Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 13, 1918, Page 1

With “Their Dneks to theWP' FRENCH ARMY IS MOVING T0 THEIH SUPPORT In Issuing Command That There Must Be No'Mm’eRetire-i ment Field Marshal Haig Warned His Men That “They | Are Fighting For Safety of Thflr Homes and the Fre&/' dom of Mankind”—The Allies Now Stand on a Front \Which Has Been Dented and Battered, But Which Is Very Strong Throughout—There Are Indications That Generalissimo Foch Is Ready to Strike Back at the Ger- man Invaders—The Enemy Yesterday Succeeded In Cap- turing Merville. - and ammunition is being, shipped to the fleet in’large quantities, according to information received here this morning from a reliaable neutral source. > German~ naval contingents, with heavy guns, were recently recalled from the. western front’ to Jjoin the fieets and were replaced by Austrian artillery manned by land forces. Indications are that=a naval raid of great magnitude is about to be at- tempted. AMERICANS REPULSE 200 GERMAN SHOCK TROOPS No Man's Land Was Strewn With Dead Germans. . ‘With the American ‘Army in France, April 12—(By The Associated Pre!u) —In the raid carried out by the Ger- mans on Wedns against the Amer- Great Britain's armies stand at bay] in France and Flanders. After three weeks of a_combat which has eclipsed anything that has raged during the entire four years of warfare, Field Marshal Halg has issued a command to his men to hold their ground at whatever cost, and fight with the knowledge that their blows are strick “for safety of thelr homes and the feesdom of mankind.” The end of the first phase of this glant struggle may now be tonsidered Jh s, -’n-mmuucbenorqfi ment, iz’s admonition, which My that the British are novw fight- ing “with their back to the wall.” The withdraw! in Plcardy was officially re- ported to have been a part of the al- lied strategy, but the period far such tactics seemingly has gone info his- tory. The order issued by the field mar- shal contains another sentence which may be pregnant with significance. “The French army {s moving rapldly and in great force to our sypport,” h 2id, "arg this 15 the. frst. oMo f0- timation that the allfes ars ready in Manders, nor yet in Picardy, but may be aimed at some part of the line where Generalissimo tended ot penetrate to the third line positions, according fo information ob- tained from o prisoner. The enémy carried wire, ‘dynamite, entrenching tools and other implements for orga; izing the positions. The attack was made by 2 speck battalion of lm shock treops, whi rehearsed the opera 1 their pressure agaifist the Brit- i P The allies stand toddy on a front which has been dented wnd battered; the resul‘gnflfit ‘the ‘enemy succeeded in c!mblng cm. of ‘their ‘trenches and advancing toward the American line The German. officers sent the men right tl .the barrage,. but- only two succeeded. in. reaching the front line. Both of these were taken prison- er, one of them dying a short time aj from wounds. Bra: v.hh point it runs to passes south of Coucy-le-! teau and curves north until it reaches the Oise River, which it follows unfil it reaches a point south of Noyi Here the line crosses over some High hills and runs just north of west fo Mesnnil, west of Montdidier, where ‘it to the north. This line continueq as far ag Castel, where it turns northeast to Hangard and them by a crooked line tarough Albert to a point east of Hebuterne. Here the line runs off to the northeast through Bucquoy and Boeisleux to Fampoux, east of Arras. At this point it turns north to Be- yond Lens and then turns sharply to northwest past Bethune, entering the scene of the most bitter fighting. It continues as far as Merville, which ‘marks the farthest advance of the Ger- mahs in their present offensive opera- tion, and then bends to the northeast to Passchendaele, north and east of | Ypres. Here it curves to the north- west to Merckem and thence north; over the lowiands of Belgium to- Nie- port: to the sea. The capture of Merville features the fighting of during the past day, but all along the line from just north of lens to Hollebeke southeast of Ypres there have been tremendous attacks which have been met by savage re~| Wor When the Germau barrage started, the American outposts moved into the first line, where witl) other infant: men and machine gunners they wait- ed for the advancing cnemy. . The Americans poured