American Gunners Blow Up Large freat Prisoners Worse Than Did Woodcraft Potato Clubs, Founded by Effectiveness of CampaignJs Fast Declining, German Ammunition Dump the Red Savages of Pioneer Ernest Thompson Seion, Will Official ^eljs Committee Days, •'•v a! Cantigny. Compete for. file dais. of Deputies. New York.—Home garrleners lasi year were by^oiily patriotic raris, May-14.—George Lteygue, .minister prompted tine IEL Pi Impulse! to help increase our of marine, informed the rmvai iiiiaVNliltfiitoiV I food supply. This yety there is a second committee of the chamber, of deputies I- 8- reason, the need to do all that wo that, the Gei'man submarine campaign can to avoid further congestion i-f declining. ,-He' said the Berlin- government of Americans Paraded Half Starved freight ship'ments. "On aecottn't of Boys From the United States Are is aware of this fact but About ,Germany and Cheated of their bulk in shipment, potatoes are has made the greatest efforts to conceal Taking Nothing for Granted and If. Food Offerings From British therefore one. of the most important It. i. il Are Sending Enemy Two Shells prisoners by Swift of the vegetables for home growing M. Leygue said the situation was for One Every Day. Removiais. and because of this the work of the most favorable atid that the sinkings Woodcraft .Potato clubs, founded last jir submarines in th£ first three year by Ernest •.Thompson Seton, is 5 The Hague.—From irrefuL ovi With the American Army in France., months of 1918 through Allied measure.: meeting a hearty response. These dence obtained by the New YorK Times May 14.—American artillery has was greater than the number clubs of boy and girl 'potatriots" as built by the enemy. correspondent, it is impossible to close blown up big enemy ammuuitioa dump Mr. Seton has dubbed them, flourished one's ieyes to what is going on in the at Cantigny. Minister Leygue referred to the in 26 states last year and the indications statement made in the reichstag, on hospitals and prisoners' camps in Gernmny. At the same time two fires were New portrait of John Galsworthy, are that their number will much It is a mistake to believe* tliat started in Montdidier, followed by April 17, by Vice yon Capelle, German the noted English poet and novelist. more than double this spring. Their the treatment of prisoners and wounded numerous explosions. The weather minister of mafrine, in which he said slogan is "Grow a bushel of potatoes in Germany has improved. On the continues misty and rainy. Thare 600,000 tons of Allied shipping were and save a bushel of transportation." contrary, it is as bad as it ever was, was infantry action and only intermittent sunk monthly. This figure, the minister There are no dues or fees and any machine gun fire. even worse. said was incorrect. boy or girl who is willing to raise at The position of the Germans becoming The punishments inflicted are cruel It was reached and passed in April, I least 24 hills of potatoes can secure a more and more intolerable and inhuman. As is well known, prisoners May and June, 1917. In July it declined, Woodcraft Potato club button and Germans Are Constructing New while the Americans are entrenching are absolutely dependent upon and in November it fell below compete for the medals and prizes by their positions more firmly. Any parcels for food and clothing. A favorite 400,000, and since has diminished continuously. Type of Submarine. merely enrolling as a member. The hopes the enemy might have had of punishment is to withhold these headquarters are at 13 West TwentyNinth breaking through in this sector are from a whole camp or from large bodies M. Laygues said that in February, street, New York. A special diminishing. Americans are going to hear the of prisoners. It has been established iVIarch and April 3,723 French steamers class for older members wish to Avho Foe Gassed in Double Measure. full story of the travail through which beyond doubt that prisoners are JU-Boats Will Be of Cruiser Design ar.d 788 French sailing vessels passed raise a larger crop offers to each member France has passed from the lips of. employed behind the front and are under Tj}£ Americans take nothing for through the danger zone where a few and Heavily Armed and Armored raising ope bushel or more a special 'one of the fairest daughters of that shellfire, in defiance of The Hague granted, but return the enemy fire months ago losses by torpedoing had certificate for rendering patriotic for Defense. land, the Countess de. Bryas. She has agreement of 1917. two for one, which is believed to ?)een very heavy. Not a single ship set service' and a gold medal will be come here at the request of Miss a new pace in this sector. What appears Some prisoners never reach a camp was sunk. awarded for the largest crop. It is Anne Inregon give her first-hand to Washington, May 14.