Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 16, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 91 s 'POPULATION 29,919 CERMAN OFFENSNE FNES THE BT The Teutons Have Failed to Break Thréugh or to Take Important Railroad Centers ATTACKS OF INVADERS ARE LOSING MOMENTUM In Severe Assaults Against the British Trenches at Merville ! the Enemy Was Hurled Back By the British—Neuve Eglise, In the Extreme Southeastern Spur of the Messines Ridge, Has Been Taken By the Germans, But the British Have Not Yet Retired So Far That They Are Not In an Excellent Position to Counter-Attack—German Troops Have Entered Helsingsfors, the Capital of Finland— There Is a Serious Outbreak of Czechs at Prague. — Seven days after the Germans| Savage Fighting South of Albert. launched their ~ gigantic assault, 1t may be that the savage fighting against the British lines between Lens| reported at G0LS AS 1T H LINE A BARRIER... .o e Hangard-en-Santerre, Cabled Paragraphs Japs and British in Vladivostok. London, April 15—Lord Robert Ce- cil, minister of blockade, answering a question in the house of commons to- day, eaid: “No assurance has been given that the British and Japanese troops will be withdrawn from Viadi- vostok as soon as order is restored, but it is hoped that the incident will soon be closed. BRITISH LABOR MISSION RETURNING TO ENGLAND With Message That American Labor Loyally Behind President Wilson. New York, April 15.—With a mes- people that American labor is loyal- ly behind President Wilson in prosecution of the war, the labor mission which for two months has been touring: the United States, has departed for England. departure by labor leaders, declares that colleagues. and Ypres, the momentum of their | south of Albert and on the center of | triumph for the forces of democracy. attack has been broken and the waves of the Teutonic forces are recoiling before the rock of the British defense. While the Germans have made gains of groumd and have driven a wedge into the allied lines to a considerable depth, they seem to have failed 'in their attempt to break through or take important rajlroad junctions. During the last day there have been bitterly fought engagements at four places, all on the northern side of the salient to the south of Ypres. Seven assaults against the British trenches at Merville, near the apex of the tri- angular dent in the British line, have ween hurled back by the British. Neuve Tglise, on the extreme southwestern spur of Messines Ridge, has been taken ¥ the Germans after a struggle which i go into history as one of the zreatest of the past week. British May Organize Counter-Attack, The British, however, have not re- tired far, and it is probable that they will at once organize a counter-attack 1o force the Germans out of the town, which, if held, might be a “kicking off” point for an attack which might out- flank and make untenable Messines Ridge, the key to the British positions about Ypres. Bailleul and Wulver- ghem, between Neuve Eslise and Mer- ville, have also been the scenes of hard fighting. but, except for Neuve Eglise, the northern side of the salient has stood firm. On the eouthern side of {he salient, according to Berlin, fierce westward toward Amiens. losses in men and ground. Furthe intense artillery firing, but the Ger. mans have not attempted infantry op. erations m this important sector. Germans Enter Helsingfors. German troops have entered Hel singfors, the Finnish capital. base, American forces near Toul and metal the enemy has very heavily. by General Pershing’s men is denced by the allied leaders. Outbreak of Czechs at Prague. Czernin, mier, comes a ance that the American Federation of struggles Have s for many monthis has been reported;Tabor, and ali--who are directly and 1t has been the plan of eam-{ to-be seething with antl-Pan-German- | indirectly associated with 1t are paign sl jriien the great | ism. Bohemians; or at least the Czech | whole-heartedly behind President Wil- offensiva starts o strike hard at|minority in that country, object to the |son and that they will bend all the ef- some particular sector, and if that|creation of a German government blow wae parried, to turn powerfully against some new point. This pro- the next few days by a new assault somewhere south of Arras. An attack north of Ypres is hardly possible, for the lowlands of Belgium are as vet, too waterlogged to permit active ‘opera- An attack on Arras would en- 17ling of troops against Vimy i Labyrinth and other for- able military works protecting that | donian, Palestine or 7 theatres of the war, ' other the central potwers. Nothing out of the ordinary the line facing Amiens, may mark the beginning of a new attempt to