New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1917, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1917. (Frm Now Until Sept. 14th, Inclusive, We Close Fridays t 12.) Have a Skirt Made to Your Measure and Help the “Red Cross” League Half the Cost Given Them of Every Skirt Ordered Beginning Monday, Ju Cross” fund for the mext two weeks in this way. ORDER YOUR SKIRT made at our colored or black dress goods departments, at linen, wash goods, or silk departments, and on all models costing $1.75 for the making, 75¢ of that will go to the ‘“Red Cross” society. 16th, we propose contributing to the “Red JUST HALF THE PRICE of all dress skirts costing more than $1.75 to make will be donated to the “Red Cross” cause. This is your chance to do a good deed and at the same time getting a Skirt to please made to your order for $1.756 or more, above the cost of material. restriction as to the goods selected, and you help a noble Cholce of many models at $1.75 for the making. Skirts is $3.00 above the cost of the material selected. ured and be among the first to help swell the “Red Cross” fund. where your good work rebounds to your own profit. Mid-Summer Parasol Clearance It is a positive closing out of every PARASOL now in stock. Kinds for sun, or rain, as well as plain colored taffetas, pongees, dresden effects, and others too numerous to mention. As seson has been bad for Parasol trade, we are willing to make great price sacrifices, rather than carry any over to another season. There is no work along. Price for pleated Dress Come get meas- Here 18 There are fancy Silk Parasols, plain colored taffetas, purple, blue, pink, green, also plain centers with Dresden ribbon hordered effects, and many other attrac- tive fancy styles that are to be closed out AT LESS THAN HALF REG- TULAR PRICES, giving great opportunity for a Parasol bargain if you want one. HAVING AN AUTOMO! DELIVERY FOR NEW BRITAIN YOU COAN DEPFEND ON PROMPTLY RECKIVING ALL DRY GOODS PUICHASED OF US. Belirn Néws WEDDING HASTENED BY CALL TO ARMS Miss' Riley to Become Bride of Mr. Bigelow. This Evening GROOM GOING TO FRANCE RBenedict-to-Be Has Enlisted for Mili- tary Service and Ekpects to Leave for France Soon.—To Have Home Guard Inspection. One of the season's prettiest wed- dings will be solemnized this evening wnen Pauline Sessions Riley, daugh- ter of Mrs, Carrie I. Riley of Berlin will become the bride of Norman E. Bigelaw, son of Mr. and Mr: E. C. Bigelow of 24 Burton street, Hartford, The wedding will take place at the home of the bride's uncle, Bryan H. Atwater, and the ceremony will be “performed at 6 o'clock, Rev. S. A, Fiske, pastor of the Berlin Congrega- tional church officiating. The couple will be unattended, The wedding will be of a qulet nature and only immediate friends »f the family and relatives will be pres- ent. About 150 guests from this town, Hartford, New Britain and other cities will be in attendance. “The home of Mr. Atwater will be decorated for the occasion, pink being chosen for the general scheme. The young people, both of whom are well known in this vicinitly, did not intend to be married until fall and not auntil last Sunday evening did they de- cide to change the date of the affair. Because of the limited time before the day set for the wedding it was thought best that only a few people be invited, all invitations being de- 1ivered verbially by telephone. The reason for the early marriage {s the fact that Mr. Bigelow is an ad- vocate of the phrase “Don't talk war, make it,” has heard the call to the colors and some time ago became a member of Captain Otto P. Wiedman's fleld hospital corps of Hartford. This jgerement of men will be called out in the near future and sent to *“Some- where in France.” Although Mr, Bigelow has not the slightest idea when he will be called, he announced this morning that August 1 seened to be the logical date for the ushering in of that unit into the service. Arrangements for the honeymoon have not as yvet been it Is thought that the young people will leave shortly on an extended wed- ding trip. With them they will take the best wishes of their many friends ' and acquaintances. Home Guard Inspection. T'nder the command of Captain Beckett, the Home Guard met last evening in the Town hall and was put through the paces, receiving one of the stiffest grillings since the company was OTRanized. For one hour and a half they went through the manual of } arms, marched, stood at attentlon and performed other military tactics like seasoned veterans. Tn case they are called out to do their “bit” it is be- Jleved that they will not be found completed but | under the command of Captain Bec- kett will be used to good advantage. The company, although {ts person- nel has been materially decreased, has a complement of 75 men, all of whom are showing the effects of the training and are rounding into shape. The or- ganization is justly proud of the fact that twenty of its members have