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New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Anzacs Advance
J: Lines at 2 Points
Near Sailly-Ie-Sec
(Bu The Associated Pross)

4 WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May S.-The Australians last
Hight made another advance, pushing
forward their lines 500 yards along a
front of 600 yards near Saillyle-Sec,
On the sector east of Aniens. They
also pushed back the Germans 300
yards along a front of 500 yards west
Of Morlancourt, just above Saillyle-
Gee. Notwithstanding heavy barrage,
ti,e Germans were unable to prevent
their advance.
Z There was a tremendous amount of
%rangling among the heavy guns down
Between the Somme and the Ancre
fivers. The British troops on both
Sides of the sector thought the long
expected German attack was beginning,
But anxious inquiries elected the in
formation that it was only the Austria
bans beating the Germans again.
! The men from far overseas had not
Had real fight since Sunday night.
When they drove the enemy back along
4 considerable front in the region Of
Norlancourt, and they were spelling for
trouble.
! 1t was high ground the British were
After and they improved their posi-
tions greatly.
1 In the fighting around Sailly-le-Sec
the Germans put down a heavy ma
Chine gun and shrapnel barrage but
could not hold back the hard-hitting
Australians.
s Signs of a coming German attack
continued to multiply last night and
This morning
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
McAdoo Fauors K. x.
I Wages Based Upon
! The Cost of Living

x tSpccsGl Dispatch TO The Tribpne)
II WASHINGTON, May S.-The Direc-
for General of Railroads could not
Avoid the wage question on his recent
four through the South and West, al
though the trip was primarily to urge
the Liberty Loan. Railroad men every
Where, whenever ne opportunity for
IN approach offeral tself, showed Mr..
NcAdoo their deep interest in the de-
ltiberations of the Railroad Wage Com
mission, and there was evident every
where knowledge of when the report
might be expected. At Ell Paso Mr..
NeAdoo spoke to large numbers of shop
smen, and again at Newton, Kan. He
shade it plain in evesy talk to railroad
:hen, sometimes informally in brief
:ftops at division points, that under
federal control the wage question
would be given the most serious con-
federation, and that whatever inequali-
ties were discovered would be levelled.
I: The new scale probably will mark
the beginning of new era in wage
making for large industries like the
Railroads. The wage question hereto
$ore has been largely matter of bat
3iedore and shuttlecoek between the
8ailroad organizations and the en-
t3loyerss Wages on the railroads have
never reflected any actual conscious
sselationship to the euying power of
money or to the profits Of the roads
S8hemselvcs. The only relationship of
profits WAS a shadowy one, the re-
4ponsc to an increased wage demand
depending TO . slight extent upon the
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
American Troops
Reported in Italy

The presence Of IAN American con.
tingent" and Bohemian legion on tn,
Italian front is reported in dispatch
from Austrian war press headquarters
dated April 8, to the "Berliner Tage-
blatt,' copy of which has been re-
ceiyed here. The number of supposed
Americans or to what arm Of the ser
vice they belong is not reported by the
newspapers correspondent. who adds
that British. and French auxiliary
troops are no longer on the Italian
front. The dispatch reads:
"On the Alpine and Piave front the
Italians continue their preparation.
feverishly. A new army commander
General Morrone, recently president o1
the highest war and marine court, ha:
appeared there.
1.-THE British and French auxiliar,
troops have disappeared from the Ital
ian front, with the exception of vario ds
special troops and artillery
"On the other hand, it has been as
certained that in addition to an Ameri
can contingent at Bormio a Czech
Slovec legion is also present ON tn.
fighting line."s
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Will Hold Till u. S.
Aids, Says Churchill
Anglo-French Front to Hus-
band Strength Throughout
Summer. Asserts Minister

