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. EIGHT PAGES—64 COLUMNS E FIRST . INFANTRY Cabled Paragraphs Body of American Aviator Found. Paris, March 25, 11.30 a. m. — The body of Sergeant J. R. McConnell, the American aviator who was killed last week in an engagement with the Ger- man machines, has been found by French _cavalry, the Hearld says to- day. With the body was the wreck- age of McConnell's machine. ERAL CALL FOR REGIMENT OF CO - One of Fourteen Regiments of National Guard Troops Called Out by War Department S FOR POLICE DUTY AND PURPOSES OF PROTECTION‘ Division of the United States Into Six, Instead of Four, Mili- Amarican Field Ambulance in France. Paris, March 25, 11.05 a. m.—Four mere sections of the American Field ; Ambulance will be offered to the tary Depisrtment Been Ann French army in April. _Thus the or- ts Has - ounced by the War De- | [7onch 5mX 1 (000 ord an® 566 cars at the front. POLISH FALCON ALLIANCE LOYAL TO STATE AND NATION Leaders of the State Passed Resolu- tion at Bridgeport Saturday. partmet—-New England States is to Camprise One of the New Departments, With Brigadier General Edward H. Plumimer in Command—First Connecticut Will! Mobilize oday. Bridgeport, ‘Conn., March 25.—Dur- ing a meeting of the leaders of the Poiish Falcon Alliance from the state of - Connecticut in their hall in this city Saturday afternoon the following resolution was made and.a copy sent to His Excellency, Governor Holcomb, in_Hartrord: “We, the members of the Fifth dis- trict of Polish IFalcon Alliance, as- sembled here in Bridgeport this 24th day of March, 1917, voted: “That, as in the ‘past so in ‘the fu- ture we remain loyal to the state of Connecticut as well as to the United States of America and its policies and adopt the toliowing resolution: Whereas, we Poles organized as a - ashington, Maixch 25. partment today announced the calling into the federal s.irvice of fourteen Tregiments of natio bal guard troops in various states, for police purposes of protection. Statement by VFar Department. The department issued the following statement: ‘Mnay states hawe deemed it ads- e to cail out the national guard for police purposes of protection. As the necessity for such steps arises from hich are. ‘more national than ‘Che war de-)vada, Utah and the territory of Alas- lam. Headquarters at San Francisco. Conmmaudants Named. “Major General eLonard Wood will command the southeastern department and Major General J. Farnklin Bel will command ;the eastern department and Brigadier General Hunter Ligett will command the western department and Brigadier General Clarence R. Ed- rds will command the northeastern department., Brigadier General Ed- ward H. Plummer will command the troops in fthe Panama Canal zone. “, tssves wh - i T B i - e’ it has been «idomed advisable By | Other department commanders will re- | g¥mnas=iz organization. also promo: e president to el Into the - federa] |craeniLwamdth now is the tiem for 1 | g milltary training for the sole pur- main as at present.” pose of having cach and every man service for the abw ve-mentioned pir- pose the foliowing' organizations of. the prepared to heip this country in case of need. nationai X PATRIOTIC CALL FOR e assac “We, under the present serious poli- Rengllmen!:“"u_snond g | YOUNG MEN FOR NAVY | tical situation on account of the Eu- P v ¥irst and Third Regi ropean war, declare our loyalty to the PR -yl 7% #!" | Posters to Be Spread Over New York | United Staies government, and swear o {o stand firm by the policies of the Maryland—Fourtih Regiment. District of Colurabia—First Sepparate Aattalion. Virginta—Second. Regiment. From Ore End to the Other. government of this glorious country. We express our sincere thanks to His Excellency, the president of the United States, for his most powerful address s —Posters of a tic nature calling on young men New York, March 25 patri 3 Vermont—Compamy B, First Regi-|T0 join the navy will be spread over o 3 relfare e ok i January 22 devoted to the welfare ment. New York from one to the other, it|of humanity and Nberation of oppress- Connecticut—First Regiment. Wwa sannounced today by Lieutenant| og mations. New York—Secosd and Seventy-first | Communder Grady of the eastern re- | *“«{v'e believe according to the word ‘Regiments. .