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SOLVES SUB WAR NAVAL BOARD THINKS MENACE OF UBOAT DISPELLED MANY EXPERIMENTS MADE Although AdvicoH From Naval Board Have Not Reached Department Secretary Daniels Has Faith 'In Ability of American Scientists— Hint of Extensive Sea Patrol and Daring Land Operations. * er W. L. Saunders, chairman of the naval consulting board, announced in New York Saturday that the board had forwarded to Washington plans for dealing with the submarine prob lem, whicfi, it was believed, had solv ed the problem successfully. Mr. Sauhders, who has been chair man of the naval consulting board about two months, supplemented his announcement by saying that while the submarine problem can not be considered in reality to have been solved until the U-boats have been destroyed, nevertheless numerous ex periments had been made along the Atlantic coast with highly encourag ing results which led the board to feel confident that a successful so lution had been reached., **lt looks as though the submarine problem has been solved." Mr. Saun ders said, "not only in theory, hut on the strength of practical testa on the Atlantic const.** Mr, Saunders added that S00 In ventiona for t*-bont •oppression had m submitted for constdoenCDon of AMY TO El ROPE SOON Part of On nor ripe Army May > Be Three by Junn 10. War department officials freely predict that an American military force, pro^jibly 20,000 strong, would be ready-Wr service In France by June 10. The army general staff is now, It was said, considering the work to be done in raising and dis patching such a force. .' War department officials estimate that only four days will be required to complete the registration and call for the 600,000 men will then be is sued. The first concentratkm of the new army is expected to Begin May 30, and it is believed that within 10 days from thep a force of 20,000 practi cally tralhed men and officers could be gathered for service In France. The probability of this govern ment being able to raise a force of 20,000 conscripts by June 10 has caused doubt as to whether the first trbops to be sent would be taken from the regular army or the na tional guard, as was formerly planned. Reports that the army general staff has changed in Its attitude to ward the plan and now favors send ing a small fighting force to France quickly were denied In W'ahlngton Sunday. It was admitted, however, that while the general staff sticks to Its original contention that from a military standpoint It would be a serious mistake to send such an or ganization. several staff officers have become convinced that the other ad vantages of the plan would probably outweigh the military disadvantages. 100.000 CLERKS ARE NEEDED H<*u*iag of »cra|>her■ aad Type- m riu-r» Offers BVrpArOag IVoMcm the bowr d aad eapofimcata with Oae c ►f tbe problems coofrootlag maay of them ) ustlfied. ho believed t be g > • ■ ■ remrst la Ita r <>ftds't of tbe tbe asver turn th st a piaa had been e af is < vbtalalag tbo services sd aa fosad by which th# esbmarta* peril anet of cierbe avost of them sdea* cos 14 ho slim las te4 osrspto re aad t iposrvtiers—who tor fio •ag# re was uawiltiag tw ge a ill bo < rompotowt to do tbo oorb rw* toto fert feer g# tails of Ibe board’s gulfed A boot l eg.see oggittowal THE NEW ARMY PUN ORGANIZATION COMPLETED FOR BODY’S CREATION BATTLE BEGINS AGAIN 18 FULL WAR DIVISIONS a* i riewa! aeimuGp I tlM Conscription Army to Consist of HI,* 388 Officers and 028,829 Men— (Sixteen Regiments of Field Artil lery—Regular Army Officer to to Be in Command of Brcfc New Regiment. The full strength of the first war army organized under the selective draft bill will be 18,538 officers ahd 528,659 enlisted men, making up eighteen war strength divisions com plete in every arm and supplement ed by sixteen regiments of heavy field artillery, equipped with large caliber howitzers. Virtually every detail of plans of raising, training, equipping and or ganizing this force has been careful ly worked out by the war depart ment and the selection of the men will begin as soon as the draft meas ure becomes law. In addition there will be two sep arate cavalry divisions which will be situated In the Southwest, near th< Mexican border. Officers for the cavalry divisions will be trained at all of ths sixteen officers’ training am; a. « hH a .11 open within s fe« days with 4#.999 pruspsetiva offl tors under trstmng E*rh Infantry division will consist of nine fall regiments of infantry I three regiments of Sold artillery. on< regiment