Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 22, 1918, Page 1

They Are Pmenmq&e Teutemc Alm Frmwflmetly ~ Prepmngfor Commg Battles FRENCH MOST ACTIVE OF THE ENEMTE'EflRcEs TheGmmAnflnwm'Buleleof'flleerIbmanuht ing Spirit Along the Line In France—The Allies Have Succeeded In Thrusting the Teutons Back In Four Sec- tors, Gmh; Ground That Should Prove of Great Im- portance In the Future—Artillery Fire Contintes On the | American Front—A Report From Athens Says the Turk- " ish Troops In Asia Minor Have Mutined—British CIfllll- ties. FPI’ the Pu! Wed: 'Number 36,677. Striking viclously at the enem,v at various points alonz the westérn bat- tie front; meeting each outburst cf German artillery with a thunder of cannon fire and maintaining the mas- tery of the air in every sector from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier, the armies of the entente allies are preventing the. Teutonic armies from quietly perfecting their preparations for coming battles. Wi wil- edge that-the passing- of €ach. day brings new American legions to help crush the next German offensive, the allies are finding satisfaction in the fact that the Gefmans have as vet leen unable to launch a _ new blow in the struszgle.whieh-Berlin had ex- rected to be the decisive orle of the war. For thé Mmost part™ -ihe- Germans have shownvhut little ot TR habit- ual fightinZ ‘spirit alenz-the line in Franee. Thev have_been th- st back in four sectors and the allies have succeeded in Winning ground waich wili be of-great-impgrtance if'the! fu- ture. Buf the Germsns havescounter- attacked in oniy. bne ipstance”and-this movement. was -carried out §078lAwly and with "§0¢F 2"Tack of dash that it was casily broken up before the Teu- tons reached the.new-allied-posttions. The attackg by Zthe [French.. near I.acre, on the morthern side of the Lys sallent, and of the. Australians, before Amiens, whick ajready hive been,re- ported, now appear to have heen moré successful. than WA &t ‘first’ Gnden- stood. 8 \O"\‘r ocre; the Trench not only taken strengly fortified po'nts, but they havd made secure on each side of Hill 44, which they recaptured .from the Germans recent- ly. The Australians, too, have won ground which is of tactical importance along the Amiens sector. They have gained higher ground which lends it- seif well to defensive tactics and will be valuable when the time comes for stern battle there. The French étill seem to be the most active of the forces of the entente na- tions. . They again. have engaged in raidinz operations near:Laseigny, on the flank of the German line as it stands since the advance toward Amiens. On the American front there has been the usual lively exchange of ar- tillery fire, but no .infantry fighting has occurred {The same is true of the situation im the ftalian theatre of the war, A report from Athens says Turkish troops in Asia Minor have mutinied and that a force sent to’quell the dis- order _has deserted. Jt is said there have been many desertions from the Turkish garrisons- in towns along the Asia Minor coast. The British war office reports cas- ualties numbering 36677 durinz the past week. This ‘is a decrease from the number reported for the previous week. Japan and. China have come to an| understanding relative to the carrying éut ot mm). military ;;‘beratmm in Si as ‘seme., al’o th fl:ihi" Mm directed only to insuring the secfi:ty Ch_country’s interests in n- u{i‘a flnngolh ai\ T.h, Par J MOONEY LDSES APPEAL Ceounsel May Try to. Hn\ae Case Re- viewed By U.'S. Supreme Court. San Francisco, May 21.——‘!‘h0m€§ . Mooney, ‘conticted ‘of mutder-in con- nection with the death of one of ‘the vietims of “the - preparedness - day bomb explosioh here ‘in 191, today lost his final application for- review” of ‘his case by the Stite coufts € e F. A Gflmn superigf EouFt" or- ruled the’: n of his" t aside all"P¥&¥ious co gs and grantfig’%w ial "ol nd of wilful on- feasance fir' the oMiee ct attorney. His only hope for escape from the sentence of death im; d-now rests with Governor William D. Stephens who has a petition for parden under consideration, although counsel for said today they would probably ap- peal to‘the state supreme court again and if they failed they would,try to have the case reviewed by the sup- reme court of the United States, on the ground that Mooney was being de- prived of his life without due process of law. Should the case finally go to Gov- ernor Stephens for action on the.par- don application now pending. the gov- .ernor will have before him a request from President Wilson urging careful review of the facts adduced at the trial. This request was linked with a report of a-federal labor commission which urged the granting of a new trial, because of certain allegations of perjwry which followed the_testimony of a witness for the prosecution in the trial before the jury and. which the commission held had cast a cloud of doubt over the h.