Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 4, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 81 CAMOUELAGE ALSTRIN FRER In Address to a Delegation From the Vienna City Coun- cil Which Waited on Him Tuesday Ataly SCost Three Shij Rome,’ April 3—In the week end- Ing March 30, Teutonic submarines sank three Italian steamships of more than 1500 tons and destroyed one sail- ing vessel of more than 100 tons and nine salling vessels of a tonnage un- der_that figure. SENATE PASSED THE P *NEW LIBERTY LOAN BILL Slight Differences Remain' to Be Ad- justed in Conference. Washington, April '3.—In record- breaking time the senate late today passed the new Liberty loan bill au- thorizing $4,500,000,000 more war bonds, adlitional loans of $1,500,000,000 to the allies and increase of treasury indebtedness certificates from $4,000,- 000,000 to $8,000,000,000. The measure already has béen passed by the house and slight differences now will be ad- justed in conference. It is possible even that the house will accept minor amendments and make a conference unnecessary. As approved by the 'senate without a roll call and after less than an hour's per- functory debate, all important provi- sions of the house measure were re- tained. Al - congressional ~leaders agree that the bill must: be law be- fore the new Liberty loan campain begins Saturday, and it is hoped to send the measure to the president to- morroy. During today’s debate, ~Chairman Simmons of the finance committee said that with enactment of the bond leg- islation, all treasury needs ‘could be met - this and that further war revenue legislation would not be nec- essary until the session of congress on next December. Similar views re- cently were expressed by Democratic Leader Kitchin, of the house. Should the war continue for a long period, and it become necessary to send three or four million men acr the seas, Senator Simmous said, the eX- pense of the government of = course would be increased and there would TO QUIET DEMANDS OF .POPULACE FOR PEACE The Delegation Conveyed to the Foreign Minister “the Ag- gravated Distress of the Population”—Count Czernin Declared That the Four Principles Developed In Presi- dent Wilson’s Speech of February Formed the Basis Upon Which a General Peace Could be Discussed, and Then Proceeded to Becloud Reasons Why Negotiations Were Not Entered Into—Claimed M. Clemenceau Asked For Basis Upon Which Austria Was Prepared to Negoti- ate Peace, But Clemenceau Bluntly Asserts That Czernin Lied. ~—Count Czer- rian foreign dressing a delegation from “The Ukrainian peace led to peace with Russia, and ‘Rumania, becoming . y council which waited | jsoiated, was obliged to ' conclude |have to be some increase in taxes. wn day in connection With|peace, We had to begin with Ukraine| During his expiamation of the pro- what the burgomaster termed “the ag- |hoth - on technical ~ and material | Visions of the hill, Senator Simmons gravated distress of the population”|grounds. The blockade had to be|also told the: semate that Secretary which gener: the sely connected with 1 situa said: 1e conclusion of peace with the war in the east ended. however, turning to individual eaties and discussing them in 1 would like to revert to the n of the president of the States in which he replied to broken, and the future will show that the conclusion of peace with Ukraine was a blow at the heart of the rest of our enemies, “The peace concluded with Rumania, it is calculated, will be the starting point ‘of friendly relations. The slight frontier ractifications® which we re- | ceive' are not annexations. McAdoo felt it vl increase the future bonds. Replyinz to a question, by Senator' Lewis of Illinois, he said there is nothinz in the bill to prevent the allies from spending money loaned them outside of the United States if that is shown to be necessa To avoid del e unnecessary to interest rate on politi Wholly the senate struck the speech delivered by me on Jan- | ypinhabited regions, they serve solely |out the clause, which caused the house Yary 4. for military protection. To those who |to recall and readopt the bill, pro- h many parts of the world Presi- insist that these rectifications fall un- der the category of annexations and accuse me of inconsistency, 1 reply that T have publicly protested against holding out a license to our enemies whi¢h would assure them against tHe dangers of further adventures. “From Russia I did not demand s‘i ngle metre, but Rumania neglected ! the favorable moment. Boasts of Achievements. “The protection of mercantile ship- ing in the lower Danube guarding the Iron Gate is guaranteed by the exten- | sion of the frontier ‘o the heights of Turnu-Severin, by izasing for thirty years a valuable wharf nedr this town, hibiting banks from using bonds to evade state taxation. TO HASTEN PAYMENT . OF INCOME TAXES One Object is to Relieve Congestion in Tax Collectors’ Offices. dent Wilson's speech was interpreted @s an attempt to drive a wedge be- tween Vienna and Berlin. I do not be- lieve that, because I have too high an opinion of the president of ‘the United States and his outlook as a to believe him capable of way of thinking. President Wilson is no more able to ascribe dis- honorable action to us than we to him. ‘Washington, April 3.