—Germany, to trouble the Germans most in Germany for si:: months, meanwhile On the other hand,-he said, the number suggested that members contribute impressions of sufferings that are almost realizing America and the Allies have is that the Americans never turn back receiving no parcels of food. Their of submarines destroyed had increased the proceeds of their crops to some unbelievable. gained mastery over the present when the enemy uses gas. They give the condition on arrival at camp, bi'oken progressively since January in war fund, but, this is not required. type of submarine, is planning a new. him a. double dose of the same., with dovvn and starving, is pitiable. REPORT TO ERROR such proportion that the effectiveness The competitions and prizes are DUE series of big U-boat cruisers in an everything else the enemy tries. Hawked About Country. of enemy squadrons cannot be maintained open to those who may already be From 5 o'clock yesterday morning effort to again assume advantage in at the minimum required by the The evidence doesn't tend to show working in a home conservation or her unrestricted undersea campaign. until 4 o'clock this morning -the. Germans regulations. The number of U-boats £&0&en club. In most states, potatoes that American prisoners are receiving Announcement of the new German directed the machine gun fire destroyed in January, February arid planted during the first half of May any preferential treatment. It is reported at irregular intervals against certain scheme is made by Georges' Leygues, March was far greater in each month dttufis well as those planted earlier that the first America^ prisoners American Army Will Take Active the French minister of marine, in an points of our front lines. "buti whether or not you have already than the number constructed in the taken were hawked about the country, Intone ravine, which was raked by interview received here in an official Part in Fighting. planted your potatoes, it is not too same month. An February and April presumably to show them off to the machine gun bullets the American dispatch from France. late to enroli in Mr. Seton's organization the number of submarines destroyed populace. At Giessen, where, it wotfld, No details regarding the new Uboats sofctijers: were less cautious than the of "potatriots.* was three less than the total destroyed seem, American prisoners were kept on were given by M. Leyguec, but French. The Poilus, who were veterans, in thei previous three months. two separate occasions, they were prohibited 6tory Cabled to Ottawa That United .were quick to get to cover, from information from other sources any intercourse, even by sign BELGIAN MORALE IS HIGH it appears the cruiser submarines will thus reducing their casualties to a States Troops Would Be Held, in language, with other, prisoners and be designed especially to meet the BASEBALL SCORES. minimum. Some of our privates were Reserve Is Dsnied. were not allowed to receive parcels French Premier Pays Glowing Tribute menace of the torpedo boat destroyers indifferent and curious, resulting in or .gifts frorii them. to Soldiers of which have proved so effective rigid instructons to exercse greater "American Association. London, May 14.—It is officially announced British prisoners at Gipssen asked King' Albert.. care. in hunting down the smaller submarines Milwaukee. 6 Minneapolis, 1. that the statement sent Out if they could give parcels to Americans Like Autumn in America. now in operation. St. Paul, 10 Kansas City, 7. frorii Ottawa, attributing to the watr and finally received permission The fair weather that prevailed during New York.—Senator Henri La Foutalne M. Leygues declared the Allies? are Indianapolis, 1 Toledo, 0. 3ommitte.e of the British cabinet the to do so the following day. But the of Belgium, the head of the fund ready to meet Germany's new efforts the last week was followed bj Columbus, Louisville, 0. 2 statement that the American army next day the American prisoners were for "Gifts for Belgian Soldiers," authorizes and will not rest upon the "fine showers and a bleak atmosphere resembling American League. on the Western front would not ^e moved away early in the morning. results obtained" in the pvt. fall weather in America. the following: New York, 3 Detroit, 2. used until it became a complete and British prisoners were able to detect We have been advised that M. Clemenceau, "We shall stop." lie said, "un^l There was unusual air activity over not Philadelphia, 6 Chicago, 4. powerful force, was due to' an error, Americans who had been captured the premier of France, very we have up the sea a3 one thfe American lines despite the rain cleanp'i Boston, 7 St. Louis, 5. which has been rectified. any length lof time by their appearance recently has visited the Belgian front. cleans .up a trmch." di'oiiils. Observation balloons known National League. On Sunday night a report received and by the state of their clothes. His comment after seeing the Belgian a§ "saucages" were strung for miles, Cincinnati, 7: Brooklyn, 5. from London, ar.d given out at Ottawa Until pa reels for them arrived from army was: "I see that your morale is festch hitched to a steel cable connectirt^ Philadelphia, 3 St. Louis, 3. ITALIAN PRISONERS SUFFER Ten by the dierctor of public information Berne their state was deplorable. evch better than it was formerly." with motor trucks. This baloon innings, called, account rain. for Canada, through the Can-, A British noncommissioned officer front outlined the American sector. Premier Clemenceau visited an interesting Are Stripped by Austrians and Left adian Press, Limited,, said the Allies re -ently obtained the signatures of sector of the Yser, where he French civilians^ clinging to their to Die cf Hunger and Plague. were so confident of their ability to DAILY MARKET REPORT. (!ie first ten Americans captured and homes in this shell swept area, say entered the trenches and huts. He hud Washington. May 14.—Italian prisoners withstand any drive that might be talked with them. These men signed they are doing so because they have ail opportunity to see the benefit of in Austria are rubjected to horrible launched by the G«*mans that it had Minneapolis Grain. the scrap of paper in the hope that confidence in the ability of the Americans the work the "Gifts for Belgian Soldiers" outrages, a dispatch to the Italian been decided not to use the American Minneapolis, May 14.—Oats, May, some news of them wpuld reach ther and French to defend the road toAmiens. fund is doing. The help which embassy from Rome says. 72% July, 68%. army now in France until it becomes outside .world. They were in poor this fund gives the soldiers by supplying The spirit of the men in "Never in the hirtory of the civilized a complete and powerful force. physical health and somewjiat despondent. the front lilies is wonderful. Between thern 'with a few of the comforts world have such outrages been Duluth Fiax. This information was credited to a duty hours they play cards or chess, they neeel so much, is contributing Duluth. May 14.—Flaxseed, registered." it says. "The whole May, summary of the operations on the although they were constantly exposed more than anything to keep their morale Some of the Evidence. $3.88 July, $3,921/2.- thing seems to be a systematic effort Western front by the war cc^mmittee to death. on a high level. Practically all A few recent examples from a large of the British cabinet. on the part of Austria to destroy the of these soldiers have been in the Chicago Grain. amount of sworn evidence follows manhood of Italy. Austria 4s endeavoring The report caused much comment trenches for nearly four years. Chicago, May 14.—Corn, May, $1.27- RAJDER ROAMING PACIFIC In February, 1918, 4,000 men wen\ in every possible way to surpass at Washington, for it was understood The Guaranty Trust company of Oats, May, 75. 1 sent from a We,stphalian camp to with-' in cruelty and ferocity ajl of the American forces had been place! New York is acting as the depository her accomplices." in thirty kilometers behind the front. at the disposal of General Foch, commander Passengers From Australia ffcpori for-the "Gifts for Belgian Soldiers" The dispatch rays Italian prisoners Scith St. Paul Livestock. Their, guards ran away to escape the Attack on Vessel. in chief of the Allied forces in fund. have been stripped and left without South St. Paul, May 1#?—Estimated British shrapnel fire. France, by General Pershing, the A Pacific Port, May 14.—Sir Thomas food or care if woiinded. Most of, rece'P':s the Union Stock Yards: The state of prisoners coming from Hughes, premier of Australia, arrived American commander, and it was HOPED TO BITE MAILED FIST them die of hunger and plague. Tu-^'^111!311^0^' 2 Great/Western, 4 Mil the big Somme battle i« the first week known a large.' number of men are here with a party of Australian •.aukee, 35 Rock Island, 2 Omaha, '"'IIIkDO X.-*4 Prtflr Tctonrl Amolia berculo?"? is rnging, and thousands now holding positions in the Montdidier of the present month was deplorable. officials, enroute to a war conference 21 Great Northern. 32 St. Louis, 24 Professional Nail Eater and Circus of consumptives fill the concentration sector of the Somme front, in Their wounds had not been dressed in in London. Passengers on the vessel Northern Pacific, 42 Soo Line, 41. Totnl. camps. Performer Fails to Pass Medical addition to several sectors further :r.ay cases for more than ten- days. said a German raider had attacked 203. s/ 1 Test. ~hvfng to the lack of dressing, British south, notably on the' heights of the and damaged a British transport on Cattle. Steers $9.50@13 cows. $8.