Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 17, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 92 GERMANS HAV OF THE MESS Stratogi Towns of Bailou, Walerghen and Wytsch * aete Are In German Hands BRITISH COUNTER-ATTACK EXPECTED SOON There Is Higher Ground Just Eglise From Which the British Probably Will Conduct a Stubborn Defense—The Successes of the Germans In the Past Day Have an Important Bearing On the North- ern Battle Front—May Result In Retirement of British From Ypres—In Spite of Holding Merville. jermany’s mighty effort on the bat- jeld of Flanders has won new suc- According to the latest re- he important strategic towns illeul, Wulverkhem and Wytscha- German hands, and, more street, the Teutons have part of Messines Ridge been no' more during the war than waged along - the battle line he towns of Bailleul, Neuve verghem and Wytschaete. o was taken on Monday, ul held out until fresh masses roops were hurled into the and charged repeatedly on the defenders. The same story ight 1d_of Wulverghem and Wytscha- hile the battle for Messines Ridge have been frightful in its in- here has must Germans have devoted their sole attention to the work of widening out the salient and striking at Messines Ridge and the railroad running about six miles north of Bailleyl. Messines Ridge is the key to the Ypres sectot and its possession will zive the Ger- mans a commanding position in start- iog a new drive. The successes of the Germans in the past day have had an impertant bear- jng on the campaign on the northern, battle front. 1If they are continued, there must be a British retirement from Ypres, and possibly for some distance further north, while the eut- iing of the railroad passing through 1 North of Bailleul and Neuve Terrific Shocks the Allies Are eXpected to counter-attack at once in an effort to sweep the invaders back into the lowlands once more. All ac- counts of the battle along this line speak of the small British forces which attempted to withstand the at- tacks by heavy legions of Teutons which were brought up fresh for the assault. There is higher ground just to the north of Bailleul and Neuve Eglise, from which the British can still co duct a wtern defense. \Merville is standing firm, in spite of terrific at- tacks made against it, while along the southern side of the salient there have been no engagements reported. The same conditions hold true in the sector before Amiens, where there have been only artillery duels. Raid- ing operations in which both si%s! have taken the initiative are reported from the French front in Champagne. In_ spite of the reports from the American front that German attacks there have been. utter failures, a report from Berlin via Amsterdam says that the American positions near St. Mihiel were taken by storm by the Germans, who held them against determined counter-attacks. It is probable that the German report deals wish the bat- tle in which the Americans admini tered a sound beating to special shock troops brought up by the Germans to take the American positions. - The Germans in Finland are ad- vancing, east of Helsingfors and are encountering little, if any, resistance. Hazebrouck would be still more geri- ous for the British. So important are the poltits won by the Germans that the British must be Tle(n‘ G&r‘mgm wpwl:;: have hee; sunk in “aftegat, the narrow stral between Jutland atid Norwav, by a ‘BYitieh’ fleet. The survivors of the trawlers' crews weer. rescued. BOLO PASHA HAS BEEN EXECUTED. Was Convicted of High Treason in Paris on Feb. 14. Paris, April 17.—Bolo Pasha has been executed at Vincennes. Paul Bolo, whose career has been closed by the French government, was horn in Marseilles. He studied for the law but forsook that honorable pro- for occupations which were ssion varied and hazardous. Jolo was arrested on Sept. 29, 1917, for receiving money from Germany for use in peace propaganda. Following his arrest, there came sensational dis- closures of his activities. He was placed on trial for high treason on Feb. 4, 1918, was convicted on Feb. 14, and was senfenced to death. Bolo appealed to the court of revision, bt the case was dismissed by that tri- bunal on March 12, and this action was affirmed by the court of cassation on April 2. The committeé on revision of the department of justice rejected Bolo's plea for a new trial on April 5. and on April 8 President Poincare refused to grant clemency to the con- demned man. 1t was announced on the same day, however, that the military judicial authorities had granted a re- prieve “for the moment™ to Bolo be- cause of revelations which he had promised to make. The activities of Bolo and other al- loged instruments of German propa- ganda in France were given the gen- eral term of “Boloism™ and the gen: eral trend of comment in legal, jour- nalistic and political circles after Holo's conviction was: “With Bolo's death, Eoloism will die. CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE OF $2,000,000 1S’ ALLEGEO. Childs and Sulzer, Backers of Former Mayor Mitchel of New York, Indicted. New York, April 16.