Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1918, Page 1

President Wilson Declares United States Wll Not Con- sider Peace Unless Based on 3 v NP UM | Beinming For the Safety o Address Before Congress Yesterday President . ./ That the United States Will-Confinue the Fight It is Just of Itself and Mankind Until: *the Military Masters of Germany Are- Convinced of the . Futlity- of Their Quest for Worl Domination—Mem- Principles ofJustica \ ‘ bers of Congress Accepted the Address as a Notice to * Washington, Feb. 11.—President addressed congress today to atmosphere of any confusion from the recent speeches on ! the fight it is just beginni ing for the safety of itself and mankind. In the spéech of Count von Hert- the Gérman chancellor, the pres- fought no approach to the path peace, but rather a proposal to end ‘war on -Germarn terms and to set & league of nations to maintain balance of power so established. Czernin, the Austrian spokes- man, the president said, employed a GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN WEST THIS SPRING Forecast by Major Von Olberg of the German General Staff. New York, Feb. '11.—Open prophecy that Hindenburg would undertake a @reat general offensive in the west spring in an endeavor to crush .the Pritish, French and American fes and end the war was made in public leeture by Major Von Olberg "the German general staff before the Eolonial socjety at Berlin last .. 'Aécording .to an account’ of is address printed'in German papers have hed, Major Von “year of /11918 would Be the “year of décision” Gérmans were to turn their eyes and heart sto the west front frord Flanders to Venetia, ignor- ing the peace negotiations in the east, the outcome of which was “militarly without importance.” “Today,” said Major Von Olberg, | “our back is free and we haye the jTeserves which. we lacked 'in 1914, when we had to defend East Prussia jagainst the Russlans. The great of- fensive can now start, and fhen God help /Albion!” Olberg, who was speaking offt- 1 as head of one of the depart- ments of the war press office, did ot say explicitly, however, that the prin- cipal blow would be delivered against the British forces, declaring that Hin- denburg could be trusted to select the ro place for the offensive. COLONEL ROOSEVELT don and and were being treated, hun ers. sunk by the commerce raider Moswe, As the United States Cannot Be ey gone much farther if for Austria’s allian ence upon U. 8. Cannot Turned Aside. o| S0, further east, where (Continued on Page Nine) GERMANY IS PACKING STUTTGART WITH PRISONERS ttempt ‘' to Discourage In an A - Raids in Reprisal. New York, Feb. 11.—The Germam authorities are packing Stuttgart, in southwestern Germany, ‘with prison- ers of war in an ayowed attempt to discourage air raids in reprisal for those made by thé Germans on Lon- ther entente cities. The Cologne Gazette announces in it issue of Jan. 7. that to Stuttgart, which already was: the site of %ettl large dreds of offi- cers were beinz brought to be lodged in special quarters constructeds for them in all parts of the city, in order, as thes Gazette btates, to make them share the dangers of the civil popula- tion. Karlsruhe, another .important ecity in the same region, has long been packed with officer and soldier prison- Five of the Americans from ships who were amorig t! sailors brought to rmany by.the h%tmwdsle. were confined until their release in an offi- cers’ camp at Karishuhe and witness- ed several air raids from uncomfort- ably close range. BRITISH TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYER BOXER SUNK Result of a Collision in the Eng- Air NOT SO WELL YESTERDAY But It Was Expected He Would Have a Restful Night. lish' Channel—One Boy Missing. London, Feb. 11.—The British tor- pedo destroyer Boxer was sunk on the night of ‘February 8 ‘in the English New York, Feb. 11.—Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt was “not so well to- day,” according to the bulletin issued by his private secretary tonight, aft- er his physicians had spent half an hour with him at Roosevelt hospital. It was expected, however, that he would pass a more restful night. ““Colonel Roosevelt's condition has not materially. changed since yester- day” said the bulletin. ‘‘Theére was a slight setback during the night, and today he was not so well, but it is :xmt:g that he will be more restful o irlier in the day the physicians announced that he had had “a rather restiess night,” but his “condition was practically the same as yesterdya.” LA FCLLETTE HAB GIVEN NOTICE OF ACTION Agaipst Officers of the Madison Club, from Which He Was Expelled. Madison, Wis, Feb. 11.