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; ; v :-. .:: THE WEATHER' Complete : Service .- - - y . . . ,- ,.g Local showers and cooler Saturday; Sunday iair, eiigntiy warmer. OP THE . Associated Press r . ' I I - II I I I 1 II L - ' I- lafJil 'T-l Iff I ITTi VMVTH IIUIf IVV VI I I St V n ' i ; II. . , I I .11 1 I I I I II II1 ;U l.r- in 7l liVYH5 X Misi illAN V l!Al IZStfl i'A - ... . 1 .:'t' I I A-A ' . I I A VOL. CI-NO. 231. OSTENDHmBmpMtmiF NOZS? COMPLETELY MADE BY BRITISH NAVAL CRAFt gulk of the Obsolete Cruiser Vin dicative Now ties Across Navigation Channel BERLIN SAYS RAID FAILED Ibis, However, Cannot Be Relied Upon, as Same Claim Was Made About Zeebrugge. . I NOTABLE GAIN BY FRENCH Local Fighting Takes Place On Ypres'and Somme Sectors. , . German submarine operations from the harbor of Ostend, Belgium, have been seriously hampered for a time and if not rendered impassable tby a daring air raid made on the harbor by the British Friday morning. An offi cial statement issued 'by the' British admiralty says the channel leading: out of the inner harbor has been com pletely blocked by the hulk of the old cruiser Vindictive, which. 'was maneuv ered into position under heavy fire and then sunk by bombs. It appears how ever, that there is some doubt that the entire channel is blocked, one report! saying- that the vessel lies at an angle and does not absolutely interrupt the use of the fairway, , Berlin Minimise Damage. The German official statement con cerning the raid says the attempt was a failure and that the hulk of the old cruiser lies outside of the navigation channel." This report may be compar ed to the one. Issued on April 24, the day following the raid on Zeebrugge, which claimed that no damage ' was done to the mole or the harbor, there. Subsequent events have proved that the damage done by the raid on April 23 was of a serious nature. - - It is pointed out that. the obstruction in the channel at' Ostend will tend to eventually close the harbor 'through the action of the tides and the rapid silting up of the harbor. . Effect of 'the Blockade.. , If Ostend and Zeebrugge are remov ed as ports from which the German u-boats may be operated the Germans apparently will be compelled to with draw their submersibles to their home ports. In this connection it is inter esting to note that a week ago it was announced that the greatest mine field known to naval, operations had been planted in the North Sea' to combat the submarines, it' was 1 omcialiyv, stated that the area of this mine field would be 121,782 . square miles and that it would be completed by May 15. Some months ago Admiral Jelllco of the British navy announced that . the sub marine menace, would be met by Au gust 1 and it is possible that he had the blocking o fthe harbors of Zee brugge and Ostend and the laying of an immense mine field in mind when he made his statement, . . . ' Local KJfflittiig. X . , While the naval armof the entente nat ons was busy on the Belgia'n coast the military forces were engaged in local fighting in the Tpres and Somme sectors. The French made a notable advance at Grivesnes where they took the part of the town ' which had 4 been in German hands for - three weeks. Along the front to the north there were scattering engagements, notably atAveluy wood north of Albert, where the'eontending armies are striving for trategic ground. There were also small operations in the Kemmel hill' 'font, southwest of Tpres., . : There have been the usual local en gagements between patrols on the Ital ian and Macedonian fronts, but nothing approaching a general engagement has been fought. , : . '' ; " . (uthollcs to Pray for Peace. Pope Benedict has set aside 1 June 25 as a day to be observed in the Cath Jl'c churches of the worli as a day for prayers that peace may: be restor- - me worm. pARTI., BLOCKADE OF THE UAHBOH HAS BEEN ACHIEVED London,' May 10. -The Vindictive "s t an angle not effectively block -"''ig