Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 18, 1918, Page 1

British Have Not Only Held Their Ground, But Have Retaken Some Positions . GREATEST STRUGGLE IN. FRONT MESSINES RIDGE British Have Retired From Poelcappele and Langmarck, But the Withdrawl Is Considered a Part of the Plan of Battle —On the Front meMminuRidge‘South?Mrfl Adamantine British Defense—Official Despatches Tell of Frightful Losses Implicated On Attacking Masses of Troops by the British Rifle and Machine Gun Fire. : Ont of the chaos of the tremendous battle along the Lys river, south and southwest of Ypres, the thunder of which may be heard forty or fifty miles away, there have come during the past day reports which are more encouraging to the allied powers. The British have mot only held all &round which they were: defending on Tuesday, but have struck back 0 werfully that Meteren and part of 'ytschaete were retaken and held for a time. Only affer heavy attacks did the British retire azain from the vil- lages. The most disturbing news has been a report from Berlin that Poelcappele «nd Langmarck, necth of Ypres, have been taken by the Germans, and the admission from London that the Brit- ish have retired from certain of their lines in the Ypres salient. The retire- ment here was expected, for the ad- vance of the Germans at Neuve Eglise and Bailleul left the positions in front of Ypres open to a flank atlack. It is officially stated that the retirement was orderly and it is probable that it will have more of a _eentimental than a strategic effect. Just how far the British lines have been withdrawn is not knowa. It may be however, that the Ges nan claim of taking Poel- cappele and Langmarck is the result of the British retirement. The battle, now in its ninth day, has deepened in intensity at many points along the curved front from Messines Ridge to Meteren. There havé béen reports thut the Germans have ‘occu- pied the village of St. Blol, Waigh lies hbu than three miles south of *Yptes; Wt these. Bave ;oY been confirmed. It Wi 4l A AT e Covukas v tken pesitions on the. south’ &lope of Mt Kemmed, which is about two and A half miles’ north of . Wulverghem. This, also, has not been confirmed. the { On all the rest of the front from Messines Ridge southwestward the Germans have flung themselves against the granite wall of the British defense. Official_and eemi-officfal ~despatches have told of the frightful losses inflict- ed on the attacking masses of troops.: by the British rifie and machine gun fire. I On the southern side of thé salient there have been engagements of some magnitude, especially east of Robeca, five miles northwest of Bethune, where the Germans were caught by the Brit- ish_artillery fire and scattered. g The line In front of Arras has again been the scene of fighting, but here the British . took the offensive and drove the Germans out of British| trenches whis ad been carried by the enemy. In the Picardlp sector there has been lively artillery ‘engagements between the Somme and Oise rivers, but only patrol encounters are reported offi- clally. | Further south only = raiding operations have been ;goinz on. The Turks announce that they have taken the city of 'Batum, on the east- ern shore of the Black sea. They re- port strenuous fighting before the Russian defenders of the city were driven olit. ;T Baron. Stephen Burian Von Rajecz has succeeded..Count Czernin as for- eign minister of Austro-Hungary, com- ing back to the office he relinquished on_Dec. 23, 1916. The Macedonian front again has be- come active, fireek ,g,gfl rfignflufil :g;opl have, | and. d e’ Teu- tottic ?ilfi:“f m seven towns -along the Struma y‘xmy(gf( the castern énd o fthe line. .Trench forces have also been active fju this theatre of the war. Fifteen PBritish ; merehantmen _were fost during the Week from mines or submarines. RESULTS OF LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS IN EMPIRE STATE Dry Forces Carried a Maj y of the Municipalities Reporting. Albany, N. Y., Aprl 17.—The liquor trafl ceived a hard blow in New York state tonigh: with the announce- ment that more than a majority, of the 9 cities holding loeal option. clec- v had declared not only against he saloon. but also against the sale of Nquor under any conditions. Witl: only ome ecity—Geneva—in Joubt, the returns showed that the drys had triumphed in twenty munici- palities, while eighteen = decided to coftinue the traffic in lacoholic bevep ges The cities which voted against. the saloon were: Auburnn, Batavia, Bing- bamton, Canandigua. Corning, Court- land, Timira, Fulton, Gloversville, Hornell. Jthaeca, Jamestown. Johns- town, Middletown, Norwich, Salamans ‘. atertown, Oneonta, Oneida, Plattsburg. These which voted to license the sale of lquor were: Amsterdam, Beacon, Glens