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June 28 is the day.
INAL
EDITION
VOL. XIII, NO. 270,
TULSA, OKLA., SUNDAY, JUNE 10, it) 18.
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THREE MILLION
MEN AUGUST 1
American Army Soon
Be Factor;' Draft
Age to Go Up.
to
MAN-POWER IS VITAL
First Class Expected to
Be Exhausted Before
Next Year.
PERSHING HAS 800,000 NOW
Others Being Rushed as
Fast as Shipping
.Will Permit.
WASHINGTON",, June 15. Three
million Americana will bo under
arm by next August 1, .ho senate
military committee was today told
by Provost Marshal General Crow
der. Extension 'of tho ae limits in
the array draft will be necessary,
General Crowder said, If tho present
rale of draft calls is continued. II'
estimated (that all the men in Class
1 would be ' exhausted ' soon after
next January 1.
General Crowder said that 1,447",
' COO of the 2. 428.000 men placed ill
Class 1 already have been called to
the colors. Ho estimated that Home
400.000 additional men for the first
clam will be secured from the men
who registered last June S and that
Vnother 200.000 will ' be added by
the reclassification of men In the
re-examlnation of the questiondlrus
now being made.
800,000 In Franco Sow.
At the same time General March,
chief of titaff, was telling news
papermen that the I'nited States
now had more than soo.ooo men
now In France, lie said reinforce
ments were being rurdied to General
Pershing as rapidly as transport fa
, cllities would permit. He said 1,000,
000 woud be there early In July.
The extent of (ha American troop
movement was particularly striking
because Secretary state,) less man
week niro that "more than 700,000"
had emharked. The fact that the
fiipur had Increased approximately
. 100,000 In leaa than seven dayi drew
a ouiek onertlon as to when rtefinlt.)
superiority lri atian power might bo
aiainea.
Itlast Make Allowances.
"The 'matter of the number of
trnops on the western front," Gen
eral March replied, "is a question
that must be considered with refcr-
ence not only to the enemy division
.which have been known to bo there
all alone, but with tho potential in
crease which might be attnined by
bringing divisions from the eastern
front.
' "It Is Impossible to predict a day
say a month ahead, or any other
definite time when n. mastering su
pefHiritv will be in the hands of the
allies; but the number of troops we
are. sending ncrnss now Is limited
only by the capacity of the ships to
enrrv them, and we Intend to keep
It up.
Final Draft Figure.
Final figures of classification of
the first registration totaling 8.689.
447 wore given by General Crowder.
The registrants were shown to have
been divided,, as follows:
,, Class oho. 2.428,729: class two,
B09.6(5; class three, 427,870: class
four. 3.483,326; class five. 1.839.85R.
General Crowder submitted fig
ures showing the progress of the
men. nil from class one, will have
draft this year. A total of 1.347,51 2
been called by the end of July, di
vided by months as follows: Janu
ary, 23,288: February, 83,779;
March, 132,484; April, 174,377;
KIM. 000.
STILTED LABOR WANTED IN
FACTORIES, NOT IN ARMY
War Department Member Says Too
Many nave Made Mistake.
By Enlisting.
WASHINGTON, June 15 Select
ive service has failed to fulfill Its
original purpose of keeping at their
work skilled men engaged on gov
ernment contracts, "Darraph De
lancy of the war department today
told trie national war labor confer
ence. "Patriotic but misplaced zeal"
has led many essential men to volun
teer for army service, tie said, and
"errors In patriotism" have been
immltted by many draft boards,
which should grant deferred clussifi
atinn to all skilled workmen, neees
".ry to the production of war ma
teria Is.
Indefinite furloughs have been
given several hundred trained men
la tho army In the last month, ac
cording to Mr. Dclancy and several
thousand others will bo sent home
within the next few months to pre-v'-nt
delay to war contracts hold up
by lack of skilled labor.
Rolsheviki 'Spirit Grows
Among Returned Germans
LONDON, June 15. German sol
diers returning from Russia are lm
b'i"d with Holshevlkl Ideas and are
everywhere circulating revolution
ary pamphlets, Gotleral von klsheig
aid In the German reichstag during
';ie l'Yidny sitting, according to a
1 "penhagen dispatch to the K--cliaiige
Telegraph company. Fftr
"'is reason, he said, strict discipline
w'j; n, essary in the army,
an !,i,tinH waa marked hv sharp
"'tacks from various members on
ue military authorities
Capt. Harry Gwynne Killed;
First Tulsan Lost in France
Brilliant Young Officer
Air Service Loses Life
by Accident.
of
pusl:: servces profosed
Memorial Will Be Held Next
Sunday in Convention
. Hall.
