Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 5, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 31 7.9 | But the Strikers Have Beén Suppressed by the Hard Hand of the Military POLITICAL SITUATION 1N CENTRAL EMPRES TENGE= i . | MARTIAL LAW IN BERLIN F‘?OVED'EFFECTIVE 3W'|fl|1he;hof5n;:mnryCourhnlrfinldexemfionCon- = fronting Them the Strikers Have Ceased to Carry Out ian Foreign Ministers and General Von Ludendorff Are to Gather in Close Conference to Lay PllmtoSllem:e nia, theCrhsfaPuuNomeunfinth&e Central Empires—The Germans Were Worsted in Their Attack on the American Sector in. Lorraine Sat- _urday, as the Americans Tore Up the- German, Front ! Gine Trenches, Blew Up Several of Their Dugouts and * Cut Their Barbed Wire Entanglements, From the meagre accounts of the economic situation in Germany ‘each- ing meutral countries—and they are meagre to a degree—the general strike that prevafled throughout the empire last week has virtmally ended. Ap- parently the hard hand of the military authorities had much to di with the ‘breaking up of the movement on the part of the workers, whose full ener- gies are required by the government @t the present moment to aid in the tion of the war, for even their are reported to have advised tary ts full effect, for, with the threat ngmmmry courtmartial and execu- tion staring them in the - fact, the strikers carried out no disorders in Berlin Saturday, like those earlier in the week. . Industrial quietude now seems entire to pervade the country, except at Jena, capital of the Duchy of Saxe- rsimar. where trouble has arisen. is not T, has been W b3 able that' the ~strike here. engendered by sympa- thetic feslings on the part of the nu- merous students in fhis educational That under the surface the political waters in German 3 incement and Austro-Hungarian forelgn min- isters and General Von Ludenorf!, chief of the German war lords, next to Von Hindeburg, are to gather togetier in close conference in an endeavor to bring about an amelioration - of the political questions _ affecting Ger- many and the dual monarchy and to doubtless lay plans to combat the peace views and desires of large parts of the populations i the t¥o coun- Apparently with the Germans it was a case o biter having been bit in their attack on the American sector in Lorraine Saturday. ° Although the at- tack was a sudden one and the Gef- 'mans laid down a heavy barrage along. the American line of several kilome- ters, the Americans responded and with their, 75's tore up the German|of front trenches, blew up several of their dugouts and cut their barbed wire entablements, which it_will require several days o repair. Little damage was done the American positions, 1y the Americans out-fabed the enethy on his initial point of assauit and later even extended - their zone of bombardment over a wide region. On the other tronts the oper- ations of the Iffantry continue of a mi ugh - the artil- inor - eharacter, . altho: lery “duels are intensé on tors in Belgium and aldng the Aisne in France. After weeks of watchful :r‘xmumm mlnmm‘m‘iflmmt Germans contemplate an early their promised _big against the entent fronts, which it has been asserted would be delivered with the old armies reinforced by the troops brought from the Fussian thea- ter. - During the past week the total British casualties were smallest number in many months, GOV. PHILIPP ADVISES LAFOLLETTE TO RESIGN And Ask the People of Wisconsin for a Reelection. Watertown, Wis,, Feb. 4—Governor E. L. Philipp, ad a mass meeting here tonight, said that if Sen- ator La.Follette in States senate should him a » and fair trial and if it finds him guilty he should be led on the of hénd, he has no_offence him as a or a patriotic citizen, “If T were Senator La Follette’s po- litical or personal " he cortin- ued, “T would advise him to insist up- on immediate disposition of the case that has been brought against him in the serate. he retains his #eat or not, he should resign and ask the peovle of the state for a re-els tion. There is e termine whether he reprsnts the will of the people. Na doubt he thinks he does. 1 think otherwise. However, enough has been said in criticism of his action, that only a vote. by the people which passes ‘upon him di- rectly can settle the question beyond further dispute.” HITCHCOCK DOWNED TWO ENEMY AIRMEN His First Victories in the Air—On Battle Front, Less Than Three Months. Parls, Feb. 4—Taking advantage of fhe fine weather members of the La- an themselves. Thomas Hitcheoek, Jr, son of the well known American turfman whose .home is in Long Isiand, downed two enemy air- |goy men within a short time of each other —his first victories in the air. David Putnam of Brookline, Mass, drought down his third machine. Detafls of these combats in the air Jave not yet been received in Paris. Both Hitchcock and Putnam have been m the battle front for less than three months and have not yet been trans- lerreq to the American army. WULTITUDE PASSED BIER OF JOHN L. SULLIVAN An Almost Unbroken Line of Men, Women and Children, Boston, Feb. 4.