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WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ending 2 p.m. today: Highest, 75, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, toda: Full report on page 21. 35, at 4 am. * Closing New York Stocks, Page 21. No. VIOLENT GUNFIRE CONTINUES ALONG WESTERN FRONT Fighting Dies Down After Fierce Battle at Hill 44 in Flanders. 27,051. BRITISH MAKE RAID IN GAVRELLE REGION Allied Fliers Centinue Their Suc- cessful Raids on Towns Behind the German 3.ines. 6 GERMANS TO YARD BETWEEN NORTH SEA AND RIVER OISE [By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 16—There are six Germans to the yard on the greater part of the Franco-Bel- { | glam front, from the North sea te the Oise, according to the Gaulois, which bases the state- ment on the information it re- Ports-having reached the gen- eral staff that 150 German divi- alons are situated in this area. ‘Ten of these divisions, it is stated, are in the region be- tween Ni rt dX pres; 100 divisions from La Basace canal to the Oise. On this basin. it Is extimated, says the newspaper, that th: German strength from Ypres to ‘the Oise is some six men to the part of the front, above Ypres, “where the estimate is a third of that number. Fighting has died down again in Flanders and Picardy and only the guns are busy. The artillery fire con- tinues strong all along these fronts, as well as on the Arras front and is most violent north of Kemmel and north TTALIANS DESTROY —— FOEBATTLESHIP 'Penetrate Pola Harbor in Sea ‘and Air Attack, Sinking Huge Warcraft. i iSHOOT DOWN TWO AEROS By the Associated Press, ; ROME, May 16.—An Austrian bat- |tleship was torpedoed by’Italian naval forees,in Pola harbor early Tuesday | morning, it was officially announced | ted: The battleship is of the Viribus' Unitis type (29.000-ton vessel). The Italian force worked its into the Austrian naval base by, dodging the patrol boats dnd search- lights of the defenders. The official announcement reads: “Italian naval units, avoiding pa-| trol boats and searchlights, succeed- ea in entering Pola harbor early on} Tuesday and in torpedoing an Aus-| trian battleship of the Virilbus Unitis type. “Simultaneously Italian seaplane squadrons attacked Austrian -battle- planes over Pola, brought down two and forced several others down out of control. The Italian machines all returned safely to their bases.” There are four Austrian battleships MR. TAFT URGES RELENTLESS WAR “To the Death” His Demand at Convention of League | to Enforce Peace. MAKES KEYNOTE SPEECH By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 16.—“War to the death,” demanded former Presi- dent Taft in his keynote speech at the opening session today of win-the-war | convention of the League to Enforce! Peace. The conventjon will continue | for two days. Sant After a stirring plea for a fighting | army of 5,009,000 men, Mr. Taft said: should set our faces stern and) unbending toward one end—war. Let} us have peace, but let us have war/ that we may have peace. To sound he trumpet for stern implacable ar to the end. this convention was called. Mr. Taft -presided. Men of nation- wide prominence to the number of 4,000 are in attendance. They inelude} educators, business men and states- men. Foe’ Must Be Defeated. verinig | Star. D. CG. THURSDAY, MAY 16,. 1918—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all mews dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. - Yesterday's Net Circulation, 96,915. TWO CENTS. MAIL BY AIRPLANE PRESIDENT RENEWS IS SENT ON TODAY FIGHT ON INQUIRY Fier Leaves Po Grounds or INTQ)WAR CONDUCT Philadelphia and New York. Resolution Amended, But Still Objectionable, He Tells Senator Thompson. | ! i YESTERDAY’S TIME FAST) | The second attempt to inaugurate; |the. airplane mail service between|MAY LIMIT TO AIRCRAFT | Washington, Philadelphia and New York was made this morning when Lieut. James C. Edgerton left the polo | grounds, at Potomac Park, flying at an altitude of The mail carrier left the ground at + o'clock and flew over the field | for five minutes before starting, while {several post office officials and about Presideat Wilson today renewed his fight against adoption by the Senate of Senator Chamberlain’s resolution for a war inquiry by the Senate military committee. He notified Senator Thompson of Kansas. that the resolu- 100 persons looked on and waved him |"0 #8 amended yesterday by the a farewell. |Senate expenditures committee still is | About 708 letters were added to yes- | objectionable. \terday’s bulk of mail and the