Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 3, 1917, Page 1

Recess Taken at 12:45 This Morning After a Debate Lasting Eight Hours INDICATIONS ARE WILSON’S PLAN Wlli. PREVAIL La ollette Declined to Agree Upon a Time for Vote—Repub- lican and Democratic Leaders Predict That the Measure, Embodying “Other Instrumentalities,” Will be Passed by an Overwhelming Majority—Probably It Will be Late Today Before the Bill Goes to Conference—Adminis- tration Leaders Are Confident That the House Will Ac- cept the Senate Substitute. . Washington, March 3—Early morning, after more than eight hours’ debate on the armed neutrality bill in the senate, leaders reached an agree- ment for a recess until 10 a. m. withcut setting a time for a vote on the_ meas- ure. _Arming of American ships to defy the German submarine warfare awaits only upon authority of congress, which will be given before another day pass- es. It became known tonight that Pres- ident Wilson is ready to give the order, has made its preparations to begin equip- a and that the navy department ping meNhantmen for defense at ‘Mmoment’s notice. Passage Predicted. The senate debated far into the night the Dbill approved by the president. au- thorizing the arming of ships and the employment of “other instrumentali- ties” to protect American rights and providing for a bond issue of $100,000,- 006. _Little opposition developed and republican and democratic leaders pre- dicted passage of the measure by an overwhelming majority. is expected to accept the bill as a sub- stitute for its own, which does not ca ry the phrase “other instrumentali- ties” and .prohibits the imsurance. of munition ships by the fedefal war risk bureau. 4 % International Crises. Discussed. _The cabinet miet this afternoon and discussed every phase of the interna- tional erisis. There was no announce- ment after the meeting, though it was Jearned that the administration con- sidered that there was nothing more to be done until congress acted. About the only new development of importance before the cabinet was a communication announcing that Ger- many would release the American prisoners of the Yarrowdale on March 7. upon the expiration of a quarantine established because of a British sailor detained with the Americans having developed typhus fever. Democrats in charge of the bill pro- posed this step so it can go to confer- ence immediately after the senate acts instead of having to be sent to the house. La Lollette Delaying Vote. Senator La Follette, upon whose at- titude virtuzlly depends when a vote Wwill be reached, declined to agree upon a time to vote. Numerous senators still have speeches to make and it probably will be late tomorrow before the bill goes to conference. Administration leaders are confident that the house will accept the senate substitute. Recessed at 1245 a. m. Washington, March = 3.—At 12.45 o'clock the recess was taken. The agreement was reached after Senator La Follette had withdrawn his objec- tion to taking up the bill as passed by the house, with a view to substituting for it the broader senate measure ap- proved by the president. SENATE DEBATES AT LENGTH NATION’S FOREIGN RELATIONS Little Opposition to President’s Re- quest For Armed Neutrality. Washington, Mareh 2. — President Wilson’s bill to authorize a policy of armed neutrality was pressed toward passage in the senate tonight with a debate running the whole scale of the nation's foreign relations. The measure which the White House has announced it desires & a substi- tute for the lesy sweeping bill passed by the house last night, developed lit- tle evidence of determined opposition. It gave senators a long-awaited oppor- tunity, however, to declare their con- victions in the ¢nternational crisis and the debate proceeded wth deliberation despite the knowledge that it now is senate action on which the president Is awaiting. No Party es. There were no party lines, and most of the pacifist element of the senate declared a willingness to fall in behind (hs{ president in his move for an armed policy. Senator Stone, head of the foreign relations committee, however, by vir- tue of his position the logical adminis- tration spokesman on such questions, withdrew from the task as soon as the armed neutrality bill was brought in by his committee. He said for the measure, and submitted an amendment to exempt munitions car- rying ships from the protection to be extended other merchantmen. La Follette Ceases Filibuster. To Senator Hitchcock, and Senator Lodge, the ranking democratic and re- publican committeemen, fell the lead- ership. Senator La Follette, about whose attifude there had been some uneasiness, intention of filibustering: Galleries Were Crowded.