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10 PAGES TODAY ONE SECTION 1 VOL.XCIX-JO. 211. TmiCANANDFRENCM ARMY: OFFICIALS A: IN LONG CONFERENCE Much Importance Attached Meeting Between Joffre, Ba ker, Scott and Others to FRENCH HAVE BUSY DAY Commissioners Pay Official Calls Upon the President and Cabinet Members EXCHANGE VIEWS OR WAR Mr. Wilson Handed a Letter from President Poincare Washington. ''April 26. Confer ences between the members of the French war mission and the Unit ed States government officiate for exchanges of views regarding the conduct of the Avar against Ger many, began here today after the leading commissioners ha'd paid official calls upon President Wil son. Vice President Marshall, and Secretaries Lansing, Baker and Daniels. Of foremost importance was a long talk between Marshal Joffre and members of his staff and Sec retary Baker, General Scott, chief of staff, and several other Ameri can army officers. It took place at the home of Henry White, for-J hut American -ambassador to France, where the French visitors are being entertained as the guests of the nation. Expeditionary Force Desired. France is Known to desire the send In? of an American expeditionary force to co-operate, with her armies, and Marshal Joffre' came to the United States prepared to give reasons for the opinion of French military experts that the sending of such a force is ad visable. Information regarding the meeting between the military leaders was withheld. Soon after the conclusion of the con ference, Rene Viviani, view-premier of France, and head of the war mission, made a statement 'to the American Press in which : he declared that the :operation of the United States in "he war would mean not only a vic- ory ror France, which already was assured, but a victory of morality and f'ght, which will "forever secure the existence of a world in rhich all our Aildren shall draw free breath in full Peace and undisturbed pursuit of their labors." il- Viviani received the newspaper correspondents in the drawing room of he White home. As the correspondents entered, Mr. iviani shook hands with his visitors and spoke in French. When he con cluded the correspondents applauded vigorously, m. Viviani bowed and then 's assistant, Emile Hovelaque. . read the correspondents an English translation of what the head of the mission had said. President Receives Mission. ihe mission beeran a. hnsv da.v with 'call upon Secretary of State Lans- I at the State nenartmont ThBV remained with Secretary Lansing five L , es arul t( the accompaniment of PPlause w-ent to the White House. lure they were received by President Pr a' JL Viviaii presented to the esident a letter frrTr PrscMant Pnin. !rft in "hich the great friendship ex- between the two republics was "Wiasized. The PrftsirUnt. thrnntrh 11 Interpreter. Pvni-eoaoH Via nnTM.as.t- When the . -r-r marshal Jnffrp. rt.t,.m w Partment to call upon Secretary hi-v Aflmiral Chocheprat went to eta y DePiartment to call upon Sec lar Daniels oni nr uti-.x i v. W , t0 ,ca11 uPn Vice-President it- X,viani May Visit Senate. .Marshall cvt.nA,i a tentative "Vi.tati . -. H,lll "') to the v,o r v. I It ... - " le noor of the Senate, hart dS ter indicated that M. Viviani IftonM iuu inai. ne proDaoiy h,. " ' lo the Senate either Satur- 3iak. Mnday and perhaps might e fome informal remarks. ferc "nwnoon preliminary con- U'rpni aveen the American and -'ater llnical experts were .inaug- '-'TlfeTP.npne ,,,111 - ' j" x norm v. dc continued iu- renting ""i inutneprai, repre- I TIP "L1 , . ... . , rnir. "an.li navy, will see Aa Silrl7"son. chief 'of operations, and he a,V 6 an his. staff will go to 4 tnrt the Frenchmen appear- ?rpeten were enthusiastically izin- ',, Crow(s in the streets, recog- vmu ""norms, stopped as tne bre ' of the party were hurried '"-re in automobiles: - UanieU to be Host Sunday. mkhIm'mbers of both the French and Us,. , J,M""ss;ons will be the guests (Cont r. . L-"in;is on a trip apwn tne inued on Page Seven). LITY TO Witt Minister Viviani Says Victory for Right is Assured by Our Co operation in War GIVES INTERVIEW TO PRESS French Statesman Expresses Deep Gratitude For the Enthusiastic Reception Given His Mission i In Washington. Washington, April 26. In a state ment to the American press today Rene Viviani, France's vice-premier and head of the war mission, said the co operation of the United States would mean not. only a military victory, which already was assured, but a vic tory of morality and right. Express