Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 18, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag Bulletin VoL. LIX—NO. 119 ' POPULATION 29,919 AMERICAN TROOPS ARE NOW BEHINE NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1918 14 PAGES—112 COLUMNS PRICE TWG CENTS THE BRITISH POSITIONS It Is Probable That They Will Be Brigaded With the| British to Meet the Next German Stroke TO HELP KEEP GERMANS FROM CHANNEL PORTS How Many Americans Are Behind the British and From What Part of the United States They Are Drawn Is Not Known —American Troops Are Now On Five Sectors of the Front—German Activity Is Now Most Pronounced at the Tips of the Salients Driven Into the Allied Lines In the Ypres and Somme Fronts—In the Perfect Weather Prevailing There Has Been an Unusual Number of Bat- tles Between Aerial Squadrons. American troops are awaiting flml time when they will be thrown into X on an entirely new part of the lefield in France. This time they close behind the British positions Ilanders. The announcement that Stars_and Stripes are waving vith the British Union Jack and the French tri-color on this ‘attlefield +ald that the Americans were “com- cting their training in they are oc- cupied by the troops which are block- ing the path of the Germans to the «hannel ports,” which may indicate that somewhere along the line from tire lerville to Ypres is the point where | to his record. General Pershing’s men more strike the Germans. This is the fifth section of the front where Americans have been located. The others are: east of Lunevilie, northwest of Toul, north of St. Mihi a1 the heights of the Meuse, ana 1, the Montdidier sector of the Pic battle area. How many Americans are behind British front, when they arrived the -part of the United which they are drawn is a unknown, It i o be used as a sparate unit, but wili be brigaded with the British in meet- inz the next stroke of the Germans the northern battlefield. During the day. the activity s been most pronounc- ips uf the salients driven wili once yet in the into the allied lincs in the Ypres and Somme nts. There was a nob 2 increase in the German artillery fire the Lys front jn front of Haze- trouck, while Hailles. east of Amiens, gain has been deluged with shells rom the German cannon. At this nt the French have made notable ance of late and at no_time since the Cerman wedge ceated to move, probable they are not | a- ; death. rtising. sty e o e e carly in April, has (his vegion been dnvestigation of the accident by a vertis L This has been (;‘ea:s «1:m:ns;razea time and again but quiet. oard of army airplane cfficers, it was ||| especially in connection with the third Liberty loan has it been The perfect that that weather has|announced tonight, showed there was ||| peowsit to. attontion Lears prevailed for several days over the en- | yothing at fault with the construction = =0 tire western front has led to an “"‘“_!'l‘or assembling of the biplane. A rough | In recognition of the value of the publicity connected with this ual number of battles between aerialigpot on the zround from which the e 38 tha i ons Saen MeA 1 sauadrons In these combats the enemy | izt started, the inquiry board stated ast loan and the two previous ones Secretary McAdoo telegraphed seems to have suffered heavily, and,|slowed up the ascent and when Res- ||| a gathering of newspaper men in New York. “These loans c while the allies have not escaped |nati attempted to make a turn the b & e s i A m"fiw.um.not unscratched, they ~appear to have|machine lacked sufficient momentum, ||| have succeeded without the support of the newspapers, and it gives maintained their mastery of - Resnati, upon Lis own request, was 4 ] rledgme enliz Fddie Rickenbacker, the former auto- |taking the new plano on iis maiden me great pleasure to make this acknowledgment. An enlizhtened mobile race driver, how with the Am- | trip." The machine was to have been public opinion is the chief asset of a democracy. Dy keeping the ri ing forces on the Toul front, | se, Sure L B 5 2 fias 2ddpd. another German machine!,s,((,';LSfD Chicago for exhibition pur- people of America informed on public events and transmitting word s record. | tront in France the| o 00T Thomas Hitcheock and five of the financial and other needs of the government, tae American 4 along e fre & other army ficers igns v- Ma- i 1 | tension under which the " men are |Sor . L_g:“;'g":d»'f Jesignated by, Ma- |1} newspapers bave performed a public and incalculable service to the “\vnrkmg h];fis be;el: ref'l‘ec;:dm:é' f;‘:fl fiying field, conducted the investiga- nation.” ze number of trench rai - tion 1 et i Nowhere, however, has there | Remati. wis rent (o the Tnited Whether it concerns Liberty loans are