#® As the debate proceeded into night there were many predictions that it would #& well toward morning. be- fore a vote could be luhg«hed tl dramatic features of were heigh by and the at: this The house — the floor as spectators. Among those in the diplomatic gallery early in the night was Sir Cecil Spring-Rife the British ambassador. Includes “Other Instrumentalitie: The senate bill, in addition to au- thorizing the arming of merchant ships would extend the authority requested by the president for the use of “oth- er instrumentalities’? in protecting American rights. That feature was omitted from the house bill which also contained a prohibition objectionable to the president against the insurance by war risk bureau of vessels laden h munitions. More than one senator, among them Senator Brandegee, declared passage of the senate bill would mean war sooner cr later, but almost without exception they added that they were ready to accept war on those terms. A few insisted that it would not mean war. Ngne expressed any other ex- pectation than that it would be pass- ed, and then be accepted some time tomorrow by the house. Senator mmings moved early in- the debate to amend Senator Stone's amendment by providing for convoys for merchant ship& and later Senator McCumber proj as_a substitute for the ‘entire. a resolution de- claring the rights of neutral merchant vessels cngaged in commerce, includ- ing the right to.arm for defence only Belligerents would have the rght un- der the resolution to. blockade in a zone around an enemy and to search, seize or destroy _contraband cargo. Neutral vessels challenged could be dred upon only in case of attempt to ‘escape. PLANS FOR MOBILIZING PATROL OF FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT Yacht Owners Volunteer to Turn Their Boats Over to the Government. Boston, March 2—Plans for the mobilization of the patrol squadron of the first naval district were dis- cussed at a conference at the Boston candor would not permit him to take the floor announced that he would talk at length on the bill but had ne ‘The - on' Morrison’s navy yard today between Command- ant” William R. Rush and his_staff and Robert W. Emmons, zd., and Na- thaniel Thaver, members of the Mass- achusetts public safety committees. It was decided to invite all yacht clubs of the district, which extends from Eastport, Maine, to Chatham, to send ropresentatives to a ‘meeting at the Eastern Yacht club in Marblehead next Monday night at which the nature of the work to be done will be out- lined and the vacht owners will be in- vitea to join the squadron. Naval of- ficers said large numbers of vacht owners already had volunteered to turn their boats over to the govern- ment in the event of hostilities. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE APPROVES PREPAREDNESS A Committee Has Been Appointed to Formulate Plans. Hanover, N. H, March 2—Dart- mouth College today took a definite stand for preparedness with the ap- pointment of a committee to formulate plans. Heretofore President E. M. Hopkins has not approved of the plan, which he thought might prove need- less, but today he issued a statement in which he said the college should be ready for any - conditions which might arise. AMBASSADOR PAGE IN - CONFERENCE WITH BALFOUR Afterward Both Went to See Premier Lioyd George. London, March 2, 11.06 p. m.—Wal- ter Hines Page, the American ambas- sador,” had a long conference today ‘with Arthur J. Balfour, the British secretary for foreign affairs, at the foreign office. Afterwards they both went together to see Premier Lloyd George at his official residence, where they remained a long time in confer- ence. POTATO BOYCOTT IN CHICAGO IS EFFECTIVE. Deelined 15 to 30 Cents Thursday and 15 More Friday. Chicago, March 2.—Chicago's boy- cott on potatoés was much in evi- dence today when the price declined 15 cents. This was on the heels of a decline of from 15 to 30 cents yes- terday. Eggs dropped one cent. Five cents more was added to the record- breaking price of hogs today. The top was reached at $13.60. CHARGED WITH CONCEALING ASSETS OF BANKRUPT ESTATE James T. Ward, at One Time At- torney for “Moneyless Millionaire.”. Chicago, March 28.—James T. Ward, the attorney, who at one time held $2,000,000 of the p: of Edward the. so-oalied. “money- W. Morriso less mi * was indicted by a federal grand on charges of perjury m assets of Double That of Any Other Paper, American Surgeons. in Germany. resumed their work in the hospital” says the Overseas News agency (the official German news bureau). FRENCH COMMENT ON ZIMMERMAN NOTE aris Temps Says It Will Create a Powerful Impression but It Will Not Surprise Anyone. / Paris, March 2, 5.50 p. m.