—An almost unbroken ine of men, women and children to- lay and tonight passed by the bier :d.lnhn L.'S':.lm"ln. the last of t)ile guard of heavyweight pugilists. In hil dress, the body of the dead cham- ;on lay in the darkened parior at 6 home of his sister, Mrs. Annie E. lennon, in the final arrangements were sade for the funeral which will be from. St. Paul's church, Roxbury, oENNte. Working CONTROVERSY OVER THE WAR DEFICIENCY. B{LLS Was Renewed in the Senate 'WithDe- bate Lasting All Day. ‘Washington, F:eb—l.n——m over the government’s war efficlency and the bills for & war cabinet and munitions director-was renewed today in the senate with a debate which oc- | 53 cupieq virtually the entire day. Senator Hitcleock, democratic mem.- ber of the military committee, deliv- ered a two hour prepared speech in support of the two bills which the president opposes, sharply criticizing the war department and charging Sec- retary Baker with unintentionally mis- leading the country by making “abso- lutely preposterous and exaggerated statements” regarding the country's ability to get soldiers abroad. Senator Williams of Mississipni and Reed of Missouri, democrat-, replied, :Pporlngm r ;Mmm roorgan ization meas- o) usurp President Wilson’s authority. The former de- clareq that “the German gzame Is muckraking this administration” and asserting that efforts to force the bills are futile because of certain executive veto, urged cessation of agitation. ‘While praising Senators Hitcheock and Chamberlain as unimpeachable patriots, Senator Reed, another mili- tary committee member, argued that the war cabinet bill is unconstitution- al and praised the government’s ac- complishments in the war, asserting that admitted @eficiencies are minor compared to the magnitude of achieve- ‘ment. RESOLUTION TO EXTEND TIME FOR INSURANCE Was Being Prepared Yesterday For Introduction in Congress, ‘Washington, Feb. 4.—A joint resolu- tion extending the time in which soi- diers and sailors who entergd the ser- vice before last October 15 may apply government voluntary iife insur- ance for sixty days from February 12 was prepared today for introduction in- congress. Owing to the difficul- ties of insurance solicitation among the scattered forces many of the men have neglected to enter their appli- cations. An extensive campaign 1s under way this week by the soldiers’ insurance bureau of the treasury department to solicit insurance applications. STREET CAR SERVICE IN ST. LOUIS AT STANDSTILL Riot Calls Kept the Pplice Busy Dis- persing Mobs. - St. Louis, Mo, Feb. 4—Street tar service in St, Louis was completely halted tonight after a day marked by increasing violence by sympathizers of the metormen and conduc- tors who are demanding - increased wages, revision of working hours and discontinuance of alleged unfair dis- in- favor of women con- ductors. Riot calls kept the police busy, the disturbers in most cases . contenting themselves with the damaging of cars which the company attempted to op- erate, : certain sec- | coal ing to a despatch from ‘the frontier. Ban bs also fell in Bruges harbor. STATE FUEL ADMINISTRATORS TELL OF COAL SHORTAGE Some of Them Urged That There Be No Suspension of Monday Closing Order. ‘Washington, P!b.tl.—A critical coal city said that apartment houses and tenements were exhausting. their sup- plies and that ceal was not available to fill the demand. New Hampshire, with a three days' supply, had the most favorable report to make of all the states represented. Delaware, Maryland and Michi- gan all reported they were dependent on day to day shipments. ” Suspension of the Monday closings will be discussed tomorrow at & con- ference between Dr. Garfield and Di: rector. General McAdoo. At the con- clusion of a conference last week at e Given of Transport Faciities . STATEMENT - 'AUTHORIZED BY SECRETARY. DANIELS SUPPORTS SEC’Y BAKER Ships Enough to Make Sure That ‘There Will Be 500,000 Ameritan Tréops in France Early This Year. ‘Washington, Feb. 4.