OF 811 FEIi'lERS
Leaders Jaileid porj Plpt Ho
Bring About Irish; Rebellion
FOMENTED 1916 REVOLT
Discovery of German Plot Was
Announced Last Night in w'-i
Dublin.
ENTER INTO TREASON
Valera, Cosgrave and Coun
tess Markievicz Were All
: Connected With Easter
I Uprising and Sentenced
London, May 18. ;Prof. Edward De
Valera, president of the . Sinn .Fein;
Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn
Fein; Countess Markievicz, Dii?I$k
Ion and William Cosgrive, Sia jF,tfa
member parliament ' - for? IT41kenny
have been arrested, according to. an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Dublin. - -;,
Additional arrests : in - Ireland re
ported in a Times dispatch from
Dublin, include Dr. Hayes and Darrell
Figgis. '.:
Prof. De Valera, William Cosgrave
and Countess Markievicz all were ; ar
rested for the parts they played in
the Sinn Fein revolt in Easter week
in Dublin, of 1916, when the short
lived Irish republic came into being.
All were sentenced to death, but this
was commuted later to life imprison
ment. After several months in pris
on all were released..
Prof. De Valera was elected mem
ber of parliament for East Clare last
July, and in October Premier Lloyd
George announced in the: house of
commons that De Valera was . plot
ting to bring about a new Irish re
bellion a few days beforeuDe Valera
was elected president of the Sinn Fein
at Dublin. Since the passage of the
Irish, conscription bill De l Valera has
been very active in. working against
it and has had many, conferences' with
John Dillon.. : ' ' -',
William Cosgravewas' elected, mem
ber of parliament for- Kilkenny last
August. r f- i
In . a speech several"' days' later he
said the Irish woul fight - German
domination. On May 1-he was se
lected to accompany the lord- mayor
of Dublin on his proposed visit to the
United States in connection "with .the
anti-conscription campaign in- Ireland.
One of the most prominent figures
in the Dublin revolt in -19171 was
Countess Georgina Markievicz. She
led a part of the Sinn Fein forces and'
was reported to have personally killed
a guard in an effort to capture- Dub
lin castle. She returned to Dublin
last July. Last December 3 two boys
were arrested while carrying high ex
plosives from Scotland to Ireland.
They were reported- to, be members
of a boy scout -organization headed
by Countess Markievicz.
Arthur Griffith has aided the Sinn
Fein by hisen and counsels more
than by active leadership. He took
no part in the fighting of Easter
eek and Alvar Times has been ' in
conflict with De Valera, who is of
a more fanatical type. De Valera was
born in New York city of a Spanish
father and Irish mother. -Not
Too Soon. ?
Dublin, May 18. The Irish Times
today says the government has-not
acted a moment too soon, as all the
signs pointed to another outbreak of
armed violence possibly in connection
ua iae landing of German troops on
insh shores. x
Again to Fore.
London, May 18. Ireland and Irish
affairs aeain have onmo tn t.h fnre.
Disco jfc.T of a German plot involving
certain persons in Ireland was an
nounced last night in Dublin by the
issuance of a proclamation signed by
Mward Shortt, chief secretary of Ire
jand, m the name of the lord lieu
tenant, Viscount French. - The, procla
mation asserts that British, subjects
resident in Ireland have entered into
treasonable communication with-- the'
erman enemy and calls for drastic
measures to put down the German
wot Voluntary recruiting is urged
order that compulsion may be
IS1-- and that the Irish may as
81st m putting down the conspiracy.
communication with Dubln is slow,
? a dispatch to The Times says a
ge number of persons already. have
arrested In Dublin and , other
of Ireland .
J ' aumber pf Irish in co-Qperatlpu
srn n e enemy is said to be yery
t2 .4i There have Deen various hints
s?!nEy of eGrman activity in the
S??,i 11 ranks and there has been
hrt J? exP1anation of recent arrests,
on tfngTthat 01 a man-who landed
v . Irisil coast from a German
marine in a collapsible boat.