a ‘deadly fire into the raiders, then climbed out of the trenches and engaged with grenades and in hand-to-hand fighting the few Germans who were able to cross No Man's Land. The American infantry- men drove the enemy back to his own lines and protected by. machine gun and automatic fire, dragged the -Ger- man dead back to the = American trenckes: for - identification. The German losses were extremely heavy, as No Man’s Land was strewn with dead and numbers of the enemy were killed byl the- artillery without being able to leave the German trench- os. BOCHE LOST.ROTH LEGS FOR TAUNTING AMERICANS. Adjutant Starbard Describes German Raid of March 7. New_York, April 12—A raid by a party ‘'of 200 Germans on a portion of American-held line, in which all but 120 of the atiacking force were ac- Lcoun*ad for by the defending -Ameri- cans, was described by Raymond Star- { bard, an adjutant.in-the war work or- {sflnmmm of 'the Salvation army, who sistapce. The bardest fighting along this front seems to have centeredq ab- out Messines Ridge, for which the Ger mans and British have struggled hand to hand. At last .reports the Ger- mans held the 'eastern half of the ridge while the British were in control of the western slope. This sector has been the only in- fantry fighting of the past day, but a bombardment of the Bray-Corbie road, south of Albert and north -of the Somme, may foreshadow another blow there. Hangard, too, has been heavily | the western front for'seven months. shelied by the Germans. On.the other! In makinga report o his headquar- Ironts reports show only usual trench. ters here,, Adjutant Starbard, whosc operations. ihome is at Worcester, Mass., sai The Turks and Germans have been: “The raid occurred March 7. One attacking the British lines north of | German (a member. of the attacking Jericho since April 10 and have en-i party) leaped to an exposed position British positions both east and | and in very excellent English shouted. west of the Jordan, but London sa\si ‘Come on out, you American dogs, anc they have been & ven out by a coun- | fight’ Before he could leap back to ter-attack. safety, one of our men had thrown a hand grenade which took off both his legs. . Then ensuéd .a ferce encounter in which the Americans accounted for| 180 of the Germans out of an original 200 in_ the raiding.group,” Gradually the German fighting forces. are becoming of their idea that the Americans are not “scrap- pers,” Adjutant Starbard declared. Men of the allied forces on-the battle lines are confident of victory,-he added. SENATE VOTES FOR $250 MINIMUM WHEAT PRICE. Bill is Expected to Meet With Vigorous Opposition in the House. L ‘Washington, - April 12.—n the ‘con- Lroversy over increase of the govern- ment minimum . guarantee price for whut 0 32.50 .per bushel, ' the senate today’ -again recorded -itself in Mvr of the increase. It adopted the -on 26,000, mm u';\;s 3 000 arrived here today after having been within range of German artillery on MARSHAL HAIG IS&UE’S STATEMENT TO HIS TROOPS, Warns Them That Every = Position Must Be Held to the Last Man, London, April 12.—Field Marshal Haig, commander of the British forees in France, in a statement issued today- to_his troops, said: “Every position must be heid to the last man. Thers must be no retire- ment. With our backs to the wall and belioving in the justice of our camse, each one of us must fight on to the end. “The safety of our homes and’ the. freedom of mankind depend alike upon 1he conduct of each one of us at this critical moment.” Feld Marshal Haig announced. that the French army “is moving rapidiy and in great force” to the support of the British. Dbill and by GREAT ACTIVITY A’ llvl';n “voce .vote* lvlls!wed on retention GERMAN NAVAL BASES:| e amentivent incteacinz _ tho now awaits the vote of the houde. Indications Are That a Great Naval| Representative Lever of South Caro- - London, April 12—Thirty. map airpjanes, 21 of which were da moyed were brought down by Brit- aviators on Thursday. The of cial statement on aerial activities Te- ports the dropping of bombs on mili- tary targets behind the battle front and oh a railway station at Metz. NEW ENGLAND TOWNS ENTITLED TO HONOR FLAGS East Granby and Beacon Falls Among Fifteen Added to the List. ‘Boston, April 12 —¥Fifteen ling, Mass, East Granby and Beacon Falis, Conn, Falmouth™ and Aurora, Me., and Albans, - Proctorsville, Cavendish, johnson and Milton, Vt. The claims of a score of other towns were being checked.up with the ex- pectation that honor,flags would be awarded them soon. A credit of $2,000,000 for the. New England - district was announced to- day, representing, part of a $10,000,000 subscripLion by Hayden; Stone & Co. and allied bankers, for themselves companies. Late reports from banks in various cities and towns in the district in- cluded: Massachusetts: ine: Augusta, $2,179,00; ‘Bangor, ;’*fi'o 000: Lewiston, §2 {7,300; Portland, $1,034,250. Connecticut: LIBERTY LOAN TOTAL FOR FIVE DAYS $451,744,000 Oregen the First State to Register Oversubscriptions. ‘Washington, April 11.