Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 18, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 271 * POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1917 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in !lomiéh is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Populatiofi : DRAFTING BEING CLARIFIED DETAILS All Aliens of Draft Age Were Required to Register, But Not Eligible THIS CAUSED UNEQUAL BURDEN ON NATIVE BORN Each Registrant Will be Informed of His Serial Number and the Number of Registrants in His District—Allotment Was Based Wholly on Showing of Registration—Laws Must be Changed B-fore Aliens Can be Forced to Serve. ‘Washington, July of the es had of their I exem night, encouraging in their hope that drawing of lots determine the order of liabi the selec- tive conscription held be- fore the end of the we Fou reported ready i the the war deparimen s beer that in those remaining to re, a few local districts are m Although no details have been .re- vealed, it was learned tonight that the plan of the drawing to be heid in Sec- has been retary Baker’s office virtually completed, and that an anac on the subject may be vost Marshal-General Ci row. Secretary Baker's al for the plan is vet to be given but General Crowder may reveal enough of | the detzils to guide ne in Ppreparing to publish the result and to inform registrants what fa they must ascertain in order to know their exact position on the liability 1i While these preparations are zoing forward, sentiment apparently is growing in congress in favor of ding the conscription ac: so as to aliens liable for service or oth- erwise to reliev emen placed und lotment up- on communit foreign population end been te and house, but the adr has not indicated that it will any change. Many officials to the opinfon on the other hand, that to compel aliens to serve would be a vi- olation of international Jaw. The states from iwhich reports of eomplete ex »tion E igements were received ng the day are Ttah. Alabama, Ohio and Virginia. Re- ports still are to come from Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Missouri and Pearsylvania. Drawing Details. Detailed plans of the drawing itsel!f remain to be finally approved by Sec- retary Baker. A rehearsal of the process recommended was held some days ago in order to determine the amount of time necessary and to de- velop any weak spots in the scheme, but pending its approval no details will be revealed. There are indica- tions that a more complex arrange- ment than has vet been ined pub- licly will be employed in the drawing in the interest of perfect fairness. Information For Registrants. As far as can be told now, every registrant will have to be informed not only of the serial number placed on his card, by the local exemption board, but also of the exact number of registrants in his district Other- wise he will be unable to know until he is ordered before the board what his order of liability is. How to Pick Winner. Given his own number and the total number of registrants in his district, any registrant can figure out quickly what place he occuples in the line as soon as the resuits of the lottery are announced. If there are 1500 regis- tdred men, every serial number above that will represent a blank In that district when it is drawn and the ro- tation numbers of the drawing will pass over them. Thus, if No. 1428 should be drawn first, No. 1,569 sec- ond and No. 1,247 third, the order of lability in a 1,500 district would be No. 1428 first and No. 1,247 second. Allotment of Quotas. While officials of the provost mar- shal's office refused today to discuss charges of unfairness in allotment of qiiotas, made yesterday in the sen- ate, it was pointed out again that the revised population estimates of the census bureau upon which the allot- ment was made, were based wholly on the actual showing at the registration. Unger the law, the hureau had to con- sider the fluctuation of population since 1910, the last census, and the war department had to count in aliens in making allotments, even though they are exempt from service. Figures Fixed for Draft. Reconsideration of population esti- miates in the light of registration re- turns showed that on the average 9 3-10 per cent. of the total population were within the age limits of the draft bill. In large commercial and indust- rial centers, however, the percentage ran above that figure because of the influx of young men. case in point is Detroit, where with an actual pop- ulation of probably less than a miilion, the proportion of re 1ts indicated a population of 1 using the rule established. This was due to the automobile and other plants in that region which have calied many younz men from the country to work. In its ed estimate tho bureau fixed De- population at the inflated fig- for the purposes of