Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 9, 1918, Page 1

At Gertam Pomts Over & Five Mile Battle Front They ~ Met With Some Suocess 0 _— HARD rlenrme—commuen AT LAST ACCOUNTS As Is Usual the Attack Was Made After a Heavy Preliminary F Bombardment — Unofficial Reports Indicate That the Enment Was Only of Divisional Strength—South of La Clytte the French Have Penetrated German Ad- the Other Battle Fronts: the Onerations Continue of a Minor Character. What possibly may preve to be the prelude to the long-expected: resump- tion- of hostilities by the Germans on the western front is being played. Southeast of Yprés, from-the region of Voormezeele to La Clytte, the Ger- mans have launched an attack against the British and French troeps holding the line and at certain popiis over the five mile battlé front they-have met with some success by penetrating front line trenches. Apparently, however, over the greater part of the field of combat they met with repulse. As is usnal, the enemy began the attack’ after a heavy pre]lmman bom- bardment. The ground gained is souih of Dickebusch lake and in Ridge wood. around-which-places-ard fighting was continued at last accounts. The objective of the enemy seems to be the pushing forward of his iine in this region in-grder stil further to outflank Ypres on fthe Solthwest and press on taward.Peaperinghe and the rallway-dine——rtmming between that town and Ypres: As vet only meagre - advices have come through coneerning the nature of the engazement, but:-unofficial, re- ports indicate that it was made only | in divisional strength. On_ the remainder of the frout in Flanders and Picardy artillery duels and small operations continue on iso- lated -sectors. ThesFrench south of La Clytte have penetrated German ad- vanced positions and taken prisoners and the Austrilians east of Amiens have again pitéhed in and taken over portions of the Gefman line. The ar- tillery activity- has been particularly heavy on both banks of the Avre, southwest of Amiens, and on the sec- tors in Picardy held by the American troops. - On the Toul sector the Amer- fcans for the first time have opened against the Germans with their heavy artillery. On the other battle fronts the opera- tions, continug. of _a - minor char In Mesopotamia the British have ithin 80 miles | n-ef Ker- wated with- of Mosul. capt kuk, which the out giving battle == The report st '!h American army in France wa¥ fas{’becoming a factor of great importance in the war have been confirmed by Secretary of War Baker. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS TRY ~ 7O INTIMIDATE -JURY Céunsel For uehn Thnnlehl Withdraw From the Case. to Chicago, Mav in. the A split ' 10f are on trial here ueflluhu ~conspifacy, resydted* to- fay when dolmse] - for | ‘the 'defense threatened to withdraw from the rase uitless an attempt io_practice sabot- afe acaingt the fed-ral district court is halted immediately. had just warned the efendants that further attempts to place I°W. W, jericdicals where jurors might find_them would not be tolerated, when George §". Vanderyeer, chief counsgel for Thc'defense and a conservative leader.”‘stepped before the prisoners and shouted: “If any more papers are “brought into this building ~ threatening tzis (-o\:rt n cvent of a verdict of guilty, we aquit “Aren’t you makinz love to the! government, Vandersesr?’ aczked one! of the radicals. “We have been patient too long with your fafical’ foves, “dnd one more means, t-shend;” h= fl‘mled The publication to ~ which Judee Landis " ealled ntich, ~ the” In- Adustrial wm*w _Seattle, warned the cou prosecutors and ‘ernme; avors - DigE R awaiting the verdict™ membe: Judge Landis characterized it as a clear attempt to practice sabotage agalnst the court and jury. b 2T and T'will’ re- CAUGHT SPYING ON THE AMERICAN LINES. German-American Had Aided a Ger- man Prigsoner to Escape. With the Amgrican Army in France, May 8—(By The Associated Press;.— The first German-American to be cdught spying on the American lines is_eafely in . eustody. ! o characte tion of traitor L contajned in the report | ot his arrest, is the story that he aid- | ed a German ‘prisoner to escal Bota m donrvad American officers’ uni forfhs and- entered the line from the ! rear in the late afiernoon. They said ng th ound be- with a W to using to be allowed 1o cross the lines. Tie officer to whom thew made the request soon discovered the ruse and ordered thejn escorted to the found that one ol the men was a Cermar and “that the CGerman-American was his accompiice. Belind ¢ CALL MADE FOR 5813 DRAFT REGISTRANTS With Special - Qualifications — All States Except Nevada and