Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 4, 1917, Page 1

LIX.—NO. 107 POPULATION 29,919 , CONN., FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1917 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS ' The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any O POWER TO REGULATE RICES NECESSITIES Congress Ha; Been Asked to Grant That Authority President Wilson JUST AN EMERGENCY MEASURE DURING WAR Sweeping Bill Introduced Would Authorize the tion to Fix Maximum and Minimum Prices for Food, Clothing, Fuel and Other Necessities and the Articles quired for Their Production—Secretary of Agriculture; Would ks Empowered to Establish Standard Food Grades and to License and Control the Manufacture, Storage and Distribution of Foods. ‘Weshington, May 3.—Absolute au- thority to regulate in its discretion the production, distribution and prices of ood end other necessities during the war was asked by congress today by the administration. In a sweeping bill imtroduced with edministration_approval by Chairman Lever of the house agricultura] com- mittee, it is proposed to empower the president, under the war clause of the constitution, to take these measures whenever in_his opinion the national emergency shali require: S The Regulations. To fix maximum and minimum prices for food, clothing, fuel and other nec- essities, and the articles required for their production; To prescribe regulations to govern the production of these commodities and_1if necessary to requisition _the producing factories, mines or other establishment To compel holders of necessities to release them In amounts insuring equitable distribution: To regulate exchanges in such a way as to eliminate market manipula- tion: To eompel raflroads to give prefer- ence to movements of necessities; To levy such importation duties as he s necessary to prevent exces- sive “dumping’ of products: and To *impose lmitations or prohibl- tlons upon the use of grain in the manufacture of liquor. Control of Distribution. In eddition, the secretary of asri- culture would be empowered to estab- lish standard food grades, to license and control the manufacture, stor- ege and distributlon of foods, to pre- scribe the percentage of flour to be milled from wheat and to regulate the mixing of wheat flour with other flour in the making of bread and other food. In a statement tonight Mr. Lever Geclared thers was nothing In the measure to disturb legitimate business activities because “It is hoped that the mere conferring of the more ‘extreme mew powers will be sufficlent without its becoming necessary to exercise thern. The BN is supplemental to the ad- ministration food measure introduced in the house earlier in the week, pro iding for a survey of the country's {f00d resources and conferring certaln powers to prevent food speculation. This measure was ordered faverably reported from the agriculture commit- tee today, after the committee had reduced the appropriation carried from 325,000,000 to approximately $20,000,000 and had eliminated a section author- izing the secretary of agriculture to order the immediate sale of any food in such condition that unless prompt- Iy disposed of it will become unfit for use. The section will be Incorporated in a coming third measure which is to confer broad powers on the Coun- il of National Defense. Action on Bills Expected Next Week. Mr. Lever expects to get both of the bills up for action in the house next week. The first already is pend- ing in the senate and the supplemcht measure probably will be presented there tomorrow. “The mew biL” sald Mr. Lever in his statement, “deals with all the nec- essartes of life, Including foods, feeds, shoes, clothing, fuel and articies re quired in their production. The meas- ure is intended only to meet the pres- ent emerzency. It is limited to the period of the war and a sufficient time thereafter for readjustment. It s baseq on the war clauses of the con- stitution and is applicable throughout the country, irrespective of state lines. To Stimulate Production. “The purposes are to stimulate pro- duction, to reduce waste, to clear the channeis of distribution,” to prevent hoarding, to assure fair profits, to eli- riinate Injurfous speculation, to pro- ibit evil practices on exchanges, and to protect the public agalnst extor- tion. “The president is empowered to ef- fect preference movements by com- mon carriers in order to assure an sdeguate and continuous supply of necessaries. FHe may prescribe imitations, regulations or prohibitions Gipon the use of foodstuffs in the pro- ddetion ot gleobol and of