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British Vessel Torpedoed by Sub
marine Had American Troops
ion Board.
FIFTY-SIX MEN LOST
London Admiralty Statement Says
American* Missing Were Probably
Killed In One Compartment
at Tlm« of Explosion.
-i London, May 26.—The Admiralty an
i renounces that the British armed mer
Jchant troopship Moldavia, with Am
erlcan troops on board, has been tor
•.pedoed and sunk.
The text of the Admiralty state
ment follows:
"The armed mercantile cruiser Mol
davia was torpedoed and sunk Thura
.-•day morning.
A, "There were no casualties among
•V'the crew, but o the American troops
on boArd 6® have up to the present
not been accounted for. It Is feared
i^'ftthey wore killed' In one compartment
by the explosion."
The Moldavia was torpedoed with
out warning. It was a moonlight
night and although a good lookout
was kept the attacking submarine was
inot sighted before tho torpedo struck.
'Most of Men Caught In Hammocks.
Most of the men aboard were la
|ithelr hammocks when tha explosion
'incurred amidships. The sailors and
soldiers alike showed no panic, al
though many were Injured.
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They fell calmly into line and await
•«d orders. When it was seen that the
^Moldavia was settling down, all on
'..board were taken off by the escort
ing ships.
i.u The men lost all of their belong
'v
lngs, but were supplied with new
TelothlnK at the different naval ports
iwbere the} were taken.
Overtaken by Inrufch of Water.
It is believed that the American sol
idlers missing from the Moldavia were
sleeping on the bottom deck and
were overtaken by the great Inrush
of water, after the explosion, when
they were trying to reach the main
deck. It also is presumed that some
of the ladders were destroyed,
i The vessel was struck below the
fridge. She steamed ahead for some
fkime after being struck and at first
'it was hoped that the water-tight corn
's ipartments would enable her to reach
ty)it.
The Moldavia is of 9.500 tons gross
and owned by the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation company.
She was built at Greenock in 1903 and
Is 620 feet long.
No Doubt About Submarine.
Survivors agree that the Moldavia
•was torpedoed and not mined. One
a
en man said:
.1 "We ware proceeding up the chan
nel bound for an English port early
.Thursday morning. The weather was
fine and there was a bright moon
light. We felt an explosion amidships.
The ship had been struck lust below
the bridge, bu| we could see no sub
marine.
"There were some destroyers con
toying us and they at once scattered
uround in se&rch of the submarine.
Only one torpedo was fired. When it
was realized that we should have to
{abandon the vessel the destroyers
came alongside to take off the troops."
DESTROY EIGHT BATTERIES
Yankee (tanners Daily 8hell German
Lines In Plcardy.
With thq Americans in Picardy,
JUay 25.—American artillery daily out
shoots the boches. A checking up
ahowed that the American guns have
^destroyed eight German batteries
J'1"since our men entered this sector.
Ten were put out of action and only
'•J two of these have resumed firing.
ARE "WALKING DEAD MEN"
Designation Given Russian War Pris
oners Freed By Teutons.
'•4. Washington, May 24.—Arrival at
JPetrograd of the first contingent of
f&ean hundred Russian prisoners to be
•pggUMifed under the recent Russlan
OlsUJUB agreement was reported to
department. The men, the
say*, were "veritable walk-
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JUNE 17-26
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In United State*.
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FOE RAIDS HOSPITALS
Enemy Airplanes Kill and Maim
Hundreds Back of Battleline.
Red Cross la Ignored By Prussian*
Who Use 8hrapnel Bombs To
Kill Nurses and Wounded.
With the British Armies in France,
May 24.—In a raid on a large num
of hospitals by German airplanes more
than 100 women nurses, patients and
attendants were killed or wounded.
In this, the latest Prussian air at
tack, a score of huge Gotha airplanes
circled over their objective where the
Red Cross was plainly vlslblo, dropped
a number of bombs of enormous size
to smash the buildings, and a still
greater number of small shrapnel
bombs to kill the nurses and wounded.
