Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 8, 1917, Page 1

Bulletin VOL. LIX—NO. 237 ‘POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN.. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1917 8 PAGES—64 COLS. The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Populatio PRICE TWO C NOTABLE GAIN FOR BRITISH IN BELGIUM Sir Douglas Haig’s Forces Have Dealt a Mighty Blow Against the German Line ; OVER A FRONT OF MORE THAN NINE MILES The British Started Their Attack in the Early Hours of Thursday Morning ‘and at Nightfall Had Everywhere Advanced Their Line, Capturing the Messines-Wys- chaete Ridge Among Other Points of Vantage—Prob- ably Never in History Was an Attack Made With Great- er Preparation—Mines Containing 1,000,000 Pounds of High Explosives Were Set Off in Front of the German Lines Just Prior to the Attack. Ix ome of the most elaborately plan- ned and executed manoeuvres of the war, Sir. Douglas Hais’s forces heve dealt & mishty blow against the German line in Belgium and been re- warded with notable gains in terrain and the capture of more than 5,000 rumerous guns of vari- in addition they inflicted es on the Germans. front of more than nine extending_from the region of sout d nearly to Armen- the British started their drive s hours of Thursday morn- ing and_at nightfall had everywhere ed their line, capturing villages numerous = points _of _vantage, latter the Messines-Wyt- ridge, which commands the plains for miles and o and a half years has lesome salient. zes of Messines and Wyt- into the hands the & the attack and the Brit- ssed eastward from Wyt- cupied the village of and trenches east of s among the schaate surrounding which for been a t The vil echaete teil the village on a front of more than five miles. Probably never in history was an attack launched with greater prepa- ration. For days the Wytschaete sa- lient had been the objective of the British guns, which had hurled tons of steel upon it. When the time for the attack came the Writish loosed mined containing 1,000,000 pounds of high explosives in front of the Ger- man positions, the detonations being heard 130 miles away in England. Except for a German attack against the French northwest of Quentin, which the French troops repulsed quiet prevailed everywhere on the French front Thursday, except along the Chemin des Dames, where the ar- tillery activity was violent. Considerable fighting continues be- tween the Austrians and Italians in the Carso region.. Along the Vipacco valley the Itallans delivered several thrusts, which were repulsed, while near Jamiano the Austrlans have made further gains, according to Vien- na. Rome, however, asserts that the Austrian attacks failed in the latter region, as likewise did an offensive in force in Trentino front. LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIN BY ARMY AVIATORS Drop Circulars Urging People of New York to Purchase the Bonds. e 7—Spectacular lib- erty loan compa € by United States srmy aviators conveyed through air channels today urgent appeals to the people of New York to purchase the Long Island, &nd at Governor's Island, bonds. Ten machine, taking wing af & government zero training field on Long Isiand, and at Governor's Island, five hundred hese they drop- New York, J Ameri It was anno waged by 3.000 life insurance agents Tuesdey and Wednesday resulted in an indicated sale of 10,000 bonds wortk: $2,000000. Subscriptions today in- cluded $1,000,000 by Harry Payne Whitney. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FISHERIES COMMISSIONERS Addressed by Secretary of Commerce Redfield—In Session at Providence. Providence, R. 1, June 7.—Secre- tary of Commerce William C. Redfield appealed to the National Association of Fisheries Commissioners which opened its comvention here today, to increase production and comserve the sea foods of the count: Delegates from all sections of the country a® tended the meeting. Former President M. L. Alexander of New Orleans spoke at the morn- ing session and this afternoon Presi- demt Swepson Barle of Baltimore is o speak on the production and con- wervation of shell fish. HOUSE PASSES CONFERENCE REPORT ON ESPIONAGE BILL Censorship Bill Expunged Embargo Provision. Newspaper —Contains Weshington, ence report June 7.—The confer- the a@ministration es- th its export embar- arastic addition_to nst spying, but ewspaper censorship 1 by the house to- GOVERNOR'S REPORT OF CONNECTICUT REGISTRATION Total Was 159,761—Possible Exemp- tions €1,500—Alien Enemies 1,126. Washington, June 7—The governor of Connecticut reports the state’s to- tal rezistration at 159,761, divided as follows: White 97.126: colored £5518: alien enemies 1.126; possible exemptions 61,590. State's estimated eligibles 158,287. 