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VOL 34 NO. 56
HOUSTON TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 30 1 9 1 8.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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WAR EXPE1ISES FOR v
THE 1I0HTH OF LIAY
BROXE ALL RECORDS
Exs!sres lock Jsza if J3C0-
inf Total $I5C3.CODCO0.
' COYERJCOT WILL SPED' i
; $23;oooIpoofqoo ms year
. Fourth liberty loan to Be Called 1b
' October or XoTember Will Be
v" ; Oreateat : Popular : Credit " fcrer
- Offered. -'ai; v-VlV-y
Altaciatad Pratt Rtferi.)
v : - WASHINQTON Kay tiQortn
meat war expenses Inoludlng Joans to
the allies vUl ma above 11500000.
r.. 000 tiU month and aet a sew high
a ' ; record ' for ear ' belllferent nation.
Expenditures reported WedMsday by
r the treasury show thai the govern-
. ment'a outlays In the last month have
.taken a jump of more than $300000'
..... OOQ above the normal rate In the past
' and promise to go steadily higher In
A the next six months. x '
"i - Tentative estimates now are that
"7 11000000.000 will be spent between
' ' " next July 1 the opening of the new
fiscal year and December SI. tlx
months later and tho greater part of
. : this most be raised by the-fourth
liberty loan In October or November
which President Wilson explained
would be the biggest popular credit
1- - eve Offered.
So far as officials are able to estimate
'at. this time mora than t2lO0a.OMM
Win ba Mpuni by the soveriunent In tha
' jiaxt fiscal year. Dearly twice as much as
In tha year ending; a month from Friday.
N Thlj flgura hi based oa the belief that
after monthly expenditures reach $1000
000.000 V month they will be Umttad by
tha output of Amerlean Industrlss and
the earrymg capacity of available ocean
" tonMaa.' ' .' ' ' " '
Actual payments 'to allies durms; the-
'. : month a set at about $460000000. about
J 1100.000000 more than In any. previous
" month this year. The Increase was la?
t -.; terpreted a an Indication that shtpplns
' taclllties' ara b scorning better stnee. tha
aum which the aOles can spend la this
x country tV limited larsely by the amount
' monlhtin revenue receipts which will
' ' amount .to about $660000000 by the and
- Not the week mora than In any previous
month. - i
- The calculations may be codified from
X time to time treasury officials explain.
' KramlivitfDn Wednesday of recent ex
: pensrs showed that so-called ordinary
:- ' expenses for May Including pracXIcaliy
all otitlnvs of the government except loans
lo sines will ne aoovo iwuvvuuuv ior
: the first timo In history running to ap-
. rroj;imatly $10I000000.
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' Americans Fight .
Along With British
. t HEADQUARTERS. OF lTHB AMKIO-
Cans with the ' British ahjct
Hunday May St. Some Junior officers
" v end men having reached tha last staga' In
their training are takmg a turn In the
British trenches where they have already
; come Into contact with the- enemy fire.
- ' suffering slight losses. Every man has
stood Ue test well am) all are eager to
liavo their chance In a mora extensive
' engagement though time is not allowed
. -to hang heavily on their hands.-
Few American boys are seen Idling
' about anywhere.' Thejr have been quick
to learn their way about thia country of
i 'winding roads and sometimes give better
: . - . directions to motor ear. drivers than do
I. the peasants. Few ever loss their way
though soma complain that no roads m
this country appear to run either paral-.-.
-lal to any othr roads or at right angles.
'Todas Calendar
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' WASHINGTON sfay -1$. Bart Tim-
' TlvrHti tmi Friday partly thmdy Is cloudy.
' ; Wtrt Tun Thursday i Friday gtntrmily
fair. .' '' v -";.' - ' . :.' -i
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cloudy to domdyl local fHuman in toutk far-
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Atmoroherlc -BrMwin at Hooston at 5 p. n.
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. Today'i Ereata.
Rtsular weekly luncheon of the Rotary
eiun a niva now w i p. m.
aelemn : military- f la W -mass -to
be eele.
i oratea-. in
eompllanca with praeldent'a
preaiamauon auington iiato lu a.
AMiiatMCNTs.
QOaaN THKATIRt- "PranaHa. '.-'A
KBY THKATIRt "A Oog's Ufa.-" '
RKX-THCATKRt :"The'Lriaiapar.
CROWN THCATIRl "Th rTrabeaad.
iLiaaRTVTHlATBRi Mtha Unballaaar.
ZOa THKATKRi ."Mleve Use Xan.
