Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 30, 1917, Page 1

By Increasing Regular Army to War Strength and Calling Out the WILSON TALKED WITH SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN ChkmnnofSennteMi]ihryCommi!beHuinAlhendmmt to Offer Which Would Create 36 Divisions for Training Work Which Would Provide for the Training of 500,000 Men at Approximately Generally Agreed That Only Complete Abandonment of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare Could Change the At- titude of the United States—Last Cabinet Meeting Be- fore the Writing of Message to Congress Will be Held Today. Washington, March 29—Plans to forward preparedness measures for the army today began to assume definite form. How an Increased armed force may be promptly secured for the pres- ent emergency, as well as universal training_ as & national policy, were discussed by President Wilfon with Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, chair- man of the sepate military committee At the same time Secretary Baker and administration leaders in congress considered legislation needed immedi- ately for the military establishment. Army of 700,000 Men. Senator Chamberlain told the presi- dent that he believed the executive now has authority without further action by congress to rafse at once an army of more than 700,000 men, by in- creasing the regular army” to war strength and calling oyt of the na- tional guard, at war strength, with co- operation from state executives. There was no intimation that the president was considering such a step immediately, but the whole fleld of mneasures necessary for a.larges force was discussed. = For present purposes the war de- rtment, Secretary Baker said, had icided to submit to congress a budget centaining virtually the same pro- viglons as_the regular army appro- priation, which failed at the last ses- sion.. Estimates for the expenses in con- nection with an enlarged army or for any emergency activities will be pre- sented later. This decision coincides with the house plan to re-emact the appropriation bill without change and send it at once to the senate. Senator Chamberlain also agreed to expedite the bill in the senate. He said he would not again offer his universal training bill as a rider if it would delay prompt action on the supply measure. 5 Senator Chamberlain Visits President. . The conference between the presi- dent and Senator Chamberlain, at the latter’s request. was primarily to dis- cuss the senator's universal training dorse the general principle of compul- plan. He asked the president to e sory training in his forthcoming mes- sage to congress. The president, it was sald, gave no_indications of his probable course. - He was said to fa- wor some plan for providing military training, but was non-committal re- garding the Chamberiain plan, to which he is understood to have some objections. After leaving the White House, the semator said he was “still hopeful” of administration endorsement of his measure, and also expressed increased cptimism over prospects of passage by she senate of some form of universal tTalning measure. Several senators, Be said, who formerly opposed the vlan, now favor it. To Raise Age Limit. As a result of his talk with the ?Mdent‘ Senator Chamberlain‘expects fo make several important amend- ments to his bill, particularly with the laea of increasing the number of Zralned soldiers it would produce in a short period. To‘this end he proposes %o raise the age limit of youths sub- Jeat to training from 19 to 20 years, in order to secure more mature men, and to begin the ning periods sponer than provided in the tentative which proposes that about 500,000 fouths be trained annually with six Tonthe’ continuous service. 36 Divisions for Training. Another amendment, Senator Cham- berlain said, would be to create 36 dl- visions in the country for the segre- gation of the training work, with fa- clities for training an army division of of from: 22,000 to 27,000 men in each divisional camp. While some of the Qivisions, Senator Chamberlain thought, would have larger bodies under train- ing than others, he believed at least 500,000 young men would be thus se- cured. The Oregon senator impressed upon the president that his plan would not entail the enormous expense of the general army training bill. He esti- mated that without providing costly permanent barracks at training campe and by having the students lve in tents, the annual cost of training 500;: 000 mew would be roughly $156,000,001 War Strength of Guard 440,000. As to the measures necessary for in- creasing e army in emergency, Sen- ator—Chamberlain eaid that under ex- isting law the president is authorized to increase the standing army to its war strength of 270,000, or, with