Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 26, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 252 The Bulletin’s _Gircul;fion BRITISH HEMMING IN THE TOWN The Center of the Great Coal Deposits in the Depart- ment of Pas de Calais CLOSING IN FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST On Sunday Field Marshal Haig’s Forces Captured 400 Yards of Trenches in the Woods in the Western Outskirts of the City—Monday’s Operations Brought Them Along Both Banks of the Souchez River on a Front About a Mile and a Half Southwest of the Town—DBritish and German Airmen Are Contending for Mastery in France and Belgium—The Fighting on the Russian Front Has Extended Into the Carpathians on the Bukowina Fron- tier. Gradually the forces of Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig are hemming in the town of Lens, the center of the great coa]l deposits in the department of Pas de Calais, and from which prior to the war more than five million tons of coal were annually exported. Successful raids carried out Sunda night by the Dritieh save them 400 yards of trenches in the woods at the western outskirts of the city, while Monday's operations brought them further progress along both banks of the Souchez river on a front of about a mile and a haif southwest of the town. The Brit troops are harassing the Germans at various points along the front htld by them in Beligium and France with nightly raiding parties, which have heen success in killing numerous Germans and taking others h and German ~irmen to strive for mastery in and Belgium. day wit- d the destruction of five German airplanes in battles in r ard an- other by anti-aircraft guns while five others were sent to earth out of con- trol. The tish wever, lost five machines d operations. Mighty a | sheils, progress on several sectors of thg front between Soissons and Rheims by the French and Germans. Apparently the Germans, following their ill success of last week, when they suffered heavy casualties in attacks and gained only siight advantages, have ceased, for the moment, at least, their infantry opera- tions, as the latest French official communication makes no mention of fresh thrusts by the crown prince. The badly battered town of Rheime continues to be a target for German 1.200 of them having been dropped there during Monday. The fighting activity along the Rus- ian front has again extended into the Carpathians around Kirlibaba, on the Bukowina frontier. In _ Galicia, be- tween Zlota Lipa and Narayuvka rige and slong the upper Stripa, the iting between the Austro-Germans and Russians is described by Berlin as “lively.” The operations in the Austro-Ttalian theatre have again lost their intensity. The artillery duels have died down to almost nothing, while the infantry en- counters are merely reconnaissances. similar _condition prevalls in ia, although the artillery duels t violent in the rezion of omew stir. SSION EXPLAINS DUMA. RUSSIAN M! DISSOLUTION OF No Hostility Between the Councils and | Other Parts of Government. Washington, T tion of the duma and th empire, urged by the Pan-R ference of workmen's nad soldiers councils, was explained by members of the Russian missioz lere today as merely another step in the building up of a new government in Russia. It does not indic th stest hostili- ty, it was said, bet e councils and the other parts of the govern- ment. The duma, it was explained, ceased to exist when, after its dissolution by the czar-and its later extraordinary messions, it created out of itself the provisional government.. To this go ernment it entrusted complete legisla- tive, executive and judicial powers and with its birth the duma itself was dis- wolved Since the: it has met on once for a decenn eremonial and has had absolutely ne part in the.gov- ernment. The council of empire was even less representative than the duma, it was stated, as it was composed of ap- pointees of the czar selected from va- rious classes, such as capital, educa- tion, agriculture and former ministers. Ever since the revolution most of the members of the councH have remained at_home on their estates. Bpecial Ambassador Dakhmetieff of the mission will address the senate to- morrow with special reference to the foreign relations of the new provision- al Russfan government. It is under- stood to be the purpose of the new government to announce broad princi- ples of diplomacy under which the present war should be conducted with- out going into great detail as to their specific application. DIFFICULT FOR FARMERS TO OBTAIN FIRE INSURANCE Complaint of President Robinson of Federal Farm Loan Bank. Springfleld, Mass., June 25.