Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 30, 1918, Page 1

VoL. LIX—NO. 103 FUTLE ATTAGKS THE GERN _ 10PAGES—74 COL HAVE SUFFERED TERRIBLE LOSSES Allied Line Impregnable On City of FIGHTING WAS OF THE MOST TERRIFIC NATURE The Battle Still Continues, But There Is Little Indication of an Immediate Withdrawal of Until They Have Inflicted Upon the Enemy a Great Sacrifice of Human Life—Frontal Attacks On Ypres Are Losing Force—Germany Ultimatum to Russia, Whereby Incapacitated Russians Held Prisoners By Germany Are to Be Exchanged For| Able-Bodied Germans In’ Loss of Petrograd as a Penalty—A British Ship Carrying Y. M. C. A. Camp Workers Has Been Torpedoed, With Loss of Three of Her Crew. Germany’s armies are hurling them- | selves against a granite wall on_three | sides of the ruined city of Ypres. After fighting of the most terrific na- ture, the British and French lines are | still intact and the enemy has lost| terribly in his repeated assaults| against the lines where the allies stand at bay The objective of the fighting which is now going on is the capture of Ypres, where since 1914 the British have held their positions. Two years ago the allied lines were carried for- ward and the salient in front of the| city was wiped ut, but from these. po- | sitions the British retired a week ago to the trenches where they stood dur- ing the terrific fighting in the spring of 1915, when they stopped the Ger- mans in their first drive for the chan- nel ports The present baitle opened with a; bombardment of the British and| French lines from Meteren to Voorme- secle, a distance of twelve miles.| Then came reports of a spread of the fighting around the curve in the line; < in front of Ypres until the Belgian | armies, north, of the city, werd in-| volved, Field Marshal Haig's official report, anxiously awaited, brought the news that the utmost efforts of the Germans had been frultless all along the line. The fleld mevshal's state- ment said that the Teutons had paid a great price and had gained virtuaily nothing The battle still continues along the front, but there is little indication that an immediate withdrawal from Ypres is contemplated by the allies, at least not until they have exacted from the enemy a great sacrifice of human lives. The only point at which the Ger- mans made any zains was on the hilly section of the front back of Kemmel Hill, where the French are standing. At some points the enemy was able ) Three Sides of the Ruined Ypres - the Allies From Ypres, at Least Has lssued a Characteristic | Russian Prison Camps, With| to occupy pertions of the line, but| from the gréater part of these they were driven ‘out by the French, who re-established their defenses. Frontai attacks on Ypres would seem | to indicate that there is little confi- dence in the German general staff that the Ypres positions can be outflanked from the south. The lines as they | stand today are very strong and with- | stood the onset of the Germans in 1914, when the Teuton emperar's army | was a much different machine than it is today. Th& bloody repulse of the Germans in_their great plunge . for- | ward will mean much in further opera- tions in that sector of the battle line. ‘While the struggle was going on be- fore Ypres, the British positions from la Bassec to Houtholst Wood and | from Lens to Vimy were deluged with shells, but so far there has been no infantry fighting reported from that | part of the front. An attack on this salient in thg German lines is expect- d_soon, however, for it stands as a ant menace to a further advance | by the enemy. Aleng the front of the Somme sec- tor. part of which is being held by Americans, there has been. little fight- ing Gf note. Further south there have been only- patrol-encounters. Germany has presented a virtual ultimatum to Russia; demanding that able-bodied German prisoners of war be sent home at once, proposing, in re- turn, that only sick and ineapacitated Russians held in German- prison camps shall be turned over in exchange. If thé Russian government does not bow to the demand, Germany .has threat- ened to take Petrograd. A committee of one hundred and fifteen Germans has been appointed to o to the Rus- stan capital to present the demand. A British ship carrying Y. M. C. A. camp workers has beentorpedoed, but all the passengeérs and all the crew ex- cept three men were landed safely. BRAVERY SHOWN BY SMITH COLLEGE GIRLS During the Recent Advance of the Germans They Played Conspicuous Roles. Somewhere in France, Thursday. April 25.—(By Courler to Paris, April 20.—(By the Associated Press).