Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 28, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 75 NANS_HAVE L N LD, | Seventh Day of Great Battle Shows $ man Offensive Is Rapidly Diminishing FOE DRIVEN BACK ACROSS THE ANCRE RIVER About 25 Miles Represents the Made by the Enemy — British Have Recaptured the Towns of Melancourt and to Yeild Town of Albert Nnmbers—North and South of the Somme Heavy Ger- man Attacks Were Repulsed—It Is Bejieyed British, French and American Reserves Soon Will Be Thrown sheviki Have Recaptured {Odessa From the Teutonic Allies—Washington Is Awaiting Terrific Counter-Attack by Allies—Attacks Now Being Made Are Regarded as Purelv Local Actions. The strength of the great German wYensive in France apparently & fast mminishing. On the seventh d battle there were strong in- tions that the ememy was feeling materially the strain he had under- gone and that his power had been impaired through hard usage. While the town of Albert aas been captured from the British and west of Rove the French have been compelled to give ground in the face of greatly superior numbers, the British have re- ! pulsed heavy attacks, both north and south of the Somme, and also driven back across the Ancre river the Ger- mans who forded the stream Wednes- day. The fighting still continues bf a sanguinary character on all these sec- tors. but everywhere the British and French are holding the enemy. Espe- ally severe has been the fighting west of Albert, whers the Germans in an endeavor to debouch westward were repuised by Field Marshal Haig's men with th eheaviest casualties. The Br gains between the Somme and Ancre regions are repré- sented by the recapture of the towss of Melancourt and Chipilly. South of the Somme they have advanced to Proyart, which Hes to the South’ of B ray. Fowns and Villages Wreeke t All along the fifty mile front from the region of Arras to the south of the Oise near Noyon the effeads of what was to have been the final stroks to end the war in a victory for the Teutons' are only too plainiy evident in the re-devastation of the country- side and the wreck and ruin of the towns, villages and hamets through e armies have passed. N estward from whers the old battle line reared itself the Germans every where have pushed forward for mate- rial gains, but with foes before them who fought with the greatest bravery and stubbornness and ceded no ground unless recompensed at usurious rates in men killed, wounded or made pris- omer. It is estimated that in the great attacks delivered in mass formation more than -400,000 of the nearly a mil- lion men the Germans threw into the fray are dead. wounded or in the hands of their foes. Where soon verdant spring is to burst forth over the blast- ed territory, the hills, plaine and val- leyse of Picard: blood. 4 Greatest Point of Advance 25 Miles. About twenty-five miles represents the mreatest point of penetration made at any place by the epemy in his ad- vance and on the northern and south- ern ends of the big salient he has left his flanks dangerously open to counter- attacks which, if successful, possibly might result in a retreat greater than the 1816 fetrograde movement of Von Hindenburg and nullify in its entifety the drive that has been accomlished. It is not improbable that British and French reserves, and possibly Ameri- can troops, known to be behind the battle front, soon will be thrown against the weakened enemy. Alfies Give Good Account. Notwithstanding the strength of the German drive, nowhere has the British or Fremch front, along the latter of which American troops have given a good account of their abiilty as fight- ere, been even dented. Ground has been given, it is true, but so skilfully and with such precision of movement that from north to south a surveyor could searcely have worked out a more even lime. Still intact in the hands of the allied forces are portions of the old line from which Hindenburg fell back in his “strategic” retirement in 1916. Just who is in command of the Ger- man forces seems to be somewhat in doubt. lLate despatches report that Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has been at Dvinek. in the Russian thea- tre. and German war correspondents assert that General Von Ludendorft not only planned the offensive but was on the ground last Friday personally to control the attacks. On the other battle fronts the opera- tions _continve of a minor_character, but daily the situation in Ttaly gives greater indications that an. offensive against the Italians i8 in _prospect. Teutonic Allies Lose Odessa. In Russia the situation again attracts attention by reason of the fact that Ukranians and the Bolsheviki have re- captured Odessa from the Teutonic al- ties, and in addition now hold the im- portant towns of Nikolayev, Kherson and Zmananka. Reports also have it that the Cossack General Korniloff's troops have been surrounded by the Bolshevikl ' are red with German WASHINGTON AWAITING GREAT COUNTER-ATTACK Attacks Now Being Made by Allies Anwum.flw”fih March 2Z—French and were | stand the undaunted 5 S ot serl —_| ING THROUGH BELGIUM Cabled Paragraphs British Engineers Abandon Strike. London,- March 27.