Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 3, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 106 é POPULATION 29,919 VICH, CONN., THURSDAY, " MAY 3, 1917 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS PRICE TWG CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation mfiorwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the La;gest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population DETAILS OF SINKING TOTAL OF 80 SHIPS UNK IN ONE WEEK Secretary Lansing Tells of the Serious Inroads Béing Made on the World’s Shipping STATEMENT AT NATIONAL DEFENSE MEETING Declares American Government Officials Now Realize the " Disaster That Faces the United States if the Undersea Warfare is Not Checked—If the Germans Keep Up Their Present Rate of Destruction They Threaten to Sweep Clean the Seas—Military Activities on All Fronts in Belgium and France Are in a Stage of Deadlock, But Violent Artillery Duels Continue. Washington, May 2.—The enormous . pared recently estimated the world's ads on world’s shipping made | ship construction in 1916 at slightly man submarines within the last |less than 2,000,000 tons. If the Ger- weeks has ught to American |mans keep up their present rate of overnment officials a full realization |destruction, officials admit without of the disaster that faces the United |hesitation that their campaign threat- ens to sweep clean the seas. “The seriousness of the situation is apparent,” said Chairman Denman today. “When we consider the present productivity of world shipyards and their highest output ‘likély within the next four months, the entire produc- tion will not exceed one-fifth of the monthily loss at the rate given by Sec- retary Lane. The shipping board’s fig- tres do not reach that high total, but they are sufficiently large to make the tituation extremely grave” the report adds. MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN States and the allies if the undersea warfare is not checked. | Governors and state representatives, re today for a national defense con- ierence will take home to their people message from the government em- shasizing the menace to America and rging t there must be the fullest <o-ordination by the states in war on if Germany Is to be de- retary Lane told the conference ne great destruction of ships was wreatening the existence of Great and France and menacing the d States. No one, he said, knew the exact number of ships lost ro- DEADLOCK ON WEST FRONT ently, but estimat. put last week's -—— marine toll at 400.000 tons. Later |No Action of Great Importance in Any this estimate prob- of the War Zones. v's submarine arm, not he explained that bly was too high. Secretary La in a statement to- That German: ¢ the seriousmess of the her military arm, Is thre menace . tpation could mnot be ex- |which, for the moment, is threatening nd that it was time thelthe future welfare of the United awoke to the facts. Reports o {States and the entente allies is recog- ment give a tofal of Inized by the chancelleries of all the one week, figures|powers at war with Germany any contained in| The last of April saw the underwat- announcements. mission announced that truction in recent weeks er boats send to the bottom hundreds of tons of shipping, which means that s|huge quantities of ammunition and inged and that it'|foodstuffs, the reciept of which would & increases. All have greatly heartened Great Britain that the situation is {and France, have been irretrievably and that the com-ilost to them and made the pinch of facilities of the|want, to those countries, their soldiers peril only if their fand their people more acute. cased tremendousiy. The military activities on all fronts € government’s pro- (in France and Belgium are still in a ine a more direct con- |stage of apparents deadlock, butv folent er the country’s shipping and |artillery duels continue. On none of < Chairman Den- |the other fronts have there been en- 1ipping board said esti- |gagements of great importance. al- reached the board of 300.- |thotgh the British in = Mesopotamia shipping eunk in one weck. |have driven forward theit lines The present world's ship tonnage is |against the Turks while the Turks at less than 50,000,000 tens. loss in tonnage due put at a little more {have forced out the Russians from Mush, in Turkish Armenia. The anticipated proffer of peace by ikan 2.000.000 tons. or some 182,000 [the imperial German chancellor will ns a At present the Germans |not he give nto the reichstag Thurs- @re sinking considerably more than |day 11 be withheld for “a more nat each weelk: fitting occasion,” accapding to advices A bureau of navigation report pre- |reaching Amsterdamt REPRISALS DISCOURAGED IN HOUSE OF LORDS| VAWTER'S STORY OF KILLING OF STOCKTON HETH Archbishop of Canterbury States There | Reveaicd in Letters Introduced by the is Strong Feeling Against Such Acts.