Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 12, 1918, Page 1

3\ They Have Penetrated British Defenses to Depth of Almost Six Miles Over a 30 Mile Front BUT THE BRITISH HOLD FIRM AT VITAL POINTS Armentieres Has Been Abandoned by the British to Safeguard Their Battle Line, As the Enemy Had Made Gains On Both Sides of the Town—In a Terrific Attack Against Hollebeke and Wyschaete the Enemy Was Repulsed With Great Loss—In the Toul Sector the Foe.Absolutely Failed in an Attack On Pershing’s Men—The Teutons Are Slowly Advancing In Finland, the Land and Naval | Swi his heaviest legions and -mmstwm;una far to the north of the Picardy battlefield, Field Marshal Von HEndenburg is now driving home at- tack after attack against\ the British lines between Arras and Ypres. Charg- ing across the level country behind a tempest of high explosive and gas shells, the Germans have succeeded by terrific fighting in penetrating the British defenses at points over a front of near! thirty miles to a depth of al- most six miles just to the south of Ypres. Loss of Armentieres Was Expecte.d The loss of Armentieres is admitted ¥ the British, but this was expected from the trend of events in that sec- tor during the past few days. The enemy had driven in on both sides of the town and holding out longer by the British would have imperilled the ‘whole line. So far as known, the with- drawal of the British forces from Armentieres was orderly and was only for the purpose of straightening out the line in the region where the Ger- man pressure is the heaviest. British Firm at Vital Points. The British have stood firm at vital points along the line. Wytschaete is still held by Fleld Marshal Haig's men, who also maintain their grip on Mes- sines Itidge, Lestrem, Ploegsteert and Pioegsteert Wood and Hollebeke. ins: which furious assaults _have n launched to_break Be nollified by Eritish ‘Counter- A terrific attack made against Hol beke.and was completely repulsed & Ereat loss to the Ger- mane Scene of Former: Battles. This particular part of the battle line in the west has been the scene of ter- rible fighting for nearly four vears. Armentieres marked the farthest re- tirement in_this region of the French, British_and Belgians in August and September, 1914. Just to the north, near Ypres, the Germans on April 1915, first let loose bn the Canadian troops their poisonous gas, and here on December 19, the same vear, they drove hard at the thin line of Cana- dlans in a desperate effort to reach Calais. On both occasions the Can- adians beat back the enemy and held thelr lines intact. Nearby the British launched their counter-offensive in February, 1916, and withstopd furious attacks during April and May, the same year. Germane Using Massed Attack. The drive south of Ypres has dev- eloped into a major operation, it would appear, and the Germans, using their massed attack system, are not count- ing the losses inflicted upon them in their advance. So far they have gain- little of .great tactical value. The high ground along the front is still held by the British forces dnd the re- tirements here and there have not as vet endangered the integrity of the line from Arras to the North Sea. While this battle is going on. there is & lull in the struggle before Ameins. Since the announcemént that Amer- ican troops had made their appear- ance in the secprs occupied by the British, there has been nothing to show that they have actually entered into the battle. Americans Repulse Foe. In the Toul sector, however, the American troops have again been Sght- ing. The Germans have _absolutely failed in an attack on Pershing’s mea, the excellent artillery work of the Americans breaking up an assaplt by special shock troops before they could reach the American barbed wire en- tanglements. The attack was evident- Iy intended to drive out the' Ameri- cans from their position as,there had Srrian Josees are ed to have been heavy. In the Italian theatre of war there have beer. only scattering artillery en- gagements. The British have once more advane- ed north of Jericho. They have swept the Turks back for a mile and a halt over a front of five miles. Teutons Advancing in Finland. The Germans are slowly advancing in Finland, the land and naval forces, working in_conjunction, having reach- d Tovisa, midway between Viborg and Helsingfors. It is reported from Tokio that the situation in - Viadivostok is much re. lieved and that the Japanese forces wil be withdrawn as soon as order is re- stored in the city. STEEL PRODUCTS FROM FRENCH AND BRITISH GOVERNMENTS Have Been Obtained by General Persh- ing to Meet Urgent Needs. Washington, April 11.