ing deep gratitude for the enthusias tic reception given his mission here, M. Viviani said he realized it was "not to us, but to our beloved and heroic France." M. Viviani's statement to the Wash ington correspondents follows: "I promised to receive you after hav ing reserved, as elementary courtesy required, my first communication sole ly for the President." I have just had the honor, which I shared with the other members of the mission, of be ing received by him. I am indeed hap py to have been chosen to presen the greetings of the French republic to the illustrious man whose name is in ev ery French mouth today, whose incom parable message is at this very hour being read and commented upon in ajl our schools as the most perfect chap ter on human rights and which so fully expresses the virtues of your race long suffering patience , before appeal ing to force; and force to avenge that long suffering patience when there can be no other means. "Since you are here to listen to me, I ask you to repeat a thousand fold the expression of 'our deep gratitude for the" enthusiastic reception the Am erican people has granted us in Wash ington. It is not to us but to our be loved and heroic France that recep tion was accorded. We were proud to be her children In those unforget table moments when we read in the radiance of the faces we saw the noble sincerity of your hearts. And I desire to thank also the press of the United States, represented by you. I fully realize the ardent and disinterested help you "have given by your tireless propaganda in the cause of right; I know your action has been incalcul able. Gentlemen, I thank you. "We have come to this land to salute the American people and its govern ment, to call to fresh vigor our life long friendship, sweet and cordial. In the ordinary course of our lives, and which these tragic hours have raised to all the ardor of brotherly love a brotherly love which in these last years of suffering has multiplied its most (Continued on Page Seven.) GENERAL BRIDGES IS GUEST OFRJBLISHERS Noted British Army Man is Given a Warm Reception Sayu Stars and Stripes on the Front in France Would Be Greatly Wei corned Former Ambassa t dor Gerard Speaks. New York, April 26. With Major General G. T. M. Bridges, of the British war commission, as their guest of hon or the members of the American News paper Publishers' Association, at their annual diner here tonight, proclaimed their confidence in the future of ' the "United States and her allies and pledg ed anew their patriotic devotion to the nation. " "'The representative of the British army on the commission, headed by Foreign Minister Balfour, . who told with pride of. having fought under Mar shal Joffre at the Marne, was given an enthusiastic welcome. ...... "H- is- the man of whom it may be said that he saved the civUid world at the battle of the Marne," said the soldier of England, in his tribute to the great French commander. , General Bridges said that the soldiers of France and England would like to see the Stars and Stripes flying beside the tri-color and the Union Jack upon the field of battle. Speaking as the representative of Mr. Balfour, General Bridges brought with hirfr- to "the dinner something of the spirit of the battlefields of France and Belgium. : ' Patriotism, was the dominant note of the dinner. The Invocation was . a ' Continued ;on Page Ten). IRA BY AMERICA'S AID WIIiMESTGTOlsr, INVC., FRIDAY MORNING APRIL 27, 1917 UkULU Virtually All of the Money Would be Spent in This Country for Supplies TENTATIVE PI,AN DRAFTED Secretary McAdoo and Assistants Spend .. Day Studying En tente 's Financial Needs Washington, April 26. Preliminary reports to the Treasury Department, j-upon which Secretary McAdoo will base his recommendations to the President as to the size of the . first bond issue under the $7,000,000,000 w-ar finance law, indicate .that the United States will be called upon to finance the Al lies to the extent of at least $400,000, 000 and possibly $500,000,000 a month. The tentative pro'gram also calls for the expenditure of virtually every dol lar pf the borrowed money in this coun try for foodstuffs, munitions, coal and other supplies. j : The estimates indicate the following Entente needs: For Great Britain, $200,000,000 to $250,000,000 a month, for France, from $100,000,000 to $125,000,000; for Russia a sum undetermined, but up to $100, 000,000 a month; and for 'Italy, about $50,000,000 a month. Under these requirements the $3,000, 000,000 