The shrapnel was timed to burst at
the level of the ground, so as to in
sure the greatest possible destruction
of life.
Hospital Shattered.
British aviators and antiaircraft
guns battled with the enemy squadron,
bringing down the enemy comman
der's machine. i
Huts about the hospitals are in splln.
tors. One-half of the entire hospital,
where the greatest -death roll was
posted, had almost entirely disap
peared. Nearby is a crater, 15 feet
across and 10 feet dfeep. where a
large bomb fell on the nurses quarters.
Women Show Dauntless Courage
Crippled with shrapnel bomb frag
ments, those who witnessed the at
tack said they never had seen any
thing so wonderful as the courage of
the women during the raid, which
began at 10 20 a. m., and lasted for
two hours. Dugouts were provided for
tham in case of danger, but none of
them deserted the patients.
Many of those latter were very bad
cases of horrible compound fractures,
with open wonnds, necessitating sus
pension in harnesses. Other poor
chaps were strapped In bed, in order
that their bones would knit straight.
The slightest movement for any of
these men not only was agonizing, but
extremely dangerous.
MRS. STOKES FOUND GUILTY
Convicted In Federal Court of Violat
ing Espionage Act.
Kansas City, May 25.—Mrs. Rose
Pastor Stokos charged with viola
tion of the espionage act, was convict
ed by a Jury in federal court.
Mrs. Stokos was found guilty upon
all three counts in the indictments
against her. Sentence was deferred.
Ti»e specific act upon which she
was indicted was the writing to the
Kansas City Star of a signed com
munication in which she said she did
not believe the TTnlted States should
hare the unqualified support of every
citizen In its war alms.
"No government which is for the
profiteers can also be for the peo
ple," the letter said, "and I am for
the people, while the government is
for the profiteers."
THREE MACHINES DOWNED
Berlin Claims to Have Destroyed
American Airplanes.
Berlin, via London, May 25.—Three
American airplanes were brought
down on the L»ys front on Wednes
day, says a war office announcement.
The announcement of the German
war office is the first Intimation that
American airplanes are operating in
Flanders. Heretofore the American
aviation activities had been reported
only from the southern sectors of the
tfostern battle line. American planes
are known to have been in consider
able strength on the Toul, Verdun and
more recently the Plcardy frosts.
Belgian Pood Fleet Restored.
Washington. May 25.—Pregtdont
arrangements which
nupfeee of jtarvatlon
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VANGUARD OF AMERICAN TELEPHONE GIRLS REACHES FRANCE
These are th( llrst of the Ainericun tclei»l»one girls who are going to operate the switchboards for our soldiers
to the lighting lines, photographed on their arrival for duty in France.
GERMAN TROOPS
REFUSETO OBEY
Entire Division In Russia Mutinies
When Ordered to Franca--"
60 Are Executed.
OTHER UNITS PROTEST
Britiah Aviators Bombard Austrian
Sea Base at Cattaro—Extraordinary
Quiet Prevails On Whole Front
Ooeupied By Americans.
Washington, May 25.—According
to messages to the state department,
mutiny has broken out among Ger
man soldiers in the east.
The Russian wireless meussage,
dated May 19, said a German diviion
at Dvinsk, on the 17th, revolted when
ordered to leave for the west front.
Sixty soldiers were shot and more
than
1,000
put in prison to await
court-martial.
Others made demonstrations against
the action of the German commanders.
The 56th Infantry regiment at Wesen
burg and other German regiments
organized meetings to protest against
the continuance of the war.
British Aviators Bombard Cattaro.
Rome, May 25.—A British air
squadron successfully bombed the
Austrian submarine and seaplane base
at Cattaro, setting fire to the pieri
and barracks, it was officially an
nounced today.
London, May 25.—Heavy fighting
operations on the western front still
are in the state of anticipation.
What really is going on behind the
German lines is uncertain, but it is
known that the enemy Has large num
bers of men along the front from
Ypres to Rheims. His artillery is in
position and weather conditions have
been favorable. The German morale
is reported to be much weaker than
before the attack of March 21.'
