Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 27, 1918, Page 1

VOL. . LIX—NO. 101 “GERMANS HAVE CAPTU ~a! STRATEGIC POSITION l}N NORTHERN FRON Hill Was Surrounded and the French Forces En- trenched There Were Overcome ! DEFENDERS MADE AN HEROIC RESISTANCE The Hill, 464 Feet In Height, Overlooks the Lowlands Lying Back of the Allied Lines In the Ypres Sector—The French Are Making Savage Attacks to Regain the Hill, as Its Loss Would Mean a Great Disadvantage to the Allies In Future Engagements—At Villers-Bretonneux the British Have Driven the Teutons From Their Posi- tions—Hangard Still In German Hands—British Tanks WipedOmTwoComplniuof!heGemmlnnFew Minutes. Kemmel Hill, a height which Hhas beer, looked upon as the key to the Bouthern side of the Ypres salient and Wme of the most important strategic positions on the northern battle front in france, has been taken by the Ger- mans. After a defense which will be- come ope of the heroic chapters of the war the hill was surrounded and the French forces entrenched on its slopes wero overcome. 4 The loss of the hill, which is admit- 1ed in an official statement by Gener- Detma Radcliffe, chief director of inilitary operations he British war office, brings to the allies a realiza- tion that the whole Ypress position is in peril from the German _drive nortgward from the lowlands lying to the west of Armetieres. Teutons Launcked Terrific Attacks. The Teutons launched terrific ‘at- tacks along the whole Wytschaete- Baillen)- Meteren line Wednesday, ap- tly for the purpose of finding Point which might vield. They evident- Iy fonnd the $pot in thegsegtion of the front held jointly by the British and Frénch troops: and against it ‘thev hurled fresh divisions which fought their way forward all day Thursday watil at nightfall they bad surronnded Kemme! Hill and -isolated the French froops holding the position. Fiaht Went on All Night. ”i night long the fizht went on an Germs a n Fyiday that the 3 n storming up ‘he Slopga o the height. The iess of Kemmel il is serious, for it overlocks mmch of the Jowlands Iving back of the allied lines in the Yires salent. The hill is 464 feet in height, rising from low lands on the and e.st. It is six miles south- t of Ypres and three miles west of Wytschaete. This German success cuts a deep notch in the allied line to the.south- | west of Yores and completely outflanks the British on the northern slopes of Ridge, to which they were the German assaults of two a by weeks ago. The line to the south- west, toward Bailleu), apparently is in 7o partienlar danger at present, al- ough the village of Dranoutre has en lost to the enem: Important P important ion. the pessession of Kemmel H t ‘the allies mus launch \ counter-attack to recap ture it, ahd the French have pegun a| savage attack on the height.” If the Germans continue to hold it and either consolidate their lines or push on, the allies will be at a creat disadvantage in future engagements. The latest reports from the scene of the battle are that the Germans are attacking on a line from La Clyt- te to the Ypres-Comines Canal. La Clytte is about a mile and a half north of Kemmel Hill and is six and a half miles west of the Ypres-Comines Can- al, which runs almost due south from Ypres. The evident purpose of this attack is to roll up the allied position south of Ypres and force a retirement from that war-tortured town. The posi- tion of the Germans is such that only the sternest defense will avail to check their theatening advance. British Hold Villers-Bretonneux. At other points alonz the battle line the Germans have made importent gains, At Villers-Bretonneux the Brit- ish have held their lines and complet- ed the work of clearing out the last German positions on the zround_held Pefore the German attack on Wed- nesday, hut Hanzard is apparenly still in German hands, and the Teutons have forged ahead just to the north of this villaze and are reported ‘o Tave lannched attacks on the town of Cachy, without bowever having oc- supled the place. So in \ Further south, immediately north of |its period of training before embarking the Germans have penetrated |for service the village of Hailles and arc in pos-| Major I'ortescue’s communicalion