Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 26, 1918, Page 1

Germans Continue to Overrun the Country From : Gulf of Finland to I.ittlg Ru§sia cM’TURE PORT - OF REVAL ON FINNISH GULF German Imperial Chancellor Has Told the Reichstag of Rus- sia’s Acceptance of Germany’s Peace Terms and That Peace Must Ensue Shortly—The German Commander Has Informed the Populace of the Russian Provinces of BthonilnndLivoninmtTheyAreNoqudetGa- man Police Power—In Petrograd the Situation is Still Critical—Americans Fighting With Frerich Along the Chemin des Dames Have Penetrated the German Line fquishnceof;F_ewHundredYurds #he German (mpedu.:iz;nneunrhas ence and declined to sign a - peace treaty, will not represent the govern- told the reichstag that the Bolshevik goverrment. of Russia has accepted Germany’s peace terms and that peace must ensue shortly. But, apparently, gn peace for the Russians is imme-~ & ment in the present discussion, it hav: grad council of workmerfs and sol diers’ delegates. the contrary, the Germans con-| Already the imperialistic to overrun the country from the of Finland southward well into Litfle Russia. Reval, Russia’s prin- | The German commander has informed ¢l port on the Finnish gulf, to-|the populace of Esthonia and Livonia g ‘with its fortress, has been cap- |that they now are under German po- 1 ; Pskov, situated on ‘the railway |lice power, and the baromns of the old al 160 miles southwest of Petro- |regime have been ordered releases i8 in enemy hands, and south- ng the entire line the invad- ers. ‘here are steadily pressing . and on their southern wing ;havh formed a junction with the Uk- r at Zhitomir, 85 miles west of . which town it is their an- from imprisonment and instruction: have been given that they are to b oner by the Bolsheviki. rpose to take from the Bol- | critical. For the present the Ameri. L lements holding it. can and entente allicd ambassaders Al h it is announced that Re-|have elected to remain in the capital mfiu taken “after a battle,” it is @oubtful if serious resistance was of- fered the Germans by the Russians still holding the town, for up to Sun- day the invaders had made no men- tion' of having come within sight_of Feval Since the renewal of hostili- ties began the Germans have taken oV thossands o! additional square mi ussian territory. A battle before Kiev, therefore, sccms not far distant, unless menntime another ar- miistics is arranged pefiding the final ecapitulation of the Bolshevik govern- ment and the signing of a peace trea- ty. + AS Jast accounts the Russian dele- =.t:: ‘who are to treat with the Ger- ! ‘were to have left Petrozrad on night for Brest Litovsk. Trot- 2 the Bo!shevik foreign minister, wh bolted the original peace confer- pending further developments, many attaches of the embassies an civilians have departed by way of th trans-Siberian railway. nature of patrol encounters. On nu Chemin des Dames was a raid, mad for a distance of a few hundred yard: After sharp fighting, in which 'a num ber of the enemy were killed an ROCAL AGREEMENT ENCOURAGING REPORTS | WITH CANADA ON FISHING ON AVIATION PROGRAMME ; Vedtsls From Either Country May |All Builders Are Encouraged About N " Enter Ports of Both Countries \thc Work They Are Doing. on, Feb. 25.—With the ap- ‘Washington, Feb. 25.—Encouragin of President Wilson, Secrectary M has issued orders to customs fotors to allow Canadian fishing ls to enter and clear between ports and the Fishing . . Reciprocal privileges have abked of Canada for American vessels. ;i ‘ has been settled by agreement one of the important questions under Secretary Baker for a. conference. ers had told their stories. . PEACE TERMS UNAVAILING === German viewpoint is being pressed upon Rus- sians in the newly acquired territory. In Petrograd the situation is still On the battle fronts the fighting by the infantry continues mainly in the merous sectors in France, ‘Belgium and Italy the big guns are engaged in re- ciprocal duels, which at some points are of considerable violence. The lat- est. exploit - of the unit -of - Americans fighting with the French along the in conjunction with tre French, in which. the German line was penetrated wounded, two officers and twenty men' of the German ranks were brought back prisoner to the French line by reports on the progress of the Ameri- can _aviation programme were brought | 13¢ O board when the ship struck to Washington today by representa- | tives of all the firms' building air- i3S ¢ planes for the army, summoned by |iDS to official advices received hera “They are all tremendously encour- aged about the