-xuhrlty of the whole proceedings. sdniee il opeo e MRS. ROSE PASTOR STOKES ON STAND.IN H!R OWN BEHALF , Charged With ation of Espionage Act. Kansas City," Mo, - May 21:—Mres. Ilose Pastor Stokes, -on trial in fed- eral court here, charged with violation © fthe espionage act, late today -took the stand in her own behalf. Mrs. okes began her testimony by -makirig siatements Similar to those she is al- leged to have made in an address be- fore the Women's Dining club- here last winter. She gave the jury her views of so- cialism, the causes of the war and fl* reason for ‘America’s entrance. Mrs, Stokes'-remarks at the dinne: cif». according to federal -officia’s, weer partly-responsible for her: subse- quent arrest and indictments.: - Court adjourned with Mrs, .5'okes still on the stand. - She will continue her tesr;mony tomorrow morning. RED CROC! DRIVE 18 SUCCESSFUL. EYERYWHER! Three States and ‘Many Cities Have Exceeded ‘Their” Quatas, - Washington,” May 21.—Returns from the American Red Cross campaign.for. 3 second $100,000,000 war mercy furdi recelved at headquarters here ionight, from the eleven -divis country show that the drive is meeiing with succesg everywhere. . While fig- ares from all districts-are far from complete, reports on hand siow that more than one-fourth of e fand ha; Three antfl-—! chigan;. South- Da~ tota and Dd.mrr»cnd many c!(]pi ve exceeded . thi o driving tofli'i s over the| IBAY STATE TD ch'rkm. FOR REVIEW OF HIS cAss. BOSTON ELEVATED [RAILWAY A Board of Fi to Be Ap- pointed by Governor McCall. . prsliy Boston, May 21.—A bill placing thel tontrol of the Boston IZlevated Rail- fway, one of the largest traction sys- tems in the country, in the hands of a ‘board of five trustees to be appointed by the governor was passed by the state senate today, and was sent to Governor McCall, A¥ the governor has expressed approv; "the meagure, it was believed at the:state house to- night that he would sign it tomorrow. Under, the terms of the bill the pe- riod of”public control is'to be en yéars and the trustees are to have full power to fix fares and extent of service without amy' control or super- vision from. regulatory bodies. The' state has the option of taking the road over by assuming the liabil- }ities and reimbursinz stockholders for the amount they have paid in, or may j}permit the road to revert.to stock- lht’:l((l‘lers at the end of the control pe- riod. {NEW ENGLAND FARMERS' ' WAR “COUNCIL ORGANIZED Consists of Three. Fnrmen Appomted From Each of the Six States. Boston, May 21.—The New England i Farmers’ War Council, which consists of ‘three farmers appointed.from each of the six states by the state food ad- /ministrators, organized here today Wwith the choice of E. S. Brigham of Vermont as president’and G. C. Sevey of Springfield, secretary. Tl)e council endorsed President Wil- son’s definition ‘of a just price; pledg- ed its support to the administration in | the war; endorsed the action of the i mational ‘advisery committee on the price of wheat, fayored fixing of prices of by-products used for stock feeding: recommended plang for the I regional distribution . of foodstuffs: and urged ' the war "department to adopt grades of New’ England hay in view of the alleged discrimination against. that product. MISS GRACE LUSK WILL TESTIFY TODAY Will Reveal Everv Incident of Her Re- lations With Dr. Roburh Waukesha, Wis., May ‘31— ith the introduotion of a letter written by the ! defendant to the woman. she after- wards killed, the state today rested its cese in the trial of Grace TLusk, school teacher, charged with'the mur- der of the wife of David Roberts, the | former state veterinarian. Tomorrow Miss Lusk will take the| witness. stand 'in_her' own behalf and.| according to attorneys, wiil reveal ev- ery ingident of her relations with Dr, Roberts, which .led - to “the trage She is expected to-deny categorica! statements mads on the witness stand by Dr. Rob&rts that she “pursued him” with the object of wrecking his home, RESOLUTIONS CALLING A ‘FOR’' WOMAN ‘SUFFRAGE | To Be Sent to Senators Brnndeqee and MoLean by State Society. Ha tford, Conn., May 21—\ com- mittee of ‘the * Connecticut - Woman | Suffrage Association " drew up resolu tions today which will bé sent ‘to Sen- otors Frank B, Brandegee and George P, Mclean urging them to vote for &!fll and stiillthe waman suffrage amendment to the funds. 3 lnned States »amfitufion, j ficer and obtaining his approval. tgoing to another place of residence, iled Para@raphs : Recrumn! ln Australi : Melbourne, May. 21.—(via Ottawa) (by A. P.)—The recruiting revival -con tinues throughout the Commonwealth. The quota has again exceeded that of | the preceding week. 'GERMAN WOMEN ARE REQUIRED TO REGISTER With Chiefs of Police or Postmasters Between June 17 and 26. . Washington, May 21.