aux- illaries, aggregating a regular force of' about 300,000, The war strength of the nationel guard was estimated at about 440,000 with all forces fully en- listed. Thus combined, the senator said, a army of nearly three- quarters of a million men could be provided without action by congress. the regular army appropria- Teaches the senate, Semator said he thought it would with or without specific :u department 'AVAILABLE AT ONCE== . i it shra ries E and F_[Germany Tryingto | Cordensed Togram v Edward J. Wade of New York, was 1 2 elected a member of the New _York ameUnited States| ™= >>==_" - Secretary of Navy Daniels appointed Admiral J. H. Oliver governor of the Danish West Indiés. Gold to the amount of $10,000,000 was . |receivea from Canadd for the account of J. P. Morgan & Cor The bill authorizing the taking of a war census was signed by Governor Whitman of New York. .- The lllinois Senate passed a joint resolution declaring for universal and compulsory military training. The city of Paris will get the statue of Lincoin- which America offered France through Premier Ribot. Senor Bonilla, the new Mexican am- bassador to the United States will ar- rive in Washington late this week. to ‘Mobilize Today|B! ORDERS RECEIVED FROM ADJU- ' TANT GENERAL COLE ™ STATEMENT BY IMPERIAL CHAN- CELLOR IN REICHSTAG — SHOULD WAR }:Ns@: ter of finance in net from 1906 to Declared Germany Does Not Want War With United States—Never Had the Slightest Intention of Attacking the-United States. Most of the Officers of Battery F. Are Yale Undergraduates, Who Joined When the Battery Went to the Mex- ican Border. National Guard ‘Hartford, Conn., March 29.—De- claring that their state and coun- try needs them, Governor Holcomb tonight issued the following open Jetter to the young men of Connec- ticut: “On Sunday last the First Regi- ment, Connecticut National Guard, was called into the federal service and yesterday a similar call was is- sued to the Second Regiment. Both must be recruited to maximum strength. In every crisis in the life of the nation Connecticut has been among the first to respond and in, proportion to her size, she has taken a second place. to nonme. Your state and nation need vou. “Marcus olcom! “Governor” Berlin, March 29.—(By wireless to Sayville)—"“Germany never had the slightest intention of attacking . the United States of America and does noes not have such intention now. It never desired war against the United States of America ad noes not desire it today,” was the declaration made by the German imperial chancellor, von Bethamnn-Hollweg in a speech in the reichstag today. Relations With the United States Concerning German _relations with the United —States, the chancellor, whose speech is reported by the Over- seas News Agency (the German offic! news bureau) said: “Within the next few days the di- rectors of the American nation will be convened by President Wilson for an extraordinary session of congress in order to decide the question of war or peace between the American and Ger- man nations. “Germany never bad the slightest intention of attacking the Umted States of America and does not have such intention ow. It ever desired war against the United States of America and does not desire it now. British Blockade Scored. “How did these things develop? More than once we told the United States that we made unrestricted use of the submarine weapon expecting that England could be made to ob- serve, in_her policy of blockade, the laws of humanity and international agreements. This biockade policy— this 1 expressly recall has been called ‘lllegal and indefensible' (the imperial chancelior here used the Enghsh ‘words) by President Wilson and Sec- retary of State Lansing. Our expec- tation: which we maintained during eight months, have been disappointed completely; England not only did not give up her illegal and indefensible policy of blockade, but uninterrupted- ly intensified if. = England, together with. her allfes, arrogantly rejected Hartford, Conn., March 29.—Batteries E and F, Tenth Militia Field artillery, received orders from Adjutant General Cole tonight to mobilize in their re- spective armories tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock to await further orders which will recall them into federal service. Battery F of Stamford re- ‘turned only two weeks ago from EI Paso, Tex., where it had been on patrol duty” since last July. The battery is under command of Captain Alden tman. Most of its officers are Yale undergraduates who joined the battery when it left for duty-on the Mexican border. Battery E of Branford is command- ed by Captain John A. Hern. The bat- tery was mustered out of the federal service at the same time as Battery F, returning home ten days ago. Many of its