Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 20, 1917, Page 1

S MARINE MENACE President Wilson Authorizes Expenditure of $115,- 000,000 to Speed Up Naval Construction TO SUSPEND 8 HOUR DAY ON ALL NAVAL WORK Secretary Daniels, With Presidetn’s Approval, Has.Ordered the Graduation of the First and Second Classes at the Naval Academy—New York Navy Yard Has Been Ord- ered to Begin Building Sixty Submarine Chasers of the 100-Foot Type, to be Completed in Sixty to Eighty Days —Navy Officials Estimate That Within Four Months a Fleet of 2,000 Patrols and Chasers Will be Ready for Action—President Wilson is Expected Within the Next 48 Hours to Indicate Definitelv That a Virtual State of War Exists. Washington, March 19 —Preparation for agg-essive action by tne navy against the German submar.ne menace began today 2. the di~sction of Presi- dent Wilson. The president authorized the ex- peaditure of the $115,006.000 emergency fusa provided by congres: to speed ue naval constructio and - pay for special additional war craft and the sispension of the eigh hour labor law in.plants engaged on rval work. Immediately afterward _Secretary Deujels ordered the New York navy yard to begin buildinz 60 submarine cnasers of the 110-f~o. type, to be completed in from 60 o 80 daye. Cadets Ordered Graduated. With the president’s approval, the secretary also ordered the graduation of the first and second classes at the naval academy. The first class wiil g out on March 29, releasing 172 jurjor officers to fill eaisting vacancies, and the secord in Seriember, furnish- 202 more, a full year before they erwise woiid be avaliabie. - While the energies of the navy will Dbe concentratsd for the present-on ef- forts to get into comm rsior craft de- red particularly to destroy subma- es and guard the coast, warship building generally wi.. Le speeded up under the recent agreerient with pri- vate bui'ders and with the funds now mzde available. The announcements from the depart- ment followed an ho.r's conference batween Secr.tary Danels® and the president, who walkel oves from the White House to the siate, war and navy building for the rurpose. Government to Monopeliz> Market. Engines for the “chasers” to be tutned out by the New York plant will be bought from private manufacturers in time to have them ir.stalled prompt- Iy upon completion of ‘he hulls, Bids for 200 or more additicr.al craft of the same type, c'oast pacrol boats” as they are to be desigaated, will be opened next Wednesday. Mr. Daniels hae called upon the en.re small boat incustry to submit. figures as to the nimber that could b> turned out at hish speed. He plars to monopolize the market w'th goverrinent orders. A large mumber of prvately owned motor craft available for navy use may be drawn upon a- any time. Re- ticed naval officers have been at work along the entire Atlaat'~ co.st survey- ing boats for = month. Contracts have been made for their borchase and a te'egraphic order will imuke them gov- ernment property ove- might. Volunteer Crews Enrolled. Volunteer crews fo> ire boats have been enrolled among vach.smen and otners along -he coasts Cimmanders of naval districts are ready to call them out and begin *. ool work with virtually no delay. Navy officials estima:e that within four months a fleet of 2,000 pmrols} and chasers will be jeady for action. It is planned to assemble the volun- tewrs within a few das: to begin actu- al operations as a matier of training. Patrol Off Americ:n Coast. n this connection, ofticia.s pianned to esteblish a submari; patrol the American coast. Since the vi of the Ge-man submarine U-£3 to Newport last summer, it is believed necessary to provice for pro- tection of American aarbors in the event of war. Informal negotiations wi.l be start- el for a working amieement with Bi'tish_and French pairol squadrons n,w endeavoring to protect ships pass- ins; through the Ge.~an submarine zore. The plan would -:ecessitate the interchange of information as to the routing of merchant craft to and fro across the Atlantic. Secretary Daniels wov'd not discuss the uses to be made o: "he new patrol buats. To Suspend Eight Hour Law. Recent navy contracts wert let with the understanding that .he eight hour law would be susperded because of the shortage of skilled icbo-. Builders have agreed .o constric tae five bat- tle cruisers and six sccit cruisers re cently assigned to them at the great- est possible speed. 