Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 11, 1918, Page 1

LINE OF ALLIES B Attack. American troops are now reinforc- Ing the British line in France, along the greater portion of which the Ger- mang are keeping up their strong at- tacks with hordes of men and great concentrations of artillery in assauits that new apparently have their ob- Jective in the penetrating of the bat- tle front in northern Francerand Bel- glum. It was a happy lot of men that swung into the sector chosen for them, and they were greeted with greéat enthusiasm. From the south of Ypres in Belgium to the region of La Bassee in France the new offensivé of the Germans is being carried out with great desper- ation, with thousands of men, under coyer of unprecedented bombard- ments of the allied rear lings, endeav- oring to pierce the bravely defended fronts held by the British and Portu- guese—and now also at some unnam- € point by Americans, On several sectors of the now twen- ty mile battle line a few deep sal ents have been driven by the -enemy, bt in the process the Germans no- where have been able to break througi, the line merely bending back ler the great pressure. Particuiar- 1y deep aie wedges northwest of Ar- mentieres and northwest of La Bassee —salients which seem to make certaim the evacuation by the British of Ar- mentieres and to threaten serlously. the important railroad junction of Eethune. British positions southwest of Ar- tieres, lying betwéen the Rivers s and Doube, north of Armentieres the five mile front between the louegsteert Wood and the Wytscha- ete-Messines Ridge have been pressed bck by the Gemmans, but .and the L BRIGADIER GENERAL RESCHE OF MONTANA DISCHARGED Because of Condition. of His Brigade— He Was Born in Germany. Washington, April - 10.—Discharge from the federal service of .Brigadier General Frederick E. Resche of Min- nesota, a national guard officer, bern in Germany, and charged with unpatri- otic_expressions and sentiments, was annouriced today by the war depart- ment. The discharge was ordered by Pres- jdent Wilson after an investigation of the charges. Generai Resche has been serving with the 34th national guard division, composed of troops from Minnesota, Jowa, Nebraska and North Dakota, now training at Camp Cody, Néw Mexico. ¢ At the war department it was stated that no overt act of disioyal nature had been charged against General Resche and that this feature has not been touched upon in the investigation of his case. Reports made b¥ in- spectors upon the condition of the brigade which he commanded was said 10 have been the principal basis for the discharge. SIMS URGES SPEED IN SHIP CONSTRUCTION. Copies of His Letter Are to Be Placed in Pay Envelopes of Employes. ‘Boston, April 10.—Copies of a letter from Vice Admiral William S. Sims, commander of the United States paval forces in Buropean 'waters, uffing workers to do their utmost to speed up ship construction, are to be placed tomorrow in the pay. envelopes of the 15000 men employed®in the shipbuild- 1 plants at Quiney and Squantum. e letter is addressed to Vice Tresident Joseph W. Powell of the Tathlehem Shipbuilding company and the writer declares that the rhafter of supplying more ships, partiGularly de- stroyers, is of the greatest Tmportance. The admiral urges that.sach man speed up his own work #hd to eave every second of time, i1 order to has- ten the end of the war.’ WAS LEADER OF MOB WHICH HANGED PRAGER. Joseph Riegel, 28, Desodbed in Detail |, Events of the Wgedy. Collinsyille, T, April - 10.—Joseph Riegel, 28 years old, ja . Colllnsville miner and former member of the United States army, told a coroner's Jury here todav that he-wwas the leader of the mob which last Friday morning hanged Robert P. Prager,-an ememy alien, according to persons mresent at the hearing. He described in detail the events leading up to the tragedy and during the course of his confession is alleged to have implicated Wesley Beaver in the leadership. ol sodbne st -0 TWO MEXICANS K|LL‘P BY U. S. CAVALRY PATROL. Sleta, Tex., April 10, and two m miles southeast ty, the pa- es were sus- forces. The _to have oc- about four [ town of Givenchy retaken, while to the north in the region of Ypres the en- emy’s attacks against the high ground about the Messines Ridge everywhere ENT UNDER GREAT PRESSURE Mile Battle Front Has the Enemy Been Able to Break Through—American Troops Are Now Reinforcing the British Line In France—They Were Greeted With Enthusiasm as They Swung Into the Sec- tor—German Batteries Continue to Shell Vimy Ridge, WheretheCnnatiimAreCahnlyAwnifin|mlnfmh-y bave been decisively repulsed. British in recapturing Givenchy made nearly a thousand Germans prisoner, The latest German officlal _asserts. that between Armentieres and Ectaires the Germans have crossed river and that morth of ' Armentieres the the British lines on both sides Waasten-Warneton have been pene- Six thousand prisoners and one hundred guns are claimed to have been taken' by'the Germans fighting