members live in New Haven and Bridgeport. - They were summoned by telegrams fonight to report for orders in the morning. American barks Brown and Manga Reva and the Swedish bark Barden have been posted at Lloyd's as miss- ing. A bill creating a state council of de- fense was signed Thursday by Gov- ernor William D. Stephens of Califor- nia. An accidental explosion eccurred in the city hall at Bapaume, and a num- ber of persons were buried in the de- bris. $156,000,000 a Year—It is trving W. Smith, a photographer for a New York paper, was killed in an el- evator accident at the Statler hotel, at Buffalo. Steel pipe manufacturers in Pitts- burgh, announced that all sizes of standard steel pipe had been advanced $10 a ton. M. M Under-Secretary of the French Ministry of Finance, appointed Mile Jeanne Tardy as an attache In his department. Students of the University of Michi gan voted overwhelmingly in favor of compulsory military training‘at the school. The vote was 3,349 to 632. William Kessler, of New York, wai instantly killed when he fell 15 feet through thé elevator shaft of an apart- ment house at No. 1940 Park Avenue. &\ ADVANCE IN FOOD BILL OF THE AVERAGE FAMILY Has Been from $339.30 in 1913 to $425.54 at Present. ‘Washington, March 29—The annual food . bill of the average family has grown from $339.30 in 1913 to $425.54 at present, the department of labor an- necessary for an army of one million men. 3 Change in Supply Bill. « A change planned by the war de- partment in the supply bill, and, prob- ably the onl7 important change, is to shorten the time for accum: of reserve ‘l':film“mvl‘ dmt the army. e present P es for their pur- chase over a period of from four to|nounced today. In ten years the d:- five vears, and the department is plan- | partment’s experts estimate the ad- e e s e e s B | Sl ipped wage increases. that the pose be made tel available. | o1 4 e 3 4 v workman who drew $3 a day in 1907 now finds himself just 69 cents a day worse off, earning $3.48 a day. In the period from Jan. 15 to Feb. 15 food prices took a 4 per cent. jump. It is estimated that if a dollars ‘worth of fc bought in 1907 weighed ten pounds it would weigh today a trifle more than seven pounds. “Despite the average increase of 19 per cent. in wages an hour in the last ten years,” says the statement, “and despite a cut on hours worked of 4 per cent., the rising cost of foods has re- duced the pay of the American’ works NEW FINANCIAL PROGRAM OF RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT To Remedy Deficiencies of the Past Administration, Petrograd, March 29, Noon, via Lon- fion, March 30, 2.20 a. m—The new financial program, wwich will under- take to remedy the deficiencies of the past administration and, by means of a system of revenues, enable the gov- ernment to share in the increased in- dustrial profits, was outlined to The Associated Press today by M. Tere- sehtenko, minister of finance. “The country is full of capital” said M. Tereschtenko, “which has grown out of the increased industrial activi- ty since the beginning of the war and my plan is to institute immediately a new system of tazes based on war profits. Since 1915 all ingustrial en- terprises of the country ve shown most remarkable increases in earnings. and have issued millions of ' new N e pas. - revemel Sae P UM b tained only in a casual manner by th ministry of finance and although they far exceeded the financial loss to the government occasioned by the sus- pension of the liquor traffic, they have not been properly nor thoroughly ap- plied to the resources of the country, which ought to contribute largely to the expenses of carrying on the war. “It is not the intention of the new government to make the new revenues so burdensome to manufacturers that it will discournge their productivity. “T am working in close co-operation with my colleagues in the cabinet and will have, I beliave, the hearty suport of the industrial leaders themselves. This new revenue will enable the coun- try to meet at least the accumulating interest on outstanding loans. Russia will have to depend of course, upon foreign loans and, judging by the sympathy and support with which the new government has been greeted by its allies and in the United States, there should be no difficulty in ar- ranging a basis for a continuance of financial assistance abroad. “The most important question fac- ing the country is provisioning and transportation. We already have be- gun to reorganize transportation and are considering a co-operative system, PRESIDENT IS GATHERING OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS As to the Sort of Address to Make Before Congress Monday. ‘Washington, March 29.