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WHAT THE SUBMARINES MISSED

That the German submarine policy
has failed In best proved by oNicial
statistics a. to the number of men and
quantity Of munitions and supplies
safely transported across the Allan
tic aimee the U-boatS became active.
In the last three years $4,000. 000
men have creased and recroased the
Atlantic. Only $500 Of these men
were lost. More than Is. zoe, 900 tons
Of explosives, 100000 tons Of coal
and upward Of 100000 tons Of
machinery. rides and other supplies
also were transported without any
lOss Whatsoever.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-14

At banquet recently, Secretary OF
War Baker said: "One Of the fatal
defects Of the HohenzOlleEn imagina-
ton is that fatuOua belief that being
frigAtf9l and making faces and kill
Ing women and children win scare
brave man" -.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-14
HONOR ron sORREL ToPs

Americas Arst shot In the war hav-
Ing been fred by - rea-headed ser
geaat," the Red Head Club Of Spo-
kane, Warrington, has elected to hon
6rary Membership an the soFrel top
non CONS with the American expedi-
ti0nary force In Ffanca.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22

Government regulation of the price and
distribution Of coal is urged by the red
eraI Trade Commission in report Itade
to the House Of Representatives.
This recommendation, the. commb sion
says in a statement issued last nigh, Is
based on the result Of public hearings
held recently in Washington and Chicago
which show that many operators are de-
manding prices which make their profits
from 80 to 800 per cent over the cost Of
production.
The remedies suggested by the COM
mission" says the report, fall into four
general heads: Improvement Of transpor-
tation facilities, preservation of the la
Dor supply. increase of storage facilities
at points of consumption. and regulation
by governmental authority for the dis
tributiOn Of coal.
Pointing out the experience of most
Of the belligerent European nations which
have had to meet a similar problem con-
cerning coal, the commission suggested
that under wartime conditions il may
become the duty OF the government of
the United States not only to regulate
the distribution of coal from the mouth
Of the mine to the ultimate consumer by
allotting the quantity of the product
which the different classes of consumers
shall be permitted to purchase, but also
to establish on some equitable basis the
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF PRICE OF COAL
URGED ON HOUSE BY Federal TRADE BOARD

prices to be paid by different classes OF
consumers.
The commission holds that at a time
like the present. excessive profits should
not be permitted to be extorted from the
public by producers and shippers Of any
prime necessity"
The commission states that while the
productive capacity Of the present mines
has been ample, the railroads. from n
variety Of causes, have not furnished
sufficient cars to carry the coal to points
of consumption.
The principal transportation difficulties
were found to be car shortage, cargoes
due to congestion at points of destina-
ton, lack OF sufficient motive power,
abuse by shippers and consignees of re-
consignment and demurrage privileges,
and longer hauls of coal-carrying cars
due to the shift to other sources Of sup
ply in the markets usually supplied from
certain coal fields.
The principal difficulties in water trans
portation, the commission found, were in
the diversion of boats in the CoastWise
coal trade to other lines of ocean traf-
fc, diversion of boats in the lake coal
trade to ocean traffic, and the return OF
boats suitable for carrying coal empty to
the head Of the lakes because of the de-
lay incident to handling coal.' cutting
down the number of trips which could be
made transporting the grain and ore car
goes which pay much higher freight
rates"
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22

l give notice that il the bill is recon-
mltted, and returns with any of these
prohibition amendments attached, 1 shall
insist upon its considera ton by the FL
nance Committee"
Senator Thompson. Of Kansas, offered
a straight-out prohibition amendment to
the bill. Senator Jones, of Washington,
put in two amendments. One prohibited
the use Of grains and other foodstuffs
Tor use in making spirits The second
authorized the President to commander
all liquor now on hand and have il re-
distilled for munition manufacture.
The temper of Senator Nelson. Of Min
nesota' was clearly shown when he said
that one OF the amendments submitted
would make the nation all whisky drink
ers' inasmuch as II prohibited beer and
wine manufacture and left on hand 800, =
10000 gallons of whisky.
Senator Wadsworth, Of New York nut
In an amendment forbidding food prod
ucts used in the manufacture of distilled
spirits of any kind, except for medicinal
mechanical, Industrial, or scientific pur-
poses.
His amendment authorizes tia Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to regulate khe per-
centage OF alcohol in beers and other
matt liquors., making this percentage not
aooVe per cent. The penalty -preserfbSd
Tor violation is 5000 fine or in1prfsonn1er,f
TOT not more than three years.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
nationwide PROHIBITION APPEARS At HAND:
NUMEROUS DRY" MEASURES ARE NTR0DIICED