is south of the vil-|issued by the society as a bulletin in The French have counter-at-|its war geography series, as follows: Castel, -e—ivn of Hill 82 ‘fim n,mr Fighting on the Somme. At no other points has the enemy advaped, although bitter fighting ‘has been going on in several sectors in both the Somme and Armentieres bat- tle areas. on this front and regained the letter, and the soldiers houses e ey nelr 2t |spread regularly through the branches o the south of the Somme. as well as positions further patrol enzagements have been report- ed from the Italian front. BRITISH TANKS HAVE Of additional military advantage is the SLAUGHTERED ENEMY. 1 hat the p 8 located Bo that the receiving depots and supply ware- houses are-built facing railroad spurs, paralieling the long side branches of Wiped Out Two German Compani in a Few Minutes. April 28—(By The Associated Press). —The slaaghter caused by the small British tanks among a concentration o fthe ememy near Cachy In Wedties- day’s fighting appears to have ‘been even greater than was originally re- ported. A few of these little engines, ‘which enemy’s infantry, which were forming ' for an attack, that the Germans were south. Only the usual |§1Ves @ highly centralized city location B faster than the ordi- | ®ixed, spin them and the boiled ones nary bl‘;nm made the ns::ufttla will spin around quite fast, while quickly on one or two battalions of the | those which have not been cooked unable to scatter before they were be- ing flercely deluged with machine gun bullets. Men Ground Into the Earth. Not only that, but a large number of men were caught beneath the tanks and ground into the earth. Prisoners estimate that at least two, and probably threey German com- panies were wiped out in a few min- utes. ‘The machines returned in such hor- rible condition fram the shambles that they had to be washed down. German Had Frightful Experience. One German prisner had a rough experience with the small tanks and lived to tell the story, although he was much shaken as a result of his experi- ence, He got separated from his unit | and was hiding in a shell hole mear Cachy when a tank charged directly over. the hole. It was deep eénough to protect the German, but he was so terrified that he lost consciousness and was just regaining his senses when the performance was repeated by a second tank. Again he escaped, and saved himself further trials by being captured. Only four German tanks_appear to have been in the action. Wednesday | about _ Villers-Bretonneus, although numbers of others are rumored to have been gssigned to participate in the attack. The Fourth’ Guards. division, which advanced against' the town from the south, expected seven tanks to ac- company them, bit-thires-of thenr-gia not appear. RECRUITS TO BE PUT IN BARRACKS AT CAMP DIX Seasoned Soldiers There Are to' Be Put Under ‘Canvas. Camp Dix, N. J., 'April 26.—With the barracks at this. cantonment already crowded, Major .Genmeral Hugh L. Scott annourced today that new re- cruits would not be placed in tents, as originally pianned, but that sea- | soned soldiers wouid be moved from | the barracks and put under canvas as rapidly as the new men arrived. There are on hand at present enough tents for about 8,000 men. The vanguard of 9,000 recruits ar- ived heré today from New Jersey and Delaware. New Hampshire and Rhode {Island soldiers are expected tomor- row. UKRANIAN PEASANTS REVOLT AGAINST AUSTRO-GERMANS Becaust of Requisitions Made—They Are Holding Soldiers as Prisoners «Washington, April 26—The requisi- tions made by the Austro-Germans in Ukrania_are so severe the peasants are revolting and are holding soldiers as prisoners. Clashes are occurring frequently, said a diplomatic despatch today, and many persons have been killed on both sides. Stocks supplied by the Rumanian harvests are entire- Iy exhausted and that wheat from Ukrania cannot be counted upon be- fore the end of the month. Under these conditions the government must seize the cereal reserves left in the hands of the peasants for their per- sonal consumption. TRAINING CAMPS Are Standardized For Facilitat- ing Operations. All Washington, D. C., April 26.