Meanwhile the Allied mastery of
the air is productive of much damage
to German billets, airdomes. artillery
concentrations and other military tar
gets. For more than a week British
and French airmen have h^n drop
ping ton after ton of bombs in the
area Immediately back of the Ger
man lines.
Quiet On American Sector.
With the American Army in France,
May 25.—The last 24 hours on all
sectors h®ld by American troops were
extraordinarily quiet.
The inactivity on the Toul sector
was marked, the Germans firing only
35 shells on the American lines along
the entire front.
No German airplanes were out and a
falling barometer curtailed air activ
ity.
German troops which faced the
Americans along the Toul sector for
several weeks have been withdrawn
and sent to the battle area of north
ern France. They have been re
placed by the Eighth Bavarian re
serves.
DAILY COST IS $65,000,OdO
War Outlay of United States for
May Will Be $2,000,000,000.
Washington, May 25.—The United
States during May will hurl approxi
mately $2,000,000,000 Into the war, and
a new record for war expenditures
will fcava been set.
The battle against German autocra
cy to date has cost America $13,000,
000,000 and Is expected to reach an
other billion by June 1. The daily
cost la
now
$65,000,000.
Costly Hug by Pretty U(£
San Francisco, May 26.—A long hug
by a pretty girl cost Charlie Smultera,
of this city, $130, and the fact that
the *ma* woman was beautiful do««
toot consele him In the least. Smulters
told tfce #flfUee that he was walking
dew* the street when the "fair young
.ttawir her arms about his neck
of endearment with
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ITALY WILL BE AIDED
Secretary Baker Says American
Troops Will Be Sent There.
King Victor Emmanuel Desires Yan
kee Troops and All Italy Will
Welcome Them.
New York, May 26.—An American
army soon will be fighting shoulder
to shoulder with the Italians on their
front, Secretary of War Baker an
nounced in an addre^j here in cele
bration of Italy day
At the close of the meeting a group
of young Italians presented to Secre
tary Baker an American flag which
he announced he would place "per
sonally In the hands of the flag bear
ers of the first military contingent of
tha TTnlted States which leaves to
join the Italian army on the Italian
front."
King Expressed Wish.
Recent reports from Rome have
quoted King Victor Emmannel as ex
pressing a desrire to see American
soldiers on the Italian front, and it
has been well known that 'Ttaly as a
whole would wecome American fight
ing forces.
Official announcement, however,
that the United States would meet
this wish was not given until now by
the War department.
ft Is presumed that word of the pro
posed action was withheld to form a
fitting climax for the Italy Day cele
bration. when the people of Ttaly and
the United States pledged faith one
to the other.
In referring to the intention of the
United States government to send part
of Us fighting forces to Italy, Mr.
Baker said there were already In
Italy representatives of America.
SHIP PRODUCTION INCREASES
Expert Predicts New Tonnage Will
Defeat U-Boat Campaign.
London, May 25.—The enemy is de
stroying British, Allied and neutral
tonnage at the rate of about 3.500,000
tons yearly, while Great Britain and
her Allies and the neutral countries
will very soon he producing tonnage
at a rate of about 4,000.000 tons
yearly, writes Archibald Hurd, the
naval expert, In the Daily Telegraph.
That favorable situation, he de
clares, should be reached in a few
weeks and thence forward the up
ward curve in favor of the Allies
should proceed in a manner to con
vince the Germans of their failure.
FIXED COAL PRICE IS CUT
Bituminous Reduction Means Big
Saving to the Public.
Washington, May 25.—A reduction
of 10 cents a ton in government fixed
prices for bituminous coal was an
nounced by the fuel administration,
as a result of the agreement under
which thei railroads will pay the fixed
pricf for coal and abandon the prac
tice of giving preferential car service
to mines furnishing railroad fuel.
The new prices become effective at
once. They apply to short tons and
mean an average reduction of about 5
per cent, or i saving to the public
of aroupd $60,000,000.