re- sponded to the call to arms and en- listed in some branch of the service. Passibilities are others will soon follow, Monday evening at 8 o’clock there will be another meeting of the Home Guards and as this is to be one of the most important meetings of the year all members are urged to be present. At this time Captain Woodruff of Bristal, in charge of Battalion C of the Home Guard of that town will be present to take inspection. Condition of the bullding, inspection of arms and the efficiency of all the men includifig the non-cams will be looked after in their order and given close scrutiny. After inspection drill will be held. At the Churches. Berlin @ongregational church, Rev. S. A. Fiske, pastor—Morning worship will be held tomorrow at the regular hour, 10:45. The sermon will be preached by the pastor, the topic to be “Negative Sin.” Sunday school follows at noon, and at 6:30 there will be a meeting of the Christian En- deavor society. Kensington Methodist church. Rev. E. F. Lounsbury, pastor—Reg- ular morning services will be held at 10:45 with Sunday school! at noon. The Junior League will hold a meet- ing at 5:45, and at 7 evening services will be held. Kensington Congregational church, Rev. Carleton Hazen, pastor—Morn- ing worship will be held at 10:45 with pastor officiating. At this service Dr. Havey will be baptized. Sunday school follows at noon. Christian Endevor meeting will be held at 6 o'clock, the topic to be “God, Our Helper.” St. Paul's church, Rev. J. C. Bren- nan, pastor—Services will be held at St. Paul's church tomorrow at 10 o’clock and at Sacred Heart church in East Berlin at 9 o’clock. Berlin Briefs. Mrs. Thomas Fagan has gone Detroit to visit her daughter, Joseph Stanton. Miss Elsie Benson of East Berlin has retirned from her vacation at the shore. Adolph Carlson's family, whose home was burned Wednesday night, will live in Mrs. George Gray's house until their new home is built. to Mrs. phasized by a food administration re- port today that during April wheat exports increased from 11,392,788 bushels as a month’s average for the preceeding nine months to 14,233,013 bushels. Even the smaller nine months’ figure represents a 652 per cent increase as compared with the three year pre-war period, 1912-1814. Beef exports, which had shown a comparative gain of 3830 per cent In the nine months’ average over the pre-war period, Increased from 22,- 296,972 pounds to 48,211,692 pounds. Sugar, which had shown a 1,500 per cent increase in the nine months’ period, decreased in April from the average of 103,486,176 pounds, to 92,- 283,738 pounds. A notable decrease was in the fish exports. The average of 15,122,474 pounds exported in the nine months’ period dropped to 7,544,877 pounds in April. SHIPPING DISPUTE ENDS Goethals Outlines Program Including Construction of Two Plants and Commandeering of 1,500,000 Ton- nage. Washington, July 14.—The situa- tlon with respect to the long drawn out dispute between Major General Goethals and William Denman, chair- man of the shipping board, as to the poilcy to be followed in constructing the government's big merchant fleet, was clarified today by General Goeth- als’ announcement of a comprehen- sive building program. The plan, as outlined in a communication by Gen- eral Goethals to Chairman Denman, calls for the immediate construction of two government shipbuilding plants to produce 400 fabricated steel ships of 2,600,000 tonnage; the comman- deering of 1,500,000 tons of shipping now under construction for private account in American yards, and an- other big appropriation for building ships. Preliminary steps to carry ‘out the program will be taken Monday, ac- cording to General Goethals. Chairman Denman indicated today that there would be no opposition by the shipping board to General Goethal’s program. About seventy young people attend- ed the M. E. Sunday school picnic at Lake Compounce today. Miss Mabel Barnes of East Berlin is home from Boston for the summer vacation. Mrs. B. Hinman of Meriden is visit- ing her sister, Mrs. Howard Gibney of Washington Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Enfleld of East Berlin, have gone to Roundpond, Me,, ! | for a few weeks' vacation. Their son, | Capt. W. G. Penfleld, accompanied them. Milton T. Gaines of East Berlin iz spending the week-end in New York. Harry Dodd, station agent at East! Berlin, has resumed his duties after a ten day vacation. EXPORTS ON INCREASE Wheat and Beef Make Notable Ad- vance During Past Month—Sugar and Fish Figures Decilne. Washington, July 14.—America's wanting and the instructions received burden of feeding the world is em- Komiloff's Men Capture Novica, South of Kalusz—Artillery Active. at St. Quentin and on Aisne. Petrograd, July 14.—Russian troops have occupied the village of Novica, south af Kalusz, in eastern Galicia the war office announced today. Parls, July 14.