Hundreds of Wheelinffites Who Can*t Shoulder a Musket At e Volunteeno^ ************************ THE INTELLIGENCER J Largest Morning Paper % Circulation in West Virginia. * **********-*********.***** VOLT MK lA'Vi, XO. 2 IS Wield the Hoe? More Food for the Nation WHEELING, W. VA., MONDAY. .MAY 7. 1917. ************************ I xgence^ The W ea t h * - M * e r * * * v- ? * Cloudy Monday, Tuesday Fair, Warmer * ? * * I ************************ | PRICE?TWO CENTS French Dent German British Repel Teutonic COMPLETE BREAK UP OF ATTACKS DELIVERED AGAINST ENGLISH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, Fighting on the Western Front Has Been Most Sanguinary of the War, With the Advantage Resting Entirely With the Allied Armies of France and Britain. ' LONDON, May 6 (3:12 p. m.) ? The British are successfully main- j | taining themselves in the breach tlT?y have made in the Hindcnburg line j | near Bullecourt. The Germans delivered a determined attack at this | j * point last night, which entirely failed, and were balked again this morning in a similar effort, the war office announced today, the British ? fire breaking up -the attempt. [ Northwest of St. Quentin the Germans were foiled in ar> effort to < retake the ground lost on Saturday east of LeVerguier, while their \ trenches further north were subjected to a raid on a mile and a half > front in which heavy damage was done their defensive positions. UXM ? A ONLY PARTIAL CONFIRM OF SUB REMEDY , FORTHCOMING WRONG IMPRESSIONS NOW ARE INTIMATED Associate of Saunders, How k ever, Admits Satisfactory f Progress Made. Washington! May 6? Advices from the naval consulting board con cerning progress made toward finding a solution for the submarine menace, referred to in New York yesterday by Chariman W. L. Saucders of the board had not reached the navy de partment tonight, but were expected tomorrow. Secretary Daniels said that while no information would be made public as to the nature of ex periments -which have been in prog ress, he was satisfied that American ingenuity eventually would check the undersea boats. Mr. Daniels spoke, however, with out- knowledge of the specific devices with which the members of the con sulting board have been experiment ing and his confidence was based' wholly upon the record for mechani-j cal. investiveaiess which American en gineers and scientists have main tained for years. Addicks* Telegram. A telegram to the Associated Pre3s (Co&tbmaa on Fag* Slat.) Mill " Member of Italian Commission Brings Washington Wreath. ROME, Saturdav, Mav 5. ? Via Paris, May 6.-5 :io P. *M.? Wil liam. Marconi, a member of the Italian mission which will visit the United States, is taking to Ameri ca with him a bronze wreath, specially cast, to be placed on the tomb of fieorjre Washington in the name of the Italian nation. Tht1 Germans bave hurled counter attack after counter at ' t:ick against the French forces iTi their newly acquired positions northcas? of SoisMins. taken in their advance toward 1-aon. and eastward along tlv C'?enun-des Datnes. but their efforts were use less. General Nive'le's men clung , ? trnaciously tr. iiietn throughout j Saturday night and Sunday ana ? inflicted heav\ casualties on * "** Germans. , The greater portion or l the eighteen mile front has l>? en . consolidated and as a result^ ot the two day's fighting ?>.1''^ Ger mans have been iak?u^ prisoner. ? Nor content with Saturdays sains northeast of Soissons. the French Sunday enlarced '?eir holdings by capturing in isolated operations important German points of support north of the Moulin de Laffaux and north of Braye-en-Larwinois. The Berltn official communica tion. in referring to Saturdays battle, declares that the Frencti ; attempt to break through 'he ! German lines was unavailing acid that the gigantic thrust was en- , tirelv repulsed. It admits, how- j ever* that the intense tire ot the French guns destroyed complete ly the German positions on the \Vinterburg and that this emi nence and several adjacent sec tors were occupied by the Frencn. It is asserted by the Berlin , war office that the French "after . their sanguinary defeat" of Sat urday did not repeat their attack Sunday. To the east of Bullecourt. which ? lies mid-way between Arras and Cambrai, where the British an<1 Germans last week engaged in sanginary encounters, with the art- j vantage Ivine with Field .Marshal i Haig's forces, the Germans Satur- j day night by a counter attack en deavored to regain their lost ground. They were unsuccessful however, and a similar attempt , Sundav likewise was put down by the British artillery, although the Germans threw large effectives into the fray. ' With renewed reports from I e trograd that the trouble between the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates and the pro visional government has been amicably settled, come fresh ad vices indicating that the military . commander In Petrograd is fear ful of a German attack by way ot the Gulf of Finland. The com- j mander reports the presence ot ? German merchantmen at LiDau ] apparently waiting for the ice to break up in order to transport troops under convoy of warships to attack the capital, and has or dered a re-organization of the re serve forces to defend If A German airplane for- the nrst time during the war has flown over Odessa. Russia's principal i seaport on the Black Sea, accord- j ing to a German official communi- ; cation. The communication fans j to say whether bombs were dtop- j ped by the aircraft DUTCH CQUflftGE FOR THE GERMANS . . i COPENHAGEN, via London, i( Mav 6. 