Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 10, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Fag VOL. LIX—NO. 112 POPULATION 29,919 " TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS ALLIED ARTILLERY HALTS ATTACKS OF THE GERMANS Two Divisions of Teuton Troops Were Subjected to Terrific Fire ACTION WAS ON FRONT SOUTHWEST OF YPRES French and British Guns, Which Were On High Ground, Poured Withering Fire Into the German Regiments as They Tried to Advance—The City of Amiens Is Being Systematically Destroyed by German Artillery Fire, Althouh the Place at Present Has No Military Value— The British Parliament Has Vindicated the Lloyd-George Ministry In Connection With Sensational Charges Made by Major-General Ferderick B. Maurice. The allied defense on the Flanders front to the southwest of Ypres again s been tested Ly the Germans and as been adequate. Two divisions of | euton troops were employed on a tront and were sent under_the cover of a artillery fire. The front chosen ttack extended from the vil- jage of La Clyte to Voormezeele, but the center of the shock seems to have been at Vierstraat. a little hamlet northeast of Kemmel Hill. The flanks of the German attack e were stgpped short by the ar. re pouréd upon them from the and British cannon. which illery French were posted on high ground and were able to enfilade the German regiments as they tried to advance. In the cen- ter, however, the Germans managed to gain ground until they had made a serious dent in the allied line. During Wednesday night, however, the allies organized a counter-attack, drove for- ward and the latest reports from Field Marshal Haig are to the effect that the line has been re-established. The Germans are reported to have lost very heavily during the fighting. There is a constant rumble of heavy artillery fire along the Somme front, but here the British again have im- proved their position by local attacks. The Canadian forces from New Prunswick and Nova Scotia have en- gaged in a successful local attack south of Arras. On the southern sectors of the Somme salient, as well as in Lorraine, and_other sectors er south, there hate been no combats of a notable character. of Big Guns The artillery of the’contending ar- mies continues very active in the Asiago basin region of the Italian front. The official reports from Rome tell of enemy troops being “hampered” by the allied fire. The Brenta and Maserada sectors also have been cen- ters ‘of heavy bombardments. The _city of Amiens is being sy tematically destroyed by German ar- tillery fire, in spite «of the fact that there are no allied troops, in that place and it isg@f no military value ince the allies Mave constructed mew lines of coramunications outside of the eit. The venerable eathedral, one of the finest in Kurope,'is reported to have been struck by shells and to be in_peril of destruction. The Lloyd George ministry has won vindication in the British parlla- ment at a time when defeat would have meant a government crisis. A motion by ‘Former Premier Asquith asking for the appointment of a spe- cial committee to investigate sensa- tional charges made by Major General Frederick B, Maurice, published ear- lier in the week, was voted- down by a vote of 293 to 106. ‘While Mr. Asquith disavowed any intent to put the present government to a crucial test, it was felt that in the event of an adverse . vote, the Lioyd George cabinet would have quit office. The Maurice incident, involv- ing charges of misrepresentation by the premier in his reports to the house of commons, has stirred all England and_the sec! of ‘the press hostile to Mr, !;m“ th hesitate: to say that present government fell there would be an alternative cab- inet ready to 'step into office. ot S ELECTIONS TO THE YALE ACADEMIC SENIOR FRATS There Was No Gathering on the Cam- pus as in Former Years. * Conn., May 9.—Elec- he Yale academic senior soci- i1l and Bones, Scholl and Key and Wolf's Head were announced tonight. There was no gathering on the campus as in former years when the men were formally “tapped” for the society honors and none of the three societies chose the full fifteen ssually taken. Among those chosen to kull and Bones was: Hamilton Had- son of President Arthur T. Hadley rvice. Charles C.! of North Tonawanda, N. Y., ed an =lection to this society and New Haven. tions oy of Yale and now in was taken into Scroll and Key. The elections follow Skull and Bones: Sherman Bald- win, New York city; Allan B. Camp- | bell, New York city; Winter Mead,| Bronxvill x i In service: Canson C. Deperw, Buf- falo, N. Y.. Hamilton Hadley, New Haven, Conn.; Charles Haffner, Jr., of Orville. Ohio: _Elmore MeNeill Mc-{ Kee, Summit, N. J., and Edward T. Smith, Patchogue, L. I Slections have been sent to the fol- lowing men in service, but no re been received vet: Pa Meriden, Conn orge N Washington, D. C. roll and Key Erooklyn, X. shing, Cleveland €. Calt, Honolulu, Stradella, North