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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
AMERICANS CAPTURE
PRISONERS IN BATTLES.

The Americans on their own SEQ
tor have given the enemy no rest
The artillery has battered the Gen
man lines, night and day while tn,
infantrymen have raided German
outpost positions and have provel
themselves capable OF outwittinI
and outfishting tho enemy. General
Pershing's men have won ssverd
hot lights with the foe and havI
captured prisoners. A night As at
tack was loscd on the Germans bl
the Americans near Toul. thret
waves OF shells. drenching q woode |
position Of the enemy with poison.
ous fumes.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
RIOTS FOLLOW
GERMAN ORDER
Bohemia Under Martial Law
as Result of Electoral
Restriction.
STATE IS DISMEMBEREO
Step Taken to Insure Control
of Next Austrian
Parliament.

WASHINGTON, May 22,--Division
Of Bohemia into 12 districts. with
advantages in the electoral domain
given to the German minority IN
each so as to reduce the Czech rep
rcsentation in parliament, is provided
I'm a ministerial decree issued at Vi
euHa.
An official dispatch today from
France says this effort to dismem-
ber and Germani2e the Czech state
caused the recent serious rioting in
Ostrau, Pilsen, Nachod and other
places which resulted in the pro-
claiming Of martial law and tho i'm
prisonmcnt OF $50 prisoners, The
vast estates Of Prince Furstenburg
a close friend of the German EN-
perur, have been plundered and the
buildings on them burned.
Doctor Won Seydler the Austrian
premier, II Is added has summoned
tho Czech deputy Stanek to discuss
the situation. Deputy Stanek has
declined and has warned the premier
/ against a policy of violence In Bo-
hemia. fearing. evidently, that the
I indiscrinmnate hangings and shoot
! ings in Galicia at the beginning OF
the war are to be repeated in Bo-
/ hemia
By increasing the German repre-
/ sentatlOn from Bohemia at the eX-
/ pense OF the C2echs, the Austrian
/ government, in the opinion here,
! hopes TO regain at the opening OF
| parliament next June 10 the major
| ity, which IL lost some months ago
/ through the coalition of all elements
in opposition. led by the Czcchs
| This adhesion OF opponents caused
7 T.
ment dissolved early in the present
I year.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
GERMANS UNABLE TO
CARRY OUT ALL PLANS.
BY The Associated pressI

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIEl
IN FRANCE. May 22.--Whiit
awaiting the opening OF the expect,
cd new German offensive TIM French
are creating great confusion IN tht
German plans BY local operAti0nl
which already have brought abcu
an improvement IN their defensvS
positions.
T1se Germans had hoped to havi
positions at solid points on the Flan,
dcrs hills. on the vilicrs- Bretonns
eaux plateau and on the Hrivesnet
and Mailiy-Raineval heights and II
Plemont and Remand hills frori
Which to launch their attack. MOI
only have these positions remaine
In the hands Of the entente alliej
troops, but In the vicinity OF them
the French and British recently
have gained ground.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
STATE GUARDS TO AID IN
HUNT FOR ACCUSED NEGRO


ATLANTA. Ca. May 22,--Major
Arthur McCollum, state adjutant
general. left here tonight for Val
dosta to assume command OF state
guards sent to that city by Gov
ernor Dorsey for the purpose Of
aiding In the search for Sidney
johnson, negro. alleged murderer
OF Hampton Smith. Brooks county
farmer. Four lynchings already
have resulted from the attack on
the Smith home near Barney last
week, IN which Mrs. Smith was
wounded. The governors action
followed receipt OF word from Judge
Thomas OF vaidosta earlier I'm the
day that sller1ffs OF Brooks and
Lowndes counties probably could
not cope with the situation II John
son is captured The troops are
part OF the state guard organization
and left Savannah at o'clock to-
night for Vaidosta.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Nearly $4,000 Added "Wednesday
10 Fund, Putting Drive Wen
Past Quota,
WILL WORK REST OF WEEK
Drive Not 10 Stop Until New Coal
of Quarter Million Has
Been Raised,