ISIS THIATRRt ""The triumph at the
' Wesk" ::t;?i-. y
MAJESTIC " TMBATIRi VSudavllla
mstlnaa ana night . ' ' ; . .
RRINCK THaATBRi : Vaudeville oow
' tlnusua aftanraaa ans) night... .;: x
COZY TNKATBRt Musleal comedy and
pioturea centinuova sftamoon anal
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Corrected Prom Telegraphic Reports of the Progress of the
Weatern. Froot . : . . :
WAVE AF TER WA VE OF HUNS
FORCED THIN ALLIED LINES
TO: RETIRE IN GOOD ORDER
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;3yiTH THE ' FRENCH ARMY IN FRANCE May 29. The Germans advanced against the
French line again ".Wednesday after throwing further masses of troops into the? battle. Both flanks
01 tne oatuc line were ine TBceneox very neavy iigniing Dy inienor
the result .that .the allies were- obliged again to cede ground at several points.
Besides Von Boehm and Von Buelow's armies many divisions of Von "Hutier's troops were
.engaged 'Theser especially trained units had participated in the first rush on March 21 and had
since then been reconstituted. ' .
An enormous number of light
fleet of tanks' and-.much heavy
From the plain. towards Juvincourt Ville aux Bois Pontavert
tanks came into action. For a
bouched' wave after wave the French and British almost submerged fell back slowly getting
across the rivtr.r Several British officers afterwards sacrificed their lives in destroying the bridges
enemy forces
of Ada Chens!
their way tov tha top
to the wester this; road. In. the
neighborhood of Cbavaraon and Kalmal-
son and the troops holding these points
ware obliged tojaoada. v
The silled movement to the rear was
executed With the greatest precision
there was AO disorder and all the unite
kept in constant ualsocw
(One section missing.)
LINES READJUSTED -WITHOUT
DISORDER. ...
Farther east other British divisions
amalgamated with Franeh-ookaial troops
bald- fast and era .still firmly sticking to
thelri positions although they have bean
compelled to rearrange part of their front
in order to keep alignment with their re
tiring comrades.. v- '- v ?. -
In the direction of Baboons readjust
ment of the front line also became aeoea-
eary In consequence of tha falling back
or the center where the Germans were
pushing hardest W i. :.
The fighting has been cenunueua for
two days through a oomitiy aompossd of
a series of onalkr plateaus wlh wlndlag
valleys whose slopes are "halt clothed with
trees and oststaining aiaay caverns. Along
the top of one of tha piincipai'rldgaa runs
the famous Chsmln dea -. Denies fromt.
which. vaDey spread . angularly toward
the Alsmv i The allied possession of this
ridge compromised the security of the
Oermaa outbern flank. t'-CKv
The- soemy's torrent- of - divisions roll
ing- forward found only the thinnest Una
of allied troops facing tha advance. These
teU back before the Irresistible pressure
retiring but struggling-valiantly. t The
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tAuociattd Pratt Retort.)
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machine guns were employed by
.and light artillery while the German aviators were extremely active
considerable time the thin allied
torrent as It moved forward became even
stronger for the Germans added new
forces to It. Bvan the Aisne did not stay
it rush. ' '
The Germans followed the allies across
the river and at the same time spread
along the sides the allies having decided
that It was useless to sacrifice men In
efforts to hold these positions with too
few defenders. :
ALLIES WILL STILL
RETAIN STRIKING POWER.
- The southern slopes of the Aisne valley
offered good ground to the allies for. a
(stand had they been in sufficient force.
But the Germans were In Immensely
superior numbers and the allied com
manders chose to retire to the plateau
beyond -and. thus give an opportunity for
their reserves to concentrate. It Is prob
able that before the advancing German
torrent weakens further territory will
fall into tha handa of tho enemy. That
however. In tha opinion of French otfl-
oars will not affect tha strength of tha
allied forces which retain their striking
power for the future.
The French and British kept in the
closest touch throughout the battle work-
ing together as a single onlt The spirit
of comradeship was touching. Both in
the ranks and atone the roads wounded
men of both nations when able to walk
were helping each Other toward the dress-
ing stations while the soldiers Indiscrim
inately gave - aid whan possible . to the
ohrlllan . refugees.. : .' t s. ;''
The reserves ara moving proceedlng
toward points where they can oppose the
German -rush. Among the allied troops
of whatever nationality despite their lost
poaittows. confidence Is treat that the
desperate effort of the Germans will not
Battle Now Being Fought on the
numucrs agamsi superior wuii
the Germans as well as a large
and Berry-au-Bac numerous
line held but as the enemy de
succeed In inflicting more than a glancing
blow on the allied forces and that the
present situation is only temporary.
