Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 20, 1918, Page 1

i TEUTONIG TROOPS ARE ADVANCING INTO RUSSIA Thie Northern Reaches of the Dvina River Have Been Crotsed Dvinsk Has Been Captured With No Opposition—En- | Although Willing, Undor P;otnst, o Sign Pe_dée (ft;mf pact Undof Torms.-lmposed by Germany sign Krylenko Has Instructed the Russians to Endeavor to Persuade the German Troops to Refrain From Hostil- hfiumd.ShonldTheyRefme,toMeetTth’flhEvery . Possible Resistance—Civil War is in Progress in Russia and the Food Situation Daily Grows Worse—There Is _NoSignoflszuch-TdkedofGemmOflmeonthe Western Front—Sixteen *. ‘counted for Sunday in Aerial Fights With British Army _‘hn. Y —— *‘h Russi Bolsheviki government bas' capitulated and announced its reddiness, although protestingly, to peace compact under the hard hpoled by Germany. Mns this fact, however, are advancing east- lnto Rl‘h over a front of four miles, from Riga in ths nroth a scant fifty miles from the Galician border, on thé south. Apparently thus far the operation has mu wilh no opposition. The north- of the Dvinsk, whence run northeastward to Petrograd _eastward to Smolensk, has been and Lutsk, one of the fa- fortresses forming the Volhy- " triangle and forming the zateway eastward to Kiev, has been without the Russians at- to stay the foe. official announcement of the ywas signed by Nikolai and Leon Trotzky on behalt People’s Commiesionaries 4 . In protests against.Cermany ng a rountry which , | France. “to up a peace upon the con- ditiéns which had been dictated by the delegates of the Qundrume Al- at only lcnlon that the ene- meet with hindrance comes ent by Ensign Krylen- eviki commander-in- la his order he instructs the . when they encounter Ger- to endeavor to persuade M _to :efrain from hostilities. ~“If the Germans refuse,” he adds, “then ust offer them every possible As yét “there 1s nu indication from rmn:n RUSSIAN LIBERTY BONDS A8 PARER CURRENCY Pmlwmsmm'rhmn FMW-MhIQanM Pm 'n-mhy Feb. 17.—The of people's commissaries has the issue of bonds of the for- Yepublic on the same ‘money, which, in accordance with loans, are not hed when the ‘put in circulation. Persons accept the Liberty bonds value as paper money -be prosecuted and severely pun- umn. M’KEE, AMERICAN AVIATOR, IS MISSING. Disappeared Feb. 10—Is Bcfiu ed to Be a Prisoner in Germany. . Feb. 19.—Hershel McKee of an Am;i.e:n aviator in expedi on'that date and _seen flying l.t a high altitude German lines.” A heavy blowing at the time and forced him to land. .~ is 28 years of age and has fiying for several months. Re- cently he was proposed for sergeant. CORNED BEEF WASH MADE 124 MEN ILL At the Norfolk Training Station— 3 Cause is Unknown. [ Washington, Feb. 19.—Corned beet huh made 124 men ill yesterday at the Norfolk naval training station. Eleven had o be sent to the hospital, but they are expeeted to return to duty tomorfow. Captain Dayton, command- ant of the statlon, reported today that he had been unable to determine what the matter with the beef, but no evidence of poison or glass, and rumors of whole- ning were untrue. GEN. KUSMANEK RETURNS rp sale German Airplanes Were Ac- German sources concerning the full intentions of the invaders, but it has been assumed that in the north the capture of the province of Livonia and Esthonia is con and that in the south, in Little Russia, aid is to be lent the Ukrainians in stemming the tide of the Bolsheviki movement sgainst them. Apparently all is still chaos in Rus- sia, with civil war in progress at va- rious points and the food situation daily growing worse.. So serious has become the. latter factor that Trotzky has Leen appointed food controiler a: given unlimited powers. Already has crdered .the arrest of speculators in_foodstuffs. Behind the entente lines {n France and Belgium the military leaders, with their armies ready, are expecting the Germans to launch their much-talked of offensive, but there still is no out- ward sign of its near approach. Ar- tillery duels ‘and raiding . opetations and intenmsive aerial activity con- tinue to feature the fighting all along the front, rai i and Arras in northern Flanders the raid, which was