—In view of the critical situafion at the front the Amalgamated Society of Engineers has abandoned the strike movement it has been long threatening as a pro- | test against the government's man power measure. Not Sufficient Accommod: Wounded Are Being Throughout Germany. French Shipping Losses. Paris, March 27.—The French ship- ping losses for the week ending March 23 by mine or submarine were one merchantman of over 1,600 tons and five merchantmen under that tonnage, Tw;:edvenels ‘were -unsuccessfully at- tacked. Greatest Point of Penetration long ambulance trains Chipilly—Allies Were Forced In Face of Greatly Superior British Cavalry in Astion. g el 3 Ottawa, March 27.—British cavalry has been'in action and has achieved a brilllant victory, according to & des- patch from the Reuter, corréspondent |commodations for the great stream at British headquarters, recsived hre | sufferers, tonight. The message says no details of the action had been given. ‘'wounded have arrived ROOSEVELT FIT TO DELIVER | towne REPUBLICAN ADDRESS.! Physician Ordered Him to Keep Quiet Until He Got to Portland, Me. Boston, March 27—“I never felt more fit in my life to deliver a repub- lican address,” declared Col. Theodore Roosevelt tonight, upon his arrival here en route to Portland, Me., where tomorrow evening he will speak before the republican state convention. Although two trains on the under- sround tracks at the Back Bay station were making a deafening clamor as the colgnel stepped from his train, he was quick to catch a question concerning the war. “Not a thing to say on the war, or any other subject” he replied. “My physician has ordered me to keep quiet until T get to Portland.” Mrs. Roosevelt was with her hus- band. the Against the Weakened Enemy—Ukranians and the Bol- commiunications speak of in Germany wounded are arriving. LLOYD GEORGE CALLS Says British New York, March 27. of the countsr blow which they think will be dellvered soon by the allied armies in France where the rush ot the German drive apparently has been definitely checked. ‘While no official report has reach- ed the war department showing tho participation of American forces be- yond a few engineering unith, there Was reason to belleve that some part of General Pershing's army might tako part in the attempt to hurl the Germans back, The only report reaching the de- rartment today was a brief summory sent in by Goneral Pershing showing the British battle lines as they stood enrly yesterday morning, ‘The Ger- min clalm that 963 guns had been taken aiso was quoted, British Defence ' Stiffening, Tonight's reports from London showed that the British defense to have stiffened sharply in the last few hours. ‘Counter attacks mentioned it was indicated were of a local char- acter and not to be.confused with the great effort to'be expected to de- velope now_at any moment. Officers said the shock of the German drive appedred to have been absorbed by the withdrawal strategy of General Haig. Like the recoil mechanism ot a great gun the blow has been pre- vented from etriking with its full force by a withdrawal conducted with masterly skill in the face of the enemy assault. All depends, it 1s said, upon the forc- in the history of that org: tion. es the allies have been able to muster 3 SR oo to deliver the counter attack. There q : s BURAEL AMERICANS FROM RUSSIA have heen every indication that both | British and Frerch have been using |STRIKE OF LAUNDRY | reinforcements sparingly, conserving WORKERS IN KANSAS CITY. the reserve power for the day that \ X i Just amead. The strategic reserve|Two Persons Shot—Five Large Laun- dry Plants Damaged, {high . commissioner to the honor. DRASTIC MEASURES TO PREVENT FOOD HOARDING To Be Taken Because Bread Ration of French Soldiers Has Been Cut. Washington, March 27.