the draft only. Aliens Cause the Burden. Officials believe that in the main, - was fair, but they realize inequalities may result because e large alien population In some on zired to ed All aliens of draft age were egister and their number lotment basis, but un. 3 changed, they must be pted from service. That will put iequal burden on citizen regis- 7ts in the communities of large for- ponulation Defects May be Remedied. Two plans have been susgested for changing the law so as to eliminate this inequality—re-apportionment of qQuotas with the allen registrants left be exempt. PBoth suggestions have many supporters in consress, and it is not unlikely that one of them will be given administration approval. Aliens May Be Included, Today Senator Chamberlain, chair- man of the senate military committee, revealed that he had drafted a meas- ure to make all aliens, wherever pos- sible under existing treaties and ex- cepting enemy aliens, subject to draft. The senator said he had not discussed the question with administration offi- cials, and probably would not intro- duce his biil until he had secured some opinion from the White House or the war department. Military Eligibles Plan. Meantime, Representative Dent, the chairman of the house milizary com- mittee, submitted to Secretary Baker a bill introduced by Representative Rogers, of Massachusetts, proposing to adcpt the other alternative regarding aliens. It would provide that the draft quotas be apportioned according to the population of “military eligi- bles” instead of according to total population, thus, excluding aliens from the totals upon which apportionments made. Mr. Dent said that if the rv approved, his committee y would report the bill faver- " Complaints Were Expected. At the war department there has been no indication whether either of these proposals will have the backing of the administration. Apportionment officials let it be known today, how- r. that they fully expected com- | plaints of unfair treatment of cities | and towns having comparatively small American populations, and ‘arge pro- portions of aliens not subject to draft, thouzh registered. There seemed to be no way to meet this complaint un- der existing law, the officials said. Violation of International Law. Aliens as a rule have been regarded mpt from military service in ries where they reside, and no government has been more insistent than that of the United States upon the exemption from service in Euro- pean armies of Americans in_ Europe. Many officials are known to hold the conviction that to require aliens in the TUnited States to serve would be clearly a violation of international law, at least unless the state depart- ment secured permission from the for- eign_governments concerned. Officials feel the discussion in con- gress if it develops into action, may indefinitely posipone the raising (of the national army. The sugzestion, therefore, has been made to some of the senators interested that the pres- ent draft be allowed to proceed on the basis planned, and that the question of corrections be threshed out between now and the time of the next draft. SOFT COAL OPERATORS CONFER WITH DANIELS Furnish Coal in a Patriotic Spirit,, and Not Profit. Should ‘Washington, July 17. Secretary Daniels told about five hundred soft coal operators from Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland today that they should come forward and supply coal to the government for war purposes in the same spirit that the men who put on the American uni- form offer their services. The coal men met with government officials to discuss prices and produc- tion, having been called by the coal production committee of the council of national defence. The army and navy need great quantities of coal for war operations, Secretary Daniels said, and he told the operators that he considered it a privilege rather than a sacrifice on their part to supply the coal needed and later adjust the prices to be paid. He said the steel producers had agreed to furnish the government with thel: entire output If necessary and await adjustment of prices. it was disclosed that the govern- ment needs from three to four mil- iion tons of coal in addition to the 1,- 500,000 tons already arranged for. Commissioner Colver told the oper- ators that the trade commission fa- vored pooling all the coal in the Unit- ed States for distribution by the gov- ernment to the army and navy, the industries and the people. He said they favored paying the operators the cost of production and a fair profit. He said this was no time to consider prices and that nobody could run the price up on the government without running it up on themselves, as the zovernment and the people are one. Cost of Gilligan Tri Hartford, Conn., June 17.