Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 13, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. GERMANS ARE POSITIONS OF Daily Their Aircraft Are Hovering Over the Lines Taking Photographs and Making Observations 38 K AMERICANS CONTINUE PATROLLING DUTIES There is No Indication as Yet When the Germans Will Begin . Their Much Heralded Offensive, Although the Increase in Activity in France and Belgium is Noticeable—On the Italian Front the Austrians Are Testing the Strength in the Sette Communi Plateau” Sector—King George and David Lloyd George in Addresses to the British Parliament Have Declared Recent Utterances of Cen- tral Powers Contain No Basis for a Peace Which Will Fulfill the Demands of the Democratic Governments. — fan artillery as they tried to gain the southern slopes of Monte Sasso Rosso and other positions and the offensive completely repulsed. There was a.considerable increase in the number of aerial attacks de- livered by entente airmen on German ‘towns ‘in January. In all thirty-one of these raids were made, according to a German official statement. Karls- ru\» Mannheim. Friedrichshaven the home of the Zeppelin airship indus- try, and other towns were bombed. The statement says the entente lost four airplanes during these attacks. King George and David Lioyd George, the British prime minister, in addresses to the British parliament— the former before a joint session .of the house of lords and the house of commons—have declared again that in the recent utterances of the spokes- men of the Teutonic allies there can be found no basis for a peace which will fulfill the demands of the dem- ocratic governments. The addresses of both the monarch and his prime minister were at one with President Wilson's speech to con- gress Monday. King ‘George declared that until there was recognition of the. basic principles upon which an hon- orable peace could be concluded it was the duty of the British to prosecute the war with all the vlgor‘f.hey pos .'The military activity on the western front is daily increasing in volume. The patrol encounters are being car- ked out by larger parties than has been the case since the hard winter sét in, and more zeSt is being added to_the fighting. The British near Bpehy and La Bassee have conducted further incur- sions into the enemy positions, in the ‘latter region inflicting numerous cas- ualties on their antagonists and also taking prisoners and machine guus. Likewise, north of the Ailette River and in’ the Woevre sector the French have made successful attacks which resulted in the capture of nearly three hundred prisoners. A somewhat ambitious attack by the Germans in the Verdun sector was put down by the French with severe casualties. Between the Americans and the Germans there is a constant exchange of artillery fire, and the Americans continue to carry out patrolling man- oeuvres toward the enemy entangle- ments. The Germans evidently are anxious to gauge the positions occu- pied by the Americans and also to as- certain the number of men they are employing, for daily their aircraft are over the lines, taking photo- ‘and making observations. An- -alrcraft guns several times have, driven off the enemy. 1 Although the increase in the activ- | sess. ¥ 3 €5 Ity slong the entire front in France asserted and Belgium is noticeablé there -is ni mmmm‘ indication- au«mfimlr hés” of ‘on - will begin much heralded géneral | ling, the imperial German chancellor, offensive. A German captured by the |and Count Czernin, the Austro-Hun- British says that at least one big at-.| garian foreign minister, was a correct tack is due to begin some time in|one. He added that the British gov- March. Meanwhile large concentra- | ernment had not receded'an iota from tions of fresh troops daily are arriv-|its announced war aims. ; ing behind the German line and car-| Until some better oroof than Had rying out practice manoceuvres. been provided by the speeches®of the On the Italian front the Austrians|leaders of the Central Powers that egain have endeavored to test the | those countries were prepared ‘to con- strength of the Italians in the Sette|sider the aims and ideals for which Communi plateau sector. The German |the allies and the United States were war office asserts that the Austrians|fighting, Mr. Lloyd George said it carried out a most successful dttack)would be Great Britain’s regrettable here but the Italian official communi- | duty to go on and make preparations cation declares that the Austrian col- | necessary to establish international umns were torn to pieces by the Ital- | right. , that ENTENTE AIR RAIDS ON GERMAN TERRITORY Berlin Says 31 Were Nade During the Month of January. Berlin, Feb. 12, via Amsterdam.