—Major Granville gortescue, U.S. A, in o com- munication to the National Geo:rflphxc Society, gives a concise picture of the cantonments in which Ameri New National Army is being housed during in France. A part of “While the ground, or terrain, as it is called in military Dhmmlflgy, in some cases necessitated variation in the outline of the straets of the camps the standardized shape of the sixteen National Army cantonments is simi- lar to the letter “U”, with division headquarters situated at the bend of “It is séen at once that this plan Although the measured outline of the b es of the “U” equal 23 miles. and Sometimes more on the ground, all units are compact in themselves and closely sunited to the headquarters. of troops in the future. A Test. ‘When bofled and unboiled eggs get | made for worthy purposes. hat Hadley Cabled Paragraphs, New British Minister of the Air. London, April 6—Sir William Weir has been appointed minister of the air forces in succession to Lord Roth- ermere, brother of Lord Northcliffe, who resigned yesterday. Official an- nouncement of Sir William’s appoint- ment was made this evening. AWARDS BY THE CARNEGIE HERO FUND COMMISSION Twenty-six Acts of Heroism Recog- nized—Seven to New England. Pittsburgh, April 26—The Carnegie Hero Fund ~Commission recognized twenty-six acts: of heroism in its spring meeting, held here today. In five cases silver medals were awarded; in twenf¥-one cases bronze medals. 'Two of the heroes lost their lives. - To the dependents of one of these a pension of $350 a year was granted and to the dependents of ‘the other, the sum of $1,000, to be‘applied as the commission may sanction. Two of the heroes sustained injuries which disabled them. In thess cases dis- ablement benefits were sranted — of $500 and $30 a month in one case and of $500 in the other. In addition to these money grants, in six cases $9,- 600 was appropriated for educatibnal purposes, payments to be made as needed and approved; and in sixteen cases awards aggregating $13,000 were Payments in the one-sum cases will not be made until the beneficiaries’ plans for the use of the awards have been approved by_the commission. Medals lotving: Arel, were awarded to_the fol- Bronze Medals — Uhald A. 49 Walnut street, Northampton, Mass,, helped to save Harris H. Wi der from drowning at Hadley, Mass., July G, 1917; Albenie I Venne, 63 Market street, Northampton, Mass., saved Inez W. Wilder and helped to save Harris H. Wilder from drowning. Mass,, July Cath- i oid, 368 erine 3 Bridle h, Worcester. Grace E. Sullivan from Worcester. Mass., July Franklin T, ham, Mass, saved Ola I. aged thirteen, and Laura E. aged twelve, from drowning ham, Mass, July 20 Lee, 14 years old, 23, i Briges, 9 years old, Oak- ' Becham. Seney, at Oak- 1917; George R. Highland ave- saved Helen nue, Northampton: Mass. C. Finn from drowning at Northamp- ton, Mass. July 20, 1916; Samuel J. T. Conover, 60 Dover street, Worces- ter,- Mass., saved Elizabeth A. Dicki- son from Zrowning .at Shrewsbury. Mass,, January 9, 1918: Mary V. Hughes. North Quinsigamond avenue, Shrewsbury, Mass.. attempted to save] Elizabeth A. Dickinson from drowning at Shrewsbury. Mass, January . 9, 1916; Joseph W. Kaufman; 127 Hum- holdt avenue, Roxbury, Muss., saved Louis Kmion from drawnmg at ‘Thorn- dike, Mass, March 21, 1917/ CONTRACTS FOR 30,000 STEEL BOX AND COAL CARS Let By McAdoo to (he American Car and Foundry Co. ‘Washington, April 26—Orers for 30,000 box and coal cars to cost in the aggregate between $80,000 000 and $90,- 000,000 were placed today by Director General McAdoo with the American Car and. Foundry Company, at fixed iprices which will represent about five Dber cent profit. Announcement of ex- act prices and specifications were ithheld pending completion of con- racts -for construction of ditional cars by with whom John Skelton Williams, the railroad administration’s director of -purchases, is negotiating over prices. Two styles of each kind of car were ordered. “All will have steel bases and frames, but will contain a maximum of wood to save steel for the nation’s shipbuilding programme. They be completed within six months and be put into service for fall and win- ter hauling. This is the first order stock placed by the railroad admin- istration. It probably will be followed soon by contracts for the construction of about 1,000 locomotives. The order- ing has been delayed by disputes over price, the original bids for the build- ers providing for ten per cent or more profit. The American Car and Foundry Company, it is understood, will dis- tribute the car order among its various plants, some of which are located ‘at Pittsburgh, Wilmington, Bloomsburg, for rolling Pa.; Huntington, W. Va.; Berwich, Pa. and Milton, Pa. ITALIAN AVIATOR MAKES WORLD’S SPEED RECORD From Hampton Roads to Washington, 145 Miles, In One Hour. Washington, April 26.