'ne reference to voluntary enlist-ro-
the Proclamation appears to
LiT? Predictions that the govern
ment has changed Its policy concern
aSi con,!criPon in Ireland, owing to
DationaU8t and Sinn Fein . opposition.
jJPfrt became current n Ireland
mtJ , at government conten
oh n? ifunchIa recruiting scheme
ArJrthi?1? Derby,ln:Eaglano
.atcu to-jh PaUy News
says the report met only with' ridi
cule. The dispatch aids:
"The atmoepher i completely un
suitable and It is doubtful If; a single
human being with' real jntluence could
be found to back, the .cheme.'r.
Mother report-is to the effect that
a number of proxnlnent Irishman 4 have
submitted ' to ;. Premier LloycWJeotge a
request; to appoint' General ' Sir -Bryan
Mhon,'who. has Just; reUnqnlshed. the
military command Ireland, director
vt rrcruiting in Ireland.
According to one View the general
could only- succeed if 5 the government
gave Ireland -.a home rule parliament.
ARTILLERY DIE
IS VERY VIOLENT
Germans Now Preparing ? For
Mighty Attack in Force.
BIG BLOW IS COMING
HunsAre Having Trouble' in
rilling up Thiit tetei
Ranks.
DEFENSE STRONGER
Not Disclosed in What Num-
fcers Pershing's Men Are
Now Fighting on Battle
fronts in Flanders.
j?alr feather during the ! past few
days and a great increase in aerial
activity have not resulted n a renew
al of heavy infantry fighting. The ar-
utiery aueis go on-most violently on
important sectors, hut . neither, the
German infantry nor artillery dis
plays the -activity : which usually
marks -fiie coming of a blow against
the allied lines.
The enemy, it is believed in Lon
don, is preparing for a mighty attack,
greater in force, if .possible, than the
smash on ; Msfrch 21, along the 50
mile front southward fro m Arras.
The Germans; however, are having
difficulty in filling -,up their greatly
depleted .-ranks, somedivisions ; havr
ihg lost more Uhan 50 'per ceht--otie
,7Qt .percent: oXtheirjctrleAi1a?the
reHntfightln , ih; addi09O;
tie artilljsry ;M ' causing havoc with
preparaUons .near the front lllnes,'
while ..their railway .stations and bil
lets,, jfehind the , lines , are under an
Almost . continuous ; . rain " of - bombs
dropped by allied, airmen. .
Enemy " artillejyrt- and man-power
concentrations. probably become
stronger 4s . Field u Marshal , von Hin
denburgMelays3;a new advance, but
the " allied def eases ! gain strength in
the same ratio! and ; 4 new source of
fighting power,1 the American . army,
grows in power. General 'Pershing's
men are now on both., the important
battlefronts, Flanders and fMcardy,
but in what numbers is not disclosed.
Their coming, 'however,; is having; a
great moral effect on . the British and
French and the- longer the Germans
delay the greater ; srill ' the American
aid become.
' Aerial activity is the most promi
nent feature of . the news from the
fighting zones. French and British
tirmen have dropped many more tons
of explosives on enemy military tar
gets, while the Germans are becom
ing more active in attempts "to get
behind the allied lines. - In aerial
fighting the British have brought
down 35 German machines, while
British guns accounted for 10. more. (
Berlin claims the destruction of 18
allied airplanes. Another attempt to
raid Paris Triday night failed-? '
Oik the American sectors, west of
Montdidier; northwest of Toul and in
Lorraine, the aerial fighting also in
creased. The American positions in
Picardy and in Lorraine are A being
bombarded heavily bt the eGrmans.
The artillery fire has fallen off in the
Toul sector, but American patrols are
active there. ; . .