Reports from team workers at
noon yesterday bringing in S3l,O00,
and the auction of the Shriners Red
Cross sack OF flour, of which thirty
pounds sold for $4,000 In the lobby
OF Hotel Tulsa last night, put Tulsa
well over Its quota in the Red Cross
campaign yesterday.
Never has there been such trc-
mendous feeling In a Tulsa war
campaign. Everybody is giving, and
moved with the spirit that has
caught the people. the managers OF
the Tulsa city and county campaign
determined last night to not stop the
drive. now moving with irresistible
force, until the new goal has been
reached.
A quarter OF a million dollars by
Saturday night That's the slogan
start today's work, and everybody
Is confidens II will win.
Tulsa's Spirit Inspiring.
Not only the city. but the entire
eoantyT-is- giving with ifbcruiity
never known before. TITS simply
great" said City Manager Clark
Field yesterday The spirit OF the
people is inspiring. Everybody
for-relicf to our wounded soldiers
in France-and Tulsa is making q
response that should make us all
proud. When Uncle Sam gets tho
news from Tulsa he'll throw up his
hat"
That wonderful town of Skiatook
ia again setting the pace. With a
population OF 1,200 and an assigned
quota OF $4,000, the Skiatook citi-
zens have already trebled the quota
and are still going strong.
Yesterday the free Red Cross
vaudeville show being put on daily
by Manager Bill Smith OF the EN-
press theater in various towns OF
the county. visited Skiatook and
| Sperry and great crowds Witnessed
the performers at both places and
| listened TO Justice Lee Daniels elo-
quent talks. At the latter place a
flag. raising was n isature, a Civil
war veteran hoisting "old Glory"
won by Sperry when IL went over
the top and exceeded it's quota in
the Liberty bond drive. Sperry, too.
has already doubled its Red Cross
quota, spurning the ''measiy' 5000
County Manager sCy Avery asked Of
her and lifting 1t to 32,100.
Manager Avery, who was present.
told the Sperry folks that he intends
TO amend tho slogan, THE Tulsa
spirit" to "the Tulsa county spirit"
Tor every town in the county has
shown the same liberality in re-
spending TO every call of the gov
ernment az Tulsa.
Skiatook's remarkable Red Cross
contribution represents response
averaging IS for each. inhabltant,
which VIII not be equalled in this
CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
SlNN FEINERS ARE
RAPIDLY DESERTED
Nationalist Party Is Repudinung
Hun Plottcrs; Dillon Hos
o tile to MeyssP@'

DeRLIN, MayA.-The events Of
the past few days have not drawn
as much support to the Sim Feiners
as they expected from the more moo
crate Irish parties. Indeed, there
are Indications that the fucd De-
tween the Sim Fein and the nauon-
alists has only grown more pt.er.
TO sum up the attitude OF the TWO
factions. il may be said the nationT
alists believe in constitutional meth
ods of settling the Irish question.
while the Sim Feiners demand rev.
olution. and the nationalists consider
that the Sim Feiners. by their revo-
lutionary tactics, are spelling Ire
lands best chance of a satisfactory
settlement.
II the Sim Feiners expected the
arrests of their leaders would draw
the nationalists over to the Sim
Fein they are evidently destined to
experience serious disappointment.
John Dillon as leader of the ma
tionalists, carefully pointed out in
his interview with the Associated
Press that he maintains absolute
hostility to the Sim Fein, while in
dications that the nationalist party
Is preparing TO repudiate in the
most emphatic way the revolution
ary spirit of the Sim Fein party
may be found in an editorial in the
Evening Telegraph, the official Or
gan Of the nationalist party D
IF the Sim Fein leaders, says
this organ. ARE guilty of the crime
Of allowing Ireland, to be made a
pawn in the game OF the Prussian
junkers. they will be repudiated and
denounced by nationalist Ireland. II
they entered into negotiations with
the power which trampled Belgium
in the mire. enslaved Poland.
brought ruin to Russia and now
threatens to impose a militarist des-
potism on all the small nations Of
Europe, the resentment Of the Irish
people will make itself felt in a
most emDhatic way"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
ARREST EXPRESS ROBBERS
Five Men Are Held in Birmingham
Onc Said TO Have Confessed.

BIRMINGHAM, May 81. - Five
men are held here on charges OF
completely in the robbery OF the
Southern Express companys office
at Cardiff Of approximately $500
on April 81. one of the men Is re-
ported TO have confessed. About 40
per cent of the money taken Is said
10 have been recovered, The men
arrested afr chase through five
states are Herbert Crisson. arrested
at Terre Haute, Ind; Hoyt Crisson,
brother, arrested at Coal Greek,
Tenn; Sherman II, Crowley, arrest
cd at Columbus, Ga; VIII Coleman,
arrested at Bradford mines Ala.
and Lawrence Lockhart, brother in
law Of the Crissons, arrested at
Birmingham
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
INQUIRY TO BE, THOROUGH
In Letter to Gregory Steps
Are Outlined for Full
Hearing of Facts,
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Announced by Chamberlain
Members Make Limited
Investigation.

