Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 21, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 69 GERMANS FAL 4 & ' In Lorraine the Teutons Delivered Numerous Strong Attacks, Without Gain ARTILLERY DUELS IN SOME SECTORS ilmLENT On the Toul Sector the American Troops Have Effectually Quieted the Germans by the Wholesale Use of Asphyxia- ting Gas—The Teutons Have Been Dropping From Airplanes Rubber Balls Filled With Mustard Gas— Enemy Airmen Are Daily Dropping Bombs on Venice— In Russia, the Germans and Austro-Germans Are Still Advancing, and Petrograd is Mgnlfid, Al 2long the western front the ac- fivity of the fighting forces still has Deen hefd down to small infantrs at- tacks and artillery duels which on some sectors have been quite violent To the French again has fallen the fask of facing the flercest infantry fighting. In Lorraine the Germans de- livered numerous strong attacks. but all of them were put down with san- guinary losses. At several other points the Germans also have endeavored to Penetrate French positions, but everv- Where have been beaten off, leaving Bekind them wounded or kifled The American troops on the Toul sector recently have been giving the and effectively, 2 dose of their favorite _weapon—asphy~iating gas. Four different sectors of the were gas-shelled, the quies- cent attitude of the enemy upon all of them afterwards indicated that the sases had had the desired effect. On their part, the Germans haye adopted another new plan of warfare which the American on the sec- tor attacked descrided as “dirty work." This was the dropping from an air- plain of large rubber balls filled with mustard gas. None of the Am tréops was injured in the atta: Secretary of War Baker had réw escape on the American front. A Germnan sheli burst within forty vards of his automobile, but did no damage. LEON TROTZKY HAS INVITED INVESTIGATION o Of Reports That the Bolsheviki Had Armed Thousands of Teutons. March 19.—(By Press) — Leon Trotziy's reply to the allies’ Inquiries concerning reports that the Bolshevi- ki had armed thousands of Cerman and Austrian prisoners in Siberia, who now threaten the trans-Siberfan rail- way, was: “ trained offiecrs and investigate. 1 will give you a train.” The ‘offer was accepted and tonight Captain -Willlam R. Webster, of the American Red Cross, and Captain W. L. Hicks, of the British military inis- sion, left for Irkutsk, Tchita and other points where the Germans are seported to be provided with rifies field pieces and ammunition. The Bolsheviki papers charge that the reports of the menace of armed German and Austrian prisoners in Si- Beria is part of the German propagan- da to discredit the Soviet government and encourage Japanese intervention. M. Trotzky has also asked the Amerfcan military mission for ten American officers to assist him as in- spectors in organizing and training a new volunteer army and has requested the services of American railway en- gineers and transportation experis to dssist in the reorganization of the ys. He has also. asked for jcan railway equipment in the ‘way of locomotives and cars. There has been a marked change ir the attitude of the allies toward the Seviet government. The entente yiissions are no longer rushing awav from Russia. The English, French, Mallans and Serbians now have mili- tary missions in Moscow and they are & quarters, as they expect to re- main. There are many signs of re- néwed co-operation between Russio and the aHies. Moscow, - Tuesda: The Associated POWER FOR PRESIDENT TO TAKE OVER PROPERTY Purport of a Bill Sent to the Senate Military Committee. Washington, March 20.—Under a during the war to take over property of any kind, personal oF real estate, with- compensation for the owner, whenever deemed neces- siry for the national security or.con- duet of the government. The chief object of the legislation is 16 enable the government to get quick possessiod of real estate, office build- ings and pther property needed in con- nection with the conduct of the war. Ina to Chairman Chamberlain, Mr. Crowell said it is desirable to avold aélays of condemnation, to save money and at the same time do jus- tice to property owners. ‘The bill provides that the president by proclamation or through any execu- tive agency might designate property taken over. It would be ap- and in case owners were not they would be paid 75 per cent, of the appraised value, and the federal district court and would decide disputes as to the balan ce. BRITISH STEAMER LOST WITH 8SIX OF HER CREW ,L:-m. N. _g; May 20.