Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 2, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 29 o HUNGARIAN PREMIER TEL DT OF DESRE FOR P Ready to Seek a Just Understanding Which Will Lea to a Lasting Peace ONLY CONDITION IS RETENTION OF TERRITORY Such Advices as Have Percolated From Germany Tend to In- dicate That the Strike Movement is Dwindling—German | aircratt Newspapers Fail to Arrive at Their Usual Neutral Points —In Russia the Bolsheviki Have Captured the Important Black Sea Port of Odessa—In Finland the Red Guard is Being Defeated by the White Guard—The Austrians Failed in an Endeavor to Evict the Italians From New| Positions on Monte di Val Bella. With the military operations on all is being defeated by the White guard the major battle fronts continuing far |or is voluntarily surrendering and lay- below normal the internal political | ing down arms. The revolutionists, situations In Germany, Russia I'l:} however, still hold Helsingfors. g ] gl e R Austrians Fail to Move Halians. t ) i % in-| On the battle fronts the most im- tries the turbulence of past days, in- const facto gov- | portant fighting has taken place in the i ] YR he Bad - northern Italian theatre. Here the ernments on the one band and dissat- isfied populations cn the other, still [ Austrians endeavored to evict the prevails, Strife in Russi In Russia the internecine strife be- tween the Bolshevik and counter-revo- lutionary factions again has heighten- ed, while in Finland the struggie be- tween the White guard, re the mew government, and the Red guard, which is oppesiug it, goes on. Hungary Sincers for Peace. Meanwhile from Hunzary comes a reiteration of the sincers and earmést desire of that country for peace, made before the diet by the prime minister. The failure of German newspapers to arrive at the- usual neutral points from which news of conditions in Ger- many is disseminated leaves a veil of w over the exact etatus of Affairs. Such advices as have come through, however, tend to indicate that dl Val Bella, in the Asiago plateau sector, but were repulsed before they could reach the line of the defenders. this region to the head of the Telago valley. The Austrian losse$ in the past few days' fighting, not including the men made prisorer, are estimated at between 5,000 and 6,000. On the other fronts the fighting con- tinues to be carried out by small par- ties of infantry in raiding: operations and by the big guns of both sides. HUNGARIAN PREMIER'S ADDRESS ON PEACE Declares Hungary's Desire for Peace Italiahs from new rositions on Monte | ™5n Cabled Paragraphs - 200 Russians Perish in Fire. Paris, Feb. 1.—A | Havas Agency from inforcement of ; Swis: says the re- on the A brigade of infantrysand detachments of cavalry and pioneers have been add- ed to the forces. FRICTION IN. AIRCRAFT BOARD INVESTIGATED. It Resulted in the Removal of Major R. Sligh. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—Friction in the board, which resulted in the charge of wood production, was inves- tigated today by the semate military committee. Colonel R. L. Montgomery, chief of the efuipment division of the signal service, told the committee jor Sligh was removed because heads of the service believed the production of spruce was being delayed. Major Sligh testified that he was re- moved because he was “too active to suit members of the lumber committes of the council of national defense.” He maintained that spruce production in- creased while he was in and decreased after work was placed in the hands of others, and that there would have been no shoriage of epruce had his recommendations made last sum- mer been accepted: The major &lso said he had been opposed by George 8, Long, manager for the Weyerhauser Lumber company, of the northwest, member of the lumber committee of the council of national defense, and of an advisory board of three dealing with spruce production in the north- it. Former Governor 'West of Oregon attributed delays in getting out lum- ber supplies to ignorance. He said Long was not a suitable man for such work, in view of his connection with the Weyerhauser interests, who are gelling lumber to the government, and that practical uninterested, men should be utilized. ‘Howard E. Coffin, chairman of the aircraft board, will be recalled tomor- row for further testimony in executive session regarding the aircraft pro- gram. . SEEKING TO AVOID STRIKE OF BRITISH ENGINEERS Labor Leader Henderson Appeals to the strike movement has reached its | Freatest height and now fis in the| process of dwindling. This fact is aseribed to the seeming Iukewarmness of the labor leaders toward the move- ment and also, and in great part, to the strong repressive measures adopted, by the government. H Military Suppression of Strike. is Sincere and Earnest. Amsterdam, Feb, 1.