—Agitation for immediate payment of income taxes in- stead of waiting until June 15 when they are due, will be started by gov- ernment revenue officials as soon ‘as the Liberty loan campaign -s= over. Taxpayers will be told that by -ad- Quotes President Wilson. “President Wilsun does not desire to separate Vienn: m Berlin, and he knows, too, that t would be im- possible. Perhaps President Wilson says to himself, however, that Vienna. vance payments they can be credited is more favorable soil for sowing the | b :’iflma:n:l:rlmr ;’mtolt-h: river- anh three per cent. interest om’ th¥, e e A ine{sand lel, and" finally by obtainii R n ETM June 15, and in addition they will help relieve congestion in collectors’ offi- ces. Tax payments by deferred install- ments, proposed by a Dill introduced vesterday in the house, is not favored by Secretary McAdoo ~and ~ Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper al- though hundreds of letters advocating such a plan have been received from corporations and other business ‘hods- es which assert they will be forced to borrow to pay all their taxes in June. Members of congress haye ' distuss garian monarchy has the good fortune? 1o possess a ruler who sincerely and honestly desires a general peace, but who will never commit a breach of faith or conclude a dishonorable peace, and that behind th& emperor-king there are fifty-five mlilion people. “President Wilson says also, per- haps, to himself, that this united mass represents a force which is not to be under-estimateq and that this honest and strong desire for peace which hinds the monarchs, governments and peoples of both states 1s capable of ng rights to the islands of Ostro- vo, Marecorbu and Simearu, and the transfer of the frontier several kile- metres southward in the region of the Petroseny coal mine, which better safeguards our possessions in the Szurdok Pass coal basin. “Nagy-Szeben and Fogaras will re- ceive a new security frontier of an average width of ' from - fifteen to eighteen kilometres at all pasees of im- jportance, as, for insfance, Predesl, Bodz, Gyimes, Bekas and Tolgyes. The. new frontier has been so far removed ed with the treasury a proposal to au- being the bearer of that great idea in | !0 Rumanian ground as military rea-| thoripe Secretary McAdoo to anthor- eyt > °f ‘Whick he has placed| “urne redfification esst of Cremowits |25, Jeferred payments In cases - of 4 has protected that city against future i % h Sent Text to Washington. Referring to his last speech, Count Czernin explained the misunderstand- ing of his yemark that the text was already in the president’s posseseion by declaring that he had previously ar- ranged for text to be telegraphed to Washingtoh from an unofficial source in a neutral country, in order to pre- vent any misunderstanding or distor- tion. It subsequently transpired, how- ever, that the text only arrived at its vinced hardship will be worked by full payment in June, and this plan is said to be under consideration. Secre- tary McAdoo's attitude heretofore, however, has been that the power of the war finance corporation to make advances based, on bank loans to in- dustries with war contracts would give great relief to enterprises of this class. attacks. Tells of Rumani “At the moment when we are suc- cessfully endeavoring to renew friend- ly and neighborly relations with Ru- mania, it is unlikely that we would open old wounds, but everyone knows the history of Rumania’s entrance into the war and wil adlmit that %t was my duty to protect the monarchy against future surprises of a similar kind. 1 consider the safest guarantee PERSHING WANTS OFICERS destination some days later. Never-|for the future, international agree- OF HIGHEST EFFICIENCY. theless, he said, the object was at-|ments to prevent war. In guch agree- tained. He then continued: ments, if they are frumed in binding |Men Who Fail to Reach Standard Arc can only that 1 esteem it|form, 1 should see much ‘stronger Being Demoted. » highly that the German chanceilor, in | Buaraittees against surprise attacks - h speech of February 25, |by meighbors than in frontier rectifica- ‘ashington, April 3.