Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 1, 1917, Page 1

. NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, MAY A SWIFT OFFENSIVE Moved Eastvv}n"ii From Rheims and Capturgd*S;veral L4 ,'or_ti!fied German Trenches MADE GAINS OF FROM 500 TO 1,000 KILOMETERS In Another Action Northeast of Mont Haute the French Moved Forward About Two-thirds of a Mile and are Now Astride the Moronvilliers Naury Road—Little News Received Concerning Scenc of Recent British Activity From Lens to St Quenfin—Amerigm Tank Steamer Vacuum Has Been Sunk by a German Submarine and It is Feared That an American Naval Lieutenant and Some of His Gun Crew Have Perished—The Captain and Several of the Crew of the Vacuum Are Known to Have Been Drowned. ' The expected battle in the Cham- %Pagne reglon of France, following days ©f scute gun preparation by the forces which was answered almost shot for shot by the Germans, at last has broken. Seemingly synchronizing it with lessening activity on the part of the British against the Germans on the Arras front, the French on Mon- €ay eastward from Rheims launched mn attack over a front large in area, and captured several fortified German trenches. Delivered at midday, the offensive was swift and sharp and at its con- clusion the French line had been driven forward into territory previous- tion along the front from Lens to St. Quentin, where the British for sev- eral weeks have made notable gains, has been vouchsafed in the iatest of- ficial communications. The London wer office Monday night merely men- tioned the repulse of a German at- tack east of Arras between Monchiy le Preux and the Scarpe River. The Berlin communication dismissed the Arras sector with the assertion that Monday saw only an artillery en- gagement of varying intensity, but it Boes to considerable extent into a des- cription of the sanguinary engage- ments of Saturday at Oppy, which it is aeserted, still remains in German hands, and north of the Douai-Arras 1y occupied by Germans to depths|road. The British casualties in this ranging from 500 to 1,000 kilometres. |fighting are declared t6 have been At the same time the eastward|over 6,600, while more than 1,000 thrust by the French nortneast of |prisoners and forty machine guns Mont Haute netted them a gain of [were captured and ten “tanks” de- ®bout two thirds of a mile and placed |stroved. the mvirtually astride the Moronvil-| An armed American steamer, the lers-Naury road. oil tanker Vacuum, has been sent to That the fighting in this region has not yet been brought to a conclusion the bottom by a German submarine, and it is feared that an American nav- Is indicated hy the official statement{al lieutehant and some of his gun vl *he Paris wav office, which an-|erew of nine men perished in the dis- nounces tnui arullery duels of vio- | aster. The oaptain and several of lence are still going on there. There‘[he ecrew of the Vacuum are known to 2'so has béen a continuation of the have been drowned. great artillery activity from St This is the second armed American } Quentin to the Oise and along the |vessel that has been sunk in_the v.arl Chemin dés ‘Dames, northeast of So- |sone, the steamer Aste¢ having gone | s, to the bottom April 1 as the result of le news concerning the situa- an explosion. ROOSEVELT BELIEVES IN SENDING TROOPS TO FRANCE 1 Hopes the Peonle of the Country Will Realize the Necessity for So Doing JURY COMPLETED FCR TRIAL OF FRANK RINTELEN Charged With Conspiring to Prevent Munitions Being Shipped to Allies New %, April 50, { New York, April 30.—Colonel Theo- the trial of Frank Rin dore Roosevelt, upon his return herc man naval captain, on trial here from Chicago today, declared ha the federal court with seven other|hoped, as Marshal Joffre had urged. | men on charges of spiring to pre- | that the people in this country would vkt s Bk bkt Tais: dad realize the necessity for sending with- 0ol hor o cont e e gut delay an American force to the allies by fomen k<, was com- | French fr bletea ionien: after two davs cxami- |, ‘T keep all our men here being SUliin. oF ‘taleation % trained by regular army. national Talesmen were asked whether they |E9ard and Plattsburg officers for a e o lanor - minions, oY | vear ana then try to send them over hethe She ke was proper or |AS one army ‘would mean in the first Stherwise to ship munitions to the | Place a discreditable failure to do our FIRE cie frok T Tntre be. |duty during the vear. and further- | o 10 ebthred. the war. ®" | more, that the army when sent Wouldl Couneal for Rintslen mads a point | b inefficient,” asserted Colonel Rooss- ot a inz himsell thzt every pros- | VElt o Dective juryman was sure he bousa; Ho added that those in congress who | Rive Rintelen a fair trinl oven thoagh | OPFOse the raising immodlately of | Bintolen fa an alien frmemeyen thoush| usome divisions of volunteers™ for | David Lamar. who has been cal'ed |Such service, “will be repudiating the e “WolIf of Wall Street,” throuszh hLis|8dvice of Marshal Joffre, will be vot- tcunsel questioned eac roush 1'%l ing azainst speedy and efficient action | t+ whether he had any business con- | 0¥ the United States and will ‘be en- Rections on &xympathies with larse cap. | 1eavoring to the extent of their action Wallsts or ~tercsts, par. ;to make this a paper war—a war in Hertary e 20| which we make speeches and let other b E men do the fighting.” marnu; Toth CONVENTION OF NATIONAL remptory chailenges ir keeping Jecmed undesirable 2o the jury ORGANIZATION OF NURSES ox. German hirth or svmpethice for the | Eliof Wadsworth Tells of Value of Yeutonic allies was in scme instances Red Cross Relief Service. i the apporent cause for poreinmtory Bt challenze when the=e sympathies wer-| Philadciphia, April 30.—That the not strong enou h to warrant the|American peopic wiil realize within a | vourt in dismissing the talssman for | few months for the first time the real tanse, value of the American Red Cross re- The ivrors are: A. D, obs, ("harles | lief ervice was predicted by Eliot H Weldon, Stephen T. Bell. John P.| Wadsworth. acting chairman of the Bergtson. THenr: Sechurf., Fred .| Red Cross, in an addres here today Kuhimen, Edward R. Rorers, Ti { before the annual convention of the M. Hackett Sea national orcanizations of nurses of the lam . Mauch United States. Jobn F. Young “For twelve vears” he sald, “the honB e American R-d Cross has been plan- JITNEY AND TROLLER CAR IN BRIDGEPORT ning, organizing and preparing for the very emergency in which this country IN COLLISION now finds itself. An army of nurses s o oo .. |has been enrolled” with ali the cars trving Bauer, a Passenger on the Jit- | jo7, 00T, FATONSS WA 81 the rey. Was Aimost Instantly Killed. |of the finast army. The result is that the Red Cross has enrolled more than Bridgeport, Conn., "Aprfl 30 —Irv ng | 9.000 nurses, who have talen all staps Bauer, a passenger on a crowded iit-|required by th> army medical corps nev bus, was almost Instantly kiiled|to permit of their immediate enlist- this morning i» 2 collision between|mert in this service the bus and a trollev car on Fairfield| “As the war develods, this corps of avenue at Broad street. The bus|Red Cross nurses will win the grati- tude, aff~ction and admiration of ev- sideswiped the fromt end of the car, ery American ecitizen.” which had stopped, and Bauer was thrown through the side doof of the bus and was crushed between the au- tomobile and the trolley car. his chest mnd several robs being crusbed. Her- man Undsdorfer of Stratford. driver of the bus, was held in $1,000 for a henring in the eity court. ESTIMATES SUBWITTED FOR WATERWAY DEVELCPMENT |ALASKA SENDS GREETING TO NEW RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT Message Transmitted to Petrograd by Department of State. Washinzton, April 30.—The new democratic government of Russia has been officially greeted by the Alaska legislature as “our nearest sisier de- public” in a message transmitted to Petrograd by the department of state. Are Being Considered by the House ers and Harters Committee. Washington, April 30. — Estimates [ The ¥ollowing resolution addressed to recently submittsd by tha war de-|the president of the Russian duma, partment for watcrway development [was adopted by the territorial legisla- eggregatine about $39,600.000 were | ture: “The territorial senate and house of represontatives of the territorv of Al- aska. in session assembled, extend the hand of greeting to our nearest sister repuolic, Russia.” considered today by the house rivers anad harbors committee. Tho commit- te8 organizad for this congress, under CHalyman Small, who expacts to press the biil at this session. jat derlin Papers in Copenhagen. ‘openhagen. April 30, via London, '4.30 p. m.—No Berlin newspapers have arrived here for two days. Such §top- pages are often preliminary to impor- tant military developments. American Students Dropped in Berlin. Copenhagen, via London, April 30, 6.58 p. m.—The Hamburger Fremden- blatt states that all the American stu- dents in Berlin university have been stricken off the student list. The stu- dents thus dropped comprise sixteen men and four women, most of them of German descent. DARINGLY FRANK ARTICLE BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN Exposing to German Readers “Shams”’ of Their Government. ‘Copenhagen, via London, April 30, 9.15 p. m—Maximilian Harden, the German “enfant terrible,” publishes in the latest issue of Die Zukunft an- other daringly frank article exposing to German readers the ‘‘shams, pre- tences and mistakes” of their govern- ment’s policy. The article is_devoted to the entry of the United States into the war, which Herr Harden warns the people must be taken most seriously, both from