Nationwide prohibition was never
nearer than now. Senators and Repre-
sentatives alike agree that at almost any
time Congress may pass a measure that
VIII make the country dry"
1t is anticipated by few that the bill
viii be In the shape OF a genuine pro-
mbition measure. Rather. the idea is
that one Of the many bills destined to
prevent the use of grain in alcohol manu-
tacture during the war will slip over.
The chief argument in opposition rs of
course, the vast amount OF revenue de-
rived from the spirits tax
Yesterday many prohibition measures
were introduced in the Senate as posi-
BILE amendments to the Gore food con-
troll bill. They were recommitted with
the bill. Senator Simmons showed how
much attention is being paid to the pos
slole loss OF revenue when he rose late
in the day and said:
I think all these amendments relat-
ing TO prohibition should be referred to
the Finance Committee. They relate not
only to conservation but to revenue The
committee cannot make up a revenue
Dill until 1t knows what the resources
Will be. And the tax on fntoxIcants is
one of the main sources.
Il would like all the amendments to go
to the Finance CoInmittee. But under
stand that the Senator from Oklahoma,
Mr.. Gore, is opposed to this. However,
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22

the last few weeks Secretary Daniels
request would bring forth a law bar
ring liquor from every naval reservation
Of whatever character. statement is
sued at the department says:
''rhe Secretary Of the Navy, having
noted those sections in the recent law
In the military establishment that re-
toxicating liquor TO members of the mill
tary forces while in uniform, has decided
that similar provisions for the welfare
of the naval personnel would be de-
sirable.
''Since April last there have been
about 1000 new enlistments in the navy,
mostly young men who are at an age
when it is most important that they be
trained and cared for under conditions
that will not conduce to the formation
of bad habits, especially those arising out
of the use of intoxicating liquor.
Believing, therefore, that the we'll
being of these numerous recruits, as well
as that Of the older men, would be pro-
moted and that legislation similar to that
for the army would be most salutary and
beneficial for the efficiency of the navy
generally, the Secretary of the Navy has
addressed a letter to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, of which copies
were furnished to the Naval Affairs COM
mittees of the House and Senate. urging
favorable consideration of this question" i"
Above the official notice Of the Secre-
tary's action are the initials of the
stenographer who took the dictation. The
initials are -. A. O."
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
FOR SIXTY,SX new WAR VESSELS
AWARDED BY NAVY FOR CONSTRUCTION At (NCE

With thousand of tons building in
various yards on both coasts. the navy
drove ahead with its construction pro-
gram. announcing contracts for sixty
six additional war vessels OF this total
to the largest of the German U-boats,
twenty-four are mine sweepers, and the
other four destroyers.
In order to secure the vessels at the
earliest possible moment all the con-
tracts were made on a cost plus 10 per
cent profit basis. The mine sweepers
will be completed within six months,
the submarines in a year, and the de-
strOyers in from twelve to fifteen months
Contracts for twenty-four submarines
were awarded to the Electric Boat Com
pany. of New London; ten will be built
by the government at the Portsmouth
IN. H Navy Yard and four by the
Lake TorpedOboat Company. of Bridge
port.
All four destroyers are to be con>
structed by the Newport News Ship
building and Drydock Company, and high
speed has been promised on the work.
The contracts for the mine sweepers
as sea-going tugs, will be divided be-
tween eleven companies not now working
on government contracts. These yards
were selected so that the mine sweeper
construction should not interfere with
other naval building work now in pro-
gress. Each ship will be of 1000 tons
total displacement.
The contracts were awarded following
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
HOOVER TO PURCHASE and DISTRIBUTE FOOD
IF PRICES SOAR And SUPPLIES ARE HOARDED