—While it fs assumed from the defensive measures already taken by the military arm of the government that President Wil- son, in addressing congress next weelk, T Sek for MR gESlort GeSEags a declaration that a state of war ex- bou sts, it 1o known that he wiIf spe ML TR o i e along broad lines, dealing lightly From 1912 to 1915 wages and food incidents leading up to the present| i iceq increased at about the same erisis. & rates. But war losses got into the President Gathering Opinions. equation in 1916 and pushed up food Officials feel now that the time is|prices faster than wages. There were past when incidentals should be dis-|some crop shortages also which cori- cussed and that henceforth only fun- |tributed their share. Besides this, damental questions of both present and | however, there is reason to fear that future American safety should be con- |other eléments are conspiring to raise sidered. As a result, the president |prites. is zathering opinions and suggestions| “Cold storage, re-billing, re-shipping from all sides as to the sort of ad-|and withholding of commiodities from dress to make in the coming cruclal |market are suspected to contribute to hours. the present abnormal rise in the prices No Change in Situation. of foodstuffs. Whether some persons The general situation has not been |have conspired to engross the markets changed by the speech of the German |the department of labor cannot state. Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg to- | But the reports of the bureau of labor day according to the view tonight of | statistivs seem to lend some color to officials who read press reports of the |Such an opinion, viewed in the light portion of the address dealing with|Of conditions revealed by a compari- the United States and submarine war- [Son of figures through a range of tare. years.” Germany Shirks Responsibility. Germany, it was said, has_ consist- ently attempted to lay the blame for her acts on other nations. On pre- vious occasions President Wilson has taken the position that Germany is in no way justified carring on submarine ruthlessness because of the British blockade. The Williamsburg division of the Chicago & Northern Michigan Rail- road, a branch of the Pere Marquette, was sold at public auction for $527,000. A special meeting of the stock- holders of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. was called for April 17 to vote on in- creqsing the capital from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. FRRS Secretary Redfield will naine a corii> fmittee of business men to advise his department in framing measures to safeguard the country’s commerce if War comes. Had to Act for Defense. “Then wes took unrestricted marine warfare into our hands; we had to for our defense. “If the American nation . considers this a eause for which to declare war against the German nation with which it has lived in peagce for more than one hundred year, if this action wants an increase of bloodshed, we shall not have to bear the responsibility for it. \The German nation which feels neither hatred nor hostility asgainst the United States of America, shall al- bear and overcome thi: Talks About Russia. Dealing with Russia, the imperial chancellor said “that the Russian em- peror had not listened to the German emperor’s advice no longer to oppose the justified wishes of his nation for reforms. “Had Russia’s attention been con- centrated on internal reconstruction, said the chancellor, “there would have been no room for the restless policy of expansion which finally led to this Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollwez em- phatically denied that the German em- sub- then One woman was seriously _injured and six others were cut by fiying glass when two crdwded trolley cars col- lided at 424 Street and Park Avenue. New York. The Manchuria, the second armed American liner to sail for a British port since Germany's submarine de- cree of Jan. 30 has safely arrived at her destingtion. The fourth annual convention of the Retail Jewels' association of the state held at New Haven yesterday select- ed Waterbury as the place for holding the next convention. Carroll Hindman Hudders, of Allen- town, Pa., was appointed a captain in the quartermaster’s corps and assign- ed to the administeative staff by Adju- tant General Stewart. A class of wireless telegraphy for young women was formed ot a meet- ing of the National Special Aid Society, No. 259 Fifth Avenue. The national LITTLE TRADING ON EXCHANGES OF THE TEUTONIC POWERS Because of Unwillingness of De: to Forward Remittances. New York, March 29.