Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - May 8, 1918, Galveston, Texas 7VTH 28. MAY 8, DOUBLE INQUIRY INTO PROGRESS IN AIRCRAFT PROGRAM IS SCHEDULED With Approval of President Attorney Department Will Look Into tures and Senate Committee Will gate Delays in Construction and Examine Contracts Made for May new investigations of aircraft production are about to be While President Wilson and the cabinet were ins today Attorney General Gregory's plans for the inquiry into charges of and mismanagement ordered by the Chairman Chamberlain of the senate military committee announced that the committee proposed to reopen its investigation and its finger on the men for de- in the aviation In the meantime the house the army appropriation with for virtually iv in its Alter hearing Secretary Baker end his chief aides for the committeemen were agreed that the tion did not call for an investigation by and leading members said after the meeting they were convinced that the present status of war department plans was Tne attorney spent an hour with tne president after the cabinet Later he announced that Assistant Attorney General William L. Frierson had been assigned to conduct a thorough with the assistance of other lawyers of the department and special agents of the bureau of in- One of the first steps of Mr. Frierson will be to examine the report sub- Mr. tor evidence to support his sweeping charges of graft and German In addition to the Borglum Mr. Frierson will have the report of the president's special headed by H. Snowden Apparently the request of General chief signal officer of tho for a military court of inquiry to establish the truth or falsity of Borglum's accusations against army still is before President Senator Chamberlain's announcement followed conferences of military committee members and discussions of the subject on the floor of the The committee expects to begin its work within a week and probably will delegate the inquiry to a subcommittee to meet in executive ESTABLISHED 1842. VOX IF HE GOES Committee Will Do Senator Chamberlain referred to the charges that influences have criticism of the aircraft mid such not deter nny of the committee from its course In ad- approves New of a sensational kind In connection with aviation are being brought forth Senator lain I n P n n I MB whole business has been the every hp and to the Iran If there la responsibility fnr of proposes lo put on the men responsible without foar or Senator of re- and others approved the to give the public complete in- i The Connecticut senator said it was time for those making j charges regarding the aviation situation I prove or I Attorney acting at President Wilson's began Planning the investigation which is to if there has been or of i committee is i to do whatever Is necessary to i lhe i democrat of how many American abroad and Senator replied that no one had hpon som American materials in large shipped for aircraft subject came up as soon us the Stirred by yesterday in the order to the department f 1 Tho jn i p-n t i nn lain would people ought to be the senator the truth of the and they never have Referring to testimony of Major 1.1'ilcf uf tin before the committee regarding failure i to train 1.500 American because no airplanes were avail and plans to them to this i country for Senator I lam said a large number at the cadets I had never received anv declaring the statement Imperial at tht mental PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR AID FOR AMERICAN RED CROSS May Wilson today a the week May 20 as Cross and upon tho can contribute generously to the second fund of the American J for of troops in France and their dependents at war re- bo to determine I i and among the forees nnd how anil where the immense i lions were In his Senator declared there hud been something radically with the whole Tie had never seen tho he but declared reached in the H. den Marshall report were in accord with those of the The senate was A pal I. of the L's I and added significantly he was the THK Wednesday and Thursday continued r. West Wednesday and I i isi fi partly I I v i r M in -i nd and o we u on bended extreme optimism the chief signal officer and those associated with Senator Chamberlain reported was the in fect good I that they would have the planes to train the More Important Senator Chamberlain said the tee had even more important information which it was deemed unwise to and said he had received a letter one of the declaring their morale had been absolutely destroyed by ure to he now are on Pago 3.) SUMMA THE NE WS 71 voice t lie m Tn meek j p j y wat r rs t i H r Hort her on house of when they And shower Thv blessings from H T l' erv nei i for war fund campaign or American fur In home hc morrow of will con- hack from war work lutine to the II U 1.M-MI-VI-. from In nt to adopted railway session for i n-1 CITY COTTON hy U A ian populations of the allied The proclamation nx the fund of no contributed hy the American to the Ked for the of relief nt home and him been hy for the welfare of mm In our military and forces urid dependent upon nnd for the yet more urgent of our nnd iong home the of And ni the American lied been hy nnd International convention the public for And the year of our own In the brought unprecedented the nnd of our people nnd made evident the Ij of work re- lief In one ami to the needs of humanity under of And the duration of 1he nnd the ami eloner of the lied Cross with our own and with the governments of nnd with foreign relief In the discovery of of helpful neon under the