Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 19, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX-NO. 43 . - GERMANY 1S CARRYING OUT | .= THREAT OF INVASIONOF RUSSIA. Because of fin‘FaiIul‘; uf the Bolsheviki to Sign Peace Compact With Central Powers, GERMAN TROOPS HAVE CROSSED DVINA RIVER|™="* The Teutons Are Pushing Their Forces Into the Provinces of Esthonia and Linonia, the Taking of Which Would Iso- late Russia From the Shores of the Baltic Sea and Give Reval, Thus Menacing Petro- grad—Austria- Hungary is Left to Deal With Southem Russia.—The New Capital of Ukraine is Reported to Have Been Captured by the Bolsheviki After a Battle in Which 4,000 Persons Were Killed and 7,000 Wound- ed.—At Odessa Another Big Battle Has Been Fought Between the Bolsheviki and the Moderates.—Only Minor Qperations Are Taking Place in France and Belgium. et the Enemy the City of the Dvina rever. a any German military ac- to morthern Rus- left to deal Eb\uns may | t to her | “mflm Petrograd of capture of Ukraine, by the Bolsheviki. ?fln s Qescribed as having an _ extremely sanguinary ., four thousand persons hav- been killed and seven thousand Great destruction was in the town by. shells and ex- dropped by aviators. Odessa another big battle has fought hetween the Bolsheviki Turks and Bulgaria; e in Belgium. from Japan. ‘ Tokio, Friday, Feb. 15.—President ‘Wilson's message . to congress. on was given the throughout the Japanese the afternoon newspapers 13 and the morning news: ] 14. The message, received very favorable comment this morning in the leading newspapers. of, February 11 iblication POSTAGE STAMPS USED FOR CODE MESSAGES By German Agents to Send Military Information to Berlin, . New York, Feb. 18.—Information that the government has discovéred that The association censor's action in holding up dealers’ letters, since. about' December 1, con- taining stamp imports and exports. Stamps have been removed from-mail consigned to or from American deal- ers engaged in foreign trade, and the resultant loss if tMis practicd is con- tinueq throughout th ‘was asserted, seriously American stamp trade. The codes said to have been dis- covered byithe naval authorities were forwarded from New York. containing pre-arranged stamps being On the battle front in France and|mailed to a Central Amerlcan cpun- Flanders the operations continue of a!try. and there re-mailed to neniral emanating from Sweden|mincr character except for artillery ! poerts of Europe, cventually reaching the Germasns have begun |ducls on isolated ‘With Russia of intef-|and the Moderates, during which war- g gy hipe in the harbor bombarded the Polish leglons at Mgisk are de- clared to have been sanguinarily de- has begun the car-|feated and put to rout, while threat of invasion|Boisheviki also are reported to have fallure of the bolshevi- | captured Tongored, on the Biack Sea, | peace compact with the |and Voronezh, capital of the province despatch from Ber-|of the same name. that German troops strife and her battle line flermded of men as a result of thecity. e war, would, it declaration of the. bolsheviki, the sectors and here and |Germany. r i troops into|[there raids of more than the usualjthis form of espionage are declared remaining Baltic prov- | violence. The only attack of ymport-|te bz known and ‘the censors’ mett Livonia — the tak-|ance along the entire front has been would completely iso-|in Champagne, on the sector: where shores of the|the French, alded by American gun-:tion ‘persons responsible for are ‘designed to. prevent repeti Postage stamps with their mul. riations < of sizes, | denominations and so on are pa 2daptable to code saze. The association expects that the li- vn‘l:‘:} é\‘ syt“im ;f dealers in America arations, attacked and gained & fopt- | ¥ill be put in offect soon et = ow_ | In Eingland after a similar form of es. - |Pionare wxs discovered there. 'si.