—Dr. Alexander Wekerle, Hungarian premier, in- ad- dressing the, diet today, declared:- and earnest, We never girove 5or > s ot | M. tbrve tor e w‘ . upon the action ‘“We are ready.to geek & Just under: commander ip Hamburg | standing which will lead ' to peace and the security: of that peace and of international agreements® Pre- mier Wekerle added, according to the edvices reaching: here: from Budapest. The Hungarian premier asserted that the only conditions required were that the intesrity of his country's terrttory should remain unimpaired and that it should have liberty toregulate its in- ternal affairs. He continued: - “We will oppose attempts to sow dis- sension among us,.but .whether . the near future bi us “peace or un- avoidable battle, it 18 certain we desire to maintain our alllance with Germany as one of the most effective safeguards suppress every attempt at breaches of ti:e pesce with all means at his disposal. Bolsheviki Canture Odessa. | In Ruesia the Boisheviki have cap- tuzed the important Black sea port of Odessa and also the railroad junction of Orenburg, which lics near the Asi- ttic frontier. - In zddition the Bol- sheviki is continuinz its program of | t0 peace.” hostilities against Rumania, the revo- | Fremier Wekerle eatd that he hoped lutionary committes of the Black sea fshns which Hungary fleet having confiscated a large num- | F4s about to make with —Germany ber of merchant and other vessels in| WOUld make gecure his country’s eco- the Black sea in order to hamper Ru- | 1omcl life. “That large fleM of activity warch we need for our strong development and our efforts to create close eco- nomic relations with Germany are not rlluic%ed ‘against other states, he con- cluded. mania’s commerce, On the other hand b T oy Kishinev, capital of Besearabia. Finland Red Guard Defeated. In Finland the Red guard everywhere PRESIDENT’S OPPOSITION TO SENATE MILITARY BILLS Explained to Group of Demecratic Senators Called to the White House. Washington, Feb. 1.—In emphasiz- ing his opposition to the senate mili- tary committee’s bill for a war cab- inet and a munitions director, Pres- ident Wilson urged upon another mroup of democratic -senators called to the White House today the neces- sity of avoiding as far as possible agi- tation in congress that might encour- aze the enemy and give the impression of discord. The president, according to those nttending the conference, In forceful fushion reiterated his objections to the proposed legislation and declared he would not consider a compromise on them., He said both bills were ob- noxious to him, both because they were unnecessary and because they would embarrass and deprive him of suthority in prosecution of the war. Althougga all of the senators present wure said to be in entire accord with he president's position and confident at legislation is certain of defeat, ‘hey ' said_Senators Hitcheock, demo- srat, and Wadszorth, republican, were planning speeches in the senate oext week, in support of the bills and tould not be stopped under the senate rules. Replies are planned on behalf *f the udministration. The president’s position, it was in- licated today, will not affect the plans » Senators Hitcheock and Wadsworth lor delivery of their addiesses Monday ind Tuesday respectively. HAVE FLAG MAKERS e BEEN PROFITEERING? EXPERTS IN INDUSTRY OR AGRICULTURE MAY BE DRAFTED Senate Military Committee Has Ap- proved Bill For That Purposo, ‘ashington, Feb. 1—The adminis- tration bill authorizing the president to call skilled in industry or agriculture into the military service irrespective of classification under the draft, was approved today by the sen- ate military committee. Arrange- ments also were made for final action tomorrow on another bill requiring youths 21 years of age to] register for service. and changing the quota basis from state population to the ntmber of men in class one. Both measures probably will be re- ported tg the semate Monday. an other committee members said tonight that the amendment of the draft law will not include provisions for exemption of men who reach 31 years without being called tnto service. - This was Pproposed by Secretary Baker but since development of opposition from Pro- vost Marshal General Crowder it is understood that Mr. Baker will not press for the amendment. The bill for drafting of industrial and agricultural experts would give the president power to take register- &d mechanics, artisans and other skill- ed labor from any or all parts of the country, principaly to meet any emer- gency call from General Pershing. it iy PRODUCTION OF ANTHRACITE NOW AT MAXIMUM POINT. Working Force of 152,000—Cutput on Thursday Was 250,000 Tons. n?hfllddfl’:’l., Feb. 1—Production of Flag Makers’ Association of America|maximum M::..;:mhuumz fi'.l: Has Been Dissolved. present working force of 152,000 mine 1o a etatement is- Washington, Feb. 1.