Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 11, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—N! DARING RAID BY BRITISH ON HARBOR OF (OSTEND British Admiralty Claims the Channel Leading Out of Inner Harbor Has Been Completely Blocked ACTION WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER HEAVY FIRE The Old British Cruiser Vindictive Was Manoeuvred Into Position and Then Sunk by Bombs—Another Move on the Part of the British Navy to Remove Ostend and Zee- brugge as Ports From Which the U-Boats May Be Op- erated, Forcing Them to Operate From Home Ports, From Which They Could Emerge Only Through Great Mine Fields—The Entente Forces Have Had Slight Suc- cesses In the Ypres and Somme Sectors. r bmarine operations from ,ago it was announced that the zreat- e ot Cetend, Belgium, have |est mine field known to naval opera- eriously hampered for a time|tions had been planted in the North ¢ rendered impossible, by a dar-|Sea to combat the submarines. It aid made on the harbor by the!was officially sated that the area of riday morning. An official | this mine field would be 121,782 square issued by t tish ad- |miles and_that it would be completed the channel leading out|by May 15. Some months ago, Ad- arbor has heen com- |miral Jellicoe of the British navy an- nounced that the submarine menace would be met by August 1, and it is ¢ | possible that he had the blocking of it ap- | the harbors of Zeebrugge and Osiend some iand the laying of an immense mine field in mind. ‘While the naval arm of the entente by the hulk of the old er Vindictive, which roeuvered into pos tire and then sunk by bombs. ears, however, that there is oubt that the entire channel is blocl e report saving the vessel lies! the military forces {local fighting in the Yjres and Somme he attempt was | sectors, The French made a nota- the hulk of the old!ble advance at Grivesnes, where they side of the navigation|took the parl: of the town, Which had s report miv be com- | been in German hands for three weeks one issued on April 24, Aiong the {r[vnt to the no:—lh. {"i{e fol ing the raid on Zee- | were scattering engagemente, notubly I Saiied no dumage was |at Aveluy Wood, north of ~Albert, bor there. |where ihe contending armies hive proved the |striving for strategic ground. There a ous nmature. It|also were small operations in the + tha cbstruction in|Kemmel Hill front, southwest of nl will-tend to{Ypres. arbor through There have been the usual local en- use of the fairw ere engaged in e and th nd the rapid | 2agements between patrols on the {Ttalian and Macedonian fronts, but re- {nothing approaching a general en- agement has been fought. edict has set aside June e compelled | to e observed in the snbmersiblgs to | Catholic churchies of the world #s a! mnection | day for prayers that peace may be t a week Ltgstored to the world, g &4 CONGRESS MAY ABANDON PLAN TO ADJOURN IN JULY In Order to Undertake New War Leg- islation. COL. ROCSEVELT PUBLICATIONS NAMES FOR BURLESON ; Animeosits Was Shown- New Yerk Teibune, Collier's Weekly and Metropolitan Magazine. | Theodore | public _tonight what a brief preliminary state- to the request of Post- Burleson that he prove statements he had made in an edito- e effect that favoritism had the treatment of publi -r the espionage act. foned specifically the New er's Weekly and the Magazine as_publication= been assailed by George the committee on public in- others which “dircct- - aided Germany” have to government e latter category he ications owned hy Washington, 10.—Congress is not taking kindly to the idea of aban- doning its plans for journment about July 1 in order 10 underiake ne: New York. 10, erm sent” By master General retary McAdoo's' recommendation that immediate legislation to provide more money to meet increasing war expen- ditures was postponed by capitol load- ers today until nmext week. pending conferences with the secretary and President, Wilson, Mr. McAdoo's suggestion was sub- mitted formally todav and it met with instant opposition from leaders ond rank and file of both senate and house, President Wilson was given a pre- liminary treasury survey of the fi- nancial situdtion today and will con- fer next weck with Secretary McAdoo and the congressiona) leaders. The de- cision whether congress shall go ahead or wait until the Dacember session— or possibly for a special session after the November elections, as was suig- gested at the capitol today—will fol- low. A report on estimated