Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 15, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 40 GERMANY 15 DISTRUS - OF THE BOLSHEVIK L et Prepafafims For Any Surprise Mov ot Brest Litovsk Ended Bore All the Seeds of a Future Conflict—On ¢he Battle ‘Eront in France the Fighting Has Assumed Violent Pro- With the Forces of the Enténte Allies th € | ters strove valiantly to save the sick Aided by American Batteries, Which-Gave \lflfim, that | Mesnil. In the manifesto to his subjects with peace effected with the Ukraine, {tbe Austrian emperor reiterates his for an early general peacs. “In common with my hard-trled * says the emperor, “I trust ‘M the first conclusion ot aggingt peace, which is so gratifying an {far us, o general peace will soon be igranted suffering humanity.” n the battle front in France the 'BENATE CONSIDERATION OF RAILROAD BILL CONTINUED Benator Cummings Attacked the Pro- posed Standard of Compensation. —_—— 'DESIRE FOR GENERAL PEACE —— mm&@ammmfimmfim, on the East Frqng P in a Violent Rupture:Which v Probably the ot Cham- region, where, alded by Amer- ican batterfes which gave the French/ “very effective support” the French bave captured and organized German trenches southwest of the Butte du ‘The German commu- nication admits the loss of this ground. North of Lens, the famous coal mining regiom, the British and Ger- mans again have met in a sharp en- ‘but no details of it yet have activi- their own sector. t KENNIG ACQUITTED OF CHARGE OF TREASON in Discharging Him Thanked Judge Him as a Faith{:| American Citizen, New ¥York, I¢. :i.-—The trial of 1} [Panl C. H. Hem.. a worker on gy~ roscopes in the E. \V, Bliss Co. plant, on the charge of trcason, came to an abrupt_end this afternoon. Mel« of New Y acquitted. s “Judge Chatfield-gave the ‘case to the Jury, and, after a ntu.u it returned a werdict of not guil- Judge Chaifield, in ‘Hen- nig, said the men who gave the in- Enhled nh thelr. . conclusions and -doing as the | thought they wers. 200d_citizens. wiatas of the 1,800,000 persons: ployed in the operation of these prop- mcflhf‘ and o:thhll lnl!l;hm. of dollars eing pi into the vari rafl- road ‘treasuries. 25 The Iowa senator will conclude his *peech tomorrow. Senator Robinson, t, & member of the interstate commeréo committ lans to rej e mittee, pl 'ply KING FAVORS ROOSEVELT g FOR REP. NOMINEE 'Declares The Party Has fhe Greatest Opportunity in its History. Indianapolls, Ind, Feb. 14—Three Mmembers of the republican national committee stopped in for a few hours itoday while returning from the con- vention at St. Louis for a conference with Will 1. Hays, new chairman of the committee. They were John T. King of Connectieut; A. T. Hert, of Kentncky, and James A. Hemenway of Indiana. Sepator Penrose of Pennsylvania passed through late this afternoon and was, joined by Mr. King. Chairman Havs foday received hun- Mreds of telezrams of congratulation from republican leaders in all parts of the contry. Among them was one from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, ‘which read: “Your election means more to the country and the republican party than ianything else at this time could have meant. i gald that the republican Mr. K party has the greatest opportunity in lits history to go before the country with a stronz declaration of Ameri- canism and declared that he favored Theodore Roosevelt as the next re- Ipublican candidate for the presiden- cy. MOTION PICTURE FILMS FOR SOLDIERS AND SAH.ORS Rre to Be Placed at the Disposal of the Government by:Leading Pro- rs. the government’s disposal for the ben- ®fit of the soldlers and sailors in ser- ~vice at home and abroad. with the idea that you are against everyope or that e egainst you, 1 ‘with you feelings em- |that you might have had while the charge ‘Wwas over your head.” 1 thank you as a faitht citizen,” ‘replled Hennig. STR C. SPRING-RICE 18 DEAD'IN OTTAWA Frank L. Polk 4o Represent President Wilson at the Funeral. Ottawa, Ont, Feb. 14—Death came at 1 o'clock this morning pring-Rice until recent- amb&ssador to the Unit- i The dipiomat passed away while vidtually in his sleep, at Gov- ernment House, in the presence of Lady Spring-Rice and their children, Betty, aged 11, and Anthony, azed § years. Sir Ceeil had complained of not feeling well,.and Dr. Thomas Gi)- son was summonea chortly after mi night, but death came soon after his arrival. Funeral services will be held in St. Bartholomew's church here Saturday afternoon, and his body will be bur- ied in Ottawa at Beechwood cemetery. Hig®Lordship Bishop Roper will con- duct the service, assisted by