—Senator Robert M. La Follette today gave no- tice of action against F. W. Mont- gomery, president. and A. M, Parker, secretary, of the Madison club, which recently passed resolutions of censure and expelled him from membership be- cause of his war attitudé. He also served summons of E, J. B, Schubring, a director, who introduced the expul- siof resolution. The summons calls for a hearing in superior court Feb. 16 under the ‘discovery statute, for the purpose of obtaining information upon which to make a complaint. CARPENTERS STRIKE IN * S8HIPBUILDING PLANTS Have Been Receiving $4.88 a Day— Demand $6.60 For Same Hours. New York, Feb. 11.—More than 1,- 000 carpenters employed at five ship- building plants on Staten Islan, strick: today for higher wages. Al £ tha plants are under government con- tol' © The men have been receiving $* f8°a day, with extra pay for over- tria, They fjemand $6.60 for the sdm0 working hours. il OBITUARY. Rev. 8. Ni Robinson, sheth, N. I, Feb, 11.—Rey. S. Robinson, formerly assistant =d- # of The: Christian ‘Advocate and fr ars assoclated in evange- ufigc a the 1, ‘years avith the.Rev. A.'C. Dixon ate Dwiglit L. Moody, died suddenly. here _tdda years old. gday. He was §3 placed 280 tons, was 200 feet long, 19 feet beam and was built in 1894, #ler complemest consisted of 45 and men. She carried one 2-inch gun and five 6-pounlers and was equipped with two 18-inch torpedo tubes. She was capabls of traveling at a speed of 27 knots. COURSE IN MILITARY Wili Lead to a Commission But Not A three years course in artillery train- VOTE ENDORSEMENT OF Exocutive Committee of the was 5 to 2. of the national committee, votéd for the amendment, 14 had vot- ed against it, and six had not been recorded. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE Has Been Taken Out By Men Train- ment insurance to the amount of $3.- 864,000 has been taken out by who are training at the United States school of military aeronautics here, it was_announced tonight. at the camp has take: Channel as the result of a -collisicn, :1:9 British admiralty . announced to- Y. One boy is missing. The British destrover Boxer dis- officers TRAINING AT YALE to a College Degree. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 11, — e leading to a commission but not to a college degree will be inaugurated at Yale next fall, according to an an- nouncement at the universit ytonight. Men taking this course will not be al- lowed to choose elective studies as do men following courses leading to a degree, but will hdve to take a pre- scribed course of studies which will be rigid in its’' requirements. work of the naval training unit will not be affected. continue during the ‘The THe courSe will period of the war. FEDERAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE Demo- cratic National Committee. ‘Washington, Feb. 11.—Endorsement of the federal amendment for woman suffrage was voted by the executive committee of the democratic national committee here today after a referen- dum to the committeemen represent- ing the 48 states. In the executive committee the vote Of the 48 state members 28 hed TO AMOUNT TO $9,964,000 ing For Military Aeronautics. Princeton, N. J., Feb. 11.—Govern the men Every mzn n out ‘a policy. d Paragraphs "Riots In Copenhaget n, Feb. 11.—Serious syn- took place at Copenhag- tofi&.- great crowd of syndi- ‘afternoon stormed the Co- Diiten sadavasters in Northern Press)—The Austrian The Associated s have launch- ed another attack against the Italian west of the Brenta river. along the same Frenzela valley lead- ing the plain where the Italians re- cently defeated them ‘with heavy loss. Thei rartillery opened fiierd/ly early yesterday, contimmed throughout the day, first on the west side of the val- ley, then on the right. Fgyidently the purpose was to regain the strategic heights of Monte Val Bella ‘and the Col from which the Sassari brigade and Bersaglieri, drove them back a inst Monte Val Bel- , but reconcen- e. M batteries check- ly stopped the advance. the ‘enemy tried ‘to‘break into the old trenches lying ahead of the Italian lines, but here, too, the powerful concentration of the Ttalian batteries chesked his progress at the first advanced points. NO SHORTAGE OF LABOR IN . THE UNITED STATES Gompers So Informed Senate merce Committee. ‘Washington, Feb. 11.