-—Liberty loan subscri] ness dast might, of five days canvassing, were $451,- 744,000 or $175,825,000 more. 'fia.n total reported last night.” This'is enough to pay ‘the expenses for two weeks. Rural communities - -got campaign in earns IJberty loan rallies l—t\ G idin: Practically Tead, saying: celebrate Oregon’s” record of; nized, 100,000 Oregonians: patriotic 'demonstration in’ Portlan Saturday. night. cities reported today to have honor flags. N. Y. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO LIBERTY LOAN $206,560060 Newburgh First Given char Flag. » New York, eral reserve bank of the New Yorl district in, the first five days' cam- it was This total com- pares with $131.312,100 for the first paign amounted to $206,560,000, announced tonight. five days of the second loan. honor flag to be given i to a city of more than 25,000 popula- has nine stars on its flag. P R e e MORE BULKHEADS FOR » AMERICAN MERCHANTMEN Mines. merchant ships will be equipped im- against torpedoes and mines shipping board approved the plan to- day as the most practical of all the “non-sinkable” schemes and James .C. undertake supervision of the work, Authority was telegraphed Mr. Ste- wart to purchase immediately the nec- handling material. Bigh instead of going to the bottom. space due to the new walls. is_expected to result from the instal- ANOTHER GERMAN AERIAL RAID ON ENGLAND Two. Raiders Succeeded in Penetrat: ing Inland—Raid in Progress. London, April 12-—A German aerial raid was made on the.east.coast of the ralders succeeded.in pemetrating further inland. of ‘the forces of the United ‘Kingdom, issued the following report' on ‘the raid “Some hostile airships crossed the east coast this evening and proceeded to attack certain eastern Midland dis- tricts. One or two raiders-succeeded | in penetrating further inland, where| Raid is to Be Mhmnfl. .| lina, culture H n}gnnw Ildefit % _April 12| Wilson late. today, -cuvny rel at German| the senate amenmm wtmld"be flg w : Kiel "Coai orously opposed in PpUscd, to G, house. some bombs -are reported - to fallen. “The' raid-. ns su'l.l ;progress,” New England towns today were added to the rapidly growing list of municipali- ties entitled to fly honor flags as an indication " of having oversubscribed their quota to the third Liberty loan. Banners were awarded by the commit- tee to Mt. Vernon, Wentworth, Grafton, East Kingston and Wilton, N. H,, Ster- Boston, $13,551,900; Lawrence, $498,600; Lowell, $1.561,650. Meriden, $113,000; New London, $299,750; Waterbury, $297,500.° Vel 2 iptions 'reported to federal re- icans northwest of Toul, the enemy in- | Serve banks up to the close of busi- Tepresenting results the i #ted ‘States’ war ‘& message from Seetetuy mw Tag ‘the first state to' have. its c‘mm of over-subscribing its Qo e il “holg & Towa also claims. to have @one over the top, and evidence is"being gathered by the Chicago fed- eral reserve ‘bank to show whether Iowa or Oregon officially reported the over-subscription first..Portiand, Ore- gon, and Toledo, Ohio, are the largest won in District to Be April 12. —Subscriptions to the Liberty loan filed with the fed- Newburgh has been awarded the first the district tion for oversubscription of its quota, it was announced by ‘the (Liberty loan committee. Far Hills, N. J., one of the first_places to claim an honor flag on the first day of the campaign, has sub- scribed its quota ten times over and For Protection Against Torpedoes and ‘Washington, April 12.