between Armentieres and Lt trated. Bassee canal. The famous Vimy Ridge, won a year ago’ by the Canadians, is receiving a prodigous visitation German batteries. however, with their usval complacen- cy, are awaiting an infantry attack, satisfied that they.again will be able decisively to defeat the enemy and in The hold this important sector. While the battle in the north nas been in progress the fighting south of the Somme, : where -the British _are aligned against the Germans, has been rather subdued. the gectors where: the mans cre disputing the occupancy of the terrain. counter-assaults have been going on around Chauny, the village changing hands many times. the Furious Not assaults but olso the nearby cemetery. The Germans essayed which had as its purpose of the French out of the wood near Castel, but suffered a séverely check. Likewisa west of Noyon repulsed: an: enemy. attack: ARMY NEEDS ABOUT ‘12,000 MEN OF DIFFERENT TRADES Call to Be lssued For That Number in' Addition to 150,000 Fighting Men. Washington, ' April Marsha] graphed to state an General Crowder has them to make governors different trades ang occupations. It was learned today that a call for these men soon to be fssued will be in addition to' that of last Saturday for the mobilization.. 6f 150,000 men - on * April 26, the. number of ‘men of special qualifi- cations is only tentative and may be increased to 15,000 or more before the end of the month, as military needs dictate, . As is psual when special calls are made, the voluntary induction system will be used- so far as'usual. Any draft registrant falling within the de- sired category will be ziven the op- portunity of volunteering to his local boarq for serviee, but if the required |2 number is not obtained by this meth- od. local boards will induce enough men to fill theit quotas. “Reports to the proyost marshal gen- eral will be made about April 29, was said, and the follow withi na few days. 'U-BOATS NOT VERY EFFECTIVE LAST WEEK Only Four British Merchantmen More Than 1,600 Tons Were Sunk London; April 10. British merchantmen by submarines mines last week reached next lowest level of any week since Germany began her intensive subma- rine campaign early Vessels of more than 1600 tons, two of less than 1600 tons and two fishing boats were sent to the bottom. The admiralty statement adds: “Vessels unsucce: including two previously. YArrivals 2,534; sailings 2,495, “Both fishermen reported today were supk during the week ending March in 1917, (o kil e SENATOR STONE’S CONDITION SAID TO BE ENCOURAGING Was Stricken Wi on His Wa; h Paralysi encouraging. consciousness at any time. The senator car, Topeka, Kas., April 10—A verdict of ‘was stricken on a street CAPT. C. W. ROBINSON HAS BEEN ACQUITTED Of Charge of Conspiracy to Defraud the Government. of shells from Canadians, however, on ich and Ger- At last accounts nch not alone held the village the French|azainst 1,000. men £ e PR “10.—Provost fighting The estimate of call is expected to —The sinking of Four ssfully attacked, 11, While to the Capitol. ‘Washington, April 10.—Senator Wil- liam J. Stome of Missouri, stricken with paralysis today while on his way to the senate office building, was rest- ing easily at his home tonight ana the attending physician said his cone | -~ dition was most slight cerebral hemortrhage the senator’s left side and rendered him -helpless, though he did not lose affected Belgian Relief Steame Mine. Cabled Paragraphs r Sunk by . a Amsterdam, -April 10.—The :Belgian relief steamer Flandres according to the Hand crew .was saved. ‘were sunk by mines cording to_the official tonight. fully attacked. Spoke to One of the most_enthusiast; assembled in this city. e | cheering had subsided, the assembled New Tyaland his father was a Of |at the present time a the | Attorney _General “The said tory of Prussia. United States,” “have Humanity and ci country has done. has had a growth foun: tion, work of construction, gained her momentar the present war—by arson, and tian-like sian hosts.” Ahe driving i take 1,000 men who army cantonments of a period of eight .ATTORNEV GENER Bridgeport, Conn., April 10.—United States Attorney General Thomas W. . |Gregory and Samue] W. McCall, gov- ernor of Massachusetts, night to one of of the largest and audiences that ever eral Gregory was introduced by Jus- \tice George W. Wheeler, President . Wilson's right hand men. The attorney general, ence that he “could stand there before Englanders and although he was born ouid prayerfully thank God that -the Civil war ended the way it did, that could, with single purpose and. com- mon_ aim crush the destrover of hu- manity and civilization—Germany.” violating every. law of God and man. |Rome in ancient days. w: conquest compared ‘to the ravages that are perpotrated in co quered lands by the German and Prus- ttaci |, Continuing in his m&-:-s( fim!'ata attack|torney general stated that e e struck a mire in ‘the free channel Monday and. sank, elsblad. The Only Two French Merchantmen Lost. Paris, April 10.