—Am- erican college girls played conspicu- ous roles and displayed extreme brav- ery under heavy fire during the recent German advance. Nineteen of them are now quartered in a certain French town well to the south, where this des- patch is written, doing what they can to alleviate the lot of French and English speaking wounded in the hos- pitals and passing through. The girls are members of a unit from Smith College, Who some time azo were sent by the alumnae to en- gage in the work of rehabilitation in the Somme district. They served un- til early in the year, when they were taken over by the Red Cross. On March 20 they were at Grey- court. The 2ist the battle had pro- gressed so far that the windows of their houses began to rattle with the tremendous thunder of the oncoming guns. The next day the civilians evacuated the place hurriedly and the zirls the same day were t ed Ver- by automobiles, one party to Jaines and another to Esmery-EHallon. They took milk and food for gld re- fugees and children. £ That night they were wafned to leave quickly, but, as they were going, a number of British officeté, Who had been two days without food, ‘came into the town. so the Americah girls stop- ped another twenty-four ‘hours and ‘ed all that came. Finally they ar- rived at Montdidier, by way of Royve, | which was being evacuated. CAPT. ARTHUR F. LOGKE OF HARTFORD KILLED IN ACTION No Details of the Engagement Have Been Received. Hartford, April 29 —Captain Arthur F. Locke, of Hartford, commander of Company M, 102d infantry, probably the first New England officer to lead a company of Twenty-sixth division troops into the trenches of northern France, has been killed in action. April 20 is given @s the date of the death of the Hartford soldier so that Captain Locke undoubtedly fell while loading his men against the Huns in the intense fighting for possession of the town of Seicheprey. . of Clah.l.n, The report Lecke's’ death reached the ecity Sun- day evening at 6§ o'clock in a tele- Geéneral McCain. “Regret to inform you that Arthur F. Locke is reported in action, April 20,” ‘was the announcement from the war department that revealed the first death of a Connecticut officer in the American expeditionary force. No details concerning the engage- ment in which the Company M com- mander met his death are as yet Jorthcoming. SAMUEL GOMPERS TAKEN - SUDDENLY ILL IN MONTREAL While Addressing a Mass Meeting of Labor Represenattives — Condition Not Regarded as Serious, Montreal, April 29.—Samuel Gom- pers, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, ‘was taken suddenly ill while. addressing a mass meeting of labor reprefentatives here tonight. Mr. Gompers-was immediately con- veyed to his hdtel, where it was an- nounced that hi$ indisposition was be- lieved to have been the result o: reac- | tion from the many speeches he has made during his Canadian tour. Mr. Gompers had spoken at length of the stake at issue in the present war and of the necessity of organized labor having democracies in which to work in order that.they might secure their end. The men of Quebec, of Montreal, of Canada and the United States, the spealer said, were mnot isolated from the world, which was one by reason of the telegraph, the wireless and quick transportation, and it had to be one either in an autocra- cy or a democracy. Laber's opportuni- ty could come only under free insti- tution. Mr. Gompers said he yielded to no one in good will to the German peo- ple, and when d¢ was en- throned no one would outdistance him and his associates in the American and Canadian labor movement in ex- tending the hand of fellowship and good will to the working people of that country. . “But until then there can be no peace between freedom and kaiser- ism,“ he added, amid applause. It was here that Mr. Gompens was taken suddenly ill and walked. off the platform. The hush which spread! over the audience following his exit was broken by the announcement of the presiding officer that Mr. Gompers had been taken ill but that his condi. tion was not regarded as serious. NOMINATED TO SUCCEED i STATE SENATOR STONE. 1 Xenephen P. Wilfly, Member of St Lauis Board of Elections. h St. Lonis, Mo, April 20.—Xenephen P. Wilfly, member of the St. Louis board of ‘elections and a well known democrat of Missouri, was tonight ten- dered by Governor Gardiner the seat in the Uniteq States senate vacated recently by the death of Senator W. J. Stone. Wilfly announced he would ac- cept the appointment and lett for Jef- ferson City to confer with the gov- ernor, wmx is the fourth man to.be of- fered the senatorship by the governor. ‘He is 47 years old and a lawyer. Sir Douglas -Haig, acknowledging a resolution from the engineering and shipbuilding trades, says:—“We are rejoiced at the . knowledge that em- ployers and workmen are doing all in their power to furnish us with mel necessities for carrying on the war.” Cabled Paragraphs Chief Secretary for Ireland. London, April 29.