Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 28, 1918, Page 1

ity o \ CERMAN DRVE W ST Aeial Activity Is of Great Intonsity aid Infantry Raids H Are Being Made BERMANS HAVE SUNK ANOTHER‘HOSPITAL SHIP Hostile Actions in France Have Been Broken Up by Prompt Aétion of Allied Artillery—Unrest in Ireland is Said to be of Little Consequence — Imperial Chancellor Has Failed to Make Any Rupture Between the Entente Allies —German Socialists Have Protested the Peace Being Forced on Russia—American Troops Have Withstood n} Heavy Bombardment of Batteries. Gas Shells From the German There are not lacking indications that the lopg-expected German drive along the French and British fronts is impending. Aerial activity of great is reported by wite teen entente airplanes. time, the infantry is not idle and raids have been attemp at widely sepa- rated points in the past twenty-four i . One ‘of these was an attack in_considerable force by the Germans against French positions near the Putte du Mesnil, which the American artillery assisted in captyring recently. ‘The other was north of the Chemin des ‘where American troops are inderstood to be in training. Both assaults broken up by the prompt action the allied artillery. British forces Ised u hostile attack near SL. Quentin. German ‘“frightfulness” has again been exemplified by the sinking of the Tiritish hospital skip Glenart Castle. Accordling to the latest lflvlbmlhen are 184 persons missing from ship. which was fully lighted and carried the distinctive markings of the hospi- tal gervice when fired upon. American torpedo boats assisted In picking up the survivors, . Unrest in Ireland, which was be- hopetul of the pecple saw in the ac- ceptance, in principle, of the four points enunciated by President Wilson as the basis for! jeace negctiations. Arthur J. Balfour, the British sec- retary for foreign affairs, sounded the keynote of the cntente allies when, speaking at Londoi, he said that, un- til German militarjsm was a thing of the past and therc came into exist- cnce a.court armed with executive Powers making the weak nations as safe as the strong, the war must go on. He characterized Von Hertling's attitude toward lelgium as unsatis- factory and insisted that German prac- tice does not coincide with President Wilson's. propositions. Philipp Scheidemann, the German socialist leader, has voiced the protes: of his party to the peace that is beins forced on Russia. In, a.debate in the reichstag he ‘has said that Germany must negotiate -a_peace by under- standing and that the independence of Delgium must be secured. He says that the Flemings and Walloons must settle their own differences. 3 While the German imperial govern- ment is trying to convince the world of its disinterestedness in the future of Russia, the advance of the Teuton armies toward Petrograd still goes on. It now appears that there will be no lieved to be very serious, is now said larmisticc on the Russian' front{ until 10 be of little conseqnce. The centers [peace is finally consummated. - In spite of the threatened uprising are report- [of the claim by the Bolshevik goy- rd in the west and south, but arrange- [ernment that the Russians were fight- ments have been made to cd) the sit; i leased in a number of i Negotiations 16 & union “of fithuania and ¥, ‘with Prince ¥rederick Christian, son of the king fof of Saxony, as kinz of the new state, | Germaus. wtion. M Hein Rave | B on. Sinn Kelners who have beed “hunwer. etrikdngs Have bhenr: | o instances. hard for the £ Pskov, th S e 1 atd ‘of that town. It is “betwee: ‘Borigoff, 60 miles northeast has been captured by the The Garman official report are said to be under way. The Polish |says that the Teuton troops in’ Uk- ambition to bring about a resumption of the ancient unfon between their coufitry and Lithuania seems 'to be doomed in the light of recent develop- ments. Imperiai Chancellor Von Hertling has failed to drive a wedge between the ententt allies by his reply to Pres- idént Wilson. The deelaration that German asgression in the ‘east Is not intended for conquest has came at a time when German acts beiie the words of the chanceilor, and Paris and Lon- don have officially rejected any prof- fers of the olive branch that the more raine have reached Corostisheff, east of Zhitomir, whici brings tne invaders within fitty miles of Kiev. THe:Rus- sian troops have refused to fight and those who have r1ibt abjectly surren- dered are retreating in a disorderly mob toward the capital. 17 there is any resistance to the German invasion, it raust come from the peasants. American troops have heen subject- ed to a heavy bombardment of szas #hells from German battéries. Three Americans are reported to have died from the effects of gas and nine others are said to have suffered severel JAPAN DIRECTS INQUIRY TO THE ENTENTE POWERS Abolit Joint Military Operations in Siberia to Save Supplies. Washington, Feb,27.