Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 5, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 234 The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation SECRET MAIL SERVICE ‘UTILIZED BY ENEMIES Indications Are That It Ways Between United States, Germany and Mexico THREE MEN ARRESTED | Has Been Operated Both N NEW YORK YESTERDAY Charged With Conspiring to Information From the United States Through Members of Norwegian Ship Crews—If It Develops That News of the Sailing of the Fleet of American Destroyers Was Transmitted in That Manner the Men May Be Turned Over to the Army for Courtmartial—Several Hundred Letters Have Been Seized Written in English, German and Spanish and Some Apparently in Code—Evidence That Two Complete High Power Wireless Outfits Have Been Shipped From New York to Mexico for Use of a German Spy System New York. June 4—Evidence that two complete high power wireless in- stallations, assembled here from vari- ous sources, were shipped piccemeal to Mexico, supposedly for use of a Ger- man spy system in this country, was unearthed today in connection rrest of three men on charge of Onspiring to send mail containing military information . surreptitiously from the United States to Germany through members of Norwegian ship crews. It was intimated by the United States commissioners before whom the alleged plotters were arraigned, that it. was through their instrumentality that advance news of the impending arrival in Eangland of the American destroyer fleet was sent to Germany before it even became generzlly known to this country that it had sailed. Secret Mail Servi With only the surface of the mass of evidence in the government’s hands scratched, indicat.ons have been found that the sccret mail system was op- erated both wuays between the United States, Germany and Mexico. Several hundred letters have been seized, writ- ten in BEnglish, German and Spanish and some apparentiyv in code. They are being translated in the expectation that they wil open the way to full revelations of the alleged spy plot which is said to point to otner per- sons besides those under arrest. Two of Prisoners American Born. The prisoners are Harry F. Perissi and Irving Bonaparte, both said to be American, born, employed by a Ger- man electrical company here, and Axel E. Melchar, said to be a naturalized citizen from Sweden. They are chars- ed with conspiring fo induce members of the crews of the mships Ber- gensfjord and Kristianiafjord, both chartered to carry rezular United States malls, to take letters and pack- ages from this ccuntry destined for Germany, in violation of the law pro- hibiting competition with the United States iails. Maximum penaity $10,000 Fins, Two Years in Prison. The maximum penalties provided by the statutes under which the charges are brought are $10,000 fine and two years’ imprisonment for conspira and $50 fine and six months’ impriso; ment for mpeting with the mai but it was said by the government au thorities that the investization would continue with & view to determining whether treason had been committed. Heavy Bail Fixed. the three were arraigred be- fore United States Commissioner Hitcheock, bail was fixed at $25,000 for Perissi and Bonaparte, and $20,000 for Melchar. Upon objection by coun- sel for the men to these amounts as excessive, Commissioner Hitchcock said: “These are unusu the people of our When 1 times and whi own country destroyers, it was published four day ahead of their arrival In England in the papers in Berlin, and it is my un- derstanding that the government has it in mind that this case is part and parcel of the same iniquity Other Men Implicated. He heid the men in the amounts ked for examination Wednesday morning. That others are implicated and thot the men under arrest are willing to tell all they know was in- dicated by ounsel ~ for Bonaparte, who sald his client was willing to help | the government in every way in . hi: power. Perissi, speaking in his own behalf, sai “1 did not start th the mail came to me and I had crews of the ships.” The commissioner told him to make no further siatement until his case came up for hearing. It is charged by the government that the eonspiracy began last Junuary and that mail was sent on May 15th. Got $50 for Each Package. Evidence has been found showing that the men got from the supposed principals in the alleged spy plot $50 for each package sent by their mail sreiem. and that one of them got in more ihan $150 for his work. conspiracy rst from others, to do with \ fourth man was detained but not =J. pending further invest ce gation the as connecting him with icularly in the alleged plot. He is Fer- .; Adam. a German citizen, d by an electrical company r here. An Innocent Accomplice. 