—C laints | sued - tonight by the ite oper- isainst certain flag makers and the|ators’ committee. Y ’s output \ssociation of Flag Makers of Ameri- Was more than 250,000 tons, or at the @, which grew out of an inritation or- | rate of 7,000,000 tons a month. The statement lered by the senate on alleged profi- said that if the laboc eering in flags, were settled Ivym supply were increased the prodGiction nent today with the federal of anthracite would be raised more ommission. _The has | than 15,000,000 tons a yea: g een dissolved and ‘which the Funeral of Rev. Bardi ommission charged would be constru- R Reed 3 4 as profitecring and unfair trade | faneeal of By C oAnEC Bardiele iractice. pastor of St. Cecélia's church, Water. It was alleged that bury, was held here this morning. 00k advantage Gf the big demand for | Right Rev. John J. Nilan, bishop of he pational emblem when the United ( Hartford, assisted at the funeral cer- itates entered the war to raise the|emony. Priests from all parts of the wices to sbnormal state were presemt. the Government. London, Feb. 1.—Arthur Henderson, labor leader and former member of the war cabinet, who as a member of the cabinet signed an agreement with the Amalgamated Society of engineers, em- braging the engineers’ trade, in which the government agreed to meet the en- in & coni “when- ever necessary, tonight issued a stafe- ment appealing to the government. to adhere to #Mls practice and to avoid a strike, which he said would seriously imperil the owtput of munitions and other war necessities. 3 Mr. Henderson's address, which al- 50 was directed to the representatives of the, engineers, strongly adviseq the workers, in the interest of th war, not to lay down their tools. “We ‘are all weary of war,” said Mr. Henderson. ‘“Tmmediate peace is the greatest need of the world: but peace cannot be achieved by ome soction of labor acting by itself. Peace will come when the working class move- ment as a whole has discovered by conference the conditions of an hon- orable and democratic peace worthy of the unimaginable sacrifices the feople have made. *“The temper of the workmen is most dangerous; the unyielding attitude of the government i5 bringing the coun- try to the verge of industrial revolu- tion, and unless a more just and rea- sonable attitude is adopted I am se- riously apprehensive that an irrepar- able break between an important sec- tion of industrial labor and the gov- ernment will result 3,000,000 DEADWEIGHT TONS ‘OF SHIPPING THIS YEAR Is the Limit Placed by Vice President Powell of the Bethlehem Co. Washington, Feb. 1—J. W. Powell, vice_president of the Bethlehem SMp- building company, Limited, which has many government ship contracts, told the senate investigation committee to- day that American shipyards will do well to produce 3,000,000 deadweight tons of shippirg this year. -Shipping board officials have estimated the out- put at 4,500,000 tons. ' Mr. Powell said the shipping board will find that the prosram for fabri- cated stecl vessels will not work out 8s advantageously as it was first ex- pected, and added: “It is unfortumate that men who have spent their lives building ships were not called fn for consultation when the question of fabricated ships was under discussion.” The witness suggested that a cam- Daign of education be inaugurated by President Wilson, aided by women's organizations, churches picture agencies, to bring to the at- tention of laboring men everywhere the part they must play in the struggle against Germany. @ay, when it will continue its investi- gation into the Hog Island shipyard. SPAIN MAY MEET WITH ) SWIFT RETALIATION On the Part of the United States for 4 Embargo on France. consigned across her frontiers to the American army in France and the al- dications here toda; To Ship Cotton to IMMEDIATELY FROM SOUTHERN PORTS From Gulf Ports to the Northeast. shortage of cotton af mills, Director Genéral McAdoo S CONN., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, ‘191 New England Mills| New BETWEEN 50,000 AND 100,000 BALES The Shipping Board Has Agreed to Fn‘ida Vessels * to Carry Cotton ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—To relieve the New England in- structed C. N. Markham, regional