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ONLY THIN VEIL
MET ONSLAUGHT
Germans Masscd Huge Bodies
Of Troops Against Lightly
Protected Sector.
FELL BACK FIGHTING
Same TeutOn Divisions, In
cluding Guard, That Led
First Offensive.
ELL BACK FIGHTING
By GERALD CAMPBELL.

by NsEfS - Va
Special Cable DespateA TO the srs from the
London Times.
Copyright. 1915: all riohn 'eserrsd.
FRENCH ARMY HEADoUARrERs, May IS
tdelayed) The enemy has crossed the
Aiene and Is as far on this side Of it
al We were to the north yesterday morn
ing when the offensive began. They have
made much use OF tanks and machine
guns. but that In itself does not ac-
count for the rapid!ty OF the advance.
which Is due. above all other things. to
the fact that they have been able TO
bring into action a much larger body
OF men than We had under our COM
mand in the sector attacked. That Is
the central fact OF the situation.
To hold even the heights in our pos
session 70 the south OF the river was
a sheer impossiblity because our troops
on the spot. as compared to the men
opposed to them, formed a mere curtain
and could not turn themselves into a
wall The only thing open to them was
to fall back. as they have done. They
were too thinly spaced to think Of put
ting up a solid fight except at intervals.
hear from the French that the Brit
ish troops who were engaged did what
they could with courage and in ac-
cordance with the best traditions or our
army. but they. like the French. were
outnumbered hopelessly and were not
strong enough. The enemy continues to
advance. All this and perhaps more We
have to face Sooner or later our re-
serves will collect. as they are doing
with all possible speed. and the enemy
will be brought to a standstill just as
lie was stopped in Flanders and Picardy.
The Germans prepared the attack
with the same thoroughness they showed
In the offensive against the British on
the Disc. There was the same concen-
tration OF troops beforehand. far be-
hind the front. There were the same
carefully organized and swiftly carried
out night marches and train Journeys to
bring their men and guns up to the field
of attack. There was the same choice
Of a thinly held sector for the delivery
OF the assault and. as necessary con-
sequence. the same sudden and irresist-
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ITALIAN ALPINI
GAIN VICTORY
They Capture Mount ZigOlOn
and Virtually All of
Monticello.
TAKE 1000 PRISONERS
Success Achieved on Heights
That Dominate Highway
Toward TiOne.
ny WARD PRICE.

ny WARD PRICE.
Ss<ca! Cable Despdtch 20 THE srs from tAe
London Times
Copyright. 1913; all rsAs reserred.
ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS. May IS
tdelayed) Among the mountains 10000
feet high. with precipices and Jagged
rocky slopes in between in regions OF
never melting snow and Ice. italian
Alpine troops opened the fourth year OF
the war with neatly finished victory
The whole formidable Italian noun
tain line was the place chosen Tor an
attack so d!hcult that before the war
the Alpine Club would permit only
picked members to take part IN It's ex-
cursons there. so dimcult 1t had seen no
fghting In the whole course OF the war
The Austrians mad been able 10 iortity
the peaks In thorough manner YET
the Alpine troops. yoked tosether. rines
and haversacks sung on their backs,
climbing with hands and feet. conquered
Mount Zigolon and practically the whole
Of Monticello.
buring the fighting they captured q
thousand prisoners, twelve guns. four
teen trench mortars and twenty six ma
chine guns Two complete aerial cable
ways also were taken and as a result
the enemy lost the heights dominati tins
the broad highway which stretches down
the plains toward Tione. Tyrolese
troops who garrisoned the precipice
fought with desperation until sur
rounded.
Under most dif1icult conditions the
Italian artillery supported the attack,
but tho success of the undertaking was
due 10 the Individual daring Of the
AIn,,. .,non. uho o,,r,hsd na,i.r,,v and
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MAYS WAR BILL
$1,500,000,00O
New High Record for Any
Bclligerent Nation Set
by United States.
RATE STEADILY RISES
$23,OOO,000,00O Probably
Will Be Spent in Next
Fiscal Year.
RATE STEADILY r