{0 Meuse., near St. Mihiel, northwest or TEN AMERICANS ARE KILLED comrades bandaged their wounds with which the premier had sailed previously. 10 50 calves, $8@12.50 hogs. $16.90 Boston.—Just because one can eat Toul and east of Luneville. 17.15 sheep and lambs, $14@15.50. old towels and shirts. tacks and cut glass without having indigestion Secretary of WSr Baker issued a The passengers said the premier It was formerly announced by the_ Minnesota Lieutenant Dies of Diseace is no sign that he \gould make denial of the report. and his party, on the return to-port fJor-.ir.n authorities in Cari\p Bonn on Chicago^ Live Stock. on French Front. a good soldier. That is what Albert of the. damaged vessel, had caught a Chicago, May 14.—Hogs declined in April 13 last that two British soldiers, "Washington, May 14.—The last casralty Logan of Somerville, was told today train to another port and embarked 6 BILLIONS FOR ORDNANCE value on account of much- more numerous J. and ——, had been shot near list contained 96 names, dividas when he applied for enlistment at the arrivals than had been looked on Jhe steamship on which they :'nden for not stopping talking when follows: Killed in action, 10 British-Canadian recruiting mission. for. Cattle offerings were relatively reached here. ordered to do so. Baker Asks Congress For That ifo'c of wounds, 9 died of accident, scarce, but demand was not urgent. Logan filled out an application blank With Premier Hughes are. William Tn November, 1917, men, were Amount for Heavy Guns. tfied of disease, 5 died of other Ti supply ofxgheep seemed to be in Ferguson Maesey, prime minister of and gave his occupation as "professional brought into the hospital at M—— continually, Wachington, May 14.—The war department 'Ctfiii&'S. 1 wounded severely, 12 of immediately requirements. e:::c3s New Zealand Joseph Ward, labor nail eater and circus performer." having been wounded by has asked congress for an vvouncled slightly, 19 missing in ac3$. ~Zoz rceipts 54,000 slow bulk, $17.35 The clerk looked up. "Don't believe leader and former premier of.Australia, appropriation of approximately $S,000,000,000 shrapnel '"'rom behind the lines. I @17.70 light, $17.20@17.85 mixed, it?" inquired Logan. "Give me your and Bobert Curran. for heavy ordnance. This Lieut. Guy Raymond Forbes of Minneapolis Wounded men lay for three or four $17.15#17.85 heavy, $16.25 @17.60 pen." is in addition to the estimate of^15,000,000,000 POUS, $16.25@16.60 jigs, $1*4@17.25 works unattended and grossly neglected. died of disease. Private Alfred It was the only one the clerk had, Cattle receipts, 13,000 Weak native placed before the house G. Bailey of Arvilla, S. D., was ATTACK SUBMARINE BIASES so he couldn't spare it for the test. sleers, $10.15@17.50 stockers and military committee by Secretary N. "killed in action. Private Roily W. Much of the sworn evidence is so However, Logan could not pass the feeders, $9 @12.85 cows and heifers, D. -'Baker last week. The big ordnance Darling -of Berthold, N. D., died of re pugnant that it could not be published. British Fliers Drop Bombs on Ostend $6.90@14.2-5 calves, $8@14.„Sheep, 18,000 physical examination. It was found estimate was' placed ,. before wcysaifts. Lieut. Frank Demalignon of There lias been talk of reprisals and(Zeebrugge. weak, sheep,- $1225@16.50 lambs, that his peculiar diet necessitated operations thie house appropriations committee W®inar. Minn., was 3lightlv wound-! on American prisoners, and London, May 14.—The admiralty announces •J15.25@20.50 at the close of the circus season, ed. by Brigadier General John B. Barrette ovi 11 foreigners born In America are that during, the period May and surgeons said he could not acting, chief of coast artillery, and Included in these threatened reprisals. inclusive, air force contingents 6-12, Butter,'Eggs and Poultry. stand the strain of long marches. from it the fortification bill will ba CLAIM U-BOATS ARE WINNING '•We will hit America through the working from Dunkirk carried out successful Minneapolis, May 14.—BUTTER— js, Logan was disappointed. "And I framed. nllles," one commandant stated. bombing operations againsf dreamery extras, per lb«, 41%c extra thought I was going to have a chance the Ostend docks and seaplane base, perman Minister of Marine Says lirsts, 40%c firsts] 39^c seconds, to bite the kaiser's mailed fist," he Subtreasuries May Remain. "S^sjc the Zeebrugge mole and lock gates Campaign is Success. "dairy, 30cc packing stocks. POET REJECTED AS SOLDIER said as he walked out. Washington, May 14.—The house refused and enemy shipping in the vicinity. "9c. ,. Amsterdam, May 14.