Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 2, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 79 . GERMANS ARE BEING A Teutons Hurling Men at Allied Lines In an Effort to| Cabled Paragraphs Reach the Paris-Amiens Railroad —r ENEMY HAS FAILED TO GAIN ANY ADVANTAGE The Expected Allied Counter-Attack Has Not Yet Come, But the Germans Are Said to be Entrenching Along the French Front, Evidently Expecting It There—General | Pershing Is Now Leading Over 100,000 of His Men to| Some Point Assigned to Them by General Foch—Gen- eral Pershing Reports the Situation On the Battle Line Improved—British Troops Have Added a New Success| to Their Record In Messopotamia—Russia:and Rupania : Have Negotiated a Treaty of Peace. ’ While the advance of the Germa armies in ly has come almost to a balt, there has been savage fighting on the extreme western edge of the battle zone. Bncounters in which forces have been engaged have occurred north of Moreuil. but there scems to be no decided advantage gained by the Teutonic invaders. They claim to have taken heights and to have carried a_wood in advance of thefr line near Moreuil, but the.Brit- ish say that they have driven back the enemy from positions they have occupied elsewhere in this sector. French Lines Standing Firm. The French lines further south have stood firm against savage assaults, especially in the region of Montdidier und eastward of that place along a part of the line which was subjected to a terrific strain for two days late last week. In a number of the sec- tors the French have surged forward and taken hard-earned sround from the Germans and have established their line solidly along the Oise River. The expected allied counter-offensive has not yet come, but the Germans, who are reported to be entrenching along, the French front, evidently expect it there. Weather Handicaps Germans. The elements have been at work in delaying the German advance. Rains are reported along the French and Hritish fronts. Wet weather, if con- tinued, would handicap - further ad- vance of the Germans and be of in- finite value to the allies, who are mov- ing their forces and supplies ~over solld earth instead of ground which bas been churned into a condition where every step is beset by difficult- ies. Teutons Aim to Reach Amiens. The chief German efforts apparent- Iy have been in the region of Moreuil and Albert. Around these places there has been stern fighting, with the Ger- mans hurling their fighting men at the allied lines in serried ranks, which have been mowed down by artillery, machine gun and rifle fire. The ef- fort in the Moreuil region is consider- as being an attempt to reach the Paris-Amiens railroad, which is four or five miles distant. The railroad which was cut at Montdidier was a Lranch of this Paris-Amiens road but its possession means little to the Ger- mans Genz Pershing Leading 100,000 Men. The beginning of April, a month whose dates are written large on the pages of American history, finds the soldiers of the United States hasten- ing to take their place in the zone of tlercest fighting. There have been Am- erican troops involved n the struggle in Picardy since the morning of March . but General Pershing is now lead- ing over 100,000 of his men, just how many is as yet not known, to a point assigned to them by General Foch, the leader of the allied forces in France. These men may even now be in the battle line, and America awaits news from them with confidence that they will compare well* with the veterans of France and Great Britain. Pershing Reports Situation Improved A report from General Pershing to the war department states thai the! situation along the battle line i3 im- | proved. troops 1 It is pot probable that the German ! general staff will be content with the ! situation as it stands today. He did not give anmy infor- | believe that there Many | dicin? today by 5 (ederei TALIANS IN DANGER OF 1 ATTACK BY AUSTHIAHS; Forty Divisions of the Enemy Now | Lines. | Along the Batl Washington, April was emphasized today embassy. " started operation and some of the now information comes that _thes: | downtown restaurants and barber troops have received the essentials of OF: DAINBLERICOMED: shops were opened. food; artillery and munitions for 1. — Immi danger of an attack by the Aust in great force upon the Italian lines at the Italian Recently the embassy pub- lished a statement that no less than forty divisions had been gathered by the enemy along the battle lines, and | WOVED DN Y ARTLLERY, HACHNE EINS A0 RFLE which they have been waiting. Recalling the incredulity with which the Ttalian advance warnings of the tremendous onslaught of the combined Austrian and German armies on the Isonzo last year were received by the allies, the Italian military authorities now are said to earnestly hope that attention will be paid to .the dan which again impends. The war department’s weekly mili- |[Yator operator in. the apartm€m|ciorn hand, and urgent appeals to-the tary review referred today to the [house. 