—There was active artillery fighting last night near St. Quentin and on the Aisne front, hé- tween Craonne and Courcy. the iar office reports. German attempts to raid trenches south of St. Quentin were crushed. The French made a successful raid of Navarin farm. On the Verdun front, at Hill 304, nd in the Woevre the artillery was active. A German airplane dropped bombs near Nancy. Two women and a child were killed. NEXT WEER’'S WEATHER. Washington, July 14.-——Weather pre- dictions for next week: North Atlantic states: Showers Saturday night or Sunday; senerally fair remainder of week. No decided temperature 1 changes. Plainville News TRUMBULL WORKERS COMPANY'S GUESTS “Circle T Help to Have Annual Outing at Savin Rock Monday GUARDSMEN LIABLE T0 FINES Local Plant to Be Closed All Next ‘Week—Selectmen Concur In Skel- 1y's Appointment as Fire Commis- sioner—Local Sailors called. Employes of the Trumbull Electric company, their wives and sweethearts will have their annual outing Mon- day when as the guests of the factory owners, they will visit Savin Rock to start the vacation permitted by the closing of the plant for a week. For the past few years it has been the annual custom for the company to entertain its working force one day during the summer months. On that occasion the company assumes the entire burden of the expense of an excursion to some shore resort and the employes are treated as the guests of the officials. Special trolley cars have been chartered to carry the excursionists to the ‘“Rock.” Married men have been given tickets for their wives and the excursion will take the form of a family picnic. Single men receive tickets for themselves, although a number of them will be accompanied to the shore by their sweethearts. The picnickers will also be the guests of the company at a shore dinner to be served after the party reaches the re- sort. During the day baseball game and other athletic sports in which the “Circle T men will participate. The anfusements which the “Rock” affords will also be enjoyed. Y The Trumbull factory will be closed all next week. During the shut- down the annual inventory will be taken and repairs will be made to machinery. The company has a large volume of unfilled orders on its books and the indications are that the plant will be busy for some time to come. there will be a Skelly's Appointment Approved. Willlam C. Hart's selection of Robert J. Skelly to fill the vacancy on the board of ire commissioners caused by the resignation of Hugh ¥lood has been approved by the board of selectmen and the commis- sioner is now ready to meet with h assoclates. Mr. Flood’s resignation, presented several weeks ago, was pigeon-holed until yesterday, the se- lectmen delaying action in the hope that efforts to get him to reconsider would be successful. Before concur- | ing in Mr. Hart's choice the board formally accepted Mr. Flood's with- drawal from the board. The action of the board in Mr. Skelly's case was but a formality as it has been the custom for a num- ber of years to permit the democratic member to name his party’s repre- sentative on the fire commission. Mr. Flood served as a democrat and con- sequently the picking of his successor was left to Mr. Hart. i will ceed Appropriation. The board of selectmen has been advised by its chairman, William J. Johnson, that the appropriation for highway improvements will probably be exceeded this year by reason of the state’s offer to allow the town to use the crushed stone taken from West Main street and Forestville ave- nue for repairing roads in the out- laying districts. The laying of permanent pavement Letween Plainville and Bristol which makes possible the state's offer gives the town an excsllent chance to get “back” roads in good shaps at very small expense. Thousands of dollars worth of crushed stone will be taken from the highway in excavating for | amiesite and the town will not have to pay a cent for it. The cost of carting and other expenses incident to using it for improvements will be considerable, however, and will make the highway expense for the year more than the selecman had esti- mated. The improvement will be well worth the extra expense. however, and will place Plainville in a position with towns which boast of *excellent highways.” Called to Colors. Francis I’. Skelly and Albert Allen have been ordered to report at the SERVICE L 3 It has always been the aim of this Bank to render to its | depositors and to the general public prompt and efficient | service. We therefore hope ! that you will give us the op- | portunity to serve you in| your particular needs by do- ing your Banking through | this institution. * Plainville Trust Co. PLAINVILLE, CONN, ¥ ¥ Newport Training station next Tues- day. Both young men recently enlisted in the naval service as apprentice sea- men and were sent home on leave of absence. Freed by Paying Costs. Patrick McClellan and George Rourke, arraigned in court last eve- ning before Justice E. P. Prior on charges of drunkenness and breach of the peace, are again at