larger| Considering all the circumstances, number were for delivery. at New | President Wilson told Senator Thomp- York. The total number of pieces of | son, chairman of the expenditures com- mail was 3,620. mittee, the Chamberlain resolution, even as modified, would, in effect, authorize a Fast Time From Philadelphia. i“dragnet” investigation by the mili- Lieut. Edgerton, who piloted the/ tary committee. fmachine from Philadelphia to Wash- | “This convention speaks an irrevo-! |ington yesterday, made the trip of; 144 miles in an hour and thirty-six | Amended by Committee. The President informed Senator of the Viribus Unitis class, which com- ‘prised the largest and most modern fighting vessels completed for the Aus- | tian navy up to the time the European | war broke out. The other ships of the class are the Tegetthof, the Prinz Eugen and the Szent Istvan. The name- ship was completed in October, 1912, and the others at intervals between ‘then and the beginning of the war, with the exception of the Szent Istvan,~ which was not finished until 1915. Each battleship of the class displaces | 20,000 tons, is 525 feet lonr over all, 89 feet beam and 28 feet draught. Their armament comprises twelve 12-inch and twelve 3.9-inch guns in the main bat- tery, with eighteen eleven pounders and various smaller guns, and from two to six torpedo tubes. The complements of the battleships range from 962 to 988 men. All are heavily armored and are classed as dreadnaughts. The Viribus | Unitis developed a specd of 20.9 knots cn her trial trip. PRESIDENT FIRM jcable public opinion that the w: {must go on until our foe is defeated, Mr. Taft said. | ‘We are fighting the German people led, by the Hohenzollern dynasty, its| mifitary hierarchy and Prussian’ re- actlonaries. They maintain the undi- luted and cruel doctrine that ‘might is| right.” They have been strengthening | their might for fifty years in order to establish their right to the domi- nation of the world. “No one in the wildest fight of his imagination now can think of unde- feated Germany yielding either proper indemnity to Belgium or justice to Alsace-Lorraine. Nor will the uncon- quered German ruling class consent to Mft the German paw from prostrate Russia or give over to decent rule the blood-stained Christian provinces of Turkey. If the wrongs of the op- pressed are not righted the war will have been fought in vain.” Letter From Cardinal. A letter from Cardinal Gibbons was ead. It said, in part: ‘My dear Mr. Taft: “The convention, which is so fortu- nate in having yourself as its guiding pirit, is to.emphasize, as I under- i t NOW FOR THE FULL TRUTH. WOULD LISTEN TO OFFERS OF PEACE Mr. Balfour Reveals Britain’s Stand—Doubts Sincerity of Enemy Moves. By the Associated Press, LONDON, May 16.—Great Britain is | minutes, which was just six minutes | Martin of Virginia, democratic leader, | short of the tims required by Lieut.! yesterday that the Chamberlain reso- | Webb to do the first leg of the route | lution calling for an investigation of from New York to Philadelphia. a aircraft production and other war ac- Gistance of but eighty-six miles. The | tivities constituted a vote of lack of | ered remarkable by post office officials | confidence in the administration, and and it is hoped that when the pilots |the expenditures committee amended | become accustomed to conditions they | it to eliminate all reference to an in- tand, the necessity of overthrowing | prepared to consider proposals from the spirit of military despotism which | the enemy, provided they are put for- U.S. PREPARES TO CARE. |JUDGE COVINGTON’ ~ FORS,000,000 TROOPS American Work in: France Amaz- ing, British Royal Colonial In- stitute Is Told. Walter I. McCoy Succeeds Him as Chief Justice for District. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 16.—American prep- arations on the western front gre amazing in their intensity, and plans are being made to care for 5,000,000 American troops, Harry E. V. Brit- tain. secretary of the English branch Chief Justice J. Harry Covington of Columbia has resigned. RESIGNS POST 2: the Supreme Court of the District of | threatens to supplant the benign con- in a of the Pilgrims’ Club, told the Royal President Wilson today sent to the | will cut down the running time by a| \large margin. No results are expected | in this direction for a week or more. | jeut. Boyle, who was forced to land at Waldorf, Md., yesterday, in| the proposed initial flight, will be given opportunity to make the trip| tomorrow, Maj. R. H. Fleet, who is in| charge of the