alcoholic or non-alechofle beverages, and may Te- aaire reduction of the alcoholic con- tent of beverages. “Factories, plants, mines or -other establishments engaged In producing neoessaries may be requisitioned and Operated by, the government if it be sssentlal. Fair. Returns for Producers. “The prestdent is empowered mini- i assuring fair and Jjust producers or owners, when- he finds such guarantes of necessaries within the Uhited States ‘who act in reliance upon the guaran- tes, that they will receive not less than the mintmum price prescribed for their products. Antl-Dumping Clause. “The bill aiso contains an anti- clause. This vests power in the president to what rates of duty on the impor- of for which mini aper, and its Total Circulation is the la_rgest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Cabled Paragraphs Sinking of Steamer Gena. TLondon, May 3, 8 p. m.—In connec- tion with the torpedoing of the British steamer Gena by a German seaplane off the Suffolk coast of England May 1, announcement of which was made by the admiralty Wednesday night, it 18 stated by the admiralty that this method of attack was first successfully practiced by British naval seaplanes. These seaplanes sank several ships in the Dardanelles in August, 1915. {0 |/MMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA AND FRANCE Is Planned in Strengthening Their Railroad Systems. & ‘Washington, May 3.—Immediate as- sistance to Russia and France in strengthening their railroad systems is planned by the American government The first step will be the dispatch of a commission of four railroad experts, including John F. Stevens, a consult- St ing engineer who was chief engineer Administra- | of the Panama canal commission be- fore General Goethals, The plan for aiding France is solv- ing her railroad problems which have been drawn up in detail by the coun- Re-|cil of national defense will be made public within a few days. The ques- tion was discussed here today by & group of rafiroad heads in conference With members of the defense council. President Wilson had planned ~to make Mr. Stevens a member of the political and economic _commission headed by Elihu Root, which is to leave for Russia soon, but at the re- quest of the council Mr. Stevens was | released for service on the special rail- road miselon. Other members will be John C. Greiner of Baltimore, Hen- ry Miller, former president of the Wa- required to prevent flooding of the|}g.:h Railmad, and an official of the American market with such excessive | Burlington road. importations as to defeat the practical| Tre plans of the defense council call operaticn of the minimum price Dlan. |for sending the entire American sur- When he determines these rates, DY|plus of rolling stock and expert em- force of the statute itself they g0 INto | ploves abroad. The commission to immediate efreot. Russia will give expert advice there, “Whenever the president shall find|ang will seek to do everyibing possi that an emergency exists requiring|ple to co-ordinate that nation's trans- such action, he is also empowered to|portation system for the movement of fix_maximum prices of necessaries, if [ BOTISTON SVSCOI TOF gesential, in order to prevent extortlon. | American ratiroad schedules will be It a maximum price for any partict:|altered o as to run only necessary lar Decessity be Cstablished, ot i2|passenger trains, to free equipment for e wiul herentier &0 the movement of freight and leave as the article at a higher price. large a surplus as_possible. The secretary of agriculture is au- | 1818 & surpluc as possilie. e o e o oon ones | ern_rallrcad, ana Howard W. Eliott, Droducts and ‘fertilizers, and for the |th erallroad officials at ‘today’s con- capacity of their receptacles, also to | ference. require proper labeling so as to pre vent deception. In addition he is given'| power to license and control the man- ufacture, storage and distribution of. foods, f00d materials and feeds when essential to prevent unecomomical manufacture or inequitable distribu- tion of the articles. He may prescribe the percentages of flour which shall be milled from wheat, and when es- sential to increase the food supply, he is authorized to regulate the mixing of wheat, wheat flour or wheat products with any other cereal, cereal flour Or MRS. C. E. VAWTER TESTIFIES AT TRIAL OF HUSBAND Dolared That Heth Attacked Her a Few Minutes Before He Was Shot Christiansburg, Va., May 3.