— Entente airplaned made thirty-one air raids on German territory in the month of January, says an official statement issued today by the Ger- man wat office. As a result of these air attacks, the statement adds, five persons were killed and nine wounded. Insignificant material was done, The statement reads: £ “The enemy made thirty-one air at- tacks on German territory during January. Fifteen of these number were made on the Lorraine and Lux- embourg industrial districts. The towns raided included Ludwigshaven, Freiburg, Trier (Treves), Friedrichs- haven, Rastatt, Offenburg, Mannheim and Karisruhe. “Although the number of attacks compared with those of the previous month was considerably increased ow- ing to the favorable weather the dam- age and losses fortunately were small- er. Five persons were killed and nine wounded. The material damage was insignificant. There were no inter- ruption of ‘work worth mentioning. “The enemy lost four airplanes dur- ing these attacks.” _— HEAVY EXPENDITURES FOR HOG ISLAND SHIPYARD Defended Before Senate Committee by George J. Baldwin. ‘Washington, Feb. 12.—Heavy expen- ditures of government money in the construction of the Hog Island ship ¥yard near Philadelphia were defended hefore the senate investigating com- mittee today by George J. Baldwin, chairman of the board of the Ameri- can International Shipbuilding Corpor- ation, on the ground that the corpor- ation was confronted either with de- laying ship construction or pagipg high costs in building the plant. FOOD LICENSE OF POULTRY AND EGG DEALERS, REVOKED B. Baff & Son, of New York, Accused of . Profitesring. New York, Feb. 12.—Announcement that the food license of B. Baff and Son, Ine., of this eity, wholesale poul- try and egg dealers accussed of pro- fiteering, has been for the period of the war by the national food administration in’ Washington, upon recommendation of the federal food Mth' of New York, was made to- This is the most drastic order yet issued against New York food dealers and was based upon the charge that the Baffs sold eggs for 51 . cents a dozen when the government fixed price was 46 cents. ‘The order of revocation, which ap- plies to all Baff stores, said it was understood “the Baffs are discourag- ing poultry dealers of New York and hindering an agreement between the poultry dealers and the food adminis- tratjon.” ALLAN LINE DISCONTINUES ITS BOSTON .STRVICE its Ships Have Been 'Requisitioned by the British Admiralty. Boston, Feb. 12.—The Allan Line, which for more than'25 years has operated steamships between this port and Glasgow, is to discontinue its Boston service on 'May 1. Notices were sent to employes here - today stating that their services would not be required after that date. The Can- adian Pacific Railway obtained con- trol of the Allan Line about two years ago and many of its ships have been requisitioned by the British admiralty fof war service. e 2,000 SOLDIERS TRANSFERRED FROM CAMP DEVENS Have Been Sent to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. HOW FRANCE REGARDS DEFECTION OF RUSS!A It Will Not Change the War Situation in Its Es mialla Ayer, Mass., Feb. 12—Two thousand soldiers from Camp Devens have been transferred during the past week to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C. An- nouncement of the movement was made at division ‘headquarters today upon receipt of word of the arrival of the detachments. Other soldiers have been sent from here to join the artil- Po-ig, Feb. 12.—The news that Rus- i is laying down her arms and has lared peace with the central powers lery brigade in Texas. 2 war situation in its essentials. I ie paointed out that Russia as a I'tact’eal factor in the war has been i“er{ for many months and the allies e | ng since adjusted their plans and caleulations fo that condition, A TERRIFIC GALE AT WHEELING, W. VA, Eight Men Were fijund and Three Are Missing. T3 Tuscania Bodies Washed Ashore. I ondon, Feb, 12.—The Press Asso- ciation says that two bodies, those of so'der: from the Tuseania, wero \ashed ashore on the ma/zand of Scotland last night. This brings the total of bodies recovered to 163. ‘Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 12.