Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 9, 1918, Page 1

Increase in Activity is Believed to be the Forerunner of a Mammoth Combat FORCES ARE ACTIVE IN AI.I. SECTORS IN FRANCE! —_— ThaAmn-nnlmuNmexlAmethflmSoMof Verdun and the Activity of the Germans Indicate They With Finland Enables Germans to Deprive the Russians of Both Shores of the Gulf of Finland—In An Air Raid on England Thursday Night 11 Persons Were Killed and 46 Injured—Japan Welcomes the Assistance of the Chinese in Operations to Protect Allied Interests in the Clear skies have returned the mvm‘hcally an 1nln;:d c‘t)'m!:d far as France, and everywhere | foreign commerce is conce: B a1y Spirited fighting is going on in Italy. On the Asiago plateau the Teutonic allies -have resumed their attacks on the Italian lines, while all aleng the Piave artillery engagements of consid- erable violence are developing. Macedonian ' war theatre, has become more active than usual. this front heavy artillery fighting is reported by the French official statement. Another air raid has been made on London by the Germans. are usually made by moanlight, but night, aided by the aurora borealis, which brilliantly illuminated the northern heavens, seven or eight German_airplanes crossed the coast of England. fire was heavy and the machines were at first driven back, but others. at- tacking from the south, managed penetrate.as far as the metropolis and dropped bombs. No objects of military wlong the American, French acmrs there has been an in- in activity by the forces which bdh\'ed must -soom ciose in a dll reports, devoid of description ey are, indicate that Verdun is -m ‘more the scene of heavy artillery Mctions, but this may be .only a pre- liminary to an attack on another sec- In four gectors tor. The American ‘lines near’ Toul are Just to the southeast of Verdun and the continued activity along this front the Germans contemplate there. Ralds in fores, such as were met by the Ameri- with the utmost fortitude and letely repulsed, have not been ted, but German aviators are con- ‘over the American lines, spy- ing out ammunition dumps, location of | and the disposition of the Ameri- The anti-aireraft forces. ll is reyealed in late reports that the retirement of the Germans from f of ? ¥ sult of a successful resistance made by forces at the city of Jamburs, 68 miles southwest of the Russian up- ,This resistance may local instance of the dhpollunn Wolshevik government to fight nrnor invasion of Gr-l nn-in. but \n fi ufi- of. cunducung a de- | nhuve t0 the peace d shows that from to-the Black sea-the persons were killed and forty-six in- long to a dlmh \1(’ Vest to sweep the w}“’m“"?:n ly read: take ? m»m apan is ot on y. to emhuiordmdmesmmm e to vigorous steps in Siberia, but has in- the Arctic German peror Willlam to place his son Oscar on the Finnish throne. indicated a few days ago, absolutely deprives Russia of both shores of the Guif of Finland and makes Petrograd ‘This, as was SHOR+AGE OF CAULKERS DELAYS WOODEN SHIPS Now on the w:y- n &. Puget Sound CONVENTION OF NATIONAL PARTY CONCLUDED David C. Coates of Colorado Chicago, Mareh €. formerly Heutenant governor of Colo- rado, an active figure in the Soctalist party and one of the founders of the League, Natlonal Party its first conven- David C. Coates, Ukrainian y a short- | to deliver s st |the m&% at the final session P tion here today. His election. as well {nqa E ¢ all other officers, was with- out dissension and the ticket as final- Jy adopted carried a represenfatio 1 of the several parties amaigamated Imn with the new organization. Definite action came after a day of discussion. with only a_small number the remainin; g. hfl day a constitution was Idopted and plans for bringing about an in- flax of new members The elulken i egooqf the lltnt mediate acflon u sary to prevent a tieup of the m coast programme; and there were in- timations tnru:m that the shipping board is prepared for some drastic step if all other means fail. William L. Hutcheson, the carpenters, was told of the need W |for caulkers and his attention called tc the unreserved given by other shipbuilding unfons to the natlon during the war. son, officials say, replieq that his. ganization had listed thousands trained caulkers, whom he would be 18 |51ad to mobilize for the nation’s work I‘( the chipping board gramted his re- quest for special representation of the |carpenters ‘on the wage adiustment was taken up président of assistance being p ¥ e B g o rind commmee 'l‘ho caulkers union of Seattle, svol:‘ieh, controls caulkers fistriet, is sai¢ to have 'Emse(l ap- | prentices permiasion to work with | {them in order to learn the trade, al- | though the unfon has only 18§ bers and at least 600 are necessary to put in the water the ships planned for completion this jto_train fifty men for caulking pro- In M.,.