1ce has been found indicating t' »t with his help the apparatus was £ . -mbied and consigned to Vera Cruz. T oching was revealed teday showing P y criminal intent on his part, but th~ government officers are seeking to d-termine whether he knew the appa- ratul was to be used by a German spy &ys* or whether there is anything with | did | not even know of the departure of our the | Send Mail Containing Military to _show the crime of espionage. Part .of the outfits, it has been learned, got through, but part was held Whether a com- up in this country. T plete set, capable of communicating with Germany, was received by the consignees in Mexico has not yet been determined. MILITARY COURTMARTIAL ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES If Men Are Connected With Sending News of Sailing of American De- stroyers. 1 the tiree in the Washington, June 4.—If men arrested in New York mail plots are connected by the evi- dence with the forewarning which reached Berlin regarding the sailing of American destroyers, a military courtmartial is one of the possibilities facing the prisoners. No comment on the case was forth- jcoming tonight either from the de- partment of justice, under whose au- thority the original prosecution was brought, or by tne war department. If a military trial deveops it would be conducted under article 88 of the art! of war, which provides that e - person who in time of war shall be found lurking or acting as a spy in or about the fortifications, posts, quarters or encampments of any of the armies of the United States or elsewhere shall be tried by a general courtmartial or by a miljtary commis- sion and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death. May Be Turned Over to Army. While war department officials were not prepared to express in advance ny opinion on whether the New York caze might fall within this c'ause, it was pointed out that the iaw is suffi- cienty broad to cover any kind of espionage. If charges are made that the men involved aciually transmitted or attempted to transmit to Germany | information as to the movements of the American destroyers, it was be- lieved they would be turned over to the army for trial and, in the event of conviction, would be condemned to death, as the clause gives a military {eourt no alternative from that sen- {tence. The president. however, would | have powe; j his ai - to suspend the séntence in | cretion. of the rules of land war- United States army, which are | from The Hague and Geneva ! conventions determining international | practice, describe a spy as fo'lows “A person can only be considered a &py when, acting ciandestinely or on | faise pretenses, he obtains or attempts to obtain information in the zome of operations of a belligerent, with the | Intention of communicating it to the os ' MCRE CONZPIRATCRS RELEASED FROM LEAVENWORTH FRISON. fare, drawn Men Who Were Convicted of Conspir- acy to Transport Explosives Illegally. Kaneas City, Mo, June 4—¥rank C.| Webb of New York and | i of Salt Lake City, who with a number | of other men were convicted at Indian- apolis six years ago of conspiracy to | transport explosives illegally, passed { through here today en route to their homes followinz their release vester- | day from the federal penitentiary at! Leavenworth, Kas. H { Only three of the 33 men first sent | to the Leavenworth prison in the dy- namite conspiracy case rems n there. | They are John Rarry of Si. louis, | Rvan of Chicago and M. J.: of Boston. Barry will be re- | next Monday. Sentences of the others run two vears and one, respect- fvely. |JOFFRE TO CO-OPERATE WITH i AMERICAN COMMANDER K |In Organizing American Participation | in the War. the wireless | June ¢, 12.30 p. m. — Marshal s been designated by the min- {ister of war to continue his work, be- i gu ington, of assisting to or- | ga erican participation in the fwar. He will therefore be the repre- | sentative of the French government in | co-opcrating- with the American com- | mander | ORDERED TO PREPARE FOR FIELD SERVICE Colonel Cleaumont B. Buck, Who Has Been Located in Boston. Foston, June 4—Colonel Cleaumont B. Puck, who has been in charge of miiltia affairs at the department of Ithe northeast since its establishment, | today was ordered 1o prepare imme- |and southwestern cities Cabled Paragraphs ~ Spanish Steamer Sunk. Madrid, June 4, via Paris—The Spanish steamer Telesfora, of 4,145 tons, is reported to have been sunk without warning by a submarine. The crew was saved. The home port of the Telesfora is Bilbao. OFFICIAL REGISTER PRIMER Prepared For Publication By the United States, including all officers WHO MUST REGISTER: All male persons (citizens or aliens) born between the sixth day of June, 1886 and the fifth day of June, 1896, both dates inclusive, except members of any duly organized force, military or naval, subject to be called, ordered or drafted to military or naval service of the United State: cluding al officers and enlisted men of the regular army, regular army reserve, officers’ reserve corps, enlisted men’s re- serve corps, national guard and na- tional guard reserve recognized by militia, bureau, the navy, the ma- rine corps, coast guard, naval mili tia, naval reserve force, marine corps reserve and national naval volunteers recognized by the navy department. WHEN: Today between 7 a. m. and 9 a. m. WHERE: In your home precinct. HOW: Go in person to the ragis- tration place of your home pre- cinct; if sick, send a competent friend. The clerk may deputize him to prepare your card. PENALTY FOR NON-REGIS- TERING: Liability to a year's im- prisonment; then enforced regis- tration. | NEW HAVEN ANTI-DRAFT MAN HELD IN $5000 BAIL Anthony Carroll, Who Has Been Ec- centric in Many Throngs. New Haven, Conn., June 4.