—Presi- fent L. G. Robinson of the federal farm land bank .of Springfield said today that the attitude of insurance ccmpanies, many of which are mak- ‘ag it difficult for farmers to obtain fire insurance and some of which are even cancelling policies, is making difficulty for the bank, as loans can- not be extended exeept on insured property. The bank now has applications for 400 Joans totalling practically $2,000,- 000 and is having dificulty in keeping up with the business. CONDUCTOR O’NEILL KILLED AT PORTCHESTER, N. Y. Had Just Alighted From His Train— Did Not Hear Approach of Express chester, N. Y., June 25.—John »ill of New Haven, a conductor on. New York, New Haven and Hart- irroad, was struck and almost 'v killed by an express train raoon. ‘He was had alighted from 1< standing on an adjoininz roarking down the number of is thought that the noise of freizght prevented him from he approach of the expr. Amczricans in Casualty List. Ottawa 25.—The n¥m. following ~Americans appear Overseas casualty list today: Wou. ed, K. Kearney, Danvers, Mass.; Bolton. Greenwich, Con = FORMER WRONG-DOINGS OF ALFREDO COCCHI. Unfaithful to Bride He Had Enticed to Come to America. Bologna, Italy, June 25.—The police authorities have brought to light the following details concerning Alfredo Cocchi: When Cocchi left Italy for the United State was in_iove with aria Magrina, a servant in the Coc- family, according to the police. Shortiy after his arrival in New York, Cocchi, they wrote her that busi- ness was going well and promising to marry her immediately if she would come to the United. States. Despite the hesitation of her rela- tives, the girl insisted on going to New ork. She was accompanied b woman friend. A few weeks after her arrival, still according to the police, Cocehi’s bride wrote home, charging Cocchi with unfaithfulness. She re- ported that the husband of a woman with whom he had been going had had Cocchi arrested. but that the man later obtained Cocchi's release when he gave a promise to reform. Cocchi was upbraided by his own re’atives and those of his wife for failure to mend his wavs. He wrote home humblé confessions of his wrong-doings, but urged his people to try to induce his wife to be less jealous of him. He even suggested that they come to the United States and endeavor to restore peace in his family. SUFFRAGISTS ARRESTED AT WHITE HOUSE When They Lined Up Against Fence and Unfurled Banners. the Washington, June 25.—More than a dozen suffragists were arrested late today by the police when they march- ed in front of the White House, lined up acginst the fence and unfurled suf- frage banners. A crowd of hundreds watched the arrests but there was no disorder. This was the fourth demonstration of the day. The other times the women marched = quietly past the White House and back again without unfurling their banners and they were not disturbed by the police. Just after 4.30, however, when em- | ployes began to pour out of the nearby departments, a squad of women, each carrying a furled bahmer, started in single fiie to march in front of the White House. Reaching the middle of the block immediately in front of the White House, at a_signal every banner was thrown to the breeze and the women stood silent as close to the iron pick- ets of the fence as possible. The po- lice who had been watching arrested most of them and tock them in auto- mobiles to headquarters. The women were ali released on per- sonal bonds after appearing at head- quarters, givine their names, ages and occupations. No time was set for ap- pearing on the formal charge of biock- ing traffic. . There were nineteen women in the parade. Fourteen were arrested. e L =L Flood in Utah. Salt Lake, Utah, June 25.—Commu- nication between Salt Lake City and Price, Utah, who was In the path of the flocd sweeping down from the broken-, Price River— m _dam, ceased at 9 o'clock tonight. Price, E. 1. ,a tovn of 1500 inhabitants, is believed to be marooned by the flood. OF LENS Cabled Paragraphs Constantine's Salary $100,000 a Year. The Hague, June 25. Constan- tine’s salary as “a retired king” will be $100,000 a vear, if a report froh ‘Berlin today is correct. It is attrib- uted to an Harden's paper, Die Zunkkunft. According to the Ger- man editor, when the allies forced the abdication of .Constantine as king of Greece they offered him $100,000 a year for the living expenses of himself and family. Argentine Steamer Toro Torpedced Off Gibraltar. Buenos Aires, June 25.—The Argen- tine steamer Toro has been torpedoed off Gibraltar, according to information received by the government. The cap- tain and crew of the steamer are Ar- gentinians. The foreign minister has sent a message to the legation at Madrid to institute an inquiry into the matter. OVERSUBSCRIPTION TO RED CROSS FUND IS ASSURED But Definite Figures Will Not Be Available Until Today. Washington, June 25.