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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

detonated with a noise like h;tt;n.
empty barrel with a clod Of div %. N
stabbed the sky like bursting stars '''S
IN the meantime the American az
tiilery had ceased to fire, in order moi
TO give away its positions to the lurk.
ing enemy birdmen. After awhile tbs
dronlng of the planes and the anti.
aircraft fire grew fainter. Then ths
American gunners again turned lonss
their cannon on the enemy's rear M
on the villages and roads where NJ
supply trains and men were cravlins
toward his front lines.
Bird Sings as Shells Scream
The droning in the sky again toya
the artlllerymen that the nervous
Boche was looking and listening aesin.
The artillery ceased and the anti.sir.
craft guns took up the battle again M.
I'll the invisible enemy planes droned
on through the stars to safer com.
munities.
Occasionally one could hear ensrv
shells arriving in f1ocks at different
points in our rear. Many of these
focks ploughed up innocent wheat
fields, because the nervous Boche o..
liberated with characteristic German
high explosive hate.
Just outside The Tribune CORE.
spondent's dugout at midnight !
French hooking bird was telling the
world what he thought of the war
Nearby focks of shells only made him
sing louder, and he Knocked everything
from droning enemy airplanes e
,anary birds for four hours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
The Official Statements

LONDON May 1sd Marshal Haigs from British head
quarters IN France to-da sad
raids
Molancour Euluch
liam Mrlancou village taking
the prisoners and machine gun
without mourning casualties themselves
The hostile artillery somewhat active this morning in the
Vilers Bronneux
DAYTh artillery activity night both sides
ty also the Hazebrouck Ypres
Violent Bombarment Continues Along the Somm Paris Reports
PARIS May 1S7he War Office today issued the following:
DAYThcre violent bombardment points the
front north of the Avre
(Campagne and north of Four-de-Paris
without results
Italians Hold Positions Monte Como in Strong Attack
ROME May 1-Geneal issued the following
DAYTwo projectors
compelled
held
Berlin Reports Sixteen Allied PLANES Down
BERLIN, London May 1STh statement from the War Of
flee to-day reads:
considerably before harasng
continued led violent
fighting district
occasions prisoners brought in.
Sixteen captive balloon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Nation Knitted Together

"Have you formed a picture in
your Imagination Of what this war is
doing for us and for the world? In
my own mind I am convinced that
not hundred years Of peace could
have knitted this nation together as
this single year of war has knitted
it together; and better even than
that, if possible, it is knitting the
world together.
"Look at the picture! In the CEN
tire of the scene four natnons en-
gagged against the world, and at every
point Of vantage, showing that they
are seeking selfish aggrandisement;
and against them, twenty-three gov
ernments, representing the great
part of the population of the world
drawn together into new sense of
community of interest, a new sense
of community of purpose, new
sense of unity Of life. The Secretary
Of War told me an interesting Incl
dent the other day. He said when
he was in Italy member Of the Ital-
ian government was explaining to
him the many reasons why Italy felt
near to the United States.
"If you want to try an interest
ing experiment go up to any one of
these troop trains and ask in Eng
lish how many of them have been
in America and see what happens.
Heart of America in Italy
"He tried the experiment. He
went up to a troop train and he
said, How many Of you boys have
been in American and he said il
seemed to him as if half of them
sprang up: Me from San Fran
cisco; me from New York; all over.
There was part of the heart OF
America in the Italian army. People
that had been knitted to us by as.
ISOLATION who knew US, who hac
lived amongst us, who had worked
shoulder to shoulder with us, anc
now friends of America, were fight
ing for their native Italy.
Friendship is the only cement
that will ever hold the world to
gether. And this intimate contac-
Of the great Red Cross with tn.
peoples who are suffering the ter
rors and deprivations of this wal
is going to be one of the creates
' instFumentalities of friendship tina
the world ever knew, and the centre
OF the heart of it all, if we sustai,
i properly, will be this land tina
We so dearly love.
Must Serve One Another
My friends, a great day of dut,
has come, and duty finds mani
III as no kind of work can eve
Il it.
May l say this? The duty tina
faces US all now is to serve one an
Their, and no man can afford b
make q fortune out Of this war
There are men amongst US VIII
have forgotten that, if they eve
saw it. Some Of you are old enough
Il am old enough-to remembe
men who made fortunes out Of tn
Civil War, and you know how the
were regarded by their fellow-citi
zens. That was ar to save on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Both Sides Desperately
Prepare For Death Grapple
Ludendor Sends Aviators Scuryng Like Rngmaster in
Circus-Young Enemy Commanders Glory
in Feeding Men to Guns
By Arthur S. Draper