Capt. Harry Gwynne was killed in
an air accident in Franco on Bun
day, June 9.
He la the first Tulsan to give his
life In the great world war and the
rirst commissioned officer from Ok
lahoma to make' the supreme sacri
fice. " ,
News of Captain Gwynne's death
was received by his relatives yester
day. Ilia father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. I,. D. Gwynne, reside at
s02 South It o s t o n. Captain
Gwynne's wife has made her home
with them since he has been In the
service, The deceased was a brother
of Roy IV Gwynne, 12 East Eighth
street, of the fJnlf Pipe Line com
pany, and of Miss Vera Gwynne, so
ciety editor of The World. . ,
In Service One Year.
Captain Gwynne enllated In the
I'nlled States army one year ago
yesterday. H4)was st first In the In
fantry. but after reaching France
five and one-half months ago. was
transferred to the aviation branch
of the signal rorps. where he be
came n pilot. The fact that he was
naturally of a military nature, with
splendid phvslque and bearing, cou
pled with the training he had re
ceived In Oklahoma and Texas
camps before crossing over to the
other side, made him one of the
most efficient officers In the service.
Captain Gwvnno was a young man
and every inch of him a pntriot. As
soon ns war was declared he began
making efforts to get Into the army.
He had been successful In the oil
business but was willing to sacrifice
everything In order to go to France
and fight for his country. His wife
was lust as patriotic as he whs, and
she has been an untiring worker In
the various war fund campaigns
that have been staged in Tulsa.
No details, of the accident have
been received. The messare from
the ndlutant general at Washington
merely stated that Captain Gwynne
of the signal corps had lost his life
In an accident on June 9.
His name has not vet appeared in
the official casualty Data.
emorlal Proposed.
Gwynne had a any friends
h"rwftfffl throughout the state, a
movement Is already on foot to hold
nubile memorial services In nia non
or at Convention hall next Sunday.
It will be the occasion for a renewal
ef patriotic pledges and a tribute to
the mothers of our soldiers and sail
ors, for captain Gwynne's mother Is
a real American, who was Justly
proud of her son, and whose heart
Is touched deenlv by Jils death, com
ing ns it did almost at the beginning;
of the most glorious part of his mili
tary career. It will also be a mark
of respect and censolatlon to the
brave little widow, the first woman
In Tulsa to lose her husband In the
war. Other mothers and other wives
will suffer the same pangs of sor
row that thev are now endurltig,
hut thev are the first, and the nro
posed memorial scrvlres will afford
an opportunity to pay homage to
Captain Gwynne and his bereaved
ones, as well as to those who will
make similar sacrifices before the
war Is won.
ENTENTE ENCOURAGED BY
NEW RUSSIAN " REVOLUTION
Victories of Cxccho-Slovak Force
May Give Allies Chance to Stop
German Advance.
WASHINGTON, June 15. T'nejf.
pected developments In cerriral Si
beria, where Cxecho -Slovak regi
ments are gaining apparently mark
ed successes against the soviet
troono. were regarded her today as
possibly merklrg the advent of con
ditions in Russia which the entonte
allies hive been awaiting as pre
liminary to the adoption of strong
moosiires to prevent the further ex
tension of German control over Rus-
sla.
Officials have long held the be
lief that continuation of . German
control would terminate In the ac-'
"ml use o' Russian soldiers In the
German army and for that reason
meens have been sought for the be
ginning of a campaign to restore the
Russian army Into active opposition
against Germany.
Alrendv, whether tinder comnul
nlon or because of secret affiliation
with Germany, the bolshevik I gov
ernment has been supplying; the
'xcrmAn army with food and other
n'-cefcs'tltfi and unconfirmed reports
have reached Washington that Rus
sians In considerable numbers al
readv are in the German military
service. Private ndvices even go so
far ! to state that by the heglnnlng
of rcxt vear whatever remains of
the Purlin army will be under the
Gerrrnn flag If effective steps are
rot taken at ence.