—Sergeant Cianfelice Gino, of the Italian flying corps, today established what is claim- ed to be a new world’s record for speed when he flew from Langley Field, Hampton Roads, Va. to Washington in a Spa fighting plane in one Jour. The distance is 145 miles. HE left Hampton Roads at 12:30 and arrived here at 1:30. - Guided by Magnetic Currents. Recent experience has tended to | show that carrier pigeons and other birds of passage are guided by mag- metic currents., M. A. Thauzies, a Frencly student of pigeons, has noted that on two occasions when pigeon flights were unsatisfactory magnetic storms were occurring, and the flights of these birds have been bécoming of- ten uncertain and erratic'since wire- less telegraphy came into extemsive use. Vain Repinings. "By right of conquest,” he deciared, the maid belonged to him; but as along life's path they fared—his eye- sight growing dim, her temper waxed sharp and shrewd, her tongue became uproarious ; and he wished, as his past he viewed, that he hadn't been vic-| torious, It's a woman' imagination that | keeps her young, when she imagines will hardly mll around once. 4 rhuys that out of 70,000 ad- | other manufacturers | will | ON THE 'AMERICAN STEAMSHIP % FLORENCE H OFF THE FRENCH COAST Twenty-Nine of the Ci an Crew of of Naval ed For. s Guard of 23 Account- New. York, April 26—Capt. F. J. utterfield and a!l the deck officers of the American steamship Florence H. are now believed to have lost their lives when that ship was destroyed by an explostion April 17 while off the 56 Are Dead or Missing—Only Six | ACCORDING TO THE FRANKFUR- L] TER ZEITUNG General Schulze Is Credited With In- forming Reschstag That 629,000 Men Have Been Dllehlrgud as Unfit For Service. 9 Amsterdam, April 26.—Germany’s losses thus far in the war have been 2,000,000 men, according to a state- ment credited by the Frankfurter Zeitung as having been made by Gen- eral Schulze before the main com- French coast. A list of survivors received here today by cable from the American consul at Brest does not contain their names. It is alsd shown mittee of the German reichstag. Sick and wounded men to the num- ber of 750,000 had been able to return to the front, according to = General Thls Is Your Fight—Get Into It Back of those trenches in France and Belglum——be- hind the Rhine—every man, woman and child in Germany is fighting us every minute of the day! their toil, their sacrifices, their thrift, their money Fighting us with Right now the United States government has got to have more millions of dollars to carry on the war. Your savings large and small are_needed. The government seeks the use of your money. Don’t let it seek in vain. Buy Your Liberty Bonds Today that only two of the engine room offi- cers escaped uninjured, the others be- ing reported as being badly burned. 29 Dead or Missing. A checking up of the cabled list with the record of the crew filed with the United Statessshipping dpramission Here when the Florence, H. salled “in-the: ian crew, 29 are dead or Ini: slightly Dburned and only 13 escaped uninjured. There is a possibility, however, offi- cials of the United States: snipping board here said, that some of the missing. men ‘may yet be accounted for. Chief - Engineer James B. “Watson and First Assistant Engineer Strick- land are among those who escaped injury, the second and third assistants being badly burned. Among the Lost. Those believed to be lost, with tie addresses of their nearest relatives given by them when they signed the ship's articles, include: Capt. F. J. Butterfield, Haverhill, Mass.. and C. A. Goodwin, water