Falls, Kingston, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle. Newburg, Little Falls, Lockpcrt, Ogdensburg, — Olean, Port Jervis, Rome, Schenectady, Syracus, Tonawanda, North Tonawanda, Oswe- g0, In the cities which votéd dry, the sale of loquor must close on October 1 nmext. The ballotting, which lasted two days, was-~the largest ever cast in any of the municipalities, due chiefly 10 the fact that it was the first election in which the recently enfranchised women of the state had been given an opportunity to exercise the suffrage and the first time any voters in the cities had had a chance to express their views on the liquor question. An analysis of the figures at hand thows that, the vote in the cities re- porting averaged seveniy per cent: greater than the total vote for all cndidates for governor in the election of 1916. and TWO AVIATORS DROWNED NEAR SAN DIEGO, CAL. When Machine Fell Into the Water and Sank. San Diego, Calif, April 17.—Two army aviators in training here lost their lives today, according to wit- pes at Fort Rosefrans, when a ma- @éhine fell in mid-channel between the North Island camp and For Rosecrans soon sank into the water. A heavy tide was running. At 7 o'clock army and navy tugs had failed to find the plane. As many of the aviators were away fram the Rockwell fleld school, it was impossible to identify the missing men. AMULANE FELL OBOUT ONE HUNDRED FEET Instructor E. R. Southee Seriously In- jured at Ellington Field, Texas. Houston, \April 17.—Ear] R. Southee, of . ¥, civilian instructor at Fleld, was se- injured, and an avi: cadet hurt at aviation camp here to- vl-“?mm fell about one et. Instructor Soutlies is in field hospital uwumfl»mm . The S g gton is for Americans DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WILLIAMS AND GARFIELD Over Question*of Car Shortage Laid Before ‘President and ' Cabinet. Washinzton, April 17.—John Skelton Williams, purchasing director for the railroad administration, today laid be- fore President Wilson at the session of the war ‘cabinet 'his side of the disagreement ‘between uel Adminis- trator Garfield and the railroad admin- istration ‘over the question of car shortage at coal mines and railroad | methods in-purchasing their coal sup- ply. There was no announcement af- ter the meeting, but it is understood that the difficulty. will be adjusted one way or the other soon by direction of the president. Dr. Garfield, who atiributes the ae- rious 1083 in. coal production recently to shprtage of cars at the mines. has been conferring with Mr. Williams for more than two weeks without result. He blames the shortage largely upon the practice of the railroads guaran- teeing a 100 per cent. car supply at the mines furnishing their coal in re- turn for reduced prices. Bernard Baruch, chairman of the war indus- tries' board, has. participated in the discussion and - is said to have taken the same position. On the other hand. the railroad ad- ministration’s _attitude is that the government cannot afford to eaddle extra expense of coal purchases on the railroads under federal operation, and consequently .the pre-war policy of coal buying must be continued, CABINET:' INFORMED OF CONDITIONS IN FRANCE By Secretary Baker—Forces Well Physically and in High Spirits. ‘Washington, April 17. — President Wilson and his war cabinet heard from Secretary Baker today that the American -soldier has made good in France and that the men of the ex- peditionary forces are well physically and in high spirits. Although he rted his’ arrival by telephone last night, the war secre® tary saw the ‘president for the. first time since his return from Europe when they met at the cabinet table. He did not attempt to give a full re- port on what he saw and heard abroad and mucth of the time ‘during the meeting listened to discussion of things done in his absence by the heads of other government war agencies. Later Mr. Baker said that even cas- ual observation made it evident that tremendous progress had been made on the war program since he sailed for France. FIFTEEN BRITISH SHIPS SUNK LAST WEEK. ElevenWere 1,600 Tons or Over—Also One’ Fishing Vessel London, April 17.—The losses to British:shipping by mine or submarine in the past week totalled fifteen, ac- cording to the admiralty report- to- night. Bleyen « qf - the merchantmen sunk were 1,600 ‘tons or over and four under that tonnage. One fishing ves- sel also: was sunk.- elve - vessels were unsuccessfully atfacked. The arrivals' numbered 2,11; . sailings, 2,456. In the previous week only six British | commercial L TE ALLES House of Lords Passes Man Power ; Bill, 3 London, April. 17—The house of lords today passed the second reading of the government's man power bil. THIRD LIBERTY LOAN 1S BEHIND SCHEDULE. Campaign Than One-third $3,000,000,000 Sub- soribed. Washington, April 17.