|PRIESTS OF THE DIOCESE ° e COMMISSIONED AS QHAPLMNBI pissbin. o1 At this point, which s situagedjlarl southwest of the Butte du Mesnil, the after heavy artillery ing in French tren ever, they were ejected and i tion the French took prisone) On the American sectdr ne-r Mihiel the Germans have /' reconnaissances ng _expeditione. _The | Rey. Tl 8 Keep ot igh cn down damaged by, an o 4 ing ‘the enem TR [ Fai 1% . —Rishop | ‘ ohn I, Nilan tonicht announced of priests of the Roman Catholic di- ocese of Hartford who commissioned as chaplains United States forces. Rev. William J. O'Shea, pssistant at So. Joseph's Catbedral, tliis city, as- gned to Camp Meade; §{P. Martin, also an assistant at St {os=ph's Cathedral, ment; Rev. Martin K of the Church of Conception, Waterbury, a: Pacific Coast point Kiev, the new y-seven perzons were killed -one injured in, the- air raids made by the Gérmans on London Sat- urday and Sunday nights. As oy Sat- urday night only ome of the six seven enemy machines whick attempt- ed to. penetrate the defensive bar- rage of the British, reached London in Sunday night's attack. was attempted against Monday night. They _include: A third raid | B9 capftal on ting, formerly {lating the espionag e act and obtaining money under false pretences, may be DEATHS OF FOUR PRIVATES RESULT FROM EXPLOSIONS * Lieut. Rand Suicides, “Washington, Feb. 18.—The deaths of four privates as the resuit of explo- slons, the killing of Cadet Lindley H. ‘De Garmo, Ridgewood, N. J., f an airplane accident last Saturday and of Lawrence, L. I, N. Y., at- to the aviation section of the G4 ‘whese mother lives in Kefa- Austria. and Chorba died last Satur- Duda and Herrick yesterday. ‘were given but it is as- explosions were of hand deaths from natural causes wers reported: Private Charles i 7 i % lfl ot G E- bas prociaimed the baronial olesale arrest of men above 17 and | women over 21. More than a thous- persons already have been im- The barons are charged with plotting against the council in delegates to ask Emperor intervention and German %o save Esthonia from ruin. IN SEARCH OF THE RED CROSS LIGHTSHIP A Speedy Naval Vessel Left Newport Last Night. Newport, R. I, Feb. 18.—A 'speedy since heavy ice eran and publister of the Sunday Sunday newspaper | which had crossed the street to 8 Efl in_the United States, died | freshmont stall 7% Rev. Edward. A. St. Peter's church. assigned to Camp Meade; Rev. Tho; assigned to| Waller’ D. Casey, t THOUSANDS OF FACTORIES TO BE CONSOLIDATED | In & Airplene Accident in France—|In Ohio and Pennsylvani War Material Cleveland, O., Feb. 18. — Several thousand factories in the greater parf of Ohio and three western Pennsyl- vania counties will be consolidated in- to one organization with every part co-ordimated in turning out war me- terfal, under plans adopted today by the Cleveland war industries commis Samuel Scovil will represent the United States ordnance depart- ment in the district. Questionnaires will be sent to all the manufacturers. The commission wilt thus know the number of machines in each plant, those engaged in war or- ders and the complete available pro- duction capacity. The gove; be told quickly what labo: are in each plant and will be able to place orders where there equipment to turn out finished pro- ducts quickly, Blue prints of plans and specifi- cations of government contracts will be orf file in the offices of the com- All industries ore ex- F. Lynch of _Balti Camp Devens St. John's Stamford, Camp Greene: ing awsiznment: otte, now in France. PURSER ON THE NIEUW AMSTERDAM ARRESTED Under the Trading With the Enemy Act—Said to -Have Confessed. Rev. Anselm May- An_Atlantic Port, Feb. 18, nes 'Hendrik. Werkhoven, on the Holland-American liner Nieuw Amsterdam, was ar junder the trading and is said to hav had brought to this country .for re- demption bonds and coupons owned He was held in $25,000] bafl for further examination. Army intelligence office: puzzled as to the manner in wiich se- curities wnokn to belong to (iermans residing abroad have been brought to the United States and converted into The arrest of Werkhoven, who was trapped while negotiatin~ the sale of a $500 United Fruit ‘Company bond, is believed to clear up the mystery, MISS LIZZIE PALMER | DEAD AT AGE OF 115 8aid to. Be the Oldest Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown. P. E. I, Miss Lizzie Pagmer, the oldest perc son on Prince Edward Island, if not in Canada, died in the Provincial In- firmary here today at the age of 115. She was born in Nova Scof to the island when she was a child She had been a ward of the govern- She became blind two years ago. Her hearing was other faculties were ed here today | the eneamy act | confessed that he ¢ | mission here. pected to be represented. NEGRO LYNCHED BY MOB NEAR FAYETTEVILLE, GA. Had Attempted Robkery Kidnapped a Baby. Fayetteville, Ga., Feb. Cosby, a negro, wag lynched near here last night by a mob after he Ima at- tempted to rob the home of Mrs. Bar- ney McElwaney, near Aberdeen, and kidnapped her two-year-old baby. The child was found later in a briar patch Mrs. McElwaney, the baby were alone urday night when house. Finding no mone the women from the howse, took the child and made off. A mob formed on Sunday morning after news of the kid- tia and came ment since 1883. her mother and in the home Sat- [acute and her NAVY PAY CLERK MISAPPROPRIATED FUNDSQ Roy N, C. Hartshorn Dismissed From Service, With Five Year Sentence. ‘Washington, Feb, 18.