carried out south of the Hout- holst Wood, resulted in the British penetrating German positions on a wide front,"thes inflicting of numer- ous casulaluee and the taking of prisoners. Sixteen German airplanes were ac- counted for Sunday in aerial fight- ing by British army airmen, and in addition. German towns and military positions behind the battle front were heavily bombarded. British = naval airmen also paid a visit to the Ger- man naval and air bdses -at Zee- brugge, which were effectively bomb- ed, and drove down three’/German ma- t“,lhlnes which attempted to give bat- e, DISAGREEMENT AMONG CARPENTERS’' LEADERS About Arrangements to Prevent Fur- ther Trouble. ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—Although the strikes of carpenters in eastern ship- yards wae at an end today, after ln- tervention by President Wflnn, t and carpenters’ brother- ‘Willlam L. Hutcheson, president of the brotherhood, at a conference with Chairman Hurley of the shipping board, Charles Piez, general manager of the emergency fleet corporation, Samuel Gompers nad members of the lhlpbulldln‘ lJabor adjustment board, insisted the closed shop principle should be enforced and declined to leave the question to the decision of the adjustment board. A further conference between Hutch- eson and his aides will be held tomor- row with the adjustment board. RUSSIA PROTESTS, CLOSING OF MANCHURIAN BORDER, Threaten Reprisals on Ci ns of En- tente Countries Ruidin? in Russia, London, Feb. 19. 'he Russian coun- cil of commissariés, according to a despatch from Petrograd to the Ex- change Telegraph company, has in- structed Maxim- Litvinoff, the Bolshe- vik representative in London, to lodge a protest with Great Britain against the closing of the Manchurian border and the prohibition on the export of cargo and foodstuffs into Russia. The council, it is said, regards the fore- going restrlcuons as having been taken under Anglo-American pressure. Should Great Britain and America refuse .to countermand the above or- der, it is added, the Russian council will apply repressive meastres against the citizens of entente allied countries resident in Russia. $100,000,000 TO FINANCE THE CUBAN SUGAR CROP Loan is Provided by Organization of the Bankers’ Syndicate. New York, Feb. 19.—Organization of the Bankers' Syndicate tq’ provide a run. Z.mmm AS DANGEROUS ENEMY ALIEN & Has Been | Philadelphia, Feb. 19.--Depariment of justice agents tonight announced the arrest and internment at the Gloucester, N. J., immigrant station as g da.nsum\u enemy alien of Edward Mossner of this city. According to Frank L. Garbarino, special agent of the department of justice, Mossner is @ personal friend of Adalbert K. Fisch- er, former president of the Schutte & Koerting company, recently taken over by th government following the in- ternment . of Fischer at Fort Ogle- thorpe, Ga. Mossner's movements, Garbarino said, were traced thwugh letters found among Fischer's effects after a search of his house. Mossner, according to government agents, came to this country about two years ago to represent Germam minority lntm in the Hess-Bright company, this city, manufacturers of ball bearings. Officials Bright company said tonight that the German interests in the concern had been sold to the'S. K. F. Administra- tive company of New York .several months. before the declaration of a state of war with Germany. Since then, these officials stated, neither Mossner nor other German interests ha.ve had any comnection with the Wha.t Mossner’s activities have been since the United States has been at war with Germany the government ! o agents declined to state, RAILROAD OFFICIALS DENY Refuted the Allegations of the Broth- erhood Chiefs. ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—Cognizance of charges- by railroad employes that the managements have att credit government oper: today for the first tie by offi tinuing their submission of tion to the railroad wage comm E. T. Whiter of Pittsburgh, general manager of the Penn lines west, in effeet denied the pted to dis- on. lega- | tions of the brotherhaod chiefs, though | Which America™has. Pri indicating a desire to &void conlrover- sial questions. “It was charged that we put an ef- ficient yardmaster in charge at Al ance, O., resulting in serious delays,’ Mr. Whiter said. number of _changes mm and " but if the mem in mhfln; - o Commissioner C'ovinston said he did not think the commission could take time to sift an isolated case of ineffi- ciency. “As to slowing up trafiic, which aleo was charged,” the wiiness continued, “that. would not he pos not done.” CONFESSED MURDER CF Michael Schramm Tells of Fatal End-* ing of Attempted Robbery.: Bridgeport. Conn., Feb. 19.—Michael Schramm, alias Michael Lowe, 29. of} 1;8; Pierpont street, formerly of Gar nd., of Rev. Gary, Ind.. 1915. say the Bridgeport police. cross examination bv Captain of De- tectives Edward O, Cronan. Schramm is alleged to have admit that he with another companion saw Father Kayser counting. money following a charity bazaar and as the priest set out to carry the money to a convent where it could be kept until banking Hours in a vault. Schramm and his companion set upon the priest and at- tempted to6 wrest the money away. It is alleged that the priest fought desperately and Schramm in order to save himself from capture drew a re- volver and shot the priest, who sank to the ground, still holding the money bag, in which there was more than $1,000. Gary, Ind, officials are already -on their way to Bridgeport to take the man back to, Gary, where he will stand trial on.a charge of murder. GERMANS READY TO AMBUSH AN AMERICAN PATROL. Were Discovered by Sentry Who Gave the Alarm. ‘With the American Army in France, Feb. 19—(By The Associated Press).— A German patrol ready to ambush an American patrol was discovered early this morning by a sentry who gave the alarm by a rifle shot; then the American machine guns riddled the enemy, ‘The Germans fled, carrying their casualties with them, but the ground where they had been was later found to be covered with telltale red stains. The sentry saw two Germans near the parapet and moved to a listening post for a better view. ‘He then challenged. A shot in his direction was the reply. The sentry fired at the enemy and heard a German shout as the bullet probably. hit its mark. Germans then appeared to grow out of the ground all around and started throwing gre- nades in the direction of the Ameri- can trenches. Machine guns and rifles got in action from another section of the trench, sending a_.hail of bullets into the enemy, who retired on the ‘There were no casualties among the Americans. V'AFTER LONG CAPTIVITY Mustdien Commander Who Defended Fortress of Przemysl. Annlflnn. Feb. 19.—General Her- Von Kusmanek, commander of 'flm son which defended riress of Przemysl up th he uue of its surrender to the Rus- ns I March, 1915, has arrived in Vienna after three years in captivity, according to a despatch from Aus- trian capital. General Kusmanek was ed & number of high military civillan® officiais. loan of $100,000,000 to-finance the Cu-~ ban sugar crop was announced tonight, The syndicate, which includes promi. nent bankers in all the important cit- ies of the country, will have as its managers Charles H." Sabin,” William A, Simonson and E. V. B, Thayer, all of th d of Cuban Hankers, of which. W.. A, Merchant, president of the National Bank of Cuba, is chair- man, has been formed to co-operate with the syndieate. Sufficient . ship tonnage to move. the crop, which is es- itimated “at 3,230,000 tons, had been :);‘odmxsed_ by the shipping board, it was | PRINGE OF WALES TOOK OATH IN HOUSE OF LORDS. Queen Mary and the Princesses Mary and Victoria Were Present. ¢ e London, Feb, 19.—The Prince of Wales took the oath and his seat in the house of lords today. Queen Mary and the Princesses Mary and Victoria were present in the royal box. The prince wore royal robes and the collar of the Order of the Gatter. He was introduced to the lords with the usual ceremony. The peens in the proceaumn wore their pufiuuenmry Tobes. Edward Mossner of Philadelphia—He nterned, g of the Hess- | SLOWING UP OF T RAFF|C n was taken {(0f the American army. “There have been a in' yatrdmasters ‘pot know which one hs&s le without issuing ‘orders to train despatches, and I believe the commission has had suf- ficient evidence from the despatchers| themselves to convince you that was PRIEST AT GARY, IND.