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21,301. THOCKMB, VMTU ON LYNCH uiiuuu. 1 7 III AIJERICAi nnm TfinTTTli 1 11 I INM ilLiiil 1UUUU Preparedness 1 3 Assailing cs Fees. AT "HOTE-WRITING' for Murder," He Cays Hyphen Must Ca Abolished. 13 TO HEFiRY FORD Advocate, Busy at His Was Unablt to Call en the Coionel.

fe TU yt Tort. Timtt. I "Tr.O'T, May 19. Colonel Theodore I advocating' adequate prepar-i for national defense, today re- -i an enthusiastic welcome In cf Henry Ford, supposed strong-! tf beliefs, which la many i wm a repetition of the greeting i marked his recent trip to Chicago, day. at least.

Ford, tha preach -( peace at any price and tha man received tha majority of tha rotes In of tha State for nomtna-i i President by tha Republican ion. aa apparently forgotten. vevelt. advocate of thorough- was cheered. The 1 13 chief address, at the Opera spcice with cutting: sarcasm about r.rl movement and the Ford doc--.

irl It was at these moments l-i i -ter and derisive comments i-l from the Colonel'a auditors. i a liT 1. the Coionel thor- '7 er.J-jed. because the situation -i hie mettle and presented ob-. I cr lmajlnary.

to ba over-" cf Fori and paclfiatn n.a.a. obstacle. The Cplonel rod It rcusk.hod. tWln no pains to of the pacir s. i wvi.Tered three addresaes I t.

rul'e reception this after-. Ti'i'h we-1 satisned with hia v. at 6.10 o'clock tonight he i vl lor New York- Apparently he it tha danger that Xlr. Ford and would play any important I te deliberations of the Kepub-i Cooveution was a thine lie t4 put behind him. r.ocaevelt here st 7:10 V.ia morning-, and area at that t' era waa a crowd of 1.00O men i v.ca waiUi ta cheer blra at tha Ha waa met by ex-r 'Warren.

Uuxh Chalmers. Henry 1 r. ari other Old Guardera of 131X t-'rvi as enthciiastic about tha 1 to-lay as they were determined i 1 -a off when tha fight that ILrul 'man Farty waa waged. i the attention paid to the Oolo-i 1y dyed-ln-the-wool Old evoked comment and caused r. ba a mild sensation '1 circles.

cf the Commute, ef Ar- were anxious that tha Colo-. pay little attention to Ford t- r.g that feelli" entirely upon tr.at Ford was a pacifist. They 4 I l. a copy av newspaper i eontaised an articla hinting that r.el had sought a meeting with Asa result this explanation waa Ca several occasions prior to the visit today Mr. Ford had writ, cr graphed to blra.

either per-t cr through a representative, ask-i rr.ight sea the Coionel If he lire." even offering" to send a i')crlo bring the Colonel here If i trt to accept such an offer. Cci onel had replied that he would 'T s'ad t. talk to Mr. Ford. Just talk to any other cJtisen.

if 1 would call at tha Athletic Club I iirg the arrival today, tentative wer made to have Mr. rl caU at tha Athletic Club at SCO fhorCy after the Colonel de-1 rt his addresa at tha Opera House. I i ever, word was received at tha club it Ford waa at bis factory and ba nr.abla to call upon the Colonel. exriained. however, that would ti ta har the Colonel call i Mm at his factory, an offer which vl to arouaa much resentment on cf scree of those who bad ar- -i for the Colonel'a reception.

As a r. ef these lata manoetrrrea the ft-: onel and Mr. Ford did not meet, and tha exrepliona noted, atr. Ford waa thoroughly eliminated from the ils ia.y la Detroit. Cclonefs address at the Opera was marked by more than one feature.

By 10:30 o'clock. t.m set fcr tha address, a great rot of men and women had eoUected the Athletic Club and la front of C-ts House on tha Campus r' vhen tha Ions line of automo-l ocmpied by the Colonel and his r'f ani the Reception Committee left ri.b and proceeded slowly through f'reeta. Cserai Crwwded. of American flags were I ty erUockers as the Colonel, his r-e fcroal smile. Jammed througn crowd and li-to the Opera House, seat ef whi-h was filled.

Fully a I ir.i perwias fought with the police I 1 -ervn to get Inside the building, I wer driven back. "They-ci hr the cheers of the crowd in- in tve Colonel appeared on the plat-; s-1 ge back cheers fn answer. 1 i t'tl ta the Opera House was on' Csatlaaed ea Page HELD UP FOR PRESIDENT Gue of AVu; Sorter Convicted as be Investigated by Page. fpfritl to rse-A'ne York Timtt. VASIHXGTON.