mon, the orchestra of guns has sud-
denly become so loud that it seems as
II they were trying to silence the thun-
der of violent spring storm. Their
rumble and roar are audible more than
hundred miles behind the lines.
Expect Two Attacks
1t correct deductions are drawn, there
will be simultaneous attacks on two
battle fronts, one perhaps moro power
full than the other. In other parts of
the battlefield there may be diversions
which may very possibly develop into
major operations overshadowing in in
terest and Importance the main at.
tacks.
Great gun fire in the last few days
has been directed at the front covering
of the Armentieres salient. Despite
terrific hammering, the Givenchy psi
tlons have been held intact by the
British. 1t is possible that the Ger
mans will try to drive in salient here
and widen it as they have done several
times successfully in this campaign
Although it is particularly danger
GUS tactics, the young German officers
with their highly disciplined troops
seem to welcome an opportunity to
show their initiative in this style OF
fighting.
The fact that the enemy's gunfire
has been concentrated on the southern
half of the battle front doesn't mean
necessarily that he has selected that
place for his main attack. But it is
highly possible that converging at.
tacks on St. Pol and Doullens might be
made from the Bethune front and from
the Arras-Albert front. If success.
full, they would pinch OFF Arras and
Vimy Ridge.
Foe Has the Men
In the opinion of military experts, the
enemy will be able to attack with q
force little inferior numerically to that
used on March 21. Ludendorff has the
men and guns to use over ffty-mile
front if he SO desires. The longer he
delays the more troops he can use in
| the West
This will prove long, anxious sum.
mer of fighting, with men the control.
ling factor in the final result. Time il
with the Entente, But it is half-neu.
trail, half-Ally. No sparring tactics
will bring a decision. The belligerenta
must come to grips, and this they will
certainly do very soon.
Ludendorff is expected to try for a
quick success at Ypres first, because
Of the moral effect Of victory there
He will try to reach the Ypres plain in
the first day of his next drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
American Downed Two Planes
In Minute, Pershing Reports
OF AR Battle Given in COMMUNICATE Captain
Peterson Bags German Machines While Awaiting
Arrival of French General

WASHINGTON, May 18.-Another Of
hclal American communique from Cen
eral Pershing was made public TODAY
by the War Department..
General Pershing transmitted de-
tails of the bringing down of two Ger
man planes within one minute bv
Captain Peterson, of the American
army, while aviators were waiting for
a French general coming to confer
decorations.
The text follows:
HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN
EXPED1TIONARY FORCES. Nav 16.
Section An Lorraine patrolline
was active and there was again in
crease of artillery fire. Otherwise
the day was quiet at points occupied
by our troops.
Section B-Particulars CONCERNING
bringing down hostile airplanes at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Dairy Exposition Ready

The National Milk and Dairy Farm
Exposition at the Grand Central Palace,
which will bring to New York dairy
men and farmers from all parts Of the
country, will be formally opened to-
morrow night by Governor Whitman.
Tuesday will be Distributors Day;
Wednesday. Milk Products Day, with
Secretary Houston Of the United States
Department of Agriculture as the prin-
copal speaker. Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover will speak on Thurs
day, Dairymen's League Day. Friday
will be Public Health Day. Health Of
ficfiers from the principal cities of the
United States, Canada, Mexico and
Cuba will be present. Saturday will be
Women's Day.
DR.. Charles f. North, managing di
rector of the exposition, has arranged
a series of contests. Prizes are Offered
for the best put-up milk, pot cheese
butter etc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

about noon, May Is, previously re-
ported, when aviators were waiting
Tor French general who was COM
ing to confer decorations, are as
follows:
while waiting, Captain Peterson
made an ascent and encountered two
German planes and shot down both
within one minute, firing sixty shots
at first and fifteen at second. First
plane burst Yin flames before hitting
ground and wings of second were
seen to crumple up when nearing
earth. No definite information con-
corning third hostile plane reported
brought down.
ut is now determined that our air.
plane reported yesterday as having
accidentally fallen within our lines
north of Toul was shot down, prob
ably by hostile anti-aircraft guns"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Especial Cable to The Tribxns)