—Ocersubscrip- tion of the Red Cross hundred million dollar mercy fund seemed assured to- night when the eight day nation-wide campaign closed with final rallies in Rundreds of American citles. The countr; total outside of New York city tabulated by Red Cros: headquarters late tonight was $60.650, 000 and pledges still were pouring in at the rate of a million an hour. New York city's total, although not an- nounced, was believed to be near $40- 000,000, the gity's quota. Definite fizures will not be available until tomorrow when cities report the results of their last minute efforts, but Red Cross officials tonight said they had no doubt that the totals will show that American generosity has respond- ed in the same spirit as for the Lib- erty Loan, with millions more than asked. All through the week additions will be made_.to the fund, for campaign committees in a number of cities gath- ered such momentum that they insist- on continuing the canvass beyond the fixed time. Ten million dollars of apparent ov- ersubscription may be necessary, it was said, to make the actual collections equal $100,000,000, owing to the posi- bility of duplicate recording. RED CROSS CONTRIBUTIONS Waterbury $436,907.09. Waterbury, Conn.. June 25.—Total Red Cross subscriptions for Water- bury reached $436907.09 when the campaign closed tonight. The city's allotment was $400,000 Bridgeport $352,702. Bridgeport, Conn., June 25.—The to- tal Red Cross fund subscribed in this city was $352,70! The city’s allot- ment was $200,000. Hartford and Vicinity $542,487.73. Hartford, Conn., June 25— Red ('ross contributions for the city of Hartford and the seven small towns included in its territory of allotment agzregate $542,487.73, according to a report made tonight. The territory includes the towns of _ Windsor. Glastonbury Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Hart- ford, West Hartford and Bloomfie Mid&etown $25,000. Middletown, Conn. June —Mid- dletown far exceeded s allotment in the Red Cross campaign, a grand total of $25,000 tonight. Mid- dlesex county complete cont approximately $70,000 accor figures available. Glastonbury $25,000. Glastonbury, Conn., June Cross officials estimated tonight the contributions for Glastonbury an eight surrounding towns would reach $25,000, or $10,000 in excess of the al- lotment. Red that CONFLICT BETWEEN SINN FEINERS AND POLICE One Man Was Killed and Score jured Sunday in Cork. In- Cork, June 25—One man was killed and a score injured was the toll in yesterday's conflict between Sinn Feoners ‘and the police. Serious dis- orders occurred, including ap attack on the jail in an effort to liberate the political prisoners detained there and attacks on various military recrui ing quarters in the center of the town. A number of the clergy pleaded in vain with the Sinn Feiners to neep the peace and finally the police, arm- ed with carbines, bavonets and re- volvers, charged at double quicn down Patrick street. Some of the crowd stood their ground, replying with a fusillade of clubs and stones, but the majority fled into the adja- cent streets. The injured were quick- iy gathered up by a stretcher bearers and taken to the hospital. The soldiers, who, up to this time, were confined_to barracks, were now called out. They planted machine guns in the center of Patrick street and patrolled the scene of the dis- turbances until early this morning, when quiet was restored. They then returned to barracks. INDIANAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF - GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY With Five Others Convicted of Elec- tion Frauds in 1914 Registration, Indianapolis, Ind., June 25.—Samuel V. Perrott, chief of the Indianapolis police, and five others were found guilty of a conspiracy to commit elec- tion frauds -in connection with the 1914 registration and election by the verdict of a jury returned tonight in the United States district court. The others who were convicted were Roy A. Pope, police captain; Way- land Sanders and Morton C. Hulse, police sergeants: Lee Stringer, city detective, and Herman F. Adam, city inspector of weights and measures. A seventh defendant, Frank M. Johnson, a patrolman, was acquitted. HOT COALS FROM A TAR MELTING FURNACE CAUSE FIRE In a Storage Barn Near the Center of the City of Meriden. Meriden, Conn.. June 25—Hot coal from a tar melting furnace, used by workmen in tarring teh roof of a new building caused a fire in a storags barn near the center of the city this evening. Five water lines were kept busy on the structure for nearly two hours before the flames were under control. The damage to_the building is_esti- mated to be $1,500, with about $1,200 to the contents. covered by insurance. Arsenic Figures in Gilligan Trial TESTIMONY GIVEN BY STATE PO- LICEMAN HURLEY LETTER BY THE ACCUSED Declares Andrews Met Death Anything But Suddenly—Accused Admitted That Inmates of Home Had Pur- chased Arsenic for Her. Hartford, Conn. June 25.