| cruiting divisions, which includes six-|of His Excellency, President Wilson, New Japmey—First and Fifth /Hegl- ktean ctutse. That the restoration of a free, united menta. The president needs you!” and sim- | ana self-governed Poland will be fun- Delaware—First /Battalion First Reg- { ilar slogans will supplant the familiar ment. E “Join the navy and save money” argu- “The following organizations which | ment The appeal for recruits will be ire now in the federal service WHI MOt | made corely on patriotic grounds. be mustered out: 5 Lieutenant Commander Grady made “Thirteenth Pensylvania. pudlic the text of a telegram received “A and B. comganies of the TFirst{from the navy department urging that Georgia.” every effort be made to increase the nul‘ger of enlistments. SIRST CONN. REGIMENT “Tho country urgently needs these men for the first line defense, ~ WILI. MOBILIZE TODAY | fram said. AR Governor Holcomi Has Issued Order Through Adjutlant General Cole. Hartford, Conp., March 25.—The First Regiment, Connecticut National, damental for the world’s peace. “We express our most firm contempt for the German government on ac- count of #ts brutal, inhuman and bar- baric déeds and according to the cen- tury-old_proverb: ‘As long as the worid exists the Germans nmever will be brothers to the Poles.’ “We are prepared to unite under the Stars and Stripes against our common enemy, the German militar- jem. the German government, the bar- barian of the present da PEACE TERMS WHICH GERMAN WOULD OFFER PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION AT LOWELL, MASS. Fifty Thousand Persons Turned Out Guard, called into the federal servics| on Less Than 24 Hours' Notice. |Would Allow Belgians to Reside in y_direction president, will mo- 4 5 = bilize tomofrow. Governor Holomd{ Lowell, Mass, March 5. —Fif! Bajohiin, And R todsy issued orders through Adjutant General Cole for the various units to * report at their armories Monday morning at 7 a. m. Five companies are called in this city, the regimom- tal headquarters, two in New Britain end one each in Middletown, Bristol, South Manchester, Willimantic and Winsted. thousand persons turned out than twentv-four hours’ notice toda in a patriotic demonstration. Mayor James E. O'Donnell, who led the long parade of civil and military. societies, called the demonstration test, to find if the spirit that prompted Lowell to send volunteers to respond to the fir call for troops in 1861 still gxisted. No auditorium in the city was big enough to contain those who wanted to at- Berne, Switzehland, via Paris. March 25, 5:15 p. m—If peace negotiations Swere begun today.” says the Journal de Geneve, which does not reveal ~the sources of its information but declares it is_ aboslutely reliable. “Germany would offer to restore the territoryl she occupies in France. except in the min- ing district of Brier, in exchange for a channel port, Calais or Dunkirk, and of 15,000,000,000 francs. in les UNITED STATES TO HAVE indemnit tend the mass meeting, and speakers | * ; . < any would offer also,” says the SIX MILFTARY DEPARTMENTS | 2ddresseq great overflow crowds in nevcepamfa:r.' to restore the territorial the open a: integrity and the sovereignty of Bei- glum, on condition that Belgium would not be allowed to maintain a national army and that Germany wouid be per- mitted to garrison Namur, Liege and Antwerp perpetually.” The newspaper adds that Germany ! must be given control of the Belgian railroads-and ports and to be favorabl treated in an economic trade. ‘This is treated in an economic treaty. This New England Comprises One of the 2 New Departments. MORE TROOPS TO GUARD BALTIMORE & OHIO BRIDGES Recruiting Campaign Started for 7,000 More Guardsmen in Maryland. ‘Washington, March 25.—Division of the United Stakes into six instead of the existing four military departments was announced today by the war de- partment. The two new departments ire the northeastern, comprising the New England states, and the south- tern, comprising the states in the 31a south. Major General Leomard Wood . is ‘ransferred from command of the de- partment of the east to the new south- rastern department, Major General J. Franklin Bell from the western aepart- ment to the eastern department; Major General Hunter Ligett from the Phil- ippines to the Western department Baltimore, March 25. Adjutant General Warfield, of Maryland. toaay ordered a third company of the First Maryland Regiment to the Pennsylva- nia and Baltimore and Ohio bridges at the Susquehanna river. The company is from Westminster and Is sent at the hequest of Major Rechord, in charge of the troops at the bridgés. The Fourth Regiment—S00 streng— were under arms tonight at its arm- ory in Baltimore. The mobilization is to begin tomorrow marning. ity to Maintain Order. is not the programme of pan-Germans but the actual terms of the German government says the Journal de Gen- eve. AMERICAN FORCES ARE WITHDRAWN FROM SANTIAGO to Their Abil- Cubans Give Assuranc wnd Bflni;l‘:tr gg"""';c‘o""fe flR. The recruiting campaign for 7,000 Edwards from the canal zene to (he|more guardsmen will begin tomorrow | “Santiago de Cuba, March 26.