‘,w.,.,,\—o ked a strike of the experiencen Tnc ‘who have been receiving wag: 3aid to be causing u amons other employes. HOUSE COMMITTEE ALTERS WAR CORPORATION BILL Reduced the Maximum lssue of Bonds to $2,000,000,000. s 1t revision of the war fi ation bill, pasaed sehate. the hous committer today reduced from four Hiilions to two billion dollars the max- imtm amount of bonds which may be corporation to - flancing necessary industrial and com- 4 REPLY TO FRIENDS OF GERMAN DEMOCRACY President Wilson Deeply Gratified by "Their Loyaity. The committee agreed upon a. capital o= section substantially similar’ to t in the Senate bill, providing a vol- untary licensing system for private mecurities issues of $100,000 and ihstead of the compulsory plas originally proposed by the ad- devo(ed not only to the e e aited Blaten. Dot In for forts to democratize Ge: received a_telegram from gy o C‘m";fl;{n}fm Rangers and thirteen others of 1 e, secretary, notifying him | band have been located and Wil be of the loyalty pledge taken at a ‘mass| “accou mnunz of the omninuon here b § meina it with deepest mflfl- possemen was injured. cation,” the preside: The' Friends of German Deuoency ESTABLISHMENT OF BARGE LINES ON RIVERS AND CA"ALS eyl M mng Urged by Delegation of Senators and In addition, st s OPPOSE ELIMINATION OF COAL JOBBERS, New England Manufacturers Pass Resolutions to That Effect. Bosto: I.l.rch ""‘fium New Pngland | n‘vnany heu has a staff of speakers u\mgho it the country, mg;‘ “u"‘ uf e 'y German societi ith - th ; m,::"v" el n-nl.ln; um—mm into Gemu;ylm ‘Washington, uar . —President Wil- free citizens of the | son was urged by a large _may soon Bo |of senllntu and representatibes auuns of Ger- m have a part of the half billion dnl- lflfiml !}\m\ 0 nnnlfl ermuol bill o lll:e:w tablishing barge lines on rivers and e‘nflh nd to provide cheap mfluflflerfih\‘fl&m to lnmfl to be smug- French bpufla Vate ému.u.. of < Paris, March §—The . chamber .| deputies wch-medvomntonfl dence in the government for its' con- nection with the Bolo Pasha affair. The vote was 400 to 75. . ) CHANGE IN ISSUANCE OF - DAILY LISTS OF CASUALTIES i o No Addresses or Names of Next of Kin Are to eB Given. _ ‘Washington, Mar. 8.—Issuance of j daily lists of casuaities amongithe ex- | peditionary forces abroad wus discon- | tinued today by. the, public information . committee as the result of an order of the war department under which the es of next of kin and emergency nddre&see ©of soldiers whose names ap- pear on the._ lists hgre-flfl- will be The official explanation is (hat the purpese of the orde: is to kuep 1nfomnuon of vaiue fr(m! the en: On being informed of the order the committee took the position fhat long lists of men killed or wounded would be worthless to-the newspaper corres- pondents- without the addresses, and a notice was issued advising the press that in the future all information re- garding casualties must be obtained from the war department. At the ad- jutant -general's office, it was stated that the listswithoyt addresses wonid be continued to be sent to the commit: tee and would be availsble there. < While the, disagreement betwesn th committee and the department probe- bly will ¥ straightened out séon so that the “expurgated” lists' v - be made available to all who de: them the parpose. of -the department t withhold the addresses apparently i unaiterable. Acting Sceretary Crow- ell said the order was issued at th. urgent recommendation of G Pershing and that it, would be permnar. et nimh 3r. Crowell and ¥ General March, ‘acting chief of declaved that the purpese was up a chanzel t b which the ety | might ebtain viluable infurm STRIKE AT HOG ISLAND ° DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDING | Admiral Bowles Orders Double Fay | For Overtim ‘Washington, March' 8. the Hog Island shipyard today was said by shipping board officiais tc have been due to a misunderstan 5! and has been settled by orders to ¥or- | mer Admiral Bowles that double time | shall be paid for overtime instesd of time and a half. ‘When the dage adjustment board rendered its decision giving tirne and importance were damaged, but eleven|a half for overtime, there was a ver- bal agreement that double time shouid be paid in the construction trades, as The British forces in Palestine have | is the geperal custom. Posting of the once more taken the offensive and have | adjustment board’s award precipitated adyanced over a front eighteen miles| the walkout of 25 machinists 100 three miles. The | electrical workers and 4,060 carpenters. Bowles ‘_&”IE) a:reemm‘\%»“ when it was e timt, much safeguarding of allied interests in the| confusion and delay reculled China_has - discovered that planned to arm her soldiers | GERMANY HAS USE e|= held prisoner in Siberia and to send the Chinesé northern spect of the United States. Amsterdam, Thursday, March 7.