—Secretary Dan- lels today authorized the there will be 500,000 American troaps in France early this' year as was stated Dby Secretary Baker recently before the senate committee. Mr. Daniels made the statemént when informed that Secretary Baker's forecast of the number of men to.be sent ‘abroad had been challenged in the senate today by Senator Hitch- cock. He would not say whether the navy department’s outlook for ships Was ‘such as to warrant the expecth- tion of having one million more men in France by the end of 1913. Secretary Baker himself declined to comment in any way upon Senator Hitchcock's ‘address. PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE the last of ghe closing days, but to- night Fuel Adimnistrator officials ap- peared inclined to be doubtful as to whether the order would be ifted Because of another cold Wave. s the east, accompanied by* hmm“d which drifted snow badly, the railroads today failed to establish tomorrow whether ' to fuelless Mondays in the MONDAY COLDEST DAY OF YEAR AT CHICAGO The City is in the Grip of the Worst Fuel Famine in lts History. * don Chicago, Feb. 4. — Chicago’s third heatless Monday, also the coldest day of the year, saw the city in the grip of the worst fuel famine in its history. Suffering was widespread, hundreds persons. hesieging the offices of the fuel administration for the yink coal slips which proved valueless When presefted at many yards which were closed because of lack of fuel. Hotels were crowded wWith house- holders who had _clésed: their homes because of lack of fuel. In the peor- er quarters of the city neighbors hud- died together in the homes having ‘With the temperature 10 degrees he- low. zero, ,men, Wwomen and children. formed long, shivering .- lines . before, yards begging meagre supplies ‘Which were carried off in basket Meantime hundreds of carloads of coal destined to Chicago were tied up in the traffic channels choked by recent blizzards. - ALL PLANTS IN OTTAWA TO CLOSE TO SAVE FUEL February 9, 10 and 11—Amusement Places are Heatless Mondays Ottawa, Feb. 4—An order-in-council was passed by the cabinet tonight, upon recommendation of C. A. Ma- grath, Dominion fuel contvoller, sus- pending the operation of manufactur- ing plants on February 9, 10 and 11, as a conservation measure. The order includes all munitions plants. It does ot Spuky i st Canada or to the proyinces. The order follows closely along the lines of the American five days clos- ing order and grants virtually the ns. -exemptions. it also is provided that during the months of February and March -all golf, yacht, canoe, hunt and country clubs must be closed except on Wed- nesdays and Saturdays. For the present, heatless Mondays are ordered only for and other plages of amusement. They ‘must remain clpsed every Monday from February 18 to March 25. STEAMER ASHORE OFF NEW ENGLAND COAST Three Government Vessels Failed in Effort to Float Her. An Atlantic Port, Feb. 4 —Efforts by three goyernment vessels to float an American steamer which ran ashore off the New England coast last night failed today, and tonight the ship's Dosition was reported as less favor- able. The heavy ice which had forced her ashore worked her bow further in toward land and she took a list to starboard. As she lies now she is exposed to ‘westerly and southwestrly winds with the ice floes forcing her higher up on the shoal. She is sp close in shore that her crew today carried on a con- vérsation with the coast guard by ‘megaphone. THEFT OF $4,000 WORTH OF SILK GOODS FROM CAR Conductor and Three Brakemen of New Haven R Arrested. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 4 —The con- ductor and three brakemen of a New York, Néew Haven and Hartford Rail- road freight train were arrested here tonight charged with the theft of about $4,000 worth of silk goods from a car of their thain. The men, Frank H. Sibley, of West Haven, conductor, and Brakemen James' Askew, and William Ford of New Haven, and_Thomas O’Neill of ‘West Haven, are held under bonds of $2,000 each for trial in the town court of Hamden in which town the theft is alleged to have occurred. OVERWHELMING MAJORITY FOR “DRYS” IN AYER There Had Been a Military, Religious and Civi¢c Campaign For Prohibition. . Mass, Feb. 4—By an over- ng majority the citizens of this town ‘where the 76th Divisich of the national army 1s Jocated, voted against the sale of 4intoxicating’ liquors today. The vote was 378 no; 63 yes. Military authorities ana religious and civic organizations had copducted a vigorous campaign against license.