liberty. While sentences of sixty days in jail were imposed in each case the court sus- pended judgment on payment of costs rather than put the town to the ad- ditional expense of sending them to Hartford. The men were arrested yesterday by Constables Downing and Marino. They have been employed at the transfer station. Get Home Guard Regulations. Officers of the Plainville company of the Home Guard have received copies of the regulations governing the organization. The rules contain much information of interest to the guardsmen and show that they are subject to almost as much discipline as if they were in the regularr army. The law provides that a member of the guard may be fined $1 for absence from roll call, $5 for failing to report for parade and $10 for any act of insubordination. Their property can be attached or they can be sent to Jail for failure to pay the penalty charged to them. Privates in the company are to be paid at the rate of $2 for their ser- {lces when called upon by the state to do military duty. Corrporals will receive $2.25, sergeants $2.75, and fi; sergeants $3, according to the regula- tions. At the Churches. Advent Christian—Morning worship at 10:45 with sermon by the pastor, Rev. J. W. Denton, on the subject, “A Paradox in Christlan Experience.” Sunday school will be held at 12:05 and there will be a praise and social service at 6:15. In the evening at 7 o'clock the pastor will give the sec- ond of a series of character studies, using “Elijah’” for his subject. Episcopal—Holy communion will be celebrated in the Church of Our v jour tomorrow morning at 8§ o'clock. The rector, Rev. R. H. Burton, will preach at 10:4 Congregational—Rev. O. W. Barker of Hartford will conduct the morn- ing service Sunday. Methodist—The pastor, Rev. W. A. Goodell, who has heen spending the week visiting in Massachusetts, will he home for the services tomorrow. He will preach both morning and eve- ning. Baptist—10:45 a. m.. the Rev. J: Ward, will preac subject, “Becoming a Bles: Sun- day school will begin at 1 . There will he @ yvoung people’'s service at 6 o'clock, and at 7 o'clock the pastor will speak on “The Urgency of Recon- ciliation. pastor, on the Brief Items. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Walsh of New York are the guests of Mr. Walsh's parents on East Main street. Miss Ethel Prior of Canal street is entertaining her cousin, Miss Emily , of Fairfield. team will of Hartford Allen’s fleld. been admitted for an opera- baseball play ST tomorrow Frank Graham has to St. Francis hospital tion. Unclaimed letters at the pos are addressed to the following: Hamie, Billie Dickel, George Le seur, Edgar Vine, Tulek Panizr, gari Giuseppe and H. Murello. TO RENT—Room home comfor Mr v North Washington ville with hoard Geo, Martin, St., Plain- 7-14-3dx Notice, AUTOMOBILE FOR HIRE able rates. Day or trip. Glynn, Plainville, Tel 122, Reason- g, 80 T-14-tf FLEES PRISON CAMP BY DRUGGING GUARD San Francisco Man Tells of Hor- rible Gonditions' in Germany 14.—The sickness in German prison New York, July and lack of food camps, the belief among German sol- diers and citizens that Germany can- not win the war, the insults and worse meted out! to English by their German captors, the revolution- ary talk to be heard on all sides in Spain, the hardships attending es- cape from German captors—these and kindred subjects were told by Dr. A. M. Mars of San Francisco, an Amer- ican citizen of French birth who was imprisoned in Luxemburg in the first week of the war. He escaped the past spring by administering an over- dose of veronal to his guards and walking away wearing the uniform of one of the drugged officers. Dr. Mars, who is editor of L'Avenir, a French paper published in San Francisco, escaped from the camp at Diekirck, a town about eighteen miles from the capital of ‘Luxemburg, March 30 last and has been devoting all the intervening months to tryving to reach this country. He arrived at an American port yvesterday aboard a Spanish ship, after having walked, mostly at night, north through a stretch of western Germany and then northwest across Holland to Amster- dam. At prisoners Amsterdam Dr. Ma a sailor aboard a Dutch the Zeeland, and so to Vigo, Spain. At shipped as cargo boat, worked his wa Vigo he was mi: taken for a spy and arrested. but ow- | the efforts of ambassador to Spain, who first doubted the Dr. Mars® advent checked up his stor: were true, he was [ ing to the American Mr. Willarq, possibility of but finally nd found they rnished with an emergency passport and $250 by Am- bassador Willard and so was able to reach American soll again. Arrested in 1914, ars had gone to Luxemburg in March, 1914, he told reporters who sought him out at the Hotel Lafay- ette last night, to settle an estate of about $400,000 which hia mother, an American by birth, had left to him. Even when war was declared in 1914, he said, he did not think he would have trouble in getting back to America. “But