—Japan has di- rected inquiries to the emtente powers and the United States government to test their feelings towards a proposal to institute joint military operations in Siberia to save the vast quantities of war supplies stored at Viadivostok and along the Siberian railroad. Crit- icism at home of the faflure of Japan w piay a larger part in the war is sald to have been influential in bring- ing about the negotiations. Officials here refuse to discuss this subject for publication, but it is un: derstood that so far as America is con- corned the proposition when first Lroached was not wholly acceptable, though the exchanges on the subject, which are still in progress, may result in modifying the government’s atti- tude. Accumulating at Viadivostok are military supplies of all kinds, much of American manufacture, and even greater quantities of Japanese origin, which were delivered long before the Bolsheviki took possession of the Rus- sian government. The Stevens tom- mission of American engineers made extraordinary efforts to improve the facllities of the Sterlan railroad so that these stores could be transported westward for the of the Ruesian army on the German and Austrian tronts. A good deai of accumulation was removed, but great quantities re- main on the docks and in warehouses and #ven in the open both at Viadi- vostok and at points westerly on the railroad. The material suffers greatly from deterioration through ezposure 10 the weather and from other caises. HOUSE PASSES THE ALIEN SLACKER BILL Adtherizing Draft For Agricultural or Manu‘acturing Purposes. \ Washington, Feb. ~The 30-called alien slacker bill, to bar from citizen- ship and authorize deportation of aliens of draft age who claim exemp- x| the ting of any aliens for :nlenlhlrnf':‘or‘k was passed by the house tonight by a vote of 344 (o 21 1t now goes to the sen: TANK STEAMER SANTA A MARIA TORPEDOED GERMANS WERE INPLICATED Financed Their Aims Toward Revolu tion in B h India. " San Francisco, “eb, States government made pubiic today intercepted German dipiomatic correspondence intended to show how ~The T of so-called Hindu plotters into the private audiences of ~ministers and statesmen and financed lavishly their aims toward revolution in British In- ia. Like the climax of a master drama, hitherto. secret papers naming Counts Okuma and Terauchi, former premier and premier, respectively, of Japan; Wu Ting Fang of China; Sir Rabdani- vich Tagore, british knight and win- ner of the Nobel prize for poetry, and others of world fame, with whom the plotters claimed favorable connection, were offered in the prosecution of 31 men charged with fomenting The revo- lution against a- friendly power. It was the final stroke of the government, Which formally closed its case yester- day and reopened it today . for = its erowning stroke. The correspondence, sent on from Washington, was dated for the most part at Rye, N. Y. at one time the summer headquarters of the German embassy. . It. recounted alleged favor- interviews that Tagore had with uma and Terauchi; the dificulties v Ting Fang found in acting favor- ly because of the influence of Dr. Sun Yat. Sen,: former president - of China, and revealed the hitherto hid- den source of Hindu funds. Most of the messages were eryptic phrases. 18 BRITISH MERCHANTMEN WERE SUNK LAST WEEK. Fourteen Were Vessels of 1,600 Tons or Ower—8even Fishing Vessels Also Sunk. London, Feb. 27.—Eighteen British merchantmen’ were sunk by mine or submarine in the past week, according to the British admiralty réport tonight, Of these, : fourteen Were veseels of 1,600 tons or over and four were un- der that tonnage. Seven fisking ves- gels also were sunk. in OBITUARY. hinney. New York, Feb. 27.—The decth from OFf the Irish Coast—Crew Was Saved | Bg; —Was 8300 Tons Dead Weight. Phifidelphia, Feb. 27. — The tank steanier Santa Maria has been torpe- doed 2nd sunk off the Irish coast, ac- Tha crew was saved. Santa Maria was of 8300 tong deafl weight and was owned by the|the second Y. M, C. A. secretary to dfs | would be imy Sun Compeny of Philadelphia. pneumonia-in a hospital'in France: of win C. Phinney of Minneapolis was reported in a cable message reported today by the national war work coun- cil of the Y. M. C. A, Mr.-Phinney was @ banker .in Minneapolis for _twenty years buf went to France in January C. A. He was 37 years old and is sur- vived by a_widow. Mr. Phinney is while engaged in war work in France, g unless there was pect of success. g of, the - Erest Litovsk negotiations®' | U-BOAT TORPEDOES A - v BRITISH HOSPIT.AL SHIP, e 200 Persons Aboard, 34 Have Been Landed." Swansea, Wales, Feb, 27.