—The third Liberty loan campaign: ds -two-fifths over, and less than one-third of the three billion dellar minimum has been officially recorded as subscribed. The total reported tonight to the treasury, covering receipts by banks up to he close of business last night, was $952,923.250, or $45,000,000 short of the billion dollar total which ha_d been expected by “tonight. This is $123,317,150 more than was reported last night. - F: “Sales since the first days of the campaign, when they started with a rush, frankly are not up to expecta- tions,” said the treasury’s daily re- view tonight. “There is a ‘feeling of disappointment, particularly in the large cities. The country districts are doing better than they did durfig previous campaigns, but the gains that they are making are not of suffi- the larger communities. £ “The need for constant, steady driv- ing by sales committees every day throughout the remainder of the cam- paign is plain.” g The St. Louis federal reserve dis- triet has subscribed 60 per cent. of its quota and continues at the head of the list in this respect. The New York district, although the bisgest contrib- utor, has dropped. to.fifth place as to percentage, according . to tonight’s fgures. Subscriptions by districts, and per- centages, reported to the treasury, are. as follows: District. Subscription. P.C. St. Louis . $78,568950 60 Chicago . . 37 New York - 33 Boston . 32 Philadelphia .. . 6436 25 Women appear to be doing particu- larly good work in every part of the countr: * . J. O. Miller of Pittsburgh, chairman of Pennsylvania, reported today that during the first six days of the drive women sold $12,000,000 worth of bonds in half the counties of Penn- sylvania. Cardinal Gibbons, in.a,letier to.the speakers’ bureau of ‘the war loan or~ ganization, today indorsed th¢.cam- s RECOGNIZES RECUPERATIVE POWER OF THE GERMANS. Warning Given of Their :Commercial Methods by Chauncey D. Snow. Washington, April 17. — Warning nst underestimating - the recuper- ative power of the Germans, who al- ready are preparing to continue after the war their old methods of quiét penetration . in foreign markets, is given in a report prepared for the bureau of foreign and domes- tic commerce by Chauncey D. Snow, assistant chief, and J. J. Kral report made public today says has failed to attain the com- mercial ends-for which she went to war Dbut “there is danger that even in_defeat this ‘economic reality wf seventy million Germans' in the mid- dle of Europe is going to continue to dream the dreams of a German will meet stronz opposition, however, for German traders will have to face at least cighteen countries that have been in a state of war against the central powers and nine others that severed diplomatic relations. “Apart from questions of govern- ment policy,” says the report, “therc is a clear duty resting on American business men individually to keep their syes open to German competition in whatever form it may come. The American government, in concert with the - governments of ‘the other great nations, will see to jt that Germany, as a government, shall henceforth op- erate in the open. American business men, like business men in the other great countries, must likewise see to it that all operations of German trade enterprises shall take place in the open and bear a clear indication of having been ‘made in Germany.'” German commercial management during the war has not been a proud example of the efficiency of which that mation boasts, the investigators con- clude. : There has been serious bun- gling in high places, the report says, profiteering, gross mismanagement and intense _dissatisfaction . among. the working classes. Stocks of materials have been used up, substitutes have failed to satisfy, equipment has de- teriorated and some industries have profited in the war at the expense of peace.time efficien PLEADED GUILTY OF 3 ABANDONING HER BABY Mrs. Jennie May Ainsworth, Who Was Acquitted of Murder of Admiral Ea- ton, U. S. N. Dedham, Mass., April 17.