rail- (way director for the south, to ship immediately between 50,000 and' 100,- 000 bales of cotton to Brunswick, avannah, Charleston and other eouth- ern ports for trens-shipment by water Flow of Coal to England Better {T PROMISES FURTHER IMPROVE- MENT TODAY" FEAR - SERIOUS FLOODS Special Efforts Are to Be Made to “Fransport Corn, But It Is Not to In- terfere With Movement of Coal. ‘Washingtori, Feb, 1—Fearing seri- ous floods in the middle west and the sou#h within a few days, the. govern- men{ railroad administration today rushed empty cars westward from the eastern congestion area to provide for an emergency ‘movement of corn to levators. This was undertaken without any There are some people who ing price of the goods. They do Advertising pays its own bi papers which go into the homes very Kind of business news, and advertising cost. umns and prove it to your own letin’s news' columns: Increases Sales and Therefore Profits continue to. think that advertising simply means the spending of money to get their names in the paper, or that it is adding another expense which must be added to the sell- rot stop to consider that if there is ||| any such advertising it is becausefit is noor advertising, that it is done’ Wrong or that it is placed in mediums' which have no circulation or amount to very little for advertising purposes. must be looked upon as gifts and not as expenses. Such - expenditures Vs when properly carried on in news- and to which the people look for that it does not entail higher prices of Zoods but tends to lower them because it is on the increased business through greater sales that dependency is placed for getting back the Advertising builds business and it also aids the buyer, This is demonstrated daily to the advertisers in and readers of The Bulletin, which thoroughly covers this part of the state. Make use of its col- satisfaction. In the past week, the following matter has appeared in The- Bul- Bulletin Telegraph Local General Totay “Saturday, Jan. 26.. 66 123 366 555 Monday, Jan: 2857, 86 v 05 238 419 Tuesday,.-\_Janpa0=. 71" 5414 243 425 Wednesdzy, Jan. 30.. 100 = 126 = 243 Thursday, Jan. 31.. 94 79 335 Friday, Febfiags 2180 108 363 s BEHET 4970 64304787~ 2926 to New York and New England. Action Taken After a Conference. sentatives of the M of Cotton Manufacturers and England commercial interests. who e: not ge sufficient raw material. the most speed. also has agreed, Mr. McAdoo ports to the northesst. N. H. ROAD NOT HOARDING 500,000 TONS OF COA H Boston Central Labor Union. dent Edward J. Pearson of the Ne: York, New Haven and Hartford rai road tonight issued a statement den: 500,000 tons of coal as charged President McGrady of the Boston Ce: tral Labor union. The statement read: urements are supported by our a counting records. This' eupply h: been diminishing rapidly. Our actual daily ts, Haven.” FIRE IN STEEL PLANT Are Being Constructed. A Pacific Port, Feb. 1.—Fire of con- sideradle proportions broke out tonight n t] Dl a steel company where and.’ motion government steel vessels are being constructed and_where two re- cently launched were being fitted out. Tho plant adjotns another, shipbulld- i - |ing plant where several ‘vessels The committee adjourned wntil Mon: L T O e siderable for SALE OF CANDY IN THE NAVY HAS BEEN STOPPE! Pending Reports That It Contained ca ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—Spain’s inter- }:'Bl: ;‘u?; ;;.ogepep;l fl.:md;ts J;fi ference with the shipment of supplies = Foeet o impurities, was ordered ro- les meet with swift retaliation |Sumed tonight by Secretary Daniels. oo the part of the United States and (AR inquiry revealed that reports were the entente nations, according to in- | Untrue. Harmful Impurities. Washington, Feb. 1.—Sale of A . y. Alttiough the war trade board denied | GRAND LIST OF GREENWICH last night that safling of -all h ships in. American ports had been held up it is known that Certain vessels fving the Spanish flag and ready to depart had been denied clearances pending an adjustment of the situa- tion. Lieut. Hyde Taken Back to Camp. ant Seymour W. Hyde, who was put Eging violently insane, was taken back to Camp Uptorf tod: officers sent hete for that purpose NOW TOTALS $45,808,083 Largest of Any City of Equal Popula- tion in the United taStes. Greenwich, Conn, grand list of this The action was taken aftera confer- ence between Mr. McAdoo and repre- ational Association New plained that many cotton mills recent- ly-have shut down because they could Mr. Markham was told to ship the cotton by any. route in order to make The shipping board an- nounced, to furnish additional vessels to carry cotton now accumulated at Galveston, New Orleans and other gulf President Pearson Denies Charge of New Haven, Conn., Feb. 1.