—Only two French merchantmen, both over 1,600 tons, or 'submarines during the week ending April 6, ac- announcement One vessel was Unsuccess- BRIDGEPORTERS WELCOMED AL GREGORY Largest Audi- ences Ever Assembled in That City spoke here to- Attorney Gen- as one of after wild told the audi- in_the south iso born there, ‘united’ states, Gregary _ then traced briefly the history of the Unit- ed States and the corresponding his- victories of the the “‘speaker, been mostly thase of peace. zation have play- ed a big part in everything that this Prussia, however, ded on destruc- I stand here. tonight and. chal- lenge any man to point out to-me one one movement of uplifting caused by Prussia. . “Even in the same way has'Prussia Yy conquests in murder, pillage, principle and The sack of 2 - Al sian Guard and stan suit. “I am absolutely con| for man, under equal American soldier of any other t the globe.” Tn closing, the attor clared that the United Germany. fight her to in the streets of sight of, our burning murdereq women and SAVED Under His Own Paris, month barely missed brought the conflicting the- situation, is told i At the height of the leaders of all parties where each statesman, all his rivals. HOW KING ALFONSE fAdent ‘that, man conditions, the today -can. lick be or race on the face of ney géneral de- States will fight ‘a finish ‘on the ost | hills of Trance. or fight her to a fin: tele- | asking it known throughout their respective states that the army needs about 12,000 men ffom about.75 Bridgeport, and Washingtan—fight her: over. there- or fight her in Belgium and Serbia in the .dwellings, and children.” HIS THRONE. 2.4 M Brought Conflicting Political Leaders Domination. April 10.—How Spain | last falling int a. state of anarchy, and how King Alfon- s0, taking the reins into his own hands, political leaders under his own domination and saved n a delayed let- ter from Madrid received by Le Matin, crisis, on March the letter says, when the situation appeared to be desperate, the king took hold of the helm. He summoned the to the palace, thinking he had it|been summoned privately, was sur- prised to find himself in company with The letter continues: “At the same time the captain gen- eral of Madrid arrived the king: oF | Shese zentiemen of the will form one for you or o “This no longer is days or hours, but it minutes. the soil of Spain. As talion remains faithful Spain, its constitution nouncement was made of the king, crowds the palace and obliged show himself to ackno lirious ovations. The “King Alfonso, who streets of the capital A Holcomb to_oinquire at Waterbury, a war needs of the workmen. * ‘Sire, you may be tranquil. are unable to form a ministry with Hartford, Conn.,” April 10. ing commission appointed by Governor and declared to If you <cortes, the army. tomorrow.’ “Immediately on opening ‘the con- terence, King Alfonso said: a question of is a question of If nothing comes from this conference, the royal family will leave for me, I shall remain at my post so long as a bat- to me to defend and the dynas- ty. “On the following day, when the an- that a coalition cabinet had been formed at the behest gathered before the monarch to wledge their de- entire day of March 22 was a day of joy in Madrid. a few days be- fore had appeared to be at the point of breaking with his people, traversed the in an open car- riage, shaking hands extended from all sides’ and acknowledging cheers from constantly growing crowds.” HOUSING REPORT ASSAILS LANDLORDS AT WATERBURY. % ; Exorbitant Rents Charged—Unhealthy Conditions Alleged. A hous- into conditions munition centre today submitted a report which de- clares that a smgll group of landlords has “inycold blood extracted the full advantage for themselves out of the economic situation and the imperative The report credits a majority of the landlords with refusal to take :advan- not guilty was returned by the jury [tage of the opportunity to charge ex- [1ate this afternoon-in the case of Capt. | tortionate rents. It says many of the Charles W. Robinson, national army,|offending landlords, besides charging the | high rents, have maintained disgrace- Camp_Funston, un “trial in United States distriet court here charge of conspiracy -to defraud the Camp overnment in connection- with the | increased by 6000 families in a given purch-;:l “2: exchange . . supplies on a| fully unhealthy conditions The report shows for | perind, while housin; “veased for only 2000 that Waterbury g facilities in: v SERGEANT JAMES BOYLE Sergeant James Boyle of the coast ar- *.|'mynities and_'several DF‘ THE _ COAST ARTILLERY Suicide, Apparently Ran Amuck Shortly After His Return to the Fort Fisher's TIsland, N. ¥, April 10.