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THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Way 22, HIS.
' British won north of La Bassee,
but were repulsed near Nsuve
dispells.
Russlana took offensive en lowar
San and captured four towns.
Oarmana dofestsd Ruaalana at
Shavll.
Auatrlana In Bukowlna ratrsated.
Norwegian ataamar sunk by Oar-
man submarine.
Gorman aviators droppad bomba
on Paris.
Gansral mobilization of Italian
army ordarad and martial law pro-
clalmod In northeast Italy.
May 23, 1915.
British advanced aast of Fsstu
bsrt snd French near Notrs Oama
da Loretta and Nsuvllls-8t Vaast.
Russlana rscroised tha San In
effort to outflank the Germans.
Germans defeated Ruaslsn right
wing.
Itsly declared wsr on Austria-
Hungary.
Austrian patrol crossed Italian
frontier and was driven back.
Turks repulsed slllas at Sedd-ul-
Bahr.
Great Britain, Franca and Rua-
aia In joint statement, accussd
Turkish government of reeponalbll'
Ity for massacres of Armenians.
May 24, 1(18.
Germane attacked British near
Ypree behind six-mils oloud of. poi
son gas.
Russian movement upon Nlsko
compelled Maekenaen to draw In
hla wings.
Furloua German assaults south of
Praemyal.
Austrian artillery shelled Italian
outposta In front of Rlvoll.
Auatrlan vessels bombarded Ital
lan coast towna.
Turkish gunbost sunk by allied
aubmarlne.
Austrian aviators bombarded
many Italian towna.
Germsns at Monao, Ksmerun,
surrendered to French.
May 28, 1918.
Von Maekenaen took alx fortified
vlllagea north of Prxemyal.
Russlana won In Opatow region.
Italians crossed Austrlsn frontier
on 67-mile front
American steamer Nebraakan
struck by torpedo or mine.
Italy declared blockade of Aua
trlan and Albanian coasts.
Austrlans sank Italian destroyer.
Allies bombarded many Asia
Minor coaat towna.
British battleship Triumph sunk
in Dardsnsllsa by German aubma
rlne.
British ooalitlon cabinet an
nounced.
May 26, 1918.
British made further gains nsar
La Bassse.
Germane forced paaeaga of the
San River.
Itallane aelzed various towns In
tha Trentlno,
Irltlsh submarine aank Turkish
gunboat cloae to Constantinople.
Zeppelin bombarded Southend
England, and later fell Into sea.
May 27, 1918.
Belgians repulsed two German
attacks near Dixmude.
Teutona forced another croaalng
of the San, broke through Ruaaian
lines near Stry and forced Ruaalana
back.
Ruasiana won flghta on Upper
Vistula and near Onieater marshes.
Italian Invasion of Austria con
tinued; battles west of Praedil
paaa and at Plocken.
Allies In Galllpoll carried five
lines of Turkish trenches with bay
onet
British auxiliary ship Princess
Irene blown up; 321 killed.
British battleahlp aunk by Gar.
man aubmarlne at Dardanelles.
Allied aviators bombarded Lud-
wlgshafen and Oatend.
' May 28, 1916.
Fierce fighting north of Arraa.
. Ruaalana drove Germane back
across the San, but Austriana ad
vanced fa her.
Italians occupied Monte Baldo
and orosssd Venetian Alpa.
Auatrlana aank Italian destroyer
snd Italians sank Austrian subma
rine.
Five allied steamers sunk by Gar
nan aubmarlnea. . .
' SOME INTERESTING FACTS
:' Malaria la spread by a special mos
QUltO. ' .'
- j Fingers, (Ilea snd food spread ty-
phold fever. .
forty-eight different materials are
used in the construction of s piano,
which come from so fewer than 16
countries. ..
Evetf day the RItot Thames scoop
1,500 tons of' earth from Its banks.
A" full-iown elephant ylelda 120
nounds of Ivory. ... (-y " V ;
HOUSE COMMITTEE
REJECTS PROGRAM
AGREES TO BILL WHICH CARRIES
1240,000,000 FOR THIS YEAR
ONLY.
BREAKS FIVE-DAY DEADLOCK
Largest Naval Appropriation Ever Pre
sented to Congress Administra
tion 6-Year Plan Rejsoted.