'The department will meet extra payr>i and other ex- penses due to the spe=aing up. Secretary Daniels s=id there was no present need of exercisn:g the author- ity to commandeer shipbuilding or other plants to haste-. navy building. PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO ACT WITHIN 48 HOURS Situation Will Be Thoroughly Discuss- ed at Cabinet Meeting Today. Washington, March 19. — President Wiison is expected within the next forty-eight hours to indicate definite- iy that he believes a virtual state of war exists between the United States and Germany. 3 News received from Piymouth that fifteen men, some of them Americans, had been drown ‘the American marine, added to the grave view of the situation held here as a result of the destruction of the Vigilancia, the Ulinois and the City of Memphis. Whether the president will hasten the extra session of consress already called for April 16, or will take ad- ditional steps to protect American commerce without this move was not disclosed tonight. No official pretend- ed to know his plans and the general view was that he was still considering the question in his usual deliberate way. = A cabinet meeting probably will be held tomorrow afternoon, when the situation is expected to be thoroughly canvassed. EIGHT MEN IN LIFEBOAT KILLED BY SUBMARINE Boat, Which Was From Dutch Steam- er Salien, Was Shelled—Steamer ‘Es- caped. London, March' 20, 1245 ‘a. m—A boat containing the first, second and third mates and five Seamen of the Dutch steamer Selien (Celene?) char- tered by the Belgian Relief Commis- sion, has been shelled by a submarine and all the occupants killed, accord- ing to a Reuter despatch from Sta- vanger. “The Dutch steamer Selien,” savs the despatch, “has reached here (Sta- venger, Norway) bound for New York in ballast. She left Rotterdam Fri- day, bearing the usual designations of the Belgian relief committee and was attacked at 3 o'clock Saturday after- noon by a German submarine. “The Selien did net stop, but, after some shots, lowered a lifehoat in which the first, second and third mates and five seamen embarked. The boat was then struck by a shell and all eight were killed. “The Selien put on_full speed ahead, and the submarine disappeared.” No Dutch steamer Selien is listed in available shipping registers. There is a Dutch motor tanker Selene, of 3,783 tons gross, which was last reported sailing from Philadelphia January 21 bound for Gothenburg, Sweden. RELIEF SHIPS SHELLED IN “SAFE PASSAGE ZONE” Ships Had Letters of Safe Conduct— Seven Men. Killed. Amsterdam, via London, March 29, 1.04 a. m.—A Rotterdam despatch to the Handelsblad says: “Two of the five relief ships which, with letters of safe conduct from the German legation, were enroute north- ward, were shelled by a German sub- marine in the so-called ‘safe passage zone.” Seven men were killed aboard the Tunisie, which entered Stavenger. e other vessels continued on their yage.” Two steamers named Tunisie are listed, one of them is a Belgian of 2,467 tons, which was last reported sailed from New York January 8 and arrived at Rotterdam 2Sth. The other Is a French steamer. SETTLEMENT OF THREATENED RAILROAD STRIKE APPROVED By Frank Trumbull, Chzirman of Rail- way Advisory Committee. ‘Washington, March 19.—Settlement of the threatened railroad strike was approved in a statemeat here today by Frank Trumbull, chairman of the rail- way executives’ advisory committee and chairman of the toard of the Chesapeake and Ohio. “In view of the great crisis which the nation faces this morning, I thirk the disposition made >f the iabor con- troversy was both wise and patriotic,” Mc. Trumbull said. “The railroads must aow look to the public for their co-oneration in the burden they have assuraned. Particu- larly do they ask that unselfish and intelligent attention be given the whole problem and the railriads be treated in this emergency as they deserve to be, as great national assets.” NEW WAYS 1,000 FEET LONG FOR FORE RIVER SHIP PLANT Are to Be Constructsd at a Cost of $1,500,006—Larges . Known. Quiney, Mass, March 19.—A new set of ways 1,000 feet long, said to be the largest known, wiil be constructed at the yards of the ivore River Ship Building_corporation a. a cost of $1,- 500,000 for the buildng of the new. baitle cruisers, a contract for which was awarded the corporation a few days ago. Dominion’s New War Loan. Ottawa, Ont., March 19.—Sir Thomas White, 's minister of finance, announced today that subscriptions = K thus fax to the ex war The Bulletin’s Giroulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Smallpox Prevalent in Germany. London, March 19, 8.21 a. m.