—The note of German Foreign Minister Zimmer- mann to Minister Eckharit, in Mexico City, commen: thereon from Washing- ton, and detailed mor“h;"oflogr;?;el:- ings in congress are publis] - inently in the French press today, with many caustic editorials and local news contributions on the same subpect. Luis Quintanilla, the new Mexican minister, says in the Temps: “Germany thought Mexico would be able to serve her “E'Lt The war has brought into my country a con- sxdemme‘:‘mmbet of Germans who since 1914, have made an admirable campaign in favor of their cause. T cannot qualify it otherwise than as admirable. They founded newspapers and they distribute considerable sums for propaganda to lead the opinion astray. Nevertheless, thev have not succeeded and the sympathies of Mex- icans generally are for the entente aliies. "The Frenchman is loved ev- s erywhere among us. His Ltlngu‘luge taught in our schools and all edu- cated people speak it. I have not known in all my life a single Mexican who spoke German The Japanese embassy describes the note of Foreign Minister Zimmermann as a machination easily seen through and to which no importance should be attached. “The document published by The Associated Press, says the Temps, will_produce a powerful impression, but it will not surprise anyone. It is in the German style of cynicism, dou- ble dealing and lying, which all the nations in the world, belligerent or neutral, have in turn come to know.” GUNS AND MOUNTS ARE ~ READY FOR AMERICAN SHIPS Work Will Begin as Soon as Presi- dent Wilson Orders It. Washington, March 2.—With suns, mounts and ammunition for arming American merchant ships already as- sembled at navy yards, putting the weapons aboard can begin immediate- Iy on orders from President Wilson. vy officials estimate that it would take from three to five days per ship, working under pressure, to equip ves- sels previously surveyed for possible use as naval auxiliaries. A Jonger time will be requireé for others. Every important Atlantic coast. yard is ready to undertake worl ships in_its district on~telegraphic=in- structiosis from the department.” Aside from a blanket application from_ the American Line covering all its ships, the navy department now has only re- quests for zuns for a few individual vessels. The work probably would be done at navy yards in order that machinery for handling heivy weights quickly could be used. Under the senate bill a full com- plement of guns may be placed on board each shix The ' big liners would carr: x 6-inch guns each for war purposes and probably would car- ry two or more for defense against submarines. Most of them have deck emplacements already in and struc- tural work would be necessary only to fit proper magazines to insure against fire and_explosion. The question of providing gun crews would be taken up for each ship sep- arately, accordinz to present plans. It is possible that machine guns would e placed aboard merchant ships as well as the biz rifles. Re- ports from Great Britain say that ma- chine gun fire against submarines has been found exceedingly effective. AENORMAL DECREASES IN PRICES OF STAPLE FOODS Is Ascribed to Establishment of an Automa: Boycott. New York, March 2.—Apnormal de- creases in the prices of such staple food commodities as potatoes and on- ions since last Monday morning, as compared with the prices of February 22, have saved the people of New York city approximately $5,000,000, Comtissioner of Weights and Meas- ures Hartigan estimated in a state- ment issued tonight. He attributed these decreases to the common sense of the people who established an au- tomatic boycott by refusing to buy either potatoes or onions, thus apply~ ing the inexorable law of supply and demand. Mr. Hartigan said he had received letters and telegrams from producers and shippers in all parts of the coun- try bffering large quantities of all kinds of foodstuffs at prices in some cases 30 per cent. less than New York wholesale prices. Among the supplies offered were 500,000 bushels of pota- toes and 100,000 bushels of onions. JAPAN HAS RECEIVED NO PROPOSITION FROM MEXICO Japanese Foreign Minister Disclaims Knowledge of Plot Against U. S. Tokio, March 2, 5.30 p. m.—Japan has received no proposition either from Mexico or Germany, directly or in- directly, to join in a possible war against the United States, Vji.count Motono, Japanese foreign minisier, in- formed The Associated Press today. Viscount Motono said he considered such an idea ridiculous, it being based on the outrageous presumption that Japan would abandon her allies. If Mexico received the proposal, he ada- ed, that country showed intelligence in’not transmitting it to Japan. LIFE IMPRISONMENT AT HOSPITAL FOR INSANE For Dr. Ralph V. Baker, Who Killed William M. Cushing. Plymouth, Mass, March 2.—Dr. Ralph V. Baker, a dentist, who shot and killCed Willam M. Cushing at Green Harbor last October, was sen- tenced to life imprisonment at the state hospital for the insane at Bridgewater, by Judge Robert Ray- mond In the superior court here to. Tushing, & close friend of Dr, Baker, was shot down without warning. The court was told today that the doctor ‘,ll“‘rfl‘m.” g . Gost of Living SUGGESTIONS BY. SEC'Y OF AGRICULTURE HOUSTON v IS NO REAL SHORTAGE Says Waste in Kitchens Annually is More Than $700,000,000 Worth of Edibles—intelligent Planning Constructive Actipn Necessary. and ‘Washington, March 2.