Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 8, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 110 ~ POPULATION 29,919 NCARAGUA HAS DECLARED AR AGAINST Central American Republic Makes the Twentieth Na- tion Arrayed Against the Teutonic Allies ARTILLERY DUELS ONLY ON THE WESTERN FRONT Heavy Ground Due to the Rains Is Believed to Be Holding Back the Preparations of the Germans—Minor Raids Have Been Successfully Carried Out By the Canadians Southwest of Arras and By the French In the Amiens Sector—British Casualty List For Week Shows Total of 38,691, of Which 6.555 Officers and Men Were Killed or Died -of Wounds—The Peace Treaty Between Ru- mania and the Central Powers Was Signed at Bucharest her day has passed with-jof wounds. \ans on the western frout commence a new pha Everywhere along seregate ‘the cas- the heaviest reported in | any single week of fighting. ualties are do not represent losses on nts of consideraile deration t: men killed, woun ic_prisoner in the Turkish ard Macedonia_theatres, where la; cen intensive fighting. Considerable political arisen in England over charges m:de General Frederick B. Maurice, former director of military operatio h war office, who recen y was removed from his post sent to active duty in the field afi=r he had made statements which wers considered to be a reflection on Gen- eral Foch, commsnder-in-chief of ti2 allied armies on the western front. letter appearing in newspapers charged Andrew Bonar Law, chan lor of the exchequer, Llioyd George with having made mi statements in the house of commons regarding military matters. f inquiry is to investizate the . which are denied cellor Bonar Law on behalf of government. Nicaragua has declared war agai Germany and her allies. The entry the Central American republic inta the ckes the twentieth antagonist arraycd against the Teutonfc allies. tions waiting with so with perfect con- | point in Fland- arbse in im- ville-Vitasse, carried out a T killing a number ne and capturing three ma- ench in the Amiens German attal I cround due ‘o g back the prepar iermans, for it is no eas ip men, guns and sup: and Premu to the front he unieashes his infan- M. Clemenceau, *he who has just return- om_a visit to the battle for the autxement merican troops are continuing e i the RATOE ome in foree. jon of the heavy fighting are beirfs forced to with- contained in the list of cas-| the week end- his list shows a to- mania and the Céntral Powers finally has been brought about by the signing of a treaty at Bucharest Monday. Isc- lated from her allies by the defecion |of Russia, nothing was left for~Rusa- nia to do than aceept peace from bLar ies at the hard price they .m reported aduri were killed or died PROTEST MADE ON SHAD FISHING 'N CONN. RIVER “SKIP-STOP” PLAN ON ALL STREET RAILWAYS Urged by Fuel Administrator Storrow to Save Coal. Allegsd Combination Among Fisher- men to Keep Up the Price. Boston, May 7.—James J. Storrow, New England fuel administrator, night sent a letter to the heads of all street railwa ycompanies in the state urging as a measure of coal ‘saving to eliminate all unnecessary stopping places on their lines by adopting the so-called “skip-stop” plan. Fuel administrators of other England states have approved the plan and Mr. Storrow said he anticipated that they would join him in making it operative all over New England, The plan contemplates the reduction of stopping places on street railways where they could reasonably permit to {not more than eight to the mile in urban districts, not more than six to the mile in suburban districts and in anteurban districts to not more than Street railway ex- perts estimate a possible annual sav- ing of more than 100,000 tons of coal in this state alone. FLIGHT CAPTAIN JAMES NORMAN HALL IS MISSING After a Thrilling Battle Ten Inside Germany. Hoicomb was tions alleged z in the Connecti it river, in a letter received from W. of Saybrook. The letter was turned over to John M. Crampton, superintendent of fish and game. Mulcahy alleges there is a combin- stion among the fishermen to keep up he price of shad. He said the price harged the people of Connecticut 10w om 25 to 20 cents a pound whitz » large quantity of fish was shipped 1o the New York market where it sold Mr. Mulcahy says 2 sta lower rate. X number of men have employment to engage in shad fish- ing and he does not thi Juthorities should allow it. Seme of the men were employed on trolley cars ind one or two on bridges. Mr. Mu:- :ahy says hie has subscribed $1,000 for liberty bond. * Superintendent Crampton will have 1 confertnce with the governor. nk the state four to the mile. TO AID IN CONDUCT OF AIRCRAFT INQUIRY Attornéy General Gregory Names Wil- liam L. Frierson. ‘With the American Army in France, May 7—(By The Associated Press).