—Presi- W ing that the system was hoatding “A recent measurement of our coal supply made by a representative of the Dominfon Coal company and a recent measurement made by the engineers of the New Haven show the amount of coal now stored in the vicinity of the eastern terminal of the road to be ap- ‘proximately 105,000 tons, These meas- ceipts of coal have been greatly below requirements. * * * These are the actual conditions on the New ' ON PACIFIC COAST Where Several Government Vessels . Feb, 1. — Th city totals $45,808,- 33, a gain of $2,382,531 over the list of 1917, it was announced tonight. It * Greenwich, Conn, Feb. 1.—Lieuten-|{s claimeq here that this total is the 3 largest of any city of. equal population under restraint here Thursday after|in the United States. Third on the list of Jarge taxpavers is the estate of Jaiminution of eftorts to transport coal from the mines.to consumption points, where today the fuel reserves were re- ported as near. the zero mark as at any time within the last two weeks. The movement of coa' was slightly befter today and officials predicted improve~ ment for the next few days. Danger of Floods. * The danger ,of floods loomed large, however, with' forecasts of warmer weather tomorrow for the middie west, jand the gradual eastward movement iof the thawing area. The Ohio river alrcady flows through an ice gorze seventy miles long between Ohio and West Virginia and Kentucky, accord- ing to reports today to Director Gen- eral McAdoo. Other streams in_the middle west and south already have overflowed and are still rising. Special Effort to Transport Corn. Special efforts are to ‘be made to sport corn, much of which this is soft and must reach elevators L quickly. Satisfactory progress was reported during the day in the movement of export shipments of foods for the al- lies to southern ports, to which they were diverted several days ago to avoid the eastern rail and harbor con- gestion. Flow of Coal to New England Better. To New England the flow o coal was better than yesterday and promis- ed to improve further tomorrow. Transportation conditions in central Pennsylvania coal regious,- in the Pittsburgh district and’in Ohio were reported improved. West Virginia was still handicapped by high waters. A. H. Smith, regidnal director for the east, reported the eastbound move- ment of loaded cars foday 57.568, a de- crease from yesterday of 2,736; east- bound empties 9,648, an Increase of 437; westbound loaded cars 33,243, a decrease of 1,822, and westbound emp- ties 38,657, an increase of 1047. 20,000 TONS OF COAL DUE IN BOSTON TODAY. Barges Left Vineyard Haven Yesterday. Vineyard Haven, Mass, Feb. 1.— Four tugs towing eleven barges loaded with 20,000 tons of coai for Boston and nearby points left here Joday after being held in port by ice since Sun< day. ,The fleet is due in Boston to- morrow. ‘Because of ice conditions in Buzzards Bay the tugs could not attempt to go through the Cape Cod canal and they started to-the eastward, around Prov- incetown. The canal itself was fairly | free of ice, officials said, but looyouts Four blocked. One barge - Gondensed ]’ele,ijrams “Stray” shelis have icans in the trenches. Earth tremors recorded at Cloveland indicated trouble 500 n}fle! away. illed five Amer- Canada’s wartime raiiroad problem will be solved, by partial ownership. The government will lend to Great Britain® during February, $210,000,000. " Sick soldiers at ‘Camp Wadswortli number 800 out. of a force of 30,000 men. The British casualties for the month of January show a loss 6f 74,038 offi- cers and men, | The recent explosion at Newport, R: I, was not the work of alien enemies but an accident, General Pershing reported - to the war department the deaths of twelve men from iliness Prohibitionists in Chicago paraded to the City Hall with a list of names numbering 143,000 All wheat in elevators in Canada, totalling 100,000,000 bushels, was seiz- ed by the government. The Chinese legation at Aashington announced that Chinese troops will be at the French front this year. Secretary Baker ordered contracts cancelled for aviation supplies because his brother was a membér of the firm. Citizens of New Berlin, Ohio, signed a petition asking that th® name of the village be changed to North Canton. ton. The house will not act on the Ran- kin bill to have women retain their citizenship even If they do marry for- eigners. A new submarine destroyer, the 1most effective and efficient of all types, has just been developed by the navy department, An advance in wages of 12 1-2 per cent. to mill operatives by textile man- ufacturers of Fall River, Mass, was announced. 