—Greater food crops and the practice of household economies were urged by Secretary of Agriculture Houston today, as meas- ures to help reduce the cost of living. American families, he estimated in a statement on the food situation, waste in their kitchens annually more than $700,000,000 worth of edibies.. No Real Shortage of Food. There is nothing in the situation to justify hysteria, however, he declared because there is no real shortage ot food in the country. Mr. Houston emphasized the import- ance of the food cost investigation di- rected by President Wilson and held out hope that increased acreages this year may insure greater food supplies. ‘Wheat and potatoes, he said, were un- usually short last year. The food problem can be solved, in thé secretary’s opinion, not through price fixing by the federal or state speaker before a gathering of men ‘preciating what it mearis. that the full benefit is obtained. interested. not make business. recéived. - Ry and therefore the best proposition letin’s columns: Tetals .. obic g "A VITAL BRANCH OF BUSINESS A large amount of truth was assembled in a few words when a that there are lots of men who use retail advertising without fully ap- This is because they attach some mystic influence to it instead of looking upon it as a straightforward business proposition and one which requires as much careful and thoughtful attention as any other department of a successful enterprise. Through it the readers must be kept Advertising aids in the sale of goods and it is therefore as important that it should get as much proportionate attention as the buying end of a business. The filling up of a store with goods does re must be a distribution and there is nothing which can accomplish guch results in that direction as.advertising. And the meaning of advertising hinges to a large degree on the circulation The Bulletin covors this terrifory thoroughly. It is the home paper In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul- Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Feb.-24.. 83 156 712 951 Monday, Felr 26.. 85 131 175 391 Tuesday, Felk. 277." 101 144 180 425 Wednesday, Feb. 28.. 74 103 196 373 Thursday, March 1.. 98 134 288 520 Friday, March. 2.. 74 130 168 372 515 SIXTEEN PAGES—112 COLUMNS 18 the Largest in Indicted for Spy . Plot Organization TO GET CIVIL A_ND MILITARY CONDITIONS IN ENGLAND THREE MEN IMPLICATED Men Were Sent to England Posing as American Newspaper Men, But Real- February 28 totalled $4,508,524. ashore half a mile south of Bodie Il: and. that the ,Tyrrhenian coast will mined. on February 28 were valued - 290,693. shys PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams Imports at the port of New York on The American steamer Raven Italy informed the United States be Exports from the port of New York The sale of spirits and other alco- holic liquors has been prohibit: L P ed in The Semet-Solvay Cp., of New York, ly as Spies—News Was to be Sent to Germany Via the United Stat New York, March 2.—Participation in an elaborate spy plot organization to send men to Great Britain who were ostensibly American newspaper correspondents, but whose real pur- pose wis to serve as spies and supply German forbiddén information as to civil and military conditions in Eng- land, was charged against Albert A. Sander, Carl W. Wunnenberg and George Vaugh Bacon in indictments found here today by the federal grand i Used Invisible Ink. Arrangements were made in this city, the indictments allege, by which this information would be sent out of Great Britain through the use of a writing fluid which remained invisible until certain chemicals were applied to_the paper bearing the writing. Bacon, it is charged, was hired to go to England as a supposed news- paper correspondent. He was sup- interested in advertising declared Advertising should be used so available to the advertiser. 798 1719. , 3032 governments, but by “intelligent plan- ning and constructive action, in con- junction with the operation of normal forces.” Urging a full inquiry into the cause of advancing prices, he said: Satisfactory Explanation Impossible. “A full and satisfactory explanation of prevailing prices is not possible on the basis of existing knowledge. Where the food supply is located, who owns it, what may be the difficulties of se- curing it, whether the local market conditions are due to car shortage, whether there is- artificial manipula- tion or control no one can state with certainty. It is essential that we have the facts not only because of the light they might throw on present facts, but also because they are prerequisite for the working out of a permanent just and economical system