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u. S. Troops Ready
On British Front
Continued from PAGE One

Continued from PAGE One
the British and French armies at this
time serves two purposes Primarily it
places fresh troops at points where they
are needed, tending TO lessen any chance
that Germany might win the war this
year. A secondary but no less impor-
tant purpose is that the arrangement will
give the American troops invaluable
training which they could get in no other
way.
Open Fighting Expected
There are indications that much of the
warfare in future months may be open
fighting.
o.. Tt is not easy for the Americans to
get training in that kind of warfare
except in this region.
Participation of the American units in
warfare with the British and French
units will give our soldiers such train
ing in modern warfare as they could
get in no other way
The great task of the Allies is 10
block the plans of the Germans to make
further advances now, This is a task
for America, no less than for England
and France. especially since the Kaiser
hoped TO win the war before our grow
ing weight could be thrown in serious
strength against him. Therefore. the
chanee for Americans to help fight the
foe on his chosen battlefield at this
time Is nothing less than an opportunity
10 make our role the more glorious.
There is something In the service of
American fighters with the British and
French that Il in keeping with she spirit
Of opv whole psrticipatsop ~ the war
ihe srIri{ Of uuseiiztnxs
while Ainefice's zoIt<>f> s6l<ht pE<<
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Sin Fein Chiefs
Put Under Arrest


lead TO the conviction, the statement
says, that the Government has no in
tention of producing any bill whatever,
and that all the promises made were
uttered simply for the purpose of de-
ceiving the House of Commons. the
British public and above all the Amer
lean Government the American people
and the allied European nations, and
of pTejudicing the cause Of Ireland in
their eyes
conscription would be not only an out
rage of national right but a breach OF
faith. The complaint Is made thst
British propaganda IS creating pre-
an appeal Is made 10 the United states
. listen % issiand's cause as staLAe
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Packing Boat
One sided


ar" IooscnGd.. 10 You understand" >"
Perfectly"
every WELL" Riutclen looked hastily
around to see that he was not watched
then rose cautiously. II shall expect
YOU /" be working for Imperial Germany
in the morning"
Bur when morning came there were
others ~ work also. not for Imperial
Germany, but for the Stars and stripes
of til" nitcd States Of AmeriCa-Harri-
son Grant and the members of the
trnninnlogy club, seeking to ferret out
the trouble they knew to exist about the
docks; seeking to learn what this Ger
man contamination was which they felt
sure vas EnaWing apart the bends that
had held the shipowners and the long
Sh"remen in unison. But it was Il hard
laSk
More than that. the doomed freight
Shipmemis Of automobiles already had
reached their lighter and were starting
down the river, while concealed behind
the freight cars We're two of Rnteen'S
paid agents, waiting for the time to
strike.
Ans that time came. Far out into the
river swung the lighter. The workmen
were gathered at the other end of the
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10y IIishmen qualified to speak in her
behalf. The statement concludes:


10y Irishmeu qualified to speak in her
behalf. The statement concludes:
Asks American sympathy
We beg of the American people and
Government. in the memory OF the bonds
of sympathy which have existed be-
tween the American and Irish nations
ever since the foundation Of the Re
public To urge upon their British
allies the duty of Immediately applying.
in the. case of Ireland. those principles
OF democratic freedom and national self
determination so magnifcently set forth
benefit of which is denied to Ireland,
while the Irish people are called on to
fight for them in foreign lands"
Eamonn De Valera is known as the
stormy Petrol of Ireland" Although
his name indicates different national
iIy, he is a native of the Emerald Isle.
He is noted for eloquenCe in his radical
addresses. which he has made through
out Ireland. De Valera has assured
his adheTents that they will not be sent
unarmed against the enemy. but has
repeatedly cautioned them against force
pending their fuller political develop
ment, He is thirty-siN years old.
Countess Constance de MarkieviCZ.
the Jeanne dare of Ireland. is the
Irish baTOnet A radical from youth,
she led the attack on Dublin Castle in
the 1916 Sim Fein revolt for which she
was sentenced to life Imprisonment and
pardoned several months ago. Her hus
band is Polish artist. He was wounded
while fighting on the Russian front in
1916,
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INDICTED AS DISLOIAL
Distribution of The Finished Mystery
Is Called Violation Of Espionage Act