—Mrs. Charles E. Vawter, testifying today at the trial of her husband, the Vir- ginia Palytechnic professor charged with murdering Stockton Heth, Jr., ad- previous it les with- iTeth, but declared ‘that a few minutes be- fore Heth received his death wounds he had attacked her. She sald that she was infatuated with Heth, but al- ways had repelled his advances when not under the influence of ilquor. Following the introduction yester- day of letters written to Heth by Vaw- ter, in which the latter revealed that he knew of the younger man's rela- tions with his wife, and at the same time asked Heth fo pay a whiskey bill, the defense bezan introducing tes- timony to show Vawter insane at the time. = Several physicians testified to- day that Vawter apparently was un- balanced when he wrote Heth about affairs in the Vawter household. On the night of the tragedy Mrs. Vawter said, Heth was in the Vawtor home when she and her husband re- turned. After drinking, all retired. She was awakened when she heard her child coughing. She went to the hallway to get medicine and heard Heth call her. Heth then caught her arm, she said, and she resisted. Upon hearing Professor Vawter mov- ing around, she said, she ran across the hall and went into the room of her children. Her husband went downstairs and got a pistol, she sald. A strugeie between Vawter and Heth followed and In the course of it came the pistol shots that ended Heth's life. Asked if her husband condoned im- proper acts with Heth, she replied that he always ‘upbraided and con- demned her and that she always had concealed the facts from him. material of vegetabls origin in the production of food.” JOINT ACTION BY CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES To Reduce the Price of Wheat—An- nouncement Made in Canadian Par- liament. Ottawa, Ont, May 3.—Announce- ment was made in parliament today by Sir Thomas White, the minister of finance, that plans are under way %r Joint action by Canada and the United States to reduce the price of wheat. Sir Thomas said the price of wheat flour or any other mecessity could not be regulated by the Canadian govern- ment alone. To be successful the reg- ulation of food prices must be the simultaneous action of the United States and Canada, he declared. He stated that Sir George Foster, the Canadian minister of trade and commerce, now in Washington, is dis- cussing with the American authorkties the fixing of maximum prices for wheat for the whole of the North American continent. Sir Thomas wiHl leave for Washing- ton a. the end of this week to relieve Sir George Foster, who is represent- ing Canada in the conferences between the representatives of the United States, France and England. SHAKESPEARE DAY WAS ‘OBSERVED IN LONDON. American Ambassador Page Was the Main Figure in the Celebration. London, May 3, 8.50 p. m—Shake- speare day, which was also observed Thursday, 'was another “American day” in London. Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador, was the main figure in the central celebration at Kings ccllege, which was attended by representatives of all the leading literary, educational and cultural so- cleties and orsanizations in the British les. ‘Ths college building on the Strand ané the great hall in which the meet- Ing was held were decorated with in- tertwined Union Jacks and Stars and Stripes. Thw meeting began with the singing of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and closed with the render- Ing of God Save the King. The chief featurs of the program was the presentation to Mr. Page, as representative of the entente’s new comrade in arms, of a magnificent copy of a rare s:cand folio of Shakeepeare. The book. whith is one of the finest copies extant, had been for many years In the hands of a private British owner ané was given to the Shakespeare an- sociatior. to be soid for the British Red Cross. It was put up at a recent Red Cross sale «nd bid in by the associa- tion for presentation to Mr. Page. CHILEAN MINISTER 8 TO LEAVE GERMANY. Central News Despatch Says He Has BRITISH TRANSPORT ARCADIAN TORPEDOED. Two Hundred and Seventy-seven Men Presumed to Have Been Drowned. London, May 8—The British trane port Arcadian was sunk by a subma- rine April 15. It 1s believed 279 men were drowned. The Arcadian was torpedoed in the eastern Mediterranean. She went down five minutes afterward. Nineteen officers, 10 men with naval ratings, 34 members of the crew and two civillans are among the missing Wwho, it is presumed, were drowned. The text of the official statement reporting the sinking reads “The British tmensport Arcadian, with troops, was torpedosd by an en- emy submarine in the eastern Med- iterranean on April 15 and sank in five minutes. Nineteen officers, 214 of other ranks, 10 of naval ratings, 34 of the crew and two civilians are missing and it is presumed were drowned.” U. S. MILITARY AUTHORITIES PREVENT STRIKE OF MACHINISTS Threatened to Prefer Charges of Trea- son Against Strike Leader. New York, military authorities today prevent a strike among the machinists employ: ey by E. W. Bliss ana Company, Brook- Iyn, manufacturers of torpedoes for the Demanded His Passports. United States and the entente allies, b ythreatening to prefer charges of London, May 3, 7.23 p. m.