the Rev. F. H. Brewin, rector of the church. Frank L. Polk, counsellor of the ul American state department, has been designated St to_attend the funeral of Sir. Cecll Spring-Rice as the personal repre- sentative of President Wilson. PETTY OFFICERS TO STUDY PHYSICAL TRAINING They ‘Are in New Haven to Take Wal- « ter Camp’s Course, New Haven, Conn, Feb, 1£—Thir- teen petty of fro struction of Cap- tain John B. Murphy, in charge of unit ‘here. They will spend a week or ten days in New Ha- ;Qn, being quartered at the-Yale boat- ouse, FREER INTERCHANGE OF FOODSTUFFS WITH MEXICO Negotiations to That End Are to.Be Concluded at-Mexico City. ‘Washington Feb. 1{—Negoti for a freer intercha nge foodstuff: oc foodstuffs end other products by the United States :|ied by Ambassador Fletcher to permit President Carranza personally to - ticipate in the comferences. i Jury |ister) he wamts to isolate Germany him and his horse instantly. NORWICH, CONNs FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918 16 PAGES—120 COLS. /) PRICE TW() CENTS Cabled Par~raphs Jofire-Elected to French Academy. Paris, Feb. 14—Marshal Joffre, for- mer commander-in-chief of the French army, was today elected,a member of the French Academy by 23 votes out of a possible 29. Six members were absent and one voto cast was a blank. 100 CHILDREN PERISH IN GREY MUNNERY FIRE AT MONTREAL, Charred Bodies of 38 Had Been Re- " covered Late Last Night. Montreal, {eb. 14 — The echarred bodies of 33 children had been recoy- ered late tonight from the ruins of the Grey Nunnery which was destroyed by fire. It is feared many more per- ‘All the inmates of the great build- ings except the children are believed to have escaped. They included nuns, nursing sisters, wounded or sick diers from overseas, aged, sick or crip pled men and women to the number, of_almost a thousand. ‘WDhen the flames were discovered in the west wing the alarm was quickly given and all those able to help themselves fled to places of safe- ty. The heroic nuns and nursing sis- and wounded as.- well as the infants under their charge. > The children were housed in thessec- tion of the building where the fire started and the flames spread so rap- ly it was impossible to save them all. Nome of the soldiers suffered in- jury, however, although nearly 200 of them were quartered in the building. The ages of the ipmates of the nun pery ranged from two or three daysi; to almost a hundred years. Many of the” babies who died in_the fire ‘and, smoke were only a few days pr a few weeks old. The elderly inmates were housed in another section of the nunnery and were not immediately menaced by the flames. READ GERMAN COMMENT | ON PRESIDENT WILSON/ Rheinische Westfalischen Gazette Calfs Him “Wilson, the Poisoner.” Feb. 14—As was to boi of ische der the caption “Wilson, the Poisoner,” says: are talking to save their -oif, Lloyd George and the toothles. tger in Paris. With lawyers' tricks, ey are trying to humbug their dcluded peoples. It is impossi- ble to take President Wilson serious- Assuming haughty contempt, this newwspaper proceeds to -prove to its own satisfaction that President Wil- son failed in what it terms his three ob; namely, to hearten the Brit- ish tales of inexhaustible. Amer- ican resources, to try and split Ger- many and Austria-Hungary and to mplay off the reichstag majority against has Had no luck,” continues. Spain _and sundry South 1 American The Dusseldorf Nachichten says: “After reading the address we have given up hope that our.readers will be able to make head or tail of what President Wilson really wants. He never has spoken more vaguely or ly. # * ¢ The only thing clear flattering Count Czernin Hungarian foreign min- and then isdlate all the strong forces within Germany, & & “President Wilson's address does not mitigate the Versailles declaration one whit. He blasphemously invokes Di- vine judgment. That judgment al- ready has spoken. Our soil is enemy free. While the czar and four other kings eat bread In exile, we, free, in the east, shall settle the rest in the west.” PRINCIPAL ITEMS IN. THE URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL As Reported fn House Include $277,: 732,000 for Bombs and Airplanes. Tashington, Feb. 14. — Principal items for the army in the billion dol- lar urgent deficiency appropriation bill favorably reported to the house today Include $277,732,000 for bombs fo rair- planes, $100 000,000 for quartermaster storaze plants on the seacoast and at interior points, and $81,000,000 for mountain, field, siege and other artil- liery in addition to the billion dollars already spent