— Flight Captain James Norman Hall author and one of the aviators in the American armies, is missing after battle ten miles inside Germany op- posite the Toul sector. between three American planes and four German machines which appar- ently belonged to the “Flying Circus.” Two German machines also went to earth during the battle in a crippled Wasiington, May 7.—The attorney- general n‘:med William L. Frierson, one of his assistants, to conduct the wircraft inquiry. S “The purpose of the investigation by the department of justice,” statement by Attorney General Greg- ory late today, “will be to determine whether there has been any dishon- esty or malversation of any kind. case either is developed, necessary steps to punish the guilty will investigation will begin at once and Assistant Attorney Gener- al William L. Frierson wiH be mediate charge.” best known The fight was taken. ‘The Captain Hall’s home i Colfax, Towa. FLIGHT OF RED CROSS MISSION FROM RUMANIA They Were Fired Upon by a German Battery in the Ukraine. CONDITIONS IN PERSIA DESCRIBED AS DESPERATE Food Shortage Has Caused People to Practice Cannibalism. ‘Washington, May Persin are described as desperate in a despatch to the state department to- day from the American Teheran. Famine is increasing and typhus, the message said, is prevalent in most of the cities. The food sortage, the legation re- ported, has forced the population to eat dogs and even practice cannibal- flight frem Jassy, the Rumanian cap- ital, the American Red Cross mission to Rumania, which now has arrived in London, escaped from hours before the Germans entered it only to be fired upon‘by a battery in the Ukraine 200 miles north of the fa- mous Black Sea port. —Conditions legation at $5,363,850,000 LOANED TO ALL CO-BELLIGERENTS aditional Credit Was Extended to Great Britain Yes. Overman Bill in House. ashington, May 7.—The Overman bill, granting broad powerd to the president to reorganize and co-ordinate government departments, was ordered favorably reported to the house today by the judiciary committee by a vote Washington, May credit of $75,000,000 was extended to Great Britain by the treasury today, bringing the total of American loans to that nation to $2,795,000,000 and the total of credits to ail co-belliferants to $5,363,850,000. —An additional Defeated German Submarine. May 7—A fight between German submarine on March fou a on , in ‘which the submarine was.defeated and perhape sunk, was reported today by the navy department W, Waagys o] Spanish Steamer Torpedoed, Washington, May of the Spanish steamer Luisa by a German submarine was reported today in a despatch from Barcelona. —The torpedoing Cabled Paragraphs < Former King Constantine lil., Paris,- May 7.—Former King stantine of Greece is seriously i Zurich, Switzerland, says a despat to the Temps from Zurich, Those at the bedside of the former monarch, according to the correspondent, re- at not improbable. TRIAL OF 112 L. W. W. 3 LEADERS AT CHICAGO Counsel For Government Introduced Evidence Yesterday. Chicago, May 17- zovernment, in the trial of 112 In- dustrial Workers of the World, charg- ed with sedition conspiracy, intro- duced evidence today by which, they said, they expected to prove member- ship of the organization increased and its monetary receipts showed a cor- responding gain following the decla- tation of war, as the result of the al- A statemel v, expert 2 of ‘the government, : nient, total receipts at I. W quarters amounted to $271,220.50. gradual increase was noted from $25,- 048.81 in April to $86,809.26 in August. Initiation fees for the same period, in the indictment, a war campaign was c: From §5,439.25 in April, the initiation fee Teceipts amounted July. Income trom wi gust. This increa: contends, was due alleged disloyal ¢ An attempt characterized prosecution as’ “the third and lust trump card of e defense” to disqual- ity s¢ i at L W. W {the zovernmen blogked at today's George . Vand chief counsel for the defe: ued that no mater i proof had been presented that th m ol evidenc ed at vari- nis in the céuntry and forward- ed here was actually tuken from I W. . branch headquarters, *a asked t it be barred as evidence. fall, was Little Terrier In the Trench. In those long lines of trench France and Flanders, wpere Brit fac and misery. During fuiet hqurs we play. and joke. And we like nothing ‘better than some little pet— a dog. or a_cat, perhaps—to care for and look after. Cats are not uncommon in trench- land, many of them having been born and bred there, Bo; Life, and Boy ‘Scouts’ Magazine, for March. Un- less a kitten or cat is actually taken from the trench it makes that sector its ‘home, and is fed and cared for by the troops which come in to hold the line at that part. But a dog will fol- | in her the friend of all,'and quite a ant being in the regiment. One little smooth-haired fox terrier