—The Chil- | treason against the strike leader, it ean minister to Germany has demand- | Was reported. ed his passports, according to a Cen-| The strike threat was made follow- tral News despatch from Amsterdam.|ing the company’s refusal to grant the The despatch says: demands of the workers for a Saturday ‘A message received from Berlin [balf holiday with pay. The com- says the Chllean minister to Germany | PADY maintains it is impossible for it has demanded his passports and an- | t0 grant the demands because the gov- nounced a rupture of relations between | ernment contracts specify eight hours’ gjhu; and Germany. T'i:: Dows caused | Work each day. e greatest annoyance in political cir- E e cles, where efforts were being made to Five of Dutch Crew Drowned. Baltimore, May 3—The disappear- avold a break with both Chile and Argentina, In order to preserve some |ance on last Tuesday of five members friendships in South America. of the crew of the Dutch steamship “Instructions have been given for|Rysbergen is belleved to be explained Chtlean citizens to be treated as eme- | by the finding of their small boat in my citizens. The despatch adds that |the harbor today. Entangled in the it 1s feared that it will be impossible | boat was the body of one of in the present circumstances for the nese composing the party. The men Chilean legation to leave Germany/’’had gone out for a pleasure salil. ———— Great Nortn- | All Banks Are to Take Subscriptions FOR THE $2000,000,000 LIBERTY BOND OFFERING. HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED - A Deluge of Subscriptions Aggregating Many Millions Has Been ;hc Result of the First Announcement of the Loan. ‘Washington, May 3.—Secretary Mc- Adoo today telegraphed to the entire list of 27,518 national and state banks and trust companies in the United States authorizing them to receive subscriptions for the $2,000,000,000 bond offering, enlisting thelr co-opera- tion, and yeguesting them to telesraph a rough estimate of the amount of bonds each would take for ftseif and patrons. Clearing House Association Notified. To all clearing house assoclations in the country Mr. McAdoo sent the fol- lowing telegram: “Will you kindly convey to the members of the clearing house my ap- preciation of the tender of services I have received from them and beg them to co-operate heartily with. the fed- eral reserve bank of your district in securing subscriptions to the $2,000,- 000,000 3 1-2 per cent. loan. I think the appointment of local committees to assist the federal reserve bank in its work will be extremely helpful * * To the federal reserve banks, upon which will fall the heaviest amount of detail work in cannection with the flotation of the issue, Mr. McAdoo sent telegrams embodying his messages to the other institutions and notifying them that the resuits of the estimates asked for would be placed at their dis- posal. A Deluge of Subscriptions. The result of the first announcement of the loan has been a deluge of sub- scriptions, aggregating many millions. Most of these came in by wire to the treasury. Virtually every large city and every state In the union was rep- resented in the hundreds of messages. Negotiations continued today with representatives of the nations to which the United States is extending credit. Count Cellere, the Italian minister, received the full amount of the first $100.000,000 loan made by this govern- ment to Italy instead of the install- ment of $25,000,000 which had been agreed upon tentatively a few days mgo. It is understood that the change was made upon representations that the needs of Italy would be -serv best by a transfer of the entire am at once. The money was paid out of prroceeds of the first offering of treas- ury certificates of indebtedness and other funds in the treasury. Subscriptions to Second Offering. Subscriptions to second offering of treasiity certificates were recelved during ‘the day by the federal reserve banks. Indications are that the sec- retary will issue an announcement shortly as to the size of the second of- fering and call for the proceeds within & week, possibly a few days. The $100,000,000 loan to France, an- nounced by Mr. McAdoo a few days g0, will be turned over to Ambassador Jusserand, in whole or part, within a day or so. In the meantime details of the proposed initial loans to Belglum and to Russia are being formulated and announcement in the case of Bel- glum is expected within a few days. SUBSCRIPTIONS POURING IN TO $2,000,000,000 LIBERTY LOAN. New York Financiers Predict 1t Will Be Largely Oversubscribed. New York, May 2.