—General Per- out of my mouth by that the four principles de- veloped in President Wiison's speech of February il formed the basis upon which a general peacs could be dis- ussed. T am in entire agreement with tials. “The four points laid down by the president arc a suitalle basis on which to begin the discussion for a géncral peace. Whether, however, the | (i presiden: will succeed in his endeav- ors to rally his allies on this basis or tions. But I thus far, except in the case of FPresident Wilson, have. been unable to discover amongst any of our enemies serious inclination to accept this idea. However, despite the small dezree of aproval this idea receives, I consider that it will nevertheless be realized. Regulation of Armaments. “Calcuiating the burdens with which e states of the world will emerge from this war, I vainly ask myself how they will cover military expendi- shing’s reiterated recommendation tiat only officers who show the highest efficiency be placed in command ol troops sent to France has resulted in the demotion of many officers who in the early months of the war were promoted from, the ranks of majors and captains in the regular army to that of colonel in the national army. Army orders today sfhwed that not less than fifty such officers had re- signed their commissions as the result = to rally hi [ of reports of officers of the inspector- "ea " s witness that we have |\U5¢, T competition in armaments re- |general’s department that the men had j0d is witness that e Imains unrestricted, iled i : el e my_witnem that wh favé s do not believe |failed to attain the standard required. that it will be possible for the states after this war adequately fo meet the increased requirements due to the war. 1 think, rather, that financial conditions will compel the states to enter into a fresh offensive, but rot have it thus Olive Branch From Clemenceau. “Some time before ihe western of- A Jarge proportion of the officers TS Ny who have lost their temporary pro- motions will be tried in other posts for which they are better equipped. The remainder will g0 back to units of tie tensive began, M. Clemencean ad- [COmpromise cegarding the limitation of |regular army in' their former grade. dressed to me an inquiry whether and |armaments. The vacancies left by this change will ubon what basis I was prepared to ne- | “This caleulation of mine is neither |be filled largely by promoting- tempo- sotiate. In agreement with Berlin 1|idealistic nor fantastic, but is based |rarily other regular army officers, immediately repfied that 1 was pre- upon reality in politics in the most liberal sense of the word. I, for my lpl.r', would consider it a great dis- pared to negotiate and that as far as AMERICANS SUBJECTED France was concerned the only obsta- cie I could see in the way of peace aster if in'the end there should be TO HEAVY GAS ATTACK was the French desire for Al ..-e.|mnu-e o achieve general agreements| 2 Lorraine. reca-ding’ the diminution of arma.|Shells of h Explosives Were “The reply from Paris was that it was impossible to negotiate on this basis. Thereupon, there was no choice left. “The colossal struggle in the west *as already broken out. Austro-Hun- garian and German tyoops are fighting shoulder to shoulden, as they fought in Russia, Serbia, Rumania and Ital We are fighting together for the d fence of Austria-Hungary and Ger- many. The aspirations of France and Italy are Utopias which would be ter- ribly avenged. Will Not Desert Germany. “Come what may, we shall not sac- rifice Germany’s interests any more than she will leave us in the lurch. We are not fighting for imperialistic or annexationist ends for ourselves or for Germany, but we shall g0 forward together to the last for our defence, for our existence as a state and for our future. “The first breach in the will of our enemies for war has been made by the peace negotiations with Russia. It e break-through of the peace It is evidence of childish dilet- to overiook the inner connec- between the various conclusions peace., The consteliation of enemy in the east resembled a net: one mesh was severed the oth- ments. ~recautions for Provisions. “It is obvious that in the peace with Rumania we shall take precautions to have our interests in the question of grain, food supply and petroleum fully respected. We shali further take pre. cautions that the:Catholic church and our echools receive the state of pro- tection. they need, and we shall solve the Jewith question. The Jew shall henceforth be a citizen, with equal rights in Rumania. “The Irridentist propaganda, which has produced so much evil in Hun- gary, will be restrained and, finally, precautions will be taken to obtain in- demnification for the injustice inno- cently suffered by many of our coun- trymen owinf to the war. “We shall strive by means of a new commercial treaty and appropriate settlement of the railway and shipping auestions to duly protect our economic interests in Rumania.” CLEMENCEAU BLUNTLY ASSERTS CZERNIN LIED Nevar Inquired Through an Interme- diary Whether Austria Was Redy to Negotiate P Mingled With the Gas Projectiles. *With the American Army in France, April 3—(By The Associuted Press.) —American troops on a certain sector other than that in the region of Toul have been subjected to an extraordin- arily heavy gas attack. The homes of many of the®men are in this sector. The attack began last night and continued at intervals until this morn- ing. Mingled with the zas projectiles sent @vir by the Germans were shells of high explosives 13 German Aircraft Downed. London. April 3.