—FEight men were injured, two seriously and three others belicved to have been in the plant at the time are missing as the, result of a terrific gale desrtoying a section of the Wheeling Steel and Iron Company plant here late today. ‘J the An AT T *1$50,000,000 HOUSING BiLL . 12.—Harold Vyvyan St. rth, the heir of Ba- Chermere and a nephew of Vis- jorthcliffe, died at London to- day from wounds receibed in the bat tle of Cambrai Lord Rothermere's second son was killed in the battle of cre. 4 . PASSED BY THE HOUSE e 1 S Returns to the Senate Because of Some Minor Amendments. ‘Washington, Feb. 12.—The adminis- tration bill, already passed by the senate, appropriating $50,000,000 - to provide housing facilities for employ- es of shipyards engaged in govern: ment work was by the house late today without a roll call. The house adopted some' minor amendments, which the senate may accept to obviate mecessity of sending the measure to conference. Under the bill, the shipping board’s emergency fleet corporation may pur- chase, lease, requisition or condemn any land, ho , buildings, or simi- lar facilities, cosstruct houses on land it acquires, and sell, lease or ex- change these houses, and may make loans ¢ adequate security and for not exceeding ten years to persons, firms or corporations “to build houses for ship yard workers. Advocates of the measure laid spe- cial emphasis on the necessity for ad ditional houses at Sparrows Point, Md., Hog Island, near Philadelphia, and at Newpbrt News, Va. During the debate there was shaip cnu%um of the ali- eged extravagant spending of the gov- in building the Hog the use of the labor department for providing housing facilities at war manufacturing centers other than shin- building towns is pe con~ gress. AN APPEAL TO . RT.REV, For a Joint Consec: in the Army New Haven, Conn., Feb. 12.—The presjding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Tuttle, of 'St. Louis, Mo., has author- ized the Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth of this city to state that he will present to the house of bishops of the Episeo- pal church, at its coming meeting in New York Aphil 10, the appeal re- cently issued for an act of church unity and especially for a joint con- secration of chaplains in the army and navy. The appeal was signed by a hun- dred representatives of the principal religious bodies in this country. A communication will be sent by Dr. Smyth with the appeal explaining it fully and urging action as a war meastire and as an act of real church unity. The communication will also suggest that possibly beside-ssending forth chaplains with full religious au- ‘dria;tIm‘lEp n»h::: both gé: Epi 2 pal churches i r d nflsht;: ifin@i‘w con tributions. from; Churehes “for the equipment of eve: “of Chaplains Navy. STORY OF SCHOOLGIRL - IMPLICATES HER FINANGE In the Death of Mrs. Joey Sparks. at Henderson, Ky. Herderson, Ky, Feb. 12. Jenkins, a schoolgirl, of questioned by the authorities here ‘to. day, told a circumstantial story whigh apparently implicates her fiance, He- ber Hicks, in the death of Mrs. Joey Sparks, a young widow, whose bedy was found last week buried in a live: stable at Cla: i Miss Jenkins, according to the au- thorities, said that young Hicks had confided to her that he had put the young widow “out of the way” because she was wrecking his mother’s life and at the same time exhibited two rings which he said had been given to Mrs. Sparks by his father, Jacob Hicks. Both father and son and two negroe employes of the livery stahle conduct- ed by Hte elder Hicks who had been here for safekeeping was taken 1o Clay today for an examining trial. —_— NO RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OF 50 PER CENT. WHEAT FLOUR. All Containing More Than That Re- quires Purchase of Substitutes. ‘Washington,- Feb. 12.—Mixed flours containing less tham 50 per cent. of wheat flour may be sold without ac- companying substitutes, the food ad- ministration announced tonight in specfal rules governing the sales of mixed flours. ‘Where a retailer sells mixed flour containing more than -50 per cent. of wheat flour, sufficient. other substi- tutes must be sold to bring the sale to a basis of one pound of substitute for each pound of wheat flour. Graham and whole wheat fiour, however. may be sold at a ratio of three pounds to five pounds of wheat flour. A special exception may be ‘granted upon application showing necessity in the case of specially prepared infants' and invalids’ food containipg flour. FORD PLANT TO SPEED UP BUILDING OF 'LIBERTY MOTORS To Provide For the Wholesale Pro- duction of Completed Engines. Washington, Feb. 12.