receipts from incomes and excess profits taxes In June virtuall' was completed tonight and this probably will be submitted to the senate tomorrow in compliance with the senate's request for inform- ation. This report estimates of about $3,000.000,000 or about half g bil- lion more than had been anticipated some months ago. neiuded t Wiliam R. The prime e of the adminis- tration to proceed against papers which oposed the war or attacked our allics ided Germanv Slure of the adm- to deal with Mr. Hearst's s it dealt with certain other papers” said the statement. Colonel Roosevelt termed Mr. Hearst “a vers wealthy man, reputea as 1o be much more than a millionaire owning asdozen newspapers more oF Jess und a half dozen magazines in different parts of the country. “At the very beginning or the war,” he , “the government proceeded suc- essfuliy against Tom Watson's pub- lication in Georgia. Yet Tom Watson had done nothing that was anything like as dangerous to this country and our_allies and as heipful to Germany .« Mr. Hearst has done. To support his contention he ,quoted from edi- torials in the Hearst newspapers. The colonel declared it is “impossible to reconcile the government's action in proceeding against Tom Watson's pa- per with its failure ‘o proceed ags Mr Hearst's papers on an: justice aas to be donc strong and the weak. papers L. S. BEDFORD COMMITTED TO BELLEVUE HOSPITAL To Determine His Mental Condition— Formerly Editor of “Bull.” New York, May 10.—Luther S. Bed- ford, formerly editor of the magazine Bull, who with Jeremiah O'Leary and Adolph Stern are under indictment for espionage law violation for publishing alleged seditious anti-conscription matter, was today committed to Belle- vue Hospital for ten days observa- tion’ in_order that his mental condi- tion might be determined. The commitment was requested by Assistant County and Federal District attorneys who have charge' of the prosecution of the three men and of the Bull Publishing Company and the American Truth Society, which were Jointly indicted. Bedford created 4 scene in the fed- eral cqurt when he was arraigned on Wednesday, declaring Assistant Unit- ed States District Attorney Barnes was “crucifying” him because he ad- vocated free speech. At the close of a harangue he wildly threw up his arms, shouting that he was the vic- tim of a governmental conspiracy. TROUBLE IN DANBURY OVER DOMESTIC COAL Dealers Refused to Take Orders at Price ed by Fuel Commissioner. AMERICAN TROOPS ARE TO PARADE IN LONDON TODAY They Will Pass in Review Before the King at Buckingham Palace. London, May 10. — The American troops who will parade in London to- morrow will march over a route three miles lonz. They will start from the Wellington Barracks, Hyde Park, at about noon and pase through some of the most fashionable streets of the metropolis. The regiment will be headed Dy its staff officers on horse- back. The column will pass by the Amer- lcan embassy. where Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador, will *eceive the salute from each man and acknowledge the dipping the colore. Later the Americans will pass in ceview before the king at Bucking- ham Palace. CAMP DEVENS TO HAVE e and does not absolutely |nations was husy on the Belgian coast, |, are | revenut legislation. A decision on Scc- | ~ Cabled Paragraphs Nicaragua to Assist Allies. San Salvador, May 10.— having entered the swar against central powers, the national con has declared the country in a s siege. It is announced Nicarag assist the allies with the supp cereals and will act in close t tion with the United States. ft and Waish Are to Mediate BETWEEN TELEGRAPH COMPAN- IES AND*OPERATORS 69 NAMES IN LAST NIGHT'S CASUALTY LIST Men Were Killed in Action— Four Died of Wounds. WAR BOARD’S REQUEST Four Opefations Are Because of Thi eing Discharged Affiliation With ‘Washington, May 10.—A second cas- ualty list issued by the war depart- ment tonight contained 69 names, di- vided as follows: Killed in action 4, the ‘Commercial Telegraphers’ died of wounds 4, died of accident 2. e died of disease 9, died of drowning 1,| Union. wounded_severely 20, wounded slight: Iy 26, prisoners 3. The list follows: Killed in Action. Corporal Stanley J. Shaw, Walling- ford. Conn. Pri Washingten, May 10.