Tor In service: John ¥ W p kS Ohijo: Charles L, T.; Charles C. vanda, N. Y. Enders, Hart- ford, Connm.: Darrow B. Fulton, Al- bany, N. Y.: Bvam K. 2ns, N York city: William A. Taylor. Jr., ton , T city; George H. Walker, Wash- D.'C.; Joy N. Whipple, Evans- Wolf's Head: Stephen V. Benet, Au- gusta Ga.; John F. Carter, 'Williams- town, Mass.; Effingham C. Evarts, Windsor, Vermont: Ashabel G. Guili- ver, New York city: Francis Goodwin, 2nd Hartford, Conn : Samuel W. Lam- bert, Jr, New York city; Hugh A. Ward, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Wolf, New York city. REQUEST INVESTIGATION OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION Major General Squier and Colonels Deeds and Montgomery. Washington, May 9.—Secretary Ba- ker announced today that he had re- ceived from Major General Squierand Colonels Deeds and Montgomery, of the signal corps, formal applications for appointment of military boards to examine into the relations of each to aireraft production Mr. Baker said that in order to prevent any interference with the in- quiries alregdy instituted by the de- partment of justicé and the senate committee on military affairs, he had decided not to act “for the immediate yresent” on these applications. “The department is anxious to fa- cilitate and to expedite in every pos- =ible way the inquiries already insti- tuted by the depfirtment of justice and the senate committee” sajd Mr. ilaker. “A third and concurrent ex- amination of the same set of facts at the same time might delay these in- quiries. For that reason I shall held the applications unacted upon for the immediate > General uier, chief signal officer, Franklin W. Colonel Deeds, executive officer for production, and Colonel Montgomery, in charge of contracts, are _the t's board. war representatives on the I . | ernment allezes, was freely used short- BOLSHEVYIK PART YFIGURES IN TRIAL OF I. W..W. LEADERS. Evidence Introduced of Correspondence Relative to Activities in America. Chicago, May 9.—Members of the Bolshevik party in Russia were cor- responding with the Industrial Worl ers of the World here in August, 1917 relative to activities in America, ac- cording to evidence submitted by the government today in the trial of 112 L W. W. leaders for seditious con- sciparey. Letters antedating by only weeks the RuSsian revolution that placeq the Bolsheviki in power sought information from William D. Haywodd and others as to the progress being made in the campaign to “take Amer- ica from the capitalists and Dbring about industrial freedom.” Commenting on relations between the I W. W. and the Russia party, one of the leading Russian members of the I W. W. informed the membership on Aug. 25, 1917, that “very soon we will have a Russian administration of the LW W “The thousands of fellow workers who went back are agitating the idea of one big union” the notice said. “And the one big union very soon will include all the Workers of the world.” “What is more civilized than for the workers to create powder that refuses to explode?’ was one of the passages in the huge mass of documentary evi- dence read into the records by the government. “What is more civilized than to spike the guns when they are trained on our working class brothers in other countries? Sabotage will civ- ilize the soldier.” This form of propaganda, the gov- a few Iy after enactment of the selective ser- vice law. Another excerpt read: “Sabotage is the logical weapon of the revolutionist. It can be used in mis-sending freight in times of stress, and likewise in all other industries. It is broad and changing as industry: i is as flexible as the imagination nad passions of humanity. There is but one treason—loyalty to the employer.” After outlining how sabotage can prevent movement of troops, muni- tions and strikebreakers by ‘the mere burning of drawbridges,” one article | declared “we will take over the land and the machinery thereof whether we are ethically justified or not.” SENATE HAS POSTPONED . ACTION ON SUFFRAGE. Canvass Showed ‘Supporters Were Too | Few to Secure Adoption. Washington, May, 9.—Senate action on the house resolution proposing sub- mission to the states of an equal suf- frage amendment to the federal con- stitution has been postponed indefi- nitely because a canvass of the mem- bers showed that supporters of the resolution number two less than the two-thirds majority necessary for its adoption. This announcement was made today by Senator .Jones of New Mexico, chairman of the senate woman shf- frage committee, after he had stated in the senate that the resolution would not be called up tomorrow as planned. He added that formal notice of the indefinite postponement would be giv- en_in the senate tomorrow. Senator Jones said there was no in- dication when the resolution would be called up, but declared that no effort would be made to do so until there were assurances of sufficient votes to pass it. With