for ordmance and con- tract authorizations for $779,000,000 additional. In asking for am appropriation : of $100,000,000 for storage and shipping facilities with an authorization .of $50,000,000 more, Mafor General Goe- thals, é.cting quartermaster general, disclosed that it is proposed from $20:000,000 to $25,000,000 enlarg- ing the Bush Terminals at torage plants at Norfolk, Va., will cost $23.000,000: at Charleston, S. C. $13,200,000; at Baltimore $9,830,000; at Philadelphia $12,950.000 and at -Boston' $10,700 000. The interior plants, the lo- catio~~ - which were not given, will cost $50.000,000. To_complete the storagze at Govern or’s Island: N. Y., $2,000.000 is asked, while a storage at Newark, N. J, will cost $4,600,000. ‘The ordnance department comtem- plates storage at Newport News, Charleston, Baltimore, Chicago, Phil- adelphia, Paterson, ‘Watertown, Springfield, Iils.; Cleveland. Spring- field, Mass.: Rock Island, San Fran- cisco and Boston, with storage for ex- plosives on ritan River, New Jer- sey. ‘The signal corps wants storage ]at Dayton, Cincinnati, Buffalo and Mineola. SOLDIER AND SIX HORSES KILLED BY LIGHTNING BOLT Heatless Mondays to WITH THE SO DECIDED AT BOSTON be continued as a heatless day in all New England with the tion of New Hampshire. ministrators , of the cot the ‘to spend | B: be Continued in N.E POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SRR Fueli Administrator Storrow is to Put the Question of Supplying Coal Carrying Ships Directly Up to President Wilson. ’ Bosfon, Feb. 14—Next Monday will possible . The fuel ad- ‘various New Hampshire Uncertain, The decision as to whether New Hampshira shall continue next Mon- day as a holiday will be left to For- derstood that he would permit busi ard~ sald to-1 night thai when Mr. Floyd _retired| from the conference he apparcitly was uncertain what activn he woul 13 days should be discontinu ning nmext Monday throughont except in New England, where he it to the decision of the ministrato i ad- SOME WAGES DEMANDED 1 1 | Tita- From $215 to $235 a Morith. ‘Washington, Feb, tives of union and udorganized who asked' to present reasons for | creased pay to the rafiroad wage com- mission completed their testimony to- ! adjourned { subject to the call of tho chairman ! Secretary Lane. Witnesses caliec by the commission in its independen: iu-{ c. vestigation will be heard at the next sessions prcbably beginning Monday Recommendations be made commission W concern ow James A. Henmessy, wao asked at to- day's hearing thiat the stewards of 1h Pennswivi: Raiirocad should ~ bel “ucodr the eight hour lnw, it stewards ‘frequently were on duty! ‘hour! B e ket of $80 mongh. | instead ‘of $100 to §$125 now paid, and | at lesta four days a month Off. were| asked. il A B. Jenkins, representing union molders on the Southern Railway system, asked the same, increases for them that other mechanical tradoes wanted, about 33 1-3 per cent. W. G. Ebey, of Hamlet said $215 to $235 a month instead of $160 to $175, becausg. of the increase in liv- ing costs, which he estimated at sev- enty per cent. He took occasion to deny for his road, the Seaboard Air Line, charges made by officers_of the conductors and trainmen that officials were trying to' make the eight hour law and government operation a fail- ure. -He introduced a circular letter sent out by President W. J. Harahan, which directed every employe to give every possibie assistance to carry out the programme of the federal admin- istration. TOBACCO ACREAGE IS TO BE CURTAILED By Order of the State Council of De- fente. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 14—In view of the fact that the state council of defense has ordered a curtailment of robacco acreage in Connecticut this year, the'New Engiand Tobacco Grow- ers Association believes that similar action should be taken in other tobac- ©co growing states and the importation of tobacco should be restricted. At the 35th annual conventién of the as- sociation here today a resolution was adopted to the effect that the state council of defense and the Tepresen- tatives in congress “be petitioned by a committee from this association to ask and insist” that such action be taken. The following officers were elected: President, Howard A. Middleton, road Brook: vice president, F. L. ‘Whitmore, Sunderiand, Mass.; secre- tary, W. K. Ackley, East Hartford; treasurer, H. W. Case, Granby. FEDERAL DIRECTORS OF EMPLOYMENT APPOINTED Lee Korpor of Hartford the Man For Connecticut. ‘Washington, Feb. 14—Appointment of federal directors of employment in ewelve states was announced tonight by the department of labor in a state- ‘ment outlining plans of the federal employment service for welding all federal, state and municipal employ- ment facilities into a national system of labor exchanges. The new appointments, made with the approval of the department of la- bor upon the joint recommendation of the state councils of defense and or- ganizeq capital and labor in the vari- ous states, include: - Connecticut: Lee Korpor, Hartford. STEAMER MAINE OF NEW At Camp Sheridan, Alabama—Several Other Soldiers Were Injured. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 14.—Private Thomas Hawthorne, of Dayton, Ohio, was killed and several other members of Battery D, 134th Field Artillery, were injured, two seriously, today, by lightning which .struck the ry '| while it was on the firing range near Camp Sheridan. Six horses also were killed and others hurt. Sergeant Pearl Dewees and Private Paul Decker were the men serfously hurt. The others suffered slight bruises by ‘being thrown' from their horses. The bolt struck Hawthorne, killin; LONDON LINE DISABLED Rudder Broke Off South Norwalk— Chapin T: Her Place. New London, Conn.. Feb. 14—The steamer Maine of the New London to New York Mne, which was disabled by a broken rudder off South Norwalk yesterday morning' on her way to New York, has been to New York, local officials of the line said_ tonight, and will probably go in drydock. It will be several days they expect before she will be running again. The steamer Chester W. Chapin came through from ‘New York last night and will be on the line from here tonight, . . | To Probe Building of INVESTIGATION ORDERED RECKLESS EXPENDITURE Chairman Hurley of the Shipping by the department of justice of the excep- | American Internationai Corporation’s construction of the government's big states| fabricating steel ship yard at Hog made this announcement after a, long|lIsland, Pa. was ordered today nce tonight. IExplaining that | President Wilson ole situation was a matter of|eriminal prosecutions if the.facts de- ships, James J. Storrow, New England | velop more than reckless expenditure tuel administrator, said the question|ol government money of supplying coal carrying ships would be put directly up to President Wil- son. of the shipping board, who had |quested the move, indicated that the corporation’s contfacts _for e mer Governor Charles M. Floyd, fuellmillions of -dollars, might be cancell- administrator for that staie. Beforeled, which was taken to mean that the the conference assembicq it was un-|government might, take over the yard, complete the ships iself. 14} urged by members of the senate com- ntittee investigating shipbuilding. gation in a letter to Attorney General funds at Hog Island have been made {{’ee]y before the senate committee. i Witn ) | Original estimates. BY RAILWAY EMFLOYES! mage in constenctio assistant general X or | Bmergency Fleet Corporation, who is(to the people‘at cost price. ¢ | management, but was asked to await ‘wages and hours, Secreiary Lane toid; the senate committee’s report before ! “nnouncing any programme of action. me bad worked an averaze of 13| “Prom newspaper reports, as well heurs for tae last two weeks and Lhat! as from indications that; have 2 h train dispatchers should be paid from | ., Hog Island Ship Plant BY PRESIDENT WILSON Board Rebukes President of “Ship Carpenters For Allowing Men to Strike. Washington, Feb. 14=Investigation by a view to Hurley Theatens Concellation. At the same time Chairman Hurley Te- building yard and ships involving many its construction and build This step has been The president asked for the invest! Charges of Mismanagement. Charges' of mismanagement and a, reckless spending of the government's esses have testified that the yard, for which the shipping board is pu tirs up all the money, may cost twice the 'sum of $21,000,000 carried in the The slow progress n of the yard and revorts of loose mamagement prompt- ed Chairman Hurley three weeks ago to put in full charge of the work Former Rear Admiral F. A. Bowles, manager of the nex on the ground. Mr. Hurley's threat to cancel the corporation’s contracts was contain- e] in a letter to Admiral Bowles di- recting him to uncover any irregular- ities and notifying him that Attorney nera] Gregory had been requested to designafe a special assistant to belp him. © Admiral Bowles was di- rected to effect a more economical r. Hurley's lettep follows: Mr. Hurley's Legter. from o, it is auite clear that there s a. dondition “of disorganization as vell ‘as of negligence at Hog Island. By taking. hold of conditions with a