of marketing.” Limit Waste in Kitchen. Limitation of waste in the kitchen, he pointed out, would do much towards affording partial and immediate relief from oppressive prices. “As a nation” he added, “we seem to have a disdain of economizing. Of course the waste in families of very limited means is slight but in families of moderate and ample means it is considerable. Even if the estimate of $700,000,000 waste in the country as prepared by our experts were cut in half, it would still leave an enormous waste.” Farmers Must Be Encouraged. Prices must be maintained at a cer- tain level or farmers will not increase their output, Mr. Houston declared, and either the government or the communi- ty must guarantee a reasonable price. Crops Generally Were Large. Although the grain and potato crops fell off in production, the secretary said, crops generally were as large or larger than the five year average. “It is evident” he continued, “that the public has failed to look at all facts involved, especially in the case of wheat. The wheat crop for the current year was reported to be 640,000,000 bushel against a five year average of 728,000,000 and the record crop of 1915, or 1,026,000,000. Apparently the public has ‘compared the crop of 1916 solely with the record crop of 1915 and failed to take into account the unusually large carry-over from that vear into the present year of 164,000,000 bushels or more.” Increase of Meat and Wheat. The secretary pointed to an increas- ing meat supply and to a largely in- creased acreage of wheat last fall and predicted a large Increase this spring, A big vield on this acreage, he says, should glve the country a billion bushels wheat erop. President 8igns Bills, ‘Washington, March 3, — President Wileon today signed .the Indian appre- priation bill and the Porte Riee bill, giving residents of the island eitiven- 'ship and changing its form of govern- ment. 3 plied by Sander and Wunnenberg, it is charged, with names and addresses of persons in Holland and Denmark to whom letters on apparently trivial subjects could be written with visible ink, while information on military in- formation could also be written with the invisible ink, to be forwarded to Germany. To Learn Conditions in England. It is alleged that Bacon obtained an American passport and succeeded in going to England and carrying out the plans formulated in this city. The in- formation thus tranemitted, it is charged, had to do with the sailing of merchant ships, the conditions under which the civil and military popula- tion of Great PBritain were living, the apparent amount of food available there, amount of distress caused by efforts of the German naval forces to prevent the passage of ships to British ports. Bacon, it is set forth, was given at least $1,000 to defray his expenses on the journey to England and in that country. Spies Sent to England The indictments declare that the de- fendants knew and believed that in order to carry on the German military operations it was desirable and neces- sary that spies be sent to England and send out information of the nature it is charsed they transmitted. They are accused of “setting on foot a mili- tary enterprise in this country, direct- ed ‘against a country with which we are now at peace.” Other Indictments to Be Filed. It was said that additional indict- ments have been found against ether German agents in this city, to be filed when it is thought expedient to do so. The grand jury is to continue its in- vestigation “of spy evidence to be brought before it by the United States attorney. Sander and Wunnenberg furnished bail bonds and were released. OBITUARY. Michael F. Conry. ‘Washington, March 2.—Representa- tive Michael F. Conry, of New York city, a democratic member of congress for ‘four terms, and re-elected for a fifth, dfel at a hospital here late to- day 'after a long illness ,from kidney trouble, He was 47 years old. In spite of his failing health he had been at the capitol quite regularly until last week and as a member of the ways and means committee had worked hard in connection with framing the reyenue bill and other legislation, The death of one of the democratic members-elect may have an impor- tant effect on the political complexion of the house in the sixty-fifth con- gress. The democrats and republicans electsd 216 members oach and there are five independents upen whom de- Which party shail reorganize next house, It an extra session were eclled ihe demecrats prebably weuld ge inte the erganizatien fight enly #14 strens, increased its capital from $10,000,! 