anything else where pub- jbeen a conflict’ which might be con- | Stafes to demonstrate (he. effioioren s B M e o sidered more. tham a siirmih: o Tavze immamestrate e eficiency. || licity is required newspaper service cannot he overlooked. There have beerl no further reports |sernational reputation. . After semving You are neglecting a valuable assistant unless you are using the | froto: Rome ror uieana Tol e 10,9 |8 an aviator with the'italtan forceaf||. agvertiaing service of”The Bulletin in support of your busitiess {erations on the Italian front, Wherelon “the Tsonzo. front. whoer ooy g c 3 siness on Thursday the Italians made deter-|\oanded five times, he brought a (. In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul- . 5 g] o | mined attacks on Austrian positions|proni plane here and performed the Tefinis: coli i . Bren;:lflfiwer_-rmn situa. | Prilliant feat of carrying nine passen- e s summary o e military situa- | gers f H. oA & “ tion on the western front, given out |Nineola & distanbe ot por wsien Sl Bulletin Telegraph Local General Totay by the British general staff, states an- | in for Lo At e it - : 8 TR other terrific atack by e Germans N0 twentystive minutes MM «Saturday, May 11.. 148 133 319 593 is imminent. It ls indicated the Brit- fug, ¢ 5 : < 0% ot . ish expect the new attack to be on as| -HE TEMPTED ME,” CLAIM Monda}, May 13.. 159 ) 282 536 great a scale as that of March 21, OF DR. DAVID ROBERTs ||| Tuesday May 14.. 152 126 282 560 when the fighting was begun over a : bty ) 3 0 front of fitty miles. & pa| 1P Testimony Against’- Grace Lusk Wednesday, May 15.. 134 106 228 468 The halt in. the German assault has| Whom He A: s t 2 3 < = e =t given g’:e Teulnn:vg,s’chamfi }o ,%go,_,t,, ww:m e Accuses of Murdering His,| _’}1:‘ ,_..M.y -1,6 ~435 135 367 637 tirefr shattered divisions, it"is admit- g idav ~QQ 220 ted, but it also has allowed the allies| . Tt riday, 140 131 288 559 to strengthen their lines. The ar-|, \aukesha. Wis, May 17.—Dr. David Hval of Amorioan treops. whith are|RoDerts took the witness stand today coming to the battlefield in large num bers, is another factor in favor of the entente allies, it is pointed out. A GERMAN PLOT IN IRELAND DISCOVERED. Viceroy Calls Upon All Loyal Irish- men to Defeat the Conspiracy. Dublin, M —A proclamation is- sued tonight says a German plot in ireland has been discovered. In the porclamation the viceroy calls upon all Joyal Irishmen to defeat the con- spiracy. The proclamation of the lord lieu- nt says: “Whereas it has come to our knqwl- dge that certain subjects of Mis Ma- jesty, the king, domiciled in Ireland, have conspired to enter and have en- tered into treasonable communication with the German enemy and Whereas, such treachery is a men- to the fair name of Ireland and its orious military record, a record which is a source of intense pride to a country whose sons always distinguish- cd themselves and fought with such eroic valor in the past, in the same v as thousands of them are now hting in this war. And whereas, drastic measures must be taken to put down this Ger- man plot which means will be abso- utely directed against that plot. Now, therefore, we, the lord lieutenant of ireland and governor-general of Ire- and, have thought fit to issue ti oclamation declaring as follows: That it is the duty of all loydl sub- ects of His Majesty to assist in every way His Majesty’s government in Ire- and to suppress this treasonable con- spiracy and to defeat the treacherous ttempt of Germany to defame the honor of Irishmen for their own ends. That we hereby call upon all loy- 1 subjects of His Majesty in Irelani o aid in crushing such conspiracy and. “0 far as in them lies, to assist in se- uring an_effective prosecution of the var and the welfare and safety of the empire.” EAST HAMPTON WEAVERS AGREE TO ARBITRATE Work ings. East Hampton, Mass, May 17— Agreement was reached today in con- ference of the West Boylston Manu- facturing Company and its 400 strik- ing weavers to submit to Heéfiry B. Endicott of Boston, state public safety chairman, the arbitration of the wage controversy that caused the strike four weeks ago. and which resulted in the complete closing of the plant last Monday. The strikers will resume work next Monday pending the findings of Mr. Pndicott or someone whom he shall desiznate to act for him. The weav- ers demanded 35 per cent. pay in- crease. The company manufactures textile and has been busy with war orders. The Strikers Are to Resume Monday Pending the Fi REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETS MAY 27 In Hartford to Decide Date for the State Convention. Hartford, Conn., May 17.