—In intensive air fighting thirteen German aircraft were downed and eight sent down out of control by British airmen Tuesday, according -to_the official_communica- tion issued tonight. The British them- selves lost eight machines, which. are missing. is all Premier Clemenceau had to say when told today of the statement of Count Czernin that he had inquired through an intermediary whether Aus- tria-Hungary was ready to negotiate and if so on what basis. The premier departed from Paris for the front this morning and _learned of Count Paris. Aprfl 3.—"Czernin lied” This' Czernin's speech on his arrival there. NORWICH, CONN., Tagashs L enroot’s Majorty |LibertyLoanWarkers BERGER, SOCIALIST, RAN 35000 BEHIND DAVIES RETURNS INCS Charles H. Crownhart, a La Follette Leader, Candidate For Justice of the Supreme Court, Was Defeated by More Than 40,000 Votes. Milwaukee, Wis., April 3—Congress- man Irvine L. Lenroot, republican, of Superior; has been elected United States senator to succeed the late Paul O, Husting, having defeated Joseph E. Davies, democrat, in yesterday’s elec- tion, according to incomplete returns, by a majority estimated at more than 10,000. Victor L. Berger, socialist, ran third, approximately 35,000 behind Davies, from the figures at hand. La Follette Leader Defeated. Similar returns indicate the election of Marvin B. Rosenberry, present in- cumbent, justice of the supreme court, over Charles H. Crownhart, a La Fol- lette leader, by more than 40,000. Both ran as non-partisans. The precincts still to report will, it is expected, in- crease the ‘winner’s lead. In the republican counties, where the La Follette following is strong, the re- publicans who voted for Husting in 1914 appear to have given their sup- Rort to Lenroot this year. Mr. Davies made gains over the vote given Husting in some quarters, but in a number of counties in the northern part of the state he lost some of .the Husting strength. Thig was especially rue -in the: counties composing Mr. Lenroot’s congressional district. Germans Voted for Berger. One of the most conspicuous reasons for the decreases in the Davies vote, however, was in the counties with heavy German population, where the voters went to Berger and in some cases to Lenroot. . The Calumet coun- ty democratic vote fell from 1,565 to 663; in Dodge from 4,877 to 2,835: Fond du Lac, from 4770 to 3,446; Jefferson, from 3829 to 2,495, and Washington, from 2,263 to 1,331. The approximate vote indicated by returns received up to tonight give Lenroot 143,000, Davies 133,000, and Berger 97,000. Complete returns may swell each total considerably. In 1914, when Husting, democrat, was elected, he received 134,925 Govern repuhiican, 133,969, and Seidel, socialist, 29,774, It will be several days before the official vote can be announced from the secretary of state’s office. The soldier vote is not expected to alter the sit- uation materially. Milwaukee City Election. Mayor Daniel W. Hoan, socialist, was over. . Percy. Bramapn, non-partisan. . the” balance of the city- tick- et went to the non-partisan candidates. The common’ council will remain po- litically as before, with 19 non-parti- sans and 12 socialists, according to available returns. MARKED DECREASE IN LOSS OF BRITISH SHIPPING. Last Week Only Six Merchantmen of Over 1,600 Tons Were Sunk. London, April 3.—There was a sud- den and marked decrease in the losses to British shipping through mine or submarine in the past week. The ad- miralty reports that only six British merchantmen of 1,600 tons or over and seven under that tonnage were sunk in the week ending March 30. The losses to British merchantme: through submarines and mines in the past weel are less than one-half the losses in the previous weck, when 28 merchantmen were sunk, 15 of the ves- sels over 1,600 tons. The admiralty report- for ceding week showed the vessels, while for several weeks prior to_that the week'v loss was 18, Five fishing vessels also were sent to the bottom. he admiralty statement continues: ifteen British merchant vessels were unsuccessfully attacked by sub- marines. “Tha large vessels reported sunk in- cludes one sunk during the week ending March 16 and the smaller vi sels reported sunk ineludes one dur- ing the week ending March 23 “The arrivals during the week of glarc?’ 30" were 2,416 and the sailings the pre- loss of 17 —_— HOUSE MEASURE TO CURB DISLOYALTY Would Penalize Unpatriotic Criti by Government Employes, Washington, April 3.