~William Ham- lin Childs, esecutive chairman of the fusion committee whica backed the candiacy of John P. Mitchel in_the maporalty election last fall, and Wil- liam Sulzer, former governor of New York. saii ionight they had been ‘in- formed of their indictment today Wy a grand jury which has been investigat- ing the expenditure of approximately $2.000,000 by the fusion committee. According to their information, the indictments allege that they conspired to conceal in the report of election expenses filed at Albany the fact that $5,000 was paid to Mr. Sulzer and 46,500 to Misha B, Applebaum, head of the Humanitarian cult, who cam- paigned fop Mr. Mitchel. “I am' perfectly innocent wrongdoing,” said Mr. Childs. “It's just another Tammany frame- up,” declared Mr. Sulzer, TO PREVENT ENEMY GETTING INFORMATION. Federal Trade Commission to License Sending of Communications. of any Was| on, April 16.—New precau- tions to the transmission of information to the enemy were .taken tonight by President Wilson in revok- ing the authority given the secretary of the treasury to license the sending of communications to enemies regard- ing patents, ts and trade- marks, and the aut ity given federal trade to - license Ccitizens of the United States to apply for'patents in an enemy country. In%ae bee. norti of the provifice o Que- are sthl 250,000 square miles comntry. - AMERICANS LEADING CLEAN LIVES OVERSEAS Dr. D. A. Poling Says They Are True to Finest Traditions of Americanisms. Boston, April 16.—The American in uniform is living on a higher plane than the American in civil life. This is the conclusion of Dr. Daniel A. Pol- ing, assoclate president and citizen- ship superintendent of the United So- ciety of Christian Endeavor, who re: turned today after a stay of five weeks with the soldiers of the United States in France. “The American soldier overseas is true to the finest traditions of Amer- iean arms,” said Dr. Poling. “The stories of wholesale drunkenness and vice, which have greatly disturbed the minds of thousands of people who have siven their sons to the nation, are not true. The programme of the Amer- ican authorities in France is the most comprehensive and aggressive ever at- tempted by a nation at war to keep her fighting men physically sound and morally fit. The fruits of the pro- gramme are unmistakeable. “My own investigations, conducted under every condition of army life and in every ‘training’ camp of any size where American soldiers are gathered together in France, substantiate the figures of ‘the ~ military _authorities m:h prove that the American in uni- for is today living on a higher mor- al plane than the American in ci#li- an life. My word to the mothers and fathers of this country is one of re- assurance and cheer.” POLICE SAVED INDISCREET MAN FROM LYNCHING Leo J. Eschman Had Declared Liber- ty Bond Money Was to Be “Used to Murder Germans.” Pittsburgh, Pa, - April 16. — The prompt_arrival of a sqlad of police at the Dallas Avenue plant of the West- inghouse Electric: and Manufacturing Company today - prevented possible bodily harm to:Leo J. Eschman, a workman employed at the plant. Esch- man, who according to clerks at the plant in charge of the Liberty loan campaign, had refused to buy a bond on the ground that none of his money should be “used, to murder Germans,” ‘Old Saybrook and East Granby Are ’ Cabled_Pa_ragraplis- Man Power Bill in Commons. London, April 16.—The third read- ing of the government’s man power bill was carried tonight by a vote of 301 to 103. 20 MORE BANNERS FOR NEW ENGLAND TOWNS Among Them—Latest Figures. Boston, Aprli 16—The New Eng- lang committee for the third Liberty loan reported that today's district to- tal of $80,296.000 included several good sized subscriptions, the largest of which was $1,000,000 by Kidder, Pea- body and Company. The honor flag committee ~today awarded twenty banners to towns whose quota had been over-sub- scribed. Thus far 170 cities and towns, including 25 in Massachusetts and 19 in Connecticut, have reported over-subscription. New additions to the honor flag list today included: -Old Saybrook and East Granby, Conn., and Vienna, Me. Reports from banks in various cit- ies and towns in the district included the following totals: (lassachusets: Worcester, ~ $3,689,- Connecticut: Hartford, $5,405,900; New Britain $644,500; New Haven, $1 941,450; New London, $'79,100; Nor- wich, $305,950: Waterbury, $1,083,000. Rhode Island: - Providence, $4390,- 000, LIBERTY LOAN PLEDGES NOW TOTAL $829,606,100 Sales of War Savings Stamps Are Averaging About $2,000,000 a Day. ‘Washington, April 16.