Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 23, 1918, Page 1

DISORGANIZED WAGE GUERRILLA WARFARE Order Max.Bosh lasiied by Premicf_i.imine and ‘Com- mander-in-Chief Krylenko IN DEFENSE AGAINST THE GERMAN INVADERS There is No Shadow of Authrity Over the Units of the Rils- sian Army, and it is Doubtful if the Teutom‘C'an be| Checked, Even in Petrograd—The Germans Have Push-l ed Further Eastward in the Past 24 Hours—The British | Troops in Palestine Have Captured Jericho—American Y Facing absolute subjection at the hands of the advancing Germans, the Russian premier and commander-in- chief have taken what could- to initiate at least a defense against the invaders country, Orders directing that zuerril- la warfare be carried on and ing Petrograd in a state of slege have been issued by Lenine and Krylenko and it s expected that the Germans will meet with Some resistance before long. That the Teutons can arily checked, however, even In Petrograd. be is The *empor- doubted, ussian | army's debacle apparently & so com- | plete that there is no shadow of au- thority over its units. Berlin reports that the First Esthonian Regiment has deserted in a body and offered its seryices to the German commander who “is operating in the northern- most Baltic province. The Russian navy, too, is completely disorganized and, while it'is desired to withdraw the warships from Reval and Heis- ingfors to Kronstadt, it is believed this_operation is fmpossible, in view of the disuse into which the Bal- tic fleet has fallen. Only the subma- ring boats are in a seaworthy condi- tlon, it is reported. re le as yet no definite, ndvices to the tumored fall of the Lenine- Trotzky government. The proclama- ion digecting that resistance be offer- 4 the German advance, however, did not bear the name of Trotzky. wha bitherto fids been a virtual dictator, which ‘may %2 significant. . The Germans have pushed still W ‘hmthe |ra( fi"mmn. - 3 . the vl of )-;a». n!flvm of the Gulf ot been captured. Further wouth the city. of Rieshitsa, about 100 miles east of Riga, has been entered swho report that they - by fim & h, the village of Leuzin, by the people. Still sast of has been taken. It is noticeable that the German of- Scial reports are silent us fo any nro- gress in the region of Lutsk. but SAYS GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE OVER ALL SHIPYARDS | Philip Manson, Managing Director & Pacific and Eastern Steamship Co. | Washingion, Feb. 22.—Philip Man- | son of New York, managing director of | the Paciic_and Bastern Steamship | C . told the senate commerce | committee today the - government should take over all -shipyards and abrogate all agency contraets to oper- ate them as an adjusct to''the gov- ernment. ’ When the bill creating the shipping board was befare congressional com- Wittses, Mansonurged that the gov- :rnment. take Over dnd operate ship- yards, largely on the ground that for- 2ign shipping interests were using in- Huence to retain private construction. Mr. Manson, told the committee he has had twelve yedrs experience in the shipping business and has made thing of a study of yard con- ction. He said the whole program of govérnment ehip construction under the dgency contract system was il Arvised and,costly. 3 Manson read correspondence be- tween himself and the shipping board showihi that he_told the ‘board. that the cost of ship construction under she cost_plus plan was excessive. M. Manson gave it ns 2is opinjon that salaries and other expe Adherican Internations Borporation's plant at Ho excessiye. e sA.u.am‘ MORTUARY LIST OF U. S. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE James Roulard of New Britain Died of a [Fractured Skull. ‘Washington, Feb. 22—General Per- shing today reported one American soidier severely wounded and two slightly wounded in an action on Feb- uary 19. Private Fred Kopanski was severe- Iy wounded. His sister, Mrs. J. A Franz, lives at 2150 West Thirteenth street, Chicago, Ills. Corporal William Bowers. Westville, Okla., and William Riley, Switzer, Ky., were slightly wounded. The following deaths were reported: Privates Walter S. Reynolds, Bea- ver Falls, Pa, gunshot wounds; James Roulard, Beatty street, New Britain, Conn., fractured skull; Lawrence A. Witherspoon. 