A plot in the Interests of Germany
has been discovered in" Ireland. An
nouncement of - this -latest develop
ment in Irish affairs ' was made in a
proclamation issued by 'the lord lieu
tenant, illing,'on allloyal Irishmen
to aid the government.; In putting
down the conspiracy. Four promt
nent Sinn eFin leaders, Including
Prof ' De Valera, the president, have
been arrested, as has Dr. Dillon
Three of the Sinn Feiners were act
ive in the Dublin revolt in Easter
wk -of 191S. t ", r . " "
The proclamation calls . upon Jrish
rlr-nfmrflv-ito' aid in : th
mC - cl tie goretniatst tndi
aayj., -;-r;wera.taM-a. w j-y-
tate f t, T2Cruiting ,Jhisi TZty: M
an Indication - that the government
has decide not to enforce : conscrip
tion at once.4 , - V.l
. Wae Sunk Jby Codlslon -Washington,
May v.l Vice, t Ad'
mlral Slms has cabled the uaTy-department
that the American steamer
Nechei previously reported torpe
doed, had been sunk' in' the English
channel by a collision with , a small
steamer: No Wyes rere lost. .
VThres 1 Cereal fthlife 'Arrive,
.'Geneva, May It t Three large ves
gels loaded with cereals destined for
SwltterUadT. and escorted -by- an
American warship have arrived safe
ly -at. French, Atlantic port,. Record--
206; Divisions, Were Brought
r to1 Western Battle tine.
, : - . - v
REGIMENT ANNIHILATED
40 to 50 Per Cent, of
f
itrious Divisions Were
Wiped'Away,
VY CASUALTY LIST
'J
A r Ca11" Upon All . Re
serve Depots The Cripples'
From Germany Itself
Have Been Drawn.
: -London, May 18.The most definite
figures yet announced regarding Ger-
man Ipstes on the western front this
spring have been given . to the Asso
ciated Press.. Sine the beginning of
the offensive on March 21206 German
divisions have been on the v western
front, of which 126, actually ? have
been engaged 'on the Somme and Ar
mentlereo fronts.
The 20Sth German division, which
was one of those suffering most heav-
ily, lost 70 .per . cent of its effectives.
Seven other German . divisions ' were
known to-have lost more than 50. per
cent, and at least seven other dlvi
sions are nsraed as having lost 40
to 60 per cent.
Only 40 men to , the company were
left in the N 119th division after , the
fighting of . March 22 and 23. -' The
first division was in similar straits
after ; reachhijp SaSlly Laivtrette . on
March 28, .and the 234th division, was
weakened similarly on April 6. One
regiment of the Fourth Ersatz division
virtually was annihilated on April 9,
and : there are scores of instances of
companies and battalions which dis1
appeared almost completely. . ,
In' five-page closely typewritten
list; of Slosseato;41erittatt?l-; resiments
nffplvislonsegagnipr
BrvewhlcEfhkve eentsubs.tanUaied
by Britishr Intiellgence officers, there
la r scarcely a single instance where
the 1 lofes were not so large as ' to
caus serious crippling of the effi
ciency I of -the unit, --
While it is impossible to make from
figures an exact estimate of the to
tal German losses . it is sufficiently
evident - that the enemy caualties
have been exceedingly heavy, One
evidence of this fact is! that the -Gets
mans, after calling upon all available
reservey depots hr the western area,
have already been compelled to draft
Into crippled divisions men , drawn
from Germany Itself, including those
of the 1920 class! . From this it may
be concluded that .. the demand for
men to re-place losses - ;has been
greater than reserve centers "could
supply. "
BE PEACE THIS YEAR
VON HERRING
Firm Confidence Events In
West Will Bring End
of War.
Amsterdam, May 18. "I am still
optimistic enough to believe we shall
have peace this year," said the Ger
man chancellor. Count von Hertling,
in an ' interview with the Berlin cor
respondent of the Budapest news
paper, Az Est. "I cherish firm confi
dence that further events in the west
win 'bring us nearer a speedy end of
the war."- : -
"If. the world should one day unite
In an international peace . league,"
added Count von Hertling, "Germany
would unhesitatingly and joyfully 'join
in it. Unfortunately, present condi
tions give very little hope of that. Our
desire Is to win attd preserve peace."