the channel at Ostend, bui serv- Rg a very useful purpose, according the press association. "A ' partial nj very serious blockade has. beon achieved, and under the conditions of "le and silting prevailing, this ob struftion will certainly tend to Jn- wse , ""X.EL at nsTF.vn otrrrE . . FRKE" ACCORDING TO BERMN erlin, May 10. (Via London.) The . r o Ostend was a failure, according an ofneial statement issued today. old cruiser, entirely battered to f'CeS, llpo DCTMIirlJ VfM.tll. til. ------ wbuuiiu UCAWiW.i VA.V J - C . " entrance to the harbor U;quite ' t ,ie statement continues. '. .. . . "e text reads: r 7 -A- r- law "uiock jjriaay morning nment, again made a blockading sh n Pn 0stend. . Several . enemy into iK1 fe' tr,ed to 'orce their, w-ay the "arbor, were . driven off ' by 0aBfC('llently directed Are of , our 1? cruiser, entirely battered; to bof . ues aground before : the ha , UlSlde the nnwlo-atlnn )iannAl. tee entrance to the harbor is , quite "Only At the s, . a men were iound on board strar. -..uea vessel, - Two survivors (Continued on Page Two.) BLOCKED Am Help er icans rry With the 'American' Army in France, May 10.- (By the Associated; Press). The r American artillery participated and the American . infantrw lent" some assistance In a successful French 'raid In the Apremomt forest, northwest of Toul, at dawn today. The American batteries, - acting "with the French ar tilleries in a heavy two-hours bom bardment, were .showered with. gas shells by the Germans. Slightly o the east of the section raided, American patrols creacid a, di version; One patrol entered Apremont village, which was foun-1 to be desert ed. This provoked a -Jrerman barrage while- th0 men . wore '-returning. Another- patrol cut the enemy's first sys tem of barbed wire ,md was engaged on the second entanglement, ton yards from the trenches, when it was attack ed by fifteen Germans, using rifles, bombs ; and pistols. .' The Americans fought for fifteen minutes and retired without suffering casualties, on the E2 m LISTS YESTERDAY Total Number of Deaths Was 29, Eight Soldiers iieing Killed . In Action. 90 NAMES ON THE LISTS One Officer Killed and Two SUgntly lVonnded'-Three Uentenants Pre- -t. lvloul3r. Reported MUsisK . .Are Frtaonen. Washington, May' 10.- A second cas ualty list, issued tonight vby the war department contains 69 names divided as follows : . ' ,' Killed in. action, 4; died of wounds, 4; died of accident, 2; died of disease, 9 ; died of drowning, 1 ; wounded se verely, 20; wounded slightly, 26; pris oners,. 3.. ..If , ' ' following commissioned officers: First Lieut. John P. Rosenwald, Min neapolis, died of wounds. ' Captain Otto J. Kindler, Lancaster, O., and Lieut. Wm. , J. Belhorn, Lan caster, O., both slightly wounded.' . Lieutenants J. S. . .Abbot, St.- Paul, Minn.; R. H, Jeffrey UniontownAPa., end Abraham - Strauss, New York, prisoners. : The three lieutenants had previously been reported missing. V The southern men in the list include: Killed' in action: Private F. Bryant, HopeWell, Va. . Died of accident: Cadet Clarence H. Fry,. "Columbia, Tenn. -" Slightly wounded:' Sergeant Percy Alexander, Forest La. ; Private James S. Baker, Pafsons, Tenn. The ' list lsued during the' day con tained 21 names and was divided as follows: . - ' "7 Killed In action, 4; died of wounds, 1; died of acciaent, 1; died of disease, 3; wounded severely, "3; wounded slightly, 7; misBing in- action, 1; lost at sea, 1. Lieutenant Samuel G. Love, Chester, S. C, was wounded slightly. T. P. A. CONVENTION IN SESSION AT WILSON Traveler of North Carolina Holding; Annual Meetlris -6. TE. .Wilson ' May Be President. .. 