WASHINGTON. May 22.-Attor-
ey-General Gregory sent 10 the
senate military committee today
letter from Charles Il. Hughes, who,
at President Wilson's request is di-
recting the department of justice
investigation OF aircraft production,
saying the departments task should
proceed unembarrassed by parallel
inquiry.
Mr.. Hughes, outlining to the at
torney-general his idea of the form
the investigation should take. said
the entire history Of aircraft pro
duction since the war began should
be gone into and should be followed
by a complete statement OF facts
discovered, regardless of whether
basis was found for criminal or civil
proceedings.
In view of Mr.. Hughes attitude.
senate leaders said it virtually was
certain that the aviation sub com
fnittee's activities would be confined
wholly 10 visiting plants and looking
over the present situation, and that
inquiry into the past would be Ieft
entirely to the department of JUS
tee.
Developments Are Rapid.
Developments cans,.. quickly today
ma, situation which had threatened
an open fight on the floor of Nhe
senate and in which administration
leaders saw the possibility of two
simultaneous inquiries into all
phases of the governments aviation
program. First, a compromise was
reached under which the resolution
of Senator Chamberlain authorizing
investigations OF various branches
fwar activities including aviation.
was passed by the senate after be-
ing stripped OF language witch the
president had construed as virtually
constituting the military commit
tee, committee on the conduct OF
the war.
received the letter from Attorney
General Gregory incfosIng one from
Nj. Hughes, in which the lated
stated that the work he has under
taken at President Wilson's request
would be embarrassed by a parallel
inquiry.
New Conflict Threatened.
This letter for a time seemed TO
threaten new conflict. Members
1.-THE military committee. however.
quickly recognized the force OF Mr..
Hughes statement and It was ten
tatvely agreed that the subcommtt-
tee on aviation should confne its ac-
tvities to looking over the exist
Ing situation and leave all that has
gone before to the department of
justice, Another meeting will be
held in day or two to discuss the
matter further.
The demand OF Mr. Hughes for
free hand was indorsed in a note
or transmittal by Attorney General
Gregory. who it is reported. mad
discussed the matter with President
Wilson.
Under authority given by the com
mittee Chairman Chamberlain APP
pointed the following investigating
subcommittees:
Aviation: Senators Thomas, Col,
orado, chairman; Reed, Missouri.
and Smith, Georgia, Democrats:
New, Indiana, and Frelinghuysen,
Now Jersey, Republicans.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
GERMAN ATTACK
AGAIN REPULSED
British Deal Heavy
Loss and Gain
Ground.
TEUT0N PLANS Upset
Allies Capture Vantage
Points and Improve
on Defenses.
IN ACTION
Launch Gas Attack and Taxi
Prisoners in Fierce
Fight With Foe.

LONDON. May 22.-.-Thc Germaul
made another attempt today to raft
the British positions near Mesnis
but we're repulsed. according Il
Field Marshal fIaigs report tonishf
from the British headquarters II
France. The British carried out .
raid on the German positions arounI
Hebuterne with heavy casualties ~
the Germans.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Eieuen Million Dollar
Army Bill Is Approved

WASHINGTON. May %. --- The
tf1 900, 100000 army appropriation
bin for the next fiscal year was
agreed to unanimously today by the
house military committee and will
he reported to the house this week,
by Chairman Dent. Early considera-
tlon will be urged
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Hun Air Raid on Paris
Does But Little Damage

PARIS. May 22.--German avIa,
tors made an Intellectual attempt
last night 10 raid Paris. Threi
persons were killed and several
wounded in the outskirts of the citi
but mono Of the raiders reached Parit
itself A German airplane was nd
by an anti-aircraft gun and fell ID
flames north cf the city.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
DEATH LIST GOES OVER
TWENTY IN IOWA SWEEP
reports OF Storm Add TO
Fatalities and Property

VIZ DF6S MONIES, Iowa, May 20
craas atn me death list graaually in.
tondo.s as belated reports come
tra, tI'sht IRON the sections of CEN
nado iowa sweP-hy yesterdays tor
tstaJt,Shd ana Indications were that the
NtI''es NiIes would exceed twenty.
ea d.'sleen d.s,n deaths had been peport
N, "elinitely tonight. scattered over
in Cnure storm area from Denison
mo-, Wiofd county eastward for
wero man 100 miles. The injured
pronoi oeiieVed to exceed 1870 The
hreIsy damage. -laSSst estimates
'no"ed, was $500. 600.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Two AvIators Dead.