2,990: allen indicated SPANISH CABINET CONSIDERS THE POLITICAL SITUATION Tt is Expected It Will Announce Its Resignation Today. Madrid, June 7, via Parls, 10.56 p. The cabinet met this afternoon to comsider the political situation. It is the unanimous opinion in political eircles that it will decide to announce its resignation tomorrow at a meeting o be presided over by King Alfonso. il —— NEW STAMP TAXES OF TWO CENTS ON BANK CHECKS Written Into the War Tax Bill by Senate Finance Committee. ‘Washington, June 7.—New stamp taxes of two cents on bank checks and drafts of more than $5 to raise from $8,000,000 to $10.000,000 were written into the war tax bill today by the senate finance committee. The provision ~ would require _persons drawing checks and drafts for more than $5 to affix stamps so familiar during the Spanish-American war. All other documentary stamp taxes of the house bill, estimated to raise $33,000,000, were adopted except those on surety and indemnity bonds, which were exempted. Consumption taxes on sugar coffee, tea and cocoa were fixed finally as pre- viously announced after long recon- sideration, except that the rate on raw cocoa was reduced to three cents a pound and that on prepared cocoa and products increased to 5 cents. The sugar tax of one-half cent a pound, two cents on, coffee and five cents on tea will stand. Final settlement of the publishers’ tax and possibly other important; questions is looked for tomorrow. Both the income and excess profits taxes remain to be fixed. Senator Simmons tonight said he adhered to his former estimate that the committee probably will complete the revised bill with an aggregate levy tax around $1,500,000 on_ Sunday and present it to the senate about the middle of next week. SECOND SERIES OF EIGHT OFFICERS TRAINING CAMPS To be Held From August 27 to Seo- tember 26 Will Train Only About 15,000 Men. ‘Washington, June 7.—Only about 15,000 men will be trained in the sec- ond. series of eight officers éraining camps to be held from August 27 to September 26, Adjutant-general Mc- Cain announced tonight. Forty thous- and entered the first series of camps but the war department has reduced the number for the fall encampments in the hope of obtaining older and more experienced men. The department toay also an- nounces the quota allowed each state in the camps. Application blanks may be obtained after June 15 from com- manding generals of the six military departments or from examining offi- cers to be appointed in various states, and applications must be sent to those amining officers before July 15. Ap- plicants _are cautioned not to write for blanks before June 15 CHARGED WITH USING THE MAILS TO DEFRAUD John A. Knowlton, Treasurer of the Universal Tide Power Co. of Boston. Boston, June 7.—John A. Knowliton, treasurer of the Universal Tide Power company of this city, was arrested to- day on a federal indictment charging him with using the mails to defraud. He pleaded not guilty in the district court, and was released under $1,000 bail for trial later. Federal authori- tles said he advertised stock in the company, which claimed to manufac- ture apparatus for developing power from the rise and fall of the tide, at an annual operating rate of ¥r per horsepowes i O Non-Registration Arrest in Providence Providence, R. I, June 7—William Trapp was arrested here today by the federal authorities for fallure to regis- sor under the draft call. Records of fained from New Bedford, Mass., his birthplace, they said, showed that he was 30 years of age on May 23. Cabled Paragraphs Churchill to Receive a Portfolit London, June 7, 6 p. m—Recent re- ports that Coionel Winston Spencer Churchill, former lord of the admiralty, was to réceive a government portfolio are corroborated today by the Pall Mall Gazette. This newspaper says he will eucceed Viscount Cowdray as chairman of the British air board. REGISTRATION RETURNS COMING IN SLOWLY Indications Are That the Estimated Total of 10,200,000 Will Not be Reached. ‘Washington, June 7.