—All American mediately with double the number of bulkheads now ‘carried for protection The Stewart of New York was asked 'to essary equipment, including barges for instead of four walls here- after will divide American ship§ into compartments, decreasing by {ifty per- cent the space which is' likely to be floated after an external explosion and increasing in the same proportion the |- chances of the vessel reaching port 1t is estimated that in 400 ships there will be a loss of bnly 5000 tons cargo No delay in the movement of ships lation of the néw safety devices 5 Bnglang this evening. One or.two' of Field Marshal French, commander have | in many séations-are beginming both . reduced. preduction and . unem- that fuel administration officials . are frankly alarmed. The situation _has| heen placed before the railroad admin: istretion. with an ‘urgent request for drastic_steps to keep_ the mines sup‘ phied with cars, In the Fairmount Clarksburg bi- Izgbor.” problem is- giving" officials the most concern. Some 1,500 miners are reported in danger of starvation as the result of mines shitting down, in a telegram sent the fuel administra- tion by teh local of the United Mine close down because of car shortage and{e ployment haye reached a serious stage | tuminous fields in West Virginia, thel, ‘Workers of America, for district No.| against uilcu ot lqn- 0 lfi‘ netted 130 pflsmlers "hw.vlofla % g}é‘"‘fi'"“'@b. o:?' o inger 'Ndw*rbp ' Apel 12.—Fundreds . ot flmusxwda of dollars, damage to:prop- tic mxf‘!or wn four da.ys Tele- graph ‘and. telepho é’erwh-ee bave been torn down, railroad. ml!ey and ferry sehedule ma\m e bungal 1 h ous’ Hotels g jow= alon. the | wfi Mgt\} or W fac ed. . Sedbrig] tlan! Highlands, Keunaburg and . b New - ersey coast resorts a]l felt the fury of the storm and reported heavy. damage. At Seabright; Mayer Hall said the dam- age would exeeeq $150.000. Today many of the streets at Coney that othe: that they require. It IS therefore the advertising full benefit of it? \ columns. of The Bulletin. Bulletin ,'Saturday, (Crahes v April Mcm »/] ks The Service Tliat 'Bringsf Results “Advertising is used for the purpose of ‘getting ard. holding :the trade. which’ lies within a certain radius. confidence of the public, or at least lt should bo .7 Dividends cannot be paid by handsorne pages and. Kipling copy. N? store egn afford to pay for advertising that brings people whe are: here today and gone tomorrow With no . prospect of returning. The advertising ‘that pays miust secure permanent customers, who will not only buy the things advertised today, future announcements, and come between: times for- counts and it is right there that the service afforded by The Builetin places it every trading day morning. That is the service that counts and the service which cvery merchant needs. In the past week the following S e Telegraph Local General ‘94{ o LT April 42.. mz e St T ‘Tampico candidate, at Minne loyalty, with 13 disband. 1t is aimed at getting thc ing army Artillery, but who:will watch for the the other goods rermingl which - goes: into the home which with not Are you getting .the Captain nnned In ppearcd in-the Tota) 655 steamshin 131 d nmmu ithe Navy emnluyes }754 1952 . 3280 ° ‘bli\ trust Ta condfixon‘ with to “goover ) =1 pril 27 .nd thereatter New York vull send’to Camp, L s Upton 10,475 more men. ed many._ government materials.- main on board each ship. riound u!n- qf Prgsidcm Wison, The Government ent _took over everal| gim%"fi“ first wv-mor ~He was York Senate defeated ‘the to repeal the Dmmelly reported - in \hu m was- o,f‘lSenllvr Stone. slrfl(en nes o battleships. Raye to keep ctice, while. on board ship, how the toy ry day ‘or. two Bolo Pasha romwkgd to his keeper Ts Will_surely follow him to Vineennes to be e)&cuted “The Jaimes 'Rivor: in Virginia is up ten feet and still rising, following a day of rain, hail and snow. The first wireléss telephcne plant {in Mexico is being éstablished in (he petroleum " region. _J. 0. Bentell, Socialist gubernatorial| was found guilty Dy a jury apolis” on a_charge of dis- _The National Wi Arigidan Al liance at its convention in Philadelphia state represented, wvoted 1o Herman Fink, a German, who enlist- ed several months ago in the Tlst New York Regiment, was amsted Tor steal- | supplies. Major John M. Birkner, 127th Field was arrested at Camp Cody, N. M., toddy, charged with violating the espionage act. A fire on the fifth floar of the Bush building in Brooklyn menac- thousand- dollars worth of Germany has requested the Russian Government to dismantle the fleet, more than men to re- Woodrow Woodbridge, men- yajlerdays casualty list as led in’ Franec, is a cou- Tines: includiiig those of the Mallowy and (Merchanti® &. Miners, by jon: o 1; e hul mflufidt a crime g wofl -goale at pnvm plants, aty scale; was adopted by Department for navy nrd »the-Atlantic coast, York S “‘“’::":fi?