—The loss Although the snow is melting in the mountain regions the Italian theatre, sufficient of it still lies on the ground to make impossible for the present the commencement by either side of his- tilities ‘of great magnitude. - Bogbard- ments continue all along the front, be- ing especially violent west of Lake Carda. Heavy freshets have made the Piive river impassable to large forces of troops. Enemy airmen continue to _drop bombs on Venice, where the already great damage daily is being added to. Large portions of the population- are evacuating the city. In Ruseia, the Germans and‘Aus- tro-Germans are still advancing. Pe- trograd is being menaced by a force of Germans which is _operating -13¢ miles south of the former capital, while in the south Kharkov is being neared by combined forces of the ene- my. Even Moscow is reported to be in danger of an eveloping manoeuver and there is talk of again moving the capital. While special despatches from Rus- sia_continue to assert that the Bolse- viki leaders are hostile toward the in- vaders no concrete evidence has been forthcoming to show tkat for the pres- ent at least efforts are being made to reotganize the army and give. com- at. —_— MATERIALS WASTED AT RATE OF BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AR o National. Waste Material Dealers to Wage Cohservation Campaign. = New York, March 20. — Materials ‘which are being wasted at the rate-of 4 biilion dollars a year by the Amer- ican people may be conserved as the result of the camna.lfl undertaken by the Nafonal Waste Material Dealers ssociation, it was announced at its annual meeting here today. Evervthing that is being thrown aside as wcyth- less can be put to a valuable use, ac- cording to speakers at the meeting, who urged that the people of the coun- try be educated to the vital nature of the work of conservation. It was suggested that governors of states fix a certain date for the de- livery of junk, especially iron, stecl and metals, to the government, pay- ment to be made in war stamps. A special! appeal will be made to people in rural regions, where large quantities of old iron are allowed to go to rust. The magnitude of ‘the reclamation speakers who pointed out that even old shoes are now being put to many uses. They or business was disclosed by may be ground up for fertilizer burned and their ashes treated for chemicals. No rubber is going to waste as it is put through a process which brings it back to the orizinal paste, from which almost any rubber artiele can be made. The federal government has taken up the work through the quartermas- ter's department and: the association will co-operate in every section of the country REFUSE TO ACCEPT VON LUXBURG AS A PASSENGER Agents of the Swedish Steamer Val- paraiso—Still in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, March 20.—The Ar- gentine government is having a hard time in getting rid of Count Von Lux- burg, the former German minister. The agents of the Swedish steamer Valparaiso, on board which Von Lux- burg had been granted a safe conduct to start on a homeward voyage, now refuse to accept the former minister as a passenger. The Argentine gov- ernment therefore, is making attempts to have Von Luxburg leave the coun- try on a Noi vessel which is due to sail at an early date. ROYAL MAIL STEAMER AMAZON REPORTED SUNK Said to Have Been Torpedoed Near Gibraltar—Fate of Passengers Un- krown. Buenos Aires, March 20|—A report is current here that has the Royal Mail steamer Amazon has_been sunk. A despatch from Rio Janeiro says the office of the Royal Mail @ Steam Packet company there has been noti- fied of the torpedoing of the Amazon near Gibraltar and that the fate of the rs is unknown. - The lo- cal offices of the steamship company here are unable to confirm the report. ‘The Amazon, a vessel of 10,037 tons gross, was due to arrive on this side of the Atlantic from Liverpool early in April. COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HARTFORD POLICE CELL A. O'Connor Had Been Ar- rested For Forgery. Geor Hartford, Conn., March 20.—George A. O'Connor of this city, arrested to- night on a warrant charging ‘forgery, . | committed . suicide by hanging in bis cell, within fifteen, minutes after be- ing’placed in the lockup. He used his "hu-u'h ':‘fmmflm D i c ued a worth- less check drawn on a local bank. savings st d Uruguayan Steamer To: Bilbao, Spain, March 20.—The Urg- guayan steamer Begonia No, 4 (2407 tons gross) has been torpedoed. The crew has been landed at Naples. . Armistice With Rumania Extended Berlin, March 20," via London.—The armistice with Rumania has been ex- tended until midnight of March 22, it was announced in today's army teadquarters repo: % AGREEMENT REACH! ON WAR CORPORATION BILL. House Will Take Final Vote When It ‘Washington, March 20.