May 19. The White House this evening- notified Senator O'Cionnan that Jeremiah C. of New Tork. the American cltlsen convict' ed In- Dublin by court-martial of being a participant hi the rebellion, and on whose behalf the President interceded with th British Government at tha Senator's urgent request had not been executed and that the sentence Imposed on him would not bo carried out pending Investigation and report by Ambassador Page. It had been understood that Lynch waa condemned to be shot and that his executioa was to have taken place early vesterday MORGAN CONTRACT UP IN FRENCH SENATE Sab-Committee Named to Stady the Agreement Abases Due to UnquaTified Intermediaries." PARli May 19.

The Senate Committee- on Army Contracts today took action concerning the contracts for war material. A semi-official report of the thesTSenate proceedings gives the action of the committee as follows: The Committee on Army Contracts decided unanimously to address to the Government through its President- a protest against the abuses arising from the persistent Intrusion of unqualified) intermediaries In war contracts. The committee calls the attention of the public authorities to the urgent need Tor energetic measures to put an end to the profoundly regrettable practices. A sub-committee was appointed to study the contract with J. P.

Morgan et Co. ami lis erfect on the contracts abroad by the War Ofrlcc." The sub-committee la composed of Senators Moheron, Iebert Perchot Steeg and Kiblere. Al! contracts made since the opening of hostilities by all the French Ministries were examined by the Senate Committee. The Morgan contract waa considered one of the most important so the committee determ'ned to stufly it first through a sub-committee. The so-called Morgan contract refers to an BcreerrMiit with the Mortran house through which the French Government pays for supplies bought in America.

Inquiries made of Paris agent of the Mot ran firm brought the reply that no detail are known concerning the subject before the Benale--Committee. BRITAIN AND SWEDEN REACH A SETTLEMENT Tension Between the Two Powers Has Been Relieved, Says herd Robert Cecil TjONEOX, May 19. Is learned from the Foreign Office that the tension be tween Sweden and the Entente Allies has been ended, although no official statement Is forthcoming at this time, lword Robert Cecil. Minister of War Trade, told The Associated Press an agreement had be-n reached today, but would five no detaJla. He indicated that the controversy be- tween Sweden and Russia over the Aland Islands was fictitious, saying Hus-rta never i Intended to fortify the Islands.

Referring to the speech of Foreign Min ister Wallenberg, before the Swedish Parliament on Wednesday. Cecil de clared the most remarkable feature of the addrexs waa the favor with which it waa received by all parties, Indira tine the strong determination of Sweden to remain neutral. ApDrehension of the Swedish Govern ment cincermn(r the Aland Islands waa removed through the good offices of Great Kritajn. France asked Russia for particulars on behalf of Sweden, and Russia readily gave complete and un qualified assurances that any defenses erected on the island's would be purely for emergencies of the present war, and that any such military works would be remove! at the end ef hostilities. The food feeling that has arisen be tween Sweden and Great Britain as a result of these discussions has brought about an understanding recardlna; trade between Kugland and Sweden.

In accord ance with which It la expected that Sweden will make large concessions with regard to pulp exports, and that Great Britain will yield in a similar manner in coal exports. GERMANY CONSIDERS U-BOAT ISSUE SETTLED Will Not Reply to Last American NoteVon Igle Case the Only One in Controversy Now. WASHINGTON. Msy 19. Germany, considering the submarine controversy with the United States closed, has determined to make no response to the last American note upon 'the subject Information to this affect is contained In confidential advices received here from Berlin.

The American note declared that the United Stales would rely on a scrupulous execution henceforth of the now altered policy of the Imperial Government such as wlU remove the principal aanger -to an interruption oi me gooa relations existins; Detween unnea States and Germany, and the United States feels it necessary to state that it takes it for granted that the Imperial German Government does not intend to Imply that the maintenance of ita newly announced policy la any way contingent upon the course or result of diplomatic negotiations between the Government of the United States and any other belligerent government" It whs indicated at the State rtepart-ment when the note was sent that the United States did not feel a reply waa necessary and that should one not be forthcoming this Government would consider Germany had acquiesced. With the apparent end of the submarine crisis and Germany's admonition to her cit liens in the United States to obey local laws. German officials feel that the only remaining cause of friction la the carte of Wolf von Igel. former secretary to the recalled German military attache, arrested In New York In connection wll! a plot to blow up the Wetland Canal. Count von Bernsfcorff haa asked f-r th return of pepers taken from von Igel.