had taken up his quarters in a strong redoubt near the front. The littie dog would quake with fear on hearing a German shel! in the air, but after the plosion would run about as before, ealizing that the danger was past. Poor_little Warrior - stayed . in _the trenches always. He would not follow the men. out, but would settle down with the incoming unit. Many were the jokes made at his expense. “War- rior, old boy,” a man would say, “If I |was you I would get a transfer to ome non-fighting “mob wot never comes up, and keep out of it well be- hind.” But Warrior wouldn’t desert. Every time the battalion came up to hold the line there was the little ter- rier. . Louisiana Clays. Louisiana has an abundance of clay that is suitable for use as building material. The increasing cost of lum- ber must soon bring other building materials into more general use, and Louisiana is fortunate in having large quantities of clays that are adapted to making brick and other structural ma- terials. Clays suitable for the manu- facture of common building brick can be found in the vicinity of nearly all the cities and towns in the State, and terra cotta for fireproofing can be made from the clays of Baton Rouge and Slidell, which are near the city of New Orleans, where fireproof material should find a ready market. Some of the clays. notably those at Slidell and ‘Winnfield, burn buff instead of red and therefore furnish a pleasing product for ornamental work. Doubtless simi- lar clays could be obtathed at other localities. The clays at many places in Louisiana can be used for making paving brick and draintile, and some of the clays of the State are suitable for making sewer pipe. Aluminum 'In 1917, The value of the primary aluminum made in the United States in 1917 was $45,882,000, an increase of $11,982,000 over the value of that made in 1916. This increase appears to be due chiefly to an increase in the quantity of metal produced, but in part to an in- crease in the price of the metal. If a girl has rocks it takes a man of sand to win her. forRailway Enmhyes gard a fatal termination of his illness | TO BE RECOMMENDED BY WAGE COMMISSION Finding on Loss of | Condensed Tograns AVERAGE 20 PER CENT Counsel for the |1t Will Add- About $260,000000 to the Payrolls of the Nation’s Railroads— Unions Wanted 40, 50 and 60 Per Cent Raise. Washington, May 7.—Director Gen- legedd conspiracy to obgtruct the se-|eral McAdoo will anneunce soon his lective draft. . |decision on recommendations of the prepared by R. H. Bai- | railroad wage commissibn, which were countant in the employ |said in well informed quarters today d introduced to- | to propose an average 20 per cent. ad- day as evidence, showed that from |vance in pay for all classes of railroad early in April, 1917, until September | employes. 1, the period covered by the indict-|suggestion of the commission, approxi- W. head- | mately $260,000,000 will be added to A|the payrolls of the nation’s railroads. McAdoo Free to Act. Strong pressure is said to hafe been ring whi accor sations | brought to bear on the rector gen- B e et wni>| eral to modify some of the: commis- d out, also|sion's recommendations, espgcially af- ) the four great brotherhoods. Mr. McAdoo is mot bound to follow to 520,670.25 in| the advice of the cx:gu:ussm:ma':t:“?;n 4 » | increase or reduce their rec - other ~sources’ i recammenih If Mr. McAdoo follows the 10 @ resolution by Representative Luf- ° kin of Massachusetts. | them look like French machines. Lieutenant Edward D. Neweli, of the naval reserves, the ship, “appears to be zreatly miti- sated,” the board reported, “in of his youth, lack of familiarity with navy methods sire to obe E s SR Secretary Baker asked of Congre increased, according to the statement. |fecting atel s $11.- | tions as he sees fit. 1 e Amril dnd +1400555 n "Au_ | has followed its announced polley of ' ille sovernment | 8iving the highest paid unions the vi lowest rate of advance, n wl relief is needed most by the men who i - Rkt rosecut. | have been barely making ends mee :lnefellddntg are charged with brosecut. O D ol o oot i e wages iA; by the|they received. a i Apparently none of the commission's recommendations has met the requests which ranged holding that vessel, the report sai the ceptance by the zovernment, indicates she was not su vice at sea hecausc of and condition. . She very extensive repai 10 make all of the major repairs seems justified by the pr .vidence tons of printed matter |©Of the unions thems e O O a6 | & high a 40, 50 ana 60 per cent. ¢ Grievances Not Considered. Aside from the wage question, the commission has made little effort to take up all the grievances presented to it, on the ground that it was appoint- ed primarily to consider only questions The eight hour day, involving large sums, was given close