available for lending the Allies would be.exhausted in from six tQ sev en and one-half months. It is likely, however, that the preliminary estimates can be pared down so that the huge loan could be made to cover possibly one year. ; Secretary McAdoo and his assistants devoted today to a study of Entente financial 'needs. The ' callers at - the Treasury included Lord Cunliffe, gov ernor of the Bank of England, with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British am bassador, and. other embassy officials; a delegation from" the French commis sion which arrived here, yesterday, and the Italian ambassador. Count di Cel lere. . jThere, were indications that Mr. .Mc Aaoo wouia consider favorably tne sug gestion that he offer soon another block of Treasury certificates to the banks of the. country through the Federal Re serve banks. The second .offering, it was said, probably would be the same size as the first, $250,000,000. Should the, government decide to finance the Allies at $500,000,000 a month, approxi mately one billion . dollars would be heeded to meet requirements prior to June 30, the date upon which the first proceeds of the bond issue ; probably will be available. Secretary McAdoo is favorably in clined to the liberal use of the certifi cates of indebtedness as a means for easing the strain upon the country's finances in connection with the bond issue. Withdrawing money from the mar kets, at ,th. rate of. $250,000,000 every two or three weeks by the issue of block.s of certificates, officials believe, would be preferable to a sudden . call for proceeds of a two billion dollar bond issue. . .Thus should $1,000,000,000 in certifi cates be issued prior to June :30, half (Continued on Page Two). T COMMISSION TO RUSSIA Calls at the White House and Ac cepts President's Offer Russia WiH Be Given -Aid In the War and tn Setting: Up Permanent Government and Rehabili tating: the Country. . Washington, April 26.- America's commission to the -new democratic gov ernment of Russia will be headed by Elihu Root, Secretary of War under McKinley, Secretary of State under Roosevelt, and for six years a senator from New YorkJ Mr. Root called on President- Wilson today to accept the task and hear of the President's plans for-offering unstinted aid to the -provisional" authorities at Petrograd In their task of carrying on the war with Germany, setting up a permanent gov ernment and rehabilitating their coun try. -S .. ' . - I : Only acceptances by other men se lected' for places on the .'commission are awaited before formal announcement of their names and details of their mis sion are made public. The President is anxious that they leave for Petrograd as promptly as possible, since the trip will require several weeks. , The route to be followed will be kept secret for safety's sake. Word' of the commission's coming already has ; been conveyed to the Russian government, and it has been 'Indicated in response that it will be warmly welcomed. -; The 'commission will go to Russia in the spirit f" helpfulness and will hot offer Unasked; advise. Through - Am bassador Francis and Charles R. Cran-e, of Chicago, : personal friend of , Presi- (Continue on Page Two).:;, w , R00 HEADS ilERGA WAR BILL WILL BE PASSED BY ENDT OF WEEK Will Go Through With the Selec tive Draft Feature, if Pre dictions Are Correct . . SENATOR STONE FAVORS IT Kitchin is Understood to Oppose the Bill But Will Probably Make No Speech Washington, April 26. The war ar my bill will be assed by Congress be fore the present week ends, and unless leaders in Senate and House are far afield in their predictions it will go through with the selective draft' fea ture, the object of bitter attack, vir tually as it came from the War Depart ment. " ; - ' J The Senate definitely committed it self today to a final 'vote on the bill before midnight Saturday. The House, sitting far into the night, was deter mined to vote tomorrow if possible. The Senate is expected to; put through the bill by a majority of large pro portions and to defeat the proposed amendment authorizing the President to call for volunteers by a majority of at least 15. , j In the House the administration forc es are confident the volunteer advo cates will be. routed by a majority of between 23 and' 50. With the volun teer substitute but of the way, the ma jority for the bill is expected to be ov erwhelming. ', " v v Sixteen Senators to Speak. There were 16 senators on the list to speak before a vote is taken when the Senate -recessed tonight .and Ma jority Leader ,Mar tin made the meeting hour 10 o'clock to give all an oppor tunity to be heard i The House sat Jate to clear up gen eral debate except for the closing state ments of Chairman Dent,: of the mili tary committee, heading the, volunteer champions, and .Representative Kahn. ranking Republican mehiber,-. directing the fight- for the admimstratlonplaHr Wljen general debate is closed in the House discussion under the - flve-min-at&. rule vwill. begin. - Former Speaker Cannon will 'be among those talking five minutes for the volunteer system. Republican Leader Mann, who1 favors conscription, probably will not speak, nor will Democratic Leader Kitohin, who is understood to oppose? the draft. In the House today and tonight, Rep resentatives speaking in favor of con scription included Lever, South Caro lina, and Osborrv California, while those speaking" for the volunteer sys tem, included , Representatives.., Wise, Georgia; Mason, Illinois, and Sherwood, Ohio. Failure Would Prolong- War. Representative Lever declared that to defeat the conscriptiqn plan meant prolonging the war and the sending of thousands of American men into the trenches. ' "If I shoyld. offer one prayer for my country," he said, "in these days so pregnant with fate, it'would be,' God deliver us from having its military and- naval -affairs " conducted by "lay men." , , Mr. Lever read a telegram he re ceived from Senator Tillman, at Tren ton, S. C, in .which the senator said he had been opposed to conscriptioij but now favored it. ''We can hot afford to risk a failure of volunteers," said Representative Lever. "It would hearten Germany too much;" Mr. Lever declared Thomas Jefferson had favored conscription and that the only. Southern .government, "Represents irig Southern sentiment nd Southern hopes, enacted a conscription measure." Representative Wise denounced the propaganda for conscription, and de clared that the people do. not ;know what the conscription bill contains. Representative Sherwood, of Ohio, a Civil War brigadier-general, character ized the draft, as .un-American, .uncon stitutional and unnecessary. : . . . - O shorn Enloglies President. Represent Osborne, - California, - a Union volunteer in the Civil War, sup porting the administration plans, eulo gized the' President' and suggested that If 'he should deem it wise to accept .the services of Colonel Roosevelt to . raise a division- for service in' France,, it would be a glorious inspiration to the American people, without1 compromise to the. principles . of the , conscription bill. r i v Representative 'Maddeh,. of Illinois, announced that he and Senator New, of Indiana,' will Offer amendments, to the bill, to provide.. Jthatj notwithstanding the c exemption it enumerates, "each state will be required to supply its' quo ta in the proipbsition that its: popula tion bears to the total population' of .the coointry. " - Stone For Conscription. Senators Hale, Beckham, Myers and Stone- supported the administration bill today and Senator Sherman opposed, it. Senator Stone, who concluded the. day's debate. in. the Senate, declared. that" al though he opposed tho declaration of war, he would vote with the President for conscription. He saJd he believed, however," the'.bnr should. bechangedi to nfuke.theages oJ. those Subject to draft. 21 to 40. instead of 19 to 25. : "We are needed -on the battle line of Europe," the Missouri senator contin ued. There must be ho halting n.t home. The President thinks the time is past for experlmehf; I' agree with him. -Itis imperative" that .we -act 'at once and get ready with, the least pos sible delay. ' I am for . that plan whfch will most certainly, speedily and effi ciently "meet the demands ot the hour Pass .this billiand we-will forthwith '; ? V (Continued on Page Two).' . ; ARMY Cold Steel of the Bayonet Vies With Modern Weavo ns Has Asserted Itself Anew in Recent Fighting on British Front in France Strong German Position Along the Scarpe Captured by Battalion of Englishmen Without Firing a' Shot. . From a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press, With the British Armies in France via London, April SB- Despite all the . wondrous war weapons modern science has created, the cold steel of the bayonet has as serted itself anew in, pp.hj the re cent bitter fighting as the arm of last appeal. As already related, the strug gles about Money le Preux since Mon day have attained an intensity un equalled by any of the fighting in the