LAKE CHARLES. La. May "a
ideuienants latham Polk and Spen-
Ger Charles Williams were killed at
Gerstner Field late yesterday when
two airplanes collided at an altitude
OF three thousand feet. II was an
nounced today. Polk was from New
YORK city and Williams from Buff
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Mob Seizes Negro Who
Is Accused of Murder

CORDELE. Ga, May ga mob
OF about 400 men stormed the Crisp
county jail here late tonight. seized
Jim Cobb. n negro, and started to
the scene Of the murder Of Mrs A.
l.. simmons, a farmers wife, which
occurred about eight miles from
here today. Cobb was under arrest,
the authorities said. on suspicion
that he had murdered the woman.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Special 10 The World.

ST. LOUIS. May 22,---"officiaily
over the top" This laconic message
was wired to the Washington head
quarters OF the American Red Cross
tonight by j. l.. Johnston, chairman
OF the second war Hlnd campaign
for the southwestern division. 1t
meant that the states OF Missouri,
Arkansas. Texas. Oklahoma and
Kansas had subscribed more than
N,2b0,000. Kansas was the first
state officially to reach It's quota,
Texas was next and Oklahoma third,
So far as Is known here, the
southwestern In the first of the thtr.
teen divisions OF the Rcd Cross 70
subscribe Its quota.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
MUSK0GEE ENTERTAINs
GUESTS FROM CAPITOL
Attorney General and Supreme Cour,
Judges Entertained by Bar
Associa ton
special to The World.

special to The World.
l. MuSkOGEE, May 22.-Chief rrst
ice ice J F Sharp and justices rbor U.s.
~. owen and ]. II. Miley of o the
'I p e'He E court and Attorney General
SS Freeling were guests of ~
Muskogee county bar associa,ini he
nisnt at its annual meeting ana T' hou ~
eu1| esa1 me justices and attorney gen
yI,a,, gral gave brief addresses. Cow
nnIiiIams and the other members ~
supreme court had been invi,ed
20 attend, but were unable To laava
tne capitol on account of jnpor,"a.s.es ~" =
work. Attorney General Freeiint. I1r1'
IN an Interview, declared MuskogaS.
is now the cleanest of the largo
CUES OF the state and more ~ for
SotuIe's no,as TO visit in. Aocleanup cam.
hopses aimed at immoral roomine
rir gambling halls and bootleg
ksing Joints has been waged for ,ho
'as' week by city authorizes '
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
American Airmen Help Bomb
Positions Behind Hun Lines
The Weather

TULSA, May 22-MsSimum, 20; m'n'
mum. 90 south winds and eioudy, ro.
OKLAHOMA: Thursday ana
settled scattered showers THURSDAY
LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS: Thurs
day and Friday partly cloudy. r-,a.v
EAST TEXAS. Thursday and Ft'u''
cloudy. ,d Friday
probably fair.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
stnla Failcd to "staIl "

A man giving his name as Dick
Stahl was arrested last night Ac-
cording to the police he isg wanted
in Sapulpa on a charge OF dispensing
morphine and cocaine.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Until Your
Heart Says STOP

The following schedule OF dofiat
tions, based on yearly incomes. hal
been adopted by the Tulsa Red Cross
campaign as a minimum to be ac,
cepted. The committee believes thfI
no patriotic Americans subscriptioi
to the mercy fund should fall below
this deadline:
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23

WASHINGTON, May 22.--Three
men were lost in the sinking OF the
American tanker William Rockefcl-
Ter, torpedoed In European waters
May IS, the navy department an
nounced today, Eleven officers and
6l men were landed uninjured.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23

PARIS. May %. -- Prospects for
the coming harvest in France are
better than any year since 1898, Vic
tor Borst. food administrator. in.
formed the Associated Press upon
his return from week -end tour
In the country. Men. however. are
needed for the harvest, he said.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23

CHICAGO, May 22-The humble
doughnut has been put into the dis
card. AT n meeting of representa-
tives Of 36i bakers on tho south
side last night II was decided to diso
continue the manufacture OF dough-
nuts for the period OF the war or
until the shortage of wheat is abated
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23

