Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 20, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 95 L\ BASSEE CAMAL 5 STILL IV BRTISH The Bridges Flung Across It By the AI_IiesHave Been Swept Away By Allied Artillery Fire LULL IN BATTLE THROUGH SHEER EXHAUSTION The Germans Have Not Repeated Their Thrust North of Bethume, Where They Met With Heavy Losses Wednes- day and Thursday—The Attacks of the Enemy at Picardy Have Ceased—On the Southern Battle Front In France Only Raiding Operations and Artillery Duels Are In Pro- gress—German Torpedo Boat Flotilla Has Been Shelling Belgian Positions Along the Coast Sector. —_— Over the fields of France and Flan- ders, where terrific struggles have been waged almost without intermis- sion gince March 21, there has come Wwhat appears to be a lull. Official reports tell little of actual conditions. They say that the situa- tion is unchanged, which may indicate that both sides are exhausted by their exertions in the engagements which bave been fought, or that they are busy bringing up artillery and fresh troops to renew the strusgle. Correspondents at the front tell of miserable weather—cold and rain and sleet—to add to the already known bad condition of the lowlands, which are virtually quagmires through which men and materfals can be moved with difficuity. The armies have been fight- ing in a flat marshy country since April 9 and this ground, bad emough upder normal conditions, has been made still more impassable by rains and the tempest of high explosive shells which hag blasted roads and tields. It appears, however, that the Ger- mans have not repeated their thrust along the line running north of Be- thune, where they met with a san- guinary rephise on Wednesday and Thursday. They employed about 75, 000 men along a line variously report- ed to be from six to ten miles in length, but gained little or no ground. The La Bassee canal front is still in British hands and bridges flung across it by the Teutons have been swept away by the allied artillery fire, The blow aimed by the French at the very apex of the German lines in Picardy. In front of Amiens, has not been followed up apparently. It is difficult to believe it the allied counter-offensive when it comes will be launched in this sector. Advices from France would seem to indicate that the blow will be struck at an- other part of the battle line. ‘The southern end of the battle front in France has shared in the quiet that has enveloped other sectors of the line. Only raiding operations and artillery duels are reported there. An interesting despatch tells of the moving of Italian troops to France. This would point to one of two devel- opments. Either the Italian front is in no particular danger at the present’ moment, or else General Foch is call- ing every available man to swell the army that he will hurl at the foe when the moment for battle arrives. It is probable, however, that the force of Italians en route to the French front is comparatively gmall. The German torpedo boat flotilla has een active along the coast sector of the battle line and have shelled Belgian positions there. This may foreshadow a German attempt to drive westward through Nieuport. The long range bombardment ef Paris ceased for two days and it was hoped that the French had found the exact location of the heavy German gun and put it ott ‘of action. 'This hope, however, failed when the bom. bardment of Paris was resumed Fri- day mornins. The Turks are continuing their ad- vance in Caucasla and.are approach- ing Kars, the leading city of ome of the districts given to Turkey under the Brest-Litovsk treaty. They are already . in: cantrol of ‘Batum, where they. captured 3,100 men, of whom §00 were officers. s 2 In Italy, Macedonia, Palestine and |¥as Senten Mesopotamia there has been no re- cent fighting reported. MEETING OF THE NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADES COUNCIL Advertising in Foreign Fields Was One of the Topics Discussed. Cincinnati, 0., April 19.