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POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1918 12 PAGES—96 COLUMNS PRICE. TWO . Killed Flying in England. ’ London, May (By A. P.)—Sec- ond Lieutenant H. W. Preston, of the British Air force, son of Robert K. Preston of Chicago, was killed on May 14 while flying in England. REVENUE LEGISLATION UP TO THE PRESIDENT He is to Decide Whether It Shall Be Undertaken at This Session of Con- gress. ‘Washington, May 22.—Whether rev- enue legislation shall be undertaken at this session of congress depends on Presdent Wilson's decision after a conference tomorrow with congres- sional leaders who are strongly in fa- vor of postponing the legislation until next December. Today the president went over the arguments presented by Secretary McAdoo for enactment of a new tax law before adjournment and he will see Mr. McAdoo again before finall determining whether the administra. tion shall declare the legislation nec- ossary to preservation of the nation’s finances in healthy condition for the war, All the advice which Secretary Mec- Adoo got today from his advisors having direct charge of administer- ing the revenue law and of planning to meet future financial needs of the government was to the effect that a new measure must be enacted by next fall. He was told that by December At Present the Most Notable Feature of the War Is the Remarkable Work of the Airmen AfiEHIGAN AVIATORS TAKING PROMINENT PART The German Plans For a Resumption of the Offensive In France Are Being Hampered By Sudden Blows of the Allies Here and There Along the Front—The American Artillery Is Battering the German Lines Night and Day, While the Infantry Is Raiding Enemy Outpost Positions — A Night Gas Attack By Americans Drenched a Wooded Position of the Enemy With Poisonous Fumes — A German Attack Is Expected Soon, Either In the Somme Region Near Albert or On the Avre River. more definite assurance that it will be forthcoming, and that it will be next to impossible to collect taxes under a law whigh might not be com- pleted before next February or March, Regardless of government needs, Secretary McAdoo is represented as believing that business interests of the nation should know long before next February or March the nature ar-(]- amount of taxes to be assessed on| them for th bu i In the past years of the war a per- iod of extraordinary activity by the aerial squadrons of the contending ar- fighting the enemy. General Persh- ing's. men have won several hot fights with the foe and have captured pris- mies in France has been considered |omers. A night gas attack was loosed | S 5 an indication that events were rap- |on the Germans by the Americans GERMANY HAD NO RIFLES {dly shaping themselves for an offen- |near Toul, three waves of shells STORED IN THIS COUNTRY. sive by one side or the other. At the S T present moment the most notable fea- ture of the war situation is the re- markable work of airmen in various sectors where a German attack is looked for. This activity has not been restricted to the actual battle area, but far back of each front there have been daring . The Rhine cities are being fre- quently bombed, while Paris azain has been in danger of a new German at- tack from the air. drenching a wooded position of the enemy with poisonous fumes. The French, too, have been at work in various sectors, particularly in the Somme region. They have gained ground here ‘and there at points where positions of tactical value were wrest- ed from the Germans. Further north -the British front has been fairly quiet. with tremendous bursts of artillery fire coming at in- tervals. The German official state- ment says British attacks at various Declares the Report a Myth. New Yo b ported importation country large numbers of Mauser rifles ‘and quantities of ammunition ! was declared a myth by Deputy Attorney General Becker at the ¢ clusion today of his inquiry into ru- mors of the existence of.these mun ermany’s re- nd storage in this e tions. He expressed the opinion that | American aviators have borne a|points were repulsed. the stories were an outzrowth of the prominent part in this fighting. In the | Reports from the headquarters of | German plot (o foment revolt againet Luneville and_Toul sectors they have |the French army are to the effect that | British rule in Ind sfven a magnificent account of them- | there has been a re-distribution of | This developed « selves, while further north, and even | German troops along the entire front.