135,000 000, $10,000,000 to The exports of copper in Feb amounted to 24,937 tons, againet 5o bis tons in February last year. Forty-four persons lost their lives in New York city during February in ac- cidents due to vehicular traffic. Ci has received a proposal fr, Argentina to participate in a confers ence of all Latin-American nations. Anmouncements was made at Wash- ington that President Wilson will sign the flood control bill recently signed by congress. The Danish government has a; ppoint- 1ell a ;:orr;l‘lxni!tele to investigate xx":cent. rregula; les In the export of from Denmark. " Toess Exports of copper from _Atlantic gorts tor oibe, month of February ed 24,937 tons ,as compared wi 20,548 tons last year. ieyaien The Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co. received an order from the United States government for 20 9%-inch howitzers for the army. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows an increase of 6,759, 000 francs in gold holdings and a de- crease of 2,295,000 francs in silver., Contracts for immediate construction of a hydro-electric plant at Wateree, . C., to cost about $5,000,000, have been let by the Southern Power Co. The embargo on the New Haven road was lifted to a large extent to allow food-stuffs and perishable freight ::z)obte accepted from the Central Ver- nt. Austria has forwarded to Washing- ton her reply to President Wilson's demand that she make known her at- mfids regarding Germany’s submarine policy. Forester A. Linn and Joseph C. Lynch of New York were found guilty in the federal district court of using the mails to defraud boarding house keepers. Vicente Calero and. Eneas Levi of San Antonio, Tex., were arrested at San Francisco on suspicion of being members of an opium emuggling or- ganization. An ambulance corps to be formed at Fordham university under direction of the American Red Cross. The unit will have 75 members, including 20 chauffeurs. President Valde gned a bill pro- viding for uniform bills of exchange between Panama and all other Amer- ican countries. The bill recently passed congress. Alfred W. Donnegan, formerly Amer- can consul at Magdeburg, Germany, received instructions detailing him to the legation at Berne, Switzerland, un- til further notice. The council of national defense called on the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce to aid in mobiliz- ing the country’s industrial resources in the event of war. The German consulate at Juarez, Mex., was robbed and eeveral impor- tant official papers were reported to have been taken from the files of the consul, Max Weber. A. F. Yarrow of Great Britain has offered $100 reward to a total of $50,- 000 to individuals on merchantmen who shall first draw the captain's attention to a German submarine, Eighteen hundred men employed by the Baldwin Locomotive works at Philadelphia in making 13-inch shells for the entente allies were laid off be- cause of completed contracts. Thirty thousand regular and na- tional guard troops stationed at EI Paso have been quarantined In their camps because of an epidemic of pneumonia among the troops. Application was made to the Michi- gan railroad commission by the Michi- gan Central for permission to issue $8,000,000 bonds, the proceeds to used for retiring other bond issues @ for construction work. Great Britain has withdrawn her objections and made known her per- mission for Hadfield's, Ltd., an English munition concern, to contract with the United States for armor-piercing shells of the 14 and 16 inch type. The $400,000 appropri n passed by the house for a nation-wide food in- vestication by the federal trade com- mi®on was stricken from thc sundry civil bill by the senate appropriation committee on grounds of economy. The library of the late Professor Hugo Munsterberg was formally pre- sented to Harvard University yester- day. The collection consists of about ten thousand books, manscripts and other papers on psychological matters. Proposed general increases in freight rates from Scranton, Williamsport and other points in Pennsylvania to Chi- cago, Duluth, St. Paul and Lake Michi- gan and Lake Superior ports were dis- approved by the interstate commerce commission. GERMANY PUTTING CHURCH BELLS TO WAR USAGES Order Appropriating Bronze Bells Pub- lished in German Press. Copenhagen, March 2, via London, 10:55 p, m.—Germany 1s now drawing upon church bells for war require- ments, An erder appropriating bronze church bells after March 1 is pub- lished In the German press, One bell in & chime maye be retained in default of other eans for summoning the congregatien to wership, A re tien lation coverin aluminum el the senfison~ Wtensils is Germans Prepare to Make Stand ON A LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST OF BAPAUME NO SHIPS SUNK FRIDAY Turkish Forces in Their Retreat From Kut-el-Amara Have Arrived at a Point About Forty Miles of Bagdad. Southeast British troops have made additi. progress morth and south of the. A cre, but the statement from the Lon- don war office es no details of the latest advances. Northwest of Pui- sieux au Mont, north of the Ancre, and in the region of Warlencourt, south of the Ancre and toward