congress planning to adjourn July 1, some senators believed that the resolution would not come to a vote at this session. Cabled Paragraphs n Chambe —Count - Hertling, the German imperial®ichag- T o Dissolve Prus: Amsterdam, pit ay e cellor and Prussian premier, has de- cided to dissolve the Prussian chal ber if the third reading of the fran- chise reform bill is’ rejected, the Co- logne Gazette asserts. Pope Rome, May ty. Issues Special Message. ~—The pope has issued a special message addressed to the whole world for a masstobe said on St. Peter's' Day, May 29, for SEDITION BILL DENOUNCED BY MORRIS HILLQUIT At a Testimonial Dinner Given to Directors «of “The Masses.” New York, May was characterized as “the nationaliza- tion of the private » institution Iynching” b diet, S0 “the present necessities of humane socie- —The sedition biil of v Morris Hillquit, recent socialist_candidate for the New Yeri mayorality, at a “testimonial dinner” given here tonight by the Liberty De- fense Union to Max Eastman and the other editors of The Masses, who were tried recently on a federal indictment charging them with publishing scdi~ tious literature. The jury which heard the cate was unable to agree on a ver- dndtonight more than 1,600 per- . chiefly socialists, turned out to pay their respects to the defendants. Reference mzde by’ speakers to Postmaster eGneral Burleson, who has autho: greete hisses and catcalls. opinions. rights d to y to bar questionable matter from the mails, were with stman, another speaker, asserted ould not, at the dictation of any- relinquish the s Caricatures of the jurors, prosecuting court officers at drawn by Arthur Young attorney and Masses trial one of the defendants, RED CROSS CAMPAIGN IN WILLIMANTIC Plans For Drive Meeting Thursday Evening. The were auctioned Are Formulated at Special to, The Billetin.) : 9.—A very enthu- siastic meeting was held at the Chem- ‘Willimantic, ber of Commerce parlors Ma; Thursday evening to discusse plans for the com- ing 2% d Cross campaign which is to be carried on in this city May 20 to A street parade will be held Satur- day evel g, May 18, one of the biggest in this some time. After the parade, a rally will be held at the State Armory on Pleasant street, May 19th, War rallys pen the campaign. wil which will be city in which will officially services will be held in (= churches Sunday, Special i be held in Hamp- ton ard Chaplin, Wednesday evening, May 15, but the speakers have not been decided on as yel UNITED STATES STEEL CORP. TO MANUFACTURE BIG GUNS Also to Make Projectiles Greal Quantities, at Request of Gevernment. New York, tates Steel ouest of the government May 9.—The United Corporation at the re- ill enter in- to the manufacthire of heavy artillery and projectiles in great quantities” in an announcement of the undertak- ing, Chairman Elbert H. Cary of the corporation. plant for the purpos structed as the expens site located country. i The work will be in charge of a committee of said n { a he interior steel manufacturing be con- corpor: acticable 4t overnment on of a the ion officials who will receive no compen- sation for their Tvices GERMANS FAILED TO RUSH AMERICAN POSITIONS One Pretended to Be Wounded, and Called For Help. With France, Press, the American May 9.—(By The Associated large German patrol temnted to rush tions on the Pacardy front during last night, but were driven o7. Enemy patrol partie§ the American posi- | were Army at- active during the night and ene German, pre- tending to he wounded, the wire entaglements lay outside hefore an American position beseeching help. He was acting -as a screen for the others, who were armed with hand grenades. The Germans, failing to entice the Americans from their trenches, attack- ed, but the Ameficans forced them to retire in confy ion, FOREST FIRES IN THE EASTERN PART OF STERLING Blaze is Said to Be Spreading Toward Oneco—500 Acre: Sterling, Conn.. May of densely wooded land Burned Over. —Large areas { are being swept by fire in the eastern section of the town tonight. The fire started on the Vaughn estate during the af- ternoon from locomotive sparts, it is believed, and spread over the land owned by Nelson Bennett and The United States Finishing Company. Be- tween 500 and '00 acres havi e been burned over so far and the reports it is understood that the fire was spread- ing towards Island line. ous points. One co near More than a men are fighting the flames at vari- COMMONS TURNS DOWN ASQUITH’S MOTION To Investigate Charges Made by Gen- eral London, May Maurice. Premi the Rhode hundred er As- quith’s motion for the appointment of g select committee to investigate the charges made by General Maurice was rejected in the house of commons, to- night by Sir Ed vote of 293 to 106, d Carson,“leacer of the Irish Unionists, appealed to Mr. As- quith not to proceed with his motion. Sir Edward said that if the verz city of the ministers was not believed in the house