—Edward Shortt, member of the house of commons for Newcastle-on-Tyne, has been appoint- ed chief secretary for Ireland to suc- ceed Henry Edward Duke, who has held that post since August, 1916. GERMANS REPUL;ED 57 BRITISH AND BELGIANS Between Meteren and Zillebeke—Field Marshal Haig Reports. London, April 28.—Powerful attacks by the Germans against the French and British positions bétween Meteren and Zillebeke today were repulsed, the Germans losing heavily, according -to the report from -Ifield Marshal Haig| . tonight. The British line held abso- lutely, but at various points the Ger- mans gained a foothold in the French positions, only to be driven out later from the greater part of this territory. The ‘Belgians also repulsed heavy attacks, inflicting severe casualties on. the enemy. The statement say: “Following a bomburdment of great intensity, the French and British po- sitions from the neighborhood of Me- teren to ZZillebeke lake were ciolently attacked this morning by large hostile forces. “Attacks were made also upon the Belgian positions norta of Ypres, and fighting of great severity developed rapidly on the whole allied front. The 25th, 49th and 2ist British di- visions completely repuised every at- tempt made by the enemy to enter their positions ,and, despite a constant suc of determined attacks in ngth, maintained their line also were heavily attacked and the enemy was repulsed, At points where the enemy’s infantry succeeded in pen- etrating a short distance into French_ positions they were immedi- ately driven out by from the greater part of the ground which had temporarily in which seveer casualties were inflict- ed on the enemy. “The fighting still continues at cer- nts along the allied battle “On the remainder of .the British front there is nothing to report beyond the usual artillery activity on both sides. The weather prevented air op- erations Sunday.” TWO NEW HAVEN WHE;T FIRMS ORDERED TO SUSPEND For Violating Federal Rules Gover: Sale of Wheat Flour. New Haven, Conn, ‘April 29. Connecticut Bakers' and Groce: The Sup- ply company of this city, William 8. Levine, proprietor, has been directed by the food administration, it was an- nounced tonight through the office of Thomas W. Farndm, assistant federal food administrator for Connecticut, to suspend business for four days, be- cause of violation of the federal regu- lations governing the sale of wheat flour. For a similar offense the Eastern Flour and Merchandise company, lsa- dore Bear, president, and- Charles J. Finley, secretary, of this city, has been ordered to suspend business for two days. Both of these firms, the order says, must post a sign on their stores reading: “Closed by order of United States Food Administratio The food administrator said tonight that further violations would not be handled as. leniently and that in all probability ywould result in revocation of licenses. The findings were made by the food administration as & result of hearings here recently before Assistant Admin- istrator Farnam. VERY LARGE DRAFTS ARE REQUIRED AT ONCE In Addition to Those in Training and Those Already Selected. Washington, April 29.—Formal an- nouncement that American troops sent 1o re-enforce the allied armies have taken part in the fighting, is made today by the war department in its weekly review of the situation. “Our forces have taken part in the battle” says the statement briefly, “American units in action east of Amiens. During the engagements, which have raged -in this area, they have acquitted themselves weil. In ad- dition to those* already called to the colors, and those in training at our cantonments or already, selected for service, very large quotas will be re- quired in the immediate future to fill the gaps.” The statement mentidhs the attack on American positions at Seichepr northwest of Toul. Here, on April The Irench positions on the hills| about Scherpenberg and Mont Rouge | the counter-attacks &ained | © Belgian front the attacks also were repulsed after sharp fighting | o PRACTICALLY AS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED BY VOTE OF 63 TO 13 All Amendments Objected to By the Administration Leaders Were Re- jected By Safe Majorities, Including a Washington, April 29.—Rejecting all amendments designed to limit the pre: ident’s authority, the senate late to- day passed the Overman bill with its general grant of power for the execu- tive to co-ordinate —and re-organize government departments and other agencies during the war. ) Vote Was 63 to 13. The vote on the measure, which now Zoes to the house, was 63 to 13. many senators, who opposed the administra- tion in the long fight over proposed amendments joining the majority when the test came on final passage. Only one democrat, Senator Reed, of Missouri. voted against the bill. Re- publicans who voted against it were Sarcastic One by Senator Brandegee | { | HAS NOMINATED | FOUR DIRECTORS TO ESTABLISH A BASIS It 15 the Biggest Institution of the Kind Ever Greated and Will Create a Pool of the Nations Resources to Maintain War Industries. Washington, April 20.