| tonight c¢onfessed to the murder Father Edmond Kayser of! on_the night of Aug. 24 The police say that Schramm made' the confession after hours of grilling NavalVesselstoBring .- Coal to New Englar AND GARFIELD + i ¢ *|TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE | ARRESTED AT GLOUCESTER, N. J,, Naval Auxiliary Tonnage i Furnished to Carry Coal For Faec- tories Working on Important War Contracts. P ] Washington, Feb. 19. Secretary Daniels said today the navy depart- men: is co-epefating with Director ,Gom-ral MeAdoo anl el Administra- Garfield in efforts being made to tend an adequate supply of coéal to New England to rciieve a shortage that threatens suspension of factories worklng on important war contracts. 1t is expected that a certain amount of naval auxiliary tonnage will be furnished for transportation of part of the coal. WAR AIMS OF THE FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY Are Said to Be Identical With Those of Président Wilson. Paris, Feb. 19.—“The war aims of the Socialist party of France are iden- tical with those of President Wilson.” said Albert Thomas, former minister of munitions, to The Associated Press today just before leaving for the in- ter-allied socialist conferénce to be held. in London, 1, It has been one of my dreams” M. l’rhomu continued, “that a delegation English and French sopialists should visit Washington, if the pres- lident would receive. us, to explain to him that his purposes in the war are lour purposes. “The American army is entering in- to action in France and its part will ibp a growing one. Nevertheless . Amer- lica has a_greater role than that of its army.. The spirit of the entente al- Io Make Inguiry ATTQRNEY GENERAL® TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY Condensed Telegrams The Japan Diet passed a vote of confidence in the Government. Stock lrlnd tax for January in New York State amounted to $451,784. y High schools in New York city will begin a course in emergency nursing.|IN WARFARE AOAINO'I‘ fl-l! Flocks of wild geese flying north of CENTRAL POWERS . mlp, L. I, are said to indicate an A AR early Upflfl! The New York Cotton Exchange will VIRTUALLY AGREED TO be closed on Saturday following Wash- Mr. Todd Will Be Assisted by Mark Hyman of New York, Who Has Had Experience in Anti-Trust Investi- gation. ington’s Bithday. Earthquake shocks injured many people. homes collapsed. Major Philip Henry Sheridan, son of (Gen. “Phil” Sheridan, died at Washing- Result of President Wilson's Expr’_-q- . ed Belief That Warfare Should Be Based on a Plan of Strategy That Covered All Fronts. s Amoy, China, More than 100 Washington, Feb. 19. — G. Carroll Todd, assistant to the attorney gen- eral, was appointed tonight by At- torney General Gregory to conduct an ‘investigation into charges that gov- ernment funds have been spent ex- travagantly in the fabricated steel shipyard at Hog Island, Pa. Mr. Todd, who has had charge of anti-trust suits for the department of justice since 1913 and is considered one of .the most able lawyers in the department, will be assisted in the in- quiry by 'Mark Hyman of New York, who for several years has been a spe- cial assistant to the attorney general for anti-truz: investigations. To Begiin Work Immediately. The two men will begin the work Immediately, using other lawyers of the department, if necessary, and al- so the services of ‘secret -service agents of the bureau of Investigation. Mr. Todd or Mr. Hyman probably will go to Hog Island this weeit to in- spect records of the American Inter- national Corporation which had charge of the bulldlng of the government plant. {nfig&tor: also will be put to work -Here on government records relating to. the Hog Island contracts. ” The investigation is an outgrowth of a congressional inquiry into the shipping board’s building programme and ‘a later request of President Wil- son ‘that Attorney General Gregory undertake a .separate investigation. TREATIES WITH GREAT s must bhe continuallv sup- and refreshed by. the daily. con- of the justice of our aims. of the people must be filled h ideals. " resident Wilson's nart can he jmuch greater than the militarv action i But_his inter- national diplomatie action in support of his ideals-—that is the sunreme. part ident Wilson can _become not only leader. of American democracy but the leader of a world democracy and I can assure ou his influence alrcady is very con- |siderable with the peoples of Germany and Austria.” :ubfiutu-r FOR: nmss . TAKEN'BY DEFAULT By the Amr-u and British Muvm- hmnng Company. New York, Feb, 19.