attention. becausc of the fact some classes of employes now work on such a basis while most of them do ‘A majority of the ccmmission is to have felt that the eight hour day should not be made unliverhsal for G o 2 ¥ railroad employes now while the war German, it is not 'l discomfort | raliroad emploves now WhUE (e I portation and necessitate the expendi- ture of large sums in addition to the increases suggested. commission has urged that after the war the eight ho and made the basis of employment of all classes of railroad workers. TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION Senate Mili tant work at the mavy vard (Phila-| Tp ; : delphia) and the urgent need of the | in ‘yerion 13 waamned amy ioar oxilled appeared on the Canadian casualties services of the b sons, no blame ai such failure. of pay. further proceedings be taken, it being of the opinion “that the death of any | republican. individual due to the foundering of S the Cherokee wa act of duty in w when it sa | of iron and be extended ry Committee is to Re- ” ran, into a heavy storm cff the Dela- open Itg Inquiry. L waire Coxst=mmt after i -ali-night bat- tle, in which water went below through | sack River, N. J. leaks in the deck, doors and bumper S plates, she foundered. only ten of her; Columbia ‘University's crew heinz saved. They were picked |1918-1919 is $3,948 423.84, of which $2,- 1669,445 is for educational administra- low his unit abeut_and_soon, fi:n:s‘. < Tt-| Washington, . M vestigations of aircraft production are about to be launched. While President Wilson and the cabinet were hearing today Attorney General Gregory’s plans for the inquiry into charges of graft and mismanagement ordered by Chairman Chamberlain of the senate military nounced that the committee proposed reopen its investigation and its finger on the men responsible” for in the aviation program. the house military committee, considering the fifteen bil- appropriation bill, with a billion for aviation, virtually completed a brief aircraft inquiry of hearing Secretary Baker and his chief aides for aviation, the ' committeemen were agreed that the situation did not call for an in- 7~Two new up by a British steamer. E R S H. o SENATOR JAMES M, LEWIS, Charles Kazener, a_prominent New | hanged himself. : Worry over his son’s enlistment in the Declares He Will Not lgnore Cry|navy was the cause, In the meantime. will call to proof those who make the accusation, Senator Hamilton Lewis | “penniless.” His will revealed he had declared in an address here today at|accumulated $51509 by selling shoe- the war conference of the New Jer- |Strings on street corners. sey state council of Jefence. If in- vestigation reveals tr ator added, the conspirators will meet members said after the meeting they | £ oF JEEeG 3 IE ORAN were convinced both that there had been no criminal liability for delays and deficiencies in the past and that the present status of war departm plans was satisfactory. Apparently, the request General Squier, chief signal officer of the army, for a military court of in- quiry to establish the truth or falsity of Borglum's accusations against army officers, stil] is before President Wil- the defenceless bodies of fallen sol- | lic diers. Vladivostok and Petrograd. some offences which, if shown to have been perpetrated upon the public at;announced in the Commons that no I be treated as Irance|peace agent had been in England from today is freating the conspirators with | the enemy offereing peace terms. Bolo Pasha—as and these will meet the doom that be- longs to such. this time, wi Senator Chamberlain referred to the pro-German_influences have inspired criticism of the aircraft program and declared such ch would not deter any of the committee from doing his duty. “Sensational charges _affecting aircraft program are being received daily by committee members,” said “The whole business has been camouflaged and misrepresented to the American people. mittee is determined to do whatever is necessary to help win the war. there is responsibility for speeding up, the committee proposes to put its finger on the men responsi- blé, without fear or favor. doesn’t propose whitewashing process, either.” Senator Brandegee of Connecticut, republican, and others approved the proposal to give the public complete The Connecticut senator said it was time for those making charges regarding the aviation situa- tion to “prove up or shut up.” UNIFORM ENFORCEMENT : OF GRAIN REGULATION Will Be Place: the senator. GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’'S CLUBS|_!n an airplane accident at Camp]| e — Bar‘dgn, Ontario, Second Lieut. G. A. To Consider Resolution in Favor of |Ruffridge. of Montclair, N. UEbaeniciMasisge Laws® det H. B. O'Leary of Toronto, were information. clare 'in laws” and make marriage and divorce statutes uniform