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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
.PRO-GERMANS MADE TOOL OF MAURICE
 OBSERVER CHARGES
This British Newspaper Says Colonel Repington Is Man Who Caused At
 tack on Government

London, May 12.-A great deal of at tention is being attracted to the current issue of the Oberser in which the letter Of Major General Maurice, accusing the government of making misstatements about the military situation, is described as the most perilous episode of public life during the war. The Observer says that General Maurice is not the leading figure in the affair, and that the source of the mischief is Colonel Repington, the military critic working through the Morning Post, and that dubious sheet, the Naturalized News.
 The paper referred to as the Natu- ralized News, is the National News, Sunday sheet, started sometime ago by naturalized alien whose antecedents. the newspaper says. fought to have pre- vented the board of trade from giving him a lcense'
 The Observer declares the whole aim Of the intrigue is to stab in the back the present chief of the imperial staff, Mai.-Gen. Sir Henry Wilson, because Colonel Repington has a private enmity against him, and because the general has been tho chief military advocate of allied unity of command The newspaper says this faction is playing the enemy's game on hotn sides of the Atlantic by attempt ing to bring the present war administra- tion In disrepute, to breed dissension among the allies, especially between Premier Lloyd George and Premier Clem- enceau. to spread suspicion and doubt, to misleod America and to insult Italy. An other purpose. it says, is to plead for Austria in newspaper edited by natu- ratized Austrian.
 The Observer demands that the gov ernment iirthlessy put down treachery and assert the constitutional control of the army.
 ''The lamlficat1ons of the recent mu- tiny must De traced" it's adds. Mill tary intrigue must be crushed without compuncticn. The events of the last few days justify the hope and belief that Premier Lloyd George and Viscount Mill ner are the men to make an end to this mltinous nuisance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
TRUTH OF SITUATION ABOUT AIRPLANES IS 10 BE BROUGHT OUT Borgf aS Charge of Vast
 ed ions Is Absurd
 5o on Its Face ! . : BEEN FRIEND OF STREE PRESIDENTS Became Very Bitter When Told by President That His Personal In-
 vestigation Had No Official
 Character
By HUGH W. ROBERTS.

Washington. May 12.-- (Special)-ln connection with construction of air planes for the American army, some thing, unquestionably, is awry.
 Congress has appropriated prodig ious sums of money, and no worthy net result has ensued. Two separate and distinct investigations. both off cial. are underway. It may be deter mined that German influences. somc- where, somehow, eXerted caused indet- mite, heart-breaking delay. Negli gence, criminal negligence may be un- earthed. Tncapacity and incompetency in all probability will be developed And the guilty will be punished.
 However, there is no question but that the Investigating bodies will fail to find that money to the exent of hundreds of thousands of dollars" has been stolen. wasted or thrown away
 MONEY IS SAFE
 President Wilson did not order tho inr estigations because of fear lest great sums of money had been em- bszzled or misused. A certain com paratively small amount might have Teen. But The Age-H Herald eorrc- pondent has definite information that
 Continued on Page Three)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Man Who Couldn't Join
 Army Jumps to Death

Richmond. Va, May 12.-Richard T. Waters, aged 4o son of F. E. Waters. president of the Surry Lumber company and high official of the Surry, Sussex and South Pennington railroad. of Bal timore. Md, leaped from window in his room on the tenth floor of local hotel late today and was killed Waters left two notes in the hotel room, saving that his health was poor and explaining that he was Respondent because he could not join the fighting forces of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Latest Casualty List
 Contains S4 Names