|of Henrs in the defense of Londom, they have|A German attack i« expected soom, |as d-monstrated their- fighting - capacity. | probably in the Somme region neari The German plans for 2 résumption | Albert or on the Avre river, Where the | Garman munitions manufacturers . Fe of the offensive in France haye been |German cannon have been thunderinz |said that in 1914 a shipment of 7,200 =eriously hampered 1Y Zthe -sudden | for several davs, but so-far the Ger-|old model Springlicld rifies. which he hiows of ihe afties lere and there|man general staff has not shown its|now believes were intended for i alonz the front. The Germans;have |hand. shipment to India, werc stored in this been féread hack at numerous points It is known there are great masses !nt new_lines which may be more city by the Germa over of troons. within striing distance of N Sory enyament few months ago they were:sold by the defended have been :llnwish- the front and it is believed ot )emy property istodian to Franeis -V‘TM the allled sations. :n]a;n{vl{m%wm&e u Bannerman, a New York broker in Te Am b owa, sec- | on] e, ¢ ondemned ordnance and -mili! o rove u---W‘:fi? f-nx‘ “no m the actual assault by his INARtry, Tho | aphernalin. he aeciaren T Ty Par The arpiieree "’f report from !fl i War office} “This is the only source to which T mar 1ika RICKE and dav, ¥hiloTthe tions heayy 0’ thefcan attribute these’ absurd stories infantremen have raided German out- sh‘mme region lud zt'Plemml near Novon, where there was terrific fight- ing. about a million rifles and a billion rounds of ammunition being held here bv Germany,” Muck _said. “I know itively that but one shipment of ) Maveer Tifiss® nayerbihe tot thiy country since 19 went to an agent for the Mexican constitutionalist government with the approval of the state department.” Anxious to make big commissions through what appeared to be the easy process of buying up the arms and dis- posing of them to some foreign gov- ernment, Muck said he believed a number of persons had been victimized by fakers who demanded an advance payment for an “option” on the muni- tions. Gustav Lussinz, a New York insurance agent, admitted on the wit- ness stand earlier in the day that he paid $250 for such an “option” to a man who he afterward discovered had given him a fictitious name ang ad- dress. FOOD FOR MILLIONS IN GERMAN-OCCUPIED BELGIUM noeftjons and have nroved them- 3 of dutwittine.and out- NATIONAL Assocwno'i OF ~ MANUFM:TURERS‘ OFFICERS. Charles L. Taylor_of Hartford Chosen One of the Vice Presidents. New' York, May 22 —After pledging devotion to the American flag- “and the authority and principles it repre- sents” and listening to addresses “on the government's activities in settling Industriad disputes and establishing vocational schovls to re-educate dis- abled soldjers, the National Associa- tinn ufacturers electeq vice esdents for eleven states and con- ded w three days' convention here ht i~ presidents chosen included: Connecticut, Charles L. Taylor, Hart- fard: Massachusetts, William P. White, lowail. Rbode Island, A. J. Thornley, Trovidence. ™ John Nolen of Cambridge, Mass., spola an re-education of men crippled \ the war. CUILTY OF STEALING GOODS IN INTERSTATE COMMERCE |EstEN BILLION DOLLAR ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL Washington, May billion .dollar. .army - appropriation -bill for the next fiscal year was agreed to unanimously today by the house military committee and will be report- ed to the house this week by Chair- man Dent. Early consideration will be urged. In addition to the regular army bill, a_fortifications ‘bill carrying $3.300,- 000,000 is under consideration by the house appropriations committee and today Secretary ‘Baker asked for $1,- 500,000,000 additional for ordnance and ordnance supplies with authorization for the war department to spend $7.- 118,562,466 additional for ordnance as in its discretion may be required dur- ing the coming fiscal year. Of the more than seven billion au- thorization asked, $4,160.000,000 is for armament for fortifications, and mountain, field and siege cannon, and $2,701,394,437 for ammunition. Is to Be Conveyed by Restoration of Fleet of Steamers. 