—Registrayfon returns came in slowly today and to- night from Tuesday's great military census, preventing anything approach- ing a conclusive estimate as to the number of men actually enrolled. An official statement today, -however, said_such complete returns as were at hand indicated that the 10,200,000 es- timate of the census bureau for the total number of men within the pre- scribed ages would not be equalled. High Percentage of Exemptions. A feature of the few complete re- turns in, is the high percentage of in- dicated exemptions, averaging approx- imately 50 per cent. of the total rej istration. ~Officials pointed out, how- ever, that this did not mean actual exemptions as the indicated figures in- clude all married then, and those in executive, judicial and’ legislative of- fice. Until exemption registrations have been promulgated, it will be im- possible to say how many of these will be included in those to be marked off_the military rolls. The one conclusive result of the reg- istration that cannot be altered in the slightest decree by any possible varia- tion from the estimates is that milli- ons of young Americans have put In their names, claiming no exemption and stating no reason for release from war service. Marriages Does Not Exempt In regard to the married men, Sec- retary Baker said today that in all the letters he has received on the subject of exemption, not one even suggested that marriage should es- tablish a class exemption. He added that it was not the purpose of the department to make such a ruling, but_that individual cases would be dealt with on their merit no matter what the reason for exemption might be. Enthusiastic Over Results. The secretary was enthusiastic over the results of registration. He ex- pressed his_appreciation of the work done by Provost Marshal-General Crowder and by state and municipal officials, declaring the day had been “a spectacular demonstration” of the solidarity of the American people and of their high patriotism of which the enrollment was the best evidence. For himself, he said, he had never doubted for a moment that the re- sponse would be what it was. Mr. Baker thinks it will be some time before the regulations governing exemptions are issued. They are in process of formation by a committee headed by General Crowder. - INTENSIFY EFFICIENCY OF FREIGHT TRAFFIC. Railroads Are to Curtain Superfluous Passenger Service. TO New York, June 7.—Elimination of non-essential commodities from freight traffic, curtailment of luxurious pas- senger service and the intensification of efficiency are called for in the American Railway association war board’s plans for making the trans- portation systems of the couitry- best serve the nation's war needs, was an- nounced today. Howard Eiliott, former president of the New Haven railroad, in_making the announcement, eaid: “The public should willingly give up non-essentials. t1 is going to be a great deal more important for this country to move food, fuel, iron and the like than to move luxuries. “On May 1 there was, according to the record, a shortage of 130,000 cars. If, through better loading by the ship- per, better unloading by the consignee, better movement by the railroads and more alert work by every man in the railroads, each car is used more effi- ciently, it will not take lonz to get what amounts to an added service of 130,000 cars out of the cars on hand.” PLANNING A SPECIAL RED CROSS DIVIDEND Corpora- ution: Large American Industrial tions and Banking Inst New York, June 7.—Large American industrial corporations and ‘banking institutions have agreed to declare a special aividend to be known as the “Red Cross dividend” it was an- nounced here tonight by Henry P. Da- vison, chairman of the Red Cross war council. Each stockholder receiving thip extra disbursement will be asked in% blank form to turn them over to the Red Cross. The amount of the dividend will be aproximately one per cent of the capital stock of each corporation, Mr. Davison said. He pointed out that in the case of the United States Steel Corporation, for example, the sum which would accrue to the Red Cross would be about $5,500,000 MAY SEND FORMER CZAR TO KRONSTADT. Removal Favored by Workmen's and Soldiers’ Delegates. London, June 8, 2.05 a. m.—A des- patch_to Reuter’s Telegram company from Petrograd says that at a meeting of the workmen’s section of the work- men’s and soldiers’ delegates and the Leninists a vote was passed in favor of transferring former Emperor Nich- olas and his family to Kronstadt. “In consequence of the hilarity caused by a‘ternative proposals by the Teninsts such as that the imperial prisoners be sent to work in the Sibe- Tian gold mines, some groups refrained from voting,” says the correspondent. RUSH OF APPLICANTS AT BRITISH RECRUITING OFFICE 179 Men Enlisted Yesterday at Head- quarters in New York. New York, June 7.