—Admiral von to recede from its action in EGGS—Fresh prime firsts, new Several direct hits were obtained on fCapelle, German minister of Marine,, Hbbs of Nowhere Fails to Sing His voting to abolish eight United -.Sta^Vsub-treasuries BIG BEAR WORRIES FARMERS the sheds on the Zeetbrugge mole and the German naval offensive is stronger ^res^- 33%c current receipts, rases and sent back to c~.reference Way Into Camp of United States than at any time since the beginning I out. cas®- $9.60 checks and se- a large shed at seaplane base was rr! 3 Marines. the legislative, judicial an'? completely burned up, the statement of unrestricted'submarine warfare.'0011 ^^ties candled 29c. Steals Stock and Poultry in Maryland executive appropriation bill carrying says. The April ^reports.from the submarines ^uot e»Bs include cases, Community but Qannot Be on on V.ufTalo Y.--A tiual wave of poetic a rider to do. away with them. Th LIVE POULTRY—-Turkeys, tdu In the. course of the offensive patrol? Captured ^were favorable, he said. Herr Pfliger, verse threatened to swamp the recruiting sub-treasuries are at Boston. Chicago 10 lbs. and over, 25c thin, staall, 10£j) six enemy machines were destroyed ?a centrist, said that despite thp difttorences 2c cripples and culls, unsalable old office of the United States marine Cincinnati. New Orleans, New York,, an(I two others were driven of opinion in the reichstag, Fredersberg, Md.—Much excitement roosters, 18c ducks, 2Qc gehse,'' 18c corps bote recently when Burt Philadelphia, St. Louis and San ^jrancisco. down out of control One of ours prevails ih Puckun), a farming comnhinity it was agreed that the submarine 1917 roosters, ,22c hens, 3^ lbs. and Gibbs of nowhere in particular enterihe-office is missing. between here and Seaford, about warfare should be kept tip. aver, 24c under 3^ lbs., 21c. and burst out: the appearance there of a big bear "My country calls, I wi9h to fight. War Board Branch fci Norway. -. '1 Favors Calling Men "Yankees." which has been terrorizing the farmers. British Envoy Puzzled. Will Establish Mvtet School. "Pray tell me, am 1 in right London, May 14.—Referring to tip Chicago. May 14.—"Yankee" is the Washington, May 14.—Lord Reading, Houston, Texay, May 14.—A, school tn* auditors werft staggered and one trade agreement between Norway auj only real name for our American soldiers All efforts to capture the Intruder or the British 'ambassador, in a statement for motorist^ for all enlisted -men will *r *ver than the rest led the poetic the United States, the. Morgan Blam oad, Bi?hop Samuel Fallows to get close enough to see what sfkecies declared that the announcement be rtarted in the motor "companies of wr'bbsj. still chattering, to the ©Ulcer in of Christiania, Norway, according t) oi t!ie Reformed Episcopal church he Js have-proven futile. Fanners coming by way Qf Ottawa that the the. ambulance traip at Cmmp Logan hrrge. Gibbs effected a lordly bow a dispatch to the Times front the Nowegian told the Mothers' Relief- association who have been missing young- cattle American army would not be fully Heretofore it has been obligatory for nrl swept his, hat to the floor capital, says the Allies m*e«? of the 149th field artillery, in ian adrtressr apd fowls think they have fallen prey utilized on the western front until none but the drivers and gai^ge men "I've come- to /flgjit to clean the se®, to! establish in Christiania a sort -r The. term "Sammy'* offends to the bear. developed to its full strength, was to know the cars. At the npw school To make It Safe for democracy." a branch of the War Trads 3aw -to tho'ear, the name "Btuldie" is ftff^mJr^ti directly opposite to information he It has been seen by ^ersonfe drivlns -A all men will learn to drive, re-der This was followed With: facilitate commercial tr?n^a"' or^.' wid too flippant, said the birhop. along the Mads» and oil several occasions had received fprom the British war cab. frst aid, and repair cars. Th6 "new .'rithee, kind sir, I'm known,io fame, Tlje staff, it adds, will be itjstall^J K&"' -i'.' and -'American" are synonythe- inet and that} he was In the dark the fanners have armed them-selves plain will do away with the neeessity ii the American legation, w'^re "°rresentatives wdtfdf over. Why wisb*up^ and gone In sedrc^t of' I t,^flnt rS^«,. .r to its meaning. The ambassador'* of putting, two. drivers on a car. .^Ambulance .-name.**'. *.•••••••••••• of British, Frfench, and-f^af1 c,n \ir boys in the army e'ther at the bear eludes them by hidtnar In a statement added to tjie puzzle in .orderlies will be able tq'caro vBut' Gibbs may gain bnt ian -commerc,ial. interests, willandconfer. rame they despise or one that is ef* which American ^offlcerc found themaelves swamp. Ttftap* wh'eh hava been set 1& for the cars in- case of. anything never mllltary f«UB& Jpft .fMmllft f^minate and without significance? swamp haverfailed to capture It- on reading the announcement pming to the •d as Bfartically unfit i' ^i"-T 1 'x}\