—A state- ment by State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn that the state was prepared to prove that the death of Franklin R. Andrews was premeditated and delib- erately planned, evidence reciting ad- ditional _incidents of the hours pre- ceding his death and a letter to the state’s attorney from the accused wo- man were features of the trial today in the superior court of Mrs. Amy R. Archer-Gilligan, charged with the mur- der of Andrews by poison. Andrews died the night of May 30, 1914. Letter Written by Mrs. Gilligan. Considerable interest was attached to the letter, which earlier in the trial the state has characterized as a “self-serving declaration.” It was dated March 10, 1916, and in it the accused woman had drews “met death anything‘but sud- denly. He came from the hospital here alone, hardly able to walk and his body was one mass of boils or ul- cers for months before he died.” She also asserted that his sister knew of ritten that An- his “feeble condition.” Former Inmate Testifies. Seth J. Ramsey, of New Britain, a former inmate of the Archer home at Windsor and roommate of Andrews, told of seeing him ill early on the morning of May 30, 1914, and of noti- fying M ligan. He had eaten ipper with Andrews the night before nd at that time Andrews secmed well and ate heartily. Another witness was Lorin B. Gow- dy of Hartford, formerly with his wife an inmate of the Archer home. Mrs. Gowdy died December 4, 1913 at the at the home. Gowdy told of making arrangements for going to the home, of expressing preference for the room occupied by Andrews and Ramsey and of Mrs. Gilligan saving she could ar- range for them to have that room, and that the occupants could be put in another room. The Gowdys went to the home in June, 1914. Defense Objected to Testimony. Benedict M. Holden, of counsel for the defense, objected to the testimony Gowdy, saying that the incidents elated were entirely susceptible of aproper and legitimate construction. ry was excused while counsel icd the matter. The court finally rdmitted the testimony after the state’s’ attornev had said he was pre- pared to prove that Andrews died of poison administered by the accused and that Mrs. Gillizan had procured the poison three or four days earlier. It was during this argument that Mr. Alcorn made the statement that An- drews’ death was deliberate and pre- meditate murder. State Policeman Hurley on the Stand. ate Policeman Robert T. Hurley took the stand Jate this afternoon. He testified regarding invetigations he made at the Archer home after Mrs. Gillizan’s arrest. and reviewed the de- tails in connection with the exhuma- tion of Andrews’ body. Purchases of Arsenic. Mrs. Gilligan, according to his tes- timony, made sizned statement to the authorities two days after her ar- rest in which she declared that she never had given Andrews any arsenic and She if she had, it was admitted in the statement., wit- declared, that inmates of ‘the home had on several occasions pur- chased arsenic for her at a nearby drugstore. NEW YORK POLICE INQUIRY RESULT OF CRUGER MURDER Entire Motorcycle Squad Has Been | Ordered to Report at Headquarters < unintentional New York, June 25.—The entire mo- toreycle police squad, some of whose members already have been suspend- ed by Arthur Woods, police commis? sioner, Cruger in connection with the Ruth case, were ordered to report with all reports for the past two All other policemen who saw ¥ with the motorcyele force dur- ing that period but are now on other duty, also were instructed to appear with their record. Miss Helen Cruger, murdered zir], testified today before Leonard M. Wallstein, commissioner of accounts, at the inquiry.into the police handiing of the case, that she received only scant consideratidn; from the officials to whom she ap- pealed to find her sister. Although provided with a letter of introduction from Douglas I. McKay, former po- lice commissioner, she was not per- mitted to see Inspector Faurot, she said, but was turned over to a subor- dina'te. Henry D. Cruger, the father, also testified that the police had manifest- ed little interest in the case. He for- mally demanded, he said, that Alfre- do Cocchi’s bicycle repair shop be searched and the only search made was perfunctory. When he was toid by a private detective that Cocchi had disappeared, he went to Detective Ser- geant John Lagarenne, in charge of the active hunt for his daughter, but Lagarenne, he said, told him Cocchi was a ‘reputable business man and had been merely called away on bus- iness.” Cocchi, he said Lagarenne had de- clared, had been in_the shop “for more than a vear and a half and was well thought of.” In referring to Cocch Lagarenne called him at headquarters today and summonse: sister of the Cruger said, MURDERER SUICIDES IN CELL IN WATERBURY. ‘Strangled Himself With His Belt Tied to a Ventilator. Waterbury, Conn, June 26.