1 y people not' to repeat the disorder of probability that, failing to break | In siving his pedigree the man said through the combined British, ¥rench and American forces on the west front attacking, will_direct where _they are n German general s efforts ‘at another point, ang point. Brescia the Objective of Austrians The immediate objective of the Aus- trians is expected to be the city of Brescia on the east of the lake and another attack may be directed on the west with the purpose of breaking fn- The principal Italian munitions and army ‘supply factories are located in Lombardy and Piedmont ang besides securing these, the Aus- trians might put themselves in posi- tion to swing their forces northward into France, reinforcing the Germans from the south against the French right wing. Great quantities of sup- plies have come to the Austrian.army from Russia, according to despatches The Germans re- cently announceq that they had fore- gone claiming the rich stores of food in the Russian Ukraine country in or- der to meet the more pressing need On the other hand the Ttalians are said to be in desperate | 1t is known that only | about one-third of the Italians army | of 3000,000 men is now being main- fainad on.the battle lines and the offi- expianation is that there is no food and met enough guns and am- to Lombardy. to the embassy. of the Austrians. reed of food. cizl munition for tha remainder. The British ail. French troops sent ‘o chack the Austro-German At % Tall aze still in norther™ i night ‘said he had furnished some in- having them witkhdrawn to meet the power France, the Italian general staff de- sires to send Italian troops to join the British, French and Americans in trusting to the allies’ ariat to feed them. to It advance Ualy and pressing need for man that quarter, superior cemmis Salindra Nath Chewe, a b New York, ! Choe. 2 Tiindu, and 8 yoong vmroan frbet ¢ recertiy we is in preparation |on charpes of being concern: another giant blow against Italy. Of-:conmiracy to violate ficial reports from Rome say that|act and of acting as awent there has been considerable activity : count for ‘he i X on the Asiago plateau and along the |party, a body of 2. Austrians have been repuised after an ians. British Success In Mesopotamia added way between Bagdad and Aleppo. the British can reach Aieppo and there forces with General °Alienby’s army, which has been fighting its way morthward through Palsstine, they would be able to cut off the whole Arabian peninsula from the Turks and be in a position to meet any Turkish attacks from the troops of the sultan which are at present operating in the southern littoral of the Black Sea. The White Star liner Celtic has been struck by a torpedo while on her way from Burope to America. It is not believed that she had many Americans Rumania Treaty. Russia and Rumania have negotiat- ed a treaty of peace by which Ruma- nia will evacuate any occupied por- tions of Bessarabia and also strategic territory ne the mouth of the Dan- into Finland, and threat- ening that if more dre sent there she will take steps under th visions of the Brest-Litovsk ti . Irkutsk is reported to have been ured by obtained arms and have been organi- #ed 'by former officers. o ain. With the couple were indicted Pulin attack on a position held by the ital- | B. Bose, Tarak Nath Das, Jadu Gopal { Mokerjee and Tha lall Hindus. British troops in Mesopotamia have | indictment as b: new success to their record. f th They have progpessed to a point mld;;dla.n Nationalist p: I Boge ToVi dent of the supre defendants are chaiged resenting the insurgents. The indictment alleges that Smedley addressed a communication to the Japanese embassy in Washi; ton last January regardirg the affairs of the Tnd#an party and th2¢ Bose, on March 8, sent similar communications to the Swedish secretary of sta Stockholm and the Swedish legation in Washington. PHILADELPHIA POLICE ORDERED TO “CLEAN UP» Orders Issued by Director of Public Safety Wilson. Philadelphia, April Chairman Fosdick of the camps activities commission. R R e the Ttai- ian military men are confident that the Italian’ line in the neighborhood of Lake Garda will be the selected. I ARPESTED FOF CONSPIRACY. TO VIOLATE ESFICNAGE ACT the e-vonage in this Thagwan Singh, described in the sional presi- ourcil of the In- and the other with being members of a special coremission rep- 1.—Orders “clean . up” their districts within 48 hours or suffer dismissal were issued to all police officials in the city by William H. Wilson, director of public sofety, after a conference today with Mayor Smith, at which the alleged vice conditions in Philadelphia were di cussed. Both the mayor and Mr. Wil- son said they did not believe condi- tions were as bad as set forth by training ger the ts op- Piave River and that in Albania, oniposed to government hy Great Brit- the eastern shore of the Adriatic, the | 7 Miss THERE ‘IS PROSPECT OF A SERI. OUS SHORTAGE OF BREAD ) Teutons Concentrating Near Albert. London, April 1.