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IOWA. MONDAY. MAY q, 1917


from 81 to 30 years old will be regis
tered on June 90
They administration is now turning
local and district exemption boards
which will eliminate the men not need
ed for the army
An elaborate program of recreation
for the army training camps has been
worked out by the commission on
training camp activities recently ap'
pointed by Secretary Of War Baker.
Baseball will be the principal game re-
lied upon for the amusement of the
men in training.
Food Control Up to Wilson.
Favorable report on the administra-
tion plan to give the president broad
powers as to the preferential ship
ments of food, munitions and war traf-
fic was made today to the house.
The report says the bill is 'germane
to the earnest efforts we are making
to utilize to the highest efficiency dur
ties of the country. and to promote the
efforts of the administration to carry
on the war by requiring preferential
shipments of all freight which, in the
Judgment Of the president, is essential
to the public security and defense"
The section as to movements, OF
transportation, the report explains,
has no reference, as has been erron-
eously stated in some quarters. to any
disputes between carriers and their
employees"
Fortunately" it adds, there is a
truce on that subject during the war.
War Revenue Bill Delayed.
Hope of passing the war revenue bill
within the next two days was not
strong among house leaders today. par
ticularly because the ways and means
comRittee was still toiling over high
er second class mail rates provided by
the bill. Even after agreeing on this
provision the committee must pass on
taxes on advertising and on musical
Instruments and automobiles before the
house receives the bill.
new graduated second class mail
zone rate proposed. ranging from 1a
cents a pound in; the first to cents III
the eighth, received much considera
tion today in committee. It will be per-
fected and discussed again tomorrow.
An amendment to tax raw cotton
$3.50 bale, proposed by Representa-
tive Moore, Of Philadelphia, was ruled
out on point Of order in the house, after
heated debate.
A proposal by Representative Kelly,
OF Michigan, to strike out the 5 per
cent tax on automobiles At the factory
was rejected ss6 to 4s. Debate then
began ON the DofemIs amendment to
levy the tax only on manufacturers
earning moro than 8 per cent on their
capital stock.
The Doremus amendment was adopt
ed, Sc to o. M
.-., FsdsrM Feod Survey.
e The senate today topk up the ad-
nrinfstfafion bill pravfdfng for a federa
survey Of food, supplies, stimulation Of
production, prevention Of hordings Ii
censing Of dealers, and authorizing
making OF fours. Chances were that
consideration would develop strong
fights over the question Of prohibit
ing the use Of grains for liquor during
the war; and the amendment which
Senator Gore plannsd to offer today to
give the president power to -promulgate
regulations preventing gambling in
foodstuffs.
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pet.iI. q colbert sinkinu..

Paris, May 21.-The French steamer
Colbert, which was torpedoed in the
Mediterranean on April 80, was on her
way to saloniki when. she was sunk.
The ship was struck by torpedo
below the water line and the engine-
room was Immediately flooded. There
was no sign Of submarine as the ship
began to sink rapidly by the stern and
the lifeboats were launched. The Col
bert sank In Ave minutes and after she
had disappeared the submarine
emerged. and the commander asked
the name and description Of her vicS
tim. Before he could get the informa-'
ton French patrol boat appeared and
opened fire. After four shots were
fred the submarine submerged.
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Both From Chicago.

Washington, Nay 21.--The two Red
Cross nurses killed on the American
steamer were Edith Ayres and Helen
Burnett Woods, both of Chicago. and
at ttaehed to base hospital No. 1l2. e,
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ItaIians Extend Positions.

Rome, via London, May 21-Italian
troops yesterday took a hill between
Palliova and Britovo in their often
sive on the Julian front, and also ex-
tended their positions on the Vodice,
says the official statement issued today
by tho Italian war department.
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AZ. Limit Of Regulars Raised.