—German wo- Ten in_the United States are reguired to register with chiefs of police or postmasters between June 17 and 26, under regulations issued today by the department of justice. % In cities of 5,000 or more population by the 1910 census. the registration to be conducted by police and in smaller communities and country dis- tricts by postmasters, under the same rules as governed the registration of German males three months ago. Fin- ger prints will be taken. It is estimated aoout 400,000 Ger- man women, classed as enemy aliens Hy8 in the United States. This num- ber includes many women born in the United States but married to Germans who never were naturalized. Since wo- mer; assume the nationality of their husbands, these women will have to be considered subject to registration. Women whose husbands or fathers have been naturalized, or who have become naturalized in their own names, are not included in the class required to enroll. + The women will be asked to sgive full information conceriing their fam- ily relationships, their ages, places of residence and occupaticn. After reg- istering they will not be permitted to move from one locality to another without notifying the registration c(')’ n they will be required to report at once to the registering officer there. TORNADOES IN CENTRAL i IOWA KILL FIVE PERSONS. ‘A Score of Others Were Injured—More Than a Million Damage. Des Moines, Ia., May 21.—Tornadoes which swept the central portions of Towa this afternoon resulted in the death of at least six persons and the injury of scores of others. according 0 reports reaching here tonight. Prope: damage estimated at more than a million dollars was wrought by the storm. According to reports, three of the dead were killed at Boone, 40 miles north of here, while the other two were killed at Newton. 35 miles to the east. Reports from Boone said the tornado swept across the entire county from southwest to northeast, leveling farm buildings, killing livestock and infiict- | ing heavy damage on growing crops. In the city of Boone, 50 residences were razed and the Iowa division shops of the Chicago and Northwestern rail road virtually demolished. Estimates of the damage in the city of Bodne tonight varied from $200,000 to' $500,000, while fragmentary reports from rural districts placed the damage thére close to a million dollars. At Newton. two persons were killed arm@ Half a dozen injured when the storm wrecked a factory. One man ‘was killed and two severe- 1y injured near Denison, in the west- central portion of the state, according to reports from there. Half a dozen other tornadoes of no great rna."mtude were reported HOLLAND'S REQUEST FOR SHIPS HAS BEEN REFUSED | Must Send Vessels For Balance Year Promised. of Washington, May 21.—Holland has been nouried by the United States government that her request for three ships now in American ports to carry the balance ot the grain promised her by President Wilson cannot be grant- ed and that to prevent further delay in the movement of the grain Dutcn ships should be sent for it at once. This became known today ajter the; receipt of press despatches announcing that ‘The Netherlands government had prohibited the departure of Dutch ships from its ports. Gdficials were at a loss to understand the meaning of Holland’s action although it was as- sumed -the attitude of Germany was responsible. More than 400000 tons of Dutch shipping are idle in Dutch ports. a cording to information in the posses sion of the state department. It is from this fleet of tied up tonnage that the war trade board holds the ships necessary to transport the grain must be taken. Fifteen thousand tons of cereals now are at ports of embarkation tor Hol- land and by the time ships come for it there will be enough to make up the 36,000 tons remaining to be sup- plied of ‘the 50 000 tons promised. Hol- land has been warned that this sup- uly cannot be maintained indefinitely. TO AUCTION PRIVILEGE OF NAMING A STEAMER Now Being Constructed Near Boston —Proceeds Go to Red Cross. Boston, May 21.—The privilege of naming one of the steamers now be- ing .constructed in this section by the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and of designating the vessel's sponsor, is to be auctioned off for the benefit of the second Red Cross war fund, the pro- ceeds to be credited to the New Eng- land division. In announcing the plan today, B. W. Tratford, New England campaign manager, stated that bids would be received by him until noon May 23. The only reservation made is that the name shall have the approval of a committee headed by Mr. Trafford. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson heretofore bas named the vessels built by the emergency fleet corporation. REHABILITATION FLANS OF BOSTON & MAINE. Large Expenditures to Be Made for Equipment and to Enlarge Freight Yards. Boston, May 21.