— tillery shot and killed two men, wound- ed several others seriously, including First Lieutenant Jean Becheud, and then committed :suicide with a service revolver .at: Fort Wright today. He had just returned from leave of ab- sence, The Vi "The dead are: First Sergeant Fred H. Cook, emer- gency address Wiliiam'J. Cook, 29 Bank street, Abington, Mass. Private Thomas G. Guzdek, emergen- cy address Florence Wosny, Holyoke; Mass. ’ 4 Seriously wounded: “First Lieutenant Jean Becheud, Ser- geant Adolph Hoitont, Privates Ernest M. Green and Timothy J. Sullivan, Emergency Address Allentown, Pa. Boyle, according to information at the post, aparently ran amuck imme- diately after his return to the fort. Boyle's emergency address is given as 109 Gordon street, Allentown, Pa. Was Serving Fifth Enlistment. Allentown, Pa., April 10.—Sergeant Boyle, was serving his fifth enlistment in the United Stafes army, having seen three years of service in the Philip- pirtes, inéluding a campaign against the Moros. . His last enlistment /began April 24, 1917 ¢ Story of the Shooting. A New London dispatch says: Boyle first shot Cook and . Guzdek through. the heart in the office of the, Fourth Company. He next wound Private- Green in the hcad and’ Se geant Hoifont in the jaw.’ raised a_window and halted the ap-) proach of Lieutenant® Bacheud Dy shooting him- in the abdomen. ~ Ser- geant Boyle ran to another window,. raiseq it and fired at Private Timothy J. Sullivan of this citv. Sullivan was wounded in the thigh. Still another shot was fired ‘a few seconds later and that was when Boyle turned. the pistol upon_himself. Before he com- mitted suicide he barricafed the doors of the office. A guard of ten soldiers was “hurried to the office and. a door |- was broken in. Boyle was found.dead with a’Bullet wound: in his head. 26 /NEW ENGLAND| CITIES ! WON LIBERTY HONOR FLAGS D % ) - Auril: 10.—Although - St without ‘officlal tetals, to indicate jrist what has beerr accomplished in the matter of' disposing of the district's |another war front in. Ireland, all the qtiota of $250,000,000 .of Liberty: loan bonds, members ‘of ‘the| New England commiittes ‘tonight were satisfled that they .ere! well on the road to success, There was no, relaxation of _cffort, however; the announcement that every doliar of over-subscription was to be accepted ang' that Secretary McAdeo had set $5000,000,000 as the goal for the country serving as an incentive for a big over-subscription drive here; The list of towns that already have passed ' their, quota continued to grow today and was well on toward the 100 mark. ' As rapidly s the ré- turns were checked up honor flags were awarded these 100 per cent. com- banners were sent. out today.. Twenty-six have been presented thus far. Lynn was awarded first place on| the-roll of honor for- this state. No} other Massachusetts: city with a pop-| nlation- between 50,000 and 100,000 has vet gone “over the . top.” This fact ang the fact that more than nine per! cent. ‘of the population contributed to Lynp's total of $2,917.500 entitled the ¢ity’ to first place honors in the opin- fon of the committee, New Hampshire continued to lead the New England states in the num- ber of individuai towns and . cities which have done more than was ex- pected of them, claimants for honar flags in - that -state. numbering 33 to- night. : : The committee made public-a num- ber of .city and town totals, including the. following: Harf $3,500,000; 000. tford, Conn. Haven, Conn., $1.3 ; Large subscriptions rgported late today included: $500,000 -each” by the Pacific Mills and the Provident Insti- tution fosy Savings, of Boston. UKRAINIA TO SUPPLY THE CENTRAL POWERS With Bread, Fodder, Grain, Beans and Seeds.: _Amsterdam, April 10.—A despatch received here from Kiev, Russia, says that an-agreement was signed Tues. day afternoon by the Ukrainfanand German .and Austro-Hungarian dele- gates for the supply to the Central Powers of some . 60,000,000 poods of bread, fodder, grain, peas, heans and seeds. Of these 9.000,000 poods are to De delivered in April, 15,000,000 in May, 20,000,000 in June and 19,000,000 in July. 'The despatch adds that the de- liveries of the grain already have sun. New Peas, DR. CHARLES E, STANLEY HAS BEEN PASSED IN THE HOUSE |, T|VOTE WAS 323 TO 100 John Dillon Declared His Belief That commons tonight passed the second] ms%{'fis of the governments’ man pow- er bill; man power bill in the house of com- mons téday, Sir George Cave, unionist member for Surrey, said it was the duty of the country to do everything it could do, and then only should it be entitled to use to the fullest extent the help given by its allies. Germany had made Europe an armed camp, he add- ed, and. the necessity of taking every man who could be spared was over- whelming. advised that the application of the man power bill to Ireland would yield a large number of men, but if only five divisions could be got from Ireland it would be worth while. was an Irish parliament today the question of conscription in Ireland still would rest with the imperial parlia- ment. doubted .whether the voice of Ireland rexpressing the opinion that the num- Then he | I Well Savisfisd With the | facos The Li | New m':";"mn President b-m;u, of Mexico, sent : Belgium, Rt S _OF COMMONS £ Germany is recruiting wireless op- erators in mnchum,r" -’cnm”:.' Japan and Korea. et by ar | ';I'hc‘; ;amu of fl four Am.mumn unded ‘anq' one il appeared e Canadian casuaities list. : ° f ‘No More Than 80,000 Men Could Be Taken FromIreland. The nomination of -E. R. Stetti a8 4 secretary to Secretary Baker wi approved by the Senate. London, . April 10.