—Rely- northeastern department. Major eGn- | fo° swell the ranke of the Mure = lity of tr ing on assurances of the ability of the Cubans ot maintain order, the Amer- ican commander withdrew tqday the last men of the force landed tow weeks eral Barry, of the central department, ind Major eneral PeGrshing of the southern department remain in their - commands. ranks. TO PUSH MILITARY Changes Outlined. WORK AT PRINCETON [2go. The city is quiet, although - skirmishes in the outskirts are not in- The changes were outlined by the|ln Case of War It Will Take Pre- |frequent. fepartment in the following state- cedence Over Academic Work. Colonel Aurelio Hevia, the minister’ ment: : 5 of the interior, is now here supervising’ “To facilitate ~decentralization of| puoo..oo March 25.—Dr. John | the situation.’ The number of Cuban sommand the United States is divided into_six military departments in place > the four now existing. The new troops has been largely increased andf it is announced a vigorous campaigr.i against the rebels will be inaugurated. Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University, announced at a student's mass meeting tonight that if this srganization become effective May 1, | foumtre poans oHiEnt 1S |immediately. The rebeis are contipu- {517, and comprise the following: oy ainimas, Iovolved in war Tl | el campaign of destruction ‘but “A—Northeastern department, to| precedence over all academic —werk,|there are no indications that they are. embrace the states of Maine. New | Begifining this week, it was announced |in & position to make a formidable re- Hampshire, ‘Vermont, Massachusetts,|mjlitary work will be given more |sistance. Rhode Island and Connecticut. Head- | prominence and the academy work| The new government in the city hasg quarters at Boston. lightened considerably. made many arersts of persons connect-| to em-| Nearly a hundred students, it was|ed with the former regime. “B—Eastern department, brace the States of New =Tork, New Jersey, Pennsylvani ware, Mary- | the nav. jand and Virginia, West Virginia, Dis- | socyine'? 1 other branches of “the e it Of Parto Rico with.the t: 2 the island Fo mith. the: SHOTS EXCHANGED AT las adjacent thersto. Headquarters . st Governor's Isiand. PENNSYLVANIA ROAD BRIDGE [O"® °f % Man Missing Since Jan. 15—| “C— Southeastern department — to The Other a Boy of 8. smbrace the states of Tennessee, North | Between a Sentry and an Unknown Shelt o TR T Carciina, _ South Carolina. Georgia, Man in a Rowboat. hoaton were Tonnd T Ea RN o Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. to- lies n - gether with the coast defences of New | Havre de Grace, Md, March 25— |35Y When the water was drawn ' off. Crieans .and the coast defences of |Shots were exchanged early tonight|Fangon MoBride. missing . from hicH Galveston. Headquarters at Charles- !:;ll\w‘a“e‘sl = semizy on duty at the Penn- | 1000 incs Janary 15 jast and the ton. % vania rallroa ge over the Sus- 5 “D—Central ent—to embrace | quehanna river and an unknown man |Other Was that of Louls Zakowski. & the states of tucky. Ohio. Michi- | In a rowboat who failed to move away-| "1’:_:" At Ehs. 'fifanwa.- . gan, Indiana. from the bridge. The boatman dis- vered Sttt e ‘body otz appeared in the dark. It is not known |FecOvered when the water was partial- o . Wisconsin, 1Mn- Nt outl ota, o T} ta, Nehmmy_ ATHather 1t Wes stctck. 1y run out and that of the boy after it by mc 1. Ho s at had been eitirely emptied. McBride S v o Military Services for Private Poor. icago. ‘was 51 years old.. “E—Southern department—to em- Portland, Maine, March 25.—Military brace the states of Loulsiana (except | services were heid todav for Private ng. Visithd New York. the coast se at New Orleans), | John Poor of the Third Artillery Coast w_York, March 25.—Secretary of Texas (ex t the coast defences at|company who was shot and killed on|State Lansing and Mrs. Lansing who Galveston), Arkansas, Oklahoma, New | Friday morning while trying to halt|came to New York Saturday, returned Meaxico and Arizona. Headquarters at|two prowlers near the heavy batter-|to Washington today. The secretary fort Sam Houston, Texas. ies at Fort Willams. Two companies | sald before his departure that he had “F—Western department—to em-|escorted the body to the railroad sta- | come tothis city on private busjness brace states of Washington, Ore- | tion, where it was shipped to his for- [and keep a dinner engagement with Bon. ldaho, Montana, California, Ne- |mer home, Clarksdale, Ills. Colonel E. M. Hou: i said tonight, had already left to join TWO BODIES FOUND IN A CANAL NEAR SHELTON Regulations for Guidat_lgggfl'ress IN HANDLING NEWS IN THE PRESENT EMERGENCY ? NEWS TO BE SUPPRESSED No Information, Reports or Rumors to be Published Which Will Tend to Disclose Military or Naval Pelicies of the Government. Washington, March 24.