| State — Struggled Against Craving London, May 2—In the house of| o Drink. londs today Archbishop of Canterbury | Christianaburg, Va, Ma A atony) raised the question of the recent S "B, Vax i bombing of Friebure by French oy |9f bow Charles E. Vawter, Virgiania Polytechnic professor, on trial here for killing Stockton Heth, Jr, had strug- gled against the craving for drink, had discovered and condoned iwiprop- er relations between his wife and Heth, and had asked the latter to pay a whiskey debt for him, was revealed in letters introduced today by the state. The letters were produced during the cross-examination of Vawter this afternoon. In one communication, Vawter wrote that he had discovered the improper relations between Mrs. Vawter and Heth, that she had stood by the defendant when drink had made a demon of him and that now his love for her would not falter. Now you can love her with less fear,” said the letter, “you are not worrying me, for it is for her happi- ness’ not yours, alohough I like you sery much. You are simply a lucky being.” In the same letter Vawter asked Heth to pay a Hauor bil of $63 for im. Vawter confirmed virtually every de- tail of the shooting as given before the bail commissioner and produced in British aviators in retaliation for out- rages perpetrated throughout the en- tire country against such reprisals. Earl Vurzon of Kedleston ,member of the war council, replying for the government, said that after the “abominable outrage” against the hospital ship Asturias, the war cab- inet had decided to execute the treaty of reprisals made in Januaryu “We consulted the French upon the matter,” Earl Curzon continued, “and they heartily approved of the plan and expressed a desire to_co-operate.” The Berlin war office said ele persons had been killed and 27 in- red in the raid on Frieburg—in the former class seven women, three men =nd one soldier and in the latter cass seventeen women, eight men and two hidren. YOUNG WOMEN PASS NAVY RADIO EXAMINATION Ordered to Report at the Charlestown Navy Yard for Duty. Poston, May 2.—Misses Charlotte | court vesterday. When he awoke at Bayiies and Edith Sigourney, promi- |3 a. m. and found that Mrs. Vawter T in Boston society, were notified | had left the room he went downstairs and got his pistol. In the hall he met his wife, he stated. and she clung to him and <ai il me Arst” t the top of the stairs he led with Heth, who choked him, and a5 ne was losing consciousness he fired the three fatal shots. Several times during the examina- tion the accused man broke down com- pletely. Mrs. Vawter was in the courtroom with the two Vawter children. She will take the stand when court con- venes tomorrew morning. he navy department yesterday that had passed the examination for radio operators. They were ordered to report at the navy yard tomorrow for ANOTHER HIGH RECORD FOR REGULAR ARMY RECRUITING Tuesday 2617 Men Were Accepted— Ilinois Holds the Record. on, May 2.—Another high record for regular army recruiting was established vesterday when 2,617 men re accepted. Tiinols, aiready holding a record, lipsed her previous figures by en- £ 3% men. Indiana came second ania third with PLANS TO SEIZE PART OF NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY Are Being Considered by the United WOULD STOP SPECULATING States Government. IN NECESSITIES OF LIFE Bill Introduced in the Senate to Make it a State Prison Offen: Chicago, May 2—Plans to seize at least a part of the nation’s food supply are being seriously considered by the United States government, according to District Attorney C. F. Clyne, who today sald that within the last few days district attorneys from the Mis- sissippi valley conferred in Chicago on means of taking over the food supply. What was accomplished at the con- ference Mr. Clyne would not say. Washington, May 2.—Senator Ken- yon introduced a bill today to make prison offense to buy or sell future: any article “pertaining to the ne- cessities of life,” or storing them, cor- nering the market or affecting the market price” .. -~ Cabled Paragraphs of Li-Ching-Shi proved. Peking, China, May 2.—The Chinese parliament today approved of the ap- ‘pointment of Li-Ching-Shi as minis- ter of finance. Fight For Kaiser and the Empire REICHSTAG TOLD OF ENTRY OF U. S. INTO WAR Appointment Ap- FAR-REACHING SCHEMES OF CAPTAIN FRANZ RINTELEN Brought Out at Yesterday's Session of Trial For Conspiracy. IN OPENING ADDRESS New York, May 2.