—Great masses of lenemy troops continue to concentrate n the region of Albert, according B the Reuter correspondent at British headquarters, Fighting is in progress toward Villers-Brétonneux, t6 the north of Hangard. . WHITE STAR STEAMSHIP CELTIC TORPEDOED Efforts Are Being Made to Save the Vessel-—Carried No Passengers. APPEAL TO WASHINGTON s e Food Administrator Hoover ls Power- _less to Interfere With the Strike— The General Strike There Is Break- ing—Street Cars Are Running and Restaurants Are Open. Kansas City, Mo, April 1.—Advices from Food Administrator Hoover that he was pewerless to interfere in the bakery strike inaugurated here today as part of the gencral cessation of work called in sympathy with a strike of laundry workers, left Kansas City fac-/ ing the prospect of a serious shortage of bread. Appealed to Washington. State Food Administrator Mumford had aypealed to the Washington head- quarters to urge the bakers to resume work on the grounds that troop trains and training camps receive their bread supply from this city. All but one of the city's largest bakeries were shut *. Federal conciliators, the mayor, a citizens' committee, an em- ployers' committee and representa- tives of labor held various sessions tgday in an effort to end the tieup but failed to get the labor men and the employers together. The Employers' association late to- day*agreed to meet a committee of business men in an attempt to ad- just the strike and ‘Mflyt;:' Edwards Washington, Aprii L—If tiiere weré|expressed the hope that this meeting au A aolers it a1 bt Do BRI ledd o b rlng i e s the Celtic it was said here todav they | factions. ¢ were very few in number and carried General Strike Wearing Out. “casuals” returning home. It Was| Meanwhile the general strike ap- stated that there were no sick Of | pears to be wearing out in Spots. wounded on board. , Street cars are running on most of > the lines: part of the laundries again New York, April 1—The steamship Celtic, one of the big White Star lin- ers, was torpedoed, according to reli ble’ information received today in ma- Tine circles here, during a voyage from Engiand to America. Efforts were made io save the vessel, which, it is believed, carried no passengers. The Celtic has a gross tonnage of 20,904 and has for many vears been cne of the largest steamships in trans- Atlantic service. She was built, at Belfast in 1901 and flies the Brifish flag. FEW AMERICANS, ANY ON BOARD CELTIC There Were No Sick or Weunced on the Ship. ARRESTED FOR KILLING Morris Rothenberg, Who Says He is a Waiter and Bartender. ANTI-CONSCRIPTION RIOTS RENEWED IN QUEBEC. New York, April 1.—A man identified as the slayer of Harry Cohen, a gam- bler, who was shot and killed _early this morning in an uptown apartment house, was brought to the detective bureau tonight. His identification was made by Joseph Edney, a negro ele- Soldiers Use Machine Guns to Meet Return Shots from Snipers, Quebec, April 1.—Despite warnings from the military that the rioting in Quebec would be put down with a the past three days, crowds assembled in several parts of the downtown sec- tion of Quebec tonight and had to be 'broken up by the Toronto infantry and dragoons. 5 he was Morris Rothenberg and that he was a waiter and bartender. He de- nied that he was the principal in the killing of Cohen or that he was im- plicated in the = shooting. He was locked up, however, charged With homicide. : Rothenberg, aceording-to the police, admitted to them that he was with Cohen about an hour prior to the shooting and that he and Cohen had been in a gambling house throughout Sunday night. From the gambling house, the police declare Rothenberg told them that he went uptown alone and ate hreakfast in a restaurant. From the restaurant he went to his home, where he slept until this afternoon. Rothenberg told, the police he had not been working for four months and had only been arrested once. Then he was charged with gambling and was convicted and fined. Cohen, who was know, las “Harry the Yot” “midnight bur- Iglar” and “second story man,” had had been lending the district attorneys' |office valuable assistance in its recent linvestigation into gambling and was killed but a few hours befor. ehe was to deliver to Assistant District Attor- Iney Smith the names of four men Whom he eaid were “higher ups” in the so-called gambling ring. Among those questioned today by {the district attorney was Sam Schepps, one of the prosecution’s most impor- tant witnesses in the trials of Becker {and the gunmen for the murder of Rosenthal. Although Schepps asserted ihe had only a casual acquaintance with [Cohen, District Attorney Swann to- its | lin ‘the fighting and.many TS ordered from barracks and stationed in different parts of the city. The upper section .of the town was it off from St. Rochs, where the disorderly ele- mernt resides, by a line of troops. Four hundred men of the Second Central