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et kh ll “Circulation Books Open to All.’ PRICE {Wada County 83s" WO CENTS Hedeon County, N. J, TWO CENTS elsewhere. (The Coprrisht, 1917, by The Prese Fublishing NE New York World). W FRENCH YORK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, EDITION Loi ee ee r LO in Ee es 18 PAGES ONE CENT tn Greater Modeon County, N. J. PRICE| oa two CENT CENTS sheewheres WIN IN ATTACKS NEAR CRAONNE TAKE THREE LINES OF GERMAN TRENCHES WILSON VIGOROUSLY PUSHES BOTH ESPIONAGE AND FOOD That Dealing With Food Is Reported in Both Houses—Reiterates in) Two Letters His Actual Position in the Conduct of the War. By Samuel M. Williams. (Special Staff Correspondent of The, Evening World.) WASHINGTON, May 23.—The Espionage bill and the measure deating with food control and distribution, in which President Wilson is particularly interested, were taken up again in Congress to-day. These, Best Engineering Talent on Job of Housing Troops—Three Medical Camps Announced. WASHINGTON, May 28.—Plans for construction of thirty-two great “can- tonment cities” to house the new na- with the national prohibition proviso, are to be pushed with vigor by the Administration forces. All of them confer powers on the President that would give him a practical dictatorship in vital measures of the BAe po. Both in the House and Senate the firgt of the two Administration food ] Both provide « thorough survey of| ) all food products in the country, money for seeds, provision for pre- vention for prevention of wastes ana] an appropriation to eliminat and animal parasites. 4 } MODEL sl Total appropriations under the measure are $15,000,000 | According to the formal report by the Agriculture Committee to House —— and Senate the bill presented to-day !9 designed to “stimulate” increased pro- duction of foodstuffs with a view to re- Meving the present emergency, both | national and international It does not undertake to deal with problems of conservation, distribution, | rewulation or control. These features will be taken up in a separate bill later Little oppositi is expected n sither branch to the m duced to-day It will enable the Gov ernment under the direction of Hor bert Hoover, new food administrator, to begin at once a careful inquiry into sures intr in the Quartermasters’ to-day. | big company country have been called to aid the Engineering men from every the construction ta the food situation in the United States. | department as volunteers, Secretary In presenting the first and re-| Baker assigned Col. Littel to oversee vamped bi] to the Senate to-day.| tne onstruction of the semi-perma- Senator Gore, Chairman of tiv Sen- ' ate Agriculture Committee, proposed | Rt Camps. Bach of the cantonments will ac- to repres all efforts to attach Prohiblvwwn .r.siation. He hoped Lo | commodate between 20,000 and 30,000 have the Prolitbit seat soldiers. They must be completed peed for considerstiun. w within two months. They require measure offered yesterday, which | heating and lighting systems and ade dent to Each will would authorize the Pi quate railroad connection regulate grain used for manufactur ing intoxicating beverages. Senators Overman etcher and Nelson, the Senute's conferees on bill, were called to the White House early to-day and 1 by th dent to agree to a be a model city Among the expert he department Frederick Law ad of , are New York, Frank Boston; Robert E. Olmst M orship section | 41+ Be n, n; W. A ot the Daplopage Bill which tt York; James Baird, manager of the ate once has rejected. Fuller Construetion Company; Leon- menen Sa ienrn Whaler tt 1 Metcalf, Boston; Howard M to allay the Se lirector in the engineering if possible bring out ST 1B. BR sae ae cated modified censorship mber of the Cleveland firm The President told of Crowell, Lundoff & Little. deemed it absolutely Diishment of three norized t officers of whe might announced trimental to the publi Capt e Pre Gunby Ham- Sterrett, They were is poss ate's objections, and und 80-| dopartr clause . every 0 Rogers. a new ves hi vital the uurb the fow Is Gove training medical the War rtment follows Fort Indiana Fort Riley, Kansas; and Fort 8 for the bublis was by news « The [ s unalterably « and that the con compromise to-day as psident was tol Benjamin Harriso Ogle Sonate. After a conferees, appa emponed Surt 500 Villixtus Surrender at Chihaghan day ASHI é In a sharp lettor addre mpapghbs Miksa ial Sonn resentative Hefin, the Pre vA as had surrendered reply to unnamed cr ¢ poitey at ! und would and to Insidious propay “It te Incompre le ton the President, " fr THY worn nest person could doubt or qu j iny position witt 1 uss sas 4 Kr Second Page.) WRAVEL BURPAL ‘ r (Continued on “Televboae Beakiuan 4000—adr, tional army were under consideration | Department | volunteers with | New| JOFFREIS SAFELY BACK IN EUROPE | | | | | Reached Brest at Midnight and Are Due in Paris To-Night. | PARIS, May 28.