—President Com- _jof Labor told the senate cCommer~e committee today that there isno shott- age of fabor in the {United States hut @ maladjustment of labor conditions has resulted in a slowing up of war | work; which can ‘be met not only wi 4 praper adjustment }g‘}nfle. i . Gompers told the believed as a war measure a ardizing of wages is a necessity. In answer as to whether German propaganda. was responsihle for -labor troubles, Mr. Gompers reviewed the! history of Labor's Peace Council and efforts of the American.Federation of Labor to prevent workingmen affiliating with them. He asked the committee to appo a commission to visit all shiprards inquire into conditions. = Suggestio that Chinese labor be imported he oy posed vigorously, declaring there were plenty of men in the United States to| meet all demands. i from | | ‘nt.| i PROMPT ACTION URGED BY PRESIDENT WILSON On Bill Authorizing the president to Reorganize Agencies for War. ‘Washington. Feb. 11—Prompt action on the bill authorizing the president to reorganize and co-ordinate execu- for the war period was urged by President Wilson tonight in confer- encé with, Senator Owen, chairman, and Senator Nelsopn, ranking republi can member of the senate judiciary committee. The president called the senators to the White House to éxplain his rea- sons for desiring the legislation to emphasize the necessity for enacting it without delay. He said it would give him no new substantive powers, but would remove statutory obstacles in the way of efficient organization for, war. It is understood that the president mentioned particularly the impossi- bility of combining the purchasing functions of the war and navy de- partments under existing law. 7,000,000,000 CANS FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Is the Demand Anticipated For 1318 By Tin Plate Makers. Boston, Feb. 11.—Tin plate makers have been asked to anticipate a de- mand for 7,000,000,000 cans for fruit and vegetables in 1918, Henry Burden, president of the National Canners’ sociation, stated in addressing open; session of the annual conver tion of that organization here today. In 1916, he said, the four billion cans and in 1917 it reached ap- proximately six billion cans. ALLEGED ORGANIZER OF I, W. W. HELD IN $10,000 BAIL \ e Benjamin Fletcher, Colored, is Charg- ed With Sedition. Philadelphia, Feb. 11. — Benjamin Fletcher, colored, an alleged organ- izer and worker among the negroes of the Urfited States for the Industrial| Workers of the World, was arrested | here today and held in $10,000 bail for his appearance in Chicago, where he is under a federal indictment on -the charges of sedition. His home is in Baltimore, 1,000 MEN ENROLLED AS SHIPYARD VOLUNTEERS On Opening Day of Campaign to Reach 10,000 Mark. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 11.—Approx- imately 1,000 men have been enrolled in Connecticut so far for the United States shipyard volunteers of the public service ressrve, it was an- nounced tonight, following the open- ing today in the state of the cam- Gompers of the American Federation |/ tive departments and other agencles | NORWICH, ' CONN., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1918 Storrow Telegraphs Prtest to Garfeld ON HEATLESS MONDAYS Objects to Proposal Made by Dr. Gar- field That Monday. Heatless Holi- days Be Continued in New England After They Are Terminated in Other States. —— 3 e NBosv.on, Feb. 11.—James J. Storfow, night telegnaphed his objections to a proposal made by Dr. Harry A. Gar- field, national fuel administrator, that the Monday heatless holidays be con- tinued in'the New England states aft- er they are terminated in.other states. Mr. Storrow’s Statement. g “I told' Dr.' Garfield,” Mr. Storrow said, “that I felt that ,those states that lie between us and. our sources of coal supply should stand or fall with us. That is I 'feel that if the crisis that caused the - institution. of the Monday holidays in thees states is now over they should continue their hokidays and devote those days when business is at a standstill to moving coal through to our factories. and munition plants if we are to continue to operate them.” ’ Asked if he thought that all thoce ew England fuel administrator, to- | bees TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS Russia Has Ordered {Its Troops Withdrawn ALTHOUGH NO FORMAL TREATY HAS BEEN SIGNED —_—— FOR RUMANIA BAD . Entirely Cut Off Now From Her Allies, the Rumanians Are Faced With the Necessity of Effecting a Separate Peace or E ing Overrun By Superior Enemy Armies. Although no formmal treaty has vet n signed between the Russians and the Central Powers, the Bolshe- viki government has ordered a cessa- tign . of hostilities by ' the Russians against Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria and the with- drawal of ‘its troops from the trench- es and fortified positions from tue Baltic Sea to the Rumanian frontie: It long had been foreseen-that suc an outcome eventually would follow upon . the revolutionary movement in Russia, where for nearly a year ciyil strife and war weariness generall proved most potent factors in weai ening the battle front. Long 3go the enemy forces bégan the withdrawal of troops from" this front, and virtually only .a handful of them have been faced by Russians there. "Rumania in Critical Condition. Peace having been effected both by Turned his defeat for t the Presidency. . ministers and servants. Liberated:the slaves. and camp. Gave his:impla cable riv. defense-of war. nau * Forc Wis a true type and e race, and his government. Wore honor without out oppression. Lived like a love of his fellowmen. Died-a martyr, and was WHAT LINCOLN DID Outwitted all the intrigues against him in' Cabinet ield Prayer, hi§ Gettysburg Ad- s tifme. ible in-speech and faultless in logic, h the language with new thoughts, new, definitions, new maxims, new parables, and new proverbs,- - he senate into a success for Took into the Cabinet his rivals, and made them his Congquered the rebellion. al the Chief-Jfisticeship. Disarmed all criticism by shouldering all faults. Consolidated his party and increased-his majorities. Held the people to their great task. - o Made the strongest argument for peace and the best gural the most pathetic and - e enriched plar of; his ::giintry, his xem pride, and wielded power with- ¢ peasant by“neéeésityr- of birth and for- tune, reigned like a monarch by right of repre instinct, natiye intellect, the wisdom of humility, and ?entative wept by the civilized world. B = states that draw. their coal supplies from Peunsylvania should continue their holidays in order to aid New England, Mr. Storrow said that as New England administrator he would be interested in seeing only New York, Penn; nia, Delaware and New Jer- sey continue the holidays as it is from and through these states that New England obtains the greater part of its supply. Railroads Appeal to Storrow. The Boston and Maine and the Maine Central railroads appealed to Mr. Storrow today for coal. Reserves of the fermer rdad virtually are ex- hausted. The Boston and Maine of- ficials declared they must have at least 2.500 tons of coal a day. In central New England - officials said thev must have help to the. extent of a shipment of ecoal and a daily al- lowance of 1,000 tons until the sup- plies more nearly approach normal. Reports from along the coast show- ed ice fields which blocked coastwise trafic for many days are beginning to break up but Mr. Storrow pointed out it wou'ld take a long time for this district to fill up its bins which have been scraped bare. EXPECTS . TO SUSPEND THE ° MONDAY CLOSING ORDER Fuel Administrator Garfield May Make Announcement Tonight. Washington, Feb. 11. — Indications tonight were that today was the last of the heatless. Mondays, Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield expects to sus- pend the. closing order tomorrow night in.view of the better weather and improved railroad traffic con- ditions. Reports during the day to the di- rector general of railroads show that thaffic corditions are improving ran- idly despite floods in many parts of the country. Coal mines are recejv- ing empty cars in larger numbers than for weeks past and loaded cars are moving to their destinations. The fuei administration's order giving preference in distribution to house- hold consumers, ships, public utili- ties and preferred war industries con- sequently is just pow really becoming effective. The fuel administration is planning to prevent a recurrepce of the recent sifuation in which domestic consum- ers throughout the east found them- selves unable t oobtain fuel supplies. Quarrel Resulted Fatally. South Norwalk, Conn., Feb. 11.