—Testimony of Chalrman Hurley of the shipping board, and J. Leonard Replogle, direc- tor of steel supplies for the war in- dustries board. given the senate com- merce committee several days ago in executive session, was made public to- day and disclosed that General Persh- ing has obtained 750,000 tons of steel products from the French and British Fovernments to meet urgent needs in France with an agreement to replace the tomnage in plates, projectiles and other forms from the United States. American mills now are -working to capacity, the witnesses said, to meet the demands of the allied countries and the requirements of the United States. TWENTY-TWO AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN ACTION Names Given in Latest Casualty List —List Totals 110 Names. ‘Washington, April 11.—Twenty-two Americans who were killed in.action are listed In a second casualty list made public by the war department late today. Three lieutenants are in- cluded In this number. The list to- Aals 110 names and is divided as fol- Jows: killed in action 22; died of wounds ope: died of accident one; died of disease four: wounded severe- Iy 11; wounded slightly 68; missing in action 3. CARGO OF CANADIAN FISH LANDED IN BOSTON First to Arrive Under the New Reci- procity Agreement. Boston, April 11.—The first cargo of Canadian fish to be landed here free of @uty under the new reciprocity agree- ment recently signed by Secretary of Commerce Redfield and Chief Justice Hazen of New Brunswick, arriving today on the Canadian schooner Elinor of Yarmouth, N. S. The catch of 52.000 pounds of fresh ground fish was gold_through the New England Fish Exchange. GANGS OF DRAFT RESISTERS ' ARE HIDING IN ONTARIO They Have Expressed Defiance of the Authorities. Ottawa, Ont, April 11. — Several of draft resisters are reported in and eypressed defiance of the au- It is reported they will be anmolested until the weather clears wifficiently to enable the police to saptire them. THE ROMANOFF FAMILY ARE SUFFERING WANT Many Former Court Noblemen and No- ble Women Do’ Their Own Washing. “Moscow, Wednesday, April 10.—(By The Associated Press.)—The Romanoft family, most of whom are resiidng in the Crimea, are suffering want, ac- cording to the Moscow ‘papers. The dowager empress Maria . Feodorovna, who, -with Grand Duke Nicholas, the Grand Dutchess Xenia and children and other members of the family, is allowed to spend only. four hundred tubles a month, while the expenses of all of them cannot exceed ten thousand rubles. They have five servants, but many of the former court noblemen and noble women who are. staying with the Romanoffs, do their own washing or work in the vineyards, earning oc- casionally four rubles a day. HEALTH CONDITIONS OF ARMY SATISFACTORY Influenza and Mumps Arc the Chief Diseases Noted. Washington, April 11-—Health con- ditjons throughout the army at home continue satisfactory, says the weekly report issued today by the war depart- ment, although the hospital admission rate increased over the preceding week. Influenza an‘gd‘ ml:’xlnpsl are the chief no e latter frequentl complicated with pneumonia wcoum)-' ing for the rising admission rate. Ail- ments among drafted men contracted before they entered camp have sweiled the sick rates. The total number or deaths for the week ending April & was 290 against 237 the preceding week. AMEIICQN MARIN“ HAVE LANDED AT VLADIVOSTOK. They Are in Control of the Docks— Japs at Railway and Ammuyition Depots. Harbin, Friday, April 5—(By The Associated Press).—Am marines have been landed at Viadivostok, as well as British and Japanese forces, according to advices from that place The Americans are in control of the docks, while the Japanese are guard- In‘uflm railway and ammunition de- po! . THREE RUSSIAN SHIPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT They Are ‘at a Pacific Port — Cargo Capacity of 12,000 Tons. A Pacific Coast, April 11—Three Russian ships were taken over here today by the United States shipping board. ~ They have a deadweight car- g0 capacity for 12,000 tons. Gableq l upower who has not dec] and Dago. fire 38 centimetre shells. Collinsville, TiL., oner’s jury which charged with murder with the hanging. liam Brockmeier. After having been since murder. tifv other members. CATHOLIC ARCHBISH | Aoprove Nation-Wide Washington, April 1 archbishops of the X menting here tod: fon-wide time for in its varied activities, were Suggested for sist local authorities in"ps cen sol amusements for camps. them | piirposes temperance movement. Attending the Cai ina: ©'Connel { Archbishops Glannon of San go. Rishop McCort archdioce: statement reads: assertion that T, ognized France’s claim Lorraine as just. ing for your provinces.” 8,800 TON STEEL SHIP Built in Same Tim Seattle, Washn., Durfee late today. si: ing. ments. to give a.programme in Yesterday, 000,000 certificates of which closed vesterdav. Drastic Action by French -Depu Paris, April 11.—A bill introduced today in the.chamber of deputies pro- | Clyde, vides that any subject of an enemy red his na- tionality to the police authorities with- in a week after the bill becomes a law shall be treated as a spy and shot. Two New German Dreadnoughts. Amsterdam, April 11.