—The Hamburger Fremdenblatt, a copy o{ which has been received here, say: learns Germany has secured the prxv- llege of utilizing the Rumanian petro- leum industry, and that she thus hopes ~— Wooden { to be ‘independent in this respect of ships on the ways in the Puget Sound | the United-States. district, almost l'!MI to launch i! the| The ‘Vienna Fremidenblatt savs the goverament is endeavoring central powers by 30,000 carioads of carloads of sugar, 2,000 of fruen fl\nl and 1,000 car- of dried fruif d the b e U — o mm APPREHENSION FELT "IN VATICAN CIRCLES Over the Retuen to Tuekey of Arme- nian Teritory id by Russia. today and the papel sscretarr of sta! Is reported to hgve directed the tolic delegate at Constan steps to obtain formal assur ganding the fate of the Christiar wlation. a4 |NSTITUTIOHS N ebruary. I} Washington, Mar. S-—Forty-seven state institutioris admitted to the fed- | erz) reserve system during February | year. An effort|raised the total number of thege banks idnd trust companies now members, of the system 10 434, With agzregate cap- i of 245520000, surpiue of 31T {0y £69,000 and ‘resources of $5,327.11 Among the banks recentiy admitted, “" conditions. he Tederal Reserve Board xnnounced boday. ic the Markie Bapking and Trust Compas Hazellon, Pa. TEXAS RANGERS KiLL " FIVE MEXICAN BANDITS Of Band of Thirty Who Raided the Tom East Ranch. Corpus Christi, Tenu, Mar, 8 —Five ican bandits who raided ‘om Bast Rranch, south of He- onvilla last night had been killed to- t by posses headed by Representatives. reyolving fund carried by Pneefifigl’m ImKeystnthe Decned n Semte World War Pusntmn BY A QROUP OF MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES COMMAND ‘OF SEA. AND ' OF WESTERN FRONT LED BY SENATOR'REED|BOTH HELD BY ALLIES Disputed Garfisld’s Statement That a the Result.of Fuelless Days 480 Ships Were Released: From American Ports Nertkwutem Prior (y Coal Order Assailed, - cusus to Share the Horrors of Ar: Washington, March 8. — Strictures on government price fixing and the activitie: of the, food administration, | Position, monopolized today's session fv Cupar, Scotland, Thursday. March 7. {=—There are two keys to the world war said Former Premier Her- bert H.'Asquith in an address to his {constituents here today. Ted by Senator Reed, of Missouri, |are the command of ‘the seas and of democrat, a group of senators of both !the western front. parties made that a general for farm producs he food contro: law, t ited, were made by Semators Reed and Bomh who said - the - law was being so used 1 result is an unauthar. nZ programme. Denounced Fuel Admi Both, he said, af- Charges ' ter all vicissitudes, still remain in the ci of fixing. prices hands of the allies. . not_authorized by ! W pene Tragedy Unfolding tn Russia. While it is impossible to avert our ves from the tragedy unfolding in |Russia_and the formidable dangers that tragedy has reveal “these dam;ers do not give There are two {factors in the situation. First, Rus- In a four hour speech teeming with |sia, as an effective military factor has itter criticism, Senator Reed also de- |been wiped off the slate; second, the Relles onthe Newspapers No beticr example of the importance which the tachies tv advertising could be asked for than that which is furmished bty the Dewspaper space which it is using in one way and another to inform the people of the country of the service which’ they can per- aiding the government to ‘meet the great problems which are ‘Whether it is in connection with the loans. the Wur yavings stamps, the food, fuel or transportation” requirements, the enlistinent of soldiers and sailors or thd attraction of the workers oI the country to the mahy avenues through which their help can be extended, it is realized that the ends sought are to be gained through widespread publicity. overnmel government at- presenied by the war. The situation is no different than that before thie business man. Even though the government is getting the most of its advertising free it is nevertheless advertising and reliance in a large degree is being placed upon it. The newspaper is the most direct method of reaching the people. 