THREE KILLED AT CROSSING
Two Other Persons Fatally Injured
When Street Car Hits Auto.
Simpson, Ky„ May 26.—Three occu
pants of an automobile were killed
and two of their women companions
so badly injured It is believed they
cannot recover, as result of being
struck by an interurban car at a cross
ing near here. The dead Include a
man and two women.
Library at Camp Lewis Praised.
Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., May
85.—The Camp Lewis library is the
most attractive of library buildings
In army cantonments in tha country
and is giving the best service, and la
the largest under the direction of the
Library War Service section of the
American Library association, Dr.
Herbert Putnam, director Of Camp
Libraries, said. Dr. Putnam visited
Camp Lewis to Inspect the work of
tie central library, the forty-seven
branch libraries and ninety-seven cir-
Ubrarlea la cam*
TAKES STEPS TO
GET OLDER MEN
Secretary Baker Intends to Util
ize Nation's Manpower to the
"tmost During War.
CONGRESS GETS BILL
Measure la Drawn to Raise Maximum
Age Limit for Voluntary Enlist
ment In Army From Forty to
Fifty-five Years.
Washington, May 25.—When Secre
tary Baker sent to Congress the draft
of a bill proposing to raise the maxi
mum age limit for voluntary enlist
ment in the army from 40 to 65 years,
another move toward full utilization
of the nation's manpower was made,.
All men over 40 so enlisted would
be assigned to non-combatant serv
ice^
In a letter to Speaker Clark, asking
the bill be pushed. Secretary Baker
said:
"Every man above the age of 40
years who is enlisted in non-combat
ant branches of the service will make
available for duty with the line troops
a man within the prescribed age lim
it for all troops.
Valuable for Long Experience.
"Many men whose long experience
as mechanics and artisans will make
them particularly valuable to the va
rious staff corps and departments
may be thus secured, instead of
younger men without such experience,
and the efficiency of the staff corps
and departments would thus be in
creased."
There probably are 7,500,000 men In
the United States between the ages
of 40 and 55, many thousands of whom
have already attested their desire to
serve. A great majority of the men
in this class undoubtedly will be re
strained from enlisting by family and
business ties, but the number at lib
erty to join the colors Is expected
to be more than sufficient to meet
the purpose.
40 Per Cent of Army Non-combatant.
Staff corps positions include many
duties behind the frqnt. Every head
quarters unit includes a number of
positions for which the older men
would be just as well suited as the
present occupants, who, under the new
plan, would be released for line duty.
Initial estimates are that a mod
ern army,,to be maintained as an ef^
ficlent unit, must have between 40
and 45 per cent of Its actual strength
on duty behind- the fighting zone.
This means that of the first 1,000.000
men sent to Franca, 400,000 serve
along the line of communication, in
hospitals or at the various headquar
ters and debarkation bases.
Bigger Army Gets Senate O. K.
The Senate military committee
unanimously went on record for large
expansion of the American army. It
ordered a favorable report on a reso
lution by Senator Reed of Missouri,
declaring for an increase of 3,000,000
men.
"By the resolution, the President is
authorized in his discretion and at
such time as ha may determino, to
raise and begin the training of an
additional force of 3,000,000 men, who
are to be called for training at such
times and in such numbers as the
President may direct."
FARMERS LOANED $91,865,586
Distributed By Twelve Federal Land
Banks In Year.
Washington, May 25.—The 12 fed
eral land banks established under the
farm loan act, have made loans to
farmers to the amount of $91,865,586.
20. says a statement of condition for
April 30, 1918, Issued by the farm
loan board. This date marks prao
tlcally the close of the first year's
business.
The capital stock of the banks has
increased $9,000,000 to $13,594,895.
Farm loan bonds to the amount of
$83,750,000 have been issued. The
bank's excess of expenses and inter
est charges over earnings amounted to
$411,954.24, about 3 per cent of tha
capital.
MANY BROWNING GUNS MADE
Enough to Equip Division Are Being
Sent to Camp Meade.