—Considera- tion of the war finance corporation bill was completed tonight by the house after all efforts to effect changes not acceptable to the ways and means committee had failed. An agreement was reached to take a final vote when the house convenes at noon tomorrow. Majority Leader Kitchin announced that he did not expect more than 30 votes against the measure. Mr. Kitchin today offered ag amend- ment which he said would have a ten- dency to stabilize the value of the American dollar in foreign countries, and it was quickly passed without a record vote. It provides that a part of bonds. of the proposed corporation shall be issued in demominations of foreign money for sale in those coun- tries at the discretion of the directors. The house.declined to specifically name public utilities and railroads as those privileged to receive relief di- rect from the corporation, as is done In the bill as it passed the senate. The measure provides that in “excep- tional cases™ the corporation may lohn money directly to persons or firms necessary to prosecute the war, instead of to banks, where the bulk of the loans was expected to go. As the bill now stands béfore the house, provision is made for a cor- poration with capital &tock of $500,- 000,000 and authority to issue 32,0 000,000 in bonds to aid in financing necessary industries, The senate bill authorizes $4,000,000,000 in bonds. e e LENROOT IS NOW LEADING THOMPSON BY 2326 VOTES For Nomination for U. S. Senator in Wisconsin Primary Election. Milwaukee, Wis, March 20.—More or less complete returns from every county in the state tonight sustained the lead of Congressman Irvine L. Lenroot, loyalist candidate for the re- publican nomination for United States sepator, in yesterday's primaries. Belated returns gave him ' 68,532 votes, or 2,336 more than received by James Thompson, the La Follette can- didate. * Thompson did not coneede defeat, pending complete returns, but at Mari- nette a biz meeting of farmers greet- ed Lenroot, who addressed them as victor, amid prolonged cheers. Mr. Lenroot denied a. rumor that, to make certain of defeating Victor - the socialist candidate, who! is “ | espionage act, he would: Withdraw 1 cratic candidate. in favor of Mf. Davies is absolutely without foundation.” he . said. “We have made the fight in the republican party. on_the loyalty issue, and’ have won it, notwithstanding. the efforts. of certain parties to place the ‘stamp of disloyalty upon the republican_ party.” On the face of the latest returns, Davies had 54,173 votes, compared with 13,262 for Dr. Charles McCarthy. The same advices made the Berger -vote 96,645, B f TAKES NO STOCK IN UTTERANCES OF KAISER Adolph Timm, Secretary of the Ger- man-American Alliance. Washington, March 20 — Adolph Timm of Philadelphia, secretary - of the German-American Alliance, today told the senate committee considering a bill to revoke the organization’s charter, that he took no.stock in the utterances of the kaiser, repudiated the endorsements of kultur voiced by C. J. Hexamer, former president of the alliance, as not representative of the alliance, and finally declared the or- ization patriotic and loyal to the ideals of America. Timm did concede that he instruct- ed city and county alliances to op- Pose the nomination of Colonel Roose- velt forthe presidency in 1516, but de- nied that it had any connection with the opposition to President Wilson's renomination. The state organizations mixed in politics, he said, but he de- clared the national organization never Among the deeds of loyalty he cited were. the purchase by 1,394 members in_Pittsburgh of $217,250 of Liberty bonds, and aid given in registering of enemy aliens, . “When war was declared the alli- ance issued a call to its members to do their duty as American citizens and to non-citizens to gbey the laws and to. discard the pictures of rulers and generals and the flags of the central powers,” Timm said. ; REQUISITION EOR SKILLED MEN BY WAR DEPARTMENT May Be Reduced When the Items Are Carefully Considered. ‘Washington, March 20.—While the requisition for skilled men made by the war department for the remainder of 1918 totals ‘365,000 men, officials of the provost marshal general's staff be- lieve this Wwill be materially reduced when the various items are carefully considered. It is expected that many cases ‘of duplications have occurred through the fact that each department arrived at its needs by independent computation. Eventually the distribution of special and technical recruits will be made through the committee on classifica- tion of personnel headed by Walter Dill Scotty 17 BRITISH MERCHANTMEN WERE SUNK LAST WEEK Eleven Were 1,600 Tons or Oven—Two Fishing Vessels Were Lost. Londom, March 20.-The admiraity reports the loss by mine or submarine of seventeen British merchantmen last week. Of these eleven were 1600 tons or over, and six under that tonnage. Two fishing vessels were lost. Eleven azmmmen were unsuccessfully at- The losses of British merchantmen in the last week are slightly under the losses” of the three preceding weeks, when during each of these periods eighteen vessels were sunk by mine or submarine. favor of Joseph E. Davies, the demo- YorkLegislature IN TEST VOTE IN THE SENATE ON PROHIBITION LACKED TWO VOTES Senator Hill, Leader of the Dry -Forces, Announced There Was No Further Hope of Ratification of the Federal Amendment This Year. Albany, N. Y., March 20—Defeat of the ratification by the New York leg- islature of the prohibitory amendment to the federal constitution was virtu- ally accomplished tonight - when the dry forces in the senate on a test vote, in which all their power was