—The first step in the organization of the $500,000,000 government war [imance corporation, the biggest institution of the kind ever created, was taken today when Presi- dent Wilson nominated four directors who, with Secretary McAdoo, will con- duct the work of aiding in financing essential war enterprises. As soon as the directors are con- firmed by the senmate they will estab- Iish the corporation on an operating basis and indications are that it will be ready to make loans within two or three weeks. At the same time the president nom- inated seven members of the new cap- ital issues committee, which will re- place the federal reserve board’s capi- causes of aggression. i enacted, is our task. for this cause. It is not for a momentary victory that we | are fighting, we are not sacrificing merely for winning of a war, but for the win- ning of THE WAR that will overthrow the tomorrow is our object. not feel the yoke of the Hun, or the agony of a recureance of the scenes now being The young men of America are giving all What are you doing? you cannot go to fight Prussianism, you & | can at least let your money do its part. Don’t Fail To Get Your Liberty Bonds Today Your Assistance Is Needed To save the men of That they may If Brandegge, Cummins, Dillingham, France, Gallinger, Harding, Johnson of California; Knox, Poindexter,- Sher- man, Steriing and Sutherland. 22 Republicans Voted For Bill. Nearly all of the 22 republicans vot- ing to pass the Dill had, before the fi- nal roll call, supported amendments to circumscribe the president’s power, generally to war functions. Those who untinued their opposition to the fin- ish have based their attitude on the argument that the bill confers unnec- essary autocratic powers upon the president and is unconstitutional. Acministration leaders championed the measure consistently and would not agree to any amendment limiting the president's authority. During the long fight some democrats thought core cessions would have to be made. They found, however, that the president in- sisted upon passage of the bill without substantial change from the*form in which he sent it to Senator Overman of North Carolina last February aft- er the senate military committee vir- tually had decided to recommend leg- islation for a war cabinet and muni- tions director as the result of its war industry. Only Two Amendments. The only amendments added in the senate were accepted by Senator Ov- erman, In charge of the bill. One b: Senator Wadsworth of New York, re publican, would authorize the pres- ident to centralize authority. over the aviation programme in one executive officer, and another by Senator Jones, republican, of Washington, limits the effect of reorganizations. made under the bill to == mou‘hs instead of one vear a*<r the war. Powers Given President. As passed by the senate, the measure authorizes the president - to ‘“make such re-distribution of functions among executive agencies as he may deem necessary” and to “utilize, co-or- dinate and consolidate any executive of hdministrative commissions, bu- reaus, agencies, offices or officers now existing by law, to transfer any du- ties or powers from one existing de- partment or to transfer the personnel thereof.” These powers, however, “shall be exercised only in matters re- lating to the conduct of the present the review says. the Germans swept|war” The measure also provides over American lines on a front of|that if the president believes any three kilometres, but subsequently gave up the ground occupied. GERMANS LOSING LARGE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT Losses Are About Three and a Half Times as Many as Last Year. Lendon, ‘April 29.—During the course of the debate on the air service in the house of commons today Major, John L. Baird, varliamentary secretary to the air board, said that whereas the English losses in the present offensive were practically the same as those of \pril, 1917, ,the) time of similar acti- ity when England was engaged in gaining the supremacy of the air. the German ‘losses in machines actually seen to crash were dbout three and a half times as many as last yeyar. COMMITTED SUICIDE RATHER THAN RETURN TO GERMANY, Frederick Brandauer, Who Had Been Interned in England. Douglas, Isle of Man, April 29.