—Advertis- ing, particularly that in foreign fielas, was one of the topics discusseq at the National Foreizn Trades Council meeting here today. H. Green of New York city, in 4 dress. declared that for three vears we have had every self-appoint- ed ecritic in this country that Germany is the epitome of all that is excellent in exporting and that because of this great “zas” attack the exporters of this country have over- looked the concrete thing in interna- tional trade in which the United States excels namely—advertising. z has done as much to tin-American trade for our " szig_Mr. Green, “as dium of selling. There hundreds of manufacturers sell abroad in are today in this country who large volume, none of whom ever had 2 salesman travel south of Key West; and there are hundreds more who have scores of salesmen overseas who made their first step in exporting by an advertising tryout and who use their advertising now as a support to their selling staff, “Those manufacturers who have made a success of advertising to La- tin-American buyers have done so by thelr own individual efforts. More of the progressive advertising agencies are looking overseas now, and we can soon expect them to apply their meth- ods of market investigations to South American fields.” WAVE OF OUTIMISM IN MI!_\ITARV CIRCLES Over the Way Events Ars Shaping Themselves on Western Battle Front. Washington, April 19—Events on the western battls front are shaping themselves, officers here believe, not only for defeat of the German drive, but for a counter-offensive by Gen- cral och’s armies that may open the road to an allied military victory. A wave of optimism swept today over not only American officials, but also the military “men of the 'allied missions in Washington. Some of them think it will be some days yet Dbefore General Foch can complete his troop dispositions for a great thrust at the enemy, but others look for word that he has struck at any time. The news from tie battle front was distinctly cheering. The British lines in Flanders were holding firmly. French reinforcements had arrived there, making practically certain that the German drive toward the channel ports from that direction has been defeated. OFFICERS TO GRADUATE AT CAMP DEVENS TODAY More Than 600 Men Have Been Trai ing the Past Three Months. Aver, Mass, April 19.—More than 600 men who have been students at the officers’ training school at Camp. Devens during the past three months will be graduated tomorrow. It is ex- pected that 70 per cent. of the class will be recommended for commissions as second lieutenants and that the re- mainder will be given further training. All the men will be allowed a fur- longh of two weeks, after which they ‘1: report to the school headquar- sers. telling us | by UNIFORM WAGE §CALE IN K GREAT LAKES SHIPYARDS The Same as Along Atlantic Coast— Retroactive to April 1st. . Washington, April 19.—The uniform coast and gulf ship vards today was made effective for Great Lakes yards, retroactive to April 1. “This wage scale will substantially advance the wages now paid in these yards to nearly all crafts’ the ship- 1ding iabor adjustment board an- nouncec. To make certain that the wazes of no emplove will be reduced, a provision was inserted declaring ex- isting Tigher wages had not been af- fected by the decision. Where agree-, ments ir writing. for another effective date hiis heen made between employ- ers and workers, the date of April 1 set Ly the board will not apply. The decisicn prescribes eight hours as the working day, time and one- half for overtime work, double time for Sundays and seven national holi- days end Girects the organization of craft committees to adjust industrial disputes, Representatives of the shipyards and of tne piece workers of the Great Lakes d:strict were directed to hold 2 conference 1o agree on « plece wage system, which the board found to be preferred in certain deparments, such 2s rivijing and chipping and caulk- ng. TO TRANSFER HEADQUARTERS EMERGENCY FLEET CORP. Director General Schwab Selects Phil- ‘Washington, April 19.—The offices of the Emergency Fleet Corporation will be transferred immediately to Phila- dglphl, by Director General Schwab. Nearl;® fifty per cent. of the suipbuild- ing now in progress is within a short radius of Philadelphia. The move will transfer approximate- ly 1.500 men to Philadelphia, includ- ing all departmient hears who are identifi with comstruction work. Administrative details still +will be handled in Washington by Vice Pres- ident Fiez, who retains control of the contracts, legal questions and execu- tive matters. Purchasing, construc- tion and housing will center in Phila- delphia. . There are 311 ship ways in the New York and Philadelphia. districts, chief- ly on the Delaware river, whi is coming to be known as the “Clyd of America. Contracts for 4,364,202 tons of ships have becn let in those districts, or 44 per cent. of the total amount buildirgs in the United States. DANIELS ON “TEMPORARY SUCCESSES” OF GERMANS Spys It Does Not Mean Final Tri- umph~May Be Last Desperate Strike. Boston, April 19.