|the Brigadied General Wiegel, acting com- mander. at Camp Devens, in a recent: letter to the chairman of the board of selectmen, ‘stated that no soldiers would be permitted to if it voted wet. . . * enter the town | PRESSED WITH BUSINESS Defers War Speech in the House of Commons. _ London, Feb. 4/—The British presier Mr. Lioyd George, on his return from the .meetings of the supreme war council at Versailles was confronted with so_much pressing business, not tably a meeting of the delegates to the Trish convention and an attempt to settle the dispute with the Amalga- mated Engineers’ society, that he has had to abandon his original intention to make a speech/in the house of com- mons tomorrow reviewing the war sit- uation and the results of the Ver- sailles conference, Parliament will be prorogued either tomorrow or Wednesday. Thus. the premier's formal statement will be postponed until-the reassembling about a fortnight hence. It is understood however, that he will be present in the house fomorrow to answer ques- tions: therefore something 'may be elieited about the’ war conference, as nutherous members are keen to as- certain the exact meaning of the state- ment that the scope of- the Supreme War Council has been extended. The anti-government press is in- clined to criticize the official report of the xf‘orgercnce‘ and sscally' tiat_stree 10, eorge’ 0us speech it wos unn%}sw% That the Bt v >ige” wolld Te-dropped ang, that the ot mlx’nii ‘pure{g cofisultative. papers demard a precise defi- nition, of the powers of the council, STORY OF ‘THRILLING DUEL ABOVE THE CLOUDS Harvard Graduate. Cambridge, Mass., Feb, 4, — The shooting down of a crack German avi- ator in a thrilling duel far above the clouds by Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr, -a Harvard graduate, now a sec- ond lieutenant in the - Roval Flying corps, was described in a brief let- ter from him which his parents in this city made public tonight. ~ Magoun, Wwho was graduated from Harvard in 1915, has been with the British forc- ‘es for some time but has been on ac- tive duty over the fighting lines some- where in France only two'months. He was flying a scout plane on De- cember 6, more than 10,000 feet from the lines, he wrote, when he encount- ered a German flier. Tt was the young American’s first combat, but, jockying for position, he suddenly out-manoeuvred his oppon- ent and let o with his machine gun. The duelists were so near each oth- er that Magoun said he could see clearly every ‘feature of his opponent, and could see Him crumple up as the bullet struck him squarely in the fore- head. It developed later, Magoun Wrote, that the German was one of the most noted in his corps, with a record of downing sixteen allled planes. REHABILITATING OF INLAND WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION Plan Laid Before House Rivers and Harbors Committees. ‘Washington, Feb. 4 —RBepresentative Small, chairman of the house rivers and harbors committee, tomight laid hefore Director Gemeral McAdoo a plan for rehabilitating inland water- way _transportation, wl he says, has the approval of President Wilson and Secretary Redfield. Mr. Small pointed out that rall rates, where in competition with water Toutes are abnormally low and said this fact alone was responsible for the fact that this' means of tion was not avaflable. He that, with the govermment in charge of both rail and ‘inland water transportation, rates could be readjusted and joint rail and water terminals be provided so that fullest bemefit might be de- rived from all facilities. PUBLIC REQUESTED NOT TO SHOOT PIGEONS Carrier Pigeons Are Being Trained for Military Service. ‘Washington, Feb. 4—The army sig- nal corps today requested the public to refrain from the shooting of pig- eons. Numerous complaints have wade that carrier pigeons of the rac- ing homer type have been . shot. by hunting expeditions and_the ‘import- ant work of training the birds for mil- AMERICAN SCHOONERS ICEBOUND AT BAY OF ISLANDS Fishermen Probably Will Remain There Until April. Curling, N. F., Feb. 4—Three Amer- dcan fishing schooners were frozen in the ice today at Bay of Islands just.as « fishery They ‘Wwhen the field usually goes ont. A far as the eye can see the Gulf of St Lawrence is full of ice. e herring catch this year amount- d to 100,000 barrels, - .t . R By Francis. Peabody Magoun, Jr., al Government Control PROCL:AMATION ISSUED BY PRES- IDENT WILSON LAST NIGHT - TO ' LICENSE = DEALERS No Mention is Made of “Gasoline or Kerosene, But They Probably Will Be Put Under Federal Control Soon. ‘Washington, - Feb. 4—Government control of industry- was extended ' to oil 3 a proclamation President Wilson tonight ‘putting under._license the ‘manufactore and distribution of all fuel oils. No mention is'made of other oils ‘or oil products, including gasoline ‘and ‘kerosene, but they, too, probably will ;be put 'under control| soon. Authority under the proclamation is to be vested in Mark L. Requa of Cal- ifornia, recently named as chief of the fuel administration’s oil division. Li- censes! must be obtained -before Feb- ruary 11 by all manufacturers = and distributors ‘whose' gross sales of fuel, including gas ofl, amount to. more than 100,000 barrels- a vear, List of Preferential Consumers. A series of regulations drawn by