Washington. Administration forces
a Congress lost the first skirmish In
the naval preparedness campaign
when the Houa Committee broke a
five-day deadlock and completed ths
naval appropriation bill without ap
proving the five-year building program
advocated by President Wilson snd
Secretary Daniels.
As finally agreed to the bill author
lies ths construction In 1917 of five
battle crulsera, as against two dread
naughts snd two battle cruisers rec
ommended by Secretary Daniels, tour
acout crulsera, sn Increase of one over
the Department's program, 10 destroy
ers as against 16 recommended; 20
submarines, three to be 800-ton boats,
compared with five fleet and 26 coast
defense submarines recommended;
one hospital ship, one oil fuel ship and
one ammunition ship. The gunboat
recommended was stricken out and the
fuel and ammunition ships were added
from Secretary Daniels' program for
the second year.
The total amount carried by the bill
is $240,000,000; the largest naval ap
propriation evsr presented to ongress.
While ths appropriation la. If any
thing, sn Increase over the Depart
ment's plana, failure of the five-year
program sod the fact that no dread
naughts were provided for, make the
bill unsatiaf-ctory to Administration
officials. Secretary Daniels said be
never lost bops of getting what he
asked for until Congress adjourned.
It was clearly indicated that the
Senate, which baa not yet taken up
consideration of the naval bill even
In committee waa relied upon to re
store the battleships. The Senate has
never failed to Increase the program
for the Navy mapped out by the
House, snd Navy officials are confi
dent that the final bill will provide
for at least two battleships and four
battle crulsera.
NEXT
U.C.V. MEETS
IN NATION'S CAPITAL
GEN. GEO. P. HARRISON IS ELECT
ED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF TO
SUCCEED YOUNG.
CONTEST OVER CONVENTION
FIRE IN NAVY YARD
AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA
Flamss 8pread Rapidly Soon Beyond
Control. Stubborn Fight
Norfolk, Vs. The ship-fitters shop,
known as building No. 24, and all ol
the equipment, consisting of valuable
woodworking machinery, at the Nor
folk Navy Yard, were destroyed by
Are. The boiler-makers shop and the
plumbers shop, adjoining buildings In
the group, were slightly damaged.
The fire originated in the ship-fitters
shop from some unknown cause
shortly after i ( o'clock. The flames
spread rapidly and were quickly be
yond the control of the navy yard fire
fighting force. The entire Portsmouth
Are department was called to the
acene. A stubborn two-hours' light
confined the Ore to the buildings men
tloned and at 9 o'clock all danger of a
general sonflagration bad passed.
SOLUTION OF REVENUE
PROBLEM PLEA8ES KITCHEN
Washington. Secretary McAdoc
submitted to Chairman Kltchln of the
House Ways and Means Committee
and Chairman Simmons of the Senate
Finance Committee revised estimates
of the Government's receipts and ex
penditures for the remainder of the
current fiscal year and the fiscal year
ending June SO, 1917, tending to show
that much leas new revenue will have
to be raised to meet the bill for pre
paredness and other large contemplat
ed expenditures than had been sup
posed. .
Only about $160,000,000 In addition
al revenue will have to be provided
during the coming year, Mr. McAdoo
said. This ia lass by $76,000,000 than
the moat conservative members - of
Congress calculated at ths outset
Italians Hold Baek Auatrlana.
The Italians In southern Tyrol now
are tenaciously holding back the
Austrlans from further Inroads Into
their positions. In the Ledro Valley,
southwest of Trent, and In the Lags
tina Valley, to the south of the city,
the Austrlans. after heavy artillery
preparation, threw vicious attacks
against the Italian lines but all of
them were repulsed with heavy casu
alties, according to Rome. Five at
tacks were made on Zegnatorts, snd
til ot tnem were stopped with san
gulnary losses.
Reunion Closes st Blrmlnghsm. Tat
tered Flag of Morgan'a Raldsra
Presented to Gen. Yeung.
Birmingham, Ala. Washington won
the honor of entertaining the United
Confederate Veterans In 1917 by a
close vote at the closing business ses
sion here.
Qeneral George P. Harrison of Ala
bams was elected commander-in-
chief to succeed Gen. Bennett Young
of Kentucky.
The desire of the old Confederate
soldiers to parade down Pennsylvania
avenue and be reviewed by tha Presi
dent of the United States led them to
choose Washington. D. C, for the
1917 reunion city, at the closing busi
ness session of their reunion. Tulsa,
Okla., and Memphis received tne next-
highest votes In the order named.