—An anti-dis- loyalty resolution, similar to the one agreed to by a senate committee ves- terday, was introduced in the house today Dby Representative Ayres of Kansas. It would direct that any government employe or official who commits any disloyal act, or utters unpatriotic, " disloyal, abusive or se- ditious language, or who ‘inn an abusive and violent manner criticizes the president, the army and the navy, or the flag, shall be dismissed. NEGRO SECURES WARRANT FOR AN ENEMY ALIEN Paul Vogt Had Abused President Wi son in Earl Moore's Presence. Lano, Texas, April 3—Paul Vogt, a German, was arrested today after he had abused President Wilson in the presence of Earl Moore, a_negro, who swore out the warrant. Vogt said he had. travelled from New York to Cal- ifornia and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf in the interest of Germany. He had a card indicating that he -had registered at Lampasas, Texas, as a German allen enemy. He gave his home as Izora, Texas. PLEDGES A MILLION FOR THIRD LIBERTY LOAN. Actna Fire Insurance Company of Hartford—Largest Pledge in State. Hartford, Conn., April 3—A pledged subscription of a million dollars by the Aetna Fire Insurance company for bonds. of the third Liberty loan was announced here tonight. This is be- lieved to be the first pledge of this size in Connecticut. Hartford's quota for the loan is $3,175,000. elected in Milwaukee by about 2,500 | TO MAKE OPENING DAY SUB- SCRIPTIONS LARGE SPEAKERS - SCHEDULED The Third Campaign Opens Saturday at 9 A. M. and It Is Planned to Make the First Hour the Record-Breaking Hour of the Whole Campaign. ‘Washington, April 3.—Tremendous subscriptions for third Liberty bonds on Saturddy, the opening day of the campaign, are forecast by all loan or- ganization reports reaching headquart- ers here. Although officially the cam- paign will not open until 9 o'clock. Saturday orning, local time, actually it already is under way, with workers soliciting pledges for subscriptions to be reached when the books open. Out For Record Breaking Hour. The firsthour thus may be the re- cord-breaking hour of the whole cam- paign. The first completed bonds will be turned out by the government bureau of engraving within a half day after the bond bill is finally enacted, and a limited supply will be available next week. They will be finished at the rate of 500,000 a day and distributed to all parts of the country for out- right sale by stores and loan workers, Already 19,000,000 bonds have been en- graved with omission of only the text bearing the rate of interest and ma- turity terms. The bureau will con- centrate at first on bonds of $50 and $100 denominations. é Length of Campaign Not Settled. The length of the campaign, the dates for installment payments and the bonds' maturity will be announced by Secretary McAdoo as soon as the bond legislation is completed, . which probably will be tomorrow or Friday. To help clear the investment field for the third loan, the Federal Re- serve Board’s capital issues committee announced today it had adopted a re- solution “to recommend the postpone- ment wherever possible of the issue or public offering of securities of every kind during: the pending campaign for the Liberty loan; the recommendation not applying to cases where securit- ies must be sold or offered to provide for maturities.” The committee further explained that “in cases of issues already passed upon by the capital issues committee, but not as yet made or offered for sale, it is hoped that such issues, wherever practicable, also may be postponed and that the sub-committees will use their influence. to that end.” The sub-committees are located in each federal reserve district. Liberty Loan. Speaking Da The treasury tdday ann;;mceél the following Liberty loan speaking dates: Secrairy ‘D‘an’iel April 5, Balti- more; April 6, Cleveland; April 7, Cin-; cinnati; April 8 Detroit; April 9, Buf- | falo; April 10, Chicago; Aprll 18, New { Haven, Conn.; April 19, Boston; April 20 Marchester, N. H.; April 21, Provi- dence R. I © William H. Taft—April more; April 20, - Boston; Philadelphia. Former Ambassador James W. Ger- ard—April .6, Indianapoli 18, Baiti- April 25, INCREASE IN SIZE CF SHIPS HEREAFTER BUILT Was Ordered Yesterday by the Ship- ping Board. ‘Washington, April 3—A general in- crease i~ s7a A eafter built was ordered today by the ship board. The size U: Cu...r..e CONStruc- tion ships was increased to 7,500 tons and construction of three more at San Francisco was authorized. ‘Wooden ships hereafter will be 5,000 tons instead of 3,500 tons. Steel ships built on the Great Lakes wilf be 5500 tons, and construction of,a 10000 ton steel vessel on the lakes which would be brought through the Welland canal to the sea by cutting her in two and turning her over on her side is under construction, The more economical - operation of large shins was the deciding factor in making the change. TAFT RECOMMENUDS BULLETS FOR SPIES Says They Should Be Courtmartialed —Condemns Mob Violerce, Muskogee, Okla,, April 3. — “Spies should be courtmartialed, lined up and their citizenship ended by bullet those Who express treasonable senti ments should be tried and punished but in all cases law should be obey- ed and mob violence such as practiced in certair parts of the United States should be everywhere condemned that the United States may not sink to the lawless savagery of the Germans.” Former President Taft declared hero today in an address before the Cham- ber of Commerce. 