work thev are doing,” Mr, Baker said, after the manufactur- " POPULATION 29,919 GREAT DARING DISPLAYED Three Surfboats and Four Dories. Red north of Cape Race, today took off 44 children were saved. Florizel and Major Michael Sullivan of the Newfoundland - forestry battalion, who was on his way to rejoin his com- mand in Scotland, were among those rescued. Ralph. Burnham, one of the six cadets of the Royal Flying corps on the lost steamer, was included among the survivors. The rescue was performed with greft gallantry. - The Florizel was impaled on a rock. surrounded by half sub- merged. ledges, and lay three - ship lengths, or 900 feet, from shore. Be- tween her half submerged hulk and the cliffis which jut from the water's edge to a height of three or four hun- dred feet, with no beach to speak of at high tide, the ‘water is white with an almost unbroken swirl of breakers, making it impossible to send out a lifeboat. A detachment of maval gunners from this city managed to shoot a line aboard the steamer last night, but those on board were powerless to make it fast, as the forepart of the steamer ing been decided to send in his stead :Vhl:'con QIS bunietod by hue sents M. Zinovieff, president of the Petro- aftermath of yesterday's blizzard. In the fo into which the breakers smashed their way, and in the forerigging the 44 survivors hud- dled helplessly. Outside the ring of surf lay a fleet of rescue steamers, in- cluding the Prospero, which had beer sent by the vernment to the scene with epeci ife saving apparatus. By virtue of this equipment, the Pros- g | pero’s crew claimed the honor of run- ning the. breakers nad picking off the hapless survivors. . s e protected by the Germans, who will PVolumeers went over the side of the not permit their transfer to territory a where they may again be made pris- rospero in three surfboats and four ories. Shooting the breakers with great daring, the flotilla worked under the lee of the Florizel and helped the two women and the 42 men into the - | boats. It was suicidal to attempt to make a landing under the cliffs and the exhausted survivors, against the heav- ily running seas was accomplisha: with difficulty. The’ surfboats, especi- ally constructed for this kind of rescue work, weathered the seas safely., But _inot one bit behind were the dingy dories of the fishermen. They were handled by specially . picked . dorymen who knew every trick: and the sinews, skill apd* A fec: essary for the job, and the. doryamen placed their human freight aboard the o | Tescue. fleet without the loss of a man o ra single mishap. \ After making sure that no one was left alive on the wrecked liner. the fleet put about and headed for St. 1 lJnhns. SURVIVORS OF WRECKED STEAMSHIP FLORIZEL i Seventeen Passengers and 27 Mem- i bers of the Crew Taken OF. New York, Feb. 25.--Seventeen pas- sengers and 27 members of the crew of the Red Cross Line steamship Florizel, wrecked ncar Cape Race, g |have been taken off by rescue ships. | They are the sole survivers out of the the rocks. The Florizel carried 77 j Passengers and a crew of 39, accord- by Bowring and Company, agents of the line. If these figures are correct the. death list would stand at 92. The complete list of survivors made pub- " |lic_here tonight -follows: He de. : dindgeion by the American-Canadian |scribed the conference as a_“progress | T 2ssensers: Alec Tedingham, Miss Jos heries Commission. Toport.” Some of the aireraft and en- | Kitty Cantwel], “Ralph ‘Burnham, W ¢ Canadian government has for- | gine builders are ahead of thelr sched- | - Duaphinee, . P. Kiely, Major Sul- the netting of pike perch at|ule, he added, some are behind; but|lvan, William Parminter, Arch Gard- the spawning grounds in the Canadian | all are working with great enthusiasm | NeT Willism Dodd. J. E. Sparrow, part of Lake Champlain, making the [and confidence in thes results of their | T10Mmas #Vhalen David Griffitn, Min- o ROt Bontorta £ the tiwe | htors: nie Denieff, A. G. I'azan,-G. Maloney, of New York and Vermont. - |John Cleary and J The secretary sald he had summon Necessity for increasing the food |ed sup was the reason for reluxing re- s lons against fcreign fishing boats ;p:l‘.rln‘ and clearing from American s is _back of the producers.” the manufacturers because h Major General Squier, chief signal officer, Colonel Deeds, his chief as- and " BUNKER COAL ORDER | sistant on_airplane production, HAS BEEN AMENDED | Chairman Coflin, of the Aircraft Pro A dusction Board, participated. Not to Be Billed Until It Has Been| No plan for expansion of the exist Placed in Foreign Bound