the fuel -adm ition “establisfes in the &st .a list ‘of “preferential consum- ers who must be supplied in the order " ziven regardless of contracts outstanding. _The ligt follows: Railroads and bunker fuel. Export deliveries or shipments for the army or navy. Export shipments for the navies and other war purposes of the allies. Hospitals where oil is now being used for fuel. 3 Public utilities and domestic con- sumers . now using fuel oil,” including gas oil. 5 Vi Ship yary engaged in, government worl y Naiy vards. Arsenals. Plants engaged in the manufacture, production and storage of food pro- ducts. Army and nayy cantonments where oil now is being' vsed for fuel. Industrial consumers engaged in the manufacture of - munitions. and _other articles 'under government orders. All ‘other classes. . - Oil Allowable as Fuel on Monday. In issuing the preferential list -the fuel administration at the same time exempted all users of oil from the op-' eration of the Monday. closing order as it has heen shown that most of the ofl consumers already. were excepted under previous proclamations. _ This ption dncludes .not. only, users of fuel oils, but also_consumers of -ail petrolenim and auets: = RUMANIANS. DISARM, THE NINTH RUSSIAN DIVISION: Army is.Now Fighting Russian Troops. London, . Feb. 4—Official telegraph despatches, from , Jasey: Saturday Say that the greater part of the Rumanian army is noy engaged:in fighting Rus- &fan t}obng. whos?éo,ov%rmnning Mol- davia and Messarabid, while Bolshevik troops are concentrating in Bukowina. After twenty-four hours' fighting the Rumapjans disarmed the Ninth Rus- sian division, which attacked Galtaz, taKing over fifty guns, and surrounded and disarmed the Highth Russian di- vision, which attalled the center of the Moldavian front. -This division was sent under convoy to Russia. In response' to am-appeal from the Bessarabian - républid, it is officiaily declared, Rumsania sent troops there fo prevent the devastation of the country by hands of Russiars, and also occu- pied Kishiney, the Ungheni-Jasay railway and depots from which Ru- mania draws supples. Fighting 16 in_progress between the Rumanians and. the Bolsheviki all over Bessarabia as far as the Dniester. TESTING . CONSTITUTIONALITY LOF 'STATE TAX LAW Administrators of the Estate of Will- iam H. Field. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 4—William H. Corbin, state tax commisstoner, and Frederick S. Chamberhain, state treas- urer, were made defendants today in proceedings brought in the superior court by the administrators of the es- tate of William H. Field, in which is raised ‘the question of the constitu- tionality of Chapter 293 of the public acts of 1915 under which the state seeks to collect $12,184 from the Field estate. TField died at Greenwich in 1916 without leaying a will. The ad- ministrators, - Alice Field of Green- wich,” and William M. Snyder and L. Eugene Field of Brookiyn, N. Y., con- tend that the -statute .is unconstitu- tiondl. They also contend that in the event of it being found constitutional, the state would be entitled to quly a little ‘more " than $3,000. THEATRE STANDING. ROOM LAW IS DEFECTIVE Contains No Penality For Overcrowd- ing of Space. Hartford, Conn,, Feb. 4—The law passed by the gemeral last year, by which theatre proprietors are required to state the standing room capacity of their theaters, is defective, in - the opinion of Attorney General Hinman, in that it contains nothing to prevent overcrowding of that space and no penalty for violation. The opinion was given today by the attor- ney gemeral to Superintendent of State Police Egan, who asked for an inter- pretation of the law, after the prose- cuting attorney here had declined to take action imst a theatre pro- prietor, on the ground that the law was defective. | STEAMSHIP CITY OF WILMINGTON ADRIFT In the Track of Trans-Atlantic Ves- sels—Boilers Disabled. An Atlantic Port, Feb. 4—The mas- Roborks “MeRimE, Januaty 35, i latl g January. in lati- track of trans-At- steamshi n with engines and boilers disabled, The master of the disabled steamer asked to be towed to Bermuda, but the captain of the ship Which sighted her, ‘was unable ‘to take the vessel in tow. Extended to Fuel Oil| v The' Greater Part of fhe Rumanian| - Condensed: Telegrams " There. were: 325 deaths, from pneu- monia in New. York ln.!'.' week. “The German .submarines are facing a critical shortage of torpedoes. The ' ‘Maryland ' senate passed the Federal prohibition amendment. Holland has prohibited the serving of tea in ‘cafes, restaurants, tea rooms; hotels and Simi Fire at the naval base, Cherrystone, Va.; destroyed a large warehouse con- taining food and clothing. Mary Daniels, 14, is the first girl to have the honor of being the first “messengerette”, in Boston. Men arriving at Camp Dix, Wrights- town, N. J., will be kept in quarantine for two days because of measles. S The first contingent of 50 of the women's telephone unit of the U. S. army will leave for France this month. 