7: .. (Special Starr Telegram.) "Wilson,;- MAy 10. The annual con vention "of the N. C. Traelers protect lve association opened here this morn ing with a parade arid more than 100 delegates in attendance.. Every train is bringing additions to the delega tion - ' t . The preliminary business sessions of the . asBOoiation today proceeded har- monlously. and many fine reports were heard from posts all over the state: ; , Tonight the annual banquet and con vention ball were etijoyed by several hundreds persons. : The program for Saturday includes an address by Henry A. Page, North Carolina food administrator, ; who , has no more useful or ,loyal assistants ln: the state' than the- -traveling -men." He will djscuss food conservation , and an absolutely-wheatiess penoa-unui tne new harvest is In. - This. has no terrors for the T. P. A.'s, most of whom were "raised" on corn,v',bread and like it yet.1;-.' ''. -' .,' ''";v:;' . It looks like O. E.. Wilson, of High Point,, will ' be re-elected state presi dent, .- ; . . ' "!.'. ;.' -, ;" .'''-";.' '.':''.': !K .' . Amend Compenaatlon Law." v. .: Washington,. : May 10. The; r rhouse Judiciary 'committee - favorably V today reported 'a bill amending the law re-'gardhj-g compensation of United States employes injured - in the eefvlce so as to covervall civil ofneere o, fthe, unitea States, whose salaries, do not exceed $3,000 a year. - ' Cd Out W GASUA WILMINGTON, K. is. xAID the French m Raid approach of enemy re in force m an ti. On : the Luneville sector quiet pre vailed. ' GERMANS MAIN "0RIVE MAY BE; MADE OJJ SOMMrt FRONT London, May 10. "The bulk of the German reserves is, still in the rear of the Somme front and it'must be assum ed the 'enemy's -big; main effort will be in that direction." said a representa tive of Gen. Ufelma Radcliffe. chief di rector of military operations at the war office in summing up the week3 war developments today. "It is equal ly certain that he will not discontinue his attacks in Flanders. . 'In . the , period between March 21 when ' the German offensive was be gun and April , 25, the tosses of the French were only one-f jurth. to one fifth of the British, General Radcl'ffe's representative .added. ' ., Since April 25, he said, there haB been no reason to believe the losses of the Frnch have ben-1 any, heavier than those of the British. (The losses of the Brit'sh ; (Continued on page six.) Methodist Commission to Look "After Expenditure of Million Dollars a Year. CHURCH BACKS PRESIDENT Letter- Front .Mr., Wilson Taanklng' the Conference For Telegram of ' En. '',.' : . f Much' AppUote. v : ; l' -L Atlanta, Gat, May 10.- A general conference commlsson . on war work to look after the expenditure of $4,- 000,000 during the coming four years for - religious training L of , American saiiorc and aoldiers . was ... authorized M today's 'session of the Southern Methodist EpiscopaJ general confer ence sitting here. Subsidiary war work commissions : in each' of the an nual conferences J also ' were ''provided for and the church was asked to con tribute $1,000,000 a year for the next four years' for the work. The report of the war work commit tee pointed out the need for more chapjains, nurses and other workers.' It expressea conviotLn that the' war should . not end ; until tne high pur poses outlined by the president of the United States shall have been accom plished and that the church should assume, its share of providing for the spiritual welfare of the men in the army ..and; navy. , - A letter sent to the conference to day by President Wilson in which he thanked the members for" thei'r telegram .'of encouragement, was re ceived with-much applause. The majority report o fthe commit tee on boundares and finance was adopted, which provides for the budg eting, of: all sums. for benevolent pur poses by a commissibn on finance to be constituted by- the general confer ence. - ,-. " Tonight a large audience greeted the Rev. John . T. Tasker, fraternal del egate - rrom the . British Wealeyan church, and' Rev. L. Curtis, fraternal delegate from the Methodist church in Canada. Bishop E. R. Hendrlx pre sided at the exercises. k ''he introduc tory speeches were delivered by Rev. W. N. ; Alns worth and John S. Candler. Disappointment Was expressed