Utah. Washinston. - —A call for 813 draft registranis with special gual- { ifications was de today om all staies except Nevada and Ut "The /men | are ordered 0 zo to camp on Juhe 1, and are distributpd through the fol- lowinz branches of the army: 3180 to the corps of engminee: 560, "ordnance [ rtment: 363 . - (colored) | comps: 1600 verstinary coiy i depprtment; and 119 g | corps, Local hoards were instructed tol cept men presenting themsel voluntary indvction. until 2 by t time enough uien to army’s requirements are-rot obtained honrds will proceed to dmn the men needed. SERIOUS DISTURBANCES . IN THE AUSTRIAN FLEET Were Put Down With Great Diificul-! ty—Change . in Hich. Comv’u-nq. Washington, May = S.—Serioug dis- turbances. ifi thé Austriafi-ungarian f'cet has -eaused vhanges in. the hizh command, & despater lotcy - from Switzeriend -suid. - Tie crews, com- "TJ largely- of Biavs sadomen - of lan descefit. baye ymade..qa, great ceal of troubie and- L‘le disturbances were put dovm., Withsdificuit saoic ¢ | TOOLMAKERS DEMAND ) | EIGHTY CENTS AN HOUR! digsuade th!‘r ‘acmrn $100,000,000 BACK. PAY. FOR RAILWAY EMPLOYES Recommended by. the Railrcad Wage Commission. ‘Washington. May = 8§—All employes whose monthly cember, 1915, was less .than $250 a month. have. been 'recommended for | tt wage increases by the railroad wage commission. 'Dmreeommend tions, If adopted by afitutm‘ Gener: Adoo, would gl\'fi workers $10 0000 000 in back.pay to 1, and would add $288013,173 to lb& payroil as ‘of 1917, an incréase of 15.021 per cent. ‘Wage advanees proposed, however. do not represent net increases over existing pay, but are based on . the month of December, 1915. In - other words, any increases which may have been allowed by individual roads since that time must be' deducted. In some cases deductions will almost, if not altogether, cover the increases sug- gested, according to the report. The roads themselves during 1916 and 1917 increased wages an amount equivalent to $350,000,060 if applied to the pres- ent number of their employes. Mr. McAdoo s studying ‘the report, which was made public tonight, and will decide what increases shall be al- lowed, - probably” Within ‘ten days. Tt is_considered certain -that he will not adopt- in full (he ‘eommission’s recom- mendations . but will make readjust- ments which he believes to be necessi- tated by the intricacies of union wage scales and other wage factors, railroad pay in_ De- RUMANIA’S PEACE TREATY +WITH CENTRAL POWERS Declares the Contracting Parties Are| Henceforth to Live in Peace. Amsterdam, May 8.—The peace treaty just signed between Rumania and the central pewers consists of eight clauses, says a Vienna despatch today. The agreement cites among other thirzs that “Cermany, Austria- Hungary. Bulzaria and Turkey, on the one band. and Rumania, on the other. declere the state of war ended and that the contracting parties are deter- mined henceforth to. live together in peace and friendship; that diplomatic and consular relations between the confracting parties will be resumed immediately after the ratification of the peace treaty. The, admission of consuls will be reserved for a future agreement.” GUILTY OF THEFT FROM FREIGHT CARS. Samuel Smnih ard Maurice Klein of Lowell Stole Army Cloth, Boston, May S. amuel Smith and Maurice Klein both of Dowell, pleaded gullty in federal court today to indict- menis charging conspira the theft of unifarm cloth and other goods from | freight cars on the New Haven andl Boston and Albany - rallroads some | months ago. Smith previously had pleaded not guilty. FBoth were re- leased under bonds and will be sen- tenceq later. other men-from Roston, Low- ell. Worcester and New York e heen arrested in conmertion with the | ca The value of goods stolen is es- timaied hy officlals at from $300,000 | to $500,000. i 300 Men. on. Strike at Remington| Cartridge Plant, Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Conn., hundred toolmakers employed on tool work at the Rem- ington Arms-Union “Metallic Cartridge company went on strike at noon to- day, demanding a minimum rate of %0 cents per hour for toolmakers: and 70 cents for machinists. The men out number about -30 per cent. of the olmakers emploved .at the plant. ihey now receive between 60 and 70 cents per hour.: Works Manager F. D. Ryan address- ed the men just before noom, tryinz to 1 one each. e - British Mission Arri A Brazilian Port, } mission to Brazil rice De Bunsen, mll A Brmsh dy Sir Mau- ed e Iron Cross Fo Hnrtlmg. Berlin, viag London, May 8.