displayed, | §2. lacked a miajority. The vote was 24 for the ratification clause and 25 op- posed. - Twenty-six votes were neces- sary for success. X Leader Hill Abandons Hope. Senator William 'H. Hill of Bing- hamton, floor leadersof the dry forces and the introducer of the ratification resolution, said after the anrounce- ment of the vote that there was no further hope that the ratification plan could be realized this vear. Played Strongest Hand. “We have *played our strongest hand,” he said. “The roll call ‘showed that some of the votes we received tonight - were given by senators who would’ vote nst ratification if the rew!:!tl\m itelf should be put to’ the test > A Parliamentary Move. The vote was not on the ratification proposal, but on a parliamentary move that was essential to the success of the dry cause. Soon after the senate con- vened ‘this-afternoon the committee on taxaticn and retrenchment reported the Hill resolution so amended as to con- form in every detail to the Machold referendum bill that was submitted. in the assembly last week for the orig- inal resolution and on which action was indefinitely postponed by an over- whelming vote in the lower house yes- terday. OPPOSITION TO TAK!NG SOLDIER VOTE IN FRANCE War Department Says No Practical 1 Method Has Been Devised. ‘Washington, March recommendation against an: t0 record the soldier vote in Frarce for elections held during the war has been prépared by the war department. Aft- er an assessment of the opinions: of General Pershing ahdhis staff, and of ' e demariment. has votes of membets of l;bc pary forces can be dovided. he subject ‘Was brought, up recent-. 1y by.a western state whicli. proposed a sthool of its own for obtaining the Vote of its citizens in Krancé. Whil¢ it Might’ be ‘possible- for a singie state 16 accomiplish this, ‘the army holds that extension of that privilegze to all statés would impose 2 burden upol the military forces at the front that would seriously impair their 'efficien- ey, 7 Existing orders fully provide for recording of votes of soldiers on. thiy side. RESTRAINING ORDER FOR AETNA EXPLOSIVES CO. Reorganization Has Boen. Ordered In- definitely Postponed. =~ New York, March 20—Reorganiza- tion of the Aetna Explosives Com- pany, Inc,, over which a bitter faction- 2l controversy has been waged by the stockholders and bondholders of the corporation, was indefinitely postpon- ed under a ruling made today by Jus- tice Julius M. Mayer of the —Tnited States district court. A’ restraining order was issuéd’ yesterday by Justice Mayer, enjoining the election of a mew directorate of the company and repre- sentatives of the factions appeared be- fore him. today to argue a motion to vacate the injunction. Acoording to the ruling, the present board of directors will take no actior unless ordered by the court. Justice Mayer will issue an. order Monday postponing for a week —the annual meeting, which is scheduled for Tues- day, with a stipulation that monthly adjournments will be taken until Ex- Governor B, B. Odell ard = Former Judge George C. Holt, the receivers cf the company, advise the court that the affairs of the company are such that their services may be terminated, TO SUPPLY NAVAL VESSELS WITH HIGH GRADE COAL West Virginia Operators Are to Divert Coal From Middle West. New York, March 20.—To insure an adequate supply of high grade -coals for the bunkering .of naval vessels, army transports and cther trans-At- lantic steamships as’ well-as a pre. cautipnary measure against the repeti- tion of the past winter's fuel shortage along the Atlantic seahoard, West Vir- ginia coal operators at a meeting here today agreed to divert to the east sev- eral million tons of West Virvinia smokeless coal from its .former mid- dle’ western markets. The arrangements were completed by J. D. A. Morrow, general menager of distribution for the federal fuel ad- ministration. - Although the change will ‘wip> ont long established trade relationsh tween the West Virginia producers and middle western consumers, Mr. Mor- row said, the operators agreed the steps taken were the only practicable solution of eastern war ' time = coal problems. - o CURFEW. HOUR FIXED FOR SOUTHERN ENGLAND At 1030 at Night A!l Amusements Places Must Bz Closed. London, March 20.—The curfow hour has' been ‘fixed for 'London and .the southern counties of England at 10.30 o'clock at night. At that hoar. all places of amusement’ must be 3 and they must. Temain cclosed untii one o'clack: tite .following - afternoon: There will be no lights for shop win- dows, and the hotels; clubs,restaurants and various other designated places must cease serying ‘hot' meals from. night until five o'clock in thg! the | | tries d in Senate DQRING DEBATE Ofl BILL TO IN- CREASE WHEAT PRICE VOTE EXPECTED TODAY Senator Lodge Declared That If the |- Farmer Had Been Let Alone the IPrices He Would be Getting Would Have Stimulated Production. ‘Washington, March 20.