WARRINGTON, May 2s.-Government
war expenses. including loans to the
Allies. will run more than $500. 1000. 900
this month and set a new high record
for any belligerent nation.
Expenditures reported to-day by the
Treasury show that the Governments
outlays In tho last month have taken
q jump Of more than S3oo, 900. 900 above
the normal rate in the past. and they
promise to 20 steadily higher In the next
six months.
Tentative estimates now are that $ll.-
000. 100000 will be spent between next
July 1. the opening Of the new fiscal
year. and December 81, six months later.
and the greater part Of this must be
raised by the fourth Liberty Loan in
October or November, which President
Wilson in his revenue address before
Congress explained would be the biggest
popular credit ever offered.
So far as oficials are able TO estimate
at this time more than $23.00o.0oo.O 900
will be spent by the Government In the
next fiscal year. nearly twice as much
as in the year ending a month from Fri
day. This figure IL based on the belief
that after monthly expenditures reach
$4,000. 900 900 q month they will be lin
ited by tho output Of American indus
tries and the carrying capacity OF avail
able ocean tonnage.
These calculations may be modified
from time to time. Treasury officials ex-
plain. in keeping with the progress In
the Industrial development OF the coun-
try and the shipping programme. but In
providing advance for revenue to meet
the huge war expenses. Congress Will be
called on to consider the maximum OBJ
ligations which tho Government may be
required to meet
Examination of recent expenses showed
that so-called ordinary expenditures for
May. including practically all outlays Of
the Government except loans to Allies.
will be above $1,000. 100000. for tho frst
time in history. running to approxi-
mately 3l.067. 100000.
Actual payments to Allies during tho
month are set At about S460.000. 900.
about 500. 100000 moro than in any
previous month this year. but somewhat
less than most OF the fall and winter
months last year.
Another record has been made this
month in revenue receipts which will
amount to about $s5o.0o0.o00 by the
end Of the week. moro than In any pre-
vious month. About &35o.o00.ooo Of this
sum came from advance payments of in
como and excess prohts taxes due
June 16.
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE,
May 2e.--The enemy launched another
feavy gas attack against our troops in
the Luneville sector early this morning
and attempted to reach our line at three
places. They were repulsed with COM
paratively heavy losses.
The first attack. made a mile and a
quarter southwest of Premeuil fabout
three miles north Of Badonvllers).
broke down under the OF machine gun
fire from the American trenches. the
Germans retreating. Both the Ameri-
cans and Germans fought in gas masks.
Soon afterward the enemy put down
a heavy barrage Il kilometer to tire west
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Enemy Uses Fresh Troops
and Pushes 3 Corps Over
River Vesle.
FORTS TAKEN BY STORM
Desperate Street Fighting
Occurs i'm Shell Torn
City of scissors. 10
BRITISH GIVE GROUND TOO
Line Near Rheims Withdrawn
to the Aisne Canal, Where
Foe Presses Hard. -
BRITISH GIVE GROUND TOO

tOpVtOHF. I'VE. ar F10HfS FSdefteo.
LONDON. May 29.--A titanic struggle
Of unparalleled fury has been raging
all day on both sides Of the little river
Vesle. between scissors and the north
western suburbs OF Rheims The Ger
mans have captured Scissors and are
within two or three miles Of Rheims.
Some of the Sixth French Army at
Rheims. Franco British troops, have
been forced back from the heights Of
st. Thierry and are now holding a line
curving to the northwest Of the city
from near ST. BriCe on the Vesle to the
Asne- Marne Canal, a few miles to the
north. The enemy is exerting great
pressure at this end OF the battle
front.
At a number Of points the battle Ia
raging with equal ferocity. At Fismes.
which is almost the geographical mid
die point Of the front. the Germans
are making desperate efforts to push
south along the valley Of the tiny
River Ardre. which empties into the
Nesle at that point. Fismes is also the
centre Of system Of roads radiatinG
in all directions. 1t is in a hollow,
surrounded on all sides by high ground.
The entire southern bank Of the vesle
is cut 70 by numerous gullies and small
valleys. through which the Germans are
attempting to force way against the
French holding the hilltops. in this 70.
gion heavily wooded, which. while af.
fordinG screen for the defending
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Honor the Dead To-day
by Cheering the Living

