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1 ' THfc WEATHER PGES TODAY ONE SECTION Fair Wednesday, slightly "warmer interior; Thursday fair andwarmer. v. fife .-i i: z r VOL. CI-NO. 235, IJMINGTON, 1ST. O, WJEJDK.ESDAY MORNIKG, MAY 15, 1918 WHOLE NUMBER 39,413 ft !. fin, fTSTJ 4 " HWS1 , '.Bffl HWVfS7, r, A r RUSSIA, IF LA TEST DFJuANDS OF BERLIN ARE MET, WILL BECOME VIRTUALLY j3 ked to Make Financial Con- jessions and to Give up Mos cow and Otber; Cities ; i Lp CEASE ARMING TROOPS Germany, Seeing Defeat in West, Is planning to Gain Compeni sation in the East. THIS THE AMERICAN VIEW Bolsheviki Unlikely, to Muster Appreciable Resistance Washington, ifay 14. Details of the latest German demands on Russia, re ceived at the state department today from Swedish sources,"' show that Rus sia has been asked, to. make financial concessionsr to give up Moscow and ther large cities to the Germans, to cease arming troops -and to dissolve all recently formed military units. Declarations that Germany, not con tent with economic domination of Russ ia, is seeking military occupation Save come from Russia often in recent ireeks." Today's reports to the state department said that the concessions aow asked would make of Russia vir tually a German province. .' Recent dispatches said that the Rus- an soviet capital might be trans- erred from Moscow, to Nijni Novgorod land that immediate measures had en discussed for defending Moscow gainst possible attack. In Germany's T continued aggression gaigrat the Russians there is seen here carefully devised r scheme, involving more than the obvious purpose of the ronquerors to remove all possibility of further menace on their eastern border ind to exploit o the resources of the helpless country. It , is believed that realizing' their assaults against the allied lines in France wiU fail ."the kaiser's war chiefs' pTOp'ose, to ' over run and hold a' great section of Russia proper to compensate . for what they know they must restore in the west. Little hope is felt here that the Bol shevik government will succeed in of fering any appreciable resistance no matter how far the Teutons may un- iertake to extend their grasp. The xtent of actual military control may be restricted, however, by ; difficulties of transportation and 'Inability to spare, a great number of 'men for the task. . ' COXTROIi OP THE CAUCASUS - IS GAIXED BY THE GERMANS Moscow, Friday, May 10.- (By the Associated Press) Through the cap ture4 of Rostov on Don the Germans have gained control , of the Caucasus, the grain districts in the Donetz basin and the coal, iron and oil fields. North ern Russia now Is cut off from tne Caucasus, excepting for a- single rail road running through Tcaritsln, in the southern part of the government of Saratov, which the Germans now, are threatening. Coupled with the fair of Sebastopol and then overthrow of the Ukraine rada and tlje establishment' in the Ukraine of a bourgeoisie . government wholly nnder German domination, the capture of Rostov on Don hag created great uneasiness in Moscow,- and- Petrograd. A German advance in, central Russia Is generally feared ad the removal of the capital to Yekaterinburg in the Ural mountains is being discussed. Germany's overthrow of the Ukraine government with which it-had made peace, is "regarded by North Russia ae a step toward its occupation; "vVithJn a few weeks the future of Petrograd and Moscow probatbly -will .be deter mined as it is considered tnat tne soviet government, either- must sub mit to German domination or retreat eastward and DreDare for . a defense against the invaders. , : -v nective resistant will be Tnincuit without! outside assistance - because of the lack of technical experts and sup Mes. The bitter feeline aeainst Ger many ia intensified by the rutMess izures in the Ukraine and a growing "position to accept allied aid, if the wuente allies will recognize the Bol shevik government," Is evident. ANARCHISTS ARE ATTACK1BD BY BOIySHEVm IN MOSCOW. Moscow, Sunday, May - 12, (By thfli Associated Press) Fighting began ist night in the center of the city be tween