A1akan Youth to Register.
WASHINGTON. June 15. Alas
kans who have become 21 years of
ace sinco June 5, 1917, are required
to register in the period from July
2 to September 3 In on order-Issued
today by Provost Marshal-General
Crowder. The extended period was
decided npon because of difficul
ties that may be encountered In reg
istering men of the territory.
,lerem la h O' Knry Caught.
NEW YORK, June 15. Jeremiah
O'Leary. Indicted hero for violation
of the eaplonage. act and treason and
a fugitive from Justice for the past
several weeks, has been arrested at
Sara. Wash., and Is on his way back
to New York In custody of agents of
the department ot jusuce (St
Captain Harry Gwynne
TtTS
HORACE M'KEEVER IN
" RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Prominent Enid Attorney Eleventh
Hour Entrant Weurlng tho
, Republican Colors.
TWELVE NOW-AFTER PLACE
Seven Democrats; Nearly Complete
' Ticket s'-'RcirlstoroU When
Filing (liw.
PjierUI to Th World.
OKLAHOMA. CITT, June 15.
Horace G. McKrivor. prominent
lnwyer of KnbL today filed as a. can
didate for the governorship on the
Republican ticket, making five Ue
publUvans and seven Jjepiocrats
seeking tho office now held by Cob
Wllllnm.
Filings for state offices closed this
evening at B o'clock with full tickets
from all parties, with the exception
that about half the legislative dis
trict are unrepresented bv Itepuhll
can candldaawrl'hle applies more
in tne southern
half of thn atitfrt
Districts five, eight and nine of the
supreme court have no Republican
candidates.
Democrats are well represented In
me primary uontnst for th places
mere peing seven candidates for
governor, while the Republicans
imvr nve tor the place. In tho
governor race the Democrats r.ave
rrang M. Gault, Geurv; W. A.
put-am, Durant; ,1. C. McColllster
Mangum: Frank P. Davis, Enid: J.
IX A. Robertson, Oklahoma City; W.
If. Murray, Tishomingo; W. 1 Alex
ander, Oklahoma City. The liepub
llcana are John Golnhie. Gutjirte;
3. T. Dlckerno.n, Kdmnnd: John M.
Oaypcol. Duncan; Jl. G. McKeever.
Kn'd; TJ ' D. Stone. Oltlahomn City.
The lint two filed a fen minutes be
fore closlrg time, in oil the state
offices proper the Democrats have
a number for each place, with a few
txecptlons.
Frank Carter for stale auditor:
P. Freellng for Attorney-General:
Fred Parkinson for state examiner
and Inspector and Claude E. Con
nelly for labor commlMloner. are
unopposed in their party, while the
Republicans have only ono candi
date for the places.
Many Want Iove's Job.
Tho Democrats apparently 'have
taken a particular interest in the
rase for congress in the first district
and the office of corporation com
missioner for the place vacated In
the death of Col. Jack Love. For
the latter place there are seven can
didates, J. H. Johnston, Oklahoma
City; C. W. Harrod. Woodward;
Fred Hardy. Oklahoma city; Arthur
I Walker. Waurlka; W. T. Fields,
CONTINUE" ON r.UiK 20
THREE KILLED IN OIL FIRE
Mystrrlons Explosion Ignites
Stor-
age Tanks at RAnger.
FORT WORTH, June is. Three
employes were burned to death and
several thousand hurrels of oil de
stroyed this morning when storage
tanks around the Brewer well at
Hanger, sixty miles west of Fort
Worth, were Ignited.
The origin of tho fire Is a mys
tery. Pleas Madewell
watchman.
who lived five hours after being
burned, says an explosion preceded
the fire. Tho well Itself was not
damaged.
Babies' Milk
The fund passed 'he $100 mark yesterday. That is one-fifth of
the amount estimated by the Tulsa County Humane society to Ik'
necessary for the work of supplying milk und ice daily to every
deserving family with infants throughout the hot spell.
This comparatively small amount should be raised this week by
all means. Tulsa Is noted for her liberality, but while we are giving
to war funds let us not overlook the fart that the babies of Tuls.i
must be taken care of A dime or a dollar tu this fund may he
the ariuapmeana of saving the life of an Innocent little Infant. Ilrlng
or mall your contribution to the Milk and Ice Fund, In care of Tho
World, without further delay."