sweep So far the fighting has brought the Germans only south, near Montdidier, there has been It was reported last week that the Ruskian warships which have been there had made their escape and had reached Kronstadt, the great Russian naval are standing firm before heavy attacks by the Germans and have held their lines intact in spite of all the weight of men loosed against them. The Germans have lost The constant German attacks in this sector may have some bearing on the development of the German offensive campaign, and much interest in the situation throughout the region held evi- Coinciflent with the report of the ac- ceptance of the resignation of Count the Austro-Hungarian pre- ort of a serious out- break of the Czechs at Prague, which there, but the ‘incident may be more significant than has so far appeared. cedure probably will be followed in|The Slavic races of Bohemia have long been standing out against the Ger- manization of their country and the outbreak at Prague may be only an- indication of the deep-seated opposition to the war aspirations of has been reported from the Ttalian, Mace- Mesopotamian Statement Ly Spokesman Appleto.n Joshua Butterworth, William Mosses, and Charles Duncan, M. P. T | sion. streets, the plentiful suppliés of food, - | people, all provided contrasts were foo sharp for my nerves. tude’ of natural and intellectual and ungrudgingly democracy racy. tural, its mineral and its wealth have profoundly impressed me, my soul is the absolutely secrating all her resources to Belbium, uia and to my own dear country. Message From A. F. of L. “I am personally charged by Sam- uel Gompers to convey to the British people and government, and particu- larly to Mr. Lloyd George. the assur- forts of the United States government to secure a peace which shail. destroy tarists to enthrall democracy. “We carry confidence and inspiration. Our six* ty days amongst her people her capac determinatio started to write upon Potsdam’s palace th M'nei Thekal Uph her She has the walls THREE KILLED IN BATTLE ALMOST INCESSANT TROOP TRAIN WRECK. Cars Go Over Embankment Near Islip, L. 1.—45 Soldiers Injured. and French on Defensive. With Central Tslip, L. L, April 15.—Three soldiers of the 305th infantry, national army, are reported to have been killed and 45 injured, 10 of them seriously, in a wreck of a troop train on the Long Island railroad three miles east of Central Islip at 3.50 o'clock this morninz. The wreck is believed to have been caused by a broken rail. Eight of the cars left the track and four of them rolled to the bottom of an embank- ment. The train coneisted of 12 steel cars, carrying troops from Camp Up- ton. The locomotive and the first four cars of the train did not leave the track The injured soldiers were taken to the State hospital at Central Islip. Dr. G. A Smith, superintendent of the hospital, refused to give out any de- tails or the names of the soldiers, the French Army March 21. Brit and and Amiens. Several times it retaken in a heroic counter-attack. French battalions. On the latter when the German advance, The major commanding entrench ed himself in the runs of a from which he held the enemy stating that government officials h: taken charge of the entire matter and } d ordered that no information be ziven about the injured soldiers. There were about 100 soldiers in each car. FOUR PERSONS KILLED IN TEXAS TORNADO. At Boyd 75 Homes Were Demolished— Railroad Traffic Crippled. castle. They rescued the been ca Dallas, Tex, April 16—At least four | " ““"ied Off {n the interim persons are known to have been killed by the tornado which swept over sev- eral north Texas counties Sunday nlfiht. demolishing homes, barns and other buildings and crippling wire communication. Two white women, a white man and a negrees are known to have lost their ARGUMENTS ON FEDERAL Made in North Carolina. SINCE MARCH 21 South of the River Somme—British in France | Sunday, April 14.—The hardest flzhfl-l ing of the present battle south of the River Somme has been almost inces- sant around: Hangzard-en-Saterre since French have been engaged side by side in defend- ing this highly important and strategic position on the road between Nayon has been wrested from them only to be On the fourth, ninth and twelfth of April the streets of Hangard were the scenes of horrible carnage, both day and night, when the enemy was driv- en from house to house before the date last attack was delivered by the French one of their battalions was surrounded in the overwhelming castle in chieck for over ten hours. meanwhile signalling repeatedly for help and ask- ing his comrades to hasten. The ma- jor was captured but shortly after- ward other French troops