Bolshevik , troops , and "ajiar wists. The' soviet troops surrounded anarchist headquarters, over which .black flag was flying, and fired on We flag. . , . " : The c anarohista t-tvHa wlfh cr- 'ades and .mYiina mna 1tnnnJ ehts f the groups, known as "the anarchist 'eralists" who were using bombs, ("owed the white flag after a half "7's fighting. :.:. , "fogres011 t0day flghtin' waB stl11 ln tEa.HAiY EXPECTS MTUVAXtX W TO FIGHT ENTENTE ALLIES. J (By the Associated Press.) Han flrst effort to force former Rus the Subiects t0 take UP arms against the pntente allies has been imade v by tion rnian ernperor. In. a proclama Ll" announcing the '1ndependenceM.of Kkp?1 thG emperof, says he ,;ft8 tiZ ,hat the conventions to be con CeriS win tn Interests of the with? emPire to account equally uania e of Lithuania and 'that Wth ens X 11 Partpate ln te ; war bur tberati ?,ermany 'Which' secured ef A GERMAN G erman Germans Still Believe 1 , ; ' They Will Be Able to " Reach English Channel - 1 .". . - - Copenhagen, ;May 14. The Ger mans BtiH are of the belief that they will ,be able to reach the English channel coast, bar navigation of the waters and bombard southern Eng land, and that then' it will be easy to begin peace negotiations, accord ing to an interview the Politlken has had with a prominent German politician, a member . of the reich etag, who requested that his name be not used. t ; ; He added that the German offen sive thus - far had proved a failure .owing to heavy losses,. and that the German high command was waiting to obtain more artillery. - Germany had lost in killed, wounded and inade prisoner ' 3,000,000 men, he added. ALLIES WILL USE LIBERTY TtlOTORS American Engines May First Reach lighting Lines Driv- ing Foreign Planes. DELIVERY GAINING SPEED EnebMtd Aka For Thmma.nA of . tie Motor While KreiM Alo Put fX' 'Z;'rv?rmi "'' '"lr?"' Pi - ;"rj'N' Washington, May 14 American-built liberty motors may - first reach the fighting lines in France driving French and British scouts. It was learned t6 night that urgent requests from "the allied governments for early delivery of the American-engines have been re ceived, and are being met." Shipments have already been made to Great Brit ain and. there are intimations jthat Gen. Pershing approves " diverting addition al motors to meet French and British requirements, even if further delay to production of American scouts results. 4 The British government, it Is said, after careful investigation of the en gine by , a special expert sent over for that purpose, has' been pressing stead ily for some thousands of motors to be delivered for use in British machines. The French experts ,at first' somewhat doubtful - of the liberty, are now ask ing for md will receive engines by July 1. Difficulties with , overheating, alleged hi a letter from Louis Cammen read In the eenate yesterday, to make the' motor-useless, are declared auth oritatively to have been overcome. Ra diator trouble was encountered, parti cularly when machines which has been operated? successfully In northern lati tudes were taken south for, tests. These have been corrected. It Is stated, and the , lubri eating .fryatem of the engine ' Improved to the point where no further trouble on that score Is an- ticiDated'. "' ' To support their view -that the day of delay In .aircraft production are oves. officials point to the fact that last month saw liberties delivered in hundreds 'and to present Indications that the'; output will be more than douhledthis y month and steadily In creased thereafter. The output last : month, so far as" known here, was greater than that of any foreign ' motor with the possible exception of one 130-horsepower type used In' France. No high power motor approaching the liberty 450 figure, was within eight of the, American output. It was to, reach that end in quantity production, It was declafed, that the liberty was desiga.ed. ' ' r s r Another phase 6t the . dispute about the success of the liberty motor prom ises to e-settled eoon'hy actual trial. That t its availability for use in sin gle ; seated fighting machines.' : Two