—The Brit- ish hospital ship Glenart Castle, which went down yesterday in the British channel, was torpedoed, according ‘to survivors, 34 of whom were landed here. Nothing so far has been learned of, the fate of the otheérs,” including Red Cross doctors, nurses and order- lies. There were apprpximately 200 persons aboard the hospital ship, 150 of whom were members of the crew, rmastc v Shotler, who was the last man ‘to leave the ship, describing the uisaster, said: ot “I wag on deck at the time. A few minutes before the torpedoing the Of About light flickering on the' surface, of the water some distance off. - It disappear- ;ordered the course changed. He then ordered the alarm sounded for lifeboat drill as a precautionary measure. ing torpedo far below the waterlin the boat was done for.: in the black night as the Germans could wish. E =X “Almost _everybody - aboard was asleep at the time and most of the men tumbled to the deck in the seant- iest attire. Few saved = more than men out of every ten were barefooted. The men assigned to the starboard lifeboats found them useless, either the boats ‘or the davits being smashed by the shock of the explosion. “Meanwhile great di perienced _ in on the port. si tilt the vessel was taking as it pre- pared to, go dowp stern foremost. i1 seven ‘minutes we . lannched seven boats, some with only a few persons board, others overcrowded. A large number of men were ¢om- pelled to jump into’the sea with life- belts, and few of these survived, for the sea was so rough.that. it was im- possible to rescue them from ‘the life- boats. Nor was it possible even to keep the lifeboats together. ' “Waves 20 feet high, churned up by the nasty croes current, ‘dashed over our boat continuously and we -bailed for our lives. We made the best course we could for a large island which we knew was about 15, miles off, but had made only slight "progress when a French schooner, seven hours afterwards,. picked, us up. We would all_have perished from X culty was ex- unching the lifeboats the. Mediterranean three weeks ago; was on her way to France for wound. ed. . SR STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA In Military Action Between'Russia and Rumania. + S Washington, Feb, 27.-—Further evi- dence of the growing stralr in rela- tions between Germany and Austria over the refusal of tlie latter tg) par- ticipate in the remewed attack upon Russia is given in an official despateh t0a: i {received here ' rom France, anj Premier as far- reiterating ¢t February 22 that -Hungary will take no part in i action - against Russia, or and not send her | troops i The despaich-reft {between Empero; aries and Wil liam February 22 and says there: seems tle doubt that a serions conflict has isen between the two nations which ermany is determined to settle by iolent measures if necessary. “Charles 1. paid a visit to Wiiliam . the 22nd of February. Ludendorft was present at the interviey. If we jare to judge from the tonme of the in: terview it must have been lacking in cordiality. doubt but what a serious conflict has broken out during the week between the courts of Vienna and Berlin and which Germany is determined to settle if need be by violent measures. v TO ENLARGE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC FORCE. Three Schools Now Operating Are to Be Conselidated. Washington, Feb. 27.—Plans, have been completed for the great enlarge- ment of facilities for training and equipping the aerial photographic force for photographing the German trenches from the skies .and keeping up to the last minute the large com- posite picture of the whole German front. The three schools now operating at Langley Field, Fort Sill, and. Cornell, N. Y., will be consolidated into - the large school of aerial photography at Rochester, N. Y., where the primary training will be done. The present schools will be used for special and advanced training, particularly for the photographic _intelligence officers who will accompany the planes into the air on epecial occasions. After a month's course, the men will be given' a short advanced training and immediately sent overseas for operation in the American sector. : PROHIBITION PETITION A FIFTH OF A MILE LONG Presented at a Legislative Hearing in Massachusetts—30,000 Women Signers Boston, Feb. Z7.—A petition over a fifth of a mile in length, signad by 30,000 Women urging the ratification of the national prohibition amendment -in this state was presented.at a legisla- tive hearing today by Mrs.. Charles b Stevenson, president of the Massa- chusetts branch of the . Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. v Mrs. Stevenson referred to a charge made at a previous hearing that-more liquor was drunk in prohibition Maine than in any other state of the nunion “If this is true]’ she.said, “Massa- chusetts and Boston should hanik their heads for they are furnishing the li- to cable advices received here|as'a business secretary of the Y. M.|quor, invading a sister state, for the purpose of violajing her laws.* \Such_a. condition, . she .pointed - out, was held at vould v25sible under federal pro- {He formerly” wasstetioned ‘ut = San hibitien, "% b +. VAntonio, Texas.:c ¥ 4 g nal t desire .o “The order was scarcely given when |not quits cight hours, came the muffled sound of an explod. quickly secured and -the - stats “Qur action in changing the course | Forest Adair, who acted as Cand! availed Jittle, because all of our res- ing wi k and Mrs. ulation Red Cross lights were bUInIng | then " ‘eains With Cook and Mrs brightly and we were as plain a target fprer staty trousers and shirt, and probably Bine|gepanif of which he, was remanded to owing to the peculiar| I to the meeting There seems to be little | < _NORWICH, CONN, THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 25, 1918 “TEN PAGES—74 COLUMNS TRIED BADGER GAME ON &7 YEAR OLD MAYOR OF ATLANTA, GA. TRIED TO GET $500,000 Gets One Year at Hard Labor on Chain_Gang and $1,000 Fine, Maxi- _mum Penalty in_Georgia. Atlanta, Ga.,'Feb. 27.