—These “temporary successes” of the Germans on the western front mark their last desper- ate stroke and whether it succeeds or fails does not mean a final triumph for Germany, Secretary of the Navy Dan- iels told the thousands of young men who greeted him at the radio school today. The great school which has sprung up at Harvard university to turn out hundreds of skilled radio operators for the navy, was only one . of . the scores of places visited by the secre- tary @s he was caught up in the swirl of this city's celebration of the state Foliday commemorating battie of Concord and Lexington. Cabled Paragraphs British Sentiments Toward France. Paris, April 19.—“To manifest our sentiments toward France we would do - nothing more ' significant “than to place our forces under the authority of a French commander,” said Vis- count Milner, British minister of war, today in the Temps. Demand for Indemnities. Copenhagen, April 19.—The senates of Hamburg, Lubeck and Bremen have passed resolutions that the Prussian Diet should make demand for war in- demnities. The Weser Zeitung de- Clares that a large majority of the| Diet wil] support such a demand. FRANCE HAS LOST 1,300,000 . KILLED DURING THE WOD According to M. Andre Tardieu, French High Commissioner to the United States. New York, Apri! 19.—France, in four vears of conflict- to' preserve her own liberty and that of the world, accord- ing to M. Andre Tardieu, French high commissioner to the United States, has lost 1,300,000°men killed and al- mest as many wounded or prisoners. The high toll exacted by the war was made public by the noted French en- Yy in an address at a meeting of the Fatherless Children of France” as- sociatior Praising the work of the organiza- tion which already has raised more thda $£2,000,000 in behalf of 50,000 French orphans, and stating that the Trench government has adopted 1 000,500 children bereft of fathers, M. Tardieu declared that German propa- ganda could mot counteract the fact, well known in America, that “all our h‘z:r}f are united in a common affee- When men are dying he said. “their one last thought is* for their ¢hiliren. In close gommunion with children. In close ‘communion with trials and aspirations. ef our people you have given peace of mind to thousands of dying heroes. For hav- ing conceived this great good and hu- mane work, you bave won forever the affection and gratitude of all French- men. It is with deep emotion that I bring you their thanks” LUIS DE SHELLY IS GUILTY OF COUNTERFEITING Said to Be One of the Most Expert the Country Has Ever Seen. New York. April 19.—Luis de Shel- _ alias “Marquis_Gonzales,” who is said by Ben A. Matthews. assistant United States district ‘attorney, to be “the most expert counterfeiter this country has ever seen,” pleaded suilty in the tederal court today 1o’ indict- ments charging him_ with making and rassing worthless French 1,000 franc notes in this city last fall. He was sentenced to ten years in the Atlanta Lenitentiary. Leon Grosswald, a, Rumanian, said {0 have been De’ Shelly’s assistant, Lleaded guilty and was sentenced to joven years =Eugene L. Parodi, at- orney for De Shelly, ‘admitted he 'had been guilty 6:’20 e (baf %ice in connection with" i ced. to three month: Newark jail, R URGES ELIMINATION OF GERMAN - LANGUAGE From Public Schools—General S S. of V., Passes Resolutions, Philadelphia, April 19.—A resolution urging the elimination of the German linguage from the public schools and other public institutions throughout the United States was unanimousiy adopted ‘at the adjourned triennial meeting of the General Society, Sons of the Revolution, here tonight. Copies of the resolution will be sent to col- lege presidents and superintendents of schools in every sestion of the country. Officers of the society were elected as_follows: President, James Mortimer Mont- gomery, New York: vice president, Richard McCall Cadwalader, Pennsyl- Yania; second vice. president, Charles Irving Thayer, Massachuseits: secre- tary, Major William Libbsy, New Je treasurer, Raiph Ishan, Iilinois. CHURCH BURNED BY A MOB OF MEN AND BOYS Because Pastor Refused to Lower the American Flag at Sundown. Berkeley, Calif., April 19, — The Church of the Living God, a large canvas tabernacle used by a religious sect here, was burned down tonight by a mob of men-and boys: because the pastor, Josiah Sykes, and his elders refused to lower the American flag at sundown and join with the congrega- tion in singing the national anthem. Pastor Sykes and two of his elders were duckeq in the baptismal font of the tabernacle last night hy several hundred boys when they refused to sing the national anthem, —_— CAPT. JAMES E. MILLER WAS KILLED IN ACTION Aviator Three Weeks Ago Was Seen to Drop Behind the German Lines, sey. New York, April 19.