714 Thurman _ gtreet. Portland, Ore., pneumonia; FEdward Barton, Cooleyville, Ohio, pnéumonia. GERMANS TO RESUME SHIPPING IN BLAGK".!A Afteh the Mines Are Cleared Away— To Get Shipments From Ukraine. . Fab, 22 —Advices re- n Berlin ygstedray say Amsti ceived here that it was First Unwoundtld Prisoner— Austrian troops, under Gone v Lingsinen, who' “are uiding Ukrai in her struggle for freedom,” ing to the Berlin report, hay astward and have jolned forc Ukrainian. forces which are co ing on the fortress of Dubno. American troops, pri one of the national taken to France late in training along the famous des Dames road and have @, successful - raiding ncidentally b unwounded ‘p: Uncle Sam's forces. Tae heavy artilicry. of B thundering over w French front, along the Champagne and up f infantry sighting is reporte activity of the enem: serve to keep the a o for a storm of sheils Jius alway x a hostile attack. The Germas to have brought dowi lied airplancs ar loone in the past ilrec da The British forces in Palestine haye captured the ci of Jericho, Aus- trailian troops entering the cify on Thursday. Aside from its historical and sentimental importance, the cap- ture of the city gives General Allenby control of a “number of strategic roads over which to move his men and their ‘supplies. *Within ' twenty-four mjles from the present British posi tion Ix the raflroad from Damascus to Mecca, which has heen the artery wgwh has fed the Turkish forces op ing_agaipst the Arabian - wribes ‘f t 1% won! o . ace. thejr dtruggle. CGermany has officlally recognized W1e treaty of peed arranged.’ Aith Ukraine.* This treaty has been bit: terly attacked by the Poles and Czecha-in the Austridns reichrath and|s by the sociallst leaders in Germany. Innsbruck, which has been reported as the center of the Teutonic muni- tion plants for the Italian campuign, has been bombed by ailied airmen. ' ANNUAL MEETING' OF STATE POSTAL CLERKS Action Postponed on Afiiliating With: A. F. of L—Officers Elected. New Haven, Conn., Feb. At the annual meeting of the state branch of the United Natignal Association of 'Postal Clerks held here today action upon seeking membership ir the American Federation of Labor was postponed. National President John J. Campeau, of New York, explained the effect of the Madden bill in con- gress to aid the blerks and predicted its_early passage. These officers_were eleated: dent, Walter H. De Forest, Derhy; vice president, Thomas 1. Hogan, of Stamford: second vice president, Jobn J. Quilter, Waterbury; treasurer, Louis Theurer, Hartford; secretary, William J. ‘Cosker, Hartford; chairman of fi- nance committee, Charles H. Wilelm, New. Have: John T. port: secref of relief fund, Frank S. Cadwell, New EBritain: ‘trustee, Robert M, - Regilly, New Haven. National dslegate, John A McLoughiin, New Haven. John L Fitzpatrick, Bristol, was appointed as chairman’ of the organization commit- tee and Patrick Chatfield, Sevmour, chairman - of) the publicity committee, FLOWERS PLACED ON' TOMB OF FRANCISCO I. ‘MADERO Fifth Anhiversary of the Assassination of Mexico’s Martyred President. Mexico City,” Feb. 22.—A miniature mountain of flowers was today heap- ed about the tomb of Francisco I. Ma- dero, martyred {mlflmt. on the fifth anfiiversary of ‘his assassination, The tributes came from all classes of peo- ple and government officials delivered addresses to a great throng at the grave. ‘Washington's Birthday was celebrat- ed by the American colony with a dis- play of fiags today. Ambassador Hen- Ty P. Fietcher, Charles "A . Douglass and Rafael Nito, who have been in ‘Washington during the negotiations between the United States and -Mexico relatife to the interchanso of food- 8 8, are ex| ed to arrive tonight. They will mvg:l?m negotiations }'l‘erl', — ORDER TO BREAD MAKERS HAS BEEN MODIFIED Goncerning the Use of 20 Pen Gent. of Substitules in Bread, Hartford, Conn., Feb. 22.—It was an- nounced by the federal food adminis- trator for Connecticut, Robert Sco- ville, tonight that the order. calling for the prosecition of makers who fai to use 20 per cent. of substitutes in bread maus begimming Febrruary 24 would be modified in this state, tem- porarily, = Because some bakers have not yét secured a sufficient supply of such substitutes jan ‘affidavit to ' tHat effect may be made to Administrator Scoville ‘and ten days may be granted In whick to secure a ‘proper supply In the meantime such bakers will required to malke only 80 per cent. of their normal ‘output, o ;| federal control and i I Cabled Paragraphs . - Adopts Ukraine Treaty. Berlin, Feb. 22, via Amstetdam.—The' main tomnitte day adopted the peace treaty between Germany and the Ukraine. h Reichstag Peace To Hasten Election in China. Peking, . Feb. 19.