—Jo- seph Quaorine, 29, who was shot yes. terday during a quarrel with a youth known as “George Felice,” died to- to reach the 10,000 mark signed to it by the United States ship- ping boarda night at the Norwalk hospital. The young man, together with his father, is said to have left the city. !the Russians and Ukrainians with the Teutonic allies, the situation of Ru- mania becomes a most critical oue. Entirely cut off new from her allies, the Rumanians apparently are facad with the absolute necessity of effect- ing a separate peace or being over- run by superior enemy armies. Noth- inz bas vet come through to show whether: another Rumanian cabinet bas been formed to take the place of the one which resigned last week or Whether any reply has been made to the ultimatum of the central powers that peace negotiations should be im- mediately started. As.had' been anticipated. the terms of Jeace between the Ukraine and the central powers contain the much de- sired elause providing for the imm diate entering into economic relatio between the contracting parties 1 which Austria and Germany may se- cure much desired foodstuffs. No Fighting of Moment. On the various battle fronts, ex- cept that in northern Italy, operations by. small patrols and artillery duels are in progress. On the Italian front enemy forces have heavily bombard- ed Ttalian positions and delivered at- tacks with infantry in the Frenzela valley. region _and on the new Italian positions on. Monte Val Bella, Col Del Rosso and Masasso Rosso. In all of the attacks the enemy was repulsed by the Italian batteries. STATE CONVENTION OF PROHIBITION PARTY Elected Delegates to National Party Convention at Chicago Next Month, Hartford, Conn, Feb. 1l1.—Blection of delegates to the National Party convention at Chicago next month, was the chief business of the state convention of the Prohibition Party here today. A resolution urging pro- hibition on state and nation as a “real war necessity” was adopted. /The proposal for the state party to 'merge with the national organization was favored in a discussion during the afternoon, but it was decided to send. the delegates uninstructed. Rev. H. M. Hancock of New Haven was elected chairman of the conven- tion, and Louis S. Burr of South Man- chester, secretary. i The following were named as dele- gates to the national convention: F. C. Platt, New Haven; E. L. G. Hohenthal, South Manchester; C. B. Allen Greenwich; W. P. Barstorw, South Windham; Leonard Kurtz, New Britain; F. C. Biddle, Bloomfield; G. H. Wilder, Hartford: E. M. Richards, West Haven; J. F. Shepard, New Ha- ven; C. L. Beach, Bridgeport; W. L. Arms, ‘New London; K. A. Darble, Danielson and R. J. Hallenback, Wiu- sted. i | and injured a doze _Gondqnsed Telegrams Cincinnati barred German language from schools. A general railroad strike was called throughout Argentina. — The Ohio River was at a stage of 52.6. feet and rising’ at the rate of two inches an hour. Mrs. M. Gregory, mother of the at- torney-general, is dead at the homg of her son at Washington. _ The Pope and his secretary of state, Cardinal Gasparri, are working on the ‘White Book of the Vatican. /The daylight saving bill was favor- ably reported to the House by the In- terstate Commerce Commission. The squad of Italian aviators who were acting as instructors at Lang- ley Field, Va., were ordered home. According to’ German papers four American firms in Germany were placed under full government control. Evidences of warm sympathy with America over the sinking of the Tus- cania are apparent in all sections of Italy. The Earl of Reading, high commis- sioner to the United States, and on a special mission, arrived at an Atlantic port. The War Department ordered the finger prints to be taken of the un- recognized soldiers lost on the Tus- cania. William H. Taft, at Little Rock, sent a wire of sympathy to the former president. Theodore Rdosevelt, iil in New York. Secretary McAdoo recommended to Congress the purchase of the quaran- tine ‘station of the city of New York for $1,395@75. General Pershing believes that if the Cenfral Powets will soon sting of defeat. taste the President Wilson will begin this week to cail to the White House members of Congress, and explain his reorganization bi A fire of suspicious origin destroyed a sailors’ boarding house on Pearl strect, New York XKilled five persons itute For