aviators in the system, | Said today. } With reference to Lieut. Boyle land- | ing at Waldorf, which is twenty-four! miles distant, Maj. Fleet said that | the compass proved a source of trou- ble, because of the large amount of | metal in the machine.” He said that | Lieut. Boyle followed the compass, j path because of the magnetism of the machine metal. Joke Is on Mr. Praeger. tle amusement at the expense of Second Assistant Postmaster General Otto Prae- | but its direction was off the proper’ 1 by the military committee into Post office officials are enjoying no lit- | vestigation of “the conduct of the war! : “We are going to do all we can to defeat, the resolution, even as re- .” said Senator Thompson after a_conference at the White House. “The President authorized me to say that he is just as much opposed to the amended resolution as he was to the original.” Resolution Still Too Broad. Senator Thompson said he might offer ja substitute proposing to, limit the ;military committee's inqu! to the aircraft situation alone. The Presi- ident, he said, feels that the revised resolution is too broadly drawn and Stil ts subject to the construction that would authorize the general inquiry the jconduct of the war. Senator Thompson also said it was believed the military committee now has sufficient authority to p within its proper boundaries of inquiry, and south of the Somme from Albert to stitutional government under which, Ward by accredited persons |possibly with the exception of provid- If the the Avre. ‘These sectors have been the scenes of all the recent fighting and they probably will see the strongest enemy effarts whenever the Germans believe the time is opportune to strike anew. In Flanders the Germans have been disappointed in their attempts to gain hill-44, as the French not only drove them from the high ground, but also penetrated the enemy positions. Intense Bombardment. i In Picardy the Germans have not renewed their counter attacks to drive the French from the wooded terrain | captured near Hailles. German and/| French artillery fire continues heavy | north of the Avre. The enemy bom-| bardment of the French lines here has been most intense for the past two ‘weeks, but the Germans have attempt- ed no attacks except to react against successful French local gains. i British Official Report: | } By the Associated Press. H LONDON, May 16—The artillery ‘was active last night in the valleys of the Somme and Ancre rivers, east of Arras and on the Flanders battlefield, the war office reports. The statement | follows. | “Our troops raided the enemy's! trenches last night in the neighbor- hood of Gavrelle (northeast of Arras) and captured a few prisoners. | “Beyond artillery activity on both| sides at different points, particularly in the valleys of the Somme and Ancre } rivers, east of Arras and on the north- ern battle front, there is nothing oh ther to report.” Last Night’s Report. LONDON, May 15.—Field Marshal Haig’s report from British headquar- ters in France tonight say: “There was local fighting in which the French troops captured several prisoners and successfully advanced their line early in the morning in the sector north of Kemmel village. “Elsewhere there was nothing be- yond artillery activity on* both sides of the battle front.” Aerial Operations. The official statement on aerial op- erations issued tonight says: “In the air fighting Tuesday si: hostile machines were brought down and one was driven down out of con trol; one was shot down by anti-air- craft gunfire and one by infantry fire. ! ‘Two of our machines are missing. “Bombing continued actively during | the night. Twelve tons were dropped | on the railway stations at Lille, | Menin, Chauines and Peronne, on bil-| Jets at Bapaume and on the docks at Bruges. All our machines returned. “On Wednesday a successful raid ‘was made on railway station sidings at Thionville. Twenty-four heavy | bombs were dropped. Bursts were ob-| served on the railway sheds and/ track, and the furnaces of the Carl-| shutte factory, alongside the rail-; way, were hit four times. All our! machines returned safely in spite of the heavy anti-aircraft gunfire.” Battle at Hill 44. By the Associated Press. ‘ WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN| FRANCE, May 15.—Hard fighting| continued today in the neighborhood | of Hil 44, north of Kemmel, which was stormed and retaken late yester- | day by French troops. This much- disputed elevation has changed hands many times recently, but the French ‘were still holding the Germans off at & o'clock this afternoon. 