there was no longer any Possibility of carrying on the zovern- ment. HITCHCOCK HEAI DS FCREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE As Senior Democratic Member .He Succeeds Late Senator Stone. Washington, May cock of Nebrask today of the committee. senior democr enate fore M. tie —Senator Hitch- was made chairman Hitchco member of n_ relations , who wa the committee, succeeds the late Senator Stone in a reavrangement of demo- ratic committee assignments caused by recent deaths of several semators. ! Berne. in| GIVEN TOOLMAKERS AND MA- CHINISTS IN BRIDGERORT ABOUT 700 MEN ARE QUT Employes of the Lake Torpedo Boat Co. and the Bullard Machine - Too! ‘Ca. Have Postponed Vote on Sym- pathetic Strike. Bridgeport, Conn.. May 9.—Follow- ing the appearance of J. J. Kepper, vice president of the International Association of Machinists in this city today, labor leaders cautioned . strik- ers against causing any further mu- nitions _ strikes _in Bridgeport. It is understood that the men are willing to await a decision of the wage con- troversy by federal officials and that votes_of machiniSts and tool-makers at the Locomobile Company of Amer- ica, the Lake Tornedo Boat Company and the Bullard Machine Tool Com- pany, which were to have been-taken tonight 'to determine sympathetic strike movements, have been post- poned. 700 Men Out. g With the walk-out today at the Lib- erty Ordnance company of three hun- dreéd workers it is estimated that a total of seven hundred mow are on strike from various plants. Waldo C. Bryant, chief of the dis- trict ordnance department, said to- night that he did not believe the strike would be of long duration because the public was not in sympathy with a movement which’ would jeopardize the lives of so many loyal Americans in the fronit line trenches, many of whom had: relatives here and were trusting in them to produce needed weapons against the enemy. | NEW HAVEN ROAD SUFFERS FURTHER LOSS IN ELM CITY Headquarters Shops and Yard Sys- tem Damaged by Fire. New Haven, Conn, May 9.—Within half a mile of the still smothering ruins of the historic passenger sta- tion, burned yesterday, fire again to- day’ swept through property of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, this time the headquarters shops and vard system, causing dam- age conservatively estimated tonight as between $55,000 and 560,000. A large storehouse, Jumber yard. two oil tank sheds, several small buildings and a number of freight care were destroyed. A rigid inquiry jnto the causes -of the two firés. has been.begun by the railroad company, which today. sent a request to police headquarters for all the _detectives 4yho ‘could. be spared to assist the railroad police in their in- auiry, While the company officials are reticent, it is intimated that they consider the - circumstances have ' a suspicious aspect. In connection with the station fire it developed during the day that among the records burned were .those for_overtime payments due employes under the proposed wage readjust- ments, Fire broke out again about midnight in the west end of the hurned station, but while the biize was spectacular it was controlled without damage to sur- rounding property. Reports of another fire, however, created considerable ex- citement and brought crowds to the scene. LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE _ FUNDS FOR WAR PROGRAM. Congressional Leaders Have Been Ad- vised by Secretary McAdoo. Washington, May 9.—Consressional leaders have been advised by Secre- tary McAdoo that legislation at this session of congress is imperative to | provide revenue to meet the unexpect- jed increases in expenses incident to | the vast expansion of the nation’s war program. . A statement of the country’s finan- cial situation, upon which the amount Sx! additional taxes and bonds needed ay be calculated, has been prepared at the treasury for prompt submis- sion to' the committees of the senate nd house. Secretary McAdoo's belief that legis- lation must be enacted at once was expressed in a letter to Semator Sim- mons of North Carolina, chairman of the senate finance committee. The unexpectedly heavy estimates of expenditures for the coming year inciude the $15.000,000.000 army ap- propriation, about $1,500,000,000 for the navy, with further estimated expected, and $2,250,000,000 for the shipping board. I THREE MEN MISSING IN BROOKLYN CAVEIN Little Hope That the Men Might Be 51 Taken Out Alive. New York. May 9.