Ct applicants TO for EN-, enlistment saI, IN, IN the
to So years, to IS to 40 years, accord
ing to an order issued today.
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NO SHORTAGE OF COAL.
Railroads Hold Responsible For Pre-
vailino Hiqh Prices.

vailing High Prices.
washington, May 2L-The bituminous
coal shortage Is blamed on the rail-
roads, In report today by the federal
trade commission. Producers, by tax
ing advantage OF the lack Of cars. are
charged with responsibility. however,
for prevailing high prices.
There is no scarcity Of coal In the
ground" the report says. There is
sufficient coal In the mines not only
to supply the present demand but also
to supply a greatly increased demand"
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FIRST PHASE OF ADVANCE ENDS.
infantry 10 Marking Time Pending the
Next Move by General hai9.

-
British Army Headquarters In France
via London, May 21..--.With the fall Of
Bullecourt. the capture OF the, chemical
works. the occupation of RoeuX, and
the general evening up of the British
line, the first phase in the new British
offensive In France is over.
For four days now the infantry vir-
tually has marked time. The artillery
activity, too, has been considerably re-
duced. Various sectors OF the front,
which a few days ago were spou.ing
fire like volcanoes, now are only Inter-
mittently shelied.
Germans Kept in Doubt.
The Germans today manifest wonder
ment as to what Field Marshal Haig
can have in mind by sending a spasom
Of shells first here and then there, as
II at loss exactly what to do, yet
fearing not to do something.
This uneasiness also is apparent in
attempted raids from Ypres to1><St.
Quentin and by officers suddenly ap-
pearing at vantage points behind the
enemy lines eagerly studying the Brit
ish positions.
Rseoneilsd 70 Losses.
The Prussians apparently are recon-
ciled at the loss Of Bullecourt. threat
ening Queant, at the end Of the Dro-
court Queant support line. and also the
remainder Of The Hindenburg line. as
It does, for since the Prussian guards
fell back during the night Of May Is
the ruins Of the village have been fair
ly quiet after fortnight OF some Of
tho bitterest lighting Of the war.
Thus. during the. short breathing
spell, the British situation is satisfac-
tory. What infantry activities which
have developed among the Germans in
the last four days have been feeble
ana easily dealt with by the British
artillery.
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Trenches In Champagne Taken.
Paris. May 21-Several lines Of Ger
man trenches In the Champagne near
Moronvilliers were captured last night
BY the French, the war office an
nounces.
"On the Chemnin -des- Danes the ar
tiliery fighting continued during the
light northwest of Braye-en- Laon-
apis," says the abatement, "and on the
'front.' between Cerny and Hurtbise. A
German attack near Froidmont farm
was checked before the enemy was able
70 reach our lines The enemy under-
took no further attack after the com-5
DDete check Of the general assault un-
Aprtaken yesterday.
There were brief but violent artil-
lSsy actions northwest of Rheims. In
the regions Of 9Chevreux we made pro-
gress and took prisoners.
In the Champagne yesterday even
ing We carried out on two sectors on
the heights near Moronvilliers, an op-
Grafton which resulted in an important
and brilliant success. Our troops capN
tured several lines of German trenches
On the slopes north Of Carnillett and
at the CAsque and at the Teton. Fur
thermore. all the important observa-
tion points In this region are now In
our hands, German counter attacks
were iAnen under our lire and. thrown
Rack With heavy losses. We took about
800 prisoners in these actions The
snemy shelters were blown to pieces
and piled high With dead"
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SMALL ships in BATTLE.
German and French Torpedo Boats
Fight or Coast Of Flanders.

'Sus 80 SSseS ~ 'e"So's'
Berlin May Plan engagement be-
tween German and French torpedo
boats OFF the coast Of Flanders is re-
ported in an announcement from the
admiralty. The announcement says:
"On the.morning Of the goth off the
coast of Flanders short outpost en-
gagement took place between Germs-n
and French torpedo boats. The enemy
boats were repeatedly hit and our yes
sells returned without loss or damage"
1.-THE French official statement yester
day reported that a fotilla Of German
destroyers had been driven back to its
base. by a patrol Of four French tor
pedo boats. The statement said thar
one OF the French vessels suffered some
damage.1
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RINTEEEN FOUND GUILTY.,
Three German Plsttsrs Are Convicted,
Jury Disaarses on othsrs.