—Former Presi- dent Taft and Frank P. Walsh, joint chairmen of the war labor board, were instructed by the board today to medi- Davis I'. Bryant, Hopewell, Va. ate between the Western Union and Antonio Cianni, Gerece, Ital Postal Telegraph companies and the WFr;d Hackett, Friday Harbor, | operators who are being discharged aghn. because of their affiliation with the Commercial Teldgraphers’ union. BAY STATE REGULATES Died of Wounds. First Lieutenant John P. Ro;n\\'ald, inneapolis, Minn. Sergeant Charles C. Fyfe, L Aass AR “COMBINATION SALES” Privates Rodney Stinson, Stoning- 5 5! or e To Prevent Dealers Charging Exorbi Joseph Welsh, Greensburg, Indiana. tant Prices for Slbstitutes. Died of Disease. Sergeant ‘oseph M. Spencer, Neva- Boston, May 10. The state food ad- Are U-Boats Losing Their Effectiveness? OFFICIAL FRENCH STATISTICS SO INDICATE 381,631 TONS IN APRIL Total Losses of Allied and Neutral Ships Only One-Half as Great Dur- ing March This Year as In April, 1917, : Washington, May 10.—Official French statistics on the submarine warfare received here in a despatch from France today show the total losses of allied and neutral ships, including ac- cidents at sea were approximately only one half as great during March this year as in April, 1917. U-Boat Attacks More Costly. Tn April last year 634685 gross tons were lost, while this April’s figures are 581,631. Submarine attacks now are more costly for the enemy, the des- pateh points out, owing to the fact that the attacks are chiefly made with tor- pedoes instead of gunfire as was the case before merchant ships were ade- quately and efficiently armed. Result of Counter Efforts. Attention also is called to the fact that each time the Germans have made an offensive on land, they made a cor- ministration today issusd an order da_City, California. forbidding “combination sales.” These Corporal Harry L. Curtis, N. Strat- |sales are defined by the administra- ford, N. H. tion as “any sales of two or more com- Wagoner Harold Davidson, Clinton, | modities or different kinds or sizes at Mass. a price effective only if they are ETivates: Fred Backstrem, Chicago, s. Lamar Paul Lucote. Cottonpnort, La. Lindsey Jones Rocky Ford, Ga. (Harry “Arthur Littlefield, Pefersburs, | Bverett N. McKenney, Gorham. Me. William, Ross Rogers, Cincinnati, Ohio, Died of Accident. Sergeant Joseph M. Spencer, Ne' cit. Cadet Clarence H. Tenn. Fry, Columbia, industry, by For vertising. household and individu: Died of Drowning. John J. Trainor, New Civ, York Prisoners (Previously Reported Miss- Pa; Abraham Strauss. New York city. Wounded Severaly. Sergeants: H desired results. It is but natural be regarded as the most valuabie \\ R‘ohert H. Graves. Ackerman, Miss. Earl Thomas, S. Charleston, ©Ohio. | irg) oes to the people whom it is desired Lieutenants J. S. Abott. St. Paul, 2 e Minn.: R. H. Jeffre: Tniontown. it certainly does in others. do business with the people of Norwich and this part of Connecticut let them know it through The Bulletin. William H. Buckley Newark, Ohio. John Bush, Monticelio, Ind. 3 Honnsoti . Sthan Cories New Sone oty this part of Connecticut. Its worth has onvalter W. Gerlach, Mt. Sierling, ||| Its advertising of this character is Dhio. - i Daniel R. Smith, Dillsburs, Pa. TeNuls Nl One eeciun Corporals: Because It Reaches the People There is no better demonstration of the manner in which a news- paper is depended upon by a community to meet the requiremens of al than the use which is made of it Sale, To Rent, Wanted, Help Wanted and other similar ad- It demonstrates most clearly that a paper which carries a large amount of this class of advertisements has demonstrated that it to reach, and certainly the larger the number of readers the greater the chances of securing the therefore that such a paper should advertising medium. The Bulletin is a leader in this respect in this vicinity and in been proved repeatedly. steadily increasinz. If it brings If you want to Carl Gerion, TatcasterSoni administration continues, “will effect Carl Gerken caster. Ohio. .. lively prevent any dealer charsing ex- Mo, EUStus E. Hewitt, Kansas City, ] oriionate prices for his. substitutes James S Jenkins. Kimberly, Ala, « | Fhich be ‘s required to yeell with . Dominicko Lnciano, 123 X, Wash- | f0Uf ington street Bridzeport. Gonn. EIGHT SOLDIERS KILLED: COACH WENT OVER TRESTLE At Camp Jackson, S. C.—Twenty-six Were Injured. Lyle F. McDole Kingsley. Towa. Alex Mironik, St. Louis, Mo, Walter B. Moore, Schamberville, Mass. Carl O. Peterson, Palmer. Mass Leonard F. Puise, Svkes, Mont. Gilbert Remme; Kenneth inn. Charles Sherman, New York city. Frank J. Sykorski, St Columbia, S. C., May 10.