of cavalry, one regiment oi engineers, one division bnepttnJ so* fo*r camp tafirmarv** The t *«a •irengtg of tie sttteen e he |. *;| offerers nod sit *: men inn cnsnlry dtwotone cotnbMM •esA odMi Canadians Take font (iei r, na Impor- in Point. Another period of Intensive fight ing—the fourth since the spring of fensive began—Is in progress be tween the British and Germans over a front of about 1 2 miles In the re gion from the east of Vimy south- warH tn After their customary terrific ar tillery preparation in which guns of all calibres were used the British along the entire front surged for ward in the early hours of the morn ing and throughout Thursday were at grips with the enemy. Nightfall found the British well in possession of several points of vant age which they had captured in the face of moat stubborn resistance and held with a withering Are of ma chine guns and rifles against power ful counter attacks. Berlin asserts that the British at^ tempt to break through the German line failed with heavy casualties. The British war office makes no clainythat the troops of Field Mar shal Haig pierced the German front, but it does assert that west of Que- ant and near Chersy goodly salients were driven into the line and that the village of Fresnoy and enemy positions north and south of the vil lage on a front of two miles and a trench system north of Oppy were raptured and held by the British. The taking of Fresnoy, which fell to the lot of the intrepid Canadians, who thus are shown to have pushed bark the German line four miles since their gallant capture of the Vlmy ridge, glvee them the added honor of having cut their way through the famous Hindenbur’g lln The Germans suffered severe losses In the altarks all along the line nn4 also lost hundreds of men made prisoner by the British. BRITSHBREAK UNE Ftofci to Mtomdy M Mh Cool r |r- • M » liB iinr — : ll2, ‘ - 1 - ".“"f„.**?, r »new effort# are ***> v'ermnw" *£ 'Wnp • « £U*ma*»h» peewrea* of »en P # * n t . • • r TO POOL INTERESTS odoe to Darkle Whai AUles m ast —i*. H. to Fwrnifth “nmr Two war allied commissions, sit ting continuously—one In London and the other here—appeared Mon day as one of the first actual steps to co-ordinate the powerful reeourcea the United States brings into the war with- those of-ttrerKTltes across the' sea. The commission in London, with representatives of all the Allied na tions, including the United States, would receive and <dftci<ta upon the apportionment of sea-borne traffic. The commission here would then charge itself with getting such sup plies to the seaboard, eitheir by di rect purchase or through r present agencies. v While the inroads of the subma rine menace continue it is absolute- y essential to conserve every ship 'or the most needed freight and the only way that this can be done Is to have the Allies make known theli wants to a central body In London, which shall have power to give priority to the most pressing. At the same time the commission in this country, knowing exactly how much was wanted, would buy In ju dlclously and keep the railroad lines open to the seaboard. So far the Allies have confused thel^ own alt uatlons to a certain extent In this country, both by competitive buying • nd by congesting the railroads and terminals with supplies for which there was absolutely no tonnage available. FOES BEATEVALL OVER l*jrd (’mrwoe Admit* Hmh May Onm* pH Hatbmlag. Addfeeatag tbe Trim rose Y^egue In Imndan. Kart Curaan of Kedle> member of the war roeaclt. ■aid there waa na military front in tha world otde ear •hare at the proeeat mameot tha enamy o ea nat a for reel lag fears . ■ ■ m in mm ddPTTfiii woo«e»a from, said Knit i eeeoa larroo* •• deoertto*# aaf earreodoea by the eoessy aad of the hranhMm dawn la dmvtpftae ea the German side ■ be •peoie# astd hi tlte eabsas^ma meoaae •aw bet that ta a* *o '•StfOei S»f o • to • -« FRENCH RAIN AGAIN INSISTENT COUNTER ATTACKS FAIL TO MOVE THEM (i,00& GERMANS TAKER Hard b'ighting Occurs Saturday and Sunday—Heavy Casualties Baffmw ed by Germans Who Make Riety Effort to Retain Their PositGoaa \ 18 Mile Front Has Been Consoli dated. The Germans has hurled counter attack after counter attack against the French forces in their newly en quired positions northeast of Sola- sons, taken in advance toward Laon and eastward along the Chemln-des- D&mes, but their efforts were use less. Gen. Nivelle’s men clung te naciously to them through Saturday night and Sunday and Inflicted heavy casualties on the Germans The greater portion of