}m fiaflm\fl' Jsbt'.‘.gl Senate: n-sad the mGoR, APYIl 15—1TRE. UISIEr u...on- igt delegates to the Irish. eonveniion have issued a report, signed by nine- teen delegates, including -the Marquis of Londonderry, the Duke of Abercorn, Colonel _Robet Gordon Sharman- Crawford and,.James Johnster; lord mayor of Belfast. The-delegation finds itself unable to concur in the chairman's: draft report; and protests against.the latter's im- plication that a measure of agreement ‘regarding the measure_of Irish 'self- governmeént was attained. It states that @pom the fundamental ‘issues no dgreement was at any time visible, On many impertant questions the nation- -alists were sharply divided. After reviewing the reasons for the calling ‘of the convention, the report says: “We expected that the real work of the convention would have been di- rected towards a sincere and patriotic endeavor to find commen ground some-= where between the act of 1914, on the | one_hand, and ‘the views of Ulster, on the other. From. the first week we urged this course and repeatedly ex- pressed our disappointment that al- most evefy nationalist's- speech out- lined a form of home rule far in ad- vance. of any previous. ciaim. The scheme finally brought forward by the Bishop of Raphoe in ‘behalf of the ts included the following de- « Nationalists. — A sovereign independént mcm for Trefand. -equal in power and authority with the imiper parfiament. “Second—Compiete fiscal autonomy for Ireland, including the power of im- posing tariffs and control.of the ex cise, involyil ag_ it would the" risl of hostile tariffs against Great Britain the Tight of making commercial trea- ttes. with ~foreign conntries “and full powers of direci taxation. hifd—The right to raise:and main- tain a MW! ‘gepritarial foree in Ire-, Demands of ‘ourth-Repudiation oram' the plea. “im in-thes pnst but afimnmt§ mncum! ot & sgpall an- tribution’ to- the' Imperial ex- penditure. ™ “Fifth—Denial of the right of the imperial parliament to impose military service in Ireland, unless with the con- sent of the Irish’ parliament. “Over the.fiscal question,” the report missioner 17, Taylor county,’ comprising a largh number of mines of the Fairmount dis- trict. 6,500 Men ldle Per Day. An average of approximately 6,500 men have been idle per day in .the Fairmount Clarksburg fields, ‘actord- ing-to-figures in the possession of the National Coal association. In Iowa, Ilinols, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and Iy every other bituminous coat producing state, a similar condition is declared to exist. Miners are becom- ing Qicratisfiefl ‘and a serious loss of mine labor is threatened by idle min- ers’going to other Work unless imme- diate relief is obtairfed. Reports: sliow that in one ‘of the Pennsylvania bituminous . fields nor- mally getting 862 cars .per day, only 428 ‘were- received gt the mings one day last week, resulfing in a loss of 26,700 tons of coal on that day. 64 Mines Shut Down. In the Fairmount diétrict figures for three days in"April are declared to be a fair barometer of conditions at,2il mines. On April 6, of 152 mines re- porting, 64 were shut down forlack of cars, the men out of work 5,199 miners. Of 153 mines reporting. April 9, $& mines were closed for the same rea- son with §,050 men idle and a loss of 47.810 tons of coal. me hundred *and - fifty-one mines reported April ‘1. Of these 62 closed down'and - 5,951 men out. work. Tn another region in West Vir~ ginia, 158 fewer cars’ per day_were: re- ceived at the. mines during” the /first eight days in. April than in the same period in March. The Pittsburgh: vein operators’ association of -Ohio records show that 41 mines_ in Ohio, reporting to the association mormally of 863.car capacity, only. 538 cars were received ono April 4. CREDIT.FQR MILITARY A AND 'NAVAL VOLUNTEERS In Quotas For States, Provided For In Bill Passed by the House. ‘Washington, April 12 .—Representa- tive Schallenberger’s amendment to the ‘new draft bill proposing to base quotas on total registration and lia- bility “to. military service instead of upon:the number of registrants in class one, was defeated in-the house today | by a vote of 244 to 118. The house voted 292 to 68 te all ‘| cach state and subdivision credit. on its quota for military and naval volun- teers, inciuding national suardsmen in federal service. - Gov. ‘HOLCOMB AWARDED LIBERTY 'SERVICE MEDAL By N.