Vessels. ing programme is under contempla ‘Washington, Feb. 25—The fuel ad- tion, Mr. Baker indicated, and he sai mi ition announced it had amend- |of any shortage of aircraft with Gen- ed the bunker coal order of Decorber |eral Pershing’s forces. He added that 13 rovide that no coal shall pe bill- | he was still without confirmation of ed &} the special bunker coal price un- |reports of such shortage. til it actually has been placed in for- eign bound vessels. The special| TUBERCULOSIS FAR MORE priee allows an additional $1.35 a tom on_gxport and bunker coal. 3 amended order interprets “coal for foreign purposes” to mean coal put into any vessel bound for a foreign port. Fact Disclosed in Examination of Re cruits and Drafted Men. New York, Feb. 25.—At least 50,00 TEN PERSONS KILLED OUTRIGHT IN COLLISION On & Branch of the Southern Railway | ditions. ~Two Others Died of Injuries. This estimate of the Na. Cplumbia, 8. C., Feb. 25.—Tea per- song were killed outright, two disd of injuties’ and between 25 and 35 oth- ers were more or less seriously injur- €4 in a rear-end collision of two pas- senger trains on the Columbia-Greene- ville branch of the Sduthern Railway foday. available in the country at present. The dead include Albert Altias, trav- | 11 Tecently Jt was estimated that fo @ling salesman, Brooklyn, N. Y. The others were residents of Scuth Caroli- nz, North Carolina and Georgia. MEN BORN IN AUSTRIA NOT GIVEN COMMISSIONS |licn. cf the disease. It is now believd tha the true ratio is twice or three time: as great. But Men Whose Fathers Were Born |ROYAL ARCANUM I8 There Are Not Barred. , "Washington, Feb. 25.—Representa- ti ~ Blegel of New York conferred v ‘% Secretary Baker today regarding o' war deépartment’s attitude in the| Boston, Feb. 23, r of commissioning men whose [ canum Society fth were born in Austria. Decision ‘Reached by Insurance Com missioners of Three States. — ‘The Royal Ar of Massach which has been a subject of liti wanted them to exchange views with department officials and with ~each other and to feel that “the department today’s meeting was not called because PREVALENT THAN SUPPOSED more tuberculosis hospital beds will be needed in the United States within the next two years to make possible the adequate conirol of the -disease and check its ravages under war con- tional Association for the' Study and > Prevention of Tuberculosis is contain- ed in a statement issued here today, which says that there are 43,000 beds The estimate is based on a revised concepfion of the prevalence of the disedse as the result largely of the examination of recruits and drafted men for our new army and navy. Un- every death from tuberculosis in the country there were five active cases Instead of about 1,000,000 active cases in the country there are probably’ between two and . three mil- , 99 PER CENT. SOLVENT tts, n : jon | Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, "whose b Slockley. o Crew: Captaity William J. Martin, W. James, P. Jackman, J. Lumsden. Eric Collier, Herbert - Taylor,- Edwin Timmons, John Davis. Fireman® (name unknown), .J. Pinsent, M. F. Power, Thomas Green, James Burry, M. Mal- loy, W. Dooley, -A. Hatchard, George Curtis, Jack Johnson, Charles Reelis. James Dwyer, ~ Alex Fleet. Henry Dodd, Henry Snow, J. C. Moore, F. _| Roberts, Cecil Carter and Bernard Murphy. * d GERMAN RAIDER WOLF RETURNS AFTER 15 MONTHS Indian and Pacific r Decorates Comman- Berlin yia. London, . | official communication says: “The auxiliary cruiser Wolf has.re- turned home after fifteen months in 0 | the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific.Oceans. “The Kaiser has telegraphed his welcome 'to' the commander and con- ferred the Order- Pour le Merite to- Feb. 25.—An issued . today on the officers and crew.” The Wolf was commanded by Fri- gate Captain Nerger and inflicted the greatest damage on the enemy’s ship- ping by the destruction of cargo s and cargo. She brought home more than 400 members of crews of sunken ships of various nationalities, especi- ally numerous. colored and white Brit- ish soldiers, besides several guns cap- tured from armed steamers; and great r | quantities of valuable raw materials, such -as.rubber, -copper, coca beans,” copra, el t | of many. million marks. 0 Landed in Austrian Harbor. Amsterdam; Feb. 25.—A_ despatch to the Dusseldorfer-Zeitung from Berlin says the auxiliary cruiser Wolf landed in the Austrian harbor of Pola’ (Ad- riatic Sea). The despatch adds that the vessel tried repeatedly to return to the North Sea, but always was bdr- .