the IS-mlln front has been consolidated and ns a result of the two days* fighting 100 Germans have been taken pris oner. Not content with Saturday's gains northeast of Bo i mo ns tbe French Sunday enlarged their hold ings by capturing In isolated opera ttons important (-ermaa points of support aorth of Moulla de Laffaui aad north of Braye ea-Laoaaola. Ths Berlin official commualeatioa. n referring to Haturday a hat tie. de clares ti nt the French attempt to breah through the German ttae was unavailing aad that the gigaatlo thrust was eatSrely repulsed It a^ mils however., that the tateeee trw af tha Freach guaa destroyed earn* pletely the German pealtteas an tha b intorberg aad that thi It P*e4 t f ths f reach, lap the RisHia wwr * | Frew a after tbevr toagetaary dw* 1 tawi we Batardey did aad repeal I ihsdr attara Bwaday Bafl aafty have the last free dope af I igbtta* alwag tha Cbamsa-daw* I Isamee deiiseeed mere thBB dUBBB » • • • it — ■paea-m vaes w» . « • • * • ^> *. psey The* iwpi IAB mum awtar e I a few- f * * wa ►* I •♦## •* *a*-• »• swhc I swwawAtswt af Gewat ^ ^ ^ _ I smeewa the sempaa mh mmmmm saM me pmm | *.a sBewta maw mmapB aa aha ms* I Rase# See wsMtosorf •dtumaSse wgnswas lbe hw4 swmsA. whbh w -wa4 sail ho the * rwwapsmhaaBm aad laadtom "d am wrwsf aeshaas n*a* lOBsaovoas tese- ■uaa assamvap i. -ew- *• aaaai sewsrowarwiam peaaae esweesdlf wtmdd he •hpwtiv* geasde la tlvas swtBaohml poac wscdtaH «*f wav oG aad toed spaewCtoam i nrimg I So am aw wmvep Mb Bha rupaw sat Betowae aao m ■ I • % • • L ee * + w*w •< «wSree bd easa It arwMry OvaaMwee mpa-i iwitoow •wmpeetoa tsm wwnd awaatBahh tsm wmbeiamw sBBHBBBaas gawenp Bead twa «rma sag twmpihaea hataaMhawa wa*oea pwa% vwmpaama am aet>^ uofe •reaps wed ea awpphp trwaaa la prwearecawa far the weasmaae twsa *f trwaaaap thm pswwt warn# the aaMBMe • age tar amaaapBsaewa end the beataeal Geard la bsaag bseapBd in 9aM ee# stawagia The vepBrnga paweebad fas xa tha thgMaGBt Rmgwewe era ba —* %—e addwd etn meal 11 >* • - • sad w map m re I I • maa pc weed a arpst Wm.- M PUNT itlCUR — ■mam la t uemeaai Float m Tam* I asmme tf imdsp I rapinet-»w la tbe rhemtrwl de I mrat wf the federal dyowtwff aad I ijsab *-•>>—»y • rfnt at Ki. 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The naval consulting board ‘ be lieved sufficiently In what had been discovered and planned, he said, to feel Justified in notifying the people that the submarine Tear might bo allayed. The project now’ before the government “could be carried out "within a reasonably short time,’-' he said. A telegram to the Associated Press from Lawrence Addicks of Eliza beth, N. J., chairman of the special naval problems committee of the consulting board, served to clear up some misapprehensions concerning Mr. Saunders’ statement. The mes sage follow’s:. "I fear some of the statements in the morning papers regarding the naval consulting board may unwit tingly give wrong impressions re garding progress mad6 in combatting the submarine menace and that con clusions are likely to be drawn that the problem has been either fully solved or given up aa hopeless. "While it is evident tliat specific information as to progress made w^)uid he jyonl _ _ fcf (his flfne. as chairman of the com mittee of the board dealing specifi cally with the marine menace. I feel justified in saying that good and aat- Ufkctory progress has been made and that we have now under practi cal trial tome naval device# of great iromlee "This com a It tew was formed at i# tint# of the break with Gwrmaay to take over all problems relating to tbe detect lee aid dwotrwrtiww wf eeb- martase had tbe defser wf' tbe ter* pwde aed bwe wade* Be direct iwp the the declaration of a state of war with Germany have redoubled their efforts to find a way to cope with the U-boat menace. In many instances naval experts have been called into consultation by the hoard members or have aided in direct experiments. Every pre caution has been taken by the de partment, however, to prevent any knowledge of the nature of the ex periments from becoming ‘ public. That policy will be pursued to pre vent Germany from preparing against any new weapons in ad vance. "I have great.faith that American ingenuity will find a means of com batting the submarines," said Secre- tary Daniels Sunday night, "al though I have in mind no special de vice among the hundreds which have tieen proposed to use to fight the menace. I truly believe some thing will be developed that will be effective against the underwater boats. "Experts of the naval consulting board and of the navy department are le devices which may go a long way toward •giving us victory. Some probably have merit, the oth ers not. but all are given fair testa. The precise nature ef any can not be dlsclo^d of course ** The department Itself has done a great deal of experimenting both with deviewe for the dewtrwrtlon or detection of submarine# and a too with Interior defease for warships against torpedoes aad miaew •ft to regntdod aa rwrtaAe that If Amertcee !s«#wti*e gweiwe . to ewe training ramps, that number of army t olonels may be examined As there exists ulready one vacancy In th# grade of brigadier general. 