—It is of- ncmlly announced that Emperor Will- iam bestowed the Iron Cross, first class, on Imperial -Chancellor Von Hertling on the occasion of signing peace with Rumania. < —_— o AUTHORITIES TO ACT IN REMINGTON STRIKE Government is Making an Investiga- tion Into Wage Conditions. Bridgeport, Conn., May. §—The mil- itary and civil authorities have ‘taken a hand in strike conditions which to- day brought 400 machinists, tool gauge and dic makers from the plant of the Remington Arms company. In a letter addressed to munition workers, Brigadier General C. C.+Will- iams, chigf of ordnance, U. S. A, has declared that the government is inst tutink investigation into wage condi tions here and soon expects to feach a definite. conclusion. Any increase will be effective as of May 1. He also says that the work now being done is for General Pe: ng’s forces amd that will dictate. every man con- tinuing until the LOnt!‘O\'El‘SV can be adjusted. Drafi officials have asked that lists of sif.kers previously granted con- ditional discharges from the draft be I \ - be examined e and sent into military service. U'gler the new ordinance approved by the common council Monday, de- signed Wo prevent voluntary unem- plovment, - labor leaders here admit that the police may force strikers in- to other lines of work necessary to the government, and it is confidently ex- pected that such action will be taken at the expiration of a week's time if the men still are out. SIXTEEN WORKMEN _vlat; CAUGHT IN CAVEIN In a Subway Excavation in Bneoklyn —It is Believed Four Were Killed. xteen work- tion in Flatbush tavenue, mol\l)n were caught by a cavein tonight and it is believed four were killed. Compressed air is being supplied to the others who are entombed 100 feet below the sur- face. According to public sarvice commis- sion officials in charge of the resciue work, the imprisoned men cannot be reached for several hours and doubt was expressed whether a sufficient air supply could be provided in the mean- time o keep the men alive, Two doctors, the first to reach the scene, went into the shaft and talked to 'the imprisoned men through the compressed tube. “Give us air,” pleaded the men and a call'was sent for pulmotors and respiratoys. A respirator was rigged to-the end of the air tube In the hope that the men can be kept alove until the army of rescuers can reach fhem. NATIONAL SECURlTY LEAGUE CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY Elihu Ront, Honnrary President Was Speaker of the Evening. New .York, May 8.—Celebrating its | third anniversary with a meeting to- night in the Metropolitan Opera House, the National Security League piedged itself anew to fight for all things American and adopted resolutions urg- ing all Americans to unite more firmly than ever before in supporting the na- tional war policy. Elihu Root. honorary president of the league and chief speaker of the evening. asserted that the great ques- tion which all Americans—the men in the trenches and those at home—must answer is whether this government “because it has been free, because it has left its people free” is “too weak to maintain itself in the presence of this great emergency.” There are but two ways out of the war. continued Mr. Root. “One,” he said. “is humiliation re- treat and slavery, for it will be slav- ery. “The other is by employing the pow- er of the manhood of this 100 000,000 people; by the unstinted use of the wealth that we have been piling up in our security for this century and almost a half, by the exercise of that individual strength and morale which has been brought to maturltv by gen- erations of life and freedom.” HARTFORD LEADER OF ALL CITIES IN LIBERTY LOAN Contributed 251 Per Cent. Over Its Apportionment. Washington. May 8.—Cities which |, made the highest subseription per- centages ‘of their Liberty loan quotas in their respective population cl: sses were announced today by the treas- ury. They included: Above 300.000 population: Boston 165 per cent.: between 50990 and 190.- 600 population: Hartford, Conn. 251 per cent. Hartford is the percentage leader of cities in all classes. The list of honor flag cities in- clndes: y Tletween 100 000 and 230000 popula- 11 River, M Providence, R. ster, New Haven, Between i a 100,000 pop- ulation: Portland 212: Wa- terbury. Conn. 173: D Bedford 149: Manchester, N. H. 129; Springfield, Mass., 116, 1,227,000 MEN IN THE NAT|ONAL~ ARMY That Number Havn Ee n Called Un- der Selcctive Service Act. Wash 000 Am colors, under tie selective act Provost Marshal General Crowder to- ave this fizurc as the approxi- e strenath of the national army. MANY ENLIsTING FOR NEW MERCHANT MARINE Recruits Are Being Assmned to Ship in Harbor at Boston. Boston, May 8.