Yesterday' contributions follow:-
Previously reported IS5 ."0
Alice R. Munn 2. .10
Paul Gould i. 1.00
A Friend 5.00
H. H. - Hill 1.00
V. 1. Williams I 6.00
Laity's Friend 1 ,0a
Ernest M. Trout ; I. on
Hazel Marie Nelson 2.00
Total to date
American Navy Has
Sunk 28 Enemy Subs
5nce First of Year
rF.MBEIlTON, Muss., June 15.
"Since January 1 our nuvy lmi
Htink 28 tiertnnii snljinurliiiti and
our sailors should have the credit
for It," diH'Inrcd Cnllcd SIiikh
Senator John W.-Wtfks, member
of the senate military affairs com
mitter, in aIlreiliig tho Masa
I'liumtts Iaundry Owners associa
tion lu re tonight. "I In llevo wlicu
n heroic tlei-d la done It should ho
niudu public," he lidded.
TULSA HOME GUARDS
CAMP ON RIFLE RANGE
Camp Complete In Every Detail,
Even to Giuirtl 1Ioum; Sev
enty rnrilelpullng.
With the object of Inking a short
coarse In military training the Tula
home guards deported at 4:30 yes
terday afternoon for their first ramp.
The camp silo le located on the
Tulsa rifle range, two miles north
of the city. About seventy men
with complrte equipment, Including
tents, mesa kits and other necessary
participate, according to Capt. J J.
V. Kooney.
The company assembled at the
armory at Fifth and Iioaton at 3
o'clock and1' were given ten rounds
of aiilmunltion to be carried in their
belts. Upon arriving at the camp
sit,, tents were pitched at SrlO. The
camp is complete to the smallest de
tail, having a- large headquarters
tent, a guard house for those so in
clined and a field hospital under the
direction of Ir. W. W. Woody.
An Iron flag polo forty fort high,
presented by the Prairie oil and Gus
Co., has been erected on the ground.
The county council of defense will
Inspect the camp today and the peo
ple of Tulsa are all Invited to ob
serve the maneuvering of the com
pany. Tho schedule given out Satur
day by Captain Hooney Is as follows:
S:00 a. m. Heveille, roll call, ex
ercise. 0
6:30 a. m. Compun" fatigue.
7:00 a. m. Mess call.
8:15 a. m. Guard mount.
9:15 a. m. IUfle practice.
11:30 a. m. Company fatigue,
V!:30 p. m. Mess cull. .
2:00 p. m Kif'i piactlce.
4:00 p. m. Knteruinment.
6:00 p. m. Mess cull.
6:45 p. ni. p .tirade and retreat.
7:16 P. m. -Company fatigue
7:45 p. m. Strlke.,Lnts.
Two second .lieuuuante will be
elected by Iho home guards al the
armory. Fhth unA lloaton, Monday
Every member of the company is
entitled to a vote. The council of
dofense will have chaigo of tho elec
tlon.
GERMANY PREPARES ALIBI
FOR ATTACK ON 'COMFORT
Newspaper Intimates Hospital Ship
Proliably Will Carry Aviators
i and All-plum's.
A MSTTTR DAM. June 16. Refer
ring ,l th report t Hut the American
hiyf ItaTghlp Comfort is to be sent
to Europe without escort and uii
armed and that Germany has been
notified or this by the American
government the I,olel Anxelger says:
"We humbly venture to ask the
question what will the Comfort carry
on her first voyage to Europe, as
she will have no sick or wounded
aboard. We geratly fear American
flying men, and perhaps a dozen
airplanes.
'After ample ample experience
we have hail in the course of the
war of hospital ships bearing thn
sign of tho l!ed Cross the gentlemen
of America and their president will
perhaps not take It amiss If we
ask this question."
Massachussets A viator
Downs Five Germans
PARIS. June 15. Sergt. David E.
Putnam of Urnokllne, Mass., is re
ported to have downed five Ger
mans on June 10. Three of Put
nam's aerial victories now are offi
cial and tho other two ore under in
vestigation. This record, If the five
victories aro officially accredited,
makes Putnam's total 13. supplant
ing IJeut. Frank Xayliss of New
ltedford, Mass., as the American ace
of aces.