—All available parts of the Detroit plant of the Ford Motor company not now engaged in government war work soon will be devoted to high speed production of Liberty motors for Ameérica’s airplane fleets. The Detroit factory has been turning out cylinders and other en- gine parts for several months, but the | new programme disclosed today pro- vides for wholesale production of the completed engines. ~Recent tests of the Liberty motor indicate that a min- imum of ‘400 horsepower can be e: pected from the new engines. GENERAL VIOLATION OF THE SIXTEEN HOUR LAW Charged by Trainmen's Leader Against Railroad Managements. ‘Washington, Feb. 12.—Indisclimin- ate violation of the sixteen hour law, especially since the governmeht tock over the , was charged to the railroad managements toduy by Timo- try Shea, acting president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Engineers and Hostelers, in picturing to the railroad wage commission working conditions which he ' said drove the men into other employment. Action Deferred on o J e e AWAITING REPORTS FR&M STATE FUEL ADMINISTRATORS " DECISION COMES TODAY New England is Giving the Officials the Greatest Cor;aem—Storm\nr‘M‘ly‘ .Be Given Power to Revoke the Mon- day Closing Order. ‘Washington, Feb: 12.—Suspension of the heatless Monday, order, forecast for several daes,” was postponed tonight until tomorrow, pending final reports from state "fuel ‘administrators regional railroad officials on the ‘coal and transportation situation. 2 The intention had been to revoke the order tonight, but at a conference to- day Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director General. McAdoo decided it would be-best to obtain the fullest in- formation before acting. . New: England Giving Concern. About the only part of the country now giving officials. concern is New England, where the coal shortage is said to be as acute as at any time in the last few weeks. tonight that if J. J. Storrow, fuel ad- ministartor for New England, decides that Monday closing should be con- from issuing a special closing order i for that section. Powers of State Administrators. Other state fuel administrators have | authority to issue special closing or- ders for their territory, but there were no indications tonight that they con- sidered them. necessary, Such orders would have to be referred to Wash- ington for Dr. Garficld’s approval. The part of the closing order estahblishing a preferential lisit of consumers for | coal distribution will be continued in'i force. Fuel administration officials | believe 'that its operation will' go far towards solving the situation in the future. In effect this part:of the or- der cuts off the coal supplies 6f*many of the less essential industries, as there admittedly is not enough coal-to go around. Second Preferential List. War industries not included .in the| preferential distribution list but per- mitted to operate during. the- recent five day industrial shutdown will form a second preferred list and will get coal after consumers on the first list | are supplied. VEEDER'S ATTORNEYS FILE WRIT OF ERROR. Three Judges of the U. S. Circuit Ci of Appeals Are: to 'Review the rt Swift & company, today filed a writ' of error and obtained a supersedas! from the United States circuit court of appeals in the government's search warrant case over the protest of thé legal representatives of the govern- ment. with the result that further search of the vault of the packers’ lawyer for evidence in the federal trade commission's investigation will be delayed until after March 1. ' On that date the three judges of the United States circuit court of appeals will review the case and pass on the validity of the government's writ is- sued under-the search and seizure sec- tion of the espionage law. . Francis J. Heney, for the fede trade commission, declared that the delay resulting from the appeal of the case by the counsel for Swift & com- ypany will not seriously hamper the government agents in the investigation and prosecution of the alleged felonies charged in the ajdavit on which the search warrant was issuéd. “The men we are after will not get away, and perhaps this is as good a time as any to thresh out the question of how far the Zovernment. may 'go under a search warrant after docu- ‘ments and papers alleged to have been |used in the, commission of felonies,” said Mr. Heney. CAMP GREENE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. IS NOT TO BE PERMANENT| Because of the Unsuitability of the' Ground on Which It is Located. Washington, Feb. 12.