—Plans for the re- habilitation of the Boston and Maine railroad with the aid of the $2§,000,- 000 allowed the road by the national railroad administration call for the expenditure of approximately half of that sum for equipment, according to James H. Hustis, federal receiver of the road. The other half, it is expect- ed, will be used to enlarze freight vards, lay new tracks, strengthen the lines, ‘and expand the repair shope * Honor For Lufbery. | her daughter up in the house, went to {morrow, when he will Bnmecm ms Federal Mprohatmn FOR REM'ARKABLE RECORD MADE IN WAR WORK REQUEST CONTINUANCE Assistant - Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Through State Counsel of Defense, Citizens of Connecticut. Makes Statement to the Bridgeport, May 21.—“In Washing- ton’we appreciated the remarkable rec- ord .made by the state of Connecticnt; we ask you to keep up. the good work.” This was the parting message to the citizens of Connecticut of Hon. Frank- lin D. Rooseveit, assistant secretary of the navy, given by Mr. Roosevelt, ‘through the Connecticut State Council of Defense just before he left this city atter a strepuous day of speech- es and visits to war plants here yes- terd«u Mr. Roosevelt's Statement. Mr. Roosevelt's statement to the cit- izens of Connecticut follows: No' chain is stronger than weakest link. “This national crisis cannot be met with complete succeéss unless every American does his full share. “Remember, if even one man out of ten fails to do his utmost, this slows up the winning of the war by far more its McAdau Relieves All Ralmad Presidents FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS EXECU- TIVE MANAGERS TO APPOINT DIRECTORS To Safeguard Stockholders Federal Directors Wherever Possible Will Be Appointed From Among the Operat- ing Officers of the Property. Washington, May 21.—Every rail- road president in the United States was relieved from active duty as ex- ecutive manager of his road today by Director General McAdoo, who will ap- point a federal director for each road, responsible only to the railroad admin- istration. In many cases the presi- dent of the road may be named fed- eral director. To Safeguard Stockholders. To safeguard the interests of stock- holders and maintain the individuality of ‘each railway, federal directors wherever possible will be appointed from among the operating officers of the property, the director general an- nounced. This will avoid disrupting any road’s working organization un- necessarily. Two New Operating Districts. As another step in the reorganization of railroad management, the director General Pershing says: “No other organization since the world began has ever done such great construc- tlve work with the efi”aency, the despatch, the understanding, often under adverse circumstance§, as has by the American Red months.” Are you going to see is contmued or are y to stop? been done in France Cross in the last six that this great work ou going %o allow it ItDepends Upon Your Contributions than 10 per cent. of delay. % “Delay at one point means increas- delay at others. mg‘Tlfi“e is a Dbig factor in the fight —it means the saving of the lives of our ‘men who do the actual fighting for us—it means the certainty of win- ning this war. “Tn Washington we appreciate the remarkable record made by the state of Connecticut; we ask yecu to keep up the gocd work with the help of ten out of every ten of our citizens.” CRIMINAL ASSAULT CHARGE AGAINST MOODUS FARMHANI:).l === i Victim a Demented Girl of 20—Fred Bennett, 35, and Married, the Culprit. Moodus, Conn., May 21.—Fred Ben- nett, a farmhand. 35 years old, is be- ing ‘held in the Haddam jail tonight, charged with assault upon Mrs. Trank Duglio, and of criminal assault upon her daughter, a demented girl of 20. According to Mrs. Duglio, who lives in an isolated district, Bennett came to her house this afternoon. selzed' beat and choked her. She says that she broke away from the man, locked the home of Justice Joseph A. Wil- liams and made complaint. Justice Williams summoned Con- stable George M. Smith by telephone and they, with others, sought Bennett. He was found hiding in a swamp and arrested. Upon returning to the Duz- lio home it was discovered that some- one had broken into' the. daughter’s room and that she was missing. Search was made of the swamp where Bennett had been, and the girl was found, stripped of her clothing and showing evidence of having been otherwise maltreated. She had apparentiy just crawled out of a shallow pool when located. Feeling over the affair ran high and Bennett, who is married, was taken to Haddam for safe keeping until to- be given a hearing before Justice Williams. TEN PERSONS KILLED BY TORNADO IN KANSAS. Hundreds of Horses and Cattle Were Killed and Great Damage Resulted. Hays, Kas, May 21—Ten