— Frederick Brandauer, a, wealthy pen manufacturer, has committed suicide in a German detention camp rather than return to Germany. Brandauer had lived in England for thirty years, but his naturalization haq lapsed. Jn a i to the camp commander he said © agonies of death would be nothing to what he would suffer if agency should be abolished, he shall report to congress and co: ess will arrange for transfer of appropriations in any reorganization, limiting their expenditure to the purposes specified- by _congress. Early consideration of the bill in the house is planned: by administration leaders. Amendments Rejected. In the final onslaught against the legislation in the senate today all the amendments opposed by tV: adminis- tratior. leaders were rejected by safe majities. An amendment by Sena- tor. Harding, republican, of Ohlo, ‘pro- posing to limit the Dil's authority to war functions, was rejected, 42 to 30. Senator Cummins, republican, of Towa, made a final effort to except the In- terstate Commerce Commission's rater making and railroad physical valuation authority from executive action, but his amendment was voted down, 43 to 31. An amendment by Senator Sterling, republican, of South Dakota, proposing to limit the hill to “exccutive” depart- ments and functions also was reject- ed 46 to 24. i Brandegee Sarcastic. An amendment by Senator Brand gee of Connecticut, republican. pro- viding that “if any power, constitu- tional or not, has been _inadvertently omitted from this bill, it is hereby granted in full’ was rejected by a viva voca vote. A man alwa) feels tal issues committee voluntary regulation sues of more than $100,000. in exerc The finance corporation directors nominated by the ‘president are: W. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal reserve board; Allen B, Forbes of New York, private banker and securities dealer, member of the present capital issues committee’s advisory sub-com- mittee; Bugene Meyer, Jr, New York banker and business man, member of the national war savings committee and connected with the war industries board, and Angus W. McLeas and lawyer, of Wilmington, i Members of the new capital issues committee were named as _follows: Charles S. Hamlin, member of the fed- eral reserve board, former assistant secretary of the treasury; John Skel- ton Williams, comptroller of the cur- rency and director of finance and pur- chases of the railroad administration; Frederic A. Delano, member of the federal reserve board; Henry C. Flow- er, Kansas City banker; Frederick H. Goff, Cleveland banker; James B. Brown. banker of Louisville, Ky., and John S. Drum, San Francisco banker and lawyer. Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Delano are of the present capital issues tee, and Mr. Flower and Mr. Goff are members of the advisory sub- committee. Paul M. Warburg, now a member of the capital issues commit- tee, was not given a place on the new body, so that hiy time may be free to manage affairs of the federal reserve board. All the nominations were referred by the semate in executive session to the finance committge. Will Pool Investment Resources. The organiation of the big corpora- tion, with a half billions dollars’ capi- tal. ‘furnisheg by the government, and with authority to issue $3,000,000,000 bonds, is considercd the most impor tant development in the financial hi tory of the counrty since formation of the federal reserve board a few years ago. 1t will establish virtually a pool of the nation's investment resources, to be drawn upon to maintain war industries and businesses, The corporation will use the federal reserve system extensively for admin- istering its huge financial transactions and, through Mr. Harding there is ef- fected interlocking directorate between | the federal reserve board and the cor- | poration. On the capital issues committee Mr. Williams will represent the interests of railroads, whose securities ordinaris ly form a large proportion of the se- | he will represent the national batking system in capacity as comptroller, STOP GENERAL STRIKE | Planned in His Behalf on May 1— Telegraphs President Wilson, San Prancisco, April 29.—Thomas J. under senten death fo: murder in connection e preper- edness parade da; explosio ) parade sen of securities is-imercantile. marine was launched April Directors Nominated. H curities floated annually. In addition, | |MOONEY ENDEAVORED TO 1 British’ losses in the raid on Zee- brugge and Ostend totaled 588. ~ The Navy Department announced that Block Tsland is. in the dry zome. Senator Emile de Mercere, clected | for'life to the French Sefate, is dead. Commissioner Enright * announced that the police exhibition drill will not be held this year. Wholesale' arrests will be' made of | British_and :Canadians in the United States for desertion. _ Swimming to be taught soldiers in the training camps this summer as a military requirement. The Baltimore