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Amer. an tin. BOCt IT A I.I AM r.lRKUNU I 6E RED insuperable lur Champagne Cue. -Advu AM BILL JOKER AIMS TO ROB WOOD OF HONOR MEDAL i Provides for Inquiry That May Cloud Distinction Won in Geronimo Chase. RAISES TECHNICAL POINT Framer Would Limit Honor to i Regulars Wood a Doctor: When He Won It JOB FOR HAY'S FRIEND Provides Another Little Jcker Place That Only Judge Carton of Virginia Fit.

Speeiol to The Vw ler Tieies. WASHINGTON. Msy 19. In the lexi con of Congreee a joker la something that appear to bo what or. yut In another way, something that Isn't what It appears to be.

The joker In a legislative bill or resolution usually conceals Something that Ita authors are not anxious to have exposed to the light of publicity. All of which Is preliminary to saying that there are Jokers In the large and voluminous Army Reorganisation bill which emerged from the Joint Conference Com mittee of the Senate and House as a compromise measure, that has not given entire satisfaction to the friends of ade quate military preparedness. One of the Jokers In this bill provides for the appointment of a military corn- mission to investigate the reasons for the awarda of Congressional medals ef honor. This is said to be aimed at Major Gen. Leonard Wood with the object of trying- to Injure hla military record.

General haa Incurred some enmities in Congress by reason of his frankness, and one of the reasons assigned for the differences between Lindley M. Garrison, former Secretary of War, and leading members of. the Military Committees of Congress was the refusal of Mr. Garrison to displace General Wood from the office of Chief of which he occupied when Mr. Garrison cams Into the Cabinet It required legislation by Congress to displace General Wood.

This legislation is known as the Manchu act, a reference to the Chinese system of beheading. It provides that no officer shall be detailed away from his regular duty for more than four years In every six. So General Wood had to leave the moat Important place in the army and take station as commander of the Military Department of the Cast: Deal Alaalas; at Weed, i The provision for the appointment of a military commission to Investigate awarda of medals of honor was not in the bill when It was discussed In the House and the Senate. It was inserted in the Conference Committee. Denial was made tonight by a member of the Conference Committee that the amendment waa aimed at General Wood.

It was explained that there was some complaint that medals of honor had been awarded by favor, and It was thought that something should be done to Insure greater care in making future awarda, particularly In view of the proposal to give what would a'mount to retired pay to officers and enlisted men who had received medals of honor. General Wood received hla medal of honor for his services In the pursuit of Geronimo. General Wood was then a contract surgeon of the army. The force under Lawton was short of officers, aad General Wood waa put In command of one of the detachments. The medal of honor law provided that tha medals should be awarded to officers and men of the regular array, and the point was raised In the War Department that aa a surgeon not regularly commissioned but merely serving under a contract for a specified period General Wood waa not sua officer of the regular establishment But the medal waa awarded to him.

This was In March. 1S98, whUe General Wood, then a Captain and Assistant Surgeon of the regular army, was detailed In Washington as attending physician at the White Houae. President McKlnley was then In I General Wood's medal of honor waa awarded for distinguished conduct in the campaign against Apache Indiana In while serving aa medical and line officer of Captain Lawton's expedition." The Inserted section In the Army bill provides that the Military Commission shall ascertain whether the award of any medal' of honor was made for other than distinguished conduct Involving actual conflict with an enemy, and It Is the gossip here that -this Is aimed to bring- out whether It waa proper to give a medal to General wood for general distinguished services Instead, of for a particular act of gallantry. One of the stories circulated is that the real object of this legislation is to head off any aspirations of General Wood to become President of the United Statea. i fee Hay Ceastltaeat.

Another joker In the Army Reorganisation bill is very interesting to those who know of the circumstances connected with It. This Joker, slipped lno the. bill behind the closed doors of the Conference Committee, ss Jokers frequently are. la contained fn a para- 5 raph providing for the appointment of udjre Advocates In the reorganised regular army. Probably there never waa more peculiar language employed to frame a Joker than that which reada this way: Provided further.

That of the vacancies created In the Judge Ad vocate'a Department by this act one such vacancy, not below the rank of Major, shall be filled by the appointment of a person from civil life, not less than forty-five nor more than fifty years of sge, who shall have been for ten years a Judge of the Supreme Court of TTie Philippine Islands, shall have served for two years as a Captain in the regular or volunteer army, and shall be proficient in tho Sanish language and lavs." The one man Ir the world that this description seems to fit is Judge Adam C. Carson of the Supreme Court of the Pallid ine Islands. Judge Carson is. i 1 Ceatlneed aa Page I i England Will Not Relax Her Blockade Despite Submarine Reform, Says Cecil lX)NDON. May 19.