--One year at hard labor on the chain gang and a e of $1,000—the maximam penalty for a misdemeancr—was the sentence imposed in Fulto: Count; superior court. today upor ..'\. Ceok, u real estate agent, indicted jointly with Mrs. Margaret Hirsch, wifz of EL. I Hirhch, helmsman called attention o a Qim |P0 Insurance mar for au aitempt to blackmail Asa G. Cxzdler;, Atianta’s €7 year old muiti-miitonaire mayor ed an instant later, but the officer of {f0r $500,000. Mrs. Sircch will be plac- the deck was instantly suspicious and f¢d on trial Frid Eight Hour Trial. The jury deiiberat:c 133s than half an hour and the e teial consumed A jury ‘was had presentet mest of its evidence before g{loww by a shock, which told usthe noon recess, in.the. testimony of Mr. Candler, the first witness. and ler's The defense’ depended on 2 ement by Cook himseif. After_sentence had heen imposed by Judge Hill, counsel for Cook mude a motion. for a new trial.~ - The court set” March. 16 as the date for hearing arguments. on the plea and fixed the amount -of Cook's bond at $3.009, - in Jafl. . o . The court ~“rpom ~ was crowded throughout the trial, the spectators in- cluging many women aud | chiidren. Mrs. ‘Hirscli, who is 38.years, oid. en- tered”court wearing a heavy veil Contemptible Plot. -Cook told “the’ jury thst he at no time sought to ' procure any money trom Meyor-Candler, and that the two conferences that he had with Forest Adair were at tlie Jatter's solicitation. He told of seeing Mrs. Hirsch go to the mayor's office-on two oceasions of . watching through the letter in the door. He said he once = them in a -compromising position that while he was at the door, Mrs. Hirsch rushed over ani opened jt. He saw a garment on the fleor, which ho picked- up. . He displayed to the jury what he claimed was the same gar- ment. No: Improper ‘Advances. Mayor Candler told of me,iin Hirsch in connection ~ with of his son in the same building ané et Cook outside the door. % “| Adalr told of a’conference with Mrs. Hirsch February 12 at which-Asa G. Candler, Ji Mrs, Hirsch Was preser: asked for $5 self and $5,000' to pay her hushand’s debts. * Cook, he said, had first one- tosuggest a money p. t in car- rying, on the negotiations was. 1o’ Se- cure evidence and report the maite to the authorities. The. state introduced witnesse &n effort to show a’ clo: i between Cools ani Mr: Thomas C. Mart the Thigd Netionoi two. days before the gr. ed the indiciments, M n iGov. 1As ‘a Means of Conserving Man Fower H During the War, | Hartfora, ment of dsliveries, friendly co-opera- | tion and the sinking of trade rivalrics ‘'as a means of conserving man power are urged by Governor Holgomb upon {the retail merchants of the state in a i statement made. public tonight. The man_power of the. country, he says, will be strained to the uttermost be- fore the war reaches a conclusion and it is “stealing from civilization to waste the services cf man at this hour,” when shipbailding, munitions plants, raiiroads, farms, armies ‘and navies are calling. for men. The -recommendations, the governor says, are made by the coumcil of na- tional defense through the state coun- cil of defense, which Iatter organiza- tion - proposes through its committee on commercial economy to reduce 17" waste of man power by restrieting deliveries to one a day over a given route, eliminating special deliveries, organization of co-operative delivery, eliminating return of c. o. d. purchases and requesting the purchasing public to,carry its own parcels. “The ‘mian power of the nation must be reinforced by diversion and sub- stitution,” the governor says. - “Thou- ands of men may be taken from the retail establishments of Connecticut without appreciable diminution of effi- ciency.” He declares that “one of our forms of extravagance—and a pecu- liarly selfish and indolent .one—has been the absurd maitiplicity of deliv- eries of dise “by, retail mer- chants,” conclusion calls upon the merchants of the state to put the substance of the recommendations into effect at the earliest possible date. FORMER CAPTAIN HENKES - HAS BEEN IMPRISONED Declined to Fight Against Relatives and Friends in Germany. Leavenworth, Kas., Feb. 27.—Former Captain David A. Henkes of the Six- teenth Infantry, U. S. A, convicted by a general ‘courtmartial, ordered dis- missed from ‘the army. and ‘senienced to 25 years in the federal prison here rrived this afternoon. HenKes, who is of German descent, endeavored to resign his commission, saying he, aid Dot care to fight against relatives and friends in ‘Germany. The authorities obtairied information that Henkes in spite of his commission was’ fu ‘touch with German agents before ; Arerica entered the war.. The -Courtmartial Governor's Island, N. Y. Lwirels § pangrid - | which - “4not state the.cause of the tug’s-pligNt, a¥ TEN _SURVIVORS LANDED IN < PHILADELPHIA STEERING GEAR BROKE Men on Rat Whe Were Picked - Up Were Unconscious—Two Men Were Washed Overboard. Twelve' Philadelphia, Feb. 27.