Bapaume, were the scenes of the latest gains, Teutons Preparing to Make Stand. The Germans apparently are prepar- ing to make a stand on their present line south of Bapaume, as the British statement reports the repulse of at- tacks against British advanced posi- tions near Gueudecourt and Ligny- Thilloy. A staff correspondent of The Associated Press, with the British ar- mies, reports that the Germans® are now making a definite stand on a line running from FEssarts, through Achiet le Petit to southeast of Bapaume. Fighting in Ancre Region. In the fighting in the Ancre rej the British on Friday captured :‘1‘?; prisoners, three machine guns and four trench mortars. Berlin reports the repulse of loca] attacks near Sou- chez and in the Ancre region with the capture of prisoners. On the remain- der of the front in France only raids and artillery duels have taken place. Activity in Gallcia. On the eastern front there has been marked actiyity in Galicia and In Ru- mania. On fhe east bank of the Na- rayuvka river, in Galicta, German storming detachments blew up Ru sian positions and took 170 prisoners. Russian Attacks Fail. In the Val Putna, Berlin records, the Russians made flve fruitless attacks against Austro-German positions on the heights north of the valley. Pe- trograd says the fighting’ continues north of the Jacobeni-Kimpolung high road. Rumanian detachments were forced to withdraw, Petrograd says, frc;m a height north of the River Za- val. Turkish Fore in Retreat. Turkish forces in their retreat from Kue-el-Amara on Tuesday had reach- ed Aziziyah, about forty miles south- east of Bagdad, and 52 miles north- west of Kut. The British pursuit con- tinues, London ahnnounces, and since February 23 the troops under General Maude have taken 4200 prisoners and mueh booty, including guns and ma- chine zuns. No Vessels Sunk Friday. For the second day since the begin- ning ‘of the German unrestricted sub- marine campaign, no reports of ,any vessels having been sunk were issued on Friday. The final period of grace for sailing ships in the Atlantic ocean expired on March 1, says an announce- ment by the German admiralty, which adds that from March 2 no speclal warning will be given any boats by submarines. MORE COMPLETE SYSTEM OF KINDERGARTENS PLANNED By Superintendency Divi n of Na- tional Education Association. Kansas City, Mo, March 2—The superintendency division of the Na- tional Education association closed its annual convention today and planned a more complete system of kindergar- tens and scholastic work looking to the more rapid Americanization of the im- migrani in the schools of this jcoun- try. A committee report concerning the unification and Americanization of the various races was made by Willlam M. Roberts, district superintendent of schools of Chicago. The report rejected- proposals for military training in the elementary and high schools, but proposed uni- versal military training for young men 20 and 21 years old aside from the school em and the establishment of more comprehensive methods of physi- cal upbuilding in the schools. This, the report revealed, was proposed that pupils would be stronger and bet- ter fitted after graduation from h schools and before the perfod of mili- tary training began. All the affiliated organizations had completed their organizations tonight, the National Council of Teachers of English having held the last session of the convention with a discussion of the teaching of literature and gram- mar. SALE OF MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD IS PROTESTED Opposing Its Confirmation Have Been Filed. Petitions h 2.—Petitions op- on of the sale of the which was St. Louls, posing confirma Missouri Pacific Railroad sold at auction to representatives of the reorganization committee February 21 were filed in the United States dis- trict court here today. One petition was filed against the sale of the Missourl Pacific and one against the sale of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern. Five hun- dred shippers are named as plaintics in the Missouri Pacific , and two hundred to the Iron Mountain case. The shippers say they have claims for freight and passenger overcharges amounting to $1,000,000 that these claims have been approved by the courts, but that no fu for their payment have been provided. The pe- tition will come before United States Circuit Judge Hook next Thursday, when he will be asked to confirm the sale of the railroad. PROHIBITS NEWSPAPERS PRINTING AMERICAN FLAG. rtment of Justice Says It is a Violation of Federal Law. lowa Des Molnes, Ia., March 2—The Iowe Aepartment of justice today ruled that newspapers printing the American flag at’the head of their editorial columns or at any other place are violating the fodoral law. The statute provides that no or representation of a flag sha be ted or stamped on any article of merchandise, s