—Information that the bread ration of the Fremch soldiers who are facing ‘the onslaught of Germany’s armies has been cut be- cause of the ghortage of wheat has led the food adilinistration to plan drastic measures to curb hoarding in this country. Wherever there is eyidence to sup- | port a’ suspicion that the withholding of food on which may depenid.the ou: ome of the war is ‘due to-disloyalty or profiteering, it was sald tonight, prompt action will be taken. State! administrators have been reminded | that the food law - authérizes the| requisitioning of grain in the national emergency and have been asked to be igent in their investigation of cases’ of alleged hoarding. They will forwel the evidence obtained to Washington, | where steps will be taken as the indi- vidual cases warrant. German troops,” said the premier his message. “Our army forced to retire. fering enormous losses. now joined in’ the struggle. Jjust beginning. - Throughout it Europe. “In war, time is valuable. of getting. across . the Atlantic possible space of time. in nese from Petrograd. plans for the supreme war council at ) ersaiiles are now to be tested, it isi ated, for despatches from _all quarters mention the gathering of an “Army of manoeuvre” for the work i hand. Assault May Be on French Sector. _ Again tonight the map of the battle line scemed to show that the assau of the allies might come first, at le: from some point on the French secto There the French troops have stood like 2 wall against German assaults for many hours aml they are looking out over the nerce cente: Tokio, Thursday, March Associated Press).—James G fisst secretary, and J. Butle counselor of the American embass; Petrograd, have arrived at Manchuria, on board a train {brought Viscount Uchida, the Jaj Kansas Ci ., March Dis- orders in which at least two persons were shot and serious] injured and five large laundry plants damaged marked the first day of the general strike in Kansas Ci called early to- dav_in sympathy with the laundry workers, who have been out for sever. weeks. The two strikers, both men, were shot by guards who fired into a |erowd of 500 which attacked a laundry late in the afternoon. throwing bricks and stones. Both were taken to a found the —number of strikers slowly growing, according to their leaders, but the e¥act number of participants could not be deter- mined. € iwen -two Americans and grad, who' left the Russian capi pea the Bolsheviki, Success there might mean the capture of men by the thousand and guns by the hundreds, Whether hy their own deslre or be- cause of the elusive tactics employed by General Haig, the Germans appar- ently stand committed to their present effort beyond withdrawal. For _ six days they have battered at the Eng- lish lines, reckless of the loss of li involved, 'bent apparently upon only one purpoge, to‘strike with such te: rific force that the British army chould be crushed and useless. Novw. it is pointed out, the first force of their rush Ras been- dissipated and they have not been allowed to come to grips with the foe in a final strug- gle. Always Haig's men have slip- to fight again and again withdrawn time after time. Now, for the first time, they are striking back at certain points and retaking ground they had surrendered. Germans May Be Enmenshed. It is the view of many officers to! night that the Germans face the pros- pect of finding themselves firmly en- meshed in the met into which ~ they have have been drawn. Around them French - and British battle fronts and behind those fronts there is gathering a storm in the shape of new and fresh armies £00n 1o be poured down on their tired and’ saell-torn ranks. The army of manoeuver referred to in despatches is understood to be com- posed of the general reserves of all the allled forces. It was created by the Versallles council in response to the ineistent demand of President Wil- gon for co-ordination action. Primarily M the very nature of things it is an army of attack and its units would be assembled only when the assault was to be jaunched. Tnofficial reports have estimated the casvalties at 400,000 men, That means whole divisions shot to pieces and out of action defigitely un- hey can be reorganized and re. It means transport lines lad- en beyond belief with wounded; it means scattered regiments and lost equipment. . One thing has imoressed everybod: jdebtedness to David R. Franc |American_ambassador, for WORKHOUSE SENTENCES FOR NEW YORK GAMBLERS Four Men Convicted iIn -the Gambling Crusade. ment. would increase in power: that Anti- New York, March 27.—Four men, the first convicted in _District Attorney Swann’s anti-gambling crusade, weve =iven workhouse santences ranging from three months to thirty days here today, The heavier sentence was im- posed on two of the prisoners who had been proven managers of a gamb- ling house on the lowest Fast Side. The others were only employers of the resort. District Attorney Swann pleaded personally for heavy sentences be- cause, he £ald, the gambling house which the prisoners had been connect- ed was owned by “one of the most no- torlous men- in the country.” tering and permeating Austria Germany. Germany’s influence. CONFERENCE OF SPECIAL Railroad Transportation, of the weekly conferences BOMB THROWN IN A NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL At Minneapolis—Police and Naval Au- thorities Looking For Two Men. ministrations, was held conference last week. Minneapolis, Minn, March 27.