Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 17, 1917, Page 1

Proclamation Warning Gitizens and Aliens That Vigor- | ous Prosecutions Will be Enforced DEATH PENALTY AT DISCRETION OF THE COURT (endenlAhunquluCttnnlAnSlfi”bhhm AgumtTreuon—Even-Getmn Resident Who Has Knowledge of Treasonable Acts and Fails to Make Known the Facts to the Authorities Can be Sent to|fi Prison for, Seven Years and Fined $1,000—Quotes Treason is and the Various Penalties Imposed for Its Various Degrees—Says Bomb Plotters May Now be Gripped With an Iron Hand. ‘Washington, April 16.—All persons in the United States, citizens and aliens, are warned in a proclamation issued today by President Wilson that treasonable acts or attempts to shield those committing such acts will be vigerously prosecuted by the govern- ‘ment. ‘The proclamation defines treason. citing statutes, provision of the con- stitution and decisions of the courts, and ‘declares that the acts described of the United States or elsewhere. Warning to Aliens. Far-reaching importance attaches to the direction of the warning to aliens and the declaration that “resident miiens as well as citizens owa alle- piance to the United States” therefore equally subject to the laws against treason andgylike crimes. At war, the Uniféd States is in a yery different positioh from a neutral. Bomb plotters now may be sgripped With an iron hand. Not only are con- spirators themselves: subject to heavy penalties, but anyore, even a German resident, . who has knowledge of trea- sonable acts and fails to make known + _can seven years and cealment of troa- to , ison for for ! e President Wilson’s Proclamation. The president’s proclamation fol- lows: “Whereas, all persons in the United States, citizens as well as aliens, would be “informed of the penalties which they will incur for any failure to bear true allegiance to the United State: 3 Now, therefore, T, Woodrow Wil- son, president of the United States, hereby issue this proclamation to call especial attention to, the followinz rovisions of ,the cdnstitution and ws of the Whited States “Section 3 'of Article IIL of the con- stitution provides, in part: ‘Treason gainst the United States shall con- sist only in levying war against them, or_in adhering to their enemies, giv- ing them aid and comfort. What Criminal Code Provides. “The criminal code of the United States provides “‘Section 1—Whoever, owi glance to the United States, levics war them or adheres to their ene- mies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason. “‘Section 2—Whoever is convicted of treason shall suffer death, or, at the discretion’ of the court, shall be im- prisoned not less than five vears and fined not less than ten thousand dol- lars, to be levied on and collected out of any or all of his property, real and personal, any sale or convevance to the contrary notwithstandin: and ev- ery person so convicted of treason shall, moreover, be incapable of hold- ing any office under the United States. *‘Section 3—Whoever, owing alle- giance to the United States and hav- ing knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not,”as soo nas may be, disclose and makeé known the same to the pres- ident or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or some judge or justice of a particular state is gullty of misprison of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years, and fined not more than one_thousand dollars. m n—If two or more persons in any state or territory or in any place subect to the jurisdietion of the nited States conspire to overthrow, put down or to destroy by force the government of the United States, or to levy war against them or to op- pose by force the authority thereof. or by force to prevent, hinder, or de- lay the execution of any law of -the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any prcperty of the United States contrary to the awthor- ity thereof, they shall éach fined not more than five thousand -dollars, or imprisoned not more than six years, or both.” . Treasonable Acts. “The courts of the United States have stated the following acts to be treasonable: “The use or attempted use of any force or violence against the govern- ment of the United States or its mili- or naval forces; e @cquisition, use or disposal of any property with knowledge that it is to_be, with intent that it shall to the enemy in their hostilities azainst the United States; “The performance of any act or tha puhll ion#0f statements or inf ich will give or supply, in I.ny and comfort the anemle- ot tht ‘United States. “The direction, aiding, coun-emng or rountenlhelng of any of the foregoing acts and conceals and does not make known the facts to the officials named in section 3 of the penal code, is guil- t yof misprision of treasonn. Vigorous Prosecution Promised. “And I