—The house of (left Germany for Moscow. He is ex- Pected to arrive this we The: yote was 323 to 100. In moving the second reading of the|thé United States and Mexico was sus- pended for duration of war. : Cadet John Insinger was instantly killed ‘at “Love Fi:l?t Dallas, a;e‘xi ‘Wwhe ntwo machines collided. Charles Flestfoot Sise, chairman ‘of the Bell Telephone of Ca.nuli T;age:fl at his home .in Montreal from pneu- monia. The Cowee bill proy Sir George declared that he had beéen ling mbly. King George providing for to generals by selection instead seriority. The speaker added that even if there ! French aviators Interrupted by Nationalist Members. ‘Sir George, being ‘continually inter- rupted by nationalist members, said he en-Laonnois. had yet been heard in the matter. The | The ~American Soldiers’ speaker of thc¢ house appealed to the Irish members to give Sir George a fair_hearing. After- Sir Charles Hobhouse, the former postmaster general, and Don- MacLedn had criticized the bill, Baseball son's. games. ‘ber of-men over 40 who were fit for railway staff. e i ify _raising the age i nationalist er, said that, apartaltogether from eland. no case had heen made out for the bill itself. . As to the Irish proposels, they Would destroy the hope of:anm lement during. the war. = Hei: ged the ' government to biscife in Beland and de- that Antrim ' =enld vote with Clare against conscription. The farm- ors of Ulster, he caid, were, against conscription. Sir" Bdward Carson, interrupting, said: “Nomore than the farmers of England” . - i Estimates of Men from ireland. The estimate of 400,00 men' from Irelend, contifided Mr. Diilon, was non- sense. | TWo Vears 8go the figure was put at 120,000, and since then 20,000 hadvolunteereéd: He believed that no more than 80080 could be obtained ut doing infnitely more injury by . the food- L T.. Lefferts Conard, of Trenton, ., was drowned while near Ocala, Fla. 1. wap Cuba. “announced that count of Germans. Word was rec Cross ‘countr, wounded in France. Madame Schumann- can: in-armies, has volunteered as: a Li erty loan speaker, been & exhibition . for. a ;at. Compton-Park, .{!fild.'al’%-!m T MR G P L TS have lestroy] - Fivetreal. se of the bill.was to divert public. attention and inquiry: e trile catses of the failure on estend the bfli'to Jdreland would open - more_formidable because it would be a;mogal frent, in which Britain would be, wrohs; ‘it wonld be n front which, whatever: form ~the . conflict took, wouid spread to America and Aus- tralia® and to_all .the corners of the earth where thé Irishi race were scat ‘tefed. ‘The ‘prospect Before the gov- ernment was that for the remainder of the - war “it -must hold Ireland under strict military law with evér-increas- | ing bitterness. : In committee the nationalists would Ppropose to have county option, and if the government would concede that perhaps they would ery guits and not oppose -the bill further.: He had no hope that a home rule bill acceptable to. Treland - could ‘be passed. SENATE GETS DETAILS OF DELAY IN AVIATION PROGRAM Through Majority and Minority Re- ports of Military Committee. Washington, April _10.—Difficulties encountered in -developing the nation's great aviation program were presenied to the gefiate todoy in widely different aspects through majority and minority reports on the miliiary committee’s protracted ‘investigation of the sub- ect. s majority, through Senator Ghamberlain of Oregon, chairman, de- clared the entire _aviation _situation gravely _disappointing, «charged goy- ernment _officials responsible for _the program ~with misleading the public with _over-optimistic statements, ‘and urgently recommended that control be taKen ‘from the army signal corps and be_placed in the hands of a'single ex- ecutive officer’ appointed by. the presi- dent. ‘' This réport is understood. to have been adopted by a vote of eight to_six in the committee. Senators Myers of . Montana ond Kirby of Arkansas joined = Sepator Sheppard of Téxas in the minority re- port, which ‘asserted the majority fail- ed to give’ an accurate impression of the facts and that in the face of un- paraelleled obstacles “on the whole the record of. the signal corps is one of which every American can be - justly proud.”’ cow - declared thut . possibly unless. she -withdraws. her-troops. {only a.weak attémpt to save him. John Saborri last night while walking the tracks. Director ' General expenditures by city freight and passen; fices. E marines during the past. week. ‘Washington. and “America.” only slightly injured. evidence ' that to Germanize the public schools. W, nesday it was reached Royal Flying corps was instantly kil LIBERTY LOAN FIGURES from Benbrook flying field, TO BE MADE PUBLIC | gqy. Treasury Department Reverses Ruling Owing-to ‘a ‘Multitude of Protests. — mission. of the Park Commission ‘Washington, April 10.