machines o f this type one a seaplane, hive been designed and built-in this country end 'will bef ready for final trial at 'an early date. - They , represent the flrst efforts ever made seriously to placejsuch high power. ln single seated, short: winged, speed machines. , ; The' difficulties facing designers- in building liberty fighters is to get them back to the ground safely, it is ex plained, v There is -Tio - question , as: wto the efficiency of. the , motor Involved. TTia nroblem Is one of wing surfaces, angle of attack In flight to insure sta blllty and , of low , peed which would permit safe landings- ,;v.;-w"-r-:"v! . The best foreign 2 fighting craft like the Spade uses from 16D to 180 horse power motor. Their light weight makes it possible for - the small wing surface i to hold thet mechanic ln air at a comparMlyely "low- 'at of speed, de creasing the danger ' of a ; landing smashup, In . attempting to use the 800-pound liberty for this work, the safe minimum speed of the craft in creases and the difficulties of landing safely ; Increase proportionately. , . . There ere several; developments to v , ; Continued on Page Two.) Giih Heav PROVINCE dF e to In Meantime They Are Still Bring ing Up Fresh Troops to Fill Up Shattered Units. ALL ATTACKS REPULSED Enemy Attempts Small Operations Against British and French At Various Points, v 1 ITALIANS STANDING FIRM Austrians.. Unable to . Regain the Ground Lost at Monte Corno. While the Germans continue to -re constitute with fresh elements their units shattered by the allies during the - recent . big offensive, they are keepinjg up intensive bombardments against the British and French posi tions on various sectors in Flanders and Picardy. They also have become embroiled with the French, In heavy artillery duels in' the Champagne and the Vosges mountains. Nowhere on any part of the line from the North Sea to the Swiss fron tier -.has--there been an; infantry, en gagement of. great importance. Near Morlancourt, which lies to the south of " Albert, . the Germans ' delivered an attack against the British on a front of nearly a mile and at, ope point pen etrated a( British position. The Aus tralians In a counter-attack almost immediately recaptured ; the -ground and the enemy suffered heavy Josses and was " repulsed on the , other- oarts of hevf rent: r?tr frr A similar operation was attempted against the, French on Hill 44 the scene of 'many, previous bloody encoun ters in the Kemmel sector. Unofficial accounts say the enemy, gained a foot hold on the rugged -slopes, but- that the French were pressing them hard, while Field 'Marshal Haig. In his latest communication asserts : that an attack north of Kemmel (which might in clude Hill 44) 'was repulsed. North of Robecq, in Flanders, the British took the initiative and in an attack inflicted casualties en the-enemy and captured - prisonera ' On ; the Amiens sector the French carried out J a similar maneuver with like results. Wherever -the Germans essayed a stroke, except near Morlanco.urt and Hill 44, they met with almost instant repulse at the hands of the allies. Although the Germans everywhere are -remaining In comparativequiet except for their artillery work, it Is realized behind the allied lines that this state of affairs will. not last long, for the enemy is known to, be prepar ing methodically for a resumption of hostilities. The strengthening of the line is .being made both in men and gun power and in reconstituting regi ments that were shot to pieces by the allied guns during the big drive, . the Germans are .bringing up men who have had no part in the great strug gle. - i . . -.; , When the blow is to be delivered apparently is beyond the realm of sur mise, but it is highly probable that it will not come until the enemy is) fully prepared-In every way to give mighty battle, to gain his objective the sepa rating of the British and French ar- - (Continued on Pari Two.) Continu Bombard Allies GRAPHIC STORY OF BRITISH NAVAL ATTACK AT OSTEND - ' London, May 14. The admiralty has issuedj the following graphic story of the Ostend operations : ' ; ' "! ; "Dunkirk, May 11. The fiirius llei in , the surface some 2,000 : yards east of the . entrance : to Ostend harbor, which' she failed so gallantly to block and5when in the early hours of Yes terday: morning,' the Vindictive groped her way .through' the smoke screen and headed ; for ' the v entrance it :. was as though the old, fighting - ship awoke and., looked on. ' ' ' : ' . .' "A coastal motor boat had .visited her-and, hung, a flAre In her slack and rusty, rigging and that eye of unstea dy fire paling, in . the blaze of star shells or reddening through - the drift of ,' smoke, . watched the -.whole great enterprise,' from the moment when it hung., in doubt to . its ultimate - trium phant, success. 7 . - 'u . "The planning and execution of that success .had been entrusted by; Vice Admiral '"Sir Robert Keyes to Commo dore Hubert Lynes, who directed the' previous attempt to black the harbor with the Sirius and Brilliant. - Upon that occasion a combination of unfore seen and unforeseeable conditions had fought against him. - . L ' "Upon ' this, the main problem was to secure the effect of a surprise attack upon an . enemy who was clearly, from his ascertained disposition, expecting him. V The . Sirius : and Brilliant v hand been baffled by the displacement f of the Stroom bank buoy which marks BISHOPS VETO THE Bolli This, Together With :;CEange In Ritual, Will Be Voted tin By ? ' . 'Annual Conferences. ; - s THREE BISHOPS ELECTED They Are Rev. John M- Moore, Rev. W. F. McMurray and -Rev. U.t V. W. Darlington. , Atlanta, Ga., May 14.-The election of three new bishops in the: Methodist Episcopal church. South, concluded lively session today at the general con ference, during' which the college of bishops announced its" veto ? of , the ac--tions :of , the conference- in - granting laity rights to women ' and changing the ritual, from "Holy Catholic . church to "Christ's Holy Church! Balloting for the -bishops continued throughout the afternoon session. ' ' . - The Rev. John M. Moore, oi iNash- ville, and Rev. W..F.- McMurray, of Liouisville, were'elfected on the r" flrst ballots by 187 and 167 votes re spec tively out of a possible 327 'votes.- On the third ballot the Rev. U. y. W; Dar lington, of Barbouryille, Wj, .Va;; was elected by 183 votes,' 162 being neces sary for a choice. - o nthe second ballot the ' Rev.'; F-it. l Parker, of the-' Louisiana , conference, received ,130 .. votes. , the , next ', highest to Bishop-elect DarlingtohC.The Rev. James' Cannon,' of Richmond,- Va, and Rev. H. M. Dubose,' of Nashvllie," re ceived more than ipojyotesv --:.T Before adjournment this afternoon the conference ordered another ballot, the result of. which will be announced tomorrow morning The action of the College of , Bish ops in vetoing the actions of the gen eral, conference in..-, re card to- women's laltXigntJtndth-.1chang of the; nxuai, on tne grounasrnat oota TOeas ures were illegal, ? was being widely discussed in conference circles tonight Heated discussions followed the bish ops' veto. The 'annual. conferences now will vote on the' measures and" If .car ried by a two-thirds S majority :- the measures will' become law. Women members, it was said tonight, are con fident the annual I conferences will ratify the action. ' ,: ' ? : The following delegates were' elect ed a committee 'to select the next I meeting place of the general confer ence: W. E. Williams, J.. P. Lipscomb, J- W. Perry, E..B..Chappell and W. W. Ball. i; V The memorial which: recommended ' that at each annual -conference. ' the ', ministers elect twice as many men as was needed for the office of presid ing elder, the bishop, to 'make his- se- lection from -the names presented; was overwneimmgiy aeieatea. , Resolutions favoring uniform ' di vorce laws In each state were adopted. The South Carolina . delegation dis sented. - - v' v . MAURICE ACCEPTS POSITION WITH THE DAIIY CHRONICLE London, May - 14. MaJ. "Gen. Mau rice, whose retirement; was . ordered after the explanations, made by Pre mier Lloyd-George, " in r the house of commons in answer; to. charges