Transport Leasowe ' .;
Castle Torpedoed.
(Atiocitad Pratt Raari.)
tONDON May 19. The transport ship
Leasowe Castle hes been sunk by an
enemy . submarine the British admiralty
announced Wednesday night.; One hun-
dred and one persons were drowned.
The Leasowe Castle which was of KIT
tone gross was sunk In the Mediterra
nean on May M. Among those who lost
their lives were 13 military- officers and
71 soldiers of other rank. . . '
The Leasowe Castle was' buut In 1117
at Birkenhead and was earned by the
Union CasUe Mall Steamship company of
London- '' :.. ':" -..-
The text of the British admiralty state-
ment fada: '. ;:' ' -r-v
. "The .transport Leasowe Castle was
torpedoed and sunk by an enemy subma-
rine. Mav tt. In the Mediterranean. '
- "Thirteen military officers and T of
othor rank and or tha shlp company
the captain two wireless operators and
six of other ratings are' missing. - It Is
presumed alL were drownedt" . ..-
May Not Let American
W i fjswav . V- sssssi ' w a - one. .
uepart from nolland
' '-. KAsaetiaUd Pratt Rtfiart.) ...i . "'
ROTTERDAM. May .-Th- Dutch
Uner Nleuw Amsterdam will sail soon far
the United States snd passage has bean
booked by a score of American eitlsens.
Lata Tuesday night however it was un-
certain whether tha Ajnertojuae. wouM be
permitted to embark. . - ;.-'.
BRITISH AND
GERM ANS PAY DEARLY
LIVES FOR ALL THEY GAIR1
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" '."' ""- T' '! ''' ' ' '"' '' "' ' ' '" AttfUttt Fru Retort.) ' ''' 'v'- ' . : 1
. In their violent attacks on the 30 mile battle front running from Soissoris eastward to the
region northwest of Rheims the German armies are continuing to force back' the French and British
on nearly every sector. .
The' fortified town of Soissons the extreme left flank of the allied battle line has been occupied
by the enemy although the French are still holding tenaciously to its. western environs through
which emerge the railway lines leading to Paris and Compiegne. " .' ' f "
"i . According to the German official communication 25000 prisoners among them a French'and
British general have been taken and numerous additional towns and vantage points all along the
front have been captured. . .
Seemingly-Rhiems like Soissons also is doomed to fall into the hands of the enemy as' the
French war office 'reports that
for several years has been the target for shells of hate from the German guns have been withdrawn
behind the Aisne canal northwest of the town. i -:--i::-''.
On the sector directly southeast of Soissons the Germans now are fighting relatively 12 miles
from where they started their drive Monday from Vauxaillon while further east 'near Loupeign
and in the- centej in the vicinity
15 miles.
The Germans continually ara bringing
fresh divisions Into tha battle but tha
British and French troops ara keeping op
their tactics of giving grosnd only when
It is Impossible longer to bold positions
under the tremendous prassusa of tha
enemy. Heavy casualties ara being suf
fered by tha army of tha German crown
prince while tha losses of men to tha
allied forces ara described aa relatively
light. I
Although unofficial reports have men
tioned tho rushing up of reinforcements
from tha south there has aa yet bean do
official statement that Oeneral 1 Jell Is
sending in his reserves.
Of almost as great interest as tha Aftna
battls .la tha situation around tha Uttla
-v..'-
Hun Airmen Drop B
Peaceful- Villages at Night
Deliberately Select Moonlight Nights to Fly Low
' - van 4'i tn ' f p . i i i . -xfT -. .
; ana pomoara nomes
2ne-Frenchman Wanted German on a Plate
Withamall Knit
New York
Timae.HeMSvsa
Post Cable
' Service i '
(Copyright: Ills.)
WAS CORRESPONDENTS' HEAD
QUARTERS May !. Apart from the
usual amount of gun fire on many sectors
of our front there Is no hostile action and
for the time-being the storm center of the
western front is south of tha Aisne. That
battle as I explained Tuesday la outside
my province of war correspondent with
the British armies In the north and Will
be recorded by out; conferees accredited to
the French armies. Our anxiety is to
to know how It goes with our troops down
there and bow it will affect our position
on our own front.