Especial Cable to The Tribmne)
LONDON, May 18.-The stage is set
for the third act Of the great drama
All the characters in. the mammoth pro-
duction have rehearsed their parts
The first and second acts had late
winter for backgrounds; the third is
set with a country bright with orchard
blossoms and green hills and trees.
Nature heals wounds quickly, and at
the sinister appearance which it had
during the winter months. In many
respects Ludendorff il like the master
Of a gigantic, three-ring, open-air cir
Gus: lie has already snapped his whip
and the aerial performers have begun
their daring deeds.
No circus audience has ever wit
messed such thrilling fcats, no acrobats
ever have risked their lives in such a
care-tree way as these rival aviators
are doing to-day over thousands OF
square miles of Northern France.
Allies Are Prepared
AS the young airmen fly over each
others lines, photographing every bit
of the country and dropping bombs on
billets, ammunition dumps, transport
trains and railway stations, hundreds
of thousands of human ants below con.
tlnue to move back and forth, each with
his special part to play.
For the third act of the modern bat.
tie titantic preparations are necessary
Thousands of horses and mules have tc
be fed every day. Hundreds Of miles OF
roads and railways had to be built
Dozens of miles of water pipes had tc
be laid. Hundreds of miles Of tele.
phone wires had to be strung UP. Hun.
dreds of thousands of shells and thou
sands of tons of rations had to be
moved forward. New field DRESSING
| stations had to be built. Observation
posts had to be erected.
Ludendorff's Great Task
On both sides Of the line the same
feverish activity has gone on for DAYS
Before Ludendorff could ring IN The
curtain he had to make plans as great
as those necessary if Mayor Hylar
should decide to move half the ponuIa.
ton of New York City across the Hud.
son in forty-eight hours.
The interval between the acts is
Longer than the acts themselves as the
play proceeds toward the final curtain
New York stands applauding for hours
as one division marches down Fiji
Avenue. Ludendorff will handle hun.
dreds of divisions in the next act.
With the air filled with the rival air.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

surpassed the hope of the most opti-
mistic.
Women and Children Fed
"If you could have seen, during the
recent offensive, the rushing by night
of Red Cross camions loaded with
food, to meet the thousands of men,
women and children being bombarded
out Of their homes without notice; if
you could have seen them receiving
the hot food and drink given to them
by the American people as they are
on their way they know not where,
and it, later, you could see the thou
sands and thousands of them who have
been helped by the American people
to secure lodging, food and clothing
you would then understand the look
Of gratitude upon their faces-grati-
tude to the American people.
"If You could go throughout those
countries into the buildings where
thousands of children are being cared
for, maternity homes where mothers
and their babes are attended,; in work.
shops where thousands of people are
given employment to make materials
necessary for the destitute of these
countries; in the dispensaries and
countless villages where, with the aid
of the Rockefeller Foundation, the
greatest war is being carried on
against tuberculosis; if you could visit
with the Red Cross representatives the
families of the soldiers whose names
are given by the military authorities,
to whom direct relief is extended, and
could go with the Red Cross repre-
sentative in the front-line trenches to
see them give articles of comfort and
serve hot drinks to the soldiers of our
allies; if you could go into the Red
Cross rest rooms and canteens and
see them care for and feed over three
million men month; if you could
visit the many hospitals in Europe
organized and being run by the Red
Cross and knew that, in addition, sup
plies are contributed to more than
5000 military hospitals in France and
Italy; if you could go through the fac
tories where artificial limbs are being
made for our own boys and those of
our allies, through the factory where
splints are being made so scientifically
that they have been put upon the
wounded men before they have been
moved from No Mans Land, thus saw
ing many lives and limbs which other
wise would have been lost; you would
not then fully cover the field of Red
Cross operations, for there is to-day
practically no breech into which the
Red Cross does not jump"
Having completed q sentence which
will hold the long distance record for
some time to come, Mr.. Dawson
stopped and mopped his head, while
the audience cheered and applauded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
People Long for Liberty