Correspondent, a Ger- man language paper, announced the suspending of publication. Rail Director McAdoo ordered rail- road ticket officés in New York and other cities to consolidate. % The Chicago Telephone Co. announc- ed that operators answer 250,000 re- quests for correct time daily. The German steamship Prinz Eitel Friedrich interned at Puerto Colum- bia was burned alL her anchorage. Thousands of shipyard workers on the Clyde were addressed by the “win- the-war” delegation of Americans. More than 40,000 Canadians were killed in_action or wounded mortally out of 370,000 Sent to the battlefield. Italian Agricultural papers announce that a chemist of Lugano discovered a fertilizer to treat seeds before plant- ing. The Leeds Mills plant at Catskill, N. Y. was destroyed an _incendiar fire. It was built by the late A, T. Stewart. . A fire on the Manhattan Bridge, New York, caused considerable excitement and delayed trolley traffic two hours. The damage was slight. The Knights of Columbus want 500 men between 40 and 50. years of age for recreational and other service be- hind the lines in France. The French Minister of Justice has introduced in the Chamber of Deputies a measure making it a crime to give or accept a “tip’} in any form. A wage increase of 12 1-2 per cent., effective June & for a period of six months, was announced by the New Bedford cotton manufacturers. Senator Jones of Washington speak- | ing in the Senate said “waterpower in the United States in war.time would make the country impregnable.” _ William 8. Hart, of the motion pic- tures, closed his - tour of the Pacific coast_for the Liberty Loan.. He ob-| tained - $2,000 000 in subscriptions. - Reprosentatives ‘of - Guatemala and Honduras arrived at Washington to settle the boundary dispute. The United States will act as mediator. The largest French steamer in the Many attempts were | made to destroy it by the Germans. 119, at Dunkiri Surgeon General George announced that the United States Army is sur- passing the Japanese army, hereto- fore the model for health conditions. Major Henry L. Higginsen, founder of - the Boston, Symphony Orchestra, severed his relations with the organiz- ation because of the Carl Muck scand- al. Kermit Roosevelt’s name is now on the reserves' list. He is captain in the field arlillery. He has been on duty in Mesopotamia with British forces. . Safe blowers obtained $1,300 in cash from the store of the Carisfe Hard- ware company at Springfield, Mass., between Saturday night and Monday morning. Herr Scheidmann, the Socialist ma- jority leader in the Reichstag made an attack on the war press for, er- roneous reports of the Zeebrugge en- gagement. Rhode Island’s subscription to the Liberty loan yesterday totaled $20,- 573,750 of the quota of $25.000.000 Since Saturday’'s report $1,269,800 has been subscribed. Baron Rhondda, British food con- troller, declared that weeks must elapse before he can resume his official duties He is suffering from the effect of stinting himself. The draft quota from Massachusetts was virtually completed at Camp Devens yesterday with the arrival of 2,300 men, making a total of 5810 from that state. John Reed, American writer, who was sent by the Bolsheviki Govern- ment as counsel-general at New York, arrived at an American port, but was not permitted to-leave the ship. Senators Calder and ‘Wadsworth of New York received the New York| i{Board of Trade and Transportation petition for the repeal of the new pos- ion of the War Reve- Irate neighbors haled William Ro- i senbush, of Brooklyn, a native of Ger- many, to the police court for tearing | down a Liberty Loan poster from his | property. He-declared he intended no | insult to America, and was discharged | Rosenbush has two sons in the army. URUGUAY REQUESTS As to Whether a State of War Exists Between the Two Countries. Montevideo, April 29.—The Uruguay- an government has. again requested from Germany, a definite reply to the query, previously forwarded, as to whether Germany considers a state of here in 1916, t a telegram to Precident Wilson stating that he has! made every effort to stop the proposed | 1general strikes ‘planned in his behalf on May. 1. ‘ MARINE CASUALTY LIST ! CONTAINED THIRTY NAMES! Three Men Were Killed in Action—| One Died of Wound ! i Washington, April 20. — A marine casualty list containing thirty names was given out topight by the navy de- partment. Three ‘men were killed in contemptible faction, one died of wounds and three of he submitied to repatriation, which the | when he lets a girl kiss him against|disease: ten were severely wounded government proposed. her will. and thirteen slightly wounded. j early war ex ing between the two coun- tries. Germany's answer to Uruguay's first request evades, this point, but in the meantime the Uruguayan for- cign minister declines to discuss the matter. a Montevideo despatch the commander of a Ge i who captured a; Jruguayan military commission bound for France, declared that Germany nsidered that a state of war exists with Uruguay. A recent London des- paich reported on the autho: of ‘Berlin advices that Uruguay expected A {sity bécome objects of charity. Like- Legations of Switzerland * ing Enemy Aliens Are to Washington, April 20.