—The rush of ap- plicants at the British recruiting of- fice, opefled here yesterday, continued today. In either the Canadian expe- ditionary force or the British army, 179 men enlisted. A call for radio men has been i ed from the United States naval re- serve recruiting ofiice. Telegraph- ers who volunteer, it was stated, would be trained in radio work. List of Trains to be Abandoned IN ORDER TO FACILITATE TRANS- PORTATION OF NECESSITIES 29 TO BE TAKEN OFF The Service Between Norwich and New London Will be Interfered With Only on Sunday, When Two Trains Will be Eliminated. New Haven, Conn., June 7.—Follow- ipg its recently announced intention to curtail passenger train schedules in order that movement of fuel, supplies, food and troops necessitated by the war may be brought up to a maxi- mum, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company today is- sued a statement specifying the trains to be abandoned in Connecticut. In | all 29 trains will be taken off, most of them locals, running betweeén up- State cities and towns. In many instances the inconvenience caused passengers by elimination of trains will be nullified to-a great ex- tent by additional stops being added to_the schedules of through trains. No announcement is made of with- drawal of trains from the Shore Line and Springfield divisions in so far as through service is concerned. The ser- vice between Norwich and New Lon- don will not be interfered with cept on Sundays, when two tra:ns will be eliminated, one north and one| southbound. Trains to be Abandoned. Following is a list of the trains to be_abandoned: Westerly, 6.30 a. m., for New Lon- don. New London, 6.20 p. m. for West- erly. Stamford, 6.42 p. m., for Danbury. New Haven, 12.15 p. m. for North- ampton. Northampton, 10.30 a. m. for New Haven. New Hartford, 11.20 a. m. for Farm- ington. Farmington, 1.30 p. m. for New Hartford. Ridgefield, 7.30 p. m. for Branch- ville. Branchville, 757 p. m. for Ridge- field. Meriden, 7.3 m. for Waterbury. Waterbury, p. m. for Meriden. Willimantic, a. m. tor Hart- ford. Hartford, 6.20 p. m. for Willimantic. Hartford, 10.20 p. m. for Terryville. Terryville, 11.10 p. m., for Hartford. Hartford, 5.39 a. m. for' Meriden. Meriden, 7.05 a. m. for Hartford. New Haven, 2.35 p. m. for Derby. Derby, 12.44 p. m. for New Haven. Derby, %39 p. m,, for New Haven. New Haven, 11.30 a. m. for Derby. Norwich, 1140 a. m. for New Lon- don. (Sunday. New London, 1.37 p. m. for Norwich, (Sunday.) Providence. 6.57 a. m. for Willi- mantic. (To be combined with train ieaving Providence 7.40 a. m.) Willimantic, 9.52 a. m. for Provi- dence. (To be combined with train leaving Willimantic 12.25 p. m.) Central New England. Hartford, 11.15 a. m. for Millerton. Millerton, 11.50 a. m. for Hartford. Poughkecpsie, 1.40 p. m. for Canaan. Millerton, 2.30 p. m. for Hartford. (Sunday). (Instead of train leaving Millerton 2.30 p. m. Sunday, new train will be operated from Canaan at 4.15 p. m. for Hartford.) CONGRESS OF NEUTRALS OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT Is Causing Wide Discussion in the| Argentine Republic. Buenos Aires, June 7.—The approach of the time for the meeting of the proposed congress of neutrals of the American continent has caused wide discussion of the subject, incident to which it is declared in the press that the Argentine government is perplexed because of the reticence of other coun- tries on the subject. In this connection much attention has been attracted to the conferences between the ministers of Mexico, Co- lombia and Peru and President Iri- goyen. It is said the ministers de- manded that the president call a con- tinental congress of neutrals and give it an ample program which should embrace the discussion of matters of interest to Colombia, Mexico and Peru. They demanded also that President irigoyen fix the date of the congress. It may be stated that the pressing demands of these ministers have siven rise to dissatisfaction on the part of other ministers, for the reason ad vanced that if the program of the con- ference were unlimited certain nations would refrain from being represented Dbecause they do not wish to run coun- ter to the desires of the United States. The government of Argentina pro- posed to bring this congress tozether WitR the big idea of securing uniform- ity of opinion on the subject of the | war; to strengthen the ties uniting | the American states and to study the economic problems brought about by the war. The action of Brazil, Bolivia and Cuba modified this project in part | but an exchange of views is still go- ing on in the hope of establishing the proposed congress on a practical basis. OPPOSITION TO COALITION GOVERNMENT IN CANADA Sir Wilfred Lau: Refused to Join Premier Borden in the Work. Ottawa, Ont., June 7.