—Anthony Carroll, arrested vesterday after mak- ing an address upon the New Haven Green, was before United States Com- missioner Wright today, charged, first, with vielation of the registration act in that he endeavored to persuade men not to register under the con- ! scription law, and secondly, that he! violated the sedition law by trying to stir up the people against the pres dent. The government has not yet electod the charge upon which to have Carroll put to plea. Carroll's coun- sel asked that the case be continued pntll ‘Thursdax, when a motion _to have Carroll's hail reduced from $5, 000 will be argued. A time for a hearing on the charze to be formally e will then he set. Carroll was ordersd he'd by Colonel E. L. Isbell of the Second Connecticut Infantry in $5.000 bail but he could not | secure it today. He may obtain bondsmen by Thursday. The wman meantime is held ai the police sta- tion. Assistant District Attorney | Lincoln was present today, represen ing the government. Carroll has been eccentric in many things and he has been given to mak- ing open air addresses on Sunday afternoows. Tt was while speaking | that he is said to have urged non compliance with the conseription law NEW HIGH RECORD FOR NATIONAL BANKS On May 1 the Assets of the Banks Ag- gregated $1€,144,000,060. ot | Washinzton, June 4. —Resources the country’s national banks have| reached another high record. Comp- | troller Williams announced tonight | that on May 1 the assets of the bank amgrezated $16,144,000,000, an increase | of one hundred and sixty-five million | since March 5 and of nearly two bil-| lion since a year ago. Reserve of $945.000,000 with reserve agents, $762000.000 vith reserve banks and $763,000,000 in _their own vaults were reported by the banks, the com- bined tota! with reserve banks and ini vauit exceeding legal requirements by | $26,000,000. SPAIN SENDS PROTEST { TO TEUTONIC ALLIES Against the Persecutions Practiced Against the Jews in Palestine. | governme: Madrid, June 4, via Paris, 4.45 p. m.; | —The Spanish government, it is an- nounced in the newspapers. has in- | structed its representatives in Etrlin, | Vienna and Constantinople to present | an urgent note demanding that there | be an end to the persecutions. de- ! portations and lootings practiced ! against the Jews in Palestine. King | Alfonso, it is said, has intervened di- | rectl n this question. 1 Numerous residents of the near east, it i pointed out, are of Spanish ori- sin and have retained that language. | AVIATRIX RUTH LAW DROPS “LIBERTY BOMBS”| From a Height of 5,000 Feet Over Cleveland and Environs. Cleveland, O. June 4—Ruth Law,| aviatrix, in a biplane, circled over | Cleveland and environs today dropping | “liberty loan bombs.” She siarledi from Nela Park in East Cleveland and flying at a height of 5,000 feet, drop- ped liberty bond literature. Thous- ands watched her flight as she cir- cled along the lake front. crossed over the west end of the city and then traveled across the city back to Nela Park. Tomorrow Miss Law will start on a ten days’ trip in the interest of the liberty loan campaign, dropping literature on several middle western OBITUARY. Joseph Clare. New York, June 4.—Joseph Clare, a noted scene painter, died yesterday at Central Islip, N. Y. He was born in 1846 and at the age of 17 became head | scene painter at the Theatre Royal in Liverpooi, England. In 1855 Mr. Clare won the friendship of Charles Dickens, for whom he painted in theatres where dramatizations of some of the novel- ist's masterpieces were produced. diately for field service. The sta- tion to which he has been assigned ‘was not made public English girls now turn their backs as slackers pass. TRSER) All in Readiness For Registration NOTHING LEFT UNDONE BY GEN- ERAL CROWDER QUIET AND CONFIDENT Government Officials Have Found State, City and County Governments Eager to Do Their Part—Returns to Be Made by Units ‘Washington, June 4.