Gen. George P. Harrison, command
er of the Alabama division of the
United Confederate Veterans, was
elected commander-in-chief of the
veterans, succeeding Gen. Benentt
Young of Louisville, who refused to
permit his name to be presented as a
candidate tor re-election. Other off!
cars named were:
Commander department army ol
Virginia, Oen. John Thompson Brown,
Virginia.
Commander the department of army
of Tennessee, Gen. John P. Hickman
of Tennessee.
The recommendations of the reao
lutlons committee, with the exception
of one favoring a reducatlon In the sal
ary of the Adjutant General from
$1,800 to $1,600 annually, and another
favoring the consolidation of the vet
erans and sons of veterans organisa
tions were referred to the command
ing general and the heada of the
three departments.
The effort to reduce the adjutant
general's salary, failed when it was
learned that the constitution leaves
that matter In the handa of the ex
ecutive council and commander-ln
chief.
According to the report of the com
mittee on the Jefferson Davis Home
Association, presented by John 8
Leathers of Kentucky, showed there
were no debts against the organize
tlon and they had a balance In the
bank of more than $600. .
Ernest O. Baldwin of Roanoke, Va ,
waa elected commander - of the Sons
of Veterans over Garland P. Peed of
Norfolk.
New officers for the Sons of Veter
ans elected in addition to the commander-in-chief
were:
Commander Department Army of
Northern Virginia, Dr. J. Garrett
King, Fredericksburg, Vs.
Commander Department Army of
Tennessee,: Thomas B. Hooker ol
Memphis, Tenn.
Commander Army of Trans-Mis
alppl. Merrltt X Glass, Tulsa, Okla.
Executive council, A. J. Wilson, Lit
tle Rock, Ark.; Adolph D. Bloch, Mo
bile, Ala.; Garland P. Peed, Norfolk,
Va.; Beymour Stewart, St. Louis.
Hlstorlan-ln-chlef, Dr. T. M. Owen
Montgomery, Ala.
RUSSIANS RENEW
WAGES POWERFUL ' ATTACK
UPON TURKISH ARMY IN
MESOPOTAMIA. '
ADVANCE SWIFT AND SILENT
SENATE AGREES TO ARMY
REORGANIZATION BILL
Teat Navy Yard Shell 8hops. - '
Norfolk, Va. As a preparedness
test and In order to demonstrate the
facilities and capacity of the: Navy
Yard shell shops, rush orders have
been received for 10,000 six-Inch snd
10,000 five-Inch naval shells. Casting?
are being transferred as rapidly as
possible to shops, where they are be
lng machined, finished and sent to St
Jullen's . magazine for loading. -. Ca
pacity forces are being operated lr
order td establish a record , time for
the productoln of ths finished sheila
Other orders are expected to follow
Upper Houae Paasea Conference Re
port Without Roll Call.
Washington. The senate after an
all-day debate agreed to the conference
report of the army reorganization bill
without a roll call. The house Is
expected to approve the report with
in a day or two and send the first of
the big national defense measures to
the president
Tha bill provides for a regular
army of 211,000 officers sad men at
peace strength, and approximately
260,000 at war strength, and for . a
Federalized National Guard of 467,000
officers snd men at maximum strength.
Senator Lodge criticised the house
for not accepting the larger. Chair
man Stone said he was so anxious to
see the ntlrate provision enacted that
he would be almost willing to agree
to any size army necessary, but In
sisted there was no need of an In
creased army. Senator Brandegee,
author of the amendment for a regu
lar standing army of 260,000 men at
peace strength, declared the English
language waa Inadequate to express
his disgust at the conference action
snd said he hoped "the good Lord
who guards the drunkard and the tool
will save the nation." ; ,
Germany Has Hurriedly Dlepetohsd
Forees to the Turkish Csnter
At Erxlngan.
Petrograd, via London. With ths
advance of Ruaaian forces southward
from ths Urumlah region toward Mo
sul, In Assyria, on the Tigris, which
resulted recently the occupation of
RTvandouza, the Russlana are bring
ing fresh pressure of the most power
ful sort upon the rear of the Turkish
armies In Mesopotamia,
The hope la now entertained In
Petrograd of bringing not only Bag
dad, the Holy City of the Caliphs, but
the entire country lying between the
Tigris and the Euphrates under Rua
sion dominion.