—A. presidential mandate issued today orders the has- tening of parliamentary elections and the organization of the! legislative body by ghe bureau which is charged with this task under laws already, pro- mulgated. d ADMINISTRATION RMLROAP BILL PASSES IN -SE‘N\A‘TE Provides for Government Control til 18 Months After the War, ‘Washington, Feh. 22 —The tration bill, providing’ for gove; control - of 'railroads unti] * eigited months after the wgy, including many “short lines” and appropriating a re- volving fund of $300,000,000 for fed- cral operalion, was passed today by I'the senate. without a roll call and now awnits action in the house where it is_under_debate. > Both senate and house ! worked rough today’s . holiday to expedite he legisfation. " General debate .was jconcluded today in the house and ar- irangements made to consider wmend- {ments tomorrow under a five minute {debate rule with u view to final action next week. Differences between No Evidence of Sentiment. Neithy was there a the bill the committee mise draft precluded imports nent on o ag) SoinmIercy unde; ; the draft provideé of hort i Compromise Provisiong Retained. Pro promise, L nt to all contro} ar, of eightoen and 's instead defeated Senator | period rejected, 45 to 39. tempt to revive the fight for indefin- ite government control, which was de- feated of 61 to 10. ¢ “Short Line” Railroads. Prévision for th e“short line” rail- roads was made in an amendmient by Senator Cummins of Towg " adopted ronth: trunk Jlines estimatedi o be ;worth mote. than a. hillion dqlrs are affects ed. ' Fears-expressed by maug sen- bator < todny - that--te - % 1 a “be fi%mx the basis Director Cenerai deAdeo has op- posed the legislation’, for ths lines” on the ground that roads ‘exces no rail: . those selectéd as neces: to government unification within federal direction and aid, Goyernment™ Compénsation Stancs. Determined efiort= to * reducs Bovernment con nsation to owners failetl. As passed the mens- ure provides that $9435,600,000 wjll be guaranteed the carriers, based upon thelr gtandard net return for the three year reriod ending June 30, 1917. Cummins’ Amendment Defeated. Senator Cummins offes en- ments providing, respectivaly, .trat guch net return should not be ahov five, six and seven per cent: of th capitalization. They werc defeated 4¢ to 19, to 24 and 47 to I, re- spectively. seope, of the president's orders i op- erating the carriers also -were voted down. A proposal by Senator Sterl- ing-of South Daketa to keep ir effect the present laws and functions gov- erning the Interstate Commerce Com- missions was rejected by.a vt one by Senator Hits of Nebravka to limit the president's rs. to act specifically authorized beaten, 46 to 20, ! THIRTY CARS RAN AWAY ON WILKESBARRE MOUNTAIN. One Man Known to Have Been Killed —It is Feared Others Are Under the Wreckage. s Wilkesbarre, Pa,, Teb. ' 72— Thirly cars in a_train on the Central Railroad of New Jersey got beyond control of | the -enginder and ran away on the | Wilkesbarre mountain this evenin !and piled up in a mass of wreckage a Ashley, One manis known fo have been killed and it is feared others are under the wreckage. The train go: beyond control at Mountain Park, si- eral miles beyond 'Ashley, and ran down the mountain at terrific speed, nearly every car being ablaze *from sparks caused by friction of the hrake wheels. OBITUARY Clark Bell. New York, Feb. 22.—Clark Bell, one of .the. oldest members- of the New York bar, died of heart disease as he was leaving the, Union League Club here late today. Mr. Bell was born in Whitésville, . in 1832, He was president of the Medico-Legal Soclety for sixteen years and founded the American Con- gress on Tuberculosis and was the au- thor of a number of books dealing with legal and medical questions, Robert McGinni Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 22 Rolert MeGinnis, a’ New York busiriess man ang ‘well known as a_tobacco expert and a philanthropist, died suddenly at his ‘home in Sound Beach today. of heart failure. He was born in New York and was 69 years old. He was a graduate. of the, College ‘of the City of New York and one of the organisers of the Catholic Club of New York. Mrs. Frank N. Doubleday. * Garden City, N. Y., Feb. 23,—A cable- gram received here today from Canton, China, announced the death -there of Mrs. Trank N. Doubleday, wife of the published. No details were. given. Mr. and' Mrs. Doubleday were in the far| cast in the interests of the'America Red Cross. 