—Nine days of Liberty loan campaigning have brought $829,606,100 subscriptions in- to the hands of banks and trust com- panies throughout the country, and 170,000,000 remains to be raised in e sixteen remaining working days before May 4 # the three ‘billion dol- lar minimum is to bs reached. This means an average subscrip- tion of $120,000,000 for each day, in- cluding Sundays. The rate in the past /] SENATE ACCEPTED CONFERENCE REPORT ‘ON MUNITION 'STRIKES Bill Carries Penalties of Thirty Years Imprisonment and $10,000 Fine For Injuring War Materials. ‘Washington, April 16--Tke sabotage Dill, carrying penalties of thirty years' imprisonment and fines of $10,000 for injuring war materials or interfering with war industry, was made réeady for the president's signature late to- day when the senate accepted a con- ference report eliminating provisions designed to punish strikers on war contracts. X The conference report was adopt- Ve Ees il ESDAY, APRIL -17, 1918 PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE MAKES _ ANNOUNCEMENT TO SETTLE QUESTION Object of the Cabinet Is to Produce Like ‘Contentment Ireland and Good-Will In America. Something In London, April 16.—Premier Lioyd George said in the house of commons today: “I{ is desirable in the interests of the war that we should settle the rish. question and produce something contentment in Ireland and good- will 'in_America.” < Mr. Lloyd - George believed that American opinion supported the man power bill, provided self-government In buying LIBE should enlist you “Duration of the has been lower, although today’s re- ports covering yesterday's business addeg $137,994,200 to the total, The Liberty Loan drive is having: 1io depressing effect on war savinse stamps sales, it is now definitely as- certained. ~About $2,000,000 a day is reaching the treasury from sale of savings stamps. The St. Louis federal veserve distrivt continued to lead all others in pro= ion’ of total” quota “subserfbed With. 45-per cent.and the New- York dis- trict holds first place in asgregate of subscriptions with $275,662,100. The Atlanta district is last on the list. For: other districts, the headquar- ters record shows the folowing sub- scriptions an@ percentages: District. \ "Subseription Pet. Chicago $143,167 050 33 Boston . A . 68642950 27 San Francisco .. 51,185, 24 Philadelphia . . 2 Oregon and Iowa, which have been contesting for the honor of being the first state to subscribe its quota. today opened a new phase of rivalry by re- porting almost simultaneously that all their counties had gone over the top. As an example of the spirit in the Minneapolis district, ioan headquar- ters here tonight cited this telegram from there: “Great Falls, Mont, in 42 minutes today subscribed $1,156,750. Ninety solicitors in two hours commanded every loyal citizen to appear at a lo- ca] hotel at 11 o’clock and in less than three-quarters of an hour the million dollar mark was passed.” The town's quota was $750,000. Boston district managers sent word that New England has nearly 100 000 subscribers. Massachusetts has con- tributed $48,619,000; Connecticut $12,- §70,000 ana Maine $5,458,000. In the Cleveland district 234 honor flags have been awarded more than in any other district. The San Fran- cisco district has 218. Boston head- quarters has awarded 146 flags; New York 100 and Philadelphia 52. Managers of the campaign in Phil adelphia have started a house-to- housg canvass and the first day’s work resufted in 3,343 subscriptions for a total of $491,000. i DISMISSED FROM FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. Prof. William Isaac Thomas Was Ar- rested with Wife of an Army Officer. Chicago, April' 16.—William Isaac Thomas, professor of sociology at the University of Chicago, wh was arrest- ed at a hotel last week with Mrs. R. M. Granger, the young wife of an army officer now serving in France, was dis- missed from the university faculty late today. This action was taken at a secret session of the board of trustees upon recommendation of President Harry Pratt Judson, Although Professor Thomas' dis- missal closes the case so far as the ‘was surrounded by a crowd of more than 00 workmen, largely women em- ploves, when he appeared for work this morning. The crowd, it is said, demanded that Eschman saiute the flag, and the po- lice say that the demand was beine enforced by a rope which had been thrown over a beam and a black cap similar to those used in legal hang. ings, which had been provided by a woman worker. ~ The police took charge of the situation and upon their advice, Eschman. ealuted the flag. He was later taken into custody as well as Arnold J. Schauman, a friend, who attempted to deliver o message to Eschman. THREE AVIATORS KILLED AT “ELLINGTON. FIELD, TEX. Cadet