—Mrs. Jen- nie May Ainsworth, who came into prominence several years ago when she was_tried .and acquitted on the charge of murdering her former hus- band, Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Fa- ton, U, S. N, retired, pleaded guilty to the ‘charge of abandoning the baby boy of her daughter, Mrs. June Keyes, when she ‘was arraigned in the Nor- folls county criminal court today. An- other daughter, Mrs. Dorothy McMa- hon, pleaded guilty to a similar charge. Judge O'Connell postponed sentence until the next term of the couft. Both defendants were released on_bail. After the arrest of Mrs, Ainsworti at Her home in Madison, Conn., on January 14 last, and the arrest of Mrs. McMahon at her home in Boston, it was brought out that Mrs. Ainsworth and her daughter left the child of Mrs, Keyes on the doorstep of a friend in Brookline, hoping, they said, that it would - be found and given 'a good r cient size to offset the lack of sales in || Over 400 Bn’nvicts MAYOR JOHN M. BIRKNER OF - CAMP CADY, DEMING, N. M. IN THE PRISON YARD Victim Was Seized by Ganvicts While Out Exercising—They Had a Rope Around His' Neck When - Superin- tendent .Came to His' Rescue—W: -Held Under Espionage Act. Santa Fe, N. M., April 17. — Four hundred convicts in the state peniten- tiary ‘this aftérnoon tarred and feath- ered ang led around with a rope about his neck, Major John ‘M. Birkner, of Camp Cody, Deming, N. M. held in the penitentiary as a federal prisoner. He is charged with violation of the espionage’ act. Formerly Officer in State Guard. fand Feathered Government is {0 Major Birkner, who was born in Nuremberg, Germany, but who had been in the Americar military forces for more than thirty years, was ar- When the cry for our men will fail, ‘made. ) boys “over there” provide. D 2 THE CALL FROM THE TRENCHES still more ammunition—goes up from the trenches, it must be answered, or That call must be answered before it is It is the duty anhd will of the duty and privilege, here at home; to Subscribe to.the Liberty Loan Today There Is an Easy Payment Plan for Those Who Desire. 3 5 o . / Operate Erie Canal TO BE UNDER CONTROL OF RAIL- 8 vHOAD WAR BOARD TO CONSTRUCT BARGES It Is Expected That Several Other Canal Systems and Navigable: Rivers | to “Will Be Used to Relieve Traffic the Roalroads—May Aid In Shipment of Coal QG‘NOW England. Washington, April 17. — Director General McAdoo tonight ordered that the Brie ana New York state barge canal system be taken over hy the railroad”administration, and that a fleet of barges be constructed imme- diately and operated there under the direction of G. A. Tomlinson of Du- luth, Minn., to relieve freight traffic. This_is the first inland waterway whose operation under the railroad administration has been definitely de- cided upon as a result of the exten- sive investigation made by the com- mittee on’ inland waterways of- the ammunition—and and fall. to use. It is our where ie'Was ‘an_officer in-the 127¢h Tield Artillery. coln, Neb, Exercised. With 400 Conviots. Birkner, was allowed out . in the prison yard for exercise with the 400 convicts. - The warden knew nothing of what was going on until he heard loud cheering and rushed out in the yard to find Birkner stripped and cov- ered with tar and feathers. The pris- oners “with' loud hoots were leading m about the yard by a rope around neck. . Rescued by Superintendent. Assistant Superintendent Dugan rescued him. The prisoners evidently in accordance with a 'pre-arranged, piot hag secured the feathers from their pillows but where the tar came His home' is in Lin- from is a mystery. Birkner is alleged to have made dis- loyal utterances such as “You can't beat the Dutch” and “The Germans sink American transports as fast re sent over.” Birkner claim- charges were spite work Dby subordinate officers whom he had dis- ciplined. OPPOSITION TO BILL FOR HOUSING WAR WORKERS Republicans Prevented Passage of $60,000,000 Measure in the Senate. ‘Washington, April 17.—Unexpected opposition from the republican _side prevented passage. of the $60,000,000 bill for housing war workers in -the senate today and determined efforts to amend the measure will be made to- morrow before the final vote. Republican Leader Gallinger de- clared provisions of the legislation for ccmmandeering of dwellings was ‘“a step toward a species of autocracy,” while Senator Fall of New Mexico, republican, said the measure was in response “to the voice of the master.” Senator Swanson, of Virginia, the chairman of the public buildings com- mittee, and other democrats defended the legislation as vitally necessary to epedite manufacture of war maserials. Conflict of jurisdiction between the shipping board and the department of labor, which would administer the $60,000,000 provided in the pending bill, Senator Harding of Ohio declared, has delayed the shipping board’s housing programme under the $50,- 000,000 it was authorized to spend last March, particularly at Newport News, Va, and Sparrows Point, Md. An amendment by Senator Harding pro- viding that the government should not rent dwellings built for less than six per cent. of the invested capital was adopted. Suggesting that the president in- stead of thé department of labor should be given power to carry out the housing programme, Senator Fall said: “I have no confidence in the presi- dent’s! cabinet members, nor in their ability. In my judgment, they have proven themselves absolutely ~ineffi- cient. Iam not going to vote