the moral side, as a. symptom of the weakness of Germany's appeal to the neutral world, and the failure of her forelgn policy, and because of the physical aspects of the weight which America will uitimately be able to throw into the scafe. In the arti- cle, he reviews the sters leading to the German and American peace pro- posals, the proclamation of unrestrict- ed submarine war and the American declaration of a state of war. and de- clares, with a daring to which proba- bly no other German publicist is equal, that Germany's peace overtures were put forward omly as a bridge over which Germany could pass to re- lentless submarine warfare. Consistent with his earlier atti- ture, Herr Harden has only words of high praise for President Wilson and his policy and reveals in vtrious pass- age a slighting opinion of Dr. Alfr Zimmermann, which he did not conceal at the time of Zimmermann's eleva- tion to ministerial rank. Another articie by Herr Harden cul- minates in an appeal to Germany to introduce democratic conditions, which the writer says, is the only sure basis for the future. Scarcely less noteworthy than his scathing criticism of German dipo- macy is Herr Harden's justification to German readers of America’s atti- tude during the war. The United States, Herr Harden de- clares, could have continued to amass unmeasured riches. not from munition contracts only, but as a world’s source of supply. Instead, he odds, the Unit- ed States chose for an ideal to reject a continuance of its profitable neutral- ity and to load itself with a burden of expenditures which no other coun- the try could safely bear. Those who would profit, Harden tfells his readers, can be sought nearer home, in the ranks of those wanting to retain Bel- gium. the Briey iron district, Cour- land and Livonia. A MEMORIAL TO FRANCO- AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP To Convert Birthplace of Lafayette Inte a Museum and Orphanage. New York, April 20.—Alexandre Ri- bot, premier of France; Rene Viviani, vice premier and head of tha French commission now in_this country, anl other members of the French cabinet, are among the members of the newly appointed French committee which will co-operate with the American Committee cf the French Heroes Fund in copverting the birthplace of Lafay ette into a museum and orphanage as a memorial to Franco-America: friendship, accordinz to a_cable mes- sage received here today. The message was sent by Mrs. William Astor Chan- to John Mof- ler, president of the fund, fat. chairman of the executive com- mittea. Other members of the French com mittee, it was said, were Former Pre- mier War Briand, under-secretary of fine arts Boutroux. of the French aca- demy, the Marauis de Chambrun, the Marquis de Lasteyre, the Comte de Rochambeau and Mr. Sharp, the Amer_ ican ambassador. RED CROSS UNIT TO PREPARE TO GO TO FRANCE Organized at the Pennsylvania Hespi- tal in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, April 30.—A Red Cross base hospital, orcanized at the Penr svivania hospital in this city, was o: dered today by the American Red Cross headquartsrs in Washington, prepare to o to France at once e. Richard the hospital, sent the men and to for H. Harte, organizer of out instructions for women comprising the unit, to mobilize Friday morning the hosnital. The personnel con- sists of 25 doctors, fifty nurses, forty rides to nurses who have had hospital training. and 150 male attendants. AMERICAN SURGEONS TO BE:SENT TO EUROPE Will Go as Members of the Medical! Corps of the U. S§. Army. Washingfon. April 30 —American surgeons to be sent to Furope for service with the army in France will Ro as members of the medical corps| of the United States army. This was | anrounced cfficially at the war de- partment toda. It was indicated that the American doctors would be sent forward at an early date and *hat e/ :ntually a large number would be assigned to duty in France. FRENCH WAR MISSION TO TOUR MIDDLE WEST Will Leave Washinaton Thursday to Visit Chicago. Washington. April 20.—The state devartment announced tonight that the French war mission wonid leave Washineton Thursday to visit Chic o and later would n to Kansas % £t Lo Springfield. Tlls., Philadel- phia. New York and Boston. At the conclusion _of the tour tha party will return to Washington. No» Firaworks in Philadelohia. Philadelphia, April 20.—Mayor Sm today issued a proclamation prohibit- ing after today the sale of fireworks in Philadelphia. The proclamation contained an order for the arrest of President Wilson and Viviani Gonfer NO INFORMATION REGARDING IT MADE PUBLIC. OTHER MEETINGS Bri tary Lansing in the Pan American Building in Honor of French Mission Wilson in Attendance. iant Reception Given by Secre- —President Members and Cabinet ‘Washington, April 30.