—With the ap- proval and co-ordination of the Amer- ican governent, the . legations of| Switzarlana and.’ Sweden, representing respectively German and Austro-Hun- carian interests, have undertaken to direct relief work among indigent en- | emy aiiens throughout the ~ United States. Relief will be extended to needy families of interned aliens di- rect from the legstion funmds, while to aid law-abiding enemy alieps who have suffered on account of their’ status a national committee of Americans is to e organized to co-operate with the legations and their consular offices; Secretary Lansing announced the ar- rangement toda this statement:* Statement By Lansing. “In the interests of the safety and welfare of this country it has been found necessary from time to time to restrict the movements and fields of employment of enemy aliens. In some cases tiesc restrictions have worke hardshios on enemy aliens who in all respe; ‘e shown themselves as friendly to the United States but who owing 1o the accident of birth and war cunditions have been unable to change titeir status as such and have of neces- wise the famili«d of thote enemy aliens. vhom the government deems it:advis- 2l 1o intern ‘are often ‘deprived of their teans of livelihood and they al- 0 become deperident on the charity of others. To Systematize Relicf. “In crder to meet this condition the lezation of Switzerland and the leza- tion’ of Sweden, in charge respective- ly of German and Austro-Hungarian interests in the United States, have, with tiie approyal and co-operation of this government undertaken to sys- natize snd-supervise all the relief that may be given to needy enemy aliens, wherever and however situated throughout the country. In the case of the interned enemy aliens and their families the legations have agreed to supply ali the relief from their own and Sweden Have Undor: taken to Gom‘_iuct Relief Work IN COOPERATION WITH THE U. S. GOVERNMENT presenting Germany and Austro-Hungary, Will'Be' mitted to Supply the Internes With Articles of Food | Provided By the Internment Camps Administration— Relief Will Be Extended to Needy Families of Interned Aliens Direct From the Legations Funds—All Law-Abid- Committee of Americans to Be Organized to Coopufiye . With the Legations and Their Consular Officers. ¥ Be Cared For By a National funds, Mmiting such relief to what found after careful investigation to the essential minimum. Law-Abiding Enemy Aliens. “The case of the law-abiding e aliens presented a more complex P g lem. This it is proposed to meet by - the formation:of a nationa}l committes composed of American citizens in co-operation with the legation of Swetzerland and Sweden and the eon< suls under their jurisdiction, will in- vestizate ail cases of d'stress this class and -will control the col- lection and distribution of all ds. that may be subscribed for the p of their relicf. It will, of course, have local committees . working it whenever the need of such committees is felt, and will render accounts of its activit'es to the proper authorities, Relief of Enemy Aliens. - “I feel confident that the intelligent nd controlled relief of enemy aliens n d'tress in accordance with the pro- posed methods is a humanitarian measure in accord with the spirit in which we have undertaken to carry om this war” - There is Ho obligation in existing treaties for such treatment of enemy aliens_as i8 proposed. In-Germany: and. Austria many such have been detain. od and most of them are largely de= pendent far support on the food sup= 'plies sent in through the Red Cross or other organizations. - 4 In the case of enemy aliens who are now interned the United States is Fa- ble for the cost of their maintenance as in the case of any law breaker or suspect. gations may supply them with some small articles or foods not provided by 3 o is Foei v 1 i # under it 2 The Swiss and. Swedish le- - the internment camps administration. )3 “The gctivities-of the legations will not extend in any way to the compara- tively few prisoners of war in this country. The Hague treaties provide that the cost of their maintenance shall Dbe assessed against the ememy coun~ trics upon the conclusion of peace’ NEW YORK WELCOMES HEROES FROM FRANCE Famous Chasseurs Alpine Corps and Veterans of Pershing’s Army. New York, April 26.