—Rezulations for the guidance of the press of the United States in handling news in the present emergency, framed by officials of the state, war and navy depart- ments and accepted by representatives of the principal press associations wer® made public today. The regulations are as follows: “In view of the desire of the press of the country to refrain from the publication of ‘information harmful to the public interest and with the inten- tion of securing the maximum public- ity with the least injury thereto, the following regulations are hereby is- sued for its gnidance, which, it is ear- nestly requested, be closely observed: Regulations “Regulations: “1—No information, reports or ru- mors should be published which tend to disclose the military and naval pol- icies of the government of the United States. (This regulation is directed against the publication of any news or comment which might reveal the strategic disposition or operation of armies or their sub-divisions or the fleet or its sub-divisions: any meas- ures which micht be adopted in con- sonance with the department of state for the furtherancr of American de- fense and, in general, any plans for the use of the armv and navy during the existence of a national emerzency. Information to be Suppressed. “2—No information, reports or ru- mors should be published which tend to_disclose: “(A)—Movements or employment of armies and their sub-divisions, fleets and their sub-divisions. “(B)—Movements of vessels of the navy or their arrival at or departure m any port. “(C)—Departures of merchant ves- sels should not be mentioned, and it is desired that the name of port of arrival be omitted. “(D)—Assignment _or _movement. whether as groups or individuals, of officers and men of the military and naval establishments. “(E)—Transportation of mails, sup- Pplies or munitions- -~~~ “(F)—Information of any @esigns, inwentions or test thereof, or of manu- facture, transport or distribution of implements of war. “(G)—Concentration of military or naval supplies or location of such sup- plies. “(ID—Activities in or about arsen- als, fortifications, army posts. naval magazines, navy vards, naval bases and radio stations. “3—Publication of any maps, dia- grams or photographs which in any way might seem of military or naval value. “4—No meving pictures should be displayed which are of military or na- val_value. “5—Any doubtful matter should be submitted to the authorized represen- tatives of the depariment concerned who shall give an immediate decision thereon and keep the inquiry madc strictly confidential. “6—It is requested that no informa- tion, reports or rumors attributing a policy to the government in any in- ternational situation, not authorized by the president or a member of the cabinet, be published without first con- sulting the department of state.” ote: The above regulations shall not be enforced in any matters offi- cially siven to the press by properly authorized officials.” SUGGESTION OF U. 8. GIFT OF $1,000,000,00Q, TO FRANCE Paris Temps Says It Awakens Hopes of a Higher Humanity. Paris, March 25. 4:30 p. m.—The Temps in its leader, commenting on the suggestion that Americans loan or give $1.000,000,000 to France, says: “In the difficult times in which we live it is consoling to encounter straight- forward, disinterested sentiments that reawaken hopes of a higher humanity.” Referring to the friendship betweer France and America, the emps notes that at the beginning of the twentieth century, “what the Americans admired in France was no longer our force .nor our ideals; it was not our virtues, but the pleasures we offered. B “We exercised a lively attraction on them,” continues the paper, “but we lacked prestige and authority. The Marne, the Yser, Verdun have revised American judgment of France. For vears we talked to them of mothing but literature and fashions. The il- lumination of battle has shown them that we had other strings to our bow, and from the moment the friendship that lacked, not fidelity, but sub- stance, was reawakened. 34 DEATHS FROM STORM AT NEW ALBANY, IND. f Work For the Storm Sufferers is Now Well Hand. New Albany, Ind., March 25. — The death list from the storm swept New Albany Friday evening remained to- day at 34, the names of two.persona previously reported dead from unof- cial sources being eliminated and the names of two others who died in St Edward’s hospital today being added. The task of giving immediate relief to the storm sufferers is now well in hand. CREW OF BELGIAN STEAMER NARCIS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK Foundered in the Atlantic Ocean on March 6. New York, March 25.