—Ei; diers were killed and twen Louis Mo. |iured today when a wooden railroad Fred Dlenker. South Olive. Ohio. coach filled with members of the el P otout, Lancaster, Ohio. |Iufantry went over a trestle at Camp Ralph L. Stratton. Des Moines, Ia. SPECTACULAR ANTI-VICE RATD IN NEW YORK Witnessed by Thousands of Home ward-Bound Theater Goers. Jackspn. All of the men were from southern states. Three of the injured were seriously hurt. The soldiers had jus entrained for Camp Sevier at Greenville, S. C., and the train was puliing out from camp ta slow rate. As it reached the tres- te, the rails spread beneath a heavy AR steel coach in the rear and the wooden New York. May 10.—Thousands of{car ahead shoved off into the rav- homeward-bound ~_theatergoers wit- | ine helow nessed a melodramatic scene when Assistant District Attorney James E. Smith, assisted. by a Jarge force. of |A DARING PLAN OF piain clothes men made a spectacular PRISCNERS TO ESCAPE anti-vice raid along Broadway be- e tween Times Square and Columbus Circle late tonight. Many arrests were made. The majority of the prisoners were women. Planned to Overpower Guard of Stock- ade at Catskill Aqueduct. o Croton Lake, N. Y., May 10.—A da ing plan of thirteen soldier and civi lian prisoners to overpower the small guard_and escape from the stockade of a New York National Guard reg- iment patrolling the Catskill Aqueduct, was frustrated early today when the plot was made known to an officer by one of the prisoners. The ringlead- ers were taken to regimental head- quarters and confessed, it is said. One of the prisoners is an enemy alien. He recently was arrested when found acting in » suspicious manner near the aqueduct TORNADO CAUSED 14 DEATHS IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS And Property Loss of More Than a Million Dollars, Chicago, May 10.—Fourteen deaths, seven in Iowa and seven in Tllinois, and a property loss estimated at more than $1,000,000 was the toll taken by yesterday's _tornado hich swept through Towa and Illinois. Approxi- mately, 150 persons were more or less seriously injured. It is reported half of the town of Calmar, Towa, virtually was leveled, killing 'four persons. : Cadet Henry J. Myers Killed. Fort Worth, Texas, May 10.—Cadet Harry J. Myers, of Bucryrus, =Ohio, crashed to instant death late. today ‘when ‘he lost control of his -plane while making a spinning mnose dive from an altitude of 1,000 feet about two miles east of Hicks Field near CHICAGO IRON MOLDERS AGREE TO ARBITRATE To Submit Wage Differences to War SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR Because of Several Recent Drowning Accidents There. Ayer, Mass, May 10.—Lieutenant George R. Meehan of the 301st Infan- iry, was appointed swimming instruc- tor at Camp Devens foday. Several drowning accidents at the camp led the divisional officers to has- #ans for teaching swimming. [ Danbury, Conn., May 10.—Appeal by citizens here to the federal trade board is to be made concerning the price of domestic coal set by the fuel commissioners. The dealere were or- dered to eell at $9.45 a ton, sidewalk delivery, but have refused to take any business at that figure. _The; that no profit is possible at the price. The situation will be made kmown to ‘Washington authorities and an investi- sation asked. v hrre. Labor Board. ¢ Washington, May 10.—Representa- tives of 1,500 striking iron molders an dcore makers, and operators of fifty casting plants in Chicago agreed to- night to submit differences over wage scales to the arbitration of the War Corn Prices Lower. Chicago, May '10.—Greater confl- dence that seeding would be of nor- mal extent did a good deal today to make corn prices average lower. The market closed heavy, at 2 3-8 down to 1-8 advance with ay 127 5-8 and y claim | Labor Board, the men to return to|July 145 1-8 to 145 1-4. Oats declined |of Shir: work immediately, and new scales to|3- to 1 5-8 net and provisons 5 to 70. date back to the time of return. The | output of the plants zo entirely to munitions manufacturers, Norway has published a.decrée pro- * hibiting all exports except fish, ',;r”r“fl_csrr BT s In the past week the following matter had appeared in its col- ry J. Belrose, anklin. Mass. ) Iyldwa{‘d H. Draves, Reynolds. Ind. RIRSE Joseph C. Jelsch, Romeo, Mich. : gifhard P. Jones, Trenton, Illinois, Bulletin Telegraph Local General Totay eorge W. Leichtfus,” Orange, Calif, 6 3 .‘Y‘Bmes B. Love, Lanham, Md. Saturday, May 4.. 