Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 2, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 105 I’OPULAT!ON 29 ,919 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS .PRICE TWO GEHTS They Repulsed a Stern German Attack Carried 0ut By Three Battalians of Infantry GERMAN DEAD LEFT BEFORE AMERICAN. LINES The American Losses Are Reported as “Rather Severe”’— Bohenian Troops Are Joining the Italians and Many Are Now On the Italian Line Clad In Italian Uniforms— Inaction Prevailed Wednesday Before the Positions Held By the British and French—The Kaiser Is On the West- em Front Endeavoring to Spur His Forces In to Re- newed Attempts to Break the Allied Line—The British and French Artilleries Are Shelling the Point of Vantage Gained By the Teutons On Mount Kemmel. American troops around Villers- Dretonneux, engaged for the first time n the sreat battle on tihe TFrench have Yepulsed a stern German attack, preceded by a heavy bombard- ment and carried out by three battal- ions of infantry The Germans left many dead and wounded before the American lines, and the American ses are reported as “rather severe.” Bohemian Troops Join Italians. The Bohemian troops are joining the TItalians nst Austria, accord- ing to the London Mail's correspond- ent at Italian headquarters, Even now some of the Bohemians are on the Ttaiian line, clad in Italian uniforms. This information has passed through the hands of hoth Italian and British censors and would therefore appear to be authentic The: defection of the Bohemians would in a measure ex- plain the delay in the proposed great offensive.slong heralded. of' the Aus- trians against the Itaiians. Prague, capital of the crownland of Tiohemia, has recently heen the center of riotous demonstrations - again® CGermhany and the Germans. The fungarian foreign minister, zernin, has besn strongly de- nounced and President Wilson and the entente allies have been cheered. The Czech members of parliament,’ to- gether with the Slovene and Serbo- Croat delegates, have been leaders in the opposition to German rule. Having been defeated with mous losses in every phase of the fighting around Ypres, the Germans haw\ attempted no further onslaughts. Inaction prevailed Wednesday before ;e positions held by nch treops, especially those in the lands of the British, which it had Leen the ambition of the Germans to captute, separate the British and the French armies and open the way, for » rush toward enor- the channe! ports. Since Monday what activity there has heen in this r on was carried ovt by the British and French, both of whom h ¢ material hettered their positions—the Fre near Lo- cre and the |»r1||«u at Meteren. On Toth sectors zround was captured and prisoners were taken. % The pause in the offensive. however, apparently is not to he {aken as meaning the end of the German at- tempts to crack the allial Jine. All along the front the big guns are roar- ing and shells of all calibres are ploughing ‘the terrain' and’ the areas far behind them, and fresh German the British and | i . réserves, to take the places thousands of men killed, made prisoner, are being the front. Another Furious Drive in Prospect. Indeed,. advices from the British front in Flanders are to the effect that another furious drive by Von Arnim i in immediate prospect. JEmperor William has been at the front deliv- ering flambuoyant speeches to the troops in an endeavor to spur them on to_victory. * _Meanwhi of the hurried to e British and French ar- j tillerists are sending a veritable rain of shells on Mont Kemmel, point of vantage gained by the Ger- mans in the Ypres sector. Thus far the allied guns have held back all at- tempts by the enemy to reinforce his men on the hill, and if the good work is keépt up the hilitop is likely soon to rrove to be a death trap for its cap- tors. Nothing as yet has been vouch- safed regarding the inter-allied war council which is holding sessions at Versailles that are expected to:bring forth decisions of great moment. Rep- resentatives of all the allies are in at- tendance. Confidence in Foch. Grent faith in the ability of General Foch and the allied commanders on the western front again has been ex- pressed by M. Clemenceau, the French premier. —~ Returning frem a visit to the front. the mremier said he con- sidered the line stable and that as a result of the steps takep hy the vari- ous commanders it was outside the realm of immediate danger. The fighting on all the other fronts, except in Palestine and Mesopotamia, continues of ‘a minor character. Tn both the latter theatres, however. the