that Rev. ,Wm. V. Kelley,' fraternal dele gate from the Methodist Episcopal church, was unable to , be present on account of sickness. . - The committee envepiscopacy, at a meeting tonight r decided to recomend the election of six bishops. The episcopal- address recommended the Aiec tlon of . five . bishops but since Bishop Lambuth today was recommend?6 for war work, the committee decided that another bishop should be elected. SECRETARY DAJTIEI.S WILL ' , ADDRESS METHODISTS TODAY Washington, May 10. Secretary Dan iels .left; today , for, Atlanta, where to morrow, "he wIU speak before 'the gen eral conference of the Methodist Epis copal church, South'. ' ' GETS FIFTEEN YEARS FOR DESERTION. AND LARENCY Gree-nvjlle, - S. ! C,May 10. -Fifteen years in the federal prison at Atlan ta Ga., was the sentence Imposed by a mllltaryi court-martial : at Camp Sevier upon Private Dudley ' Wallace, 117th Infantry,';-' convicted" of "desertion and larceny, -i The ;? sentence also . provided dishonorable discharge ahd forfeiture of all pay. an dallowances due or to become due. ' . V :' . ' i l - '.':.'-. : . i " i".- Storm "Warning. . ' ' ' ; : Washington, May 10. Storm ' warn ings have been ordered tip 'along the Atlantic; coast fro mNorf oik,, to East port, the weather, bureau . announced lort, the weainer ( tonight. , , BY Successful WAR WORK BODY WILL BE NAMED SATHTRPA1T HORKIKG, EIGHT S KILLED IN WRECK - , . . .;- . ' - ,. . AT CAMPJAGKS Wooden Passenger Coach Carry ing Members of 321st Infan- ' try Jumps Trestle. ' . . i '-.'' -!;,... TWENTY-SIX f Are injured Four North Carolinians Among the Dead and; Several Others -Among Those Hurt. - Columbia, S. C, May 10. Eight so.l diers were killed and 26 injured when a wooden passenger 4 coach carrying members of the 321st infantry jumped a trestle at Camp Jackson this morn ing. The soldiers had just entrained for Camp Sevier at. Greenville and the train was pulling out of camp at a very low rate of speed. As it approach a' trestle, a .big steel coach struck a spreading rail. This hurled the.wopd en coaches immediately In front down the embankment. Reports from the cantonment to night were that all of the injured were resting well, although four were so seriously hurt that they might die. A military inquiry into the cause of the wreck was begun tonight - by a boarded headed by Liept. Col. Halsted of the 321st infantry, 21st division, to which all of the dead soldiers- were at tached. : ' ; The Dead. The official list of the dead, all of whom were privates, follows: " Edgar Simmons, Patmos, Ark.; Phil etus. C. Swann, Asheville, N. C. Marn O.- Hawkins, Marion, . N. C.;, Wm. E. Lowery, Alta Pass, N. C; Jess Reno, Soddy, Tenn.i Andrew Scogglns, ,Colte wah, Tenn.; James L.' Weatherwood, Waynes vllle, N. C; Brenton Goldsby, Paul's Valley, Ten... ; - v ; "1Serioiiiiy Injur. The seriously' injured are: : Corporal Franklin P. Poindexter, Moonville, N. C.; Privates Robert C. Bogan, ' Othel, rN. C; W. C. Bryson, Candler, N. C.;? Chester Sircy, Defeat ed, Tenn.; George S. Thompson. Sway ney, N. C. SMgatly Injured. Slightly injured-are: Corporals Thos. -I. Fitzgerald, Tren ton, Tenn.; Leftwich-iP. Ramsey, Ashe ville, N. C; Charles M. Deal, Hickory, N. C; Cook Jacob M. L. Kluttz, Spen cer, N. C; Privates Dewey Kilpatrick, Asheville, N. C. '. ; Richard Gray, Shal lotte, iN. C; Hugh "' Aldrldge, Baldwin, Miss. ; Robert ' A.- Moore. Trio, t S. C. ; Roscoe Braswell, Montezuma, C."t Willie Southi Ashland City, Tenn; Lonnie H. High, WhitevilTe; N. C; Jno. E. Hyatt, Weaversvllle, N. C; William Ledford, Almond, N. C. ; Andrew Shoul ders, Dierks, Ark.; M: McJClnley Henry, Willets, N. C; J6hn W. Frost, Gilllkln, N. C; George W. Stokes. Louisville, Miss.; John W, Rook, Bethel, N. C; William A. Brown, .Ramseur, N. C; Robert C. Harris, Rocky Mount, N. C; William J. McKinnon, Henderson, Tex. TELEGRAPHERS CLAIM : DECISIOII AS VICTORY Taft and Walsh Directed to Medi . ate Differences. Will Settle Dispute Between Western Union and Postal " and the Union Operator of the Two Companle. ' Victory; For Men.. . ' . Washington, . May, 10,-Former Presi dent Taft and Frank P. Walsh, jojnt chairmen of the- war labor board, were Instructed by the board ' to Jay 'io" me diate, between the Western Union and Postol telegraph companies and the operators who - are being discharged because of 'their affiliation with the Commercial telegraphers' union. S. J. Konnenkamp.