9:10 p. m.? As the latest means of keeping the German ? people aroused the German news papers have discovered a "secret i Anglo-American treaty" whereby j Germany in the future is to be al- ,, lowed no colonies whatever, Ger- j mariv's surplus population to be | directed to the Anglo-Saxon con-, i trolled regions, where "they are ! to be absorbed ns the Germans have been in the United States." The Hamburg Fremdenblatt prints the story "from an abso-| ' lutely reliable source" and draws a two-column moral on the neces sity of complete victory over the authors of this alleged treaty. THE WtATHER. WASHINGTON, May 6.? Forecast: Ohio, West Virginia ? Cloudy Monday; ? Tuesday fair, warmer. ? J Western Pennsylvania ? Cloudy Mou- ? day; Tuesday fair, wanner. AMSTERDAM, via Loudon. May 6,1 p. m. ? "The entire fault fort America's entry into the war lies withl President Wilson, whit is an obstinate | Anglophile autocrat filled with dor- ? trisnary stubborness." writes Dr. Cor? stantin^ Theodor Dumba. former Aus tro-Hunsratian ambassador to ;ho "United States, in the May number of the Oesterreiche Rundschau, a ropy of which has been received here. Dr. Dumba begins his article by sayin? that before all elpo President Wilson wanted to prevent a disturb ance of the balance of power in Ku-; rope in favor of the Central Powers. J President Wilson. h?- adds, was con- j vinced that the sharpened submarine ? warfare would carry the hunger block-! k ade to England and bring the entente' to its knees by t In1 desirtK-tion <>t'i cargo space. j The writer further credits President Wilson with the apprehension thai ihe! Central Powers would create a virtu- 1 ally self-support intr mid-Kuropean i bloc, extending into Asia .Minor and! .Mesopotamia, 'which, lie says, in Presi-i denr Wilson's eyes, would be more j dangerous and more powerful than: Great Britain. Hence - the Unit?d| Stares joined in the war. Dr. Diunba says the 1'nited States) was particularly anxious to secure Great Britain's support auainst Japan ese over-lordshin in the Pacific. I'ur- J thermore. the entry of the United/ States in 10 the war was a plausible pretext for the creation of a big army, and finally by her action she has ac quired a seat at the peacc conference taolev-^ ^ i CALL TO AMERICAN YOUTH soU^rpX^Q (afternoon.) ? Not. only have the last two days of fighting along the Chemin des-Dames delivered more than six .thousand prisoners to the French, but have given them positions whence they can operate on the principal Ger man defensive line occupying the crest on the northern side of the Ailette valley. Vain Counter Attacks. From Liiffaux mill to Craonne, the entire Chemi-des-Dames, with the ex ception of a very small section, is held firmly by the Frcnch who have thor oughly organized their gains in defi ance of all tiie efforts to oust them. (Continued on Paffe Tonr.) BALFOUR CONFERS WITH U. S. OFFICIAL Many International Problems Are in Hands of Sub committees. WASHINGTON. J). C., May 6.? Foreign Secretary Balfour and Sir Eric Drunnnond, of the British "war mission, the British ambassador and Lady Spring-Rico slipped quietly out. of town to-day to spend Sunday with. Secretary 1*1 using, at Guuston Hall, one of the famous manor houses of Virginia built by George Mason. Sec retary and Mrs. Lansing were there for the week-end. It was not posssible for the British visitors to get away till this morning. Mr. Lansing had expressed to Mr. Balfour his wish for a quiet, confer ence lo sum up the work of the mis sion to dale and plan for what, remains to be done, and it was decided that 'the old Virginia manor house would pro vide an ideal spot, as well as giving Mr. Balfour a view of the Old Do minion, where it was understood that, the statesmen confined their discus sion largely to the program rather than to detailed phases of the negotia tions. Three formal meetings of the Brit ish and American representatives on shipping, trad*' and military questions have resulted in the appointment, of a group of sub committees to discuss an American expeditionary corps to France material, intelligence, muni tions. hospitals, shipping, the Allies' needs in imports and America's re sources toward filling those needs. At the same time the financial situation has Ije en pretty well clarified in direct conferences, while the naval situation has been brought to a point where a general conference may be sought. Diplomatic issues, with the single exception of Mr. Balfour's statement that the I'nited States would not he expected to enter an actual alliance, have not occupied the attention of the British visitors, and ii is probable l.n the