—One hundred andsfive heroes of the French army, ‘members of the famous Chasseyrs Al pinc corps, nicknamed “Blue Devil whe arrived here today, and the fifty veterans of General Pershing's army who came here yesterday froth over- seas gave New Yorkers a series of thrills today. Patriotic fervor reached a high pitch when Pershing’s soldiers, many of them wearing the French war €ross, awarded for bravery. marched up from the Battery to the irhere they were formally re- v Mayor Hyland. Following the ceremony they scattered throughout the city to aid in the Liberty bond campaign. Although there had been no formal announcement of a parade by the Americans, a great throng had crowd- ed the canyon-of lower 'Broadway when the marching began. Led by a detachmert from the New York State Guard, the veternns—many ‘of them mere youths—swung up the crowded thoroughfare with licht step, despite the heavy weight of their full equip- ment, wearing their steel trench hats. Spectators went wild with enthusi- asm as the men, erect in form, filed by. Their hanpy, rugred faces reflect- ed appreciation of the extraordinary welcome. Dign'fied business men and financiers threw their hats high into the ‘air_and ‘danced in almost boyish zlee, while several women broke through the police cordon to kiss the marchers. The choering all along the route was dezfening. FEWER TIPS WITH BEER AT TEN CENTS PER GLASS. So Boston Waiters and Waitresses Are to Demand Higher Wages. Eoston, April 20.—Increase in the price ofsbeer to ten cents has resuited in an agitation among waiters and waitresses for bigher wages, it has de- veloped at union meetings at which the subject was discussed. One of the main reasons for the demand is the fact that tips, on which the workers said they were dependent, were said to have decreased because of the higher prices. Union leaders would not say what wages.would be asked. SHIPBUILDERS ARE SREEDING PRODUCTION. During the Past Week They Launched 41,105 Tons. Washington, April 28, — American | shiphttilders have responded to the shipping board’s urgent demand for speed in production. In the weel o v they launched 41103 tons, to declare war on Germany at an early date. The German newspapers had been notified to prepare the public for this development. . aiak maki total of 1,405.600 tons since LIBERTY LOAN MEETING IN BALTIMORE NETS $19,600,000 76 Per Cent. of the Three Billion Dol- lars Has Been Subscribed. £ Washington, April 23.—Seventy-six ver cent. of Liberty loan minimum has been sub- ' scribed. according to treasury tabu- - lations tonight covering business up = ' to_the opening of banks toda; Daily subscriptions of $119,449,000 are necessary during the remainder of the week to make the three billions. Subscriptions by districts and per- Despatches today said that a meet- | ing in Baltimore addressed by Sec- retary Baker, $19,600,000 was subscrib- ed. This is bekieved to be the largest amount subscribed at any one meeting during the campaign. “A report from the New York dis+ trict, which to date has proven one of the biggest disappointments of the - campaign,” said the treasury review tonight, “showed thdt it is New York city and New York state that are fail- ing to keep up with the pace of the rest of the country. The twelve New Jersey counties in the district have subscribed 87 per cent. of theéir quotal and Fairfield county, Conn., 81 per cent, but New York city and - New York state have subscribed only 60 per_cent., and 5 Newark, N. J., has subscribed 85 cent. and Jersey City 37. TRANSPORTS COLLIDE; RETURN DAMAGED, Vessels Were Under Convoy and Run- ning With Lights—No Lives Were Lost. ye£ i s ‘Washington, April 20.—(by A. P.)— The Navy Department today made the following statement: - “Two transports which were dam- aged in a collision at sea several days: ago have arrived safely at an Atlantie port. The two vessels were in a con- voy, and were running without lights" when the accident occurred. Neither was seriously damaged, but both were ordered to return to vort for repairs. No lives are reported lost.” A board of inquiry will be appointed to make an investigation of .the ac cident. NEW SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT . Ettinger, Father of “Ettinger Plan.” Dr. Wi schoals in this city and father of “Eitinger plan™ now in operation in the grade cchools of Toochaster. New: the building program got under way. Nearly 30000 tons of completed ships were delivered. during the week. Britain, Conn, 2ad other. citics, tonight chosen city suj ent schools 'by 4 committee of the of the board of education. rer cent., respectively. . - the three billion dollar centage quotas are as follows: Subscriptions Pet. Boston .. ......$126,535,000 7853 Philadelphia, 183,546,100 3. iNew York 564,190,000 €. 3