—The re- publican state éentral committee, it was announced here tonight, will meet in this city on May 27, at which time it s expected the date for the state convention wil' be fixed. It was said ‘were that in Hart- [ COMPLAINTS THAT LANDLORSD ARE RAISING RENTS Has Caused an Investigation by Gov- ernment Officials in Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, 17.—Com- plaints that local landlords are raising rents and selling houses over the heads of shipyard eraployes has resulted in an investigation by officials of the fleet corporation, and the announcement was authorized ‘tonight that the gov- ernment may commandeer homes here. A representative of the fleet cor- poration held a conference today with officials of the Harlan plant of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation, the Pusey & Jones company and a representative of the chamber of com- merce, following which the announce- ment was made that the government proposes to take vigorous action in each and every instance brought to its attention and to commandeer or requi- sition the properties where other ar- ranzements cannot be made with the owner. SLOW TIME MADE BY AIRPLANE MAIL SERVICE. Left Washington at 11 a. m.—Arrived in Philadelphia at 7.25 p. m. Philadelphia, May 17.—Lieutenant Boyle, who left 'Washington at 11 a. m. today with the airplane mail for Philadelphia and New York, reached Philadelphia at 7.25 o'clock tonight. He was obliged to land on the grounds of the Philadelphia Country club, on the western edge of the city, because his gasoline had become exhausted. This point is several miles from Bos- tleton, the regular landing place for the air mail aviators. The mail was taken to the central postoffice and that for New York was forwarded by train. In- making his landing Lieutenant Boyle broke one of the planes of his machine and narrowly escaped a more serious accident. Quite a number of persons were on the field and in dodging them he struck a fence. The lieutenant lost his way several times during the flight from Wash- ington. Four hours after the start from the capital he was compelled to land at Cape Charles, Va., in order to get his bearings. He left there at 415 p. m. for this city. STEAMER NECHES WAS SUNK IN COLLISION Vice Admiral Sims Cables Navy De- partment—No Lives Lost. Washngtoin, May 17.—Vice Admiral Sims cabled the navy department to- day that the American steamer Ne- ches, previously reported torpedoed, had been sunk in the English channel by a collision with a small steamer. No lives -were lost. WOODEN SHIPS LAUNCHED AT RATE OF MORE THAN ONE A DAY For the Past Four Weeks—80,000 Tons. in Past 17 Days. Washington, May 17.—Wooden ships have been launched at the rate of more than one & day for the past four 'weeks.. The shipping board announced today that just 17 wooden craft aggre- gating 80,000 tons burden had been added to the American merchant ma- rine in the first 17 ‘days of this month. N FLANDERS Cabled Paragraphs . Eugene Gilbert Killed. Paris, May 1T. French aviator, was killed vesterday when his ariplane plunged = to Great Fire In Gothenberg, Sweden. London, May 17. tire quarter of the city. FAMOUS ITALIAN ARMY Captain Antonio Caproni Was Crush- ed Under Overturned Aircraft. New York, May 17 only fifty feet, nati, In a fall Captain Antonio Res- famous Italian army “aviator, the Mine la_aviation field here toda; country a few days ago and assem- bled by Italian mechanicians, the ground. charged with the murder of his wife “She_tempted me,” her. The witness told of m Chicago and Milwaukee hotels which he had i intercepted before delive! This Jetter read: tell you have felt tha woman to desire his happines: it is T who have been made the pla; thing, then I am afraid I to account. pler if instead of intimidating ly and squarely and given him and all? and only reputation that keep your throne. It really fair, is it?" At o erts said, she produced a self, and pointing it at his head said: you love me and will tell vour wi Dr. Roberts said he complied. BODY OF A BOY FOUND Lee Heiscel of Brookville, Pa., Been Missing Since Last Sunday. Brogkville, Pa May of had been missing since lasf Sunday a search far the boy la trace of him. son, looked in the trunk by accident boy. Though the hair and were wet, a medical examination death by drowning. Physicians after examining the body trunk. late today by Coroner N. Jefferson count PERMANENT MEDIATION COMMITTEBN ST. LOUIS Bugene Gilbert, the the ground at the Villacoublay airdrome. A despatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen says a great fire in Gothenberg, Sde- den; Thursday night destroyed an en- AVIATOR KILLED AT. MINEOLA of was Kkilled beneath the wreckage of a sew Italian-made Caproni biplane at Resnati's machine, brought into this “side- slppeid” when the pilot attempted to