SHOW that your Memorial Day
tribute to the heroes who
have gone before is sincere by
helping the heroes who are liv-
ing. The soldiers of 1918 are
carrying on the work of their
forefathers.
Saturday is to be SUN Tobac.
CO Fund Night at the Fulton
Theatre. When the audience
leaves, singing "Where Do We
Go From Here, Boys?" the an
swer will come, ITO Sophie
fuckers Party at the Claridre."
It's SUN Tobacco Fund Night
there also. See page s.
WARMING! THE SUN TO.
BACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza-
ton or publication. It employs
no agents or solicitors.
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MISS LUSK GUILTY;
FIGHTS PROSECUTOR
Attempts to Choke Him, but
10 OverpoWered.

WAuKEsHA. Wis.,, May 2s.-Grace
Lusk was found guilty Of second degree
murder tonight by the Jury which tried
her for killing Mrs. Mary Newman Rob-
erts.
When the verdict was delivered Miss
Lusk made an attempt to choke Special
Prosecutor Tullar. but was overpowered
by court attendants and led. screaming.
from the court room.
The verdict carries with II . sentence
Of from fourteen to twenty-five years In
the psnitentiary.
When the Jury retired Miss Lusk COL
lapsed. and II required half an hour to
prepare her to be brought to court to
hear the verdict
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AMERICANS IN GAS MASKS
WAGE HAND TO HAND FIGHT
They Use Knives and Bayonets to Repel Raid in
Lorraine Killing Ten Germans and Capturing
Other Four Reaching Trenches.

and fourteen Germans managed to pene-
trate a trench in which the Americans
on Monday were subjected to a gas at
tack and who were fighting mad
The Americans emerged from their
dugouts and hand to hand fighting,
WI ich was bloody for the Germans. en-
sued. the Americans going for the
enemy with knives and bayonets.
The Germans had been ordered TO
take prisoners at any cost. but they
failed to get any.
The American losses were insignfi-
cant. The enemy lost all the fourteen
men who penetrated the American posi-
tion---nine having been killed. one hav-
ing died Of wounds and four having been
made prisoner.
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GERMANS TAKE SOLSSONS; RHEIMS lMENA CED;
CAP77VES TOTAL $4,000; DAYS GAIN MILES,;
us. TROOPS STOP THREE A TTACKS IN PICARD
British Ship Torpedoed;
1O1 Lives Are Lost

I ,ONDON, May 29.-The trans
port Leasowe Castle, 9,737
tons gross, was sunk in the
Mediterranean on May 26, the
Admiralty announced tonight.
One hundred and one persons
were drowned. The Admiralty
statement says:
The transport Leasowe
Castle was torpedoed and sunk
by an enemy submarine in the
Mediterranean. Thirteen mill.
tary officers and seventy-nine
Of other ranks. and Of the
ships company, the captain,
two wireless operators and six
of other ratings, are missing.
It is presumed all were
drowned.
The Leasowe Castle was built
in 1917 at Birkenhead and was
owned by the Union Castle Mail
Steamship Company Of London.
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FRESH TROOPS AID
IN FIVE MILE GAIN
Germans Throw at Least
Three Corps Across Vesle.