New York, May 21.-Captain FraAz
Rintelen Of the German navy. David
Lamar and HenrysB Martin were
found guilty here Sunday night by q
jury in the federal court on charges Of
having consptred In 1915 to disreput
the munitions traflic, between this
country and the eIt teiate ali lies The
jury disagreed a. to- four other de-
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Two American Red Cross
Workers Killed and One
Injured by Shell Fire.
ACCIDENT OCCURS
ON AMERICAN SHIP
Fragments Of Shell From Gun Used in
Target Practice Act as Boomerang
Ship Sailed Saturday For Franco
With Hospital Base No. I, to Which
Victims Belonged Two Chicago
Women Killed Instantly.

New York, May 21-Two American
nurses. members of an ambulance unit
on its way for service in France, were
killed yesterday on board an American
steamer. when pieceHeof shell fired
by naval gun crew In practice ri
cochetted from the. waters surface, and
scattered amoas a sroup of nurses and
surgeons. A third purse was seriously
wounded.
The accident happened about 2:3o
o'clock yesterday afternoon. A gun at
the sterp was being used. An explana-
ton by one of the ships officers was
that when a shell struck the water
about 175 feet from the vessel the CEN
trlful force caused bits OF the steel to
fly back on shipboard. One Of the ships
officers was standing beside the nurses
and was uninjured.
The Red Cross unit aboard the ship
was recruited in Chicago. Tho steamer
was anchored in the harbor and a tug
went along side to take Off the dead
and wounded. The steamer sailed for
Europe Saturday evening. With her
flag at half mast she came into, an
American port this morning.
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Cariillet and Mount Keil. Yesterday the
Germans brought down fourteen en-
tente airplanes on the western front.
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( ..The sinking may give further proof
& the danger of invadinE Tor Mockade
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London, May 21.-British troops dur
ing last evening captured support
trench behind the /Hindenburg line
trench taken during the morning, the
war office announced today. The state
ment says:
Our operations in the Hindenburs
line between Bullecourt and Fontain-
les -Croisilles were continued with s.ic-
cess during the night. Our troops.
who had carried q front trench in the
Hindenburg line yesterday morning.
and had repelled several counter at
tacls, renewed the attack in the eve
ming ana capturd q support trench also.
..Hostile counter attacks were again
beaten on with heavy loss to tho
enemy. "A large number Of the enemy
was found in the captured positions.
Two German divisions have been en-
gagged In the lighting In this neighbor-
hood sincs yesterday morning.
I'VE carried out q successful raid
last nixht near Loos. Early this morn
Ing an enemy party endeavored to en-
ter our trenches southwest OF Messines
but was driven off,
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The ennounceinent. says the French
" bbtainsd : afoothold On Mount
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5 Disagree A. to Accident Cause. /.
Tho 1rn11r,dnd nlIrs1 iS On Id fo he Miss

The wounded nurse is said to be Miss
Emma Metzen,, member of base hospi-
tai No. 1. bound for duty in France.
Official notice of the cause of the
action has ben withheld. One version
was that the shell from the gun had
exploded about 175 feet distant. just
as it was striking the water, and that
pieces Of the shell richochetted back
and struck the nurses.
Another was that the accident was
caused by breach explosion of de-
fective shell as the gun was fired.
Information as 70 the seriousness or
Miss Metzen's injuries were refused at
the hospital, altho it was understood
that she was expected to recover.
There were about go members Of No.
/ base hospital on board. Miss Matzen
joined the Red Cross unit at Chicago.
Her home was Columbus Neb.
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British Advance Now
Threatens Queant- -Droc-
ourt Switch.
GERMANS FAIL IN
COUNTER OFFENSIVE
British Troops Occupy German Trench
Back Of Hindsnburs Line - French
sueessssuIly Resums Advances in
Champagne esetor-S Several Lines Of
Enemy Trsnohss Occupied and 800
Prisoners Jajssn- Italians Continue.