—Al- though the police and iocal naval au- thorities have instituted a systematic search, they were without cloes to- night to the identity of the two men who threw a bomb early today into the vard of Dunwoody Institute, which is being used by the zovernment as a naval training school, The bomb which was crudely constructed exnloded with material damage to the building. After throwing the explosive the #wo men exchanged shots with a guard and escaped in a waiting automobile CANADIANS IN THICK OF BATTLE IN FRANCE Railway Men, Horse Artillery and Meo- tor Machine Gun Battalions, Ottawa, March 27.—'Canadian rail- way construction troops, horse artil- lery and motor machine gun battalions weer in the thick of the great strug- gle raging between the Searpe and the Ofse,” according to a message from the official Canadian ohserver at the front in France, given out onight at the office of the prime minlster. “Our casualties were s and our lomees affecting their departments, entire afternoon, was tion and opgration. s 4] industrial productlon- facilities. No definif reached, it was gald new courses of gove determined. —— TO PUNI’H FOOD “Hoas” U. 8, Foed Administration, There was not ane hint of panic or foreboding. Fh'hmmmmeftho‘”u S damage. to the foreeme trators of Wiseonsin, _ilinsis, tow (o consider the propesed — i giick Into Germany ' [AU | LoNG AMBULANCE TRAINS PASS. 1 WOUNDED LIST LARGE!| Hospitals In Northern France Have! ions— Scattered Amsterdam, March 27.—FEnormously are _passing through Liege and Namur, Belgium, on their way to Aix-la-Chapelle and other’ parts of Germany with wounded men from the French battle front, ac- cording to tbe Teiegraal frontler cor- Many of the wounded have been de- trained at Namur, says the correspon- dent, who adds that the hospitals in northern France have not sufficient ac- The Telegraaf's Zevenaar correspon- dent Mays the first transports with frontler Commenting on_this fact, the Telegraaf says that while the German the slight German lossés, it is significant that even in thé most out of the way places MORE AMERICAN TROOPS, Are Attacked by an Im- mense Superiority of German Troops. A _message from David Lloyd George, prime min- ister of Great Britain, calling upon the United States to send “American rein- forcements across the Atlantic in the shortest possible space of time,” was | read tonight by Lord Reading, British United States, at a dinner given here in his “We are at the crisis of the war, at- tacked by an immense superiority of has been The retirement has been carried cut methodically before t hepressure of a steady succession of fresh German reserves which are suf- “The situation is being faced with!an. increase of $452,488,7 splendid courage and resolution. The dogged pluck of our troops has for the moment checked the ceaseless onrush of the enemy, and the Irench have But this battle, the greatest and most moment- ous in the history of the world, is only the French and British are buoyed with the knowledge that the great republic of the west will neglect no’effort which can hasten its troops and jts sulps to It is im- possible to exaggerate the importance American reinforcements the shortest The dinner, which was given by thé Lotus club in honor of Lord-Reading, vas the most largely attended of any ARRIVE AT HARBIN With a Number of Japanese and Chi Harbin, which ambassador, the Chinese ambassador, a number of Japanese and Chinese from Fetro- the time of the arrangement of the treaty between the Germans and Viscount Uchida is quoted by Jap- ’anese Jjournalists as expressing in- the assistance given at the time of the withdrawal from Petrograd. which he said was left because the embassy had no official relations with the Maximalist govern- The ambassador said that the indications were that the Maximalists en if they were destroyed by Germany' their principles could not be buried, and it seemed as if these principles would affect the whole world, especially en- and The ambassador added that he thought the development and ex- pansion of Germany would be ended with the war and that there was no cause for fear of an eastward trend of WAR ADMINISTRATIONS Discussed Shipping Construction and Washington, March 27.—The second between President Wilson and heads of execu- tive departments, or spectial war ad- today _ with Secretary Daniels and Acting Secre- tary of War Crdwell added to the list of “officials who participated in the The heads of the war-making branches were called in by the president to discuss que: tlons of industrial production directly The conference, which occupled the taken up with discussion of problems afgecting nhls 0; ilron transportation” and, e‘h‘:ninlnz of wilig~<shipping dgcidions were ard, and no ontal action AND GERMAN 8YMPATHIZERS Who Refuse to Abide by Rulings of Chicago, Mareh 27, —Fosd "hags” and German Wympathizers whe have refus- od to abide with the rulings of the United States food administration are to.he disciplined !n the use of flour ee- renls and foods by a “burern ef ens " of the food administration, it was learned today, Feod adminis- and Michigan wijl meet in Chisaga tamar- meas: A e - OFFICERE H A V E - RECEIVED ORDERS FROM WASHINGTON ' TO_ BEGIN APRIL 1ST Enlistments Will Be Limited to 2,000 a Month Until Additional Training Facilities Become Available For a Greater Number. ‘Washington, March 27.