—Trading .in it, at provide material 15. exchange on the countries of the Teur tonic powers was at an absolute stand- still for a time today. thereby giving rise to much comment and conjécture. It was learned, however, that the in- terruption was occasiored by the un- willingness of dealers to forward re- mittances, even by wireless telegraph in the present tense state of relations. In the afternoon bankers and ex- change dealers with Berlin and Vien- na connections accepted bills to a fairly large amount in the aggregate, with a resultant strengthening of rates to both centers. Marks, or Berlin remittances, rose from yester- day’s nominal quotations of 69.34 cents to 71 cents, while kronen, or Austrian rates, advanced .from 1140 to 11.80. Bankers are agreed that little Ger- man or Austrian money is now held here, balances having been very much reduced since the break in diplomatic relations with Germany. - BAND OF BANK ROBBERS ROUTED BY TELEPHONE GIRL Fired Shot After Shot Until the Rob- bers Fled. crisis prompted the action. Only complete abandonment of un- restricted submarine warfare _could change the attitude of the United States, it has been said semi-official- Iy recently and press reports indicate that the German chancellor did not even discuss that possibility. President Will Meet Cabinet Today. The president will meet with _his cabinet tomorrow for the last time before beginning the actual writing of his message to congress and there- fore it is expected that the German situation will be dealt with very fully. He hopes no time will be lost in organ- izing the house, so that he may de- liver his adyress as soon as possible after the extra session convenes. The attitude of both congress and public opinion is sought in order to represent both as fully as possible. As to the former, the president is anxious not to trangress the constitutional pre- rogatives of congress as the war mak- ing body. It is realized that in the ultimate ‘analysis, regardless of what the president may recommend, the re- sponsibility for decision rests there. Public Favors Declsive Action. Public opinion, it was sfiid here, as indicated by clippings from newspa- pers in all parts of the country, un- mistagably favors decisive action. Bel- ligerency is not confined to the Atlan- tic_and Pacific sections if opinions gathered by the administration are a true index. Demang for action on the part of congress and the president comes aleo from interior sections be- tween the Alleghenies and the Sier- ras. The views reported by some mid-western congressmen as to the apathy of their constituencies is con. sidered more local than general. The greatest point under consider- action at the present time in whether Germany has not unmistakably shown, through a long succession of violations of international law, that the United States must definitely unite with the liberal démocracies of the world against the complete autocracies, both for its present and future safety. Old Age Perisions for Web Pressmen. Boston, March 29.—Old age pensions will be paid to members of the Web originated in the duma, of transferring commodities direct from the country producer to the city consumer. Deror or Germany was desirous of re- storing Tewavaom” . The Chicago Telephone Co. has ap- plied to the Illinois Utilities Commis- sion for permission to issue $5,000.000 for its capital stock, the proceeds to be used for new construction. MEMBERS OF LOWER HOUSE HOLD CONFERENCE TODAY Democrats Fear Opposition of Repre- Presentative Gallivan. ‘Washington, March 29.—Factional battle flags were hoisted tonight in both democratic and republican camps in preparations for the conferences to- morrow and Saturday over house or- ganization plans. The republicans are divided along many lines. While it now is general- 1y conceded that the party will have a full ‘ticket in the fleld, the progres- said he would not go to the demo- tion and anti-Mann factions are ex- pected to have much to say before a programme is finally agreed upon. Democrats face a serious probleza in the announced opposition of Represen- tative Gallivan of Massachusetts, a “wet” insurgent gemerally credited with a score of followers. to the or- garization plan for re-seating old com- mittee chairmen and advancing oth- er committeemen to “hairmanships un- der the - seniority rule. Arriving here today, Mr. Gallivan sald he would mot. to into the demo- cratic caucus, but would oppose the demotratic _organization committee plan, and woulde further urge the names of several republicans to com- mittee chairmanships. Thus far he has not conferred with any other so- called_insurgents, but he sald tonfght he thought “one or two of the boys™ would be with him in his fight. Fears that enough democrats may follow the Massachusetts member to upset party plans are based largely upon his success during the closing days of the last session in defeating a judgeship retirement bill earnestly @e- sired by southern democrats. Democrats will caueus tomorrow aft- erncon and a complete organization plan will be worked out. The republican committee of 27 will meet tomorrow afternoon and prepare its final -recommendations to be pre- sented to the republican conference on STERNBERG INDICTED FOR MURDER OF MRS. HILAIR. Wept When Told of Indictment—Has No Fear of Conviction. John M. Brideson, an asphalt worker, employed in the municipal asphalt plant at Edgewater road and Garrisun avenue, the Branx, was ¢aught in the electric mixer and crushed to death. New York, March 29.