—Judgment for $999,389 was taken. by default in su- preme court here today by the Ame: {ican ana British Manufacturing . Com- pany and four other defendants. Thé allegation of the American and i British Company was that Alfred H. | Hoadley, George E. Bouchie, William E. White and Alfred W. Bleasdale, as directors of the corporation conspired “fraudulenily, wickedly, unlawfully and without consideration” to_turn its assets over to Joseph Hoadley, gnce jhead of the International Power com- :pany, and the Cramp-Hoadley Com- .pany. 3 The judgment taken today included Aamages of $500,000. The remainder was for assest of the American and British company which it was charged tranflterred me"ally ASKS PRESIDENT FOR MESSAGE ON LYNCHING. Boston Branch' of the National Equal Rights League. Boston, Feb. 19.—The hanging of a negro by a mob yesterday at Fayette- ville, Ga., for attempted robbery and kldns.pping led the Boston branch of :the National Equal Rights league to send a. telegram to President Wilsom today asking him to issue a message on lynching. “Are not two or three lynchings a week worthy of a message to congress from the president? says the tele- gram. ‘“Every . lynching incites to repetition. Will you not speak in our country’s: namé to let the world know your attitude on these recent horrors which disgrace humanity and civiliza- tion?” SIX MONTHS SENTENCE FOR SHOOTING POLICEMAN Imposed Upon Mrs. Emma Brahman of Ansonia. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 19—Mrs. Emma Brahman, who shot Policeman Patrick Sullivan at her. home in An- " |sonia, was sentenced ot six months in the county jail aftér trial in' the su- perior court. Because the policeman failed to have a proper warrant .to search the woman’s premises when the shooting occurred' she escaped a more severe penalty, the court announced when passing sentence today. Sulli- van was but slightly wounded. RUMORS OF GERMAN INTERVENTION IN FINLAND According to Dupltch from Copen- hagen to Exchange Telegraph Co. London, Feb. 19.—Rumors are cur- rent in Stockholm, according to a des- patch from Copenhagen to the Ex- change, Telegraph company, that: the Germans intend to intervene at once in Finland. The belief prevails at.the Swedish capital that the German ac- tion will be directed against the un- occupied’ districts of Courland and Esthonia in conjunction with a great naval attack in the Finnish gulf. 5 e $250 TO BE GIVEN IN - | PRIZES FOR CORN GROWING. State Board of Agriculture Voted It at Meeting in Hartford Yesterday. Hartlford, Conn., Feb. 19.—The state board of agriculture held a meeting in the capitol this afternoon: J. ‘Henry Blakeman of Stratford,.the president, presided, It was voted ‘to apbropriate a sum not to. exceed $250 to be used in the giving of prizes for corn grow- ing, and the executive committee and the president and secretary were em- powered to make arranzements." BRITAIN AND CANADA Governing Army Draft Have Been Sent to the Senate by Lansing. Washington, Feb. 19.—Treaties be- tween the United States and Great Britain and the United States and Canada to govern the application of the army draft to citizens of each country residing in the other were sent to the sehate today by Secretary Lansing. They were signed by Mr. Lansing and Earl Reading, who affixed his signature to the documents as the first official act in the office of British high commissioner and special ambas- sador to the United Staf Under the. :rqu;u tufi'nlted States may apply the to British subjects and Caudu.na )lving in this cournitry between the ages of 230 and 45 years, the British = draft limits, while Gredt Britain and Canada may :draft resident citizens of the Umted States from 21 to 31 years old. Similar conventmr( are now bemg egotiated by the state department with France and other co-belligerent nations nad probably will be réady for sybmission soon. “hy m etiforcement of the American- m}' it is expected more than in: this~couintry will be made- liable to service, while at least 60,000 will be affected by the Ameri- can-Canadian treaty. Estimates place the number of draft age Americans in England at approx- ismasely 18,000 and in Canada at about 6,000, LEAFLETS OF .MEANING : OF SIGNS ON HIGHWAY Are to Be Distributed Throughout the State. Hartford, Conn.. Feb. 19.