Forest Dean Janes of Worces. ter Among the Number. . Houston, Texas, April 16. — Three university is concerned, federal and civil authorities continued their in- vestigation into the movements of the professor, who is 55 vears old, and Mrs. Granger, who is 24. TWO BRITISH MISSIONS ON WAY TO NEW YORK. One Headed by Gen. Hutchinson, Other by Lieut. Gen. Bridges. Two British missions to the United States arrived here today and will Proceed soon to New York. The purpose of ome of the missions, headed by General Hutchinson, was fot made public. Its plans were de- clared o be important. General Hutch- inson is head of organization in the British war office. Heading the other mission is Lieu- tenant General Bridges. Colonel Wil- son, staff officer with this mission, ex- plained that its purpose is to co-ordi- aviators, Lieutenant Roland J. Win- terton’ of South Boston, Mass.: Lieu- tenant Leo John Nugent, Washburn, Jowa, and Cadet'-Forest Dean Jones, ‘Worcester, Mass., were killed, and Ca- det Maurice: seriously ‘injured in_two airplane accidents at Ellington Field, an American flying camp, kere today. A third accident ocgurréd late this af- ternoon; but there o fatalities. Earl Reading, British special ambas- sador to the United States, 13 Killed by Shells in Paris. Paris, April 17.—Thirteen were kill- eq and forty-five were wounded of Paris. A Canadian Atlantic Port, April 16.— nate the work of other British official bodies in America, co-operating with in yesterday’s long range bombardment For the Duration of the War When a soldier enlists in the United States Army he en tion of the war.” Buy Your Liberty Bonds Today lists “for the dura- RTY BONDS you r dollars for the War” SREEN ed after lengthy debate, during which Senators Sherman of Tilinois and Me- Cumber of North Dakota asserted that the labor situation 'is getting beyond control of labor leaders and. that ‘con- gress shnq{g take action. A Senator Holli¥ of New Hampshire defended the loyillty ef lalwr. declar inng that steikes in this countiy to- day are “inconsiderable” and said the vassage of the lekislation designed. to prevent peaceful strikes would not tend to increase labor's efficiency. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NEW HAVEN ROAD Revenues Largest in History of the Road—Decline of $4,245305 in Net . Returns. New York, April 16.—Total operat- ing revenues of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com- pany for 1917 aggregated $85,784,893, the largest in the history of the road, according to the annual report issued today. This represents a gain of 6.2¢ Der cent. over the previous vear. This increase was offset, however, by an expansion of $7,594,031 in oper- ating expenses, leaving a decrease of $2.245,305 in net returns. Taxes and other charges increased this item to $2,577,381. > Mairtenance of equipment increas- ed $1,479,360 or 1228 per cent, ab- sorbing 14.21 per cent. of operating Tevenues. Total investments of $446,- 886,228 show an . increase of $16,973.- 632, Current assets, _including cash amounting to £3,495,567, total $29,267.° 875, a_decrease of $1,029,440. In the profit and loss account $6.- 275,810 is_charged oft in liquidation of the New England Navigation Co.; $3,- 000,00 in surrender of the New Eng- land steamship bonds: $1,163,08¢ in liquidation of the Milibrook company and- $328,303 lost on sale of securi- ties. FIRE LOSS IN TORONTO PLACED AT $1,500,000 Harris Abattoir Destroved With All Foodstuffs Stored There. Toronto, Ont.,~April 16.—When fire- men today had cxtinguished the fire which, starting last night, virtually destroyed -the plant the loss at $1,500,000, including the de- struction of foodstuffs stoged building. It was stated tonight that fire losses production of munitions and war sup- ‘Washington, April 16.—After an all- treasury and melting bullion is to be used in meeting for- eign trade balances, OBITUARY Ellis B. Baker. was received here today of the death Petersburg, Florida. He was a pio- in Connecticut for the Sputhern New England- Telepho: company. to that time he opened a com- mercial exchange in MeriGen, the sec-j D. ond of its kind in the country. .In re- cent years he had been a Minneapolis,” Minn. - He of high degre : of the Harris Abattoir Company in the Union Stock Yards, officials of the company placed in _the in Toronto factories engaged in the day meeting, the senate banking and currency -committee late today decided to report favorably the silver bill in- troduced by Senator Pittman of Ne- vada, after amending so as to previde for the withdrawal from the federal into. bullion $350,000,000 as originally proposed. This New Haven.' Conn., ‘April; 16.—Word on Tuesday of Ellis B.-Baker in St.