—Plans of Captain Franz Rintelen of the German navy to embroil this country In war with Mexico and Japan, and the ineffectual efforts of Former Representative Frank Buchanan to enlist the support of Samuel Gompers, president of _the Dr. Johannes Kaempf, President of the Chamber, Asserts That President Wilson Lost His Head and That American Federation of Labor, in a B . 3 Droject to prevent the manufacture| Germany’ Will Make Him Bite and transportation of munitions in this| G o0 country, were brought out in the con- spiracy’ trial of these two men and six others here today. The defendants are charged with fomenting strikes designed to disrupt the entente allies’ munitions trade in this _ country through the activities of Labor's Na- tional Peace Council, of which Mr. Buchanan was first president. Gompers Warned Buchanan. Mr. Gompers testified he advised Mr. Buchanan that his plans were fool- hardy, that they were in conflict with the interests of labor as represented by the American Federation of Labor and that he warned Buchanan against associations with Herman Schulteis and Henry B. Martin. These men are defendants and -were members of La- bor’s’ National Peace Council. Pro-German Publicity Campaign. The testimony as to Rintelen’s ac- tivities was given by John C. Ham- mond, an advertising agent, who said that Rintelen engaged him to carry on a pro-German publicit _ycampaign. Rintelen proposed to spend $25,000 for this purpose, he said, but spent only $7,500, becoming discouraged as # the success of the plans to arouse sent ment in favor of the Germans' cause in this country after the sinking of the Lusitania. Aimed to Break Up Munitions Traffic. Mr. Hammond said he gave up his work for Rintelen when he learned that he was doing all in his power to bring war between the United States and Mexico and that Rintelen believed it was onl va matter of time before German diplomacy would em- broil this country in war with Japan. Rintelen’s purpose, he testified he was | told, was to bring on strikes so as to break up the munition traffic. Tried to Stir Up Trouble With Mex- ico. Rintelen described troubles in Mex- ico, which he expected Huerta, former Amsterdam, May 2, via London, 7.15 p. m.—The German reichstag resumed its session today. The president of the chamber, Dr. Johannes Kaempf, in his opening address, speaking of the entry of the United States into the war, said a new and mighty opponent had Joined the ranks of Germany's enemies. President Wilson in a message to con- gress on April 2, he declared, said he was waging war against the Germans in the interests of mankind and on the ground of justice. Says Wilson Lost His Head. President Wilson, Dr. Kaempf con- tinued, had lost his sight in making this assertion, since he had not stirred a finger to hinder England when Eng- land had announced her war of starva- tion against Germany, a war in viola- tion of all human and international laws. President Wilson had lost his sight when he rejected the German proposal to secure the lives of Ameri- cans on American vessels in certain routes, which carried no contraband, and by this rejection exposed his own compatriots to danger and death. * ™ - ““The German people rose in August, 1914, as one man and still fight today to defend their freedom, independence and life. President Wilson says he has no quarrel with the German people, for wrom he entertains only sympathy and friendship. “President Wils ce to sow di n desired by his rd in Germany. dent of the German reichstag, s elected on the freest fran- chise in the world, I declare that this effort will come to nought; that it will have no influence on the _common sense of our people, and that President Wilson wili bite granite.” This remark evoked thunderous ap- plause. For German Kaiserdom. “With our truest heart's blood we dictator of Mexico, to stIr up as his|cstablished the German kaiserdo i _of xico, 3 stablis Germa serdom, and p (.(xim\,‘ lvl‘a‘mmond” sald. ~ The|with our truest heart's blood we shall itness declared he called these ac-|right for the kaiser and the empire. tivities of Rintelen to the attention of the government and then for some time ed to meet Rintelen and to Jist- en to his plans under the direction of officers of the department of justice. (Renewed applause.) What our fore- fathers fought for and longed for, what we have achieved on the battiefield, will not perish, even at President Wil- son's word of command. ‘We decline all interference by a foreign goverrment in our internal af- fairs. If all signs are not misleading, the decisive point of the world's war i§ {approaching. We see our death-defy- ing troops withstanding the enemy’s sauits. Our U-boats will show Eng- land how Germans can avenge her SPECIFICATIONS FOR A STANDARD WOODEN SHIP Will Be Announced by the Shipping Board in the