—Word that Captain James E. Miller, United States aviation corps, previously re- ported missing, was gilled in action in Tiance, was received here today from }he ‘war department by the Columbia Trust Company, of which he was vice president. Captain Miller, three weeks aE0 was seen to drop with his machine behind the German lines. Miller join- ed the flying service in June, 1917. He was 36 years old. WEINBERG ACQUITTED ¢ OF CHARGE OF MURDER In Connection With Bomb Explosion in San Francisco in 1916, El Centro, Calif., April 19.—Israel Weinberg, acquitted of a charge of murder in connection with a prepared- ness day explosion in San Francisco in 1916, and J, Bdward Morgan, who were scheduled to hold a meeting here tonight in the interest of Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of murder growing out of the bomb explosion, were es- corteq out of town tonight by a com- mittee of citizens. tending provisions of the espionage act to women and requiring registra- tion of women enemy aliens. Word was received at the Willlam Fenn Charter_school at Philadeiphia, thiat Colonel Raynal C. Bolling, 're- Dported 'in official despatches several }days azo as missing, has been Killed in m in France. President Wilson signed the bill ex- | BETWEEN RAILROAD ADMINIST- RATION AND INDUSTRIES BOARD BY EFFORTS OF SCHWAB 8hipping Board Will Continue to Have Priority In Steel Deliveries Over All Other War Industries Except War- ship Construction. | Washington, April 10.—A disagree- ment of three weeks' standing between the shipping board and the railroad administration over steel deliveries was cleared away today at a confer- ence with the war industries board called at the request of Charles M. Schwab, the new director general of shipbuilding. Priority in Steel Deliveri Under the agreement reached, the shipping board will continue to have priority in steel deliveries over ail other war industries except warship construction, and the railroad admin- istration will get all the steel it re- quires to build locomotives. On the ACTION BASED ON RECOMMEND- ATION -OF GENERAL PERSHING A TOTAL OF ‘75,000 MEN To Enable the Navy to Put an_Entire Division of Sea Soldiers at the Front With Pershing’s Expeditionary Forces —Increase of 50 Per Cent. S ‘Washington, April '19.—Increagse of the marine corps strength of 75,500 men was voted by the house today to enable the navy to put an entire di- vision of the sea soldiers at the front with Pershing’s expeditionary forces. Provision for _the ease, ‘which would add about fifty per cent. to the enlisted personnel, ‘was approved by the naval committee and promptly was made a part of the naval appro- priation bill under consideration in the house. Recommendation of ' Pershing. The action was based on a recom- mendation from General Pershing that the brigade of marines now attached canvass on Sunda make it the most i The 2000 Norwich Liberty Bond Salesmen will make a house to house right reception. ' » 4 If the wining of this war is ngt the most paramount thing in yourdlife to- day, right now is the time to decide to the way to begin is to Buy Some Liberty -Bonds AToday OR SUBSCRIBE ON SUNDAY y. Give them the mportant thing and ier hand, the railtoads will change the character of new car construction 86 4 to reduce the total of 1,350,000 tons of steel plates which the admini- istration has demanded for locomo- tives and cars. - the railroads should be given - full nnage requésted has been a subject of dispute. - The. emergency fleet cor- poration has had priority —on - steel right and maintained that its require- ments were so great a full allotment should not be given the railroads nor the priority. changed. Schwab Asked for Conference. his duties today was to ask Chairman chases for the railroad administration, Mr. Schwab, Edwin B. Parker, priori- ties commissioner, and Charles Piez, vice president of the emergency fleet, were called together. Other Priorities to Be Maintained. It was made n ference that priorities already in ef- é:ct would he maintained and at the me time the railroads would he able o carry out their locomotive and car- building program. In connection with the chdnge to be made in car con- struction it was intimated that all freight and coal cars in the future might be of wood, steel being used only for the trucks and frames. 