to clothe them with any further power. I will vote to clothe the president with ab- solutely autocratic power, The pres- ident stands responsible to the people for the conduct of the war. He shall not_hide behind the skirts of Hoover or Garfield, or William B. Wilson (sec- retary of labor), or Baker. The pres- ident is the retary of war, the see- retary of state and the secretary of the navy.” The Massachusetts branch of the National Woman's Party filed a de- mand in the Senate, for an investiga- tion of the treatment accorded suf- ferage pickets who were arrested and imprisoned for picketing the White home. The child ‘died before it was discovered. William A, Morse, counsel for Mrs. merchantnien were sunk by mine or ;\a'%nltrlné,' four. of them' of more than i lone, Ainsworth. told Judge O'Connell to- day ‘that Mrs. Keyes is in a serious jmental condition’ and is dying at Mrs. Ainswortl's ‘home in: Connecticut. House. The Rev. Ben. H. Spence, who was summonéd for a breach of the Can- adian censorship regulations, by the Dpublication of a cook called “The Par- asite,” has been committedfor trial. tosted last Friday at. Camp VCDdyjfl.ilmnd administration. Within a few weeks, however, the director gemeral is expected to order several other ca- nal systems and navigable rivers, in cluding the Chesapeake and Ohio Ca nal, the Black Warrior river in. Ala- bama and several Atlantic coast wa- terways used actively by the railroad | plane fabrics. reduced "again. ganized a Bar Association. Candensid Telegrams - . Switzerland has gome on reduced rations. * Uncle 8am needs Imakers on air- Eg T T The German bread ration is to be A new impert restriction list will be issued in a few days. Brooklyn women lawyers have o threatened for next season. Much baoty was taken at Helsing: , Finland, by the Germans. | American prisoners in Germany com- plain of lack of blankets and food. John Kubecka was tarred and feathi- ered-at Tulsa, Oklahoma, for disloyal remarks. - | Two wireless plants in Chicago were raided by Federal agents, one arrest ‘was made. The first American soldier to escape from Germany arrived in Switzerland and was interned. Three diamonds for American sold- iers have been laid out on the Beis de Boulogne, Paris. { Many Jersey City young men on be- coming . of age have married hoping to escape the draft. Mines at George’s Creek, and in the upper Potomac coal fields are tied up by a strike of 6,000 men. Right to secure military rank for war nurses was carried to the House militaty affairs committee. One man was killed and two seri- ously injured when an automobile ‘I‘\?lfl;wiped" a motorcycle at Clifton, Efforts are being made to avert a threatened strike among the thousands of ‘'machinists at the Bethlehem Steel plant. 3 President Wilson postponed his visit to Brooklyn on June 6 to review the Sunday school parade, owing to official business. ¥ . Gay L. Schiffer, a member of the New York Cotton Exchange since 1893, announced his inability to meet his ob- ligations. Three thousand young men are tak- ing examinations of the Naval Acad- emy, double the number of any previ- ous examination. “{0RD Men's ready ‘made suits at $75 are ER ISSUED BY THE FUEL ADMINISTRAT Action Taken Is Said to Be a Forerunner of Similar Curtail- | ment of Practically Every Industry Considered Not Vi to the War Programme—Production of All Building " Materials Seem Destiried to a Substantial Reduction— In Order Issued Yesterday Output of Brick, Terra Cotta, Roofing Tile, Floor and Wall Tile Was Cut 50 Per Cent. . -“The experience of the past year has brought two facts clearly to the frout First, that as far as possible the new war work must be put into old fac & fories- to take the place of less essen- . = tial production. This method of pro- ducing war supplies presents build: ing problems, housing problems and transportation problems which neces= sarily follow the setting up of New . plants for war production. Second. | = that in.addition to this transference it~ will be necessary for many industires to make deliberate Sacrifices of a paft and of thefr ordinary, business in there may be transportation, men materials enough for war production. “The war industries board 'and the fuel administration have been for several months obtaining ‘information: which would enable them to reorgafi- ize lesser essential industries, such as building materials, which tax trans- portation facilities and fuel supplies to the largest extent. 1Most of the in- dpstries, Desides their general im- Pbrtance to the life of the countrys are very essential to the war. = “Bach class has been 1 from the point of view of the plans themselves as well as the P needs. The, bureau of stan 3 experts associated with each f oo have placed their services at the 4 posal of the government and have ald= ed in reaching conclusions. e “In general the minimum basis of Washington, April 17.