5 CONFEREES AT WORK ON ‘AGRICULTURAL. BILL Unable to Agree on Government Guar- antee of $2.50 a Bushel For Wheat. Washington, April and house conferees today began work on the agricuitural appropriation bill with little prospect of an agreement to the senate amendment increasing the gov- ernment guarantee on wheat from $2 to $2.50 a bushel. Tt was tentatively agreed to have the house managers re- port a disagreement on the amend- ment and if the house again rejects it, senate leaders thought the senate would recede, aveiding a deadlock on the measure. 2.—Senate GOVERNMENT IS NOT LOOKING FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ! Collectors Not to Accept Payments From Persons Not Subject to Tax. ‘Washington, April 3—Internal Rev enue Commissioner Roper today in- structed coHectors that “all sums of money tendered to collectors of inter- nal revenue by taxpayers or by per. sons not subject to the tax, as con- tributions or gifts to the government should be promptly returned to the donor with a letter expressing appre- ciation of the patriotic service dis- played.” These letters declining the compulsory military. given in Chicago until the war is over. tion asking for war on Bulgaria and chairman of the National City Bank his home at Weston, Mass, | between 14 and 16 vears of age dur- Condensed Telegrams President Menocal o::l:_‘:;;?e.r- ugsin: No more concerts in German will be ntroduced a resolu- Senator King Turkey. James A. Stillman, Jr, was elected to succeed his father. Justin Edwards _Gale, director of several southern cotton lils, died at Brig.-Gen. James Fowler Rusling, Civil War veteran, died at Trenton, N. J. He was 84 years old. By a loan of $200,000,000 to Great Britain this year the credit of'the Al- lies was raised to $5,000,000,000. Theft of Liberty Bonds in the finan- cial district in New, York, amounting to more than $200,000, was reported. W. P. Stillwell, aged 47, of Alpine, , ranger, was shot and killed :h_i!e on duty along the Texas bor- The death at Thomasville, Ga., of Mrs. Fregderick ‘Ayer of Boston was announced in telegrams received at Boston. The Government will erect 25 hollow tile buildings at the United States General Hospital, No. 2, at historic Fort McHenry. / Wilbur F. Young of Springfield, widely known as a manufacturer of proprietary medicines, died yesterday in Nevada, Mo. Charles M. Schwab announced that the Bethlehem steel plants were work- ing on a 80 per cent basis and ship plants at 100 per ce: In response to General Pershing’s call for 5000 warrier pigeons, U. S. Marines at Paris Island, S, C. are training birds for service. . Officials of the Henry Ford auto plant at Detroit confirmed the report that over 2000 employes were affected by a mysterious epidemic. Henry Howard, director of recruit- ing of the United States Shipping Bodrd announces that men are much needed for the merchant marine. A reproduction of the huge Irish cross known as Monastet Boise, in Ireland, will be used as a monu- ment for Martin Shesidan's grave. Albert White, a foreman at the Cur- tiss airplane plant at Gorden City, L. L, declared that blueprints were taken trom the office and before substituted. By order of the Couhty Council of Defence " of Bloomington, Iil, the Bloomington Journal, a German news- paper, will have to be printed in Eng- ish. B The New York Assembly killed the Orr Dbill to compel owners of heated -apartments to keep them warm or have the tenants deduct the amount spent to buy fuel. The meeting of the New England Southern Methodist . conference which was to have been held in Providence beginhing April 10 has been postponed to April 17. The New York Assembly passed the Cowee bill, which authorizes the is- suance of working permits to children ing the summer vacation. The amount of tonnage to be turned over to- the United States by Japan under ‘the agreement by the Japanese Shipping Commission is estimated by the press to be 250,000 tons. The Nebraska senate passed a house bill which repeals a law permitting school patrons to compel school boards to provide for the teaching of German and other foreign languages. Senator Thomas, of Colorado, declar- ed that the German spies were des- troying gas masks for use of troops in France." In one fact ry 2,900 out of 5,000 masks were defective. Monsignor Bolo, brother of Bolo Pasha sentenced to death by the French Government for treason, filed at the Ministry of Justice an applica- tion for revision of the case of his brother. Count Robert de Clarmont, alleged spy-companion of Madame Despina Davidovitch Storch and of Madame Nix, was taken to Bellevue under cus- tody of Secret Service men for treat- ment for gastric trouble. The war savings campaign made a new record yesterday, with -$4,120,932 recorded at the treasury as the day's receipts from stamp sales. The pre- vious high record was $3,049,000. The total receipts are $136,000 000. A Halifax, N. S, despatch says four- teen men, comprising the crew of the Norswegian bark Ashmore, which ran ashore on Murray ledge, Grand_Manan Island, were rescued by a government steamer, which reported that the bark had broken up. = ALLIED LOSSES WERE UNEXPECTEDLY LIGHT. Placed at Between 125,000 and 130,000 —German 350,000 to 450,000. Washington, April 3.