—Officers in charge of marine corps recruiting sta- tions have been ordered to resume re- crulting April 1, A Hmit of 2,000 new recruits per month will be maintald#:d until additional training facilities be- come available through the transfer of organization service, Secretary Danlels' disapproval of the proposal that the corps be enlarged sufficiently -to permit the Increase of the brigade now in France to a full division has not discouraged propo- nents of that suggestion. It is learned that the secretary’s action was due to his belief that, since the marines in France row are an integral part of General Pershing's forces, any recom- ‘mendation for an increase should come from that officer. The marines in France have been statloned on lines from points of em- barkation to the main line and for provost duty behind the lines, but strenuous protests on the part of friends of the marines recently result- ed in the promise that the brigade would be sent to the front line as soon as it could be spared. of ANNUAL REPORT UNITED ' STATES STEEL CORPORATION Shows Tremendous Increasc in Busi- ness, But a Decrease in Earnings. New York, March 27. — Coincident With an announcement of an increase of 15 per cent. in the wages of its em- pioyes, making'a tota] advance of 65 the United States ion today made public its annual report for 1917. This show- in ume of business carnings. The volume of business for 1917, as represented by combined gross sales and _earnings, $1,683,962:552, over 1916. ion of interest and oth- total earrings, including but a decrease in equalled After dedu er charges, war and income te 1918, amounted to crease of $3%,835,621 ings is further redi terest charges to $295,262,180. Net income in the Yeur of $244,738,- 08 shows a decrense of §49,287,65 final net income of $10505, “ents a decrease of $94.330:147 ing mainly from - extra dividends $47,017.981 paid on the common stocl Undivided 'siirplus of $52,505,437. Qecrease of $149,330,147. is partly to appropriations amounting to § 000,000 for espenditures made and to be ‘made, including new plants and construction, no {been made in 1915 1 Current assets ot almost $800.000 000 include cash in kand and on deposit 185,000 000 2e of all bustness cased by 46 per cent. and ex- port teanage by . 19.3 per cent. inventory | st $181,001,004 in Despite these tonnage gzains, output cf raw, ¥ subsidiary companies, inciuf ing iron ore, coal, coke and rolled and {other finished steel products, was be- at vear. the. entire crease of mount of pa increase of $§2.984.898 or 31.9 per cent. Average salary or wage per day | clusive of administra i force) was 3$4.10, against $3.29 in 1916. The increase amonz total emploves, including administrative apd force, was from $3.36 per day to $4.16. HEAVY. LOSSES IN BRITISH Submarines and Mines. London;” March 27. of Pritieh shipping. report -shows that in the last twenty-elght merchantmen we: sixteen of the wve or over and twelve under that tonnaze. One fishing vessel was lost. cessfully atiacked. The arriv: 2.471; sailings 2,488, submarine, while for several eighteen. NOT TO PROHIBIT “PEYOTE” toxicant Used in Tribal Ceremonles. of “pero ine intoxi mn. who has Indian ancestors, the semate affaira committee Is tarmful to the Indlane, protested against prohl of its use in Indlan ceremonics. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HAS BARRED SOCIALISTS Rofusee to Pormlit Party to Uss Gym- neslum For & Meeting, n the recommendation of i Te. gents of tho Universily of Wisconsin the exeeutive Milwavkee today refused ed a tremendous increase in the vol-1 |of New York to consider condidates’ of uch charge having The 1917 stards at semi-finished and finished pro- low the record figures of the previous Average number of employes auring Tling selling SHIPPING LAST WEEK Twenty-Eight Vessels- Were Sunk by ubmarines and mines have increased their weekly toll The admiralty’s week 1 The Ames bill, to provide that all Ninctéen merchantmen were unsuc- ports in the United States numbered The admiralty report for the pre- vious week showed the loss of seven- teen British merchantmen by mine or weeks preceding that the weekly loss was ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS It s Said to Be n Habit-Forming In- ‘Washington, March 27.