—Preliminary exchanges of views having been com- pleted, members of France's war mis- sion and representatives of the Unit- ed States today began detailed con- ferences to solve the infinite number of difficult problems confronting them. The most important conference was between President Wilson and Rene Viviani, head of the mission. No in- formation regarding the nature of the talk was made public, but it was un- derstood to have been a general dis- cussion of the needs of France. Conferences Held. Other conferences between officials of the navy department and the naval section of the mission, headed by Admiral Chocheprat; between repre- sentatives of the war department, es- pecially officers of the general staff, and members of the military section, headed by Marshal Joffre, and between American financial experts and mem- bers of the economic section of the mission, headed by M. Simon. Tonight the members of the mission were entertained at dinner by Secre- tary Lansing and later attended a re- ception given in_ their honor by Mr. :,a_nsms at the Pan-American Build- ne. Wilson and Cabinet at Reception. The reception was attended by President Wilson, cabinet officials, members of congress, army officers, naval officers, assistant se: the various departments, members of the diplomatic corps and heads of bu- bureaus, besides the British war mis- sion. headed by oreign Minister Bal- four. No announcement has as yet been made regarding formal three cornered meetings of spokesmen of the United States, France and Great Britain. There already have been a number of informal conferences between mem- bers of the French and British mis- sion, but so far as is known they were not participarted in by representatives of the United States. INTERVIEWS BY AMERICANS ON THE IRISH PROBLEM Were the Subject of a Question in the House of Cummons Yesterday. London, April 30, 5.10 p, m.—Inter- views given by a number of Ameri- cans on the, Irish problem and pub- lished in the English papers were the subject of a question in the house of commonrs today. _ Major John R. P. Newman. Union- ist member of the Enfield division of Middiesex, asked whether the govern- | ment was aware that statesmen and public men of an aliied nation had been Invited to give through the me- dium of the press their opinions on a subject of controversy domestic to the United Kingdom, and if the govern- ment would continue a reciprocal policy of non-interference, either by | Great Britain or her allies, whether | the ‘questions at issue were of domes- tic and not of international import- ance. . do not think any part of the government In this matter,” replied Andrew Bonar | Law, member of the war council. “Wouid America tolerate interfer- ence on our part in a question” be-| Newman again, the speak- with a call for action on the is called for *“order, Commoner Dealton asked if it would not be desirable to request the American government not to interfere In the war at all. No answer was given. ATTEMPT MADE TO BLOW UP POWDER MAGAZINES | Of tha Union Metallic Cartridge Com- pany. Bridgeport. | —Tt was i Bridgeport. Conn., April 3 learned today that an attempt was made n early hour Friday morning to blow up the powder magazines of the Tnion Metallic Cartridge com- pany, which are in a closely guarded section morth of the city. A guard challenged a man avpproaching on the Broadbridge road, and the man mediately open=d fire on him. Sev shots were exchanged, after which the man disappeared in a thick fog. He was traced soon after by oth- er guards to a corn fleld, where the footprints joined those of another man, ang as the search was continued an automobile was heard to start and to rush away northward. BRITISH FINANCIAL EXPERT PAYS VISIT TO WALL STREET | Lorn Cunliffe, Governor of the Bank of England. New York, April 30.—Lord Cun- liffe, governor of the Bank of England and financial expert of the British commission now in this country, made a number of informnal calls in Wall Street today. He visited some of the leading banking houses, including J. P. Morgan and Company Lord Cunliffe held an informal con- ference also with members of the lo- cal federal reserve board, where he met Benjamin F. Strong, Jr., who has resumed his duties as governor of that institution after a vear's absence. RAISE IN WAGES FOR BITUMINOUS COAL MINERS Of From 25 to 30 Per Cent—About 55000 Are Affected. Philadelphia, April 30.—Coal operat- ors and representatives of the mine workers of the central Pennsylvania bituminous fields reached an agree- ment late tonight by which the men will recelve an increase in wages of from 25 to 30 per cent. Among other concessions the miners had demandaed any persons discharging a firearm of any so1f within the city limits. 