—Camp Greene, Charlotte, N. C., now occupied by reg- ular troops, is to be abandoned as a permanent training center because of unsuitability of the ground on which it is located. y Major General Dickman, senior offi- cer at the camp, was at the war d- partment today and reported the camp site knee-deep in mud in some places owing to an unusually hard winter and t&e clay soil which underlies the sur- face and prevents rapid absorption. The medical department has determ- ined, however, that there is no danger {to the health of the soldiers there un- til summer comes, and by that time the men will have been moved. COAL ARRIVING AT TIDEWATER TERMINALS, Larger Quantities Are Being Distrib- uted in New York City. L New York, Feb. 12.—Increased .sup- plies of coal are ar S At tidewater terminals and larger quantities are being distributed in the city as a re- sult of more favorable weather, but the' shipments are still far from ‘nor- ;mal, according to statements of fuel administrators tonight. It was esti- mated more coal was saved by the #eneral observance of the holiday to- day than was.the case yesterday, * In the week ending Feb. 9 approxi- ately 169,490 tons of anthracite was received in New York. HELD FOR MURDER OF HER THIRD HUSBAND. Mrs. Annie F. Monahan Indicted at| New ‘Haven, New Haven, Conn., Feb, 12.—Mrs, Annie F. Monahan was today indicted ! on a charge of murder in the first dé- gree by the grand jury of the superior court. She is accused of causing the death of her third husband, John Mon- ahan. The woman was, a few years ago, acquitted of the charge of causing’ the death of a niece, and the circum- ant | today with “profou | It was indicated { tinued in the New England states,; . R nothing- will be done to discourage him | puocec vion 'Will Ask That Sentence 1 Hom Cieton s genanat e o 2: stances surrounding the death of her second hushand were also under in- vestigation at that time.' Her second and third hugbands were. brothers. . TEN Final Test of Amms - Heatiess Monday| on Westem Front oririon o e IN WASHINGTON L) With: the 'Ukraine - Republic. Washington, ' Feb. 12—With on the western front apparently with. in sight, military: men here examined ¥ fofound interest the sit- uation credted by the signing of a peace -paet between the Central Pow- ers and the new Ukraine republic and the. décisi ‘West and ‘also to furnish new sous: ARGUMENTS IN BOLO TRIAL START TODAY. of Death Be Imposed. prosecutor. He will ask that the sen tence of death be imposed upon Bolo. The trial was resumed today with M. Doyen, an expert accountant, again on the stand to refute charges made by Monsignor Bolo; brother of the de. fendant, that Doyen had dishonored himself. by falsifying a portion of hi: original report on _ Bolo's er’s brother had challenged. After M. Doyen has testified, Mon signor Bolo again took ti‘uy 1 Hl-;sd to Tat ‘repeated;' as. on Monday, that shoot my innoceént brother.” CONTROVERSY. IN, CONGRESS OVER WAR EFFICIENCY Promises i, Form For Action. ‘Washington, Feb.’ 12.—Controversy over American war efficiency and re- organization promises soon to reach concrete form for action in congress. The senate military ‘committee’s in. quiry, which began just two month: ago, virtually was concluded with the garding shipping facilities. same time it became known President Wilson, unalterably opposed the committee’s bills for a war council and a munitions director plans to be gin tomorrow a series of conferences with members of congress, republi cans and democrats, calling them to the White House to discuss legislation giving 'him power to effect such reor- The bill the ganization’ as he desires. president had Senator Overman intro duce last week and which he talked over last night. with Senator Overman and" Senator Nelson probably will be committee amended: by . the ‘judiciary and soon brought before the senate. Renewal of the senate debate. which has been suspended for a few days, is scheduled for next Thursday, Senato: James of Kentucky, an administration spokesman giving notice today that he would speak then on “America and Her National Defense.” GREATER UTILIZATION OF NAVIGABLE FIVERS The Object of Steps Taken by Directa Ceneral McAdoo. ‘Washington, Feb. greater utilization of relieve railroads of big freight bur- den were taken today by committee to study water transpor tation as it may be co-ordinated with