Chicago Newspapers
Forced to Lift Prices
CHICAGO, June 15. Tho Tribune
.the Herald-Examiner announce this
morning that, effective tomorrow,
the prico of their Sunday issues will
be 7 cents In Chirage, and suburbs
and 10. cents a copy elsewhere.
and Ice Fund
50
i v '
THIRD OFFENSIVE
ENDEDFOR GOOD
Allies Have Hccn Masters
of Situation Since
Check, June 11.
BOMBARDMENTS INCREASING
Artillery Roiluiililes Efforts
When Infantry Activity
Dies Down.
YANKS PLAY LEADING R'.E
r
Send Pack Shell for Shell
Launched by Enemy
das Units.
PAWS, June IS. The French
troops Imve rcocciiploi Cnruvrv.
et-VaLscry (southwest of Kols
wiiis), an Important strategic
point from which the Germans
have iK-en endeavoring to , de
lmuch their troop. The war of
fice annouiu'cnieiit of tills adds
that ground Iihi also been gained
around Monlgobert.
PARIS, "June 15 "The third of
the enemy's great offensives has
been mastered ever since the third
day," say an official comment lsaued
this evening.
'When one stops to tblnk that the
Germana, electrified by their icnes
on the Marne, oxpected to over
whelm us and advance aldng the
road to Paris, through Compeigne,
which was the first objective," adds
the comment, "the Importance of
June 11, which obliged them to stop,
can be seen."
HOMBARDMKNTS TAKE
I P BATTLE IX WEST.
Checked In their plunge agalhst
the French positions from Montdl
dler to the Ois, the Germans have
not resumed their offensive on the
western front. There have been pa
trol encounters at various points,
with the allies Improving their posi
tions, notably In the Vlllers-Cotte-rets
region, southwest of Soiasons.
The Inactivity of the Infantry,
however, has given place fo heavy
bombardments along the front. In
tils work the Ao,rican forces have
had a part. Angeud by a gaa at
tack against them by the Germans,
the Americans launched thousands
of gaa shells against the enemy. Tho
American on the Marne and Pl
rardy fronts have also given the Ger
mans no rest from patrol Incursions.
Dull Only Temporary
It Is believed In Paris and Lon
don that not many days will elapse
before the Germans begin a new
assault against the allies In the west
It Is known that the Crown Prince
Kupprecht of Havana, has large re
serves which are somewhere along
the Snmme and Flanders fronts.
Opinion is divided as to the point
against which the blow will bo
truck. Paris believing that the Gor-
mans will continue their thrust to-
ward the capital, either bv a contin
uation of the fighting west of tho
O.'se or a new assault further aouth
toward the Marne.
London, however, believes that
the German drives along the Alsne
and east of Montdldler were for the
purpose of drawing the allied re
serves to those theaters of the war
and then hurling the decisive blow
at Amiens or agafnst the Flanders
salient In the hope of reaching the
channel ports. ....
Dispatches from the front sav
that the situation Is tense along the
wholt front line.
GERMAN CRUISER GIVEN
SHELTER IN DUTCH PORT
Great Britain I'ses Sharp Language
In Reprimanding Holland for
Violation of Neutrality. ,
LONDON. June 15. The direct
charge that the Dutch noverninont
sheltered a German vessel at a
Dutch port to save her from being
captured by the ISrltlsh Is made in
dispatch which has lust been made
public. The case was that of the
Maria, 4.000 tons, which entered the
harbor of Tandjong Prlok, Java
Dutch Eust Indies In May, 1910. Shi
was flying the German mercantile
flag but It Is believed to have been '
a German auxiliary cruiser. I
The correspondence between H"l-
land on the subject contains satii'" I
very sharp language. The HriiiMi
minister at The Hague In a letter tu
Jonkheer J. Loudon, the Dutch min
ister of foreign affairs, wrote:
"The question does not stand
alone as an Instance of the peculiar
and unsound views adopted or in
vented by The Netherlands govern
ment during the present war in
maters of International law."
Americans Successful in
Air Raid on Railroads
WASHINGTON, Juno 15. The
successful bombing by American
aviators of a station nnd railroad
tracks in a town behind the German
lines was reported In General Per
shing's commiinio,ue tonight. A num
ber of direct hits were made and all
the American machines returned.