persons were killed, two probably fataily in- jured and dozens of others less seri- ously injured in a tornado which swept across northern Ellis and southern Rooks counties early today. At the little town of Codell in Rooks county all the churches, schools and larger business houses and residences were demolished by the tornado and the debris swept away. The tornado started 15 miles north- west of Hays and swept a strip a mile wide in a northwesterly direction for a distance of 35 miles. The death list may be augmented when full details o fthe devastation are learned, it is believed. Hundreds of horses and cattle were killeq and much damage was caused to growing crops by hail which came after the wind had passed. URGED TO SEEK PLEDGES FROM BANKING INSTITUTIONS Red Cross Chairman Uliman Issues Statement to His Aides. New Haven, Conn, May 21—Isaac M. Ullman, state chairman of the Red Cross drive committee, tonight issued a statement urging his aides in the communities of the' state- to seek pledges from banking institutions. He cited the fact.that congress has pass- BRartford, Conn., May 21.—By Jdirec- tion of Governor Holcomb, the flag will be flown at half staff tomorrow on the state building in honor of Major Raoul Lufoery, of Wallingford the American -aviator killed in action in France. *of $117,324 on a quota of $350,000. ed an act allowing of such contriby- tions from, the net profits’ of national hanks and that this also permits simi- lar action by state banks. Pledges here today reached a total .ONE SOLDIER IS MISSING, general ordered the creation of two new operating districts—the Allegheny region, consisting of the principal trunk lines east of Piatsburgh, exclud- ing the New York Central, managed by C. H. Markham, new regional .di- rector for the south, and the Pocohan- tas district, consisting of the east and west trunk lines terminating at Hampton Roads. JOHN DILLON DEPRECATES ACTION OF SINN FEINERS Dublin, May 21.—John Dillon, the Nationalist leader, in an interview with The Associated Press correspond- ent today emphasized the divergence between his party and the Sinn Fein, whose policy he declared to be “wrong and foolish and bound to end in dis- aster.” AMr. Dillon said he still believed in a friendly settlement with Great Brit- ain. He adhered to the declaration of the late John E. Redmond, made at the outbreak of the war, that the “cause of the allies is the cause of freedom.” In an appeal to the American peo- ple, Mr. Dillon said the Sinn Fein had been supplied with unlimited fi- nancial resources from New York, and he urgently asked all those of Irish blood in the United States to support his party as against the Sinn Fein. FIRE IN AIRPLANE PLANT AT SAN FRANCISCC Two Finished Airplanes Were Destrey- ed—Machiney Damaged. San Francisco, N Two finish- ed airplanes were de: ed in a fire which swept the plant of the Fowler Aeroplane Corporation here today. Fifteen others in various stages of construction also were burned. Tt was estimated that equipment and parts enough to construct fifty others fell prey to the flames. Machinery used in constructing planes was damaged considerably. There was no traces of incendiarism, the police said. One hundred families were made homeless when the fire swept 25 frame flat and apartment houses. The damage to the airplane factory and surrounding buildings was esti- mated at $750,000 by S. S. Dibbero, a director of the Fowler concern. TWO LOVE AFFAIRS MAY HAVE LED TO SUICIDE Of Miss Nellie Lipsett, 19, at Boston— Was Resident of Devon) N. S. Boston, May —Two love affaire were believed by the police tonight to have played a prominent part in the 12 death here of Miss Nellie Lipsett, 19 years old, of Devon, N. S, whose body was found -in her apartment last night, one hand covering the transmitter of a telephone and the other clutching a revolver. It was the theory of the in- vestigators that complications arising from the girl's acceptance of the at- tentions of two admirers led her to commit suicide. It was believed she called one of them on the telephone and then shot herself. EIGHTEEN WERE INJURED In Wreck of a St. Louis-Southwestern Train in Arkansas. Texarkana, Ark., May 21.