Perhaps tha plans of the Get-man high
command are dependent upon the prog-
ress of events across the Alsna. and It
seems to me doubtful still whether they
will regard It as the locality for their
main effort during the next few weeks or
whether they will presently slow down
their and strike their main blow againat
the allied armies further north. I have
my own opinion ' on the subject but
prophecy Is idle and generally wrong.
AIR WAR FOR
MOST PART.
On our front the infantry remains on
give alert for the heavy offensive and
meanwhile It is an air war rather than ej
;
German Raids on American
Positions End in Failure
General Perehing8 Troops
All Hun Attacks and I hen Bagged Prisoners.
Ground Captured From Germans' in Cantigny
Salient Has Been Consolidated Entire Hun
Raiding Party Wiped Out.
tAttociottd Pratt Rtfarl.)
WASHINGTON Msy It. Consolidation
of positions taken Tuesday by Americans
In the Cantlgny salient and tha repulse of
renewed counter attacks Is announced In
General Pershing's evening communique
Issued Wednesday nlgbt by tha war de
partment It also tens of: the- repulse
Tuesday night of three raids la Lorraine
la which several prisoners . ware taken
and a number of tha enemy killed.
The dlapatoh follows '
"In the Cantlgny salient we have con
solidated our poalttoes la spite of heavy
artillery and machine gua fire. Renewed
counter attacks broke down under our
fire. V - :. -'
In Lorraio wa repulsed tares raids
during the night taking several prisoners
and killing a number of the enemy. There
and In Jhe Woevre the artillery of both
sides has continually been active. -
It la eataMiahad that on May IT our
aviators shot down two hostile machines
Instead of one as reported"'' ;-; 'l;.i-:iV ''
WITH THE AMERICAN i ARMT IN
FRANCE May W. The enemy launched
another heavy gas attack against our
troops In the Lunevllle sector Wednesday
morning and attempted te reach our Una
FRENCH MAKE
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the troops covering the famous
of Savigny wedges have been driven in to a depth of approximately
1
town of Cantlgny where tha Americans
made notable gains in tbeir' first "solo-
attack against tha Germans Tuesday.
Numerous counter attacks ' have bean
launched againat the Americans holding
Cantigny and the outlying pool tl one but
all of them have met with tha same re-
sultfailure and tha loss of many men
killed or wounded. Evidently tha Ameri-
cans ara prepared to dispute to tha last
degree their occupancy of the high ground
they have won. r
Unstinted praise tag been showered
upon the Americans by military officers
for tha dash and daring .they showed
when they left their trenches and started
out In quest of thela objectives.
Stin another defeat has been Inflicted
on the enemy by the Americans this I
ombson
. i ... a
or rrencn reopie in war
:
field 'war1 which la lr lrogresa across the
Unas Apart from the unceasing aetlon of
the artillery during : these moonlight
nights the German bombing squadrons
come ever our lines to drop explosives on
the towns and villages and camps in com
petition with our night flyers who set out
on the same mission and often in larger
numbers over the enemy's country. The
people at home who have to steel their
nerves to the shock of occasional raids.
which are Tory horrible hardly realise
that out here there Is scarcely a fine
night In which there are not many of
them over places Inhabited by women aad
children aad nenoombatants of all kinds.
sa well as soldiers In billets and they ara
over .towns of small slse and little ham-
lets so that tha chances of escape are not
so great aa in London. The night before
last there were many German raiders out.
owing to the full moon which rose late
and was strangely red like the harvest
moon.
I happened to go Into one old town a
little after midnight to the officers' mess
where there was a piano and a musician
with a voice that Jean Da Raasky loved
and a mystery of art so that to hear him
sing waa to thrust back war and live for
a while in a better world ruled in har
mony. It was queer to have that voice in
one'a ears and soul and to go straight Into
tha sinister street where there are ugly
(Continued on Psge Eight)
Successfully Repulsed
at three plaoes. They were repulsed with
comparatively heavy losses.-
The first attack made two kilometers
south of Premsnil broke down under the
hot machine guif fire from the American
tranches the Germans retreating..
Soon afterward the enemy put down a
heavy barrage to the west aad 14 Germans
managed to penetrate a trench In which
the Americana on Monday were subjected
to gas attack and who were fighting mad.
Tha Americans emerged from their dug-
outs and hand-to-hand fighting which
was bloody for the Germans ensued '
The American tosses wars tnalgnlflcant
The enemy tost all the 14 men who pene-
trated the American position nine having
beea killed one died of wounds and four
having beea made prisoners.'
t- .(-'(''"U.jJ
Smothered by Americans.