—Alexan- der Jackimoff, slayer of Peter Bondu- ruk, committed suicide early this morning by strangling himseif with his belt tied to the ventilator in his cell. He disemboweed Bonduruk Sat- { urday night with a bread knife in a fit of alcoholic mania. Gouncil to Control American Exports HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY PRES- IDENT WILSON TO ORGANIZE TODAY It State, Agriculture and Commerce and the Food Administrator—it Will Act Under Direction of President. Composed of the Secretaries of Washington, June 25.—Controi of American exports, authorized in a clause of the espionage bill, was as- sumed today by President Wilson with | the appointment of an exvorts council comprising the secretaries of state, agriculture and cammerce and the food administrator. An executive order cre- ating the council directs the depart- ment of commerce to administer all details of operation. The victorious conclusion of the war can come, said the president in a statement tonight outlining the coun- export policy, only by systematic direction of American trade. Intelligent Direction. “The free pay of trade will not be arbitrarily interfered with,” he said. “It will be only intelligently and sys- tematically directed in the light of full information with regard to the needs and market conditions throughout the world and the necessities of .our people at home and our armies and the armies of our associates abroad.” Members of the exports council will meet tomorrow to organize and to rec- ommend to the president a series of proc'amations which will put the law into active operation. Will License Coal Shipments. The first proclamation will require the licensing of all coal and fuel ship- ments, including bunkers, and its pur- pose is to give the government first a firm grasp on shipping. The second will provide a system of licensing for every class of exports to the European neutral countries and is designed to prevent supp.ies from reaching Germany. Proclamations to follow will name specific commodities which may not be shipped anywhere without licenses. The first commodities will be cereals and other foodstuffs. By degrees tife listy will be extended until virtually every export commodity is brought un- der operation of the act. The proclamations covering coa! and exports to European neutrals probably will be issued this week. Under an arrangement to be made with the Drit- ish government providing for an inter- national shipping control enforced by bunkering and export licensing agree- mentc, the United States anl Great Britain will have the trade of the world in_their hands to carect in the manner best calculated to assist in winning the war. To Hold Neutrais to Necessities. The neutral export prociamation will be hurried to prevent removal from the Wnited States of large supplies of foodstuffs bought by the neutrais and now stored in this country awaiting shipment. The government is deter- mined to hold neutrals to necesliies and in enforcing export regulations virtually will take up the burden of the British blockade, now to be en- forced from the point of origin of sup- plies Will See Exports Do Mot Reach Ger- many. American azents to be sent into the 1 countries will keep the closest "k on re-e and will be charged w lity for seeing | American supplies stop before | reaching the German border. To a large extent they will use British machinery bulit up during the three years the blockade has been in opera- | tion. The export control wil' absorb | the British system of letters of assur- ance heretofore required of American shippers before their cargoes are per- mitted to go to the European neutrals. All Under President’s Direction. Every move under the act will be made under presidential pro ma n issued on the ad e of the exporis <ouncil, which will meet every day to | discuss subjects of the policy. The three cabinet members and the food administrator probably will name rep- resentatives to take care of most of | the routine work. These men wiil probably be Dr. E. E. Pratt of the de- partment of commerce, Lester H. Woolsey of the state department, As- sistant Secretary Vrooman of the de. partment of agriculture and a repre- sentative of the food administration. How Licensing Will Be Done, Licensing will be done by the com- merce department's bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, of which Mr. Pratt is the head. The bureau will be expanded by the addition of about 300 employes. To cover the cost of