—A record was es- tablished by the recruiting service of the United States shipping hoard to- day when 62 young men were enrolled here to train for the new merchast marine. All were immediately as- signed to a training ship now in the harbor. Massachusetis contributed 29 of ‘the number. New York 18, Connec- ticut . 11 and Rhode. Island, New Hampshire, Maine and New Jersey LS. Tmpsmfrance SECRETARY BAKER A PROMISE IS SURPASSED Declares There Either No Shortage of| Light or (Heavy Machine Guns In France or America. Washington, May 8—More- than Lalf a million American soldiers have been sent to France. Secretary Ba- ker today authorized the statement that his forecast to congress in Jan- uary that 500,000 troops would be des- patched to France early in the pres- ent year now had been surpassed. Secretary Bakers Statement. Mr. Baker dictated the following statement: “In January I told the senate com- mittee that there was strong likeli- hood that early in the*present year 500,000 American troops would be des- | ratched to France. I cannot ecither row or perhaps later discuss the num- ber of American troops in France, but T am glad to be able to say that the {orecast I made in January has been urpassed.’ “As a result of a personal .investi- gation of machine gun production 12 PAGB'-.M. COLUMNS Shell Kills 8 American Soldiers The Queen Anne Natlonal Bank o STATEMENT AUTHORZIED BY|A FEW MILES WEST_ OF FORT |Ingleside, Md., has a girl teller. WORTH, TEXAS Condensed - Telegl‘ams Secretary McAduo is down wnh ton- silitis. The Kaiser and chnullor Hertlmn con!erred at Potsdam. The Penn-ylvam Railroad East of SEVEN MEN INJURED Members of One Gun Crew Were Completely Wiped Out—Six of the Meh Were Killed Instantly. Fort Worth, "Texas, May 8—RBight American gunners were killed and seven injured more or less seriously | near Benbrook..a few miles west of Fort Worth, when a three inch shell exploded at thres oclock this after- noon. One gun crew., made up of members of the headquarters company of the 141 Infantry, was entirely wip- ed out and a second crew from head- quarters company of the 142nd In- fantry suffered heavy casualties. Six of the men were killed instant- y and two died within a short time. First reports that two trench mortars had exploded were erroneous. Cause of the Explosion. i An attempt on the part of a gun-| ner to force the shell. which appar-1;, ently did not fit down a trench mortar is believed to have been responsible ; for the accodent. stores in the heart of with stamps. Many starting W. S. S. and | Thrift Stamp Day Today Everybody in Norwich should buy at least one War Saving Stamp Today. among their employes. Every clerk is anxious to sell you a stamp. Every 25c stamp helps a little bit. EVERYONE SHOULD DO HIS PART Over 70 the city are provided of these stores are Thrift Stamp Clubs during the.past few days. the secre- tary announéed ‘that there is no pres- nt- shortage ¢f Hght or Twvy types ‘of these weapons either in France or America, and no shortage is in pros- pect.* MAY PA(SE DRAFT AGE TO FORTY YEARS Matter Discussed by General Crowder and House Military Committee. shington, T Leg:slatmn raisine the draft age to 40 vears was discussed as a - possibility within a few months at a meeting today of Provost Marshal General Crowder and the house military committee. Al- though General Crowder made no specific recommendations, members of teh committee said afterwards that the war department was considering a plan for changes. An_appropriation of $15,762,000 was asked by Generdl Crowder for expens- es of the draft for the next fiscal year. Registration of men reaching the age of 21 will require the examination, he said, of half a million more men than originally provided for. Class one, the general said, now has a total of about 2,265,000 men, of whom two million are effectives. Chairman Dent, of the committee, announced today that he would ask the house to eliminate from the draft lation an amendment pending the giving stataes credit for volunteers. In a letter to Mr. Dent, President Wil- v came out in opposition to dit plan and asked that the measude be passed as approved by the war denartmem GUARD|NG THE RESIDENCE OF COUNT VON LUXBURG Police Fear Violence Against Hun—He Sales For Home Today. Buenos Aires, May 8.—Fearing viol- ence against him. the police today in the suburb of San Fernando guarded the residence of Coun Von Luxbursg, the former German minister to Argen- tina, who seme time ago was handed his passports by the Argentaa gov- ernment and will sail tomorrow for home on board the Swedish motor steamer Suecia. The voyage will start from San Fernando, where an Argen- tina torpedo boat destroyer is anch- ored in the canal and another is along- side the Suecia to prevent the vessel from sailing until Count Von Luxburg is hboard. TO RESTRICT SHIPMENTS OF NEW ENGLAND COKE Order Issued hy Fuel Administration to Become Effective May 15. Washington. May 8.