osnsrals Hais and Pstain are
again pushing ahead with their Of
rsnsive in northern Frahcs and to.
day beth report new gains.
After driving into the Hindsn.
burg line along . mile front ysstsr'
day morning, in tho sector north
west Of euliseourt, the British re-
newsu their. attack last night and
captured . support trench.
The firm British hold on this
section Of The Hindsnburg line,
seriously threatening the Queant-
Droeourt switch, protecting Dous',
is attested by the failure Of the
German reaction.
General haig 10 we'll maintaining,
his initiative and bit BY bit forcing
the Germans 20 give ground.
Not ouiy were the British able to
held their gains Of the morning
against eounter attacks, but to re-
sumo their offensive the sar,s day
and push ahead, maintaining their
sseend advance.
The French for their part havs
resun,ed their advance ins the
Champagne. Having foiled the
.ersstu princes desperate and eoet-
il eAorts 70 gain contol OF the
;Chspnin -dss. DANES, Genera! PEI
.tSiu Sa5rned Is the chAnapasns $50
- G,td struck nosthNard sn tlss'
aMSre renvitlISfs hsiahsa.
I 5/9Svsral linss Of German trsRohss
wero occupied In these opsratiehs
and sente 100 prisonsrs taken. All
the important observation peints
are now in French hands, facilitat-
ina their further advance in the
drive calculated to flank the Ger
mans out Of the salient 70
the northwest projecting toward
Rhsims.
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and self-satisfied air spelled prosperity in
capitals.
So far, so good. But an intimation had
fers of Mexican holdings, legitimate
enough in themselves had sinister sig
nificance that gravely concerned the
United States government. The new
owners it was said, had no intention of
waiting indefinitely for dividends. AL
ready plans were under way for the in
stigating of raids of Mexican bandits into
Texas to force the administration to send
troops to the border-a step that it was
hoped would lead to war and in due course
to the resumption of industrial occupa-
tions under control of the United States.
Oils completely in this reasonable
project was as yet only suspected, and
Scarborough had been assigned to the
task of keeping him under observation.
1t was work that might prove of the
utmost Importance, and Tim, who was
a newcomer in the Secret Service, felt
intensely his responsibility.
After full minutes speculative gaze
at the black pate of the Mexican he looked
again at Brown. Here. he knew, was
man of very different caliber from Gil, so
different that it seemed absurd to couple
them, especially without better evidence
than had appeared. This Scarborough
told himself again and again; yet the
feeling persisted that between the two
men there was hidden bond. And,
though he suspected that his feeling might
be due entirely to his own nervous APP
he Welded to it a few minutes
later, when the train was pulling into New
York, by stopping at the seat just vacated
by Brown to pick up two crumpled bits of
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paper that he had seen the young man
toss away while the porter was brushing
him. From their color he knew they were
Pullman checks, one doubtless for the chair
near which it lay. But the other might
tell where Brown had come from prob
ably he had only changed at Philadelphia.
Dropping the checks into his overcoat
pocket,-there was no time then to ex-
anime them,-Tim followed Gil. Brown
he soon lost sight of on the crowded plat
form, nor did he again see Dozy. He had,
indeed, all he could do to keep up with
the Mexican. Unencumbered by bag,
the latter forged ahead, and it was only
by walking almost on his heels that
Tim managed not to be separated from
him.
keep that taxi in sight!' he ordered
his chauffeur, as he plunged into the cab
following Gil's.
THE two machines rolled out of the
station, units in long procession, and
turned north on Seventh Avenue. Tim
dropped the window in front of him, and,
leaning forward, studied the license num-
Der of the other car until it was stamped
upon his memory. Then he stared
anxiously ahead. 1t was nearly eight
o'clock, and few blocks farther on lay
the junction of Forty second Street and
Broadway, which at that hour, like a
mighty vortex, sucks toward itself all the
traffic of the city.
Get alongside he directed sharply,
fearing that if he did not keep abreast of
the taxi he was following he might at any
corner be parted from it by cross-current
OF travel. AT last, however, they We're
safely through the worst congestion. out
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Dozy, he led him into talk of people