LONDON, May 8.-The Anglo French
front in France will stand firm and
husband its strength throughout the
summer while waiting for aid to come
from the United States, says Winston
Spencer Churchill, Minister of NUM-
tions, in reply to a resolution Of the
executive Of the National Brass Work
crs and Metal Mechanics Union. The
resolution exhorted all workers at
home to help the soldiers in the
trenches, not only by sympathy, but
by doing their utmost to increase the
supply Of war munitions and to swell
the fighting forces. Colonel Churchill,
in his reply, after expressing appre-
citation of the worthy part played by
the metal workers, says:
although the crisis is grave and will
continue SO for many weeks, have
profound confidence that we shall not
be beaten down, that right and free
dom will not be beaten down.
''ln the present battle the Germans
are attempting to destroy armies near
ly as numerous as their own and quite
aS Wcll dIlucu. we are ScckluR Uuly
to maintain ourselves against them,
which is a very difficult thing l do
not believe the German reserves are
sufficient for their ambitious pro-
gramme.
although the German commanders
declare their readiness to sacrifice q
million men or, if need be, million
and half, the French and British
armies will not be overcome. They
will maintain firm front through hout
the summer, using their deadly wea-
pons upon the German masses and hus-
bandin~ their own strength. Mean
while our kith and kin from the United
States are coming to our aid as fast
as ships can steam. our navy is coping
with the submarines and our airmen
see mastery Of the air in view.
"If we hold, we win. If we win, the
cruel system which let loose these
horrors on the world will perish amid
the execrations of those who are its
dupes or slaves. Then, and then only,
will there be lasting peace"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
rench Women, Barred
From Tobacco, Protest

PARIS, May S.-Leading French
suffragettes are protesting against
the new regulations under which
women are excluded from the priv
ileges of the distribution of tobacco
by card.
Nine. Dwitt Schlumberger, al
though favoring prohibition of the
use of tobacco by minors, considers
the application Of the restrictive
measures to women exclusively as
arbitrary and unjust. Other lead
ers of the feminist movement have
expressed themselves likewise.
Nine. Jules Siegfried, president
of the National Council of Women,
approves the measure. She declares
the tobacco should be reserved for
the poilus, who have we'll earned it.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09

be no surprise if the thrust were
aimed southeast of Amiens.
For several days the enemy's
guns have been lively along the
Avre and the weight of his fire is
proof that he has concentrated a
great amount of artillery along this
front. Most British critics expect
an attempt to take Ypres for the
political effects accompanying it's
capture. They are supported in this
view by number of French OBJ
servers.
The long pause--nearly a fort
night-has given the enemy an op-
portunity to repair his losses and
strengthen his artillery. Similarly,
the Allies have had a chance to
strengthen their defences. 1t should
be remembered that Ludendorif en-
joys excellent communications and
has such large masses at his com
mand that he can strike two blows
simultaneously
At the present time the northern
front is deep in mud, but hardly SO
bad as |. was last August when
.Haig's troops ran into long period
Of rain. If good weather continues,
the offensive cannot long be delayed.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Stettinius
Is Appointed
Cur, Dictator
Continued from page 1

lery enterprise without having shown
any competency to carry out the very
modest artillery programme adopted
last year, for the heavy Browning ma
chine gun is not the only thing that
is behind the schedule. Man afacture
Of all our guns that have to be shot
from emplacement is slow
To appropriate $4,O00,OO0, 800 Or SO
for the production of guns by The men
who have failed thus far would be like
adding another billion to the sum
available for airplane manufacture and
leaving the production of the addi-
tional craft to the men whose failure
has been so signal.
Mr.. Stettinius's task will be espe-
cially important. because American
steel manufacturers have had little ex-
perience making artillery. A large part
of the additional orders will 20 to the
United States Steel Corporation. be-
cause the other companies with expe-
rience have their hands full supplying
the guns already ordered of them.
Virtually Becomes Dictator
The United States Steel Corporation
is without experience in making guns.
1t is no reflection upon it, nor upon
the other steel manufacturers to say
that the prospect of grave delays and
disappointments in building artillery
is serious, unless Mr.. Stettinius can
accomplish a miracle in creating a new
industry. At one end of the line in
the process of gun production is lack
of manufacturing experience. At the
other was lack Of business competence
until Mr.. Stettinius was made virtually
director Of big gun production.
For several weeks since the facts re-
garding the failure to produce the
heavy Browning guns have been known
the appointment of civilian dictator
of gun production has been discussed
Lack of experience in artillery manu-.
facture narrowed the field Of choice
here until it finally became apparent
to the Administration that only Mr.
Stettinius could be given this task, un-
less man was borrowed from England
or France for the purpose.
Mr.. Stettinius is now virtually Min.
lister of Munitions, with this excep.
ton, that the general control of in
dustry which the British Minister o1
Munitions has is in the hands of Ber.
nard Baruch, of the War Industries
Board. The general expectation o1
Washington is that Mr.. Stettinius ane
Mr.. Baruch will work in entire har.
mOny
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
''Rustling" of Lumber
Barred in France
1t Is One of "Don'ts" in War
Departments Instructions
to Soldiers