2. Washington, May — President Wilson today appro: arrangements which will remove the menace of star- vation which the ten million inhabi- William J. Holmes of Springfield, a tants in agraphs lT[] Make J“ly dth or January the government will need | Deputy State Attcrney General Becker S p— and that shipment | Fireman on the New Haven Roa Boston, May 22.—William J. Holmes of Spengfield, a fireman ofi the New llaver Foad, and his half brother, Fred Wilson, employed as a baggage- man at the Springfield station, pleaded guilty in federal court today to con- spiracy to steal goods in interstate semmerce. Federal officers said the meép caused two trunks checked to New York to be shipped to Hartford, Conn. where Holmes claimed them, 3nd gold the contents. Holmes was sentanced to two years in the Atlanta penitentiary. Wilson's case was con- inued indefinitely, the court accept- inz his statements that he had acted At the direction of the older man. RAILROADS ASK “MORE ‘Washington, May REGISTRATION OF MEN ABSENT FROM HOME Must Be Provided For by Draft Execu- tives in All States, German-occupied and France have been faced. Herbert C. Hoover, as chairman of Belgium the commission for relicf in Belgium, announced tonizht that the president nad approved the restoration of the fleet of steamers emploved by the 22—Draft execu- commission to the original number and tives in all states were advised today the placing at the commission’s included in the population. ister in sufficient registration ADEQUAE COMPENSATION.” They Are to Have Special Hearing Be- fore Federal Railroad Commission. Boston, May 22.—Negotiations are under way for 3 special hearing before the federal rallroad administration at by Provost Marshal General Crowder they must be prepared to handle the registration of many young men ab- sent from home. States having ship- bujlding plants, munitions factories and other war industries were warned they must expect to take care of a large number of libunlee registrants arge Youths absent from home must reg- time to have' their certified to their boards before Jume 5. DEPORTMENT OF YEOWOMEN OF FIRST DISTRICT CENSURED. Admiral Wood ‘Warns Them to Pay Stricter Attention to Business. posal sufficient tonnage for the des- patch of 90,000 tons of foodstuffs in the next ninety days. ANOTHER NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH IN GEORGIA In Connection With Murder of Hamp- ton Smith—Wounded Three White Men. Valdosta, Ga. May 2 Sidnev Tohnson, a negro accused of complicity in the murder of Hampton Smith. a Brooks Countv farmer, was shot to death tonight in a fight with the nolice on the outskirts of Valdosta. Three whites were wounded. including Chief of Police Dampier. Four neeroes al- ready have been lynched as the result non-resident home “Washington in behalf of certain rail- roads for “more adequate compensa- tion” under the provisions of the rail- BRerns st = wpnial Caciakitton iy, a_speci et Investors’ Boston, May 22.—Yeowomen at the headquarters here-of the First naval district must pay stricter attention to business if they wish to escape official censure. In an order issued today by of the Smith killing. DEATHS FROM TORNADO IN IOWA WILL EXCEED TWENTY the - Protective associa<| Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, com. e i T8 o Atneriet. snnounced tomight. | manding the E be ,,n::'wm Estimates Place the Provertv Damage The recent action of the director|en clerks kere warned that there must at More Than $1,500,000. . onmnn INDUCTED INTO MILITARY SERVICE. Flavio Gingiobbe of Webster Had Cast Aspersions on U. S, Army. Boston, May 22 in, h: 1d R s i e armre P iiing to SEh o e Was 2] lor m'::‘ryb:I‘ was ordered-inducted into &, Morton, Jr. ¢ e ting and when tor med his rmr court’s stood ‘up and be no more-.sitting on desks, talking, Teading newspapers and idle conversation.” COPPER PRODUCERS ASK INCREASE TO 30 CENTS ves of the Industry Appe: & ceed 150, the property damage, lat- Industries Board. est estimates showed, is more ' than|Two Weeks Were Give nto File a Sup- jo3 g $1,500,000. plementary Brief. ‘Washington, ‘May” 22.—Declaring the — Present copper price fixed by the gov- OBITUARY. Washington, May 22.—Counsel for ernment 2t 23 1-2 insufficient owing to the high cost of labor and material, the. copper industry today asked the price-fixing committee of the war in- dustries board to grant an increase to 20 cents 2/pound for the three months b!linnln‘ June 1. as ‘indicated nmmly would result after Twenty-five eastern refineries was hinted at as_the probable figure, leavin, discussion. smelters and thflmlvuamylthend loud Des Moines. Towa, Mav 22.