make a turn too soon after leaving One wing struck the field and the craft overturned, falling up- on the aviator and crushing him to as the aceuser of Grace Lusk, on trial, was the burden of all of his testimony. i‘()h. that 1 ot true,” the defendant cried as she struggled from her seat despite han that tried to restrain ng her in and vroduced letters she had written to him 2nd one written by her to Mrs. Roberts its I have begged him to go to you and the s'tuation frankly for 1 you were a big enough If he does not care enough for me to do that, 11 call him “Wouldn't it have been much sim- your husband you had faced matters frank- his freedom when you lost his confidence 1 “It is he who has been made not truthful, and I svho have lost my one you might sn’t quite of their meetings, Dr. Rob- s T revolver, which was identified as the same one which she later shot his wife and her- “I will shoot you dead if you do not put your hand on the Bible and swear JAMMED IN A TRUNK Had o] 17.—Jammed in a trank on the second floor of a sN.- ble, Lee Heiscel today found the body s eleven vear old son, Harry, who The body was found by accident after ing all week had been unsuccessful in finding any The father, desperate after a fruitless hunt for his missinz and found the doubled up body of the clothing es- tablished that the boy had not met also stated that the boy was dead at the time the body was placed in the An investigation was started C. Mills of Liberty Loan Total is $4,170,019,650 Ar‘l OVERSUBSCRIPTION OF 39 PER CENT 17,000,000 SUBSCRIBERS Every Federal District Oversubscribed, the Minneapolis District Leading With 172 Per Cent Actual Payments Made $1,571,407,000. ‘Washington, May 17.—The total of the third Liberty Loan was $4,170,019,- 650, an over-subscription of 39 per cent above three billion minimum sought. The number of subscribers was about 17,000.000. Every federal reserve dis- trict over-subscribed, the Minneapolis district going to 172 per cent the high- est, and the New York district to 124 per cent, the lowest. In announcing these figures today, nearly two weeks after the campaign closed the treasury department ex- Federal Operation of Steel Mills Likely DIRECTORS OF STEEL ARE PRE- PARED FOR DRASTIC ACTION TO INCREASE OUTPUT {If Joint Steel Gommittee Representing the War Industries Board and the American Iron and Steel Fail to Agree. Institute Washington, May 17.—Government operation of the steel mills of the country may be sought if the joint steel committee appointed today re- presenting the war industries board and the American Iron and Steel In- stitute fail to agree on steps to in- crease production for government and the allies’ needs and to restrict non- war consumption. Chairman Bafuch and his chief aids, J. Leonard Replogle, director of Isteel supply and lexander Legge, The Service Which Brings Success Even the government doesn't fail to appreciate the value of Totals . 868 1759 726 S 353 plained that the total may be changed slightly by later reports from federal reserve banks which have been at work for a week tabulating the great num- ber of subscriptions which came in during the last days of the campaign. Most Successful Loan. “This is the most successful loan the United States has offered, both in num- !ber of subscribers and the amount realized” said Secretary McAdoo in a statement. The New York district, the largest total with $1,114,930,700 more than a fourth of the total, held the bottom position on the percentage table be- cause big business interests with head- quarters in New York and anking in- | stitutions, failed to subscribe heavily to the loan, owing to imminence of federal tax paying time. Actual Receipts $1,674,407,000. Actual receipts from payments on third bonds today amounted to $1- 571.407,000 although only five per cent of the total or $208.000,000 is due. This indicates that many have paid in full. Twenty per cent of subscriptions due May 28, 36 per cent July 18, and 40 per cent August 15. Secretary Mec- Adoo has asked thai persons wishing to convert first and second loan bonds wait until after July 1 to apply. SEVERAL CARS STONED IN PHIiLADELPHIA Bv Svmpathizers of the Striking Mo- tormen and Conductors. Philadelphia, May 17.—Several cars weer stoned and a passenger was beat- en today by sympathizers of the striking motormen and conductors of the = Philadelphia Transit company who walked out yesterday over the question of wearing union buttons. One man was. arrested and held in $1,000 bail on a charge of inciting to riot. Virtually all of the trouble occurred in the mill district of Kensington, Statements of company officials and strike leaders regarding the situation were again conflicting. The company claimed that 325 of the 900 men on strike had returned to work today, while the strikers said 4,000 men were out, an increase of 600 over yesterday, The company employs about 6,000. CONCRETE SF!P SHOWS WELL ON SECOND TRIAL TRIP. Equal of Steel Vessel in a Strong Wind and Choppy Sea. Washington, May 17.