20,000 Tons Per Week. dustries Dboard, the output of steel plates for all war purposes will be in- creased by 20,000 tons per week by July 1, as the result of additions now being made to the steel corporation’s mills. POSTPONED CONSIDERATION OF CHANGING DRAFT QUOTAS Senate Military Committee Accedes to Request of Crowder. ‘Washington, April 19.—At the re- quest of Provost Marshal - General Crowder the senate military commit- tee today postponeq action on the house amendment to the senate hill changing draft quotas from state pop- ulations to the number of men in class 1 under which states would be given credit for men furnished hy enlistment and draft. General Crowder said his office is investigating the effect the amendment would have on the new draft. HOLLAND-AMERiIiCAN LINE PIERS IN HOBOKEN TAKEN OVER By the Government For the Duration of the War, New York, Aprii 19.—The Holland- America. line piers in Fobokon were tuken over today by the government for the duration of the war, through an arrangement between the war de- partment and Captain Victor Larsen, president of the steamship company. Negotiations are said to be under way for the taking over of the piers of the Scandinavia-American and El- lerman-Wilson lines in Hoboken. POLiGE RESCUED MAN < SUSPECTED OF DISLOYALTY 0 Had Become Unconscious When Taken ,From Mob at Collirsville, Okla. Collinsville, Okla, April 19.—Henry Rheimer, suspected of disloyalty, was hanged by a crowd of fifty men here tonight, but after he had swung until he ha.i become semi-conscious the po- lice persuaded the would-be execution- ers ‘to cut him down on the promise that he would be givew'a trial by the county council of - defense tomor- row, _ For weeks the question of .whether Mr. Schwab's first move on assuming Baruch of the war industries board to |000 to take care of the additi arrange a_conference to settle the|number of marines. the naval hill ¢ matter, with the result that John |ries in all §1,352608.673. House lead- Skelton Williams, director of pur- {ers predict ge, tomorrow. after the con- | According to officials of the war in- | 0" RIS’ e rajsed ‘to @ complete division. With 75,500, men, the navy deparfment not oniy could maintain a | division of 27,000 men in France, but would be -ablé to organize certain ad- vance base forces that have Dbeen rlanned for ‘some fime. 3 It Was” léariéd foday that in con- formity " with his promise that the marines would be moved up to the fromit at the earlicst possible opportu nity, General Pershing recently has re- leved tilem of the guard and trans- pertation duties_oron which they have Leen “engaged since they landed in France. Calls For $25000,000 Additional. With an appropriation of §: MILITARY AUTHORITIES TO DEAL WITH SPIES Object of Measure Urged Before the Senate Military Committee. Washington, — Immediate cnactment of le to permit the | ailitary authoritics to deal airectly with spies and *man propagandigts the senate- military way ta enemy agitation. the army partments and other witnesses told Representat and navy intelligence de- the committee that the situation is serious and cannot be handled under existing laws. . The testimony was given in connec- tion with Senator Chamberlain’s bill which would transter from civil courts to military martial, trials of all persons charged with violating the espionage act. After the hearing the committee postponed action until next week and Chairman Chamberlain an- rounced that other witnesses might be called. While the bill was being considered by the committee opposition was de- veloping in the senate. Senator Bo- rah declared the bill, if passed. would be unconstitutional and several mem- bers of the commitiee also questioned its validity. SBITUARY. Colonel George Pope. Hoartford, Conn.,, April 19.—Colonel George Pope, president and later re- ceivar of the Pope Manufacturing Company, died at his home here late today. He was a former president of the American Manufacturers'. associ- ation, and was 74 years old. Colone; Pope was born in Boston and educated in the schools of Brook- line, Mass. When 17 vears old he en- listed in *he 44th Massachusetts In- cruited for service in the ‘He was soon commission- el a lieutenant and was later trans- ferred to 2 captaincy in the 54th Reg- iment of colored infantry. While fighting with that command at Fort Wagner, South Carolina, he was se- verely wounded. At 20 he was a major and a year later a lieutenant colonel. He Degan making bicycles in 1881 with the Pope Manufacturing Com- any, the president at that time being his cousin, Colonel A. A. Pope. Later he became head of the concern. In 1913 Colonel Pope was elected head of the