°Y, Branc; of Nat. Institute d Secul Sciences. “Hartford, Conn., April 12—~Governor Marcus H. Solcomb has been awarded a Liberty Service. Medal by the .New York branch of the: National” Institute of - Social Sciences -for . patriofic: en- deéavor. - The ‘award; was made Some, days .ago but the -medal was “lost” and found. again today -after’ which the,_governor announced the gift: - The in'flle exseutivs, - * Four th Island were impassable’ because of |age Arms wrecltage. | With the storm came the highest | tides ever recorded -in this harbor. At the Erie station in Jersey City wa- ter -flooded - the mazin waiting room and ferry service was suspended for several “hours, R ey TO LIFT EMBARGO ON Manage night April 10. = State d Hsr‘lnrd Cor April 12~ fed- nn., April The terday th eral food "a. nistration order .which forbade sale of live -or-the- killing for sale: of heis between the dates of Feb: v 11 a April 30 has, been aménded to end -these embargdes. at midnight of April 19, according to-word received tenight. by Federal’ Food Ad- ministrator Robert Scoville. Administrator Scoville has aldo been advised: of the'fact that while old es- tablished manufacturers of less essen- tial tood rroducts have been. diligent- I7 conserarg sugar and ‘flour, thus cqusing & shortage in these products, numerol smailer concerns have sprung up to make the same goods. He is adv.ced, therefore, not to sanction the sale of sugar -or flour to_ such new plants unless they Bave already heen given rermits from the mational 'blarfl TFarther wotd from Washing- ton' i ‘that a comprehensive plan for degling witk the deli 'ery of sugar. to manufacturers is ‘worked. out, thedetals- of which wm soon. be made public, ferces. Syracuse, cused’ of Sense.” gon sent band. Conrad - - American SENATE 70 SIDETRASK ¢ . THE OVERMAN BILL Several Days Because of Prospects of Indofinite Debate. ‘Wasitigtonfi April 12.—Prospects of indefinite senate’debate over the Over- man_bill, with its broad grant of au- thority to the .president lo reorganize government departments, caused ad- ministration leaders today to decide on laying” aside the measure tomorrow probably for several days in order to pass the legislative, executive and fu dicial appropriation bill and other ur- gent legislation. Renewal of discussion of the reor- ganization bill- is planned some. time next week, with - the administration spokesmen announcing determination to insist upon its passage unamended. .On.the other hand, the opposition is Dpreparing to continue ‘the - fight - for umuu‘me president’s authoris bonds. val patrol it 15 certai ed. No- 51-NAMES ‘IN' THE. LATEST CASUALTY LIST, | m;dmxfix- 51 names, five of| 1Pa five of | :Pari nagfll in action, « flhd of | since".the two died of MM Six dhd of Paris, ot it , four wounded eeverely, 28 wouhded slight] ly, and ihrde missing in ssing were Lieutenants| 1 Miller and e Wie#’u T bill aboll on the Lewis machine week's trial of a new wage scale. vln.ving oot The Liberty Loan Committee in Ore- SMALL ‘NAVAL BOAT HAS home waters by navy department annotinced today. Ef- forts to. refloat. her are in progress and q, thn Day . Two Persons’ Were: Killed: A} wof Mu&eu and Foods. ousand employes of the Sav- Co.,voted to return to work guns ~ for £ Vogt, of the Princeton crew ‘received word that Yale will not be pepresented .in the annual triangular Princeton and Cormell May 1 for exercise in Eng- lepartment officials said yes- at their last despatch from Viadivostok dated April 10, made no mention of a landing of American Andre Boutin, a leading merchant of was. held without bail, ac- anti-war activity. He had Just- Du.bhshed a book “Pure Common to the Federal Reserve Dis- trict the announcement that it was the - | first State to complete its quota and Portland the first city. The German American Alliance at Philadelphia was finally terday when at an adjourned meeting of the executive committee, a resolu- tion was unanimously adopted to dis- | dissolved yes- Kronemann, president of the South Dakota branch of the German- Alliance and editor of a German paper in Sloux Falis, convict- ed of espionage, has $300 in Liberty A. M. Roytt, one of the oldest tele- graph operators in point of service in the employe of The Associated’ Press, died at San Antonio, Texas yesterday, aged 50 years. Richmond. His home ~was in BE_EN DRIVEN AGROUND Itis Certain the Boat Will Be Saved *—No Lives :Were Lost. | Washington; April 12.