Replying to the German suggestion that Great Britain, la response to the change In tha German submarine campaign, ahould modify the food blockade. Lord Robert Cecil. Minister of War Trade, Informed The Associated Press today there waa not the remotest possibility that British econo URGE RETRIBUTION FOR THE LUSITANIA Memorial Meeting Speakers Demand That America Join War Against 'Nation Cone SEE OUR IDEALS AT STAKE Must i Fight for Our Lives If Ger- many Wins Americans dared Not Neutral at Heart. 'Anniversary services in memory of the victims of the Lusltania were held In Carnegie Hall last night' The memorial meeting was to have taken place on May 7. the anniversary ef the sink- log, but at the request of Msyor Mltchei was postponed, tha Mayor giving- as his reason for making the request the critics! status of German-American relations at the time of the anniversary and the danger, of disorder due to the naion existing: in the public mind as a result of that crista.

The speakers last night were George Haven Putnam, President of the Amer ican Rights Committee; the Rev. Dr. Randolph H. McKlra of the Church of the Epiphany, Washington. 1 and Pro- fossor Franklin II.

Giddlngs of Columbia The meeting- waa marked by out-and- out sympathy for the Allies and their cause. The time had come.1 said both Major! Putnam and Dr. HcKlm, for America definitely to align herself on the side of the allied nations. Proa-, slanlam was denounced, and the crime of the LusltanU described as a crime fiom the stigma of which Germany can never escape. There waa no disorder at the meeting.

It was a solemn occasion, and the only time that anything resembling laughter sounded In the hall was when Major Putnam, and later the other speakers, fit erred to the correspondence carried on between Washington and Berlin. Major Putnam spoke first rod explained hy the meeting waa po tponed from the original date. Blasae Mayor far Delay. i The entire blame for that postponement he placed on the shoulders of Mayor Mltchei, and added that tha cotn-ilttee, while complying- through a sens of duty to the request of the Mayor, nevertheless wished It to be distinctly understood that It had at no time shared the vlewa of the Mayor as to the wla-eora of the postponement Juat such a crisis as the Mayor bad In mind when he asked for the postponement waa. In the opinion of the committee, aaid Major Putnam, the proper, tiro when good catisens should get together and let the President know how they stand on mat- ters of such vital Importance to the life nf the nation.

Thla meeting, though aaid Major Putnam. la. nevertheless, a memorial to the Lusitania. It la for na to see to It that the American cltlsens. th women and children, and men.

who clod on the Lusltania did not die in vain. It la for us to see to It that such crimes (hall never again take place." Major Putnam aaid that at thla time the I-Aisltanla case waa not even a case ef correspondence, it had reached the state, he added, of Inocuoua desuetude. It was a matter which, he said, bad drifted off Into space. He called attention to the action of the Kaiser ia decorating the officer who aank the Iiaitanla within thirty days after the disaster, and of the atriklng oft of a medal in Germany to commemorate ine eeed. Until lately, he added, even the little children of Germany had glorified the tragedy in song-.

A Stat Geae Mad. "We have," aaid Major Putnam, "a Btate rone- mad to deal with! The other Ktates of Europe are trying now to curb thla mad State, and I declare that the time has now: come when the United Mutes should act with France and England and Belgium and their allies in the tause they are fighting: for. They are fighting for principles every American should hold dear. They are lighting- for democracy against autocracy. Germany believea the United Htatea Is her enemy.

The German people have been fed on ilea concerning the United Statea and its attitude In this war. If at the end of this war the Teutons win we will have the job on our hands of fighting for our lives. We are Hure of on enemy. Lets be careful to keep the friendship of thoee who ar still our friends." Msjor Putnam said he favored an alliance o( France, Great Britain, and tha United Statea Such an alliance, he aaid, iould surely maintain the peace of the world. The word of the committee to you." concluded Major Putnam, "la that the time has come for direct action." The venerable Dr.

McKlm waa the next speaker. I followed," said Dr. McKlm. the flae- of the Confederacy until It was furled in defeat but not In dishonor, at Appomattox, but today there can be no man more jealous than I of the rights of the American flas. I am sure that 'If my great commander.