—Government Price-fixirg was vigorously- assailed in the senate again today—the fourth day Of debate on the motion of Senator Gore of Oklahoma to increise the government guaranteed wheat price to 2.50 per bushel. A yote is expected tomorrow. Price Fixing “Fofly.” Both food and fuel admiinistrations | were objects of attack. Ridiculiriz va- Tious orders of the former in a speech of more than two hours, Senator Sher- man of Iilinois, republican, declared that the wheat price regulition is “incomparable’ folly” but.since the government has “‘embarked” on price fixing, he would support - the Gore amendment. to present disaster of ro- duced production Others Join in Assault. Senators Wadsworth of New York, Lodge of Massachusetts, republicans, and Hardwick of Georzia, democrat, Jjoined in the assault. The New York senator deplored what he characterized as interference with natural laws of supply and demand. He said, however, the nation’s wheat reserve is “prac- tically gone and that the ruarantee should be increased to stimulate pro- -duction.” The food admirdistration, ho| declared, has been “shoutsighted” and that consumers willingly would pay the small “increase entailed for Lread if they can secure ample supplics. Lodge Speaks For Farmers. “It the farmer hed Teen let alone.” Senator Lodge said, “the prices he wauld e getting would have stimulat- ed_production.” What he called “perpetual meddling by officials with the American neople in ebery form of business” was deplor- ed by the Massachusetts senator in criticlsing the fuel —administration’s order for summer purchase of coal with enforced reGuction of purchases by consumers. “Sleepless’ Nights. Senator Thomas of Coloradn inter- rupted to observe that besides wheat- less and meatless days, Colorado peo. Active. tests will be made in Eng- land to locate oil. American aviators in. ltaly flew 212 mes | miles in‘l\fl minutes, Minneapolis mills will ing rice flour on a large Senator Broussard s critically. ill at his home at New Iberia, La. begin grind- scale. Ll e Newsprint production for January and February is put at 192,999 tons. In 25 British air raids over Ger- many only 10 machines were missing: The Senate will soon line up on the question of universal military training, The New York Chapter of the Am- erican Red Cross needs 1,060 auto ex- perts. % The franchise commiittee of the Hun- garian Diet approved the electoral re- torm ‘bill. Francis Elliot Langdon of Roxbury, Mass,, a naval aviator, was killed at Miama, Fla. Major John Purroy Mitchel will ec- cept the decoration conferred by the Japaneses Emporor. Liberty Loan Honor Roll posters were completed, and distributed by the Treasury Department. Australian “soldiers in Britain are marrying English and Scotch girls at the rate of 800 a month. | Fifty persons were killed ana much | damage was done when Allied airmen | raided Coblenz, Gesmany. Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president em- eritus of Harvard university, yester- day . observed his 84th birthday. The Federal Trade Board, which is making an investigation of the pack- ing. industry, is sitting at Omaha. H. B. Meyers, secretary of the Yak- ima (Wash.) 1. W. W.. was taken out of town and tarred and feathered. Four hundred Mariscal soldiers join- ed rebel bands in Vera Cruz because their leader was placed in prison. Ten thousand members of the Unit- ed Garment Workers, employed in 25 Chicago shops, threatened to strike. The French police discovered a wire- less outfit concealed in a large vilia at a fashionable resort on the Loire. The names of one American killed, four gassed and one who died, was ;:onla.ined. on the Canadian casualties ist. W. C. Barber, 72 years old, brother- aw of the martyred President Mc- died of apoplexy at Canton, over thé fuel administration’s - brice fixing orders which haye closed down many mines. . “Consumers and- Producers Injured: * - Both copsumers and producers of coal in fhe middle ~ west, Senator Sherman declared. have been injured by the fuel administration’s orders. He said he had no confidence in Dr..Gar- field and that the country “ha doctored to death S HEADS OF WAR BUREAUS CONFER WITH PRESIDENT. Each Distussed General Proflems Clenfroming His Department. , (Washington, March 20.—Industrial war production was discussed today at a two-hour White House confer- ence between President Wilson and heads of six big government war agencfes. It was the first of a series of meetings which may be held weekly in the future and was considered espe- cially significant in view of recent ad- vocacy in congress and elsewhere of a central invitation to co-ordinate dif- fefent; phases of war activities. : Besides the president thers. were Secretary McAdoo. acting mainly in his “capacity as director gemeral of railroads; Edward N. Hurley, chair- man df the shipping board; Bernard Baruch, chairman of the war indus- board; Vance C. McCormick, n of the war trade board; Food Administrator Hoover and Fuel Ad- ministrator Garfield. Bach discussed general problems confronting his -department and spe- cial consideration was given to ship- building and rail transportation and coal production and distribution as af- fecting those guestions. Another con- terence will be held next Wednesday and it is understood they will be con- tinued if the department heads and the president find the exchaneg of infor- matian and ideas profitable, DESCENDENT OF ISRAEL i PUTNAM MAKING GCOD David E. Putnam of Brookline, Mass., Gets Two More German Airplanes. Paris, Tuesday, March 19.