- president of the telegraphers union, declared the ap pointment of mediators ax Victory for the , mem 1 The case, was" given sev eral daysT consideration' b ythe rboard,. following the complaint of the union heads that the companies were dis charging union members in -violation of, the industrial ; truce proclaimed by the, ' presIden1;r'7'TV".s;... , t -Mr. Taf t ad ' Mr. Walsh have been directed by the board to take up the mediation of difference ; between the yVeetetn Union and Postal: companies and the .telegraph -operators with - -a view to an 4 amicable adjustment .; of their " differences,?, 4the- board's an nouncement read.v y ; . : , . "The board . takes C this;,; occasion earnestly to ' request ' alP persons to faithrii:y at'de by its. dec'a. .on cf principles to govern. thex relations be-, tween workers and employers ot date of 'March 29, 19t', 'and proclaimed by the president: in his proclamation of the 8th of April, 191 to the e'nd that 00 I 0 all'employes shall be retained and con-Ja tinue In Jtheir. respective employments and the "maximum - of production, thus maintained," ' vr MAY 11, 1918 PAMOXXS $50,000 PITCHER Tarsi rr" (St -vent" ffstsfi'f If ! ?! : "JSXjF1 CI ' , j Here is the first photograph of Gr over Cleveland Alexander, snapped upon 'his arrival, at Camp Funston. - He entered the receiving station as the famous 150,000 . pitcher bought by the Cubs from the Phillies and eiierged. a $30 rookie in. the. service of. Uncle Sam. BORGLUM CHARGED WITH PLANNING TO CAPITALIZE PRESIDENT'S FRIENDSHIP SfliOflOL'Y OPPOSED Congress In No Wood to Enact New; Revenue Legislation at Present . Session, W1NEX,f WEEK Revenue Problem Will Be Gone. Over ' In; .-Conference to . Be Held i ; With the President And Secretary. Washington, May 10. Congress is not 'talcing kindly to the Idea of aband oning 'its plans for adjournment about July lvin, order to undertake.new rev enue' legislation. A decision on Secre tary - McAdoo's recommendation ' that Immediate '.'..legislation to provide more money to' meet increasing .war expen ditures was postponed by capitol lead ers ",f today until"' next week, pending conferences .. with . the secretary and President Wilson. "-i - ' , ' 4 ' Mr. McAdoo's suggestion1 was 'sub mitted formally today and it met with instant, opposition from .leaders' and the rank - arfd file of both senate ' and( house,' Senator1 Simmons and Repre sentative Kitchin voiced emphatic ob jectjion: to. proceeding during the .pres ent session unless treasury-needsmake Immediate - action imperative. Repre sentatives Kitchin added that it will be" most;' difficult, to show ' the nedessi ty, since $12,000,000,000 will be avail able between.' July si and next January or February. - -: President Wilson was given a pre liminary treasury survey of the financial- situation today and will confer next week-with Secretary McAdoo and the congressional' leaders. The decis ion whether congress shall go ahead or wait' - ujjtil theDecember session or posslblyf or 'a Special sesth after the Novembir elec't&ns as was ' suggested at ; the apitol'- today will follow. . Congressional leaders 'tonight1 be. lieved . that a way would.-be. found; to avoid legislation now, probably by? au thorizing additional bonds of tempor ary credits. - i .' Secretary McAdoo's assistants arev at work on", .detailed statements : to shew the, treasury's condition and outlook until the- December session of congress. A.' report I on estimated receipts from Incomes and excess profits, and taxes, in June virtually was completed to night, and this probably will be sub mitted tothe senate tomorrow in com-, pllance . with the senate's request- for Information."'