strong hand T am convinced that you will be able to bring about more care- ful and_economical management. If there have been irregularities of any kind punishment must be meted out to the offenders and I am requesting fhe attorpey general to assign one of stants to aid you in this in- ment of affairs at Hog Island is now before the senate and I felt that.you would want to know . that in my opinion we should await the judg- thent of the committee before commit- ting ourselves to any programme of action. ) Of course, we may find it necessarv to cancel the present con- tract entirely. “If in this connection you have any suezestions to offer I will be very glad ‘0 have them.” - To Make Profit of $6,000,000. The Hog Island contract was the largest of three fabricating steel ship contracts let by the Emergency Fleet Corporation: for which the gov- ernment was to furnish all the money. The corporation is acting in effect as an azent of the government and in the words of Admiral Bowles before the senate committee is furnishing “know how.” It stands to make a profit f $6,000,000 on the yard and on the ships it is to build. Mentbers of Corporation. The American International Corpor- ation is-.composed of some of the coun- |. try’s most powerful financiers, includ- ing Frank A. Vanderlip, "Percy A. Rockefeller, J. Ogden Armour, Robert Dollar, Robert S. Lovitt, Willlam E. Corry, John D. Ryan, Theodore M. Vail, Otto H. Kahn, Pierre S. Dupont, James Stillman, Beekman Winthrop and Charles A. Stone. The American International Ship- building Corporation, a subsidiary of the American International Corpora- tion, is actually building the yard and will bufld the ships although the gov- ernment’s contracts were made with the American International Corpora- tion. The senate committee’s inquiry developed that some wofk has been sublet to outside contractors. George J. Baldwin, chairman of tha American International Corporation, denied before this week that expen- ditures had been. excessive in view of the government's demand for speed. The senate committee deeply into the Hog Island project. Testimony has disclosed that construc- tion. is four months behind, and Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry- dock Company, a witness, that the plant “would do well to turn out any ships in 1918” although ths programme called for the first launch- ings in the early fall. HURLEY APPEALS TO PRESIDENT OF CARPENTERS To End the Strikes in ‘Atlantic -Coast Shipbuilding Yards. ‘Washinigton, Feb. A& — Chairman Hurley of the shipping board -today zppealed - personally to William L, Hutcheson of Indianapolis, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters, to end the strike of ship carpenters in Atlantic coast_shipbuilding yards. The_strike, Mr. Hurley declared in the telegram, i endangering the lives American of soldiers in France await- ing food and munitions from America. “Do you tHink,” he asked, “the fa- thers and mothers whose sons -4 making this sacrifice- will sit patient- has gone declared Condensed Tele_grams ; A state of siege has been proclaimed at Kieff. . Charles Barron, the actor, died in Boston. ‘He supported: Booth and Mc- Cullough. 3 The Canadian MNorthern Railway was valued at $30,000,000 by. the board of arbitration. . ' Federal health officers announce that 325 sheep have been killed by poisoned water in California. A raid was made on the offices of the Dublin = Clan-Na-Gael. Twenty- eight persons were arrested. The Belgian steamship Tunisie while bound from New York to Rotterdam was stranded near Schevendingen. Earl Reading, the new British Am- bassador to the United States, paid his' fire visit to President Wilson. Miss Elizabeth Ambrose was the heroine of the Vassar College fire, She effected several thriliing rescues. A bill to fix the price of 1918 wheat at $2.75 abushel was introduced by Senator McCumber of North Dakota. Sales of war savings certificates and thrift stamps - since Dec. 1, 1917, to Feb. 9, 1918, amounted to $48,993,011, One of the-largest aviation instruc- tion camps in the country will be es- tablished at Long Branch, N. Y., soon. A petition is being circulated on the floor of the New York Coffee Ex- change to have no session on February 23. A delegation of northwest farmers called upon the president and urged him to have a board for the grading of grain. Portable houses erected in France by English and American friends, work- ing in conjunction with the Red Cross, now number 501. Many destroyers, . Supposedly Ger- man, were seen within the last few days going past Mandal, the southern- most point of Norway. Homer