738 e of the reichstag to-|. ‘The only | e the pericd of' 3 failed, another| sterday by the decisive vote 58 to 14 Independent “feeders” of thé {f “short and successful operation should be brought | approximately Amendments designed. to limit the | FOUR NATIONAL ARMY MEN AT ' .CAMP .LEWIS, TACOMA Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Washn. Feb: 22.—Four national army soldiers were held in the’ guardhuose today awaiting a presidential warrant from, Washing- on’ whith will mean their. internment s enemy alfens who plotted not only to Shoot ' their officers 'the. first time they. got into. action in -Europe, but als0 to deliver all the American sol- dlers in their organization to the Ger- man army. . The names of the men under arrést have been withheld by the’ judge a- Yocate pending receit of advices from Washington, < Clean-up, in Full Swing. A general cieanup of enemiy | aliens jat-Camp Lewis is n full swing, offi- NO DANGER OF SHORTAGE IN EAST ON THAT ACCOUNT McADOO HAS DECLARED Statement Was Prompted by Food Ad- ministrator Hoovers' Warning That the Railroads Were Unable to Handle Accumulations in the West, Washington, Feb, 22.—Director Gen- al McAdoo today gave . aussurance “that so far as transportation is con- cerned, there is no danger of suffering from a serious food shortage in the castern part of the country.’ This fwas prompted by the warning given fast night by Food-Administra- tor Hoover that unless erain and meat movement is greatly.increased in the next sixty: days, the country is threat- cne@ with an- acute shortage of food, and the programme of food shipments to the aliies will fail, McAdoo Writes. Hoover. In 4 letter to Mr. Hoover. the di- rector general declared that' if the cers said today. rty-four were dis- food adminfstrator. will give definite information on the location of stocks e discontinued just becu: connection some g06d sound a mana; when they bresent to Whieh they were told! must ok (6 that reason ii would be folif to ment of advertising, any more tha ment of husih Publicity plays a viai part in cinity The Bulletin furnishes a ser Bulletin. Saturday, Monday, - 1 Feb. 106.. Feb: 48:. Febi 23, . Summariged for the past week, the news matier: which: ha peared in The Bulletin's columns ‘ollows: I this ation of sales a5 well as the ake a brezk-in the o asing public. g, just as busi:iés no argument f 1 it is an a of keeping So s @ continuous the abandon- r the abandon- 0 developing and maintaining busi- ness and ‘when- it comes: to reaching the buyersiin Norwich. and vi- cvice whieh ciniiot e equalied, ap- Telegraph Local General Tota: 92 93 Tuesday, ' Feb. 19, | y 140 it 339 268 571 502 Totals.....'...... 572" charged today from the servick., Alto- gether about 200 men have been weed- ed out from the ranks of the 91st Di- vision and the work is not vet com- pleted. The internment or prosecution of those discharged today rests with the fedoral clvil authorities. {LIABLE TO DEATH PENALTY IF GUILTY il g Soldiers Will Be Tried by Military . Courtmartial. | Washington, Feb! 20 ~Officers of } the Judge advocate-general’s office said i today that zny national army 3 charged with plotting treason would bo: tried by military courtmartia] and }1r founa guilty would be liable to the de o t on the ar- reached the tm wRs, THOMAS REILLY OF i 'MERIDEN SERIOUSLY INJURED i i 1 Representative i Bruised.. and Mrs. Kitchin ‘Washington, Feb. 22—Mrs. Thomas Reilly of Meriden, Conn,, wife of the former Connecticut congressman, was seriously injured, and Representative Claude Kitchin 6f North Carolina and Mrs. -Kitchin were shaken and bruised Wien the automobile in which they Wereriding was struck by a street car here tonight. C. H. England, secre- tary to Mr. Kitchin, whd was driving the adtomobils, éscaped unhurt. The injured were taken to the Kitchin home, where Mps. Reilly igs been staying as & guest of the Kitch- ins. Beyond saying that' théy were serious, the extent of Mre. Réilly's in- juries ‘were not madé known. Mre. [ Kitchin is ‘said to be suffering also from: nervous shoek; but the bruises sustained by Mr. Kitchin were report- ¢ dslight, and he is éxpected to be out tomorrow. . ol et oy LETTER CARAIERS IN - 4 ANNUAL CONVENTION. [Speaker Deprecated the Placing of ‘Womén as Mail Carriers. Bridgeport. Conn., TFeb. 32.