ALLIES ARRANGE TO
MEET GERMAN DANGER
jo Fah-'East PEAC$-
Paris rTrWay Way 17Win
' and Chlaa have been Infrme4 by
ths IHd feyernmentf that they
'. have arranged fr entente military
eoperatlen te meet the' dangers
threatening the; peace4 ef the. Far
East f rem German penetration.
Defensive Move.
Washlngten May It. The en
tente, military ooperatlen ar
ranged to meet threat to the .
: peace of the Far. East "by Ger
man penetratlen,- ae reported to
day frm Parts, ie undereteed here
ae a" purely defensive measure in
which participation for the. pres
ent will be confined' to Japan and
China, ' Ite primary urpeee . la
the?tafeiuardlna of Manchuria
with, possibilities or Its. extension
SAYS
to Siberia,
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ON GERMAN
Made Escape When American
. Airmen Tried to Inter
cept Him.
With the American Army " i&A
-jre. Frtdav, .May 19.-A German'
airplane xheajing French markings.
;t... u.jcovei-d today flying over the
lines l horthvrest of Toul.; American
aviators ItrfedHb intercept' him, but
he made his escape. The incident
shows, ' what cunning and deceit
American airmen have to deal with
and what -caution they have to dis
play in dealing with . a supposed
friend.
American- patrols were very active
on the' Toul sector last night and 1 to
day, -but, did not establish contact
with the enemy.
The artillery firing on this sector
has fallen off to almost nothing. It is
just the opposite on- the Iiuneville
sector, "where" the German gttns aj
most active apparently retaliating
for-: recent "heavy' American bombard
ments. .. - ' . ...
FRENCH MARKINGS -ME
AIRPLANE
lfficialJR)otsr
BRITISH.
rxmdon, '.May 18. -Heavy artillery-
fighting last night between
. - Givenchyvjand. Robecq, on the
southem'.side .of the. Flanders
- salient, isl reported " by . the ' war
office. ' - v'5'
The 'statement -follows "
"There ilwas5 V considerable ar
tillery activity last? night on both
' sides between Givenchy and
Robecq. The hostile artillery
: has shown some activity also in
- the Lens. ; Hazebrouck and Ypres
sectors. . "
"There ' is nothing further to
report."
FRENCH. 7
Paris, May 1$ . Violent artil
lery north -and south of rthe Avre
river on the front below Amiens
is reported in today's ;.. official
statement.
The statement follows:
"There were violent bombard
ments at various points on' the
front north and south of the
Avre.
"German raids near Massiges
(Champagne) and north of Four
De Paris (Argonne) were with
out results. .7 ' , ..
"Everywhere " else the A night
was calm."
Four Southern Men Are Re
ported Among the Dead
and Wounded.
. Washington, May 18, The casualty
list today contained 39 names divided
as follows: , v
Killed in action.' . .
3
3
4
5
1
9
12
2
i Died .'of wounds .. ...
Ded " of disease ? 3. ' ; ',
Weunded severely : .". . .
Wounded, degree , hot known
Wounded slightly: . ..
Missing in action .. . .
'Prisoners .... ; . . i . ;
The following officers are included:
Major Alexander Rasmussen, Sher
wood Ore.,- killed in action. O
Lieutenant Sherman, DeMore. Chi
cago, 111., missing in action.
Tirst Lieutenant Abraham J. Gor
donNewark, N. J., prisoner, but not
previously reported missing.
Died of "disease; Privates Ralph A.
Johnson 5732 Arlington street,, Hous
ton, Texas; John Peetee, Route No.
2, Box - 81, Holly Grove. La. i
, Wounded - slightly Private James
Johnson, 'Reynolds- station,, Kentucky.
. Missing in 4ction ' rPrivates -Ray It.
Mason. Gainesville, Fla.
TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST
CONTAINED 39 NAMES
PRESIDENT
PUIS
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Country's Financial Welfare;
Above Political Eadiency;
REVENUE LEGISLATION
: -
Wilson is Determined That the-
New Tax Bill be Dealt V, C
With Now.'
v '
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CONGRESS IS NERVOUS'
Members Anxious Go Homd.