4 | Thus this little rising ground from| the water-logged Flemish plain} about it had suddenly come to occupy | an important place in the annals of | “the fighting in this section of the. n than that contained in the figures in- dicating its height. ce Dominating Position. Its value lies in the fact that it dominates considerable territory and for this reason it has been a thorn in the for the ambitious Germans. It is believed that they want it to| facili their next attack in this, ‘&Continued-on,. Second Page.) { | the congressional horse being led to! FOR REVENUE BILL Leaders in Congress Oppose, and Contest of Wills _ Results. Once more comes the spectacle of the trough by the President, and the question raised, Will he drink? This! time it is over the proposition of passing a revenue-raising bill at this session. For the moment the horse is bucking violently, but the’ President is sitting tight. When the Overman bill was brought in there were those in Congress who declared that never, never could such a revolutionary measure pass, But it did pass. With Congress ft was a parallel of the lady spoken of by the Doet who, vowing she would ne’er consent, consented. Party Leaders Against It. Every responsible democrat in House or Senate, with the exception of Representative Hull, author of the income tax law and a member of the ways and means committee, is against action at this session. The President has been informed of the attitude of | the leaders of his party, but insists/ | upon action at this session. | The Treasury Department wants it, | claiming that @ revenue bill cannot be | passed in the brief time of the “short” | session. Fear Effect on Election. i The President has been assured by democratic leaders that they can pledge the republicans to the passing of a bill in the short session, and he {has been told that the imposing of a | new burden of taxation upon the peo- | ple just before election time will en- | danger the prospect of the democrats carrying the next House. The Presi- | dent is said to think that the states- | men are anxious mainly to escape the ; tedium of a summer's session in | Washington, and is disposed to hold! the horse firmly up to the trough! | until he drinks. ' ———— i 1,300,000 U.S. FIGHTERS PROMISED FOR 1918 PARIS, May 16.—The United States has promised to have 1,500,000 fighting men in France by the end of 1918, says L’Homme Libre, Premier Clemenceau’s newspaper. These troops, it adds, must have their own organization and services, which will mean at least .2,000,000 specialists, workers, men in the quarter- master’s © department and others. RUSS PROTEST TO BERLIN | HAD THREATS OF FORCE | Avcopy of the protest made by the the Germanj| soviet government to ministry of foreign affairs April 26 against German ; aggressions, | public today by the State Department, shows that the Russians gave notice jof their intention to mobilize “all |necessary forces in order to secure |the freedom and independence of the made | tion by which permanent peace may be maintained. “At the outset, it may be well to re- call a similar convention held in the same city of Philadelphia in the year EES sas sme, the necessity. was by ‘all: present’ \of. laying. “down certain pringipes wien would in- | sure permanent and tasting peace. The fathers of the convention of 1787, saw clearly. that-/it tHe mewty: ; country was to endure she must root upon the eternal principles of truth and justice and righteousness, “It is to be hoped that the same eternal principles of truth, justice first place in the ‘win the war for Dermanent peace convention.’ - Only by such principles can nations live together in-harmony, and the world’s ory Ed ON progressing. The doc- trine of might and brute force must give way where the teachings of God find welcome and firm footing. _May the convention enunciate more clear- ly than ever these same Divine teach- ings and thus aid in bringing about true, lasting and permanent peace.” ‘Warning by Harvard Head. Probability and grave danger of another German peace drive were emphasized by President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University in his address. Heinrich von Treltschke was de- scribed as one who, next to Bismarck and Emperor William, had done most to mold modern German _ political thought aud bring on the present war. Dabney of the Untversity of Virginia, who studied under Treitsghke in Ber- lin. Dr. Dabney’s topic was “Ger- many’s Dream of Dominion.” “Treitschke’s whole aim,” he said, ‘was to Prusslanize Germany and to Germanize the