con- utinea. in a. ievwr-wiuieu py uencrsi Maurice, has accepted 3an offer to be come the military correspondent "of the Daily Chronicle. : , The Dally Chronicle for - a long per iod was a strong: supporter, of Premier Lloyd-George. ; Lately, however, it has shown signs of lessening allegiance. the channel to the harbor., entrance. But since then . aerial reconnaissance had established that , the Germas had removed the buoy altogether and . that' there now were no. -guiding marks of any kind.v They- also had cut gaps ln the , piers as a precaution against a landing and further, when toward mid night Thursday : the ships moved from their ; anchorage it . was known V that some nine German destroyers were out and were at large - upon the coast. : 'It was a night that promised; well for the enterprise-T-nearly '. windlass. The sky was lead blue, faintly star- dotted with, no moon, and - a still ; sea. for small: oraf t, -motor launches and coastal motor . boats whose work was done close inshore' - - r-. ". "From, the destroyer "which ; served the commodore for a" flagship, the ref malnder of. the force were visible only as -silhouettes of blackness the de stroyers', looming like cruisers in the darkness, the motorboats like destroy- i ers and the motor . boats showing them- selves as racing1 hillocks of foam. "From Dunkirk a sudden lrlef flur- ry of gunfire announced that German alrplanes were about. ; They were ac tually on the way to visit Calais, and over ' the invisible coast of Flanders the summer lightning of restless artil lery rose .and: fell monotonously. .. ' -" There's thO .Vindictive.' The muf fled seamen and marines standing Jby fv. ..ihiMi nn'inina 'tnra' a that name to gase at' the great ; black .i.ji.. .n.ntt-u- tn iaw a.i 'o Ani . - - - - enL . . . - - ; : ."Shft rcded Jfito; the night asterir, (Continued :oa Page . Two.) r i BILL GRANTING POWERS TO THE PRESIDENT Twenty-Four States Are Called Upon' to Furnish ; 51,600 Morel Drafted 'Men Washington, . May 14. Twenty four.' states and the District of Co-, iubia" were' called Upon tohight by Provost Marshal General Crow der . to , furnish . for, the - national arjrny. 5J,600 more men qualified. for "general military service.! . Movement of drafted men, to the camps, under this-cailjs to extend oyer ; two , periods, from May 20 to 2 ,' and' fron; May ?9 to June 2. These. fdates 'were' fixed because, durjng the five days beginning May 25t approximately 223,000 men 'call ed for recently will be moving to the camps. ,' , . ;',Tohight's call marks further de velopment of the government's plan for - hastening men to "France and ..replacing them as rapidly as they vacate the training centers. In all 284,600 draftees will be Journeying from .their homes to military camps between' May 20 and June ,2. In. eluding" numerous calls, for techni cal and - specially qualified men, the total number' summoned during May 'is something ' like 366600, nearly half of the 800,060 expected tobe called this .year; ' ' " : WU.L BEGIN TODAY I Planes Will Start Simultaneously V'?1 Washington and New: York at 11:30 A. M. WILL ; CELEBRATE ' EVENT FiNt Letter From WaaUnctwi Will 1m Canceled' and . Autographed by ' President and, Auctioned ' Off to Benefit Red. Cross. : Washington? Mayn 4 "America's firsv airplane mail service - will be. inaugur ated tomorrow" between .Washington, Philadelphia, .'and , New York," with planes starting simultaneously at 11:30 a. m.' from the national capital - and Ne York,- President -Wilson, cabinet members . and other." government, offl- cialsare. expected to attend the cere- monies at ! the flying field - here prelim- inary to the initial illght. ' The ' president, as head of the ' Ameri can.: Red Cross, r will -receive- the first letter : by . 