1t brings, results to the advertiser and in Norwich and vicinity there is no medium which puts the advertiser fn such close touch with the reading public as The Bulletin. During the past week the following matter “"elegraph Local General Total Tuesday, « March Wednesday, March RUMANIAN FETROLEUM. Hopes.to Be Independent in This Re- fTotals.. . ool S nounced the serting that had not told dministration, as- Administrator the truth regarding re- sults of the coalless days order, which he described as a “lockout” on cast- ern industries, In the midst of the debate the sen- ate adopted a resolution by Saulsbury of Delaware, president pro tempore, asking the food admini tion for its authority gcial bulletin requesting Dids at fixed Drices on tomatoes for the army and German procedure in the so-called ne- gotiatwns with Russia and the light they have thrown upon the minds and methods of Germany’s present rulers ‘There rarely has been a more {nstruc {tive contrast between pretention and Referring to the speech of Immrm Chancellor Von Herl)ms, Mr. A Capitilation, Not Peace. “The very moment he was making subordinates were not of peace, harsh and bumiliating as could lu‘ found in the Distriets on the Ph.cl\ Sea and in the Cautasus were to be hand- ed back to share with horrors and desolation of Turkish rule, | Could anyone doubt after that the state Belgiom if Germany was ever ablo Food Administration Touched Up, |Wring terms, Senator Wolcott, democrat, {aware, sald Mr. Hoover. ld denied adoption of a farm produce price-fix- _plan, disclaiming authority ke dnd other senators insisted that acts of the food administration, par- ticularly under its- whoiesale and re-o: tail dealers’ licensing power, was hav- ‘Washington, Mar, 8—Vatican circles are, aroused over the article in the Brest Litovsk peace treaty which im plies the return to Turkey of Arme- nian territory held by Russia, accord- ing to an official despatch from P.nmt.,ln° that effect in actual practice. | “We would not have had so many {méatleses days if there had mot been : > many brainiess days,” Senator Reed | “A few more acts of the| Armenia the ov: roads that a clean The so-calied that an internationai ought not to be. D having must be a peace, not of rulers or parliaments, but of peoples. “One thing seems to be of para- wxlh b\lshess‘muum importance in the world’s best [intcrest and that is that the peopie iwith whom in the Jong run the issue rests should'be brought to understand that, so far as the allies are concern- ed, we have but one governing and to which everything. else is subordinate, namely, to build upon that foundation :{the fabric of the future world.” compact. . 1 belieys the efficien- {cy of the Unfited States has been re- | FEDERAL RESERVE svsTem! mcflmds. Refutes Garfield's Statement. In ‘criticizing the fuel administra- Se commented upen iDr. that as the Iremm of the fuelless days 430 ships itvere released from American “I am sorry that Dr. Garfield geve because it is not that shipping t fAifty-six less Forty-Seven Wers Admitted During} )out that stateme EXPOSURES OF GERMANY'S bond figures ACTIVITIES IN SPAIN power if Maine ships in New “In order to e Jogic of that you have 2 plain idiot.” to what he called ineffi- clency in the war department, the Missouri senator said Genera] Persh- ing had notifled the department not 'to send any more shoddy uniforms for American soldiers in France. Priority Coal Order Assailed. The priority order by was diverted for lake shipment to the northwest last summer was assailed by Senator Reed. who said he desired lafe ' Senator Kellogg of Minnesota for the business -acumen isp) by the people of Minnesota, in mfinfi coal -to the exclusion of ther states. Senator Kellogg inter- rupted to say that only enough coal to meet the needs of the commnnihes was sent to_ Minnesota. Have Been Made by the Madrid News- ‘Washington. March 3.