Hnrrisburg. May I8.-TNc FedcraI
Of Sumbury and nearby places. charging
them with violating the espionage law
through the distribution of a book en-
Grand Jury has returned true bill
against clayton J. Woodwork, Joseph
+, Rutherford. Maurice l.. Herr Stanley
/. Young, Gilbert Berlew. William kim
mel, Reuben Platt and Amos X. Smoker.
titled THE Finished Mystery many
copies of which found their way into
harrisburg homes.
1t is charged the publishers. given as
the International Bible Students Asso-
citation of Brooklyn y. Y, arranged to
distribute S50.00O copies of the book.
which declares all wars to be murder
and patriotism delusiOn.
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Hotel Man Wins Liquor Suit

NorristOwn, Pa. May ia jury in
civil court rendered verdict in
favor of Frederick Schupphaus. pro-
prietor Of the Whitemarsh Inn. Barren
Hll. who was sued by George Meyer.
farmer. of RoXborough. for damages re-
sulting from loss of services of his minor
daughter. Margaret, who, it was con.
tended was made i'll at Schupphaus's
hotel through liquor served TO her.
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FRENCH SUPERGUN IN ACTION
Reported That Giant Piece
Smashed krupp Prizes

An Atlantic Port. May ia pas
Seuger ON Il transatlantic steamship
who has just arrived from England. re-
ports that the new 22-inch French gun.
by far the greatest in the world. has
been completed For obvious reasons il
is not permitted to describe the gun in
detail
1t is conJe,Nurcd that it Is one OF
these guns that has suC,'ee ded i'll
slenring the two German SupersunS
located near Iaon Before the German
superguns uear I.aOn were put out of
commission they are said to have killed
in Paris 3GS persons, wounded 200 ana
driven to places of refuge somewhere
in France" many thousands of the
population Of Paris.
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Auto Speeders Are Warned

Norristown. Pa. May 1S.- In exon
Grating from blame Miss Mary Loeb,
Norristown society woman. whose motor
car last Saturday struck and killed
Joseph Maggie a boy four years old,
Local Registrar White, who investigated
the death in place of the coroner, called
upon the police to keep an "ever-watCh-
full eye" on violators Of the automobile
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German Drive Fully
Primed for Delivery
Continued from Page One

have been openly bOasting the last three
weeks that theN confidently expected be-
ing IN occupation of Calais by Sunday
next. Vet no effort of any kind has
been made to realize that program.
Confidence here IN the ability of the
Allies to meet the coming assault is
absolutely unshaken.
The two outstanding reasons why the
French are optimistic as to the future
are the steady influx of American troops
and the rapid progress Of Allied avia-
ton. The fact that the French brought
down no fewer than eighteen German
machines Oh Wednesday affords good
basis for hope on the latter point
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state College, Pa. May 1s.-In COM
of his ten years admins
tIatlon, DR. T. II. Sparks. president of
the Pennsylvania State College, was pre-
sented with a large silver tray by the
George c. Smith. Jr.,
of Newark, n. j., president Of the Junior
class this year, made the presentation
speech at the assembly Of the farm camp
boys last evening,
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err1n- for Iongshorcmen if agitation
fails"
And agitation has failed 60 Harrison
Grant said QucklH. "AgitHliOn has
failed-and that mcaus some other at
tempt against the lonEShoremen. 1t
mcHnS--'
"Rut the bacrrriologiSt is dead, He
wont carry out his orders.
"ImperiHl Germany only begins its
real dcNiltrN after it's been hIurked 80
sad Harrison Grant. IT'S first and sec
ond line of offrnsr have already failed
iu this campaign against the IOngSNorC-
men. But YOU can count on it. Billy.
that there's = a reserve SOmeW here
that the blow IL going to fan. and fan
quick Get to a teleuhOne rs quick As
YOU can Notify every member If th'
'riminOlogY club To seek work at the
docks as I0Igshuremcn Tell them It.
keep iho.r eyes and ears open for every
thing that sounds like German pr"Oa.
ganda.
'"NotHtug there that VIII tell what
they're plHnuing"'
"Nr--unly the indication that they ar,
planning something aud that they'll
keep on working in spite Of the death
Of this man. What they intend to do
= for Il~ to find Ont-Hnl we've got to
find our uuiCk' So hurry 10 the trlr-
ph,nr. The docks are open day and
might now, YOU know. Every member
h0 can spare" the sleep must tind Uln-
pluymcut tonight. The rest Of them will
get jobs in the morning well work III
day and nigh; shifts
But even aS Harrison Grant gave tho
urGpr Heinrirh Won LertH vas laying his
plans for the first blow as he talked Il"
a furtiNC-eyed spy n the back room Of
q Iiohuken saloon.
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New Anti.U.Boat Device