General Robert E. Lee. could rise from his tomb In the mountains of Virginia, he would atand where I stand tonight and would utter the sentiment of America first and urge you to stand firm for American rights In all parts of the world." Dr McKlm compered the disasters that 'overtook the Tltanlo and the tuel-tania. i Aa lafasaew Cries. The case of the Titanic," he said.

waa a deplorable disaster: that of the Lusltania was an Infamoua crime, the result of man's Inhumanity to man. without a parallel ln-all the-records of civilisation. The Lusltania was torpedoed without a moment'a warning, an Infamoua deed, deliberately planned and carried out without mercy under official orders of a great empire. We record tonight an eternal detestation of that unspeakable horror and we utter a determination that it shall not pass Into oblivion while the monsters responsible for It remain unrebuked and unpunished. demand the repentance of all concerned in that crime from the bluejacket who fired the torpedo, to the Admiral who Issued the order, and tha Imperial Master who sanctioned the crime.

We stand with the President when voices the opinion of the great American Republic, and we insist that the Republic shall clear Itself from si- Ceatlaaed Fax 4, mic pressure on the Central Powers would be relaxed. Ha aaid: Wa maintain that me blockade la fully legal under International law. Ita reprisal character la merely Incidental, called forth by German use of submarines, but tha rigid enforcement of the blockade is merely an extension of our rights which we had not hitherto found It expedient to use." INDIA TRULY LOYAL, SAYS LORD HARDINGE Ex-Viceroy Tells How She Kept Faith with. Empire When Few British Troops Remained. GERMAN INTRIGUES FUTILE And Native Propaganda Val Wider Autonomy for Dependency Forecast by tho Late Ruler.

Special Cable te Tnu New tokk Tim ca LONDON, May 19. Lord Hardlnge of Penhurst who was appointed Viceroy of India In 1910 and returned to England last month after an administration which waa commonly described aa a highly successful continuation and development of the liberal policy Initiated by Lords Morley and Mlnto. disclosed some inter esting facts in the course of a statement made to the correspondent of Thi New York Times, whom be received at his house in Gloucester Place. Lord Hardlnge showed how India's voluntary contributions to the prosecution of the war had Justified that de-pendency'a being regarded as an in tegral part of the British Empire united to the central administration by con slderatlon of self-interest and political development which. In the eyea of the Indiana themselves, had assumed para mount importance and had received a moat striking exemplification during the couxa of the For months during: the early period of the war India waa practically denuded of British troops and the Indian con tinsjpnts.

who went abroad to fight the British Empire's battles, amounted to about twenty times the force which waa aent to Chita at the time of the Boxer rebellion, not only In men, but also In (-uns, rifles, ammunition, and stores of all kinds. India gave so unstintedly that, with the exception of a few bat teries which remained on the northwest frontier, there waa at one time hardly any. artillery throughout length aad bceadth of the country. How waa thla possible? Lord liar dlnae was asked. Only because of mutual trust.

he replied. At ine outset oi uw war a had consultations with leaders through out India. I frankly exposed to them the situation and neeaa oi tne empire nd I was assured that there would be no serious trouble Jn India. I believed their assurances, and my trust naa, oeen amply justified. Slevdertiarrtsea Left la ladla.

tv sent out of the country no fewer than 300.0UO men to the various fields of the Imperial battle-line In France. EaTDt China. Mesopotamia. East a trtrm Ralllnoll and even the Came roon. These consisted of both Indian nritlah trooDS.

When it Is re that the -British army of occupation uaually- numbers some 73,000 men. and that at one time for a jew Wrf UIVIV 1 m. British troops, something between lu.tAJU and lo.tWU men, in a roumr mm a population of over ai3.UJ0.uiu, one can realise that euch a course of action would have been foolhardy In the ex-trerae had there been any real foundation for the reports of widespread and serious disaffection, spread train enemy the matter In a nutshell, had India been as disloyal a th Germane Would doubtless have liked it to be our i Kn tantamount ta policy womm evacuation ef our Indian Empire, wlta the proDaoiniy mat inr the few thousand troops, left be- artlllarv. and the whol whit civilian population to being au emergen uuu'i wv This sltuaUon waa. however, purely temporary, for alnce the period of the first: few' months of the war the gar-riaon of India has been considerably reinforced by territorial and garrison battalions and territorial artillery.