—Three of the twelve workmen who were trapped by a cave-in of a subway excavation in *| Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, last night were still unaccounted for tonight, and hope that they might be taken out alive virtually was abandoned. Expert subway workers today con- tinued their efforts to tunnel to the spot where the men are believed to be buried but it was not expected that the Dodies would be reached for an- other day, or possibly longer. A GERMAN MAIL TEAM BOLTED IN BRITISH LINES Captured Letter Showed a Lack of Enthusiasm Among the Enemy Forces. Waslfngton, May 8. — A German mail tedm recently bolted in the Brit- ish lines when an enemy transport column was stampeded by violent ar- tillery. A report today to the head- quarters of the British military mis- on telling of the incidents said the captured letters revealed a marked Jack of ‘enthusiasm among the enemy forces. Gratefu) Comment by Swiss. Press. Washington, May 9. —Gratefu! com- ment by the Swiss press upon the an- nouncement that the American goy- crnment will send its ships through the war zone with food for Switzer- land regardless of Germany’s, refusal to grant safe conduct is summarized in an official despatch ° today from Volunteers Not to At it Dot HOUSE PASSES BILL AUCEPTING ELIMINATION VOTE WAS 182 TO 118 The House Adopted the Conference Report on Bill to Base Draft Quotas on the Number of Men One. in" Class ‘Washington, May 9.—The house to- day adopted the conference report on the Dbill to base draft quotas on the number_of men in Class 1, accepting the elimination of its amendment au- thorizing credits on quotas for volun- teers. The report awaits action in the senate. Sent Back to Conference. Because of a senate amendment ex- empting ministerial and medical stu- dents, the fiouse sent back to the con- ferees the conference report” on the bill providing for the registration of youths attaining the age of 21 years since the registration last June 5. Senate Amendment Rejected. The vote on the rejection of the senate amendment was 182+ to 118. Representative McKenzie of 1llinois, supporting the house action, declared opposition to the drafiing of divinity students comes from men who have money invested in theological semina- ries. Supporters of the amendment said the president has the draft laws to exempt such stu:| dents from the draft, so that adoption or rejection of the proposal by the house was immaterial. LLOYD GEORGE MINISTRY WINS A NOTABLE VICTORY. Commons Defeats Asquith’s Motion to Investigate the Maurice Charges. London, May'9.—The Lloyd George ministry won a notable victory in the house of commons today. By a vote of 293 to 106 the houSe voted down a motion introduced by former Premier Asquith’ providing for the appointment of a special commitice to investigate charges made by Major General® Fred- erick B. Maurice, recently relieved of his post of chief director of military operations at the war office. Stirred by the imminence of a cab- inet erisis, the people of London crowded the public galleries long be- fore the debate opened. The diplo- matic -and peers' galleries also were thronged. - TImmediately after the introduction of Mr. Asquiti's motion, the premier took the floor and spoke in defense of ‘the sgovernment. ‘He refuted the charges of General Maurice and de- clared statements made in his recent speechs. to. which-Maurice's chiarges Te- ferred, were made on information re- ceived from General Maurice's depart- ment of the war office. He showed also by doeumentary evidence that the | éxtension of the British line ‘was made | because of pressure exerted by Krance and that the decision was taken on the advice of the military authorities, in’agreement with Field Marshal Haig, the war cabinet having Interfered in no way in the matter. although it ap- proved of the dispositions. When " the ‘premier left he was loudly cheered U-BOAT RECENTLY LANDED A MAN ON IRISH COAST. Announcement Made in House of Com- mons—He is Now in Tower of London. the house London, May 9.—A German subma- rine fecently landed a man on the Irish coast, where he was arrested by government officials. James MacPher- son, parliamentar: secretary to war office, announced in the house of commons today that this man was in the Tower of London and would be courtmartialed. The collapsible ‘boat in which the Germans landed the man on the Irish coast has been inspected by officials. It is made of canvas with a bottom of | 23 wooden slats, each four inches wide, making the boat about eight feet long | and two feet wide. The canvas sides, | about 20 inches high, have. an inner | lining of rubber fabric which is blown up from a valve at the rear to give the boat buoyancy. There are loops along the sides in which short wooden | braces or struts keep the boat from sollapsing. - The whole craft when rolled up weighs less than 40 ‘pounds and can be easily carrieq under a man’s arm. When the buoyancy chambers . are pumped full of air the boat will easily support three men, although only one is thus far reported to have been ar- rested. In the side of the boat is a hole about three inches in diameter, pre- sumably cut by the occupant in an effort to sink her after landing. TWO EMPLOYES OF U. S. SHIPPING BOARD ARRESTED Royden A. White and Harold L. Myers Charged With Padding Payroll. New York, May 9—Royden A. White and Harold L. Myers, assistant ! auditor and bookkeeper, respectively, in the local offices of the United States Shipping Board, -were arrested by a department of justice agent to- day, charged with padding the office payroll. Arraigned before a United States . commissioner, the prisoners waived examination and were held in $1,000 bail each to await the action of the federal grand ju NO DECISION REACHED ON COMPLAINT OF TELEGRAPHERS An Effort Will Be Made to Announce , Finding Today. Washington. May 9.