hereby proclaim and warn all citizens of the United States, and all aliens, owing allegiance to the gov- ernment ‘of the United States, to ab- stain from committing any and all acts which would constitute a viola- tion of any of the laws herein set forth; and I further proclaim and warn’ all persons who commit such acts that they will be vigorously prosecuted therefor. “In witness whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and ceused the seal of the United States to be affixed. “Do city of Washington this sixteenth day of April in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hun- dred and seventeen and of the inde- pendence of the Upited tes ol America the one hundred and forty first. “WOODROW WILSON, “By the president, Robert Lansing, Secretary of State” DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST % Kmuz-m-!:um CECELIE Argumants Made in the United States Supreme Court Yesterday. ‘Washington, April 16.—The European war's beginnihg was discussed today before the United States supreme court with the justices showing considerable interest and asking many questions in argument of a suit of New York banks for $2,240,000 damages against the North German Lloyd liner Kronprin- zessin Cecelie now at Boston in the possession of federal court authorities. Breach of contract to carry $11,000,- 000 in gold bullion to England and ce just before the war’s outbreak alleged by the banks. The Cecelie turned back in mid-At- lantic on a wireless Warning from her German owners and the German admi- ralty that war was imminent. Her crew recently damaged the vessel's machinery to the extent of $100,000. Attorneys representing the German owners contended today that return of the vessel to America was ustified to avoid British seizure. The bank’s coun- sel insisted that deviation from the voyvage was unjustified until war act- ually had been declared and that the owners and captain could not specu- late on the possibilities contained in European diplomatic negotiations then in pMgress. The lawyers agreed that the case should be decided by the court as if war had not occurred and also as if the United States had re- mained at peace with Gefmany. By a coincidence, in another dis- tinct case the court today refused to disturb dismissal by New York fed- eral courts of suits brought by pas- sengers of the Cecelle for damages growing out of the thwarted voyage to Kurope. Merits of the passenzers’ claims, however, were not directly de- cided. e $40 A MONTH TO DEPENDENT FAMILIES OF GUARDSMEN Signed by Governor McCall of Massachusetts. is Boston, April 16.—Governor McCall today signed a legislative bill provid- ing for payments up to $40 a month to dependent familles of national guardsmen. He approved also a bill permitting officials of no-license cities and towns to use their own discretion regarding the issue of pony express licenses. ¥ DANGEROUS CRIMINAL ESCAPES FROM AUBURN Forbes Forsbrey W: Serving 20 Years for Second Degree Murder. Auburn, N. Y, April 16.—Forbes Forsbrey, one of the most dangerous criminals in this country and who is serving nine years for assault and twenty years for second degree mur- der, a sen: nal from Auburn. prison this afternoam. Fors: brey was working in the prison Kotper Jobo Bests, an 286 man, ana r John , an knocking him senseless, the guard’s loaded revolver. BURNING OIL POURED » OVER BODIES OF THREE MEN When the Doors of a Furnace Blew Boston. EFFORT TO STOR DISSOLUTION OF THE ROYAL ARCANUM General Counsel Has Petitioned to Have lndvmfii.‘ Set Aside. Bcaton. April 1 C. - e e i for the Supreme Amml. “insurance or- today petitioned Federal hdnflmfimmmlflw arring on the Dusiness Of the. order carrying on the bu: of the urd-r and to set uide the receivership. receivership was appointed s-mrm on petition of Albert L. Hobart of Braintree, “who alleged that the re- serve funa of the order, amounting to neu'ly $4,000,000, had been egally administered. Mr. Wiggins told Judge Aldrich that the order was solvent. figures mean “absolute annihilation” orgzanization, whieh 200,000 members in the United States. He denied improper administration of the reserve fund and offered to file a bond to protect the petitioner's in- terest, pending a determination of the points at issue. The hearing was not concluded. CLOSE OF NEW ENGLAND METHODIST CONFERENCE Announcement of Appointment of Dis- ¢ trict Superintendents. Springfield, Mass, April’ 16.