|red by the watchfulness of ‘the Brit- ish ships. ' ’ brass, zinc, to the value _| Grand Duke Committed Suicide. Amsterdam.. Feb. - 25.—The = Gramd My, Baker efplaired that such men |during the past four years, is declared | death was announced yesterday in a now are being b !o fi of _unquestioned loyalty. Men rm. i Austria are not given com- given and Cannecticut in a report issued: to sioner of Massachusetts. commissions | 99 per cént. solvent by the -insurance{despatch from Neu Strelitz. committed fitteq to be officers and found | commissioners o fthis state, New York |suicide, according to-the Berlin Lokal -'’Anzeiger. His body ‘was found in a the breast. vian of eifect to- ) desired to butter, or to produce a IN THE PLORIZEL RESCUES. Hazardous Work of = Volunteers in — St. Johns, N. F., Feb, 25.—Boat crews from the Newfoundland steamer Pros- pero, braving .the breakers which are |1t Was Planned to Hoard Great Stocks battering to pleces the wreck of the Cross liner Florizel on the ledges ‘women on board and mone of the four Captain William J. Martin of *the return trip, with erowded boats of a!‘t\ym,- trade; WOOL MERCHANT INTERNED POSED AS A PRO-ALLY of Wool, to be Sent to. Germany When Peace Came, and Thus Fore- stall a Possible British Embargo. New York, Feb. 25.—Alleged to be agent in the Uniied States for Ger- man interests who have been seekins to corner the world’s wool market. Eugene Schwerdt, a wealthy wool merchant of New York and Boston was arrested here today as an alien enemy and will be interned. Schwerdt's alleged activities were disclosed to the federal authorities by the - attorney general of New York state, Schiwerdt's name having appear- ed in the correspondence of Hugo Schmidt. banker, and alleged = pay- master in the Bolo Pasha- case, whith the attorney general investigated. According to Deputy Attorney Gen- eral Alfred L. Becker, Schwerdt was in correspondence ‘with H. F. former financial agent here for - the German government. 3 Although claiming to be a Belgian citizen, Schwerdt was in fact born in Muenster, Germany. He resided in Belgium but came to the TInited States'in 1914 at the timé of the Ger- man bombardment of Antwerp. The plan of Schwerdt ‘and his asso- ciates, according to the attorney gen- eral, was to minimize the effects of a possible British economic against Germany after the war by making' it possible for German inter- ests in America to hoard their great stocks of wool which it was intended to send to Germany when peace came. Incriminating Letter. A letter made public by Mr. Becker, who conducted the inquiry, was writ- ten by Schwerdt to Albert in January, 1917, In tMls communication Schwerdt informed Albert of the wool situation (Continued on Page Two, Col. Five) FIVE DEATHS RESULTED FROM AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS Donald E. Carlton of Providence Onc g of the ims. Washington, Feb. 25.—The deaths of a lieutenant and four cadets resul‘- ing from airplane accidents were re- ported to the war department today by General aershinz, The dead are lientenant d J. Hagadorn, Jeahs, 'N. Y.;° &eu Clark B. 15! Philad A 1518 Looust street; Phila Stillma T o n, 86 ‘East 39th street, New York: Donald E. Cariton, Providence, 1, arid Arthur H. Wilson, 369 Bar- nz street.) Philadelphia. The message gave no details of the cidents. Geweral Pershing also reported that I'rivate Ralph'R. Spaulding of Madi- son, Maine, had heen Kkilled in action Iebruary 13, that two other privates were severely. wounded February 19 H 28. - The severely wounded wer? Frank Fuss of Esterville. -owa, and Chester A. Hunt of Rolling Prairie Ind. and the slightly wounde# was Andrew Donko, South Bethlehem, Pa. Private . Paul = Crabtres, or Ports- mouth, Ohio. died frm wounds received in action November 21: Lieutenant Thomas W. McCoy, of Elkhart. Ind, died from wounds resulting from ex plosion of .2 hand grenade, ard Pri- vate George G. Clarke of Holyoke. Mass.. died from accidental gunshot woun & Private Charles A. Johnson of Moreley, Colo.. was reported acciden- tally drowned. . JAPANESE INTEND TO TAKE ACTION iN SIBERIA They Have Long Been Preparing to Carry Out the Move. (By The Associated Press) Harbin, Wednesday, Feb. 20.