National Association' of Manufacturers: and _subsequently was At the time of death he was president of the nnecticut Manufacturers' associa I tion and treasurer of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. “He was a member of the Mili'.a% four times re-elected. b Order of the Loyal Legion, many p: triotic societies, and was a Mason an A member of the Burgess corps of Al- bany. He is survived by a \rother, Bd- ward W. Pope, of Newton, Mass., and a daughter,. Mrs. C. Howard G of Hartford. :round ‘Tampico, ' Mexico, April 5 With a felw Sxceptions the ‘British press supports the ’:Innseu' in the cabinet. S o The body of a white soldier throat cut’ was found in a gully near Atlanta. T i The flow. of recruits from the min- ing distriet -of - Wal is 'keewng‘ the recruiting officers busy. ok The United States was sunk in March by a submarine. No details were received. 2 All important units of the Russian fleet in the Baltic escaped when the Germans captured Helsingfors. ng designed to in- ‘production’ for war action was -urged by President Wilson, s Cuba has taken $500,000 worth of Liberty Bonds. She has set the al- lotment for the island at $3,000,000. ‘The Senate passed the providing for the melting. int $350.000 to°meet foreign trade balances. The names of thres men killed, two dead, one missing, and four- wounded appeared on the Canadian casualties | list. Winchell 8mith, the well known playwright, is at a private hospital in Hartford, because of serious eye trouble. { Middletown yesterday ssed the Liberty loan allotment for the city when “subscriptions of $685,000 wers reported. The French government, has passed new food regfiations, biscuits, cream, cheese and fancy breads in public eat- |. ing houses. ' One man was Killed and seven in- jured in an explosion. today at. the Lupont Powder Works-at Carneys Foint, N. J. / e 3 The New York district reported its. te fotals as New York $301,928,500; Connecticut '$3,774,050, and New Jes- sey $35,527,100- New. York:iState appropriations for millitary and naval establishments in- | creased- $3,000.000 -Over - their ' normal cost in pre-war times. Confirmation of the resignation of the, Hungarian cabinet and. the ap- intment of Count Tisfa as Premier as received in London. £24 The Syracuse police were. notified of the disappearance of Homer Brown, manager of the Oberlander Press, pub- lishers of the .U : Fi Airplanes’ for thé Government as to be made at City Island in the Robert Jacob -Shipyrders, where gome of the American cup defenders was turned out. The War ' Department announced that the health of all troops continues godd. There “were only 285 deaths last week ~gainsti 290 the week be- fore. A Fargo (N. Dakota) dispatch says that “all wheat in the hands of far- mers must be marketed before May 15, on account of shortage ‘in food- stuffs.” + The Liberty National Bank of New York has received from Canada $120,- 000 in gold bars, in the request that this amount be conyerted into double eagles. Rev. Dr. H. S. Harris was released from the faculty of the Timer Free Academy -to service as Y. M. C. A, secretary in’ France. United States Senator Jantes W. Wadsworth Jr., announced that he was willing to -accept the Gubernational Republican nomination for Governor of New York. 4 The War Industries Board announc- ed that the United Stdtes may soon be wearing “liberty shoes” and ‘“‘war suits,” manufactured on a large scale at a small price: ¢ Giuseppi Schiaffiano, second officer of a ship arriving at an Atlantic port, was arrested by naval officers charged with carrying ‘an uncensored fetter into the country, Rain over Northwest has been of sufficient amount to carry the spring wheat and other spring planted crops well into May without néed for ad- ditional moisture. “ Chicago Board of Trade subserip- tions to the Third Liberty Loan ag- gregating: $1345,000. Dvery member and very employes of tiie Board of Trade has subscribed. Federal reports of stocks of frozen popultry in storage April 1 show de- creases over 1917, while repomts of stocks of frozen and cured meats for like period show: increases. War bonuses were granted to 5000 munition workers of the Jeansville Iron Plant of Hazelton, Pa. The bonuses were 10 per cent of - their wages for the last three months’ earn- ings. ] The Liberty ball and Liberty coach which are touring the State as part of the Liberty loan campaign, were escorted into Utica By a - parade of 10,000 persons on their arrival from Rome. 4 A bill empowering the President to take over any railroad, eldetric line or interurban line, the possession of