irail’ hauling, and make early recor mendations so that some definite meas: ures may be taken this summer. ROOSEVELT CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS the Bulletin States Yesterday Was Colohel’s Most Comfortable Day. New . York. -Feb. rupted from now on.” AT LEAST 159 AMERICANS MILITARY EXPERTS REVIEW THE SITUATION Cite Many Factors to Detract From the Advantages the Central Powers * May Derive ‘From the Peace Pact on. of the:Bolsheviki Russian eve their face would ap- pear to set fres “enormous German forces for the impending battle in the ! - of food supply for the Teutonic allies, but many factors detract from the ad- (Continued on Page Three Col. Six), Paris, Feb, 12.-=All the evidence and peeches by witnesses' in the case af | Bolo Pasha,~who is on trial for trea. and apparently all the other “af- faires” now under investigation before the French. court, had been concluded this afternoon, and tomorrow's sitting will open with the arguments of thé activities. The witness spoke with freat reserve and moderation, declaring merely thaf he took exception to the form in which these criticisms were presented by a man who strangely abuses the moral authority conferred upon him by the cjoth he wears. M. Doyen then reit- erated and explained in detail the por- tions of his report which the prison- ] the stand and reiterated his attacks of . yestes a especially on the authenticity of ‘the telegrams of " Count Von Bernstor:,‘ the f which, ther state depart- | & prosecutor the American government could not be questioned, the priest created a scene by asserting passionately “The Ameri- jcan government has not the right to Soon to Reach a Concrete today submission by Secretary Baker of ‘confidential information re- About the 2.—Steps toward navigable rivers, canals and other inland waterways to Director General McAdoo in appointment of a 12.—Theodore Roosevelt continues to make progress at the Roosevelt hospital and it was believed tonight that he had made up the ground lost in the setback on Sun- day. A bulletin issued at the hospi- tal said “this has been Colonel Roose- velt's most comfortable day” and that “his progress is likely to” be uninter- PAGES—70 COLS. _ Condensed Telegrams Surgeon General Braistead of the Navy was reappointed for another term. e fund of the The “All Welcome” Knights of Columbus is to be increased to $7,500,000. A shift of wind to the northerly quarter broke the ice embargo in Long Island Sound. Back from manths of treatment at a hospital, Republican Leader Mann has resumed his seat. .Ten girls were taken in a police raid Saturday night in small hotels and lodging houses at Portland; Me. Laureyington Marshall, of Portland, Me., member of the 303d field artillery at Camp Devens, died at the base hos- pital of pneumonia. Unnaturalized Germans who do not the | register with the Zolice or p)stmasters opening of the great campaign of 1918 | by tomorrow night will be subject to internment for ‘the war. Dr. Frederick W. lIreland, of South Norwalk, chief surgeon of the steamer Tuscania, cabled his parents of his safety, from Glasgow, Scotland. Transportation of workers errolling for: industrial war service will be pro- vided in a revolving fund of $590,000 which has been asked of congress. Lewis W. Cannon, 71 years old, for forty vears proprietor of Cannon's ho- tel at Southwick Farms, died at his home in West Suffield last night. Ambassador Francis telegraphing from Petrograd ynder date of Febru- ary 6, reported all at' the embassy and in the American Colony safe and well. The appointment of Major Rhine- lander Waldo, fofmer police commis- sioner of New York, as provost mar- shal general in France was announced. The House Rivers and Harbors cem- mittee decided not to include in the appropriation bill 'any new projects except those for prosecution of the war. - The railroad bill as it went to the senate limits the time of government control to eightéen months after the war while the house bill puts the time at two years. e 3| Lieutenant L. F. Plummer, of New Rochelle. N. Y., was killed at Gerst- ner Field, near Lake Charles, La., late yesterday in the fall of an airplane I he was piloting. s Talk has been resumed, in British banking circles of the possibility of an early cessation of treasury bills and the floating debt. William P, Kennedy was elected president of the Great Northern rail- road at a meeting of the board of di- rectors. He was formerly vice pres- ident in charge of traffic, More than 