world. I heard him at the height of his powers, from the fall of 1883 to the spring of 1885.”" Purposes of the League. The league will take an active part in “win-the-war activities.” This is emphasized in the annual report of the executive committee. “The task of the league has been one of popular education,” the report says. “It marshaled the re- sources of a powerful organization directed-@y leaders of national repu- tation in every state of the Union to accompilsh the following ends: “1. Emphasize the high purposes of the war. “2. Take an active part in the win- the-war activities. “3. Oppose an inconclusive and German-made peace that would be only another breathing’ space before another and greater contest. “4. Plan the foundations for a per- manent league of nations to make peace secure in the future.” PARIS SUBURBS BOMBED. x German Aircraft Fail to Penetrate Defenses of City Proper. PARIS, May 16.—Enemy aircraft dropped bombs on the outlying sub- urbs of Paris late last night. None of the enemy was able to penetrate the defenses of the city proper. The fol- lowing official statement was issued early today: “The lookout posts in Paris having reported enemy aircraft making for Paris, an aerial alarm was sounded jat 10:12 o'clock p.m. Anti-aircraft batteries opened fire and airplanes at- tached to the defense organization took the air. No enemy machine reached Paris, but several bdmbs were dropped on the more distant suburbs. All clear was given at 11:55 GERMANS MASSING WARSHIPS AT KIEL LONDON, May 16—The entire German Baltic fleet, except 2 few light cruisers, was recalled Inst week to Kiel, where im- portant maval forces now are being concentrated, says a dis- patch from Hamburg, received fm Geneva and transmitted by the correspondent ef the Daily Russian republic which is now men- aced beyond the limite established-by the-Brest treaty.” 4 I Express. - and righteousness~ will again hold} | } we live, and also to form an organiza- | straightforward manner, Foreign.Sec- retary Balfour declared today in the house of commons. 5 “If any representative of any bellig- erept country desires seriously to lay before ua any pro: 3,9 98 are ready to listen to them. The ish government was desirous of an e4lé-termination of the war,” he added, “tut the peace moves of the central powers heretofore ‘hed not been In the interests of fair and hon- orable peace.” ‘ Foreign Secretary Balfour was asked j whether Prince Sixtus of Bourbon, to whom Emperor Charles of Austria ad- dressed the letters last. year in which peace was offered to France, pald two visits to England ins connection ‘with the ce proposals and whether he was in Pommunieation on this subject with Pre- mier Lloyd George. The question was brought up by Robert Outhwaite, a liberal member. Mr.- Balfour replied that the, subject was not one which could be dealt with by question and answer. ‘The whole topic of Emperor Charles’ proposals. was discussed today in the house of commons on the initiative of the pacifists and advocates of peace by negotiation. , Mr. Balfour’s Revelations. ‘ In response to questions Mr. Balfour |eaid that Emperor Charles wrote a ‘The speaker was Dr. Richard Heath ene ¥ letter to a relative (Prince Sixtus ts a brother-in-law of the emperor) and that it was conveyed by this relative to the president and premier of France under the seal of the strictest secrecy. No permission was given to communicate the letter to any one except the sovereign and premier of this country. (This answers the ques- tion which has been raised as to why the emperor's proposals were not communicated to President Wilson.) Mr. Balfour said he had no secrets from President Wilson. Every thought he had on the war or in regard to questions of diplomacy connected with the war was open to the Presi- dent. Must Be Complete Confidence. ‘The foreign secretary said he did not think it would be possible for the United States and Great Britain to carry on the great work in which they were engaged or to deal with the complicated day-to- day problems without complete confi: dence. So far as he was concerned, com- plete confidence would always be given. Referring to the statement made by ‘Walter Runciman, formerly president of the board of-trade, that France had asked for a bigger Alsace-Lorraine than that of 1870, Mr. Balfour said there was no question of this bigger Alsace-Lorraine being the war aim of the allies. Great Britain Not Pledged. LONDON, April 15.