behave yoaelves. "But one thing, I tell you right (Continued on Second Pace.) LIBERATED FRENCH NOW IN SORE STRAITS cut a salient of four miles from the Hlndenburg line, and on a front as large cleared the last German from the Craonne plateau, reaching the dominating heights beyond. During ttj day more than 4,300 German prisoners were counted, which makes the total of 5,300 since the present effensive started. This victory was accomplished. ihoweve.r. -only by breaking down a I Cj.. .11... A tf.ll .. ntV.M 1. ........ .... Hyiwi,ii wmiiiig imuuviu ucuuuu- scriptlon. In fact, it may be doubt ed whether many days ot more Intense- fighting ever have been seen. On the whole front of forty miles Relief Organization Sends Plea for American Aid. find mnni thnk wm mn ltiii,nl battle, in which French attack and Ratibor. Major Cersdorff. of the Death's Thyra Adelheld von KlenlU was a funny little deformed, person, aged, perhaps, seventy, widow of the great General von Klenltz, who had served In the Franco-German campaign, and who, before his death, had been acknowledged to be as great a strate gist as Lord Roberts. Countess von KlenlU was the daughter of a certain Countess von Borcke, and after living for many years in retirement in her pictur esque old schloss perched on a rock not far from the famous wine district of Berncastel, on the Mosel river, be came suddenly seized with an idea to re-enter Berlin society. with this view she rented a fine house not far from the Lelchtensteln bridge, and early In 1011 commenced a series of wildly extravagant enter tainments with a view, as It seemed to me, to attract the more modern and go-ahead section of Berlin society. At first the smarter set looked askance at her, and they strenuously declined invitations to" her eplendld, newly furnished mansion In the Stu lerstrasse. Nevertheless, she strenu ously endeavored to surround herself with young society of both sexe's, and many smart dances were given at the Stulerstrasse during the season dances at which the swaggering Prussian officer was seen at his gor geous best. "Waat a Freak ! One afternoon, seated, by the crown prince as he drove recklessly his great Mercedes car along the Bls- marckallee, in the direction of Pots dam, we passed an overdressed old woman, very artificial, with yellow hair, and short of stature. "Look, Heltzendorff! Is she not like von KlenltzT" "Yes, her figure Is very similar," I admitted. "Ah! The old woman was Intro duced to mi the other night at Bis-marck-Bohlen's house. Hlramcl! What a freak! Hare you seen her wlgr " ' f - I replied that 'I had visited once or twice at the Sturlerstrasse and that the company I had met there were certainly amusing. I mentioned some of their names, among them that of young Von Rebellion In Saxony Prevents In vasion of Russian Territory. Bohemia has revolted. News has at last leaked out through the drastic censorship over affairs Teutonic that the little king dom Is so stirred from end to end by Internal strife that martial law has been declared in order to main tain discipline. Meager news reports Insist that the disturbance In Bohemia is the result of food shortage, and is of little coni sequence. Those close to the situa tion In Bohemia, however, sea a greater significance in the dispatches. Revolt Aids Russia, It became known here today for the first time that at the time of the Russian revolution, Saxony and Bo hernia were In the throes of a near- rebellion, of which the present situa tion probably Is a sequel or a con tinuation. A member of the Russian revolu tionary party, at that time in Ameri ca, told of the withdrawal of two German army divisions from the Saxon border to put down Internal riots at the time of the Russian re volt. According to this Russian, who Is considered one of the best informed men In America on affairs on the Eastern front, the Russian command ers were about to "double cross" Ger man officials, who expected to In vade Russia with Russian consent during the turmoil at Petrograd. The Russians, for a consideration, promised the commanding Germans to let four divisions through the Rus sian lines. Diverted to Interior. Just as the Germans were about to advance, however. Saxony and Bo hemia rose up In a revolt, the details of which have never been learned in America, and two of the four divisions of German troops were hastily re called to handle the internal situation. The seriousness of the civil strife may be estimated from the fact that 60,000 men were considered necessary to meet the force of the revolt Grave rioting, according to di. CONGRESS TO DRIVE WAR PREPARATIONS Week Beginning Tomorrow Will See Progress Made. VITAL MEASURES IN WORKS WILL FORM REGIMENT OF TEXAS RANGERS Food Control Bill Regarded As Important Oyer All. The most vital week of war prep aration against Germany by Congress Willi begin tomorrow. During the week In both the Rouse and the Senate measures of tremend ous Importance to the nation will be launched, either for final action or preliminary discussion, Conferees will report out the selec tive conscription army bllL The Senate Agricultural Committee win take up the Lever food control bill Introduced In the House last week. 