—An order is- sued today b the fuel administration effective M3 prohibits shipment List of the Dead. The. dist-of ~dead follows: First Lieutenant .AAlan J: McDavid, headquarters company, 142nd Infantry, Overton, Texas. Sergeant lLouis A. Halphen, head- Guarters company, 141st Infantry, Aus- tin, Texas. Corporal Wharton Jones, headquart- ers company, 141st Infantry, San Mar- cos, Texas. Corporal William P. Appleng, Ele- na, Texas. ivate Morgan C. Sanders, head- 142nd Infantry, id Simmons, Company K, 142nd Infantry, Henrietta. Texas. Private oJhn Webber, headquarters company, 14lst Infantry, Memphis, Texas. 2 Private Lacy R. Langley, headquart- ers company, {41st Infantry, Waelder, Texas. Bodies Blown to Pieces. The bodies of some of the victims were literally blown to pieces. The two gun crews, made men_ from the headquarters companies of the two regiments, were operating the new mortars, which were located on a hill overlookjng the trench sys- tem. The entire breach of the mortar was blown ont. GERMAN WARSHIP ATTACKED BY BRITISH SUBMARINE Disclosure Made by An Official British up Statement. Washington, Ma 8.—More than forty German w ave been at- tacked suce fully British sub- marines. This was sed by an official British stutement received here and made public today by the com- mittee on public ‘information. Most of the hattles narrated were the German destroyers presumably on raiding expeditions. The review also deals with the haz- ard of operations in the North Sea during the winter months and tells of the hardships and suffering of the crews from extreme cold. Frequently periscopes and wireless sets were cov- ered with ice so that they could not be used. 20000 COMMUNITIES WON LIBERTY LOAN HONOR FLAGS By Subscribing or Over-Subscribing Their Quotas. ‘Washington, y - 8.—More than 20,000 communities ‘won Liberty loan honor flags by subscribing or over- subseribing their quotas. Reports to- day to the treasury show that the Chicago district won 4,965 flags. Min- neapolis 3,041, Clevelanll 1999, Bost 1.393, Atlanta 891, Philadelphia 7 and St. Louis. which gave flags only of coke manufai:mred in the New Eng- land states to outside points, except Albany, ‘Cohoes, Green Island and Troy, Y.. and forbids the shipment into New England of coke, except Petroleum and crushed coke for do- mestic purposes, from Maryland, New New York, Pennsylvania and ‘West Virginia. The purpose is to eli- minate long hauls. C. F. STIELOW DECLARED NOT GUILTY OF MURDER {His Execution Had Been Thrice Stayed by Executive and Court Or- ders. Albany, N. Y. May 8.—Charles F. murder in Orleans county in 1915 was three times stayed by executive and court orders and whose deatli sen- ience was later commuted to impris- onment - for life . was today ‘declared not guiliy .of the crime by a special commissioner appointed by Governor Whitman to make ‘an investigation. Stielow, whose esecution for a double | to full counties, 196. Other districts have not reported finally on' their honor’ rolis. b In Delaware. which is the only state | was elected grand chancell of | Pittsburgh has 65,013 women employed. Princess Maria del Pilar, cousin of King Alfonso of Spain, has died from meningitis in Madiad. The employes of the Manhattan State Hospital on Ward's Island hu\e so stars in their service flag. To determine a plan for serving sfeel a committee of automobile men was named by the War Board. \ A marine crops casualty list yester- day shows one man dead from -wounds and .sevt:n slightly wounded in acuon The Norwegian shipping -agreement | with the United States is effective May 10. The first ship is due in June. chairman of th& Federal Trade Com- mission, succeeding William U. Har- ris. The Mlsonlc Gr:nd Lodge in New York began a three-days’ convention, more than 1,200 representatives at- tending. Eec-use of scarcity of freight cars officials of the du Pont Powder mills in Gibbstown, N. J. closed the mills temporarily. = The National Council of Defense will shortly issue an appeal asking the people of the country to save all commodities. Two German prisoners at Camp Mc- Pherson were wounded by the guards when they crossed the dead line and failed to heed ord: Walter L. Steven! of Northampton of the grang lodge, Knights of Pyth annual meeting in Boston. i 5 i to the Frenchs gunners counter-attack ing the German long range guns. The names of 12 Ameri contained on the Canadian list. Two were