throughout the|by the state of Oklahoma on oil com- United States, was introduced at this | Panies. afternoon’s session of the biennial convention of the Teneral Federation | -German editors are calling loudly to the Kaiser and the German Govern- ment to make strong representations | The resolution would provide for|of the murder of Prager in Collins- | approval of laws requiring bans of | ville, IIL. marriage to be pablished thirty days — prior to the marriage ceremony and would' compel both parties to submit to physical and mental examinations of Wemen’s Clubs and will be present- ‘ed tomorrow. d in the Hands of a Re- gional Committee. New York, M — Uniform en- forcement of grain regulation under the United States food administration the territory comprised in New York state and New England will be in the hands of a regional committee which was formed here today, with Arthur Williams, federal food admin- istrator of New York city, as chair- The other members of the com- include the food administra- tors of Rhade Island, Massachusetts, Vermont., Maine, Connecticut and New Hampshire. ‘WEEK BEGINNING MAY 20 v TO BE RED CROSS WEEK President Wilson Has Issued Procla- mation—To Raise $100,000,000. Washington, May 7.—President Wil- son today issued a proclamation de- signating the week beginning May 20 as “Red Cross Week” and calling up- on the American people to contribute 10 the second $100000,000 war fund of . | the American Red Cross for_the alle- 3 viation of -suffering among" the- Amer- ican troops in France and their de- General von Buelow is commander, | pendents at home and under Field Marshal von Mackensen | fighting forces and civil populations of of the German army. & the allied countries. for man. mittee among the New Foundland clocks were advané- Naval Tug Cherokee . = mmms. s coman are afraid to come out and fight. Eight persons were injured in a car BLAME PLACED ON COMMANDlNG. collision in the East Boston tunnel. OFFICER Major Rasmussen of Portland, Ore., ! ‘was Killed while leading his men in a | reconnaissance. TUG WAS OVERLOADED| Twenty men were injured in an ex- plosion at the National Aniline plant by = at Buffalo. Naval Court of Inquiry Also Finds Tug| Dr. Carrell’s hospital at the front has been persistently bombed and is Was Old and Unseaworthy and That | now almost a wrecl Storm Signals Had Been Disre-| Cages of German authorities put- ting poison in_prisoners’ letters are garded. reported from France. z Thieves backed a truck up to the Washington, —Loss of thelGlobe Grocery Store, Norwich, N. Y., navy tug Cherokee off Cape Henlopen, |and cleaned the place out. Delaware, last February 26 with 28 men is blamed by a naval court of in- | London Sunday newspapers publish- quiry upon the the craft and the manding officer to report that she was 2 s overloaded and to heed a storm warn- | William Barnes, 89 years, a pioneer ing. The report of the board was|in the building of the Pennsylvania made public today by. the navy de- |Railroad, died in Philadelphia. partment and a copy has been sent to i 3 the house naval committee in response | German airplanes are being colored and rounded at the corners to make 2e and condition of [ed photographs of groups of Brazilian ilure of her com- |airmen training in England. Responsibility Mitigated. Responsibility of the = commander, At a meef of Tarrytown, N town banned all German papers. ho went down with of the Ely : : ack of famiiiarity WIth|of the Elysee by President Pioncare. his instructions as soon one billion more dollars to carry o Referring to the condition of ‘the|the Government airplane program. d “the history of erokee from the date of her ac- able for general ser- her size, age in need .of The failure of more impor- at, and for these rea- hes to anyone for st. No Further Proceedings. occasioned by an State d ich he was engaged | Governmen nduct.” Republic.” The, Cherokee wa ears old, bui as 120 feet long. She Wi vas ordered to |line explosion. e with her Y and stores before tion and instruction. DEFENDS PRESIDENT WILSON | York State Mason, About “Rotten Government.” e —— Dr. Herman Biggs, commissioner of | Trenton, N. J., May 7.—President |health in New York State, has design- Wilson will not hear with indifference {ated ‘this week as clean-up week or disdain the cry that there is “some- | throughout the State. thing rotten with the government,” but — 2 hery, the sen- The House Jud “In time of war there are those who | ganize executive agencies. feed and fatten upon a nation and en- — rich themselves through guilty means, as do vultures wheel and feed upon |merce has been ordered to issue no| licenses for imports and exports at “Let it be kn vn that there are robbers and traitors— SEs Beach resort, near San Diego, Cal. en their robbing it—to escape the been killed. Hot Sprin: rk, May 7.