LONDON. May 29.--Throwng In an
enormous number of fresh troops the
Germans to-day extended and widened
their drive on the Aisne front and
pushed the point OF their new salient,
which yesterday was at Fismes. on the
Vesle River. Ave miles further south,
making the maximum German penetra-
ton for the three days seventeen and q
half miles. Scissors has been evacuated
by the French and occupied by tho
kaisers troops and the number OF pris-
oners taken by the Germans has risen
to $4,000. including one French and one
British General.
The French made desperate efforts ~
hold Scissors, fighting from street to
street and almost from house to house
The struggle continued for several hours,
but finally the French were forced to
give up the city and retire. They still
hold the western outskirts. however, and
fighting continues there
The hospitals and the civilian popu-
lation were removed Monday, when the
city was very heavily bomharded by tho
Germans, More than 1.20o shells were
thrown into the city in one day The
patients In tho hospitals were removed
at once when the shelling began. but the
nursing and medical staffs remained un.
I'll yesterday.
Three Corps Across the Vesle.
In the centre the French gave ground
north Of Fere-e -Tardenois At least
three German corps crossed the Vesle
River, capturing Braisne and Fismes.
little TO the east the Franco British
troops held their positions between
Broullet and Tiloy; stlll further east,
near Rheims. the Germans captured
Nillers Franqueux and Courcy and
heavy lighting is now in progress for
the heights Of Thierry, few miles
northwest OF Rheims The British in
this area late tonight we're forced 10
!c,rc behind tho Aisre CANAL There IL
little hope that the city can be held
Meanwhile the French and British
reserves and possibly some Americans
are being rushed up to tho critical
points, according to the correspondents
at the front. but it should be noted that
no mention of such a movement is made
in any Of the official reports. Along the
whole battle front. which now is about
thirty miles long. fresh German troops
are being fed In constantly. In places
their numerical superiority over the
allied troops is more than 10 to /, but
the British and French apparently An
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Americans Unaided in
Capture of Cantigny
BY PERRY ROBINSON.
Specid! Gable Despatch to THs SuN from
the London Times.

Specio! Gable Despatch to THs SuS from
the London Tinles.
Copyright. 1918: all ri0hn reserrsd
british ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS IN FRANCE,
May 20 (delayed) American
troops yesterday launched the
first definite offensive under
taken by them without the as
sistance of either French or
British units. They attacked on
a front Of two kilometers west
of Montdidier, capturing the vii
lage of Cantigny and nearly two
hundred prisoners.
It was not a large affair, but
was extremely welcome as an
evidence of more to come. The
Americans fought with all the
dash we expected of them. They
gained their objcctives in quick
time. The whole operation was a
brilliant one and shows both the
initiative and the courage Of our
overseas allies.
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Authsr Gives UD His Seat II Brit
lsh PaSlisnsnt.

LONDON, Nay 3s.--sir Gilbert Parker.
the author. has rssagnsd HE seat In
Parliament. II ID undsrstood that eir
william Weir. Secretary Of state Tor
ths Ar Forcss viii b the Government
candidate ct by-elsction In the Graves.
and district to an tie vacancy.
Cir Gilbert has bean member Of Par
lisment See 0rsvesea6 since leeN
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BIGGER GUNS SHELL PARIS.
Germans Fail to Increase Damage,
bat Mako Moro Noise.

PARIS, May 2s.-Ths long range bonn
bardmsnt Of Paris began again early this
morning. Examination Of the shells dis
charged by the Germans indicates that
new guns are being used. Larger ahslls
are being employed than formerly. the
caiibre Of the guns being - centimster
(sh Incl es) instead Of ~. The powder
charge 10 greater and the. dstonation
louder. but the force Of the explosion
does not seem to have increased. A
she. exploded yesterday only dossn
yards from man seated on bench and
did not injurs him.
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252 GERMAN PLANES D0WNED.
Third Week of May Sets q Record
for the Allies.

WARRINGTON, May ?s.--Two hundred
and hfty-two German airplanes were
brought down In France and Flanders
by allied aviators during the week ended
May :3. according to advices received
here to-day by the British Military
Mission.
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W00keT Ctty Tt81oHt BtFtk0 Eno0s
PHILADELPHIA. May 3s.-The strike
declared against the Philadslphia Rapid
Transit Company two weeks ago by
about 1900 motormen and conductors
was declared OF to-day pending an ad-
justment Of their grievances by the Fed
eral War Labor Board.
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w., GREAT nEAH er.INg wAIEn.
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shelling in Various Sectors.

On the rest OF the British front there
has been much shellinR In various sec
tors during tho last few days. There
have been some rains. but none OF mag
nitude. The weather all over the front
has been nne and the visibility good.
Yesterdays attack was upon such a
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19
SOUTH AMERICAS SPY SCARE

Rio Grande Do Sui, Brazil Brazil,
now that it has entered the war, is
having its spy scare and il has be-
come more general even than in some
of the other belligerent countries It
is only necessary for person to be a
foreigner and stranger in any Bra
ziiian town to become the object of
suspicious regard by the people and
even of police surveillance.
Orders have gone out from Pho de
Jareiro for the arrest of large num-
bers of Germans, many of whom ap-
pear to be innocent business men, al
though there is no doubt but that
German espionage is well organized
in southern Brazil. Spies are report
ed to have been especially active IN
the state of San Paulo and the gov
ernment has taken rigid measures for
watching all suspects there.
As soon as the government began
these measures of precautions, how
ever, a large number Of rich and well
known German business men who
were under suspicion OF being Ger
man government agents succeeded in
escaping into the Argentine Republic
with whatever secrets they may have
had.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19
FLETCHER REASSURES
FLORIDA FARMERS
washington, Jan. Is, 191s.