—Mr. Balfour said the conversations which Gaston Doumerglus. formerly French premier and foreign minister, had with the Russian emperor in 1916 regarding a bigger Alsace-Lorraine, which France would demcnu, were not known to Great Britain until very much later. They had no international bearing, he said, and didn’t pledge Great Britain. ‘The'British government never gave the encouragement to any such no- tions ‘An extended Alsace-Lorraine, the speaker declared, was not a subject which should ever be contemplated seriously and he did not think it ever ‘was a fixed part of the foreign policy of the French government. for any h of time. iene foreign minister also said the pourparlers over the Austrian emper- or’s letter were not interfered with by the demand of France for an extension of territory beyond her boundaries of 1870. There was no evidence now or at any time, he added, thet German government ‘circles contemplated the Possibility of what “we should regard as a reasonable peace—a peace which would secure the freedom of the world |: jand_ fr eedom for those who are danger of German domination.” Former Premier Asquith, who fol- lowed Mr. Balfour, said that while in his judgment there had not been |and would not be any contraction so there should not be gny expansion of the clear aims and purposes for which Colonial Instithte last night. Germans do not give in, he added, the number of American troops will be increased to any amount necessary. Sir Chares P. Lucas, former head Senate the name of Associate Justice Walter I. McCoy to succeed him. The President also nominated Thomas Jen- ning Bailey of Nashviile, Tenn., to be , Returns to Practice of Law. - Mr. Goving! ow return to the Practice of law: wiien his successor tdkes up nis duties. He will practice both in this city and at Baston, Md. When Mr. Covington was appointed to be chief justice of the District Su- preme Court, nearly four years ago, he was a member of the House of Representatives. the Germans realized whet the entry of America into the yar meant; It. meant, he said, not only the adcéssi to fee allied powers of many millions of fighting men and the addition of vast. resources, but also the coming in of the only one among the. great peoples of the world who have seen and carried through to an unmis- takable issue a four years’ war. * The United States, asserted Miss Higgins of the American labor dele- \ gation, had answered the call of|'.The President hes shown his confi- blood. England had been a wonder-|dence in him since. that. appointment. ful inepiration,, and. the heart of|Only a year ago he sent him on a America was full of gratitude for|mifesion to the west, where he was what England's sons had achieved. | assignéd to investigate the disturb- a pe ances created by the I. W. W. Agent for Employment Service. The. work of the District Supreme William A. Davis, a New York man- Court is more than two years be- hind. The Senate passed a bill adding ufacturer, has been appointéd by the Federal Employment Service as a two more associate justices to the District Supreme bench, but the meas- ure has failed of passage in the special agent to visit manufacturera| House. ° em with the work of| Justice McCoy, nominated to suc- ae ete Of | ceed to the position as chief justice, also was a member of Congress when he was chosen to sit on the District's court. He was. representative from New Jersey. He was appointed in October, 1914. The salary of chief justice is $6,000, the same as that of associate justices. Mr. Bailey’s Record. Mr. Bailey {8 about thirty-six years old and a son of formergSenator James E. Bailey of Tennessee: ticed law at Nashville, Tenn., number of years. E i Senator Shields of Tennessee said today that the nominee is a man of judicial temperament and predicted he would make a good judge. While chief justice of the supreme court of Tennessee Senator Shields had an op- portunity to study the qualifications of Mr. Bailey. VIENNA ANXIOUS : PICTURES The eight-page PICTORIAL SECTION of The Sunday Star next week offers an array of un- usually interesting photographs of activities In the war zone, and of events anu people in’ Washington and elsewhere. Here are a few of them of especial appeal: PHOTOS OF THE BIG DRIVE A page of pictures straight from the fighting front. ntet. loteinloteoin} for a REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE BRITISH LINES IN PICARDY. ‘He has prac- | ger in connection with the flight, the ma- chine being forced to land a short dis- | tance from Mr. Praeger’s farm. The | irect supervision of the air mail service. | ‘The plane piloted from Philadeiphia yesterday by oe Edgerton, aa faahington et 2;! felock