—Two dread- noughts have been added to the Ger- man fleet during the war, according to the Vossische Zeitung, and have par- ticipated in the bombardment of the fortifications of the lslands of Oesel These vessels Baden and Bayern, which were launch ed in 1915 at Kiel and Danzig. in tional Catholic War ery di camp- environments, -caring fo Christic: of Portiand, Ore. The statement concltides that intrigue can endanger the perfect soli- darity between the two empires, Launched at Seattle—Third April are FIVE MEN HELD FOR LYNCHING OF PRAGER On Recommendation of Coroner at Close of the Inquest. April 11.—The cor- s investigated lynching here last Friday of Robert P. Prager, alleged German sympathizer, at the close of the inquest tonight, recommended that five men be, held. /connection The mien ordered held are Joseph: Riegel, Wesley Beaver, Richard Dukes, Enid Elmore and Wil- in deliberation 230 o'clock this morning, the coroner’s jury tonight brought in a verdict that Prager was “hanged by a mob” and recommended that the men named be held charged with Prager's Warrants immediately were prepared by Coroner R. A. Lowe. Wesley Beaver, a saloon porter. was the first man placed under arrest. The other four were apprehended imme- diatey] as no effort was made by any of the defendants to avoid arrest. The inquest opened last Monday and all ressions have been secret. reported yesterday by persons who at- tended tkie hearing that Riegel, one of the men held, had conféssed he leader of the mob which hanged Prag- nd to hiave asserted he could iden- PS IN SESSION AT WASHINGTON Campaign to { Raise Funds to Aid War Council. The Catholic nited ‘States and Couneil, , approved a mna- campaign at an funds to aid the rar, msqrang within At ‘a separate meeting the arch- bishops deplored the failure of some of the state lezislatures In passing pro- hibition Jaws to exempt the exnorta- tion and use of wine for sacramental The archbishops said that one of the results of this failure has been to place the Catholic church in the seeming attitnde of hostility to'tne |- e sassions were Cardin- rainal Farley of New 1 of Boston St. Louis: Hanna. of i=co and Mundelein of Chica- represented of ' Philadelphia. EMPEROR CHARLES SAYS M. CLEMENCEAU LIES Never Recognized the Claim of France to Alsace-Lorraine. Vienna, via Paris, April 11.—An offi- cial statement giving the text of a tel- egram_from Emperor Charles to Em- peror William relative to the claim of Premier Clemenseau that the former recognjzed the claims of France to Al- sace-Lorraine, was issued today. The “T accuse M. Clemenceau of piling up lies to escape the web of lies in ‘which he is involved, making the false in some manner rec- Alsace- to “I indignantly repel the assertion. At the moment when ' Austro-Hungarian j cannon are firiag alongside of the Ger- }man artillery on the western front. no iproof is necessary that I am fight- BUILT IN 64 DAYS Be to e Limit. 11.—Sixty- four days from the date her keel was laid, the 8,800 ton steel freighter West was launched at the Skinner and Eddy Corporation ship yard here The vessel is.the third of its kind to be launched by the plant in xty-four days from date of keel lay- MAYOF W. H. THOMPSON OF CHICAGO REPLIES TO CRITICS Promises to Cause Arrest of Any Per- son Making Seditious Statements. Chicago, April 11.—Mayor William Hale Thompson. whose war attitude has subjected”him to much criticism, gave a written pledge today that he would cause. the arrest of any person making seditious or treasonable state- The pledge was given as the result of protests against a meeting of the Baeker Singing soctety, scheduled German. $500,000,000 CERTIFICATES ARE OVERSUBSCRIBED My Banks of the Nation—Issue Closed ‘Washington, April 11.—While sub- scribing millions for Liberty banks of ‘the country also have.over- subscribed the latest issue of. $500,- indebtedness the They the It was was as: B & a4 ers on furlough and providing for the the no % ¥ ,. B ORDERED IN PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT WILSON - AT NOON SATURDAY . Mallory, Merchants and Miners, and Southern Steamship Compahies —Includes Docks, ‘Warehouses and All Other Property. ! ‘Washington, April 11.