—The War La- Dor. Board adjourned tomight without reaching a decision on tie complaint of the Commecial Telegraphers Union that the Western Union and Postal companies are di r2ing men he- cause of their un filiations.” An effort Will be mide to have the de- cision ready for anunouncement tomor- row. Willimantic. v Twenty-five “$2,500 Fire in Willimantic. Miundred dollars of. damage was done inca fire which”Tiged in two Houses | and. two barns on Jackson place this authority under |- ; Conden-se_d_ Eiegrimé 'mm Ralph Hays, secretary to the Sec- fetary of War Baker, Will be drafted soon. | % The “dry” won two of the three| local option elections held in south | Jersey. i More than three hundred women registered for service on farms in New England. i Marcel Delaney, former prefect of | the Seine, was appointed ambassador to Japan. Only two of the Bolsheviki women’s “battalion of death? escaped from the German troops. " The river and harbor bill was fa- vorably reported by the Senate.com- merce committee. The revolution in the Mexican state of Tamaulipos, headed by Luis Cabal- lero, was put down. Ectimates for America’ ing program for the 1918-19 are $2 223,835,000 shipbuild- cal year of « The city of Berlin has been ordered to produce 40,000 suits of second hand clothing for war workers. Teaching of German in schools in Minnesota was stopped by the state board. Two hindred and forty-five large type American locomotives are now running on French railroads. normal ordered ew Bedford, decide The colossal statue of Goethe, Ger- man poet, in Lincoln Park, Chicago was painted vellow during the night. Several hundred Belgian citizens of German parents wege taken to Ger- many to be enrolled in the Gexman army. An expedition was sent from the University of Pennsylvania to explore the Sierra ¥oreja mountains in Vene- zuela. Pilots’ names not be mentioned hereafter in air battles. Credit for victories will be given to squadrons instead. Magistrate Miller, in Jamaica, sen- tenced Paul Widonsky to six months in the workhouse for selling liquor to soldiers. One man was killed and many in- jured in an explosion of the Burton Powder Works, six miles from New- castle, Pa. General Pershing sent a request to the supply department for 100,000 wrist watches -and 100 000 radio compasses for offieers. Fred E. Richards, of Portland, Me., died at his home after a long illness. He: was a well-known leader in Maine banking circles. * “The latest casualty fist from General Pershing, contains the names of 'T5 Americans. Of this number 18 were Killed in action, The gold outlook for the Klondike region is expected to be very good. The first cleanup made by a dredging company. wa Passports to Russians by the Finnish government were denied. Finland giv- ing as the reason that Russia and Finland were at war. In an airplane accident six miles from San Antonio, Tex., at 8 o'clock last night, one man was killed another seriously injured. Law announced in the Commons that the Home Rule bill will be introduced by the Government next week. the men in the trenches will not vote at the future election as the collection of ballots interfere with war work. The Southern Pine Association an- Eight American officers who partici- pated in the hottest fighting at the front are leaving France for the Unii ed States to teach troops now in train- ing. More than 300 grocers are attending the annual convention of the Mas- sachusetts Association of Retail G f_r;idund Provisions Dealers at Spring- feld. For two weeks the great Austrian Socialist newspaper, the Arbeiter Zi tung, has been barred from Germany, says an official despatch from Switz- erland. Provost Marshal-General Crowder announced that quarterly registration of men reaching 21 vears of age may be necessary for the new army ex- pansion plan. Frederick Reif, of Richmond Hill, L. I, was drowned in a diving tank at a torpedo station at an Atlantic port when the front plate of his diving suit became loose. Richard "U. Sherman, chairman of the Utica Liberty Loan Committee, an- nounced that in Utica and environs the ratio of subscriptions was one to every two inhabitants. The new Norwegian-American liner Stravengerford, 18,000 tons, arrived in the United States on her maiden voy- age. The liner will be in the New York and Scandinavian ports service. Murray Hulbert, commission of docks -of New York, is going to Wash- ington Saturday to confer with Sec- retary McAdoo and members of Con- gress about the improvement of New York