—Belated central ofwa. swent by vesterday's tor- nado. indicated that the fatalities would exceed the twenty thus far re- porte: The injured . were believed to ex- cents per pound is Dr. James J. Smith. representatives of| New Britain, Conn, May 22.—Dr. that a compromise ~further cents . at Death was due to a cerebral hemor- Baltimore. g the producers, reports tonight from the sections of James J. Smith, a_throat, eye and ear specialist, died today at the Hartford hogpital following -an attack of illness late vesterday afternoon- in this city. rhage. Dr. Smith was born.in Enfield in 1363 and was a graduate of the Collége of Physicians and Surgeons at He also studied in Burope. Ship Launching Day| SHIPYARDS ARE ASKED TO SPEED UP PRODUCTION GREATEST IN HISTORY Chairman Hurley Is Disposed to Make the “Liberty Launching” a Series of Notable Celebrations in All Yards. Washington, May 22.—Every ship- yard in the United States was asked by telegraph tonight to speed up pro- duction and make July 4 the greatest ship launching day in the history of the world. Commissioner Colby and Charles Michaels. director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, will be in San Francisco for the launching of nine ships in yards there. Some Will Be Destroyers. Some of the vessels will be destroy- ers for the navy and others steamers for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, the launchings being a significant re- Red Cross Fund Total $44,070,555 NEARLY ONE-HALF THE WAR MERCY FUND FROM THE 12 DISTRICTS in Connecticut $1,118000 Has Been Subscribed—In New York City the Total Now Is $11,358,457. ‘Washington, May Nearly one- half of the American Red Cross sec- ond $100,000,000 war mercy fund had been subscribed on the face of returns received at headquarters here tonight at the end of the third day’s campaign. The total sub: tions from the twelve districts $44,070,535, but it was recognized that these fisures were incomplete and did not represent the maximum of subscriptions up to this one of the divisions yet has reach- ed its quota, but many cities and towns taday joined those that went over the top Monday and Tuesday. The sub- In France, it is furnishing rel other places. There are 3000 Americans al 3 Cross. land, five hospitals; in Italy, in France, and 465 hospitals Cross ambulances on the It 129 American boys. Fourteen rolling canteens at plied 3,240,000 hot drinks to it sx drinks to soldiers. Red Cross supervision. What the Red Cross Is Doing in ltaly, in forty-five cities and towns, with branches in 218 In France, thirty-seven warehouses containing more than $7,000,000 worth of goods, fifteen hospitals; in Eng- are furnished to 4361 hospitals in 1509 cities and towns in the Paris district have supplied millions of meals and This Is Work You Should Help lief in 121 cities and towns; broad working for the Red In add , two. n, supplies in italy. Ninety-nine Red alian front are operated by il men to the colors. Condensed Telegrams ish shipping losses for April to- ,700 tons. People of England are urged by the government to kill all rats. tal =y A Swedish steamer rescued two big German aeros in the North Sea. McAdoo ordered the combining of 37 railway ticket offices in Chicago. Four German prisoners escaped from the internment camp at Fort Ogle- thorpe, Ga. -La Serena, capital of the province of Coquimbo, Chile, was shaken by carthquakes. The Dutch government has prohibit- ed the sailing of all Dutch ships from Dutch ports. The Senate passed a bill to create a new judgeship in the northern dis- trict of California. President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Major-General March as full general. Washington informed London of a plot between German leaders and Sinn Feiners in the United States. Germans seized the Dutch steamer Aneta and have taken it to Swine- munde with a cargo of lumber. Capt. James Norman Hall who was brought down behind German lines is alive in a German prison hospital. Senator James of Kentucky, who has been 'undergoing treatment at Johns I-Lopkms Hospital, is reported improv- e President Wilson sat for sketches for A. Romanath, Cuban artist, who is painting the portrait for the City of Havana, Fourteen miners were imprisoned in the Mill Creek Channel Coal Mines at Villa, ten miles north of Charles- ton, W. Va. Provost Marshal Crowder announced {that the new registration for the | selective draft law will add 