—Declar- that the :placing of women on ‘foutes as mail carriers was unneces- sary, F. P, Vgndernoot of New York .jcity, a member' of the executive coun- cil of the National Letter Carriers’ as- sociation, speaking before the annual Convention. of the Conuecticut State Letter Carriers' association, blamed thelow wages and the severe working conditions for irregularities in . the Dpostal service at the present time. Peter Tlox of Waterbury was elected president of the association for the coming year. Willam W. Merrill oa Bristol" was chosen as vice president: Clarence F. Crofoot of South Norwalk as secretary, and George F. Hail of Meriden as {redsurer. Mary Belan, age 7 yéars, of McKees 5 suburb of Pitts sacrificed her life yi Ly lunged into C! B 10 save her drowning. “pidiers | of supplies intended for. the allies, vailcads uioyve thém prompt!; seapoard. 3 ne raili t multuneously the railro ndminhtra&n Bave ‘out figures shos fng that'the miovement of grain to primary markets . the west within the last ten days was far greater than | in previous vears. No Basis For Alarm. aveid a controversy with the food ad- ministration, officials of the rallroad directorate today did not coiceat raerr belief that Mr. Hoovers statement was not borne out by the facts shown In_their reports. Members of Mr, Mc- Afoo's stafl assumed the attitude that Mr: Hoover had dealt in generalifies, not supported by figures or other ey dence showing such a Dessimistic out- ook on future food conditions. McAdoo's Letter to Hogver. Writing to Mr. Hoover, Mr. McAdoo said: “You are_ as I understand it, the sole. purchaser in this country of food supplies for the allied governments. You must, therefore, know the- loca- tion of the food supplies which you from tige to time purchase and. the ports in'this country to which you de- sire such supplies shibped, “If you will_notify me from.time to time’ of the locallsa of the specific supplies and the port or ports in the United States to which you wish to have such supplies_transported,. I will guarantee ‘the necessary transporta- tion subject alone “to interruptions trom biizzards and floods. “I wish to reassvre the country by saying that so far as transportation is concerned there is no danger of suf- fering from a serious jood shortage in the eastern part.of the country.” The food administration upon re- ceipt of the letter itsued this state- ment: Hoover Qut of Town. “While Mr. Hoover is out of town, food administration officials consider Mr. McAdoo’s statement Very reas- suring since it indicates that further cars will be furnished to western ter- minals and that the shortage from these * western terminals to eastern territory now will be overcome.” 8,000,000 Bushels of Grain a D: A railroad administration statement, without referring to Mr. Hoover's dec- laration that the domestic ‘and allied. food situation can be solved by load- ing 8,000,000 hushels of-grain a day for the next sixty days, explained that already 6,000,000 bushiels of grain are boing “loaded daily--and even better loadingis in. prospect. : Unofficially it Was declared that: practically all the grain being offered by farmers ‘and lo- cal eclevators, was being hauled by the railroads under seneral priority.orders for foodstuffs, particularly for grain in_the west. " Railroad- officials also called attention to the fact that, bo- tato, growers last fall held much .of their crop for higher prices, and that condition is partly responsible for the extraordinary. offering at- this time of potatoes which the railroads are hav- ing some difficulty moving. A memarial service to Sir ~Cevil Spring-Rice, late British ambrssador to the United States, was held yes- ;er‘dly in Holy Trinity church, Len- lon, Although declaring ‘their 'desire to | i ' PAGES—96 COLUMNS Telegrams o steamer Sturia, tic Port, was re- e . Women Genductors and guards on the Bavarian railways want 10 wear trousers instead of skirts, Monsey’s (N. Y.) fire department Was unable to, prevent fire from de- stroying its owii fire house. William P. McMullen, 58, agent of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Aills at Salem, Mass., for 26-vears, is d. New restrictions on grain ‘rading had little_ effect yesterday-as o_hind- Tance to higher' prices at Chicago. Relaxation of restrictions placed on lexport of foodstuffs to the West In- dies was announced by the war trade doard,” 5 War time’ nrohidition in Hawaii is provided in a Dbill favorabl rted to the houss by the Territories com- mittee, / The lower house