British have returned to the attack and gained important successes ov the chief the Turks. Progress has been made north of Bagdad along the Tigris river and in Palestine several pos tions have heen captured and pris ers taken. (Gierman newspapers have taken an- other tangent in their talk of peace. It is asserted bv a Cologne journal that Pope Benedict May 19, will put forward concrete of son- fers te mediate between the warring | factions. The reported intention of the pope is said to have had a sym patheétic reception in Berli There is no confirmation. from any source that the pontiff purposes agzain tn offer his services in the direction of peace. POPE BENEDICT INTENDS TO ISSUE NEW PEACE OFFER to Wireless Despatches, Quoting Cologne Newspapers. According Washington, May 1.—Wireless des- patches dated The Hague and quoting Cologne newspapers saying Paope Benedict intends to issue a new peace offer on May 19 were accepted in offi- cial circles here today as another bit of German propaganda. Hermtofore the state department has been able 1o gather an intimation of the pur- pose of the pohtiff to initiate peace proposals, but not a suggestion of such a nintention has come from any source recently. The statement in the despatch that ‘the news of the popes’ purpose had reached Berlin, “where it has been re- celvied sympaihetiicallw was taken here to indicate that German influence is being brought fo bear on the pontift to intervene. Assuming such to be the case, officials feel that there might be some grounds for believing that the Germans now recognize that their ef- forts to attain a military decision in the west this summer are doomed to failure. : CONSPIRACY TO DESTROY PACIFIC COAST SHIPPING Is Rumored—Extraordinary Precau- tions Are Being Taken. San Franciseo. Calif.. May 1.—Act- ing on orders from Washington, na- | val, military and municipal authorities here have taken extraordinary precau- tions to guard against a rumored ene- | my alien conspiracy to destroy Pacific :coast shipping on May 5, the annivers- jary of the birth of Karl Marx, the noted German socialist. According to information received from the capital, the plotters planned to unse nine-day chemical bombs ‘which were to be secreted in the car- goes of ships. Federal agents declared they were confident that precautions taken had frustrated the purported plot. TWO BRITISH NAVAL DISASTERS REPORTED Six Officers and Thirteen Men Are Missing. London, May 1.—S8ix officers and :thirteen men are missing as’the result jof two naval disastefs reported togllght by the British admiralty. The Sloop {Cowslip was torpedoed and sunk on {April 25 and five officers and one man |are missing and torpedo hoat No. 90 | NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST. Collided With British Steamer—Crew Was Saved. An Atlantic Port, May 1.—The Nor- wegian steamer 1jell was sunk off the Virginia coast at midnight last night when she collided .with the British steamer Livingstonia. The Fjell's crew was saved by the Livingstonia and landeq here today. The collision occurred in a heavy fog. The Livingstonia, outward bound from this port, crashed bow-on amid- ships of the Fjell, which was coming down the coast. ‘With a great hole in her hull, the Norwegian vessel sank soon after the .crew had taken to the boats. Captain Johannesen of the Fjell and his crew lost all their effects, many of the men reaching the boats half cloth- ed. The captain said his ship was sounding her fog signal regularly and taking all proper precautions and that the Livingstonia would be libeled ior damages, The British captain would not dis- cuss the collision further than to say that he would make a full report at the proper time. The Fjell was a little vessel of 581 net tons. The Livingstonia’s net ton- nage is 2,799. LEADER OF THE FINNISH SOCIALISTS TAKEN PRISONER Kullerwo Manner Heid Responsible For the Revolution, Stocishoim, May 1.—Kullerwo Man- ner, an intellectual ‘leader of the Fin- nish Socialists and one of the men re- sponsible for the Finnish nbvolution, was teken prisoner at Viborg when the White Guards, or Finnish guvemmenl forces, recently captured that port, 75 miles northwest of Petrograd. The correspondent in Russia of the Afton- bladet who sent this information, says that the Bolsheviki Red Guards lost 2,000 men killed in the battle at Vi- bors. SOLDIER REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO VACCINATION Elmer N. Olson Courtmartialed and Given 15 Year Sentence. Camp Dodge. Towa, May 1.