—Twenty-nine lives yesterday morning when the sea- going naval tug Cherokee foundered in a severe gale 15 miles off the Mary- land coast. - Ten survivors and the bodies of eight other members of the crew of 39 were brought herc today on two British rescué ships and landed at the Phila- deiphia navy yard. No trace of the remaining members of the crew was found. Among those missing is Junior Lieutenant Edward. D. Newell; the commander of the tug. Ordinarily the Cherokee carried a. crew of 40, but ohe man was not aboard. ¢ Steering Gear Was Broken. According to the captain of one of the rescue ships, the primary cause of the disaster was .the breaking of the steering gear. A 50-mile northwest gale was blowing at the time and the little vessel was at the mercy of the mountainous seas, The tug was thrown ‘broadside to the waves and wallowed in the turbulent sea until her hatches were battered .in. In the meantime, two rafts were launched and the crew abandoned ‘the ship as she was about to founder. i ‘I saw wreckaze about six miles from the scene of the disaster,” said the- captain,” “Later I found an up- turned boat and tuen we sighted the raft on which were 12 men. We took them all aboard and two died from exposure. Saw Six Bodies Picked Up. “l saw six bodies and summoned another vessel to pick them up. as I ‘wanted to give assistance to the living men.” Virtually all the 12 men on the raft were unconscious when picked up. ‘There were four men on the second raft. Two were washed overboard and the other two died: Wireless Man Stuck to His Post. The wireless man aboard the Chero- kee stuck to his post to the end. The wireless ‘operator at the naval reserve station at Cape May, N. J., picked up the first call from the tug. at 7.5% o'clock yesterday morning. Word was .{relayed to the naval coast patrol at Lewes, Del., 15 miles across Delaware bay, and a cutter was sent in search of the distressed tug. The Cape May was, in touch with the Chero- oime time. affer the Arst.call, clear and distinet, -but did Later the Cherokee's Signals beéame ceased. . The Cherokce was formerly the tug Edgar F. Luckenbach and is ‘said to bave. been bound from- an Atlantic port to. Norfolk for repairs.: Lieutenant ' Newell, ‘though only 23 years old, was an experienced seaman, 2| having been eiigazed as second mate on the Merchant and Miners line ves- gels. e enlisted.the day the United States entered the war and was sent to. the naval training school at Boston for a course in navigation. His par- euts live at Gloucester, Mass. Lieu- ago and his wife resides here. ¥ SPANISH RAILWAY SYSTEM sible the Shipment of Goods to Troops in France. ‘Washington, Feb. 27.—Rehabilitation jof the Spanish railroad system is | planned by tao United States to make Spain to 1 embarg skipment of s into ¥ according {o the Spanish government, I'because of the brokin down condition of her roads. Agreement Reached. ‘While-a final agreement has not been signed, a conclusion of the negotia- tions, it was said today, are near and Spain again has been notified that all Spanish ships held in American ports are free to sail as soon as they dis- charge the parts of their cargoes for which licenses hayve heen denied or revoked. It was reiterated that there is mo disposition to hold Sp.'sh ships to exert pressure on the negotiations. There are now in American ports some six Spanish steamers and half as many sailing ships. The American government, it was learned today, in its latest progosal to Spain, has asked for the use of con- siderable Spanish tonnage on terms similar to those on which it _obtained ships owned by the northern European neutrals. This tonnage would be paid for at a high rate and for the mast rt woald be used by the United tates in the non-hazardous trades. War Board's Plan, The war trade board’s plan for re- ducing imports calls for a considerable cut in the importation of Spanish prodiicts. As the American govern- ment’s own needs and those of its as- sociates in the war will absorb most of the export commodities produced in the United States, exports to Spain also will be limited. This, in'the view of offciais, should release a number of Spanish ships now plying betwean the United States and Spain which the American government could charter, REPRIEVE HAS BEEN GRANTED TO MRS. GILLIGAN. Now Under Sentence of Death for the Murder of Elderly People. Hartford, Conn, Feb. 27.