Killed in action, died of ‘wounds, six woufided and tw il Pacido Regueiro, an alleged £l Pitts- | orring- ] a 1\0]|(L of- ! Albert H. Wuggln New York Stale fuel administrator, arinounced that he was resigning from his position as fuel administrator to attend to his bank business. Secretary Daniels commended Diver Frank A. Anderson for locating and removing several submerged projectiles | ineluding: a - depth "charge from New. York Navy Yard Members of the Amherst senior class, who spent their last year in the navy after completing tBree years of college work, will receive war time degrees at the June commencement. Sergeant Frank J. Baylies of New Bedford, Mass.,, an American flyer in France, has brought down seven Ger- man airplanes within the last two months, said an official despatch to- day from France. President Wilson sent a message to the Boy Scouts asking them to report to the War Department the location throughout the country of black wal- nut trees, their size the names of their owners and the price they can be bought for. STORY OF TORPEDOING OF U. 8. §. LAKEMOOR Told by Lieutenant Frank Pulaski, a Survivor. Chicago, May 8.—A graphic story of the torpedoing of the U. S. Lake- moor off the coast of Scotland April 26 was related today by Lieutenant Frank Pulaski, N N. R. F,, of Chi- cago, a survivor. The Lakemoor car- ried a complement of 64 officers and men, forty-six of whom now are miss- ing. “The Lakemoor was torpedoed at 11.20 at night and sank two minutes later,” he said. ‘“When she went down 1 was draggzed 25 feet below the sur- face by the suction. Someone had succeeded in' loosing a life raft and on coming to the surface I grasped the raft. Eight others were aboard her, including the captain. “All about us we could hear cries— piteous cries from those who were drowning. About a mile away through the murk and obscurity we could see the outline of the U-boat. How we cursed those inhuman devils. “We floated about for two hours and then it was discovered that two of our party were dead. We slid their bodies into the ocean and as they were sucked away some of us sang Nearer, My God, to Thee.” The survivors were rescued after six hours by a Norwegian merchant- man and !zken to Glasgow, Scotland. CALLS ON ROOSEVELT TC FURNISH PROOF That Administration Was Anxious to Punish Newspapers. Washington, May 8. — Postmaster General Burleson tonight challenged Colonel Rooseveit .to give mames in proof of his published assertion that the administration “has shown itself anxious to puhish newspapers which upheld the war, but which told the truth about the administration’s fail- ure to conduct the war efficiently: whereas it has failed to proceed to double its quota, women sold 120 per cent. of the state’s quota. Pennsylvania was credited with selling one-third or more of the state’s quota working through the men's organizatioi In Philadelphia women _reported 000,000 subscrip- tions, Pittsburgh $35,000,000. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR SNUBBED THE KAISER He Has. Hoisted a Red Flag Above the Embassy In Berlin. Geneva, May 8.—Adolph Joffe, the new Russian Soviet ambassador ta Berlin. is shocking official diplomatic circles, says the Tribuné: He has hoisted the red flag above theé embassy and refuses to meet the emperor. It is believed ‘measures will be ' taken guietly to have him withdrawn, the despatch states. jagainst various powerful newspapers which opposed the war or attacked our allies or directly or indirectly aided Germany _ against this country, as those papers wpheld the adminis- tration and defended the inefficiency.” 26 PRISONERS STARTED TROUBLE AT MUSKOGEE, ALA. A Guard and Seyeral Prisoners Were Injured Slightly. Muskogee, May p.—Twenty- prisoners held’in the federal jajl here on charges of disloyalty started a disturbance tonight * in which a guard and several prisoners were in- jured- slightly. 'Loyal prisoners who were in the minority were' roughly ‘handled and only the arrival of police who herded the rioters into their cells, brought a temporary end to the trouble. William B. Colver was appointed |} Bushel,Wheat Crop FAVORABLE FORECAST CROP REPORT IN MAY WINTER WHEAT GOOD Secretary Houston Anticipates Increas- ed Farm Yields This Year Over Record Production of Last Year. ‘Washington, May 9,—Hope for. the billion bushel wheat crop, for which the goverriment is striving this year, was strengthened today by the de- partment of agriculture’s May crop re- port forecasting a prediction of 5 589,000 bushels of winter wheat. 