—Pay Clerk Roy M, C. Hartshorn, convicted of misap- propriation of funds, has been sen: tenced to be dismissed from the navy and to serve five years at hard labor in the New Hampshire prison. navy department President Wilson's approval ing found the negro that night. He was Dlace where the baby had and ung to a tre No arrests have been ™ s e i BOMBS DROPPED ON LONDON HIT A HOTEL 1t Killed Six or Eight Persons on a » Street Nearby. today announced , Feb. 18.—One of the bomb: dropped on Lendon last night hit : hotel, killing six or eignt persons who were in a street nearby watching the progress of the raid. hotel received worse injuries than a few scratches. Three servants, who ‘went outside a few moments before, K. OF C. RAISED ABOUT $83,000 IN NEW HAVEN Campaign For ‘No one in the . Closed Last Night. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 19. e Vages for_Sente Conniter Trmeniflccessu?y . o Visit Hog Island - ACT CONCEDED BY REPRESEN- \ /TATIVES OF ROADS Jreek | Agres That All Men Receiving Under $150 Month Need More Money to Meet the Advances in the Prices of |+ Necessities. 4 ‘Washington, Feb. 18—The necessity for increased wages for railroad em- ployes was conceded ‘today by repre- 'sentatives .of a majority of the rail- for the first time before the govern- commission by giving information. Low Priced Men Need Assistance. that there are numerous classés o information of eastern railways. earned by railroad employes in the United States. * paid man should be helped drew from ssion, a query as'ta what he con- sidered a low pail man. 3 month. Lane. ing: sh ROUSSELOT DI 6A8TILL° MAY BE DEPORTED He is Under Indictment for Vielating the Espionage Act: Castillo, undér indictment here. for vio- deported to France as an undesira- found a card among his effects which vice in the French army in 1914 Ey was declared, Castillo @utomatically became a deserter. . Castilio. formerly a fifteen dollar a weelc clerls. passed off along Broad- way as “Marquis” De Castillo, a rép- resentative of the French zovernment and confident -of King Alfonso. of Spain. He borrowed $500 from W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor’ of - the hotel ‘where he had established himself in a palatial suite, saying he needed it to entert Ambassador Jusserand. Throush J. P, Morgan and Compan Castilo was opening nezWlations for a loan of $50,000000 to “the king of Spain” when he Wwas arresrad. The expense inci al to prosecnt ing Castillo would be' avoided by de. rorting the prisoner, federal agents said today. = e CLEARING U'P CONGESTION ON EASTERN RAILROADS To Increase the Quantity of Cotton Moving to ‘New England Mills. Washington, Feb. 18.—Graduai clear ing up of congestion on eastern rail- roads was indicated by reperts toflay to Director General McAdoo, . . Officials declared if the same rate of progress is made in the, next two or three weeks as was'recorded last week traffic conditions “will be restored to normal before the middle of March, Loaded cars have been moved east- ward and empties westward- in great quantities durnig the past week. Indications were - that embargoes now imposeq on three eastern trunk lines and locally on many other rail- roads east of the Mississippi river, might be lifted gradually, '+ The hauling of cotton to gulf and south Atlantic ‘ports for trans-ship- ment by water to New England mills eugaged in government contract work has been so rapid in the last two weeks that the railroad administration announced it would usdertake to in- crease the quantity fo be received im- mediately from 100000 to - 125,000 ales. H. A.