~—Tegislation to prohibit use om Indlan reservations " said to be a habit-form- ent and used in trbal cere- monials, wag stricken from the Tn- dian aporopriation blll today in the =enate withont dlscussion on a_ point of order hy Senator Owen of Oklano- The provision had been irsorted by after mueh tesiimonv that uae of the drug Other wit- messes denied ifg alleged effects nnd tion hecause “The New York stock exchange here will be closed on Good Friday. . Thomas N. Jarvis was elected presi- dyen; of the Canadian ‘Society of New York. The bill restoring party n centions. was eld up in the New Tork ey Y C Six thousand alliens will lose their right to’ conduct business in Chicago after May 1st. - The front of the Finnish Red Guard ‘was beaten. They are fleding south- ward in'a panic. . - Explosions of cartridges .. a fire in a hardwore store at St. John's, N. F, caused much damage. Malcolm L. McBride of Cleveland, was ‘appointed as head of .entertain- ment for the training camps. The long range guns bombarding Paris are of Austrian manufacture. They were built at a Skoda factory. The French Chamber adopted a bi glving the government a monoply on the purchase and sale of alcohol. Eighteen hundred shoe workers of the National India Rubber Co. at Bris- tol, R. I, are on strike for more pay. Major Emery, Yale professor, was taken a captive on the Aland Islands by the Germans. He was removed to Dantzig. Mrs. Edward H. Smiley, wife of the former principal of the Hartford High School, died at her home in Hartford yesterday. fie. Social Damakraten of Sweden declares that “within a few days we shall see whether the German god will accomplish victory.” The New York Assembly passed the annual appropriation bill of $53,000,000 for support of the State government for 1918 by 130 to 10 votes. \ Henry Golden Dearth, a distinguish- ed American artist and winner . of several medals, died suddenly at his home in New York yesterday The three regional railroad disectors have ordered that all railroads discon- tinue the solicitation of business on freight and passenger traffic. District Attorney Swann announced that there is an old swindler linked Wwith new swindlers in the “get-rich- quick” movement in New York. Colonel Isaac’' M. Ullman was. re- elected- president of the New Hawen Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting of that body last night. The first class of midshipmen, 202 members, will be graduated from An- napolis June 7. T A conference of up-State for governor and othér S officers wasg ¢alled for “Apri h tat 24 ‘at Syracuse. Upon recommendation of the War Deapartment Senator Chamberlain in- troduced a bill to permit Americans to réceive decorations from the Al- lies. Postmastér Burton of Brooklyn, an- nounced that his office was second ;mong the citiés in the sale of Postal ings Stamps, having sold $10,009,- 096. A hotel and three houses were des- troyed by fire at Rotterdam Junction, an importont terminus of the Boston & Maine Railroad, causing a $15,000 loss. The steamer Governor Cobb, for several vears in passenger service be- tween Boston & Maine. was chartered by the Shipping Board as a training ship. The country home of William R. “oe, son-in-law of H. H. Rogers at Oyster Bay. N. Y., was destroyed by fire late today with a loss estimated at nearly. $800,000. The War Department approved of the -recommendations of = Adjutant General McCain to eliminate most of “paper work” now required of army officers in the field. Special Deputy Police Commissioner Rodman Wanamaker, in charge of the New York Police Reserve. announced that members will be schooled in the ground work of aviation. The Boston & Maine Railroad ap- (plied to the Interstate Commerce Com- mission for increased rates on iron and steel from New England and New York to the Central West. teachers in public schools must be American citizens or have expressed intentions of becominz a citizen, was passed by ‘the New York Assembly. Improvements of working conditions for women in arsenals and plants en- geged in government work were re- commended to the War Department by the Women's Industries Committee. Shuh Yuan Lui, 30 years old, the official Chinese government student at the Pratt and Whitney company plant in Hartford dled at the Hartford hos- pital yesterday morning from kidney trouble. Delegates at a moeting of the Coun- cil of Women's Organizations ot Great- er Now York were told vesterday by Mre. August Belmont Sr., recently re- turned from France. not to be afrald because of the temporary successes galned by Germen arms. POULTRY DEALERS IN NEW YORK PROFITEERING Federal Agents Made a Raid on the First _B'igr Expenditure From. the $500,000,000 F road:Administration Revolving Fund Director Washington, March 27.