—Further ex- posures of Germany’s activities ve been made by the Madrid in his expenditures in pro-German pro- paganda. The ‘charge is made that Pascual continued hfs dealing with!recently announced its Intention of German agents until as recently as|liquidating its business. mted for before daylight” ac- Ves. | cording to a message received here late tonight from Hebroxville. None of the 30,000 LETTERS LOST ON STEAMSHIP ANDANIA Sunk Off the Coast of Ireland the Lat- ter Part of January. Charles r.u... Ad-m- d letters to relatives and friends at Mar. harles e he \m hwmum of a|in France, were lost When the steam- ndania was sunk off the’ coast dmnet tothy He was | of Ireland, :the. latter.part of January, |Germany were tenfold heavier than i u.ced today by lha post- | Germany is imposing on Russia. ‘“We have concluded another Tilsit generation a;n his. home in | ghip A condensed Tolograms rses before Jum Wls mdu by the L' S A Syracuse Unlvenvtyl hospital unit Has landed safely at a French port. Recruiting in “the the Canadian and British armies has takes'a big jump in the last few weeks. G‘lnlrll ‘;Cnmga’lsm:ulgl tugtha people of the Tnited States says “Ger- manyy muat be beaten.” h- -plwu of influence in Russi ina nnugm line from-Nary Asquith Exposes German Perfidy in on Finnish Guif to Odessa/ Handing Back to Turkey Dutneh Th aa?ugl meet on R BT Baa “and in’ the Cew e Soston Juy ng of the United “Endeavor will be 30 to Aug. 1. Prices of all materials entering into the manufacture of steel are to be fixed by the War Industries Board. Fire destroyed the main building of the Huntley Manufacturing plant at Tilonsburg, Ont, tools and machin- ery. . The estate of the late Sidney Wins- low, inventor, totals $5 764,406, of which $5,650 406 is personal and $114,000 real estate, 7 Russia, feeling herself prey of her neighbors’s lust of conquest, begins to look toward America as sole real friend. Hackensack, N. J., has passed a law prohibiting girls under 18 to be on the streets after §:15 at night unless with guardians. The Liverpool Cotton Association antounced that no allotment will be made for this menth of freight space for cotton. Word was received in New York that William Peirce, héad of the Peircé Steamship Line, has died at his home Villa Peirce, near Naples. Veterans at the Confederate Home at Baitimore asked to have the Stars and Stripes fly from the home in- stead of the Stars and Bars. Purchase of 65582 acres of land in the White Mountains dnd southern Appalachians for inclusion in the east- ern national forests was authorized. Martial law in the Federal district and several states of Brazil has been extended by a presidential decree un- til May 6, when Congress convenes. Nearly 327,000 school children in New England, over 26 per cent. of the total population, are row enroiled in junior auxiliaries of the American Red Cross. A raid on the guarters of the Inter- national PBible Students’ Association in Binghamton netted pamphlets and other literature of a treasonable nat- ure. _ Nineteen more Syrwm ‘ylaom will ‘lose _on today, ~and thirty, others must abolish side B it nouriced by the . Syracuse Bre 1 Association. Thé Department of the Interior an- States Garden Army” of 5,000 000 bo: and girls to supply vegetables, small fruit ‘and eggs. potatoes, now in the hands of Wis- consin and Michigan growers, will be takén up at a conference in Chicago of government officials. Under date of Vologda, March " 4. Ambassador Francis reports he is oc- cupying quarters furnished by the mayor of the city with the British and Siamese embassies. Florein Macksey was forced to kiss every star and stripe in the American fiag before leaving the Union County, N. JI.. detectives’ office. He promised to register for the draft. to the United States during January amounted to $5,860 278, as compared 1917, and $16.4, 70 in 1916, “We have acquired ' a direct free route via Russia to Persia and Afghan- istan,” says a -despatch from _the Wolff hureau, the German semi-official agency, received he Hague. Replying to a questjon in the House of Commons, Sir Gilbert Parker, re- that until further orders no fresh grain may be used for brewing . " There Were 279,000000 bushels of wheat on farms an din second hands in the United States on March 1. Con- sumption for the eight months was on the basis of 3.8 bushels per capita. Arrangements made by the War and Navy Departments and the Depart- ment of Labor provide for the joint use by the three departments of the immigration station at Ellis Island. Major Milton Evard, in charge of the ward for treatment of mental and nervous diseases at the base hospital at Camp Taylor, Ky. was placed on trial for the death of Private Murray. In December, January and February one New York ice manufacturer saved the'first definite report of savings that has been reported by the Food Ad- ministration. The Westover school in Middlebury, Purchass by Gimbel Brothers of the 32 400 000, was announced last night. LENINE IN DEFENSE OF Declares Napoleon's Terms on Prussia and Germany Were Heavier, wcre Wl‘ltten hy wieely known and’ . i erly made qo!iun frequent tours as 4" reader and. m. the | peace,” he says. “We shall vet arise n Jum-ry 15 and 20.