'ine House Ways and Means Com mittee will report out the revenue bill, raising S1.COO.000.000 by taxation. me senate finance Committee will begin consideration of this taxation bill. Will Amend Food BllL The new shipping bill, empowering President Wilson to take over ship yards and materials for constructing vessels will be introduced. Perhaps the most Important of these measures Is the food control bill upon which the Senate Agricultural Com mittee will attempt to reach some def inite conclusion. It Is Intended to amend the bill In some details, but to be ready for nromnt action on lt Their Duty to Guard Rio Graade Froffl Raiders. There is every indication the Senate committee will not report out a bill untU the House has acted on the Lever measure. "This bill is the most powerful mesaure ever Introduced in Cone-re." Senator Kenyon, a member of the com mittee said of it. "In importance. It ranks socond only to the Declaration of Independence." The committee will heirln wnrlt on the Lever bill tomorrow, and will have many experts before It to testify as to proper machinery for putting the measure Into effect. It Is bound to develop prolonged debate. Hundreds Will Appera. Tomorrow, also, the Senate Finance Committee will take up the House taxation bill. The committee, for the first time under such conditions, will meet as a bi-partisan body, both Re publicans and Democrats conferring together on all details of the measure. gearings will begin on Tuesday or LAREDO, Tex May 6V For the first time In the history of Texas the Ranger force Is to be increased to a full regiment of about 1.200 men for the special purpose of protecting the Rio Grande border during the war. For the State authorities fear that the thousands of German reservists who have found refuge In Mexico will make all the trouble for the United States they are capable of. No difficulty will be met In bring ing up the strength of the Ranger force to meet the existing war re quirements. All through the ranch region com panies are being formed and put through dally drills In the "hope that they may be accepted as a part of this new military unit. .In many Instances recruits are of the most picturesque, cowboy type. JOFFRE'S SON-IN-LAW SEVEREY WOUNDED HitBySkUWkuLeafegOseof Fiercest Attacks. Colonel Pellegrin, a son-in-law of Marshal Joffre, is In a hospital at Nice, France, recovering from a dan gerous wound got In the action south of St. Quentln, according to a Paris newspaper Just received. Colonel Pellegrin was lading his regiment In one of the fiercest at tacks. It Is said, when splinters from a bursting German shell inflicted dan gerous wounds. He fell from his horse and was immediately rushed to the rear. Marshal Joffre probably was either en route to this country or had reached its shores when his son-in-law was wounded. Colonel Pellegrin married one of the two daughters of the marshal and Is said to be a fa vorite with his father-in-law. SAYS ARMOR WEI DEFY SUBMARINES Maxk Amoces He Has Sock Ai IiYettm DECLARES IT BLAST PtOOF Sawders QsaMes Stateaeit Thai Meiace Has Bea, Met. Train Service May Be Curtailed Washington To Feel Effect of Roads' Decision to Make Facilities Go As Far As Possible In Aiding Government. fJVJJW'- " s. tadu.fr!.. - uuuunu. ui ytuuj .Hura persons who are said to have taken part ln denJ-ldrVU have applfe PARIS. May 0. The correspondent ef The Times has been asked to ap peal to Americans in behalf of the inhabitants of the French vI1I-p i v captured from the Germans. mere Is an organization named the Assistance oux Depots d'Kclopes to assist the government In this work. There are more than 00 depots close behind the front, where the silently wounded, exhausted, and sick men are tended. They need chiefly rest to re store their physical and mors! strength. M. Delacroix is president of the or ganization. Mrae. VIvianI is lice pres ident, and Marguerita Javal. 