—An official re- port today on the behavior of the con- crete ship Faith during her second To Act in Adjustment of Industrial|trial trip off the Pacific coast in a Difflcuities There. strong wind and choppy sea says the ‘Washington, May 17.—The War La- bor Board -announced today the estab- lishment at St. Louis permanent local committee of media- tion and conciliation to act in the ad- justment of industrial difficulties aris- ing in that city. Similar bodies will be created wherever necessary in in- dustrial centers. In announcing the appointment of this committee, Former President Taft and Frank P. Walsh, joint chairman ot the board, authorized this statement: “The local committees of mediation war and conciliation of the national labor board will constitute the forums of industrial peace in the United States. Mo, of the first Of these committees capital vesse] is believed to be fully equal, if not superior, to any steel ship of the same size and equal power. The Faith soon will undertake her maiden voy- A SUPPOSEDLY BLANK CARTRIDGE EXPLODED Killing a Corporal and Wounding a Lieutenant at Camp Freemont, Cal. Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Calif,, May 17—Corporal George Thompson was instantly killed and Lieutenaant R. S. Laughlin was shot through the arm late today, when a cartridge, supposed- ly blank, exploded during a demonstra- tion of a new army rifle. Both' men and labor will work hand-in-hand-with ! were members of the Twelfth Infan- a single aim—to win the war.” try and Californians. chairman of the requirements divisior of the war industries board. are umn- derstood to be prepared to as Pre: dent Wilson to take d action the moment they are convinced that is the only way to get incre: production. Any move that will give the govern- ment control will meet with determin- ed opposition from the steel men an even certain officials of the wav ing agencies who are said to believe to_a degree in “business as usual” Big interests, notably the passenger automobile manufacturers already are preparing fo fizht further curtailment of their industries, the war industries board' is known to have planned. The joint commission was appointed for the purpose of making a thorough survey of steel d iron resources, war demands ma turing _facilities, commercial d the need for drastic industrial curtailment. The wis instructed to act promptly CHAMBERLAIN RESOLUTION GOES OVER UNTIL MONDAY Contest Postponed Pending Negotia- tions For a Comproise. ‘Washington, May 17.—Negotiations for the compromise today postponed what promised to be a pitched battle in the senate over the Chamberlain resolution objected by president Wil- son for further war inquiries by the senate. military commission. The re- solution went over until Monday, with leaders of both factions, predicting that amendments would be agreed upon which would permit the commis- sion to proceed with its inquiry into army aviation without disregarding the wishes of the President. Earnest representations were made privately to administration leaders by those supporting the resolution, with the request that they be conveyed to the president before Monday, that there is no ulterior purpose to launch a general inquiry into conduct of the war, as suggested in a statement au- thorized during the day by the presi- dent. The principal controversy now seems to be over authorizing military sub-committees composed to consider aircraft ordnance and other phases of war preparation during the coming re- cess of congress. BUSY DAY FOR THE FIREMEN OF BETHEL Four Buildings Were Ablaze at the Same Time—Two Were Destroyed Danbury, Conn., May 17.—Of four buildings ablaze at the same time in Bethel today firemen and citizens saved two from total destruction af: ter a hard fight. A dairy building on the farm of Frank Larson, at Hoyt's Hill,"an eminence at the borough lim- its, caught fire and because of lack of water was consumed. Sparks from this blaze started fires in _three houses below and the home of Mrs. William Eizea was destroved. Two other houses adjoining were somewhat dam- aged. Loss on each of the burned buildings was set at $3,000. French Brought Down 322 Airplar Two Months, Paris, May 17—(Via Ottawa)— French airmen brought down 322 air- planes during March and April, as compared with 96 French airplanes lost in the same period. sed steel Condensed Teiegrams Secretary McAdoo fixed May 28 as War Savings Stamp Day. Swiss troops report Allied airmen as