—The grand Jury this afternoon handed up to Judge Mulqueen in general sessions an in- dictment charging Benjamin Sternberg ‘with murder in the first degree in hav- ing caused the death of Mrs. Elsie Lee Hilair, who was found dead in a room in_the Hotel Martinique. It was believed that while the evi- dence presented o the grand jury was much the same as that already pub- lished, additicnal evidence against Sternberg was also presented. ‘When told that he had been indicted ternberg broke down and wept. He protested because he was not called upon to tell the story to the grand jury of his acquaintance with Mra. Hilair, > phich began with a flirtation in & s g B rooklyn theatre. He asserted, how- Rulo, Neb., March 29.—Miss Edna |ever, t y 5 e N e R o ?'lc(efl.h“ he had no fear of being con. band of bani robbers here early today. - TUnable to arouse an les, Miss Raynil ap od the bank of Ruls|A GENERAL STRIKE IS FEARED IN SPAIN. in which the robbers were at work, and fired shot after shot in the air un- Reports to Be Made to Madrid of the Situation of the Unemployed. Governor Cornwell of West Virginia has granted the request of Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, to be permitted to send naitonal gusrdsmen across the hio River into West Virginia for mili- tary purposes. The_Federated Civic Associ New York announced that adopted a resolution pledging the support of the organization to the United States, President Wilson and Mayor Mitchel. The Brown bill to appropriate $2,- 600,000 to cover all expenses incidental to the seizure by the State of lands wanted by the Federal government for the Rockaway fort site was passed by the New York Senat A- head tax of $8 on all travellers entering the United States from Cana- da, said 6 besunder consideration by the Dominion Government, was dis- cussed at a meeting of Canadian rail- road officlals at Niagara Falls. ion of it had til_the robbers, frightened, fled. Miss Rayhill learned of the robbers’ activities when they cut the telephone wires Jeading into the city. She saw them drive up to the bank in an auto- mobile and break into the building. “T shot so fast that they must have thought a posse was after them.” the ‘The robbers securéd nothing. AN EFFORT TO OFFSET PACIFICIST DEMONSTRATION To Be Held at Washington Next Week —Counter Demonstrations. New York, March 29.—In an effort to oset the effect of the pacificist - stration at Washington next the The lowa house of representatives by a vote of §5 to 20 passed the joint resolution submitting to the meople a constitutional amendment which would provide for woman suffrage. The res- olution has already passed the senate. FOOD RIOTS IN JEWISH NEIGHBORHODDS OF CHICAGO More Than Forty Arrests Made— Kosher Markets Closed. Chicago, March 29.—Food riots which started in the mofnng and occurred intermittently during today were con- tinued tonight in Jewish neighbor- Paris, March 29, 5.05 p. m.—While a Havas despatch from Madrid an- nounces the publication of a decree suspending the constitutional guaran- tees throughout Spain, it gives no rea- son for this act The Temps, however, reports that conferences have bee; going on in the “house of the people’ in Madrid between delegations of trade unions who were organizing a general strike. The newspaper adds that on account of the economy crisis in Spain the government has n a fair yet conciliatory attitude. It has instructed the governors of the Drovinces to re- port immediately to Madrid the situ- ation of the unemployed, classifying Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population s \FUND FOR FAMILIES OF VOLUNTEERS PRICE TWO CENTS BY BRANCHES OF NAVY Navy Sailors to Reenlist State and by May 1 it Washington, March 29.