Somme campaign last year. . There was one . German position north of the . town and. paralleling the Scarpe river, which resisted four des perate attacks. It was finally decided to take this position at the point of the bayonet without a shot of any kind being , fired to rob the attack of its surprise nature. The attack was made along a three quarters of a mile front under cover of darkness. The British battalions were formed in comparatively close order and at the whispered word of .command, re peated along the line, trudged forward into the night. Grim and silent figures they were, some in kilts, some in plain khaki, each man" wearing a steel hel met, each having a firm grip of his rifle with--fixed bayonet, the polished surface ot which, however, caught no reflecting: flint in the enveloping dark ness. Overhead shells, were droning and back of the lines guns could be heard. But it was only a desultory bombard ment going on and there were fleet ing intervals of strange quiet just where the determined: line of British troops was approaching their unsus pecting gray-clad foes. . - ! Four unsuccessful daylight assaults COAL Ai HI ORE GIVEN PREFERENCE General Railroad Board of the De- f ense Council Issues Or. der to the Roads TO BE RIGIDLY ENFORCED Evasion of Order Would Call For - . 1 Strct Disciplinary ... Measures , Adequate Coal and Iron -' ' Supplies Imperative. Washington, April 26. Orders dlr recting the country's, railroads to give coal and iron ore preference over ail other traffic were" issued -today by the general railroad board of the Council of National Defense, formed here two weeks ago by" railroad' heads "to oper ate American railway lines as one con tinental system during the war. j - In announcing' its' ' first" 'important move since organization, the board de clared the welfare ; and safety of the nation depended on adequate supplies of coal and. iron, and that evasion of he order would call' for the strictest disciplinary, -.measures. New emergency car service rules, drawn by the American Railway As sociation's car service commission and made public today, require that coal and ore cars when emptied must be sent either' directly fo "or" Iri the gen eral direction of home roads. Foreign box ears also must be sent, loaded if practicable,. In; the .direction." .of home roads. The general railroad board, or ex ecutive committee, comprises five members with Fairfax Harrison, presi dent of the Southern Railway, at its head. " The announcement said: "For the past four days the execu tive committee (general railroad board) has considered some v of the transportation problems- before the country at the present time, having first in mind the war with Germany, and the country's preparations for it. The committee had decided that, in view . pf the - depletion of the reserve stock of coal in many sections of the United States, thei. paramount need is to insure the largest possible amount of coal to every- part of. the country during: the coming warm months. "The supreme purpose ' of the rail roads is to see' that one day of every week the greatest possible amount of coal and '.iron ore' Is handled by their lines. .... r "The action of J;he executive com mittee today follows their pledge- of April 11 to the . government .and the American people that during the war With Germany they Would co-ordinate their' operations in a continental rail way system' 'merging "all -.their merely individual and , competitive activities; in an effort to produce a maximum of national transportation, efficiency.". In its order to the railroads, the boards says it has investigated the.sit tive committee have establlsuc te yation carefully, and adds: "The facts "ascertained by the execu conclusion that, the - national, situa tion and the welfare of the country make it imperative that every energy" 01 the railroads must now; be contin uously exerted to mjjve, daily 'the. maxl . (Continued on Page Seven.) had left a touch of chagrin which was to be wiped out in this "getting" of a man. There . is little more to tell. The sound, of the fighting in the trenches was lost in the British barrage which closed down some distance behind the German position immediately the Brit ish signalled they had entered the pos- i'n. This barrage cut off any Ger man who attempted. to flee from the bayonet charge. , Thus, in ten minutes with the silent bayonet was secured a position which had held out for two days. The bayonet also has come in ef fectively in dealing with, the