of the Wisconsin legislaturc adopted a , resoiution pledging Wilson loyalty and support of the war. An_ army freight sieamship being loaded with shell parts and steel for transport to France caught fire at an Atlantic port. .4 Mrs, Josephine Gromski, who was i-adly burned by expleding - gasolene at ‘ber home in Ansonia, died at the Griffin bospital. Dr. Harry M. Cutts, aminer at" Norfolk 0 years, died . yesterday « Latest reports irom Swatow, China; zive the number of dezd from the re- cent earthquake as 600 ana the in- Jjured as more than 2,000. Restrictions on imports ' will made with due regard to the rec nized importance of the ool supp! that comes from South America. The Koelnische Zeitung of Berlin }reports that most of the large towns fand railway centers in Ukraine ae now in the hands of the Eolsheviki, ), medical ex- county for at * Brookline I ‘Six trains of packing house products for export to the aliies wiil be moved | castwardl daily for the next month un- | til a great quantity has been hauled. | 5 | The Springfield Chamber of .Com- 'meérce is taking sieps for the form: ,uUon of a svndicate to ,supply cord | woog in guantities to local industries. E The “baby carriage vote” of the { newly enfranchised women is expected tobe a vital factor in the forthcoming | congressivial elections in Manhattan. Charles 0. Eaton of Brunswick. Me., was elected president of tno . N Lugland Hardware Dealers’ assoc) tion ‘at the annuel cénvention at Bos- ton. 3 Reymond . ‘Brudy welk., ins been Horfe man Schuyler Merritt of I8 has been Appointed aendemy: 'y ‘of "Sputh Nor- by Congress: ford that fo_the naval Edimund -C. Tarbell of Boston has been appoiiited a_tember of the com- Imittee to, Select .artists for service at the front. . He. 'will be commissionad a captain, urtis M. P; arkhurst, of .Norwich, 4 memberof Company B, of the Tield Signal battalion, died at the buse hospital at, Camp Devens, | of meningitis. 3 more | PATROTISH In myer—Not a Sword Nor New York —If the spirit of seorge Washington could have been abroad in York . this_afternoon; and there were mahy who felt it was, the soul of Amer: reat chief- tain must bave t There was a parade of soldiers on ifth avenue—nearly 10,000 of them. “ive hundred thousand men, women and children stood for two hours or more in a sweeping spow storm and a stinging wind to see their sons brothers and sweethearts marchin “men of the national army, not r ulags or volunteers but drafted men. Swarthy Armenians strode side by, e with fair haired .Scandinavians. rish boys rubbed elbows with Jews. Italians trudgeq, beside Poles. Here and there was a_Chinaman, here and there a f: thal was typically Yan- 1 kee. S and Daughters of the Revolution marched with boys whose fathers were immigrants a gen- tion_ago. But ever em | was a citizen of the United States and they were soldiers ali. They had been fused in the great meiting pot i War, Five months ag: ihe same boy's trod the same thoroust grocers resentinz ale: sion”. tive sun. trade and pro- | race under | raterial | arve”srads - Sack- mén Arm: military units. © Lrigades. . r.giments, battalions, ¢ batieries and; companies strode ‘ihrough the, wide ‘street in | heavy marching grder with the swing: ;ing stride of veterans., Their bronzed zlowed with £3 o) ste| %0 falling” snow i to- the stirring musig of thaifr regimental bands. Not a sword nor an inch of gold e was to be seen. Brigadier Gen- eral Edmund Witfenmeyer with a sin: gle gold star on tlie sleeve of hifs ser- vice overcoat mdrched at the head of the line like the humblest doughboy of the lot. They were srim, deter- mined, businessiike. = Youns . captains and lieutenants who were carving out peaceful careers 2 few months age lighthouse ~ tender ~Anemone sked at New Bedford, after a long seaveh for the missing Cross Rip light- ship. - Captdin Eaton reported no trace of the lightship had been found. More than 7,000 calls for various rns of service were answcred by Ithe women's volunteer motor detach- iment of the Roston Metropolitan ichapter of the ‘American Red Cross Charles E. Doran of Milan, Tenn.. brought his two s7ns, Charles, JIr., and Donald, to Coiwiabus, S..C. and all three enlisted in the 317th Field Ar- tillery to join another som, William. A rock which came hurling down the shaft of copper mine at Eust Que.. when twenty miners were com- ing to the surizce in acar, killed four and injured four others, one perhaps tatally. v A despatch to the London