—When Elmqr N, «©Olson of Goodrich, Minn.,, a member of the depot brigade, refusec to submit to vaccination, he was tried Dy generai, courtmartial and sentenced to fifteen ‘years in the disciplinary {foundeged and from her one officer and!barracks at Fort Leavenworth, it was {{welve men are missing. .announced. wounded or ; on Whit-Sunday, | Cabled Paragraphs Only One IQalmn Vessel Lost. Rome, May 1.—Only one sailing Ves- sel-over 100 tons was sung by sub- marine or Mmine in the week ending April 27 Joffre to Receive Labor Men. May 1.—Premier Clemenceau, Marshal Joffre and others of Irance’s notable men who will t veceptions to the Ame egation about to arrive in Paris from England. Numerous organized bodies of workers will also participate in the function: SECOND CLASS MAIL IS COSTLY TO GOVERNMENT. Causes Loss to P. O. Department of $72,000,000 Annually. !, Washington, May 1.—John C. Koons. first assistant postmaster-general, told the senatc committee on postoffices to- day, in the hearing on zone postal rate increases for second class matter; that the cost of transporting second class maiter up to 309 miles from its source was 5.4 cents a pound. “How much of that is’overhead,” Senator McKellar demanded. “The cost of transportation is one- quarter of a cent for 300 miles,” Mr. Koons explained. “We estimate the ov jerhead at 3.86 cents a pound within that distanc “That estimate is bound to he mis- taken,” Senator McKellar asserted. de- claring it was only attained by adding charges of operation that should bhe placed against first class mail. Investigation Cost $250,000. Mr. Koons insisted the charge was obtained from departmental investiga- tion and was reliable. He added that the cost of second class mail shipping into the eighth, or farthest zone, ran up to 12.2 cents a pound. The cost of collecting the information had been 250,000, Mr. Koons said. “What is vour plan of settling the problem?2’ Senator Watson ked, “since yBu believe that newspapers and periodicals are not paying their share of ‘the cost of handling the mail ” Four Years to Raise Rates. “We propose take four years to get the rates raised to the point pro- vided in the law,” Mr. Koons said. “This will allow readjustment in the publisting business. At the end of that time, undeér proposed rates, the department would still be losing $50,- 000.000 annually. We are today losing $72,000,000 annually on second class matter.” AS MANY SOLDIERS AS WE CAN EQUIP AND TRAIN Is the Program to Be Presented to Congress by Se:r:tary Baker. H Washington, May 1.—Secretary Ba- ker will carry to congréss tomorrow the army incre; program mapped out by President Wilson and his advisers and based on the determination to win the war, if it takes the whole man power of the nation to do it. There are indications that he will ask that all restrictions on the number of troops to be raised be removed and the gov- ernment authorized to mobilize as many men as it can tquip, train and {send to the hattle front in IFrance, When the ar secretary appears be- fore the house military committee with supplemental estimates for the army he is expected to disclose that the - idepartment has reason to believe it an handle during the present year at {least double the existing force under rms of approximately 1,600,000 men. | That would mean a total of 3,200 000 | oldiers for whom clothing, equipment and transportation are now in sight. | Should additional facilities 1 available, however, it is indicated that President Wilson wishes to be able to {call out more men without delaying to seek authority. | Evidence came today in various ways jof the tremendous effort that now is being made to send American armies into the fight in such numbers and such times as to make victory certain. In the morning the heads of the ship- ping board and the war industries board met with the war council, com- ! posed of army officials. Details of ad- ditional ships and supplies were gone into, it is understood, on the basis of the recent survi of the situation. Later. the presidents’ war cabinet met with him at the White House and went over the ground thoroughly. Secretary Baker remained more than an hour with the president after the other members of the war cabinet had left. ALL DRINKING PLACES IN PRINCETON CLOSEB Because of Government Aviation School and Training Camp. Trenton, N. J., M; 1—Princeton. the home town of President Wilson, went “dry” today when Deputy TUnit- ed States Marshal Woodbury B. Snowden, acting under orders from the department of justice, closed up all drinking places in the college town under the president's proclamation prohibiting the sale of intoxicants hin half a mile of any military es- tablishment. There is a government aviation school and training camp at Princeton and all the licensed hotels and saloons of the town are located withir. the barred zone. As the result of the order, eleven bors were closed and will remain clos- ed for the duration of the war. It was learned here that orders have been issued through United States District Attorney Lynch at Newark for closing all bars in Little Silver, Mor= mouth county, near which Camp Vail is located. 