—The Japanese, according ‘to reliable au- thority intend .t otake. action in Si- beria at an early date, and there are evidences tiat the Japanese have long been preparing to carry out thi move, The situation in Siberia is consid- ered extremely grave, owing to the inability of the Cossack General Sem- enoff, head of the anti-Bolsheviki movement in that vast territory, to se- cure allied support, for which he has appealed to the Japanecse. . General Semenof! movement e now officially recorzs d and a gen cral committee has Feen formed at ich will act as a general ed into three departments— financial, military and administrative. The Russian consup, ‘M. Popoff, has been appointed chairman .of the com- mittee. Two thousand Germans have been armed and are drilling at Irkutsk, capital of the government of Idkutsk in eastern Siberia, 'and, according to an official report_received from a for- eign consul. the Germans .are .making gether with a number of Iron Crosses’ all preparations to bring much larger forces. there, ! i OBJECT OF GERMAN -~ = - AMERICAN ALLIANCE Was, to Urge .the Teaching of Ger- man in the‘Public Schools. Washinzton, .Feb.. 25.—Bulletins dis- tributed among the membership of the National -German-Ameriran .~ Alliance. in 1904 urging that the teachirg - of German in the public schools be xo ex- tended that English.would- come to be considered - the - “foreign” language, were read. to. the senate judiciary sub- committee today by Gustavus Ohling- er, of Toledo, Ohio, continuing: his tes- timony against.the ‘alliance as.an’ un- patriotic organization. Since . that tima, the witness said, the alliance has conducted a congistent campzign in betalf of the teaching of German. . The swb-committee. is considerine a bill by Senator King of Utah, which seeks to olve the alliance: The bulietin referred to by Obling- er were printed and bound und-r the titled “German-American Annal® and were puhlishad befare tba ~linnce wos ~hartersd. Scme of them as translat. ed by the ‘witness advaiiced the ided that Germans. coming to ‘the United $tatas should. in “thought, nature and night by Frank H. Hardison, commis- | small -lake -with ‘a- gunshot:wound in'facts” remain German, though:taking out citizenship papers to get the vote. Germans Sought to' (Believes Porters Are Corner Wool Market| Entitled to Tips EUGENE SCHWERDT, WEALTHY, embargo | tice, and one slightly wounded February | GENERAL MANAGER HUNGER- FORD OF PULLMAN CO. TOLD THE COMMISSION Employes of the Boston & Maine Road Suggest - Wage Increases Ranging From 20 to 40 Per Cent—Others Ask ‘ Wage Increases. ‘Washington, Feb. 25.—“The little fellow” among railroad employes was represented today by the railroad Wwage commission which was asked not to forget thousands of workers, or- ganized and unorganized, who con- tribute materially to the operation of trains, but. are . little known ‘to the publie. o Employes of the Pullman Company were given. official inclusion -among railroad men under government juris- diction when Secretary Lane ,chair- man of the commission, told one of their number he .might proceed with his representations on the theory that the Pullman Company is a common carrier. Tipping, .which Pullman.car porters recently testified was relied on to sup- plement ,their small. salaries, was de- fendeq today by L. S. Hungerford, general manager of tife Pullman com- pany. “If porters were put on a straight salary, do you think tipping would continue?” asked Secretary .Lane. Believes Porters Are Entitled to Tips “You 'must take into consideration tnat tipping is‘'a very general prac- ,” Mr., Hungerford replied. “I thini the porter feels that ne earns the tips and that the passengers.feel the same way. T believe the porters are fully entitled to the tips.” “You do not think then,” suggested Commissioner Covington, “that the Pullman company could readjust the temperament of American people in regard to handing out a dime or quar- ter for extra service? “I don’t think it would be advisa- bie to abolish tipping on Pullmans un- less it was abolished elsewhere,” the witness answered. Mr. Hungerford said few dining cars now were. operated by the Pull- man_company. all of them. belonging to the railroads on which they are run. Conductors’ Sala L. 8. Taylor, comptroller of thel Pullman company. told the dommis- sion that -conductors’ salaries range from $70 to $100 a month, with a tenm per cent. bonus each year, a month’s salary. for .a year- without demerits R?d«cmn bonuses afterlfifl.een yea;;g of se; 5 w r ye from. $° to 850 rezularly, ‘wh%e on_troop trains: get $75-monthly < A. L. Rhoades; -4 Pullman conduc- tof, said the conductérs-have to work long’ hours! ure not allowed to sleep| while on duty, undergo- heavy = ex- penses on the road in addition to maintaining their. families and that his salary.after six years service was $99 a month. Urged Increased Pay on B. & M. Georze P. Mann and P. H. McNa- mara urged increased pay for the clerks of the Boston and Maine. J. R. T. Auston, speaking for the Order of Telegrahhers, Dispatchers, Agents and Signalmen, suggested 40 per cent. | increases for tower ‘men drawing less than $75 a month. 