. This report will show expected ; revenues, of - about , $3,000,000, 000 or about at half billion more than bad been.' anticipated some months ago. 4If . the". president, decided to press for action on ':- revenue legislation at this session congresswill be furnished, with, a. treasury draft of a bill providing for simple administration of tax coiiec tlon i without ; the j special provision , for definite rates which will be left to con- NOW A $30 ROOKIE Documentary Evidence of a Sen- ous Nature lsKeadlnto'the - Senate Record. ' SECRET PLAN IS REVEALED Negotiated to Form Airplane Com pany While - Holding" Presi dential Commission. SCULPTOR TO BEc PARTNER Hugo Gibson, of British Munitions Ministry, Also Concerned. Washington, May 10. Sensational sworn statements, letters and tele grams from the flies of the army In telligence' service- were, read . into the senate- record today to show that Gut son Sort, lum, while ' holding a per sonal commission' from: President Wil son to inquire ' into the government's aviation .program, was- negotiating secretly for the formation of a pri vate airplane .company - to take war contracts and capitalize his friend ship with the president. The' sculptor, who 'has been the chief critic of .aircraft production of -flcials, is represented as seeking for himself a position as silent partner in the proposed new-corporation, his sole asset in the; transaction, to be "his personal friendship, . with President Wilson whom, .he' stated, he could do1 any thing ' with." ' , '. With Borglum , was associated, ' ac cording to the r documents Hugo C. Gibson, an employe of the, British min istry of munitions of -war in the United States, located in New. York, who waa to share " in the deal. President Called a. Halt. A' formal .statement by Kenyon W. Mix, of the .'J- Dodge Manufacturing company, of Indiana, setting forth a detailed account Of his negotiations with the two men,", is ' among the pa pers put into the Congressional Rec- ord.. They 'wefe presented by Sena tor Thomas ', of Colorado, a membsr of. the senate military committee, who has been particularly . active in con nection ' with ' the .'aircraft agitation. The Mix statement shows that gov ernment officials, including Vice-President Marshall andt Howard E.'-Coffin, former' head of the .aircraft board, have had most of the Information dls closed today since., last January. There is no indication, however' that it reached President - Wilson himself at that time or that ' the president knew. of. its existence; until .several weeks ago, when, he called a halt upon the sculptor's Investigations n his name. ' - . -!;"'f .' - All of the documents submitted by Senator Thomas as well as much other data , from : the. war department, have been placed in the-hands of . Assistant Attorney General Frlerson, who his just, started the., inquiry .ordered . by the president 'into charges of graft, disloyalty "and ineppetence In the gov ernment; aircraft. , These charges re ferred to' first.: In .capitol cloak room " -" (Continued on : Tag Two.) l.." ?iy; ' 5 IS WHOLE NUMBER 39,409 GOLONEL REPLIES TO BURLESON IN BRIEF STAIEINT Mentions Publications He Sayi Have Suffered From Govrn ment "Favoitism., ,:-o'.;:;.''irV-,.-;; ALSO RINGS IN HEARST -."