WASHINGTON, May s.-To promote
the cordial relations existin between
the American expeditonary forces and
the French people the War Department
has issued specific instructions to all
officers ordered overseas to take every
possible precaution against the men in
their command damaging French prop
erty. An official memorandum issued
to officers and made public to-day also
directs that "when any damage what
ever is done the matter should be ad-
justed and settlement made on the
spot"
"The respecting of private property
is of capital Importance" said the mem
orandum. "Of6cers and men should be
careful, too, not to offend the French
people, who are quite sensitive. Alter
cations should be avoided.
"Men should be cautioned that they
should not touch any wood, box or any
property, no matter how small or seem
ingly. trivial, without first obtaining
permission.
"The 'rustling' of lumber, etc., an is
customary in the United States, must
not be permitted. for it will not be toll
Grated in France"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09

earning power of the road itself. But
this relationship was incidental and
did not interfere greatly with the
theory which underlay the entire
process Of fixing wages. Railroads
have given increases when it appeared
they had to.
The Director General of Railroads
has made it plain that under his direc-
tion at least the wage problem on the
railroads will reflect fluctuations in
the cost of living for railroad men and
in their necessary standard of living.
The question Of profits will not enter
into the matter SO long as the govern
ment runs the roads.
There are almost two million men
employed on the railroads Of the
United States. They constitute pow
erful political group if they want to
use their power. Unlike the Postoffice
Department., the railroad administra-
tion has come into being with a highly
developed union organization. Whether
the brotherhoods will in time be able
to exert their influence on wage COM
missions only time will tell. Doubtless
it will depend upon who is Director
General of Railroads.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Five Naval Guards Lost

WASHINGTON, May s.-The loss OF
the American steamer Tyler, sunk by
q submarine, was reported to the Navy
Department to-day by Vice Admiral
Sims. The dispatch said eleven men
were lost and that the survivors were
landed at French port, as previously
stated in news dispatches.
Five of those lost were members of
the armed guard. They were: Leo Mar
tin Carey, Albert Lea, Minn.; Arthur
Woonsocket, R. l.; Henry Christian
Mihalik, New Orleans, La; Jesse Cliff.
ford Sampson, Fletcher, Okla, and
Howard Risher Smith, 724S Penn Ave
nue.. Pittsburgh, Penn.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
U-Boat Insurance
Cut to Z Per Cent

WASHINGTON, May S.-Re-
duction from 3 to 2 per cent in the
war risk insurance rate on hulls
and cargoes Of American steamers
travelling through the war zone
from American ports to Great
Britain and the Atlantic coast of
France was ordered to-day by
Secretary McAdoo. With the di-
minishing effectiveness of the sub
marine campaign, the rate has
been reduced gradually from 61s
per cent since last August.
A general revision of other rates
also was ordered. Slight reduc-
tons were made for nearly all
trade routes.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
ALLIES United From
! Adriatic to North
! Sea, Says Orlando

\ LONDON, May 8 (via Ottawa) Pre-
1nier Orlando of Italy, interviewed on
his return from France, telegraphs
Reuters correspondent on the Italian
front, said he had found all the mill
-Nary chiefs convinced that the German
onrush had been stopped. The Ger
hans, he added, could neither reach the
Channel ports on the north nor. sepa-
Gate the British and French armies.
& General Foch," the Premier said, "is
4 master at the game"
s The Premier emphasized that Italy
Had associated herself intimately with
The military and political union be-
1ween the Entente nations. The Able
Sille conference, he declared, had rec
Sgnized the unity of the front from the
North Sea to the Adriatic as concrete
Reality
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
IL German Planes
Trapped by British
Eight Fall in Big Air Battle
Near Douai; No English
Aeros MISSING