—Marshal Joffre and Former Premier Viviant have ar- |rivea at Brest on their return from | the United States, They reached Brest at midnight and e due in Paris to-night. WASHINGTON, May 23.—Vice | Premier Viviana, Marshal Joffre and) the French Mission sailed from New York Tuesday, May 15. Unknown except to a few officials and many American newspapers, which loyally kept the secret so the distinguished | Guests of the Nation might not be unnecessarily endangered by German submarines, the party slipped away on the same steamer which brought them over, and convoyed by a French warship. So well was the secret kept by the vont eee canara under which} merican newspapers are co-oper lies with the Government that the | French Co.nmissioners generally were his making trouble, This survell- d to Vashii | |eupposed to be till in Washington | 90.0 tai be auxiliary to that which | and up to yesterday invitations to them to viaty warlous sections of the| Will be established by the Secret country were received in great| Service, the United States Marshal | euatry were rec Les n@ Military and local authorities. ieee The Attorney General's “barred Tho departure of the the Government could throw around jit and the arrangements were such jas to make it diMcult for German spies to use any information had they gained possession of it posecinbiute s witha ted STEEL UP IN BUYING DRIVE TO 1293-4, THEN REACTS on the Exchange—Industrials Share in Advance Inspired by the recent steady ad- vance in prices of securities, the pub- Lc Jumped into the market with buy- ing ordere to-day and forced United States Steel, which closed at 1271-4 yesterday, up to 1293-4 at 1.15 o'clock this afternoon tn the most sensa- tional session in weeks. The price of 1293-4 equalled the highest quo- 4 All other steel stocks followed the lead of United States, but none so de- cisively, Industrials generally shared Jin the advance, Railroads were steady with the exception of New Haven, which sold at 965-8, @ new low record for the stock. Short In- terests made several attacks on the market in the course of the day but | were unable to check the rise. Trad- Jing for the day totalled 1,807,200 shares FLOUR DROPS $2. 10 A BARREL Quoted To-Day at 8Ut Hea " 516,50 CHICAGO, Flour to-day bing of sf tion in wheat | Western grain exchanges il treding In May wheat| nd fixed @ inaximum price on ptember deliver Flour| nneapolis first pat st $16.80 for f Hen ve ‘opped tr Wan 14.70. GONTROL BLS CONGRESS weerz ss -| | sponsible for the alien’s conduct and Frenchmen was attended by as much secrecy as} Most Sensational Session.in a Week | tation for Steel common, the last sale | at that price being registered on Nov. | +. 1916, From that date th e of steol sagged until it got below par, ‘Dhen came the steady rise which culm! nated in to-day's high. There was a natural reaction after the record was |touched due to heavy selling for | profits, the price dropping in a few | minutes to 1287-8, Steel closed at FORCE OF 90,000 CITIZENS Two Sponsors Made Guards| | Over Every Alien Granted | “Barred Zone” Permit. An army of 50,000 “citizen police” | will Join actively with Federal and |military authorities after June 1 in jestablishing surveillance over the 20,000 or more Germans in this city. | ‘This citizen police force is now bi | ing organized under the practical ap- |plication by United States Marshal McCarthy of Attorney General Greg- lory'’e order placing armories and all| | pointe of military importance within | half-mile “barred zones,” It will place \ virtually every unnaturalized German lin New York City and northwatd) through ten Hudson River cointies under the direct watch of at least two Ire reputable American citizens, These “guards” will be held re- | forced to produce him in the event of zone” order and the granting of per- mits