uncertain situation on all sides thai there will be litile hut an ex change of views in tltis regard. The Russian and South American problems and the internal situation in the cen tral empires are- the main questions in mind, but they do nor admit of very definite treatment in conferences. The probable lensiih of stay of the mission is increasing daily, and the original tentative date for departure has been changed to about May 20. The mission probably will go in a body to New York for two-days joint re ception witli the French on the return of the latter from the west, and then come back here for another week. Af ter that Mr. Ba!fi?ur and his party will i-'o out through the Middle West and to Canada. v ii. r ? they will spend a few days betore returning to Eng ine!. Tu-dav's 'tie I" Giins>on Mall- was unannounc' i .itui was made by auto-* mobile. Tiie Drit p:ir---?l until 'he eon gri gat ion fit ' I out Tie* v v. -re then i.ium-iv-'Im ?imit""--" RUSSIA NOW PREPARING 4 TO DEFEND PETROGRAD I FROM GERMAN. ATTACK i PETROGRAD, via London, May 6. 2:50 p. m. ? Petrograd is again warned of an impending German attack upon it by way of Libau, in an army order which directs the disposition of forces to resist such an attack. The warning was given by General Korniloff, com manding the troops in the Petro grad district, who, in his order of the day, says: "We have received reports that the enemy is concentrating large forces against our northern front. German merchantmen are at Li bau, ready as soon as the ice has melted to embark troops and, un der cover of the German lleet, to carry out a landing which may possibly be made quite close to Petrograd. "In order to creat an army ca pable of .stubbornly defending our capital against the assaults of an enemy from abroad; and of con solidating the freedom won by Russia, I order ihe reorganization j of the reserve elements of ths dis- : trict in accordance with the or- y.'1 ders 1 have already issued to the ? ! first line troops. These reorgan j ized elements must remain in Pe tragrad in conformity with the declaration of 'the provisional gov eminent, and must be ready to de- . fend civil liberty, and in the event of an enemy movement against Petrograd, oppose and defeat the enemy on the outskirts of the cap iral." RUSSIAN CRISIS 1 BRIDGED OVER AT LEAST FDR TIE NEW DECLARATION OF THE FOREIGN POLICY Couched in More Definite j Terms, and Satisfies the Proletariat. " PETROGRAI>7~May 4 (Friday, 10:30 p. m., via London, May 6, 8 p. m.) j The controversy between the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates | and the provisional government, that I for the last twenty-four hours had I threatened such serious consequences, in which, in fact the fate ot the na tion and possibly of the war were in volved, has been settled. Prince Tseretelli, speaking before a tremendous assemblage of soldiers j and workingmen who crowded the I Naval Cadet building, where the coun-j cil held a special meeting to receive ; the report of the executive council, | dclared that the government had pre pared a new declaration concerning its foreign policy, which in definite | language, corresponded to the procla-j mation of April 9, and embodied the | views of the proletariat. i When the speaker declared that the l temporary government had acquitted i itself of the charge brought against] it by explaining in concise terms what j it meant by the vague form of yester-| dav's declaration, a great cheer arose from the vast assembly and lasted for several minutes. It apparently voiced the relief which all present felt at the solution of the most serious difficulty which had confronted the country since the revolution. . _ ... Anti - government demonstrations, however, were still occurring in the streets. While the members of the executive committee were explaining the rapprochement with the govern ment. a great manifestation was tak ing place outside the very doors of the building. Orators who were denounc ing the government were loudly ac claimed. , Late tonight there was a second clash in which shooting occurred in front of the Hotel Europe, causing a momentary panic, among the guests. Apparently the shots were fired from windows opposite the hotel. No Separate Peace. NEW YORK. May 6. ? Dr. B. S hats Icy, represent ativc in this country of the provisional Russian government and a member of the Russian railroad com mission, addressing a mass meeting of Slav societies here tonight, stated that ho hod received cable messages from the Russian minister of foreign affairs and the president of the Dunm authorizing him to assure the American people that tlinro would be no separate peace. He also had been authorized to report, he said, that the "Internal situation is im proving every hour." The assemblage, including Bohemians, Croatian?, Poles. Serbs and Russians, ndopted resolutions pledging to the Tnit'-d States the "loyal services of the Slavs in America in battle, behind the plough and in the mines and factories. CHARLESTON RAISES BIG FUND FOR SITE: ? ? 