An Atlantic Port. May 1S,-Captain
Gilbert More. Of the Royal Flying Corps
OF Great Britain. has brought TO the
United States a little box containing
device for sighting and hitting sub
marines which has been IN. use on hydro
.afrplanes ln The war Zone and has been
hishiy effective.
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Amsterdam, May ia Vienna re-
port says that under the peace Treaty
with Rumania. Germany has assured
herself OF possession OF the telegraph
lines. cables and wireless installations
on the Runanian coast. The purpose
Is said TO be 10 carry on an intelligence
service on large scale after The war
parficularly By TIE Of Wireless.
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Qui, Camp Secretly to Say Good.by

NorristowR. Pa. May 1s.-The MEM
bers of Battery c. Phoenixville and Nor
ristown men. who took French leave
from Camp Mills. l.. 4, that they might
were given rousing send-ch when they
returned 20 caupp They had been
rounded % h> piiieffs Of the battery 4ho
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\ Toast to
the Kaiser

Heinrich van Irilz r"ma med The Olhrl s
had gone to the HOhonZoIl"ru club f"I
a last toast to the Kaiser and a oui"t
chat regarding their pl%u>-lou UUict
the ,'rtminoIogy Cmh to detect NU the
work had been left for Rintelun and
Won l.ertz and they were making plans
hastily.
hPtIH WE '"'u nH-'' on NV u'SN ~
from spies everywhere, from thugs cm-
pIoyed by Paul ko"mig. Of the Hamburg
American Line; from SPIES scattered
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BURN GERMAN TEXTBOOKS
n<psrture Of Young Men for Camps
. Celebrated in Hollidaysburg

11tssna. Pa. May 1s.--Whsp twenty
rolInH men OF Hollidaysburg left
t1<6ay n be assigned to various diyi-
- of AMERICAS army, residents built
do OF German textbooks, tho study
1'{1k has been eliminated from the
schools Of Hoilidaysburg
~ h "A. Miller. II. NJ Hull and
|1l<1 fathers Of the boys who
x4>&< II <he array SuperintenGsd
49, a IN 1re and applied the
FL "A - Hand then marched
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FIFTY Million
5 to spend


the lock of an office in one of the biggest
kept in the shadows on his way to the
office. He had shielded his face in the
elevator-and for a reason Franz Won
Rintelen. arch plotter for Kaiser will
helm. friend of the crown Prince. and
special emissary to the United states
with more than fifty million dollars to
spend on destruction. was living under
the capture of his river pirates by Har-
rison Grant, changed his name to +, v.
Gates and even had resorted to the
melodramatic level of false boards and
disguises that he might carry on his cam
pefgns of devastation. And just how far
he went in this regard was exhibited
later, when Rintelen sought to flee Amer
caught at Falmouth, England. and re-
turned to the Tombs in New York, where
he recently was sentenced for his activ-
tiles against America, In his trunks
at that time we're found more than
thirty suits of clothing, each designed
TO give him a different personal appear
snce. each built in such a way that they
would make him seem different ap-
pearing man with every suit he donned.
His wigs and boards he left in America,
20 be discovered by the members OF the
Secret Service who searched his Office.
But this narrative must tell the aCtiv-
tiles of Rintelen in America. not of mis-
fight And while Harrison Grant sat
musing in his office, Franz Won Rintelen
self of his coat with tine bumped should
ers. then turned happily at the sight of a
shadow on the door. \ moment later
he was chatting with Dr Heinrich
Albert, chief fiscal spy for Imperial Ger
many in the United States, and dis
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Unions Refuse
Bribe