{to victory, éven as Germany, after Tilsit, attained deliverance from MNa- poleon.” Prios Fixed For G#a to be Sold For Domestic Use! tween Next April 1 and September 1 - Résuutmus GOVERNING nmu DISTRI : be Required to Submit a Certified Statement lem:Di tails of Hu unn-emenu—Carload or Bnge Lots Ar: T asnington, March S.—An average |poses a fine of $5,000 or two years 1t reduction ‘of thirty cents a ton in the retail price of ali anthracite coal sold for domestic use between next April 1 and September 1, was announced tonight by the fuel administration, to- cether with regulations governing the reiail distribution of “all coal for the year beginninz the first of next monti. The, rules are designed particularly to prevent -hoarding anq insure the fill- ing of all domestic needs for next winter during the summer months. Although no reduction in-the retail price of bituminous coal to. consumers was made, the fuel administration to- began announcement of revised prices for such coal at the mines, tire first made public- showing sharp, re- ductions in Cologado, Utah, Wyoming Prices. for lowa almost completed and those for otHer states will be announced as soon as d i The idea is for a gen- eral revision before the beginning of the coal year on April 1. In explaining the reduction In the rrice of anthracite, the administration said the bulk of this coal is used for domestic consumption. conts reduction was determined upon, the statement said, in lieu of the re- duction heretofore voluntarily offered by dealers to sacoleal s sarly buying for the following wl which ranged:from fifty’ o ten cents in Ausugt.. Method of Reduotion Explained. “It Is felt.” the statement said, “that | this _reduction will be fairer to the public inasmuch as coal is\expected to n April in such quantities ithat it will prove impossible to make deliveries during some time to come. Tnder a sliding scale of reductions would ' be dificult, if not impossi- treat * all cohsumérs - equally, ieven though theiz orders had been fill- led upon the same date, whiie with an {average reduction -extending over the jentire period, all consumers are treat- Text of Regulations. The regulations follow “(A) Until further notice no mestic consumer of coal or coke possession of, more coal or coke 1 is required for his actual and n sary réquirements prior to Mas If such consumer aiready quantity on hand he shall receive such additional amount as up his actual and necessary - ~ ments prior to that date. No person, firm, or corporation, whether acting or in canjunction with o directly or indirectly, provide any mestic consumer of coal or coke more coal or coke before m Mo: ; bRyt (0 emount already on hand, - actual and necessary req ents such consumer prior to that . On_and after April ‘, no person, firm, association. ation shall seli or deliver domestic consumer who daeg furnish to the‘person ering such coal, a statement consumer declares in writi true, and which specifies amount- of coal the consumer hand, (2) the amount of ¢ on order and the name’ of from whom ordered, (l) fim in Aprfl the amount of ehl necessary to March 31, 1919 however, that this regulation modified by any state fuel a.dml tor within_ his own state circumstances and conditions. as deem proper. On_and- after -Aprit 1, and until further notice, dealer shall, unless authorized by administrator, cause to be delivered to any don consumer more . than two-thirds his_normal annual anthracite coal until each do consumer who has placed his: with said dealer and is willing to' ceive delivery of the same ceived two-thirds of his normal requirements. that ordes of sk tons or, lecu n'g be filled in full. Carload or barge lots not be delivered to 2 single dom consumer or to a group of cof except with: the permission of neunced the formation of a “United | that month or How to_move 25,000,000 bushels of i While recommending and encourag- ing the purchase and storage of do- mestic coal as early as possible in or- der to insure delivery and assist the railroads by effecting delivery as much possible before rext acministration says it is determined to prevent a the retail distribution plan |, tem of reports on de- s Exports from the port of London Trom , deliveripes - in. ‘excess of the normal requirements of the cus- Dealers sha!l file, with local fuel’ administrator, of each month, a statement containing the names and addresses of consum= ers to whom deliveries have been made during the previous month and the delivered to. each. ¥ " dealer