1 CHARLESTON". W. Va., May 6.? ' With a $:500.0?0 fund raided by popu-ji lar subscription approximately com- < nlete, the Charlestton chamber of j commerce lias advised Secretary Jo- : tophus Daniels that the deed trans- : [erring to the federal government a stie of 205 acres for The location of i the government armor plate and pro- < iectile factories had h^en prepared for I execution. R^ar Admiral Ralph Lane, j1 chief of the bureau of ordnance, has 1 been advised that engineers could be'< *ent here for the preliminary work 1 1 nmd can .start, work at once. |' An amendment to the state la'.s 1 which prohibits the federal govern- M ment from owning more than '1., acres . in anv one place is necessary before ,i title 'to the property can be legally ji transferred to iho government, a his , i change in the law be wrought at the j I forihroming special session of ihe leg- i Islature. ' HOW ENGLAND ALL SUBORDINATED TO WARFARE'S NEEDS British Munitions Expert Gives America Benefit of ? Experience. WASHINGTON*, Mar 6.? Great Britain's transformation of her great industrial system for war , purposes was described here to day by Maurice S. Amos, the Brit ish munitions expert, who was one of the many rhings he has been the change. Dr. Amos told some of the manythings he has been laying before American officials since he came to Washington with the Balfour mission .to give the United States the benefit of England's experience. "England's industry, which be fore the war was inchoate and unorganized," he said, "has grad- - ually b^en diverted from the usual channels to specific war work ill four different ways. First, was the regulation under the defense of the realm act in the early days of the war, under which specula tion in war necessaries was abso lutely prohibited by requiring a? government license. This, of course, restricted and stabilized such dealings and gave the gov ernment a semi-control through its influence over dealers. The attempt to do away with middle men entirely, however, failed ab solutely. "Secondly, the railroad execu tive committee, which has an even greater control of transpor tation than your kindred body here, gave priority to war goods with such results that manufac turers desired to be classified as war manufacturers in order to se cure immediate transport. Third ly, the exemption from military service of men engaged in war industries made many manufac turers change over from general trade to war work in order to se cure labor stability. "Most important, of all, how ever, in this readjustment was the priority committee of the ministry of munitions. At first the com mittee itself had divided manu factures into three classes of very different degrees of national ur gency. We endeavored to allot all work on the basis of its war importance and oversee every contract in such way as to keep the most important work always first." MEETS TODAY CHARLESTON, W. Va? May 9r Several members of the State Council Df Defense of West Virginia appoint* ed by Governor John J. Comwell to svork in co-operation with the Nation il Council of Defense arrived in the ;ity tonight preparatory to the meetr ing which will be held in the recep tion room of the executive office to? morrow. The meeting was called to hear th6 report of Governor Cornwell, who vil directed by the state council to at :end the meeting at Washington last iveek. The West Virginia governon trill carry a message to the state coun? ;il from the national council. He was put in possession of many facts lb connection with the war situation which he will give to the members ot ihe state council. As a result of the meeting it is ex pected that an outline of the legisUc :ion which will be sought at the fortiw :oming session of the legislature will 5e agreed upon. Nothing has been ;iven out pertaining to the nature of hese special measures. BRAZIL WON'T SEND TROOPS TO EUROPE; ILL GIVE MORAL AID ' t ' ,J-" RIO JANEIRO, Saturday. May | Upon formally assuming: on Monday | next tin? portfolio of foreign affairs J Nilo Pecanha. successor to Dr. Lauro, Muller. is expected tp make known i i he general lines of his program, the! fundamental principle of which, it ?si understood, will be frank and ener-i cetic action in co-operation with the; United States. Sepor Pecanha. as h ii ? altitude has j been indicated, does noi b"lievp Ura-j x.il will be able lo take an active pai't in the war by the sending of troops. I buk in lieu of military forces should j lend tin* I'Tiited States all her moral! support ami especially effective i nomic oid Through the furnishing of ? .v"; all kinds of commodities produced by gi llie nation. Other measures also would bo considered as the course of events seemed to render them necea- V sarv in the common cause. Such action by the Brazilian gov ernment, it was pointed out, would naturally carry with it the revocation of the decree of neutrality promul gated April 2S. ^ Thr- .Journal Do Commercio says It - is reported, that Ruy Barboso, the am bassador to Argentina' and advocate " ^ ? nf war with Germany, advised the new foreign minister to make the reorgani zn tion nf the cabinet, the condition of i his acceptance of the portfolio.