"But, after all, although there is no
party purpose in it, he got it right as
far as the word 'party'-to make the
whole world democratic IN the sense of
community Of interest and of purpose
and if you ladies and gentlemen could
read some of the touching dispatchc.
which come through official channels,
for even through those channels thor
come voices Of humanity that arc in
tinitely pathetic.
"If you could catch some of those
oppressed and helpless peoples all over
the world, to hear something like THE
Battle Hymn of the Republic to hear
the feet of the great hosts of Liberty
going to set them free, to set their
minds free, set their lives free, set
their children free, you would know
what comes into the heart of those
who are trying to contribute all the
brains and power they have to this
great enterprise Of Liberty.
II summon you to the comradeship,
say how much and how sincerely and
how unanimously you sustain the heart
Of the world"
Victory Only Chance for Peace
Henry P. Dawson, chairman of the
War Council of the American Red
Cross, struck tho high note in his ad-
dress when he said:
my observations in Italy, in France.
In Belgium. and in England Convinced
tente. military and civilian, have
learned how to get peace, which hthey
so much desire, and they are all in
accord not only as to how to get it, but
in their determination that It shall be
had,
"They are convinced that there is
one and only one method-and they
have approved and adopted that
fight and fight until the military
power Of Germany is crushed"
Mr.. Dawson had haYn work maxine
the last part of his sentence heard. for
he had fairly shriaked that last ropet,-
tion OF the word fight" and the trc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Helpless Needs Friends

''The helpless and the friendless
are the very ones that need friends
and succor, and if any man in Ger
many thinks we are going to sacri-
fee anybody for our own sake, l tell
them now they are mistaken. For
the glory of this war, my fellow
citizens, in so far as we are con-
cerned, is that it is, perhaps for the
first time in history, an unselfish
war. I could not be proud to fight
for a selfish purpose, but l can be
proud to fight for mankind.
eff they wish peace let them come
forward through accredited repre-
sentatives and lay their terms on
the table. We have laid ours and
they know what they are.
"But, behind all this grim pur-
pose, my friends, lies the opportun-
ity to demonstrate not only force
which will demonstrate to the ut
most, but the opportunity to demon
strate character, and it is that OPP
portunity that we have most con-
spicuously in the work of the Red
Cross. Not that our men in arms
do not represent our character, for
they do, and it is character which
those who see and realize appreciate
and admire, but their duty is the
duty of force.
1.-THE duty of the Red Cross is the
duty of mercy and succor and
friendship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
People Drawn Together

"When you think of this you realize
how the people of the United States
are being drawn together into a great
intimate family, whose heart is be-
ing used for the service of the soldiers
not only, but for the service of CT
villains, where they suffer and are
lost in maze of distresses and dis
fractions. And you have, then. this
noble picture of justice and mercy as
the two servants Of liberty. For only
where men are free do they think the
thoughts of comradeship; only where
they are free do they think the
thoughts Of sympathy; only where they
are free are they mutually helpful;
only where they are 1ree do they real
ize their dependence upon one an
other and their comradeship in COM
mon interest and common necessity
81 heard story told the other day
that was ridiculous, but it is worth
repeating because it contains the germ
of truth. An Indian was enlisted in
the army. He returned to the reserva-
ton on q furlough. He was asked
what he thought Of it.
"He said: mo much good; too much
salute; not much shoot
"Then he was asked: Are you going
back?'
eyes
"Well. do you know what you are
fighting for?'
eyes, me know; fight to make whole
damn world Democratic party
"eH had evidently misunderstood
some innocent sentence of my own.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