19 new general officers must be sp* pointed xoon and the army bill pro- • ides that the president may select these men from any source. In any event the present general officers Af wide experience probably will be se lected, as far as possible, to com mand divisional camps. The full strength of the National Guard units now existing will be 9,- S4 7 officers and 2.29,-954 men, giv ing a total regular and National Guard force to be whipped into shape before the new army is called of 21,080 officers and 622,954 men. New units must be created, however, to fill out tactical organizations and probably the total of this first force will exceed 700,000 active troops, the regimental recruit battalions. From this force will be formed eighteen divisions corresponding to the organization of the first - new army. From it also e^rly in Sep tember will be flrawn some 200,000 officers and non-commissioned offi cers who will constitute the frame work on which the new army will be shaped. They will be with the ten thousand officers to be selected from the training camps, the instructors of the first army and on their effi ciency rests the whole military fabric that is to be buIltji£ 1--i-1I1B--1-l— ■ In rmr tiTanWirf oe to pro vide a regular army officer to com mand earTT^new regiment, wjth an adequate ^number of regular or Na tional Guard officer! of experience to carry otT $Yflcie*tly the adminis trative duties and to sopervlaw in struction. Daring the Interval bet#wen the regtotratien wad the cal ling out ef the nee army, the regular aad Na- Tlsasl Guard dtvtotoea e 1) he * at eerft pregertag tha mwhttiaatlwa rumps aad with that* wee trwtaiag Tw taern atop wfll BMMUa*>« *. ~ PM* aa* Faeede Tlwwse ltowhgwwih#i live-to er' Itietoiri I »*i ev wf ta# pa tore at i to u#*d as the bw*4t‘ rpro«Uiweal govern* red flags with ta in thm to* kg ewadwHme a Fee * das ^e a todtoeeae ■he toneBB #d eeare * ef ea toe to rhwrt j pfiuwto psepaftp ef ene* uaastoG e«e a tarn « towe sd ms e.it> ty * a- i»mss>to rS^heTee fa ff.' I vt rug red whirl! •lusri^rs of ths meat curry lag «rr1ptioas demaadiag ths rsslgaa- llow of Forelga Miaster Mllukoff. tMsrontmt has been smoldering (or Mime time on nrrount of ths be lief that the mlnlsftr was not fully In sympathy with the viewpoint of the workmen and soldiers. The present outbreak, which be ran Thursday, was a direct result of the announcement made by the for eign minister office to the Allied na tions to the effect that Russia would not slacken her effort in the com mon struggle against the Central Powers and would observe strictly her engagements with her Allies. The workmen and soldiers declare that they should have been consulted be fore this communication was sent. Ail Thursday afternoon crowds gathered in groups on the public squares listening to the exhortations of impromptu orators. Workmen on leaving the factories in the evening paraded the streets, carrying red flags. At a meeting of the council of soldiers and workmen’s delegates the formation of a coalition cabinet was favored. CAPTURED BY FRENCH 23,000 Prisoners, Many Ij&rge and Small Guns and Other Material. The French in their operations be tween Soissons and Auberive, ac cording to an official statement. prisoners, 127 field and heavy guns. 112 machine guns, 119 trench mor tars and guns, without taking into account vast quantities of war ms torlal. The Germans, who had-43 divi sions In reserve behind the France* British front, according to the Utewi information, have town obliged sinew April • tw throw In tt o! those divt •lows and by April 17. seventeen di vmtonn. badly cm up. bad tiready hwwwk wfethdmws le ta# run* le r A rtomameto m ta** turn i l gvewuwv «*ae • * ■ • »•4 • • *se»i> t «sa*w pis** • >« w*4 laasa ;•♦*■•■#*•!