superior to Germans. The Princeton-Yale freshman debate at New Haven last night was won by Princeton. Director General Charles M. Schwab will go to Detroit Monday to inspect shipyards. President Wilson urges that Mem- orial Day be observed in the same way as usual. Ex-King Constantine, of Greece, has a new attack of pleurisy. His con- dition is reported critical Investigation is being made at Pen- sacola into the burning of an airplane at the navy instruction school. A fifth year of the war is inevitable, Progressive member Herr Haussman, of Wuertemburg Diet, declared. Secretary Baker sent to Congress a suplementary estimate of $1,087,000 for the expenses of five arsenals. | Hoover told a' Philadelphia that he| Food Administrator conference at was opposed ice delivered | summer to houscholds in Mas- sachusetts has been fixed at 50 cents s a hundred pounds. i je Board | cent in The National War Labor granted a tempo 10 per Death rate at the National Army i Guard camps last week | a query. announced that nt‘)I s of the command of British | troops were contemplated. Gustave Anklam, an expert electric- ian, was arrested at yracuse with papers giving descriptions, plans and maps of the Chicago stockyards. 1 The Red Cross hospital B das-d arranged for a new building to be rected - on -the land “of Mi: Hunter, adjoining the naval hospital. 1t Newport, | Bright's disease is not adequate e for a young man w breaks a | iage engagement, it was decided | a Supreme Court jury in Brook- 5 ma by Iyn. Resolutions endorsing Speaker T. C.| | Sweet for the Republican guberna- | { torial nomination were .passed by the | Oswego, N. Y. Republican county com- mittee. | President Wilson referred to the | | War Department charges of Samuel | Gompers against Governor Yager of | Porto Rico, for mistreating the work- {ing class. i | The Constance Zeitung announce: {that two of the German long ran i guns which® wer bombarding Paris | have been removed to the Krupp plant | for repairs i | King George received the American | Labor Mission at Buckingham Palace. The audience lasted an hour. The King said he hoped the visit would prove helpful. Orders by the Government for > 000 cigars for the America ntroop were received by Springfield. Ma and other small cigar manufacturers in the State. Jerome Z. Hawley, 65, hanged him- self in a barn on the I'airfield estate of H. S. Shelton last night. He was employed as caretaker, having recently come from Danbury. Frederick T. Chandler, member of the banking Chandler Brothers & C: known in_financial Philadelphia yesterda; 54, senior house of and widely circles, wiat at One hundred and forty-eight sick and wounded American soldiers from the American expeditionary forces ar- rived in the United States during the week ending May 3. Secretary Lansing and French Am- bassador Jusserand exchanged ratifica- tions of the treaty or arbitration be- tween French and America for an- other term of five years. Arthur Henderson, leader of the La- Former Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, urged upon President Wilson at the ral countries in Massachusetts. Charles Kenyon, 43, cook on the tug James W. Hogan of New Haven, was killed under a freight train in the Belle dockyards of the New York, New | Haven and Hartford railroad last night, his head being caught between the wheels and underpinning of a car truck. Appointment of a “Reconstruction Commission” to study the problems ! that will arise after the war is pro- vided for in a resolution introduced by Representative Bdwards of Pennsyl- vania. be appropriated for expenses. The world’s largest bui be erected for the Fed: ment on the Brooklyn wat: storehouse. Tke buildi $40,000,000. It wil T square feet of flooring and B equipped with three 1.300-foot deck piers and 13 miles of railroad | tracks. Ensign Calvin Crawley, United Stat- es Naval Reserves, of St. Louis, was killed at the Hampton Roads naval operating base air school at Norfolk, Va., yesterday, when a.seaplane he ‘was piloting struck-a ‘pile in landing. NEW YORKERS CHEER PRESIDENT Wi Thousands of Persons Recognized Him at the St THERE TO REVIEW GREAT RED CROSS PARADE The President Will Open With an Address at a Great IM’E to the rationing sysiem,| New York: May sident Wil-| ered his cav. As the chesriig contifi- e ison came (o New York today to re. | €d the president rose and bowed $n Immediate construction of 14 con-! i romorcow the sreat Red (ros. | \Cknowledgment. He was obliged o crete tank steamers and fo: b L LQIAIIOW e ST N peat this performance frequently As Vossels was asked by the Shippine|Parade anG to open with an addres: Was. recognized by the Broadway Board. | tomorrow night the Red Cross’ dri — [tor a $100000,000 war fund. He was — = Congross