149 146 398 693 Villiam H. Murray, Palmer. N. Y. Dwight L. Nve, Pomeroy, Washn. Monday, May 6.. 146 120 200 466 Stanley Olsheski, Princston. Wis, = - E o5 Walter C. Philips. Miln, Go. | Tuesday, May 7.. 147 146 257 350 ean Raines. Whitehall, Tils. & 21 s 2 3 5 Neil F. Reid, Penitentiary, Bis- ||| Wednesday, May 8.. 142 108 316 566 marck. N, , , g Q = g 3 Paul Schosker, Delphos, Ohio, il| Thursday, May 9.. 138 145 335 588 Slightly Wounded. G r g s 500 ofaptain Otto J. Kindler, Lancaster Friday, May:10. . 150 S0 o o hio. D utenant William J. Belhorn, Lan- 7 765 395 3 Ohio, : 2 Metals .t L0 800 765¢ 1895 | 3460 Sergeants: Alexander. Forest, La. n A. Walsh, Indianapolis, Corporals ST 5 T William B, Bowers; Westuile, bought at the same time” The new |responding effort with their subma- Francls - Sherborn, ruling does not affect previous regu- |vines. Thus, during the second half of o siclan stabrool lations In"regard to selling wheat sub- | March, the number and activities of Privat stitutes with wheat flour, but pro- |submarines increased. The first of atrick AL vides that these substitutes must not|April marked a very distinct lessen- M:;s“““‘ Anderson, Whitinsville. | o sid at a profit sreater than Would |ing attributed to the counter efforis of e Pels e s be permitted in case they were S0l |the allies. s Grsons, Tenn. | separately. - \.f‘:lus (.“n:j"“i:‘; P’;‘;‘;;Q:}_“}}m\_' T oy the statement of the food |FOUR FIREMEN INJURED When a Portion of the Fell Upon Them -Yesterday. Haven, Conn, M s of the New York. New Haven Hartford railroad today began inves- tigations of fires that on Wednesd: destroved the oid union depot and one-third of a large storehouse here. It had been planned to begin an in- quiry to the siation fire yestedday but the “second 10—Off vlaze interrupted. Thus far, say officers of the railroad noth- fng has been learned that gives a clue to the cause of either fire. _City police and fire officers are also sifting the facts suggested as to the fire but in neither case has any evi- dence been disclosed that would lead , whose skull v when a portion of depot wall fell upon him is in a critical condition at a hospital to- ight. Joseph Comiskey, whose arm was broken at ihe same s not in a serious condition. Two other fire- men injured by the wall have been sent to their homes after receiving hospital treatment for minor hurts. LABOR UNIONS HELPING € THRIFT STAMP SALES Increasing Their Dues and Rebating to Members the Stamps. New York, May 10.—A novel plan for disposing of war thrift stamps was disclosed today at a meetinz of the New “York Labor League when the committee on national defense report- ed many of the unions had increased their dues by from 25 to 50 cents a ‘week, the excess beinz paid in cash and the members receiving thrift stamps in _exchange. “This plan” said Peter J. Brady, secretary, “gives the government a steady fund by the week on which it can rely and the men who pay do not feel it.” He explained the plan is being urged ‘on unions all over the country. 3 ITALY PROTESTS REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF SHIPS Plying Betwaon America and ltaly— Would Threaten Starvation. ‘Waskington, May 40.—In protesting to the shipping board today against any further reduction of the number plying between America and Ttaly, . Quattronne, - Italian - high commissioner, declared ~such reduc- tion would threaten the Italian people and their army with starvation. | tion received by | Monday. Depot ,Wall | Condensed Telegrams A pension bill carrying $185,060,000 ‘was reported to the House. The Senate defeated a bill providing penalties for overdrafts on banks. Nine American agricultural agencies are examining the tobacco plantations of Brazil. the highest on record, amounting to 3229000 tons. ,Thomas D. Heed was appointed re- ceiver of the Chicago & Eastern illin- ois Railroad. One hundred thousand ducks on Riv- erhead, L. L., farms were rescued from a forest fire. A British mission to Brazil headed by Sir Maurice de’Bunsen, arrived at a Brazilian port. Former King Constantine of Greece, who underwent an operation at Zu- rich, is now out of danger. Twelve Dresden members of the in- dependent socialist party were con- victed of high treason at Leipsic. “Pershing’s Fifty” were given a re- ception by the members of the Senate Military Affairs Committee. At the annual meeting of the Inter- national Harvester Co., of New Jer- sey, all retiring officers were reelected. Second Lieutenant Dudley C. Fair- haririn, of Illinois, was