with a Brit- ish battalion arrived and after a ter- rific onslaught reached the blazing survivors and took a hundred German prisoners, but the major with another officer had CHILD LABOR LAW. Test of Its Constitutionality is Being ARMENIANS MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD JERICHO. They Have Been Two and a Half Years. Jerusalem, April ciated , Pre: menians. survivors of the many thou- Jericho, the town recently from the Turks by the British. roads. The Armenians are trucks. Six thous Es Salt, sea, are expected to arrive in Jeru- salem this week. o uation here, Rev. tephen Van Armenian and Syrian relief, said: from the United States. at Tawfile, between Maan Dead sea, Said. and day. From Tawfile a message has the price of’ bread.’” LATEST CASUALTY LIST sage to the British government and the British In a statement given out after their the American _Alliance for Labor and Democracy, Walter A. Appleton, spokesman for the British “Ameri- can labor is loyal to the core.” Apple- ton said that the patriotic course of the Anerican Federation of Labor has been “an inspiration” to himself and The determination to win and the spirit of sacrifice, manifest on all sides, “is an augury of a great L were the other members of the mis- “At first,” Mr. Appleton’s statement read, “the differences in comfort and social well being, the brightly lighted the lavghing careless happiness of the that Each day, however, brought me nearer the real heart of 'America—each day made it eusier to realize the fact that all this_vivacious force, all this plenti- Te- source, was to be used without stint in the fight which is waging against autoc- “The immense area of America, the extent and character of its agricul- industrial but what has sunk most deeply into unselfish devotion with which America is con- France, Italy, Russia, Serbia, Ruma- for all time the efforts of German mili- from America renewed have shown us bevond any manner of doubt sincerity and her already ot fateful ‘M'nei in the Wilderness (By The Asso- —Tifteen hundred Ar- sands of victims exiled by the Turks two and a half years ago to the wilder- ness east of the River Jordan, have been found making their way towards captured Kessab, had been compelled for months by Ottoman troops to break stone on being brought to Jerusalem in British motor nd Syriap refugees from 2 miles nofth of the Dead In connection with the refugee sit- R. Trowbridge of Brooklyn, representa- tive of the Amercan commission for “We will equip expeditions to meet the exiled and will provide industrial relief if additional funds can be sent Nine hundred Armenians who were rescued by Arabs e the will be removed to Port “For months from 20 to 30 of the exiles have died of starvation each The original number was 10,000. I g come through saying ‘the price of a life is CONTAINED 44 NAMES Col. R. C. Bolling is Ra—pefled as Cap- lives. The greatest damage was done in Wise and Denton counties, At Boyd, Wise county, 75 homes were destroyed. The tornado was ac- Washington, April 15.—Argument in @ case from the federal court in North Carolina designed to test the consti- tutionality of the federal child labor law began today in the supreme court. companied by heavy rains and occa- sional electrical storms. Railroad traf- fice in the stricken district was crip- pled today. CZERNIN'S WITHDMWAL AS FOREIGN MINISTER Is Causing Much Speculation Among the Officials of Dual Monarchy. Washington, Apri] 15.—News of the resignation of Count Czernin as Aus- tro-Hungarian foreign minister led to much l&efl:hflfil -ton“::s omcllh'hnnd diplomats here as e causes which Vbrought about the rather dramatic exit of the Austrian official at a mo- Of attitude toward war issues, int his complete acceptance of the extreme German views, it has been that he - haq -greatly nirengt his position. ‘The act prohibits shipments in inter- state commerce of articles manufac- tured by concerns employing children | ° under. 14 years of age, and affects many factories throughout the country, but particularly southern cotton mills, | - SELF-GOVERNMENT URGED FOR IRELAND By Labor Ministers of the British Cabinet in Interview With Lloyd George. London, April 15.—The labor minis- ters of the cabinet in an interview with Premier Lloyd George tonight pressed the premier to zrant self- government to Ireland on the basis of the majority report of the Irish con- vention before conscription is put in- to- operation. It Is understood that the conference had satisfactory re- sults, and there will not be a cabinet crisis. tured or Missing. ‘Washington, April 15. The casual- v list today contained 44 names di- Killed in action 1; died cause unnknown disease 7: ‘wounded slightly 27; missing in action died of wounds of Colonel R. C. Bolling is reported as captured.or missing in today’s casual- Eight other officers are nam- Captain Hyman Green and Lieu~ tenant John Alexander Currin_were severely wounded and Captain Wake- Gribbell and Lieutenants Ar- Bugbee, eGorge W. Gray, Thomas F. A. Moser were slightly wound- ty list. ed. man C. thur S, Hamon Reuben ed. DonnelL Hale and Wooden Ships Expensive. ‘Washington, April 15.