103 ave nue Henri Martin, Is secretary. Mile. Javal said to the correspondent' "When the ruins of three village were recaptured the military were obliged to evacuato the remaining In habitants, who were half naked, half starved, and homeless. Before it Is possible to transport them to the rear they must remain for severad days behind the firing line until arrange ments can be made. The military authorities are able only to provide food. Only aged peo ple and children have been left, the Germans taking the young and strong. One village consisted of four old men, a hundred invalid women, and 400 children, among whom tuber culosis Is rife American generosity already has relieved so much misery that we appeal once more for help ' Donations can be sent to the secre tary or through the American Relief Clearing House. German counter attack alternated. Against the French, as he has against the Rritlsh, Von Hlndenburg threw In many fresh divisions. The French identified four new units on small sections of the front. Where ever a point In his line was threaten ed the German commander threw In reserves In fierce efforts to regain lost positions. It is authoritatively stated that the Germans are counter attacking now mora violently than at any time since the French offen sive started. Announces Piercing or Line. The French now seem well on their way to that decision. For the first time the war office announces officially the capture of parts of the Illndenburg line, which the French have now penetrated as the British penetrated It. And the French cut into that famous line ex actly as the British cut It at its point of Junction with the old line. In the region northeast of Sols sons, between Solssans and Laon, the French stormed a salient of the Hlndenburg trenches along the na tional highway from Pari to Mau beuge, which passes through Laon. The attack was divided Into two parts and each part progressed. Immediately began the German counter attacks. The gray lines came on and on, almost unceasingly, with the exhortations of their officers to retake the Hlndenburg trenches ringing In their ears. Each attack was caught by the French artillery and great gaps were blown In the for mation. Then the remnants that had managed to penetrate the barrage were wiped out by the swishing French machine gun Are. Head Hussars. Von Hevnltz. of the Konigsjacer, a well-known man about town, his friend Wlnterfeld, together wim a number of ladles of the very ultra go-ahead set. At this his high ness seemea nigniy interested. "She certainly seems a very curious old person." he laughed. "Fancies that she's but twenty-five, and actually had the audacity to dance at Bismarck Bohlen's." Ifnr Arrival at Court. Juage my great surprise when, about six weeks later, Frau von Alvensleben.' the pretty grande maltreue of the court of the crown-princess, stopped me In one of the corridors of the Marmor Palace and. drawing me aside, whis pered: "I have news for you, my dear count We have a new arrival at court Frau Yellow-Wig." She saw that I did not follow her. "Countess von Klenltz a frienJ of yours, i believe." 'Friend of mine!" I echnerf i only been to her house three or four (Continued on Page Six.) onstration against food shortage. onvpB were jooiea ana several hun dred people arrested by troopers, after a battle in which several were killed. In this connection. It I recalled that May Day riots were reported irum me munition shops at Mainz. Persians Want Republic. Diplomatic dispatches received here today state that as a result of the Russian revolution the democrats of Persia have started an agitation for the establishment of a republic In that country. The centers of the movement ap pear to be ot Tabriz and Teheran, and the pro-republican movement la win nlng support In Northern Persia. The salt i advices assert no Turk. lsh troops are remaining In Persia. CONFLICT ON STEEL INTERESTS OFFICIALS WAR PLANS HELD UP TO WATCH RUSS DUMA FAVOR SENDING TROOPS Change of Attitude By General Staff Is Indicated. That the general staff of the army has at Inn turned to the belief that expeditionary forces of American troops Khould be sent to France for Intensive training behind the lines Is indicated today In an editorial In the Army and Navy Journel. "It might be well to send some of our partially trained soldiers abroad, where they coul- secure In the short est space of time the Intensified train ing to fit them to meet the conditions of modern warfare." the article says In offlr til c-i-clen It U known that there Is an undercurrent of feellns o-aln n-Unjr in expedltionaiy force Willi -ut iuffi lent training to r.urope j ne mitoi lal m the Journal TELLS ALL MEXICANS TO REMAIN NEUTRAL Consul At El Paso Says His Conn try Is At Peace With Germany. EL PASO, Tex.. May 6. Mexican citizens residing In HI Paso snd In the Jurisdiction of the Mexican con sulate at this city have been ordered by Eduardo Sonario