—Leading At- lantic and Gulf steamship lines will be unified Saturday under control of the railroad administration, President Wilson by proclamation today commandeered the Clyde, Mal-) lory, -Merchants and Miners, and Southern steamship lines, and assign- ed them to the supervision of Director General McAdoo, who already has con- trol of railway-owned lines, the Ocean, 0ld Dominion, Southern Pacific, Bal timore Steam Packet, and Chesapeake Steamship companies. Takes Total of 111 Vessels. This action adds 63 coastwise ves- 18 averaging 3,500 tons each to the other coastwise ships already un- | overnment management, making | aggregating | der a- totdl of 111 vessels, nearly 400,000 tons. These will be as- signed to carrying coal and other ma- terials between Hampton Roads and New England, cotton from the south to New England -and other trafiic which will result in relioving rail transportation. -Coal Carriers for New England. One of the first steps of the govern- ment will be to place a greater num- ber of the vessels in the coal-carrying trade between Hampton Roads and New England to provide for a reserve of fuel for next winter. v The mew duties entrusted to 'the railroad” administration may be met with reorganization of the marine transportation division, it was said to- night. One branch may be given charge of ocean shipping, and another of lakes traffic and inland waterwdys. Of the 68 ships now commandeered, thirty belong to the Clyde line, four- teen to the Mallory, thirteen to -the Merchants and Miners, and six to the Southern Pacific. Companies to Be Compensated. The president specified that the companies are to be compensated 2t a “just and reasonable” rate to be sgTeed upon between them and Di- rector General McAdoo. This prob- ably will be on a fixed rental basis, | such as the shipping board uses in compensating owners of comman deered océan-going vessels. i The government operation is to be- come effective at 12.01 o'clock Satur- day’ morni and -applies to. all the w! locks, warehouses and othier “of ‘the lines. as For the. present Jules, crews and com: ents will be mamumed.l ny managermn: ‘o2stwise shipping was included in the order last October placing under control of the shipping boara -all American vessels of 2500 tons and over. b JAPANESE ADMIRAL HAS ISSUED A PROCLAMATION To Russians Hoping For Glorious Suc- cess ‘of the Revolution. Vladivostok, Saturday, April 6.—(By | The. Associated Press). The Japanese admiral has'issued a proclamation to the Russians here saying that he sym- pathized with the situation in Russia, hoped for the glorious success of the revolution and had no intention. to interfere or take sides in the situa- tion. He said that unfortunately the olitical struggle has resulted in dis- orders in Viadivostok in which three Jupanese were killed, and had landed marines merely to protect Japanese residents. . The admiral said he was consulting with his home governments as to what steps shall be taken in the future and in the meantime that Rus- sians resume their occupations with- out uneasiness. ORGANIZE TO UNCOVER ENEMY PROPERTY. About 140,000 Lawyers in the United States Are to Assist. Washington, April 11.—An army of 140,000 lawyers in the United States was'enlisted today in the campaign to uncover enemy property. A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, in_a letter to attorneys in every state, call- ed on'them to locate and report to his office all funds held by the enemy in the vicinities in which they live. -“Property aggregating in value many millions of dollars.has been: reported and taken over, but it.is confidently believed that at least as much, if not more, is still unreported,” his letter said. ‘The duty of locating and Te- porting euch property is placed by law not upon this office’ but upon the indi- vidual citizen. It is here that I need your help.” CONCRETE SHIP HAS NOT LEAKED A DROP. Great Lakes Plants Are Turning Out Two Ships Every Three Days. Chicago, April 11.—W. Leslie Comyn, president of the corporation _whick constructed the Faith, America’s first Concrete ship launched on the Pacific coast recently, declared in a speech today before the chamber of commerce of the United States in session here that the ship has not leaked a drop and. promises to be a success in every way. ‘The Great Lakes shipbuilding plants are: turning-out ships every three days, according to John A. Penton, an- other speaker. He said that 35 boats would be started:toward the Atlantic seaboard May 1 and that 135 mort ‘would be’ready’ before Dec. 1. CHARGED WITH USING INFLAMMATORY LANGUAGE William A.' Denson, an Attorney . of Birmingham, Ala., Arrested. Birmingham, Ala., April 11—William A. Denson, an attorney of this city, was . arrested today by government bonds agents on a warrant charging him with _using * inflammatory ~ languase against President Wilson in violation of the espionage law. He is accused specifically of saving the president was responsible’ for the country going | The total victi to war and that he would like to see| were Lim ‘hanged. Stormy From Cape HatterastoCape od DRIVING~ RAIN WITH NORTHEAST WIND HIGH L O W TEMPERATURES : $ Navol Officials Uneasy About Safety | of Soms Small Patrol Boats—No News of Marine Disasters Had Been Received Last Night. Washington, April 11. — Southern New England and the middle Atlantic coast districts today were experiencing extraofrdinary ‘April weathar, sleet, snow and driving rein accompanying a high northeast