—Correspond- ence made public today shows that Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier definitely has re- fused to join Premier Borden in the work of forming a coalition govern- ment to enact a measure for compul- sory military service. Sir Wilfrid ex- pressed regret that he had not been asked to form the coalition before commaulsory service was announced. as he feared difficultles if conscription was determined upon by the present parliament. s It is expected that the prime minis- ter will go past the opposition lead- er and take into’'the governmont liber- als who favor compulsory service. The premier proposed to Sir Wil- frid that the coalition government be formed, a military service bill be pass- ed but not put into effect until after a general election, and that parliament be_dissolved and an election held to approval of the people for the coalition government and com- pulsory service. Goethals Assailed As Obstructionist BECAUSE OF OPPOSITION TO BUILDING OF WOODEN SHIPS MADE BY F. A. EUSTIS Assistant General Manager of the Emergency Fleet Corporation Charg- es That Gen. Goethals Has Prescrib- ed an Impossible Form of Contract. ‘Washington, June 7. — Differences over the government's wooden ship- building program came to a head to- night when F. A. Eustis, assistant general manager of the emergency fleet corpartion, and his assistant, F. Hunt- ington Clark, issued statements virtu- ally charnig Major General George W. Goethals, general manager of the cor- poration, with halting building of the vessels by prescribing an impossible form of contract. The statements reveal that the fleet corporation has just received offers from 10 firms to build 496 wooden ships within 12 months or 786 within 18 months. General Goetha’s has turned the proposals down because the build- ers wish to construct the ships on a cost plus 10 per cent. profit basis in- stead of contracting for a flat price. Originated Wooden Ship Plan. Mr. Eustis and Mr. Clark are the mining engineers who originated the wooden shipbuilding plan adopted by the shipping board. ‘When the board formed the fleet corporation and put General Goethals at its head with full powers to build ships the two engi- neers were assigned to the corporation as the general's aides. After taking charge of the building program, General Goethals turned to steel construction and limited the #ooden program to mot more than 250 ships in 18 months. Mr. Bustis and Mr. Clark contend the corporation can build 00 wooden ships within that time without Interfering with steel building. Goethals Could Not Be Seen. General Goethals could not be seen tonight for comment on the state- ments. Chairman Denman of the ship- ping board, who has been represented as opposing General Goethals’ plans to restrict wooden building said: "None of the members of the ship- ping board had any knowledge of the statements attributed to the engineers, Mr. Eustis and Mr. Clark, intimating a refusal by General Goethals to build as many wooden ships as he might, nor had they the slightest intimation that they were to be issued. General Goethals, as head of the emergency fleet corporation, in the service of which they have been acting, has en- responsibility for the shipbuilding program, wood and steel. That power was given him when the board was organized, April 16, 1917. “The board has not insisted that either wood or steel be given prefer- ence. All that we desire is the maxi- mum of quickly constructed tonnage for immediate war necessitie: Gen- eral Goethals has not requested any assistance from the shipping board, and any request for assistance thaf he might have made or will make would have been and will be given im- mediate attention.” Expect Resignations Will Be Asked For Mr. Eustis and Mr. Clark are serving the fleet corporation without pay. Both indicated tonight that they expected their resigmations would be asked but declared they felt it to be their duty to put the situation before the Amer- ican people and show them that ships can be built to overcome the German submarine campaign. Mr. Clark explained tonight the tan- gle over commitments for wooden ships. When first employed, he and Mr. Eustis, he directed several ship- building companies to go ahead with wooden shipbuilding, leaving the form of contract to be determined on later. The builders, he said, were given to understand that they would get at least 10 per cent. on their work. Gen- eral Goethals, he said, on taking charge, stopped ali work and the pros- pective builders had been unable to obtain any satisfaction as to whether they would be given contracts. COUPLE INDICTED FOR MURDER OF THEIR DAUGHTER| Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wakelin, Farm- ers, of Melrose, Macs. Cambridge, Mass., June 7 seph Wakelin, a farmer, and his wife, Mrs. Sarah Wakelin, of Melrose, were in- dicted here today for the murder of heir six vears cld daughter, Loret whose body was found in the woo near her home on June 1, 1816. Phy sicians said death was caused by strangulation. The Wakelins were ar- ested last week and are being held without bail. They will be arraigned next week. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERMEN ON ANNUAL EXPEDITION Several Hundred Schooners Have Sailed for the Labrador Coast. St. John's, N. F., June 7.—Several hundred Newfoundland schooners have sailed for the Labrador coast on their annual fishing expedition, which will be in progress throughout the sum- mer. The number engaged was some- what less than usual, as the high cost of provisions made the fitting out of two vessels as expensive as the supply of three in ordlnary years. OBITUARY. ter Mary Ignatius Singard. Meriden, Conn.,, June 7.—Sister Mary Isnatius Singard for more than sixty years in religious work, died to- day at St. Bridget's convent of Mer- cy here, from old age. She spent the greater ‘part of her sisterhood in the convent of the Assumption at An- sonia, where some years ago a large gelebration of her golden jublice was eld. She was born in Ireland, the daugh- ter of Captaln Thomas Singard of Cooga, County Clare, entered the re- liglous order there and came to Con- necticut with the first band of sisters in 1872. She was engaged in teach- ing. % During the bombardment of Reims recently the Town Hall caught fire. About 50 buildings in the neighbor- Condensed Telegrams Philadelphi; was 172,502, total for registering Henry Ford subscribed $5,000,000 to the Liberty Loan. Belgium will send a thanks mission to the United States. Watertown, N. Y., was chosen as a cantonment site for the new army. Isreal Gersons of Richmond, Va., was arrested for registering twice. Metropolitan Opera stars and sing- ers subscribed for 24 Liberty - bonds of $50 each. The French ship way to a West African a U-boat attack, Oronoque on her port repeiled The French liner Yarra was tor- pedoed in the Mediterranean Sea and 554 persons were saved. Secretary Baker received the de- gree of doctor of laws from the Uni- versity of North Carolina. Fritz Urban was arrested on a charge of treason for cutting United States wires in Camden, N. J. Charles M. Hathaway, Jr., was ap- pointed as the new consul at Queen: town to succeed Wesley Frost. President Carranza sent an order to all governors that they compel land- owners to allow people to cultivate land not under cultivation. Fifteen thousand employes of the General Electric_company’s plant_ at Schenectady, N. Y., subscribed for $1,- 014,750 worth of liberty bonds. A bill was introduced by Repre- sentative Taylor of Colorado that all who leave the United States to avoid military service would be banished. The Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Board of Education passed a resolution express- ing its appreciation of the 25 years of service of A. B. Davis, principal of the high school. The wild man of New Jersey, who terrorized residents of North Hack- ensack and vicinity a_vear ago. ap- peared again slightly clad and disap- peared in the woods. An army of 25,000 Filipino troops was offered to President Wilson by Manuel Quezon, former Filipino del- egate to Congress and now president of the Philippine Senate. Being president of a baseball league gets on a man’s nerves. For that rea- son Zehrung of Lincoln, Neb, an- nounced he will resign the presiden- cy of the Western League. Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan, professor of surgery of the Rush Medical college, Chicago,- was unani usly elected president of the American Medical as- sociation for the years 1918-1919. According to a message picked up in a bottle off the coast of Heligoland by the crew of a ship which arrived in Christiana, a German U-boat was sunk March 16 by a British cruiser. Solomon Goldberg of Brooklyn was a sted for asserting that 90 per cent of the American sailors were “drunks and bums™. He got his choice of a $50 fine or 20 days in the cooler. He pald the fine. Tyler, vice president o the American Hospl for Refugees and of the Association for the Chil- dren of Flanders, s decorated I President Poincare, with the gold medal for devotion. Mrs .Royal Elmer Conway of New York, think- ing that he had reached the limit of hard luck of being cut of work and out of money, stole a pair of horses “to chnage his luck” and was arrest- ed for grand larceny. “Cary a gun and own a bond” was the slogan adopted by Acting Adju- tant General E. Leroy Sweetser in in- cugurating a campaign