Very Near Future. Washington, May 2—To allay un-|pefarious starvation war. pect to take contracts for vessels of . the great wooden shin fleet, the ship- GREAT BRITAIN'S WAR specifications for a standard ship = SET RIS EISTEL MonE ould be ready In the very near fu-|Calls or Increases in the Excess Prof- The stanfard ship, the announce- ATl with & 24-foot depth of neld and | pLondon. May B, — Creat Wit 1% “rull decks and Wil ne ea | B et for the fiscal y pow iy house of commons today contained no surprises and fewer chanzes from the sting taxation than did the previous war budget. No new forms of taxs tion were proposed. The only chanzes were increases in the excess profits tax, which was raised to 80 per cent.. from 60 per cent, the placing of e: > board will submit its plans and specifications as soon as possibie.” read the formal announcement. “Bidders may propose to furnish completed ship or hulls only. Any firm desiring to submi: proposals to build completed ships from their own plans may do so, but snch plans will have to be ap- | cess profits on munition works on the proved by the board's enginee £ame basis, an increase of tobacco Officials made it clear that every ef-|duty by one shilling and 10 pence in fort would be made to submit the|the pound and increased entertainment specifications as soon as possible 5o taxes on the higher priced tickets. that there will be no unnecessary de- | Economy in the employment of ships lay in getting into the water to aid in|by government Impressment of all breaking the German submarine black- | vessels except small coasters at fixed ade. To permit builders to make tén- | rates of pay also was announced. tative plans, it was announced that the| In beginning his announcement of standard dimensions would be “about dzet, Mr. Bonar Law said: as follows:” TLength between perpen-| “There is ground for thankfulness diculars, 260 feet, over all 280 feet. Ex- | that we are able to bear the financiai treme beam 46 feet. Moulded depth|strain laid upon nus. These figures 26 feet. Depth of hold 24 feet. Two|represent part of the price we have full decks, forecastle, midship house v for the greatest act of mad- bridge and poop and house on bridge the zreatest crime ever commit- for officers. Power steam, 1500 horse in the history of the world. We power. Single or twin screws. vith our souls and can- e me in whicn ted can still say w sciences that it is a cr we had no share.” AD BRITISH BUDGET c FIRST BOND OFFER WILL BE FOR $2,000,000 Bonds Will be Dated July 1, and Wi Be Ready for Delivery on That Date |t had said “We uB. .ct ed the expen- scal vear at The chancellor estima diture of the present £2,290,351,000. Asserting that the en- f the United States into the war altered the financial situation, he ‘Washington, May 2—Secretary Mc- Adoo announced tonizht that the first offering of bonds authorized under the war finance law would be a two bil- lion dollar “liberty loan” issue, open to popular subscription at par, and that subscriptions would be received till June 15 next. The bonds will be dated July 1, and will be ready for delivery on ‘that date. Although many organizations in ad- ditio nto the banks. of the country will knew that, to the extent of her ability, the zovernment of the United States would help us to bear the financial burdens of our ailies. In the vote of credit for the present year I put down £400,000,000 for loans to our allies and dominions. £150,000,000 les than last year, and I hope this amount wiil not be required.” The chancellor estimated the total revenue for the year at £635,600.000. be utilized in floating the bonds, the |jeaving £1,651,781,000 to be covered by twelve federal reserve banks will be |ioan. designated as central agencies in their SRS RO respective districts, receiving sub- [ CARROLL JOHNSON, OLD scriptions delivering the bonds, and e e e caring for other details. The proceeds of the issue will be deposited In as large a number of banks throughout the country as practicable, and will be withdrawn graduall A large over-subscription Mr. Adoo announced, appears likely BRITISH WEEKLY STATEMENT OF NUMBER VESSELS SUNK. Total of 59, of Which 38 Were Mer- chant Ships of Cver 1,600 Tons Each. London, May 2, 9.35 p. m.—The Brit- ish official announcement of the num- ber of vessels sunk in the week end- ing on Sunday last shows that 38 merchant vessels of over 1,600 tons each were sunk. Those of less than 1,600 tons numbered 13, and eight fish- ing vessels were sent to the bottom by submarines or mines. East Haven Postoffice Robbed. East Haven, Conn, May 2. — The East Haven postoffice was broken into and robbed during the night of about Was Member of Haverly Show, and Barlow-Wilson-Primrose and West. New York, May 2.