Why" added Lord Hard Inge as an afterthought the Indian Empire save to the British Empire in the critical early stages of the war when Eng-land'a resources In artillery were, as was well known, entirely inadequate to the needa of the situation, the wtiole of ita artillery of most modern and up-to-date pattern with the exception of a few batteriea. which were kept on th northwestern frontier for against attack from without And even these batteries were reduced from six to four guns. India also sup- iryiu ti i I -T. (iMi.rnnunl with Pliea ine great quantltlea of shells, rifles, and eromntf South Africa with shot n.dr--." tHea facta it Is annarent" conUnued Lord Hardlnge. that the In dian Government nau iuu nnumiin the loyalty of India, the Princes, chiefs.

jTnle. How haa that trust been Justified? Well. I'U five you a few atnaing iit-, more than generalization i about a lOVslliy. lis Wltj ma vi vi Sikh, rtsturned to India from Western Pan OI II muru naica Cevnada, They were imbued with revo- Mas at aavwl -svs. V4.

si rtl 1 St 1 a der th Impression that the whole coun try was remuy io riw. 1 wa un eountrr and arrived In the Pun. Jab They committed all sorts of excesses, not stopping at murder. This was in Februsry. IMS.

Not only did they isu to suoven toe when the Government took In hand the auIm 1luin1N mil himt. imm ui In down the perpetratore. It waa Invariably assisted by Sikh peasants, who In numberless cases themselves seised and handed over the jrutlty partlee to the authorities In the Punjab. TH m. MturnaH Rlkha were undoubt edly parties to a conspiracy which had for Its object to causa a general rising and seise.

In the first Instsnr Ferose- V. pore arsenal. I mm uiruufn mi uiy falling loyalty of the native population tit Rrttiiih Ral that the constilracv cam to naught Gersaaaa Behind the Plettlaa-. There waa ample evidence that German assistance, financially and otherwise, had been given to the agitators. One plot waa directly Instigated by Ger many through various agents, who supplied considerable funds.

This was an ambitious scheme, nothing less than to create a general revolt, which waa timed to break out on Christmas Day. However, the Government was furnished with full information of the projected rising, and was able to forestall It and render all the preparations abortive. The centre of thla Bengal, where Catlaaed oa Face 2, WOODS TELLS OF POLICE WIRETAPPING; NATIONAL ISSUES IN II, SAYS MARSHALL; RESOLUTION IN CONGRESS FOR AN INQUIRY Congressman Loft Calls for, info the gseetal te Th4 WASHINGTON1. May ID. Congressman George W.

Loft of New Tork City offered a resolution In the House today asking- for an Investigation by a se lect committee of flye members of the House into the wiretapping-" controversy, Mr. Loft is a Democrat The Loft resolution refers to aa alleged gigantic scandal growing out of the tapping of telephone and telegraph wires In the metropolis. The resolution was referred to the jHouse Committee fin Rules. No plans have yet been made for Us consideration. The resolution reads: j' Whereas, It has been sUted In the press that there has developed a gigantic scandal growing out of the practice of tapping telephone, telegraph, and cable wires in the City of New Tork.

and whereas, It baa been stated on high authority that this practice has grown to become a menaqVto international relations, and. as stated, It baa to do with Important matters affecting the National it resolved. That the Speaker appoint a select committee of five members of the House, and such committee bo Instructed I to Inquire Into all the facts connected with this matter and report its findings and recommendations as soon as practicable to the House of Representa- Uvea; and the committee is authorised to subpoena witnesses and ad-' minister oaths and send for persons and papers in prosecution of said Investigation. No Request At the Department of Justice it was aaid that no request had been made through that department that the Seympur wires be tapped. It was Indicated there that if anybody connected with the Federal Government knew anything on the subject the proper place to Inquire was the office of the Federal District Attorney In New Tork.

but It was explained that this' was a mere suggestion not based on any definite knowledge. All jtb Information on the wiretapping case that appears to be available herd leads to the belief that the Federal Government did not officially ask the New Tork authorities to do the wiretapping. ,1 National Issues Involved, Says Marshall United States District Attorney yesterday: I have made Inquiry into the circumstances concerning the investigation now going on into" the listening on the wire of Messraj Seymour at and find that the case which the Police Department referred to as having to do with the Federal authorities Is a case which I know about which, has been of interest for some time to the Federal authorities and which involves national Issues. Any publication of the facts In this case at the present time would be most regrettable from the standpoint of the administration of Federal justice. The work of the Police Department during the recent strenuous' times has been of the utmost benefit to the Federal authorities.

I could cite one case after another to which they have devoted the greatest en-, ergy and the most clear-headed Intelligence. The Federal i and rity authorities work in entlr harmony, and, while I do not feel fre to deal with names and cases. I can state most positively that the Federal Government Is Indebted in a great number of Important cases to th Polk- Department for moat valuable and efficient assistance. BEAT ITALIANS BACK ON 5-MILE FRONT 1 Big Austrian Guns Force Withdrawal of Foe Between Monte Maggio and Astico Valley. OTHER POSITIONS GIVEN UP Berlin Estimates That the Aus trians Have Pushed Ahead Five Miles at Some Points.