wind blowing _along much-of the coast from Cape Hatteras to Cave Cod. Temperatures Below Normal. Temperatures wers from 20 ta 30 degrees below the seasonal average, the weather burs reported, but no- where had they reached the freezing point. Tn most of tie storm-swept areas, however, they were only 2 few degrees above " it. The, cyclonic depres: day right off the Cas stead of passing {o sex as thy forecaster had predicted, inv ntensity tonight and began moving Slowly. “northeastward, H. east winds blew over North Carolina coast during and_tonight they had reached as far as Nantucket, wherc the wind ed a velocity of 42 miles an hour. At Cape Henry the wind blew 52 rales an hour, but had moderated tonight. Naval Officials Uneasy. Naval officials feit some une: about the safety of some of the patrol boats cruising off the coast. No | news of .marine - disasters. had heen | received from the coast ports tonight. At Atlantic City the winds velocity iwas 30 miles an hour, while at York the highest velocity reached 22 miles. Snow in North Carolina. Snow fell as far south as Carolina and also in easter; as well as in Maryland, southern New England. all_in the District of Columbia was . heavy and “followed sleet which siceeded a downpour of rain that had lasted sin Monday night. Snow also was report ed in eastern Kentucky. iness | small | | North | T ennessee 4 northeastwarq during the next hours.it is expected to cause rair 'w England and snow or rain the middle. Atlantic coast Friday. REDMOND TALKS ON CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND. Maintains IFishmen Have the Right to Decide That Question. distriets London, = Wednesday, April 10— Irishmen maintain the right to say whether they shall be conscripted qr not, -according ‘to -Capt. William Redmond, ‘son of the late John E. Redmond. . The: captain today made his, first speech in the house of com- mons since he was elected to the con- stituency formerly held by his father. | He was in military uniform and occu- i pied his father’'s old seat in the house. “In 1914, he said, Ireland was almost ablaze with enthusiasm on the side of the -allies, but the sentiment of the Irish people had since changed toward the war, owing to distrust of the British government and in the word of British ministers. By the government's present action the Ireland of tomorrow, he added, would be in open hostility to the war. It would require armies in Ireland to recruit battalions, while if thé gov- ernment trusted Ircland that trust would not be betrayed. He warned the house:that if the government pur- sued its present policy there would soon be mo Irish party in the house of commons, but there would be a much harder nut to crack—Ireland. TWO-STORY FACTORY H BURNED IN NEW HARTFORD Building of Standard Brush Co.—Had Government Contracts. New Hartford, Conn,, April 11.—Fire of unknown origin destroyed com- pletely the two story frame factory bujlding of the gtandard Brush com- paty here tonight, with machinery and other contents. causing a loss estimat- ed as between $40,000 and $50,000. The fire ‘started apparently near the cen- teer o the building. The .company had large brush con- tracts for the government, chiefly for the naval and medical branches of the service. ABSOLUTE CALM PREVAILS IN SINN FEIN PARTY But It is Understood They Have Re- ceived Orders Regarding - Conséription. London, April' 11. — Absolute calm seems.to prevail in the Sinn Fein par- ty, says a Central News despatch from Dublin,. but ‘it is understood orders have been given to all sections of the Irish volunteers regarding action to be taken in the event Irish conscription is agreed upon. At meetings of many public bodies, the despatch adds, fiery speeches have been made - and ‘strong resolutions passed against the application of the man power bill to Ireland. WOMAN KILLED SON . 'AND THEN TOOK POISON Mrs. John Butler of Millers, N. Y., In- sane From Prolonged lliness. Millers, N. Y., April 11.—After kill- ing cne son an dattempting to kill the other at her home here, Mrs. John_But- ler this reorning took poison and in- flicted wourds on herself from which later she died. Mrs. Eutler is believed temporarily to have been made insane by prolong- ed illness. LONG RANGE GUN AGAIN SHELLS PARIS. Killed Four Persoris and Wounded 21— Shell Struck Foundling Asylum. Paris, 'April 11.—The bombardment of Paris by the German long range nd § 16-17 this i As the Hatteras depression movesi 2! in fthe price fixed by the Fuel Administr- in a - | American ‘exporters _to | Cooperate Newport was designated a quaran- tine port. - . ° Lepers at Molokai, Hawai $5,000 of (hfl?