1,201 MEN AND WOMEN TAKEN IN RAID AT DETROIT The Majority Are Said to Be bers of the I. W. W, Mem- Detroit, Mich.,, May 1.—Twelve hun- dred men and women, the majority of which are said to be members of the I. W. W., were taken in a raid con- ducted by the federal authorities here late this afternoon. The raid was conducted during a meeting held in a hall, and the men and women are to be examined ton: ght. The raid is one of a series conducied here reeently by federal officials in rounding up sus- pected draft slackers and persons sus- .Apected of pro-German® mmpalmeu‘ become ; W. U Has Declmgd ‘ Condansed Telegrams | | War Board’s Request TO REFRAIN FROM DISCHARGING UNION EMPLOYES PENDING A SETTLEMENT President Konenkamp, President of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union, at - Request of Board, Has Declined to Sanction Strike Until After Confer- ence night that he would not sanction a strike of union telegraphers pending @ settiement of the controversy be- tween the men: and the Western Union and Postal- Telegraph companies, by’ the i\'ationa'l War Labor Board. The announcement by the union leader came after the war board had received a telegram from Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Union, refusing to comply with the board’s request that the company re- frain from harging employes who join the union until after the board could hear both sides to the contriver- sy, Mr. Carlton agreed to appear on S to state the reasons why the 1 . Washington, May 1.—S. J. Konen- | kamp, president of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union, announced to- Western Union Declines. H leve!-nd str“k car men voted to strike. George I, king of the Tonga Is-! lands, is:dead. British_casualties in April reached a total of 32,475 >f i Thirty old men, women and children | were killedl by Villa bandits at Santa Cruz., Herr Bairthen, pacifist and socialist, was elected to the Berlin Municip: Council. ! The only life lost with the Y. M. C | A. ship Oronsa was that of an Eng- lishman. ! Six suymarines built by the United | States Wor the Chilean Government reached Havana One thousand Canadian girls are at work on Liberty Motor construction in Swissvale, Pa. Leaf tobacco held by manufacturers | and dealers. April 1, amounted to 1,- 465 168,711 pounds. John Hobart, “aged 80 years, who lived ‘alone at Middlesex. Vt, was murdered and robbed. Sergi Rachmaninoff, R an com- posef. was appointed head of the Bos- ton Symphony Orchestra. South Orange (township), N. J., voted “dry” 438 to 285. There are four licenses in the township A slide between Tonawanda and | Pendleton. delayed the opening of the barge canal in New York State. Three of the crew of the United Get into it. H Don’t Stand Still and Look On You don’t have to risk your prescious SKIN. All you're asked to do is STINT a bit and invest your money in the safest securities on earth—securities give you back principal and interest besides. Let them know as Paul Jones did:“—you, I haven’t BEGUN to fight yet.” Man alive—for Liberty—for the glory of your State—for the safety of your family— for the future of your children—for every- thing that any man could hold dear— that company has defermined not to retain in its employ men who affiliate with the union. No' reply was received from the Postal company No Time to Accept Challenges. Earlier in the day Mr. Kenenkamp had teld the board that the question of a strike rested with the men and that he would go to New York amd Chi- nd confer with them. In an- ing later his compliance with the of the board not to sanction a Mr. Konenkamp said the men strike, appreciate that “this is not the time to accept challenges to fight” if peace can be had by other means. His state- ment follo “The labor members of the National Pwar or Board have urged me not {to sanction a strike despite 'the atti- tude of the telezraph companies in refusing to establish a truce between now and next Wednesday and I have | consented to await the decision of the labor board. Labor Loyal to Government. “The labor members laid stress upon 1 i ty