ROME. May W. (via London.) Evacuation by th Italians of Zugna-torta ln th Lagarina Valley, south of Trent) and th Un from Mont Maggio to Sairilodasplo, between tha Terrsgnolo Vallef and the'upper Aatleo. (souueast of Trent.) is announced today by the ws? Of flee, wnicn state, that the re-. ennseauence of several cava of violent artillery bombardment The DUlietin reu.

In the Adamello sone we occupied the head of the upper 8arca and th adjacent heights, capturing thirty prisonera and rich booty In materials and provisions. Between the Chles and the Adiga ther haa been an Intens artillery action. On a portion of th front between th Adlg and th Terragnolo Valley we evacuated the Zugnatorta position, which a three daye" Intens and uninterrupted bombardment had rendered untenable. Two auceeealv violent counterattacka against our positions south of Zugnatorta, were repulsed with very grave losses for th enemy. took prisoners and machine guna i In the sone between the Terragnolo Valley and the upper Astico th enemy continued, with numerous batteries of all calibres, a violent bombardment of our lines of defense from Mont Maggio to Sagllodasplo.

In order to avoid useless losses, we evacuated this line and fell back In good order on our positions in the rear, where we ar reinlorclng our- selvea In the sone of Aslago there Is nothing of Importance to report In the SuKana Valley, after an Intense artillery fire during- the whol of the night of the 17th, th enemy at dawn attacked our positions from the Maggio Valley to Monte Collo, but waa evenrwher repulsed. Our artillery bombarded Innlchen and Slllian. In the Drava Valley. On the remainder of th front the artillery activity haa been moat intense In the upper regions, but moderate on the laonso and Carso fronts. The night of the 17th we repulsed an enemy attack In the Monfalcone sone.

Enemy air raids ar reported at different points on the Venetian Plain. On person waa killed and another wounded, and alight material damage resulted. Our aviators bombarded enemy camps and artillery parks In th Folgaraa son and returned aafeiy despite attacks from batteriea. The withdrawal of the Italian front be tween Monte Maggio and the Astico Valley, which Ilea to tha east and northeast, represents a break in the battle line of a little more than five miles. The new line Is probably close to th frontier.

rem-which the Italian force had made but little advance into Austrian territory at this point Attacking at Peer Pedats. Special Cable to Tss Niw TOK Tutsa ROME. May 19. (Dispatch to Th London Dally Telegraph.) Here are a Coatlaaed a Page 3. House Inquiry Seymour Wiretapping Case Knm Terfc rfca.

from Washington i Marshall made the following statement BORDER MILITIA i SLOW TO ENUST Tardy New Mexico and Arizona i Troops Halt Funston Plan for Boundary Patrol. i ONLY TEXAS MEN PROMPT Realignment Likely to Include Recall of Pursuers of the Big dend Raiders. WASHINGTON. May Funston' realignment of tha border pa-trot waa being delayed. War Department officials said today; by alow mobilisation of th Arlsonai and New Mexico National Guard and by the disappointing showing In numbers and equipment of some of the Guard companies that reported for service.

Although it haa beenj ten days alnce President Wilson called-; out the Texas, Arixona and New Mexico Guardsmen for patrol duty along th border their mobilisation and assignment ar far from complete. The Texas companies responded promptly, but; in the other two States tha call haa not I met with so quick a response as officials expected. In addition many companies In all three Statea have been found to be below their paper strength. far General Funston haa reported only In a general way on the National Guard mobilisation, but a fuller report IS expected early next week. Officials hope that by that time the reassignment of troops along th border will have been completed.

It ia considered likely here that the realignment win Include withdrawal to the American side of tha expeditions under Colonel Sibley and Major Langhorne. which -crossed In pursuit, of the Big Bend raiders. Their mission! Is regarded aa virtually accomplished, the bandits In thatvregion apparently having been dispersed and the Americans captured at Boqulllaa rescued. A Carranaa command moving from Saltillo also Is expected to do much toward relieving tha Big JJend situation. General Funston sent a brief report on the killing of Sergeant Harry Furman of tha Twenty-third-.