—Carroll Johnson, creator of the satin coat and other features of blackface minstrelsy. died in a hospital here last night in his 66th year after an iliness of two months. His home was in Elizabeth, N. J. ohnson was a native of Ireland. He became a minstrel in 1868 and retired from the stage five vears ago with a comfortable fortune. Johnson was a member of the noted Jack Haverly show as well as the Barlow-Wilson-Primrose and _West company. He was associated with Al G. Field in the early days and appear- ed with other minstrel stars. OBITUARY. Mrs. Lucy E. Fuller. Springfield, Mass., May 2—Mrs. Lucy E. Fuller, 67, former vice president- general of the Daughters of the Amer- n and former state re- Me- $325 in stamps and cash. The safe|ican Revolut was blown. There is practicaily no |gent, died here today. She was prom- clue. * = inent in other patriotic order: : D70 ¢ N8z Senate Tackles food Problems oF SCATHING DENUNCIATION FOOD SPECULATORS -— ENEMIES OF THE NATION Best Way to Deal With Them is to String Them Up to Lampposts or Put Them Behind Prison Bars— Borah Favors Government Posses- sion of Packing Plants. Washington, May 2.—The rising sentiment in congress for legislation to meet the nation’s food problems broke out in the senate today in a debate that developed into denunciations of food speculators with predictions that the best way to deal with them was to string them to lampposts or put them behind prison bars. No Shortage of Staple Foods. Senators from farming states denied that there is any real shortage of staple foods. Senafor John Sharp Williams declared there had been a hysteria throughout the country and that the cause of high prices was largely psychological. He said he be- lieved the German corruption fund re- cently unearthed in a federal court in New York may have been respons- ible for the hysteria. Word should go straight out from the senate, Senator Williams said, that there is no shortage of food. Senators Nelson and McCumber agreed that there is no reason to fear a shortage. Attack on Speculators. The attack on the speculators was led by Senator Thomas and Borah. The Colorado senator declared that they were the real enemies of the na- tion, expressed the hope congress would not adjourn without legislation that would remedy the evil, and said the lamp post is the thing to cure such speculation. Before the debate turned to other things, Senator Thom- as_introduced an amendment to the |esplonage bili cmpowering the presi- |dent by proclamation to suspend dur- ing the war the operation of boards of trade and chambers of _commerce which deal in futures. He had it sent to the table for later consideration. Conscription of Food. Senator Borah predicted a world famine if the war lasts two vears and if extraordinary and sustained efforts are not made here to meet the food problem. He attacked the packers, declaring they made enormous profits, and_said speculation and monopoly in foodstuffs made millions for those who were responsible and made “peons of the people.” He favored conscription of food and government possession of the packing companies. Food specu- Jation, he said, would not be ended un- til the speculators “are put in stripes behind the bars. Senator Nelson suggested that if some of the ‘“statesmen concerned about this situation” would go to Minnesota and assure the farmer of good climatic conditions, the wheat crop there would take care of itself. Senator McCumber said the nation shoud have a wheat surplus this year of more than 200,000,000 bushels after feeding itself and providing for seed- ing. BALFOUR TO APPEAR BEFORE CONGRESS SATURDAY It is Understood He Will Make a Brief Speech in Each House. ‘Washington, May 2.—Foreign Sec- retary Balfour, head of the British war mission, will appear before both houses of congress Saturday, a privilege never before accorded a Pritish official. It is understood he will make a brief speech in each house, though the chief object of his visit will be to pay a call of courtesy. Mr. Balfour spent most of this af- ternoon with Secretary McAdoo and Sir Hartman Lever at the treasury department, after devoting the morn- ing to conferences at the mission head- guarters. He lunched with the French mission at the British embassy. The trade discussions between Brit- ish and American officials are said now to have covered practically the pre- Jiminary zround and to be waiting on additional information from England. The South American trade situation has received almost no attention as yet, for the British have rezarded it as a question to be left largely to the United States because of this coun- try’s superior interests and better fa- cilities for dealing sympathetically