NEW YORK, May 22.--Cardinal
Farley is opposed to Catholic
priests taking part In Sim Fein
meetings in the arch diocese Of New
York, and has advised the Rev.
Father F.. Magennis, who presided
recently at Irish meetings In Madi-
son Square Garden and Carnegie
hall that he will not he permitted
to remain in the arch diocese IL he
attempts to preside at such meet
ings."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Squadrons Participate With
French in Successful
Operations.
ALLIES MASTER OF AIR
British Account for Thousand
Planes Since March 27;
Sammies Victors.
By The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
ON THE FRENCH FRONT IN
FRANCE, May 22-American air
squadrons have been engaged in
participation with the French. in
bombing operations behind the Ger
man lines These operations are be-
ing carried out on a very large scale.
At one time recently I2O allied
machines were flying at the same
moment in bombing work.
Records have just reached the
correspondent OF the air activities
along the French front between
May Is and Is. which reveal the in
tenslve aerial work Of the character
noted. In this period los aerial
combats were fought in the course
| of patrols. Thirty seven German
machines were destroyed, sixty
others were forced to land. badly
damaged. within their own lines and
eight captive balloons were burned
In the same period bombarding
squadrilles Threw $50 tons Of bombs
on the enemy's depots and other
/
During the night OF May IS no
less than l20 airplanes were in the
air at the same moment bonn bard
ing large number of towns, and
villages in German held territory.
causing fires and explosions every
where.
American and Italian squadrons
participated.
ON May l6 the broad daylight
work continued, the bombing ma
chimes being projected by Is
chasers. which swept all the enemy
aircraft out of the skies over large
space.
LONDON. May 22.-Twelve Ger
man airplanes were brought down
during Mondays air fighting by
British aviators and one by gunfire
an official announcement states
Bombing airplanes dropped twenty
two tons Of bombs on the enemys
railway stations. airdromes and bill
let's. Two hostile balloons also were
destroyed. Four British airplanes
are missing.
British aviators since March q
have accounted for 1000 German
airplanes and have dropped NOR,
than 1000 tons Of bombs on enemy
military targets. The aerial cam
paign against the enemy continuei
unabatcd. both British and French
bombing squadrons being busy.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE. May 22.-Capt David
Peterson OF Honesdale. Pa. after n
long chase sent down a German
two-seater airplane wobbling and
diving to the ground in the neigh
borhood OF Chateau Salines today.
! Lieut.. VIM. y. Taylor Of New
! York chased a German biplane from
the American lines to over Pagny
sur Moselle, north Of Pont a Nous
son, today and defeated the Boche
in a desperate fight 5000 meters in
| the air.
WASHINGTON, May 22.--News
of the z, death Of Ensign stephen
Potter, naval reserves, who was
killed while fighting single handed
seven enemy airplanes in the North
sea on April rs. was received here
today from the London representa-
tive Of the committee on public in
formation.
Ensign Potter six weeks before
had shot down a German seaplane
In Heligoland blight and with Brit-
ish captain last March also shot
down a German plane
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
shammel's Checks Were shams.

roy Shammel was taken into Gus
ro s late last night by plain clothes
nasn Ill shammel is alleged to hava
i0SAl merchants y"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
World Business office Hours

Effective at the business office Of The World
will close during the months promptly at
o'clock every night All advertising intended for the
next mornings issue must be in our office before
that time to insure insertion "a
On Sundays the business office will be closed from
IL o'clock until p. m.
The editorial offices will be open every night in
"the past.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
Senate Passes NdUdl
Bill in Record Time

WASHINGTON. Mays22.-In the
record. breaking time OF 4 hours the
senate today passed without roll
call the naval appropriation bill
carrying $3.50. 600. .000.' The meas
ure increased about 1925, 900. 900
over the house authorization, now
goes to conference.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
AMSTERDAM. May 22--August.

Phillips, Dutch minister 70 thaI
United States, who recently re-
turned on n leave OF absence be-
cause OF ill-heaith. has requested
that he be relieved OF his post at
Washington, according TO advices
from The Hague today The minis
ter's request, II Is stated. Is made on
medical advice
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-23
AMSTERDAM, May Ii

AMSTERDAM, May 1l.--"Our
growing labor army is the descrip-
ton applied by the German newspa-
pers TO their prisoners OF war. In an
official statement the German peo-
pie are notified that Germany and
her allied forces now hold $4,000
prisoners,