Ontario Rifies, under Major Mitchell, were stationed at Jacques Cartier square. The squadron of Royal Dra- goons under Lieutenant Arnoldi was also held in readiness in the neighbor- hood. Armand Lavergne, the national lead- er, was expected to address a meet- ing in this square, but respected the military edict banning such assem- blies. A large crowd was on hand, how- ever. The rioting .began soon after the soldiers were posted. Bricks were thrown from the housetops and revol- ver shots were fired from.alleyways. The soldiers, immediately hostilities began, arrested seven men. Several men took shots at the mili- tary and escaped into the mob. The cavalry repeatedly charged the mob with drawn swords, but the moment the troopers’ backs were turned the jerowd returned. About a hundred yards away, near the Canadian Pacific station, the sol- diers were greeted by a mob witr fusilade of revolver shots, bricks and ice. Several soldiers fell in this at- tack, slightly. injured. Afted patiently bearing the bom- bardment of the crowd, the soldiers received orders -to fire. 'A number of shots were sent over the heads of the mob near Jacques Cartier square, As the casualties began to occur, a Red Cross dressing station was open- to the police |formation of value bearing in | on the shooting and had promised to supply additional details tomorrow. According to the district attorney, Cohen and the man who is believed to have shot him “sat” in a gambling game until about 6 o'zlock this morn- e ed in the Merger buildi si ing, when they went to the Cohen|Jacques ec.—mie‘;»g ;quu‘;gd“;fnhopgloj;éi apartment in West Ninety-stcond|Tasse and Major Stamand, both of street. Joseph Edney, the negro ele- 3 Quebec, in charge. As the evening advanced a dense fog_settled down. The rioters, who had been broken up by the infantry and cavalry, gath- cred in doorways and fired at random down thé streets. The soldiers an- swered the shots whenever they could locate the:source, but this method of dealing with the enipers failed to stop the shooting, so maehine guns were fired in the direction of the revolver shots. The rioters at 10.30 o'ciock caused considerable inconvenience to the fire brigade by ringing in false fire alarms. vator boy at the v told the police Cot jand, when he returned, gave his un- identified companior. some money. Then, stepping into a small reception room, Cohen made a telephone call, Edney said. It was during this tele- phonic_talk, Edney declares, that he heard three shots fired. The gunman ran from the building, pursued by the elevator boy, and made ihis escape by hoarding a street car after running a distance of two blocks. Fdney then called the police and Tohen was found lying on the floor un- conscious. He was taken to a hos- pital, but died shortly afterward, Inspector ‘Gray, in charge of the police detective buireau, told newspaper men he was inclined to the theory that Cohen's murder was the result of a disagreement over money matters during the card game. Late tonight Assistant District At- torney Smith was asked to give an opinion on the status of the case. He only reply was: “We have thc mar- derer.” rtment house, n went upstairs FOUR CIVILIANS KILLED AND FOUR WOUNDED And a Number of Soldiers Wounded in Quebec Street Riots. .Quebec, April 1.—Four civilians werd killed and four civilians and a num- ber of soldiers were wounded in fight- ing which occurred tonight between anti-conscriptionists and the military. One hundred men chargey with riot- ing - were arrested. The fighting between the military and the anti-conscriptionists lasted from 830 o'clock this evening until midnight, the men opposed to donning the khaki firing revolvers haphazard from doorways and behina snow banks and the military answering, as best they could, through the thick fog with machine guns, TO TAKE OVER EQUIPMENT OF SEIZED DUTCH SHIPS Full Compensation is to Be Made to the Owners. Washington, April 1.—Formal orders for the taking over of all tackle, ap- parel, furniture and equipment, in- cluding bunker coal and stores belong- ing to the Dutch ships in American ports which have been seized by the United States were issued today by President Wilson. Some of the mas- ters of the vessels'removed or at- tempted to remove navigating instru- ments, glasses and other equipment when they surrendered possession of their ships. at JEAN COROMEL HELD ON 45,000 BOND AT HARTFORD Man Who Was Rescued From a Mob Saturday Night by the Police. Hartford, Conn. April 1—Jean Cor- onel, who was rescued from a mob The navy was directed to take pos- | Saturday night by the police after he session of the property and the ship-|had made remarks about the United ping board was instructed to make |States government that the crowd ob- full compensation to the owners in ac- | ¢ to A.number of soldiers were injureq |31 the contractors e TO REVIEW CLASSIFICATIONS OF STRIKERS AT HAMPTON ROADS SN ABOUT 4,000 ARE OUT Men Who Have Been Given Deferred Classifications May Be Placed In Class One, Unle Disqualified For Other Reasons Than Character of Their Work. Norfolk, Va., April 1.