ever troublesome machine gun and gun ners. A few ;brave men, stealing out in the night have been able to accom- ' plish much. ' Several British , battalions have re ported in the -last few days that the Germans are again employing the old "Kamerad" ruze,' suddenly standing up in the . shallow trenches and holding up their hands and shouting across to their opponents that, they would sur render. Two battalions, believing the sincerity of -this ; proposal, started across to bring in the prisoners, but were immediately. attacked. Incidents like this have helped ma terially to give the element of bitter-, ness to the flghtinff to a' degree which has startled -even those men who have been in the battle since the first Ger man rush, through Belgium. The British have given unceasing at tention to the bayonet fighting drill in the past few days. Months of training in England has been supplemented by post graduate courses in the great training camps in France and continu ed as the units passed down through the corps into divisions, brigades and battalions. The night before the Arras attack some sergeants could be heard (Continued on Page Seven.) LULL IN FIGHTING S REGION Germans Wear Themselves Out,in Attempts to Re-Capture the : 4 Ground in British Hands - ' AERIAL ATTACKS HALTED Several Thousand Germans, Attacking In Mass Formation, Are . Wiped . Out by Curtain Fire From British Guns. British Headquarters in France, from a Staff Correspondent of the Associated Press, via London) April 26. There has been a comparative lull in the fighting east of Arras in the last 24 hours,' the German counter attacks in the effort to re-take the positions .captured by the British in Monday's "push having worn themselves outV - After each of these attacking waves had been thrown back, the British managed to creep forward still further. " Heavily overcast skies are giving the German airmen a brief respite from British aerial attacks, enabling them to make efforts to reorganize their bad ly damaged squadrons: for in four days' fighting the British have accounted for nearly 100 enemy machines. The Brit ish airmen were praying for continu ance of clear weather, as their worrying tactics had provoked the Germans into heavy fighting, but clouds gathered yesterdry, and today also the skies were overcast. In consequence the air planes hunt was restricted. . Owing to the heavy inroads made by British airmen, the German kite, bal loons are extremely timid these days, although the Germans depend mostly on them for artillery .observation. They seldom attempt overhead 'Observation with airplanes. The only aircraft seen on this side of the line are fast fight ing scouts which attempt raids arid scurry home again in the clouds. One German balloon which was-set adrift yesterday landed within the British lines. Stories of the German counter at tacks there have .been .eight separate attempts to capture Gayrelle since Monday; morning tell of almost incred ible tactics employed 'by the . Germans in sending forward troops in mass for mation, giving, the. British- artillery the greatest opportunity for open target shooting it has had in the last two years. Several thousand gray-clad Ger mans were advancing in one of these attacks late Tuesday when- tho British, curtain of fire shut down in front or them. -Still other guns fired straight through the curtain,1 and when its ob scuring smoke lifted there was not a moving German in wight. , Nothing was to be seen but plowed ground littered with, sprawling dead. - " One British regiment has a particular grievance against' Hhe .Germans. The night before the attack a stray German shell landed direction the" regimental rum cart, destroying 68 gallons. Some of the men who had been" sleeping and fighting in the open .for three days were deprived of their tots, .which usu ally are distributed, just, before dawn these bitter cold mornings. There were several' ammunition v- dumps nearby which might have been. hit. by-the shell, (Continued on Page Seven.) I R WHOLE NUMBER 39,930 BOAT CAMPAIGN IN 0. S. WATERS British Admiral De Chair Says Undertaking Would be 'Un profitable for Germans RELATES HIS EXPERIENCES Gives First-Hand Story Covering Two Years as Commander of the British Patrol Washington, April 26. Rear Admiral Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair, the' veteran naval officer of Great Britain's . war commission to the United States, gave Washington newspaper correspondent. today a first-hand story of some of his experiences