—Subscriptions to the $2,000,000,000 “liberty loan" were pouring into the federal reserve bank here today in large amounts. Financiers here predicted that the loan would be largely oversubscribed. C. E. Mitchell, president of the Na- tonal City company, affiliated with the National City bank, expressed the opinion that not less than 50 per cent. of the entire amount would be sub- scribed for in the New York federal reserve district. The bank probably will have to engage additional space and clerical hire, and many banking and bond houses which are soliciting subscriptions to the loan without commission will also enlarge their forces. FAIRFIELD PHYSICIANS WILLING TO SERVE Seventy-four Signify Their Intention to Answer Call if Needed. ridgeport, Conn.,, May 3.—At a meet- ing of the auxiliary medical defense committee of Fairfleld county this af- ternoon, 74 physicians, between the ages of 22 and 55 from the cities and towns in county, signified their willingness to serve their country in whatever capacity they may be needed. Forty-nlne of these doctors are from ridgeport and ten from Stamford. ‘When Dr. D. Chester Brown of Dan- bury, chairman of the committee, ask- ed that all physicians between those ages stand up ‘to signify their desire, all in the hall numbering about 200, between 22 and 70 vears, stood up. AUSTRIAN EMBASSY IS TO SAIL TODAY. lowski von ‘Tarnow, who was sent here m_Austria-Hungary as ambassador but who was never officially received by President Wilson, arrived in Ho- boken tonight with 23 members of the e 'y _staff on a special train_from Washington. They will safl tombrrow with the dismissed German officials from China and Cuba under safe cos duct from the entente allies on board the Holland-American liner Ryndam. The vessel will stop at Halifax, where the baggage and passports of the Austrian and German officials will be examined. $5,500 Fire at Woodment. ‘Woodment, Conn., May 3.—Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a large cottage at Colonial Park to- right, owned by C. A. Greer of New Ha resulting in a loss e partly_ covered by insurance. wh Germany Will be Bankrupt After War SIR HARDMAN LEVER, BRITISH FINANCIAL EXPERT, SO ASSERTS INTERNAL LOANS PILE UP Forecasts a Central Purchasing Com- mittee ing of Supplies for Allies. - in Washington for Purch: the Entente Washington, May 3.—Creation of a central purchasing commitiee in Washington for all supplies bought in the United States for the allied zov- ernments was forecast here today by Sir Hardman Lever, financial expert of the British war mission. He point- | ed out why a joint directing bureau would be essential to secure the most economica] administration of the huge credits authorized by this country and the fairest distribution of supplies among the various nations. The Financial Situation. Discussing ‘the financial situation, the British expert expressed the opln- jon that Germany will be virtually bankrupt in the credit markets aifer the war. . “Our enemies,” he said, “for all their boasted efficiency, have never had the courage to face their financial prob- lems, with the result that when the Jrar is over they will be hard put to Piling Up Internal Loans. The Teutonic governments having pyramided one internal loan upon an- other, he explained, their intehest charges would be so great that he be- lieved they would either have to re- pudiate a large part of their debt, or face inability to buy the enormous quantities of material they would need. g 5 Allies Have Paid Their Way. The allies, he added, had paid their way in the war by pouring out our gold, by selling enormous masses of American securities and by raising loans. As a result, he predicted that the end of the war would find them in very good shape financially. United States’ Aid Timely. Sir Hardman said the financial aid of the United States had relieved Great Britain of a load of anxiety. “I am convinced that the financial test which awalts this country will be readily solved. It is worth remember- ing that in assisting the allies, you are working with the great advan- tage that the money which you ad- vance is all spent in this country and goturns to your-heols i nish the ists for farther ites n and if necessary. BUSY DAY FOR THE * BRITISH COMMISSION Balfour Entertained a Party at Din- ner Last Night. ‘Washington, May 3.