—Government war work in the Hampton Roads dis- trict was interrupted today by a strike of several thousand carpenters and other workers. Plants involved are the Hampton Roads naval base, thé army depot at Bush Bluff and the ordnance depot at Pig’s Point, all near Norfolk, and the Langley aviation field at Hampton. Not a Union Movement. The carpenters inaugurated _the strike for an increase of pay and at some of the plants a sympathetic strike among metal workers, plumbers and engineers followed. Union leaders said tonight that the strike was not a unjon movement, but government offi- cials and contractors said that most of the men involved are union men and that they mccepted this as evi- dence that the strike was the result of concerted union action. To Review Classifications. Chairman Burroughs of ths Norfolk county draft board announced to- night that his board immediately would review all classifications and that men involved in the strike who have been given deferred classification by the board would be placed in Class One unless entitled by reasoms other than the character of their work to deferred classification. Some 4,000 Men Out. The strike started at the naval base, where leaders of -the strikers claimed some 3,000 men were out. At Bush BIuff, where an immense army depot is being constructed, 500 car- penters were said to have walked out, Ifollowed by men in other trades. All (carpenters engaged in building the ordnance depot at Pig's Point were said by union me nto have quit work, while some 500 men, principally car- penters employed at Langley field, were reported to have struck. A Few Have Returned to Work. Major Butler, at the army base at Bush Bluff, said tonight that a few of the strikers there had been induced to return to work. It also was announced that Major Gitchels had been ordered here from Washington to attempt to The Shipping Beard announced that 36 ships were ub.rnd out in March. sty Draft age men and married men n are again eligible for service in the Mar- ine Corps. LA g Italy has seized estates valued at $100 000 owned by Admiral von Tipitz, in Sardinia. . @ _The British standardizéd cloth for civilian wear is now being extended to overcoatings,” A _British destroyer struck a mine on Wednesday and sank. One officer and forty men were lost. American officers for five of the Dutch ships taken over by the Goyern- ment left Boston for New York. Governor A. O. Stanley of Kentucky, vetoed a bill prohibiting the use of German language in public schools. The Red Cross Chapter of the At- lantic Division turned out in Febru- ary a total of 6252,149 articles for war relief. Director McAdoo. engaged passage on a railroad train from Washington for the first time since he became head of the roads. Paul J. Pelz, who designed the Con- gressional Library and other public buildings, died at his home at Wash- ington, D. C. Senator Ovarman announced that the death pe:wlty will be given in many cases for violations of the espionage act. . 5 By vote of the executive committee field, TIL, $155000 will be invested in Liberty Bonds. Citizens of Hammond, Ind., built a “Liberty” temple in nine hours. They contributed the material and 500 car- penters worked. Secretary of War Baker announced that he was pleased at General Persh- ing’s prompt offer af the American army to France. Camp Mills is being prepared for the reception of another contingent of men. There will be 12000 from the various cantonments. The Kennedy Foundry Co., of South Baltimore, was badly damaged by fire, which is believed to have been the work of a German spy. A letter was sent to Tax Collector Bisner in New York asking if he would zdvise a burglar to tell the place where he got his income. It is estimated that since the drive for books for the soldiers and sailors started a little over a week ago, that 400,000 volumes were collected. Major-General Chari G. Morton, commander of the Blue and Gray div- settle the coniroversy between the men RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION'S BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT Consists of Four Reoresentatives of Brotierhoods. Washington, April 1.