155,000 are affected. an advance of 33 1.3 percent. About « 1, 1917 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS _Paper, and its Total Circulation is tlw'l,argest in Connecticut in Proportion to the ’City’s Population To Make Use of Enemy Ships UNANIMOUS VOTE IN SENATE PROVIDING FOR TRANSFER ABOUT Austrian Ships Are Not Included in the Resolution Passed by the Senate, as the United States and Austria Are Not at War—Vessels Are Under- going Repairs. Washington, April 30.—By unani- mous vote the senate passed a reso- iution tonight providing for transfer to the American government of title and possession of enemy ships in American ports, and their use in com- merce under direction of the shipping board. There are about 100 German and many Austrian ships in _American ports and all are under repair, though the Austrian ships are not included in the resolution as the United States and Austria are not at v.ar. One of the German ships, the Clara Mennig, is ready for sea and will be- gin loadine a cargo tomorrow for Italy. The Pisa, another, will be re- paired by Wednesday and will take supplies to France. Five more will be ready by the end of the week. The resolution was debated in the senats today for more than four hours behind closed doors. The discussion centered on questions of damages for the seized vessels after the war, but all efforts to provide a method by which owners of the property would be given a right to sue in courts of the United States were defeated. Legislation of this kind will be left to a later date. WILD RATS AS CARRIERS OF “INFECTIOUS JAUNDICE” Common in Asia and Now Prevalent in European War Zone. New York. April 30—Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, has completed a series of experiments which show that apparently healthy wild rats in this country are infected with Weil's diséase or “infectious jaundice” com- mon and prevalent in the European war zome, it was announced tonight. In view of the fact that thousands of Americans will be soon collected in military camps and possibly see ser- vice in the trenches, it is feared that the disease may spread here. Dr. No- ruchi will continue his studies of the disease. It is understood,-in an effort to discover a possible cure or methods of securing immunity from it. Weil's disease is characterized by sudden oAsets of malaise, often in- tense muscular pain, high fever for several davs, followed by jaundice. It becomes more violent as it is succes- sively transmitted from one victim to another. This is supposed to ex- plain the much greater mortality, about 38 per cent. in Japan, as com- pared with 2 to 3 per cent. among the European soldlers. SENATE WILL TAKE UP ARMY DRAFT BILL TODAY To Prepare for Reference of the Meas- ure to a Conference. Washington, April 30. — The army draft bill, passed Saturday by both houses of congress, will be taken up asain tomorrow in the senate in an effort to clear up at once the legisla- tive tangle which is delaying- refer- ence of tho measure to conference. It will be necessary for the senate to pass the bill again. There is little doubt regarding the passage although Senator l.a Follette and others may attempt to attach amendments. The volunteer authorization and other pro- posed changes can be offered again, ve-opening a_wide field for debate. Chairman Charaberlain of the mili- tary committee, secured a recess to- night until 11 o'clock tomorrow and will try to put the bill through if pos- sible. He made an effort to get it up today but failed because several sen- ators declared it easily could wait a day or two. AR e, i STATEWIDE ELECTION IN i MASSACHUSETTS TODAY For Delecates to Frame a New State Constitution. | Boston, April 30.—The men who will} frame for- this state a constitution to replace that drafted during the revo- lution will be chosen in a state-wide election to be held tomorrow. Inter- est in the war has served to minimize interest in the selection of the dele- | eates and it was believed tonight that the vote will be light. Campaigning for the 320 places In the convention has swung almost en- tirely on the question of the initiative and referendum. One slate favoring the initiative and referendum comprises former Tovern- or David 1. Walsh of Fitchburg; Mat- thew Hale of Boston: District Attor- ney Joseph C. Pelletier and many oth- er_men prominent in official circles. The so-called “unpledged” slate in- cludes Former Governor John L. Bates of Brookline: A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard university, and Charles Francis, its treasurer. MILLERS MOVE TO STOP SPECULATION IN FLOUR. Are to Ask $6 on Every Barrel Pur- chased for Future Delivery. Minneapolis, Minn., April 30.—Mill- ing companies here announced today that hereafter a margin of $5 will be asked on every barrel of flour pur- chased for future delivery. This action was -taken with a view to curbing speculation in flour and also affording greater protection to miliers. BOSTON TO FURNISH SEED POTATOES AT COST | To Persons Planting on Park Land— 4,000 Bushels Contracted For. Boston, April 30.