—In striking contrast to the thrill and stir of ac- tivity in every city, county or hamlet throughout the cduntry tonight, offi cials of the provost marshal general's office, the center of the vast and com- plex machinery of war registration, | awaited the dawn of Registration day in quiet confidence that their work has been well done. The absolute maximum of decentral- ization Bas been attained. There was nothing left to be done by Brigadier General Crowder. Last touches were given today and the result, by a pro- cess of summarization that will ac- count for every man of the ten mil- lions who march tomorrow to the reg- istration places will reach Washing- ton in 48 brief messages, each repre- senting the complete results of a state. Interference Will Not Be Tolerated. With the whole process until those reports arrive, federal officials will have nothing to do except to purish under federai laws those who may seek to interfere. When the gover nors’ reports are at hand the addi- tion of a few columns, each containing 48 names, will give the net result of the great undertaking so far as con- tinental United States is concerned. The additions will give grand totals of the number of white and of nigro citizens who have registered, of the indicated number of exemptions for obvious reasons, of the number of aliens, which will include all men of foreign birth who have not been nat- uralized, and also of all allen enemies in the country between the ages of 21 and 31. Days Before Roll is Complete. It may be days before the roil of states is complete. No partial returns will be transmitted cither from pre- cincts or county officials to the state authorities or by the latter” to the pro- vost marshal general. Instructions have gone out to all officials to make pub- lic only figures for units which are complete, precincts, counties or states, as the case may be. Officials believe it would not on'y confuse the situation for fragmentary returns to be handled, but thoi mis- conceptions of the results, wrg: de- ductions and improper ' conciusions might be reached from premature pub- lication. They have urged the press of the country to make no comparisons of the results as between town and town, or state and state, unless the full report from each locality is avail- able. Reports to Be Compiled Tonight. To this end reports from the pre- cincts registrars will be compiled im- mediate:y on the close of registration at 9 p. m. The cards will be exam- ined and the summarization table transmitted by awire to the county or city officials will give all detailed in- formation that is needed. In turn, when all precincts have reported, the sheriffs of the city boards will trans- mit to the governors an abstract of these detailed reports, dealing in totals only. Then, when the last county or city s reported, the governors wil make up the final synopsis for the provost marshal general. Pa I' Returns Are Forbidden. Officials here said tonight there was no objection to the publication of any completed precinct, county, ci or state report, but that the furnishing of partial returns had been forbidden. Each unit must stand by itself on its completed returns and no unit be sub- ha jected to comparison on the basis of partial returns with the completed tabulation of any other unit. In working out deails of registra- tion plans, governmeni officials have found state, city or county gzovern- ments eager to take their part. Heart- iest co-operation has been given from all sides and the way of the federal has been made easy. As to the success of the project, huge s it_is, officials have no doubt. The whoie nation is at work on the job. It is the people’s business, the business of the individnal citizens, it through, and they to carry are doing it. STRIKE ORDERED ON BCSTON & MAINE ing Out 2.300 Emnloyes of the Road on Thursday Morning. Boston. June 4—An officlal order for a strike on Thursday morning of the 2,300 members of the Erotherhood of Railroad Station Employes connected with the Boston and Maine system was issued by General Chairman P. J. Coyle today The strike, if it goes into ef- fect. will call out ~freight handirs, fright clerks, crossing tenders and station workers of all kinds, including baggagemen, janitors and watchmen. Formal notice of an _intention to strike in an effort to gain demands for a wage advance of 25 cents a day was delivered to the management of th road last Friday Officers of the brother- hood, in 2 statement today, said they received no word from the manage- ment of the road since they notified them of the proposed strike. JUDGE TUTTLE'S RESIGNATION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED Couldn't Afford tc Remain on Bench at $7,500 Per Year. Hartford, Conn., June 4—The resig- nation of Judge Joseph P. Tuttle of the superior court, effective August 31, was accepted by Governor Holcomb today. The resignation was received by the governor three weeks ago. Outlining his reasons for withdraw- ing from the bench, Judge Tuttle call- ed attention to the salary connected with the office, asserting that it was inadequae and that he could not longer afford to remain on the bench in view of the -steady advance in his living expenses and in justice to the future of his family. The salary is $7.500 