—Members of the railroad administration’s board of adjustment nnumber one which will pass on disputes over rules of con- tracts and employment conditions arising between railroad managements and the four leading railway broti- erhoods, were announced tonight. The board will meet here next Monday to organize and will proceed immediately to consider a number of pending dis putes, The board will consist of four repre- sentatives of railway managments and four ofiicers of the brotherhoods as follows: K. T. Whiter, assistarit general manager of the Pennsylvania Lines, West: John G. Webster, secre- tary of the bureau of information of eastern railwa, J. W. Higgins, executive secretary of the Association of Westerd Railways; Dr. C. P. Neill, manager of the information bureau of southeastern railway L. pard, vice pi tors’ Brotherhood I A. Burgess, as- sistant chief of the engineers: Albert Phillips, vice president of the. fire- men, and ‘W, N. Doak, vice president of the trainmen. CITY OF AMIENS IS NOT IN IMMINENT DANGER President Poincare Has Been on a Tour of Inspection. dently the French is not considered in official circles as teing in There Pari city April 1 of Amiens imminent danger of falling into the enemy’s hands as President Poincare went there yesterday and to the surround- inz townships to inspect how the nec- essary evacuations were being cu out. The president also visited Have Been Broucht tn Red Cross Mil- itary Hospital in Paris. Paris, April 1.—A number of Amer- ican soldiers who have suffered from the effects of gas at the front have arrived at the Red Cross Military Hospital, No. 2, in Paris, which is in charge of Dr. Joseph A.’ Blake. They had previously been treated in a hos- pital at the front. It is announced that most of the men will recover. " oBITUARY. Frank 1. Cohen. New York, April 1.—Frank I. Cohen, nephew of Lord Reading, British am- was formerly master of works of the city ‘of Glasgow, Scotland, died today at his hotel here. Mr. Cohen had been lecturing in this country and was as- sociated in food control work with the food administration. In a letter to him recently, Herbest Hoover wrotet good and efficient work you had ac- complished for vour city, Glasgow, Scotland, when you held the position as master of works and as an expert in food control. I am sure your ser- vices will be of great value to the government and to the country.” Pope Protests Bombardment of Pari Ottaya, April 1.—"Pope 'Benedict hkas lgdged a protest with Berlin jected to was held under a_ bond of cordgnce with international law. Tha 85000 today for a hearing before A order applies to property already ac-|United States commissioner. He was quired as well as that still to be ob- |formally charged with violation of the tained from the ships, espionage act.: & e . against. the bombardment of - Paris, and especially against destruction of churches.#nd the wholesale massacre jof people,"”} says a Reuter despatch received her¥ from London tonight. & : S Railivays and Four Officers of the' SUFFERED FROM GAS | bassador to this country, and who “The presid>nt has told me of the isions at Anniston Ala.. successfully passed the physical examinatign. A movement was begun at Berlin, ! Mich., to have the name changed t | Pershing. The ‘town has about 450 | residents, mostly Scotch and Irish. The Emergency awarded an addit | Americar T Hog Isiand set Corporation conire Tore cargo ships. Davidovitch Storch, h women zrrected in Mme. Despi the young Turk: New York on is' dead of pneu All Dartmouth Collegs seniers in ‘War service will be grantsd théir degrees at the- commencement exer- cises to be held the last of May, this year. Lieut. Marty McHale, former pitcher of the New York Americans is signing up athletes all over the country for a bombing squadron for the United States. Jean Coronel, of Mow York, was ar- rested at Hartford, on a charge of breaking the peace when he made disloyal remark Liberty Bond meetings. at The lower house of the legislature yesterday voted in favor of ratifying the national prohibition amendment. The measure now goes to the senate. Nebraska The daylight saving plan has been adopted by the government of Holland and all timepieces were yesterday ad- vanced there one hour, to continue {until Oct. 1. More than 200 enlisted men_of the inavy have applied to take the ex- | aminationentrance to theNaval Acad- {emy under the act which went into { effect last year. | Cdttle closed above the price of a week ago in Chicago, good steers show- {ing the most advance. The gain was tabout 25 cents. .Other grades show- >, ed a less advance in decorating ratio. trocps operating in the region of| Montdidier. Isracl Schwartz, a lawyer of the = === Bronx. after failing several times to AMERICAN SOLDIERS | get exemption from the draft menaced members of the draft board with his cane. He was arrested and sentenced to 30 days. anniversary of Charles Hopkins Clark, editor of the paper, yesterday pre- sented him a reclining chair and a set of engrossed resolutions. Mr. 47 years. BANKER OF EMERSON, NEB., Rudolph Schopke Declared He Owed Nothing to the United States. Neb,, April 1—Rudolph Lincoln, crowd of citizens to the edge of that town and: given a coat of tar and United States, according to a report here today. Schopke is sald to be an enemy alien. BRITISH ARMED STEAMER TITHONUS TORPEDOED One Mercantile Officer and Three Na: val Men Were Lost. London, April 1.