—A reso- lution, which, if adopted, would de-| The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the | cor of “eugenic marriage | lower federal courts in ruling against the gross reduction of taxes imposed conferees. Western railroads appield to the In- Resolutions adopted at today's ses- | terstate Commerce Commission to can- sion_included one sending greetings to | cel commodity rates on brandies, cord- General Pershing and pledging the |ials. gin, rum, wine and whiskey, be- support of women of the United States | tween various points. to American soldiers and the soldiers g mbanpr of the other allies: endorsing the gov- ernment’s war garden movement: re- questing that a woman be made 3 member of the national food admin- istration and that women members be | included in all government boards and | commissions dealing with war activi- tie physicians and surgeons be recognized and utilized in war service, and ad- Vocating federal aid for the protection of maternity. the state in the Strang cruelty to Richmond, Statén Island. recommendation that women | Waterbury—Rev. Henry Cassidy, son Herbert Putnam, librarian 'of con- [ant pastor in St. Rose’s church in New House Yesterday Adopted a Conference Report Washington. May action was taken today on the|cause of their objection to conferring sedition, bill, giving the government'new censorship powers on the post- broad mew powers to punish disloyal | master seneral, who is authorized to acts and utterances. Adopting a con- | refuse the service of the mails to any ference report -already approved by |Derson or concern using the mails in the senate. the house sent to the presi- | violation of the proposed act. dent for his signature the measure| Representative Johnson of Washing- which has been before congress for|ton attacked Representd weeks, assafled as a menace to free |criticism of the prov: speech and championed as essential |using abusive to order at home during the war. constitution of the United States, and The president is expected to sign the | Wanted to know whether the socialist bill promptly and through vigorous en- | MeMber approved the activities of the forcements- of its provisi i of the department of justice say they| -When a group of conscienceless will be able to do much toward check- | SMPloyers refuse to recognize the right ing the wave of mob outbreaks for|Of People to organize, they will have g of the Civic League Y., the women of the Members of the American Labor delegation were received at the Palace The Navy Department announced five marine corps casualties. Of this 3 this | emy activity are blamed, Stive I number only one was killed in action. Penal ment o Uncle Sam skippered a trolley car in | pient oF & "ihe 9 Brooklyn and Columbia collected nick- els thercon for WarSavings Stamps. sive, profane, scurrilou; or abusive languase of government, or those who are con Germany or her allies in the present Richard J. Kinsella, democrat, be- The board.recommended that no|came mayor of Hartford at noon yes- Representative London of New York, terday, succeeding Frank A. Hagarty, the socialist, voted against the con- ! ference report on the final test. He scught to send the repor: back to conference because of the elimination of the senate amendment exempting from penalty those who incriticism of the government speak the truth with good motives and for justifiable ends. Representative Gordon of Ghio, demo- | forces, or retard crat, declared the senate placed lan- |those who speak, write guage in the bill “which plainly violation of the federal constitution atches report the Russian has adopted the name of arred and was not the re- [ “Russian Socialistic Federal Soviet sult of his own mi: Thifty-five girls jumped to safety |taken over from the Luckenbach com- |from the roof of the Sun pany last October by the navy and, after some repairs, Philadelphia for se: squadron, which w: coverseas. Later ovelty Co., at Bloomfield, N. J., following a gaso- assizned for duty | Mrs. Catherine Dwyer, wife of a he left Philadelphia | wealthy contractor, ~was arrested for New London. Conn., in bad trim, | charged with-a series of burglaries at ‘and thence to Newport, R. I, where | Cortland, {she loaded coal starting for Washington, D. C. She| Federal agerits arrested two men on a charge of taking pictures-of ‘Gov- ernment shipbuilding yards at Hacken- Washington, the billion dol in the propriation bill virtually were con- | churchyard near the town, was com- cluded today committee, pressing satisfaction over the war de- [fices and many other buildings were partment’s present orsanization for|flown at half mast. aircraft production. While no vote was taken on _the|Consul Kell question of whether the committee | ficers and ould institute an inquiry into the|of public bodies, visited the church- sweeping charges against the