—The New England Methodist conference closed with the announcement of ap- pointments of district superintendents and changes in pastorates by Bishop E. H. Hughes late today. Rev. Willis P. Odell of Brookline, was appointed superintendent of the Boston district ir -place of Rev. Dillon u to_retire. Mr. Odell was e eHptes of the. Tinisters of the » aistrTees by & ity of one over others in the field. Rev. Charles E. Spaulding of Dorchester was ap- pointed superintendent of the Worces- ter district. The afternoon session was taken up bv the appointment of committee and the giving of reports. The report that there had been a gain of ‘aboct 3,000 church members in the conference in the past vear, an in- crease of nearly five per cent., was re- ceived with enthusinsm. Rev. W. B. Van Balkenberg, father of a West Springfield pastor, a Civil War vet- eran and minister for nearly 65 years, made a plea for aid to the negro. It was claimed by Rev. N. T. Whitaker that the First Methodist church in New Englana was founded at Fram- ingham in 1785 and as the commitiee elieved It to have been started a vear Jater at Medford, it was voted that the members should continue the research. REDUCED BREAD RATION IN EFFECT IN GERMANY 1t Appears to Have Caused Great Dis- content Among Workmen. —_— Cepenhagen, via London, April 16, 9.15 p. m.—The reduced bread ration in Germany has now gone into effect. Judging from the tone of the press and news -items in German papers it ap- pears that the reduction has caus- ed great discontent among workmen and even threats to retaliate by strikes. proposal which was strongly sup- ported among the metal workers was to reduce correspon the hours of work by one-fourth. - Soclalist and army newspapers appealed to the workmen to accept the deprivations in the same spirit as the soldiers at the front and not to imperil the soldiers bv a reduction in the munition output. The metal workers’ organization then threw its influence against any rem- onstration of rissatisfaction. No open trouble has vet been reported. HETTY GREEN WAS NOT A RESIDENT OF N. Y. STATE Commonwealth Loses Transfer Tax of a Million Dollars by Surrogate’s Decision. New York, April 16.—By a decision of the surrogate’s court here today de- claring that at the time of her death Mrs. Hetty Green, described as “the richest woman in the world,” was a resident of Vermont, New York state will lose a trrnsfer tax estimated sAID GERMT-A-— MERICANS WOULD NOT DO GARDENING Hermann Fellinger, President of the Bill Wjil be-Passed Upon by House Committee Today—Administration’s Selective Draft Propasition Explain- ed to Senate Committes. ‘Washington, April 16. — Tentative votes in the house military committee a majority in favor of IN VIOLENT INFANTRY ATTACK AGAINST GERMANS ON A 25 MILE FRONT The Battle Took Place Between Sois- sons and Rheims—Over a Distance of 18% Miles the Entire German First Line Positions Fell into the Hands of the French. « The French troops in the depart- ments of the Aisne and the Marn haye deiivered a violent infantry at- some provision for volunteers |tack ‘making in the war army plans, which as drawn by the general staff and approved by | President Wilson are based entirely | Council of the Royal |4 upon finally tomorrow. Various methods of raising and or- nmflng the great fighting force for 'hlz:dt be president asks have been ad- proposal t Sitlon entirely o scheme to authorize a call for 500,000 volunteers and authorize the president prisoners and Jarge quantities qf War The battle took place between Sois- sons and Rheims, and over a distance of 18 1-2 miles, from to Craonne, the entire German first line into the hands of Gen-« canal to Loivre and Courcy also were captured. Violent counter-attacks de- [livered by the Germans on seeral sec- tors were repulsed with huvy casual- to resort to the draft if the vplunteers |tles. do not come forward in a reasonable houses will accept the staff Senate Committee Hearing. The senate military committee spent hoped to conclude work in_committee on the bill tomorrow and despite 5 position shown to the draft feature hoped it would be ed and_re- ported to the senate in time to follow on the floor the $7,000,000,000 revenue bill ‘which probably” will be passed to- morrow night. No Votes Taken in Senate Committee. No v;:;:ljwere taken in the semate comn u -, but_some g ve: fl'd‘l XDl given t m nts. ' in support of the draft provision had made a deep impression upon those anxious to have the volunteer system tried again. Several senators, how- ever, showed that they were vigorous- iy opposed to conscription, though they favored the principle of universal ser- vice. Republicans of Senate Meet Today. Republican members of the senate meet in conference tomorrow to dis- cuss legislative questions and al- though no war measure now before congress is likely to be treated in partisan fashion the conference may have some effect on the chances of the army bill. Senators from all sections are receiving many telegrams and let- ters on the subject and most of them are said to be against conscription. The senate leaders say that when the bill reaches the floor it will be passed, although the majority in its favor may zot be large. Would