Turkey's tllluintum Unanswered.
WASHINGTON'. June 15. f..s
patehes from Moscow today advised
the state department that on June
2. Turkey sent to the Trans-Caucasian
governments an ultimatum de
manding certain territories and the
unhindered transportation of her
troops on TranH-i aocoalan railways,
and that the. troops lie supplied with
food. No word has been received as
to the result.
Austrians Fail in New
Offensive Against Italy
HUNS WILL AIM NEXT
DRIVE AT AMERICANS
t.cnernl March 1h lures Present Of
feiwlie ow iim Definitely
i:huiistcil Hm If.
REINFORCEMENTS AT HAND
nele Sam I MH-.te to He Prepared
In Handle Situation When
Tl'M CollH-N.
ASIll.MIT' N, June 15. The
io.-n, his iirnhiihly will receive the
next powerful offensive, launched by
itie Germans in tlieet, according
to tho prcdmlon of tien. Payton
f. Mur.-'i, chief of staff at bis first
weekly ciinfcri nee with newspaper
men today. I -Oilier hu made a
statement to thu senate military
coniniitt.e.
General March sunimat Izi-d the
wsttl'i situation oh It stands todav
with four distinct phases of ihe great
German offensive halted, but with
Its final battle to clime. To meet
the emergency, he added, only lack
of shipping faclliiies Is limiting the
tush of American troops to the fight
ing front. Their prompt engage
ment In the struggle, he said, Is a
paramount necessity.
The fighting of the lust week, In
the Olse-Alsiie ealient, ho demon
strated, was designated to straight
en out the German battle front,
rather than a Mow nt a direct ob
jective like Paris Further operu
llotm.of this nnttire, It was Indi
cated,, are anticipated before the
drive toward the Hrltlsh channel
can be resumed.
Up to the present time tho bulge
the Germans have made In the al
lied lines added 66 miles of front to
the allied lines from Rhelms to the
sea and large number of additional
allied force have been absorbed in
to the work of holding the lines.
This make It urgent, said General
March, that American forces be
rushed forward without delay.
General March would make no
prediction a to when American aid
might give the allies superiority of
number again. The time and slxs
of movement of enemy divisions
from the east to the west, he said
could not be estimated, nor could
a day he fixed when the allies woulc
have the "mastering superiority" of
number which will eventually be
theirs.
Thn Italian front situation was
not discussed, and General March In
dicated that the Russian problem
was still political rather than mill
tary and. therefore, not within hla
field of review.
The allies, officials said, are pre
paring to match the German ef
forts in the use of gas and provide
for complete defenses of their
forces, as far ns possible, before the
next attack of the enemy develops.
General March took oncalon to
correct the Impression that the Ger
man advance has at some points
gone beyond tho point reached In
114." He pointed out on the3nap
that at no point during the pres
ent offensive hnd the Germans come
closer to Paris than to within 20 V
miles of the farthest advance they
made In 1!H toward that city.
KEEMUN RUNS AWAY FROM
SUBMARINE; NEVER STRUCK
Officers Kay They Have o Evidence.
of Single Hit by Either Slilo
In Hour's Fight.
AN 'ATLANTIC 1'OItT. June 15.
Tho Hrltlsh freighter Keemun from
far eastern ports, had s running fiKhl
of an hour s duration with a German
submarine off the Virginia coast last
Thursday evening and escaped by
the fiipertor speed of the steamship,
according to a report made to the
naval intelligence officers hero to
day hv cat. tain T. II. f'olllsier, com
mander of the Keemun. The Kee
mun was ru.t struck by the 'sub
iiieriilde's shelbt and so far as Cup
tain i ' n I list t knew, the I'-bnat was
not hit by thn Keemun' thot.
'
Tim Mfil P Mr VictorifX
J'lVIl, .ill "iiui uo
Registered VIJ AmCriCSHS
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with Tin: American ah.mv
IN CHANCE. June I 4 - Arm rlc.-in
uvla'ois on lb" Ton I front probably
drove down another enemy machine
behind the German lines yesterday
in addition to the two machines
brought down, which have now been
confirmed officially us victories. Kx
eept for the usual artillery fire, the
American sectors havo been quiet
today.
Vcw Auxiliary Schooner Ijinnelied.