past|yard where the Lusitania victims weré management of the programme, it was |interred and placed wreaths on their said after the meeting that the mem- | graves. bers were agreed there was nothing in the situation to warrant such ac-| AMERICAN STEAMSHIP TYLER In addition to outlininz the pro- TORPEDOED AND SUNK gramme for the coming vear war de- e partment officials gave the committee | Eleven Members of the Crew Were an accounting for the $740.000,000 al- Killed or Drowned. ady appropriated for aviation, show- > $507.000,000. actually has been| New Yo spent and of the umexpended balance |steamship Tyler, formerly an Old Do- $270,000,000 covers contracts for con-|minion freighter, has been torpedoed Istruction already placed. and_sunk Before the committee in executive | cording to information received in ma- ssion were Secretary Baker, Major | rine circles here tonizht. Eleven | General March, acting chiet o staff; |members of the crew were killed or Major General Squier, chief budget, for Edward Lawler, of Syracuse, died ary Committee will take up the Overman Bill today gov- ing President Wilson power to reor- The Russian Department of Com- British Foreign Secretary Balfour 300 WOMEN REGISTER With Women's National Farm and|’-—Serseant Major Frank soldiers were drowned and eleven persons are missing as the re- £ sult of a terrific tide rise at Ocean| Boston, May 7.—More than 300 wo- men, many of them college girls, have registered for service on farm: summer, with the New Engl ited If Continental United States has Frdnch) of the SWomaHs ; subscribed to the Third Liberty Loan in proportion to the Philippine Islands, s » » - St. L subscriptions Wwill_total $4,500,000,000, | there is a shortage of farm labor the association will send women, a state- | Smith of Topel that proper housir . and Ga- PROVIDENCE DENIES PERMIT High-Grade Abrasive TO MRS. SHEEHY SKEFFINGTON | Tremendous_expansion in manutac- Providence, R.'L, May 1. commissioners refused today to issue|ca) s a permit for the appearance of Mrs. Sheehy Skefington, who has been ad- vertised to speak ' tonight under the auspices of the United Irish societies of Providence. The police declined to permit Mrs. Skeffington to appear on the platform or take any part in the|jg1q. meeting. . An agreement on the bill extending the selective draft law to youths £ A reaching 21 years since July 5, 1917, hefore marriage. Certain standards of | e < excellence would be required — under |25 adopted by Senate and House the provisions of the resolution. Uni- form divorce laws wepe advocated with _the specification ‘that collusion | Syracuse offic ‘should not be granting of a d better than making a statutory cause under which parties merely agreed to |labor shortage. separate after failing to live together happil The Production- of Fuel Briquets. The output of fuel briquets in the United States in 1917 was 406,856 net | North Carolina was §2 tons, valued at $2.233,888, an increase | large increase over 191 over 1916 of 111,701 tons, or 38 per cent | duction of crude a in quantity, and of $788 226, or 53 per | materials in the United States and cent. in value, again breaking the re- cord of the previous vear. According to C. E. United States Geologicai- Survey, De-| in 1916. partment of the interior, the demand Is donned overalls to | cause 1o prohibit the|act as garbage collectors when the roe since “this were | City’s health was threatened throush a combination of high temperature and Murtah, 18, chisf wi lack of market to limit the production | rather Emma Murtahy &, chist witness: for| Lo 6 hriquet manntactuvirs} Despite| teout 4| children case is to be brought back |the increased cost of binders and of |the wife from Fort Edward for the trial at Surprise for Constructionists. If the raid on Ostend and Zebrugge | azainst her husband, Leonard S. R. was only partly successtul in other | Hopkins. The suit was tried out before respects, it should be a complete | Judge Gager last winter and the judg- of Mrs. Mary Cassidy of East Main street, 13 to report today (Monday) at cieties for|Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La. Tather Cassidy, who has been assist- — Already Approved By the Senate PENALTIES 20 YEARS, OR FINE $10,000, OR BOTH : C.oven Uttering or Printing Disloyal, Abusive, Profane, ; Scurrilous, Contemptuous or Abusive Language About the United States or the Government or the Form of Government—It is Expected to Check the Wave of Mob Outbreaks For Which Unpunished Disloyalty and Enemy Activity Are Blamed. ST —Final legisia-| Others opposed tne piil wrgely pe- tive London’s ion agairst language against the ons officials | L. W. W. unpunished disloyalty and en- |t0 deal with the I W. V ndon replied. I W. W. is the work of compensation. Representative Webb of North Caro- lina, chairman of the judiciary