ten- der, Melrose, Mass, In addition to the civilian crew, there were on board 23 men of a naval guard, six of whom have been report- ed as survivors through the navy de- partment at Washington. The Florence H. sailed from Phila- delphia. March 30 with a cargo, part of which was explosives. A recent ca- ble from Paric said that the explosion was believed to have been caused by a bomb planted on the ship before she sailed. EASTMAN JURY HAS NOT REACHED AGREEMENT Out Since 6 p. m. Thursday—Foreman Asked for Discharge. New York, April 26—The jury in the case of Mgx Bastman and three assocjates, who are charged with at- tempting to thwart the operation -of the draft act by publishing seditious articles and cartoons in The Masses, a socialist magazine, had not reached an agreement at 11 o’clock tonight. At that hour the foreman of the Jjury requested a conference in open court with Judge Hand, saying that it seemed impossible for the jurors .to reach a decision. He added that after they had gone aver the testimony care- fully a large majority had agreed, but had been unable to win over the minority. After Mr. Hillquit had moved for dismissal of the jury, Judge Hand ask- ed those jurors who thought a decision could be reached to hold up. their right hands. Eight hands were raised, whereupon court was adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning to allow the jury further time for deliberation. ‘The case went to the jury at 6 o’'clock last night. 679 NEW ENGLAND COMMUNITIES IN HONOR LIST Banking House of Les, Higginson 4& Co. ‘Subscribed $2,000,000. Boston, April 26.—A subscription of $2,000.000 by the banking house of Lee. Higginson & Company was re- ported {o the third Liberty loan com- mittee late today. During the day 94 New England cit- ies and towns were added to the list of those Who oversubscribed. This | was the largest single day’s total since the campaign opened, and brought the mumber of honor com- munities to 679, or about 46 per cent. of all the cities'and towns in the dis: trict. HOLLAND’S ARMY AND i NAVY HELD INTACT. | Commander-in-Chief Has Stopped All I Leaves of Absence. | i The Hague. April 26—The com- that her friends can't see through a| coat of paint. \ mander-in-chief of the land and sea forces in Holland has provisionally ! stopped all leaves of absence. are in hospitals badly burned, two are| Schulze, . while 629,000 had been dis- Charged as unfit' for' service, including 70,000 cripples. . U, o date, the gen- eral added, Gerquw 'had to reckon with about 98,000° cripples. SAYS HELMUTH SCHMIDT WAS A GERMAN AGENT. YMan Who Killed Himself in Jail at Detroit Last Tuesday. Detroit, Mich., ‘April 26—An accu- sation that Helmuth Schmidt was an agent of the German government and had spent some time making sketches rtifications i Néw York harbor, ‘was the latest ‘deveélopment today in ;ho s of the man who killed him- self ih jail ‘last Tuesddy after being arrested for murderin connection with the disappearance of a girl who an- swered a matrimonial _advertisement he inserted in a New York paper. Mrs. Adele Ulrich Braun who s Schmidt married her in Lakewood, J., in 1914, as “Emil Braun,” made the accusation in a statement to officials working on the case. She came here to claim the body of man_who, shortly before his e, told _the police that Aug ach of New York, who came here a yea answer to his advertisement for a wife, killed herself when she learned he al- ready was married. were married Schmidt took from her $3,500"as well as several hundred dol lars' worth of jewelry. ‘Sehmidt, she said, then disappeared. No trace has yet been found by the police of Irma Pallatinus, who, they say, came here from Lakewood, N. J.. as his houselieeper, and disappeared while in his employ. Detectives today began excavating at the house where Schmidt lived shortly after coming here. Cut into the brick wall of the basement they found the words “Wife and Child Tnnocent.” LABOR TROUBLES ARE RIFE IN HUNGARY Efforts Are to Be Made to Overturn the Government. Washington, Apri bles continue in Hungars from Switzerland (oda\ Budapest on April 22 more than 250,- 000 workmen gathered in a protest in different parts of the . city and adopted a resolution which the ecen- sor