has been appealed to by met at ihe sation by Colonel and | =INAL. PREPARATIONS MADE the Pederal Trade Commission to en- | Mrs, Edward M. House at whos £5 act laws putting an end to “commer- | home he and Mrs. Wilson dined to- FOR THE RED CROSS DRIVE cial bribery.” arriv crease in wages riking street car |tion when, with Colonel House and|:d by the Red Cross. The openifig employes of S 3 Wiison. he went for a fifteen- |day will be marked by two notal R mile ride through the city events. One will be a mammoth pa- Harry Stoffman, a shipping clerk,| The president will remain here un- |rade in which it is expected moge given 000 by a jury in the | til Sunday or Monday, spending part|than 50,000 men and women will preme Court for the loss of a foot |of the {ime at his hotei and a part|march and the other a great mass in an elevator aceident with Colone! House. meeting in the eveninz at the Metro- 2y There was no hint tonight a: the cha 1 of the message the n dent Wilson will be the chief speaker, ident would deliver tomorrow night.|The president aiso will review the pa- Aside from appealinz for funds for|rade. o the Red Cross, it was believed he| The biz parade through Fifth aves might take oec to touch on the|nue which will be only one of tHe international especiaily in view of recent expressions in n i 7 e {too, 3t is known, has been given con-| As a preliminary to the opening of ' The governor-general of the Dutch | side attention by the president|tne drive for funds. a dinmer was. Indies informed the American |recentl 3 | ziven here tonisht by several hum= il that permission to resume Am-| At the theater tonizht the presidentgreqd renresentative business men i crican trade has been granted. s given a tremendous Sreeting. . honor of Heary P. Davison. ehairman ed President Wilson and his party in wh {in the pros feeding our mation and our allie: an address John 1 n sef the convention of the National Live- met the government’s inds fo shipment of meats to the allies Witk increasing the production of livestock. as urged by the federal food admin: tration, is the -inadequacy of - trans portation faciliti e “until Germany ‘is overcome the para- sta: d administrators. The PoniEs iy ali mastiE ok Wity = e o pressing duty of the Unit- | ing the e chester-Salford Trade Council, deciar- | ('S, (S ina the other free nations, | ™S ne ammonia situation has: becoms ed that “President Wilson will secure | ity which this country. is.allied, i3 | o jittie easter and if 'conditions re= a lasting democratic peace. to fight with unconquerable deter- mination for a- victorious peace. world and to all other: military power of the kaiser” pledged. NOT GUILTY OF THEFT Court Clears Isaac Goldberg of Wor- Worcester w Half a_ million dollars would | g, f°der | to ‘steal cloth from freight cars in_in- ' Berg ‘Worcesicr and Nathan Kaplowitz of New York, both of whom had pleaded | ers were saved. guilty. the company she declines to keep. —_— and On the Streets LN R e = % = Meeting In the Evening at the Metropolitan Opera House tf; Tonight the Red Cross Drive For a 3100,(”0,@ 3 War Fund—It Is Expected More Than 50,000 Men and | Women Will March In a Mammoth Parade, Which Will -1 Be One of the Features. : % owds on the way back to his notel. night before zoing to a theater. Al ough the time of ‘the president’s 1 was unannounced, thousanis f persons at the station and on th street leading to the hotel at whic he stopped recognized him and cheer- d he passed. Later in the day rowds homeward bound from lowntown district gave him an ovs There Will Be Parades in Each of. the Five Boroughs of Greater New Vork‘.’ New York, May 17.—Final prepara- tions were made tonight for a spec- tacular opening here tomorrow of the drive to raise in this city at least one-quarter of the $1000G0,000 need- as politan Opera House at which Presi- * 1300 in the Tinited States will not be the only ome in New York. for thers will be smaller proceksions in each of the five boroughs of the sreater city. ngiand peace tuation, connection with German noeuvers. The Russian Word had been passed that he woull | or the war work coun !l of the Red tend the performance and the house Cross. ‘who returned only yesterday as packed. from Europe. The theatre sudience soon discover-| rhic war has come to be one in which Americans must fizht, not alone their box. A speech was demanded.|for the triumph of justice and lbers After vepcated requests the president |jn Burope, hut for our own hves and 4 said: everything we feel 'to be worth living for at home” Mr. Divison declared in an address at the dinner. x Appealing to the business interests of the country to contribute liberally to the Red Cross, Mr. Davicon sajd that these contributions should not be vegarded as beinz given to a charl- and Gentlemen. you are boring under a delusion. You think ou #fee the president of the United tates. You are mistaken. 