Washington, May 25. Enough
heavy Browning machine guns to
equip a division have been manufac
tured,"the War department announced,
and are in process of shipment to
Camp Meade, Maryland.'-
Enough of the same guns for In
struction purposes, it' was said, have
been shipped to every national guard
training camp and national army can.
tonment where troops are In training.
Capacity Will Be Doubled.
Duluth, May 25.—Miller McDougall,
secretary of the McDougall-Duluth
Ship Building company, stated upon
returning from Washington that tha
capacity of the yard would be dou
bled at once so that 10 ships could
be in the course of construction at the
same time. second pier U to be
started at once, Increasing the ca
pacity from 4 to 10 boats. The pre*
ent program for the coovany sails
for boats during the* present yen.
At company to employing 1,700 men
•ad will tonrHM tlm foroe te MM,
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But Forty and Fifty Bushels of
Wheat to the Acre.
During the past year there has been
a greater demand for farm lands in
Western Canada than for a number of
years past. The demand is for good
farm lands Improved or unimproved.
And at an increase of from ten to fif
teen dollars an acre more than the
same lands could be had for a couple
of years ajgo.
The rise in the price of every kind
of produce grown on these Western
lands, in some cases to double and In
others to treble the price prevailing be
fore 1914, have attracted and are at
tracting in ever-increasing proportions
the men who are anxious to invest
their money, and apply their energies
in the production of wheat for which
the allied nations are calling with
voices which grow louder and more
anxious as the months roll on, and the
end of the wir still seems distant.
Beef, and mope especially bacon, are
required in ever greater quantities,
and the price of all these tilings has
soared, until It is not a question of
wliat shall we produce, but how much
can we produce. Even should this
world calamity be brought to a close
in six months from now, it will be
years before normal pre-war prices
prevail, and meantime self-interest if
not patriotism is turning the minds of
thousands back to the land. The in
evitable consequence has been the rise
in value of land, especially wheat
land.
The Calgary Herald, commenting on
these conditions says:
"From inquiries made from leading
dealers in farming and ranching prop
erties, and from the information gath
ered in other ways, it Is known that
the value of all land—wheat land,
mixed farming properties and even
good grazing land—has risen In the
last two years 40 per cent. Wheat
lands in some districts have practical
ly doubled In price. One dealer In
farm lands recently sold three sections
for $70 an acre, one extra good quar
ter went as high as $90, and another
brought $100. These are, of course,
large prices, but that they will be
equaled or even surpassed In the near
future is beyond question. There is a
feature about this rush to the land
from which the most solid hope can
be drawn for the success of the move
ment. The proper tillage of land, to
produce large crops In a climate like
ours is now understood and practiced
as it never was in the early days of
the province. It would seem too that
with the Increase of land under culti
vation, the seasons are changing
and the rainfall becoming greater and
more regular.
"Crops are being harvested, especial
ly In Southern Alberta, which would
have seemed impossible to the old-time
fanner, with his old-fashioned Ideas
of breaking and seeding. And at the
price now set by the government for
wheat and which possibly may be in
creased during the coming' season, the
return to the practical skilled agricul
turist must necessarily be very large.
"What matters $10 or even $20 an
acre extra on wheat land when a re
turn as high as 50 bushels and even
more may be taken from every acre
sown? With hogs bringing $20 a hun
dred pounds beef on the hoof at $12,
and mutton $16, while wool under the
new government arranged system of
handling and sale brings 05 cents a
pound (and these values cannot fall
to any great extent for some years)
the demand for land will continue and
values increase In a corresponding de
gree.
"There has never been in the history
of Canada a time so favorable for the
farmer as the present self-interest,
the Inspiration of patriotic feeling, the
aid freely extended by the govern
ment, who are permitting the Import
of certain agricultural Implements
free, all these tend to still further
raise the price of Alberta land."—Ad
vertisement.
Force of Habit.
"Say, Maggie, what has become Of
that drug clerk who was paying jrtm
each marked attention?"
"I guess he thought I was a bottle
of medicine. He shook me."
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