54000 workmen at ship- ‘ad . Glous h N and Wilmingten, Del,, refused to wor yes 1y because double pay for ho! iddy work had been denied them. Circuit Judge Willis B. Perkins at Grand Rapids, Mich., denied a motion of the Chicago Tribune to dismiss the $1,000,000 libel suit brought against the newspaper by Henry Ford of De- troit. by A anie * General Juan Banderas was shot and killed in a downtown cafe at Mex- ico City by Colonel Miguel Peraita. General Banderas took a prominent part in the revolutions led by Madero and Carranza. The tug Cumberiand put in at New- port R. I, yesterday with ten men, all of the survivors of three coal laden barges, which were damaged by ice and sunk on a voyage from Hampton Roads for Providence and Fall River. s Cleveland manufacturers, coal oper- ators and dealers met yesterday to launch a nation-wide campaign to pro- vide railroads with thousands of men urgently needed to rescue transpor- tation from admittedly chaotic condi- tions. that Dr. Robert L. McElroy who recently was granted a year's leave of absence from Princeton university to direct the educational campaign of the Na- tional Security League, will begin his work in New England with a meeting at Hartford today. Second Licutenant Peyton C. March, Jr., son of Major General Peyton C. March, sustained 4 fracture of the skull this afternoon when his airplane fell at Taliaferro Field, at Fort Worth, Texas. He is said to have small chances of recovery. Government vessels searching along the New England coast for the Cross Rip Lightship missing from its sta- tion in Nantucket Sound since Febru- ary 1. reported that they had heard nothing from it and that it probably had drifted far out to sea. ] r T. C. Rogers and P. B. Cooley, fly- ing cadets were killed at Park Field, the army aviation camp, near Mem- phis, Tenn.. in the collision in midair yesterday of the machines in which they were making practice flights. They were flying at a height of about 250 feet. P. J. Farrell, of Newport, Vt., solic- itor of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission’s bureau of valuation, was ap- pointed chief -counsel of the commis- sion yesterday to succeed Joseph W. Folk, who recently resigned to become counsel of the St. Louis chamber of commerce. Hans B. Hiller, who posed as Count Ferdinand Von Hochberg, in Hartford, and who claimed to be a member of the Prussian nobility, was released from jail yesterday, where he had been held since November 24. He was allowed to register as a German alien and was given his freedom on probation. NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOR THE ARMY Eight Million Dollars is to Be Spent on a Port Terminal in Bostdn. Feb. ‘Washington, 12.—Many new WERE lOST ON TUSCANIA | constructign projects for the army, in- Thus Far 145 Bodies Have Buried Along Scotch Coast. A Scotch Seaport, Monday, Feb. 11. —(By. The American dead as a result of cluding munition plants, ordnance de- Been | pots, storage plants, port terminals, hospitals, aviation work, cantonments and ‘housing, were disclosed in a statement given the senate military Associated Press.)—The | committee today by the war depart- the | ment. The work will cost $268,850,- sinking of the steamer Tuscania ap-|000. parently is a tleast 159. Thus far 145 bodies have buried along the Scotch coast Bight millions will be spent on a becn |port terminal at Boston, Mass., and and | $10,000,000 on a similar terminal at fourteen additional bodies were re-|Charleston, S. C. Two millions are pro- coyered today. the -latter will be held tomorrow. TFuneral services over |vided for three powder bag loading the issue of a new loan to consolidate 1 Burned at St'a‘k_e CONFESSION FORCED FROM HiIM BY RED HOT IRONS SHOT TWO WHITE MEN Mob From Estill Springs, Tenn., Cap- tund' the Negro After Wounding Him in a Battle Near McMinville— Implicated Another Negro. Estill Springs, Tenn. Feb. 12.