did not allow to be published in its entirety. The men exvressed irri- tation and bitterness over conditions and decided to use every means, in- cluding illegal measures if necessary, to overturn the government, which does not satisfy the workmen's claims for electordl reforms. GERMAN MARK IS LOSING VALUE IN NEUTRAL NATIONS The German Offensive is the Cause of the Decrease. Washington, April 26—The German offensive has fiad a depressing effect on the value of the mark in neutral countries. An official despatch from France foday says that in_ Holland and Switzerland the mark after hav- ing been slightly higher, has fallen and has reached a point befow that which it held st the begjnning of the offen- sive, LORD NORTHCLIFFE :l'D ) CONTINUE HIS DUTIES As Director of Propaganda in Enemy Countries. London, April 26—The Standard says it understands that Lord North- cliffe, chairman of the London head- quarters of the British mission to the United States and director of propa- ganda in enemy countries, tendered his resignation on account of iil health but that at the request of the premier and the cabinet he consented to con- tinue his duties until a successor can be found. Labor trou- A despatch said that in iy ago in | Mrs. Braun said she also met| Schmidf through 2 matrimonial adver- tisemenit and charged that after they Count prh Szerenyi was apwemud- H\mgarinn Prvmei- v Two Amerwan names were in the Canadian casualty list. - Americans wounded in' France will be sent to’ England. Richmond college at West Hampton, | 2. was. turned over to the govern- | ment Sor use as a military hospital. Strong measures are being taken to keep liquor and cameras out of Camp Upton. A sixteen sale at Christi 009, lays’ Red Cross benefit London, netted $750,- v Director Schwab of the Emergency Fleet Corporation inspected the New- ark shipyards. ST i The United States launches saved 200 of the British sailors after the raid on Zeebrugge. The Detroit street car strike which tied up .lines for two days ended with Federal mcdhtmn The Pabst {ho:kru of Milwaukee an- nounced that no more German plays would be given. Three persons were killed and 11 in- jured when @ street car turned over in Birmingham, Ala. Lord Rothermere, chairman of the | British: Air Board, resigned.’ He is a brother of Lord Northeliffe. The names of 49 men were contain- ed on the iatest casualty list.. Two men were killed in action. France has field, according to M. Stephen Lauz- anne, editor of the Paris Matin. Trade balance in favor of the Unit- ed States since Buropean war to April L amounts to $9,167,000,000. Adl‘lmstrahon Senators admitted inability to force a vote on the Over- man bill until next week:. Lieut. General Bridges, recently ar- .rived from the front, is to head the British military mission in this coun- try. Miss Adelaide J. Hyde, daughter of the late William W. Hyde of Green- wich, (,amL, died in Paris, France, April 23, A Reuter despatch from Stockholm says the Austrian censorship is sup- pressing reports of the Jewish pogrom in Cracow. e LR ” There are 3,400 Princeton men in active service, not including 35 per cent of the laculty Of this number 26 bave !lie}Lo., kL D. C. Botting, of suma. has been appointeq -district representative of the fuel administration for the state of Washington, i ¥ A mmwlvld at Fort Yukon, ‘Alaska, b) g an appeal for a phy- siclan for Vifijalmiur Stefansson who 16 dangerously 1l German submarines have been land- ing guns, coast: of-Tripoli, .according to an of- ficial dmmm mhv Arom: France. Feéderal luthoMun ‘may be nked to license " all: government - motors and drivers as a result of alleged viola- tions by many government chauffeurs. Brigadier General Arthur B. Donnel- ly, formerly of the Missouri National Guard, will be tried by court martial at Camp Mills for gambling with jun- ior officers. . It is reported in nationalist circles enforcing conscription in Ireland next week, savs a Central News despatch | from Dublin, Secretary Daniels commended crew and officers of the United Stat Destroyer Parker for bravery in rescu- ing nine survivors of the British hos- 2,750,000 men in the | 1 {the campaign, food . and munition on the!, that an order in council wiil be signed | the | 'RETURNS FOH THE" MY Washington, April, 2¢—Strong rein- forcements came to the nation’s. third popular war eredit today as a result of the celebration of Liberty Day with parades and demonstrations in prac- ticaily every part of the country, and now three weeks old,| ‘wak'given. new impetus for the final week; which starts next Monday. Tota! . subscriptions of $2,035,990, were reported. fonight by ‘the tréaSury, andgonly 67 per cent. of the three bil~ lons sought has heen subscribed. Great Number Smalk Subscriptions. . Tn many communities today only banks weer open for business and sy’all day taking ations for bonds from persons Wl\o came ‘out to watch ov participate bond buyers' parades. Telegrams to- night told of a_great number of sm/tl who, heretofore have not been strong tude of r‘Jedges' heart was in the war for liberty by s ‘to- “provide - the President Wilson, who this Liberty Day, spent the hoon reviewing ‘the Tong 40,000 ‘Washington cit'zens;-svith-wefes sol- enue for ‘more than capital has seen since the inaugura. ving. lineg marchers. Washington Officials in Parade. Senato) aml ‘represeniatives tur ed out with flags and Liberty loa barnners, and Secretary Daniels triuds edint the head of the naval officers and navy department of- fiv the avénue to cheer onight hond buyers. ipticns. o following tabulation of 3 given out tonight by does not inciude - the | pital ship Glenart Castle. ‘numbers in language mewspapers and the teaching-of German in schools is to have the active support of the Na- tional Security League. Harold 8. Fgankenheimer and F. L. Seligsberg have been suspended from the Stock Exchangé for one year. The charge: was conduct deterimental to the best interests of the Exchange. Dr. George Farrell Haynes, negro soclologist and economist of Nash- le, has been appointed director of {negro economies of the Department of Labor to care for the i§nterests _of negro war workers The Washington Central on May 1, as a demonstration for Thomas J. Mooney sentenced to hang for econnection with-the preparedne:s day parade explosion. First Estimate of 1917 Lumber Cut. A lumber production of 39,200,000,000 feet in the United States in 1917 is the preliminary estimate of ‘the Fed- eral forest service, based on incom- plete reports received up to February 26. About one-half of the 34,000 mills listed by the forest service and the National Lumber Manufacturers’ As- sociation had at that time made re- ports. Because of the need for an ac- curate census, caused by the country's wartime demands for lumber, officials in charge of the work are urging de- linquent mills to report as soon as possible. The estimate is based upon the re- ported cut of 845 identical sawmills each of which cut five million feet or more lumber in either 1917 or the pre- ceding year. The reports of these mill indicate that in nine States there was 2n increase in production and in t he rest of the country a decrease. The largest increase was in Missouri, where the gain was over the 1916 cut was al- most 44 per cent. In the South, Lou- isiana, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama showed increases varying up to about 10 per cent. Wisconsin and Michigan, in the North, and ‘Washington and Oregon in the Northwest, were the only States in which the cut in- creased. North Carolina, with a; de- crease of more than 22 per eent.showed the greatest falling off in production. Maine had o shortage of about 20 per cent. The reports from other States indicate varying percentages of de- crease, with an average for all States of 2 per cent. i Lieut. Walter S. Carrington was sen- | tenced by a court martial to lose five | New his ‘grade for telling a| friend that a naval ship was leaving | . for Europe soon with troops on board. | The crusade for suppressing German | **" curtailing | Labor | Council voted to call a general strike | P Re addition of tal, or 2 little ,000 dai'y av 154,100,000 more than rage mecessaiy lion, l.lberty Day Was Celehrated th monstration In Al Parts af the Couutry ’ The Loan Period Is 75 l’et Cent 0ver and Only 67 Pef Cult of- the Three Billions Sought Has Been Suhcmbed——-A Rush of Subscriptions Put the Navy’s Liberty Loan Total Well Above Seven Mflllon