—One sol- dier is'mi g, eighteen were injured, A. J. McAllister, engineer, was killed, and several trainmen injured when a northbound St. Louis-Southwestarn train was derailed by a broken angle bar at Mavton Station, just south of Garland, Ark.. today. The soldier be- longed to the 619th Aerial Squadron. | ordained 50 years ago, celebrated her 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams President Wilson signed the Over- man bill. Towns and villages in the Ukraine are burning. The potato area in England is 230,- 000 acres shntt. The cargo carrier J. G. McCullough was sunk in forelgn waters. London tailors complain of having been put on half raticns of cloth. General Parshing is completing plans for America’s first army corps. The Senate passed the Rivers and Harbors bill appropriation of $21,571,- 900. Lord Rhondda, British Food Min- ister, who is ill, withdrew his resigna- tion. More than $10,000 in fines wére paid in London by Russians who failed to register. Thirteen alleged slackers were turn- ed over to the Federal authorities in Manhattan. German troops occupy Borko in the Gulf of Finland 30 miles northwest of Petrograd. Secretary McAdoo and members of the Finance Committee debated the new war tax bill Walker D. Hines, chief counsel to Rail Director McAdoo was appointed Assistant Director-General. Twelve members of the Lower House in the Saxon Diet were sent- enced to penal servitude at Leipsic. The wholesale arrest of Sinn Fein| leaders made in Ireland was due to evidence furnished by American offic- | ials. The names of one American killed in action, one missing and four wound- ed appeared on the Canadian casual- ties list. The Senate granted the request of General Pershing to allow American soldiers to wear decoratfons given by the Allies. President Wilson, yesterday signed the sedition bill giving the government wide powers to punish disloyal acts and utterances. Announcement was made by the rail- road. administration that the govern- ment would operate barges on the Erie canal today. The drive to secure New England’s quota of $7,000,000 for the American Red Cross fund had reached almost $2,000,000 .last night. Two men, former owners of the Newark Freie Zeitung, pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to violate espionage law. The Rev. Antoinette Brown Black- well, America’s first woman preacher, 93rd birthday in Elizabeth, N. J. At the 68th annual meeting of the Connecticut Homeopathic society in Hartford, tribute was paid to the pat- riotism of physmans in the great war. Assemblyman Mltchell A. Tiahan, | 21, youngest member of the New York Legislature, enlisted in the photo- graphic section of the Aviation Corps. Richard Blodgett, an American avia- | tor who left his studies.at Williams College last year to enter the service, has been killed in France while in flight. The Federal Trade Commission esti- mated its expenditures during the next 12 months at $1.600,000. All but $100,- 000 will be used in industrial investi- gations. New Britain nearly reached the half way post in its Red Cross drive for $100,000 on the first day, it was an- nounced yesterday noon. Collections now total $49,251. State Senator William C. Sproul of Chester, Pa., was yesterday nominated for governor of Pennsylvania on the republican ticket in . the statewide primary election. Waterbury started its Red Cross war fund campaign yesterday noon with contributions and pledges totalling over $110,000 more than one fourth of the city’s quota. The Missouri law granting a lawyer working on a contingent fee basis a lien against any damage which may be collected was sustained by the United States Supreme Court. Adolph Flint was taken in charge at ‘Southington, Conn., by Deputy United States marshals under a warrant charging him with violating his parole as a german enemy alien. The Federal Supreme Court dismis- sed an appeal of the attorney-general of Texas against an injunction, which stopped him from pressing a suit| against railroads in Texas in the state courts. Whitney Palache, of Hartford, re- ceived a telegram last night from Washington notifying him that his son, Second Lieutenant James Palache, of the overseas forces, had died of wounds received while fighting in No Man's Land. At a meeting of the republic state central committee held at Hartford, yesterday it was decided, in view of the Red Cross drive, to postpone for a ay the meeting called for May 27 at 1 p. m. in the Allyn House here. The committee will meet at the same house the next da; SINN FEINERS DENY EXISTENCE OF GERMAN PLOT Government is Searching a Number of Suspected Persons. 5 Dublin, May 2L—The government net is still spread in hope of arrest- ing other persons believed to be con- nected with the alleged .German plot. A number of suspected persons are being searched, some vehicles in the vicinity of the city are being stopped and the occupants are subjected to ex- amination. All parties are marking time, await- ing developments. The unionist press presumes the government's evidence must be very strong, while the na- tionalist press shows some skepticism i have uncovered similar German Successful Flight by Navy Airplane FROM PHILADELPHIA TO HAMP. TON ROADS, VA, CARRIED 5 PASSENGERS Equipped With Two Liberty Motors— Flight Was Made In Three Houn and Fifteen Minutes—Was Built In Philadelphia. Washington, May 21.