—Re- ports reaching London from Scandi- navia and Hoiand ea- that smallpox is increasingly prevalent-in Germary, with an unusual perc.. tage of fatall- ties, owing to the decreased powervof resistance of the peopie e e MOODUS MAN SUICIDES AFTER SHOOTING BROTHER Fell Dead at the Feet of Mother, Who is 82 Years Old. Moodus, Conn., March 19.—John Sip- ples, aged 60, lies dead in the old homestead, on the Westchester road, today, the victim of self-use of a shot gun after he had shot and woundaed his brother, Jeremiah, aged 52, who is now at the Middlesex hospital in Mid- dletown. The brothers had a quarrel yester- day afternoon. ‘What it was about Jeremiah will not say. He did admit that both had been drinking. Jere- miah left the house to milk a cow. John followed with a pistol and shot him in the arm. Then John went up- stairs, secured a shot gun, sent a charge into his body, walked down stairs and fell dead at the feet of his mother who is 82. Jeremiah walked Into the village and called on another brother, Joseph, to whom he told the story. Jeremiah was in such bad condition from his wound that he was sent into Middle- town today. Mrs. Sipples is so weak mentally through age, that she is unable to teil much about the incident. She knew little about the quarrel. John Sipples has been married and has two sons and two daughters with whom he has not lived. Jeremiah is unmarried. The homestead is in a remote part of the town and nothing was known of the matter until Joseph reported it. CANNING INDUSTRY HURT- BY TIN PLATE SHORTAGE Government Agencies Are at Work to Rectify the Matter. Washington, March 19—The tin plate shortage threatening to cripple the country’s food canning industry was l::ken up today by government agen- cies. Secretaries Redfield and Houston urged the war and navy departments to keep the tin plate industry in mind in any arrangements they made with steel manufacturers. At the same time Daniel Willard, chairman of the transportation committee of the na- tional defence council, telegraphed to railway traffic managers asking them to class tin plate with foodstuffs in any future freight embargoes. “Iinless a steady flow of steel sheets to the tin plate makers, of tin plate to the can makers, and of cins to the food packers is maintained,” the sec- retaries of war and navy were told, “the eountry will lose a large part of its imnortant foods. There will be a definite shortage and consequent rise in prices. The canning season begins immedintely and continues until the late fall. Steel manufacturers of the country were informed by Mr. Redfield and Mr. their co-operation to avert a tin plate shor 15 OF VIGILANCE CREW LOST THEIR LIVES Were in Lifeboats From Friday Morning Until Sunday After- noon. Plymouth, March 19, via London, 8:26 p. m—Fifteen members of _the crew of the American steamer Vigi- lancia lost their lives when the steam- er was torpedoed by a German subma- rine. The survivors were in lifeboats from Friday morning until Sunday afternoon. Among those drowned were several American citizens, ‘including Third Officer Neils P. North and Third En- gineer Adeholde. This information was given out by Captain Frank Mid- dleton of New York, who, with the survivors of the Vigilancia, has reach- ed the mainland. To The Associated Press Captain Middleton said today that his vessel was sunk without warning. It was 10 o'clock Friday morning, with the weather clear. Between 7 and 10 min- utes after the steamer was struck she foundered. Two lifeboats were lowered and the crew of forty-three men got into them. Owing to the swell of the ocean, how- ever, twenty-five men were thrown in- to the water. The boats of the cap- tain and the mates picked up ten of the men, but the other fifteen were drowned. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD HAS RAISED EMBARGO Conditional Upon Reciprocal Action by Connecting Lines. Philadelphia, March 19.—The Penn- sylvania Radroad company today raised the freight emb .~go on its own and affiliated lines, but will continue to refuse to receive ceriain freight em- bargoed last Friday night from other roads until they agree to take freight from the Pennsylvania. OBITUARY. Lewis L. Johnrson. Winsted, Conn., Marca 19.—Lewis L. Johnson, aged 80, for half a century a shoe dealer here, died late today. He was well known in state Advent cir- cles. His wife survive: Peter Carl Mi iman. Hempstead, N. Y., March 19.