—Wooden ship building will be curtailed for construction after the present program is completed, on suggestions made by experts .to officials of the shipping board that the 3,500 ton wooden ship is economically expensive. steel - For Col A B TAILED FOR THE PURPOSE TO VISIT ALL ISLANDS Navy Officials Confess That No Theory Has Besn Advanced to Explain the Disappearance of the Big Collier. ‘Washington, April 15.—Unremitting search of trade routes will be carried on by American and French naval and merchant vesszls until every possible hope of finding some trace of the miss- ing naval collier Cyclops has been ex- hausted. Secretary Daniels has or- dered additional fast scouts detailed for this service. Search to Be Thorough. Although today: passed without a report strengthening in the slightest degree the hope still felt by Mr. Dan- iels and several of his chief assistants these officials refused to believe that the great 19,000 ton collier and the home. No price i for Victory. 293 lives she carried could have been wiped out, without leaving a_trace Orders have gone out, therefore, for the pearching vessels to “quarter” ev: ery rod of the route covered by the Cyelops and to Visit every one of the scores of islands which dot that por: tion of the sea. Every. isolated bay 'Will be entered and every beach scrut- inized, No Theory Advanced. Navy officials frankly confessed that no theory yet advanced to explainithe disappearancs of the Cyclops _from March 4, when she left Barbados, it wag officially stated tonight that that was the West Indian port from which she sailed—seemed plausible’ in thé face of the facts. While it was true that one engine was out of commis- sion, enough power remained to drive the big ship ten knots an hour. An internal explosion might have de- stroyed the vessel's wireless and mo- tive power at ome instant, but sur< faco wreckage would have remained to mark her grave. Enemy agents might have gained control in a mid- night mutiny, but even in such a well nigh impossible event, lack of coal would have prevented an attempt to start on a trans-Atlantic voyage. Sudden Hurricant Possible. The possibility that a sudden hur- ricane, not infrequent in th wa- ters, might have first disabled and then engulfed the collier was admit- ted, but again it was pointed out that some evidence of the disaster must have been left in this case. Moreover, The exiles. who Were dragged by the [ there has been no report of a hurri- Turks from the cities of, Adana,|cane. Kharne, Marash, Aintab, Urfa and Manganese Ore Creates Gas. Manganese ore, with which the Cy- clops was heayily laden, might undet certain conditions give off an ex- tremely dangerous gas. Precautions had been taken against this, however, on all ships engaged in the manganese carrying trade. 3 As to the report that a member of the crew had written relatives in Bal- timore regarding an explosion on the Cyclops several weeks ago, it was stated at fhe navy department that nothing of the sort had been reported by Lieutenant Commander G. W. Morley, commanding the collier. T. M. BYXBEE SUPERVISING AGENT FOR NEW ENGLAND In Drive Against Delinquents of In- come and Excess Profits Returns. ‘Washington, April 15.—Preceding a drive against delinquents of income and excess profits tax returns, Inter- nal Revenue Cothmissioner Roper to- day announced a reorganization of the revenue agent force, with John D. Murphy of Boston as chief revenue agent, to succeed L. G. Nutt. Mr. Nutt will go to Chicago to act as supervising agent for the Chicago and contiguous divisions. D. J. Grant, revenue agent at New York, will be- come supervising agent for New York and_adjoining revenue divisions. T. M. Byxbee, revenue agent at New Ha- ven, Conn., will be supervising agent for New England states, $50,000 FOR ARMENIAN AND SYRIAN RELIEF Was Cabled Yesterday fo the American Committee in the Palestine Section. New York, April 15.—Fifty thousand dollars was cabled today by the Amer- ican committee for Armenian and Syrian relief for relief-work in the Palestine section, making a_total of more than a quarter of a million dol- lars sent to Palestine to date by the American committee, it was announced here this afternoon. 