-This Summer and Build Po-f
litical Fences Fear Po- 5
litical Effect of Taxi
By FRANK P. MORSE. .". S .
: Washington, D. C, May 18--Pre5l
dent Wilson has put a ban on politics
during , the coming summer; montnsJ,;r
.His insistence that immediate const d- .
oration be given to a new revenue
bill is in effect a declaration that the
administration places the financial '
welfare of the country above all ques
tions of political expediency and that ';
the control of the house of represen-.f
tatives is less important . than : the..
country's income during the strug-
gle to- defeat Germany. i
Practlcallv everv democrat in tha i
opposed to a discussion of taxes at
V nroenn oecainn 'if TTha nartr' 1o6. -
ers,, under the direction of Majority
Leader Claude Kitchen, hold the vie 'l
that work on a new revenue bill dur
ing the next few s weeks not only V
.would prolong the present session'''
throughout the summer, but" would
have a;. bad effect on the .fall ISc'..'
tions,; They go so far as to saytL"i
"the f frafcing of a new bill for;.;?
creased taxes . during the .sum'nL c
months 'is quite J likely to, result in -the
capture of -..the house -breptesen-
talives by the republicans ;neit"falL 0
,vThe president has goajBoverf th3 ,
question very .'caref ullyjv jand has. '
weighedthe arfsiinenl: against im
medl Jtioni Nevertheless, he will
pllace-vntieir'M?n:Wition.:; to the
members . of nlaf party. In -th3
lower house because he Is convinced
that the intelligent business men of
the country are correct in their con- ,
tention that an intelligent and Just .
revenue bill could not be enacted into -law
during the busy weeks of the
"short session," beginning next De
cember. . ' . .
It is a significant fact that Repre
sentative Hull, author of the incoms
tax law and a member of the ways
and means committee, is the one :
democrat who has not violently - op-'
posed immediate consideration of the .
bill that will be in his charge. It
may be stated on the best authority
that Representative Hull, has written
President Wilson that he is road "and; .
willing to take the revenue question
up at once. This letter and the, i&
suit of Mr. Wilson's painstaking , in
vestigation of the needs, for prompl'
action have impelled him to ignore '
the wishes of his party and incur full r
responsibility for defeat next fall. .If
such a penalty should eventuate from ,
the performance of what he consider. '
animperative duty. . ,;
Members of the house of represent
tatives, as a matter of fact, are op
posedsto consideration, of the revs';
nue bill at the present time, very
largelybecause they wish the ses
sion to come to an end in -.July They
think it te important to get home .
early in - the summer to make" ade
quate preparations for the Impendij?
elections. If, consideration- of revenue
questions is forced on thenV the sea.,
sion will not end before the latter,
part of August, or early in Septem
ber. . ' ; . . - "
The president is well aware of the -objections
to the stand he has taken.
Nevertheless he is convinced that the
revenue question is paramount. - He
will insist on consideration of the new
revenue legislation this summer, and ..
there can be no doubt that he will
force action against the most pow
erful opposition within the ranks , of
his own party.
: i"
A WOODEN SHIP IS
LAUNCHED EACH DAY-
A WOODEN ... .-.Jsi-A-.'-.."1...
Washington, May v18.--W6odea
ships have been launched, kt. the rate
of more than one a day:dr the past
four weeks. The shipping 'board an-
nounced that just 17 vrooden eraft, ;
aggregating 60,000 " tonsburden,' Jiai
been added to. the '- American mer
chant marine in the first seventeen .
days of this month. :
Feeding Potatoes to Stock.
The great abundance of Irish pota
toes in the county that are being used
in quantities to feei cattle, hogs and
even horses, has not, it seems, disA
couraged our farmers In the least in V
planting a heavy crop again this year.
So far we have heard of three farm'
ers who have planted as ; much as
100 bushels each, one of them hav
ing used 4 125 bushels for seed . and
still planting. The acreage in the .
county'promises to benusually large ;
Oxim. yurjxtuxDM Democrat -
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