|- neer in the telephone industry and formerly lived in New Haven, where for 23 Vears he.was general manager Prior Tesident: of and was 63 years old. was given to Ireland, and it was of the greatest importance, at the mo- ment America was rendering to the allies great aid on the battlefieid, that Great Britain-should satisfy American opinion. Nothing'would tend more, to seeure the greatest measure of Amers lean assistance. SCHWAB NEW DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY FLEET CORP, Will Assume Entire Charge of Gov- ernment’s Ship Construction. Washington, April 16.—Charles M, Schwab today became director gener- &l of ‘the Bmergency Fleet Corporation and wiil assume entire control and di- rectian of the construction of the gov- ernment’s shipbuilding programme At the suggestion of General Man- ager Charles Piez, the office ot gener- al manager of the corporation was abolished to zive Mr. Schwab a free hand in his work. Mr.iPiez will remain vice president of ihe shipping board. Announcement of Mr. Schwab's ac- ceptance of the position followed a conference at the White House which was attended by Mr. Schwab, Mr. Piez, Chairman Hurley and Bainbridge Colby of the shipping board. Except for the new position of the director- general which absorbed the position of general manager, the organization of the shipping bbard and the Emer- gency Fleet, Corporation remains un- changed. Ira A. Campbell of San Francisco to- day was appointed admiralty counsel for the shipping board in place of Al fred G. Huger, who has been gommis sioned a major in the army. MEETINGS HELD IN 100 PARISHES IN IRELAND. Protests Made Against Conscription— Clergy Took a Leading Part. London, April 16.—Meetings to pro- test against conscription were held Monday in one hundred parishes in Ireland, all classes of the population particlpating, says a despatch from Dublin to the Tinfes. The clergy took a leading part in all these meetiugs. Resolutions of protest are pouring in from public hodies and Sinn = Fein clubs are very active. “Ungquestionably,” the despatch adds, “the present temper of mnationalist Ireland is very deplorable. The coun- try has lost all sense of proportion and has forgotten not merely home Tule but the war. It is a country of contradictions, however, for in Dublin and some other towns voluntary re- cruiting has been remarkably good in vided as folloy * Viscount Ishii, new ambassador to TEN PAGES—80 CCLUMNS. Italy will have four meatless days a week. Germany has taxed the Ruma $2,000,000.000. Emperor Charles of Austria cancelly| ed his visit to Budapest. ns Japanese troops in Viadivostok are being sniped by’ Russians. The conference report on the sabat- age bill was adopted by the House. Boy_scouts rolled the Liberty Ball out of Auburn on its way to Syracuse. Southern New Jersey peach and ap- ple. growers declare they will have bumper crops. 2 the United States from Japan, arrived at a Pacific port. Navigation opened at Oswego with the arrival on Lake Ontario of a tug- boat from Ogdensiurg. Anthracite shipments for reached 7,276,777 tons the reached for that meonth. March highest Art Smith, an aviator, at Langley Field, in a nose dive, dropped 2,000 feet and landed right side up. A bell is being installed in the. re- built tower of the City Hall in New York. The bell” will toll the hours only. New York citizens of German birth or descent have announced that they will holg- several Liberty loan meet- ings, Every foot of timber in New Eng- land will be needed to provide material for the navy’s aviation construction program. Half the employes of the Syracuse lines of the New York State Raiiways will strike Saturday, unless relief men are furnished. * The warm weather brought the sea- son's first mad dog scare in Brooklyn when Ethel McClane, aged §, was bit- ten while at pla; The Carnegie Corporation will un- by which Americanization is fostered throughout the natio Fad The War Department has several thousand trained aviators on its hands and doesn’t know what to do with them. It is shy of airships. Chancellor James Roscoe Day of Syracuse University was sued for $5,000 by the Rev. Lander Munhall of Philadelphia, for alleged libel. The Federal Labor Department an- nounced that more than 100,000 men are being .sent to work <in munition factories and shipyards every month. Seward :Pregser, chairman of the committes that ralsed the $£00 000,000 d.Cross.fund. fately, arrived at-ai “Atlantic: port. affer-a visit in France, According to German newspaper ac- counts 2,000 carloads of agricultural dertake to finance a study of methods | SEC'Y BAKERBACK FMB’ATILE_Q’ Has Confidence In Ultimate .Success of Pooling of Allied and American Resources - o BELIEVES GERMAN EFFORT WILL BE CHECKMATED : Allied Troops—Secretary Baker Visited All the Battle. Fronts' and Was In the American Front Line Trenches Received a Radio Call From a Burning Steamer, - Washington, April .16 