—Further - re= Striction of the country's less essen- tial industries, which will drastically limit - non-war’ building operations for the duration of the war was announe- ed today by the fuel administration, in the issuance of -orders curtalling the manufacture of ten principal clay pro- ducts, from 15 to as high as 50 per cent. Simultaneously the mantfactur- ing programme of this industry Was ordered rearranged and divided, placing it on the basis of war industry. \ Face brick, common and _ paving brick, terra cotta, roofing tile, floor and wall tile and sanitary ware were or- dered curtailed 50 per cent.. hollow tile, sewer pipe and drain tile 25 per cent., and stone ware with the excep- tion of chemical stone ware, is cur- tailed .15 per cent. Another new or- der curtails the output of enamel ware 50 per cent. y The percentage of curtailment in each casd is based on the average out- put for the past three years. Today’s action by the fuel adminis- tration. which was approved by the war industries board, is declared to be the forerunner of similar curtailment of practically every industty consider- ed mot vital to the war _programme. Two important things will be accom- plished in the belief of the fuel ad- ministration and the war industries board. ~Parts of the plants affected will be converted for war industries, | unning for the vear has beem and men, materials and transportation |Jished in each class of clay The sale of liquor to soldiers or sail- ors is now a penal offense under the New York State law. Governor Whit- man signed the bill. Justice Goff in New York refused to dismiss' the ‘indictment against W. H. Reynolds and others 4n the Sea- le Park conspiracy. . . Senor Don Satriiago Aldunate, Chil- ean ambassador. o tiie United States, died suddenly yesterday at thé em- bassy in Washington. The Tise Tavern, in Jersey City, at which Geprge Washington and Thomas Jefferson enjoyed refreshment, will be administration to relieve traffic on' the rail lines, Concrete Barges Talked Of. Construction of barges within two threc months and their intensive use in the late summer and fall is plan- ned. Investigation now is being made 0f the practicability of concrete barges which, it id, can be built quickly and cheapl ] “The barges,” the diretor-general apnounced, “will be of modern con- struetion of the most improved type and will be operated in conjunction with and as a part of the general rail- road and waterways transportation system of the country under the con- trol of the director general of rail- roads. This will insure the complete co-ordination of the Erie Canal facili- tles with the railroad facilities and it is_hoped will greatly enlarge the available transportation facilities throughout eastern territory. G. A. Tomlinson General Manager. “G. A. Tomlinson, of Duluth, Minn., a man of large practical experience in lake navigation, has been appointed general manager of the Erie Canal operations, including the construction of the barges and general equipment. Under government control of the rail- roads ang the canal there can be di- verted to the canal all of the traffic that can be handled to the best ad- vantage by water and the canal be made in the highest degree service- able in the present situation.” Several Hundred 700-ton Stee| Barges Several hundred steel barges of about 700 tons each will be ordered immediately from construction com- panies on ‘the Great Lakes, and the first of these probably can be com- pleted in five or six weeks. Each will cost about $60.000. Most of the old equipment will not be used to any great extent. The canal system, running from' Buffalo to Waterford, near Troy, on the Hudson river, is capable of carry- ing about 10,000,000 tons of freight a scason. ~Grain from Buffalo and coal from Ithaca and Watkins. N. Y., will be the principal commodities trans- ported. Grain will move through the canal and down the Hudsen river to New York, where it will be taken largely by the food administration’s grain corporation for storagze and trans-shipment to Burope. Coal For New England. Coal will be carried from Troy and ther upper Hudson terminals by rail to New England. CORRECTION OF LIST OF THOSE ABOARD CYCLOPS. Name of Robert Harry Cowles Not Previously Reported. Washington, April 17.—The navy department today corrected its list of those aboard the collier Cyclops, given out Sunday, when announcement Wwas made that the vessel was missing, as_follows: Not previously reported as having made the voyage: Robert Harry Cowles, 327 Carroll avenue, Bridge- port, Conn. Reported as sailing, but not aboard the vessel: Albert S.