—Captain Sy- tor and the crew of the Belgian steam- ship Narcis which fougdered in the Atlantic ocean on Murch 6 while on & yovage from Baltimore to Calias, France, arrived here today from Ber muda, whence they had been taken the British steamship Tamarao, whi rescued. them.. . The -Nareis, carrying a crew of 3¢ men, was caught in a hur- cane. Vessel Naval Strength to Be B_I,llflfl Men INCREASE HAS BEEN AUTHORIZ- ED BY PRESIDENT WILSQN. 20,000 MEN ARE NEEDED The President Took the Si commendation of Secretary Daniels Under Authority Granted by Con- gress in Case of Emergency. Washington, March 25. — President Wilson has sigred an order authorizing the increase of the navy Lo $7,000 men from the present authorized strength of 74,500. The present actual sfrensth of the navy is 85,000 men. The addi- tional men wil be used to man the serve ships. : President Wiison tcok the step on the recommendation of Secretary Dan- under authority granted by con- gress in case of a “natiopal emer- gency.” e Order. Following is the executive order bringing the nav yup to war strength: “By virtue of the authority vested in the presiden: by the act of congicss approved Aug. 29, 1916 entitled ‘an act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1917, and for other purposes,’ it is hereby directed that the authorized en- listed strength of the navy be in- creased to 87,000 men. “WOODROW WILSON.” 20,00 Men Must Be Enrolled. The navy must enroll immediately approximately 20,000 men to reach required strength. Secretary Daniels supp’emcnied i. tonight with personal telegrams to newspaper editors all over the country urging them to aid the Ge- partment in every way in their power to obtain the men. BUYING FOREIGN-OWNED AMERICAN SECURITIES Absorption by Ame 17.78 Per Cent. New York, March Further heavy absorption by American inves- tors and financial institutions of for- eign-owned American raiiroad secu n Investors of Six Months. ties is disclosed in the latest compila- tion prepared by L. F. Loree, pre: dent of the Delaware and Hudson C made pubiic tonight. Mr. Lorce has | made an exhaustive stndy of this sit- ‘waiion since the first six months of the war. - S When'Mr. Loree’s inguiry was firaf 4T wis -ascertained tha American raiiroad - securitids . held abrond July 21, 1975, were of a par value of $2,704,402.354. . During the period of August 1, 1916, to January 1, 1917, there were réturn of ‘par. value of $229.817,076. or 16.23 per cant, of trhe six months. During the ansial period ended on January 81, 1916, tfere were held abroad securiti»s of the par value of $1.415.625,563 (market value -$1,110.- 098,000), showidg that there were re- turned for the vear securiiies of the = value of $807,881,666, or 36.33 per cent. During the semi-annual period end- ed July 31, 1818, there were returned to this colintry securities of the par value of $480.892.155, 3 per cent. for_ihe six months. “Therefore,” says the Loree report, “from the date the first compilation was issued, showing securitles held abroad - amounting to $2,704,102,363, there have been returned to the Amer- ican markets securinz having a par value of $1,515590,578, or £6.15 per cent.” Mr. Doree's figures are based on in- formation received from 144 railroad companies. including all the roads in the United States over 100 miles in length, of which number 105 compan- ies reported securities held abroad. The Lorec compilation does not in- clude many millions of dollars of se- curities of American insa porations. held -abroad prio war. GERMANS MASSING TROOPS ON NORTHERN RUSSIA FRONT They Are Said to be Planning Effort Against Russia’s Capital. Petrograd, Saturday. March 24, 1.30 p. m. via London, March 25. 3.00 p. m. .(Delayed). From. internai troud- les and the problems of reconstruction the httention’ of Russia has suddenly been diverted to @ new danger which threatens from without. There is now indisputable -evidence. that the Ger- mans are massing great numbers of troops along the northern front ready for an effort against Russiia’s capital. The country has been apprised of the new menace by a series of proc- lamations from its ministers. PAID RESPECTS TO RUSSIAN - PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT Ambassadors of Great Britain, France and Italy. London. March 25, 6.15 p. m.