LONDON, May 8.-The official state
ment to-nisht on aerial operations
says:
Flying again was impossible Tues
day until after o'clock, because of
the pouring rain. The weather then
cleared, and machines were sent out
Four hundred bombs were dropped on
different targets along the front. Hos
tile machines were brought down in
air fighting, eight of which were ac-
counted for in big encounter in the
neighoorhood Of Douai. A German OBJ
servation balloon WITS brought down in
flames. None of our machines is miss
Ing"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Col. Boiling Buried
By Foe Where He Fell
New York Officer Alone in Car
When Hit by German
Machine Gun Fire
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune)

WASHINGTON, May 8. = Colonel
Reynal c. Boiling, of New York, was
killed by machine gun fire of the en-
emy, and was buried by the Germans
near the spot where his death oc-
CURED, according to information re-
ceived to-day by Assistant Secretary
of State Phillips, his brother-in-law
from General Tasker H. Bliss, Ameri-
can representative at the Inter-Allied
War Council at Versailles, France. 1t
was based on authentic reports re-
ceiyed from The Hague.
Colonel Boiling left Amiens, en- route
alone to Peronne March % in his auto
mobile. His car came within range of
German machine gun fire. His body
was found on March 20 with his heart
pierced. The body was buried by the
enemy on the same day near the point
where his death occurred, General
Bliss wrote.
1t also developed to-day that Secre-
tary OF War Baker had intended to
bring Colonel Boiling back to thia
country for an important assignme nj
with the General Staff. A letter to this
effect was sent to Secretary Phillips
to-day by the War Department..
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
Time of Recovery
Against the U-Boat
Is Here, Says Sims

LONDON, May s.-vice-Admiral
William S. Sims, commander of the
American naval forces in the war zone,
replying tonight to a toast to the
United States Navy at dinner given
in honor of the officers and men Of the
United States forces, said:
eve know the submarine campaign
reached its highest point in April Of
last year. 1t has since been going
steadily down. In the meantime the
new tonnage constructed by the Allies
has been gradually increasing until
the corner has nearly been turned,
and we hope within the next fortnight
the construction in the aggregate will
beat the rate of destruction. We feel
assured that the time of our recovery
has come"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-09
u. S. Is Expected to
Haze 1000, 900 Men
In France by july /
Especial Dispatch to The Trib

Especial DisDdtch to The Tribunel
WASHINGTON, May 8.-Secretary of
War Bakers statement that 100000
American troops are in France was in
terpreted here to apply to the number
of American troops abroad on April /.
1t was freely estimated that by the end
Of the present month an additional
100000 troops would be available for
brigading with the British and French
forces, and that by July the American
forces abroad would total 100000.
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to the best and most successful tariff
measure the country has ever knowp-
These msn not only eays thsiT ststs
an enviabls place in The Hstiensl conn
ell, but gave Of themselves eonspicu,
ously to national service. Their visws
were bread. and their work was shsped
accordingly. As legislators thsy i'm
pressed themselves upon THAR day and
geaeration.
Mr.. Hale was one Of the man who at
q time when the country was deaf Of
Indifferent to such appeals stood for
q Navy worthy in size Of the eountry's
size. In debate in the Senate, In ad-
dresses from the stump, he dealt with
the subject after the fashion Of stu
dent and jealous friend. BE knew the
subject, and believed in all he said.
For the time much Of his effort seemed
frqitless. But reward came later; and
much Of what we now sea- large
Navy in being, and q larger one com
ing-is due in part to what was then
done by Mr.. Hale and others to rouse
the country to its duty.
he himself lived to SEQ thiss and it
must have cheefed his closing days to
see also a son in the Senate, with a
vote on liberal naval policies now
grown popular through the necessities
and instructions Of war.
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convenience demands the issue Of
transfers.
In determining the transfer points
consideration should be given chiefly
to the public requirements. The COM
pauies have received, in advance Of
the txaasfer extension and wall in ad-
vance also Of the installation Of new
equipment, a material addition to thu
fare rate, about 20 per cent. The
longer the delay in putting the new
transfer system into effect and thu
longer the wait for improved selvies
through new equipment, ths greate.
the price the people must pay for the
old inadequate accommodation.
Lot these transfer points, therefore,
30 speedily decided upon, in tbs light
Of the well understood traffic eondi-
tons as supposedly studied to ths last
detail by the commissions expert ad-
wiser.
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Name the Transfer Points Quickly!