If spectators or crop conditions force
food prices too high, the government is
prepared to buy and distribute to the
public and to the nations allies such
supplies as otherwise would attain i'm
possible prices. Such action is not con-
templated at present, but IL there are in
dications that any one commodity is be-
ing boarded or cornered, the government
expects to be vested with powers which
will control imitation.
Legislation to this end is now before
Congress or is being prepared. Chair
man Lever, of the House Committee on
Agriculture, conferred yesterday after
noon with Secretary of Agriculture Hous-
ton. With him was Senator KENYON,
member of the Committee on Agriculture
It is understood that the Gore food bill
in the Senate is far from satisfactory,
from the administration viewpoint. and
that an effort is being made to co-ordi-
nate the House and Senate bills.
Only one food bill has been before the
House. That deals with increased pro-
duction. The other House bill which
deals with the regulatory features Of
food control. has been revised several
times, with the assistance Of Herbert c.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
DANIELS WOULD MAKE U. S. FLEET bone DRY"
URGES congress To DENY DRINKS To 'TARS''

Secretary Of the Navy Daniels yester-
day asked Congress to >Iegislate the feet
bone dry" He asked for a law au-
thorizing the President to prohibit any
person from selling. furnishing, or giving
away Intoxicating liquor to any naval Of
fcer or sailor in Uniform
Delving into the dusty-yery dusty
hles OF history, Secretary Daniels sew
eral years ago sent the Demon Rum
hying over the side of every warship
that few the Stars and Stripes. No in
toxicating liquor was to be permitted on
board except for medicinal purposes and
no officer was to be allowed to have IL in
his possession.
In the army bill Just passed Congress
forbade the selling to any army officer
or enlisted man in uniform Intoxicating
drinks OF any kind. A recent order re-
qulred every army man on duty to wear
nus unitorm, and much grave discomfort
mas been the result. Another result was
TO force navy officers to buy the drinks
when the two services foregathered in
their clubs. although army men assert
and aver that they never yet have OBJ
served the spectacle of a navy man buy
ing a drink.
Things had already reached such a
stage that the army men were planning
to lay In a stock of kimonos at their
clubs to wear over their uniforms when
parading to the bar. Now the blow de-
scends on the heads of the navy. II is
in line with the insistently-pressed ad-
vocacy OF war time prohibition which has
manifested itself in Washington during
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
IRELAND INVITED To SETTLE HER own FATE;
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION SANCTIONED

ernment's invitation as the keystone Of
a new freedom.
The Ulsterites accepted it in a sullen
pessimistic mood. Their leader, Sir John
Lonsdale, made a laconic answer to the
Premier's speech, saying the plan would
be submitted to the people Of Ulster for
their decision, since the leaders refused
to assume the responsibility for turning
1t down. He took occasion to reiterate
that Ulster will never be forced into
home rule"
The Sim Feiners already have gone on
record as opposing the convention plan.
They demand absolute independence for
Ireland.
The convention, under the premier's 5
proposal, is to be presided over by an ap-
pointee of the crown. The sessions are
to be behind closed doors.
Summing up the situation, the most
constructive and most promising plan
ever proposed for the solution Of the Irish
question was greeted enthusiastically by
the Nationalists and was not rejected by
the Ulsterites. All Britain awaits with
eager curiosity the next steps of the Irish
parties.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
Defective AMMUNITION CAUSED
MONGOLIA DEATHS, navy Thinks
Inferior SHELLS,
EXPERTS BELIEVE
Daniels Orders Thorough In
vestigation- Second Ac-
cident Aboard Liner.