—As the first big_ expenditure from the $500,000,000 railroad administration revolving fund General McAdoo - touight agreed to loan the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com- pany $43,964.000 for one year at § per cent. interest to meet notes of that amount maturing April 1. The: company was granted the right of renewal for one more year on the same terms. The railroad administra- tion will take as.collateral for the ad- vance a quantity of securities now the right to sell them at any time and apply the proceeds on retirement of e notes. This transaction has been under discussion for several weeks between Director General McAdoo. John Skel- ton Williams, director of finance for the railroad administration, and offi- clals of the New Haven, whose finan- ¢ial predicament was represented as serious, considering the -difficulty of floating $43,000 000 worth of new se- curities to meet the maturing notes. These securities were issued a year ago at terms which made the interest cost to the New Haven approximately 7 per cent. Consequently the govern- ment lpan wili mean a saving for the railroad. he 7P lar: imipdr to_the'fact that many e verEons hold, emall - blacks, of - New) Haven seturities, thousands of | LOAN TO RUN ONE YEAR AT 6 PER CENT INTERE On the Seme Terms—The Railroad Administration Will Take Up $43,000,000 of Notes Maturing April 15—The * Outstanding Notes Have Been Costing the New Haven Approximately 7 Per Cent, So the Government hfir Will Mean a Saving for the Railroad—The Rental Which the Road Will Receive Under Government Control Will Be Sufficient to Pay All the Company’s Rentals and Other Fixed Charges. “The system it will rentals es. “The to the nation, eontrol; in a statement, “has not vet been defi= nitely ascertained, but being taxed to perform services which ized the r7p- |is now more. important than ever, and. etion; pointing |raving a proper rezard to lhgje;g:; rental which the New Haven will receive under government " gaid Director General McAdoo is estimated amount to a sum sufficient 46 pay all of the company’s interests, and other fixed charges, in- cluding interest on this new note sue, and yvield a substantial surplus each year during the period of gov- ernment control which will be apphi- cable to improvements or other pur pledged on the maturing notes, with | DOSt y director general has investi- gated this subject carefully and has ziven due consideration to past amd present records and earnings and to the future prospects of the New Haven system, for the calendar year 1917 amounted t more than $85,000.000, exclusive of the earnings of several allied compan “Realizing the high importance maintaining the physical and financial. integrity of this railroad system, which controls so largely the entire € portation facilities of several lead " industrial states which are e-endlfl' 5 whose gross operating revenue ‘of war-making functions of the and whose lines are offered for the loan desired, the - tqr ‘weneral has. decided to extend thS Teliet needed.” NEW ENGLAND RETAIL, FISH DEALERS NOT OVERCHARGING Expense Justifies Charging of 100 to 200 Per Cent. Over Wholesale Prices. Boston, March 27.—Retail fish deal- ers are justified in charging 100 to 200 per cent. more for fisi than is asked in the wholesaie markets on the fish pier, Maurice P. Suai, secretary of th® New England food. Haddeck at 5 1-2 cents @ to 15 cents at to make if tai 4 profit - Mr. Shaw said. This was necessary because of the high ‘price of ice and- increased ex- press rates ang overhead charges, He denied that fish denlers-were becom- ing h ugh the more generai use of sea food, but declared, on the other hand, that many of them were not even getting their money back. Discussing the advisability of per- mitting consumers to buy at the pier at the lower prices the witness de- clared that to establish a retail store would cause “intolerable confusion. The pier is extremely siippery, he said, with many carts about, and would be a dangerous place for purchasers to 0. OUTBURST OF BITTER PARTISANSHIP IN SENATE. Senator Jones Attacked Shipping Board and Criticized President Wil- son. ‘Washington, March 27.