and affairs "down home until the porter
came along with his whisk-broom to tidy
up his charges for their arrival in New
York.
$50 long, said the boy, rising to go to
his own seat in the car behind. "If you
get lonesome in the great city, look
me up"
"Sure thing. Still living with your
uncle uptown"
"Uh-huh. He's good old scout-never
gives me any trouble.
With parting grin, Dozy was off.
I EFT alone, Scarborough gazed thoughts
fully down the aisle at the back of
Browns blond head, then on to Gil's dark
one. The Mexican's hair was the color
of charcoal, straight and coarse-Indian
hair. Other marks of aboriginal descent
he bore in his high cheek-bones, high nose,
long eyes, and pale copper skin.
He was man of middle age, lawyer
who for fifteen years had practised with
only moderate success, drawing his ellen
tele from among his compatriots resi-
dent in New York The number of these
having been greatly increased in the past
few years by the revolutions in their own
country, business with Gil had been good,
and in the last months he had also added
to his list of clients several rich Americans
for whom he had acted as agent in the
purchase of mining properties in Mexico.
These had been secured at bargain prices
from small holders unable longer to con-
tinue non-paying investments, and Gil
was supposed to have profited hand
somely by the deals. Certainly the quail
ity Of his clothes, his well groomed aspect
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of the roar and blaze, pointed toward
Columbus Circle.
From this pivot they swung to the right
and entered Central Fark West, where n
the early evening north-bound vehicles
are scarce. For half mile they pro-
ceeded without break in the course.
then, at a street in the lower Seventies
the leading cab suddenly turned, slowed
down, and stopped before house near
the corner.
"Look out, now, warned SCARBOROUGH.
"Pass them! Now turn round and ston
on the other side of the street-I'll tell Won
when.
Plainly unsuspicious of espionage. Gil
mounted the stone stoop of the house be-
fore which he had stopped, rang the bell
and stepped into the vestibule to await
admission. This came, as it happened
at the moment that Scarborough's taxi
halted at the opposite curb, and Tim was
given brief but very distinct view of the
tall, gray-haired man who opened the
door distinct enough, at least, for him
to see that the man was not a servant.
The house, like all the others in the long
block, was four-storied, narrow, and
brown. Nothing was noticeable about it
except that it showed fewer lighted win
dows than any of the others, none at all
above the first foor-th though that was
hardly matter for remark.
Five minutes passed, ten; then, of a
sudden, the door was opened again. this
time by Gil himself Closing it, he came
quickly down the steps to the sidewalk
and reentered his cab, which at once
started back along the way it had come.
At the first entrance into the park how
Continued on page IL
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wicked are like the troubled sea, when
it cannot rest, whose waters cast up
mire and dirt.
The men at Ft. Des Moines who
have remembered mother, father, wife
and children at home sent them money
for food and shelter. God ever bless
them. Great is your reward with
God. You prove "holiness" even if
you are not saints of God, but oh be-
loved I would to God this was sancti-
fled body of men in Christ, spirit,
words and deeds. Then would you see
clearly to discern the right from the
wrong. But what does 1 Tim, 9th
verse says to those who have neglect
ed their own, forget the vows, promis-
es made to home. 9Th verse. But if
any provide not for his own, and espe-
cially for those of his own house, he
hath denied the faith, and is worse
than an infidel. ! am endeavoring, be-
loved, to help some widow or orphans
through Christ Jesus and yet, the
Lord knows all.
had eighty-four mems names at
Ft. Des Moines for Unity and Char
| ity book and yet Sergt. William X.
Harris, color sergeant in charge of
regimental press, wrote and said, I
will hold the manuscript awaiting
your request. Sorry, but the press is
overcrowded at present. Hard to tell
just how long this rush willIlast My
pleasure was with P. o. order Of Soc.
Please send manuscript registered, as
I wish safe delivery.
The devil is always in rush, but
God is slow. These men agreed to
help me to spread Gods message.
Words of love, hope Of sunshine
greetings to all who accept them.
From Mrs. Joseph S. Lowe,
1903 Lyon Street.