Mr.. A. R. Doran, Gainesville, Fla.
Dear Sir: Replying to your letter
of the 9th, wherein you state the
farmers and truckers of your, commu.
nity desire me to ascertain the atti-
tude of government officials toward
the shipment of farm products and
certain vegetables during the coming
season, and advise them, / am pleased
to inform you that have discussed
the matter with the chief of the bn.
reau of car service of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and with the
United States food administrator, and
with the director general of rail-
roads, and am advised by them that
there is no reason why any one should
be undHly alarmed regarding the
transportation of any food and feed
products, during the coming season,
and that every effort should be put
forward to increase production. These
officials state it is their desire and in
tent on to cooperate In every manner
possible with the farmers and truck
ers of the country in order that pre-
ferential attention may be given to
the marketing of all such products.
The unusual conditions which re-
Gently prevailed in the north and mid
die west, were due to a general con.
gcstion of freight and express ship
ments, making it necessary for the
government to take over the opera
tion. of the railroads, and to one of
the worst blizzards in many years,
which combination of circumstances
made it quite impossible for the trans
portation companies to properly
handle such shipments. However, I
am informed normal conditions will
soon be restored and that there should
be no further cause for complaint un-
,laes another similar condition arises,
kFfich is thought quite improbable.
Assuring you of my desire to serve
the farmers and truckers in every
manner possible, and at any time,
am, Very truly yours,
Duncan u. Fletcher.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-01-19
CONSERVING THE LIVES
OF THE BABIES
lAssociated Pressl

Washington, Jan. 19.-Rural dis
, tricts must have nursing services, the
l.children's bureau finds, if infant NOR
tality in remote regions is to be re-
duced and human life conserved at
this time when the nations human
resources are being wasted by war.
Results of the bureaus first detailed
study Of the care available for babies
and mothers in rural communities
were made public today, showing that
one infant in every twenty-five of the
section observed failed to survive, OF
that four per cent of all children die
before they reach the age of twelve
months.
The bureaus first survey was com ],
pleted in prosperous county Of
southern Kansas, bordering on Okla
honAa. Similar studies are in progress
in Wisconsin and North Carolina. The
population in the Kansas county is
widely scattered, but no home is more
than 20 miles from doctor, and tele.
phones and good roads minimize the
disadvantages of great distances.
In spite, of these favorable circum-
stances, the report records that two
thirds of the mothers had no medical
care before their children were born,
and more than one-third had no visit
from physician after the day of the
birth. Four-fifths of the wives of
farmers had to work for large farm
crews at the time when they specially
needed to conserve all their strength.
While the existing death rate is
comparatively low for this county,
the report says: seThe existing rate
should not be regarded with compla.
cency, for, as Sir Arthur Nowholrne
says, IF babies were well born and
well cared for, their mortality would
be negligible In other words, therdl
is no inherent reason why babies
should die in a community which has
all the advantages possessed by this
county y-country life, healthful eli
mate, high standards of living, high
level of intelligence about matters Of
health and means wherewith to pro-
vide for its mothers and babies
In other states where surveys are
in progress, it has been found that
poverty and remoteness, with the ata
tendant evils of which maternal anf1
infant deaths are a striking index,
press with severity unknown in this
Kansas county.
Nurses, doctors, hospitals and con:
ference centers, making available to
all mothers and babies in rural coun:
ties adequate medical and nursing
care, are declared essential by the bu!
reau. The Kansas county has made
progress carrying out certain of the
suggestions, but the next step, says
the report, "may well be establish
ment of a nursing service for the
rural parts of the county"