of complying with the s proclamation, even though isuch a course involves even greater and more extensive lockouts than have already taken place so that it might be shown to ‘the nation that labor is loyal to the government at all times. In taking this step, 1 realize that it will meet with some criticism from our members who resent the arrogant attitude of the officials of the West- ern Union and Postal Telegraph com- anies. The assurance that the board has power to sustain its decision, how- ever, will give our people confidence that their rights will be recognized in the end. “The intimation of President Cariton that we would not tie up the telegraph companies if we wished is not new. His predecessor, Colonel Clow was equally confident in 1907. We feel that this' is not the time to accept challenges to fight and we want peace if possible to get it honorably No Action Before Wednesday. The war labor board adjourned to- night until next Wednesday with an announcement by Frank P. Walsh, joint chairman with Former President Taft, that it would take no action in the controversy-until then. He add- ed, however, that the issue would be given precedence over other pending controversies. Mr. Walsh also _announced that L. F. Loree, of the Delaware and Hud- son railroad, has been unable to con- tinue his membership with the board, and that F. C. Hood, of the Hood Rub- bher Company of Boston,. had been naraed to succeed him. FIVE MEN HELD IN BAIL OF $10,000 EACH For Alleged Theft of 27,000 Yards of Red Cross Bandage Cloth. 1 New . York, May l.—Indicted for al- leged .theft:of 27,000 yards of bandage cloth belonging to the Red Cross, five men arraigned in court today heard Judge Mulqueen express surprise that their bail had earlier been placed at only 21,000 each. The court raised the bail to $10,000 each, saying: “If the charges against you are true you have committed one of the most dastardly crimes that it is possible to commit in these times—theft of band- ages to bind up the wounds of our sol- diers in Ffanoce.” With the ringina of church bells and blowing of factory whistles Nangatuck| last night celebrated the passing of |t its Liberty loan quota hy $20,850. Tha ! tmm‘s quota was S:S') 0' v, Newspapers in Frankfort, Germany, | printed despatches from Kiev which denied the report that General Korni- lloft s dead. States stéamship Chincha were . killed in the ship’s fight with a submarine. William A. Denson, an attorney, of Birmingham, Ala., w: in $5,000 bail on charge of violating the espionage act It - costs the United States three times as much to feed a soldier now than it did in the Spanish-American War, Viscount Ishii, the new Ambassador | from Japan to the United States pre- sented his credentials to President Wilson The Spanish cabinet at a special meeting decided to create a commer- cial delegation to deal with American relations. Baron Burian, Ausknan foreign min- ister and Dr. von Kuehlmann, Ger- man foreign minister -arrived at Bucharest. Rail Director McAdoo instructed railways not to make any delays with natural ice shipments which might cause a famine. The four directors of the War Fin- ance Corporation nominated by Presi- dent were approved by the Senate Finance Committee. Boston loan boosters turned firebugs set Liberty cottage afire and sold bonds while the City department ex- tinguished the blaze General Goethals announced there| would be no more shortage in uni- forms for soldiers. There will be 6-| 000,000 ready by Sept. 1. Mexico has been divided into six| zomes with a general commanding | each. .The change was made to carry onc more active war on rebels Thomas Dubeck, an Austrian deck and on a tug, was arrested for say- ing he wished the American soldiers | on a transport would be sunk. Professor Frank A. Setter of Prince- ton, announced he had accepted the presidency of the New Jersey State Conference of Charities and Correc- tion. A special course in shipbuilding and marine transportation will be intro- duced in the Delaware State College next September to aid the Govern- ment. German newspapers are telling the | people of the danger the army is in unless victory can be ob- tained before the full American forces arrive. James Butler announced that -the| receipts for two days in all his stores | in New York, New Jersey and Con- necticut will be used to buy Liberty Bonds. Nicholas Ripp was arrested in New York on the charge of having fired | the shot that killed Policeman Eppley,‘ in the election riot in Philadelphia in; February. l The Federal Trade Commission is- | gued complaint against the Standard 