—Dayid B | Putnam of Brookline, Mass., a des. cendant of Israel'Putnam and a mem- ber of the Lafayette flying squadron, has just brought down two mors Ger- man airplanes and has been promoted to the rank of sergeant in the French army. He already has the War Cross with Palms. On the afternoon of arch 14, he at- tacked threc Albatross monoplanes bringing down one and _putting tbe others to flight. The next day he at- tacked two two-seated machines, one of which crashed to the ground in flames. In each case hp was alone on patrol duty. . This makes four machines which he is officially credited, aithough he brought ‘down a £fth on a German air- drome. This was not seen by French observers, and. therefore, was not offi- cially credited. ; DRAFT MEN NEEDED 4 IN TECHNICAL PQSITION: Will Be Called Out Within a Few Days By Crowder. : Washington, March. 20. — Provost Marshal General Crowder .will hegin within a few days/calling out for spe- cial instruction the men in taes draft necded’ by the ary in technical po- sitions. 4 igeneral rurvey of the ed- ucational /in: is in progress, it <was announced to- day. to determine’ what colleges and industrial schools’. will available for training during the ‘sumimer ‘months. Probably 60,000 men,, obtained prin - cipally ‘from. class one, will be ordered out for, special training.” * L8chl” draff hoards will publish widely the oppor- a Hai he would not til compelied to_do .s0; &ency dispen: of ithe Arny Megical Corps, was giventhe rank of first| Tieutenant. The National Edugation Association | announced it would present a bronze tablet to the school selling the most thrift stamps. An early movement of the Austrail- ian wheat crop is reported. Dutch ships will carry to the Pacific coast the supply neéded. . All_members of the Romanoff fam- ily living in Petrograd over 16 years old must register so the Bolsheviki can watch them. Chicalio hogs were up 25 cents over the average of the day previous and about 10 cents higher than Monday. A top of $18 was recorded. A German, whose name the military authorities refused to reveai, was ar- rested by agents of the department of justice at Camp Devens yesterday. In Battel Chapel at Yale University was held an extremely simple service for the late Professor Henry Parks Wright, a former dean of the college. The 8,000 ton, steamer Stolt Neiisen has been sunk in Buropean waters. ac- cording to a cable received from B Ss:onr Neilsen of Norway, owner of the oat. President Menocal signed the bill passed by the Cuban Congress, grant- ing amnesty to tall those who took tpln in the revolution except the mili- ary. “There will be no consistory until the war is dver,” Pope Benedict said upon hearing that the report had been published that he intended to call a consistory shortly. Senator Humbert, awaiting trial on a charge of treason, must return 5- stitutions of the country |, 500,000 francs to Bola Pasha, with which Bolo purchased a controlling interest in the Le Journal. John Elliott, 50, 2 Boston and Maine railroad switchman, was instantly killeq at Fitchburg, Mass., when he’fell off an engine on which he was return- ing from work in the yards. An increase in the capital stock of the company from - $102,600,000 to $200,000,000 was. voted at . & . special meeting yesterday of the stockholders of the General Motors company. A “fifty-fifty” agreement on living expenses was alleged by Edoardo Fer- . | facilitate: tie Marine-—Dutch Ships in British Waters Will Net Another 300,000 or 400,000 Tons to the Allied Merchant Fleets. 8 —_— Washington, March 20.—All Dutch ippi merican waters was or- tonight in a proclama- tion. by President Wilson. The_proclamation’ was issued after the, war trade boarq received word from London that Holland had refused the American ultimatum for a transfer of the ships according to the original agreement which Germany _blocked. All Dutch, shipping in British waters is being requisitioned simultaneously. Naval Guards Board Ships. Naval guards will go on board the ships immediately. Approximately 77 | vessels, with a fonnage estimated ‘as kigh as 600,000, thus will be added to the American merchant marine. The ships in British waoters wiil add an- other 300,000 or 400,000 tons to the al- licd merchant fleets. . President Wilson authorizea tonight the following statement: President Wilson's Statement. “For some months United States and the entente allies have been con ducting negotiations wita the Dutch government with the object of con- cluding a general commercial agree- ment, “A very clear statsment of the