3 An appropriation of $400,000 also was made by the Red Cross war council as an_additional contribution to the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief. cabled for relief work in the easter war zome. LUNCHEON GIVEN DELEGATION IN LONDON Tells of Determination of Prussianized Germany to Prove to the World That Force Is the Way to Obtain Success, Londen, April 15.—Germany stands today as a predatory nation and is trying to destroy the British and French armies before the American forces can be brought into the field, said Arthur J. Balfour, minister of foreign affairs, in responding to a toast at a luncheon to the Arserican labor delegation today. Pointing out that the destruction of Germany has never been an allied aim, and desired, so far as he knew, by “no sane man.’ Mr. Balfour said that the Germans had made many miscalcu- lations, but none more grievous than to under-estimate the power of Amer- Get Your Liberty Bonds! The War is being fought in Europe, but it must be WON right here at s too great to pay INVEST TODAY IN LIBERTY BONDS, ALL THE BONDS YOU CAN ca. England, he said, is confident that America will be able to send over her “indomitable troops in a way that no .German general staff officer has ever calculated. It is Men We' Need. “I+ is men we. need now,” he. con- Ccluded. PACKAGES FOR PRISONERS IN GERMAN CAMPS Shipment Granted American Red Cross by German War Trade Board New York; April 13.—The Atlantic Qivision of the American Red Cross announced here today that it had been granted by the German war trade boarg an exclusive bianket authoriza- tion for the sending of food, ietlers and money through the American Red Cross to American and allied soldiers in_German prison camp: Two ten pound parcels a weel may be sent from Berne to American pr oners. The parcels may contain two heavy loaves of bread a week, tobac- co and soap. Special parcels for ‘in- valids may be sent when necessary. Because of the overcrowded condi- tion of the mails, however, the Red Cross advises that parcels be not sent to allied prisoners, but that money be mailed to the Bureau of Allied Pris- oners’ Relief, which will arrange for the purchase and forwarding of food and tobacco. Letters should be addressed with the prisoner's name, number, rank, regiment and company, to the prison camp in_ which he is held. “via York.” “American (or allied) Prisoner of War, Post Free.” The letters should be not longer than two pages, written on lone side of the paper. In New York they will be turned over to the Na- tional Censorship Board. Money must be sent through the Bureau of American Prisoners’ Relief, American Red Cross, Washington, as the zovernment wishes to keep a rec- ord of funds sent. Checks, drafts and postal orders must be made out to the American Red Cross. INVESTIGATING RECENT WRECK NEAR POMFRET. Blocking Distance Between Williman- tic and Putnam 2412 Miles, With No Intermediate Telegraph. Hartford, Conn.. April 15.—A joint investigation of the rear-end freight wreck on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad near Pomiret lon April 10 was begun here today by the interstate commerce commission and the public utilities commission. Four men were killed in the wreck. The federal commission was represent- ed by F. A. Howard and J. P. Me- Ardle, and the utilities commission by its chief engineer, Irving Judd. The inquiry brought out that the blocking distance between Willimantic and Putnam, the line on which the collision occurred, is 24% miles, and that no telegraph stations for trans- mission of train orders are open at any intermediate point during the night. The wreck occurred during the early moraing. It was also testified that the AB4, the colliding train, was in good con- dition when it left the terminal and that the despatcher at Willimantic had sent out an order notifying the preceding train that the AB4 was followins. The witnesses examined included C. N. Woodward, general superintendent of the eastern division of the road, despatchers and the crews of = the trains involved in the wreck. The death of Frederick A. Dudley, which occurred April 11, at New Ha- ven, as the result of a collision be- tween the bicycle he was riding and the automobile of IMire Marshal Wil- liam B. Perkins was not due to the .This money will be|crimina] negligence or criminal act of dny person; according to the finding of Coroner Eli Mix. Addmsses | Condensed Telegrams Italy’s war expenditures up to March 31 totaled $7,000,000,000. The Nebraska_prohibition law was upheld by the State Supreme Court. “.ll’ 2one. ‘were caught in a xvund;up of lers in New York. Five fires in the northeastern part of Montreal of Py caused a property loss Bolsheviki literature is being spread in Vladivostok among