—At a con- ference in the capitol between the pub- lic. utilities commission and Motor Vehicles Commissioner Robbins B. Stoeckel and Highway Commissioner Charles J. Bennett it was decided that leaflets be distributed throughout the state informing the people of the meaning of the signs to be erected on highways at railway crossings under the law passed at the last session of the general assembly. They are to be metal disks 24 inches in diameter, the field to be in white, with a black bor- der and black perpendicular and hori- zontal cross lines. In each of the up- per quarterings a letter R five inches high is to be placed. FIELD MARSHAL HAIG IS TO RETAIN POWE Versailles Council to Troops at Their Disposal. London, Feb. 19.—In the house of lords, Earl Curzon," lord president of the council and member of the” war cabinet, said that under the new scheme Field Marshal Haig would have the same power over the movements of his troops as before. The only differ- ence was that the Versailles council would have certain troops at their disposal, which they could add to Haig's forces or send elsewhere, ac- cording to the exigencies of the mo- ment. HELD FOR THEFT OF SILK 3 FROM FREIGHT CARS. James N. Degnan and Charles D. John- son of New Haven and Charles J. Lavin of Pennsylvania. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 19.—James N. Degnan and Charles D. Johnson of this city and Charles J. Lavin of Penn- sylvania, arrested for theft of silk from freight cars here, were held in $10,000 .each for the federal court by Commissioner Wright today. At first the robbery was placed at $4,000, but the silks have since been valued at three times that“figure. AVIATOR C. E. JONES WAS 'GRADUATE OF SHEFF. Reported Killed in an Airplane Acci- dent in France. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 19.—Cadet Charles E. Jones of Pittsfield, Mass,, reported by General Pershmgu killed in an airplane accident in France, is a graduate of the Yale Sheffield Sci- entific school, class of 1915. On Oct. 6 last he completed a course in avia- tion at the Massachusetts School of Technology and a week later was en- rolled in a United States army flying school.. Subsequently he was sent to 'France to complete his training. Have Certain ton aged 37 years. Richard B. Carr, of Weehawken, N. J., was arrested for taking photo- graphs of transports. llhat he convincing demand . The Bolsheviki Minister of Marine |fied military effort under a . was hanged by Cossacks. He wasirefling body had come from taken from a trans- Siberlan train. ed States, confirmed the that has prevailed here sinte Final details for flu Washington’s | posal to send ‘the mission h Birthday parade in New York of Camp |Colonel House to Europe first bemu Upton troops are nearly complete. known, It was known unofficially at that time that President Wilson had become convinced that the ailied cause stood in grave danger unless a. cemtral body could be erected with authority to initiate warfare based on a well-' digested plan of strategy that covered all fronts. To Wage Vigorous Warfare. The president was determined that the United States should::not - its strength in the war, but should, with the co-belligerents, .wage an ef. ficlent battle of the u- ~ vigorous character. His military and naval ad- visers had strongly urged -upon him the advisability of seeking to unite all the forces opposed to Germany in- to a single unit of military power, striking every blow. for its relations to A Havana dispatch reports the de- |5 Stmid SChome of campaign ond nial of Barl D. Babst that he will re- Iments or disrelated