|SCHROEDER HAS BEEN FINED $1,000 For Conspiring to Foment a Revolt Against British Rule in India. San Franelsco, Calif,, Feb., 18—H. A. Schroeder, former secretary of the German consulate at Honolulu, was fined $1,000 today by Judge William G. Van Fieet in the United = States pleaded - guilty to a charge of con- spiring to foment revolution agaihst Eritish rule in India. Judge Van Fleet -ordered that Schroeder serve three months in jajl if he did not pay the fine. were killed, as were persons stand- the Knights of Columb Pa, Feb, 18. — Marshall |ing on the sidewalk, who were struck o % e to raise $75,000 in this city for the war service fund closed tonight, it ganounced that the subscriptions to- ialled $82,021. with the predjction that A taxicab, from which two “fares” Free |had just alighted and the driver of Strict Censorship i Cuba. Havana, Feb. 18.—Strict censorship throughout the entire republic of all mail matter, foreign as well as domes- when all the returns had been tabu- lated the total would te, is established by & presidential ge- cree ‘made public here tonight. The fil;x ARE NOT OPPOSED | TO MAKE TRIP MONDAY |roads of the United States, appearing ment's railroad commission. They said they came nbt to oppose requests of the’ employes but merely to aid the ‘Officials need no-evidence that the ‘cost ‘of living has iricreased and that the low pAid man needs assistance during the war,” declared J. W. Hig- ging of Chicago, execltive secretary of the Western Association of Rail- ways, speaking for the roads of the western district. “No one recognizes more keenly than the managements employes not properly compensated,” ‘was the statement made for the east- ern territory by John G. alber of New York, eecretary of the bureau of F. W. Brown of Washington, assist- ant to the vice president of the South- ern railway, did not touch on the need for. wage advances, but agreed that conditions “outlined in other sections applied egually to the south. The railroads in the eastern and western territory pey'85 per cent. of the money “Mr. Higgins' assertion that the low Secreary Lane, chairman of the com- “The $2,000 limit would include all laborers, trainmen, brgkemen, me- ohznics and clerks. and ‘2 great many | engineers and conductors,” commented Mr. Higging ag . 2e Lirile) He did not :\:slzt.dumm - n ing:.cost - be bor fo'r;uthn distressed employe during t'hg war. B = ew Yok, Feb. 13. — Rousselot di | ble, federal authorities indicated to- day after announcing that they had showed he had been certified for ser- | ignoring his country's call to arms, it district court, he previously having|D TO ASCERTAIN AT FIRST HAND ’RDQREOS. MADE ! The Emergency Fleet Corporation Has Been' Asked to Give the Committee a Detailed Report of Source of Pur- chase of All Supplies. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—Ths senate committee investigating ships voted today to visit the government fabri- cated steel shipyard at Hog Island next Monday to ascertain at first hand the progress made by the American International corporation in construct- ing the plant. 3 Chairman Fletcher said today the emergency fleet corporation had becn ed to give the committee a detailed report showing the source of the pur- chase of all supplies for the construc- tion of the ys.rd and for shipbuilding at Hog island. The committee abandoned its plan to name a sub-committee to visit Hog. Island and also temporarily.abandoned visits' to the fabricated steelyards at Bristol,' Pa., and Newark, N. J. Pending its trip to Hog Island, the committee will continue its general investigation. REPORTS OF PADBED. A PAYROLLS AT HOG ISLAND Are Under Investigation by the De- partment of Justice. Washington, Feb. 18.—Reports of padded payrolls in the gpvernment fabricateq steel shipbuilding piant at Hog Island are’ under investigation by the depratment _af justice, it became known today after a visit to President Wilson to “the department and the shipping board to discuss the pros- Pective general inquiry into conditions ere. Tnited" States Attorney Francis T. Men Receiving Under $150 a Month. | Kane received instructions more than | “I would say that all men receiving {under $150 a month need more money | fhe ; to meet the advance in prices of neces- {sitics,” Mr. Higgins, replied. , “Perhaps the limit of those who need help should be raised to $2.000 a year, which seems 4. ito be the line dratvn by the govern- ment in the income tax l4w. The greatest advance should ‘be- given to the men making less than $100 a two woeks ago to gather all the facts possible concerning rumors that many officials -were paid_exorbitant salaries and some so-called-axperts were paid from two or morg ‘ccounts. After a brief conferance today with President ~Wilson, “Sglicitor General