pdrt. Hotel cooks and members of the Cooks and Kitchen Workers' Union are on strike in Philadelphia, demand- ing a 20 per cent increase in wages. an eight-hour day and $0 cents an hour overtime. Attorney-General Lewis, of New York, has deciphered and reconstruct- ed the German code used by von Bernstorff to keep in touch with the German Foreign Office. The code was turned over to Federal authorities. Luxburg Sails For Europe. s, May 9—Count Lus- former German minister to Ar afterncon at 5 o'clock. h American wheat for Switzerland is being sent by convoved vessels. gentin: ompanied Ly the German chairge de'affair at Montevideo and = latter’s wife, sailed for Europe to- d: and Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar The War Department decided that | nounced that shipyards along the Gulf ports will launch ten large wooden | ships for the government in ten days. | Hundreds of Poles Were Toppled Over and b and Outbuildings'-Unrbofed NO ESTIMATE IS GIVEN AtEldridgeMoreThml { i | Chicago, May 9.—A tornado, marked {here and there by torrential rains, did bheavy damage in the counties in central Hlinois today. Miles of railroad track were made impassable by the debris carried by the winds ang showers. Hundreds of poles toppled over, houses. and oui- buildings were unroofed, lives lost and zardens inundated. At Franklin, Mor- gan county, two persons were report- ed killed. Near Pana an accommoda- tion train ran into a washout and overturned. Pinned Under a Building. Davenport, la., May 9.—More than a score persons ere pinned under a buildihg and several are reported dead as the resuit of a tornado which struck Eldridge, nine miles north of Daven- port, tonight. Several buildings are reported to be in flames. Ten Daven- port physicians and a cores of nurses | have been sent to the scene. All wires | to Eldridge are down. | Tornado in lowa. Des Moines, May 9. tor- ado which struck near Nashua, in Chickisaw county, late today resulted in at least one death and the injury of a considerable namber, it was re- rorted here tonight. The storm cut a swath seven long and from one-quarter to half mile Roy Husband, a farmer living Nashua, was killed. miles one- nea “STRIKES CENTRAL 1L At ankfinTwoPmn;WenKifledWhean,, tion Train Ran Into a Washout and Was Overturned— Under a Building and Several Are Reported Dead— Several Buildings Are Reported to Be In Flames. f ot| Christian, Shelby, Macon and Morgan | — OF THE L0SS OF 3 e R Score of Persons Were LATER REPORTS INCREASE' DEATH TOLL TO SIX | Damage to Crops May Result in Hun- dreds of Thousands of Dollars. Chicago, 1lls, May 9. — Reports reaching Chicago at midnikht ton‘git increased to six the toll of dead m the tornado which late this afternoon swept the central portions of Ilinows and Iowa, A farmier residing at Toulon, Ilils, fitty miles northwest of Pevria, and his sor were killed late today when their home was wrecked. A nine year old boy fell into a creew waich had overflwed its banks at Franklin, Ills., and was drowned and these deaths, together with two previously reported at Franklin and another reported .at Nashuu, Iowa, brougit the total ‘up to six. No estimate could be made tonight of the damage to property and to grows ing crops. It is expected, however, to amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. 5 18 Persons Killod at Calmar, lowa. Sioux Falls, S. D, May 9.—A mes- sage received here tonight at'a raii- way office reported that eighteen per- sons were killed in a tornado at Cal- mar, lowa, tonight and that three were killed, and one injured severel: at Mason City, Towa. At the railway office here it was said Mason City was the source of the message. ARE MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN. on the third liberty loan is finished, the treasury’s loan publicity . bureau | has started preparations for the fourth {loan,; which - will " be-_lield - next - fail Artists and desighers weré asked today to submit designs for posters, window cards and buttons by June 1. These are to be donated to the sovernment. The Italian government has been |asked to furnish an exhibit of the spikeq club used by the Austrians to kill wounded Italian soldiers. Bond buyers buttons for the fourth |1loan_will be smaller than those used in the third campaign and will be made of tin in order to save celluloid for more important war purposes. Payments of several hundred mil- {1ion doliars on third loan subscriptions were expected at the treasury today. Receipts will probably, be exceeded by payments of 300,000,000 certificates of indebtedness issued Feb. 15 and due today. AIRPLANE FELL 300 FEET WHEN ENGINE STALLED. Field Sckool, Oklahoma. Lawton, Okla., May 9.