; LONDON; May . German troops who
counter attacked Tuesday night. agsinst
tha Americans who captured- Cantlgny
west.' at Montdldter' ware repulsed with
heavy losses reports Router's oorreapond-
ent -at the British army headquarters in
Franoe Wednesday. -" .V r
The enemy counter attack on the new
. (Continued on rage Two.) -
WITL
i
cathedral town which almost daily
.
time ar to tha ut In tha Tool sector.
Hers the Germans let loose largo quanti-
ties of gas near Bremen!! and delivered
an attack which the Americana shot to
pieces with machine guns. Later on in
another sector under a heavy barrage
Are 14 Germans managed to invade an
American trench.' Mono of them re-
turned.. - .".-v-.'.-i:
In hand-to-hand fighting nine of tha
Germans were killed outright aad one
died later from his wounds. The other
four were made captives. . f
In Flanders and Plcardy the Germans
ara heavily bombarding French aad Brit-
ish positions on various sectors and raid-
ing operations are being carried out by
both sides. No big battle has beea be-
gun. . . v--
PRESEHA IJ0UNTAI1I
TApHMIiM:
Important Heignt Was dptsrei AT-
vv.v ter Fierce 11 v
The AnstrUns Were jriimerioallj
Stronger Than Attackers and
; v Bad Advantage of Porti-; ;
. (Attoctated Pratt Krt) ;
ITALIAN ARMT HEADQUARTEi .
Tuesday May IS. Cms of the most bril-
liant mountain operations since the. -be
ginning of the war was carried out by the
Italians in the Tonale region northwest
of Trent early this weak particulars re-
garding which are now being received.
The basin of Presena lake was captured
by Italian Alplnt after 40 hours of fierce
righting against a numerically superior
enemy. ... -. . V. ..?;-.:).
The Austrlana wars waa entrenched.
having at their disposal strong fortifica
tions built before the beginning of the
war and greatly strengthened since then.
The great Presena mountain was reacheJ
by the Alplnl after attacking four times
under a heavy fire. Tha enemy was
finally overwhelmed by a bayonet drive.
The fight was rendered mora difficult
by tha condition of tha ground which
was hard and slippery with late spring
snows. The Italians advanced by steep
ascents down precipices .and-' over
glaciers. -' : ; ; -V
ROME. Monday May Tha brilliant
victory of the Italians in the Tonale re-
gion was won about 12000 feet above tha
sea amid melting snows and everlasting
glaciers. The battle was remarkable on
account of the highly specialized troops
enraged and the mechanical devices ap-
plied. The vast wastes of Tonale moun-
tain dominating the Caroonlca plateau
and the approaches to Paradise pass has
been neglected by both sides as a field
of offensive operations but now becomes
more Important - ;
Among the results of tha Italian attack
were the blowing up by artillery fire 'of
an Important Austrian munitions depot
and the capture of two telegraph . Unes
wVich ran through Paradise pass. The
Italians ware ssslsted greatly by a vio-
lent fire. It required herolo efforts by
the Alplnl to carry the guns to the moun-
tain tops.; .Y:--"-;.'.-.' - -
40 Injured When S. P.
Train Is Derailed
t Attrciattd Pratt RtarC .
LAFATETTB La. May Zt. Forty pas.
sengers and trainmen were Injured! one
of the latter perhaps fatally when South-
ern Pacific westbound passenger train No. '
101 known as the Da Lojfe Special was
derailed near here late Wednesday.' A
defective switch waa believed to. have
caused the .wrack. ...-. ?
The train consisted of 11 coaches all
but two of them leaving the track and
landing at a nearby field. The huge loco-
motive rolled over Into a ditch and was
half buried in mud. The track was torn
up for soma distance. 1 -l
Baggageman LeCran of Algiers was the
most seriously injured. He was cut on
tha head and body and suffered Internal
Injuries.
. Among the passengers most seriously
injured were: "
A. G. Hansen troop K 8th cavalry.
Marfa Texas cuts on head and face; E.
F. King Los Angeles; bruised body and
''Sis. Fred DuBois Burllngame. Cai..
ssverely cut about Jaw teeth knocked
Out. . '
Miss B. Foose Washington. IX C
bodv bruised and cut. . - -.
Edwin Foose brother legs .snd head
CUA11 the injured ware brought to Lafay-
ette for treatment ' v
Engineer Donner of Algiers' was plnr-
under his engine snd badly scalded. . '
waa rescued by his fireman who
scalded while extricating Donner Ir
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