to Germans under its provisions] will result in a practically complete registration of “allen enemies” throughout this district. Applications for permits already have been made by 10,600, or half the total number in 1s district Before any permit 1s granted It is re- quired by the Marshal that at least two Ame ) citizens come forward] and formally record a declaration of} responsibility for the allen, The} names of these sponsors are fled with |the copy of the permit, thus placir official authority upon the America |to see that the German under their charge obeys the law and makes no move tending to injure the United States or give ald to Germany. In addition to this system of sur- yelllance the Government will expect | Americans generally to keep an eye e.on for Germans violating tbe | “barred zone” order and p apt ».vort such violations to the authori ties, It is pointed out that the pro visions of the order a that » as ay almost nont 120 AMERICANS HELD AS PRIS ONERS IN GERMANY, ven these regulations on to methods intruduced | Germany affecting Ameri there. | According to official | the State Department 120 A |are now held prisoners by German 60 sweepine ithout co-operation by citizens triotic duty it would impossible of strict enforce- wre light compar An citize Informatior Departmental reports tndleate | there are 300 Americans in Germa but that the majority of them, res |dents there for many years, are | maining of thelr own volition, Ge | many requires that every one of the | Americans report daily at atate | hours to the police and rest ; to hours of freedom upon t} ‘ have also b imp al. I flcers point oul that na hee getting off 1 The 1 A ’ " held | cause the were lar munk by subimarines. The a shown by the Washington |be greater than was e i protest to Berlin oxtor through Spain, was based 1 cifle information regarding (ie (Continued on Second Pa = RY WINE @ OLIVE ott Kea Nubotuates, 80 Malwa ak... x, aden WILL WATCH GERMANS HERE; BERLIN HOLDS 1204MERICANS “BUY A LIBERTY BOND” IS TIP TO GERMANS IN QUEST OF PERMITS Blanks upon which enemy aliens are required to make ap- plication for permits to enter “barred zones" about armorles ran out a few days ago. To save trouble, United States Marshal MoCarthy agreed to mail the blanks to the applicants, Washington has now ordered that all Government correspond- ence bear an appeal for invest- ment in the Liberty Loan, 60, starting to-morrow, hundreds of Germans in the city will receive letters containing the promiaed blanks and bearing this exhorta- tion: YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND. ‘WAR TAX TOO BIG, WILL VOTE AGAINST: IT, DECLARES MANN Country Cannot Bear Burden, | Says Republican Leader in the House. | WASHINGTON May 23.--Republi can leader Mann aroused applause of the Republicans in the last hours of debate on the $1,800,000,000 War Rev- enue bill to-day by declaring that he would vote against the measure, Too great 4n amount of money, Mr. Mann said, would be raised by | immediate taxation under the bill Bond issues or supplementary taxes jy | hé declared should raise the greater part of the required revenue ‘In the present time,” he eid prices for the necessities of life are > to be unusually high, This a grat a burden of tax ition upon the country. We had far | hotter continue along ralxing a! rt of this money by bonds and g other tax bills from year ear, This bill approaches Nog 0M@ that lays the golden egg 1 afraid We a@re killing that goose jay hat 1 shall have to vote the b It raises too | ur of money by dire named axe I ca sup t such a tremendous !e t ne. Democratic Leader Kitchin eaused surprise by asking that the propos per cent, tax on tising be ken from the bill, He said he g if newsp. advertivers. w M t uUbved va Stouod Pugs.) ONE MAN TO SPEND ENGINEERS FIRST OF U.S. TROOPS 10 ~ ARRIVE IN LONDON Detachment Under Major Par- sons Safely Over—Second Hospital Unit Lands. LONDON, May The first tachment of United States army en- under command of Major Parsons, arrived in London this eve- ning. The second unit of the Amori- can Hospital Corps has reached Great Britain. 