—The British mission today spent one of its busiest days since its arrival. Tonight Mr. Balfour entertained at dinner Secre- tary and Mrs. Lansing, Ambassador and Madame Jusserand, Assistant Secretary and Mrs. Breckenridge Long, Sir Richard and Lady Crawford, Coun- sellor and Mrs. Barclay and the Amer- ican attaches to the mission. The morning the forelgn secretary spent largely in conference with Sec- retary Lane at the interior department. In the afternoon he received Sir Er- nest Shackleton, the Antartic explorer, the Serblan minister, the Italian am- bassador, the Russian charge, and a committee of the trade members of the mission. ‘Admiral de Chair spent the whole day in conference with bureau heads at the navy department, and General Bridges called at the war college, on Secratary Baker and on army hospital experts. STRONG OPPOSITION TO CENSORSHIP PROVISION the House—Opponents Confident Section Will Be Stricken Out. ‘Washington, May 3. — Sentiment against the censorship provision of the espionage bill became 3o strong in the house today that its leading opponents confidently declared tonight that The section would be stricken out before in final passage of the measure. A vote may be reached tomorrow. Speaker Clark, Republican Leader Mann, Representative Kahn of Caiifor- nia, Representative McCormick of Illihols and a dozen other representa- tives today attacked the section. They declared unequivocaily that they were opposed to any proposal to muzzle the press, particularly at the outset of America’s entrance into the war. Representative Wood of Indiana even insisted that England as an ally be askeo to raise its press censorship. Tepresentative Webb, in charge of the bill, amended the language of the n during the day, but its Dppo- nents.. insisted that substantially no change had been made. REQUEST TO STATE BANKING INSTITUTIONS | To Give Special Consideration to Loans ‘Which Will Inc: Food Supply. Hartford, Conn., May 3.—Recom- mendations were adopted at the con- ference between the executive commit- tees of the three leading banking or- ganizations of the state and members of the Hartford committee on food supply this afternoon, urging state banking institutions to give special consideratfof to loans which will be used for increasing food production. Applications for such loans, it was announced, may be made through county agents. : The organizations represented were the Connecticut Banking assoclation, Savinee Bank association, and Associa- tion of State Banks and Trust Com- panies. OBITUARY. Rear Admiral G. W. Beaman, U. S. N. Cambridge, Mass.,, May 3.—Rear Ad- miral George Willlam Beaman, U. S. N, retired, who was a newspaper cor- respondent with Grant's in the early part the Civil war, died rud- denly at his here today. He was $0_years oid. = as aeting pay- He entered * masts # pay director it . Condensed Te]egrams May brought snow to northern New Hampshire. Several inches fell. worked into during Kansas City, Mo, first place in navy recruits April. One meatless day a week has been agreed upon by hotel and restaurant keepers of St. Loui: Prince Undine will head the Italian missions to America. He is the oldest son of the Duke of Genoa. Rene Seitz, a 19 year old French aviator, escaped from a German pri- son camp at Lechfeld, Germany. The office of commercial commis- sioner to America was abolished by the New South Wales Government. Fourteen Dutch ships which had been guaranteed safe passage by Ger- many arrived in Holland from Ens- nd. Governor Lowden of lllinois, named |one woman, Mrs. Joseph T. Powen of Chicago, onl a State Counsel of De- fenge. Mary L. Vincent, a patient in Roose- velt Hospital, New York, fell from the roof garden of the hospital and was Killed. Reports that the German Chancel- lor's so-called peace speech had been postponed led to sharp upturns in wheat in Chicago. The French tug, Paul Jones, was sunk by a submarine. It was owned by the United States and sold to the French Government. The New York Senate killed the Wagner bills prohibiting the use of the Croton watershed for present or for future institution Early announcement sonnel of the commission to Russia will be made. John Mitchell is men- tioned as a possible member. of the per- Buildings and grounds of the San Diego Exposition, offered to the navy free of charge for any use, have been