—A smail na- boat was estes jven. aground in in that the boat will be sav- lives . were, - lost.. - Several otfier nayy auxiliaries were cndanger- PARIS FROM LONG ‘RANGE @nd Twelve. Wounded. pril 15—Tor the first. time long’ distance bombardment German * shells ‘reached the projec- the ciU istrict today two per- ed and- twelve: wounded m!llh ) ingthe . offices of Commniissioner of Agriculture and Com- a ay’s storm, the|. continies, “A0 approach to an agree- ment was possible, and the real object | of the' proposals was clearly apparent in the official Teply to guestigns by the chairman, signed by Mr. Redmond, the Bichop of Raphoe, Mr. Devlin and George Russell, in which they m\vhlt- fcally insisted upon their demand for fiscal independence: and crystallized their arguments in the following terms; ““We regard Ireland as a nation of economic unity. Seif-government does not exist where. those nominally en- trusted with the affairs of government Capt. ‘Philip ~ Fletcl Fullard,” a ¢ coritrol of the fiscal and eco- SALE OR KILLING OF HENS |Britiéh airman and “ABe who own- | ouic aelice » & 4 T T g s |ed 42 Boch broke his leg while Th t-declar: n opposition I Will'Cease to Be Operative at Mid- linin: dem ik for. Aasat: indees this demand for fiscal independence: “Ulster takes a firm stand on the basis of the peoples common prosperity -and I'maintains that the fiscal unity of the United Kingdom . must be preserved intact, carfying with it, as it does, the sovereignty of the imperial parliament and due. répresentation - therein.” The report points out that while Ireland’s -contribution to imperial tax- ation for the. current year was about 13,000,000 pounds, an important sectio; of the nationalists opposed any contri bution, ‘but’ the majority favored a ‘contribution -ranging from 2,500 000 pounds to. 4,506,000 pounds yearly. The Bishop. of Raphoe’s fifth propesal was supported by 4 majority vote of the convention. The report continus “We.regard-as excessively dangerous the nationalist claim that, the Irisa constabulary shall come ~ under the control of the Irish parliament at the end of the war, instead of remaining under imperial control for six years; as provided in the 1914 act. Ulster Opposes Self-Govérnment. i'ailing any. evidence of an ap- proach to the narrowing of our differ- erices, and'in view of the new,demands of the nationalists,” we awere finally forced to declare that Ulster is unable to- participate in ‘any scheme.of . self- government for Ireland.. We cannot overlook the strong probability that the tontrolling force of . such would today: be"the republican, or Sinn Fein, party, which, is openly-and aggressive Iy~ hostile to Great -Britain and the empir& ‘With Dae -Rspre-enhhon Therein—The Repor!fif‘fie Jiament M“ed After That of the Empire. | home rule bill is mouni fo-full nationa: convention.” The - report amples, that United which, “established at the cost |blood ‘and treasure, national whoen the Conferedacy claim up an independent governmer adds: objections” to thé For the i accept out.” STEP NEARER HOME RULE FOR IR Is Made in Report to British Toudon, April 12. s for agreement on som 5 which Gues pire, the ot be diminished. sponsible ta it and. with full over internal vided. To meet Unionists, cent. repre: parliament by the dominant h objection: tation sentation from Ulster. ports were submitied by Unionists and the minority the Nationalists. U-BOAT BOMBARDED CAPITAL OF L ‘Washington, April 12.—A ion April 10 appeared in the the west coast of Africa, barded the wireless and cabie The submarine threw scores from her deck guns into the station, causing extensive dam: submarine left in chase and Teturn. ; Liberia is a negro republic miliion. Aug. 4, ration permitted the tivities. department came gation at Monrovia. The first He sent indicated his belief the U-boat. independence, we would not have agreed to enter the the Irish nationalists, the right to set h these and other exam fore us, wo connot help feeling tnat the -demands put ferward, if conceded. would create turmoil at homa and weakness abrogd. One of the many heme presented. i3 that it would have made