the work ahead of him by personaljof G knowledge of conditions at the battle |bu fronts in Europe, Secretary Baker re- !ing. tarned to his desk at the war depart- ment tonight from his trip abroad. prepared to concentrate every energy on expediting the movement of Amer- | ican fighting men to France. | The war secretary, it is understood, ! is not inclined to under-estimate t peril that fugther German success the present terrific onslaught ageinst the aliied lines might involve. There is no doubt, however, that he believes adequate measures to checkmate the German effort will come out of the pooling of all allied and American re- sources. under command of _General Foch, the impressive French com- mander-in-chief. Mr. Baker had little to say for pub- dent of the capacity and judgment neral Pershing for = the great en of responsibility he. is bear- Visited Artillery School. During his visit to the American ector, Secretary Baker spent some time at an artillery school where the American gunners are being trained. The party witnesses a trial attack on ja trench beginning with a machine i barrage where bullets patted {down on the hypothetical enemy po- sition iike Tain, running into a light howitzer and trench mortar bom- bardment before which ground was torn and twisted by lighter shells, and culminating in salvos from heayy trench mortars aimed at the destrme- tion of machine gun nests or local | strong points-that might checg an ad- |vance. =~ When it was over the partv lication. On arrival early today at an|explored the bombarded position. They Atlantic port he authorzed this|{found that the big shells had torn statement. forty feet across and 17 feet deep Tabloid Statement. “T return with a sense of pride anl confidence at the achievements of the United States and allied troops abroad that would justify many trips across the wate: Whatever direct information the war Secretary may have as to the plans of General Foch will be for the ear of President Wilson alone. wherever they landed. Comradeship Between Allies. No_doubt was left mind of the stimulus in_the visitors' given French of American Mr. Bawer s given repeated proof of the amaz- ing deg™® of comradship that has sprung up between the American and French sold’ers cnd the Americans There have L§:n many reports that |ang the civil population’ among whom Mr. Baker went to Europe for thelihev move dafly. Differences of purpose of urging unification of all al- |lanxuaze have noi hindered . this Led ermies under a single commander. He had no_comment to make on this| oecsrap 10 the least. in-trains, of street cars, in barracKs, in rest rooms, point. Officials familiar with _ the| 3y Taker saw for higiself the cheery circumstances of his conferences wit 1 eSmpletas the British,and, French authorities and|oi e ngs and:the clmpictol e standing between them. Where the tongue fails, sign language is quick- iy devised. Trance has taken the Americans to her heart and they are responding in kind. When he left for Europe, Mr. Baker put the War.depanmenl routine from his mind. 2 s Why Casualty Lists Were Suspended: The ony question on which the see- retdry exercised his authority as head of the war department during his absence related to the: publication with 'Generals Bl and ‘however, regard it as a most fortunate thing that he ‘was on the sceme when the German blow was struck. His Tresence served to expedite greatly the decision to pool allied. resources in men and munitions in order to meet Be fiew peril. . . . r priimpt “acton of Tentral Per- in placing his men at General disposal s known to have met with Mr. Baker's hearty approval. The Frénch general made a deep impres- Pershing, machinery are to be sent to Russia this spring to plant food for Germany The Rev. LeRoy Urban, rector of the Bpiscopal Chureh, is at odds with his congregation because, as alleged, he removed an American flag from’ the pulpit. George J. Whelan, organizer of the United Cigar Stores. was _elected president of the Tobacco Products Corporation Succeeding George L. Storm. i Bonds worth $180,000 were discover- ed in a closet in the home of Dr. Ro- bert S. Stedman a Brooklyn physician, who died Saturday night of heart failure. Edward W. Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, declar- ed he had not considered being a can- didate for Mayor of Chicago on the Sullivan ticket. Interest saved this year by payment of income taxes by April 15 need not be included as income on a taxpayer’s income tax return for 1918, according to a Treasury ruling. ~ Billy Sunday and his evangelistic party arrived in Syracuse to conduct the final drive against booze before the two-day local option election to be held today and tomorrow. United States Marshal Van Valken- in bread sold in Binghamton, and in candy at Johnson City, N. Y. irs. Anna Leudersdohff of Brooklyn, 17 of whose 20 children are still living, was informed that her son Alfred ‘had been wounded in France. He ilisted in the “Fighting Sixty-ninth. Official subscriptions to the third Liberty Loan filed with the New York federal reserve bink as_announced last night amounted to $275.682,100, a gain for the day of $23,230.840, The high honor of delivering the tn- vocation in the United States Senate was accorded by invitation of the Vice- President to the Very Reverend Ed- ward J. Hanna, Archbishop of San kenburg started an investigation upon } receiving reports that glass was found ion upon the secretary. During his trip, Mr. Baker visited England, France and Italy and saw the battle fronts all along tha line. In Trenches Under Fire. He has been in the American front line trenches under fire; once a Ger- man shell_exploded close to his auto- mobile and on another occasion he stood in the window of o battered building behind the allied line to watch the high power missiles come howling to tear great craters in a field less than 100 yards away. of information concerning the troops in “rance and their activities. He cabled instrnctions- that all such information should be given out from the head- quarters of the expeditionary forees. Mr. Baker went abroad convinced that the publication of casualty lists in the form originally used was harmless. He was _quickly convinced, however. by the wisest military advisers in Europs that valuable information could be furnished in this way to the enemy and it is very . evident . that Meneral Pershing's will is to govern here- after all that is given out about the activities of the trogps in France. TATTOO MARKS HELPED ; X TO BETRAY CRIMINAL Patrick J. Sullivan Arrested in Mer den on Murder Charge. As he sailed for home, the thunder of the British and German guns on the Picardy battle front was stil in Mr. Baker's ears. While that strug- gle was in its opening stages, his party passed along the whole British line, covering 200 miles in two nights and a day of motoring. During all that time the British guns were drum- ming constantly in their ears a steady, terrble. roar of destruction that was with them wakening or sleeping. Venice a Deserted City. Later Mr. Baker saw another phase of war. In Italy he visited Venice. He found it a deserted city, its streets and canals, flanked by palaces and art works of priceless value. were desert- rd. An occasional soldier and here and there a lingering ctvil'an were the only people of whom the party caught sight of. Only one store. a lace shop, was noted by the party as being open. Return Trip Calm. Mr. Baker sailed for Europe on an American cruiser. e returned on a| famous liner, formerly German, but now an American transport. The trip over was rough; but on the way back calm weather prevailed and the only incident was a radio call from a! burning steamer, which the trans- port changed her course to answer. When he reached France, the war secretary placed h'mself in' the posi- tion of an_ American soldier, just ar- rtvad nt the woa! of his ambition “over there”” He wanted to know ev- actly what preparations had been made to care for the men from the time they arrived. Followed Life of Soldier. Beginning at the debarkation ports, Mr.. Paker and his party ‘under the guidance of General Pershing’s officers followed the life of an American sol- dier in France step by step, until they ived in an advanced listening post n_front of the Amerlean lines. Turning back the party followed the wounded men through the dressing Clinton, Mass.. April 16. — Tattoo marks .and a stolen letter plaved an important part in tracing the man be- lieved to be Patrick J. Sullivan, ar- rested in. Meriden. Conn., today, im connection with the murder of six- year-old Stella Soldi, whose body was found.in a brook here on the night of. April 5. > k. Two days after the murder, state and town police officers found a quan-, tity of groceries, a carriage robe and a letter in an abandoned house mear the scene of the crime, The letter was addressed to a kitchen employe. at Holy Cross College, who said that it had been in a pair of trousers stol en from him by fellow employ known as “Frank Wilson.” A descrip- tion of “Wiison” and his tattoo marks tallied with that of Sullivan a for- mer resident of this village, who was seen here. it was said, the day before the murder. A photoeraph of Sulli- van showing tie tattoo marks was ob- tained at the home of his hrother-in- law here and was sent out by. the po- lice witha circular offering a_reward of $500 for his arrest and conviction. SOLDIERS MUTINOUS AT CAMP LOGAN, TEX.. Protested Against Assignment to New Organizations. 