—A state- ment by State Attorney H. M. Alcorn today was to the effect that the prose- cution and trial of Mrs. Gilligan had cost the state about $25,000. Of this sum Dr. Victor C. Vaughan of the University of Michigan gets $10,000 and Dr. A. J. Wolff of Hartford $s,- 500. Conservation on Diners. Washington, July 17.—Herbert Hoo. ver today received resolutions adopted by the American Railway Association’s war board pledging the board and its individual members to put into effect the rules for the conservation of food cn dining ears, as worked out be- tween Mr. Hoover and representatives of the commissary departments of the railroads. Cabled Paragraphs “Assassin Adler’s Trial. London, July 17.—The Austrian par- liament has decided that Dr. Fried- rich Adler, the assassin of Dr. Karl] Stuergkh, premier of Austria, should have been tried by a civil instead of a military tribunal, says an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen today. Cons tly, it is added, the No Transactions i ulating in Cq New York, July 17.—Alexander J. Hemphill, chairman of the advisory committee appointed by President W son to co-operate with the Commis- sion for Relief in Belgium, denied to- day the charge made in the United States senate yesterday by Senator Reed of Missourl that Herbert C. ‘Hoover had gambled in the food or clothing, as chairman of the com- mission. “The charge that Mr. Hoover ‘rig- zed’ the market in his purchase of supplies for Belgium is absolutely un- true;’ said Mr. Hemphill. “All pur- chases made in Belgian relief work 4! There were no trans- actions in futures, no gambiing, or speculating in commodities as the slightest investigation would quickly reveal. “The method pursued was simple. Officers in charge of the work for the allies gave Mr. Hoover at inter- vals the amount of food he would be allowed to take into Belgium. That programme was sent to this country and supplies were bought as far as the funds and the available shipping would permit. Under an arrange- ment with France and England, funds were provided on a monthly basis, and the committee never had a large sum of money available at one time. Such commitments were usually somewhat in excess of its cash resources.” were for cash. MATHIAS ERZBERGER MAKES PUBLIC APOLOGY He Attached the Pan-Germans Submarine Campaign. and Amsterdam, July 17.—In a lengthy apology published by the Catholic Center party of Germany for the ac- tion of Deputy Mathias Erzberger in attackinz the Pan-Germans and the submarire campaign, the following oc- curs: “Centainly our fronts stand unshak- able. Our strongest offensive force, the U-boats, injures England immeas- urably. Nevertheless no end is to be foreseen at this moment. Hope had arisen that the end of the war might be brought about by mid-summer through the U-boats. Expectations were aroused which were not real- ized. This statement, however, im- plies no doubt in the efficiency of the U-boats. It has occurred to no one to suggest the stoppage of submarine warfar.” Th statement explains that by the term parliamentarization the party means closer contact between parlia- ment and the government. It express- es regret that parliamentarians are not summoned more frequently to par- ticipate in the government. Never- theless. the Center insists that the or- ganization of the empire through the federal statutes must be preserved. QUICK ACTION ON THE AVIATION BILL DESIRED But It Will be Blocked by La Follette and Gronna. Washington, July 17.—Plans of the leaders of both parties in congress for quick action on the administration’s aviation bill, providing a great pro- gramme for striking at Germany through the air, promised tonight to be blocked by a small group of sena- tors, including La Follette and Gron- na, who are planning to re-open the question of conscription. An asreement to meet at 10 o'clock tomorrow in order to take up the bill, was made in the senate with the hope of a final vote before the food bill de- bate is resumed under the rules at noon, the usual meeting hour. That hope’ virtually was abandoned Ilater, however, when the purposes of the measure’s critics became apparent. Senator Chamberlain, manager for the bill, said he did not belleve it could be passed tomorrow, “or without con- siderable discussion later.” LORD EDWARD CARSON ENTERS WAR CABINET Relinquishes Post as First Lord of the Admiralty. London, July 17.—Sir Edward Car- son has relinquished his post as first lord of the admiralty and joined the war cabinet without portfolio, accord- ing to an official announcement of new ministerial appointments issued this evening. Sir Edward will be suc- ceeded by Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, who has been director-general of mu- nitions supply. ‘Winston Sperncer Churchill succeeds Dr. Christopher Addison as minister of munitions, Dr. Ad” :on becoming a minister without p lio in charge of reconstruction. B “’sn Montagu of Beaulieu, is made . cretary for India. GERMAN NATIONAL COUNCIL DISTRUSTS GOVERNMENT Unrestricted Right of Self Determin: tion for German Bohemia. Amsterdam, July 17.