—The British, French and Italian ambassa- dors to Russia went today to the Ma- rie Palace, where the council of min- isters was sitting and paid their re- spects to the provisional government in behalf of tieir governments, says a Reuter despatch from Petrograd. Grand - Duke Alexander Michaelo- vitch. has telegraphed Prince Lvoff, the premler, from Kiev on behalf of himself and his wife, Grand Duchess Xenia, a sister of the former em- peror, and their family, intimating their ‘readiness to support the new provisional government in every way. NEW BARRED ZONE. IN ARCTIC WATERS Announced by German Admiralty in Official Statement. Rerlin, March 25—(By Wireless to Sayville) — Announcement of a new barred zone in Arctic waters was made today by the admiralty in an official statement. News of the establishment of - this barred zone in the waters giving ac- cess to the rnorthern Russian - ports ‘was coritained in Christian advices re- ceived on March 23 aunouncing that the German minister there had official- iy notified the Norwegian government of ihis extension of the area of unre- stricted submarine warfare. 5 ed to the American markst securities S} - Condensed Telegrams Guard will The Vermont National be put on a war footing. " The national child labor conference began a three days' session at Balti- ‘more. The Harlow Building, at Augusta, of Me., was destroyed by fire at a lo: $100,000. General Aguilar resigned as minister the of foreign relations in Carranza Cabinet. Canada for 600 tons of canned salmon a month. Anton Hermes, of P , N. J., was arersted at Alletown, Pa., charged with espionage. Thirty-four men were killed by a gas explosion in the Fushan coal mines in Manchuria. Four children were burned to death in a fire that destroyed their home at Saginaw, Mich. The Fabre Line st rived at Providence, bon and the Azores. mship Roma ar- .1, from Lis- The plant of the Jcansville Iron Works at Hazelton, Pa.. was damaged by fire at a loss of $75,0007 ol Lieut-Col. Ghester Harding, zovernor of the Canal Zone, was elected presi- dent of the Panama Railroad. The Atlantic & Northwestern Rail- road Co. was chartered at Richmond, Va., with a capital of $5,000,000. President Wilson has nomimated Mrs. Ampler F. Cardwell to be post- mistress at Foriress Monroe, Va. Four members of the tariff board were sworn in by Chief Clerk Wil- meth of the Treasury Department. Greek residents at have volunteered their servic United States In the vent of war. A regular course in military training. will be started at Williams College to- day under the direction of an army of- ficer. . Three men were killed in a rear-end collision on the main line of the Le- high Valley Railroad near Rochester, N, The Rae Tanzer jury disagreed after sixty hours of deliberation. It stood eight for acquittal, four for con- viction. Tweo deaths were recorded at Gales- ville, I1l., as the result of a throat in- fection which has attacked more than 200 persons. A membership in the New York Cof- & Sugar Exchange was- sold for $5,000. an advance of $200 over the last previous sale. A bill to amend the revised statutes to prevent the sale of cigarettes or rette papers was introduced in the Maine Legislature. Mayor Mitchel received from Pres- ident Wilson a letter of thanks for the city’s offer of docks and recreation piers for use in time of emergency. The New York Senfite passed a bill which prohibits the selling of liquor within a quarter of a mile of the United States reservation at Platts- burg. The annual 500-mile automobile race, scheduled for the Indiznapolis Motor Speedway on Memorial Day, was de clared off because of threatening war conditions. The Cramp Shipbuilding Co. of New York was awarded a contract for con- structing two vessels for the United States government at a cost of about $6,000,000 each. The lllinois House of Representa- tives has adopted a joint resolytion urging that if the United States enter the European war it enter in the cause of smaller nations. Col. W. 8. Pierce, coommandant at the arsenal at Springfield, Mass. an- nounced that he had received authori- ty to Increase the hours of operation from 16 to 20 hour: Three persons were injured when the forward truck of a Nostrand Ave- nue car left the rails at Avenue D, Flatbush, and dropped eight feet into a subway excavation. John Bumberg, 42, committed suicide at his home 'at New’ Haven yesterday by shooting in the head with a re- volver. Despondency over a love affair is said to have been the cause. Smith College authorities announced that $8,047 had been subscribed by faculty and students in a one day can- vass for funds for the relief of Bu- ropean soldiers in prison camps. Metropolitain park police were inves- tigating the death of James A. Doyle, a printer of Beachmont, Mass., whose body was found in the roadway on the ‘Winthrop Shore Drive Saturda: Nineteen members of the Naval Ca- det School of the Massachusetts Naval Milltia were graduated as ensigns in the naval reserve Saturday night, six months in advance of the usual time. The Massachusetts Coast Artillery Corps, comprising. 