with that field. The British mission will go to York in about ten days to join the French for the welcome meeting plan- ned there. After that the members may take a trip through the middie west and possibly to Canada. PROPOSALS TO STRIKE OUT CENSORSHIP SECTIONS Of Espionage Bill to be Voted on by Both Houses of Congress. shington, May 2—Both houses of congress will vote on proposals to strike out the censorship sections of the administration’s bills when come up for final passage. During devate today Senator Johnson of California_and Representative Graham of Pennsvylvania announced that they would move to strike out the sections to which there has been much oppo- sition by newspapers and persons who say it would endanger the right of a free press and free speech. Representative Gard of Ohio urged passage of the measure as it stands. He insisted that the newspaper sec- tion was proposed as any criminal law would be, not to hamper the reli- able press, but to safeguard against dishonest newspapers. In the senate debate centered upon the export embargo clauses. Senator Hoke Smith offered a substitute for the committee to draft to authorize embargoes only when foodstuffs reach an_enemy country through a neutral Senators Overman, Walsh and Thomas defended the committee pro- posal and denied that it would permit discrimination in_application between any ports of the United States. Senator Johnson of California gave notice just before adjournment that before the final vote on passage of the bill he would move to strike out the censorship sectlon previousy ap- proved by the senate in committee of the whole. i they | Condensed Telegrams The German Minister and all of his staff left Cuba for Key West, Fla. Naturalization applicants in the the Federal Court at Boston last month exceeded $3,000. The Norwegians lost 23 ships last week, the greatest loss they have suf- fered in any one week. New York school children are being mobilized as “block captains” to see that the streets are kept clean. Marriage is becoming popular in Brooklyn. During April 3.015 licenses ‘were issued, an average of over 100 a day. Grant Park on the Chicago lake front, will be converted into a naval training station caring for 3,000 re- cruits. New York legislative leaders express doubt about the present session ad- Jjourning finally before Tuesday of next week. The University of Pennsylvani: abandoned all sports except baseball. Wharton Sinkler, football chairman, has enlisted. A new commander of the Depart- ment of the East is due at Governor's Island in the person of Maj.-Gen. J. Franklin Bell. Among those who will be enrolled to operate Government cables and tel- egraphs are 24 women, who wiil be ranked as yeoman. Secretary Daniels and high naval officers held their usual May day ob- servance of the anniversary of the bat- tle of Manila Bay. Denmark will establish a trade bu- reau in New York to facilitate Amer- ican exports and to- co-operate with the United States. A public hearing on the “daylight saving bill” will be held before the Senate Interstate Commerce Commit- tee at 10 o'clock today. The Luckenbach pier has been seiz- ed by the United States, but no rea- sons were given. It is one of the larg- est in New York harbor. The school board of Boston discharged several men teachers, woman and a janitor, because were not American citizens. has one they Paul Sabot of Williamsburg, an al- leged flag insulter, was beaten by a mob and then placed under arrest on a charge of disorderly conduct. The Navy Department will construct a barracks which will hold 20,000 ma- rines at Quantico, Virginia. The work will begin immediately. Mayor Mitchel and a committee of New Yorkers went to Washington and invited both the British and French missions to visit the metropolis. The grandson of Gen. U. S. Grant has enlisted in the Seventeh Regiment of New York. He was emploved in the office of J. P. Morgan & Co. Hermon E .Hibbard, 69, former may- or of Newton, Mass., and proprietor of the Bryant & Stratton Commercial School at Boston died after a brief iliness. Under the new prohibitory law 8§20 saloons in Nebraska closed. ~Purchase, manufacture, sale or gift of liquor is prohibited, but possession is not for- bidden. Paris newspapers give further ev- idence of the famine in news print paper. All penny papers announce a cut in size to two pages on four days of the week. England experienced no May Day demonstrations. On the contrary, 1,500 striking clerks of Woolrich Aresnal and 3,000 dock workers at Tilbury re- turned to work. An emerald pin, valued at $4,000, was_stolen from Charles G. Roebling of Tretnton. A fight followed, in which Mr. Roebling won, but the burg- lar managed to escape. French ®Minister of Marine, Lacaze, visited Calais and Dunkirk, inspecting French destroyer squadrons, subma- rines and seaplanes. He _conferred with King Albert of Belgium. The State Senate Judiciary Com- mittee voted to report favorably the Slater bill, designed to repeal the Frawley law, regulating public boxing contests. The vote was 7 to 3. Brooklyn’s showiest night life cafe, the Plaza, was thrown into bankrupt- ey by creditors who claim $100,000 are due them. The place opened just four months ago—New Year’s Eve. Jane Addams in an address before the Chicago Women's Club suggested the creation of an international coun- cil to sit at Athens and have charge of feeding dependent populations. E. M. Wentworth, national president of the Sons of the American Revolu- tion, announced that it had been de- cided to postpone indefinitely the an- nual convention of the organization. Thirty women workers have been killed by an ‘explosion in a munition factory at Troisdorf, a town of Rhen- ish Prussia ,near Cologne, accord- ing to a dispatch to the Central News Agency. A committes representing the com- mittees on public safety of all the New Bngland states met at Boston and adopted a resolution favoring the adoption during the war of the day- light saving plan Premier Lloyd George has sent a letter of thanks to Robert Fllis be- cause the latter named his son after England’s Prime Minister. The Premier and Ellis’ parents lived in the same town in Wales. POOLING OF WAR RISK INSURANCE WITH THE ALLIES Administration in an Bill Introduced Yesterday. Proposal Made Washington, May 2. — Pooling of American war risk insurance with the allieg is proposed in an administration bill introduced today. American ships and cargoes would be reinsured by the allies and the United States would reinsure allles’ ships and cargoes. An appropriation of $25,000,000 is to be asked which will include insurance on the lives of seamen on American mer- chant ships. OF STEAMER VACUUM Eighteen Survivors Who H Relate Their ave Arrived at Liverpool Experiences CAPTAIN HARRIS AMONG THE 27 MEN SAVED First Mate Gailes Tells of the Marvelous Way in Which the Submarine Was Manceuvred in the Heavy Sea—CGun. ner Saw the Torpedo Coming, But It Struck the Ship Before He Could Turn His Gun—One of the Lifeboats Capsized in the Heavy Sea—Another American Vesse the Rockingham, Has Been Sunk. Liverpool, May 2, 520 p. m.—Eigh- teen survivors of the Vacuum arrived here today. They were all in one lifeboat which, they said, was the only one of the three launched to remain afioat. One boat was swamped be- side the Vacuum just as the steamer was disappearing beneath mountal ous seas. A few hours after the: lightened the burden of the captain’s boat by taking four of its occupants, thus making the total number of men In each boat eighteen, the survivors saw it capsize on a huge wave about a quarter of a mile from them. Th seas were too high to render assistance and besides the survivors were too busily occupied in preventing a mis- hap to themselves. Until the receipt of the captain's tel- egram stating that he with some oth- ers had been rescued by a patrol boat, those arriving here had belleved they were the only survivors. The men who have reached Liver- pool, in relating _ their experlences, stated that their boat was nearly half full of water all the time and that all hands took turns in bailing. A sail which was rigged up helped the oars- men and they reached a cold, bleak shore after thirty hours, having been adrift from 10 o'clock Saturday morn- ing, when the Vacuum was torpedoed until late Sunday. Fishermen's huts were thrown open to them and women provided food and warm clothing, which weer needed, as many ef* the survivors _ were suffering from ex- posure. They mada unavailing in- quiries regarding the possibility of any of their comrades havinz been washed ashore. On the mext day they were taken away by a_trawler, Oscar Gafles, the first mate, who lives thirty miles south of Hoston, Mass., told The Associated Press that the most striking fact in connection with the torpedoing was the marvelous way In which the submarine man- oeuvred in the great seas. “It was blowing a gale” he said, “and the seas were coming over the Vacuum; vet, after we were torpedoed the submarine, which was a very large one, came to the surface and circled around the Vacuum severs times with the greatest ease. The moun- tanfous seas appeared to preesnt no terrors to_that submarine. Joseph Simpson, second engineer of the Vacuum, in an aidavit to the American consul, said that presum bly three Chilean firemen went down with the ship—that they either were killed by the explosion or were caught in the wreckase. Gunner Wilson said he was