Bravo, Mexican consul, to observe strict neutrality regarding the war between the United States and Germany. In Issuing this request Mr. Bravo announced that he acted under In structions from Ernest Garza Perez, Mexican secretary of foreign affairs. He reminds the Mexican citizens ii this country that Mexico Is at peace with both nations. Similar Instructions are to be is sued everywhere, he says. NEUTRAL MEETING GROWS Chile to Attend Conference of Latin-American Republics. SANTIAGO. Chile. Msy il. The Chll n eovet-n'-iewt lnt ui ht nc erit-H the Invitation of Argentina to attend a confeience of Lutlu American i-rpuu is the first (miofflclal straw In the lies at Buenos Aires to dlscu .7. , . ,"1 Btraw ,n tne "" at Du'noB Aires to discuss plans The damage done up to thl. . "lcMi?1" "Yltl,.,e opln,ons ot tor -Un"eo of goUtn American ,.tlmat"d at 1300,000. IncendlaH .1' the war chiefs are turning-. neutrality TRAINING CAMP NEAR CAPITAL IS ASSURED Officials Confirm Exclusive An nouncement By The Times. The news exclusively told In The Times yesterday that one of the di vision training camps for the soldiers who will fight the war with Germany will be located near the National Cap ital was practically confirmed In of ficial circles today. Army officers are said to have made surveys of several sites near Washington and Indications are the camp will bo located between this city and Baltimore, and within a few miles of Washington. Thai the camp may be placed as near as Kensing ton Is not officially denied, although sites about Biiwle, Laurel, and ol lege I'ark are understood to have beon surveyed. An o.-lclal of the army said today It was Impossible to forecast how many soldiers will be trained at the fifth division camp, but the number probably would be large. The fifth division comprises Maryland, Virginia. Delaware, New Jersey and the DlH trlct of Columbia. All four Htates f.. 'fi?""". V make " to u " iiiiiiiik camp, which will be one of sixteen divisional camp" but the prize Is most likely to co to nearby Maryland, which means the National Capital will be the largest city near the camp, and It will be virtually a Washington Institution. BOMBAY COTTON BURNS LONDON, May C-There has been a recrudescence of cotton fires In Bombay, says a Keuter dispatch from that city Twenty-eight (ires occurr ed in April, the dispatch adds and anuiuri uik tne uiunti out yesterday Actions Largely to Govern Size of U. S. Army for Trenches. Washington was Intensely Interested today In the announcement from Petro grad that the Duma would soon be con voked In Its first session since the revo lution. On the activities of this body in the next few weeks, it is recognized, will depend largely the size of the army which the United States will send to L'uroptan battlefields. In this connection, the visit of EHhu Root and the other members of the American comml&slon going to l'ctro grail takes on a new Importance The official mission. It Is believed, will vir tually rare to Russia against a group of Soclalnts from tl-e United States and other nations, bent on stirring up an tagonism to .Mr. Hoot. The action of the workmen and sol dfers' delegates esterday In otlng a resolution of confidence in the provi sional government has given heart to hopes In Washington that the Petrograd administration shall prove secure, and will withstand tlie effort of German agcnt-i and Socialist propagandists for a separata peace. m affeetri linn. PPlfcd for De'rmlsstan tin appear win oe allowed a voice be fore the committee. It Is the intention of the committee to grant the full 11.800.000,000 asked by the Administration, instead of the 1.00.000,000 allowed by the House cornmlttej. "We feel we should raise as much as we can by taxation," Senator Sim mons, chairman of the committee, said. "If we don't, the money market may become overburdened with bonds as new Issues are necessitated from time to time during the war." He said some Republicans would favor raising part of the money by tariff duties, but that very little of this probably would be done. nous, anu senate conferees on the conscription bill met twice yesterday without reaching any definite conclu sions, ana adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning. There Is wide dif ference of opinion between the Senate oiiu nouse Dins on prohibition, the Jtooaevelt division, and the ages of ijiubq euojeci to arart. Yesterday the Senate airreerf n v. conference report on the army ap- uewmiun Din or siiru.ooo.ooo, and upon the Military Academy appropria tion bill of 11,340,000. Curtailment of Washington's train service is likely to re sult from the recent decision of the Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsylvania roads to do away with duplication of service and release equipment for other use during the war. The suggestion to prevent duplication of service came from the Council of National Defense1 railroad committee, of which Daniel WlUard. president jof the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, is chairman. It is pointed out that many loco motives can be released for use of the Government. It the plan ma terializes. Rmos Seek Compromise. Officials of the Baltimore and Ohio and Pennsylvania roads are con ferring on a priblem of how best to regulate passenger traffic to compet ing points. The two roads are in many placer In direct competition. It Is expected that officials of each road will name1 a committee for a Joint conference. Neither road, it Is understood, will be asked to give up wholly Its com petition for passenger or other bust Bur it is believed that an arrange ment can be made which will accom- Watch fer Oatceae Between Daaiels aad HoiBeis Bear.. Speculation was rife today over the outcome of the disagreement between Secretary of the Navy Daniels and the newly created munitions board, which, it is learned, virtually revers ed a decision of the Secretary la es tablishing a prlca for supplies. Whether the board wUl be permit ted to take the question ot price con trol completely out of the hands of Mr. Daniels is tha subject of-much dltuftf In' official circles. The question came to an Issue over 400,000 tons of steel plates for which Secretary Daniels had asked, bids. pllsh the purpose without serious los to either road and without serlou Inconvenience to the public. For In. The bids he regarded as too high and whTcIs'pooVrpSronSd' at '"he t "" "" ?' '? '" f sam hour as the other road runs a m," y 0ne 0f ,UJ"clon twrd the profitable one, the former will with- bidders and the openly expressed draw Us train. Through this system J con ictlon that the Government was me rauroaas proDaoiy wouia De ac-J being taken advantage of in the In It is added, is ausnscted. Incendiarism, RUSS CHEEOLLIES Workmen and Soldiers to Join Supporting Duma. PITTROOItAD, May 6. Marching in front of tflie Brltlng, French, and Italian embassies thousands of workmen and soldiers took part In a huge pro-ally demonstration here today. Sir Gcorgo Iluchanan, the British am bassador, speaking from the balcony of his embassy, was cheered when lie call ed upon the Russians to support pro visional government. It looks now as Uiough the Duma would be supported by both the work men and the soldiers councils. PLACE EMBARGO ON GRAIN. ASUNCION, Paraguay, May 6. Paraguay has formally announced an embargo on the export of wheat and flour. ENVOY EN ROUTE HOME. Hl'KNOH AIIUIS. Mary fi. - Dr. Paull, former German minister to 1 trail I, ar rived here today from Montevideo, en FRENCHMEN HAPPY ON WESTERN TOUR Feel Assured of Whole Country's ipint Toward War. K-V ROUTK WITH TUB FRENCH COMMISSION. May 0. -With gladness In their hearts over the tremendnn and spectacular ovation which marked the end of their stay in Chicago. VI vianI, Joffre. and the balance of the French war mission moved secretly on Into the West earlv tod.iv. They carried with them more sub stantial assurance of the Middle "ests spirit or absolute co-operation with Ftance and our other Ruronean allies. This was In the form of per sonal pledges from the great packing. manuraciuring, ana financial Intcreata of this section that the allied cause shall not suffer so long as the Missis sippi valley lins men, money, muni tions and rood to give. Inrurinnl conferences were held be tween ex Premier Vivlnni and such men as Charles It. Crane, the Mct'or mlcKs. the Armours, and others. The Frenchmen feel that this Western swing has accomplished an unfore seen, two-fold, practical result. First, It has given them some Idea to take back to France, of the vast ness of the United States and the al most unlimited extent of its commer cial. Industrial, financial and man power resources. Second, It has sealed the compact of comradeship between the Middle West and our Kuropean allies. tually benefited by a compromise and the traveling public would lose little in service. Local Service Affected. Baltimore and Ohio officials say the proposition is complex and wlU re quire time to adjust. It is known that the tentative ar rangement contemplates discontinu ing part of the hourly train service between Washington and Baltimore. It Is declared, unofficially, that there are several trains which are' not crowded, and soma of these may be taken off, especially If the Pennsyl vanla continues Its trains. -rne situation In Washington Is a reflection of conditions throughout