yearly The vacancy cannot be filled until the legislature convenes in 1919 as the power of appointment does not rest with the governor. |less order { Especially in the Way of Sidings, Will Intensive Artillery Duels in France FOLLOWING THE INFANTRY EN- GAGEMENTS OF SUNDAY Germans Have Been Driven From the Single Part They Held As the Re sult of Attack Sunday Near Cher- isy The violent infantry engagements of Saturday and Sunday on various sec- tors of the front in France gave way on Monday to intensive artillery duels. The infantry remained inactive, except on several positions of the Biftish line, where Ilield Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's men carried out minor opera- tions. Germans Driven from Positions. Before the lull the British had fin- ished the task of clearing out the Ger- mans from the single post they had held as a result of their attack of Sun- day near Cherisy, southeast of Arras, but the Germans were &ti-l holding the ftting they had obtained late Sunday in an attack on the French front line positions northwest of the Froidmont farm. To the south of Ypres around Wytschaete and on the famous Vimy Ridge sector between Lens and Arras artillery battles of the most extreme violence are in progress beiween the British and Germans, while the French and the Germane are engaged in spir- ited duels with the big guns west of Braye en Laonnois and on the Craonne Chevreux sector. Austrians Forcing ltalians. From the region of Gorizia to the head of the Gulf of Trieste the Austri- ans Sunday forced the Italians to ac- cept battle at various points, especial- ly on the western slopes of San Mar- co, near Gorizia, where they invaded Jtalian positions that had previously been leveled by their gunfire. Their tenure of these, however, was short- lived, for the Italians, reinforced, in a counter-attack, drove out the invad- ers, inflicting heavy casugities. The other offensives were put down in their incipiency by the Ttalian artillery. G by Russians. The usual quietude on the eastern front has been broken by the Russians near Kovel and in the Carpathians near Pnevi. In what apparently were minor attacks the Russians in both places cut the wire entanglements of the Teutonic allies and forced them to give ground. . NO CAUSE FOR FEARING A SHORTAGE OR SUGAR Statement by Herbert C. Hoover, Pros- pective Food Administrator. Washington, June 4—Herbert C. Hoover, who will be food administrator under the bills now pending in con- gress, took notice today of widely published reports quoting him as say- ing the sugar supply would soon be exhausted and predicting outrageous prices. The printed repor: was based on a confidential conference Mr. FHoover had some time ago with congressional committees. Mr. Hoover resented it deeply today as beins unfair and very likely to unnecessarily alarm consum- ers. “I have never made any statement for publication upon the subject of sugar whatever,” said he. “T did in an important conference state that un- red in Cuba we would be ugar because of sugar because of inability to secure the harvest of the forthcoming crop. Since that time action has been tak- en and ample supplies are assured not only from Cubx but from else- where. ~ There will be no famine in sugar, and 1 wish to protest at the repetition of partial discussions in private conferences (o the wholly un- necessary alarm of consumers.” NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW HAVEN ROAD Be Extensive This Year. New Haven, Conn., June 4—New construction on the New Haven road. especially in the way of sidings, will be extensive this summer, according to a general outline of plans made public today. The new trackage will he about 126,300 feet on the line from this city to Readviile, Mass. 64,490 feet between Devon and Maybrook and £360 feet between Derby Junc tion and Waterbury. This trackage will bemostly into sidings and some | of it will materially lengthen the new sidings on “the Shore Line west of Savbrook Junction. these extensions being a part of the pl'an to eventu- ally four track that line. There are numerous minor changes which will add to the aggregate, the cost of which will be a large sum. The general idea is to provide accom- modations for the great volume of freight cars which has to be handled not only for Southern New England but for connecfing lines INDICTMENTS CHARGING CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD Individuals and Corporations Connect- ed With the Emerson Motors Co. New York, June 4.