Defective ammunition supplied to the
navy by private manufacturers was re-
sponsible for the death of two nurses,
the wounding of a third, and the i'm
periling. not only Of the gun crew, but
also Of the armed American merchant
man Mongolia
The Mongolia, which sailed Saturday
with base hospital No. Il, of Chicago,
one of the units going to the French
front, on board, returned to an Eastern
port yesterday.
The accident. which was responsible
for virtually the first American casual
ties Of the war-and those among the
ranks OF the Red Cross nurses bound on
a mission Of mercy-occurred at o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
The Mongolia, a former Pacific Mail
liner, recently in the European trade,
under the ownership of the International
Mercantile Marine, was well at sea at
the time. She has been doing little pas
senger-carrying recently, having been
transformed into a cargo vessel She
was the first American armed ship to
leave a United States port following
President Wilson's proclamation of
"armed neutrality" which preceded the
declaration of war against Germany.
The real reason for the MOngolia's re-
turn to port was not to bring home the
bodies Of the victims. but to replace her
guns and ammunition.
1t has been the practice among armed
merchantmen to hold target practice
most of the way across the ocean, so
that the naval gunners will be in COM
plete readiness to fire on a submarine
should one appear.
The accident is the second which has
occurred in like circumstances. although
the other was not attended with
fatalities. That had been hushed up,
although the Navy Department con-
Quoted and is still conducting an in
vestigation to place the responsibility for
the presence of defective ammunition in
the naval STORES on that occasion.
The previous accident delayed the sail
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22

conferences yesterday between Secretary
OF the Navy Daniels, Rear Admiral C;rif-
fin' chief engineer Of the nav ana
representatives of the companies The
tolioWlng companies will receive con-
tracts.
Standard Shipbuilding COMPANY. New
YORK; Staten Island ShipbuiIding Com
pany, New York: Todd ShipbuiIdinp
company. New York: Harlan and HoI-
llngsworth Corporation. Wilmington,
Pusey and Jones. Wilmington: Sun
ShipbutldinE Company. Chester: Chester
Shipbuilding Company, Chester: BethIe-
hem Steel Company maryland plant)
baltimore; Baltimore Dry Docks and
Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore.
Pennsylvania Shipbuilding COMPANY:
Gloucester. n. J. The American Bureau
of shipping. New York. represented sew
eral of the companies at the conference
The submarines will be known as the
"R' and IS" class.
The contracts for submarines and de-
stroyers announced Yesterday were for
vessels authorized IN the building pro-
gram adopted by Congress.
All the vessels authorized in this pro-
gram have now been contracted for ex-
cept three super -Dreadnoughts and some
fleet tenders.
II is possible that the former vessels
may be held up indefinitely while the
navy concentrates its building activities
on destroyers and other small craft
which have been proved the natural
enemies of the submarine.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
VICTIMS OF GUN
landed AT PORT
CoGns Draped In Stars and
Stripes Vessel Returns
with Flag Halfmasted.

(By the international News Serviee.)
New York, May H.-Two American Red
Cross nurses, war bound on an errand
Of mercy, were killed and another was
seriously injured by splinters from a shell
fred Ia target practice from the gun that
was to protect their ship against U-boat
attacks
Her hags at half-mast, the American
armed steamer Mongolia nosed herself
slowly back to her moorings at an At
lsntic port today, bringing news Of the
disaster.
1t occurred while the vessel was yet in
American territorial waters.
The dead:
Mrs Edith Ayers. 81, Chicago
Miss Helen Burnett Woods, Evanston,
NJ
Both were killed instantly by shell
fragments
Miss Emma Matzen, OF Columbus,
Nebr.. was severely wounded.
The steamship carrying the members
of the Red Cross Base Hospital No. u,
recruited at Northwestern University,
Chicago. en- route for France, was still in
American territorial waters when the ac-
cident occurred. She returned to an At
lantic port today with her nag half
mast. Miss Matzen has hurried to
hospital. She may recover. The bodies
OF her two companions were sent to Chi
Cdgo for burial The coffins were draped
in the stars and Stripes.
month ago last Saturday a brilliant
pot shot from the gun sank a German
submarine in British waters. A month
ago today the Mongolia was hailed by
America and the allies as a proud har-
binger Of United States aid to victory
in the world war.
Late this evening the true nature of
the accident was learned from the liners
gun crew. 1t disposed Of earlier stories
OF a more or less sensational character.
The shell. according to the gunners,
left the gun thoroughly intact when
fired. 1t was seen to strike the water
and disappeared Then. as in nash,
splinters OF the brass casing came hiss
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22