30 per cent. for: those reteiving between $75 d $100 and. 20 per cent. for those above $100. Steam Shovel and Dredgemen. T. J, Bradv ana W. M. Welch, in- ternatioral president, asked wage in- creases for members of the Interna- tional Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredgemen to compensate for the fact ‘that their busy season is. only about ‘eight months of the year. Their pay now is about $175 a month. J. M. Maxwell, 2 newspaper man of Indian- apolis, said unorganized baggage liandlers-and gatemen of tne Indian- apoiis Union Railroad Company, work twelve hours-a day with only one day ofy -every seven weeks for wages of $79 a month and less, 8-Hour Day and Annual Vacation. J. M. Lynch, president of the Broth- erhood of Freight Handlers, asked. the commissfon to investigate the work- ings of the compulsory relief associa- tion of the Raltimorc and Ohio rail- road, which S.°E. Heberling, of the witchmen, attacked in his testimony as unfair. An eight hour day 2nd an 2nnual vac~tion was asked for the freizht handlers. S. E. Padgett, genersl chairman.of the Colored Assoriation of Ralilroad Fmployes, urged that the pay of ne- gro employes should be equalized with that of white men when the work performed was the same, Wage Increases on Western Roads J. W. Higgins, executive secretary of the 'Western Association of Rail- ways, re-appeared before the com- mission to give exact figures on wage increases in the western territory during 1916 and 1917. which he said amounted to $97,875,000 or an average of $151.47 per man. cEELE STRIKE ON BOSTON ELEVATED POSTPONED Until Midnight Thursday—Vote Tak- en by Car Men Last Night. Boston, Feb, 25.—A strike of 8,050 union street car men for higher wag- ¢€s, set for midnight tonight, was post- poned for 72 hours—until midnight Thursday—by a vote at a’ mass meet- ing of the; car men tonight. \lean- while, an. attempt will be made by union leaders to bring about an agree- ment between the-men-and the com- pany. - Personal pleas to the men net to strike were made by labor leaders and federal and state officials.’ A stir- ring call to. the patriotism ¢® the men was made in a letter by Governor Mec- Call after the meeting. voted . almost vnanimously to postpone 2 walkout. o2 WISCONSIN SENATE " " CONDEMNS LA FOLLETTE A Loyalty Resolution Was Passed by a Vote of 26 to 3. .- Magdison, Wis;, Feb. 25.—A loyalty resolutien ' including an flamendmen: condemning -Senator La Tollette . for his attitude toward the .war, was passed.by the state senate late tonight by a vote of 26 to 3. The. American: embassy has_ deter- mined to remain in Petrograd, pend- ing developments. Condensed Telegrams Big receipts had a be ceived at an Atlantic port. Saturday. Charles C. Healey, ex-ciiief of police, of Chicago, recently acquitted of charges of comnspiracy, has suffered a stroke of paralysis. torial race in Wisconsin. ish effect yesterday on the Chicago corn market. /A call for help from a British stegm- er in distress far out at sea was re- ‘One American was killed and two were wounded in an attack by Mexi- can bandits on an oil boat at Tampico, Joseph E. Davis, chairman of the federal trade commission, announced that he would resign to enter the sena- No Price Fixing on Farm Products STATEMENT BY FOOD 'ADMINIS- TRATOR HOOVER TO REASSURE FARMERS Declares That the Food Adminis- tration Has No Power and No Desire Fire aboard the American schooner Jane Paimer at a South American port destroyed 2,600 tons of linseed, consigned to American firms. Good weather and a clearing of car brought bituminous coal production almost back to normal in congestion the week ending February 16. The navy’s appeal for “Eyes for the watch officers has brought more Spy glasses, telescopes, sextants and chronometers. than 20,000 binoculars, Victor L. Berger was selected yes- terday by the Wisconsin socialist state executive committee as the candidate of that party for United States sen- ator. Nearly 10,000 persons lost their live: to Fix Maximum Prices on the Pro- ducts of Agriculture. ‘Washington, Feb. 25.