'airplane f rom - New York. The communication .will be -from Gov ernor 'Whitman and will express his wishes to-the president for, the success of - the ' Red Cross campaign to raise I S1OO.OOO.OO0 for war -relief work which starts Monday. The mail airplanes will be piloted by army; aviators -especially aeiauea 10 the service for 'experience- In cross country flying.' The stamp on the first letter to be carried from Washington to New York will be canceled and auto graphed by Jrresiaenx wiison. xne let ter will be sent by postmaster Gen eral Burleson to Postmaster Patten of New York who will turn the stamp and envelope over to Noah W. Tausig to be auctioned off for the benefit of the Red frniif June 11 The machihesto be used in the mail service are- capable of carrying from 300to .600 pounds of mail. PRESIDENT EXTENDS LICENSgf G AUTHORITY Gives Hoowrt Organbation Wider Latitude 1b , Controlling FVod Dtstrfbution. i Washington, May 14 President Wil son -today Issued' a proclamation . ex tending 'the licensing authority of the food administration so as to give it wider latitude in control of - food . dis tribution.: ':-- . - .Under the proclamation effective June L. all manufacturers of near beer of other, fermented beverages contain ing less, than one-half of one per cent of alcohol arej put under license. Oth ers Include ginners, buyerB, agents, dealers . or .other - handlers of cotton seed' . not already , licensed who handle more than 20. tons of cottonseed a year; imprters., manufacturers or distribu tors of cottonseed hulls,' and owners of elevators, warehouses, or; other places in 'which, they are stored. - .The proclamation does not affect re taljers doing 7 business of less than ?100,O06 r a year, farmers,- v gardeners, associations or "others wlth respect to the nroducts of - any farm, - garden or land owned, Vleased or 'cultivated by them, s ; - " " : ; Jt' present only handlers of cotton seed . whose : annual business exceeds 150 tons are t licensed." Those who handle , cottonseed f hulls fi are' to be h.nilirh4! nruW Mo.enae the administra- tlon Baid.rso as' to stabilize the busl- ness 'and eliminate any advantage they might -have had over those who han dled licensed -. cotton by-products. , ; .. Britain's Tallest airmail. - London. May 14. The tallest airman I i nthe. British .army. Lieutenant David Driimmond, 6 feet 5 inches in, height, I hi innt: suffered the amputation - of 1 both feet ' 1 both-feet ' as -xne resuu 01 u ucwuou while flying in ltaiy.-we m-um -nepuew l of -the wuae. or florwinniru GREATER UNAMENDED Empowers the Executive to Re- organize Government Depart-?'- ments and Agencies. TO CO-ORDINATE ACTIVITIES Just What Changes the President ? Proposes to jiake Has Never Been Revealed. HOUSE VOTE WAS 295 TO 2 The Measure Has Already Been t Passed By the Senate. Washington,' May 14. The long fight I In congress over-ita .Oyjerman bill, em- powering the- president, to reorganize government departments and agencies ended late today , with passage of the measure unamended by the house. It J now goes to President Wilson for .his signature. - . . I The vote was 295 i to 2, Representa- tlves Sterling of-.Illinois and Gillett of Massachusetts,, both republicans .cast- I Ing the only negative totes. What opposition there - was in the 1 house when the bill came from the sen- i ate began to;, crumble ' yesterday and ! today, it hardly, was Jin.' evidence. Sev eral amendments to - limit the powers proposed for the president were voted down with. little debate. A proposal to exempt the interestate commerce.- commission offered by Rep resentative: Walsh was defeated 213 to 83 and one by Representative Liong- worth to exempt i the war finance cor- " I potation and the capital issues commit-1 tefe was rejected 18 9 . to . 61- ? Representatives. .Moore , and Towner sought vai nly . to insert an am endni en t to require the-, presldeiit .to,report to congress on changes fn departments while Representa-tive' Gould wanted to amend, the ..section ; authorizing the president to ' .establish an executive agehpy to have Jurisdiction oyer the psohetab, J fluvtaiLv vi uuuvi.iuii .wfma- i;u..inMlHR cnm. i Representative Webb," chairman of the Judiciary,, committee, . announced that President.; Wilson informed him that he, :had.nokldear- of- using his pow er to - redu.w4ttetcttoaa of.; the In-'J lersiaie cppimerce commission. - in tnat, connection, however.fhe said, the presi dent called attention to the large. num ber of experts employed' in , the inter state commerce .