—A federal grand jurry today indicted fourteen individ- uals and four corporations on a charge of conspiring to defraud, through the mails, investors of the Em- erson Motors Company, a Delaware corporation with a capital stock of $10,000,000. The indictment accuses the defendants of inducing persons to purchase the corporation’s stock know- ing it was not worth the price they paid for it. Prior to the indictment today a re- ceiver for the company was appoint- ed after an involuntary petition in bankruptey had been filed. In a statement filed in the federal court in connecion with the bank- ruptey proceedings the Emerson com- pany’s nominal liabilities are said to be $8,000,000 and assets about $190,000, most of which is in cash. President Wilson Goes to Capitol. ‘Washington, June 4. — President Wilson went to the capitol late this afternocon and conferred with admin- istration leaders on the legislative program. ‘explosion at Herrin, II1. commencement week. ‘will be graduated. j’ubfla schools of May’ May 1, showed a diminution in wheat acreage of 17 per cent. : Ct;ndonsed Telegrams Fourteen men were killed in a mine Columbia University is celebratin, More than 2,0 Study of the German language in the has been barred. French government crop reports on The Navy Department will spend $80,000,000 in new buildings at the yards and training stations. The grain need of the All is fig- ured by H. C. Hoover, food adminis- trator, as 971,000,000 bushels. An order has been placed for 100 U. S. ships, the average price being $35 per thousand feet at the mills. To escape flooding the town, a stand- pipe containing 110,000 gallons of water, was dynamited at Dewar, Okla. Martin Deeley, veteran Sing Sing official, has been returned as principal keeper. Warden Osborne dismissed him. Out of 250 candidates for assistant paymasters in the navy only five suc- cessfully passed the medical examina- tion. The Federation of the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce will hold its convention'at Perth Ambo on June 14-16. The 1,100 German officers and sail- ors interned at Ellis Island are to be l;mg\'ed soon to a camp Hot Springs, Two young Germans detained at Ellis Island escaped on Saturday by swimming to Jersey. One was cap- tured. The Commissioner of Corrections has renamed all the penal institutions on Blackwells, Hart's and Riker's is- lands. Nine arrests were made at Pitts- burgh yesterday in connection with the distribution of anti-registration liter- ature. The capacity of the Volunteer Hos- pital, Manhanttan, will be increased 100 per cent. to meet expected require- ments. War anti-toxins are to be made in New York city, which can supply vac cine virus for 1,000,000 men at a day notice. President Braz, of Brazil, sigrnied a decree providing for the utilization by Brazil of the German ships in that country. Godfrey Goldmark, secretary to Os- car S, Straus, has been appointed as- sistant counsel to the Public Service Commission. b A m man shot and led an un- identifiled man who was stealing a ride through the railroad tunnel near Mid- dleton, N. Y. The Bthlehem Steel Corporation's net earnings for the quarter ended March 31 were more than $26 a share on common stock. Berlin newspapers are to be cut down 10 per cent in size during June and promiscuous display of publica- tions is prohibited. Edward J. Heraty, vice-consul at Queenstown, has volunteered his serv- ices to the United States Navy and has left for America. Another 250 surgeons, nurses, ambu- lance drivers and orderlies have salled for France, including units from all the large universities. The Mayor of Jersey City has re- quested the hospitals to guard all chemicals which might be used by aliens as materials for explosives. Secretary Redfield notified Congress that on May 1 there were under con- struction in the United States 537 steel vessels and 167 wooden ones. Jame: Sambrows, ven, was drowned in an abandoned stone quarry at Port Richmond, S. I. He was the 12th boy to meet death in the pool. National prohibition legislation was made a special order of business by the senate judiciary committee for its next meeting probably next Monday. shop David H. Greer, confirmed nmates of the Home for Aged and Infirm, on Blackwell's Island. They were men and women past 70 yvears of age. Louis Goldman, saturated with per- fume, proved a clue to the robbery of the drug store of Samuel Frazer in Williamsburg, from which rare ex- tracts were taken. For the first quarter of 1917, convi tions for drunkenness in London to- talled 6,176, against 7,744 in the corre sponding period of 1916, 14,076 in 19 and 16,007 in 1914. Col. John Biddle, superintendent of | the West Point Military Academy, has been assigned to command the new regiment of engineers being organized for service in France. ns at The duty collec the New York Custom House last week were $2,699,958, as aginst $4,615,301 the pre- vious week, due to fewer withdrawels from bonded warehouses. , Descendants of French officers who fought in the Revolutionary War will present to Major-General Pershing and his command brigade banners em- broidered by French women. Warren 8. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announced that the orgauization sub- scriced for $500,000 of liberty loan bonds at Cleveland, O., yesterday President of the Mine Workers of America urges that a member <{ his union be represented on any body hav ing control of the coal situation, ci1im- ing present committee unfriendls Searching for Kidnapped Bab:. Springfield, Mo., June 4.