—Peter Carl Millman, at the are of 22 a gov- erament aviator instructor who has taught many United States airmen how to fly, died of .neumonia last night. Millman became an aviator when 17 years old ani was considered one of the most epec’'acular fiyers in the country. He was married five months ago. Brig. Gen. Cyrus Swan Roberts, U.S.N. Lonz Beach, Cal, March 19.—Briga- dier General Tyrus San Roberts, U. S. A., retired, died h:re today from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered Thurs- day. He was 75 years old and was born at Lakeville, Coin., where he lived since his retirement in 1902, com- ing here three month: ago. The body w:ll be sen. ‘Washington fo. burial in Arlingto" National ceme- Sixty Hotr Week the Limit. s a week the which persne may be em- poyed in indistries sperated during most of the day and n.ght, was re- ported by the legisiative conmittes on Y. ‘NORWICH, CONN., BY CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE :DAMOON DECISION IN TIME OF EMERGENCY Decision is Retroactive and Brother- hood Men Will Draw Back Pay From Jan. 1, Amounting to From $40,000,- 000 to $50,000,000. Washington, March 19. — In an epochal decision holding congress to be clothed with any and all power nec- essary to keep open the channels of in- terstate commerce, the supreme court today, dividing five to four, sustained the Adamson law as constitutional an_enforceable in every feature. The immediate effect of the declsion Wil! be, to fix a permanent eight hour e day in computing wage . scales on interstate railroads, for which a nation-wide strike twice has been threatened and to give, effective from January 1 this year, increases in wages to trainmen of ahout 25 per cent. at a cost ot the railroads-estimated at from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 a year. Congress Has Right to Arbitrate. The ccurt, through Chief Justice White, declared both carriers and their emploves, engaged in a business charg- ed with a public interest, ,subject to the right of congrBss to arbitrate a dis- pute affecting the operation of that business. Limitation of Trainmen’s Rights. “Whatever would be the right of an emplove engaszed in private business to demand such wages as he desires, to leave the employment if he does not zet them by concert of action to agree With others to leave on the same con- ditions.” said the opinion, “such rizhts are necessarily subject to limitation when emplovment is accepted in a busine: cherzed with a public interest s to which the power to regulate commerce bv consress applied and the ilting risht to fix In case of dis- agreement and dispute a standard of wages as we have seen necessarily ob- tained.” . Trainmen Compared to Soldiers. z Tn_ de\!_!\erir\fl.' the opinion, the chiet justice departed at this point from his written text to emphasize the position of men operating trains in a time of national emergency by comparing them to soldiers facine an enemy. _Coming on the heels of the conces- sion of the eight hour basic day by the railroads a¢ New York, to avert the thregtened strike, todav's decision is regarded as larzely supplanting that agreement and, also, removing for all time, throuch the broadest interpreta- tion of congress authority outlined by . the probability of future tion paralysis. ning in with the chief justice in snstaining the law were Justices Me- Kenna and Holmes—his immediate se- niors in point of service—and Justices Prandeis nd Ciark, junior members. Dissenting for various reasons were Justices Dav, Vandevanter, Pitney and McReynolds. 4 Interstate Commerce Uninterrupted. The majority upheld the public right t ohave interstate commerce uninter- rupted as a c principle paramount to interests of the railroads or their operatives—both declared to be in pub- lic service and subject to the supreme unrestricted power of congress to take any actien necessary to maintain free- dom and uninterruption of interstate commerce. FEither as a law fixing wages or hours of labor, the court de- cided. congress had authority to en- act the Adamson statute. Public Right of Regulation. _“The public interest begets a pub- lic right of regulation to the full extent necessary to secure and protect it said@ the opinion, adding that in the emerzency of threatened destructive suspensicn of national transportation, congmgss acted within its powers in providing a wage standard and other means necessary to protect the public interests. Law Not Confiscatory. It also declared that' the Adamson law is neither