HII.o.XI, Miss . June 15 The first
of a now type of auxiliary schooners,
the Klizaheth Ruth, rated by Lloyd's
as U)0 A l. and said to be the only
vessel of That classification Cms f: r
constructed on the gulf coast, was
launched here today at the yards of
the Mississippi Shipbuilding corpo
ration. The schooner Is of 1,500 tons
deadweight capacity and will be
driven by two crude oil r motors,
for which will be carried 10. 000 gal
lons of fuel. Construction of an
other vesee' of this typo will login
immediately.
Mrs. Ruseli Returns.
A Cl'llAN PORT, .lune 15. Mrs.
Lily Husch, widow ot the ;.ite Adol
phus I'.usch, of St. Ivouls. was among
the arrivals hero today. She has
been In Germany since the beginning
of the war.
Soldiers Forced to
Use Bayonets to Put
Down Irish Rioting
LONDON, June 15. The arrest
of two men at Ilatlygar, County
Galway, Ireland, on Friday led to
a prolonged conflict between a
crowd of sympathizers nnd the
police. The police used their
club and the sympathizers any
missile that came to hand. In
the meantime utlmr sympathizer
barricaded the roads by . felling
trees, snd stringing barbed wire.
Some telegraph wires wra,.cyt,
Ijiter the men under arrest
were arraigned In a local court on
charge of Illegal drilling and
committed 'to the Hllgo Jail. The
rioting recurred during their re
moval to the Jail and the polie
were unable to quell It, A bayo
net charge was ordered And after
several person In the crowd hart
been Injured, the sympathlier
were dispersed.
Count Mlnotto Register.
CHICAGO, June 1 5. Count De
metrius Mlnotto, whe claims Italian
citizenship, was registered under tb
enemy alien act here today a a
denizens of Germany. The count l
father of, Count James Mlnotto, ent
recently to Fort Oglethorpe on a
presidential warrant.
NAVY NEEDS 40,000
MEN TO MAN SHIPS
Construction of Warship Progres
sing Far Morn Rapidly Than
" Enlistments.
WASHINGTON, June Up.
ward ot 40,000 men will be needed
to man the greif fleet of warship
which the United State will turn
out during the next fiscal year, the
house naval committee was advlswd
today by Secretary Daniel. In ask
ing the house to concur In the sen
ate amendment to the naval appro
prlatlon bill Increasing the navy'i
enllated personnel from 17.000 to
W1.4D6 men, Mr, Panlela transmit
tod letter fwtn -'Admiral Renson:
chief of naval operation, and Rear
Admiral I'aimer, enter ot tns bureau
of navigation, showing In detail why
thin increase la necessary.
The correspondence revealed that
the now warship are being turned
out faster than they can be manned
with the present limited personnel
and that should there be a change
In naval tactics and the nation be
fnrcod to a defensive Instead of an
offenslv fight, the navy would be
seriously handicapped In handling
the fleet against an enemy.
Almlral I'aimer said In his letter
that a shortage of officer of higher
grade should be made up, pointing
out that American destroyer now
are operating In the war sone with
out a designated commander other
than the British officer, Admiral
Dayley. The aubmarln chaser force
in foreign waters I commanded by
a captain, the admiral said, whereas.
there should be at least on rear ad
miral and preferably two for this
force. .
The two American divisions of ar
mored cruisers also are without a
flag officer and there Is no flag offi
cer for the division of superdread-
naught which will be added to the
navy within a year. Admiral Pal
mer also pointed out that the ad
mirals and vice-admirals In com
mand of American fleet should have
rear admiral tuit chief of staff,
Mexico Denies Exist ance
of German U-Boat Bases
MEXICO CITY, June If. Oer-
mnnv Is not violating Mexico' neu
trality by maintaining submarine
bases on or near the Mexican coast
line fur the undersea raiders which
recently have been attacking com
merce along the Atlantic coast ot the
United Htates. This statement was
made today by Helnrlch von Eck
hardt. German minister to Mexico,
in denying, the existence of ,, such
basi s. -
Irish Nationalists to
Go Back to Parliament
Dfl'.LlN, June 15. The members
of the Irish natlonallxt party have
decided to return to parliament the
week after next.
The Irish nationalists temporar
ily withdrew from attendance In
parliament as a protest against the
government's proposal to apply con
scription to Ireland.