3 Alsace-Lorraine natives will not be registered by the_Jrench government as “alien enemies” but as Fremch Al- satian-Lorrainers. The ice is. so thick in Warren and Sussex counties, N. J., that 14 iarge fiour mills have had to shut down or run on' short time. The Dutch liner Nieuw Amsterdam long held up -at Rotterdam pending government investigation is on its way to the United State: A number of “anarchists were ar- rested by the Bolshevik government as the result of threats to the American Ambassador Frari¢is = £ <, 2 Beriaia Secretary Daniels waraed: 53 e house naval commiifee that.hedyy. expendi- tures-Would be needéd >soon Tor tire prosecuiion of the One Gorman machine was brousht down and its crew made prisoners “during ‘an’ air raid on Paris in which twenty persons were killed. Arpad Egon yon Dillmont was sent to Ellis Island from Chicago. He was seen taking pictures of the Rockford, IiL, cantonment ‘last June. The postoffice committee recom- mendeq to the house an increase from 10 to 20, per cent. in the wages of prac- tically every postoffice employe. Senator Wickes, of Oneida, intro- duced ‘a bill _to permit the governor, in case of war, to assisn the militia to such service as he deems possible. Jimmy Clabby, well-known Amer- ican_ boxer, who has made a reputa- tion in Australia, has enlisted in the Sportsman’s Thousand ‘at Melbourne. General Tasker H. Bliss and General Pershing attended the latest meeting of the Supreme War Council at Ver- sailles, - Premier Clemenceau presided. American aviators are carrying the news of the German strikes and other disturbances into Austria-Hungary, dropping messages from the machines. Two. second lieutenants of the First Squadron Ellingtor Jield, ‘Houston, Tex., were Killed when their airplanes collided head on. They fell 2,000 feet. The residence of Henry F. Holbrook of Plandome Nassau County, valued aty $55,000 was hurneds The fire ap- paratus could not be unwound in time. The request of Ambassador Francis to have the time of the Rowmanian minister's departure lengthened was not granted by the Bolshevik govern- ment. . According to Col. Michael J. Dady, ot Brooklyn, ‘a former republican’ lead- or, the price of suzar will soon take a fail when the sugar crop from Cuba arrives. Word was received from Moosehéad and - Gupsuptic lakes, Me,, that these two bodics of water are frozen td a depth of 32 inches and covered Wwith six feet of snow. The second officers’ training camp was opened at San Juan, P R. with 400 student candidates. Of these 100 are negroes. has been awarded. When it was quitting_time for the Iaborers at Governor's Island, search revealed many pairs of socks, gloves and other wearing apparel of soldiers hidden in their clothing. - - A French army reported the wesiern approaches throug] ch the canal three days ago, but the tug having her in tow had to seek the al a government vessel to break a passage through Buzzards Bay. KILLED AN UNIDENTIFIED 7 ‘WOMAN AND HIMSELF, Joseph Grady of Worcester—Had Been Employed as a Nurse. ‘Worcester, Mass, Feb. L—Joseph Grady shot and killed an unidentified woman and himself in_ his apartment o|on Chandler street today. that Grady, who also had been em- ployed as a nurse, often had been vis- the shooting is t ited by the woman, whom he had rep- | or by three army| William D. and Percy Rockefeller, of | resented as his wife. =The motive for Mawr Tank ‘unknown, sergeant has given bloog to save the life of Philip I of Pittsburgh, of the Lafayette Esca- drille. Benny was attacked and was found dying from loss of blood. I Hennig, who is on the criminal branch of (the federal court, Brooklyn, was said to have removed 3 peg which cansed a gyroscoDe from being made It takes from fifteen to thirty days to get letters from the United S to soldiers in France, according” to their location, and the condition of ocean transportation, Postmaster Gen- eral BurlesOn reported to the house. The War Trade Board last night added to the ememy trading list a number of business houses in Argen- ting, Chile, Costa Rica and Perue. The r. specifies that the - trading ‘pro- tion applies to all of frms. Abandenment Was Considered Yesterday by Fuel MA g ministrator Garfield and Railroad Director McAdoa Results of Monday Cloginvkg @& the Railroad Embargoes Up to.Tueeday'Willb Be Fully Considered—Afinounce. ment Will Be Made Next Week Whether or Not the Mon- * Feels That the Purpose Should Be Accomplished by Con- tinuance of Preferential Coal Shipments and By Railroad Embargoes Now in Force. Washington, Feb. 1.