suddenly one day in the first week in August,” continued ' the doctor-editor, ‘“‘along came the Ger- mans into Luxemburg. They had ‘been in the city and all over the grand duchy awaiting the signal. I was immediately arrested. Although I protested that I was an American citizen who had lived in the United States since T was two vears old I Was not believed. For two months T was detained in the prison camp, and then released on my promise to report every day. After two months of this 1 was rearrested and placed in the prison camp at - Diekirck, where I was kept until I got away last March. “Gen. Von Gotch, a wounded Ger- man officer, was in charge of the camp. All the Germans in charge of us had been injured in some way or other; the healthier men were all on the German fronts. Fully 50 per cent. of the 3,000 men in the camp I found when I arrived were suffering from dysentery caused by bad food badly cooked. Gen von Gotch, upon finding 1 was a physician, directed me to treat the prisoners. Thereafter as camp doctor I had better food than the other prisoners, sometimes better food than even the German officers were getting. German Spits in Food. “English prisoners, most or all of whom refused to work for the Ger- mans, were ftreated especially badly. The French rared better. I protested one day when 1 saw one of the Ger- man guards deliberately spitting in the apology for food supplied to English prisoners, but was told by a German officer to ‘shut up’ and mind my own business. “The staple food for the war prison- ers was a mixture of potato peelings, grass and some black flour. Rice was used in this during the early days of the war, but the rice supply long ago was stopped. Copies of Le Matin and other FKrench newspapers handed to the prisoners now and then first had been subjected in certain parts of the pages to a chemcal ‘wash’, which had removed the printlng where desired. Into these ‘washed’ spaces the Ger- mans had inserted ‘news’, such as ‘President Poincare Dead’, ‘Revolution in France', and similar wild imagin- ings. That's funny kind of French they are writing in Le Matin’, T said to the German officer who handed me the first of these ‘washed’ French paper 1 had secn. ‘In fact, it's the rottenes French I've ever read.’ And as a news paperman 1 could see at a glance the difference in type where the faked ‘news’ had been inserted. “In the talks I had with the Ger- mans about me in recent months they freely expressed their belief that Ger- many cannot win now.” More effective than the German guards, Dr. M said, was the swarm of trained dogs, perhaps 2,000 in all, which had been taught to attack any one attempting to escape. From the first days of his internment, said the doctor, he had asserted again and again to his captors that eventually he would escape, boasts which the Ger- man officers had received with hearty laughs. One of the three German officers di- recting the guards in Dr. Mars’ sec- tion of the camp, however, was suf- fering from neuralgia and often asked Dr. Mars to give him capsules of veronal to induce sleep, On March 30 the other two officers celebrated alcoholically at their evening meal, whereupon Dr. Mars, who had been waiting for such a chance, gave the officers suffering from neuralgia a larger dose of veronal than usual. Dr. Mars quickly donned the sleep- ing officer’s uniform over his prison clothes and found 40 marks in a pocket. Twenty thousand francs which he had when arrested had been taken away from him by Ger- mans. Dressed now as a German of- ficer Dr. Mars walked out of the camp and to the nearest railway station, four miles away, the German soldiers saluting him as he passed. He bought a first class ticket to Aix-la-Chapelle, receiving more salutes from the train guards. At Aix-la-Chapelle he stripped off the uniform after every one had left the railway carriage and started northward and west towdrd Holland in his prison clothes. During his night walks in Germany he lived on grasses and leaves some of the time, with occasional Ilucky finds of better foods. Once he met a Bavarian priest, to whom he made his confession. The priest feared house him, but did give him to continue his way. In Holland the Dutch were kindness itself, said Dr. Mars. He walked to Flushing and then to Amsterdam, and having no money shipped before the mast But upon his arrival at Vigo the Spanish authorities arrested him because of his lack of passports. Then Ambassador Willard became interest- ed in his case, paid for his food and lodging while his story was being in- vestigated and sent him on his way to America. to money FREIGAT WRECK AT STEVENSON, Stevenson, Conn., July 14.