American Troops Now
Occupy Alsace Sectors
By Th AliiH-iitrd PrrM.
WITH TUB AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCF., June 15. It now Is
permissible to announce that Ameri
can soldiers are occupying sectors
on the battle front In Alsace. They
first entered these position on the
21st of last month.
Canal '.ono Dry.
ANCON, pA NAM AT" ANAL ZONE,
June If. No alcohol or uuga may
be possessed, given away, used or
carried through the canal zsme af
ter June 18, according to an order
Issued today by the American mili
tary commander. The order affects
the American garrison, 0,000 clvll
.'ii Americans and 20,000 West Indians.
Conflict Now Rages
From Asiago to
Seacoast. '
DEFENDERS HOLD FAST
Premier Declares Resist
ance Everywhere Is
Magnificent.
rrjBi: b::winc. at home
Internal Fires Threaten
to Break Out in
. Vienna.
. ROME, June 15. The Aus
trians began a great offensive
at 7 o'clock this morning on ,
the front of the Asiago pa-;
teau to the sty. .
, This announcemTi was
nade in the chamber of depu
ties today by Premier Or
lando, who added: 1 ' ,
"Our troops are everywhere
resisting magnif Icently." "
Premier Orlando declared
that the Austrian had failed ,
to achieve even the prelinuV
nary results which usually iol
lowed a crushing offensive.
RATTLE IS RAGING ON
HUNDRED-MILE t'KOXT. , ; ;
LONDON. June 15. The long
waited Austrian offensive, against
the Italians ha begun. On the ItM '
lan front, for a distance of from 71 '
to 100 mile. Austrian troop and
ev artillery at endeavoring w
break down the reels tan na of tha :
1Ulianwho are aided by trench, Ji
a ui iiwn loroe. ' .
The Italian premier, Vlttorlo Or
lands, announced in the chamber 6t
deputies that the Italian troop ;
were everywhere "resist Inr mrnirt.
oently." ,
The last great iuatm.nsrmis nt.
fenslve, begun In October, HIT, i,
rolled back General cadorna' Una -from
the Isonzo front and along the
Venetian plain. More than a mil- "
Hon enemy troop participated la
this operation and it waa not inr
many week that the Italians were
able to stay the advance. About the
middle of November thai Plave bat-'
tie began along a tO-mlle front in ,i
northern Italy, and French and Brit-.' .
lert troop were hurried to reinforce
the shaken Italian army. The trial -was
n saved about the first of Da.
camber, and since that time thera
ha ben heavy fighting, as the Ital
ian and their allies carried out
many successful counter-attacks."
There have been insistent erlaa
from Germany for Austrian action
along the Italian front, to co-ordinate
with the German offenelve In
the western sone: and for months,
past the Italian have been preparA
Ing for Just such a blow as aonar.
baa been heavy fighting, as the Ital
ian army ha been re-equlpped and
General Diaz haa succeeded Oeneral
Cadorna as the commander tn chief.
I XTEUNAI) TROCBIM .
KIOTOS OST AUSTRIAN
LONDON. June If. Report of
a aerlou crista In Auatrla are current
today. They coma from various
outside sources but there is no di
rect confirmatory news.
A naw message today from the
semi-official Fahra agency of Ma
drid say private Information from
reliable sources state that grave
event are about to occur In Aus
tria, where the population is de
manding peace at any price,
Amsterdam messages say a rumor
was circulated on the bourse ye,
terday that rioting had begun la
Vienna.
Austrian Exchange Falls.
AMSTERDAM. June If On the
Amsterdam bourse the Journey of
Karon uurian, the Austro-Hungarian,
foreign minister, to Berlin. Is con- '
nected with the tension In Austro
German affairs. It Is believed the
cal.
Austrian exchange receded a full
point on the bourse Friday.
Elgnal Corps Badly in
Need of Additional Men
CHICAGO, June 15. A rush call
for men to Join the signal corps as
sent out from central department
headquarters here today. The men
wanted are radio and telegraph op
erators, telephone construction' men,
switchboard "const ruction men, line
men, cable splicers and men with a
practical knowledge of electricity,
i
General Randall Dead. -DENVER,
Col., June If. Major
fleti. George M. Randall, retired
veteran of the civil and Spanish
American wars, died today, aged 77.
Ida retired In, JS05.