— Beginning tomorrow the country will be given RECOVERING FROM: ILLNESS. For' 47 Years Staff Physician at the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane. Midldetown, Conn., April 10..— Dr. Charles E. Starfley, for 40 years staff physician at. the Connecticut hospital for the insane, today annmounced his resignation, effective July 13. Dr. Stanley is ow in Philadelphia recov- ering from iliness. He refers to him- self as the last of the “old guard” at the hospital, whose service he entered soon after his_graduation from the medical school of the University. .of Pennsylvania. Frank J. Ryan Released.. : Leavenworth, Kas., April 10.—Frank J. Rydn’ of “Indianapolis, whose sen- tence of seven véars for complicity in the Indianapolis “dynamite conspiracy” cases was commuted several days ago by. President- Wilson, was * released from the federal peniteritiary, here to- o g daily figures on total subscriptions for | Square. Campaign Begun Against Those Ac- the third Liberty loan. Federal re- . Sive-'in’ War. Camp! Commanitielt serve banks were instructed lO?&)‘ to George W. Ferris, Ifli editorial i report. immediately the subscriptions | writer on the Baffalo Conricr. died at| washington, April 10 (by Associated received up to three oclock this af-|his home in Buffalo, vesterday. Mr.| preces s omimimien sgatnet ternoon, but replies did not reach the treasury - tonight until too late to be tabulated. Hereafter the subscriptions for one day’s .work are.expected to show in the . treasury totals the following night; These reports will be of two classes—subscriptions which have reached reserve banks accompani€d by 5 per cent initial payments, and i addition the total of these subscrip- tions and those reported by banks and trust companies in_the districts but not actually forwarded to the reserve banks with the cash ‘payments, Lo- cal campaign committees will be per- mitted to gather reports of the latter class in their communities and to give them -ont for publication . This: course of action wus authorized today, by the treasury in a message to reserve banks, following receipt of 'a multitude of protests against the rul- ing that committees were not' to give *out’ estimates of daily subscriptions. Iple. Ferris was 72 porter and edi 52 years. William G. McAdoo Loan speech. at Raleigh, N tor on The Courier f ing a patriotic duty. workhouse on Blackwell's Island for that a bond had been sold. is birthday greetings to the King otl Count Mirbach, German ambassador, | Telephone communication ~ between for . the | conscription of the unemployed during the war passed the New York As- igned a royal warrant e promotion of officers of located the long range. gun ‘used by the Germans to bombard Paris. The gun is at Crepy- Legague organized in Paris held a meet- ing to arrange a schedule for the sea- Directors of the. Eastern Railway of China agreed to place. the road under the supervision of an American president of the Florida. Utilities swimming Michael J. Dady, of Brooklyn, | the guthorities are keeping a strict ac- ed in New York that Julius Katz, one of the foremost runners, was seriously : 2 k, who bas sous in both the Austrian and Ameri- The' British -war tank which has week. was iWercester, Paris declaves that e . hfgbe-t importance the: western fraat. . The' attempt to | Aoy heén made.in the -beginhing. of Lenoine in a speech at Mos- g Russia would ‘have ‘to ‘declaré war on Japan Policemen who testified at the in-| quest of the murder of Henry Praeger, | of Collinsyille Ili,, declared they made .50, of Durham, was run down by a trolley car of the Con- nectjcut company’s lines in Middlefield Orders went to ‘the railroads from McAdoo .to _curtail discontinuing -many ger ticket of- One Italian steamer of more than 1500 tons was sunk by enemy subr Three small sailing vessels also- were: sent own. ! S M. Haley, of Brooklyn, N: Y., dropped dead last night while address- ing a gathering of fish dealers in con- ference at the food administration .at The Columbus, Ohio, Council passed an ordinance. that requires all able- bodied persons to stand at the rendi- tion of the “Star Spangled Banner” Senator Charles S. Wicks was the only member of the New York Legis- lature to be caught in ‘the wreck .of the Empire " State ‘Express. * He was 4 STy American ' Protective League opera- l,uves declare ‘they have documentary German manufacturers of Cleveland and Youngstown planned ington felt an earthquoke Wed- night for the first time since y . the tremors of the great_quake which shattered Charles-| ton, S. C, more than thirty years ago. Cadet Arthur Harold B. Weber of the ed when he crashed to earth five miles Texas, while making a solo flight late yester- Lieut.