'Fire ‘of unknown origin destroved the H. B. Knight grocery warehouse in‘the Bronx, causing a loss of §60,000. Secretary * Daniels announced he would not ask for appropriations for new naval stations on the South At- lantic. s Due to a shortage of coal at the Publid Service power plants a shut- down of street car lines in Newark is threatened. State fuel “administrators were no- tified that they must cease issuing orders - .without instructions from ‘Washington. The Y. M. C. A. is beginning a cam- paign to have the slogan “Money, muscle, mind and morale,” introduced in 500 cities. One hundred and twenty-four alien enemies will be dismissed from the 34th National Army Division for the good of the service. President Holdeh of the Burlingtom raliroad resigned from the advisory committee of railroad men assisting Director-General ‘McAdoo. Frank W. West’of New York has been awarded the prize of $100 for de- signing the best poster for the Sixth International Flower .Show. Surgeon-General Gorgas in a report to Secretary _Baker statek that the shortage in. irées - in- the army had been made up by enlistment. — r One workman .was killed and three injured when a 10-ton steel truss plunged 90. feet as it was being raised at the Philadelphia navy yard. The~ Federal Food Beard Jn New York fined Michaél Rosenberg $300 PRIORIT - INT0 INDUSTRIES DIVIDE 58 ‘Washington, Feb. 4 —Farereaching fect ‘tonight by the war -industries Board to expedite the production of war supplies. They apply to all individuals, firms, associations and corporations engaged in the production of copper, iron anfl steel; and in the manufacture of their products; chemicals, cotton duck and woolen cloth, and all such other raw materials and manufactured products as may be deemed necessary later. Priority in the production of coal and coke or food and feeds is not ad- ministered by the priorities commiftee of the war industries board, but comes under the fuel or food administrations. The committee, however, will consider applications for priority assistance to procure tools, equipment or supplies for the production of these commodi- ties. Hereafter all work is divided into four general classes, instead of three, as heretofore. Class AA, which must take: precedence in all plants over ev- efything else will comprise only emer- gency war work of a special or urgent nature. Class A comprises all other war work, such as arms, ammunition, destroyers, submarines, airplanes, lo- comotives, etc., and the materials or commodities required in their produc- tion. The third class, designated’ B, will_include work not primarily de- signed for the prosecution of the war but being of public interest and essen- {and suspended his license for two ‘Weeks for profiteering in sugar. h offiger commanding. a baliopn " belind . the - Arer= Tt “dceasion 16 braise the tiflery. > Frenc! i | fedni front . toc : work,of ‘the American “There must be no hymns of hate,” say-the fowr-minuté mer in thein in- structionis - 'to: ~ 20,000 ' government speakers ‘throughout the country. Gen. *Thomas ' “Shryack, grand master of ‘the Masons in _Maryland. and the recognized head of the Ma- sons in° America, dled in’ Baltimore. Two captureg-British airmen have been senténced by a Gertnan court martial to 10 years' imprisonment for dropping a heStile prociamation -in any. Y The British armed boarding steamer Louvain was sunk by a_German sub- marine in the eastern Mediterranean on Jan. 21. Seven officers and 217 men were lost. Lord' Eustace Percy, attache of the British Erhbassy at Washington was among the passengers aboard an Ameritan liner. He had been on- a leave ‘of absence. H. Gordon Selfridge, London mer- chant, who arrived at an Atlantic port, declared that,the German air raids have not frightened the resi- dents in the leaft. The indictment against Mayor Moll- man of East St. Louis, growing out of the race riots. there last July, was dis- missed in the circuit court at Belle- ville, Tils,, yesterd: Traffic over the main line electric railroad in Brooklyn was tied up for two_hours and scores qf women were panic-stricken when the last_coach of a six-car train left the rail: A rule to prevent manipulation of prices and qualities of foodstuffs in grocery stores and other places in New York state where food is bought, will be put into effect in a few days. Federal aid for Montana farmers, threatened with -a . cropless season through a seed grain shortage, was urged upon the