char- acter of these negotiations was made on March 12 to thc Dutch parliament by His Excellency, the minister of for- eign affairs of Holland. As appears from the statement the discussion pro- ceeded ‘upon the basis of two funda- mental propositions, namely, that the Unitéd- States and the ailies should importation ~into Hol- land of foodstufls.and other commodi. es required’ to maintain her economic lite, @nd that Hollana- should " ‘merchant méarine to.a-normal con- k of the 'negotiators to develop a specific appiication . of these propositions which would be de- ceptable to the governments, oncern- y in January, 1918, the nego- tiators c#me to an understanding which _was embodied in a _tentative agreement which was submitted to the governfents concerned in .order that, if acceptable, it might be ratified or, if unacveptable a counter-proposal might be made. " Propasition by Dutch Delegate: “The negotiations becoming pro- longed, the Dutch delegates proposed, in order that their ships might sooner be put into remunerative service, that Dutch. tonnage. lying idle in American waters should, with certain exceptions, be immelliately chartered to the Uni ed States for periods not exceeding| ninety days. This proposal was ac- cepted by thé United States govern- ment and on January 25, 1913, the Dutch minister at' Washington handed to the secretary of state of the United States a note expressing the terms of the temporary chartering agreement and his government's 'acceptance thereof. : Provisions of Agreement. “This_agreement provided, among other things, that 150,000 tons of Dateh ‘shipping’ should, at-the discre- tion of the United, States, be employ- ed partly in the service of Belgian re- lief and partly for Switzerland on safe conduct to Cette, France, and that for each ship sent to Holland in the ser- vice of Belgian relief, a_corresponding vessel should leave Holland for ' the United States. Two Dutch ships in the United: States ports with . cargoes of foodstuffs, were to proceed to Hol- Jand, similap tonnage being sent in ex- change from Holland to the United States for charter as in the case of other Dutch ships lying in the United States ports. Agreement Was Temporary. “The agreement-was explicitly tem- porary in character and being design- ed to meet an immediate situation, prompt_performance was of the es- The Dutch government at once d that it was un- willing or unable to arty ofit this chartering agreement which it had it- S@f proposed. The first desire of the United States was to secure at once shipping, as contemplated by _the agreement, to transport to Switzeriand footstuffs much needed by the state. One difficulty after-another was, how ever, raised to postpone the charter- ing 'of Dutch ships for Swiss: relief, and, .although the reason was never formally- éxpressed, it was generally known that :the ‘Dutch ship owners feared lest their ships should be de- rari-Fontana, the Italian tenor, in a suit brought against hi sformer wife, Mme. Margarete Matzenauer, Austrian contralto and Metropolitan Opera star. Subscriptions ito the Knights of Co- lumbus war fund in New York city to carry on social servicz ‘work among soldiers and sailors at home and abroad had reached a total of $1,897,- 820 Jast night. The goal aimed at is $2,500,000. W The Metropolitan Opera House, Nev/ York will e -given over to . moving pictures from the first week in May until the first week in October, it was announced. yesterday. It is intended ta retain as many members as. possibl the regular and opera orchest: OBITUARY James B. Cone. Hartford, Conn., March 20.—James B. Cone, one time United States vice consul at Lyons, France, and for years ith the Brewster KCarriage Manu- tunity that is offered to \registrants ‘with a view to obtaining s many. vol- untary inductions' into the servize as possible. P facturing Company here, died today, stroyed by German submarines even though ‘on.an érrand of mercy and though mot traversing any of the so- called ‘danger zones' proclaimed by the German government.. That this fear was not wholly unjustified has unhappily been shown by the' regent dct of the German government in sink- ing the Spanis ship ‘Sardinero’ out- &ide the ‘danger zone, when carrying a.cargo -of grain for switzerland, and after: the submarine commander had ascertained this fact by an’ inspection of the ship’s papers. Dutch Government Helpless. “In’ respect of Belgian relief, the Dutch government expressed its pres- ent inability to comply with the agree-, ‘merit on the 'zround thatthe German government had given Holland to un derstand tliat it would forcibly pre- vent -the departure from Holland of the corresponding. ships, which under the agreement were to leave coinci- dentally for the United States. The Duich government even felt itself un- able-to secure’ the*two cargoés of food- stuffs, which under the agreement it was permitted to secure, since here aged §2. He was a Yale sraduate class-of 1857, and was identified with many institutions, business