Washington. May 12.-The casualty list today contained S4 names, divided as follows:
 Killed in action 5. died of wounds g, died of disease 2. died of other causes I. wounded severely 8, wounded slightly 40. missing in action 1s.
 Twelve officers were named in the list. Lieut. George S. Shepard. North Easton, Mass, died of wounds; Lieut.. Walter M. Penney, St Albans, Vt, is missing in action; Lieut.. Hiram A. Miller, Jr. Newton Highlands. Mass was wounded severely.
 Maj. Richard B. Paddock, New York; Capts John w Cotton, Railroad Fiat, Cal; Charles Porterfield, Jr, St. Paul, Minn., and John Porter Pryor. Fl Pas", Tex, and Lieuts. John c. Boggs, Rich mond, Va. and Frank Demalignon, Willmar, Minn.; Thomas H. Judd, Pull man, Wash; Edward K. Merriheni, Newton. Mass. and Hillary Herbert Scott. San Antonio, were wounded slightly.
 Southern men among the noncom- missioned officers and enlisted men are:
 Killed in action Sergt. Ralph k. Parmley. Maysville. Ark.
 Died of wounds: Private Russell NJ. Pontious, Norwich, La
 Died of disease: Private Sam Tug gle, R. r. D. No. 2. Box 25, CordelH. Georgia.
 Wounded severely: Private W. M. Myers, Covington Ky.
 Wounded slightly; Sergt. Logan Ses- soms, Stedman, N. C.; Private Ernest B. Dekle, Metter, Ga; Young Frasier, Cooledge, Tex; Dewey Gill, Trenton, Tex; Charley H. Kluma, Houston, Tex. Harold H. Lanier Pendelton. s. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS l-American sector at Seicheprey be- coming more active. Dry amendment and racing bill II? in Louisiann. Truth of airpIane situation to he brought out. American national army men make good impression in London. Congress wants to go home on first of July. Borglum is fighting back folIOw- ing exposure. Daniels makes formal announce ment of naming destroyer aft- CT Ingram. 2-So confident of victory are allies that American army will not he used until it is stronger. 3-CreeI stnnds by his former speech. News of AnnistOn. l1-Lab0r member of British cabinet tells of Irish problem.
 LOCAL NEWS 5-PrincipaI of Boyies school beaten by railroad man. Dr. Edmonds breaches on Christ. All arrangements are complete for Masonic ceremony. College campaign will end tOday.
 FEATHERS -Editorinl comment. 6-Industriai page. -Sports. review.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Daniels Makes Formal Announcement Of Naming
 Destroyer After Ingram,

Washington May 2Carrying out his policy of honorng heroes of the naming of naval craft Secretary Dan els today named the destroyes Kak and Ingram the former the deck officer who lost his life the when she sunk by submarine and the Gunners Mate Osmond k Ingram of Pratt City,
 killed on the destroyer Cassn by depth charge which he threw overheard the vessel after she had been tor pedoed.
 Ward after Harman killed the Yarna in honor Yana flagship when the admiral trans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
German Version of the Sinking of the Vindictive
 in HarbOr of Ostend

Amsterdam, May 12.-A German yer sion of the sinking of the Vindictive in Ostend harbor as recounted by an eyewitness, has been received here.
 When the bombardment from the sea began" says the account. ten air planes appeared over the town, drop ping bombs and flaming objects The Vindictive struck the piles at the eX treme end of the jetty and sank.
 'grhere she may stay as long as she likes for she does not interfere with us
 .Only the dead were found on board, while not plank rail, or stairway was left The whole deck was -it- tered with splinters or wreckage. The wheel on the bridge was smashed and the helmsman lay dead beside it. Here and there were smouldering fires"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
BRITISH DAY REPORT

London. May 1.-French troops on the Flanders front improved their position north of Kemmel village yesterday and took more than one hundred prisoners, the communication from the war office this afternoon announces. German ar tillery is active in the Ancre river sec tor south of Albert. east of Loos and near Voormezeele, in Flanders.
 Tn a successful local operation yes terday French troops improved their po- sitions north of Kemmel village and cap tured over 100 prisoners.
 "A hostile raiding party was repulsed yesterday morning near the Ypres-Co- mines canal. We secured few prison CTS. Several prisoners and machine guns were captured by us during the night in patrol encounters in the neighborhood of Meterane
 ''The hostile artillery was active last night and early this morning in the Ancre sector. south of Albert, on the forward positions east of Loos and south of Vormez eele."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Russians AZ on Knees
 and Begging Germans to Tighten Their Burdens


 London, May i2.-In wireless mes sage to Ambassador Joffe at Berlin, the Russian foreigngm gminister, NJ Tchitcher- in, nstructs the Ambassador to ''try to obtain from Berlin cessation of every kind of hostilitysY The dispatch adds;
 Captures of ,oar territory are in N.o- lation of the st1te of peace with Ger many, and are causing great unrest among the masses of our population
 M Jo;fe also is instructed to notify Germany that part of the Russian Black seq fleet. which has left sebastopol now is at Novorossvsk, on the east coast of the Black sea. which port the Germans are threatening to capture on the ground that their own warships are in danger of attack by the Russians. NJ. Tchitch- erin sayssthe Russian warships there Will make no such attack.
 Reuter- dispatch filed at Moscow May ? says Germany has announced that all armed vessels in the Black sea. including any ships on which are sailors of the Russian Black fleet will be treated as enernyEwarships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13

where Tn the line nelWorh ol iaISeiiooo and camouflage and they included MT. Baker, as their partner in the common statements to the public-they deliber- atey lied to you and framed up their statements, particularly their failures and misleading figures before the Sen ate military committee, and they direct ly are responsible for no engines. no appropriations
 MORE PIFFLE
 Had there not been this malicious ef- fort to discredit me with you and i'm pugn my honor on the Senate floor might have with the rest of America, though with shame and anger, still been holding my peace waiting and watching for the interminable shifting from one department to the other of responsibili ties that can lie only at the door of the executive members of the aircraft board. The scurrilous islander by Deeds friend was a foul and unfair blow in the circumstances of it's importance and it's purpose to invalidate me. discredit me, have it's abnormal public interest
 