Davis intimated that investigator already bhad been chesen but would not be annaunced until the return to the city of Attorney General Gregory, who has been in Mississippl attending the funeral of his mother. TOBACGCO ACREAGE 1§ T0 !E CURTAILED. "THIS YEAR rtford, Conn., Feb. 18—The New Esgland Tobaces Growers Association whicli votéq at its annual convention here recenrtly to comply with the ree- cmmendation of the state council of defense for curtaiinient of tobacco acreage. this year, will Seek to have a resolution infroduced in congress pro- viding for similar/ curtzilment in al other ' tobacco-growing . states in the couritry and also Tar restriction of to- imports: ~This was stated by President . Howard- A;’ Middletown of the association, Wwho fonight named a committee of five ta prepare this res- olution and forward it to the Connce- ticat delesation in congress. _The couvention .authorized this ac- tion. The committee as announced by Mr, Middletown incdes: I. B. Grif- fin, Hartford: O. F. King. SouthWind- ham: A. N. Shepard, Portland; George A. Harmon, Suffield; and E.-A. Farn- ham, East Windsor Hill. TRICK AND DEVICE” Charge Brought by Bridgeport Man Who Was Fleeced Out of Stock. New York, Feb. 18.—As the result: of charges of “grand larceny by trick and device” preferred by Patrick Mur- ray of Bridgeport, Conn., Edward J. Farnsworth and Ejmer L. Hall, both of this city, are under arrest in Detroit, Mich., and are being held for extradi- tion, it was learned tonight. Murray asserts that he met Farns- worth in Pittsburgh on Jan. 8 last. Farnsworth_introduced himself as “a nephew of J, P. Morgan,” it is alleged. During a conversation in a restaurant. Murray claims, he told Farnsworth about owning some stock in a sulphur cempany' and asked about the advisa- bility of getting rid of it. Farnsworth told him to turn it over to Hall, and this advice was followed, Murray al- leges. This stock. worth $5.000, was pawned by Farnsworth for $150, it ls charged. CAMPAIGN OF PRUSSIANISM SCHEDULED FOR POLAND Budaet For 1918 Calls For 2.250,000 ° Marks For Propagandds Work - ‘Washington, Feb, 18.—The Prussian budget for 1918 calls for 2,250,000 marks to be devoted to German pro- paganda in Polish- territory, according to an official despatch today from Switzerland. It is reported that the Germans are préparing for an exten- sive campaign of Prussianism in Si- lesia, Posnia and West Prussia. Another despatch says Austrlan tronps: recently fired on Poles 1n Lem- berg who were meeting in supnort of a united Poland. One may was kill- ed. . GROUND &GLASS FOUND IN A SACK OF FEED Caused the Closing of a Flour Mill in South Dakota. Sioux Falls, S..D., Feb. 18.—Au~ thorities of Bon Homme countv today closed the flour mill operated by Men- nonites, 16 miles south of Tyndall. 8, D., on charges of a farmer named Mc- nald that a box of ground glass was foqud by him in a sack of feed which had been ground at the mill, accord- ing to advices received here. The mill ‘was closed pending investigation. Federal authoritles are investigating the case, but it was said here that no action had been taken. Italian Troops Harass the Enemy. Rome, Feb. 18.—The Italian troops are showing much activity and are harassing the enemy all along the line. There has also been considerable ar- decree : becor rative immediate- | tillery fighting, according to the repert | trea Wy ” S G : oty trom general headquarters today. V'Comhnsed Telegrams The adminstration of justice in the city of New York costs,$10,000,000 a year. > > The Palestine restoration fund, it ‘was announced, has'passed the rfl}',- 000 mark, . More than 177,608 children have en- rolled in the Junior Red. Cross auxil- iaries in New York. British - and , Turkish delegates at Berne reached an agreement. for the exchange of war prisoners. . Four persons were killed and two crippled when an' automobile was struck by a train at Toledo. Colonel Roosevelt, at the Roosevelt Hospital in New York city, is steadily improving from his operation. German aliens Who failed to register tor a good reason will be allowed to fill out their questionnaire later, University, stopped bedause of the fyel adminstration order, will be resumed. The tramp steamer Vindal, lying in the frozen ice at a wharf in Hastings- on-the-Hudson since Dec. 24, was re- leased. According to a report current at Petrograd, General Kaledines, hetman of the Don Cossacks, has committed sufcide. - to