—Pending determination of her appeal to the supreme court, Governor Holcomb to- day granted a further reprieve until June 21 to Mrs. Amy E. Archer Gilli. gan, now under sentemce of death at the state prison for murder at her home for elderly. people in Windsor. The limit of the former reprieve was March 6. The appeal will be argued a tthe March term of the supreme court which opens here next Tuesday. The gpvérnor's action was takén' on the request of State’s Attorney Hugh men are believed to have lost their| indistinct and by 9 o'clock they had |, fenant Newell was married 18 months |} * Condensed Telegrams The sale of national war bonds in England last week amounted to £21,- 900,000, Y Frank B. Mamlin, a broker, is under arrest in Chicago charged with using the_mails to, defraud. .- ¥ The American minister at Peking, Dr. Paul 8. Reinsch, has gone to Man- ila.for a period of recreation. Seénator Phelan introduced a bill to grant the Red Cross free mailing priv- ileges for duration of the war. About 250 teamsters who have been on strike since last Monday in Brook- Iyn coal yards will go back to work. Secretary Dani pointment of 171 more enlisted men in the nayy as temperary warrant offi-| cers, Teldgraphic' communication between the Interior of Guatemala was-intef- rupted when violent earthquakes cift the wires. The University of Paris is preparing a special course for Americans to learn ' language, literature, art and history of . Harry Payhe’ Whitney was used for $25,000 by a farm band who suffeded injuries when thrown out of a brake- less wagon. A United States army train of 60 motor trucks which left Buffalo two ‘weeks ago’ arrived at Albany, and left| for Hudson. The Senate adopted the housing bill, authorizing the Shipping = Board to spend $30,090,000 for housing facilities at shipyards. The so-called Alien slacker bill will come to a vote in the House today and unless. signs fail, will be passed by a large majority. Two_men failed to_answer the roll when New Britain’s 72 selectives were checked up previous to leaving for Camp- Devens vesterday. Representatives of the allied count- ries bought 200000 bushels of corn.on Monday in Chicago jto have it tried out and shipped. abroad. In a windstorm blizzard at Rome, N. Y., the top of a trolley car was blown off and. deposited in the street Ly the side of the.tdack. China Nun-sun, minister of the in- terior, was -appointed acting premier in place of Wang- Chin-Chen, who was granted 4 leaye of absence. e Rosriobin have pataes s not known, have been killed in the Costa, itican insurrection. according to 2 message recelved at Colen. A letter in' German sént o’ the! of- El ) . new: “in Mexico, threatined the life o Pulavioni for, writing pro-ally artictes John: E. O’Hern, ." gerieral . supedin- ndent: fot Armour' & Co., continued his testimony in the ‘stock yard ‘wage arbritration in favor of the éight hour day:or ! W e ‘Major;Géneral ‘White of the British and _Canadians. - mission in New :York, sfare, in -100 Jews: for ser- vice. in Palestine with' Genedal Allen- by’s forces. . . .. Edward C. Everett, aged 53, suffer- ing “from. deliriom from ‘Poeumonia, .at Muhlenburg Hospital-Plainfield, N. J. from & third: “story :Window and was Killed. August Horn, of the Stettin Soci ist Lelague, was sentenced to: four years mprisonment upon _conviction of treason in connection with the re- cent German strike. Lieutenant Joseph J. Donovan was appointed acting captain of the New York Police Department and placed in charge of First Branch Detective Bur- eau at headquarters. i Goorge and John Damskia of Pough- keepsie, N. Y. were drowned in_the Hudsog vivér late yesterday afternoon when they went through an air hol. while playing on the ice. The House agriculture committee defeated the bill of Representative Baer of ‘North -Dakota, Droposing a $50,000,000. appropriation ~for _selling eed wheat. on-time to farmers. Hammit. K. Elliott, who enlisted as flying cadet. at Hadden Heights, N, J., last October, was killed at Eliington |k #ield, Texas. . He failed - to rignt his uirplane when essaying a tail spin. Ten Germans arrived at San Fran- cisco from the Virgin Islands. They were employed as consular agents of Germany. Safe conduct for their transportation to Germany will be furnished. Now that peace talk is in the air, said Senator Swanson of Virginia, in the Senate, German propagandists are more active than ever in this country. This is because they wish a “German- made” peace. A Six deaths from natural Zauses among the American forces in France were reported yesterday. Among_them were: John L. Ryan, Brockton, Mass. meningitis, and Wallace S. Dickson, of Wayne, Pa., diabe! The Interstate. Commerce Commis’ jon made public a statement how the Louisville -& Nashville Railway spent thousands of dollars in political activ- ity and ‘supporting newspapers in southern states between 1507 and 1914, H. A. Cachran of Baltimore, form- er assistant traffic managed of tha Baltimore and Ohio raiiroad, but now with the transportation division of the fuel administration, was named ves- terday jas a_ transportation -assistant to Diréctor General of Railroads Mc- Adoo. Stats ttorney Homer S. Cum- minn”hn: urderyefl ° Commty Sheriff Simeon Pease to summop the grand jury for next Wednesday to take up the question of indicting Willlam (Baby Doll) Thomas and Jake Hawk- ins, both, charged with murder in the city court of Bridgeport. The fuel administration arnounced vesterday that the mew coal prices re- cently granted to some bituminous, mines 'in’ Preston ‘county, West Vir- ginia, had been extended to.all bitu- mminuons mines in- that. county, effec- tive today. ‘The prices are: Run of mine $2.40; prepared sizes $265 and .ielatk or screenings $2.15. -° announced the ap- | AMERICA . Will be the “Over Washington, - Feb. 27. — The latest American contribution to warfare,’the Browning ‘afitomatic rifle, was official- ly . introduced to congress today: at a demonstration staged' in a remote .val- ley in the hills that sarround this city. I"or ‘more :than two hours the air was filled with the snar! and crash ‘of the firing, -senators - anrd - representatives operating the new weapons for them- selves under thie direction of a squad of soldiers from the :machine gun school at Springfield, Mass. High army officials, including Assis- tant Secretary Crowell, Major General Biddle, acting ' chief of staff, and a score of officers from the British, French, Italian dnd Belgian missions watched the demonstration with keen interest. ¢ There was no target practice. al though a line of figures shaped like men was battered to pieces by tlie squad: of ten gunhers. Members of congress also scored repeated hits al- though it was the first time any of them had handled a weapon of this character. Test of Ten Guns. As to the performance of ‘the .ten guns. used, there was not a_stoppage or malfunction. despite the fact that rundreds of rounds were fired and the squad from‘the &chiool had mever seen the guns before last Saturday. When firing_with' the -automatic 1i- fles was completed, two ' Brownhing heavy chine ‘gups, were put,in ac- i ousands of bullets were sent A o valley to see the far yillsides. Again funidtion . and - the it leted with 'an exiifbition, of " the simplicity ‘of - con- striiction, ‘8tie ‘of ' the glns being dis- mounted; taken apart and reassembied repeatedly in a few minutes time. “Quer the Top” Guns. These two guns have e selected by the ordnance bureau‘of the war de- partmént as"the weapons: with' which the ‘army is. soon to be eqiibped, The auiomatic rifles used came from fac- tories wherethe actual proauction on a" quantity ‘scale has already ‘siarted. .1 Within a matter of weeks, hundreds will be delivered everr day and {hou- sands every week. They are to be'the “over the iop” zuns. of ' tomerrow. as the: French chaucat js used by the’ French and American troops today. A non-commissionen’ cfficer ‘of ‘the Aem- Wwith every the allied prototype of the' new rifl hen he said: spoke - for in the world.? When the iny nests arrived at the range today they found twenty men from_the school, commanded by Major J. S. Hatcher, busy filling mag- azines and ‘belts. The ten rifles were unpacked and the visitors were aston- ished at the lighiness of the terrible weapons. They weigh fifteen pounds. loaded ‘with twenty 'rounds. all of which can be fired in a breath. “Fall in” came the order, and ten of the men stepped into the front rank. each carrying his rifle and about his waist a heavy web beit, the pock- ets of which bulzed with magazines carrying jwenty rounds each. Behind tim , stood his ammunition carrier. al- s> belted and with two cross beits swinging from his_shoulders, Deadly Character. iAs the little column swung away toward the range, the rifiemen swung their guns up to'a shoulder as easfly as they would an ordinary single shot weapon. At first glance ,there was nothing to show the extraordinarily deadly character- of their equipment. IThe first firing"was semi-automatic, a, feature first developed by ~ the French in the chaucat and which has gone far, it is said, towards 1evolution- Izjng trench wartare. . Set for this ac- tion, the gunmer vulls the trigger for Sy shot. but he has twenty eharces ready to send at an individual -enemy without' droppinz the gun from his shoulder.- The targets flew into ‘splin- ters. as the squad got to work. "A second magazine was fired also feom_ tha shoulder, with ‘the automatic action set. -The ten guns delivered enty shots each in a flare of sound, imost 2 single report. the firing was 5o fast. The targets and the earth around them were torn by 200. builets %o One ‘of which was far off its mark. #Advancing fire' followed, both: auto- matic and_ semi-automatic.. The line moved across the field, firing from the hip. this time, with gun butts rest- ing in/metal cups cn_their belts. The first twenty rounds were delivered, as the :mien . were taking “three paces. A Tiew. magazine, banded forward by the ammunition carrier, was slipped in and firing resumed as "they took the next two steps. The change took lit- 116 more than a second of time. Representative Caldwell of New York was the first member of congress to try the gun. He fired forty rounds, hoth: - semj-automatic_and aytomatic. He was followed by Senators Wads. worth, Sutherland, Frelinghuysen - and Reed 'and Representatives