 this compels me to demand that the in vestigation by the military committee of the Senate shall be complete. exhaustive in the matters relating to aircraft pro- duction, but as these charges have been brought before the Senate, the interfer- ence by the war department under Mir Baker. preventing me from securing nroper evidence
 T know you will agree with me in this that I have. right to demand it, as you know no harm can come to any one but those who are guilty.
 T am loyal to you as our President; and even better, l am loyal to your thought as so often expressed touching the state of the world and the nation s mission. and shall remain so. but l am not loyal to, nor can I support men or method dangerous to our country's good planned to deceive you and the. nation and discredit us in the eyes of ethe world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13

Since the thrilling days of the first months of the war" says the Observer. London has not known such a notable scene of enthusiasm as that evoked yes- terday. The finest sight l have seen since the war began, was the verdict of a young soldier who has seen service on four fronts The men are fine looking body and appear to be in the pink of condition The companies filed past with light, elastic step. keeping ex- cellent time and creating mighty fa- vorab,e impression of their marching qualities and physique"
 "Londoners cheered yesterday as they have not cheered for many months, says Lloyd's Weekly News. From the moment when the first battalion de- trained to the last minute farewell when the crowd called out, Come back soon.' yhe day was one of heartenins friendliness.
 "It was the women who gave the Americans special welcome. God bless you, they cried all along the route. Mothers lifted their children that they might have sight of the soldiers from across the sea who were going to fight side by side with daddy.
 And the waiting crowds found new name for the visitors. As the first bat talion swung out from Waterloo station some one called out to a friend that they were a real husky lot. The word pleased the fancy of the crowd and soon every one was calling for cheers for the hus- lSies' It was great friendship which was struck up between the London crowd and the American boys who have come across to give them hand. That was the feeling that persisted to the last when the visitors said good-by for the time being to London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Germans Are Unprepared
 To Resume Big OHensiue
By Associated Press

The German in Flanders and Picardy still nac Except for their artillery fire carrying lombard ens on sectors they doing little anywhere his allies although still expected that the will break the allied
 
 
  territory in sharp fight addit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Two Officers and Six
 Men Killed in OStend Raid

London, May 12--A Dover dispatch says that the British casualties in and six men killed and two officers and eight men missing. supposed to have been killed. Of these, two officers and eight men were on the Vindictive.
 Five officers and "A men were wounded, of whom one officer and 16 men were on the Vindictive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13

Nllil tuG HI etoAASAotat AAAO~
 The Germans endeavored to off, set this advantage by an attack against the French northwest or OryiIIers-SoreI, but the defenders turned their artillery on the ene- my and successfully withxtoOd the attack, inflicting heavy casualties and capturing more prisoners.
 Considerable activity is in prog rress in the Italian theatre. De- tween Asiago and the Brenta river on the northern front the Italians have stormed Austrian positions at Col DeIIoso and destroyed the gnr- rison in hand-to-hand fighting. At several other points along the northern front the Italians have w0rsted the enemy in engage ments evidently started with the intention of rectifying the line. The Austrian Emperor, accompa- nied by his foreign minister. has paid n visit to the Italian front, afterward proceeding to German Headquarters.
 The taking of the initiative into their own hands apparently augurs well for the morale of the Italians. md it is not improbable that, with the snows in the mountain passes having melted and the spring freshets on the wane, 1t is their purpose now to make things in- teresting for the invaders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
NEPHEW OF PERsHING

New York. May 12-Major Richard Bolles Paddock. reported as slightly wounded, is a nephew of General Pershing and has been serving on his uncle's staff since the American puni . tive expedition was sent into Mexico.
 Born in Lincoln. Neb., the son of General Paddock, who was killed in the Boxer uprising. Major Paddock made his home in Lincoln with Miss May Pershing, sister of General Persh- ing until he entered West Point with the class of 1914
 During the Mexican trouble Major Paddock, then lieutenant. was trans ferred to General Pershing's staff, and when the United States entered the world war he was made captain in the signal corps and retained on his uncle's staff. Once in France he Was placed in charge of advanced tele- phone communications and commits stoned major.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
BERLIN STATEMENT

Berlin. May 1a.-(Via London.)-The official communication from general Headquarters today says:
 ''The fighting activity was restricted to local engagements North of Kennel and on the southern bank of the Lys the enemy attacked after violent artillery preparation at several points, pressing forward in strong reconnoissances.
 North of Kemmel, in hand-to-hand fighting. we broke down an enemy at tack on our lines. Elsewhere his storm ing troops collapsed under our fire.
 .On the western bank of the Avre violent fighting developed as result of our advance southwest of Mailly. dur ing whicrg we captured forty prisoners. Between the Avre and the Disc there were m 4ny accommodating engagements. On th remainder of the front there was nothp s important.
 m aerial fighting during the last two
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13