the marines of the Allies. Inspectors of the automobile depart- ment: did not patrol the highways of the state Sunday. Hempstead Washburne, ex-mayor of Chicago, is dead as the renuml a stroke of apoplexy. _John Leftus, of Syracuse, had his big toe cut off in order that he might be accepted in the navy. Convicts of Sing Sing have joined in the third Liberty Loan campaign. They expect to raise $1,000. The Mexican gunboat Progreso ar- rived at Havana with Minister Ysidro l:‘abela,, destined for Argentina. Cuba will display a separate exhibit Of her resources at the National Fore- ign Trade Council at Cincinnati. The Commercial Cable Co. announc- ed that communication with Manaos, Amazon, Brazil has been restored. [President Wilson approved Chair- man Hurley’s request for $50 000,000 to build five yards for concrete ships. The German and Austrian prisoniers of war held in the South will be forced to work on the farms or Geor- gia roads. Premier Clemenceau, visiting the front, interviewed General Foch and General Petain and reviewed the Brit- ish troops. A pressing call for men in the fight- ing tank service overssas has been sent to Connecticut by the war service exchange. _ Four persons were killed and three injured when a Baltimore & Ohio tram struck an automobile at Valencia, north of Pittsburgh. Special regulations for the sale of dried fruits were issued by the Food Board. No dried fruits may be sold before May 1, of any year. Frank L. Sheppard, 67, assistant to the vice-president in charge of opera- tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is dead at his home in New York. An explosion, followed by fire, badly damaged the carbolic plant of the Sol- vay Process Co. at Syracuse. The acid is used in making powder. Navy officials at Washington believe that Germany may have a new naval invention, according to the reports of unusval activity in the Kiel Canal. The sum of $60,000 has been rajsed for work with the troops in carip’ and fiela during the year by the war fund commission of the Episcopal church. The McCrory Stores Corporation re- ports sales for March of $781,176, as compared with $579,486 for the same month of 1917, an increase of 34.80 per cent. General Serrail was among the four generals placed on the reserve list by France. He was former commander of the Allies’ forces on the Macedonian front. . A special recruiting division will be established in the Shipping Board to relieve the great confusion when la- borers are shifted from one shipyard to another. Max Michaels of Brooklyn fell from a second story window and was sever- ly injured while attempting to rescue a neighbor from the fumes of an over- heated stove. Orders to stop unfair methods of trade practices were issued against the Fleischman Yeast Co. of Cincin- nati and the National Distilling Co. of Milwaukee. Four men in the Connecticut state prison for life are amonsg ten prison- ers at the Wethersfield institution who have subscribed for Liberty bunds of the third loan. Ensign Lioyd A. Perry, U, S. N. R, was killed in a seaplane acciden: in France April 12, the navy department today was advised. His wife lives at Oconomowoc, Wis. The public of Norway is worried over the shortage of food in the coun- try while new terms are being dis- cussed over the agreement with Am- erica for supplies. The Kaiser’s gift to the United States, a statue of Frederick the Great, was taken from its pedestal at the ‘War College and placed in the cellar of the Army Building. Ten thousand women have enrolled for war work with the committee of Barnard College. Places filled vary from Y. M. C. A. workers to inspectors in submarine factories. A letter from Mme. Nix to Count Robert De Clairmont warned him to be careful in his answers to questions. The letter was intercepted by the Am- erican Protective League. Dennie Joseph, of the Bronx, was arrested for saying to Mary Pickford, motion picture star, at a Liberty Loan meetin “Isn't she the innocent thing.” Sentence was sus, ended. The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, began its 27th congress at Washington yester- day with a programme made up large- ly of discussions of woman's part in the war. BURNED STEAMER WAS CITY OF WILMINGTON Freighter Destroyed Off Coast of Nova Scotia Saturday Night. New York, April 15—The American steamship_which was burned off .the coast of Nova Scotia on _Saturday night was identifieq here today as the City of Wilmington formerly the Bar- ber Line's freighter Camino. She was a vessel of 3,309 tons gross and was on a voyage from a southern port for France with a cargo of cotton and flour, The despatch said the crew as transferred to a United States war- Lship which had gone to her assistance. 