—Abandonment of the heatless Monday programme after its enforcement next Monday was predicted tonight at the ‘close of a prolonged conference between Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director General McAdoo. A final decision was not = reached and a further conference will be held Tuesday but there wak every indica- tion that both officials, as weii as President Wilson, who has been- con- sulted, feel that the purpose sought should be accomplished from now on by continuance of preferential coal trausportation and distribution and by i now in force. At the conclusion of the conference tonight the following statement was issued jointly by Dr. Garfield and Mr. MeAdoo: i “We have had under consideration the question of suspending after Mon- day next the Monday closing order. ‘We have not reached a final conclu- sion about it. We shall have another conference on Tuesday next when the results of the Monday closings and of the railroad embargees up to that time can be fully considered, ana shall be able to make an announcement next week as to whether or not a suspen- sion of the Monday closing order may be_made.” Ten heatless Mondays were decreed by the fuel administration January 17, as a measure to save coal and to te- lieve , railroad « transportation. Nxet Monday 'I;ll'be the third observed. The th'h idays were. prh c8 by a five day industrfal shit@ewn: at the close of which, the' eastern railroads at the direction of Director Geperal McAdoo put on embargoes against the | movement of general freight. The Monday closing has brought the most_vigorous -opposition from com mercial - interests, particularly. the big department stores. Both Mr. McAdoo and Dr. Garfield are now of th~ onin- ion. it was stated, that sinca-the cnal problem js largely one of,transporta- tion, embargoes closings. will , bring. _results " without continuance of the Monday Nine days enforeement the embargoes, it is held, has.improv ed the situation as much as would have an observance of aine heatless AMondays, although bad weather com- ditions have sloweq up eoal movement. . The fuel administration’s pref tial rail movement to. coal and fo These two orders, it is declared, guarantee coal to consumers which. th zovernment is determined to see plied, although the less essential im-' . dustries are expected to suffer - some may have to close down. Officials make no secret of the fack - that had rail embargees heen declared in the first place the industrial clos- ipg order would not have been issued. Officials of the railroaq’ administra- tion believe a return of g00d weather will speedily restore: the transportd- tion system and that this will solve the fuel problem. They say thot the - Monday closing has disorganized in- dustrial activities and actually hampered railroad operation by mak~ ing it impossible to load and unioad . ©ars promptl has Fuel Administrator Garfield his not been ready to revoke the closing .or- der, despite the great amount of pres- sure brought to bear by comme: reial interests, until- assured that the em: bargoes would be continued. ' Since he now has this assurance. as - a resultsof the conference today he is prepared to reseind the order if re- & vorts from state fuel administratos show that the closing:a had served its ‘purpose. He h termined that there shall be mo fur: ther modifications. or gene tions but 'that eversthr: on an equal footing if a made. sh Af a conference here next Monday ral exemp- & S all be put 5 v change is g of thirteen state fuel*administrators, called -today, Dr. Garfield expects to et complete information on the coal tuation and to learn the exact effects of the closing order. HOUSE PASSED AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATION -BILL. Calls for $27,000,000—Eight Hour Day for All Employes of Department. ‘Washington, Feb. 1.—The $27,000,000 agricultural appropriation bill for the next fiscal year was passed today by the house, with an amendment offered by Representative 'Borland of Missouri, prescribing eight hours as the working day for all employes of the department of agriculture. Representative Mondell of 'Wyoming made 2 vain attempt to.add a provision for inspection of horse meat during the war. Chairman Lever of the agri- culture committee said the department of ulture saw no need for this in- novation and blocked it with a point of order. The house refused to increase the appropriation for free seed distribu- tion to farmers from $242,000 to $363,- 000, and also rejected an amendment to double the $250,000 appropriation for eradication of tuberculosis in farm animals. FUEL ADMINISTRATORS A cantonment contract | M I e et e CALLED TO WASHINGTON Thirteen Are to Hold a Conference There Monday. “Washington, Feb, 1.