vote. April 1 literature. Trade, in Englind. Schools for training.men in artillery ammunition inspection are to be es- tablished in Boston and. four other New England cities. B fantry at Camp Forest, Tenn.. are il because the candy they ate containe particles of ground glass. Many heads were cracked when 4000 Russian Jews in mass meeting in Chicago, called for a Bolsheviki. The police prevented a riot. War Savings Stamps campaign: The War Department secsive additional list of 27 :.'fium Ameri cans_ knowh to have lost" thelr live cania. P drawn. . Frank Lorri of Middletown, sought by. the police in_ conneétion with the death of Frank Magnanti as a result of 'stab wourds, was arrested in New York yesterday. much for clothing. engagement with a German submar- ine on Oct. 16, 1917. roll leggings or puttees. laborers at the Enterprise and Excel- justment of wage grievances. Fire drove 100 men, women and of gun carriages, were destroyed. operating in an apartment house. A list of 12 add annoupced by Harold Bradock, direc- council. of trustees. 5 administration. yesterday from Adjutant General Coll was to the effect that Connecticut’s fi Devens February 27. neighbors. ident,” F. N, Stevens, Greenwich; Monday classes at the New York American murses and other New York women in France doing war work will not lose: their opportunity Reduction in the price of coal’ is expected when the Fuel Adminstration eliminates jobbers’ commissions after | FOW; Arnold Luptén, a. civil engineer ‘of Londoen, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment for distributing pacifist Increase in the cost of food ranging from 36 to 245 per cent are reported in the Labor Gazette of the Board of Twenty enlisted men of the 52d In- —— Arti and adve ng men will share the $2,000 prize given for the best art and “display” publicity on the A mysterious fire at Dorchester, Mass., destroyed two_ buildings, one . | shi B e R e in the sinking of the transport Tus- The food situation in® Sweeden is becdming alarming. Pork cards will soon be introduced. Extra bread cards for foreign .diplomats were w.th- Professor Stoughton Holborn, of Ox- ford University, declared his first im- pressions 0o American people are that the woman waste food and spend too Three officers of the U. S. 8. Cassin were commended by Secretary Daniels for their gallent conduct during an Women who act as drivers of help- ers in Red Cross motor corps must wear a short skirt if they wear bloomers and they must wear soft Five hundred coal miners and sior collieries, near Shamokin, Pa., are on strike, after rejecting an ad- children out into the streets during a storm at Dorchester, Mass. Two buifdings, used for the manufacture Miss Louise Warner, of No. 565 West 162nq St, New York, telephone operator was killed when she was crushed by -an elevator she was “I never saw more splendid fellows,” said the Most Rev. Clarendon Lamb Worrell, archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia. speaking of American ’ troops he had seen passing through Canada. nal National Guard camps in which new library theatres are to be established was tor ,of the military entertainment Five thousand men will be taken from the army cantonments and given 2 special mechanical course at -the University of Illinois if the Govern- ment, accepts the offer of the board Conrad E. Spens, vice president in charge of the traffic of the Chicago, Burlington and Quiney railroad, hes' been appointed director of transpor- tation for the United States Food An order received from Washington nal 15 per cent. of the first draft quo- ta, 1,100 men, would leave for Camp ’ Mazel, aged 4, and Arthur, ared 2, children of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Long- wall, were burned to death at noon in the Longwell bungalow at Dority Pond, Millbury, Mass. The mother had | locked the little’ ones in the house ! while she went on an arrand to a E. L. Hull of Derby was elected president of * the Comnecticut Laun- Gry Owners' association at its annual meeting_at Hartford, yesterday. The other officers chosen were: Vice pres- Perry, Waterbury; sec- delegate: eral ass: of socialization of demands the mn STRING SHIP CARPENTERS T0 RETURN T0 WORK TODAY Pr’ésident Wilson’s Intervention Has Terminated 'lhe‘i‘ Eastern Shipyards Strike It Was Brought Out Last Night That ‘the Strike Was the Result of the Repudiation by President Hutcheson of an Agreement Signed by the Vice