accepted by Secretary Daniels. General Maude reported that the Sultan’s 13th corps of Turkey was driven by the British from its position on both banks of the Shatt-El-Adheim. Army headguarters of Chicago an- nounce that the Wyoming department of the army has been changed to the western department at San Francisco. Five men were killed when a freight locomotive was blown to pieces by a BRITISH ONSLAUGHT HAS BEEN RESUMED Between the British and Germans Over a Front of About Twelve Miles EAST OF VIMY, SOUTHWARD TO WEST OF QUEANT Nightfall Found British Well in Possession of Several Points of Vantage Which They Had Captured in the Face : the Most Stubborn Resistance—In the Taking of Village of Fresnoy the Canadians Pushed Back the G man Line Four Miles, Having Cut Their Way Throug E the Famous Hindenburg Line—French Made Slight 4 vance—Russia Declared Her Intention of Sticking - the Entente Allies Throughout the War. Another period of fierce fight & mar the fourth since the spring offensive | 0f the Vim began—Is in progress between the |{nrouen the g British and Germans over a front of | The Germa about twelve miies in the region from |in the attacks the east of Vimy southward to the |aiso lost hundre £ n west of Queant. toner by t Nightfall found the British well in| Wednes posses: of scveral points of van-|French again tage w they had captured fact of most sturborn resis held with a withering fire of e and |than 200 guns and rifles against powerfui coun- |Iinvaded e t ter-attacks. | spirited artilie 1 Berlin asserts that the Br at- | along the Alsne tempt to break th line failed under he: as: British war office makes no Th roug’ | the The opera the troops of Iield Marshal Haig |continue of n plerced the German front, but it Yoes | pared with the offe assert that west of Queant and near |in Fra Cherisy goodly salients were driven | t into the line, and that the vilage of | s8 Fresnoy and enemy positions h | and south of the village on a frc two miles and a trench system n bursting boiler in the West Philadel- phia yards of the Pennsylvania Rail- road. The strike of bakers which has bees in progress since Saturday was settle Wednesday after a conference of rep- resentatives of bakery owners and empoyes. A prominent body of Jews, includ- ing Jacob Schiff, Louis Marshall and Oscar Straus will organize and solicit a substantial loan for the new Russian Government. Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, murder- er of his father-in-law and mother- in-law, in New York lost his final ap- peal. His execution was fixed for the wek of May 21. Arthur Paulson, broker, of Brook- 1yn, who said he was one of Billy Sun- day’s 635 secretaries, was fined $75 in the Trafic Court as a second offender on a charge of speeding. Commander Arthur Bainbridge Hoff, in charge of the censor’s office in New York, announced that the cable cen- sorship will apply beginning at 8§ o'clock Friday morning. The body of Owen Owens, second mate of the English steamship North Cambria, was found on a barge near Pier 35, Brooklyn His skull crushed and neck broken. After throwing the brakeman from the vestibule of the rear coach a bandit robbed the passengers on a Chicago _& Northwestern train near Sparta, Wis., and made his escape. The Federal agents are compiling a new census of the ‘“gloaters” or those who are elated unduly at the news of merchantmen sunk . by German sub- marines or of German military suc- cesses. Secretary McAdoo has recommend- ed to Congress that the powers of the government war risk insurance bureau be enlarged to permit insuring the lives of officers and men on mer- chant ships. A great greeting to the 1,000 sailors lof three Frnech battleships will be giv- en in Madison Square Garden under the auspices o fthe recruiting commit- tee of the mayor's committee for na- tional defense. In Commons, Sir Edward Carson, first lord of the admiralty, said there had been suspicions that enemy sub- marines which destroyed Allies’ and neutral shipping hud been operating in neutral waters. Lord Blynn and Henry S. Hadley described as members of the Ame ican Ambulance, field section. are under arrest in Paris, accused of is- suing checks when they were with- out funds in bank. A State wide per saving” cam- paign_was started in Philadelphia by the Southerns Pennsylvania Chapter of the Red Cross as a means of rais- ing_money to care for United States soldiers wounded in France. On the ground that no state of war exists between the United States and Ausria-Hungary, officers and crew of the Austrian steamship Erny, seized a month ago at Boston, have been