Red Cross is one of the relations
which will relieve you Of the stigma.
"You can't give anything to the
government Of the United States;
it won't accept it. There is a law
of Congress against accepting even
services without pay. The only
thing that the government will &C
cept is loan, and duties performed;
but it is great deal better to give
than to loan or to pay, and your
great channel for giving is the
American Red Cros. Down in your
hearts you can't tae very much sat
isfaction in the latest analysis in
lending money to the government of
the United States, because the in
terest which you draw will burn
your pockets; it is commercial
transaction, and some men have
even dared to cavil at the rate Of
interest, not knowing the incidental
commentary that constitutes upon
heir attitude.
"But when you give something of
your heart, something of your soul,
something of yourself goes with the
gift, particularly when it is given
in such form that it never can come
back by way of direct benefit to
yourself. You know, there is the
old cynical definition of gratitude,
as the lively expectation of favors
to come Well, there is no expecta-
ton of favors to come in this kind
of giving. These things are be-
slowed in order that the world may
be a filter place to live in, that men
may be succored, that homes may
be restored, that suffering may be
relieved, that the face of the earth
may have the blight of destruction
taken away from it, and that wher-
ever force goes there shall go mercy
and helpfulness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Give All You Can Spare

"And when you give, give absolutely
all that you can spare, and don't con-
slider yourself liberal in the giving. If
you give with self-adulation, you are
not giving at all, you are giving to
your vanity; but if you give until it
hurts. then Your heart-blood goes
into it.
"And think what we have here! We
call it the American Red Cross, but it
is merely branch of q great inter-
national organization, which is not only
recognized by the statutes of each of
the civilized governments of the world,
but it is recognized by international
agreement and treaty, as the recog-
nized and accepted instrumentalty of
mercy and succor. And one Of the
deepest stains that rests upon the rep
utation of the German army is that it
has not respected the Red Cross
"That goes to the root of the matter.
They have not respected the instru-
mentality they themselves participated
in in setting up as the thing which no
man was to touch, because it was the
expression Of common humanity. We
are members, by being members of the
American Red Cross, of great frater-
nifty and comradeship which extends all
over the world, and this cross which
these ladies bore to-day is an emblem
of Christianity itself.
at fills my imagination, ladies and
gentlemen, to think Of the women all
over this country who are busy to-
night and are busy every night and
every day doing the work of the Red
Cross, busy with a great eagerness to
find out the most serviceable thing to
do, busy with forgetfulness of all the
old friyolities of their social relation
ship, ready to curtail the duties of the
household in order that they may con-
tribute to this common work that all
their hearts are engaged in and in do
ing which their hearts become &C.
Ouainted with each Othor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

RED CROSS MEETING AT UNION
League Club Stand, seth St and
Fifth ave, every afternoon at .pour
O'Clock. Prominent Speakers Nsw
York Police Double Quartet. Gre,t
French Band.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

cause the Congress intends, / am
sure, as we all intend, that every
ship that can convey men or sup
plies shall go laden unon every
voyage with every man and every
supply she can carry. And, we are
not to be diverted from the grim pur-
pose of winning the war by any in
sincere approaches upon the subject
of peace.
81 can say with a clear conscience
that I have tested those intimations,
and have found them insincere. I
now recognize them for what they
are, an opportunity to have a free
hand, particularly in the East, to
carry out purposes of conquest and
exploitation.
every proposal with regard to
accommodation in the West involves
a reservation with regard to the
East. Now, so far as am con-
cerned, intend to stand by Russia
as we'll as France"
A voice from the audience inter-
rupted:
"God bless you!"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-02-04
A0o Names Received.

Nearly 400 names of boys in service haxe been received by the Citizens Committee as a result of the campaign recently instituted Their names will be inscribed on the roll of honor, n large bin board erected by William Baamey, building contractor, in front
 of the Congregational church, Main street. The Citizens Committee has found it necessary to enlarge the board by attaching two extra panels. Announcement is also made by the committee that all relatives and friends who have not as yet forward ed the names of any soldier or sailor now in service are requested to do so at once so that no one may be over locked