—The German national council at Prazue, Bohemia, has unanimously adopted a resolution expressing its distrust in the present government owing to its attitude to- ward the Czechs and especially be- cause of the recent amnesty decree affecting them. The council demands the unrestrict- ed right of “self determination” for German Bohemia within the bounds of the Austrian state the establish- ment of the German language as the state language and the creation of a German province of Bohemia with its own Diet, Regulations for Explosives. Washington, July 17. Senator Walsh, chairman of the senate mines committee, today reported out favor- ably, but with numerous amendments, the RQouse bill to regulate the manu- facture, distribution, storage and pos- session of explosives during the war. One of the amendments would pro- vide for the licensing of all manufac- turers, vendors and purchasers of powder and other high explosives, li- censes to be issued to citizens of the United States only. French-Bermans - Steadily Fighting VICTORIES FOR BOTH ery Duels and Small Operations Carried Out by Raiding Parties Where British Are Facing Germans —For Strategic Reasons Russians Forced to Evacuate Kaluoz, Without Any Lo 3 There has been no relaxation in the intensity of the fighting between the French and ‘the Germans on various ectors of the southern line in France arom the region of Soissons eastward through the Champagne and into' the district northeast of Verdun centering about the famous Hill 304. Victories are recorded for both sides —for the Germans along the Laon- Soissons road in the penetration and destruction of French trenches and in Champagne north of Mont Teton,where the forces of the crown prince previ- ously had been repulsed with heavy casualties, and for the French in the Verdun sector, where General Petain’s forces in a mighty effort took enemy lines on a froat of a mile and a half to a depth of about two-thirds of a mile. The success of the Germans north of Mont Teton was obtained through persistent counter-attacks on positions they had lost last Saturday, in which their losses had been extremely heavy. While the German war office asserts that all the old German positions were recaptured, the Paris oficial com- munication declares that the troops of the crown prince only regained a foot- ing at certain points in the trench ele- ments. Artillery duels and small operations carried cut by raiding parties continue to feature the situation on the line where the British are facing the Ger- mans. Intensive air fighting is still in progress in this region, in the latest of which six German machines were driven down and three others forced down out of control by British airmen, whose machines all returned from their forays. The Russians in East Galicia have been forced for strategic reasons to evacuate the town of Kalusz and take up positions on the southern side of the Lomnica river. The important crossing of the Lom- nica was made eecure by the troops of General Brussiloff after they made their retreat. Previous to retiring the Germans had carried out persistent at- tacks on Kalusz, but the Russians had repulsed all of -them. Serious fighting has taken place in this immediate Te- glon for the village of Novica, the Austro-Germans capturing it, but later being driven out on the arrival of Russian reserves. Heavy artillely fighting continues along the northern front around Riga, Dvinsk and Smorgon, but as yet the extent of the operations has not yet been revealed in any of the official communications. In Rumania along the Danube, Rus- sian scouts captured the village of Dunaevec and most of its defenders, but later abandoned the position. In none of the other theatres have there been battles of any great mo- ment. WOMEN’S COUNCIL NATIONAL DEFENCE Connecticut Branch Seeks to Have Women Physicians Serve. Hartford, Conn., July 17.—At the meeting of the executive board of the ‘Women’s Committee, Council of Na- tional Defence, Connecticut Division, in its headquarters, today, Mrs. Will- iam Shefleld Cowles of Farmington was appointed chairman of the Red Cross department and Mrs. Samuel Russell, Jr., of Middletown, chairman of the educational department. Mrs. H. A. Bumstead of New Haven, treas- urer of the committee, was made chairman of the registration depart- ment, which will take a census of the women of Connecticut, the work to be done by the state assoclation of Col- legiate Alumnae under her direction. Dr. Kate Campbel!l Mead, of Mid- dletown introduced a resolution call- ing on congress and the war depart- ment to enact laws and prescribe regu- lations permitting the services of the women physicians of the country to be used to the fullest extent in this coun- try and abroad. Copies are to be sent to the secretary of war and to the surgeon general of the army, the chairman of military committees of senate and house and to newspapers. SIXTEEN SUFFRAGETTES ARE SENTENCED TO JAIL Are Given Shower Baths and Don Prison Garb. Washington, July 17.