ord- ered released from an internment camp. The Massachusetts Federation of Churches, claiming to represent 93 per cent. of the Protestant church membership of the state, sent petitions to President Wilson and Governor Mc- Call asking that action be taken to prohibit the manufacture and trans- portation of liquor during the war. The postoffice department announc- ed the discharge of Edward J. Ryan of Boston, a railway mail clerk and pres- ident of the Raliway Mall Assoctation, a postal union, for issulng what the department regarded as false state- ments concerning its recent policy of reducing the length of rums. { cating new points to whicl of Oppy were captured and held by | the British. 2us The taking of Fresnoy, which fell to the lot-of the Cansdians, who thus are mn shown to have pushed-back whe Ger- OFFICIAL STORY OF SINKING | OF WOODWARD ABRAHAMS PLANS FOR A GREAT NATIONAL SERVICE A Submarine Crew Took Quantities Stores—Scattered ©% Over Decks of | To be Made Up of Men Not Draft of W and ‘Washington, May 2-—A consular re port today giving official stosy of the sinking of erican schooner Woodward pri 22, said the subn from a distance of two m. and not as a warnin, namee lowered his sails and hoisted the American flag, the second sho was fired after the sails were down. Ten minutes later the submarine came alongside. Tsree of tse subma- rine crew boarded the Abrahams and fir the firtng Captain n to perform for the took quantities of stores, instruments, | _The plans w papers and other articles, scattered | Wharton oil over the decks and planted | the bombs which set the ship on fire v cil, 3 they were set off. | trioti e The Abrahams’ crew of six men were | The . left In a small boat. They were picked | board of up two dayvs later by a Norwezian | Which i oI, which four 5 after | tior . ttacked by a submarine which allowed ten minutes on board to abandon the men of the Abrahams a for ship. those Th t cornmit ain were pi permanent he ed up the following day and wers | would sit to car landed without losses or injury. Four | Work of them were Americans. No mention | en 1s made in the report of the fate of | bas the Norwegian crew. s REGISTRATION OF 15,000 | SKILLED SHIPBUILDERS | "] Made at Employment Agencies | [U° Throughout the Country. Washington, May In announcing tonight that department of labor em plovment agencies throughout country had registered 15.000 shipbullders for work on the wooden merchant fleet, Secretary Wi son said this achievement was ‘“onl & minor step in the nation-wide mob ilization of Jabor” prepared b ministration as a war measure. “Organization of the man power of our vital industriés at home is just as| necessary in thls war as the proper distribution and use of our man pow - er at the front,” said the secretar “The work is bullding up every day | and every day the department is lo-| h labor must | be diverted in order to divert waste. | 10U “It is to extend this machinery and |® speed it up to war requirements that we seek to expand our cmployment ma engaged on farms reserve tefer ind t the ad- | AGREEMENT ON APPROPR Carries About | the Fiscal $280,000 Vear - my bout 3290, chinery. The department has begun | h¢ FeSular e the organization of a great army of | oy “TdInE boys under military age and over 16| liar e the | B The for work on the farms they are needed.” The department has asked for an ar propriation of $750,000 to bulld up and | extend the existing machinery in 4 der to meet the demands now being | made upon it by other departments in | 0% the interests of national defense. NEW HAVEN ROAD WiNs IN $102000,000 ACTION Massachusetts Supreme Court Dacid- es Against Minority Stockholders. wherever | author | mite Boston, May 3—Again the minority | (he emerger stockholders of the Now York Haven and Hartford railrond company have lost in their effort to have the SHOT WAITER IN ARGUM present directors o fthe corporation | OVER A institute proceedings azainst former | OVER expended in the purchase by them of directors for reimbursement of $102.- | Dan Shay, Manager of ¢ . 000,000, said to have been wrongfully | American Basebai - steamship, raflway enterprises In New England. | Indianap The stockholders' loss is due afof Ki decision of the full bench of the su- |yauk A preme judicial court, written by Judge | and fata DeConrcy on behalf of his associates. | negro w The full court sustaine demurrers of |in an & the respective defendants which set|Shay was forth that the Jlegations of the | hunting amended bill are not sufficient to en- | been with title fl’\e‘PlllnllflS to enforce action. shooting. nsas