Permit Allies to Recruit Here. The house judiciary committee today approved Chairman Webb's bill which would permit the allies to recruit their citizens in the United States. “It is quite evident,” said the report ac- companying the bill, “that the allies who are fighting a country against vhom we have also declared war shouid be permitted to recruit from their citizens and subjects in the United States for the purpose of fight- ing that country’'s battles. In_view of the fact that our country is coutem- plating the conscription of our boys to wage war against Germany, certainly the allies should be permitied at least to persuade their citizens in the United States to go and do likewise.” MEETING OF MAYORS OF CITIES OF THREE STATES Organized to Push the Work of Pro- ducing Large Crops. New York. April 16.—Mayors of cities in New York, New Jersey, Connecti- cut and Pennsylvania and representa- tives of the governors of those states, met here today and formed a perman- ent orzanization to push the work of producing large crops. Speeches were made by Former Governor Martin H. Glynn_of New York, Dr. John Finley, New York state commissioner of ed ucation, and Mavor Bucharach of At- lantic City, representing Governor Edge of New Jersey. Resolutions were adopted pledging the four state governments to work as a unit in producing food supplies. Economy ana the elimination of waste were urged by the speakers. $850,000 SAVED ON CARTRIDGE BELTS BOUGHT FOR THE NAVY Through Agreement Made With Cop- per Producers by Bernard Baruch. ‘Washington, April 16—The govern- ment has saved already $850,000 on dge cases bought for the navy council of national defense. was saved, it was announced today, orders placed with the Winehe-‘tar Ren instead of purchasing it through the manufacturers at market prie ces. UARY. Louis S. Darling. Rockville, Conn., April 16.—Louis S. Darling, writer of stores of outdoor life sports, particularly fishing, n widely es the winner of Heavy Rainfall Stops British. To the east, in Champagne, violent activity continues, probably Ooudusod Telogram Austrian _Parlia mflhmflthm mudl. ol lla-mu.n,fll.-.u be the ouon mflw‘l’mu Gol‘ uin -munfinsub—m : lor llllnnant to Spain. The students of 'm-u. Univmlty are circulating a ition for the re- I.Ml. One hund thousand men by May 1 is the aim set for the navy by Secretary Daniels. Fifteen thousand vurlunon met in anlch. Swi to protest against the high cost of living. Frequent of infantile paralysis have been nmudm ying dis- Mfikl‘ in Sweden, Norway and Den- mar] Three hundred acres of New Jersey land were offered to Boy Scouts of America for cultivation, free of British and French labor deputations sent to extend fraternal greetings to the Russian Government arrived at Petrograd. Manufacturers of bar iron in Pitts- have advanced their prices $10 basis of 4c & pound for May Irwin has offered her summer home Irwin Island, sixteen miles from Kingston, to the Ked Cross Soclety s @ home for convalescents. ‘The_ British rlllm.dl. which are now State controlied, have announced the grant of the third wage bonus to their employes since the war began. Concentration of food resources of the island possessions of the United States for war purposes is provided in a bill introduced by Representative Clark of Florida. 4 Capt. A. J. Robertson, chief of staff at the Boston Navy Yard, announced that 2,500 are enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve of the First National District. Two hundred and fifty women, more than forty states, have cnllnad for the second encampment of the First National Service School, which will open April 16. A call for 5233 volunteers for the rmaster Enlisted the forerunner of an attempt by |Quarte: the Frene h at a drive against the Ger- ‘man lines in this no less important n. D to the time that the rainstorm partme Island headquarters. The American schooner Edwin R. Hunt of New York was abandoned by her crew under shell fire Lmflnonenc‘poaun. north the ‘week that the British offensive Field Marshal forces have made prisoners of 14,000 Germans and cap- tured 194 guns and large quantities of war stores. French Gain in Alsace and Lorrain From the fact that the French troops in Alsace and Lorraine have renewed their fighting against the Germans, preceding 1t with heavy artillery preparation an@ delivering infantry attacks which netted them good gaims of terrain and resulted in heavy cas- ualties to the Germans, it would ap- pear that all along the French front the moment is approaching for an in- tensive battle from Belgium to the Swise border. m none of the battle fronts ex- cept that in France has there come reports of any great battles. There have been small encounters between the Austro-Germans and Russians on the eastern front. A Teutonic allied attempt against an allied position in the Cerna river region of Macedonia was repulsed. In the Austro-Italian theatre the operations have been limited to patrol encounters owing to_enowstorms. In Mesopotamia the British troops operating in the Tigris-Diala river sector have -driven the Turks farther back and made numerous prisoners. KNIGHTS OF LITHUANIA PLEDGE THEIR LOYALTY Resolution to That Effect Sent to President Wilson. New York, April 16.