the country. In which the railroads are attempting to withdraw from un profitable or unnecessary service as much rolling stock as possible to pro vide for transportation of Govern ment supplies and men. BALFOUR IN VIRGINIA; VISITS FAMED CHURCH Attends Services in Washington's Place of Worship, Unrecognized. transaction. Mr. Daniels accordingly announced that 2.9 cents a pound was the price the Government would pay and that he should be able to place his crder at that amount. The bidders claimed that this price was virtually ruinous, and appealed to the munitions board to make an Investigation and decide upon a fair price. The munitions board, after thorough Investigation, decided that Mr. Daniel's estimate of 2.9 cents was not fair and regulated tha price at 35 a pound. Secretary Daniels protested against this figure on the ground that It meant an additional expenditure of $1,800,000 on this single contract. AGREEMENT IS NEAR ON CONSCRIPTION BHl HITCHCOCK MOVIE DIRECTOR. NEW YORK, May flFrank H. Hitchcock, Postmaster General during President Toft's administration, has been elected chairman of the board of directors and general counsel for the Vltagraph Company of America, It Is announced here. PRESIDENT AT CHURCH. The President and Mrs Wilson at tended services nt the Central Pres byterian Church this f jrenoon. They route home after Brazil's diplomatic i Plan to take a lone motor ride this rupture wita uarmaoj. i af Urnooo. Entirely unexpected by the pastor and the congregation and unrecog nized untl lthe services were con cluded. Arthur J. Balfour. British for eign secretary: Ambassador Spring Rice, Lady Spring-Rice, and Sir Eric Drummond attended services in Alexandria today at George Wash lngton's old church. The distinguished visitors stopped at Christ Church about 11 o'clock. enroute to Gunston Hall ,to spend the day. They entered the church, and tool; seats well toward the front, where they listened to the sermon, recog nized by no one until they prepared to leavo the edifice. Then there was a mild demonstration In front of the church in honor of the British visitors. It u the first time in history that so distinguished representatives of the Mother Country had visited this church of the man most respon sible for the Independence of the United States. Secretary Lansing is also spending the week end at Gunston Hall as the guest of Louis Hertle, a Chicago capi talist, who owns the old Virginia prop erty. Mr. Balfour will motor to the Hertle estate, located below Mt. Ver non. In all probability the Secretary of State and the British foreign secre tary will discuss International af fairs, although the visit of the two officials to Gunston Hall is purely so cIhI. Gunston Hall was built by George Mason, a friend of George Washing ton, and the father of the Virginia bill of rights. It Is one of the famous show places of the Old Dominion. War Department Favors 27 As Maximum Age limit. Officials of the War Department and officers of the army hope for a conference agreement early this week on the army conscription bill, now before a conference committee of the Senate and House. It Is understood today that the department adheres to the belief that the selective con scription should not take in the ages carried in the House bill but prefers the Senate provision for the taking of men between the ages of twenty one and twenty-seven. Inclusive. A compromise in conference Is ex pected. The House bill age provision arranges for the calling out of men between twenty-one and forty. Not only does the War Department desire to avoid the extra expense of registering hundreds of thousands ot men in the thirties, but military ex perts say they do not make the best lighters. So long as the bill remains In con ferenco the machinery of registra tion and training cannot be set In motion. It is expected an agreement in conferece will be reached before Wednesday. Hudson Maxim, invsntor and mem ber of the Naval Consulting Board, announced today that hs has perfect ed aa armor for ships which is tor pedo proof. Whether the armor, which, he de clares, is adaptable to merchant ships, is the Invention en which W. H. Saunders, chairman of the board based his statement that the Unite States is prepared to meet the sub marine menace, la not known. Maxim, In art interview, declared! that Germany's submarines cannot he me t by any offensive device known at this time, and that the only- solu tion of the question Is the invention of torpedo proof ships. Believes Kenare Not Met. "Germany is going to win this war. unless we get food to our allies,' said Mr. Maxim. "This can be ac complished, not by wlpplng out the submarines, but by building 