—Figures reach- ing here as to allied losses in the bit- ter days just closed in Picafdy indi- cated that British and Frenca cas- ualties have been unexpectedly light in view of the scope of the action. One estimate heard, although its accuracy, is open to doubt, fixes the total, ing| cluding prisoners, at between 125,000 and 130,000 for the 12 days of ceaseless battle along a 55-mile front. This is to be compared. if correct, with French estimates of 230,000 to 430,000 Germans killed, wounded or captured during the same period. The bulk of the Germa% losses were dead and wounded men. HIGH COMPLIMENT TO AMERICON AIRMEN By British War Office in an Official Statement, London, April 3—The British war office pays a high compliment to Americon airmen in the official state- ment issued tonight on aerial opera- tions, “During the last fortnight of intense fighting in the air,” says the state- At Present the Fighting Activity Along the Entire Front In France Remains Slight The Allied Troops Are Strongly Arrayed In Battle Formation 4 and Eager to Test Their Strength Against That of the | Foe—Since the Beginning of the Week There Has Been No Marked Change In the Battle Line From Arras South- wardtoClinmy—ThuekNolndiufionWhen\theEx-' pected Battle Between.the Italians and the Teutonic Al lies Will Burst—Airmen of Both Sides Are Bombing Positions Behind the Lines. Although the fighting activity along the entire front of the new Somme of: fensive remains slight, there still pre- vails the feeling that soon again bat- tles on a large scale will begin and with the allied troops after the re- splte of several days strongly array ed in battle formation and eager to test thelr strength against that of the foe. Frem the Somme to the Oise river, along that portion of the battle line which bulges out toward Amiens, Ail- Iy and Breseuil and the railroad run- ning north and South which passes through these towns, the big guns of the orposing Side have opened in duels of great proportions, and it apparent- ly is not unreasonable to assume that either side at any moment may take the offensive with their infantry in a resumption of a battle which ranks among the greatest the world has ever seen, ince the beginning of the present week there has been no marked change in the alignment of the opposing sides trom Arras southward to Chauny. The fighting has lacked the sanguin- ary character of the previous days, owing in part, no doubt, to the ex- tremely bad weather conditions Neither the Germans nor the allies have heen idle. however, for daily there has been going on a reinforce- ment of strategic positions, both in man and- gun power for the conced- engagements. upon which it is conced- ed o much depends for the victors. n - thewwicimity=-of - Lens ~artillery drels of. intensity have been revived on —— THE AusTflAN FOREIGN" DR. KARL OSCAR BERTLING MINISTER TALKING PEACE| HAS BEEN ORDERED INTERNED. Believed to Be Outcome of Failure of | He is Now Confined in the East Cam- German Drive. bridge, Mass., Jail. ‘Boston, April 3.—Re€eipt of orders from Washington to intern Dr. Karl Oscar Bertling as an enemy alien was announced by officials here tonight. Dr. Bertling, who was .sent to this country by the German government in August, 1914, as a propagandist, was arrested at Lexington Friday night and has since been confined in the jail at Bast Cambridge. He will leave = for Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., tomorrow. Dr. Bertling_was closely connected with Count Von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States, and delivered many lectures in various parts of the country on the German side of the war. According 10 agents of the department of justice, he was also active in soreading Ger- man propaganda in South America. some sectods and in Belgium at various points reciprocal shelling continues. In both these regions, however, the in- fantry has kept to the trenches, ex- cept for patrols and reconnoitering purposes. An American sector has been heavily attacked with gas. In the Italian theatre there still is no indication @ when the expected big battle between the Italians and the Teutonic allies will burst, but daily there is increasing activity all along the front. Along the various fronts the airmen of both sides are keeping up their in- tensive actlvity, bombing positions be- hind the lines, searching out troops and transport movements and engag- ing in aerial combats. The French war office reyprts that more than thirteen tons of projectiles having been drop- ped on Germfan railways and canton- ments at Ham, Chauny and Noyon and also in the region of Roye in the Ar- ras front. < The Germans last week did not keep up their successful submarine cam- paign of the previous week, having sunk only thirteen British merchant- men as against 23 dyring the previous seven days. their ~ operations against the Itallans three steamers of more than 1500 tons and ten sailing ships were destroyed. ; The Austro-Hungarian foreign min- ister, Count Czernin, in an address to the Vienna municipal council, has de- clared that Austro-Hungary did not ‘enforce it by our