Name the Transfer Points Quickly!
The Commissioners should not long
delay their decision regarding the is
sue Of free transfers between the two
street railway systems. It would, in
deed, have been better had the desig.
nation Of the transfer points accom-
panied the flve-cent fare order, as an
immediate compensation 70 tho public
for the additional cost Of Transports
ton. For the nav fare zEts was put
immediately into effect The public
had NO warning. Cunduetpes who left
the barns altar the receipt Of the
commissions ruling by the eempanies
on Saturday were instructed not to sen
tickets, and 80 in the very course Of
the day the fare system was changed.
with q haste that created an unfavof-
able impression.
There should be no difficulty about
determining the points Of reciprocal
transfer. For nearly . year the utili-
ties eommissisn has srnpluyed . tsa1aa
expert % aseeztsia conditions and IA
propose msans Of relieving tsMs CO.,
gestion. Presumably be hAs e3nss1
stndisl sess .sstssss md = fully IN
formed as to the places where public
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William Is Hedging.

A statement which has come from
Berlin through London is to the Of
fact that the Emperor Of Germany has
lately said:
II will not abandon my sorely tried
people, but, if necessary, I am viking
to become something like hereditary
president of a German republic, like
the kings Of England, Belgium and
Italy"
IF William Hohenzollern actually
said this he has gone a long way
toward stepping down. He has doubt
less heard some Of the voices recently
raised demanding his abdication. Still,
q spirit of service to his "sorely tried
people" holds him firmly to his task.
He will not abdicate, but he win con
tinue to rule, even over Q republic. :.
The prospect Of William II serving
as president Of German republic is
most interesting. But decidedly it
does not fit in to the plan that cir
cumstances have worked out for the
immediate future. No one can en-
visage William Hohenzollern as presi-
dent Of a republic. Certainly if the
details of German reorganization are
to be subjected at all to allied scru-
tiny and approval his retention in any
capacity as an executive, however linn
tied in power, however stripped of
titles, Will not be acceptable.
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Open the Churches.

The health authorities will not dc
right if they continue to refuse to dis
eliminate between the appeal of the
churches to be opened for public wor-
ship under stringent health regulations
and tho appeal of all the prohibited
assemblies to be opened without re-
striction on the ground that all danger
from the influenza has been passed
The Commissioners on Saturday put
the responsibility for the continued
closing Of the churches squarely on the
District health officer and the surgeon
general, and the health authorities,
Jumping the churches with the theaters
and movies, declined to say that the
stage in the influenza epidemic had
been reached when the general pro-
hibition against certain public assem-
blages could with safety universally be
lifted. And this general refusal car
ried with it specific refusal Of the plea
of the churches for separate considera-
ton and discriminatory treatment.
Nearly all Of the prohibited assem-
blies gather for recreation, on a COM
mercial basis, to please or develop body
or mind. The assemblies in the
churches for public worship meet in
response to the dictates of conscience
and in the faith of many, in response
to irresistible divine command, with
higher purposes than physical or men
tai recreation or even compulsory edu-
cation, to the end Of communion with
God, the Strengthening Of faith and
the saving Of souls.
The authorities are right in their
determination not to lift the ban upon
prohibited assemblies in general until
the influenza is certainly and finally
overcome. They will not be right if
they do not seize the opportunity of
the apparent waning Of the epidemic
to open the churches quickly for pub
lie worship, imposing health restric-
tions and safeguards upon those as
semblies which will reduce the danger
from them to an absolute minimum.
In the interest of community well
fare there should be mutual apprecia-
ton and consideration and hearty CO.
operation between the civil authorities
and the churches. If the authorities
in case Of coal shortage slurringly close
the churches before the theaters, and
In ease Of threatened epidemic prohibit
public worship along with attendance
at the movies and continue to enforce
the prohibition while the poolrooms
are open and crowded, this mutual ap-
probation and this essential ce-opera-
ton are not fostered, and in the end
the community is sure to suffer.