the jer- brought 5,000 letters, among’ | which was one for President Wilson fro | Gov. Whitman of New York, pledging his state to back the Red Cross drive, ‘There were also two letters for The | Star, one from Underwood & Under- {wood, commercial photographers of New York, and another to its adver- tising department from the Redfield Advertising Agency, also of New York. Both letters arrived at The Star office at 3:55 o'clock in the after- |noon, the Redfield letter having been written in New York at 10:30 o'clock | jin the morning. | When the mail was brought to the; District post office yesterday 190 Boy Scouts on bicycles distributed it through the city in thirty-three min- | utes. | Service From New York Resumed. | NEW YORK, May 16.—Airplane mail service from New York to Washing- | ton via Philadelphia was resumed on schedule time today. Lieut. Stephen Bonsal departed in a machine from Belmont Park at 11:30 a.m. carrying fifty pounds of majl, representing 500 pleces. He expected to reach Phila- delphia for a relay in a little more than an hour. | Lieut. Torrey H. Webb, who in-| augurated the service from Belmont | Park yesterday, was expected to re- turn to Belmont Park this afternoon with airplane mafl relayed from Philadelphia. Making the flight from Philadelphia | in an hour and ten minutes, Lieut. | Howard Culver arrived at Belmont Park at 3:35 o'clock yesterday after- | noon with the first east-bound pouches of United States aerial mail. Lieut. Culver brought’ two sacks of mail, which were on the way to this city by a special mail train, with clerks already engaged in sorting it, within five minutes after he landed. He declared he maintained a speed ! of 100 miles an hour at an altitude of 10,000 feet on the flight. ‘Alan R. Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America, addressed thy federal and municipal officials who had gathered at Belmont Park in cel- ebration of the event. He predicted ; that air mail lines eventually will cir- | cle the world and will be “a dominant |ing additional funds for expenses. | ‘The original Chamberlain resolution isecond assistant postmaster general has |authorized an inquiry into aircraft, ordnance and and into “conduct of the war by through the War Department.” phrysn. was. @ proviso ‘was ar military committee from interferi with the President | war. Mr. Chanibsitatit‘Has No Comment Senator Chamberlain ‘declined to comment today on the President’s op- position to the amended a quartermaster affairs or }but again indicated ‘that should Senate defeat the resolution he would favor dropping the proposed investi- gations. It is understood to be Sen- ator Chamberlain's view that the mil- itary committee is subordinate to the Senate and that defeat of the resolu- tion, denying the committee the in- quisitorial authority it deems neces- sary for an effective investigation, should be regarded as a ban upon the inquiries. Postponement of Senate considera- is desired by Senator Chamberlain. Today he calied a meeting of the mit- itary committee for tomorrow, to meet prior to the Senate's session. JURY SELECTED TODAY IN GRACE LUSK CASE | Farmers in Working Clothes, Co}- lege Co-Eds, Teachers and Law- yers Flock to Court. WAUKESHA, Wis. May 16.—The twelve men composing the jury which will decide the fate of Miss Grace Lusk on the charge of slaying Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts were selected this morning. Farmers in,their work- ing clothes, college co-eds in gay summer dresses, prim school teachers and dignified lawyers flocked to the court today. Hundreds awaited the unfolding of the story of the former high school teacher’s relations with Dr. David Roberts which ended in the death of tion of the resolution until Aomorrew . teledelelnletelniteletninlninlelntotein COLLEGE GIRLS IN THE WOMAN'S LAND ARMY. Sefer einleininlelniniioleleleletielelebleielelainletetele or ITALY. PAYS PATRIOTIC TRIBUTE TO OLD GLORY. THE WOMEN’S RESERVE CA- MOUFLAGE CORPS AT WORK. BLAST AWAY: AT THE: Hi! LINES. SHEEP ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN. D STATES CEN- THE UNIT! SORSHIP BO, Ee \ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, GENERAL MEDICAL BOARD, COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DE- FENSE. D. C: CHAPTER, RED CROSS SURGICAL DRESSINGS UNIT, MARINE: BARRACKS AUXIL- PHOTOGRAPHS OF WASH- INGTON PEOPLE. THE RED CROSS AT WORK— A page of pictures depicting vari- ous activities of the Red Cross. Watch for these photos next Sunday‘ in the Planogravure Sup- plement of The SUNDAY STAR ‘ Great Britain had entered and was}, prosecuting the-war and d ‘SrID EPL te-asucovastuly): to, 7 MIGHTY! CANNONS OF-FOCH UN ~-OVERNEW PACTS By the Associated Press. t ZURICH, May 16.