—Thirteen fuel administrators to the states which| have felt the coal shortage most se- verely were directed by Fuel Admin- istrator Garfield tonight to come to Washington for a conference Monday, Feb, 4. The conference will take up fuel conditions and discuss the future policies* as to power to be given to Stwe administrators in putting into effect Jocal measures. The administrators coming to the conference include James J. Storrow, Massachusetts and New England; Thomas W. Russell, ‘Connecticat: Al- bert H. Wiggin, ‘New_York; Richard H. Jenkinson, New Jersey; William |’ Potter, Pennsylvania; eyer, Maryland, Weeges, Delaware. 45 PERSONS WERE KILLED IN THE AIR RAID ON PARIS Latest Revised Figures Place Injured at 207. i Paris; Feb. 1—Forty-five persons were killed and 20 7injured in the Ger- man air raid of Wednesday night, ac- cording to the latest revised figures today. Of these, 31 persons were kill- ed and 131 injured in Paris, while 14 were killed and 76 injured in the suburbs. The kiled include 11 Women and 5 children. The funeral of the -victims of the raid will probably be held on Sunday, all expense being defrayed by the gov- | ernment. The city of Paris will allo burial plots in perpetuity, without cost | to the families of the victims. | Ferdinand A, and Charles H. Ten Runaway Freight .Train Kills Three Men, Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 1—Three train- men_were killed, one is probably in- Jured and four others are slightly hurt as a result of the running away of a t train near here gearly today. 'The train pluuged into another freight train at Lower St. Clair. * DOCUMENTS OBTAINED Showing Steps Which Led to Unre- stricted Submarine Gampaign. Amsterdsm, Feb. 1. — The Han: delsblad today publishes a. series - documents obtained secretly from German ' archives, showing the steps, vhiich led to the adoption by Germany of her unrestricted submarine eam- paign a year ago. summary The following is & of the documents; At the close of 1916 the German ad- miralty show that unrestricted U-boat fare would comp\ Great Britain'to sue for peace within six months. = The wording of this memorandum indicat- es that the admiralf brepared a memorandum to already had de- cided to adopt this intensified war- fare, but desired to convince the em- peror. the imperial chancellor and the foreign offic2 of the' certainty of good general grounds, rather than merely on' mili- results on cconomic tary erounds. Accordingl. ifs argumen Great Britain. fects whic ang of the memorandum based ' s on_statistics prices, freight and insurance rates iny 1t pointed out the ef even the, restricted sub- food marine warfare had shown on prices of the essential commodities, on the balance of trade and on'the morale of the English people, and deduced from that with unrestricted submarine war- fare England could hold out oply & short perior against thesd factors. The.memorandem first was submit- ted to Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the imperial chancellor, and then to Dr. Karl Helfferich, vice chancellor. The latter rejected it on the ground that it was_impossible to set a limit on Eng- land's staying power and the absence of authentic estimates of her stocks.on hand, and also because, he feared the action” which would result from neu- trals, especially the United States. LABOR ELEMENT WANTS 2 Swiss Federal Council. " ‘Paris, Feb. 1.—A Geneva, Switzerland, to General TUlrich , Wille, commander of . despatch SWISS ARMY DEMOBILIZED Demand Has Been Considensd by the . from 3 the Temps says that’ the Swiss federal - Gouncil, at an extraordinary meeting at which the army, and his chief of staff were present, considered the ultimatum that has been issued to the federal coun- cil by the labor federation demanding demobilization of the Swiss army, be- ginning immediately and terminating not later than May 1. The labor ulti- matum. also demanded that Qeserters and recaleitrants, as well as men in _ the auxiliary service, shall be must- ered out immediately-and givén their unpaid salarjes. The federation of labor unidns adopt- action taken was irregular. Fire in Almshcuse at Naugatick, Conn,, Feb. the almshouse. here ed the resolution by a vote of 132 to 5, but the minority declares that the augatuck. 1~Fire .in tonight caused great alarm zmong the scores of in- mates, many of them aged persons. Panic was averted by. the actions of the superintendent and his assistants. ments of the superintendent and ed an inconsiderable loss.. caus- The fliames were confined to the apart-