The only aerfoue obstacle between
the caar's army and the Mosul Is the
ancient fortified city of Jesloh-Ibn-Omar,
on an Island In the Tigris, 130
miles southeast of Diarbekr. It la
believed that this city, with Its anti
quated defenses will not be able long
to delay the Russian advance. The
progress of these forcea already has
broken ths backbone of the Turkish
communications between Diarbekr
and Mosul.
Soma 200 dies southward another
group of Russian forces, drawn op
on tbs Perslsui-Tarklsh border before
Kbanklln, Is prepared to strike
through to Bagdad.
According to the latest dispatches
the Turks have been forced to relax
to a great extant their resistance to
the British expeditionary army and
rush troops northward. Thus It la
thought the successes which have
been won by the Russians will have
an Important effect upon ths fortunes
of ths British campaign.
M-OF-UM)
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"GATLING GUN" PARKER
Surprise and concern wars felt
when it was learned that a United
States army machine gun had failed
to work during the raid made by Valu
tas on Columbus, N. M. Promptly the)
war department set about preventing
a repetition of that breakdown by
sending to the border ths army's m
chine-gun eipert, Maj, John Henry
Parker of the Twenty-fourth infantry,
variously known in the service as "GaV
ling Gun Parker" or, mora Intimately,
"John Henry." Major Parker has ay
noteworthy record, because he is ths
man who demonstrated ths possibili
ties of the machine gun.
This hsppened 18 years ago, dui
lng Shatter's campaign, which cul
minated in the fall of Santiago ds
Cuba. The man In the street may not
be aware of It, but Lieutenant Parker
for such he was then haa been
credited with turning the tide of bat
tle at a critical period and making the-
rapturs and the retention of Ban Juan hill possible. More than that, hi
modest little detachment effectually halted the operating of a formidable
battery that might easily have put many of Shatter's fieldpleces out of action.
In short, Lieutenant Parker showed the military world for the first time)
just what the machine gun could He relied upon to do In the hands of capable
men. He anticipated and actually predicted the part that the machine gun
has played In ths present struggle In Europe.
Long before the war with Spain Lieutenant Parker grasped the tactical ,
value of the machine gun, and became so Insistently an advocate of ths
weapon that he talked about It upon every possible occasion.
He drew up plana for a suitable carriage, so that ths machine gun,
ordinarily equipped with only a tripod, might have the fullest mobility and
keep right along with the most advanced troops.
So persistent was Parker In riding hla hobby that other army officers
thought him something of a bore and aometlmea avoided hla company. But
his enthusiasm and theories have been fully justified, first by the work of bis
machine-gun detachment in the Spanish-American war, and now, even mors
fully, by the developments of the great conflict In Europe.
GERMANY WARNS NEPTRALS
8HIP8 MUST OBEY ORDERS
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
TO BE BA8ED ON RECORD
Washington. , President Wilson,
talking with congressional callers In
dicated his gratification at the prog
ress being made in legislation sup
ported by the administration and ex
pressed .hope that congress would be
able to adjourn early in the summer.
It Is the hope of the president to see
most of the administration program
completed before, the political conven
tions which meet in Chicago and Bf
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Must Regard International Law When
Stopped by Submarines.
Washington. Germany, In s note
presented to Secretary Lansing by
Count von Bernstorff warns neutral
governments that merchant ehtpa fly
ing neutral flags must obey the provi
sions of International law In regard to
their conduct when stopped by a Ger
man submarine and that they incur
danger should they turn their ships
In the direction of a submarine.
The text of the communication,
dated May 12, from tne German em
bassy and signed by Count von Bern
storff follows:
"A German submarine In January
last, slcnalled with flags from s dis
tance the Dutch steamer Dandoeng to
stop. Instead of Immediately comply
ing with that summons, permissible
under International law, the Dutch
steamer turned at higher speed on
the submarine, whose commander, on
the assumption, warranted by the cir
cumstances, that he had to do with
an English ship In disguise, bent on
attacking him, then opened firs on
her. .
'The steamer Bandoeng then stop
ped and sent over a boat for the
examlpatlon of the ship's papers. On
being asked about his captain's pro
ceeding, the Dutch officer in com
mand of the boat explained that he
wanted to come nearer the aubmarlne
so as to shorten the visitation for
malities.