which is Decessary to. the building or equipping of ships has been passed by the House. James C. Cooly, wealthy polo player of the Meadowbrook colony, Westbury of thoroughbred horses, it was an- nounced and has left to join a British cavalry unit. Indications in _shipbuilding circles are that the advent of Charles M. Schwab as_director general of ship- building Wil result -n important changes. in the personmel of the Fed- eral Administration of affairs at Hog Island. v ‘with his. with the portuguese troops|: . Y. closed his estate and his stable | 3 Made PublicIn Genera “Washington, - April- .19. — General Pershing’s. report of the gallant con. duct of A..lchlun engineer troops with e British® Fifth An'nd v in helping }o check the German advance in the early aays' of ‘the m; offensive reached the war depargment, late ioday and | was made, public. by’ Baker. ‘Tt will maks did reading for Americans,” sald’ secretary. merican losses in the perlod from March 21 to, April 3 during which the engineers consolidated and held a sub- sector of the British lines against re- peated ults were given as two of- ficers Killed anq three wounded; twen- ty men killed and 52 wounded, and 45 missing. It is believed by .the Brit- ish authorities that all- of those re- ported missing were not captured but that many were separated from their command and are with other British organizations. S General . Pershing’s report says: General Pershing's Report. “In_reference fo: mention’ in sum- mary ' of activities, noon, March 24th, to March 25th, of American troops ting with, British armies and to fhe daily cabled summary of the bat- tle March 25th, 1918, the following has now besn' established from official re- port; “The commanding officer of = the United Stutes engineers regiment has received a cppy of the following let- ter commierding the action * of the trcops of his regiment:. “T haye received the following from mmanding general— Corps: tosconvey to you and ranks under: vour orders my admiration of | the splendid service which you -ai they corps I tiring” energy of officérs, non-commise sioned cificers and men; who have risen. to ihe occasion in a manner beyond &l tuise, znd their gallantry, much of Tands, has been saved. : § id ‘Hie: 20 ‘add v ¥n ap:, preciation - {the excellent gervices Fendered by the.cders, Ao dlonell pffcers” and men of the light Carried Out Destruction of Material Dumps at Chaulens, Laid Where They Constructed and Manned a Sector of the. Defensive Line—Their Losses Were 20 Men Killed, 52 Wounded and 45 Missing. — LR Y railroad service of this army direc- torate, in connection with the present operation. Will you be good engygh to acquaint all ranks serving under you of the appreciation accorded to their untiring service.’ : “Certain units of United States en- gineers serving with a British army _ between March Z21st and “April while = under ~ shellfire carried out destruction of material ~dumps _at Chaulnes, fell back with British fore- es to Morenil where the commands laid out trench work, then proceeded to Demuin and was assigned sector of defensiva line which was constructed 2nd manned by them, thence moved to-a yosition in the line near Far- fusee-Abancourt and extending to the torth side of Bois de Toillauw. The comraands started for this position on March £7th and occupied it until April 3rd, @uring this time the commanding officor 'of 2 unit of United States en- gineers leing in commannd of the sub-Sector occupied by his troops. This command ‘was in more or less continuous action ~during its stay in this position. On April 3rd-the com- mand was ordered to fall back to habbeville. . The Casualties. “The casialties during the period March 21st to April 3rd were officers Kil'ed 2; wounded 3: men killed 52 4 helieved the British anthorities that they were not all captured and that many of them were separaf from their command and are now with gthier British organizations, This re- port of casmalties does not consider one detachment of 57 men from which no report has been received.” ) The toport also quotes the Tletter sent by Fritish General H. L. Mullers, commanding a cavalry division, to the commander of one of the American en- gneering units, conveying the congrat- sént by General Rawlinson, command- {ng the Liritish army ennged: in-that - Sector; to the engineer ofEcer in-com- mand of-the sub_sector, both of which were 1ad®publi¢ yesterday in France, i : what might otherwise have fallen tntolu)ndlms of his superior, and the letter 40.PER CENT.OF LIBERTY - \MLEI‘JLSCRIBED FOR Total Takulated-at the Treasury Last Night Was $1,204,714,250, Wadhington, Aprii “19—Forty per cont.. of the three biliion dollar mini- mum sought for the third Liberty lvan' is new. reported us subseribed in even working days and thirteen days remain in the campaign. The' total tabulated tonight at the. treasury was $1,264714,250 which $114.979,000 more than was reported | Yesterday. The figures cover subscrip- | tions received by banis up to the close ‘of business last nignt. The subscriptions and percentaze standings by districts are as folows: District. Subsecription. Pct. 29! 