Kkilled when his airplane fell near Montrose, Eng- land. The latest casualty list from General Pershing contains the names of 76 men. Of this number 10 were killed in action. Steady improvement is noted in the condition of Senator Ollie James. of Kentucky, in Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, About $5,000000 will be expended by Argen{ina in the United States and Great Britain in the purchase of rail- way material. E Raiph F. Baldwin of Hartford, Conn., was elected president of the E Music Supervisors Conference day at Boston. Lynn Townsend Weed, scoutmaster, was indicted at Auburn, N. Y, on three counts. He was acs d of cor- rupting boy scouts. Dr. Romula 8. Noan, Argentine Am- bassador to the United States will sail ay 13 for this country on board an Argentine dreadnought. Emil Gennell, of Harrison, N. J., was sentenced to from five to ten years for slaying his wayward daughter. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The Committee on Public Informa- tion be again requests that no infor- mation be published regarding the movement or location of ships. Samuel Compers asked President Wilson to remove Governor Yager of Porto Rico because’ of incompetency in handling the labor question. Relief from the railroad car short age depends on the supply of steel, according to a report to the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Tom Longboat, the famous Canadian Indian runner, is alive and well at the front. He has been reported killed or missing on three different occasions. Liuet. A. J, Gordon, of the medical officers’ reserve corps, is in a_German prison camp, according to informa- his father in New- {ark. The Blue Devils will leave New York on Sunday evening for Wash- ington where they will be presented to the President at the White House on were given their ng fines ranging from § 50 or terms in prison for violating the “victory bread” rule. After a conference Attorney Lord lecting Child Welfare Association funds. was started by ministration into reports Investigation Fuel Ad the that back delieveri consumers. s of coal to household B The former German steamer Prinz August Wilhelm burned in Colombia, was fired by Captain Dewall so0 as the United States would not be able to take it. Consideration of Office Appropriation bill, carrying a total of $371,000,000 has been begun b; the Senate with opposition to the aer- ial mail experiment. Delegations from Youngstown, Ohio, and Pittsburgh urging the House Riv- ers and Harbors Committee to build a canal between the Ohio River and Lake Erie for coal and iron. Goverment tests will be made with- in a few days at Pittsburgh of a sub- stitute for, gasoline, which the inventor Dr. Louis Clement, says con be manu- factured for eight cents a gallon. advanced the price of v cents, bringing the price up to $3 a gallon. It is estimated the company now has approximately 6,000,000 gal- lons on hand. One belief in railroad circles is that general advance in freight rates of 33 per cent is necessary in order to per- mit the Government to get out whole on its guarantee of railroad compen- sation on the three-year average. Following the advice of Governor McCall that the amount to be raised by taxes this year be increased by $1,- 000,000, the Mass. legislature will favor a bill recommending an increase tax on intangibles from the present rate of 6 to 7 per cent. FOREST FIRE DOES $15,000 Started in the Town of Wilton and is Reported as Spreading. Norwalk, Conn. which sta ton on Sund: over the Norwalk line ard is reported AMay 10.—A in the 1o forest noof Wil- 1 south tonight as_spreading. Damagze est matediat $15000 has been done to timber land. A very hurd shower this evening failed to cieck the flames. The sugar crop in British India was Sensational Documents From Army intelligence Ser- Thirteen of the 21 Yonkers hak:r:‘ Aberdeen and District Attorney Swann | ject of the pro the Lord decided ot to continue col- | coal dealers and shippers are holding | s Puerto | the annual Post | DAMAGE TO TIMBER LAND | CHARGES BORGLUM » vice Read Into the Senate Record It Is Represented That Gutzon Borglum, Who Has Been the Chief Critic of Aircraft Production Officials, While Hold- ing & Commission From President Wilson to Inquire Into the Government’s Aviation Program, Had Been Seeking For Himself a Position as Silent Partner In a Proposed New Corporation, His Sole Asset to Be His Personal Friendship With President Wilson. Washington, May 10. — Sensational