opera- tions, Secretary Redfield will ask for $150,000 from the president's emer- gency fund and later will ask of con- gress $730,000 to carry the bureau through the year. Coliectors of customs, der the treasury department, will be charged with preventing unlicensed cargoes from leaving the country. A policy regarding food exports will be formuiated by the food administra- tion to be approved by the exports council. After the department of agriculture’s food survey has been made a program of food apportion- ment among the allied and neutral countries will be prepared by Herbert C. Hoover, head of the administration, and this wilt govern shipments. First to Feed This Country. The American food supply, it made clear, will be used first to feed thie country, second to feed the allies, and what is left will g0 to neutrals. who are un- HIGHER FREIGHT RATES FOR BITUMINOUS COAL of Fifteen Cents a Ton on Shipments to New England. Washington, June 25.—The Tnter- state Commerce Commission today ap- proved an increase of 15 cents a ton in freight rates on bituminous coal from Pennsylvania, Marvland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennes- see and Ohio producing fields to points east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio river. These tariffs were exceptionsc to those filed by the carriers in asking for a flat 15 per cent. increase. lana General Pershing sent his congrat- ulations to the subscribers to the Lib- erty Loan. An American destroyer saw a a 1J- boat sink a merchant vessel and pick- ed up the crew. The Norwegian ship Laatefos was sunk by a German submarine and the crew was saved. More than 1,000 persons were killed | in an gxplosion in munition factories at Bloeweg, Austria. Senator Thompson of Niagara, N. Y., who refused to sign the State military census, changed his mind. Adjutant Raoul Lufberry, of the American Lafayette Escadrille, has brought down his tenth German air- plane, An American Red Cross hospital was opened in London for office: A sim- ilar institute is already in existence for privates. Americans attached to the Nor- ton-Harjes ambulance unit of the American Red Cross have received French war crosses. The Russian Council of soldiers and workmen’s deputies arrested Arch- bishop Tikhoff and sent him to Petro- grad from Voronezh. Adjutant-General Statesbury an- nounced that the President had called the 1st and 3d field artillery of New York in Federal service. American imports for May were valued at $281,000,000, the greatest to- tal for any one month in the his- tory in American commerce. Prince von Buelow, former German chancellor, said that Germany will have peace in 1917 and will resume the place she occupied before the war. The plan to establish a Depart- ment of Aeronautics with a new cab- inet has run into the air, both Sec. tary Daniels and Baker opposing plan. the Greece has lost 12 ships since April 2, representing a total tonnage of 31,- 542, valued at $4,592,000. They were sunk by Austrian and German sub- marines. Germany Imposes e on Rumania. Jassy, Rumania, June 25. rmany has imposed a fine of 250,000,000 francs on the occupied territory of Rumania. hts in St. John's N. F. wer dimmed again and several lighthouso: in the vicinity have the lights ex- tinguished by an order from Governor Davidson. William Guy Wall, an Indianapolis engineer, was’ selected to have charge of the design and production of arm- ored cars and “tanks” by the \War Department. The Frey ship Davis McNab while coming up Halifax harbor caught fire. with 400 foreign laborers on board All escaped and the ship floated off the shoal and sank. Edward Mahan, captain vard’s victorious football team of 1915 has joined the Marine corps and will be sent to the training camp with oiher | recruits next week. | of Har Fought 0ff a Big GermanSubmarine AMERICAN GUNNERS FORCED HER TO SUBMERGE OFF COAST OF iRRFLAND Submersible Had Attacked an Am can Passenger liner—Torpedo Miss ed Its Target by Less Than Twanty Feet—Action Was at Midnight An English Port, naval gunne, a big Germaon . tacked an Ame:- the coast of Ir pedo fire by the su 5 target by less than : Encounter Occurred at Midnigit The encounter occurred at m after the liner had been . rine zone many hours. A large ber of the passengers on b reading in the cabins or Iyir on the deck, ready for an e Submarine Sighted A staff correspondent of ciated Press was talking lieutenant in charge of t when the gunners crowded a forward guns, and also the ficers on the bridge, sighted t of a torpedo as it went = ward the bow. The leutena to his station as the loc “Torpedo and submarine off thow.” The ship swung l that the decks were of 20 degrees. Immedia ¢ the bark and flagh of a fur Passengers Donned Lifebelts Passengers, b themselves, sw The st off m, counselling