—Jim Mclllherron, .a negro who shot and killed two white men here. last Friday Was burned at the stake here tonisat after a confession had been forced fro mhim by application of red hot irons. - He was brought here tonignt by a posse which captured him after wounding him in a battle near Mc- Minville early today. Mob Estimated ‘at Upwards of 1,000. A mob estimated at upwards of 1,- 000 persons met the trains. Leaders of the posse urged the crowd {o let the law take its course, but no effort was made to prevent the lynching. A sis- ter of one of the men Meclltherron shot addressed the crowd denouncing her brother's slayer. The prisoner was then taken out of town, chained to & tree, tortured until he confessed, im- plicating another negro, and then wae burned. HOME FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN A SUBTERFUGE To Extract Money From New Yorkers in the Name of Charity. ~ New York, Feb. 12—The Fast Side Home for Destitute Childrén has been closed by the beard of health and the matron, Mrs. Blanche W. Cannon has been arrested for keeping it open af:- er its license was revoked, it became known here today when the manage- ment made application to-the. supreme court for restoration o fits license. A jury will decide the case. =3 Counsel for the health authorities, = in opposing the home, declared in its brief that the license was issued t¢ the East Side Home and that the words “for destityte children” were added “as potent arguments to extract money from guillible New Yorkers in the name of charity.” When the society was requested te furnish a list of its members only one person out of 138 to whom inquiries had been sent acknowledged any con- nection with the institution, it was asserted. This, the board held, indi- cated the home was a "fake" charity, conducted not so much for the welfare of the children, who are not destitute, but whose: parents pay. for their kéep, as for the gain and profit of those im- mediately. connected with #.” * the Pre- An agenit of the “for. vention of Cruelty to Children déctar. ed in an affidavit-that-he visited the home of the institution ‘at Hopewell Junction, Dutchess county, and ther found sixty childreén living ‘under un- sanitary conditions. The building had no bathroom and a chicken coop was being used as a diphfheria isolation ward, he said. * REP. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR FEDERAL SUFFRAGE Postponed the Selection of a Chairman Until Today. St. Louis, Mo.; Feb. 12.—The re- publican nationai committee, affer postponing until "tomorrow the selec- tion of a chairman today adopted a resclution endorsing the vote of re- publicgn congressmen for the Susan B. Anthony suffrage. amendment. Tonight opposing forces were. claim. ing victory for their respective can- didates, John T. Adams of Jowa and Will H. Hays, chairman of the state central committee of Indiana. Most reliable figures available, however, in- dicated 23 votes pledged to Adams, 23 to Hays and five non-committal. The- expected public atfack on. Mr. Adams, whose Americanism had. beén questioned by his. opponents, did not materialize “and" his friends declared - they would quickly disprove allega- tions that he had:taken the initiative in ealling a mass meeting at Dubuque, Towa, vefore America entered .the war, to’ protest against Americans travel- ing on munitions ships. AMERICANS SLIGHTLY " WOUNDED IN ACTION First Lieut. Howard Traat of Orange, Conn,, Among the Number, ‘Washington, Feb. 12.—General Per- shing notified the war department ‘to- night that the following men had been slightly wounded in action: Y First Lieutenant =~ Howard Treat, fiield artillery, Feb. 9; Orange, Conn. Private John H. Sandbrook, field artillery, Feb. 9, Phillipsburg, N. J. - First Lieutenant Willie -H. Howell, medical reserve corps, attached ‘to fleld ambulance; January 30; Belle- ville, W. Va. : : 4 Private Louis J. Tardiff, field artil- lery, Feb. 9; Gladstone, Mich. DESERTER GETS FIFTEEN YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT Forfeiture of :all Pay and a Dishonor- able Discharge. . Camp Dix, N. J., Feb. 12.—Fifteen years,imprisonment“in a fedéral pris- on, forfeiture of all pay and dishonor- able discharge from the army was the sentence passed upon Claude C. Thom- as of Florence, N. J., a deserter, by a courtmartial here today. omas was. stationed at Camp McClellan, Annis- ton, Ala, when he deserted. He was captured. at Burdington, N J., about a month ago ond instead o2 being sent to Anniston was brought here for trial. ’ FIRE IN MAIN BUILDING AT VASSAR COLLEGE Did $300,000 Damage—None of the Students Was Injured. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb. 12.—Fire which broke out at 6.45 tonight in the east wing of the building at Vassar college did $300,600 damage and- for a long time threatened to destroy the entire building. It was not up- til nine o’clock that the blaze was gotten under control. . The damage wae confined to the diming room, as- sémbly hall, kitchens and the ser- vants’ quarters of the building. None points at sites not yet made known. lof the students was