—Sixteen wo- men suffragettes, arrested while par- ticipating in the woman’s party Bas- tille day demonstration in front of the White House were sentenced in rolice court today to serve sixty days in the District of Columbia work- house for obstructing the sidewalks. The women were given the alterna- tive of paving $25 fines, but they prompyly refused the offer and were taken to the workhouse at Occoquan, Va., and turned over to a matron who saw that each got a shower bath and exchanged her clothing for a heavy one-piece prison dress. ‘Tomorrow they wil be assigned to the sewing room of the prison, where they will work several hours daily. Doctors to Co-operat Washington, July 17.—Surgeon-Gen- eral Gorgas of the army, Surgeon- General Braisted 6f the navy and not- ed medical men in civil life headed by Dr. William Mayo of Rochester, Minn, conferred with Secretary Baker at the war department today regard- ing co-operation of the military medi- cal divisions with the -profession throughout the country. The Fall' Was Fatal. Hartford, Conn., July 17. — Phillp Piccola, 29 -years of -age, died.at a hospital tonight from a fracture of the skull, received by a fall last week through a trapdoor at a local theatre where he was employed. Food Control Bill - Argued in Senate EFFORT TO COMPROMISE DIF- FERENCES MUTUALLY 'PRINCIPAL REVISIONS Leaders Recommend Limitation of Government Control of Foods, Feeds and Fuels, Including Kerosene and Gasolene and Creation of a Board of Three Salaried Commissioners, One to be a Soil Cultivator. Washington, July 17.—Sentiment in the senate toward compromising dif- ferences on the food control bill ap- parently crystalized today on a group of amendments drawn up at joint conferences of democratic and repub- lican leaders. While on the senate floor another day was spent in criticism of the de- fense council and other executlve bod- fes, a report of the bill was made embodying the leaders’ proposals which are expected to remove many basic objections and develop general support. Principal Revisions. Principa] revisions recommended by the leaders are for limitation of gov- ernment control of foods, feeds and fuels, including kerosene and gaso- line; creation of a special board of food administration of three salaried commissioners, instead of administra- tions by an Individual: fixing by con- gress of a basic minimum price of $1.75 per bushel for No. 1 northern wheat; extension of government li- censing to elevators, farm machinery, factories, packing houses, coal mincs and deaiers, fertllizer producers and wholesalers of such products and zov- ernment purchase and sale, to secure reasonable prices, of fuel, wheat, flour, meal, beans and potatoes only. Vote Expected Today. Voting on these proposals and other amendments is expected to begin to- morrow. Among the Arst to come up probably will be that under discus- sion today, restricting sale to the gov ernment of products in which the vol- tinteer advisors of the defence council are personally interested. Many sen- ators during the day's debate urged legislation to prohibit such govern- ment representatives from selling their own wares to the government. Policy Criticized. Senator McKellar, democrat, of Ten- nessee, mad : a long speech criticizing the contract policy of the council's advisory bodv. The 7 per cent. com- missions for supervising construction of army cantonment camps, he declar- ed, will “milk the government” of about $250,000 for each of the 16 camps. He charged that “inside rings” dominate contracts for the ar- my, let without competitive bids. Honesty and Ethics. “World-old standards of honesty and ethics.” declared Senator Johnson of California, republican require that government representatives shall not serve in a dual capacitv—for them- selves and the government. Senator Townsend of Michigan, another repub- lican. warned that “a host of vultures are flocking to Washington” to secure war contracts and that if the opportu- nity for graft is not eliminated, might develop a public scandal. During the day’'s debate, Herbert C. Hoover, the food administrator, also was criticized by Senator Gore and warmly defended by Senators Cham- berlain and Myers. The opinion was general tonight that the bi-partisan compromise amend- ments would go far toward solving the senate’s difficulties over the legisla- tion. The amendment creating the board as drafted by the leaders provides that: “The president is authorized and di- rected to appoint, by and with the ad- vice of the senate, three commission- ers. at an annual salary of $7.500, who shall constitute a board of food ad- ministration and who shall perform such duties In carrying out the pur- poses of this act as the president shall direct. One of sald commissioners shall be a farmer actually engaged at the time of his appointment in the cultivation of the soil. The president shall deslgnate the chairman of said body. Sald comm!ssioners shall hold office at the nleasure of the president during continuance of the war.” AMERICAN INSURANCE MEN ASK FREEDOM FOR GERMAN. He Has Insurance Risks of Millions With Americans. New York, July 17.