23. gineers, --$10,000,000,000 FOR WAR Sl SUPPLIES |Board He Will ‘Will Head Is to Do the Purchasing for U. S. and Allies. WASHINGTON, 23. for an Allied uy -Plans purchasing board are being drawn to include purchases for he American army and navy, esti- mated at approximately $3,600,000,- 000 for the first year of war. The plan as tentatively outlined would place a purchasing power of approxi- mately $10,000,000,000 a year in the hands of a single commission. Indications ure that this tre- mendous purchasing power will be vested in ono man, who will have under his com nd an army of trained experts familiar with all American markets. ‘Th programme has progressed to a stage where of. ficlals have in mind the man for the place, Determination to include the needs of the American army and navy in the centralized purchasing board has virtually been agreed upon, and the numerous details involved are at NEW DRVES BY NVELE GIVE THE FRENCH CONTROL OF ENTIRE AILETTE VALLEY ——___—+. Paris War Office Reports Spirited Attacks at Three Points North of the Aisne River in Which the French Were Successful. HINDENBURG AT FRONT SEES HIS TROOPS FAIL PARIS, May 23.——-Gen. Nivelle, in his resumed offensive to-day, won for French forces complete domination of the Ailette Valley, cap- tured three German lines of trenches east of Chevreux, and advanced ont the sector from the Plateau of Vauclere to Californie, (Evidence accumulates that Gen, Petain {s preparing for other offensive drive on. @ large scale along the Aisne and Cham- pague fronts, (On Monday a brilliant series of attacks won for the French all the important observation poste in the Moronvilliers region in the Champagne. The above despatch shows that last evening a similar operation was carried out on the high ground in the Craonne region, north of the Aisne River.) The French official statement detailed the offensive as being thus successfully prosecuted in three “violent attacks” at different parts of this front. (The OF 8.000 TONS IS | Sse REPORTED SUNK morning and repeated again in the evening, being marked by May Be One sha at the Recently Seized German Liners Which stubborn hand to hand fighting.] text of the Preach War Uifice Sailed to Mediterranean. nt follows: “We made spirited attacks with good results yesterday eve- ning at three points on the front. On the Vauclere Plateau and on the Callfornie Plateau our troops conquered the last of the ob- servation points dominating the Ailette Valley. They enlarged considerably thelr positions on PARIS, May 23.—An 8,000-ton Amer- Present in progress of formulation. HUNGARIAN CABINET OUT, LONDON HEARS | Tisza Ministry “Has Resigned. Says | Report by Way of Amsterdam LONDON, May 23—Count Tisza's Hungarian Ministry has ned, ac cording to Budapest re-| ceived here to-duy by the Central News by way of Amsterdam | There have been frequent rumors of | # friction in the Hungarian Cabinet re sponding to the un sngary | and progress of th Count Stephen 1 Councillor and Pre cll since 1915. NORWEGIAN SHIP SUNK, After n Privy | nt of the Coun- | Vart of Crew Mission by © Bone Attack dais oud Tram Company the northern slopes. “We carried three lines of Ger- man trenches ¢ of Crevreux during the n A counter- attack by the enemy against our new positions on the Californie Plateau was stopped by our fire, {ean ship, carying @ cargo destined | for Gwitzeriand, has been torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean, it was announced to-day. The name of the vessel was not specified. 7 Inquiry of American shipping this | which inflected heavy losses on jafternoon developed the belief that the attackers. We captured 350 the ship sunk may have been one of Germans, of whom eleven are 10 German Li e} officers, 1 ned into { “An enemy ack on the slopes States merchant | southwest of parges was One shipping aut checked om pletely ry vessel of anywhere near 8,000 tons where else the night was calm,” h he was awa was in the Med German soldiers captured by turrunean was one of these German| the French advance declared to- Lips, which ed recently bearing a, day Field Marshal von Hinden- cargo for Italy burg personally visited the Cor- nillet front recently and super- vised all arrangements for the 27 BRITISH SHIPS abortive offensive. | ween Mounts Carniliet ane ‘ t Casque ended a apap Were of More Than 1,600) mans for a ” in this sector 1 Official 5 1 att 1 been planned fo with the object of ‘Then Wrench expected blow, took pes in front of the wid threw the Germans. still Karly t | the remaining pors consolidated, tunnel which sriously dug out suei the breach found aa ' f vf mure than 1,000 toms each, CL ee