—Persons planting | Prize court of more than post packages which had been seized | | bituminous coal, Condensed Telegrams Josephus Daniels, Jr., has joined the marine corps, and is now a fourth class private. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and the cous- in of the President will sew for the Red Cross. A dispatch from Vienna Americans may leave tinction of age or sex. says all without dis- Lieutenant Robinson who destroved the first Zeppelin is not dead but a prisoner in Germany Italy wants a direct loan from the United States and not through the medium of other countries. William A. Larned, seven times na- tional tennis champion in singles, has entered the Government signal corps. All the laborites in New Zealand who oposed conscription have been defeated in the municipal elections. Ialian aviators have dropped sever- al thousand copies of President Wil- son’s war address on Austrian terri- tory. The Premier of Bavaria is going to Vienna to confer with the Austro- Hungarian ministers regarding peace prospects. A Simla dispatch says subscrip- tions to India’s special war loan ceed ten millions pounds sterl ($50,000,000). g The German press is severe in crit- icising Austria and it is evident fric- tion has been created between the two countries. The Japanese cruiser Azuma left the port of Yokohama with the bods of the late Ambassador G. W. Guthrie for San Francisco. New York State Commissioner of Education, John H. Finley, will start for France to study war time methods in the French schools. The women ce workers in Paris have united in making a flag to pre- sent to the first regiment of Americans to land on French soll. More than 100 members of the House of Representatives signed a cable to Premier Llovd George urging that the Irish problem be settled. Secretary McAdoo announced that the loan based on the §5,000,000,000 bond issue will be officially designated “the liberty laon of 1917 The Gcrmnn-&wlll front has been closed to all travelers and postal ser- vice. There have been no German newspaper# since Wednesday. Guatemala has broken off diplomatic relations with Germany and offers the United States the use of her ports and her raliroads for common defense. Banjamin Joy of Boston, has resign- ed as vice-president of a bank at $20,000 for a position in the United States army as a captain at $2,400. The isaac Peral, a Spanish subma- rine constructed in the United States has arrived in the port of Cartagena escorted by the cruiser Estramadura. Senator George _Argetsinger has asked permission of Governor Whit- man to lead a volunteer army of New Yorkers in BEurope for foreign service. Newspapers of Berlin published a police notice stating that all citizens of Cuba and Panama will be subject to the ordinance governing enemy al- liens. Germany has lost one of her most successful submarine commanders, cording to a report in a newspaper his home town. His name was P He was a lieutenant commander. in The H. C. Frick Coke company has announced that an increase of 10 per cent in the wages of its emploves would become operative today, About 35,000 men will be affected Colonel Roosevelt, in a speech at a luncheon given by the National Se- curity League of Chicago urged taat the use of grain for alcoholic drinks be prohibited for the period of the war. The Hejmdal publishes an announce ment of the Prussian miilitary authori- ties saying that de: ions from the frontier districts w be punished in the same way as desertions from the i fronts. The American Consulate at London secured the release from the British 3,500 parcel on the way from the United States to Austria. The paper money lnown as “in- falsificables” is being used in Mexico again. This is due to a recent decree which provided that taxes now assess- ed in national gold would be increased by an equal amount in “infalsificables. Dr. John W. Hancher, of Chicagoe, an nounced that the Methodist church had launched a project for $30,000,- 000 to be used by the Methodist Board of Education to improve the equip- ment and endow the colleges. Already $17,000,000 has been raised. Frederick Besley, commanding, announced that Northwestern Hospital Unit No. 12 has been ordered to mobilize for service in France. Dr. Besley's command in- ciudes complete equipment for a base hospital and a personnel of about 250. A GENERAL ADVANCE IN FREIGHT RATES Approved by the Interstate Commerce Comission. Dr. has Inivers! Washington, April 30.