12 companies,. was instructed by the War Department to make immediate requisition for equip- ment needed to bring it to full war strength. > While operating a_circular saw the Boston Navy Yard, George A. Pitcher of Bverett, a carpenter, was struck in the chest by a piece of fiying wood and killed instantly. He was 60 years old. A forestry surveying trip expected to cover a circuit of neasly a hundred miles in_an almost inaccessible part of the White Mountains has been started by two New Hampshire Col- lege professors. in The memorial to Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church, erected in Mt. Auburn ceme- tery at Cambridge, Mass.. has been turned over to the Christian Science board of directors. The election of John King Lord of Hanover, N. H., as a_trustee of Dart- mouth_college was announced yester- day. He filis the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. Francls Brow: Lord is a grandson of a former presi- gent of Dartmouth, Nathan Lord. 1 ARER ST. QUENTIN Have Pushed Forward Over a Front of About Two and a Half Miles HEAVY FIGHTING ETWEEN FRENCH-GERMANS Gains Were Also Made South of the Oise and North of Sois- sons—There Has Been Considerable Fighting in the Air —Berlin Records the Loss of Seventeen Aeroplanes by French and British—London Says Eight German Ma- chines Were Driven Out of Control—Spring Thaws Hindering Actions in Rumania. The French forces and the Germans There has been considerable fighting have again becn engaged in heavy|in the a The Berlin war office re fighting on several sectors of the frout | cords the loss of 17 aeroph s by the between (ne Somme and the Alsne|French and Lritish, while London re rivers, and again the French have| ports eight German machines were made advances toward the stroagly | driven down out of control but admits Uefended lown of St. Quentin. that four British machines failed According to the French war office, | return to the base. Eombs have beern the French troops have pushed forward | dropped from German alrcraft on over a front of about two and a half | Calais and Duakirk. miles south and southwest of St.| While only #mall raiding operations Quentin, the new positions taking in |and artillery diels have been repo the town of Castres, three miles south- | from the Russian front, ae despatch west, and Essign. le-Grand, four miles | from Petrograd ays there is in south of St. Quentin. Gaine also were | putable evidence that the Germans are made south of the Oise and north of | bringing up large numbers of troops Soizson: on the northern part of the line for an Berlin admits the retirement of the | effort to break through toward Petro- Germans, “acc>1ding to orders,” before | grat. the Pritish between PBeaumetz and The spring thaws are holding the Rolsel, northe; of Peronne, but says | Russo-Rumaniane and Teutonic allied the Germans repu'sed French attacks |troops in check in Rumania. In M northeast of Solssons. For the most | donia, near Monastir, much artil y part the fignting on the British end | activity prevails. The usual artiller of the :ine has consisted of reciprocal | dueis and smalil in actions con tinue in the Austro-ltalian theatre raiding and bombing attacks. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ARRIVING IN WASHINGTON For Conferences With Administration Officials Over War Legislation. Washingion, March 25.—With the convening of cungress in extra session only a week off, cngressional leaders cre here for conferences with admin- istration officials oves the legisiation which will be demanded by the virtual state of war existing between the United States.and Germany. Members of tne foreign relations and military committees and of the house ways and mesns committee, which frames revenue legisiation, afl w have importani malters to dis 55 among themseives and with the execu- tive branch. Aside from ness for the- great bu: which congres. has been called, the question of organization is chiefly o cupying the house leaders. Both dem - ocrats and republicans said tonight that the election of a speaker probaply would follow soon after the house was called to order. but that the orfani rion of committees presenigd a prob- lem the result of which mo one could foreca: The attitude of the so-calied “wet” members and some of the northern democrate is giving concern (o the democrats, while the republicans are troubled over their progressive wing. NATIONAL ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD Was Organized at New York Yester- day to Mobilize Men and Money. New York, March 26.