—The biggest partisan breach between democrats and republicans of the senate since the war besan developed today in a bitter debate which followed a speech by Senator Jones, republican. of Wash- ington, attacking the shipping board and criticising President Wilson's at- titude toward congress. Senator Williams of Mississippi. democrat, accused - the republicans of playing politics in behalf of Repre- sentative Lenroot, candldate for the senate in Wisconsin, republicans, and leaders on hoth side: of the chamber joined in tho fray, Sen- ator Smoot, republican, of Utah deliv- ering an address he had prepared for tomorrow, charging the president him- self with using his high office to fur- thér partfsan ends. Adjournment brought the clash to a ose. It may be remewed tomorrow, and s regarded as certain to com- mence again when consideration of the Overman hill, to eniarge the president’s powers to reorganize government de- partments, is undertaken. $500,000,000 CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS To Be lssued, Bearing 4 1-2 Por Cent., Lowar East Side. New York, March 27—Agents of the foderal fm: hcug mndd euwdl‘y m': amounied to & rosd on dealers in poul- {ry on the lowor Taat Side accused.ot Milwankse, Wi, Marah 87—Acting uy r Taatia- ‘ally every membyr of the of re- committee mesting in permission ta tha geelulist party far the use of the university gymnasium for a meeting o e A charging ‘mors than the maximum price for fowl It was rged . that some of (hem wero exaoting as much as 80 eents a pound for live poultry, "It wea found that while many of the shopa estenalbly were closed and afn- on wir announcod thut no pouitry was o ealo, austomern were bo&. 2d- mitted through eide deors making purehases at pricea far above those fixed by the hoard. These shops were ordered 10 reéepen and the pro- rictors wers compelied to bring from yment of excess profit and In- | disenss '4; wounded Thei of chickens |comta thaen, Ae outstending. and -the| wourded sighily 14, their Lasements Crates which were placed on zale at the reg. e timm, mmiem 5 Payable June 9. . Waahingion, Mar 27.~—Continuing his preparation for the third Liberty loan, Secrotary McAdoo tomight an- nounced the jssuance of another block of $500,000,000 certificates of indebied- ness, béearing 4 1-2 per cent .interest, payeble June 9, and datod April 10, when ‘subscription books will" close. Thesa certificates carry tho same terms | Deaths Were Nine othara issued in cntlaipation of Lib- erty Joan collections, This le the fifth blodk of certificates meking A total of $2,400,000 600, addition about §: ed tax certlfical , due mext June 2jth, {toinl i beth ?IMIIQ! of certificates I'.- This arqused the | “Al Jjoined of all April under of the tories. To Be todian today ‘Washington, March 27.—The and were affered in advanca of the Liborty Joans, | alty lst made public today by In|war department 0,000,000 of so-call- | names, divided as follows: Killed fif action No PICKING WEAKNESSES French and British Military Advissrs Claim Indifferent Salute and Sloven- Iy Dress. Washington, March 3 enly, irdifferent salute and th elack of uniformjty in dress and equipment” are two weaknesses in American sol- diers' training. officers of the inspegs. tor-general's department and Frens and British militagy advisers, have fn~ formed the war department. Calling the attention of division commanders to this criticism, 2 department memo- randum today said: s “Commanders of all grades are here- by enjoined saluting a fixed part of their drills until every officer, enlisted man amd organization can 'with pronounced proficient in salutes. This part of, the soldier'’s. training must be considered vital instead of casual. enliness of personal dress. Uniformity of dress throughout a command is absolutely essential to discipline and must be kept constantly in mind at all times.” l(:ANCELLATXON OF ALL COAL % CONTRACTS BEING CONSIDERED By Fuel Admi All High Price Contract Coal. 3 Washington, March 27.—Cancellation of distribution becqmes effective, istration. high price contract coal and place the country’s entire production under con= |trol of the fuel administration. i Most of the contracts now in exist- = ence will expire with the beginning | o fthe new coal year, April 1. o be cancelled automatically by the Hm> itations placed on the movement coal by them were made at a were abnormally high and generally are held by large consumers, such as railroads, industrial plants and jobbers who act as purchasing agents for fats POWERS OF ALIEN ‘Washington, March sale granted the alien property cus= the “ordinary Germay country that his propert danger. THIRTY NAMES IN IN AMERICAN SOLDIERS 27.—The “sloy- to make instruction in certitude be commanders ~ are - further enm- to rigorously suppress all slov- tration to Eliminate contracts for coal, outstanding 1, when the new zone muml S consideration by the fuel admin- This would eliminate all remaining small percentage wilt * = of o8 the zone sysfem. ot o time when prices PROPERTY CUSTODIAN Exercised Only in Cases Where Public Interest Demands. . in an amendment to the urgel deficiency bill, will be exercises o in ceses where in the public inter he deems It' necescs divorce German capital from Amert® can industry Mitchell v to -absohitels and commerce, As Palmer, the custodian,’ sald in a statsment, azain assuring . sul t” in. this is in" mo LATEST CASUALTY LIST Action. Ono Aes cidental, Four of Disease. 55 contained thi; dled of accident 1; died severely % officers were named in