The Wee % DispaIch prints a ictter written hone by an American soldier yesterday describing tae days proceed ings, of which the following Is an ex- tract:
 The whole march gave one sort Of at-home feeling l think that was the biggest thing about it if you ask me- that they should want us to feel at home and that we should feel at home. Some of the fellows say it was the biggest mo- ment they ever hope to have, standing there .n front of the palace. What 1t made me feel was that we were all in 1t together.
 Frederick Vile in the Weekly Des- patch says that as an American' nc knows that every man in the reg ment felt it was the happiest and most memorable event in his life. He adds that the Despatch has received shsaf of letters from over all Great Brit ain with countless schemes for or- ganized hospitality to the American | troops.
 whether good or bad" he says, the suggestions spring unmistakably from one universal sentiment with whole hearted anxiety to convert Great Brit ain into .blighty,' if he will have 1t. The Sunday Pictorial says "The King could not help but mo- tice the grit and determination Of the Americans reflected in their clean shaven faces and square jaws 
 Finely built, clean-looking troops, says the Sunday Herald 'They made an excellent impression, Everywhere they were enthusiastically welcomed. IContinued Page Three)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Gutzon Borglun1 Fighting
 Back After Exposure ln
 Aircraft Board Charges

Bogum of the aviation letter President Wilson, deny that Presidents confidence hs asser aircraft production organic military committee should conduct openly thoroughly which, he he prevented from under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Luneville Sector Is Quiet

With the American Army in France Saturday, May 1(By the Associated Press n the Luneville patrols
 early this morning established the that the of AncreVer has been abandoned by the The Germans had not attempted she'll holes in the salient which recently torn by artillery Quiet prevails day all which Americans according Poor visibility has prevented extended aerial activity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
AMERICAN SECTOR AT SEICHEPREY BECOMESMORE ACTIVE
 ENEMY IS HURLLNG ALL KINDS OF SHELLS ON THIS LINE FURTHER NORTH GERMANS CONTZNUE TOAWALT ADVANCE
American Selectn1en Make Good Impression
 Among British People

London May 12The of American national parade the of London yesterday aroused the enthusiasm of the Sunday The writers unite unnted the men and predict for them
 splendid they reass front
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
Within Past Few Days on This Front There Has Been Terrific Fighting, and En-
 emy Losses Are Placed at 600
PERSHING'S MEN GO INTO
 HUN TRENCHES FURTHER SOUTH
South of Verdun and On Luneville Line No Trace of Enemy Is Found in Raids
 Northern End of Line Very Quiet
By Associated Press

With the American Army France May 12-The Seche- salient shows signs again becoming enemy last night and this morning deuged the place with machine gun bullets.
 On the front of the American patrols found Der of German bodies advanced trenches where they probably had been left during the heavy lombard ment on the night of May 4.
 American patrols have entered the enemy lines the of Luneve and south of Verdun did resistance.
 Official reports the Seicheprey bat te according prisoner recently captured gives killed wounded or missing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13

In regard to the documents put into the Senate record Friday designed to show that the sculptor attempted to cap italize his friendship with the President bv secretly organizing corporation 10 nroduce airplanes the letter says Sena- tor Brandegee of Connecticut will sup nit to the Senate Tuesday or Wednesday detailed evidence and affidavits relauhs to this deliberate frame-up"
 "GRAvE CONCERN"
 "It is a matter of the gravest concern to me" 1t adds, that credence could De given to charges of such nature or that they could have been in your pos session. and I have received no intima- tion of the falsehouA until MT. Marshall ntimated that there was some sort or charge or charges of disloyalty to you This is so unthinkable that l dismissed and even declined to discuss them.
 MT Borglum repeats his published an swer to the charges and continues
 "It is absurd to state that pro-Ger- mans are clamoring for investigations while the Secretary of War is a party to statements, untrue anu
 sued to deceive the nation and serving no other possible purpose except to warn Germany to hurry her own airplane pro- ducton as we are forever and forever, just at the peak of production
 MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE Never before, I believe in the history of the country was a group of men glNto so completely a nations resources, to- gether with the administration and the peoples confidence, as have the aircrait group, and never has such confluence been more wantonly abused l refer here to Major General Squires, Howard F. Coffin, Colonel Deeds and Colonel Mont gomery. These civilian and military members appear everywhere III the pro- gramme planned to meet our military needs-and they appear everywhere Tn the deliberate and elaborate machinery that placed and held the colossal con ltracto op,opO faW-thaV anDear every
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-13
New Ul

New Ug ayan Minister London May The Uruguayan min ister at Londof Is been asoointed min- istersd to the tllted States.