‘z(nmj;g. bought The aaylight saving law will g0 into effect in ‘Canada April 15. * A snowstorm of almost blizzard pro- portions swepf over northern Pennsyl- vania. Eighty-five first cabin passengers arriving at an . Atlantic port wore straw hats. Conrad Cannon, 23, drafted ‘and list- ed for early call, committed suicide at Green Springs, W. Va. Three officers were shot and others wounded in a mutiny of German troops at Beverloo camp, Prussia. T. P. O'Connor said in San Fran- cisco that conscription in" Ireland would be an insane blunder. Agents of the Department. of Justice arrested 82 persons in Minneapolis violating enemy alien permits. Winifred Bilek, 19, Brooklyn, com- plained. to the police that she found ground glass in a loaf of bread. i Tha New York Assembly passed the Robinson bill revoking the charter of the German-American Alliance. The largest casualty list for one day | was issued by General Pershing for March 9. It contained 283 names. - William C. McDonald, 60, first gov- ernor of the state of New Mexico, dled at Bl Paso, Texas of'bright's disease. | William Medisan Hicks, president of the World Peace League, was tarred and, feathered at Blk City, Oklahoma. Columbia University announced that knowledge of the Bible will hereafter be accepted as one unit for admission. _Reports in the Department of Labor show that only one-ninth of .the nor-. mal number of houses were built in T it is reported that Japan intends to send 200,000 troops to China to. co- operate with' Chinese troops to restore order. ¥ The Feroon bill to provide that local option clections shall be held April ear passed the New York embly Eecause Henry Schneider laughed g in New York he was sentenced to X months. Coal operatives in Denver object to tion. A drop of 2 500,000 tons a day {is the result. Massachusetts housewives have been urged to buy onions as a patriotic duty, in order to dispose-of the large crop’ on hand. Paris schools T ter holidays showed slight decreases in attendance, despite bombardment by long-range guns. = - The Webb. oxport 'bill, permitting in export trade, was signed yesterday by President Wilson. The Federal grand jury in Ne wYork indicted Onofray Makarenko for trying to evade the draft law and urging Rus- sians to oppose the war. Fire in the plant of ‘the New Jersey Zinc Co. at Ogdensburg, N. J., caused a loss of $200,000. The concern was engaged in Government work. St. Clair Sutton, a private in a com- pany stationed at Fort Warren in Bos- ton Harbor, was found dead in a room at a hotel at Pawtucket, R. I. — At a meeting of the War Council it was suggésted that the Government take over for distribution or fix prices on all cotton and woolen goods. Estelle Harris, aged two, is dead; her mother is dying and Her aunt is in a critical condition ‘at Syracuse as a result of eating poisoned cereals. The Slater bill to create a commis- sion to expunge from school text books seditious and disloyal matter was' pas- sed by the New York Assembly. Ex-Charit Commissioner Lewis, of New York, may be made head of the New Jersey State Board of Control as the State Commission of Charities. Kaiser Wilhelm was branded as a greater barbarian than Attila and a more perverted genius than Nero by Shanceuor Day of Syracuse Univer- ty. France yesterday got another credit from the treasury of $125,000 000, mak- ing France’s total $1,565000,000 and the total credits to all the allies 285,600,009, 35,- France has been called upon to aid in hastening the movement of Ameri- can. troops across the seas by sending additional officers for the training of American troops. Herbert M. Loveli, aged 60, an at- torney and a thirty-third degree Ma- son, was killed by falling from a win- dow of his office in the fourth story of a building at Elmira, N. Y. Governor Edge filed with the Secret- ary of State his declaration of his candidacy for the full .term of United States Senator from New Jersey. He names himself his own campaign man- ager. The republican national committee has' Jeased the entire third floor, of an office building at Fifth . Avenue and 40th street, New York, and will take possession on May 1, -using it as its executive, offices.. Steamer Lexington of the Colonial line and Hartford of ‘the Bay State line, put in at New London Wednes- day night on account of bad weather and their passengers were gent te Providence by train. . The board of directors of Swift & Company, packers yesterday decided to declare a stock dividend of $50,000,- 000, half at par and the rest free in- creasing the capital stock from $100,- 000,000 to $150,000.000. Aviator Killed Near Lake Charles, La. Lake Charles, La.” April 1 chanic Grovenor of Indiana was kill- gun was résumed this afiernoon. One shell struck a foundling asylum. s of the hombardment| killed and twenty-one four wotnded, ed at Gerstner aviation field today in nd sneered at a Liberty Loan meet- | opened after the Bas. | And other transportation difficulties. RTY LOM TOTALNOW S275.319,000 Returns From Twelve Reserve Districts—Philadelphia and Minneapolis Have Failed to Report ACTUAL TOTAL BELIEVED NEAR $400,000,000 In the New England District Alone 35,000 