The Imperial Government finds In
the Incident occasion, to suggest to tint
neutral government that the masters
of their merchant shlpB be given to
understand that in the event of their
being stopped by German public Tea
sels, the provisions of international
law must be observed to ths letter,
snd that their special attention be
called to the dangers incurred by
turning their ships on a submarine,
"Thus alone, can incidents of the
foregoing description be avoided, the
responsibility for which would exclu
sively Us upon the neutral shipmas
ters."
VARDAMAN ON "FLUNKIES"
James K. Vardaman. United States
senator from Mississippi, has aald
many biting and even bitter things
during his public career, and the other
day he took occasion to pay his re
spects to a certain clsss of citizens of
Washington, In ths course of an elo
quent plea for better citizenship made
before a mass meeting in Alexandria.
"There are more flunkies to the
square inch in Washington than I ever
saw in my life," declsred the senator,
"and I verily believe thst If you would
stuff a colored laborer's overalls with
straw and label the effigy 'congress.,
man' or 'senator,' yon would soon have
half the population crawling to It."
Senator Vardaman said that a pub
lic office should be honored, but that
the man In that office should be hon
ored In accordance with his worth.
Honest, fearless, patriotic men and
women ere seeded at the ballot box
today, Senator Vardaman told his audi
ence, and if mistakes have been made In ths past they may be righted In ths
future. The speaker expressed the fear that "In this nation dollar Is ths god
and commerce the religion of too many.' ' - .
DEMOCRATS' PUBLICITY MAN
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WAR MEASURES ARE
NOW LAW IN NEW YORK
Albany; N. Y. Five preparedness
measures became law by receiving the
signature of Governor Whitman. Ha
signed them after a puMlo hearing,
at which men and women representa
tives of peace organizations strongly
opposed much of the legislation. The
governor later Is expected to aign the
appropriation of $600,000 for the
mobilization this summer, or , when
ever an emergency exists, of all the
state troops. .
SENATE SATISFIES JAPAN .
IN NEW IMMIGRATION BILL
Washington To meet Japan's ob
jection to having the so-called gen
tlemen's ag'eement tor the restric
tion of Immigration enacted into law
In the pending Immigration bill, the
Senate immigration committee agreed
upon an amendment which removed,
the Japanese entirely from the WH,
but eccomptlehes Asiatic exclusion oth
eerwise by a 'specification of latitude
and longitude, which r will , take in
China, Slbeji,lnia.'r.y:',;'
small contributions lor ths
schema netted ths committee
that year led to big 1016011011
. When the joint finance and execu
tive campaign commtttie-of the Demo
cratic national committee selected
Frederick W. Steckman as director of
publicity for the national committee In
the coming presidential campaign, It
picked one of the most experienced
and popular of the newspaper writers
and correspondent in Washington.
Mr. Steckman, who was born In
Princeton, Mo., thtrty-alx years ago,
first went to Washington about 1904 as
correspondent of the St Louis Repub
lic. For some years now be has been
a political writer for the Washinxton
Post and besides has covered the dpi
tol and the White House for the New
Orlesns Dally States. Howev.er, he be
gan his newspaper activities when hs
was less than ten years old.
In 1912 Mr. Steckman was In
charge of the Chicago headquarters of
the Democratic national committee,
and It was he who devised the plan of
campaign from great numbers of people. Ths
more than $100,000. His excellent publicity work
for chief of thst department In this campaign.
MADDEN, LONG LOST BROTHER :
; Martin B. Madden, congressman
from Chicago, is not only wealthy.- Hs
Is also quite handsome. . Nevertheless
hs is not satisfied with' bis physical
make-up. He would be much better
pleased if he were built along more
original lines.-' The trouble with him is
that he looks like too many people. He
make a specialty of being a ringer tor
tha loag-loat brother.
On an average of onoe a month he
gets a letter .from someone who has
seen his picture and claims him as a
brother thought to have been lost at
sea or strayed from home year and ,
years ago.
One day hs heard from a woman,
who said she had a locket with an
"M" on It, snd containing a boyhood
plctnrs of her long-lost brother that
looked exactly like the one of Madden
to a Chicago paper.. .1 Madden was
obliged to tell her that hi -congressional
duties are too pressing to allow
htm air time for being a long-lost brother this year. This la only ft saiaplt
Incident, and Mr.Madden 1 getting somewhat vteeved." ,
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