56,040,750 100,229 860 82,092,700 41,250,000 3415534950 93411250 112,700,000 { Boston San Francisco inneapolis . | Xew. York . Philadelphia. Clevelang Richmond Atianter ... PRESIDENT WILSON BURNED HIS HAND { While Participatinng in Liberty Loan Demonstration. on- White House Grounds. “ o - ashington, April 19.—President Wilson particlpated -in_an impromptu Liberty loan demonstration today in a British battle tank by riding through the White House grounds in the great machine. He burned his, hand severe- Iy on an exhaust pipe while trying to climb out on top in the presence of a great throng at the front gates. The president appeared to enjoy the expe- rience, beaming cuthusiastically as he clambered down. the sloping sides of the tank, despite a bleeding and seared palm. . The injuiéd hand was band- aged tonight and it was said the wound lwas painful but not serious. v TRAINING CAMP FOR NURSES AT VASSAR “five States Are Now Repre- sented in the Enrollment, Thil *New York, April 19. — Thirty-five states are now represented in the en- rolimént for the “colleze women's Plattsburg,” the training camp for narses to be held at Vassar college this summer. it was announced today at the recruiting heddquartérs main- tained here by the Red Cross and the Council of Nationu] Defense. ‘Magsa- chusetts and New York -Nave furnisii- ead the largest number of rezistrants so far. The camp will be opened on June 24. SOCIALISM BRANDED AS i Fedsration of Labor. T ,America was_branded as p Germar. propaganda by Sam pegs, president of the Ame eraticn of Labor, in a specch mn of the Libérty lvan today. “There = po sich. thine American sodialist pa pers said. “The Ame: ganizition is merely one i’ Germany Iproraganda as £ ‘GERMAN PROPAGANDA | 1 By President Gompers. of the American | | GALLANTRY DISPLAYED BY Py A BELGIAN PATROL They Held Off 200 Germans Until Rein- forcements Arrived. 3 April 19.—Gallantry dis~ p ¢ a Belgian patrol of ten men in holding off for an hour, until rein- forcements arrived, an attacking foree. of 300 Germaps near Reigersvliet, was described in a message from the Flanders front received here today by Sguator Henri La Fontaine, head of, the American Fund for Gifts for Bel gian Soldiers. “With remarkable courage, Major, ‘Brenez, with only nine men and one machine gun, held out against the at- tacks of 300 of the enemy with twelve machine guns sald the message. “Tt t the end of an hour and by the purest luck that another Bel- & gian gatrol, which had heard the fire from aaother point, came to the rescue ¢f these Belglan heroes. Thus rein- forced, the garrison took the offen- sive, taking back the lost trenches and many prisoners and guns. King Albert telegraphed his con= gratulations to_these troops. who had jonce more given proof of their bravs and the high morale of the Bele gian arm: MASS MEETING OF HOTEL MEN AND RESTAURATEURS, Called By Food Administrator Scoville For Next Wednesday. % Hartford, Conn., April 19.—For the purpos> of bringing about uniformity in observance of the federal food reg= ulations, a mass meeting of hotelmen; restaurant and lunch room proprietors of the state has been called by Feder- - al Fopd Administrator, for Connecticut Robert Scoville, tc be held 'in the hall of ‘representatives at the state capi- tol next Wednesday forenoon at 1F ¢elock. Cards have been sent out to about 1,200 hotel and restaurant men them of the meeting. 3 s action was taken in conformity with a decision of the Connecticut ho~ in session at Waterbury today. formity. IRISH PARTIES HELD A PROLONGED CONFERENCE To Prepare Statement Against Com-~ sulsory Military Conscription. Dublin, April 19.—After a prolong-. conference tdoay at the Mansion Mousc representatives of the Nation- alists, §nn Feiners, O'Brienites and ' Laborites decided to prepart for pres- entation to the world a detailed state- ment of Ireland’s case against the; compulsary military e imposed the ish government. ‘or of- Dublia has been ington and pro-, onally to Pres. were rcported missing, but it is [ & 3