—Lieut. George Sherman, student officer at Post field chool for aerial observers, was killed |late today when an army airplane in which he was making a flight fell 300 feet. The pilot of the machine was jonly slightly injured. The accident occurred when the en- gine of the plane was stalled and the pilot attempted to spiral to a land- ing. The machine slipped and went into a tail spin. It was demolished. Lieutenant Sherman was a graduate of the Fort Benjamin Harrison officers’ training camp at Indianapolis and was attached to an artillery regiment of the national army at Camp Custer. Mich. His home was at Covington, Ky. 30 BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT WESTPORT, ME. Most of the ‘Buildings Were Unoccu- pied Summer Cottages. Wiscasset, Maine, May 9. — More than thirty buildings, including twen- ty-eight dwellings, 2 saw mill ang a schooliouse, were destroyed by a_fire today in the southern part of the and town of Westp: Most of the. dwellings were unoccupl- ed summer cottages. The %8s cludinz damage to timber land, was estimated tonight at $100,000. The fire which covered an area-of twelve square miles, was believed t0 be under control last night, but to- day it spread before Heavy wind RAILROAD LOCOMOTIVES CONSUME MORE FUEL OIL Total Consumption in 1917 Was 45,- 707,082 *Barrels. Washington, May 9—Railroads con- sumed a larger quantity of fuel vil in operating locomotives in 1917 than ev- er before, according to_ figures an- nounced feday by the United States Geolozical surve: The total con- sumption_was 7,082 ba The averaze dist fuel was 3.2 nce covered per barrel of miles. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED FOR “GOOD OF THE SERVICE” Brigadier General A. B. Donnelly of the Missouri National Guard. iz Washington, —Tlie resigna- tion of Brigadie: eneral Arth: B. onDnelly, of the Missour National Guard, has beeh accepted “for the good of the gervice.” This announce- hmenf was authorized tonight by Ad jutant - General McCain, but he de- dined to discuss the case, General Dénnelly was charged with conduet unhecominz an officer and his trial by courtmartial was suspended .today by order of President Wilson soon after it had bezun at New York. ey Artists and Designers Have Been|Advanced $1,000,000 When a Run Was Asked to Submit Designs. Started on the Institution. Washington, May 9—Before work Rome, May 9.—The sum of $1,000,- Lieut. George Sherman Killed at Post HOLY SEE COMES TO AID OF CATHOLIC ‘BANK 000 advanced by the Holy See to the Catholic Bank Credito Centrale del Lazio nas saved that _institution, in _ which thousands of farmers were de- positors, from bankruptcy through loans made to Lucca Cortese, news- paper owner and theatrical manager, since tried on charges of fraudulene financial operations. A run was started on the bank with the arrest of Cortese and it was rep- resented to the pope that unless funds were forthcoming the poor among the investors, who had dealt with the bank mainly because it was reputed to be a Catholic firm. would be ruin-« # ed. The pope favored the advance of funds and after consultation with the cardinals who administer financial matters. the Holy See decided to ad- vance the amount stated. ANARCHTSTS BATTLE WITH BOLSHEVIKI AT MOSCOW Former Refused to Surrender Munitions and Machire Guns. The v newspapers an all-day bat- the the Kremlin. The fighting was causes by a refusal of the amarchists to sur- render great quantities of munitions and machine gun: The Bolsheviki forces stormed the palaces where the munitions were stored. * MARKSMANSHIP IN THE MARINE CORPS IMPROVING of Notwithstanding the Thousands Enlistments Recently. Washington, May 9.—Marksmanship in the Marine sorps continues to im- prove despite the influx of thousands of recruits reports to headquarters an- nounced today show. With a total strength of 9,761 men in 1916, the per- centage of marines who qualified as marksmen was 59.7. This has now heen raised to 60.1 with more than 35,= 000 men. 24 CENT POSTAGE STAMP < FOR AIRPLANE SERVICE Between Washington, Philadelphi and New York, May 15. rington, May 9.—In preparation: for the airplane mail service to be in= augurated May 15, between Washing- ton, Philadelphia and New York, Postmaster General Burleson has or- dered a mnew 24 cent postage stamp Twenty-four cents an ounce is the is the e proposed for the service. NEW YORY POLICE RAIDED TURKISH BATHS Arrested 75 Young Men Who Could Not Produce Registration Cards. '~ New York, May 8.—Four police rajd- ing parties entered ten Turkish baths between three-and six o'clock this mornjng and arrested sseventy-fives young men 0 could not produce federal or re: ‘ Some of ti the steam uncomfor ‘The rad the federal authovities end: round up ail.the military | NO RECOGNITION OF ) COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT- - Because United States Regards the's . Government Unconstitutional. ‘Washington, 3 there is smail rhanee of the formal. recognition by the Unitsd States o83 President Tinoeo, neiwiths action of tie Costa Rican congress in., upporting its president and deprecat: nx- the attitude of tme Wishington. government. Noticé of the sctl received. today at the state May