'Really you see a tired man having a good time.” Greeted by a Throng. t Wi vi 1 v v ian The news that President Wilson was | table or even a purely humanitari ctemcing a Proadway theatre spread |enterprise. but as the onlv instrument iroughout the ite light” district | which the . American peonle can use and when he emerged after the per- fory e he was greeted by a throng which packed the street and which checred him enthusisatically as he en- effectively in expressing to western Furope the whole-hearted support of the American people in this frightful conflict. WAR FINANCE CORPORATION 18 READY FOR BUSINESS - MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY ROUNDLY DENOUNCED By Scnator Kendrick at Convention of National To Make Loans On Necessary War | Industries as Soon as Wilson Directs. Washington, May 17—The govern- ment’s haif billion doliar war finance i system | corporation will be ready to make e s Taisims, so vita}|loans on mecessary war industries as 7 cution of the war, and in|soon as President Wilson issues a pro- " in| clamation alrecting it to procted. by United States Senator| Directors of the corporation were Kendrick of Wyoming, before|sworn in today and elected W. P. G. Harding, who is governor of the fed&- ral reserve board, vice chairman and general manager of the corporation. Sherman Allen, former assistant sec- retary of the federal reserve board and former assistant secretary of the treas- ury, was chosen secretary pro ted and treasurer. Secretary McAdoo 1§ ex-officio chairman of the board of directors. The seven members of the mnew capital issues committee, which will - work in_conjunction with the finance corporation, also were swarn in todafl They elected as chairman Charles {H. . a member of the federal re- . A committee was | serve board. named to confer with the authorities | ington to enlarge the supply of Livestock Exchange. tock Exchange liere today. The sen- tor termed the packers’ corporations trust” and said “we have got to them out, and when we have ev- look back and wonder serted the packing industry has demands__for He 100 per cent. efficiency e It was brought ocut at the convention that a serious obstacle in the way of INCREASE IN SUPPLY OF AMMONIA REPORTED Some May Be Released For lce Pro- duction in Massachusetts. Boston_ May 17.—An increase in the * supply of ammonia_available for the manufacture of artificial ice was re- iported in a telegram received frof Asserobled In | the national food administration at * convention, the 1€~ |{he state house today. The prospscts Peace todey -adopted| s ghortage of ammonia has besh in which it declared that|gne of the serious problems confront= PLATFORM OF LEAGUE \ TO ENFORCE PEACE Declares That War Must Continue | Until Germany Is Overcome. Philadelphia win the w Enforce a platform quire it, it will probably be possible to release ammonia for necessary icd production in Massachusetts. This is. The league re-affirmed pledse to | o L Lt two supreme duties, to make the world | 8e% ot 8 S CTRT T i case % N hite aiouse the drafting of alienS|eafe by the defeat-of Germany. and | i overnmental ammonia require- ] into the American army. There are|German’ militarism, and to keep the some 200,000 aliens of allied and neut- & ments develop differently from what afe by a league of mations. - fe o e acan Unstained support” of the president in authority, “in all victory over the the was also A NEW BRITAIN POLICE r COMMISSIONER DISMISSED | Howard M. Steele Removed by Mayer George A. Quigley. s measures for E, FROM FREIGHT CARS New Britain, Conn., May 17.—Mayor George A. Quigley dismissed Commis: sioner Howard M. Steele from the po= lice board this afternoon for “lack of harmony.” Mayor Quigley wrote (G Commissioner Steele two weeks age requestnig his resignation. Mr. Steele, replied that he knew of no reason why he should resign. The mayor has au: thority under the charter to remove. { commissioners at his pleasure. ® Bdwin A. Parker a former alders man. was appointed to succced Mm - : Steele, s 5 cester of Conspiracy Charges. Boston, May Isaac Goldberg of cquttied by a jury in court today after a two trial on charges of conspiracy commerce shipments. The hour. Ha connection | hers in the Steamer Aground on Brazilian Coast: Buenos Aires, May 17.—The Nelson' liner Highland Scot, 7604 tons, aground on the Brazi¥an coast. sixt miles north of Rio Janerio and is con=~ sidered to be a‘total loss. The passenge. engaged larze- Gold- | < of c testr co-defends g Twelve aviators we She is a wise girl who is known by ' the last two weeks at tion fields.