unworkable, confisca- tory, experimental nor in excess of congressional railroad regulatory au- thority, but in effect, as compulsory arbitration, a power “which it (con- gress) undoubtedly possessed,” and “inevitably resulted from its authority to protect interstate commerce in deal- ing with a situation like that before Concurring in the main principles enunciateq by the majority, Justice McKenna expressed the opinion that the law is an hours-of-service and not a wage-fixing statute. He also sug- gested increase of railroad revenue probably would be provided if wage increases resuited. Dissenting Opinions. The gissenting opinions—Justices Day and McRevnolds delivering indi- vidual views and Justices Pitney and Van Devanter joining in one announce- ment—variousiy asserted that the Adamson act is void because beyond constitutional powers of congress, be- cause it takes railroads’ property with- out due process of law, or because it is not at hours of labor statute nor a legitimate regulation of commerce. Justices Pitney and Van Devanter denied that congress has power to fix wages of common carriers’ employes— a power upheld by the majority. Jus- tice Day did not admit or deny such power, dissepting because, he said, the law iilegally takes railroad revenues and gives them to the trainmen by “arbitrary, illegal congressional fiat.” Railroads Test Suit Dismissed. In upholding the statute, the mapor- ty reversed Federal Judge Hook's de- cree cnfoining its enforcement, and dismissed the railroads’ test suif, leav- ing the federal government free to en- force the statute under its sthingent penalties. Dismissal of about 500 other rinlorad injunction suis, press- ing of which was suspended under agreement between the government and the roads, will follow as a matter of course. Wage Increase Dates Back to Jan. 1. The wage increase dates back to January 1 when the Adamson law was made effect Railroads have been keeping account of trainmen’s wages due for prompt payment upon today’s decision. The temporary wage in- creases are effective under the law un- til the Goethals commission Teports, “TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1917 Total Circulation is the Largest in conqocficui in Proportien to the City’s Population Likened to Soldiers| Takenby the British TEN PAGES—70 COLS. * PRICE TWO CENTS Nicaragua’s custom receipts in De- cember were $95,886, against $77,166 in December, 1915. Gold to the amount of $300,000 was withdrawn from the sub-treasury for shipment to Cuba. The Chevrolet Motor company to- aay announced an initial dividend of 3 per cent. payable May 1. i Dr. Alberta Membrino, former pres- ident of Honduras and now minister at ‘Washington, is seriously ill. The Polish Victim’s Relief Fund re- ceived contributions amounting to $1,724, making a total of $763,931. Gold coin to the amount of $1,870,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasu- Ty for shipment to South America. Samuel Thurber, of Newton, was elected president of the New England Association of the Teachers of English. ENTENTE ALLIES PRESSING THE RETREATING GERMANS 100 VILLAGES IN 3 DAYS The Germans In Their Retreat Are Devastating the Country, the Inhabitants of the Places Evac- uated pmi!u(.. Leaving The British and French forces in France are still pressing rapidly be- hind_the .retreating Germans all along the front from the region of Arras to the northeast of Soissons. 100 Villages in Three Days. Forty more villages have been taken by the British, wno during Monday's operations gained ground at various|Counsellor Polk of the State Depart- points, extending from two. to eight | ment. miles in depth, while 20 additional vil- : lages and small towns in addition to Ten naval lieutenants from the Ar- 100 occupied during the past three days | gentine Republic arrived at Boston for have been re-captured by the French.la years study with the United States So rapid has been the advance of the | Navy. French that they have penetrated be- yond the village of Ham, twelve miles Southwest of St. Quentin, and beyond Chaulnes, which lies some fifteen miles north of the line from which the of- fensive was started. These operations from the south and southwest . are menacing the St. Quentin-Laon line and if the rapidity of the movement is kept up for any lensth of time will menace the town of St. Quentine itself. Germans Destroying Everything. The Germans in their retreat are devastating the country, burning vill- ages and destroying orchards and even blowing up farm