- , 1 ' -" . - y Says Statement is Only "Prelim-inary"- to 0)ae Addressed to a Certain Senator. ; New Tork, May 10 Theodore Roose-"-'' velt - made ' publlo tonight what he , termed "a brief- preliminary state ment in reply to the request of Post master General .Burleson -that he prove r statements he had made in an edito- ' rial to the effect that favoritism had r been shown In tne . treatment of pub- licatlohs under the espionage act. "N . Mr. Roosevelt mentioned speolflcaU ly the - ew York - Tribune, Collier' Weekly, and - the Metrooolltan ' Maga zine as publications which have been assailed by George. Creel, cf the com mittee on public . information, . while others which "directly or Indirectly aided Germany" . have not . been sub jected to government . criticism. ?In the latter category, he Included the publications , owned by William R. V Hearst. ' "The prime, failure 'of the adminis tration .. to ,. proceed ? against papery which opposed t-e War or attacked our allies or 'directly or Indirectly aided Germany is afforded by the failure of the administration to deal with Mr. Hearst's papers 'as it' dealt with cer tain other papers," said 'the state- V ment ' "'-'.''' ' . Referring to the Tribune, ' Collier -a . Weekly and the Metropolitan, the col onel asserted they have "consistent ly upheld the war" and . have also :. "told that small ' portion of the truth itwas absolutely " necessary . 4b itell about the ' administration's' failure to conduct the war 'efficiently. ' He said that Mr. Cjeel "officially speaking as President Wilson's rep- . resentatlve"and. as" giving, a; message from, the , Lnlted' States governmeiit: to Collier's ,and , . .. , . . ' , the American people," had attacHed Collier's and "he has also attacked the- Metropolitan and the New York r Tribune." He said neither the post master general nor 'the poatofflce de partment has made any attempt "to remedy the -wrong? It dld in -the case' of the Metropolitan. Colonel Roosevelt termed Mr. Hearst ' "a very wealthy man,-' reputed to be , much more than a, millionaire, owning a dozen newspapers : more or less,' and ': a half, dozen magazines in different parts of the. country." , " "At the very beginning of the war," -, he eaid, "the government proceeded' successfully. . against J Tom Watson's publication in t Georgia. ; Yet; '.Tom Watson had done nothing that was anything lme as dangerous o thi country and our allies and as 'helpful to Germany as Mr. Hearst has done." To support. his contention he quoted from editorials in the Hearst news- ' papers.',,- ".- . ' -'-',; '." The colonel ' deolared it is "abso lutely impossible to reconcilo the gqv (Contlnued on page six.) " ') WAR DEMANDS ARE Businessand Industry Being Rap idly Readjusted. The Ooiuramn, Honcrer, Are Slow -to . Economise Jleaerve Board Iaraee . Its Bfontldy Summary of , BuineM Condition. 1 '. ' - - ' ! 'V' ' K.- Washington, May . 10. Rapid . read justmerlt of . business and industry '.to meet specialized war demands and abandon activities . not contributing to the war industry is shown by the fed eral reserve's monthly summary of busines conditions issued today, based on reports, from all federal reserve dis tricts. One, report said the transition "Is being accomplished' with little loss of momentum and business generally, may be said to be broadening and set tling on a satisfactory basis." A note of conc.eVn is expressed, how ever,'' oye. .rtheelowness of consumers to economize on food, clothing and oth er materials needed for maintenance ; of the army. "Despite the big govern ment requirements demanded from un usual sources for' goods of : all kltfds continues stronger : than- supply - and consequently the mercantile and gen eral business situation .Is .described ,'aa "one of intense activity with war needs receiving first consideration." : ; 1 The labor supply continues muoh be- , low the demand and . the scarcity off workmen Is now increased by farmers needs o flaborere for : spring planting. The trend of wages is upward nearly everywhere and a. few labor disturb-' ances.are reported. Construction work and all lines of business depending on it is suffering severely as a : result of government'curtallments.'"" Bank clear ings generally are Increasing and mon- (Continued on "Page SixJ GIVEII RIGHT-OF-WAY & ' ! ' -; V . i i! J i .; C r1.j.; 1 w ': i:'. i.'i ; 'A i S I-,:',: i - ! f I'i'i: i'lh i!; ! :i' lii ? 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