# i ' • Ksbmertnw toweld dtossegsa ebM* to •*» * a we es*«w« w# to efttav • * * *» * t • m > ■ «* * a* • #r wm ««eese«wd vbe to tw taws* swttmesw e* tow vw i s« thwfif enbrnenee toedbs Cbmb mmmvi Ytow ef* • » *«•« • t’*»* •# r%4 •• i »# wMuw toto wwrewtodw* wswe •awwsf toe wwemeitow ee* toss ws wg we neat yen# Tbwp tone d*vse ■■ le *••••* *4 : tatai we wweM to ad«e* nnswtwe Bus bsew is em tbe astobtoni swwea to* iwase UN FEDltoJ Ns*s-V# f mm %**WWIS bees TWn> tea** Amevwe la abwedneilp w*ry tbe vnwl berdee ad it Ihto tsw# sad tbe tofeesw after a survey wf fwwd cww* due as wd tbe eectd Tbe c bam bar's rspert sbwwwd hi* itosweb to see - Tg%t bw ah ebrwm- rtal ie shitriAge wf wheat win tw a (ye mobiba towwwwe wf th# recent had weather, the vast Increase iw the production of other grains, such as iora. oats aad barley, would more than make up for ths deficiency At the same time It was stated, a great deal of the burden of feeding the world could be taken from the vhouldrrs of th# United States by \ustrslla. where there will be one of the largest wheat yields this year that ever was known there. A total of 1 14.000.000 buHhels of wheat can easily be spared in Australia, It was reported. EXCHANtiV SHOTS t* ♦* § • ««w thwsv i ww sewewae *•* •**»*# to taw awMbecn vane wf toe ami lap < •*•*•# w*ns es-s trtod I Gwrsissw bar %'tor a a%i as *** Ipswwae ewe gvsm mwwsse sd e tototoesd tbe mtosaip wd dto| ia«v wwew bwaiae hast wes swwto The nwrww ef tow * *• *w *' • J to* ibw to hh*Bw bw Ibw Fvswib TW Fbtoie trswpe *wp«d y toed anton ed hswry ftMieecf wa end ess swptwrwd ed tow* ttodd w*f*to*f Iw* sd m d<wrs wd tow wwew wwvaii in eawto tow TWf wwew beweget ep te I » * • e v*w IT *• •« %W • ! *♦ • • 4«f ftdl ed ews to tosewwsw ibe hng ed P*to* eeaen ebbto m eweiineeBp evewto* WbUe tbe gwardn ee*w aZigbitod from tbe toevtse ibwy eece enegbl endec e bentf (no ed Ibe French nr* tittory end enftoewd lernhly, H*B ret era mg fvme Ibe Been wmert thnd Ibe nembe* ef Gwcmww 4sn4 tymg ee tbe ball toeedd to granie* thee new* •eww be face we wee sped le Fraesm TW Brtueb treepa ere bedding the majority ed IW peufUeee they gain ed in desperate if a ting ed tbe tom week aed are msklee eaeto- g—fl pregtess In tW fecw ef gseperatt re* ststance gems of tbo Garmon ed- thchs were broken ap by artillery and others were driven off after hand to hand infantry fighting. Bullerourt continues to be a centra of moot Intense battle with alternate advance and retirement on both side#. South of that point the Brit ish have bombed their Way Into Ger man trenches of the Hindenburg swatch in the direction of Queant. This penetration Is regarded at of great tactical significance. National Guardsman Engages in * • Duel With Unknown Man. Shots were exchanged Sunday night at 11 o’clock between a Na tional Guardsman guarding a New berry railway trestle and an un known man who escaped in tbe dark ness. The man .passed under the trestle the soldier was patrolling and disregarded the command to halt. The guard fired with his revolver without attempting to wound him in an effort to frighten him into obed ience but the man returned the fire whereupon a number of shots fol lowed. ' TAKE BULLECOURT British I>rive (termami Out of City Rullecourt, directly on the Hin denburg line, has been entered by British troops, who Monday morning were fighting the Germans within the town for Its possession. Giving the Germans no time to bring up reserves from the herd pressed A laws front where the French are driving through the gulf- filed He# for Lean by tW bach way to that sfrewgbsld General Haig * trowpe begun «e wtdww tbe broach they ba«e made ta the Mn TARNOWSKI SAYS Q00D-BYE Gives Good Advice to Austrian in America. Count Adam Tarnowski von Tar- now, the unreceived Austrian am bassador to the United States, be fore sailing Friday for his home laud, issued farewell greetings to his countrymen here and advice to "hon or the land whose hospitality they enjoy and in which they earn their livelihood." Speaking to newspaper men, Crtrnt Tarnowski said that he could not "but express my sincere regret at leaving your nice country," "I suppose," he continued, "I auf a unique figure in the history of d* plomatic relations between countriA In that I arrived at such an inoppoP tune moment, but while never hav ing the opportunity to present my credentials. I still conduct#^ the official business of the Austrian em bassy. du^not. kuow : what ray 'gOThriU— tt’**r' nrjgive’me to do when I re turn.. bat I sincerely hope the war will be of short duration and I would like nothing better than to be ac credited to the United States at Ita close " INITIATION COST S1S.000 Lmfal O f fi B g e