or consumer wiio vies iates. Jthe foregoing rezulations vui be subject to the penalties preser] by the Lever act” As a further safeguard at the dis- cretion of the local fuel administra- tors, each customer ordering coal may be required to submit a certified stat, with $16,911,008 in_the same month of s hand and the amount-he has ordered from various Certification of a faise state- ment would be made subject to prose- cution under the Lever act, which im- presenting the food ministry, declared | o o) o0 FOR FOODSTNFES IN SWEDEN DISQUITENING THREE INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS FINED $500 EAcli For Distributing Book Derogatery the Present War. Presert Sunply of Breadstuffs Last Until the Great Britain First of July. Stockholm, Thursda) outlook in Sweden fo! Toronto, Ont., Mar. S—Thrae mem- bers of “the Tnterrational Bible - Stu= Association were trday givel their choice of paying fines of 35 each of serving sixty davs prison sen-* tences for having in their possess and distributing copies of a book em= “The Tinished Mystery” whi the .court held contained matter, “de=, rogatory to Great Britain cause in the present war.” Four other members of the organ— ization, who were deemed less g..m;, of wrong intent, of 580 in default of:which they serve thirty day prison sentences. The three receiving more = severe’ sentences were W. C. Douglas, Williamy McKinnon and Rev. Ernest Spauldi r of Agriculture = Poiss i interpretation will suftice until the first grain more will be required to carry the conntry through until next harvest A total supply of 140,000 of oats will be required for the same period and of this supply only 12,000 tons are on X were_assessed The minister expressed the hope that Some grain which is as not yet hresh- ed will increase the available supply, s not true and if no im- portations are possible, it will proba- bly 'be necessary to decrease bread ra- tions except for manual laborers. The State Household Commission has de- cided to reguldte potato consumption and will allow a ration of two kilo- grams per person a week. 22864 pounds of ammonia. This is COPIES OF “THE FINISHED MYSTERY” SEIZED IN BROOKLYN' In Raid on Headguarters of the Late: “Pastor” Russell.” 'New York, Ma Finshad Mystery” were o volume of papers and literature Seifias o ed federal agents in a rald days ago on_the Brooklyn of The International Students’ Association. founded. by An examina. work which is_said ave been widely distributed. is n being made by government aui to ascertain whether its contonts l!. of & seditious character. Conn., a private school for girls, closed yesterday, five days before the Easter rid | vacation, because of a number of cases An official dis-of German measles.. The school will patch recefved today contains an ar- |reopen March 26. ticle froi the paper quoting a letter v the first secretary of the German embassy at Madrid to Miguel Pascual. a well known Spanish anar- | Inc. chist, promising that the.German am- bassador would reimburse Pascual for|The Greenhut company, last of the large department stores to remain in the old Sixth avenue shopping district, STRIKE AT HOG ISLAND 8.—"orieq of NAVY YARD ENDED. entire stock of the Greenhut company, New York, with a retail value of Leaders Order Union Men ‘to Return headquarters Philadelphia, March §.—The strike of more than 40,000 cafpenters, electrical workers and machinists at the Hog Island shipyard ended tonight when leaders of the unions involved ordered the men to return to work tomorrow. The men quit work today over a mis- understanding regarding the paying of overtime which was straightened out by the shipping board at Washington, and when the situation was explained to the men at the headquarters of the Carpenters' union tonight the strikers agreed to return to their jobs. The strike caused ‘some excitement at the yard and a number of men were/ arrested by comiany, uards but were later released. According to A. J. McDermott, busi- GERMAN PEACE TERMS REORGANIZATION OF WA ' COUNCIL ANNO Generals Goethals and Stettinus At to the Personnel. ‘Washington, March 8.—] tion of the war council was. by Hnwr Qenerll March, e Petrograd, March §.—Nicolai Lenine, ‘Washington, March 8.—Thirty thou- | the Bolshevik premier, in an article against the Bolsheviki who refused to e, - written by American soldiers | ratify the peace treaty negotiated at Brest Litovsk, declares that the terma Napoleon impesed upon Prussia and of the carpenters’ tion, unlon officials will hereafter be allowed to go throu; out the gscort of an’armed guard. the vard with n