lands, in which great craters have been left by explosions. In addition bridges have been destroyed and roads of communication cut. The inhabitants of the places evacuated are said to have been left destitute. Turks Get No Rest. Meanwhile the Russians and British are keeping up their strong offensives against the Turks in Asia Minor, Per- sia and Mesopotamia. Along the Di- ala River the British have occupied the village of Bahriz and a portion of the town of Bakubah, about 25 miles General Murguia lost approximately 1,200 men in killed, wounded and missing in a battle with Villa at Ro- sario. Dr. Pablo Desvernin secretary of state for Cuba, held a conference with All embarges placed by the Balti- more and Ohio. railroad on account of the threatened strike were lifted yes- terday. Edward oGerz, of Ridgewood, N. J., was killed by an express train on the Erie Railroad near the Glen Rock station. King Alfonso of Sp: wrote to Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, asking her cooperation in continuance of the relief work in Belgium. A plan to have incorrigible boys do farm work is outlined in the annual re- port of the Soclety for the Reformation of Delinquent Juveniles. Sevgral houses were demolished and one pérson was killed in a windstorm that swept the country between Tu- pelo and Vernoa, Mississippi. Charles J. Vopicka, of Illinois, Amer- ican minister to the Balkan states for the last three and a half years, arriv- ed in New York yesterday. Interned Germans Tried to Escape FROM PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH AND KRONPRINZ WILHELM ALL SEVEN CAPTURED Captures Were Made by Detachment of Philadelphia Mounted Police—They Tried to Slip by Sentry, Who Fired and Then Pursued Them. Philadeiphia, March 19, Under cover of darkness seven sailors of the German commerce raiders Kronprin Wilhelm and Prinz Bitel Friedrich, in- terned at the Philadelphia navy yard, made an attempt to escape tonight, ol [Beven being captured by marines nd police after shots were fires the fugitives. s Sentry Fired Warning Shot. A sentry on post near the ralders heard several splashes in the back channel and fired a warning shot. A police guard near the channel say they saw four of the German sailors swim- ming about fifty yards from the in- terned vessels and discharged their revolvers over the heads of the men. The four, Germans turned and swam back to ‘the sea wall, surrendering without resistance. Mounted Police Caught the Men. Meantime as a marine detachment was rushed toward the back channel, three other German sailors slipped In- to the meadows. Running along the sea wall to avoid the barbed wire bar- ricade partly encircling the interned ships, they tried to slip past a sentry. The sentry fired and ran towards the little group. Mounted police galloped over the meadows and caught two of the fleeing men. The other one was found soon .afterwards hiding behind a bush. While the hunt was in progress the powerful searchlight of the cruiser Salem, tied up near the raiders, was swung back and forth over the chan- nel and the meadows. EMPEROR WILLIAM’S PICTURE TORN FROM CLASS ROOM WALLS By Patriotic Students in Central High northeast of Bagdad, and the Turks are reported to be in hasty retreat toward Khanikan, on the Turco-Per- sian frontier a little to tie northwest of Kermanshah. In this region the Ot- toman forces are likely to meet the oncoming Russians who are reported by Petrograd to have dislodged the Turks from the town of Harunabad, twenty miles southwest of Kerman- shah. - Urichanged in Russia and Galicia The situation on the eastern front in Russia in Galicia and Rumania is un- changed. Artillery duels and small infantry en- gagements continue on the Austro- Italian front. Germans Shelled Monastir. In Macedonia reports from Saloniki say that the Germans have shelled Monastiz, causing heavy loss of life among the civilians. Fighting con- tinues in the Lake Presba and Lake Ochrida section, where French at- tacks have again been repulsed, ac- cording to Berlin. To the east of the Lake Doiran region, still, according to Berlin, the British have been driven back from one position. German Naval Raid. In the recent German naval raid at Ramsgate a PEritish torpedo boat destroyer and a merchant vessel were sunk and another destrover was dam- aged, according to an announcement by the British admiralty. The Russian provisional government in a manifesto announcing the suc- cessful overthrow of the bureaucracy and the birth of a new