CBJ the International News Service.)
London. May I.-Ensland asked Ire
land today to settle her own fate.
Premier Lloyd George, speaking in the
house Of commons. invited all Irish par
ties, factions, groups, and creeds to get
together at one great convention and
try to come to an agreement as to the
most desirable and feasible form Of gov
srHyAent II such an agreement is reach
ed, the premier said. It Is to be submit
ted to the government and imperial par
lament. The government, he said, would
then make IL its business to give the
Irish government decided upon the nee
sssary legislative sanction and operation.
The announcement was the sensation
Of the day. For Ireland 1t was the most
cheering news since the struggle for
home rule began
For the first time in her history"
said John Redmond. IN the commonds,
after Lloyd George had ended, ireland
has been asked virtually to settle q
problem for herself"
The Nationalist leader hailed the gov
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22

Hoover. designated by President Wilson
to be food administrator. 1t is this bill
which will confer upon President Will
son. and through him to Mr. Hoover, the
drastic powers to buy and distribute food
if prices soar too high.
There is no fear, as yet. that the buy
ing of food supplies for the nation will
be necessary. but the government viii
insist that the authority to take over
foods at a stated price shall be granted
This contempates not only the DANCE
of bidding up. boarding, and speculation
bv Americans. but unrestrained buying
by the agents Of foreign governments
Overbuying by Europe, however, will be
regulated by a centralized purchasing
board.
Although crop prospects are not of the
brfghtes, It is hoped by the new food ad-
ministration to increase the normal ex-
ports TO Europe. Under ordinary con-
ditions the United States would send 400
600 900 bushels of grain to the ~allieu
countries. Canada would send 200,0O0,OOO
The requirements of the allies, because
of reduced production, this year will be
200. 600. 900 bushels. That leaves a deficIr
of 400 900 900 bushels, or 10 per cent.
The Washington herald., 1917-05-22
French CAPTURE
500 PRISONERS
Allied Troops Make Important
Gains as Western Drive
Enters Sixth Week.
oBy the international News Service


London, May 21.-The entente offensive
in the west entered its sixth week to-
day.
Both the British and French made new
important gains in yesterdays fighting
On the whole those losses in ground are
conceded by the Berlin war office, though
il insists that on the right wing tsI -ific
losses were inflicted on the British. while
on the left to the south Of Laon, the
Germans onset their Champagne loss by
capturing trenches from the French.
The French took so prisoners in the
last twenty-four hours. The British add
I'd a support trench to their advance OF
a mile front registered early yesterday.
The enemy Shelters says the French
official report, were found to have been
blown to pieces and to be piled high with
dead"
The German statement tells OF British
storming waves between the Scarpe and
Sensee rivers having been shot to
pieces"
The French scored yesterday what the
Paris war office describes as an i'm
pOrtant and brilliant success" Immedi-
ately after having nipped in the bud
Teuton attempt at a massed counter Of
fensive. Petain's troops themselves
launched an attack and carried by storm
several lines Of German trenches near the
formidable Morenvilliers heights in the
Champagne which dominate the whole re-
gion around
The German statement, admitting the
British gain near the southern extremity
of the Wotan line. says a completely de-
molished trench" was left in British
hands, according to our plan" The
French successes in the Champagne are
conceded less grudgingly. Berlin an
nOunCed the "bagging" of fourteen en-
tentC airplanes.