beside his gun at the stern when the torpe- do struck beneath him, throwing him into the water, from which he was picked up by a boat. “I saw the torpe: Wilson, “and yeflsd Then I tried to tu direction of the track but before this could be done been hit. The Vaeuum rapidly that the men could not forward gun. The submar colors and had no mark n the TWENTY-SEVEN OF FORTY-FIVE the Boatswain Picked Up. London, May Including Captat the American ofl uum, which submarine, Saturday, landed. This makes men saved from a fota Captain_Harris wired t flces of the Vacuum he witth Third Mate E. I T of Mt. Vernon, N. Y, the and six gunners wers picked a patrol boat and landed AMERICAN STEAMER ROCKINGMAM SUN Aboard— London, May 2—The steamer Rockingham ha: by a German submart men are missing. Two boats, contalning 33 men picked up yesterday, one by & pm vessel. One bos teen men, is missing. Amerios. Formerly the New York, May 2- ham carried guns and a naval crew when she her_owners said. The American Nebrasg m Un steamship ham, formerly the Nebrasganm, w OF. SAE. tore. o, S T owned by the Gariand corporation. PBaltimore, M4, Ma; 4 crew of the Rockingh naturalized Americans ga names as Alfred L. Riley, quarter arest relative, 144 Sixth N. Y., ana C. M mate,” Shawmut ave were also eleve wailan Islands in Seventy And the TENTATIVE DRAFT OF WAR REVENUE BILL Made by the House Ways and Means Committse. Washington, May 2.—Persistent up- ward revision of the tentative draft of the war revenue bill by the house ways and means committee today brought the total to be raised up to approximately $1,650,000,000, or within $165,000,000 of the amount originaliy suggested by Secretary McAdoo and | refused by a sub-committee. i Plans now are to raise the remain- | ing $165,000,000 through consumption taxes, if mecessary, or as a last resort, | by tariff changes. Agreement ha: been reached to discuss proposed fir- | It Increases after all other questions have been disposed of. Partisanship has entlrely disappear- ed in the discussion. One of the sharpest clashes of tho meeting today was over the aqueation of continuing the policy of secrecy framing the bill. Members pointed yut that it would be to the public interest to court the fullest publicity. The pro- | posal was voted down promptly. Discussion today centered largely about the ex~es profits tax and de- veloped the nld alignment of those who desire to maks individuaj income taxes pay most of the burden. The sub-com- mittee’s excess profits tax section would double the present rate. HOME GUARD IS TO BE MADE UP OF 130 COMPANIES Military Emergency Board Will Equip Only That Number. Hartford, Conn,, May 2.—The Home Guard of Connecticut will be made up of 130 companies of 65 men and three officers each, and the military emer- gency board will equip only that num- ber. The formation of the Home Guard by regiments has already beer: announced. .The emergency board met with the board of control this after- noon to take up the financial side of the Home Guard and a limitation on Its_size was the result. The appropriations committee has reported a bill to provide funds for equipping the First and Second com- panies of Governor's Foot Guards for active service, these commands neced- ing more uniforms, guns, etc. CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAU LIFE INSURANCE Out of $1,900,000—Pennsylvania A thorities Searching for Seven Pittsburg, Pa., Ma Repress tives of the attorney-genera: stables from an aderman’s offics no progress today in their sea the seven me ho wer accused by J. Denny ( ance commissioner of Pennsy conspiring_to defraud Life and Trust Con $ 900,000 eantime, it w m additional warrants out, and that ot men volved in the prosecuts Discussing the cond |pany, Mr. O'Nefl tion ed him to believe t pany’s capi plus had Through the o Birdseye, a promot sald, $1,900,000 in actual ¢ secured from the compar . The company was capit 000,000 and its asset $24,000,000, protecting outst surance of about $115 JOFFRE SPENDS AN WITH PRESIDENT WiL HOU Party Leaves Today for Tour of & Middle West. Washington, ¥ their departure western and of France's further important resentatives of th Marshal Joffre House and spent dent Wilson, d Questions the despatcn tionary force to France. President Wilson also conferred wi Rene Viviani, head of the mission, & ing an informal luncheon at the W House. Members of the Fremeh naval military sections met with represes tatives of Great Britain during the a and there were talks with vasion ‘American officials. Information re garding all the conferences was w held. The visitors will leave Washingto at 3.30 o'clock tomorrow afternoom f Chicago aboard a special train. The will arrive about noon Friday.