offensives on the sign from the International Sugar!geveral fronts. Committee. Italian Disaster Cited, The Italian disaster has been cited as a striking example of what the lack of complete co-operation among: fhe allies might bring about. When the Austro-German drive into Ttaly began, the Italian armies were threatening the very heart of the .whole. Gemm military fabric. The mighty German defenses on the west front wers threatened from the rear for Austria was crumbling under the punishment administered by the forces of General Cadorna. Theré are officers here who believe that the war would have been virtually over now had Cadorna’s Hayner Feld, a private in the 108th |great effort been made with the full’ Field Artillery at Spartanburg, S. C.|support of the British and Freneh-be- was_fatilly wound‘:d by a civilian at 2}{“}, l.tm lziiellng! egr;t. !ii"!mwn"hq e ' outskirts of the city. C! Paason Loyd military position he had occupied since’ ;};;‘ defeat of hle drive at.Paris ‘in: Army om«n Profess W“ B Army m hen my Washing#on, Feb. 19.—Frank sion by Premier Lloyd George Japan is replacing Germany in the toy industry. Many American toy buyers are in Japan for the first time. Western grain growers of Canada have asked their Government to set a minimum price for the 1918 wheat crop. Irving T. Bush tendered his resigna- tion yesterday as chief executive of the war board for the port of New York. Charles A. Scott of New London has been elected second vice president of the Connecticut Society of Civil En- gineers. Senator Knox demanded punishment for British recruiting officers in Pitts- burgh for recruiting thiee American boys under age. Ross H. McHaster, assistant general manager of Canada, has been appoint- ed a member of the Canadian war mis- sion at Washington. Michael Schramm of Bridgeport has confessed to the murder of Rev. Fr. Bdmond' Kayser of Gary, Ind., on the night of Aug. 24, 191g. Fire of unknown origin, at the ware- houses of T. & E. Cumpson, whole- sale grocers of Buffalo, destroyed food- uffs ued at $100,000, % ‘orty men of the 34th {mapped out by et Colored Inf: went on trial at s-n council and upon whwhflk Antonlo; £ before ' court-martial, on|George unhesitatingly stakéd the sur- charges of murder a.nd mutiny. vival of his government. In boldly """" challenging parliament, it was pointed out, the premier. knew .beyond ques- tion that the defeat of his ministry and the comsequent withdrawal —of Great Britain from adherence of the full purp@se of the Versailles council Arthur Woods, 'ormer police com- |meant that no highly organized allied missioner of New York, has been ap- |offensive could be looked forward to pointed to take charge of an Ameri- |this year, can propaganda in foreign countries. The ' premier’s statement aid’ not throw any light on the ‘plan of action Senator George E. Chamberlain, of |agreed upon at Versailles. . The Oregon, chairman of the Senate Mili- |promptness of his challenge to h\s tary Affairs Committee, may have to|critics, however, and the unreserved ‘undergo an operation for appendicitis. |nature of' that challenge was inter- preted here as a hint at great evenis soon to come, 17 g Proceedings Highly Significant. Taken in connection with President Wilson’s recent statement that 1918 would be the decisive year and the repeated warnings from the western front that a great German oflennv! is imminent there, today’s pr in London are regarded as- highly ll:- nificant. It has been asserted officially and unofficially that the allies still have a preponderance of men and gums on the western front and the belief here is that the allied council would not be cnntent to wait the blow of the ene- Major-General Kuhn. commander of Camp Meade, who has just returned from France, defended the use of wine by American troopu in France. The State Department was officially advised that John Reed is not to be appointed Russian consul-general at New York by thé Bolsheviki Govern- ment. Federal agents at Los Angeles be- lieve they have one of Germany’s most} potent agents in the person of Paul Frederick Wilhelm von Essmarck, now being held. “Uncle Sam,” General Pérshing's pet golden eagle, presented to him by