ranks. I think that. more tnan any
thing else. caused the breach that was
being made by my asitators to he
clos d NOR" QuicklY.'
R"rust nrff took a quick breath.
There wasn't any mention Of Ger
many in all this"
"Certainly not The offer caru"
through former longshoreman who has
ingS. He let them think that the whole
thing was n matter of revenge on the
ShipOwners, and that he had powerful
commercial friends who would be willing
to pay for that vengeance
BernStorff hroathcd easier.
Very good" he announced. "rheu
that does not hurt our cause. providing
we can find some way of creating Il
hand and faced his colleagues. this
strike must go through 1t means more
to Germany than victory at the front
When the longshoremen strike. il means
that the ports Of the East must ineVi-
taby be tied up Not ship will move.
Industries will he paralyzed. and CUnse-
Quently the Allies will be deprived of the
necessities of war. OF course" he added
America, BUT
These idiotic Yankees deserve some
thing like that anyway srowicd Cap.
had had turned his ' Attention to II Rtn'eien eTS'''
YOU say that agitation has failed.
Attempted bribery has failed. Then.
some other means must he attempted .
Einteleu was pacing the door sud
denly his hands caspcd
Il have It - he announced. Il know
the way There is nothing that angeTS
a man so much as depreciation against
his property. That's what our spies must
commit. and then We must fastpn the
blame on the longshOremen. 1t will ere
ate a breach that nothing can clos" go
lurrtrdly they gathered IN conference.
Aud while they plotted the stagnatiou Of
all eastern America
Harrison Grant rose from his desk and
turned with little sigh to look into the
grinninE face Of Pat IlrnneSSy. the
Irish Caretaker of the club
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on BernStOrf
Arrives

more thumbing his telegram. BY the
way. Rntelen, has there been any
progress?
Nothing but retrogress,oL." came th"
answer Of the arch-plotter. Prom what
the papers say tonight, ther, Is danger
of failure. All the lOHgShOrrmen are
very loyal. and the paid aEitatorS that
! have sent TO work among them have
very little. In fact. they
have accomplished nothing They did
succeed at one time by WORKING the
UP over the cost of living.
but that was met by prompt raise Of
wages on the part of the shipuwuer'--
with the result that all our money spent
for agitation in that way went for moth
ing. However"
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IS TO SPREAD CHOLERA THROUGH UNITED STATES
BROUGHT HERE FROM GERMANY, ":EAGLEiS EYE' FINDS
If LOngshOremen Refused to Strike
and Inspired Sabotage Failed to
FOment Trouble, Bacteria We're
to Be Let Loose on Docks

"iear. lTur"icdly the ~ues ran to the
end Of the freight cars, where they had
hren blocked and Snubhed. Quickly the
ropes We're lOosCd The brakes were
released. \ Few quick movements of a
pair Of pinch bars and the cars had
hccn started toward the river And in
= moment more
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Why ~ Ms En-
cellenCN so WOr-
TiCi >" hc asked.
IT'S about the
o II & = II o + eInen' $
strike. " answered
Doctor Albert, once
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There wac sound at the dror. \
woment later and Heinrich Won Lcrtz en-
cred the office. Then a sudden mONe-
meUt. a sudden circle Of bows II sud
den outhurst Of greetings. Count Won
Eernstoyf had arrived.
There was a moment OF silence az n"
faced his assistants. Then slowly he
looked toward Rinteleu and held forth
an evening paper.
81 am sure YOU viii pardon my
tranSgre2siun in your field Of endraN or"
he announced. hut this news is eX-
Ccedingy Y disComCerting
no more to YOU than to me. your
ENCcllencN," cam" III" smooth answer
of Won Rntelcn. Il appreciate very
much your coming tonght--and
would appreciate even more any sue-
EcsttOn that you might he able TO
make"
How about bribery
"Of the union OiiiCialsH' Won RlnttICn
laughed slightly and held ur his hands.
II have tried that--with most unfor-
tunate results. Through outside sources
I caused an offer of $40 4 week
for every striking lougshUreman. the
amount 70 lie paid for five straight
weeks, The offer was made to Kelly,
Butler and Oronnor. tn" leaders Of
mad" to understand that the money
would he paid to them--t"talinG
S1.O35. .oOU--and that there was no
anxiety over what happened t" II
after It went into their hands meaning
Of course. that they could walk away
with all of il if they SO desired. pro-
vidimg they called the strike.
Well" Bernstorff raised his eye
brows
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The strike
Meeting Called