which translate opportunity Into And lui the ned jn DII pope have faithfully nnd cally administered the hy virtue of my ns president of the nnd of the American Red I. to the week May 20, 1918, United will be called to Klve to thr In. work of relieving ui war inr morale of our own nnd the and of our by of effort and on ihe part of Bat in bear arc of purpose and with our In w hereof I net my and the of the United to he i Done In the of the 4th day of In the of our 101S. and of the of the United of America the and Hy the Secretary of 411 TO MEMBER BOARD SAYS SUPREME DUTY LIES IN THAT RESOLUTION IS TM SENATE TO ABSOLVE TTC I TWO JUDGES TO BE ASKED TO PROBE ACCUSATION OF ERAL i rn he r ii I.e ner -A i i M. ri i i i-o i. i f. i .it y rail will for of New 7-The hour has j Mnv T in I every j i of Ani or funds j i nt i tie p res I -ire t NICARAGUA TWENTIETH NATION n I TO DECLARE WAR ON TEUTONS I v i i I i Mny lo trent Mr. on an n vote of nnd of for n Is to Imply that the hy or n null lite i left entirely lo FOCH'S VETERANS ARE CONFIDENT OF BEATING BACK FOE Grim Warriors Await Blow They Realize Soon Must Fall Canadians and French Stage Successful Trench Latter Repulsing an At- tack in Amiens Have Difficult Task Bringing Up Men and Guns Over Heavy Still another day has passed without the Germans on the western front attempting to brgin a new phase of their Everywhere s able and the allied armies are lying in their positions ing with expectancy and also with perfect confidence the blow that they realize soon will fall at some points in Flanders or has there been any infantry operations above trench Southwest of near the Canadians ried out a successful killing a number of Germans and ing The French in tho Amiens sector also were successful in a similar In they repulsed an at- tempted German Doubtless the heavy due to the is holding back the preparations of the for it is no easy task to move up guns and supplies over the morass in the rowed territory to the the allied line everywhere is being reinforced to meet the enemy when again he unleashes his try The Americans are taking a prominent part in the ening of the M. the French who has just re- turned to Paris from a visit to the battle is authority for the statement that American troops are continuing to arrive in battle zone in An indication of the heavy fighting the British are forced to withstand is contained in the list of casualties reported during the week ending This list shows a total of of which number officers men were killed or died of In the the casualties are the heaviest reported in anv of It is that the figures do not report losses on the western front but also take into consideration the men wounded or prisoners in Turkish and where had been intensive Considerable political turmoil has arisen in England over charges made by General Frederick B. former director of military operations at the British war who recently was removed from his post and sent to active duty in the field after he had made statements which were considered to be a reflection ou General commander in chief of the allied armies on the western Nicaragua has declared war against Germany and her The entry of the Central American republic into the war makes the eth arrayed against the Teutonic The conclusion of peace between and the central powers had been about bv the sieninc of a Isolated from her allies by the defection of nothing was left for Roumania to do than accept peace from hex enemies at the hard price they Commercial Ostracism of Central Powers After War Urged at Memorial Service New May 7. Prussian was denounced and the of America to wipe It out em- at a memorial mass meeting at Carnegie Hall tonight under the auspices of the American Defense and the American Rights speakers were Roosevelt and Senator Robert Li Owen of ma. Charles S. former tary of the Ostracism of the central powers from the markets of the world until they are ready 10 accede Lo principles of in- law wta urged by Senator After reviewing the events leading up lo the sinking of ual on Lhc vessel and the ing throughout he will have end of 1918 and whatever larger number is necessary will be forthcoming to once more the doctrine by himself in the human thut justice triumph in- humanity nnd IT took the overlords of industry i up n and ihe riches 01' the They his promise the a financial and cial of complete ostracism from the markets of Colonel Roosevelt waa with which was not stilled until national anthem had been sung by the great audience. years ago he Lusitania was I wish that every flag in this city had stood at half-mast for this should be a penitential forever for When the was sunk we still failed to pre- and the fact that we the fact that failed to showed that our as found in the soul as in the We spiritual no less than from physical nnd humbly our that at our have li was not f H ol t Vt u is to do the nnd do it have into the hut do not we have only gone in 1 r three and three-quarters years the and French and Italians nnH have n was ours us much They taking of j Their leaders ns high imposition OP i between the horns the nnd nnd the overwhelming of Crent j out the life of the his group have would have liis ih i y to A after the L war he would stand no nonsense from I have bern vnin the to feel kniser was After rhe from th. best of i. of men th th mi: 11- M I w ill In 1'1'' hut I f. d f. r ue serve to I j I of SD 11.15 J on 1' i i o j vir st I Andrew iti house of d t 11 11 hM Meli I u i e. 11 i- i i. I J s f I i i l I I. v M r lie ir i r i i t t e n t M K e r 1 C il I I lie U r 11 ill lu