Rodeheaver, Billy Sunday’s choir leader, “denied he was engaged to Miss May Peterson. one of the Metropolitan Opera singers. The seven Aldermen "demand _that the city of New York buy and sell food and fuel Two partners in a brewery firm in ondon were fined §1,000 for brewing several hundred barrels of beer in ex- cess of their output allowance. The New Haven Railroad - refused the bids of two prominent Boston commission houses for the holdings of the Bastern Steamship stocks. An_American steamship arriving at an Atlantic port.annmounced the sink- ing of a submarine in the Mediterran- ean. on J: {18/ after a running 5 e - The House yielded to the entreaties of the State Department to drop the so-calleg ‘alien slacker Dill while treaty negotiations for the same bill are in progress. Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that there were 1,163,474 tons of shipping built in Great Britain during 1917 and that 170,000 tons were secured abroad. Virtually every unnaturalized Ger- man in Greater New York registered during the enemy alien registration period which ended at ten o'clock Wednesday night. The senate military committee will meet today to consider miscellaneous army measures. Senator Chamber- lain expects to speak soon in answer to criticisms of his course.' B. A. Eckhart, chairman of the Chi- cago and Wisconsin milling division of the Food Admiristration, says many cars of wheat which were tied-up by the snow are now on their way to Chicago. Paul Hennig, on trial on a charge of treason in Brooklyn, testified that he “bought an American flag when the was was declared and urged his | friends to buy Liberty Bonds, as be had done.” The movement for the formation in New England of junior auxiliaries of the American Red Cross has resulted thus far in the enroliment of 143,472 children of public, parochial and priv- ate schools. Frank Magnati, 25 years old, of Middletown, died last night bf a stab wound received in a quarrel at his home , Tuesday night during a cele- bration in honor of his wedding the vrevious day. James Buchanan, 15th president of the United States ,was, roundl ycrit- icised in the House, and a'bill pro- posing to accept % $100,000 statue of him from a relative was put over without actjon. Fire starting in a varnishing room of the factory of Charles E. Griffiths, maker of office and bar fixtures, New Haven, destroyed the rear of the three atory building and caused a loss es- timated by Mr. Griffiths tonight as about $10,000. John G. Wightman of Stafford, com- missioner for Tolland county, tender- ered his resignation to Goverpor Hol- comb. He has accepted appointment by Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Stoeckel as inspector of automobiles for Tolland county. Brigadier General Benjamin Paore announced he had been appointed to head the court at El Paso, Texas, New York Socialist | condemning ‘Bolo. Death Sentert:e Prongu Impressiye - Silence of Approvzl as Word of merce With the. Enemy,” Paris, Feb. 14.—Without the slight- es ttremor, Bolo Pashz, convi lhigh treason,” heard ¢ :olonel ipresident of ' the cow-tmartial, mounce sentence of death n on him itoday amid an impressive s ence in fithe courtrbom. Merely shaking his head :and shiaig- ging his_shoulders, s thogh to ds, Bolo returned to h Awed by the soldiers bayonets, those who had the courtroom refrained from cell. with theped side ‘the courthouse emxittxl a the: sentence reached taem, of (death found among i COURTMARTIAL BOLO PARHA OF HIGH TREASON nced Upon Him Amid an BOLO HEARD THE VERDICT WITHOU Great Crowds Qutside; the Courthouse Gayve a Terrific Cheer | The Courtinartial Was Unanimous in Condemning Bolo —Porchere Was Convictéd on.the Charge of “Com- gted of! 'Voyer, DO it was hopeless- to ‘fight against the fixed! in 1 dem | opstration, but the great crowds out- ter-#ic roariand cheer of approval as word of plainly showing the favor which whe sentence French, e in the Court Room *° TATRENOR the Sentenre Reached. I'Ixem— * Carrying a Lighter Sentence. pers in France or founding new pub- licatfons -to disseminate the spirit of pacifism or defeat, devoted a sum of money in the neighborhood of 16,000, 000 marks. Bolo, himself, was said {o have had the use of a fund of more than $1,500,000 to be used in attempt- ing to corrupt the French press. Co-Defendants. Darius Porchere, a co-defendant with Bolo Pasha, was senteficed to three years' imprisonment, is a_bus- iness agent who was charged with re- ceiving correspondence relating to the affair as an intermediary of Bolo Pasha. 