un, this time pol was fired and the pr flight struck a long boor side whic ! hed. The liner was wallowing waves. The conning towe marine, outlined for the sky, was all that ws gunners in the The soon lost in the da 55 unable to tell whet fired hit the mar} Later Saw a Conning Tower. Two minutes stern of the ship er above the surface the wake of the ste was rolling k 50 heavily that the ners were unable to get t pointed before the ibmarine disappeared benea : - fed to the engine quickly out of the FOOD CONTROL BILL DEBATED IN Predicted That it Will be Passed W in Ten Days General Woods, commander southeastern part of the a ¢The Star Spangled Banne; houid never be played in moving pictures or as a melody for a dance. President Wilson has rsceived mission to place a memorial t honor of his father in the Flirst byterian church at Staunton, which Is being remodelied i | The Red Cross will send ican commission to Russia along and behind the battle the same way another unit erate along the French front of the . per- blet in Pres Va., an to W front. will op-| William R. Caperton, rear-admiral of the U. 8. N. and commander. chief of the Pacific fleet, arrived at| Rio de Janeiro with other members of the staff and was greeted cordially Dissolution of the Empire is demanded passed by the Pan-Russ! of Councils of Deputies : Soldiers afte Council a »f the resolurion Congr in nd prolonged One thousand boy scouts are digs potatoes in Virginia. Because i negroes migrated to the North the tatoes have probably rotted. 7h are 4,000,000 bushels in the grourd Five tons of milk chocolate, pacakages of chewing gum. worth of athletic equipment and 5 000 letter heads were delivered to an Atlantic port for shipment to Furone for American soldiers. | 009 50,000 For the first time in_eight months | holdings of eggs in cold storage plants | are greater at the present time than at the corresponding season last yes Butter holdings of June 15 were 17 per cent. less than last year. Clarence Ousley, director of the ag- ricultura lextension work at Texas Agricultural College, was today ap- pointed as an assistant to Houston for an indefinite time. will giva special attention to Te agriculture. ! Secretary He W. A. Holman, the Premier of New South Wales, speaking at a _luncheon given in his honor at London, said Australia had placed the wheat crop | under governmental care. The present crop 1s 4,500,000 tons in excess of home needs. One hundred and twelve degrees in course and six honorary degrees were awarded by the University of Ver- mont at its commencement today Among the honorary degrees was the award of doctor of humane letters to fary R. Hillard of Middlebury, Conn. German papers were furnished w material for declaring that prison of war in Germany, mostly French, Russian and Serbian, were participat- ing in a gigantic conspiracy to Inter- fere with the work of the intorfor by sabotage and were engrnged ‘on a large scale in arson, crop destruction ani to injure machinery Canada to Cooperate With Hoover. Ottawa, June 5. —Word was re- ceived today from W. J. Hanna, Can- ada's food controller, that he was re- turning here to organize ths domin- ion’s policy in cooperating with Her- bert C. Hoover. Mr. Hanna reported his conferences in Washington had been successful. rdministr with | diction d Wiy enacted in season While tt the mmitte A s its considerat to ate | debate on t ¢ dr of the Mater trati prop: over food, fe 11 n the Let t artic neluc num, iliz Elimina ulation the regulate Inclusion of a r that f f e of his ¢ attempted An addition to make clear fixed shall rels middleman’s har Aside from aiff prohibition opponents of the r ise to continue the t censin an, minim the provisions for g chase of foodstuffs, the thorizing him to commandes tories and other plants and rr jority and minority con ports are looked for. On the house amendment further manufacture of foc to intoxicants of any kind of the committee substitute along mila lines. The t will cent effort to permit marn ) liquors and wines. Se chairman, and other tee members revising the plan conferences witk committee leaders to d nue loss feature of the CHANGES PROBABLE IN RED CROSS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE To Bring About a Closer Cooperat With the War Council Washington, June 2 ident Taft, chairman of the R central committee, conferres with esident Wi an " changes in the per el of ganization’s execut about a closer o P - that committee In view of t i Cross will soon be ha 3 i $100,000,000 Mr. Taft t 100, < some w the con before it members present ness, and it has been found to secure that quorum. An effort w be made in making changes to se men who will devote their whole to the Red Cross. Mr. Taft said reorganization of the Red Cross was necessary.