—General price fixing on agricultural products is not a part of the policy of the food ad- ministration and will not be attempt- ed, Food Administrator Hoover said tonight in a statement designed to re- @assure farmers apprehensive thot the government might set maximum pric- es on what they have to sell. Not a Price Fixing Body. “There appears to be a great deal of misinformation circulated amongst the agricuitural communities as to the ‘palicy and scope of the food ad- ministration with relation to price fix- ing,” said Mr, Hoover. “I wish to say at once and emphatically that the food as a result of the recent earthquake UMinistration is not a price fixing in the Amoy Hinterland, China, ac cording to the latest reports Swatow. Announcement w. made that Rod from - 1body except with regard to certain i commodities which are today dominat- ied by wholly abnormal overseas rela- tions and the surrounding factors with egard to which are such as to pro- man Wanamaker had been appointed | dUce great dangers both against the special deputy police comm’ New York, in charge of the ¥ fence League. Mrs. Simon Jurczak, 55 years old,! was probably fatally burned at hes home in Portland, Coan., “when her! clothing caught fire as she was light ing an oil stove. General selections wers haid through out Spain. yesterday. = “he appear to'hava muintained tion, although not been reee: ir posi. liberals lete returns have arming community and at the same (time the consuming community. H Sugar and Wheat. | “The two commodities under regu- jlation are sugar and wheat. With the Tifurther exception of rases in which intervened purely as a friend- ly intermediary between organized producers and consumers the food ad- {ministration has no authority and ng - ldesire to fix prices on the products of agriculture. 2 “In wheat we were faced with a single -purchasing agency whose pro- | portionate purchases to the whole Iwere such as to dominate the price. mer of i T it has A A yester-| Any relationship with- the ageney by ?:g—irarc‘lwgl\a‘x‘l a: v,t‘g n;;& our officials in limiting their cvera- S itertin e o soon! = thus becomes absolute’ price fix the coal is avaiah The Sarregia carperstisn has pre sented McGili University with $1.606 000 in recognitiun of “he insticution’s “devoted service and sa Canada’s part in the war. ce toward 1 John H. Slocum was last night ap- pointed by the selectmen saperintend- g and it becomes & question as to whether it would be done openly and frankiy with our producing communi- Zlty or done secretiy at the will of gov- | ernment officials. 2 “In the matter of sugar it has been common business prudence to join with the allies in a definite contract with the Cuban authorities as. to - price, jrather than leaye it to fluctuations ont ot nailcs of IVITEEe 1o eficoesd which would arise from short supplies the late Stephen €. Wheeler, who hel that office for thirty years. a wnd irregular shipping facilities. Elimination of Profiteering. “The feod: administration has been Horiorabie ‘dii?m»fium'hm’ ser- | actively’ engazed in the elimimation cf vice of "Brigadiér Gomeral Sipeaks. a{profitecring and speewlation in tle former Ohio Hational: i stationed at'Camp ‘Sheridan: Ala approved today by Secretary Baker. r now | distribating” trddes by regulating the was i profits on pre-war basis. A still great- er duty has been the maintenance ol an even course of foed distribution, in Daniel A. Diamond of Portland, Me., | these times of the greatest dislocation. a salesman, was found dead in accidental, examiner. The Breslau Tageblatt says that.th Bolsheviki have ordered the trial of Grand Duke Nicholas by a revolution- ary ‘tribupal. He is charged with at tempted high treason against the Rus. sian republic. Charles H. Wood of water, Mass., died at the farm hospi tal, after an altercation' with anothe inmate in which he received knife wounds. Charles Carroll, 60 years old, hang ed himself with his leather belt in a ce]l at the locup at Wallingford lasi night. Earlier in the day he had heen ordered committed to the state asylum for the insane at Middletown. In conformity with recommendations of Director General McAdoo, the in terstate commerce commission directed specified uniform system for marking freight all railroads to observe a consigned in less than carload lots. The following deaths in the Ameri can expeditionary forces from natural causes were reported yesterday. vates: Hawley B. Olmstead, T Pa. pneumonia; and Newberry Hol brook, New York city, typhoid fever. Pri Joseph Frederick Stillman, Jr., of| New York city. killed in France in an airplane accident, was graduated from college course he played on both his freshman and the varsity football teams as end and rowed on the freshman crew.and Yale in 1915, During his the second Yale crew. He was a mem. ber of the senior society of Scroll and Keys. ‘TO REPRESENT THE RAILROAD COMMISSION In Future Conferences on Food Ship- ments—McAdoo Makes Appointments. Washington, Feb. 25.