0il Co., of !ndmna. for violating the rade commlsmons act prohibiting un- fair business practices and the Clay- B :Lun anti-trast law. 1 »when the dim bulk German |. STEAMSHP RAMNED AND SUNK OFF DELAWARE COAST City of Athens, Bound From New York to Savannah, Struck By French Cruiser SIXTY-SIX LIVES ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN LOST Ten Men and Two Women Passengers, Seven.United States Marines and 14 French Sailors Are Among the Missing —The Accident Occurred In a Heavy Fog—The Athens Sank Before the Wireless Operator Could Repeat His “S. 0. S.” Call—The Crash Came at 1 A. M. When All of the Passengers and Many of the Crew Were In Their Berths—The Cruiser Immediately Launched Lifeboats and Picked Up 68 Persons. An Atlantie T‘o!t lost | lhelr May 1.—Sixt) lives, when the und from and sunk cruis Dalaware coast at 1 ozlock thismorn- ing. The missing include ten men and two men who were passengers, seven out of stwenty-four United States ma- rines who were on board, fourteen but of twenty French sailors and thir- ty-three members of the crew. Both “ ships were carrving running lights because of the heavy fog which Lung o the s J. Doherty, the wireless operator. was able to send cut only one “S. O. S sall after the warship’'s bow plunged into the City of Athens’ side near the bhow. There was no response to the appeal for aid ind the vessel sank so quickly Doher- ty had no opportunity to repeat the call. He is believed to have been drowned at his post. Many Hercic Deeds Recounted. Many heroic ‘deeds were recounted tonight by the survivors. One of the herves of the sea tragedy was Harry Kelley of New York, an oiler. who swam tc an overfurned lifeboat and dragged up on the bottom of it four persgns who were struggling in the sea. He held them there until they were takén oc by a boat “from the French “criger, . / ‘Captain ~Forward,’ whu Wwas one of those saved, was pmmnv injured and was. grief-stricken at the loss of hi¢ ship.” He ‘sald he wds proceeding at half speed about twenty miles off shore sounding® the usual fox signals. of the cruiser loomed up' through the mist and the erash foilowed. - Fortunatel was calm or many more lives have been lost. Were in Their Berths. All the passengers and many of the crew were in their berths when the bow of the warship plunged side of the 2,300 ton c sel. ately stwise ves- Fire broke out almost immedi- afterwards in Hold No. 1, but it had no bearing on the fate of the | ship * for the flames were quickly quenched by the rush of water which poured in. Captain J. Forward, one of the vet- eran commanders in the service of the Ocean Steamship Company, owners frf the vessel, did his best 1o avert panic and man the lifeboats, 0 quickly did the doomed vessel sink, however. .that there was no time who perished” were trapped berths. in their 68 Persons Picked Up. Those of the passengers and crew who were able to reach the deck, all of them thinly clad ahd many without lifé preservers, plunged into the sea. The French cryiser launched lifeboats immediately arter the crash and turned its searchlights upon the wa- ters in which men and women re struggling for their lives. Sixty-eight persons were picked up and brought back to this port by the warship, which was not seriously damaged. The following passengers are be- lieved to have been lost: M. Green, Astoria, N. Y. James J, Kastl, Morristown, N. J. Bonzeiner, Mobile, Ala. Miss E. G. Stiles, New York city. Jean Cadron, New York city. Rev. J. P. Reynolds, \e\\' York city. Isaac Dalzell, Paterson, D. Hullhan. i Hvde Park, 35 \' rd Ciug, Brooklyn, Young, Brooklyn, D, H. MeMillan, Port Royal, C. The following United Mate; ma- rines were reported drowned: F. R. Dixon, P. Van Hanegen, S. H. Tynge, H. Rosenfeld, W, J. Mack, S. Gins- Lerf, H. E. Wetmore, N. Kohn, S. H. Tyng, R. F. McDonough, R. L. Cooper, H. R. Weeks, H. Rosenfield, B. J. GQraham, J. L. Wilson, J. Spaeth, W. J. Mack, S. Ginsburg, N. Rogoff, ¥. L. | King, H. E. Wetmore, J. J. Funicello, W. A. Bossell. | The known survivors among the passengers are as follows: Mrs. R. Harrison and baby, New York city. Dr. A. J. Kemp, New York ci Mrs. Richard Bonzeiner, Mobile, 2. Alden McClaskie, New York city. Dr. E. L. Groo|\< Atianta, Ga. John Green,- Paterson, N. J. J. F. O'Brien, Jr., Savann Ga. Mrs. Eta Levy, Bridgeport, Conn. Mr. and Mrs. Gewahr and child, of h " | Brooklyn, N. Y. G. H. McMillan, Port Royal, S. C. Among the members of the crew believed to have 'been lost are: Claude Lewis, second officer. Charles. Cooke, assistant engineer. James Poole, oiler. Nick Salmos, water