com- mittee, and Representafive Graham of Pennsylv: republican, who led the fight for the report, insisted the powers proposed were necessary and would not be abused. Penalties under the bill would apply to those who make false reports or statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or say or do anything with intent to obstruct the sale of govern- ment securities during the war. They would apply to those who attempt to incite insubordination or mutiny or re- fusal of duty in the military or naval recruiting, or to 1an- | those or publish is inlabusive language against the uniform of the soldier or sailor, or the flag or . Represent- T believe the Z out of the law s of twenty years' impris fine of $10,000, or bot for those convicted inting disloyal abu- contemptuous ut the United or the government or the form | he flag, and for ted of favoring ring or guaranteeinz free speechl the constitution. HEARINGS ON AVIATION THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF ESTIMATES CONCLUDED SINKING OF LUSITANIA By House Military. Gaimittee—Com- | Was Commemorated in Little Church- mitteemen Satisfied. yard Near Queenstown. —Hearings on| Queenstown., Ma The third an- r aviation estimates|niversary of the sinking of the vie-r (teen billion dollar army ap- |tims of which are buried in the little the house military | memorated today. The flags of the committeemen ex-]American consulate, the Cunard of- American Consul ‘Hathaway, Vice with many American of- ilors, and representatives May —The American off the French coast, ac- signal of- | drowned. Brigadier General W. L. Kenly, chief of the division of militarv aero- | SERGEANT MAJOR FRANK nautics; William C the equipment division of the signal B. DAVIS ARRESTED |corps, and_other officers. Reports of operations of American | troops at the front will be made as “Woodrow Wilson will not permit|quickly as possible from now on, it the spectacle of a soldier boy failing|was said at the War Department. in duty on the field, suffering death or the fate of desertion, while those who| Tweo in ease and comfort, freed from the burden of soldiers discipline, but in the quiet chlm of sequestered delib- eration, conspire to ez country b} penalties that would h upon an offending soldie: Potter. chief of i sl Charges of Pro-German Activities May Be Made Against Him. FOR SERVICE ON FARMS| (., Kearny, San Diego, Cal, May .. Davis, alias Dyer, formerly of the intelligence office, FFortieth division, here, has been arrested at Camp Dodge, Towa. In- telligence officers say charges of pro- © | German activities may be made against ; it | him here. Garden Association. Rulon=t oy Aviator Killed at Scott Field. ation. Wherever is, Mo., May 7.—Lieut. W. W. < an instructor government training tors at Belleville, TIL.. Garden A ott field ssi ight says, issued . tonig ) ot provided d working con- T 2 aranteed. About 42 of ¢ it when he lost’ con- :l‘gg:haldr::d!\:'ui;?"wid have been |trol of his machine and fell 500 feet. placed in units at Laneaster, Barre, |4 cadet in the airplane with him was Hubbardston and Westwood. not seriously injured. turing in 1917, particularly in the Who Was Advertised to Speak Under |Steel and metal industries. is refiect- Auspices of the United Irish Societies. ed by the increased production of high- grade abrasive materials in the United States: A preliminary complication by Frank J. Katz, United States Geologi- ey. Depariment of the Interior of reports on the production of emery, corundum, and artificial abrasives in 1917 indicates a total of 72276 short tons, valued at $8 325,312, which is an increase of 33 per cent in quantity and 172 per cent in value as compared with The police The production of emery from the Peekskill district, N. J. amounted (s 14,842 short tons. very little less than in 1916; the production of corundum in short tons, a and the pro- ificial abrasive for use in the United States amount- ed to 57,614 short tons which was 48 Lesher, of the|per cent more than the production for fuel in 1917 was so strong through-| East Hacddam. tie ground that out the whole -year that there was no|the ev incompatability to live in' a (ifferent st manufacturing most of the plants|than that permitted the husband's operated to full capacity and reported |salary, Judze Edwin 3. Grzer in the a prosperous year. superior court at Middletown Monday rendered a verdict dismissing the com- plaint of Margaret Macdonald Hopkins - in showin, critics of the Ad- [ment was rendered : Monday. Mrs. . o ¥ v that attacks on the Germun | iopkins is a resident of East Haddam gress, was principal speaker at to-|Haven, is the first Romar Catholic|submarine bases are no easy matter.— | now, while her husband lives in night's session. chaplin to be appointed from that city. ! Springfield Republican. York city. ¥ R | q 4