—Ten cars of an extra south bound freight on the Highland division of the New Haven railroad jumped the tracks near here late last night and after running along the ties for a considerable distance, crashed into the side of a northbound freight on the opposite track, piling up several cars on that train and blocking both tracks. Wrecking trains were sent to the scene from New Haven and Waterbury and worked all night in clearing up the track. No one was in- jured. Traffic was diverted via Bots- ford and Bridgeport but this line was also tied up for a time by the derail- ing of a car on the south bound freight. | RESERVE OFFICERSY 0 ABROAD SOOI Will Make Journey to Fra Earlier Than Expected Paris, July 14—Newly appointes members of the Officers Reser Corps of the United States army arf to see service in France much earlie than any of them anticipated. Owin to the need for regular officers train the men who are to make the first line that will. go to h trenches it has been decided to brin over a large number of the rese: officers, especlally in the staff 4 partments. The enormous task that confron Gen. Pershing in preparing depoy behind the lines for every conceivabl sort of supplies, as well as the & mand for important plant const: tion, makes it imperative to use reserve quartermasters, especialll those who have been taken from ranks of contractors and like induf tries. The preferense is to be given men who can organize working fore and push construction work to co pletion. The works under prospect in clude a series of large ice plants food, clothing, equipment and stor plants for gasoline, which from United States is coming on 1,000 lon tank cars. The first troops bound for treme training have gone to the advane camps. All along the route they the usual effusive French greetin| and -hospitality. French girls serw the boys with coffee and light refrei ments, returning the greeting of ** la France” from the khaki lads wit} “Atta Boy,” the slang being turn with a French accent that was d lightful. | The passage of the early Americal contingents has left behind hu dreds of girls whose favorite grei ings are now couched in real Am can baseball slang, to which French pronunciation gives a qui turn. Gen. Pershing is busy transformin the Americans into & new type fighting men. The transformatio however, is chiefly of an outward der. In their new accoutrements ti old friends of the lads who were 0 the Texas border will hardly recognisi them. Preparing for “Sammies” The talent now required behind lines for the support,of the Ame: cans is chiefly of a business kind Salvage plants are to be establishe | for the purpose of remaking and pairing shoes and garments. A pal shoes is only good for three weeks o trench life. And then a soldier has to have pound of meat a day, and it take some genlus to keep the supply run ning properly. An Irish officer wh came to quartermaster corps undi the reserve law astonished the highef officers yesterday by moving th headquarters with such celerity th the commanding officer was able change stations in one day. The United States will have to proj vide huts for protection of the sol diers in winter. It is probable thi type invented by a former Sap Fran cisco business man for the ' Briti Tommies will be adopted. The hut of corrugated iron and is well ven tilated, light and easly heated. also affords protection from stral shots. ) Representatives of one of N York city’s greatest dock buildin firms are on the way to France tg construct enormous receiving plat. forms, with gigantic cranes, for pana. liing 50,000 tons daily. When thi United States forces reach their full strength on this side they will requi an average of 100 pounds a day for each man, all of which must com from home. This total includes sups plies of all kinds, as well as ammun tion, 4 Among other things the army e neers require 125 miles of four mel piping. 270,000 ordinary shovel 30,000 picks and sixty steam rolie: These are only starters, and the sups plies will have to be replenished month. RECEPTION IN U. S. ENTHUSES ITALIANS Members of Mission Express Plo At Treatment and Promises of Co-operation While Here. Rome, July 13.—The Italian publishes interesting interviews wii members of the Itallan mission to th United States who have just returned. All of the members are enthusiastic over the splendid reception given them, saying that the friendship shown Italy, if it did not surpass, cer- tainly equalled that shown France and Great Rritaln. President Wilson and other leading Americans the members say, showed that they understood that Italy, like the United States, might have kept out of the war but entered it for humanitarian ideals and not for territorial conquest, although Italy, like France, claims the restitution of)| land belonging to her for reasons of nationality or to protect. her frontier. America, they say, realizes that the Italy agrees entirely with the program| set forth by President Wilson's mes sage to congress in April and that America will help Italy as she will aid the other allies, financially and im supplying food, arms and animunftion and coal. One of the first questions to be solved is that of tonnage which must be divided judiciously between. lnuhmry and supply requirements, & ! i