tender. The City of+Athens was a vessel of 3,648 tons gross register, built in 1911 at Camden, N. J., for the Merchant§ and Miners. Transportation Company and was formerly known as the Som- erset. With a-sister. ship; the -Su- wannee, she was purchased by the Ocean Steamship Company last vear and. placed. in the New York-Savan- nah service. The vessel replaced the City of Memphis, formerly enzaged in the same service and which was sunk a_ German submarine March 17, Captain Refused to Make Statement. Captain Forward refused to make a statement doncerning “the length 0( nto the | to ! get the boats away and many of those | | the c: on. Members of the crew | declared, howeve ai the City of i‘\lh s sank within four minutes. A great hole was tori in her side below the waterline near-the bow and she was carried down by her own momen- tum 3 water rushed in. Mrs. Charles B. Levy of Bridgeport, Conn., and her j year old daughter, Mrs. Bonzeiner of Mobile and Mrs. Norman Harr her, baby on of New York, with were brought ashore from ser. late tonight and taken to hospital. All of them leaped d in their night clothing. and e suffering from exposure. They were pp«ied with clothing by the Red Cro: While lh(‘ steamship company an- nounced that twelve of the passengers probably had been lost, the list given out contained only eleven ngmes. Had $2,000,000 Cargo. The loss on the ship and cargo was estimated by the Ocean Steamship ny to exceed $2,000,000. The ma- of the curgo was made up of rope, foodstufis, general mer- chandise and parts for machine guns civilian SENATE HAS PASSED THE HOUSING BILL in Modified Form .in, Which-1t Was Passed by the House. Washington, May 1. — The housing Jill, appropriating $60,000,000 for the ease, constructicn or requisition of uarters for war workers, was passed late today by the senate with many modifications in the form it was pase- ed by the house. It now goes to con- ference. r nearly two weeks the meaeure been under debate from time to its opponents attacking the housing plan as a socialistic experi- jment. To6 meet this.objection the “—r-nau‘ adopted: today an amendment 1 by Senator Brandegee, of Connecticut, rroviding that property acquired by the governmeut shall be sold as soon as possible after the war. | NON-FIGHTING MEN ‘l ARE TO BE RETAINED | Some Will Be Sent' to Schools i Vecational Training. B | time, For Camp Dix, N. J, May 1.—So great {is the need for men in the service now that soldiers who fail to qualify for trench duty will not be sent home, as has been done heretofor Major General Scott and Major General Mc- Rea, .it was announced today, recent- ly agreed to utilize these men insome of the non-fighting units, or to send them to schools for vocational train- ing. . Robert Fitzsimmons._son of the late pugilist. was among the recruits ar- riving today. Frankie Burns, a pugil- ist, als¢ arrived from Jersey City. LOWER RATES FOR MARINE INSURANCE On Steamers Passing Through the War Zcpe is Being Considered. Washington, May .1.—The treasury is considering reducing from three ta two per cent. the government marine insurance rate on steamers and .car- ng through the war zone, and McAdoo will act on' this rec- ommerdation ‘soon after he returns Friday. E This would be proportionally the greatest decrease made since . organ- zation of the government marine in- surance system and represents. the lessening danger from submarines. The rate last August was 6 1-2 per cent. BRITISH FREIGHT STEAMER SANK GERMAN U-BOAT Was Equipped With Latest Anti-Sub- marine Devices. Atlantic Port, May 1.—A British frexgh steamer, fresh from the yards of her builders, celebrated her raiden trans-Atlantic voyage by running down .and sinking a German U-boat off the Irish coast, her crew reported upon their arrival today. The freight- er was equipped with the latest anti- submarine devices, which proved very. effective. EXPANSION OF WOODEN SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMME Provides for Construction of 200 ditional Vessels, ‘Washington, May 1.—Expansion the. shipbuilding programme to vro- vide for the construction of 200 addi- tional wooden vessels, of 4,500 or 4,700 deadweizht tons, was anncunced to- night " by Chairman Hurley of the shipping board. 'This will increase to 580 the number of wooden ships com- pleted, building or planned. - _ Trouble Over Home Rule Bill. London. May' 2—According $0 the Daily News the government is in se- rious trouble over the home rule bill. The ‘deliberafions of the drafting com-. mjttee have been held up hy. _difficul- *ties connected with Ulster's clu.nu