3 Houston, Texas, April 16—Bighty- nine soldiers, who escaped from D Logan yesterday in protest against as- signment te new organizations, had | been captured early tonight and. ‘the search was' being continued for the remaining eleven. The order which resulted in the outbreak called for the plies total $8,250.000 since last May.|the past few days.” Francisco. Most of the fires were of suspicious —_— . £ origin. : AMERICAN CASUALTY One of the largest transatlantic pas- bz sengers s s in e service mak- AL R EE LIST CARRIES 65 NAMES | {°n€ers ,;{”‘;fltp 25 a passenger shin G . lescaped from two submarines whic APPROVES SILVER BILL|Two M_‘gn I‘Ner;_ ;('";d Action—| G103 Give shote at lier. One of the 9.0 3 memgecd ‘welve Died of isease. T-hoats I ievec o lave een Provides fgr Milling Into Bullion e el ? ,000,000 Dollars. Washington, April 16.—The casual- ty list today contained 65 names, di- sir Killed in action 2; dled of wounds 4; died of accident died of disease 12; woundéd severely 7: wounded slight- ly 37; missing in action 2. Officers named in the list are Lieu- tenants Benjamin P. Burpee Frank K. Miller. missing in action; Lieutenant Wilmar N. Bradshaw, se- verely wounded, and Lieutenant Pro- al Judson, Jr., slightly wounded. 8,300 TON COMMANDEERED STEAMSHIP LAUNCHED At Drydock in Seattle For the U, S. Shipping Board. Seattle, Washn., April 16.—The 83300 ton commandeered steel steamship the plant of the Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for the United States shipping board. The West- mount was christened by Mrs. T., A. . "Jones, ivife of -a former Yale star athlete, now assistan: manager of the plant. . The vessel, is: the fourteenth steel steamer faunched for: the -gov. ernment here this year. a3 i B S and ‘Westmount was launched here today at ‘Water Power Committee that the gov- ernment itself should retain velopment. AMERICANS AGGRESSIVE NORTHWEST OF TOUL Toon Possession of No Man's Near Apremont Forest. ‘With, the American Army in France, April 16.—(By The Associated Press.) |ing. —The American troops northwest of[es for American supplies in storage No | behind the lines an almost unbélieve- Man’s Lannd near Apremont Forestlable project is being rapidly complet- last night after a week i which theed. If all the warehouses were strung shell-torn land between the trench- | tozether they s was virtually deserted, except dur-|Washington to New York as one vast ing the long series of attacks, because|vault of war materials in reserve. Toul again took possession of of the violence of the artillery fire. The enemy apparently has given up, temporarily at least. his attempt fo|ed uatil today, penetrate to the American third line. af in several attempts with t “specially ned shock troops last- week. Adam Beck, chairman of the|Wounded in action will be restored to Hydro-Electric Water PoPwer Com- ‘munication of Ontario, told the House some favorable sites for hydro-electric de- Landlthe secretary. It represents one of the: r the crushing defeat he sustained |days against the sixty or seventy days stations, over the ambulance posts and into the network of American -hospi- tals that have been erected. There probably 80 per cent. of all those transfer of 162 men from the military police and ammunition trains to va-: rious units in the division. The men objected to being scattered through. Qut the camp and late jast night 100 of them siipped through the _suard lines. After an all night search, members of the mutiny were rounded up. ; NEW ENGLAND POULTRY PRODUCERS ORGANIZE To Expand the Output of Eggs and Poultry by Cooperation. such an extent that they will return to duty Tt is only the remaining twen- ty per cent. who will be sent home to be carcd for and re-educated by the government. not to be returned to civil life until they are fully able to Sup- port themselves and places have been found for them, Vast Project merican Operations. The whole vast project of Ameri- can operations was mapped out before Boston, April 16.—More than 200 chieken farmers met here today and organized the “New England Poultry Producers’ Exchange.” The organi- . zation will have as its object the ex- pansion of the New England output of eggs and poultry and the establish- ment of effective means for co-opera- - five buying of supplies and market- ng. : Dangerous Blaze at Johnstane, Pa. Johnston, Pa., April 16—A ou T the zopuoT: SIAGE GF W greatest undertakings any nation has ever engaged in. | % The figures of the task are astound- In the s'ngle itém of warehous- would stretch from Hundreds of_miles of railway have ,{ been 1aid, docks and jeities construct- fropsperts have made .| the round trip to France in- sixteen 1 1t ported. under control by the. v |it took so often ‘during the winter, %& nt at two o'clock. Mr. ‘Baker returned more’ than ever sions have occurred. Expressed Pride In the Achievements of the United States and Cambria Steel Company here was re- - 3 city fire il P