—Motor car- loads of citizens of Springfield and the surrounding country went into the Ozark Mountains late today in scurch for the missing Llody Keet, four(==n months old son of J. Holland I oo wealthy Springfield banker. The ‘leet baby was abducted Wednesday 1 izit from the family home in the city Prohibitive Tax on Distilled Spirits INCREASE OF $56 TO $9 A GALLON ON WHISKEY NEW FEATURE WAR TAX Legislation Agreed Upon by a Sub stantial Majority of the Senate Fin- ance Committee—Importation is Pro- hibited in the Measure Washington, June 4. — Prohibitio legislation w approved today by the senate finance committee as a new feature of the war tax bi Prohibitive taxes upon d illatior whiskey and other spirits for t purposes, with a ban upon r portation, were agreed upon by a su stantial majoirty of the committes Taxes fixed by the house on beer and wines were left unchanged, thoug they have not yet fina proved General suspension of bev duction by distilleries 1 the use liguor now in bonded warehouses pro ably would be the effect of the new ta section if enacted into law Dual Object of the Committse. Curtailment of liquor consumpt during the war and conse t o foodstuffs used in tilled_spirit tonight, constituted the dus the commiitee in adopting tutes for the house rates ture of alcohol for industrial, mecha ical or medicinal purposes w r be affected. Increased Tax. In addition to the x of $2.20 per gallon on the liquor, a of $20 per bushel (from $ 3 gallon) upon ali grain, e foodstuffs thsed in & whiskey or other disti s for use as beverages was written into the bill. Senator Simmone sald the crease would be prohibitive upon mar ufacture while the law is during the war. Increased taxe per gallon upon molasses substitutes used in distillation for be erage purposes also was agreed Permits for exportation would be gi only for war purposes upon applicat by a nation at war with Germany No Importation. As suppiementary legislation the committee further approved an amend ment prohibiting importation into s country, Porto Rico and the Philip pines ‘of distilled spirits male from any foodstuff except for industria mechanical or scientific_purposes Senator Gore of Oklahoma, & prohi- bition advocate, was the author of the liquor amendments. Belief in the committee that little or no revenue loss will result is bas upon the fact that whiskey and > distilled spirits already manufa may be withdrawn, $2.30 per gallon, ipon P for generai « tion. Senator estimated tha t consumption would decrease b from liquors now in bond, and th about the usual revenue wou'd f nished. The prohibitive taxes, Le Coo counsel for the national distillin terests, said torgght, will r tually complete cessation of for beverage purposes AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN PUBLIC OPINION Supports Peace Without Annexation as Far as Russia is Concerned. Copenhagen, June 4 p. m. — Austro-Hungariar opinion” as interpreted by ofF Austrian telegra ic corre: de L bureau in a despatch pury : summarize the resuits of the press cussion of the dual monarchy aims, generally supports the ¢ of Count Czernin, the foreign mir anne for a peave without as Russia is concerned. It de however, opinion is opposed t restoration of Serbia as that nat existed before the war and dema the retention of Monte s m {tain fortress, Lovchen eat an autonomous Albar je upon Austria-Hungary of the frontlers at Ttaly's expe estabiishment of a al « {union dependent upon Aust gary, and some form of war % ” {which will recompense the n for the immense costs of “ {bring about the economic revival of the country ! Those famillar with the me s of jagency is formaliy and officia |partment of the ro-Hung foreign offica In set forth T jopinion. have slight hesitatior ling the forezoirg summary as ‘ ment of Count Czernin's views terms, thus mal t evid adhesion to the formulae of without _annaxatio applies towards Russia i CONVICTION OF JOHN R LAWSON IS ANNULLE | Foremzr Official of Mine Workers Wh ! “Was Charged With Murder. 4 *h. De: “ol., June preme co of the ! John R. ! board mem: Workers of murder in cor of coal miners rado coal flelds three The court did not for new trial, and n r tion will be made. The eral recently confessed case and recommended be freed er. A that Law VICE PRESIDENT OF CHINA HAS RESIGNED Cablegram Received According to a From the Chinese World. San Francisco, June 4.—Vice Presi dent Feng Kwock-Chang handed his resignation to President Li Yuan Hung today, according to a cablegram re recived here by the Chinese World The same message announced China’s president had issued a procia mation calling on all opposing factions to unite and declaring his own neu trality in the internal troubles whic have apparently split the republic