Express from Petrograd, dated Thureday, says that Bolshevik Foreign Minister Trot- zky started yesterday for Dvinsk “to take res to.liquidate the new hostilities.” Chauncey C. Lufkin, 84, manager for a half century of all if the producing branches of the Standard Oil company and discoverer and developer of the Rumanian -oil fields, died at his home at Lima, Ohio. The Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, a copy of which has been received here, says that Count Von Hertliny, the fm. perial German chancellor, will addresa the ‘reichstag Monday on the subject of foreign affairs, Danger of serious floods in England at the end of a wintes dom equalled for its severity. i lieved to have been considerahl: tigated ‘by the alternate thaws and freezes of this month. * A special netice to publishers of books -and magazines calling their at- tention to the revernment's requests for secreey in imatters of military in- formation was sent out-by .the com- mittce on public information, The Engineers’ union of the Boston elevated system served motice on. the company last night that they would strike by the end of next week unless they were granted a six day wesk in all the power stations of the com- pany. GERMEN WOMEN AND' CHILDREN' RELEASED They Had Been Detained Since Their Bosion, Feb. Ger: Wwomen with “hildren, d at ‘the *immigration - station ince their arrival from the Phil- ippine Isiands. recently, were ordered released today and placed in the cus- tody of the Swiss consul Thoy are members of families of interned offi- cers of seized ships. - Commissioner of Immigration Henry J. *Skeftington in ordering their. release . stipulated that the bureau must be iept infofm- ed of their whereabouts. - barked commands which were obsyed AN INSPIRING DISPL Compact Military Units They Maiched Through Snow Storm, Headed by Brigadier-General Edmund Witten-. { manding at Camp Y OF I AEW Y0 When Nearly 10,000 Soldiers Paraded Fift Avenue £ an Inch of Gold Lace Was Visible, but Their Was Evidence of Grim Determination, the Stride of Veterans. nachinelike precision. - s front” was the order and um- der the spell of discipline only a'faint - emile responded as some proud bot earful mother sighted her sturdy sen and’ shoutea his name. But it then that the ~sympathetic —thronzs which lined tie curbs gave way fo heers. The rest of the ' lme. .they seemed to be thinking of the dax when these same sons of democracy would be “going over {he top” against au- tocracy’s hosts. % A regiment of enginedts was fo] lowed by two brigades of infantry,'a battalion of colored infantry, a bat- of fleld artiliery with “horsés pping and sliding in the snow, and n_ambulance company. The negroes applause. 7 p}x;r!nglng up the'rear, a significant feature of a Washington's ‘Birthday: parade, was the grim British tank - Brittania with tha Stars and Stripes - heside the Union Jack. A one pounder gun in the forward turret kept up an intermittent: cannonade as the huge sieel monster rumbled along behind -the marching men. B 'm proud of my men,” s EX n X M. Johnson, come pton, as the last with m dier o swung stead at the publi® library: and Sec. retary of the Navy Daniels. turned to grasp the soldier’s hand > “T am very muth ple spiendid showing of the -men_of. national army.” said Secretary “and I was especially proud of the The military of 3 ington’s Birtaday (i fhis city came 0. an end tonight with a ball at the Seve . fze,:!flfl have been the first in the . cou shere officers and men: danced, gether. s he celebration of the day was,sen eral and war gave it a si “it has lackeq for many years., dred Ped Cross army nurses in their street uniforms of dark blue:sang: processional at a-noon-day. wvlfl% St. Paul's -chapel where -Washin worshipped . when in New: York. -Tn the congregation was Lord Aberdeen. Impressive services also were- held in'many other churches of all creeds. col? - 7O ASGERTAIN AMOUNT OF FOOD IN NEW YORK An ‘Account ‘of the Stock on Hand Will Be Kent Every Week. New York, Feb. 22.