sworn statements, letters anal tele- grams from the files of the army in- telligence service were read into the senate record today to show Gutzon Borglum, while holding a _personal commission ‘from President Wilson to inquire into the government’ program, was negotiating secretly for the formation of a private airplane with the government which were re- ferred to in the Suplee statement, He declared Borzlum would have been valuable in the proposed enterprise only because of his ideas on propeller designing. G “A SCURRILOUS FRAMEUP,” GUTZON BORGLUM SAYS. company to take war contracts ahd ¢ capitalize his friendship with the | Declares Charges Are Lies, Both in president. i Inference and Statement. The sculptor, who has been the chief . New York, May 10.—In a statement issueq here late tonight Gutzon Borg- lum characterized as “a scurrilous frameup” the charges made against bim in Washington today in relation wngu hhfcmmecuon with the investi- gation of airplane production i United States. 7 g critic of aircraft production officials, is representeq as seeking for himself position as silent partner in the pro- posed new corporation, his sole asset in the transaction to be “his personal friendship / with President Wilson, whom he stated ne could do anything with.” With Borglum was associated, ac-| “This scurrilous frameup, which T cording to the documents, Hugo C.|Charge it to be, has been in the hands Gibson, an_employe of the British|Of the government for months,” he ministry of munitions of war in_the|S2id, “and now is sprung when it has United States, located in New York, who was to share in the deal. Detailed Account Among the Papers. A formal statement by Kenyon W. Mix, of the Dodge Manufacturing com- pany of Indiana, setting forth a detail- ed account of his negotiations with the two men, is among the papers put into the Congressional Record. They were presented by Senator Thomas of Colo- rado, a member .of ‘the senate militar: committee, who has been particularly active in connection with the aircraft agitatiol The Mix statement shows that sov- | ernmient officials, including Vice Presi- dent Marshall and Howard E. Coffin, | former head of the aircraft board, have ihad most of the information disclosed | today since last January. There is no i indication, however, that it reached President Wilson himself at-that time {or.that the president knew. of its ex- istence until several weeks ago, when he called a halt upon the sculptor investigations in his name. All of the documents submitted by | Senator Thomas as well as much other |data from the war department have I been placed in the hands of Assistant { Attorney General Frierson, who ha just started the inquiry ordered b Dresident into charges of graft, disloy ’Ah_ ang incompetency in the govern- ! ment aircraft program. These c i referred to fir: in capitol cloak room | gossip and finally senate, have heen “Why n S 5 s (B not ask the lumberfack Statement Accusing Borglum. organ of August S 1917, in which au- the Mix statement there was | thorities e quoted as saying the i filed to of a formal state- | Nation’s aircraft programme would' be. ment ac lum made to the!delayed a year unless a strike in the milita nce section of the [Torthwest lumber districts were sets | army general staff late in January by |tled in two week Henry Harrison Suplee, Mix’s consul This is an open admission that we inz engineer, and who part ated in | have tied up the prozramme,” said the many of the conferences on the sub- |article. . ed corporation with| “And tb miners, Woodrow Wilson rglum and Gibson described by his|SaYs, if you slacken or fail armies and chief. The latter says he became sus- |Statesmen are helpless,” read a previ picious when he visited Borglum in|OUS notice to mem presented by shington dw January and was|tl€. Zovernment. “Right you ave letter Voody. When the act (sabotage) sits by i handle, brass buttons must finally become inevitable that I shall persist until the airplane failure is honestly and thoroughly investigated. The charges of Mix, a conferred tool of Deeds, and Mix's engineer are lies. unreservedly, both in inference and statement, as applied to me in any: thing T ever did directly or indirectly that was improper in my capacity as a Tepresentative of the president. 