—Publication of the contents of the military agree- ment’arrived at by the German and Austrian’ emperors at their confer- encesis awaited with intense sexiety in ‘Vienna, according to a dispavh to the Frankfurter Zeitung from the Austrian capital. The most important question is whether the agreement is so complete that the Austro-Hunga- rian army will be permeated with the Prussian spirit, as were the armies of the south German’states after 1866. In this event; it is added, the alliance would be deepened and completed i sucha marmer ‘that the significance of other, political and economic ques- tions would recede into the back: ground. , Slav Opposition Expected. -AMSTERDAM, Wednesday, May 13. —The Frankfurter Zeitung, approv- ing the new Austro-German alliance, ‘which, it says, is an. absolute .neces- sity to the German people, admits that a large part of the Slavs in Aus- tria,, especially the -Czech-Slavenes will oppose it; wherefore, it may not be exactly 'a'simple matter. to get the alliance passed in the lower house. | The' paper suggests, however, that it ‘1s possible to,win ‘the Poles by the j Austrian solution of. the Polish ques- tion with the union of Galicia to New Poland, and adds: “The necessities inherent in these things are strong enough to over- come the obstacles, and when the war is ended by a‘peace which gives the central empires their rights, even our {| opponents must sce that the course of | the world’s history cannot be stopped by stubborn protests.” ;The Tageblatt, believes that treaty precludes co-operation of eith- or signatory with Russia and Japan or @ rapprochement with Great Brit- «. ain-or any other. new constellation, ) the |his wife and the vain effort of Miss {Lusk to end her own life eleven months ago. | Chief interest centered in Miss Lusk’s own version of the tragedy. | The attitude of Dr. Roberts, who has | been cailed for the defense, also was the source of speculation. {factor in the reconstruction that will | follow the war.” ‘NO CHANGE IS PLANNED IN BRITISH COMMAND LONDON, May 16.—Reports that} were in circulation that a change was imminent in the higher command of the British army in France were de- nied in the house of ccommons today by Chancellor Bonar Law, spokesman for’ the war cabinet. Replying to a question, Mr. Bonar ;Law said no change in’ the higher jcommand had taken place, nor was any in contemplation. t |KING GEORGE RECEIVES ‘The prosecution has forecast a de- mand for the extreme penalty, which would be life imprisonment. The defense has intimated that it would be satisfied with a verdict of acquittal because of insanity, which would commit Miss Lusk to the state asylum, where she could begin pro- ceedings to prove her present sanity and obtain releas : Pe eS ITALY IS ANXIOUS FO | U.S. TROOPS ON HER SOIL Italy, in an informal ‘way, hi | | AMERICAN LABOR MEN | LONDON, May 16—The American) jlabor delegation was received by! King George at Buckingham Palace| | today. The visit lasted an hour. | The king, on receiving the Ameri-| can labor delegation, said: “It gives the queen ‘and ‘me ‘grest pleasure to receive you here today, and we trust that if the experiences of your stay in this cquntry have !been agreeable they may also’ prove interesting and helpful.” 'GUNS SHELLING PARIS MUST BE REPAIRED | | GENEVA, May 16—Two of the| German long distance guns, which | have been bombarding Paris, have been removed to the Krupp plant for repairs, the Constance Zeitung states. Such huge guns, the newspaper adds, made known to the United States” that the presence of American troops | on the Italian front is greatly to be desired, it became known here te- day. A few thousand men under the ‘American flag, Italian officials feel, would hearten tHe Italian civilian population and their troops. OTIS PICKED TO SURVEY “ INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES Charles A. Otls, president of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, was appointed by the War Industries Board today to make a survey of the industrial resources of the country. Death Rate in Army Low. . The death rate at National. army and National Guard camps iast week was the lowest since last November, the surgeon general today reported. Total deaths. were 162 against 168 the cannot ‘be fired indefinitely without ‘timely repairs, 3 = 4 week before. There was an increase t fever cases, © ‘in pneumonia ang ‘acarlet