—The . exact amount of food in New York is to be ascertained, without delay and an ac- count of the amount on hand will be kept every week, according to an an- nouncement tonight by Arthur Wil- liams, federal food administrator. The work is to be done by a special divis- ion of the food board. The plan, which was suggested by Herbert C. Hoover, is to enable the food administration to keep in touch with the actual condition at all times. With this knowledge, the announce- ment said, it Will be easy to meet’ the city’s needs. B 1 All Tood, wholesale and retail, - ‘in stores, warehouses and' storage plants, ang food in trarsit on nearby rail- voads, will bé included, RUSSIAN COURIER BRINGS PEACE PROPOSALS TO BERLIN Bit Germany Will Not Reopen Nego- tiations’ for Some Time. i { Amsterdam, Feb. A Russian couriér with the peace proposals of the Russian government 'has arrived in Berlin, according to advices received here. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the Girman’ semi-official or- ganfi, says the reopening of the nego- tiations with the Russians cannot be expected for some time. - Dr. Von 'Kuehimann, the- German oreign secretary, says the newspaper, will employ the interval in conducting negotiations with Rumania, for which purpose he left for Bucharest Thurs- day. The Rumanian delegate already has arrived there. ANNUAL BANQUET. OF STATE POSTMASTERS Telegrams of Loyalty Sent to Presi- dent and Postraaster-General. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb, .22, — Over sixty members of the State Postmast crs Association attended the annaal banquet of the organization which, was held today in this city. Telegrams of Layalty and SUDPOTt were sent to Prés- ident_Woodrow Wilson and Postmas- ter General Burleson, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Charles I. Greene of Bridgeport; vice president, David Wil- son_of. Hartford; .secretary and- treas. wrér] D. J. Tevan of Shélton. ALMA GLUCK.TO PURCHASE FISHER’S »I&_L_AND- ESTATE To Make the Linderman Place a Per- manent Summer Home. Fishers Island, N. Y., Feb. 22—Ma- dame Zimbalist, (Alma Glack) the celebrated singer, was here Thursday o arrange for purchase of the G. P, Linderman estate, which she leased last summer, as o permanent summer’ home. It is_expected she will make numerous - changes - in - house -and Frounds. | NEW DEPARTMENT FOR s EFFECTIVE WAR SERVICE | Will Be Composed of Business Men, Labor Leaders and Economists. . Washington, Feb. 22.—Experts on - lubot abestions from all sections of the country, business men, labor leaders and economists have been draseh upom Dy the department of labor to head the - new divisigns created by the reor- ganization of the .department for ef: fective war service. LA =5 Otto Eidlitz, architect and builder of New York, who heads the section on housing and transportation. of work- ers, is the only appointee whose name iias been made public, but said today that the ouner, six. Drobably would be announce to will administer the adjustment ser- viee, the conditions: of labor -service, the section o i - and edu- sation, the sl in industry, ¥ sérvice, and the employment. Conferences between the joint board of representatives of capital dnd labor, - which was appointed several days ago, will begin Monday at the in an effort to ‘a basis ern_relations | workers during G T 51 FATALITIES AT ARMY ! AVIATION TRAINING CAMPS Secretary. Baker Declares the - Death Record is Remarkably Low. ‘Washington, Feb. 22. < Although there have been fifty-one. fatalities &t army aviation training camps in this country, the death record was' des scrived tenizht by Secretary Baker as remarkably low. Since last June e pointed out, student av flown more than 100,000 miles. Records of the war dcpartments show that 10 officers and 24 *badets wero killed on .training flights. and that twelye men_ lost their lives e unauthorized flights and in ground accidents. 3 AN “Taking into account,” ‘said the’ sec- retarv, “the ordinary hazards ef ‘heit occupation, the development of a com= paratively new art, and the ratlo of accidents in. every day fields of en- deavor, It is felt that the fatal rec- ord among America’s student aviato will compare favorably with those of other countries, and while distrossini is -hot discouraging.” g to gov=+ Accidentally Asphyxiated.. '« _Hartford, 4 Herman'P, Heine, 58 vears old, was found dead in his home here today, a vietim of., accidental zas asphyxiation. He was &y motion Licturc agcnt and former. pro- prietor of a motion picture theatre in Springfield.. For several years he had: been a .marketman . in London,, Amherst to Clase June 5. X “Amierst, Mass., Feb. 22.—Amhersts college il close for the summer June 3. President Alexander Maikls john in apnouncing this ezflydgg:; date_today also that the sj o recess and the semester examinatior period had been cancelled. P ased with the were -given generous, i - | t the reviewing / 1:%