'ships which they cannot sink. 1 have Just completed an armor, adaptable to merchant ships, which torpedoes cannot penetrate." When asked regarding the state ment made by Mr. Saunders that the submarine menace had been met, Mr. Maxim said: "So far as I know the submarine menace is still as much of a problem as it ever was. Z am not authorized to give out any information concern ing the Naval Consulting Board or Its deliberations, but I will say X attend id the last meeting ot that body a week ago in Washington, and that I am willing to bet my head against a, cocoanut that the solution has not yet been reached." QnaBfles First Statement. Mr. Saunders was less positive la the statement attributed to him In the morning papers that a solution had been found of the U-boat prob lem. When seen at the Engineers Club today bra reoreientitlve of Th Washington Tlrjjus-be declared that, most of thTS ""remarks made. by-THm had been turned lato v recuses, "I do thinJc," he said, -that the prospects are most promising for a, , nullification of the U-boat menace. Our engineers are at work, and with in a short time I hope to see some effective means found to render ship ping comparatively safe." Mr. Saunders ended the Interview by expressing the wish that the. newspapers would not discuss tha probabilities of ending U-boat war fare as far as those probabilities con cerned new methods and Inventions, originated here. Xeatbers Disagree. The curious part of Mr. Saunders original assertion was the different opinions It brought forth from hts associates. Elmer A. Sperry, the In ventor of the gyroscope, stated that Mr. Saunders was correct In saying that the U-boat problem had been solved, while Thomas Robblns, secre tary of the Naval Consulting Board, declared that some remarks of Mr. Saunders must have been miscon strued, for, as far as he and the other members ot the board were aware, no invention had been found to curb the submarine. Dr. L. H. Baekland, Frank J. Sprague, and Alfred Craven, the re maining members of the board, are also ignorant ot any such develop ment as that outlined in Mr. Saun. ders' statement yesterday. Bearing out the opinions of these men, Thomas A. Edison asserts that no adequate means of dealing with the German undersea craft has yet been discovered. TO TELL GERMAN WAR AIMS Hollweg Soon to Make Statement at to Possible Peace. AMSTERDAM. May C Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg will shortly make a new statement comprehen sively outlining Germany's war aims, according to Berlin advices. Announcement that Chancellor Hollweff would make known Ger many's purpose In the war follows re ports received from Berlin that some sort of new peace move would be forthcoming shortly. The allies have already listed their alms In reply to Chancellor Hollweg's peace offer of December 12. t,ad President Wilson's proffer, which came shortly afterward. Germany has not given, a ffrnpltittt Hat ol hex Mgiralloca. r' NAVY HEADS SILENT Reluctant to Discuss Report on Sub marine Destroyer. Officials of the navy were reluc tant today to discuss the statement of W. L. Saunders, chairman of the Naval Advisory Board, who declared in New York yesterday that what is believed to be a practical solution of the submarine problem has been found. There was no attempt to deny that the board has been at work on plans to meet the submarine menace' and may have made Important dis coveries, but It was said at the Navy Department that no official report has been received from Chairman Saunders. Assuming that a method of con quering the U-boats has been devised. It will not be the policy of the Navy Department to make the details pub lic. Secretary Daniels and other navy officials discourage the publication of either detailed or speculative reports regarding the discovery, because It is not desired that the enemy shall be given any Information of value. According to an Interview with Mr. Saunders. Thomas A. Edison is not dl. rectly responsible for the new device, but has worked tirelessly and suc cessfully to perfect it. Mr. Rdlson Is among those members of the board who have been working many hours today considering- the hundreds of suggestions of methods of combating submarines. DISC0VER8 COMET'S TAIL, CAMBRIDGE. Mass, May & A tail to Wolf's comet, six minutes in length, hss been discovered by Prof. Edison rettlt, director of Washburn College Observatory, Topeka, Kan.. according to advices received at Har vard College Observatory. The com et was observed on the evening of April 30, and the angle of the tall from the nucleus was 200 degrees. The nucleus was fairly well defined. tl - ii v 11 ll -M '4 4 Z & V4I iaattatwieW