Kelley of Michigan and Sisson of Alabama. The dirt flew about the targets as the con- gressmen_ banged away. [~ . Has No Kick. ‘he gun has no kick,” Representa- tive Caldwell said, “it feels when vou are’firing it as though something were ushing steadily at vour shoulder. here Is no kick at. ail Bank at fthe ‘anz ranze FNEST GUN I THE WOR DEMONSTRATION WATCHED BY ARMY OFFICERS Members of Congress Watch Demonstration of the Browning Machine Gun—Gunner Pulls the Triger for Each Shot, But He Has Twenty Charges Without Dropping the Gun' From His Shoulder—The Gun Has No Kick and is Auto- _ matic and Semi-Automatic—The Browning Gun Can be Taken'Apirt and Reassembled in a Few Moments—It; = | The Top” Gun for the AW;’ {Epurt of dust marking where the bul- ¥ Prowning machine guns were waiting | on their tripods with boxes of ‘belter.! ammunition_beside them. In blasts of | ten to 250 shots at a time, the seldiers: fore up the hiliside opposite, a steady lets fell.. Then came the dismantling’: and reassembiing of the” weapons and|, in this_the ‘British machine gun ex- perts-showed great interest. - With any other tool than the rim of a. ridge, the guns were taken completely | apart. - Some twenty pieces appeared | scattered on the ground. A twist hdnr‘.t a snap theére, and in less time tham it ! takes to tell it, the gun was re-: - bied and back ‘at work. R T}::e flev]nonstmxion bv:u ordered to'l make it clear to members of congress: why the ordmance bureau. put,aside! ail other makes of machine zuns as.| the standarq weapor for the American !« ‘my, althouzh no Browning guns heen ‘buiit except the model weapons when the order was given. ance officials were satisfied tonight that no member of congress who witnessed the firing now doubts the wisdom' that decision. b ARE REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN B BELIEVES IN “OPEN DOOR"{ Hays Tells Washington Newsaaper i 25 ‘Men of His Purposes. i ‘Washington, Feb. 27. ;;—'h?{:“g, _natic 0 Haye of the bl:pnblim n: mittee, who 2 sefi 2 3 ences here todaf with a Tty %‘3 at_national headquarters tonight i 2 guest of Washington newspaner 3 at a dinner, and in a speech reil g his policy of conducting party on the “open ‘;loor" p&g’ x ' “The open door v. in A mattets, in my opinion,” bm “not only includes the equal unl ered participation in the ma n of a party's affairs by the party mem- bership, but a full advisement of the public adviscment of the party’s pur- poses, activities and - - accomplisk ments.” Other speakers on the pro; were Senators Wadsworth of 3 York_and Poindexter of Washington, | and Representatives Gillett of Massa. chusetts and Kahn of California. & - ‘Senators Penrose “of Pennsvivania.. Smoot of Utah, Borah of ldaho and{ Poindexter of Washington were among those on whom Mr. Hays called dur= ing the day. - LR FOOD CONSERVATION AT © | WEST POINT A succ:ssi [Health of the .Cadets Corns Setter | Than Ever Before. ) Washington, | Feb. 27.—Food , Con< |- servition measures at West Point have | cffected creat saving in. grain, fats and sugar, while the health of the cadets corps is better than ever, atcording to a report today to the food admin- istration from Captain B:A. n, treasurer of the United States mili-, tary acadomy. i i/ ANl bread i¢ Thade f 45 per cent. of |/ wheat flour, 45 per oe::fl;ye’ and ,,‘,;fl, per cent. white" | flour. e Tt e aa mtiorkss ‘been dis- continued In favar of ings from the fatty portions of, meat carcasses Cane syrup has reduced the consump- | tion of sugar. 3 1 Agydemy officers ascribe the improv- . ed health of the corps to the uc- 4 tion in meat consumption. . . Taesday is cbserved as a mneatless day ond af least cne meal every day contains nna meat. R # & STOCK EXCHANGE TO STOP SENSATIONAL RUMORS! Correspondents Are Otdered to R Anything in Nature of :Gossip, New York, Feb. 27.—To prevent thei circulation of. sensational reports and i New York Stock Fxchange :oda,\'{ adopted resolutions defining such & fare of the exchange.” i . Members ‘are directed to report. to i the. war situation, the governors of tlie “detrimental to the interest and’ wel- acted and all commission houses hay the ! serious. ing_private wire_connections are or- dered to report any gossip that may come to. the attention of their corres- pondents. e rumors, -especially those dealing with act on the part of any member ni'g‘ 4 1 ihe secretary any gossip of this chac- £ NOT NECESSARY TO BUY CORNMEAL WITH SUGAR Regulation Has Been Withdrawn by the Food Administration. 1 Hartford. Conn., Feb. 27. — An op- tional regulation issued \rom tha office of the food administration here on Dec. 8, which permitted a retailer to sell sugar.in combination with cornmeal, was withdrawn today for the .reason. that several merchants in the state have been using corn meal as a lever & . to bring about the purchase of gugar. Corn meal now is to be offered aswub- £ stitute in the sale of wheat flour, At a2 meeting of the vholep!ert‘a.{,n retailers here vesterday the. whea flour situation thropghout Con was discussed. It was deemed fo be