President of the Union, Making the Carpenters’ Brotherhood a Party to the Creation of An Adjustment Board.. Washington, Feb. 18. — President Wilson's intervention has’ terminated the eastern shipyard strikes. Reports toriight to the shipping board from union heads in all districts in which carpenters are out said the strikers would be back at work by noon tomor- : . William L. Hutcheson, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and oiners, is expected here tomorrow to ‘take up the situation with government officia’s. Although heretofore Hutche- son has declined to leave to the ship- building labor adjustment hoard a set- tlement of the carpenters’ demands, officials believe that after President Wilson'’s message of last night | least will be wiung to renew relations with the board. Hutcheson Repudiated Agreement. The Carpénters' brotherhood, it was brought out tonight, was made a party to the creation of the adjustment board by the signature of its, vice president, but Hutcheson overruled his subordi- nate’s action. This fact. ‘according to V. Everit Macy, chairman of the ad- .| justment board, is causing the present trouble at Seattle, where carpenters are trying to enforce a closed shop. All carpenters in the western yards agreed to the Pacific coast wage award, Mr. Macy said, until they learned recently that Hutcheson had repudiated it. Statement by Director Blackman. William Blackman, director of labor steady employment. If a group of shipyard workers ‘tie up the shipyards or fail to give a full day's work, not only will the resuiting stoppage of each the ability of’‘other labor to obtmin man’s work throw them out of employ- ment, but this stoppage also Will af fect the employment of the 6,200,000 war. workers as well as the employ~ ment of the entire 13,000,000 workers throughout the country. “Because of this fact, the labor leads ers of the country, including Samuel Gompers, president of tMe Americaf Federation of Labor, have entered inte an agreement with the navy depart ment, the shipping board and the emergency fleet corporation—an agree-. ment which has been kept with scrup ulous care by its signers and enforced by a board, the very personnel of which insures fairness. “I wish, theréfore, now that the president has personally taken action in the carpenters’ strike, to point out to ‘employes and to the members of organized, labor throughout the coun- try, that their own interests ate vital- ly ‘at stake in this shipping matter, and that the whole force of their mighty influence must for their own protection be used to keep the ehip- yards running full time and block any attempt to paralyze the nation’s busi= ness through etrikes and trust the labor adjustment board to deal fairly with them. “This war can be won through the for . the -emergency 'fleet _corporation, | construction this year of 9,300,000 tons issued a statement tonight declaring | of shipping by the United Siates anl jles threaten the life! the allies. amount will-nol i ¢ | overcome the submarine but also engaged direetly in shipyard work. “For this reason a shipyard strikel is_in effect & lockout, aimed -at r labor in the country, and threatens the very life of organized labor- itself. “On the shipyard workers dependI SENATE LIMITS DEBATE ON THE RAILROAD BILL Plans Made to Insure the Passage of the Bill This Week. ‘Washington, Feb. 18. — Plans were made today which ‘the adminisrration leaders believe will insure passage of the railroad bill this week Urider an informal. argeement to be submitted to the senate tomorrow for ratifica- tion, debate*will be limited to.five min- ute speeches beginning at 2 p. m.. on Thursday, and it is expected thay a final vote can be reached before ad- journment that day. % This agreement followed the read- ing of a letter to Chairman Smith of the Interstate Commerce Committee from Director General McAdoo urgink the necessity for prompt action in the matter and declaring that every day’'s delay was interfering with the prose- cuticn of the war. Dehale on the bill continued todav with Senator Pomerene of Ohio and Senator Watson of Indlana. = hoth members of the Interstate Commerce Committee, speaking in ils support. |YALE FOOTBALL PLAYER HONORED FOR BRAVERY Wallace C. Winter, Jr, Decorated " With War Cross in France. Chicago, Feb. 18.—Wallace, ¢ Win- ter, Jr, a Yale back who quit school and the football eleven to o to France as an aviator, has been decorated with the war cross for bravery in a com- bat against German fliers In Janu- ary, accordiag to word yaceived here today by W. C.