Persons Have Subscribed—In Lynn, Mass. Béfore 9 A. M. Last Satur- day 10,400 Persons Had Subscribed $2,917,800—Big “Class Meetings” Are to Be Held Tonight In One Hun- dred Thousand Rural Schoolhouses Over the Country. Atlanta, $1599,500; St. Louis, $1,394, 100; San Francisco, $1,123,650. Nearly every message from the banks and local campaign committe€s today indicated that the number Qf subecribers is far greater-than during the second loan campaign. In the New England district alone 35,000 persona have subscrived. : The first big “class meeting” of the loan will be held by pre-arrangement tomorrow night in one hundred thou- sand schoolhouses over the country. The story of how Lynn passed its goal of $2,917.800 in a night canvass starting a minute after 12 last Satur- day morning reached headquarters to- day. Each household had been asked to keep a light burning all night and to stay up until past midnight to sub- scribe. Many did this and this result was an_ oversubscription before 9 oclock Saturday morning of $300,000 by some 10,400 persons. ~vashington, April 11—Liberty loan subscriptions for the first four work- ing days of the campaign ended lastj night reported by banks and trus: companies in ten of the twelve re- serve districts amount. to 919,000. These represent pledges backed up by initial payments, but since many banks reports were not included in this total and two districts, Philadelphia and Minneapolis, ‘were missing from the tabulation, it is believed the actuai total is near $400.000,000. The New York district alone repori- ed $181,400,000. The Cleveland dis- trict, on the other hand. reported only 1150 000, but the treasury assumed that this was an error in transmis- sion. - Reports of other districts follow: Chicago, '$35,910 000: _ Boston, $35 500000: Dallas, $11,762700; Richmond. $5,610,650; Kansas City, $1,611,200; TO RELIEVE RAILRCADS OF NON-ESSENTIAL FREIGHT Fuel Administration Calls Upon Entire Country to Help the Government. ‘Washington. April 11.—Resolutions calling upon .the entire country tol support tHe government in any acts necessary to relieve the railroads of non-essential freight haulage interfer- ing with the prosecution of the war were introduced today at the final ses- sion of state fuel administrators at the fuel administration. Prior to presentation of the resolu- tions the railroad administration again was the object of severe criticism from the administrators, representing states east of the Mississippi, who de- manded immediate measures for sup- plying cars at the mines. Blame for the serious coal and coke shortage which is handicapping war activities and_domestic needs was placed di- rectly ‘up to the railroads’ failure .to TWO SHIPLOADS OF GRAIN FOR HOLLAND Immediate Shipment Authorized by War Trade Board. Washington, April 11—Immediate shipment of two shiploads of grain to Holland was authorized today by the war trade hoard to meet the growing shortage of food in that country. A third steamer will be permitted to proceed to Argentina from a southiern part of the United States to load grain for Holland. The three carsoes Wwill amount to 14,000 tons, which with other supplies, will be allowed to go forward, despite curtailment of consumption here, just as if the shipping agreement with Hol- land had been put into effect instead cf being held up by Germany's ille- gal threats of reprisal against Hol- land’s commerce. . ! Two steamers now in American wa- ters have been specified to load grais i v eoal cars-at mines'to be sent from this country, but the Sistrinuig: Mal Netherlands government may Sube stitute, &t its option, egnivalent tons - nage from Dutch shipping which has crrived since the use of idle Dutch vessels was requisitioned by President Wilson and therefore ate not under American control. It is understood that equivalent ton- nage will be sent from Holland ports simuitaneously, ~Germany = having agreed to refrain from sinking such vessels in view of Holland's extreme needs which in the beginning was’ caused by the U-boat depredations. JAPANESE MARINES ON GUARD AT VLADIVOSTOK They Will Be Withdrawn as Soon as Order is Restored. Tokio, Saturday, March 30, — the Associateq Press). Special patches received here from Vladivos- The resolrtiohy A€ aE16UOWST “Resolved, That_ due "to ‘the -present overburdened. conditions . of our raii- roads, unless effective measures of r lief are at once taken. the supply of coa] for the coal year beginning Aprii 1, 1918, Wil fall seriously short of the needs of the country. 