to have every Massachusetts National Guardsma buy a bond with his pay as a soldier. Delegation from the National Farm- ers’ Union, representing agricultural interests in sfates, headed by C. & Barrett of Union City, Ga., told Pres- {ident Wilson that they endo: ed the administration’s plan for food control. The general executive committee of the Central Federated Union yesterday approved a recommendation to confer with Samuel Gompers in regard to submitting a general memorandum of the railway postal clerks to President Wilson. The death sentence of Karl Langer, a clerk who distributed copies of a German translation of the American song, “I Didn't Raise My Boy to be 1 Soldier” was commuted by Emper or Charles of Austria to five years penal servitude. The Massachusetts Institute or Technology announced that cadet school for the first naval district un- der government instruction ervision would begin Monday with an enrollment of sixty young men. The courses will continue for four months. and sup- DICK CO. MUST CEASE LICENSE RESTRICTIONS On Its Mimeographs Requiring Pur- chasers to Use Only Certain Supplies. | Washington, June 7.—The federal trade commission today issued an order requiring the A. B. Dick company of Chicago to cease placing licensing restrictions on its mimeographs ge- quiring purchasers to use only certain supplies manufactured by the Dick company or one of its subsidiaries. The case had been pending for some time before the commission. T nannouncing its decision the com- mission sai “The findings as to the facts in the proceedings will lay the basis for the conclusion by the commission that the methods pursued by the respondent in the sale of its goods are in violation of section 3 of the Clayton act which prohibits tying contracts where the effect thereof may be to lessen sub- stantially competition or tend to create @ monopoly. “This is the first adjudication by any tribunal of a violation of section 3 of the Clayton act. The act was passed Oct. 15, 1914. A semi-official telegram from Sofia, replying to the Russian provisional government's declaration of April 10 renouncing all ideas of territorial ex- ENCOURAGING REPORTS F:: Official Despatches Yesterday Tell of Stricter Di pline in the Army OM RUSSIA ENTS SCi PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF KRONSTADT REVOL] Belief Prevails in Washingfon That the Surrender of Kronstadt Element Will Serve to Strengthen the Pros sional Government—Feeling in Washington is Friend! and Sympathetic Toward the New Russian Governme at Petrograd Rather Than Distrustful and Intrusive Washington, June 7.—Encouraging [from the pro improvement in the Russian situation {?;“j;;l e was reported in official despatches to- | bin weill fnd iis day telling of stricter discipline in| The ant the army. This is assumed to be a |programm result of the efforts of Minister of |men and sc War Kerensky, who has been touring | erally intery .the fronte, Official reports from Russia alw: have been much more optimistic than re of self-gover velopment press despatches and consistently have | selves proclaim scouted the idea of a separate peace.|The first is t This has upheld confidence among |actual cont x state department officials, who hope [ position of pun that the revolution, though throwing|as Germany pla the allied offensives on the Belgian, | she extorted $ French and Italian fronts entirely out |in 1871 of gear, in the end would prove one| It is not thous of democracy’s great triumphs of the [ Russia would war., great province The great effort here now is to be|to the restorat ‘riendly and sympathetic toward the |and Italia Irreder provisional authorities nt Petrog rather than distrustful and intrus Prompt settlement of the Kronst: alka rma contr as to the and the ( tedly so rad adt trouble, when radicals broke ay | be worked out ¢ ACTUAL FOOD CONDITIONS PRESIDENT WILSON RE AT PRESENT IN GERMANY | UNITED CONFEDERATEVE Revealed by a Cuban, Former .Resi-|Gen. G. P. o dent Minister in Berlin. Elected Commander Paris, June 7, ; 0 p. m.