Russia, reiter- ates that the new government will provide the army with evervthing nec- essary to carry on the war and that it will faithfully observe all alliances uniting Russia to the other powers. Officials of the Nevada, California & Oregon Railroad state that a deal has been closed for the purchase of that road by the Western Pacific. American foreign trade decreased ap- proximately $190,000,000 during Febru- ry, the first month of Germany's un- stricted submarine warfare. Reginald C. Vanderbilt of New York ed his estate at Portsmouth nea: Nedport, R. I, to the American Red Cross, for use for hospital purposes. Orders were received at Jackson, Miss.,, yesterday from Major General Wood not to demobilize the Mississip- pi troops just back from the border. Major-General Zein, governor-gene- ral of Finland was arrested by the commander of the Baltic fleet on the order of the provisional government. Reports from the interior of Cuba show continued destruction of prop- erty but no aggressive organized movement by the rebels is apparent. Rear Admiral William 8. Benson. U. S. N., was selected as the recipient for the Laetare Medal for 1917, by the faculty of the University of Notre Dame. The police headquarters building at Gloucester, Mass., was virtually de- stroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Some of the police and district court records were lost. William E. Chandler, secretary of the navy under President Arthur from 1882 to 1885, and senator from New Hampshire from 1887 to 1901, is ill at his home at Washington. The Chinese offici whd took pos- session of a German steamer interned at Amoy, China, found it completely disabled, all the vital parts of the ma- chinery having been removed. The York Cotton Mills, at Saco M employing 2,300 hands, were closed fo an indefinite period, the management announced, as a result of a strike of 125 weavers for higher wages. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF SINKING OF THE ILLINOIS Cabled the State Depariment by Con- sul-General Skinncr. Washington. March 15.—Consul Gen- eral Skinner at London cabied the state department today ‘he first official anrouncement of the submarining of A { BRITAIN MAY PRO The Naval Academy practice squad- | School, Washington. Washington, March 19. — Patriotic students in Central High School here today tore down from the walls of a class room a picture of Emperor Wil- liam of Germany and hung in its place a photograph of President Wilson, decorated with two American flags. The emperor’s likeness disappeared be- fore officers of the school cadet corps had an opportunity to present to Miss Marfe Siebert, teacher of German, a resolution protesting against the pres- ence of “a murderer’s picture” and de- manding its removal. Harry Roper, 15 years old, son of Daniel C. Roper, recently appointed to the tariff commission, led the agfta- tion begun several days ago against the picture by turning its face to the wall several times. Miss Siebert, who is an American citizen, insisted that it should remain, sayini that she in- tended to use it to illustrate a lec- ture. Then the cadet officers Interest- ed themselves and they were ready to act today when other students entered the room during a recess and made the substitution. School authorities are investigating the incident. HOME RULE PROBAEBLY WILL BE GRANTED FINLAND By Commissioners Representing the New Russian Government. Copenhagen, via London, March 19, 826 a. m—The Dagers Nyheder's correspondent on the Finnish frontier says that commissiors representing th> new Russlan gove:) ment are visit- ing all the towns in F nland, apgoint- ing new officials and putti~ g .the new order of thin into ~ffect. In each town mass m-etings a > held, at which the commissioners expiain the objects and purposes of the nw government. The correspondent says that al- though the provisional cabinet has de- cided on no definite jolicy towards Finland, it is accepted ibroughout the country that home rule will be granted as soon as circumstances allow. T IMPORTATION OF TOBACCO. ron will consist thjs year of four bat- tleships, the Missouri, Ohio, Maine and Wisconsin. The squadron will leaVe Annapolis the first week in June. the American tank steamer Illinois: he American tanker Illinois, Lon- don to Port Arthur, surk Saturday, 8 m., 20 miles north of Alderney. En- tir- crew 34 landed cafe 2.40 a. m., 18th. All hands proce-ding to South- ampton, Luis Terrazas, Jr., formerly one of the largest land owners in the world, Proposal is Being Cons'Cered by Com- mittee on Restriction of Imports. London, March 19, 4.05 p. m.