A sul hole wheat brea prepared by Frederick Michel of High- land Fails, N. Y., is Dbeing tested by the War Department. In a raid to “clean up” within the five-mile zone of the Philadelphia n: yérd 46 persoas, 21 of them vomen, were ested. Clarence Hcdes, the watchman at the Klaxon Co. plant in Newark fired four shots at a prowler in the build- ing when it was on fire: John L. Sullivan’s favorite horse and dog are dead. farmhand after it had killed a cow. Two _thousand TongsWorsraem, who. were on strike on the Southern Paci- fic steamship piers, voted to return to work pending arbitration. Joseph Caillaux, former premier of France. and a witness at the trial of Bolo Pasha, testified that he had no knowledge of the plots of Bolo: THe body cf a womam, dressed in deep mourning, was found. between ice cakes on the beach at Comey Is- land. he was about 30 years old. The government, after a delay of six months, consented to test the “free energy generator” of Garabed T. K. Giragossian, the Boston Armenian. Department of Justice agents and the United States district attorney at New York will be present at the pro- posed peace convention in New York, Feb. 16. Prench lines can hold until May, the | The former died znd jed at th i the latter was . shot by a: _PRICE TWO CENTS_ ContestinRepublican National Committee FOR CHAIRMAN TO BE ELECTED THIS AFTERNOON i ch FAILED TO HARMONIZE John T. Adams of lowa, Present Vied Chairman, Refuses to Withdraw in Favor, of Will H. Hays of Indiana— Resents Statement of Geroge W. Perkins. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 11.—BEfforts to harmonize members of the republican {national committee on-a choice for chairman to be elected tomorrow af- ternoon apparently had failed late to- night. Earlier in the evening, after a day of conferences and electioneering, word came forth that John T, Adums of Iowa, present vice chairman, wowd withdraw, and that probably his only rival for the chairmanship, Will H. Hays of Indiana, would do likewise. Hays' Nate to Be Presented. A few hours later an announcement sponsored by Governor Goodrich of Indiana, John T. Hart of Kentucky, field marshal of the Hays forces, and others. stated that Mr. Hays' name positively would go before the meeting tomorrow and that 28 votes out of a !possib!e 53 had been pledged to him. i They asserted that there was nota- | ing for Adams'to do but withdraw. His | Americansim, it was learned, had been i subject to an attack by United States i Senator Calder of New York in the meeting of the executive committee, and sentiment, they said, had turaed away from him, Scarcely had this story gained eir- i culation when a bulletin came from Mr. Adame’ room that he would go before the committee in a fight to the finish for the office. The. bulletin was followed by a formal statement as- serting that the whole trouble was due to the efforts of George W. Perkins to jdominate the committee. It was said also that Hays did not have the votes | claimed. Statement by Adams. i Mr. Adams’ statement in part fol- ows: | “Having failed in every other effort | to dictate the organization of the re- i pubHcan party, Mr. George W. Perking | has undertaken to cast doubt upon my j Americanism in order to drive away i support pledged to me for election as {chairman of the republican national j committee. To that end he has on the eve of the meef of the na- tional committee circulated a copy of ia Ietter written by me while touring rnian: August, 1914, and publish- e.in a mewspsper: in my 1 | home ci 5 i “As the descend; of nine.genera- : “of Néw Englahd stock, and with- jout a4 drop of German blood in my {veins, I have not.and cou!d not have i the slightest sympathy for any nation jas against the United States or any i hation. with which the interests and e of the United States are. al- i ince that letter - was originally jprinted and distributed - among - the ibeople of my own city and state, 1 iwas in 1916 chosen by 'popular vote as Iowa’s member of the republican national committee; after % primary contest in which my opponents_ who knew me and my:life history did not s0 .much as question my American- Sam e a7 2 “T have served as a member of the council of national defense in my state and have done everything in my. power to aid in the fight to defend and main- tain the rights and honor of my own country.” S {OTTO EIDLITZ APPOINTED Ellsworth |. Foote, who died at New | DIRECTOR OF HOUSING Haven a few days ago, left an estate X ——— Will Have Control of All Government of $500000, of which $400,000 is left! o to hospitals and charitable institutions | - Work Other Than at Shipyards. in New Haven. A German critic on the submarine campaign of Germany blames Von Tirpitz for their failure by not having enough submarines built when the campaign started. Plans for reducing the country’s less essential foreign trade to release ships for the thansport of troops and sup- plies to Europe'will. be completed withi na few days. Five million dozen eggs will be add- ed to the nation’s food supply because of an order which will be put into effect, prohibiting ‘the killing of egg- laying hens before May 1. The Food. Administration will not prescribe a standard recipe for “Vic- tory” bread made by bakers, public eating houses or by private house- holds, it was announced in Washing- ton. Commissions ensigns in the Na- val Reserve were awarded yesterday to 122 graduates of the cadet school at Harvard. Rear Admiral Spencer S. ‘Wood, commandant of the first naval district, made the awards. Reports received in San Antonio yesterday were that Lazaro Gutierrez de Lara, of Ios Angeles, Calif, who a captain under Madero, had been executed at Altar. Sonora, by order of General Elias Calles. Woman supervisors 8 look after the welfare of women working in muni- tion plants throughout the country will be appointed soon by Miss Mary van Kleeck, head of the new Woman’s Division of the Industrial Service Station. General Pershing reported that Col- onel Frank A. Wilcox, 49, ® died in France on February 9 of pneumenia. He was appointed to the military academy from Massachusetts and his brother. Benjamin W. Wilcox, lives at Fall River, Mass. Food Administrator Hoover urged on the house agricultural committee, in executive session yesterday, the necessity for the passage of the food control bill which was introduced sev- eral weeks ago. Mr. Hoover explain- ed the bill in detail. Forty employes of the Pennsylvania railroad system were retired from ac- tive service and ‘placed on the “roll of honor.” The pension plan has now ‘been in operation 18 years, and during that period a total of 10,624 persons 1.visions. have recelved the benefits of its pro- T ‘Washington, Feb. 11.—Appointment of Otto Eiditz, a New York architect and builder, as director. of housing was announced tonight by the dgpart- ment of labor. Mr. Eidlitz, who was chairman of the Council .of National Defense’s sub-committee on housing, will have control of all the govern- ment’s activities in providing living facilities for industrial workers oth- er than those employed in ship yards. An organization for the director ai- ready has been set up in the depart- ment of labor under the supervision of Dr. L. C. Marshall, a member of the 1abor advisory council. ~Congress his been asked to appropriate $50,000,000 for the work. Consideration of the bill to appro- priate $50,000,000 for housing ship yard workers began in the house to- day and was marked by sharp criti- cism of the shipping board's course In contracting for the American In- ternational Corporation's great ship yard at Hog Island. “COST PLUS PROFIT” SYSTEM DEFENDED “[By Brigadier Gemeral Littell and His Aides. Washington, Feb. 11.—The atticked ‘“cost plus [/ofit”) 3 under which contracts for the national army cantonments were built, was de- fended today by Brigadier General Littell and his aides, who directed the work, in testifying in the final branch of the senate military committee’s war inquiry. General Littel, who declared the plan had saved the government money, had. not given contiractors excessive fees and had speeded completion of the camps. Reports of exorbitant ‘wages paid workmen were declared to ‘be exaggerated. much- REJOICING OVER TROTZKY’S UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER Great Enthusiasm in Germany—Cities Exerywhere Are Beflagged. London, Feb. 11.—“There is great enthusiasm in Germany over the re-’ ported end of the state of war_ be- tween the central powers and Rus- sia,’ says a despatch to the Exchanue Telegraph from Amsterdam. “Cities everywhere ' are beflagged and there is much rejoicing over Trotzky’s un- conditional surrender. “It has been arranged that = the central economic commiission now 'in P shall “settle the details of the resumption of re between Russia and the central powers.”