citi- zens of San Antonio, attracted much attention at the Bronx Zoo, where it is! on exhibition. " he explanation of the premier of the rejection of General Sir William Robertson’s proposal to place’ a. sgu- bordinate officer as. Great Britain's representative ‘on the supreme. council probably throws light upon: the pur- pose of the Washington ~government in centinuing General er H. Blhs, its representative” at ‘ersailles, “as chief of staff, though his functions:in that capacity are in process of trams- fer to Major General Peyton C. March. AMERICAN ‘COTTON AND GRAIN EXCHANGE Is to Be Established in New York— Backed by Southern Capital. New York. Feb. 19.—A .new ex- change for dealing in cotton: linters, cotton oil, * grain,- sugar, coffee, wool, gilks and provisions to be known as the American Cotton and Grain Ex- change, backed chiefly by southern capital, will be opened hers on May 1, it became known today. The exchan'e, incorporated under the laws of New York, has taken title to a modern of- fice building in the financial district. The dealings of the new institution will be upon a “spot” basis, with “rea- sonable brokerage charges,” according to its president, Joseph C. Coopeér, of Atlanta. CAMPAIGN FOR WAR FUNDS FOR SALVATION ARMY. Gov. Holcomb lssues Appeal to. Citi- zens of Connecticut to Be Generous. Robert B. Van Cortlandt, 2 member of the Van Cortlandt family—one of the original colonial families of New Amsterdam—killed himself at his home at Mount Kisco, N. Y. Average increases of $300 yearly, a nine-hour working day and time and a half for overtime and work on Sun- days were granted by the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. The congestion of freight on the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road Poughkeepsie bridge route and in the yards at Maybrook, N. Y., has been cleared to a great extent. Robert Beez, a German alien, who was arrested in Torrington and put in the Hartford jail Dec. 7, was taken to New York, to be sent to Fort Ogle- thorpe, Ga., for internment. A bill providing for a return to the party convention system of nominat- ing all candidates for state offices ex- cept governor and lieutenant governor was defeated in the mass senate yes- terday. A telegram from Cologne says the German crown prince has telegraphed his congratulations to the different air- dromes in Germany on the occasion of the one hundredth air raid on Lon- don. Victor L. Dannis of Detroit, Mich., cadet aviator who was burned at Love Field near Dallas, Tex.. early yester- day, when his machine fell 100 feet, died yesterday afternoon in the field hoeplm Hartford, Conn., Feb. 19.—Governor Holcomb today issued an appeal to the Tho lowa state board of health has |citizens of the state in pehalf of the received a certificate of the death of |Salvation army in its. campaign’ for Mrs. Amanda Ginyard of Keokuk, a|war funds. He eaid in part: colored woman, whose age was report- “I understand that of the $1,000,000 ed as 112 years. She was born in Ten- Salvnuon army war fund, the amount nessee in 1806. portioned to Connecticut is $40,000. I teel that the people of the dat, will Enemy aliens ordered interned by |contribute $100,000. to this fund. the federal authorities will in future be sent direct to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., | ADVANCE IN PRICES OF instead of to Ellis Island, which has PROVISIONS AT CHICAGO ‘been taken over by the army and navy e 5 Fib el Federal Guarantes of Price of Wheat Cadet Charles E. Jones, of Pittsfield, for 1918 H.d a Bullish Effect. Mass., attached to the aviation section of the signal corps, has been killed| Chicago, Feb. 19.—Progress toward in an airplane accident in France the |an increase of the government guar. war department was advised yester- |antee price on wheat for the 1918 mfi day by General Pershing. bad a bullish effect today on the grain markets here. Corn closed steady, 1-8 A Budapest telegram says that the |to 1-2 npet higher, with- March 127 3-4 paper shortage there is so acute that|and May 126 7 Oats gained 3. 1- 4 the newspapers hav€ supplies suffici- |at 3-8 to 3 5-8 up. Provisions ent only for one dny/ ed at an ndvume of 10 to 50c..