house _agricuitural committee by Representative Rankin. . Lack of military knowledge on sev- eral vital points displayed by army officers upon their arrival in France has been discussed in several notes between Pershing and the War De- partment. . Adirect radio wireless from Wash- ington to the American training camp in France will be put into_operation by the end of the month.The wire- Jess' will connect ~ Washington ~and army _headquarters. Mrs. Herbert Hoover has been named chairman of the war emerg-/ ency committee to, direct lines of war work in the District of Columbia and raise a-fund for an ambulance for the &irl scouts of American. = A senafe: bill to extend for three years the time for construction and ‘completion of the municipal bridge approaches, extensions ond additions across the Mississippi River at St. Toruis was pessed yesterday by 4he ouse. ENEMY BOMBED TOWNS ON VENETIAN PLAIN. In Padua, Treviso and Mestre a Num- ber of Civilians . Were Killed. Rome, Feb. 4—Venice and a num- ber_of towns on the Venetian plain have been” bombed by enemy airmen, according to the Italian official com- ip | munication . issued today. While no damage .and no casualties resulted tiad to, the. national welfare. ' The final class,, C,-for which 1o certificates will be Y REGULATIONS PUT FFE War Industries Board Acts to Expedite the ' " tion of War Supplies INTO FOUR CLASSES Class A A, Which Takes Precedence in All Points Over Every- thing Else, Will Compose Only Emergency War W& of a Special or Urgent Nature—Application for Priority Should Be Made by the Person Placing the Order in the Name of the Department for Which the Order is Placed issmed, will comprise all efher i ? 5 f | work. priority regulations were put into of-[WOHE © oL orders committee states, “simply means 7 it shall be given such precedence O orders of a lower classification as be necessary) to insure date specified in the ord not mean that work sh orders of 'a lower classifi the order should ‘be the date specified. The one to whom a priotity certificate ig directed should make bis own production plavs, &9 t: to get the maximum o ency oul of his operations, m:]'(din!g “"u deliveries at the times contracted for, and, where this_is not possible, giving precedence to the orders taking the highest -classification.” / Blanket certificates of priority will not be issued in any case. Certil will apply only to specific orders for materoals, commod icates lities or- work. Application for priority should. be made by the person placing the order in the name of the department for. which the order is placed, but pro< vision is made for government' com- to make application direct it thefr meed is urgent. The rezulations are subscfibed to by the eecretaries of war and navy, thes chairman of the shipping board, the president of the emergency fleet cor- poration and the chairman. couneil of national defense. of the ! PER CENT. REDUCTION' 3 IN VOLUME OF IMPORTS Is - Being Considered- to Make Ships Available as Transports. ‘Washington, Feb. 4—A 50 per cent. reduction in the volume of imports is one of the measures under considera- tion by the administration to make available ships for transporting troeps to France. Overseas ion is recognized as the real problem facing the gov- ernment in its effort to put on the firing line a big fighting force and keep,| it in supplies. Bstimates of the amount of tonnage necessary to keep an army supplied vary all the way from four to seven tons ih cdntinuous service for each man engaged. The United States now has in all services about four million tons of shipping, of which probably one-fourth is ensagzed in bringing in material heretofore re- garded as essential to. the national in- dustrial life. X negotiations now under way with neutral countries are concluded suc- cessfully, a large amount of neutral tonnage will be used to supplant American ships engaged in the non- hazardous trades. 1t is regarded as. éntirely likely that the entire one million tons of Ameri- can ‘ships engaged will be put into the trans-Atlantic service, leaving the neutral ships to supply insofar as pos- sible the gap made. The general opin- ion is that about 50 per cent of the shortage will not be supplied. In addition to its efforts to obtain meutral tomnage the government ex- pects soon to take over all American Sailing ehips and a large number of French sailing ships, all of which will be put in the non-hazardous This ‘move will 234 some tonnage (o that available for bringing in imports. AN. APPEAL MADE TO EDUCATE WOMEN SPEAKERS By Mre. Carrie Chapman Catt to Em- phasize Message of War Necessities. ‘Washington, Feb. 4.-— Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, chairman of the ed- ucational propaganda department of the woman’s committee of the Coun- cfl of National Defense, today appeal- ed to the women of America to edu- cate women speakers to bring the message of war necessity to all com- mittee. g “The supreme need in our work,” says' Mrs, Catt, “is a few good speakers among ‘the women in each state ‘who will be available for large meetings and who will be active in following them up with lively and ef- fective campaigns in the smaller com- munities.” This is in line with the campaign of the council of national defense and speaking division of the committee on public information to establish speakers’ bureaus in every state. Up to January 15, twenty-five states had such . bureaus; six reported that they were plnning to organize them ‘and six more reported that the four min- ute ‘men are utilized as a speakers' bureau. ICE GORGE BREAKS UP IN MiISSISSIPPI' RIVER At_Richardson’s Landing, Mile in Length. . Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 4—Latest ad- vices received here tonight sfate only about a mile of the gorge at Rich- ardson’s* Landing, n Tenn—A v of the ‘ice pack. Steamboat men esti- mate it will take from six to, eight from the ‘attack on Venice, consider- | harbor. able destruction was wrought in the towns of Padua, Treviso and Mestre, where also a number of civilians ware. killed or wounded. PTG The big jam extending, It is said, from Butler, Arkansas, to a distance of approximately 40 milgs; still is intact. & & - - . A CAMPAIGN AGA1 GAMBLING IN NEW YORK. . 1t is Expected Sensational Disclosures NST Will Be Made. New York, Feb. Swann began expects to result in closures relating to the' activity of —District Attorney today before . Wadhams in the court of gemeral ses- sions the “John Doe” inquiry which he sensational samblers and many indictments. The chief witness today was Simen Kalser, a Brooklyn said he lost $5300 playing “banker and broker” in the Harlem apartment of a woman known as, Madame Rilk- hard. He was introduced to the game by an old friend while his wife was in He lost only $165 the first night, he said. The later sessions .were played.in the kope of recoupink Atlantic City. losses. The friend who first took him to Madame ' Rickhard's felt so sorry fBr him, Kaiser -said. that he enlisted:the services of an acquaintance whe pos- sessed a trick deck with .which he After playing an with these maric cards, the Witness declared, he was out $1,500. evident, however, that he did mot lope faith in them, or. in their owmer, for | he went back the next night with He did not play, but supplied the funds for his friends. it all, Kaiser. declared, ‘to a Mr._Lamb, who had acted as banker at all the <could not lose. $3,000. sittings. ‘When -Kaiser left Swann asked for warrants for Madame, Rickhard and the men with whom’ Kaiser played. contractor, the stand MOVE TO AVERT ICE FAMINE NEXT SUMMER Mayor Hylan of New York Encourages: Storage of Natural Ice. New York, Feb. 4—To encourage the harvesting and storage of natural ice to meet what Mayor Hylan ferms “an almost certain famine next sum- ‘mer,” every facility and resource of the city. was today pledged by mayor to assure a_profitable retlirn upon the money and who would undertake now the storage: of ice formed by recent cold weather in the rivers and lakes of and Maine. The assurance Was given in a state- ment issued from the mayor's office.. in which he said that nearly ice used in the city in sunmer months anufactured through the dgeheys “T have been yvarned, the statement adds, “that every drop - of that chemical will bs ‘commandeer- ed by the federal zovernment or the manufacture of munitions. This means that the artificial ice business in New York will be a neglfgible is of ammona. summer.” NEW HAVEN ROAD NO MORE “BLUE" BOOKS Lines Have Been Elim- . Because Sta vt?lla one TO ISSUE inated by Federalization, New ‘Haven, Conn:, nouncement by road transportation. federalization of the company the interstate comm Oyster Bay, N. Y, the It was They lost time of persons- all the veb. 4.—An _am-' the New York, - New Haven and.Hartford Railroad company today Wwas to the effect that no more - “blue” books will be issued for rail- This i§ becance state lines have been eliminated under . railroads .and » cannot. hereafter issus © transportation except as provided. by 4 act of congress and under the rules of - commission. * Roosevelt Unable to_ Be. Bearer. Judge dis- ‘who Mri® the state this 3 1 Feb. ¢ —Célonel Theodore Roosevelt announced tonight: that he would not be abl hours for the floes to pass the local|the funeral of John L. Sullivan “T had & ton Wednesday. to garg- for my ‘old friend, Joba L Ashport, | livan,” the_colonel said. old and valued friend and . eath” .. ey attent in'og