3 Tilippo Cavallinie, who was judg- d by default and sentenced to death, | people. of Bolo Pasha s outithe city. Verdict Was Unanimous. pread swi’tly through- a lighter sentence. The jwlges delib- sealed. nicality, but the general icomment heard in legal land political circles is: \death, Boloism will die” Final Plea for Bolo. trend Jjournalistie ney for the Levantine finapcier, the floor to malke b figral pie client's Ife. 3 Following a ‘briet distinct doubts: asto his guilt and { them to a certainty of ‘his ‘client’s in- nocence. The attorney then, charged an for the almost ‘general belief be found in the country. . | ser ib price Bolo had paid for it. been' disregarded. The attorney scored: the prosecutor, bigamy or theft, but for treason. “So far as thi cerned,” he said, born in 1914 Arraigned Men!Who Deserted Bolo, women, once glad to be Bolo's guests, wha had now deserted him. as he pleaded. Pasha to satisfy public opinion. not condemn- him to satisfy passion. regretted in after years.” Accused Appeared Depressed. Bolo appeared to be depressed dur- as “a manufactory of perjuries” mer ambassador, was general manager, and Pavenstedt his assistant. the help it had given France, but as- serted that the good faith of Ameri cans had been imposed upon by Ger- their own lives. which will try forty more of the 14th U. S. Ipfantry on_charges growing out of the rioting in Houston, Texas, on the night of August 23. FIRST SECTION OF THE NEW SANITARY CODE Officers at Hartford Today. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 14—The first section of the new-sanitary code of the state will be laid before a meeting of the ‘county health officers here to- morrow by State Health Commission- er John T. Black.: It deals with com- municable diseases and regulations tor their control. Fifth Italian Loan. Paris, Feb. 14—Subscri the ly by and permit this paralyzing of trogt?" iptions to fifth Italian loan collected up to Feb. ruary 11 exceed 3,520,000,000 lire, ac- Rome, of Parish on February 4. ed from the Germans. Ipstrument of German Propaganda. id Before the County' He: Bolo Pasha was an instrument of TasBeiLald Betors ISt Garmen nropasenda.ions] Gf e yatsE to find exposure in the French in- vestigations of 1917, and his name has come to be used as typifying the en- which the French morale and instil a desire for B o e e ticas o thatlalso were reported: Privates: Homer | it _would be well to make the best térms® possible with her as soon as tire system of “Boloism,” by Germany ystrove to break down By spreading the ideas they could be arranged. Had Use of More Than § . 1,500,000, It had been ‘charged that Germany, in attempting to bribe" French states- this life between us and the western|cording to the Havas correspondent at|mMmen and leaders and to French opinion by subs: - ) ‘The news of the coming execution The courtmartial was unaninbus in It stood for’a time four to three against the.conwction of Porchere, but finally comproyiised, six to one, on conviction on the ‘charge of '| “commerce with the,_enemyt” carrying erated only a few minutes, and as they led into the courtroom it was easily | discernible that Bolo Pasha’s fate was An appeal ‘will be entered,on astech- of ‘With Bolo's “When the Bolo |Pasha jtreason trial opened today, Albert Salles, the attor- ook his exposiflodl of the abhorrence generally. felt at’the’ charge of treason, Attorney Salles ‘declared Ithe trial of Bolo, Pasha had raised that it was his (Salles’) task to change “gbominable press campaign against Bolo” with being /largely responsible in France prior to the trial that his client | was guilty, and added that hardly ten' men convinced of his innocence could The press campaign, M. Salles as- ted, had been deliberately instituted Senator Charles Humbert, former owner of Le Journal, after the senator had failed to, induce Bolo to sell back the stock in' Le Journal at half the M. Salles went lengthily into. Bolo's personality and severely criticized the authorities, including General Dubail, military governor of Paris, for what he termed the' pre-judgment of the case before it ever came,‘to trial. He declared that the veriest/ principles of elementary law, which pre-suppose a man innocent until prowen guilty, had Captain. Mornet, and ‘Captain Bouch- erdson of the Paris military court for raking up Bolo's past and insisted that the prisoner was not on trial for courtmartial is con- “Bolo Pasha was Then followed a scathing arraign- ment of all those prominent men and M. Salles in closing was impressing “Do not condemn Bolo Do public i Do not be guilty of a mis- carriage of justice-that will be bitterly Ing the latter part