—Director Gen- eral McAdoo has appointed to repre- sent the railroad administration. in fu- shipments Carl Re Gray, director of tnlns)omi o traffic; C. E. Spens, assistant traffic director in charge of shipments of the féod administration, and C. N. Ken- dall, chairman of the railroad admin- ture cornferences on food tion; Edward Chambers, director istratiop’s car service division. Mr. Hoover's representatives will be named tomorrow. Mr: McAdoo announced the addition of F. M. Whittaker, vica president und traffic manager of the Chesapeake & Ohio, as assistant traffic. director in charge of fuel administration shipping problems. UNIFORM RULES FOR ALL TROLLEY LINES Been Directed by the Adoption Has Public “Utilities Commission. Hartford, Conn., Feb. 25.—Adoptio: by the trolley companies in the stat of a set of “uniform rules for regula- tion of lines” was directed by the pub- lic utilities: commission- today after a conference with representatives of the companies, called to discuss the sub- The - rules -proposed were not ject. made public. The conference was the outsrowth a hearing about six months ago to the effect that accidents occurred as a result of the of a statement made at difference_ in rules of the several com panies. his room in a Hartford boarding house a& a result of inhaling gas. Death was according to the medical Brookline, a prisoner at the state farm at Bridge- three ylor. Supply and Demand. The law of supply and demand has been seriously interfered with during the last three months by virtue of thc cumulative- irregularity and disturb- e |ance in railroad transportation’ and consequent delay of months in mar- keting the harvests.” - {GERMANY WILLING TO DISCUSS GENERAL PEACE On Four Principles Proposed by Pres- = ident Wilson. , T Amsterdam, Feb. 24.—Speaking be- fore the reichstag today, the imperiol German chancellor, Count Von Hert- . |ling, made this declaration: “I can fundamentally agree with the four principles which in President Wilson’s views, must be applied in a mutual exchange of views, and thus declare with President Wilson that a general peace can be discussed on such a basis. = “Only ‘one reserve need be made in this connection:. these principles must not only be propesed by the prasident of the United States but must also actually be reeognized by all states and peoples.” L “But this goal has not yet been reached. There is still no court of - | arbitration established by all the na- tions for the preservation of peace in - |the name of justice. When President Wileon incidental says that the German chancellor is speaking to the tribunal of the entire world, T must de- cline this tribunal as prejudiced, joy- fully as I would greet it, if an impar- tial court of arbitration existed and gladly as I wouid co-operate to real- ize such ideals, “Unfortunately, however, there is no -|trace of similar statements on the part of the leading powers of the en- tete. England’'s war aims are still thoroughly imperialistic and she wants to impose on the world a peace ac- cording to England’s good pleasure. “When England talks about the peoples’ right of self-determination, she does mnot think of applying the principle to Ireland, Egypt and India. “It has been repeatedly said that we do not contemplate retaining Belgium, but that we must be safeguarded from the danger of a country, with which we desire after the war to live in peace and friendship, becoming the object or jumping off-ground of enemy machinations. If, therefore, a propo- sal came from the opposing side, for example, from the government in Havre, we should not adopt an an- tagonistic attitude, even though the discussion at first might only be un- binding. F “Meanwhile, I readily admit that President Wilson's message of Feb- ruary 11 constitutes perhaps a small step ' towards a mutual rapproche- ment.” ‘With reference to a statement re- cently made by Walter Runciman, the former president of the board of agri- culture in the Britlsh cabinet, the chancellor said: “I can only agree with Mr. Runci- man if he meant that we should be much nearer peace if proper responsi- ble representatives of the belligerent n | powers would met in conclave for dis- e | cussion. That would be a way to re- move all intentional and unintentional misunderstandings and bringing about an agreement on many individual questions. I am thinking especially tn this connkction of Belgium.” T. Thornsen, Chicage, 2 civilian in- structor. was seriously inquped and Harold R. Hanley, a cadet of Custer, 8. D, was slightly hurt when the ex- plosion in which they were flying fel} - | about 100 feet at Park Field, near Memphis, Tenn., yesterday.