—The actual Washington, June food conditigns of the present day in|Confederate Veterans r Germany, a scarcity that increases | George P. Harriso monthly as the livestock decreasess | their commander-in the prospectivg poor crops for 1917|ed Tulsa, Ok because of the shortage of labor, the up Perinsylvan German viewpoint concerning peace and the attitude toward revolution, | of Dixie and pa coupled with a prediction that the | President Wil German public may lose confidence in | Marshall. the infallibility of its leader: sented by Dr. Aristides Agu, bés 0, resident minister in Berlin since the|In triumph thr beginning of the war, but who is now | capital returning home, in tonight's Journal - Des Debats. Fil, 8 ey Dr. Aguero not only spent virtually Julian 8 all the months of the war in Germany, | Was chosen Ile the exception being a brief time pass- | manding ed in the United States, but also lived | ©f northern Vi in Berlin. from 1904 to 1911 ps Cuban | Resolutior charge d'affaires. He begins his At AR count with a resume of the actual food | 2dopted amid e allowance in Beriin today U8 e, “Here” says Dr. Aguero, “are the|Pending in con most recent figures: Sixty-five gram- | Southern states t mes of meat, fifty of bread and two e or three potatoes, if one can get them are pre- aban Escorted by a Even the dearest restaurants are for- stateme bidden to offer more than one meat, | WAT for the sar and there is no hope of thelr evading > po this rule. No Eggs or Milk. are non- zetables “Fggs, milk. V: ce and stent, ire foods a sea rare are to by persons of tiny purses small meal costs from 12 to 14 ma in the restaurants. Sixty- of meat costs four and a half ma an order of vegetables two and a marks, and soups one half mark Daily Ration. “For every elemw t of the vicil 1 ulation, regardless of the soclal to which it belongs, the daily ration the time of my departure two hundred and figty g bread, thirty-five grammes three’ hundred and fifty zrammes potatdes, ten grammes of fat and m malade monthl Of this quar one received less, rather than m Little children and invallds, the la on presentation of medical can get milk, when there Is Cattle and Swine. cortifiea any “Germany hefore the war had tw tv-seven million head of catfle, per cent. of which were sacrificed Yovember, 1916, and the number siuce fallen to nineteen milicn, Th per cent. of the twenty mil swine have been slauzhtered since war, but the number of swine en to twenty prolific_qualit the itiion s of New Russia. has noth- The five million st n ed entirely, while tha four million, five e hundred thousand boats have fallen : off to three million ST SRe mink Comind Crop Mediocre. for The coming crop, save Dr, Aguero,|FT will ‘b Very medtocre, beciuse s the | 3ume amaunting labor has to be performed hy women | Lt Would bring and French and = Russian pris Lo The soil is also suffering from ancs. of real nitrates, the nitrates a = Iy produced beinz far Inferfor to the | PAID $53200 FOR A FIV previously mported product. He esti- NTHS OLD B mates that the production has retro- s graded at least twenty-seven per cont. | Highest Price Ever fo e hictace: at an Auction Sa Morale Not Affected. — Having recounted these facts about | Worcester, Mas the German situation, the Cuban min- | Fields of Broc ister continues to make It plain that | flve monghs ol privations have not as yet affected the | Stein-Friesian n German morale and he warns against{ #uction sale he Counting tpon such a contingency. | Bighest price ever pa Tho German. he save, accepts and|At an auction s consents {o submit to discipline svhich | 10 the name of K the Latin would not think of submit- | Apple. The jre ting_to. $35,000 “The German.” the writer continnes. e oy “thinks he must fizht to the Ilast|WILL BE NO GEN L breadth and the last man because he STRIKE IN believes this war is a matter of life | or death for Germany. ' He belioves | Central Committee Has T that if he is vanquished Germany will g g be divided amons France, Russia, Tial- Epsnde s glum, Ttaly and Denmark and that all | seocknoim, June remaining will be small portions of | , Stockioim. dune b to Prussia with Berlin as the capital” | D, Mo Th % 5 committee a Elkus on His Way to Pari throughout Sweden has been Berne, via Paris, June 7, 4.30 p. m— | The committee conceded The former American ambassador at|reply by Premier Swartz (o Constantinople, Abram I. Elkus, ac-|ist interpellations was unsat companied by his family and the mem- [ but declared that present bers of bis etaff, left for Paris this|did not justify a general st afternoon by way of Geneva. onsisted of | STEADY GAIN @oldlers, the hos the depart 1918 meeting late tod n itena s IN AMERICAN FOOD be | Fell OF Beginnin ¢ A| Unrestricted Submarine W arks me Washingtc rks, [ in American f half | with the beginning stricted submarine ed a tota ac yop- | $84,000,000 in M ass | February. T n at | anly $7,000,000 Country’s 1 Breadstu t, | amount s of [ $16,000,000 more par- | 000,000 more t tity [only $4,500.0 ore. |” Meat expo tter |at $37,000,0 tes, | March,” $27,000,1 $40,000,000 in J 00,000 in Apr ten in | FRANCE HAS ADVANCEL 1y ALLIES 3,875,000,000 ity 1ion | Bill Introduced in Char has 000,000 Addition on account of . response.