of M. Salles’ ad- dress. He did not even brighten up as his attorney attacked Adolph Pav- enstedt, former head of the Amsinck banking house of New York, for his deposition, or when he characterized the German embassy at Washington of which Count Von Bernstorff, the for- He thanked the American governmert for man spies who were trying to save Paul Bolo Pasha’s courtmartial was one of the so-called cases of “intelli- gence with the enemy” and came up for trial before the third court martial i Bolo Pash was charged with havinng capitaliz- ed the company that bought the news- paper Le Journal with money obtain- influence | gas, was crushed to deat! sidizing newspa- 'chaniber of deputies. He was charged with having introduced Bolo Pasha to Abbas Hilmi, the former khedive of Egypt, and with having facilitated the negotiations, & Captain Mornet acted as prosecut: g attorney for the military author: ities. Bolo Pasha was -defended by re Albert Salles, 2 member of the Council_of the Order of Advocates, while Marcel Heraud appeared for Porchere. ‘The files in the case contained no less than 4,000 separate documents. . Of Interest to Americana. Rolo Pasha's activities were of pe- culiar interest to Americans because it was charged that of the funds at his_dispolas $1,693,000 was e from the Delitsche bank in Bern?'g | Francé by way of New York. It : as a result of the discovery of ‘manipulation of this fund. New York banking H "fi: -York mttn ‘utol;m able_to ol ormat Ty M Ipa o brought about Bolo's arrest. ! fs a former member of the Italian 1 NATION-WIDE DRAGNET 3 FOR A. MITCHELL PALMER Enemy Alien. Who Failed to Report His Property Holdings. Washington, Feb. 14—A ~ nation wide dragnet is being spread by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property cus- todian, to locate enemy aliens Wh hrough ignorance ‘of the law or ma- licious _intent, fail to make report of their property holdings to his office. In a statement today calling on loyal Americans to assist: the government in apprehending violators of the law,. Mr. Palmer gave warning that federal agents are searching the country from coast to coast for outstanding aliefi! property, and that holders of uncov- ered property are liabl to a fine of, $10,000 or ten years' imprisonment, or, both. Full notice has been given and the time for filing reports has been liberally extended, Mr. Palmer said, and the law will be impartially en- forced against all enemy individuals and corporations withholding reports of property in their possession. Many cases have :come to the at- tention of the custodiar where persons are attempting to transfer property for the duration of the war, with the intention of turning it back to the en- emy owners after peace is declared. | From the small number of reports coming in from ceftain communities,| Mr. Palmer said, it is apparent also that some persons and firms are at- tempting to conceal their proper¥y,, either wholly ¢ in part, and to stop| these practices he will use to the full- | cst extent the powers granted in the trading with the enemy act. Offenders who plead ignorance of. the law will be dealt with as sternly | as those who intentoinally violate it.! SCOVILLE GIVES WARNING & ABOUT FOOD HOARDING | In Address Before War Bureau at New | Haven. > New Haven, Conn,, Feb. 14-~Warn- | ing that food hoarding in this state would result in vigorous prosecution by the food administration was given|- today by Robert W. Scoville, of Hart- ford, state food administrator, in an addreés before the local war’ bureauq in which he asserted that there was!| food hoarding in this city. 13 Such hoarding, he told the bureau, is a serious crime and must be guard- ed against. “Under the present al- lowance,” he continued, “a person-is permitted to have a thirty days’ sup- ply of food on hand. Violation of this rule is punishable by a fine of $5,000 or two years' imprisonment” He also said that a farmer in the state had been arrested today when it was learned that although he had five barrels of flour in his house he was buying more, CASUALTIES REPORTED BY GENERAL PERSHING Edward J. Condon of New Haven Died of Coronary Sclerosis. Washington, Feb. 1¢—General Per- | shing today reported that Private Har- Minn,, was slightly wounded in uuon‘ on Feb.. 11. old Ostergaard, infantry, of Tyler, These deaths from natural causes: Webster, meningitis, - Centralfa, | ashn: Raymond Drickley, pneumo- nia, Bluffton, Ind.: Orin H. Davis, pneumonia, Marietta, Okl., and Ed- ward J. Condon, coronary sclerosis, | New Haven. Conn. i Private John Burnett, of Topeka, % by a crane,! - December 19.