—Represenatives of twelve leading American fire and marine insurance companies today ap- pealed to United States Marshal Thomas D. McCarthy to give his help in obtaining a permit for Karl Schrei- mer, agent of the Munich Reinsurance company, to move about freely in the barred zones in spite of the executive order prohibiting German companies from doing business in this country during the war. Schreimer applied for a permit May 18, but his status as an alien enemy has not vet been de- termined. Schreimer, in addition to being founder and head of the only Amer- founder and header of the only Amer- fcan reinsurance company, which with the Munich company has insurance risks with American concerns amount- ing to approximately $250,000,000. CHIEF EDWARD PRATT QUITS BUREAU OF COMMERCE of Leaves With Regret on Request Secretary Redfield. Washington, July 17.—Dr. Edward E. Pratt, chief of the commerce de- partment’s bureau of foreign and do- meéstic commerce, resigned tonight at the request of Secretarv Redfield. No reason was announced, but it is known wide differences have existed hetween Mr. Redfield and his assistant over the administration of the export con- trol clause of the espionage act. As chief of the bureau, Dr. Pratt was in active charge of operation of the government's control of - exports which went into effect Sunday morn- ing. He had just organized and start- ed working a_division of export li- censes with C. A. Richards, a New York exporter at its head. Condensed Telegrams Joremiah Milbank's yacht Sapphire ‘was taken over by the Govemmepnvl. Secretary Redfigld appointed as ex- port liead for the bureau of licenses Mr. Parker. E. K. Vieter, former German consul, was placed Richmond, Va. vice- under arrest at Ten of the German aliens who w interned at Bllis Isla; nt o T D Tl nd were sent to America has begun regi. egistration of her citizens in England E consular report. 3 s a0 Two additional American Ambulance for the front from Paris. sections of the rps have left About 2,500,000 bushels of grain were exported from the grain elavator At Moosejaw, Saskatchewan. Iron ore shipments for the first fiv months of 1917 have shown a decrease of more than 35 per cent. p Gold to the amount withdrawn from v for shipment to Spain ow $2,385,000 Sub-Tr Another record i i price of silver was reached when 81 1-1 cents an ounee was quoted in. the market A Berlin despatch reports the death there of Fritz von Friedlaender-Fuld widely known coal magnate. Drastic censorshi i P on all outgoina cables on the Atlantic seaboard swill probably go into effect soon. The Commercial Cable nounced that telegraphic tion with Pekin has Co. an- communi; been restored engers on the Norwegian steam- ristianafjord will be t nsferred to the Swedish steamship Stockholm. Seven Americans who were on the British steamship Miasni were saved when the ship was torpedoed hy a submraine. Lemuel J. Tweedie, for ly lienten- ant-governor of Canada, is dead at his home in Chatham, the province of New Brunswick. King George conferred upon three members of the American Legion of the Canadian forces the military medal for bravery. The members of the Italian Mission to the United States are urging the extradition of Cocchi, murderer of Ruth Cruger. The Ukrainian National Assembly does not desire separation from Rus- sia ,according to official word received at Petrograd. Maurice Francis Egan, the . Minister to Denmark ,who h suffering from an abscess nounced better. Germany is building no more Zeppe- lins and th thou nds of men who wete employed at the plants are manu- facturing airpianes According to a cable from Cent America a ship from Boston arrived t months overdue on a voyage from South Atlantic port. merican heen pro- | s Minister of War Kerensky declared JUSWUIIA0S B 2ABY [[IA WSsn 1Bl modelled along the same lines as that of the United States. Supreme Court Justic Hendrick de- nied the application of Jack Curley for an injunction against Jess Willard. heavyweight champion the report of Germany having 300-foot submarines. The Dutch ship was held up by the new submersible. Anti-conscription. feeling. turned to violence in Quebec when ind (ws were broken in the Quebec Chronicle and L'Evenement, and other damage done. The