568161180 A LARGE PROPORTION WAS OF SMALL AMOU! Messages to Headquarters Washington, April 15.—The nation has raised its pledges of Liberty loan dollars to $691,611,800. This, the to- tal at the close of business Saturday, is $118,000,000 more than had been re- porteq to the treasury before today. A large proportion of the sum ren- resents subscriptions by individuals for comparatively small amounts. Many metsages to headquarters to- day said banks in some districts are withholding their pledges until late in the campaign when they can deter- mine better what they need to fill or- ders of customers. . The condition is considered- encour- aging since it indicates a big number of subscribers and better distribution of the country's fingneial war burden. From the Minneapolis district to- day, where the campaign had just cpened, came reports that farmers were buying liberally and that com- munities' with large German popula- tions ‘had shown particularly good records in the first day's canvass. A total for the district was not report- ed_here tonight. Subscriptions _ for other districts. showing New York leading in total subscriptions and St. Louis in per- centage of the quota already raised, are as follows: New York b 2 u 1 u Tacoma, Washn., sent word that it hag- subscribed its full quota at noon Saturday without. counting any pledges by banks ang by Saturday night had over-subscribed twenty per cent, One person in every five had subscribed. Mount Angle, Oregon, minety per cent. of whose population is German or Austrian born, won an honor flag today. Thousands of loan circylars were distributed over Wasiington {oday by Htalian, British and American airmen flying in ‘the big-Caproni battle plane sent here from Italy to be used in in- structing American aviators. HOW LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN IS PROGRESSING. Hartford’s Total for the First Week is $5,542,650. Boston, April 15.—The largest sub- THE BOND SALE 0 Total at Close of Business Saturday $118,00 More Than Reported Theretofore 5 | Banks In Some Districts Are Withholding Their Pledges Until Late In the Campaign, When They Can Determine Better What They Need to Fill Orders of Customers—Mount Angle, Ore., 90 Per Cent. of Whose Population Is Germz= or Austrian Born, Won an Honor Flag Yesterday. — Said |was only $167,907,750. ez b seriptién included in today's reports om . the third Liberty loan was one for $500,000 by the Employers’ Liability Assurance corporation, Limited, of London, through a local banking house. The Greenfield Tap and Die D subscribed for $250,000 bonds, some of which will be taken by empioyes, and - the city of Worcester for its sinking fund bought $100,000 worth.. %, Reports from. individual ~eities of suberiptions for the firat wolk of tias campaign include: ¢ Connecticut Hartford, $5,542,650; Meriden, $146,350; New Haven, $1,8 000. NEW YORK'S SALE OF BONDS HAS REACHED $252451,250 The Aggregate Subscriptions For the City Total $199,563,000. " New York, April 15—Official sub- scriptions to the third Liberty loam received up to tonight at the New York federal reserve bank amounted to $252,451,250, a gain of $14.378,800 over the total announced Saturday. At e close of the seventh day in the last loan campaign the official total The aggregate subscriptions for this city tonight was $199,553,000.” Totals for_other sub-districts follow: ' Northern New Jersey, $23,185,550; Fairfield county, Conn., and Westches= ter and Rockland counties, $24,984,050. Among the large subscriptions re- ported unofficially were those of the Sinclair Oil and Refining Corporation and New Jersey Zinc Company for $1,000,000 each. ~ e The loan committee announced that to subscribe its official quota of $900.- 000,000, the district must raise $86i= 000000 2 day, of which $26,685,012 must come from this city. -Nearly 1,000 members >f the stock exchange attended a meeting. held on the floor today. James M. Beck, for- Tuer umumé }4}: ‘:d ofh:h aiorney general, spokeé it behaif of the Joan. = ““An_airplane and dirigible “bombed” the eity today with loan literature, and the wreckage of a Zeppelin, do: S in London and exhibited at “Lil 2 Land”. in the armory of the ‘famous 59th New York Regiment, brought tie selling pace up. Girl scouts have sold $50,000 worth of bonds here since the drive began, the loan commitiee announced to- night. MOVEMENT TO PROTECT THE NEEDLE INDUSTRY Made by Manufacturers to Eliminate German Competition. Boston, April 15—Elimination of German competition in the ncedle in- Qustry has resulteq in a larze in- crease in the domestic production in this country. = This fact was brought by four manufacturers who testified today before members of