- commission and ex pressed the hope that he would be giv en authority; ,tp transfer, some of them to the railroad .administration or to other departments ' where : their exper ience 'would be of great vaue. - Just what changes under the law are contemplated never has been Indicted. When the president asked Senator Overman to. introduce the bill he mere ly said he needed '."authority'- to co-ordinate the activities of various branch es of the government in the interest of the war. . ' During all the long debate that pre ceded action in the senate virtually no further information developed. ' There has been v a general under standing, however that among other things Various funOtons now perform ed by the departments will be trans ferre dto the war trade board, the war industries board and 'other war agen cies. Reorganization 'o fthe quarter master's department and of the signal corps of the army vare steps which are said to have been contemplated . under the law, but which were taken without waiting for congress-to act. When the bill, was introduced soon after, the president had " signified his opposition to the war cabinet and munitions director measures of the senate militar ycommittee champions of the committee Vill declared that It would give the president power to do Just what those measures proposed. TO DRAFT PHYBICIANS NEEDED FOR THE ARMY CowaniwMton for This Purpose Named Ivy Governor Bicfcett Will Meet : 1 Raleisrh May 23. (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh,' May v 14. A . medical op tional selective -'draft commission - for North Carolina,' was named today by Governor. Bickett at the request of the medical secretary and the commission is to meet here. May 23 to organize for its work. The appointment of the commission Is in compliance with res olutions' adopted? by the state medical society in annual . session at Pine- hurst, the resolution setting out that the commission 1s "to draft physicians needed from -this state for. world war service .with 'the American army! with a view of disturbing' as little as pos Bible the adequate 'supply, of medical men for the civilian population of the state. .::': ;X .- "-I.; t -' '' V - The commission ' named by . Governor Blckett consists of Dr.": Cyrus n. Thomp soh, Jacksonville;' Dr. A. W. Knox, Ra leigh; Dr. W. L. Staevens, Aeheville; Dr. Li. R. Harris, -Henderson, ' and Dr. A." F. Yarborough,"' Frankllnton. - Deief Gets.25 Years. Macon, Ga., May 14 Harry J. Keyes, member of the u 124th v regiment. 31st division, was found guilty of desertion by a Camp Wheeler court martial to day and sentenced to 25 years in the disciplinary bararcks . at Ft. Leaven worth. Keyes 1 claimed - New York as his home, but officers' said he ia from Virginia. , , . v 1 ALLEGED STORING: OF GERMAN GUNS IS BEING PROBED Enemy Agents Are Reported To :.i: VI V-U Have Million Mauser Rifles ' In This Country. VAOUE TESTIMONY OFFERED ... ..." i ' Gustav Lussing, -Native of Ger many, ; Mentioned Often In ; Connection With Reports. ' ; New York, May 14. Inquiry by the state attorney general's office' today into reports of hoarding of ammuni. lion In the United '.States by German agents developed testimony -. by Nex xork - brokers and others that they. doubted the existence of one . million Mauser rifles and one billion .ca'rtrid- Bes which they had tried to buy or selL' ; '.' r One witness, Edgar -A. Holmes, "of; New York', ' testified that he had been Informed by James' H. Crossley that the rifles had been smuggled from the Krupp works at . Essen and would1 be used in an effort to "Germanize. , the United Spates . if the Germans should capture the channel ports. Gustav . Lussing, who ' was born in the - German : province of fichleswig Holstein and was naturalised 30 years. testimony. : Most of the witnesses tes-t tifled thatv he tried to sell . the rlfles, but one claimed he had . tried to buy 250,000. . Lussing was described by his lawyer, William i E. , Ford, of ,New York, as a New Jersey farmer -' and promoter Interested in coke oven and S VAllVV&A- lUVi VDi.V monorail, projects. Lussing was- at -the hearing under , subpoena, but was not asked to testl- fy. Depiity Attorney General Becker ,' said it- is understood Lussing will tea- . . tify later. : : " ., . '., The . nearest .. Identification of th owners of the rifles was in testimony-' r bv Harold T. Marshall, a New, York .lawyer, that they were German-Amer- iiiB.nR iwnn TnH rnii Tf ml nnn.n Kfir t n ni r . v. reputaona1by,isoshig:emsel ) named by 'Marshall as otie "of ,the.pos- i.'