-Comm. Nathaniel Ayer, of the |radio_school at Harvard, asked per- build barracks for 3,000 students om the Cambridge common at Harvard vears old and was re- a Liverty C., told an audience that a man or woman who ‘wears patched clothes and shoes in- stead of buying new ones is perform- Henry Schneider; a German waiter, was sentenced to six months in_ the sneering at a Liberty Loan meeting whenever announcement was made The seven New York Socialist Al- dermen, who epposed reeognition by |1 the Board of the War Savings Stamp | campaign, reversed their former atti- tide-and voted in favor of urging the purchase of Liberty Bonds by the peo- | federal i i Semle.‘ ! Dill, - prohibiting under penalties twenty years fmprisonment and $10.- 000 ‘fine, for language or acts of dis- loyalty or obstruction of the army vote. It now. goes to conference be- tween the house and senate. Protracted and bitter debate mark- ed consideration of the measure. . tions of senators who claimed eriginal draft would curb legitimate freedom of speech, the bill retains the broad inhibition of words or acts which “support or favor the cause of the German empire of its alliés * % or oppose_the cause _of . tbe United States.” It also would punish wiltul and -“disloyal, profane, scurrilous, con- | | temptuous or abusive’ language about the American form of . government, ‘Washington, April 10.—The sedition j constitution, military or naval forces, . of.| #lag or uniform and wilful utterances ° designed or curtail production of es- sential war materials. draft and Liberty loans, was passed |by Senator Jones of New today by the senate without a record | viding for dismissal of federal execu: tive .employes making disloyal state- ments. This was a substitute for one introduced by -Senator Pennsyjvania_several .days ago Thouzh modified to meet the objec- |attacks had been made upon Georse the | Creel, chairman of the committee on public information, and other officials on past. senators . had denounced alleged dis- loval . publications n American press, withdrew his amend- ment: prohibiting’ German publications uniess paralleled by Eng i The senate adopted an amendment. Mexico, pro- Penrose _of after account of their writings in. the Senator Lofige, after he and ofher - in the language ish translations. U..S. CAVALRY PATROLS. ARE FACING MEXICAN TROOPS The Latter Are Entrenching—Five Mexicans Were Killed. Fort Hantock, Texas, April 10.— American cavalry patrols-and Mexican federal troops face each other tonight across the Rio Grande at the San Juan mine ford eight miles southeast of Fort Hancock. Across the river from Fort Han- cock - federal troops at nightfali were “digging in” themselves and the two forces lay so close to each other to- night' that the challenges of Mexican sentries could be heard plainly on the American side of the river. ° Reports reaching Colonel George T. Langhorne, commander of American troops in the Big Bend district to- soldlers at the hands of American troops durinz the day. nnidez&:mn Mexicans after-more. shots had firéddt, | from the south. bank of the river. Two. other’ Mexicans - were Killed near Yslela, Texas. in a.skirmish be- near. here when an, American & opened: after. the latter had opened fire. KING EMMANUEL OF 1TALY CABLES PRESIDENT WILSON On ‘Anniversary ‘of the United States Entry Into War. ‘Washington, ' April “10.—King ~Em- manuel of Italy hds- cabled: President, Wilson" the " following ‘message on the uecasion of the first anniversary of the Unitéd States entry into the war: “It i§ & year sinte the American re- public under vour enlightened zuid- ance threw hersel? into the gigantic struggle ' which the free pecples united Dby common ideals of justice and dem- oeracy, are wagihg agairist the threat- cneq voke 'of autocracy and militar- While the valiant American troops are fighting on the glorious soil of France: while new” armies are about to cross-the ocean, the:powerful sup- port,_of the' United States stiffens the resistance of the people, and the sol- diers of Italy, full of faith.in the.jus- tice of. the, common cause and in the righteousness .of .the Italian - national await aspirations, .soldiers of Ital confidently . the enemy offensi this' eventtul - anniversary th with me_their freetings to you and to the American army.” 1,275 'VESSELS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO U. S. NAVY e Since . the. Day on Which War Was Declared Against Germany. Chicago, April 10—ince April 8, 1917, the_day.eon -Which. war was de- clared against Germany, there have been added to- the United States navy 1,275 vessels, aggregating 1,055,116 tons, /Secretary of the Navy Daniels de- clared tonizht in an address before the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. 3 “In addition to_the_ battle: cruisers, dreadnoughts and_scoui . cruieers au thorized, some building and others férred temporarily-for the more press- ing construction of ships to transport soldiers and munitions and supplies,” he said, “we are now building of what is technicgly known as smaller: craft —trom 65 to 1,215 tons each—T794 ves- sels, with -an - aggregate ‘of - 420,217 tons.” 1- PUTTING CHECK ON o PETTY PROFITEERS Press).