—A pro- poeal to pronibit impo-tation of to- bacco is being considered by the com- who was driven from his home in Mex- ico by the bandit Villa, dropped dead in a grocery store in Jos Angeles. solutions pledging the support of the Charitable Irish Society to Pres- ident Wilson in the present interna- tional situation were adopted at the 180th anniversary meeting at Boston. = Five of the best known yachts fly- ing the American flag were offered, free of all expense, by their owners to the Naval Reserve Committee for gov- ernment service in case of a national emergency. Lieut, Edward A. Kelly, an Ameri- can aviator, who for the last year and a half was with the British flying corps, arrived at New York on the steamship Lapland to assist in in- structing American fliers at Mineola. Secretary Tumulty nhas written & letter, made public yesterday, to Thomas F. Martin, secretary of state of New Jersey, urging (bat the demo- cratic party in New Jersey support local potion in the regulation of the liquor traffic. NO ACTION AGAINST MEMBERS OF BROTHERHOODS. Federal Officers Have Ceased Serving Notices in Pending Ca: Philadelphia, March 19.—The rail- road strike having been averted, no further action is contemplated in the injunction proceedings Lrought in the federal court here Saturday by indi- vidual* members of the four brother- hoods agajpst officers of those organ- izations refident in Pennsylvania. Fed- eril marshals today ce-sed serving no- tices in the case. Milford Station Robbed. Milford, Co.un., Mar-h 19.—That the sate in the ti-ket office cf the Milford ra.iroad station had been opened dur- ing last night and Saturday and Sun- day’s receipts, with scme tickets, had beon stolen, became kncwn today. It is thought the cash lo:s was about $200. while the future wage scales under permanent eight hour day standard will await either private or congres- sional action after the report. / Tht the railroads will ask elzher congress or the Interstate Commeérce commission to authorize rate increas. e sto meet the increased wage costs entailed has been plainly indicated through all stages of the controversy. Gratifying to the Government. Attorney-General Gregory said to- night the court’s finding was naturally gratifying to the government and add- The War Department announced that the 760 sailors comprising the crews of the interned German sea raiders, Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wil- helm, now tied up at the League Is- land Navy Yard, Philadelphia, will be transferred to Fort Oglethorpe and Fort MacPherson, Ga. No change was reported at the Bridgeport hospital late last night in the condition of Jamés T. Patterson, president of the Cornwall and Patter- son company and his wife, who were injured early Sunday morning in an automobile accident in Bridgeport, in which Arthur V. Phillips of New Ha- ven was instantly kill:d. “The decision disposes of the large questions immediately involved and will likely bave a bearing on other issues which may develop.” = ke S S SR AN mittee on rzstriction of Imports, the house of commons was informed today by the parliamentary recretary of the board of trade. This information was given in response to a question wheth- er, inview of ‘he large rtocks of toba. co and snuff in the .ountry, a policy of prohibiting their importation would not be reasonable. CONGRESS OF FARMERS, PRODUCERS AND GROWERS National Meeting to be Held in New York Early in June. New York, March 19.—A natfonal congress of tarmers, producers and growers will meet here late In May or early in June, it was announced today by Mayor Mitchel. It is planned to have the governor of every state send three delegates, representing grain producers, food animal industries and vegetable and fruit growers. Produc- tion, transportation and distribution will be considered. Yarrowdale Men Have Left Berne. Washington, March 19.—American Minister Stovall at Berre reported to- day that the 59 Americans from the German prize ship Yarrowdale had left Borne via Lyons for Parcelona. John Nciberg, whoue citizenship had been questioned, es‘ablished american idcn- tiry and was included Yeale Seniors Ba- Liquor. New Haven, Conn., March 19.—Yale's senjor class today by b.slot decided to dispense with the use of intoxicating Hovors at its class dinper 11 June. The same vote will hold go .4 as to reunion gaiherings, unless today’'s acilion should be rescinded.