—The Knights of Lithuania_have passed and sent for- warq to President Wilson, it was an- pounced today, a resolution which sets forth the adherence of 30,000 Lithua- nians in_ this country to the defense of tho American flag. The resolu- tion reads as follows: “At_ this momentous period when the United States have entered the ranks of war with the purpose of up- holding the sacred principles of true democracy, the Knights of Lithuania, to gether with all true patriots of Lithuanian blood, thirty thousand strong, pledge our support to the pres- ident of these United States, and stand ready to defend our flag snd the principles for which it stands when- ever and wherever our services may be needed.” INTERNMENT OF SCORPION . NOT AN ACT OF WAR Turkey Would Have to Act Thus Even if Neutral. — Berlin, April 16, 10 a m., via Lon- don, April 17, 2.20 a. m.—Constantino- ple despatches received here say that the internment of the United States guard ship Scorplon at Constantinople t an of war .against the Tnited States. 2 ey add daat the ine ternment was merely an act that Tur- key would have been forced to take, even if she were hersélf neutral, against a warship of a blligerent na- SMOKING IN HAYLOFT THE CAUSE OF FIRE —_— Which Did $4,000 Damage in a Stable 4 in M “Meriden, Conn., - 1 16.—A person in_the Mediterranean, April 7. Twelve cottages were today destroy- ed by fire and twelve others d.-mlced. with an estimated property loss of $20,000, at Rockaway par, & residential section of Long Isiand. “Most of all let us recognize sacri- fices gs the best expression of patriof ism,” Governor Milliken, of Maine, said yesterday in a proclamation designat- ing April 19 as Patriots’ day. Col. Henry M. Bcnn.«, of Oyster Bay who was convicted in Mineola of an attempt to bribe a juror, was sen- tenced to Sing Sing for not less than five years nor more than ten. German correspondents on the Rus- sian and Swedish frontiers _report that the Russian Provisional Govern- ment intends to change the name of the capital back to St. Petersburg. Orders were received by the quar- termaster’s corps headquarters at Governor's Island authorizing the for- mation .of the quartermasters reserve corps as an auxiliary to the regular army corps. Secretaries Langing, Baker and Dan- iels and George Creel, who compose the new government publicity bureau created by President Wilson, held their first meeting yesterday to map out a course of action. John D, Rockefeller planned to | e New York yesterday for Cleveland to attend the funeral of his brother, Frank, who wied there Sunday un- reconciled after a quarrel the two had some years ago. Four masked men entered the of- fices of the Huguet Silk Co. at Hor- nell, N. Y., bound and gagged the watchman, blew open the safe and se- cured $4,000 in cash being held for the payroll. The burglars escaped. A 40-foot, dingey which was on the U. S. S. Oregon on her famous voyage during the Spanish-American war has been offered to the government and is likely to be accepted for duty with the mosquito fleet for coast defence work. James P. Knapp, p«-ldant of the American Lithographic Co., pre- sented to the navy e misyiana wtariom to be equipped with three hangars and a wireless station on his property at ‘Mastic, on the south shore of Long Island. Postmaster Patten, of New York, an- nounced that raw or unmanufactured cotton and cottonseed, including seed cotton and cottonseed hulls, are pro- hibited from importation in’ the mails from any foreign country, regardless of their origin. President E. G. Grace, of the Beth- lehem Steel Co. announced an increase of 10 per cent. in the warges of more than 50,000 employes of the company in its plants South Bethlehem, Pa., Shelton, Pa., Lebanon, Pa., and Spar- rows Point, Md. The crews of the two German mer. chantmen interned at Wilmington, N. C. made an attempt to escape from the United States Marine _Hospital, where they are _detained, but they were halted inside the high fence In- closing the building. COLLAPSE OF FOOTBRIDGE EL PASO TO JUAREZ Five Mexican Workmen Were In- jured—Bridge Was Crowded. El Paso, Texas, April 16—Five Mexican workmen were injured when a span in the footbridge which paral- lels the international street car and ‘wagon bridge to Juarez collapsed ear- iy today. - The accident occurred at the American end at a time when the bridge was crowded with laborers .nd servants waiting for the _|Maj. 6en. Wood to Welcome Envoys CHOSEN TO REPRESENT MILI- TARY BRANCH OF GOV'T. FLETCHER FOR NAVY State Department is to be Represented by Breckenridge Long—Nothing is to be Printed About Movements of Envoys of the Entente Allies Until Officials See Fit. Washington, April 16—Major Gen- eral Leonard Wood, ranking officer on the active list of the army, was desig- nated today to represent the military branch of the government on the committee which will welcome to the United States the distinguished British war - commission headed by Forelgr Minister Balfour. The state department is represented on the committee by Breckinridge Long, third assistant secreta the navy by Rear Admiral Fletcher of t general board and Commander F, Sellers, and the army by Generai Wood and Colonel R. E. L. Michie, It was stated at. the White House that the president had arranged to receive the British visitors Wednesday and the French commissioners the same time if they had reached Wash- ington. The state department an- nounced, however, that it was not cer- tain when Mr. Balfour and his would come, and that nothing definite was known concerning the arrival of the French commission. To insure safety of the visitors, the state department has asked that noth- ing be printed in regard to the move- ments of the parties until officials are ready to make them known. CONGRESS OF DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION Patriotic Demonstrations at Opening Session of 26“- Convuntlon Washington, April 16—Patriotic de- monstrations featured t opening session here of the twenty-sixth con- gress of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution. Unqualified endorse- ment of the nation’s entrance into the fight against Germany and universal military service was recorded in res- olutions adopted unanimously. Great enthusiasm was aroused in the afternoon by a speech of Ambassador Jusserand of France, who spoke with the British and Italian ambassadors seated bebind him. on .the stage. The ambassador warmly praised President Wilson and declared that he expected soon see an American army In France, repaying the visit of Lafay- ette and Rochambeau in the Revolu- tionary war. Referring to the presi- dent’s” address calling upon the American people in every walk of life to give service In the fight for hu- manity, he sald France as well as England and the could be included in the “we” usea by the pres- ident in_speaking to his countrymen Mrs. Willlam Cumming Story, the president-general, in her address sounded the note of practical se: She urged the Daughters to * this congress a gathering of Am women worthy of UTILITIES BUREAU TO OPPOSE INCREASE IN RAILROAD RATES Before Commis- Pennsylvania Men to Appear the Interstate Commerce sion. Philadelphia, April 16. —Opposition to a horizontal increase In rates was voiced by the utilit reau, organized to represent the mu- nicipalities of the country, nual meeting here today. sent to President W . reau would appear before the Inter state Commerce Commission in reach ing a solution of the rate problem fal to the railroads and to the publ Charles R. Van Hise president and Rudolph former mayor of Philadelph H. Newell, professor of civil ing at the University of Illinois, tees to fill of Justice Brandeis. resignation MIDDLETOWN HOME GUARD TO DO PATROL DUTY Motor Guards to Be Used on River by Detachments. ‘Middletown, Conn., April 16.—Co manders of the Home d here re ceived orders tonight instructing them to detail detachments to do river patrol work, beginning tomorrow morning. Motor boats will be used by the men it ‘was said. Other detachments of the Home Guard will co-operate with tional guardsmen who are guardi the bridges in this’ vicinity. PANIC AMONG HOUSEWIVES CAUSES HIGH PRICE OF FLOUR They Are Stocking Up for a Year or More, Fearing Higher Prices. New York, April 16.—Attributed dealers to “an unreasonable among housewives,” vanced about 75 today, some fancy spring p ing held as hizh as $14 serted that housewives in some stances are stocking up a year or more ahead, fearing still higher prices. Crop conditions have bee nreported tmproved lately and dealers contend that normal buying on the part of consumers would do much to keep prices down NEWFOUNDLAND HAS LOST HEAVILY IN SAILING VESSELS Forty in the Last Fifteen Months— Eighteen Were Abandoned at Set. St. John's N. B, April 16—The col- ony of Newfoundland has lost forty sailing vessels in the last fifteen months. Figures made public today how that of these _ cighteen wer abandoned at sea, ashore and were wrecked, collision, six were sunk submarines and two by the German raider Moewe. Seven are missing and are belleved to have foundered with all on board during winter storms. Shipbuilding activities have been greatly stimulated in an effort to re place _the lost lhlp-