and pil- anthropic, here. ~ again the German government inter- vened and - threatenea to. destroy thi équivalent Dutch tonnage ywhich - der the agreement was in jsave Hol- o i o land for the United States. “Nearly two months have elapsed since .the making of the ftemporary. chartering agreement, and the pro- posed general agreement has lain even longer, without reply on the part Holland. Meanwhile, German threats have grown mere violent, with a view to preventing any permanent agree: ment andsof forcing Holland to vio- late any temporary azreement. Final Proposal Submitted. ““On March 7. throu; ain, a final proposal, reply has been: received in_itseif unacceptable, ight er conditions have served as for further negotations. But the events to which I.have alluded, had served to demonstrate conclusively that we have been attempting to ne- gotiate where the cssential basis far _ an agreement, namely, the meeting of frée w is absent. .Even were an sgreement concluded, there is lacking hat power of independent action which alone can assure performance. Has Sympathy For Holland. I is not in criticism of the Duteh government. 1 profoundly sym- pathize with the difficulty of her po- - sition under the mengce of 2 military power which has in every way dem- % cnstrated its disdain of peutral rights. But, since coercion does in fact ex- ist, mo_alternative is left t6 us but 10 accomplish, through the exercige of our indisputable rights as 2 sok¢ |that’ which is so reasonable that, jother circumstances. we could {fident of accomplishing=it by P beral Trostment For Holland. “Steps are ‘accordingly being a\-}. to put into our service Dutch shipping ng within our territorial jurisdie- - tion. This action on our part and the similar action which is -being taken by governments associated with us, leaves to Molland ample- tonnage for - her domestic and colonial® needs. We have informed the Dutch Eovernment that her colonial trade will be faeili- tated and that she may at once send s from Holland to secure the breag cereals which her .peovle require. These ships’ will be f{reely bunkered and will be imynune from detention on our part. The liner ‘New Amster- dam’ which came within our jurisdic: tion ‘under an agreement for her re- tuen, will, of course, be permitted at once to return to Holland. Not enly so, but she will be authorized to ear- ry back with her the two cargoes of foodstuffs, which Holland would ha secured under her temporary charter agreement had not Germany prevent- ed. Ample compensation will be paid to the Dutch owners of the ships which will be put into our service and - suitable provision will be made to meet the possibility of ships being lost through enemy action. To Safeguard Dutch Interests. “It is our earnest desire to saf guard to the fullest extent the inter- ests of Holland and of her nationals. By . exercising in this- crisis our ad- mitted right to control all property within our territory, we do no wrong to Holland. The manner in which W proposed to exercise this right and our proposals made to Holland = concurs rently therewith, cannot, I believe, fall, to evidence to Holland the sincerity of our friendship toward her. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON. I BILL PASSED FOR VOTE . OF SAILORS AND SOLDIERS For State Officers, Members of Con- gress and County Sheriffs. Hartford, Conn. March 20. — The' general assembly late today adopted a bill providing for the taking of the vote in mext fall's election cast sailors, soldiers and other electors Connecticut who are in war The bill as passed concurrently was as amended by the judiciary commit- tee during its session last night and provides for a vote by the electors. in question on nominees for state officers, members of congress and county sher- iffs. - In spaces to be left on the bal- lot an elector may vote for such other officers as he knows have been nomi- nated, these including state semators, representatives and judges of ‘probate, The secretary of state will have the task of preparing the ballots and for- warding them to the various camps, ‘ posts, vessels and other points &t which men in service are gathered, and the ballots are to be returned so they may be opened” and counted jon election day by town moderators. Town clerks are charged with the task of making up the lists of electors .- The senate spent.some time on the bill at noon and recessed until after- noon. After .adoption the house met and quickly concurred. A joint con- vention was then held and the special session adjourned. ARRAIGNMENT OF FRANK 3 J. GOLDSOLL PPSTP?NED. Man Accused by the French Govern- ment of Embezzlement. ' Washington, March 20.—The ar- raignment of Frank J. Goldsoll, ac. cused by the French government of embezzling several million dollars on 5 war contra postponed again _until Saturday Pemut the mmfiy of John B. nel senior counsel for Goldsoll, t0 present. Goldsoli put in an appear. ance, -but refused ‘to plead, Unit States Commissioner _Hitt M N e " . T cts here, ‘was er