—The British armed boarding ' steamer Tithonus was tor- pedoed and sunk by a German sub- marine on March 28, according to an officlal statement issued by the ad- miraity. One mercantile officer and three naval ratings were lost. of the United Mine Workers at Spring- | { Employes of thé Hartford Courant qn the occasion of the 70th birthday Clark has been with' the Courant for TARRED AND FEATHERED Schopke, said to be a wealthy banker of Emerson, Neb., was taken by a feathers last Saturday night because he was said to have told Red Cross workers that he owned nothing to the Speakers Among Has Summoned Witnesses Organization of Worker: Chicago, April 1.—Leaders and or- ganizers of the Industrial Workers of the World, more than 100 in number, entered pleas of not guilty today at the opening of the trial in which the government will attempt to _prove that the defendents violated the es- pionage act, plotted to destroy indus- tries and conspired to hamper prose- cution of the war. 112 Defendants in Court. ‘With but one exception, the 113 de- fendants were in court when Federal Judge Landis ordered their names called for formal pleading to the charges brought by the government after the sensational drive on the or- ganization’s district offices last Sep- tember. Albert Kimball, who was out was reported seriously ill. Jjurors on_bai Examination of prospective will be continuedl when court recon- venes tomorrow. Pleas of _nineteen veniremen that. they be excused, were granted. A panel of 100 venitemen foday will be supplemented by fifty more tomorrow. Men of Many Callings. Poets, lumber camp captains, poli- tieal writers and speakers were among the. defendants who, manacled and heavily guarded, were brought into the court room in groops of ten. Their queer raiment, ranging from overalls 1131 W.W_LEADERS ON TRAL AT CH ?oot#, Lumber Camp Oabtains, Politiéal Writers ¢ BROUGHT INTO COURT MANACLED IN GROUF Government Will Attempt to Prove That the Accused With a View to Proving That the L W. W. Is Simply an | workers, defense counsel said. The de- ‘the Defendants Violat- From All Parts of the Country to flowing ties and fancy waistcoats, attracted crowds of spectators as they were being brought to court but only a few of these gained entrance to the courtroom. Witnesses have been called by the deffnse from all parts of the coun- try with a view to proving that the I W. W. is simply an organization of fense will attempt to show by these witnesses that while the organization feels that present political system is too slow for industrial and sociai re- forms, there has been no attempt to cripple industry or block war plans. Arthur Giovannitti, former editor, of ‘The Masses, and one of the leaders in the Lawrence, Mass., textile etrike, against whom charges by the govern- ment were withdrawn today, held a number of conferences with 1. W, W. leaders who are out on bail. He s2id ke would not be able to remain during the trial, howevr. Special Physical Examination. Judge Landis today ordered specidl physical examinations in the cases of Kimbail and J. A. MacDonald, editor of an I. W. W. publication in Seattle. MacDonald, who is one of the prinei- pal defendants from the Pacific coast district, appeared in court but his con- dition was such that his removal was necessary. R o = THOMAS J. MOONEY HAS APPLIED FOR PARDON. Convicted of Murder in Bomb Explo- sions at San Francisco. San Francisco, April 1—Thomas J. Mooney , applied today = to Governor Stephens for a pardon from the ‘sen- tence of death imposed upon him on a murder charge which grew out of a bomb_explpsian which killed ten per- 'sons here ‘in 1916, This action followed. the refurm:by the.state supreme gourt of a remitture on a décislon in which the court up- held the decision of the lower court which sentenced Mooney to hang and denfed’ him a new trial. The original date for Mooney's execution expired iwhile his appeal to the supreme court was pending. The case will be in the hands of Governor. Stephens after the. gecond | date of exeeution is set. The pardon was requested on the ground that irregular acts had figured in the proceedings which led to Moo- ney’s conviction and the application auoted a statement to that effect by Supetior Judge Franklin A. Griffin, who presided. President Wilson telegraphed Gov- ernor Stephens last week asking ex- ecutive clemency for Mooney. | CONSIDERING GUN WITH RANGE OF 105 MILES Plans Submitted to Secretary Daniels by Naval Ordnance Experts. Washington, April 1—Plans for a super-cannon, a great gun of long range, possibly similar to the one with which the Germans have been bom- barding Paris have been submitted to Secretary Daniels by naval ordnance experts after months of experiment. It is understood, however, that the report includes a statement that the ordnance officers do not believe the military value of such a weapon would compensate for the time and money which must be spent in per- fecting and developing it. American ordnance officers have been interested in the possibilities, of long range guns for the past ten years. The belief that the “Zame was not worth the candle,” as one officer expressed it today, prevented rapid progress, but experiments were mot dropped and, since the entrance of the United States into the war, added interest had been evidenced in the navy department. Reports were heard in some quarters today that a range of 105 miles was expected of the gun mow under consideration. YOUTH CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT OF $86,000. Louis Beck, 19, Was Arrested at San Francisco Yesterday. San Francisco, April 1.