—Completion of machinery to collect and distribute a fund of $10,000,000 for families of 100,000 naval volunteers in case of war, was announced tonight by the Navy League of the United States at a meeting at which Sir Herbert Ames, organizer of the Canadian Patriotic Fund was the principal speaker. The Navy League, with its 2,000 branches, will co-operate in collection of the fund, which will be known as the war relief fund for the navy and will pay all administration costs. Branches will be formed in every state and by May 1 it is planned to have several thousands of local committees at work. A large sum already has been pledged. The jmmediate purposes of the fund, as announced by Colonel Robert M. )\l;rangemont Completed to Collect and Distribute Fund of $10,000,000 for Navy LEAGUE OF THE U. The Purpose of the Fund is to Encourage Many of the Former in Response to the President Call—Branches of the League Are to be Formed in Eves is Planned to Have Sever Thousands of Local Committees at Work. Thompson, president of the League, is to encourage m 50,000 former navy sailor in’ response to President W for about 20,000 additional men fo navy. It is proposed to pay t illes of voluntecrs to the difference bet winner’s present income ernment allowance to enlisted Rear Admiral Richard W U. 8. N. retired, chairm. league's war relief committe pointed - director of th Woodbury of Washingtc made chairman of the ex mittee. Other member mittee are C. W. Wetmore mont, Sidney Eallou, son and Wiiliam R. M governor of Minnesota of BRITISH ADVANCE FIFTEEN MILES AGAINST THE TURKS Comparatively Calm in France and Russia—Austrians Keep Up Offensive For the first time since the ®ritish and French troops began their seizure of ground between Arras and Soissons evacuated by the Germans, a period of comparative calm had set in. In the only advance recorded by either the British or French war offices is the capture of the village of Neuville Bourjonval, about ten miles northwest of Roisel, by the #roops of Field Mar- shal Sir Douglas Hailg. Along the eastern front in Russia the situation remains unchanged. the Russian and = Austro-German armies being wvirtually inactive owing to the The British forces operating in Pal- £hiine have mads.gaaguance at Afiecr: mlies against the Turks, capturing the entire staff of the 53rd Tufkish divi- sion, including a general and 900 men. The Austrians are keeping up their offensive aganist the Italians on the eastern front in the Austro-Italian theatre. After having for several days heavily shelled positions on the Carso front, ‘they delivered an attack but met with repulse, according to tae Italian war office. Nothing new has come througn con- cerning the operations in Macedonia. JAPANESE WARSHIP SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDER. Destroyed in Southern Pacific, Accord- ing to Despatch from Tokio. Vancouver, B. C., March 20—A des- patch to the Canadian New: from Tokio says that a German raider has sunk a Japanese warship in the Southern Pacific. The names of the Vessels were not dlsclosed. It was officially announced in Tokio about two weeks ago that a converted German cruiser had been sighted in the Indian ocean, and was being traced by Japanese and British warships, af- ter the raider had sunk a Japanese freight ship. Prior to that two, ritish steamships were reported to have been destroyed by an armed merchantman Ceylon. CONGRESSWOMAN RANKIN VISITS MINNESOTA SENATE First Woman Ever Accorded Privilege Body From the St. Jeannette from Montana, addressed the Minneso- ta senate from the president’s chair today, the first woman ever accorded March 29.—Miss congresswoman Paul, Minn., Rankin, that privilege. Her subject was Wo- man Suffrage. “A woman in coagress” she said, “4is just like a_big suffraf> banner on constant parade. Eastern men, if they are not careful, will the first thing jthey know be ruled by western women instead of their own women.” ARRIVAL OF CREW OF FOUNDERED SCHOONER First Officer and Six of Crew of the Alice L. Pendleton. New York, March 29.—The first of- ficer and six members of the crew of the American schooner Alcei L. Pen- dleton, which foundered during a gale in Gibraltar Bay on March 6, arrived heré tonight on a steamship from a Mediterranean port. All hands on board the schooner were saved. The captain, it was said, remained at Gi- braltar. BUILDING TRADES STRIKE e IN CLEVELAND SETTLED Has Kept 20,000 Men Out of Work for Past Four Week: Cleveland, Ohio, March 29.—The lockout which has kept 20,000 men out of» work and crippled Cleveland's building industry for the past four weeks was settled this afternoon. The building trades council execu- tive committee agreed to virtuail Pressmen’s_union over the age of 60 them according to trades. years by the terms of a nation-wide referendum vote, made public here t8- night. The sysiem will be patterned after that of the International Typo- graphical union. Dates for Training at Plattsburgh. Washington, March 20.