Dollnn—?ledgu Ree.,flved : Yesterday by Banks and Trust Companies Will Not Be = Tabulated Entirely Before Tonight—30,000. M- and Women Marched In Liberty Loan Parade In New York. subscriptions, thousands from persons | The nation showed its proclaimed after- procession of governnient clerks, end . other diers, which filed up Pennsylvania ave thiree bours and :a half. It was the longest parade thet and thousands-of persins| who "are in Wushington for war-time the WEfiE SI34~000000 towards its quota with a swifter stride, Yesterdad . ap ximately $36,000,000 orth of business wae done. New York state has subscribed. $442,002,350, the twelve northern counties.of New Jer- sey $56.075,250 and Fairfield cmx\;ltg‘.. Conn., $6,152,100_ New York eity {\nbscribed $351,136,300. These figures o the following quota, = percertage: Connecticut 6%; _ New Five hundfed and. six- {but this represented pledges received |ty honor flags have been awarded, by banks and trust companies up to| Tn fluwaii $2,630,000° worth of bomils * the opaning of business today, and, to- [havé Been sold. day'#* business will not be tabulated| The Liberty Bell was. tdken out of entirely before tomorrow night. | ang carried The loan period'is 75 per cent. over Day parade. ty day put_the mavy’s Liberty loan to- 112l well abore soven ion dollars. {Radio_messages = from - battleships, « cruisers,” Qestroyers and -’ other ‘craft in home waters indicated that office; and men in the navy were joining the Liberty loan ranks i recoxi-breaXing | numbers. 30,000 MEN AND WOMEN PARADED IN NEW YORK. supporters of the government war| loans, went among the | Wives, Mothers and Sisters of Men crow nd reaped a multi-1 ° Under Arms Passed in Rfli?evl.} New York, April 26.—Everyona in New York who could gain foothold on | 5igth avenue turned out today to atch and applaud the 30,000 men and Somen who marched In the great ser- vice flag parade arranged by the Lib- erty loan commiittee as the feature of this city’s observance of Liberty day. As the column, with its four di- visions, marched up the avenue, there were cheers for the soldiers and sailors who will soon be fighiting Liberty's bat- airplarie| tle “on foréizn soil; cheers for- the heat bankers; ‘Peat- Asefalk who lummed overhead, loopint | nresent the mation's financlal power: chee: for . . .. J. uofganizations, whose members are turaing out shells and ships for the fight against au- tocracy. » ' But_not- urfll the fourth division, | with the motbers, wives and sisters of ! men- now under ‘arms. passed in re- i view. the cheering approach " the did roar it reached when there appeared continigent of | aytomobiles bearing survivors of the rxorpedued United { Jacob Jones and a shing’s veterans turned from the States destroyer handful of Per- who have been re- front to heal thelr said the | wounds in the homeland. s brought the ! The, column made a brave show as it ! passed the reviewing stand in- front of the publ ary. In_ the stand were the governors of New York, New Jersey and Copnecticut; Andre Tar- dieu, the Frerch high commissioner, {and Earl Reading, British high com- missioner, each with his staff, and many more notables. CHAMP CLARK DECLINES PROFFER OF SENATORSHIP !0 Judge, Walter Graves Has Been Ten- dered the Appointment. Mo, Jefferson City April 26—Judge s tho thirteshti Walter Graves, member of the Mis- fa1 subscriptions of $8.431:000 o egver| dered .the appointment of United 2 quota of $8.361000. T is the Thvet | States senator. succeedinz -the late eastern state to reach its goal. Senator W."J. Stone,; Governor GRS St. Louis District Claims Record. the largest tion as bond Luve This young French woman is engag- ed in-one of’ but oeuupnumu connected ‘warfar: She *is *washing the mud from th the popula-} . 'having ‘reported | 538,539 suhsmuefl 2 The New York Wistrict is moving on { ner made public his proffer late to- | Gay following the' declination’ of Speuker Champ Clark to accept the appoimmem Centerbrook.—Centerbrook - has *al= ready’ gone over the top on the Liberty loan canvass. shoes of the soldlers who are defend- the lowly ‘but necegsary | ing Her country ° from the “German task keeps imany. hun- ‘ordes. This ireds of ~;'?m buly nll the time.