and the sh!powncrs. that a strike meet
ing had been called Gnd that within an
other twenty-fOur hours the docks OF
the EaS. would be silent. the trucks
mOtionleSs. industry DaralN2ed. In Il
private room Of the Hohenzollcrn Club
Won Rintelen. Albert. Won Papen and
Boy-Ed received the information and
rose to drink a toast TO the success OF
the strike. Down at the docks Harrison
men SCurrying about in last effort to
gain some information that would give
him Il positive clue to work on. But
there was none.
And in her way Dixie Mason also
was working. for She had met Heinrich
NOn l.crtZ and had gone with him to the
Ten-Alile House. II fast roadhouse just
outside the city. where she might ply
him with wine and seek to gain the
Cealed about him.
AT union headquarters arrangements
wer" being made for the strike meeting.
while her officials were making a last
effort to reach the shDowners and to
seek to prove to them that the deprc.
datiOn committed against them had not
been done by lOngShoremen. But the
task was almost hopeless.
Besides, Imperial Germany still Iurked
in tn" shadows with its greatest blow
sun unStruck. the blow that would cost
the ShipOWnerS millions Of dollars, that
it hoped would end forever any CON
"tliHtUrN relations between the ship
owners and the longShOremen. And
when that end Came--it meant the stag
nation OF 'he industry of all eastern
America :.
NcJt &dturdGU's article. Episode No.
h--1He PiOt against Organized Labor
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"IIere'S the number Of tn" lighter he
was saving. Il Just got it from one Of
Paul kocnig's men. 1t VII leave the
jersey side about Ia O'Clock in the
morning"
Got the numbers Of the freight cars?'
The ones that contain the autos.
Yes"
"Bettcr give th"u 20 r1c cHu uarr
the stuff better that way. THAT lighter
thing else. nOu't guees it makes much
differeuc" though just So We sink som"
stuff
"EXrrpt " said Heinrich Nou '.eIt2. If
"" can strike double blow it's all the
more to our advantage. \ hundred and
fifty auto amhulanCCs laying at tn" bot
tom Of the river won't do Franc" any
good, YOU know. :" sink these cars If
YOU possibly can"
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Ni u 2 : ; YOU re
waiting for me to
close up shop ?' the
IN Il StCr detective =
a sked a little wear.
ilH.
1T : Seemlu' {
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hurser for every fund except the activi-
ties Of Franz Won Rintelen Doctor
Albert held forth telegram
he asked
From Bernstortf?" Rinreen looked up
quickly "Of course. heard from Cap
also, They will be here hid Berns-
t0rf." message to you name a tiue?'
NO - Doctor Albert had rc-
simply told me to meet him here tonight
for an important conference BY the
way Is Won Lertz Cnming?"
II told him He should he here now"
But inste a d.
- Heinrich Won I.erN
| was attending to
| The Germ Plot another angle OF
Imperial Germany's
------ campaign against
America. He was
then standing IN the half light
Of an old attic where, tucked away
from observation, German scientist
imported by Won Rnteen. had taken his
quarters that he might prepare for
future disease raids against American
wOrkmen in case the plans of Germany
In other directions failed. With Won
I;ertz was Madame Augusta stephan.
chief Of Gcrmnny's women spies in the
l.nited states and together they were
plotting the death of Harrison Grant and
his members Of the CriminoloRy club.
You must remember Won Lcrtz had
Just said THE death of any American
Secret Service man is. a distinct vic
tory for Iiernany. The Eagles Eye
think some of these newspaper men
have called it--and it has ts eye on us
too frequently Now. MYcrson. what's
the danger of this affair"
Danger" the old scientist looked
up with little smile. None, that
see. know enough about germs to
take care Of myself. All have to do
Is to approach the club from the next
roof. raise a window an inch or 50 ana
inject this That's all there will be to
1t. The circulation of the air will take
care Of tn" r"st Of the p'nn."
He held up a cotton-nluGged tube
from which Madame Stephan recolled.
Typed on the label of the tube were
tho words:
"Cholera Baciln"
Heinrich Won LcTtz smiled cymtcally
Good enough" he announced. But
be careful regarding yourself We may
need You i'm case this 'lOngshoremcn'
plot fails
The old scientists head bobhed,
81 know how to uae care" he an
swcred. You may count on that"
And while Won Lertz accompanied
Madame stephan to her apartments the
of the German contingent were
for the important conference"
in the office Of Il. V. Gates. Franz Won
Papen and Karl Boy-Ed were already
there. gathered around the desk with
Franz Won Rintelen and Dr Heinrich
Albert. Only two more rCma med to
Cone-lIeinr,Ch Won teTtz and Count
Johann Won Bernstorff Amba SsadOr from
Imperial Germany to the United States
forward in his chair.
"WhV Is, his In