during the two years lis commanded a patrol fleet chasing Jer marr submarines. Without minimizing the gravity of the submarine menace, lie confidently predicted that it would be overcome. Commenting on suggestions that Germany might undertake a submarine campaign on the American coast, the admiral said this "would not be profita ble from the German point of view without extensive supply bases on hia side of the Atlantic. The admiral spoke of the memorable lessons the Allies had learned in . the war, and said he and his . colleagues had come to place them at the disposal of the American government. "I, only wish,", he said, "that 3 could tell you the number of German subma rines that we have sunk. That is a naval secret, as also are the means of detection of submarines and of 'com batting them. Your navy has been .fur nished with full details, however, by the present mission." " Of the prospect of submarines ap pearing in American waters, 'Admiral de Chair said: "It would not pay' Germany t.- in augurate a general . submarine .cam paign off the American coast unless she also would establish .bases here. . Kacn , submarine, carries from,- eight t&-j.n torpedoes, besides a limited fuel. 'sup ply, and would - largely . be wftstjdn the long t,rip over, and back, not : to mention the warm reception eha would probably receive. ' f . "Mother submarines to supply fuel and torpedoes are known to be in op eration, but little direct evidence has been received . that they are successful. As a result, the Germans' prefer to stay out for two or three weeks and then return to port. - . i ' -"Ji?bdy knows exacly. how jmahj submarines the Germans are building but we know they are working at feverish- speed and have heard reports that they are turning out from two Nj three a week. Great uncertainty x ists. as to how long Germany ian con tinue to supply both vessels and tor pedoes, i "The best defense against suborns rines, -we have found, is the armed Fhip; During the early days they entirely veered away from such vessels and :ven now only attack them submerged, when if is necessary to waste . a torpedo, which can often be dodged, and to ex pose the submarine itself to destruc tion. We have found that they are very much disconcerted if ah armed ship turns on them direct and tries ta run them down. "Night attacks by submarines are not especially to be feared, as it is nearly as easy, for a vessel to see a sub marine as it 'is for a submarine to see vessel. The submarine leaves a plain phosphorescent wake,' as does a tor- rpedo fired at night. "Submarine chaser3 are very valuable, as they are fast and especially, unpopu lar with the undersea boats. A three pound gun is effective if it strikes the j vessel's shell, but where the submarine is submerged a four-inch gun is desira ble to break down the armored con ning tower. Submarines, we know, are carrying four-inch guns them, selves, and their cruising capacity is also being largely increased. "It Is extremely diff'cult to know If you have actually sunk a- submarine. Presence of oil on the Surface is a good indication, though not absolutely con clusive. It may be used for deception. All the indications are good that the American steamer Mongolia bagged one. though it ,1s possible it got away. "The entrance of the American fleet into the war hardly makes it moM probable that the Allies will send their big fleets in after the Germans. It Is not good strategy to risk war vessels against land fortifications. Neverthe less, we continue as ) during - nearly three years, to hope that the Germans will come out" W1X.I; SATE GOIX G ' TO " FORT OGLETHORPE FOR EXAMI.VA.TIOS Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. April 26. A board headed. by Captain J. 8. Young, Jr., was appointed here today to con duct examinations of applicants for ad mission to the reserve officers' training camp, . Announcement . was made that all. army recruiting stations in North Carolina, South. Carolina and Tennessee had been authorized to examine appli cants to save them from coming to Fort Oglethorpe before the training: camp opens May 1. About 100 appli cations. for admission .were' filed here today. ' JjEST WE FORGET The work on Red. Cross hospital supplies still goes on. ' The regular Friday morning meet ing will be held. as U3ual in room 20.9 'on the second' floor of the MuroaJ son'NatlOnaa Bank building. - ' -f- ' '' ' ' J AN IMPROBABILITY if -.1 i Sir-: It F.- A; i -, ,
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