- Calhoun, Jr, West Tisbury, Mass. (previously re- -ported_as Albertus S. Cahoon, Jr.); John William 'Cummings, Fall'River, ass. torn down, as it is unsafe. . Thirty-seven of -the Upton soldiers injured in the Islip wreck have been removed- to the -base hospital, where they are rapidly recoverins. The Y. M. C, A. will open its second training camp for recruits in its over- seas’ service at Princeton University, with 150 men in attendance. The Overman bill, authorizing the President to reorganize and co-ordin- ate the executive departments, was temporarily laid aside in the Senate. James Jackson, under sentence of 31 years at Clinton, N. Y, prison, won a pardon by saving two keepers from death at the hands of other conviets. Re-appointment of Andre Tardieu as high commissioner of France to the Unitea States was announced yes- terday in an official cablegram from Paris. To save food and fuel, Mayor David H. Trembly of Rahway, N. Y., ordered all public restaurants, lunch wagons and poolrooms to close at midnight sharp. Charles A, Rainey, Congressman- elect from the Fourth District of Tl- linois, was sworn in. This gives the Democrats a majority of four in the House. : All persons convicted - of _treason, sedition or disloyalty will incur the death penalty according to 2 bill pre- sented to the Senate by Senator Chamberlain. The Rev. J. W. A. McCruder, D.D, 40, a Baltimore Methodist clergyman, died suddenly in a telephone booth from heart trouble at the Harvard Club, New York. The Department of Justice was re- quested to investigate the removal of the American flag from the pulpit of the Bpiscopal Church of the Redeemer of Long Island City, by the rector, a pacifist. The Duchess of Marlborough, for- merly Consuelo Vanderbilt, and other prominent women in England are or- ganizing a “jewel fund” to aid_child welfare work. Bach woman will sell a Jjewel. Charles M. Schwab has told the shipping board that he is willing to resign his Bethlehem Stesl connections if necessary to undertake the work of director general of the Emergency Ileet Corporation. Two deaths from pneumonia were reported at Camp Devens yesterday. Private James F. Hickey of Bridge- port, Conn., attached to the headquar- ters’ company “of the 304th Infantry, was one of the victims. i t8 ey PRESIDENT HOLDS OUT FOR THE OVERMAN BILL. Insists That There Be No Substantial Change in the Measure. ' Washington, April 17.—Senator Mar- tin of Virginia, the senate democratic leader, conferred with President Wil- son tonight regarding suggestions of a Cummings was listed as a passenger aboard the Cyclops. The others were members of the crew. It is announced from The Hague that the order prohibiting ships from sailing up the Rhine to Germany has "been raised. 4 compromise to allay opposition to the Overman bill proposing broad powers for reorsanization ef government de- partments by the president. { It is understood that the president insists that there be mno substantial change in the measure. which he re- gards as necessary ' for = successfm prosecution of the war. ¢ will be made available for War DrO-iThis minimum has taken account duction. the more necessary requirements out- That the production of all building|side of strictly war activities as well materials eventually may. be substan-|as: the necessities of thie government tially curtailed was disclosed by the | Beyond this, it is arranged that when= statement ‘accompanying today’s or-jgver the government departments cer: ers. Clay products and- other build-|%ify requirements in any of the divis ing material, the statement g.ld. ar; sions exceeding di;thr‘hmut‘;:“ capaci~ - @ iter tax: on - transportation andity of a given 't on minimum fimx,lfiv other industry and while{pasis, such_facts be o ed " to - lese {ndustries “considered. of | the usl dminiation and ts great . importan the life of the|for additional rurining will be issued.. conintry -and essential Yo the war, re-| wrhe aim has been to conserve the organization was considéred necessary.|jarger interests of the trade involved. Referfing to the differént percent-|Equal treatment for all plants is pro- ages of curtailment, the announcement | vided wherever possible. Allowanee. - said these were Wworked out “after care- | however, is made in the plan for rec- ful investigation and represent rates|ognizing individual instances where of. production , which will. be for the|abundance of fuel and absence of cofi= best interests of the necessary govern- | gestion make it desirable that a larg= ment work and in general for' the in-|er. proportion than usual of the‘m terests of the necessary government|duct in a given district. ~The work and in general for the Interests|ing of such additional output has heeg * of the manufacturers involved hedged about with safeguards so. that Further - explaining the action, the|gencral conditions in the differen statement-added: trades ‘will not be seriously affected. FOURTH OFFICERS’ TRAINING ABOUT 2,000 GERMANS < CAMPS TO OPEN MAY 1 SUFFQCATED BY GAS When British Gurners Changed From Stinking Shells to Poisonous. At the Various Divisional Camps Cantonments. ‘Washington, April 17.