—A petty Pprofiteering on_soldiers and sailors in war camp communities has been open- ed by the cdmip activifies. Many complaints of overcharging have been made by men in_uniform. 1 Special committees, of ¢ity officlals and- leading merchants are being or: ganized in the camp .cefitres to pri soldiers” from unscrupuious and ‘unpatrictic dealérs. Where profit- eering is: reported presstre will -be brought to bear ‘upon. offending dedl- ers to have:the money refunded. . or “Coat of Tar For Peace Man. OKlghoma' City, Okla., April 10 (by Associ: icks, orla «Pezce commission on training | Madison| NEW YORK LIBERTY LOAN Citizens National Bank Subscribed for § a i — & NOW TOTALS $157,097,350, /. $5,400,000. scriptions to the Liberty loan in'the New York federal reserve _distriet mounted tonight to $157,097,350.. The igures were made public by the fed- eral reserve bank with the permission of the treasury department. subscriptions for the same period the second loan were $65,874,000, less than half the sales thus far third loan. . ci in in the” Total subscriptions credited. to this ity amounted to $135,950,400. -Totals orthern for other sub-districts were: Ni New_Jlersey, $9,5! 50; Fairfield coun- ty, Conn., and Westchester and Rock- night told of the death of five Mexican |{land counties, $2,644,500. ‘Three Mexi- | ported today were: can federal cavalrymen were killed | bank, machine | $2000,000; Distillers' Se es fire ‘on the poration, $1300,000, and Charles EchwaB" Seamen's Bank- ! ,e‘?mde-n Beet Sugar comj & Among the large subscriptions re- Cit National -York, of New e 400.000; Bank Seligman & Co., and Insurance Co., $1,000,000 The stock exchange late tweén Mexican, and Amerigan troops | peldged ifself to support th loan. backing President Wilson’ of “force, force to the utmost” League, w; Elk City, 10: leave the county. Zeathered st nighi, and erderes Hicks is under indictment - on . dislovalty ‘charges. . * AT e ¥ s | ‘Wm were killed Charged With Refusing to Accept a cense of the Connecticut Iruit and Commission Company, of 37 and 39 Waier street, Ansonia, has been inde- finitely suspended by Robert.W. Seo- ville, “federal Connecticut, it was announced tonight, following receipt from Washington at the . administrator’s - office of confir- mation- of his & was taken under the tices section of the Lever food control act, after a hearing at his office last Monday. had refused to accept a carload tatoes- which from a Maine shipper and that the potatoes were spoiling when the food state are under investivation, it was stated tonight at Mr. Scoville’s office. CHURCHES UNITE FOR Congregational and Episcopal Churches of the house of bishops of the Protest. ant Episcopal church here today. The meeting was a*tended by bishope from all sections of the country. 'gathered in about 200 persons’ who The joan committee announced that every commercial bank and trust com- pany in Manhattan has agreed b carry bonds of the third ninety days' at mot more than 4 1-4 per cent. LICENSE OF ANSONIA -3 issue for FRUIT FIRM SUSPENDED Carload, of Potatoes. ‘Hartford, Conn., April 10.—The - food administrator for His action asteful prae- sion It was charged that the company po- it had offered to take administration took action. Thomas S. Lavieties, treasurer of the company, in its defense at the hearing, claimed that the company had mever recef an acceptance of therefore put in the position of being asked to_accept goods not ordered. its offer and was Similar cases in other parts of the PROMOTION OF WAR WORK. of the Country. - New York, April 10—Formal 'nego- tiations for concerted effort by the Congregational and Episcopal churches of the country for the promotion of war work were opened at a meeting The desire of the Congregationalists ‘to affiliate with the Episcopalians. for the ‘period of the war in church work and co-operation with the government was expressed in a letter to the house of bishops from Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth of New Haven. LA Recommendations on the suggestion of the Conzregational churches will be submitted by a committee composed of ishop Hall of Vermont. Bishop Hard. ing of Washington, Bishop Cheshire of North Carolina, Bishop Talbot of Bethlehem, Pa., and Bishop Tucker of Virginia. N ‘Consideration of the findines of commission appointed to _inve: charges of disloyalty against Bishop Paul Jones, formerly head of the mis- sionary province of Utah. was begum today and will be contindld tomorrow. . - Rounding-Up of Foreigners in Mil- waukee. Milwaukee, Wis., April 10.—Federal ' authoritles today, opening a drive to | | round up unnaturalized foreigners. ag-: cused of violating the enemy alien %%‘- n NS failed to comply with the gove: regulations. A reply td Cardinal Farley’s of* sympathy upon the German distance bombardment of @ chureh ~on - Good Friday in which was day Cardinal Amette, e