—Dates for the civilian training camp at Platts- burgh, . Y., were announced at the war First cam; Saturday. hoods of the West Side. Women were the chief faétors in the rioting. More than forty arrests were made and quiet was restored only when the kosher markets, against which the demonstrations were made as protests | against high prices, were closed for the night. . Oil Steamship Launched. Quincy, Mass., March 29—The in- geneiro Louis A. Huergo, a bulk, ofl carrying_steamship built for the Ar- gentine Republic was launched at the shipbuilding mol'.he”:\;’umm American Rights LegZue and other or- ganizations undertook today to organ- ize a “Pilgrimage of Patriotism” to attend the opening of the, extra session of congress. A special was to leave this city Sunday R S Announcement was made that the movement was not confined to this city and that it was expectea special trains would be run to Washington _from Sosten, Chicaso, PRINSMPLE snd o01- er cities. Reprmay o TR The Rev. E. A. Hanley, i Franklin College, of signed. 3 ORGANIZED DISPLAY OF THE STARS AND STRIPES Ta Be Made Throughout the Country April 2. 3 New York, March 29.—Mayors of 215 American cities were called upon -to- day to cooperate in bringing abont an organized display of the Stars and from homes throughout the country on and aftor April 2, when congress meets in extra session. - OBITUARY, James W. Morrissey. New York, March 29.—James W. Morrissey, known to playgoers of thir. years ago as e ding _director and impresario of hile:ime. died sud- denly today in the Jobby of a hotel. He, was 64 vears old. Thirty-five 3 v ago Morrissey bropght to New ork the Emma Abbott' Opera’ com- pany, W) appeared ¥ Grana Overa house. overy point demanded by representa- tives of the Building. Trades Employ- ers’ Association, according to B. A. Roberts, executive secretary of the employers. National Temperance Council. ‘Washington, March 29.—A call for a legislative conference of the national tem] organizations was - issued today by Daniel A. Pohling, president of the National mperance Council, lon authority of the council conference 'which has completed a two days’ ses- sion here. The tentative date fixed EXPLOSION IN PLANT OF BRIDGEPORT BRASE Nine Men Were Injured, Five P ably Fatally—Injured All pital. Bridgeport, Conn., ) men were injured, five ly, by an explosion that experimental and forging shop Bridgeport Brass company tk noon. The injured were all t the Bridgeport Hospital. T the accident is a mj injured, his clothing through a window barbed wire fence they saw a man hurled over a barge moored at the dock close t building where the explosion into the Pequommock river. « officials say. 41f employes counted for, although they able to give the names Jjured. The Bridgeport Bra pany has a number of war contrac for cartridge blanks and shells LUNCHEON AT THE AMERICAN CLUB IN PAR Former Prime Minister Viviani P posed Toast to President Wilson Paris, March 29, Viviani, former prime *minist now minister of just repr the French government a: a lus at the American club toda Wil Graves Sharp, the American am , and a hundred other Paris were pr 450 p. m.—F sent M. Viviani, in proposing a toast the health of President W oceasion to say that he not only himseif but his colleags the ministry.. Alluding the poe |entrance of the war, M. Vivias preciation of A cans already had done for his co ‘As sons of your fathers” oc M. Viviani, “I knew from the f it would be impossible for main aloof from the st we were not only defend: but also were libera PURCHASE OF PENNSYLVANIA ROAD MORTGAGE BOND Announce Involving $60,000,000. New York, March $60,000,000 of Pennsylvana company general mortgnge cent bonds maturing June 1 announced today by Kuhn Company. The bonds will be for- pubiic subscription at a p; to be determined. These bor part of a “blanket mortgage” aut ized several years ago, of which §6 000,000 were sold in May, 1915. Dea MILK PRODUCERS IN SESEION AT NEW HAVEN Disguss PBrice . Deales Disagreement Association. With ew Haven, Conn., March 29 wards of 200 tembers of the Conne vut MUk Producers’ association me here today to discuss the sulting from their price with the dealers’.asso Possibility of next month, should they measitime to get together Pressed opinion among here today favored, it was ing out for their price of eight cent quart, diss fation, and a state-w DROP IN TEMPERATURE ALLAYS FLOOD ALARW It Has Checked Thaw of Snow and lce in New Hampshire Manchester, N. H., Arop in temperature od thaw of snow and ice Hampshire rivers and night were not alarming. Ice jams in the Mohawk and Passumpsic rivers, in the the part of the state, have oker dynamite and the riv e ag within the banks. The town of Co brook, where much damage wa when' the Mohawk overflowed ‘ day, was restored to normal cond today. The Merrimack is ! but_present prospects a nsia ered dangerous Marc March ments here today included the Yale fiying unit, now practicing at Palm Beach, which was enlisted as a body | the nayal reserve of the second naval district by its commander Lieutenant ' Trubee ol v