American steamship Grace was sunk by a submarine. The Standard Commercial Steamship Corporation owned the ship. Three persons were killed. Governor Goodrich of Indiana, a coal expert, said it would be impossible for the government to fix a coal price on account of s in different regions. was placed under strong mounted guard and all identifying insignia re- moved, due to reports of a break with Germany. The textile shortage in Germany de- prives many hotels and restaurants of the use of napkins and tablecloths. The bed linen is only changeable once a weel in hotels. . Five men were killed as they alight- ed from one train and stepped in front of another train on the Pitts- burgh and Lake Erie passenger train at Youngstown. Various classes of workmen have joined the building strike in Lisbon within the lastforty-eight hours. The electric cars are not runnng, but order is being maintained. Ripley Wilson, American consul at London, will leave shortly for the United States to recuperate from the effects of overwork during the past three yvears at hs post here. The first whaler in about twelve vears to enter the port of New York arrived with a cargo of 18,600 barrels of oil extracted from 297, Antarctic whales in he past six months. Four members of the aviation di- vision at Marblehead, Mas;: were given an honorable discharge so as to enable them to go to France and join the Lafayette Flving Squadron. Removal of spikes on the Southern Railroad Tuesday sent a local pas- senger train over an embankment klling the fireman and a negro pas senger and injuring a dozen oth- ers, at Charlotte, N. C. An order to strike by the Northwest International Shingle Weavers' Union issued July 2, will go into effect throughout the state of Washington An eight hour day and improved working conditions are demanded Schooner Childe Harold reported sunk, was_ built in TFalr Haven, and was sold about a year ago by its own- ers, the Benedict-Manson company, to & firm which put it into the New York anrd Algiars trada A Dutch tramp steamship confirmed | The German Legation at Argentina | Patriotic Appeal 1o Busiflqis World MAKE CONDUCT OF WAR CLEAN PATRIOTIC, HEROIC AT HOME SEC’Y CARL VRO DOMAN Business Men of Nation Have Shown Patriotism as Never Before, But There Are Exceptions in Steel Mag- Too Old Too Old to Make nates—Some Men Are Enlist, But None Sacrifice for Country. Washingtor the busine; duct of this as herolc as it is in anders,” July vd the assis wn m s “during t id Mr. Vro. ment Unfor e been ¢ ntly the na pping . hand-to-hand on of unp »] magnates iy e g in organiz codden G not st be disgraced s cramble for pre el and coa and its on ste food we hear men old to er old to m box, a rtisanship “There a pernicio s and reactio brood of and in every state They belong to no one bear the black flag of fin piracy and the y flag of econ treason. At ction from time forth the 1s of all 4 parties should make mon cause against the junker reactlc political realignment is demar - patriots whose motto . Cou arraved In a sol ala against those unscrupulous self-seekers.” MILLIONS OF MILES OF TRAIN SERVICE CUT To Save Man Power, Fuel and Motive Power for Country pointed and mo transporta ot off this 1 - he asserted, “w et other purposes ns of coal The railroad eystems department, the b esofihis have out 8,598,696 m senger 1 service, 113 tons of coal per ) sylvania system eliminated mil. ving 186,876 tons of o New York Central plans to save tons of coal. The Erle 1,600,000 passenge n Baltimore and Ohio 1,188,596 and Ohfo 850,000 ads In New I to elimir s, wi - FRENCH AND AMERICAN TROOPS WORK TOGETHER They Are Encamped in Same District and Contented Americar ly 17.—(F Amer Train The 0 ave bee for less than a weel ey are here by any means—and the already made themselves thoroug at home, so m ) that t of France looks America Plans are rar . regular and cor operation with th . camped in_this experience has been p posal of the newcome and an head arters same ilding and there 1| co-operation between th which will zoon be go deve t the Americans not only wil - dance ruct Ticers, but experienced nd virtua and Iy each soldier They mentors, 100, fo enthusiastic abou they even march about v ean flagr attached t . MILLION POUNDS OF POULTRY IN STORAGE Bought For Export But Cannot Be Shipped Hence. Chicago, July 1 -W. 8. Mo 4 a firm dealing poultry sa 1 that ther: are 0,000,000 pou ’ poultry in storage in « A huge stock, he said, was a ta take care of orders for ti government. The latter, he unable to obtain refrigerating sk and turned back most of the order “Holders ar attempting to of the load at from 22 to 25 cents b are having a hard time of it becauss of the rapacitv of the retailers,” said Mr. Moore. “Dealers are trying to get all the way from 33 to 40 cents a pound and one in my neighborhood alad 423 cants the other day.”