—The fourth afficers’ training camps will open May 5. at various divisional camps and « cantonments, Secretary Baker Paris, April 17—The evolution of the use of gas shells has taken surpris ing form _in the present battle. One new methed is to fire heavy siowy dia- {hatomnes bases along __charte E 4 3;3:: the en',-nyF filling in the al-| 'The secretary.said that 'Y"c ;::: ternative spaces with quickly dissipat- |cent. of the enllstedhpena:lr;: n' 5 ing -poison fumes. Storming attacks divisions and d‘ext‘u ald w a:d are then made by troops who charge |regular army, n: GR: g\l:l.r\‘lm! L ol SEEN When a sufficient interval of time has | tional army, eX_cfliv g S g = been given for the light gases to rise.|tillery and the various staff corps, Wil The British gunners at one part of beh_desxsni‘tied toh awa e the line threw shells charged simply |This procedure, he e d‘“m&m with a stinking composition. The th;vus;hddmsu R B | Germans ‘after a few hours discovered | e mduf ;. that this was non-poisonous and Be’ | isions, reserve officers training corps - | zgl:m ‘g‘n:l‘i‘s fid Seen fired for another | units, Wino have completed the course twelve hours there was a sudden|preseribed for the reserve officers’ change to poison gases. _About 2,000 training corps and all members of n;{ Comrne. were caught without their|advance: course, semior “divisjons, "¢ masks and suffocated. the corps, who by May 15 have = pleted one year of the advanced, TORNADO STRUCK CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI d who have had three hundred ::url of military instruction _since . Killed One Private and Injured a Score of Soldiers and Civilian: January 1, 1917, under supervision 'f Hattiesburg, Miss, April 17.—Pri- an army officer. BELIEVE CYCLOPS WAS- Vaughn -Beekman, of Marion was killed and a score or more DESTROYED OR CAPTURED. Diligent Search Has Failed to Disclose. rs and civilian workers were in- jsle-gidf‘wge seriously, late today when Any Trace of ing Collier. i il 17, — D k Camp Shelby, near| Washington, April o :e:ma_?:e “n::‘: injured weer struck|search by riaval and merchant by flying debris. has failed to disclose .the slightest “The tornado swept a patch seventy | trace of the miesing naval “mnmgf feet wide throughdfl;eyflglll?p. ;er:fleux ;:g rttl;-vz?u:&d d'aty si:mmmm: y 7} fldings and inflicting g i?xfflg'l" eeurf:sated at several thous- |sailed from Barbados for an Atlan and_dollars. port, nelief is growing at o\:h. mayy i 3 rtment that in.some way she has he ordnance building of the 151st | depa: ln;‘l.;netr;.r a Y. M C. A hut and a|been destroyed or captured by the partly constructed wing of the bgse enemy. hospital were destroyed, according to How this could have happened e reports given out tonight. one professes to know, but oflzm 3 regard it as almost impossible 14 DEATHS LISTED IN any accident could have caused CASUALTY RETURNS. sea to swallow up the hig vessel the 293 persons on board Eight Men Killed in Action—43 Wounded, Eight Severely. leaving a trace, and some think soon- er orghter an enemy announcement will clear up the mystery. £ Washington, April 17.—The casualty | AUSTRIAN ARRESTED AS ‘E_,: & uucf tlx:dny contains §8 names, divided A SUSPICIOUS ALIEN. as follows: Killed in action & died of wounds| Heinrich Plum of Greenwich Had 2, died of accident 1, died of isease . 3. died of other causes 1, wounded so- Served in:GérmanyiAny: verely 8, wounded ‘slightly 35. e % Two officers were named in the list. | Greenwich, Conn., April 17.—His re= ; =t | fusal to buy a Liberty bond led Lieut. Henry R. Knight was killed in to the ‘arrést of Heinrich PRI ', action and Capt. Ernest Weibel died | [0 the arrcst of Heinrich X of :wounda. held for disposition of his case by federal authorities. He based his Tusal to buy, according to the Po on the ground that he s an Austrian and served several years ago in thE . German army. P, [ STATE TO. TAKE $200,000 OF THIRD LIBERTY aouns Makes Total. Bonds . Taken by Con- necticut in Three Loans $2,500,000. Hartford, Conn., April 17:—The state of Connecticut, through its treasurer, Frederick S. Chamberlain, has pledged itself to. buy $200,000.of the third Lib- | S. Chard, a widely ki erty loan bonds. ~Announcement to|and sound captain, ma this effect was made by Mr. Chamber- | than fifty years of the lain today, making the total bonds|wood and other well % s A OBITUARY. Samuel S. Chard, Greenwich, Conn., April 17. taken by the state in the three loans| boats on,the sou