moral right and physical strength.” Washington, April 3. — American government officials and the entente embassies saw. another Teutonic peace aftensive tgday, in. the reported speech of Count_Czernin, the Austro-Fun- garian foreign minister, declaring that recently negotiations were near be- tween the Austrien and the allied gov- emments, The move, evidently conceived in Germany, they said, was made just as it became certain that the German drive in the west had failed of its pur- pose and was intended to bring dis- cord among the allied powers and to cause discontent among their popula- tions. The foreign minister's statement that. Premier Clemenceau of France had advanced a 'suggestion of peace discussions and his reference to Al- sace-Lorraine - as a stumbling block, it was declared here, were designed to create. the belief that the allies desire to recover Alsace-Lorraine for France is the only thing that stands in the way of peace. Officials and members of the dip- lomatic corps were unanimous in their declarations that Czernin's statements bhad no basis af fact and further that no peace suzgestions coming from the Teutonic powers would be given con- sideration at this time. There was no disagreement in the conviction that Germany must be defeated by force of arms before tlys question of peace is taken up in any wa Some believe that Czernin’s speech WOULD PEANLIZE NEW YORK BRANCH OF SWIFT & CO. For Buying and Selling Eggs at Higher Price Than That Fixed. New York. April 3. —The federal food board of New York recommended to Food Administrator Hoover today that the New York branch of Swift & Co. be suspended from all transactions in eges for a peiod of thirty days, be- ginning next Monday, as a result of the firm’s buying and selling eggs at a higher price than that fixed by the food board. A like recommendation was made in the case of C. H. Zinn & is a forerunner of some declarition by Sfl"m‘v;:on purchased the eggs for < nt on the sub- |SW! Co.. ;2; e o o The telegram to Mr. Hoover also recommended that Swift & Co. refund through a contribution to the federal government’s war effort, such as the Red Cross. the excess charge to the public, amounting approximately +, to $6,000. A PRG-GERMAN LASHED AND TARRED AND FEATHERED By Prominent Citizens of Boyce, La —Then Ordered to Leave Town. . Alexandria, La., April 3—Reports re- ceived here today from Boyce, La., stated that a Testaurant employe there named Lewis who made pro- German remarks, last night was given a hundred lashes and a coat of tar and feathers by a crowd of prominent Boyce citizens. He was then forced to shout. “To hell with the kaiser” and “Hurrah for Wilson,” and ordered to leave town. A BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK IN COLLISION Official Statement Says All Hands on Board Were Saved. TRIAL OF FORMER SENATOR PETTIGREW POSTPONED Accussed Unable to Appear Because of Iliness. Sioux Falls, S. D, April 3.—Trial of R. F. Pettigrew, former United States senator from South Dakota, on an indictment alleged violation of the espionage act, was ordered held in abevance here today by Federal Judge J. D. Elliott, after hearing arguments on a_motion for a continuance. Coun= sel for the former senator presented affidavits from Chicago physicians de- claring that iliness prevented his ap- pearance at the trial, which was sef for tomorrow.. Pettigrew was indicted last Oe- tober as the result of an alleged 1 terview which he gave to a local new: paperman, in which he declared “There js no excuse for the war. We should back right out of it” Landon. April 3.—A British torpedo boat destroyer was sunk April 1 as a result of a collision, according to an official statement issued by the ad- miralty tonight. All on board were saved. The statement says: “One of His Majesty's destroyers sank April 1 as the result of a collision. All hands were saved.” PRERIMINARY HEARING CONVICTED OF ARSON ’ 5 OF QUEBEC RIOTERS. | Sentenced From Two to Five Years in State's Prison. S Sorisus Charges Have Beon Preferred . Against Eleven. Middletown, Conn., April 3—Frank J. Luby, of Worcester, Mass., convict- ed by a jury of arson, was sentenced in the superior court here today: to from two to five years in state's pris- son. Quebec, April 3.—Forty-six*of the sixty-two men arrested in the anti-| draft piots were discharged today by Justice Langelier, it having been es- gift will add the suggestion that the money thus offered be invested in Lib- |attached to the Royal Air Service has |ferred, were given a preliminary hear- erty bonds or war savings stamps. ment, “the assistonce rendered by the personnel of the American air ce been invaluable” tablished that they were only specta- tors. Eleven others, against whom more serious charges have been pre- burned, several months ago, a large storage barn belonging to the Con=: necticut Hospital for the Insane, where he was at one time an attend= ant The loss wae ahasct $12008 ) § intend to go begging for peace. “but-to. - F.J. LUBY OF WORCESTER T He was charged with having | Aobid A PRERET A