.tri.'i.i.in ii-. H.i. V- -.,J.:'v... sible principals. ... , ':, Ford had several clasnes with Bectk ," er..- - - - -. '-. ; After testifying -- that a statement attributed , to .him ' that he could - aee -the storage. -place of the rifles from. his office wlndowwaB "a lie", Ford re- ; -canted and - admitted he might have .. ( -made such . a statement in relation to. a small quantity -of rifles. ' . Various -witnesses -testified to- hav Ing heard-reports that the' rifles were-'J V' stored In 40 different . parts : of the v United States,' on a farm -that was ' t only an hour and a half distant from , . Broadway - - by- automobile and In, r warehouses on the east . side of Man-. . . 1 hattan and Brooklyn.- One report was related or a dinner of German ; officers, -y Including , Capt. Hans Tauscher, for- mer, agent of the Krupps here, at .the German Club in New York, followed by . an automobile trip to- the hiding place ''of the rifles. . ... " '.,.;. The most definite, testimony as to . the location of the rifles was given by ;( Francis L. Judd, a New York mining , engineer, who had sought to buy them ; j; for the Russian government. - A man " whose name he did not recall took him to a storehouse on Llberty street,. East 7, Side, Manhattan, he said, and "showed : him an old. Gatflng ; un. a couple ot old Colts, a one-pound field piece and 7 cases- said to -. contain 1 rifles and car-. , tridges.. Three cases were open. Five - rifles were in teach. One . was un -wrapped. It apparently was a Mau- . ' ser, the witness, said. Judd .left, the hearing with a secret, service agent to ., try to Identify the building." ? V ': - ; The testimony; revealed that all ef forts to buy :or: sell the - rifles had; ,V, ceased two months ago when the United States, through Major Nicholas ( Biddle, of the army Intelligence -bu- ; r reau, tried to buy them. -. Major Biddle ' attended the hearing. , ' j r ' : ' FEDERAL. AGENTS WORKTNK ON REPORTS MORE THAN A .YEAR Washington, May 14 For more, thaa a year secret agents of the Depart-v ment of Justice have been -working on, reports that large quantities of Ger man rifles had been smuggled into the United States to be distributed to Ger-, . man sympathizers, here for use ln some r- SUdaen uprising, dui mey nave neen unable to .discover either the rifles or -any man who had flrst-hand Informs- y tion concerning" Jhem. , Officials finally decided the story - was' unfounded. - L " Despite "this conclusion the reports have persisted up to the present and It was stated" today that the depart- ment of -Justice welcomes the efforts of Attorney General ' Lewis of New Yorw state to run down the rumors.' - CHICAGO STRIKE CALLED OFF. Teanwter and Chauffeurs Heed '' Fed- eral Ageat's Apveal. Chicago Mai 14. The strike of 5,000 teamsters and truck cnauffeurs called here today was 'temporarily f called off tonight after a conference of union leaders summoned by! Hlnton G.' Cla- baugh, superintendent of. . the . bureau of Investigation "of the department of Justice. The' federal officer put the case up io the patriotism of the union men who agreed to an armistice pend ing another conference - --tomorrow morning. - - ' - , t ' Mr. Clabaugh's position; was taken because of the' havoc threatened by the strike with freight shipments. In cluding war materials. . ' One man; was ' shot ' and slightly wounded arid a half a hundred others were severely beaten today In disor ders resulting from the strike u ; ? 1 1 1 5 'X I ill- '3 1 1) - ff ! v mi A ! f it Ijii mm 1 1, i; as;. v: -!?!'! ! i s f. : 4 i i ; 1 i; I." '4V J