° Winter, his father. Since.being decorated Mr. Winter has been transferred to the American forces. The senior Winter was a tackle an the' Yale team of 1890, '91 and '82. GERMANS- ATTEMPTED THIRD + AIR RAID ON LONDON No Damages or Casuaities Have Bcen Reperted. London, Feb. 18—-Hostile airplanes are attempting a raid azainst London again tonight, making the third raid in as many nights. No damag> or casualties are yet reported. An offi- cial statement issued al midnight says: “Hostile aircraft crossed the coast ghortly after nine o'clock tonieht and proceeded toward - London, None -of the raiders penetrated the defencesand £0 far there has been no damage and uo casualties.” {SOCIALIZATICN OF LANDED PROFERTY IN RUSSIA Is Approved by the Peasant Section of the Assembly of Counci Petrograd, Sunday, Feb. peasant se of -'the councils of soidiers and in agrecment with the: gen- mbly, has approvea the law. nded property and diate confirmation and publication of =aid law by the central executive committee of tho workmen's and soldiers’ councils. = %‘mflm to labor through- out the cquniry can comé. Therefore, d uncalled for strikes not only threatenuntil the ships are built. Not o the safety of our armies in France |ports and docks now jammed but the very heart of - labor itself through the reduction in employment which is faced by millions of men not and care for 1,500,080 American troops | overseas. - —— oS “There is but one thing ahead—a forced slowdown in American factories & Tith supplies for overseas, but there are also in- Atlantic coast terminals alone more than 30,000- cars loaded with sup- plies for Europe. No greater surplus of supplies can possibly be permitted to accumulate even though the esti- mated amount of war suppties needed this year for overseas shipment will total 8,500,000 tons.” LITTLE PROSPECT OF LOWER PRICES FOR COAL According to Edwin Ludlow of the Lehigh Coal and Nawigation Co. - New York, Feb. i8.—There is little prospect for the return of lower coal prices, even after the ‘war. the Amer- ican Institute of Mining Engineers was told today by Edwin Ludlow of the Les high Coal and Navigation company. He, said he believed the crest in the production of anthracite coal has been reachzd in America and that the only. hope for lower prices lies in the con= servation of coal supplies. “Coal will always be sufficiently ex- Densive i% this country, he said, “to call for our most earnest efforts at conservation. Very few"mines, T be- lieve, will be_discovered in future and the efforts of the mines must be de- voted to_the.speeding up of produe- tion. This, with better transporta- tion facilities, may.bring a measure of relief in_time.” Arthur Hovey Storrs, secretary of the war committee of technical so- cieties, said lack of cars was the di- rect cause of the curtailment of coal production during the past winter and suggested that better methods be devised for the storing of fuel. ENSIGN ALBERT DALLON ETURTEVANT MISSING Seaplane Was Shot Down in Eusopcan Watara. His Na: ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—A naval se plane on scout duty in European w: ters has been shot down and its pilot, Ensign Albert Dallon Sturtevark, of Washington, D. C. is missing “,the navy department was advised today by {cable from England. The department’s |announcement said it was feared the ensign had been lost, Ensign Sturtevant cnlisted in the naval reserves shortly before ‘the war lwas declared last April {ONLY AMERICAN CITIZENS ON SUB. MINE PLANTERS Secretary Baker Has Asked Congress for Such -Legislation. ‘Washington, Feb. 18.—Secretary Ba- ker today asked congress for legisla- jtion to make only American citizens ible for emplovment on submarine e planters. Because of the confl- dential nature of the work, Mr. Baker said, he desires to reorganize the ser- vice, putting it completely under mili tary control with the personnel entire- ly American. PATRIARCHICAL SACRISTY AT MOSCOW ROBBED Of Gold Church Plate Encrusted With Precious Stones. Petrograd. Thursday, patriarchical sacristy been robbed of gold church plate en- crusted wit hdiamonds and other pre- cious stones. covers, one valued befors the war at Bibles with jeweled gold~ 2,000 000 fubles, also have been P S A N Col. Roosevelt will be able to leave stolen. his’ hospital bed in a week or so.