the futire ‘ alism to the United 'We desire to record our armrecia- tion of the unifofm courtesy and good feeling which characterized the pro- cecdings of the convention througli- ment by irish Conventicn, Ircland has takan a step nearer to home rule. The Irish legisiation, admi) tanta- States, of much unity. ed, - like nt,”. and ples be- reasons the na- ELAND Parlia- convention, which t Dublin for eight months considering the prob- lems besetting the island, has sub- itted 16 . the Britisn pardament ‘a plan, which, while not the unanimous declionzof ghe convention, represents e of the the past have pres vented all the pafties of Ireland from acting in_harmd 4 The plan calls for an Irish parlia- ment modelled after that of the em thority of which weuld = An_executive .re: '%—J tion and direct taxation, is also <trom it is agreed that a 40 per in the proposed will be guaranteed them Nationalists. vision is also made for extra repre= Minority ‘re- the Ulster v faction of Pro- IBERIA, Threw Shells Into the Wireless and Cable Stations There. German submarine of the largest seagoing type port of { Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, on and bom- stations beeh there, the state department has informed in an official despatch. of shelis ‘wireless age. She * had just turned her attention to the cable office when a steamer was sight- ed passing the ‘harbor mouth. * did oty The with a population of between one and two- It declared wir on Germany Relations ~ had been broken previously, but the war decla~ internment of many German merchants and others, who had been accused of unneutral ac- The information reaching the state from Robert Bundy, in charge of the American le-- C. message that the submarine would have no difficulty in complgting her object of utterly de- stroying all means of commummtjon. with the outside world. A later’mes- sage told of the sudden departure of. About six weeks ago the captain of. an American merchantman reported to the navy department having sighted a, similar boat in the South Atlantic. = OFFICERS OF CHAMBER OF Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago H COMMERCE OF U. 8. Unani- mously Elected President. Al “A; proposal . was -Brought forward under which in- the. Irish parliament the unionists should have temporir.y' representation largely Cth; ), April 12. ‘Whee- ler, fe food administrator for T- unms, was' unanimously elected pres- ident the Chamber of Commerce o! nited States at the meeting of what they, wate; entitled to'on a popu- the -board of directors here late to-~ lation: basis. -While ‘appreciating the spirit of the offer, it: was felt, after full consfderation, that-the ungemp- i I Joseph H. de Frees was re-elected president from the Nerthecn cratic character”of! the: proposal ren- dered it wholly -unacceptable.” "The report shows that the unionists, withthe object of meeting the nation- ‘alists, prégetited an alfernative scheme for' the exclusion’ of ‘Ulster based:on l s agreed to by the official national- party in 1816, and :contintes: “The, ~ discussions, . doubt that the aim of the nationalists is ‘to establish a parliament in Ir¢land which - would be: praetically % free from . par- sSaty to draw attention m modern political move- tablishing withm the United Kingdom two parliaments, having so-equal pow- ers. All other countries have fought agdinst this disintegration_policy.” N-tw‘mlnt Policy a Menace. Decl “that ‘the *nationalist policy” would i constant menacs "o k3 ‘empire, the report con . i e thougnb,that a m ority of the q;my@nhgn intended to.demand. not i l\e subo! ate © powers of . previous proved beyond | C. ‘enttal Division. R. G. Rhett, of \ Charleston, S. C., retiring president, was elected honorary vice president. Charles Nagel of St. Louis, Mo. A, B..« Farquhar of York, Pa. and John H. Fahey ~of; Boston. Mass., elected honorary vice president were re- ts. John Joy Edson of Washington, D. . was ‘re-elected_treasurer. OBITUARY. - Senator RobertF. Broussard, Jr, - New Iberia, JIA, April 12.—Robert ' > ator from Louisiana, died at his home here fonight after an iliness: of Sey~ | era.l weeks from a cBlel«a.Llon of dis- senamr Broussard had been henmx for several years. n poor on x;"?.i’u.. ast surgeons -performed an opera- llnn for infusion of blood, and for - short 4o time Mr. Rrousslrd improve, but. compli and-during the Idst few dm‘ \was expec\efl momentarily. &