—A national advertising #dvisors board headed by Herbert S. Houston. president of the Associated Advertising Clubs, was ol Zanized here today to formulate defi- nite plans for mobilizing men and money for the support of the nation throuzh paid advertising. This step was taken to farry out an offer made to the secretaries of war and the n: the day President Wilson sever~d di y plomatic relations with Geymany Without wait ng for authorization - of congress the board will map out a comprehensive plan which can be ex- the need ecuted immediately when comes. The board will operate alone lines similar to thoge employed by the ad- vertising men of Great: Britain who lent particularly valuable assistancs to their government in conducting the advertising _campaign for the latest war loan- which was more successful than any which had preceded it. CANVASS OF MAYORS ON UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING Mayors of Waterbury and. Hamden the Only Two in New England Op- posed. New York, March 25.—The National Security League tonight made public the rosuit of a canvass of the mayors in all citles with a population of more than 5000 on the question of univer- sal military service. The answers re- ceived number 378, of which 200 were unreservedly in favor of the enact- ment of a universai training law: 34 were opposed and 144 either were in- different_or undecided. No unfavorablo replies were receiy- ed from New York state and the only unfavorable answers from New Eng- land were from Augusta, Me., and from the town of Hamden and the city of| Waterbury, Conn. COMMITTED SUICIDE IN THE VANDERBILT HOTEL Man Believed to b Dav Detroit. New York, March 25.—After. having had written a telegram referring to a business deal he had closed “wherein verybody receives in full,” a man be. ieved to be David William Dailey, the.| head of Dailey Grocers, Inc., of De- troit, committed suicide today in the Vanderbilt hotel in the head. magazine by shooting himsell Near his body wes a in which was marked “EXit, egram was addressed to C. W., Giller, Detroit . FLOODS ALONG NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND WATERSHEDS Prospects Are They Will Be More Se- rious Than Thcy Have Been for Years. Boston, March prospects along the norihe, England watersheds are ynore serious tha have been for rvears. Advices recelved here today indicate that the greater part of the almost - unprecedented snowfall this winter is still piled high in the north woods, where there ha been no marked break in the long ¢ spell. In western Massachusetts, how ever, better conditions are reportec While banks of snow lie to & grea depth along the upper reaches of the Connecticut river valley, in New Hampshire and Vermont, the river is generally clear of thick ice in Mass chusctts and much of the snow alrea is melted. A sudden and ext e thaw, however. would mean disaste according to engineers whose du is to waich river conditions carefi REAR ADMIRAL S. B. LACE CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY Newport Naval Station Turned Out in Force to Do Him Honor. Newport, R. I, March ow port naval station turne today to doy honor to R Stephen B, Luce, wh 90th birthday. The the foundation for the present of naval training and who father of the naval war able to come oLt on his and review the battalion prentices who greeted him at “Present.” After t through some of the evol admiral had written into the na drill books théy swung past him the way back to the barracks simging Nancy Lee, the song he introdue to the mavy years ago. lLater the of ficers at the station called to pa their respects. GRAND PRIZE OF 15000 FRANCS _ AWARDED CARDINAL MERCIER By the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. Paris, March The Academy of Sroral and Political Sciences yesterdsy awarded to Cardinal Mercier, primata of Belgium, its grand prize of 15.000 francs destined to recompense “the finest and greatest acts of devotlon of whatever kind.” The academy .made 1 d in these terms arding this prize to Cardina Mercier the academy desived to hono: hin noble patriotism, his respect of right, his zeal for e, his firmnes in the face of opp n and his_de votion for the poo esmed. 1 also to render e in FELL ACROSS LIVE WIRE CARRYING 13,000 VOLTS Chief Engineer . Kinsman Killed at Gree: Instantly Greenfield. ‘Mass. March 25.—Two men were killed and a third was bad) burned at the local plant of th Greenfleld Electric_Light nd Powe company today. Rollo Kinsman chief engineer of the plant, slipped from a steel frame where he was re pairing a lightning arrester and fel across a live wire carrying 13,000 voit He was killed instantly. In rescuing the body Frank Allen angde Edward Leurahardt. two employel, wer knocked down by the current. J.eur hardt was killed. Allen was able to pick himself up and telephone for as sistance. National Child Labor Conference. Baltimore, Md., March 25.—The Na- tional Child Labor Conference closed here today with a mass eeting at which Owen R. Lovejoy of New Y ork &eneral secretary od the child labe: eemmittee, Apoke “~on “Safeguarding children in peace or war,” and the Rev. Dr. Willlam J. Kerby of the Ca- tholic Untversity, also spoke.