—A navy aif- plane recently completed at the naval aircraft factory, Philadelphia, has made a flight from Philadelphia w0 Hampton Roads, Va., in three hourt and fifteen minutes. The plane it equipped with two Liberty motors add cs]rned five passengers including the pilot. GERMANS CONNIVED WITH ALL NATIONALITIES In Prosecution of Their Propaganda in This Country. Washington, May 21.—Disclosure to- day that the government has. gathered evidence in this country of conspira- cies between Irish Sinn Fein leaders and German agents to precipitate a rebellion in Ireland was followed by announcement that government agents in- zue with other nationalistic groups the United St- German money used to finance .-0n among ne- groes and among Finns, Lithuanians and others of the so-called “gppressed nationalities” which for years have had rationalist grievances against Russia or other anti-Germanic allies. said, has been In most cases this propagand has been carried on by Americans : ted with these groups, paid from me ysterious source, believed to - the man government. Except among the radical Irish agitators, however, the propaganda did not appear to make much headway. FFor many months, it now is reveal- ed, United States government agents have been inside the councils of the Irish in this country who plotted arm- insurrection of Irish citizens againsf h rule, and have discovered con- clusive evidence. that German money and promises of aid stimulated the conspiracies as a means of diverting the British government from its war task in France. Direct action to stop the intrigue was thought not advisable, inasmuch as the government did not wish to meddle in domestic problems of the British empire. but the information gathered was turned over in some cases to British representatives. and it is understood. the -resent srre: t a number of Irish Sinn i'eins as prompted partly by evidence of Ger man-Irish plots djscovered in this country. A number of persons are under sur- veillance. ’DANIELS TELLS OF THE GROWTH OF THE NAVY There Are 300,000 Men In It Now— Will Soon Be 400,000. J. May 21— Daniels in an New Brunswick, Secretary of the Nav: address at the Rutgers College com- mencement today said: “We are build- ing ships, but we cannot bulid them in a day, but before another summer we shall have enough ships not only to carry a million troops to France, but millions to France and enough des- trovers to see them there in safety.” Declaring “We are going to get out the greatest naval ships produced— destroyers,” the secretary continued: “We have 300,000 men in the navy now. We will have 400,000 soon. They are enlisting so fast we have to ask them to stay home for a few days until we can build new ships for them.” “The day may come,” said the sec- retary in another part of his address “when, if necessary, congress may change the draft age limit. If the men between 21 and 31 cannot win the war then they will call on the men from 18 to G0 to win the war.” YALE STUDENTS CREATED ANOTHER DISTURBANCE But They Were Promptly Suppressed by the Police. New Haven, Conn., May 21.--A dis- tugbance by students in the Sheffield School section of Yale, followed the ri. otous outbreak of last night, wasr promptly auelled tonight by the ap- nearance of a detail of police and latet Major E. B. Reed of the faculty, whose suggestion that the men scatter teo their rooms was heeded. Sometime be- fore there had been conmsiderable re- volver firing from dormitory windows, it is alleged. and hurling of bottles to the street. More than a hundred stu- dents were congregated when the po- lice, sent in response to a hurry call by a patrolman appeared. President Hadley returned to the city late today. He declined to comment on last night's outbreak. It was point:. ed out tonight that the students ar- rested last night, althongh wearing the army and navy uniform, are not enlist-; ed men, and therefore subject to civil instead of military law. TURKISH TROOPS IN ASIA MINOR HAVE MUTINIED Two Thoysand Soldiers Sent to Quell The Disturbances Have Deserted. Athens, May 21.—Turkish troops at Aidin. in Asia Minor, have mautinfed. Two thousand soldiers sent from Man- issa twenty miles northeast of Smyrna to quell the disturbances have desert- ed. Numerous desertions alsé are re- ported from the coast zarrisons. Re- pression of the movement has been en- trusted to Essad Pasha of Janina. OBITUARY. William J. Bridgett. ‘Wallingford, Conn., May 21.—William, J. Bridgett, who represented this town in the state legislatures of 1913 and 1917, died at his home in the Yales-, ville section late today. He was a democrat and his second term In the- legislature came as the result of a. as to the reality of a plot. The Sinn Fein has no daily newspaper, but at the Sinn Fein headquarters there were emphatic denials of the existence of any German plot today. special election calleq to fill a vacancy, arising out of the accidental death of Theodore MacKenzie, who died. be-- tween the time of his election and the session of the assembly.