1 “On the contrary, Mix sought my assistance to help him find men of aeronautic ability and other aid that would enable him to produce, or re- produce, a_small piane he had in mind, and my efforts were to assist him-to. stimulate interest in a production he had fh mind. There is absolutely nothing else in the story.” - EVIDENCE GF CONSPIRACY IN ' 1. W. W. TRIAL AT CHICAGO To Defeat the Aircraft Programme and the Selective Draft Act. ‘ 2 " 10.—By defeat by the aircraft programme and the selective service act, together with the practice of sabotage in the trenches in France and the factories at home, it wae hoped by the Industrial Workers of the World to crumble America’s war , according to evidence presented the government today in the sed tious _conspir: i = on the floor of the !jeaqe racy trial of L W. W, tributed largely to | u " was ing of an article in an official } thori | ptor and decided then to report the hole matter to sovernment authori-| ‘T belong to the T W ties |am v Theres are mentijaxtio deal inform g - | ROLC mEan lum's acti 1200 Do | assembled Army Only a fey rvice. There is an unconfirm jorssres reles that evidence of | service act, the p Solidarity, > some form will |laier sunpressed “As long as the | the scapegoat fo d=ous realities el of today, capif m can pose as a BRITISH BUYER DEFENDS Jlute ansiiof POEtE ous means nf Lreaking down the HIMSELF AND BORGLUM..T ‘machine campaign_of TERAL ! sl d ion and the teaching 4 son’s Statement in Connection W e e o T o Aircraft Disclosures Made in ‘Wash- | the matter placed on record. Aia idence was introduced to ehow zed articles published April described Americons who wers ant here in the muni- | token prisoner when fhn = commerce purchasing department of the|raider sunk the Esmeralda as “Bow: military mission, issued a|ery cowpunchers recruited jrom Bla statement late today defending himself | well's Isiand workhouse. and Gutzon : Horslum in connection| “President Wilson has proclaimed a with the disclosures made in Washing- |state of war,” an announcement three ton of Borglum’s alleged activities in | weeks later stated. “Conscription may {aircraft schemes. De passed b +8 & Bt |~ “Mr. Borglum washed his hands of | fight join the I ht your own.” 4 ing to our organization of an airplane | s reference “vas made {n the case manufacturing enterprise as soon as|of Thomas Mo: sentenced to death President Wilson granted him author- |in connection with the Sen Francisco ity to investigat varade. in an official or- { craft production,” said Gibson. {zan under date of April 21, 1917: | " Gibson added that had the corpora-|_ “There i« in this development of the ition that was discussed ever reached Mooney trial a lesson for the workers | the point of actual orzanization he in-|of America that ther must organize |tended to be-a_stocl and_de- | their economy power for the destrue- clared that “in the end I think a g0od |tion ‘of capitatlism, of which perjury cial reason will be found for these |and legal murdes are It one of the | es being made. I believe there,msnifesta t W. because T triotic,” read one of the alleged scuments. “Patriotism does murder, but war does. I * to_enlist.” day e the time set ration the _selective mations that a on bearing on and motiv auth New Y May 10—Hugo C. Gibson, | 1917 who is an as: tions | British ! may be ample reason for, certain pert: “Mooney shall not hans” recently {sons to consider it desirable to head !has hecame the tloman of the organ {off” or -choke the inqu which Mr.}ized lator of America. This now Borgium started | Gibson explained furth n 1911 {and 1312 He was engaged in the manu- { facture ‘of airplane propellers in this {city and that a mutual friend intro- duced him to Borglum, who was in- terested in airplanes and propeller de- signing. | e ey 3 Borglum was actuated wholly by|Numbers Nearly a Quarter of a Mil- patriotic motives'in the investization ! lion Men. he undertook hecause he was one of | * = those who Wwere crazed by the rotten| Washington Ma; {manner in which the aircraft program | tribution to the r was being handled " he asserted. [ Foch s buiidi Gibson denied he had t0ld H. H.lin Suplee that he hag “authority of op- | numbers nearly a cnarter of a million portunity to influence orders for air- | men. official dispatches today say, plans” and disclaimed any knowledge | the forem is being strengthened stes of Borglum's _“confidential” connec- lily, should he charzed to ‘the war nerfurs ters who swore nwav the life of Tom' | Mooney shall. hang!* that il'_"ALY'S CONTRIBUTION 3 TO FOCH'S RESERVES lu—ltaly’s _eqns rve army Gener: behind the. lines: ‘me emerzenc TOMAKE ARPLANE PROFTS il | | 1