—The Intar- state Commerce Commission todayv ap- proved a portion of the programme of the railroads looking to a general ad- vance in rates by authorizing specific Increases of fifteen cents per ton in rates on iron ore from lake ports to turnaces in Pennsylvania and_ Ohio. These rates were exempted from the general increases in rates applied for. Increases in the rates on coke and also excepted from the general application, to tidewater and lake ports, have already been authorized. As a part of their programme the potatoes on park land made availablé by the city will be furnished with seed stock at cost. Mayor Curley today contracted for 4,000 bushels of seed potatoes, and the first consignment of 1,500 bushels will be made xmm‘ég‘gu,ely avauub!e for early p.zqguvs raliroads today filed a petition ra- questing approval of proposed in- creases in the rate on anthracite coal from mines to all points of consump- tion. The proposed increases vary batween five and twenty-five cents per gon.. w [U. 8. To Make a Loan to Belgium AMOUNT PLACED APPROXIMATE- LY AT $150,000,000 AT BELGIAN REQUEST Discussion of French and Italian Needs at Conference of Secretary McAdoo Assistant Secrotary Crosby, the Italian Ambassador and Members of the French Commission. Wa gton, April 30 In addit t loans to France and Italy talling be tween $200,000,000 and $200,000,000 United States will soon make a lo to Belgium, the amount to Le determined. [Unofii es of the size of the Belgian loan place approximately at $150,000,000 Administration officials have bee a receptive mood toward an app tion for a Belgian joan war finance measure but formal ica not made today, when ti gian minister, Baron de ( alle upon Secr McAdoo a ed fore him tentative estima relief desired. Discussed Det; McAdoo Crosby minister for hours. The tentatis divuiged but is contains pro the Belgian maint, domiciled in Fr: quirements of dis mo unde mee nmen 1umber in addi nature Further Conferences to Be Hald her conferences wil] be i & gal rge a miiit fore the estimate of Belgian placed in form for consideratic There Is said to be a wide divergencs between the first estimates of the rious entente requirements governments as to and their A . mates, made after a process r nation during conferences with t ury department officials French and Italian Needs, Discussion of French and It needs continued today in conferen among Secretary \I Adoo, Assista Secretary Crosb the Itallan ambas :ajkv:lnfl membe; of the French ¢ mission, Vice Premier Viviani sper more than an hour in consultat| Secretary McAdoo Other members of the French con mission discusced the proposed Ina Informally with the federal e board at luncheor Funds for French and Indications Italian Loans. are that the I French Joans will he made preeent week, the time Iimit announ by Secretary McAdoo last week Belgian loan probably will n until a somewhat later das the French and lan loa raised by a fur jcertificates, expected few davs. Tn thig tary McAdo has suggestion made h serve bodrd looking 1o ad flotation of the fortheo: issue. Bi-Weekly Offering of Certificates The suggestion provides in blocks of $150,000.000 to $250.0¢ 0 according to the apparent ahility of the banks ready to absorb them. T . tificates may be exchanged t bonds when the latter are sed. T ggestion also contemplates the off. Ing of certificate !no bid below par to | Reports from | Mr. McAdoo wa 3 i fer another block c row were said to be the date of the offe Annot ment of th r {bond issue. it is expacted vithin a da vor t the delay in reaching a decisior tain phases as yet undeterm | RS |HARVARD HOSPITAL UNIT TO SEE SEARVICE ABROAD {Order Reccived From Adjutant eral of United States Army. 30. Gen hston Harva rsity April he The 'n 1 un know fieiall Base Hos x ordered to prepare for immediate se vice abroad by directio of the ad tant general of the Ti'nited Stat army tod. The unit hich is tually complWte, was recruited lars iy from the faculty and instructors of the Harvard Medical school and from the Peter Bent Brigham hospital. T had_been planned to mobilize the unit on Boston Common within a few das Dr. Harvey Cushing, director o t unit. was in Washington todas ferring with Surgeon-General 7 zas. TWo GRAIN ELEVATORS BURNED IN CHICAGO Approximately 75,000 Bush of Oats and Wheat. Contained els Chicago, two April 30 grain’ elevators of the ards company. which hol 75,000 bushels of oat wheat, late today, causing a loss mated at $500,000 Police and federal officials began investigation to determine the _Fire destroye Hales s of the blaze before the flames were under control 1t was said that numerous attempts had been made to burn or h! miills ang elevators, and that i ce companies were In possession much information along this lir which had not beea made public TO INCREASE FLEXIEILITV OF FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION An Order lIssued to Pool the Box Cars of All Railroads for National Use. Chicago, Aprii 30.—An order whic i neffect pools the box cars of all rail- roads for national use in any direction was issued today by the special ra road commission of the national cou ‘cil of defense. The new order Is sald to be of great importance as Increas- ing the flexibility of freight trnnspn'r tation. s aeds wam S