3 “That in the crisis confronting the world the fuel needed for the vigorous and unimpeded prosecution of the war must at all costs be provided to run at maximum capacity the great war ma- chine America now is fast building. “Therefore, Be it resolved, that we call upon all individuals, industries and communities unselfishly to endorse and support such acts of the govern- ment as may be needed to clear the railway tracks of the United States of any unimportant and unnecessary traf- fic congesting our railways and inter- fering with the prosecution of the war.” ENLISTING TELEGRAPHERS FOR CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY Germans Are Engaging Chinese, Jap- anese and Korean Operators. by Admiral Sadakichi Kato, member of the-Japanese admiralty council, giving reasons for the landing of Ja- panese, created a good impression among’ the Russians. Japanese ma- rines are guarding the foreign settle- ments. An armed guard of 300 Jap- anese - volunteers are policing the Ja- panese quarter. 2 It is understood in Tokio that the landing in Viadivostok was made af= Peking, April 6—(By The Associat- ed Press)—A high telegraph official of the government has invle_s?lg:ltzgh;‘e; ns are enlisting - 2::";1;2:;2??:\1 Korean telegraphers |ter a —consultation with the foreigh at Harbin and Chang Chun for service |consuls there. Japanese officials are o5 the Chinese eastern railway. - He|Quoted in the newspapers as saying declares that no telekraphers have that the marines will be withdrawn as left their posts recently’ in Chinahax- soon as order has been restored. ibly in outer Mongolia, where _——— - o D e ander sovermment | AUSTRIANS SOUGHT TO control. _ Strict erdersuhlvefboen - OPEN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS sued against the granting of permis- Rl T e eave the telegraph. offices | Through a Man Named Anderson, Re- siding in Austria. without fullest investigation. s sl i, GERMAN-AMERICAN ALLIANCE Washington, April 11—The fact thay some Austrian officials sought to open- TO GIVE $30,000 TO RED CROSS e eotistions MAGIE ar MK . : 7 Wil tate - The Dissolution of the Alliance Will | the United Siates was made known to- Become Effective Today. recollected that a man named Ander- son,. whose first name ‘he did not re= Philadelphia, April 11. — The Ger-|cail, had been approached in Austria man-American Alliance ‘which has| ¢or the purpose of learning if this gov- been the storm center of congressional| ernment. would hear proj investigation for some time past will disband and give the $30,000 now in partment- attached no importance to. the treasury to the Red Cross. TRiS| the incident at the time. Anderson, h announcement ‘was semi-officially said, was one of a large numb of made during a recess late this after-| horcons striving to start peace nego- noon, following an all-day secret ses- | tiations. sion. { It was said the dissolution of the| WHITE MEN INCITING ¢ alliance will become efflectiv INDIANS TO REBELLION morrow. IVE SUGGESTION Federal Agents Are Looking For Man -7 bl Whe Suppl Them With Arms. MADE TO GRAIN EXCHANGES Reno, Nev., April 11.—Officials of That They Confine Business to Legiti- | /g tndian service and the department- mate Customers. of justice believe the excitement among the Indians of eastern Nevada ‘Washington, April 11.—The sugges-|and western Utah caused by unknown tion that private wire houses which|white men soon will be allayed by the handle grain futures restrict their bus-|local. and state authorities. but an- iness to legitimate customers K and|nounced this morning _that troops eliminate minor speculation was made|from Fort Douglas, Utah, were ready to srain exchanges today by Food |to®entrain. p 4 Administrator Hoover. The racom-| Federal agents are looking for a mendation was made in a letter in|white man who is reported by the In- which Mr. Hoover replied to a' noti-{dians to have given them arms and", fication by the exchanges of self-im-|supplied them with poison and incited posed ctions for June and July |them to rebellion. trading. Mr. Lansing eaid that the state de- HAD HABIT-FORMING DRUGS WORTH $2,500. Sing Arrested in Bridgeport— Carried $7,500 in Cash. COINAGE OF 15-CENT PIECES IS PROPOSED To Facilitate the Handling of Crowds at Places of. Amusement. Gee Bridgeport, Con ‘Washington, April 11.—Coinage - of | Sing, whose activities have I_)een fol- fifteen-cent pieces, to. facilitate . the | lowed by the federal authorities a.mi_‘ handling of crowds at moving picture | several police derartments for some- theaters on account of the war tax,|time, was arrested herc today and im is proposed in a bill introduced today|a satchel he carried the police say, by Representative O’Shaunnessy of | habit-forming drugs worth $2,500, and Rhodes Island. Moving picture mana-|$7,500 in cash were found, Gee Sing a hundred and fifty foot. fall . His flying partner escaped injury. Gro- venor's neck was broken. The scene of the accident was about fifteen miles from this city. gers presented a brief recently to the |is said by the police to have been in_ director- of the mint M favor of a 15- | the drug traffic business with men in: cent piece. army cncampments. tok say that the proclamation issued April 11—Gee AR $hial e v 8 i 8 ]