3 Secretary Houston in a statement.to- night said there was every reason to anticipate increased farm. yields this vear over the record production of last vear. He added, however, that the promise did not warrant relaxed ef- forts for greater production and for greater conservation. Big Winter Wheat Crop. Realization of a winter wheat crop as large as that forecast would place this year’s haryest of that grain as the third langest ever gathered. The estimate is 12,500,000 bushels = more than forecast in April from conditions then existing and 154,400,000 bushels more than the crop harvested last sum- mer.. -On conditions from now until harvest time will depend whether the crop will be larger or smaller than to- day's forecast based on conditicn on May 1. In the week since then gener- ally favorable weather for wheat de- veloped: continued and the crop has made excellent progréss in all princi- pal producing areas. Efforts have been made to stimulate production of spring wheat and, pre- liminary reports indicate an increase in the acreage of that crop which may be sufficient under good. growing con- ditions to bring the wtal \\heat pro- duction this vear well toward the bil- lion bushel mark. No official réport has vet been made on the acreage of spring first announcement will be Jime. Reports indicate the iready planted has germinated generally. production will be a record, the of the crop being 82,620,000 s more_than last year's crop. NEW ENGLAND STEAMBOATS TO DOCK IN EAST RIVER In Compliance With Requ and Navy Officials. S of Army New York, May 8.—A request to Director General McAdoo of the rail- iroads to switch the New York termi- nals of some of the New England steamboat companies from the Hud- son_river to the East. river will be |jmade by Murray L. Hulbert, dock commissioner, at a -conference - with Mr. McAdoo and army.and nayy offi- cials in Washington on Saturday, it was announced here today. Coastwise steamship interests are opposed to the move on the ground that they handle much of the freight brought in by the New England lirfes 2nd that if the change is made it will necessitate the operation of harbor lighters to transfer the goods. Mr. Hulbert said this freight is only 10 per cent. of what the New England companies ship to New York and that there was no valid reason for protest- ing against the change, ‘which is souBht as a means of providing addi- tional room for large Hudsen river piers. The appeal to Mr. McAdoo is made, Mr. Hulbert explained, because the New England lines are controlled by railroad interests. TEUTONIC FRIGHTFULNESS IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM Made Subject of a Germ#h Warning to Neutral Nations. Washington, May 8. Teutonic frightfulness as practiced in France and Belgium has been made the sub- ject of a German warning to neutral nations of the fate which they may expect if they take uUp arms against the Central Powers. The warning was made public tonight by the state department, its German origin having been established. “If there are any still thinking of sxdmg with the allies, let them take warning from the fate of others,” says the warning. It is in the form of a circular, which recites the amount of booty seized in France and Belgium. the number of churches damaged and destroyed, the money wrung from the stricken inhabitants and, finally, the deliberate mistreatment of English- prisoners of war. PERSHING ENTERTAINED U. S. LABOR MISSION Members Visit Zone of the American Expeditionary Forces. With the American Army in France, May 8.—(By the Associated. Press).— The United State labor mission arrived today in the zone of the American expeditionary ferce, The command was drawn up at attention, but was quickly dismissed. The laborites shook hands with many of the men and heard. vi stories of the fighting at Seicheprey. The party motored through many of the billet towns to general headquarters, where it was en- tertained at dinner tonight by General Pershing in his chateau. QUIET ON BATTLE FRONT WHERE AMERICANS ARE With the Exception of Picardy—Prin- cipally Bce-uu of Bad Weather With the Ameflcan Army in France, May 8.—(By the Associated Press).— Reports received from all the fronts on which the Americans are engaged, with the exception of Picardy, said quiet prevailed tonight, principally be- cause of the bad weather. OLD RAILROAD STATION IN NEW HAVEN BURNED It Was Being Used Only by Freight Department Clerks. New Haven; Conn., May 8.—The old railroad station of the New York, New Hayen and Hartford railroad here, which has just been abandoned, was Lurned late today. Ia it were only the freight department clerks, the di- vision operating department and the electrical engineering . department. Trains are despatched from the new !suation fifty yards away.