—Louis Beck, 19 years old, was arrested today on a charge of embezzling $36.000 from the Adams Express company in Pitts- burgh, Pa., where .he was employed b: the express company in a confidential capacity. According to the police, Beck admitted his identity and confessed the theft. X ‘Beck disappeared from Pittsburgh with the money last February, the police here said. According to the statement, the 'police said he gave them all the stolen money except $300 which was taken from him by pick- pockets in a Chicago passenger sta- tion. BANK OFs SPANISH AMERICA HAS BEEN INDICTED For Shipping Radio Equipment South America. New York, April 1.—An indictment was returned in the federal court Commercial vank of Spanish America, Limited, an English corporation with an office in to here today against the SRR A GERMAN BATTALION ALMOST ANNIHILATED. Succeeded in Getting Near Chauny, But Never Returned. With the French Army in France, Sunday, March 31—(By The Associated Press).—A daring attempt by the Germans_to ,cross the Oise today and form a_ bridgehead permitting of fu- ture advances was easily frustrated by the French. One of the famous siorm battalions succeeded in’getting over near Chauny, but never returned. It was almost entirely - annihilated. There remained only about one hun- dred unwounded men, whom the French took prisoner. Nearly all the bridges crossing the Oise have jeen dest{yed and the French hold strong positions on the southern bank, while all possible fords are covered by artillery. More to the north, in the region of Moreuil, the Germans for the moment at least appear to have renounced their general attacks and resorted to local actions. Two of these were ex- tremely violent between Marceicave and the Somme. They came against the sternest resistance from the French who repulsed them after very severe fighting. Other attacks oc- curred on the right bank of the Somme about the same period of the day, end these also met with failure. Sanguinary engagements, in which the combatants again came to close fighting and individual combats, took place about the Lassigny eector. REFORMATORY HOUSES FOR DELINQUENT GIRLS Are to Be -Established at Various Training Camps. Washington, April 1. — President Wilson has set aside $250,000 from his $100,000,00) war emergency fund for the use of the commission on training camp activities in establishing addi- tional reformatory facilities and houses of detention for delinquent girls and women found near military camps. The money will be spent in the south, where a majority of the camps are located, and it is planned to aid sev- eral existing state reformatories by {building new cottages which will ac- commodate thirty or sixty occupants, - Each state will be required to share the expense of construction by ap= propriating a sum equal to its allot- ment and agree to complete the re- formatory within a year. 2 A special committee to disburse the fund, now being organized' by Chair= man Fosdick of the commission, ins, cludes among its members Mrs. New= ton D Baker, wife of tie secretary of war. GENERAL BELL ASSIGNED TO WESTERN DEPARTMENT Has Been Commanding National Ars my Division at Camp Upton. 1—Major Gen-. ‘Washington, April eral, J. Franklin Bell, who has been commanding the h National Army division at Camp Upton, N. Y., was today assigned to take charge of the western department with headquarters at San Francisco. Major General Bell recently returned from a tour of ins spection abroad. On _his: return from Europe, Gem- eral Bell was ordered to Washingten to undergo the medical examinatiom required of all general officers, whose duties indicated active service im France. The statement was made yesterday that he had passed this ex- amination. It was learned later, how- ever, that the medical board had rec- ommended a period of strict diet be- cause of some minor dilment and that this is believed to have been the rea- son for his assisnment to the western department. ¥ - P e TWENTY-FIVE CASUALTIES AMONG- AMERICAN “TROOPS_ this city, on a charge of shipping ra- dio_ equipment to South America in Six Deaths, Nineteen Wounged, Twe Severely. violation of the espionage act. A | shipment which included a2 wave me- W hington, April 1.,— Twenty-fiva: ter and a box of carbous for electrical casualiies among the American expe generators was nt to Ecuador last ditionary fo s” reported today were” October, without license from the ex- divided as follows: One killed in ae- ing to the federal anthorui-i ihe-w wt tion; one died of wounds, four died of ports administration board, accord- ing to the federal authorities disease: two severely wounded seventeen slizhtly wounded el