the United States tariff commission investigating the sewing and knitting machine nee- dle_industry. When the war stopped imports, the manufacturers said, American neadle makers got busy and turned out a better needle than was produced in Germany. Plants were enznged while wages of employes were increased as much as 35 per cent. The manufacturers heard today were: W. F. Dixon, of the Singer Sewing Machine Compan: ew Yorlk; Theodore Whitlock, of the Loyal Tives Company, of New Brunswick, N. J; C. B. Vincent. of Torrington, Conn., and W. F. Duffy, of the Acme Machine and Knitting company, of Franklin, N. H. CROSSED THE ANDES MOUNTAINS BY AIRPLANE Flight Made by Lieut. Candelaria of the Argentine Army. Buenos Aires, April 15.—Lieutenant Cendelaria of the Argentine army to- day crossed the Andes by airplane from Zapala, Argentina, to Curico, Chile, a_distance of 180 kilometres The machine crossed the mountains at an altitude of 3,200 metres. This is the first recorded crossing of the Andes by airplane. On June 24, 1916, a balloon operated by Captain Zuloaga and Engineer Bradley cross- ed the Andes from Santiago, Chile, 10 Uspallata, Argentina. EMPEROR CHARLES ASSURES KAISER OF HIS LOYALTY Declares He Has No Intention of Dis- cussing Clemenceau’s Accusations Basel, April 15.—Emperor Charles of Austria has sent the following tele- gram to Emperor William of Ger- many, according to advices from Vienna: “Clemenceau’s accusations against me are so low that I have no inten- tion to lonzer discuss this affair with France. My cannon in the west is ou: k¢ reply. “In_faithful friendship, (Signed) “CHARLES." OBITUARY. Capt. Frank M. Kelle: Greenwich. Conn., April 15.—Capt. Frank M. Kelley of Greenwich and ‘New York, who served in the Civil war with the 44th New York volun- teers, “Ellsworth's Avengers,” and was in a number of the important battles, including Gettysburg, Antietam -and Frellericksburg, ‘died in a hospital in New York today, aged 75 vears. He ivas at ope time on-the staff of Gen- eral Grant. He was born at Semeca Falls, N. Y: YALE GIVES TAFT LEAVE OF ABSENCE To Perform His Duties as Member of Federal Labor Commission. New Haven, Conn., April 15—Pro- fessor William Howard Taft, who has been appointed by President Wilson a member of the labor commission for mediation of disputes between em- ployes and employers engaged in war work, was today granted leave. of ab-' sence by the Yale Corporation, for the current and succeeding collegiate year to permit him to give his attention to. the work of the commission. The corporation acted upon request of Former President Taft. who in a Jet- ter to President Hadley, telling of his appointment, said he felt that thé work was of such importance that he ought not to decline the appointment. Announcement also was made that Vance C. McCormick, alumni fellow, of the corporation, will be re-elect without opposition. Only one other candidate, Major Freq T. Murphy, who is mow in France, was nominated by the graduates, and Major Murphy, it was stated. has declined ihe pomi- nation. An additional gift of $30.000 from' the Kingsley Trust Associatiort (Scroll_and Keys Socléty) to the Kingsley Trust Publication Fund, was acknowledged by the corparation. The total of this fund is now $50,000, the largest publication fund held by the university. HIDDEN WRITING EXPOSED BY CHEMICAL TE§T&: Oscar Amderson, Acquitted on One Charge, Was Ordered Rearrested. New York, April 15.—When a. jury in the Brooklyn federa lcourt liate to- day returned a verdict of not guilty: in the case of Oscar Anderson, & Swedish seaman accused of violal e the trading with the enemy act, Judge: ' " Chatfield, who was presiding, nounced that he had ordered that An- derson be re-arrested and . cl with unlawfully bringing a letter into. the country outside the regular mails, According to federal authoi 3 Anderson admits that a lettér was' given him before the vessel on_which: he worked. the Bergensfjord, depart- ed from Christiania, Norway, in Feb- ruary, and that, in accordance with> instructions, he mailed the missive’ upon arrival here. 3 Government agents today testified” that while the letter in question was* a seemingly innocent note of greet. ing, chemical tests revealed a hidden communication written in German with an inwisible ink. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT s R. E. BROOKS KILLED® In an Airplane Accident at Ayr, Scot- land—Was Born in New York. Montreal, April 15.- Flight Lieutenant Brooks in an airplane accident at Ayr, Scotland, is reported. Lieutenant® Brooks was born in New York 2§ years' ago. He was the son of the Quintus Brooks, who was manager i the Academy of Music and His Maj- esty’s theatres bere, :