Infantry, ssytng he was ahot on the Mexican aid of the border when searching for a atray mule. Th report sta ted that Furman waa shot twios, one presumably through the heart; that the body appeared to have been left undisturbed, and that the persons who fired- the shot were unknown. A border story that Furman waa killed on th American aide by Carranaa soldiers and dragged to the Mexican side was not confirmed In the report received from General Funston. Furman's pistol was fiund with two empty shells In It. and It was rumored that he himself had begun firing at a party of Mexicans, probably while he waa tipsy.

American officers, however, deny thla statement aa those who saw Furman before he went over the line said he was entirely sober. General Funston closed his dispatch with the remark, as reported to, him, that in all probability the truth of the matter never would be known. Is The State Department's dispatches today from Mexico City indicated that the strike of railway employes that haa paralysed traffic In a large district north of the capital tnlg-ht soon be ad-Justed. Resumption of train service south from Saltillo. the dispatches said, was to be resumed today.

Coatlaaed aa Page i. POLICE HEAD'S TESTIMONY Wire Spying a Necessity to Detect Crime Here, He' Says! MAYOR CHARGES TREACHERY Accuses Thompson Committed of Harassing Federal Au- thorities by DAY MARKED BY WRANGLES Corporation Joins in Demand That Legislative Body Cease Exposing Secrets. The controversy over the right; of the polic to tap private telephone wires and listen to conversations was; wags with great bitterness yesterday, It led to many clashes between Senator Thompson. Chairman of th Legislative Committee, and city officials, headed by Mayor Mltchei. 5 Among the many developments, of the day these were the most I Senator Thompson as serted that no evidence had been pro-' duced to mho fr that the Vnlted States Government was in any way Involved In the tapping of the wires of the law firm of Seymour Seymour, which precipitated the present and that did not bellev tb Government Interests wer -tnroetfd.

Mayor- Mitchel. Police Commissioner Woods, and Corporation Counseyj Hardy asserted just as positively that the Government's interests wer involved. and that thla was on of the reasoaa why tb law firm's wires- wer tha Mayor branding as cumulative treachery the erforts of Senator Thompson -and hia committee ta make the matter public Nat least leaves Iavelred. i United Statea' District Attorney Snowden Marshall a hand: in the proceedings by Issuing a statement later In the day declaring that, th Seymour case Is one which he knew had been or Interest: to the Federal authorities for some time. He sail It Involved national Issues.

The recent work of the Polic Department he said, had been of great benefit to tb Federal authorities. It was shown that five men connected with h. Seymour office, on being Frederick Seymour, conducted ja war brokerage bualneas and sold to American manufacturers of munition la-formation obtained through a grapevine process In Wall Street Letters that passed between some of this group and a firm in Tennessee were produced by District Attorney Swann. who said that on or th group represented himself as a confidential agent of J. P.

Morgan A. Co. i '(. Additional Information as to how tho wires ef tb Seymour firm war tapped and two dictaphones Installed there was given to the Thompson commute by employes of the Equitable Building and others. It was shown that Will-lam J.

Burns had charge of the' Job, and Senator Thompson declared that In bis opinion the detective had violated the fourth amendment ef the; United States Constitution. Th committee made an Ineffectual effort to subpoena every member of th Burns Detective Agency. Ceagres May Investigate. Representative George W. Loft, (Dem ocrat.) introduced a resolution tn Con gress for an Investigation by a House Commute of five members of th tap- -ping of wires by New Tork City authori ties.

Senator Thompson said he would gladly turn over the whole Shatter to thla It was rumored that Senator Thompson had been called on th long distance telephone from Washington by United States Senator Jsnses W. Wsds worth, (Republican.) and informed that th Inquiry ahould go no further. i Police Commissioner Woods went fore the committee and told tn detail of connection with' the case and: hotly defended the police practice of listening In on telephone wire. II as serted that the practice wag done only In cases of suspected crime, and that he personally gave' the order in every case. District Attorney Swann aaid he was making a careful Inveatlgstion of the Seymour case and the charge that th private correspondence of the: Morgan firm had been1 stolen.

Mayor Mltchei also announced that he would go before th Thompson Committee and tell ail about the tapping of th telephone ef Father Farrell of Brooklyn. He aaid tb truth of thla case haa never been revealed. The day'a proceedings smarted with a war of words between Senator Thompson and Corporation Counsel; Hardy. Th Senato -called his committee to 'order in the Coroner's room In the Municipal Building, which was packed to the doors, and announced that the rooi-mittee would. go into secret session.

Pretest tresa Mr. HarJy. Mr. Hardy hla way to the front and said to thf Chairman: I wish to protest la behalf of the city against any further examination.