750,000 | { Capt. David Peterson of Monesdale, | Pa.. while testing a monoplane motor the French front have sup- French soldiers. Canteens {'of a New York firm. A factory has been established for manufacture of arti- ficial limbs, and five splint factories are operating under minder of the overseas traffic under convoy which is playing' so grear part in the world war. Chalrman_Hurley is _dispose(. make the “Liberty launchings” ries of notable celebrations in all yai as a peculiarly fitting way to com- | memorate the signirig of the declara- tion of Independence. President Wil- son may be asked to participate. LOOKING FOR ABLE RAILROAD OFFICERS To Become Federal Directors to Suc- ceed Deposed Presidents. Washington, May 22—The railroad administration today , began looking for the most able operating officer of each of the 200 roads under govern- ment control, to become federal direc- tors of his line, to replace the presi- dent as chief executive for operations. 1 As these officers are founq and per- suaded to-resign their official connec- tions_with the railway company, they will be appointed, and untii then the | present managements will continue, A survey today of available men for these positions indicated that many presidents would be chosen for the new positions, and consequently their companies would have to elect new presidents. Virtually no officers, ex- ecutives or employes who contribute to the actual physical operation of the roads will lose their jobs. It was intimated that although the salaries of the federal directors would not be gauged according to usual gov- ernment standards, by which cabinet members receive only $12,000 a year, the present salaries of many railway heads, ranging upward from $50,000 to $100,000, would not be dhplicated by the railroad administration. The sal- aries woyld be ‘adequate” it was stated, and would be of varying sizes comparable to each man’s ability and duties. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE TO THE ITALIAN PEOPLE Is to Be Read Tonight at a Mass Meeting to Be Held in Washington. Washington, May 22.—3 message to the Ttalian people from President Wil- son will be read tomorrow night at a mass meeting here under the patron- age of the president to celebrate the third anniversary of Italy's entrance into the war. With another great Aus- trian campaign against Italy impend- ing, special significance is_attached to the event in official and diplomatic circles. The anniversary, which falls on Friday, will be observed in Italian cities and the message of President Wilson will be cabled across in time for_those meetings. The meeting here will be the begin- ning of a nation-wide recognition of the services of Italy in the war. Governors of the states also have been asked to take steps to accor recognition to Italy's part in the war. COUNSEL FOR LA FOLLETTE senate privileges and election commit- last September were ditious. Gilbert M. to_settle among It'is necessary to raise the dust. A new political broom sweeps clean. to file a supplementary brief. CLOSES ARGUMENT. Senator La Follette closed today the argument: begun yesterday before the tee in support of a Jmotion to dismiss charges that statefents by the Wis- consin senator in a speech at St. Paul disloyal ‘and se- ‘oe of (New York, the senator’s attorney, coneluded with the declaration that Senator La Fol-, Jette is not disloyal and that to say in his heart he desires to see the German cause succeed is unthinkable. Two weeks were given the attorney and Rhode Island, $1,544,000, CONNECTICUT SUBSCRIPTIONS the Ten Leading Cities. New Haven, Conn., May 22 Cros headquarters as $1,115,000. minimum allotment i $2,000,000. ten cities or towns having the highes totals to date follow: New Haven, $217,024; $202,387; Hartford, $202,215 port, $147,425; New Britain, $80, Greenwich, $44,929; Bristol, $2 Stamford, $24,981; Manchester, 852; New London, $23,4 Subscriptions in New York. New York, May 22.—At the half. way mark of the campaign, Red Cros: subscriptions reached $11,338,457 New York city tonight. quota_is $25,000,000; Pledges aggregating the first three days of the campaign were reported from the Atlantic di- vision, including New Jersey and Connecticut and all of New York state except New York ci The day’s total in this territory was $1,563,229, divided as follows ew EFFORT BEING MADE TO DISMEMBER BOHEMIA To Reduce Czech Representation in the Austrian Parliament. given to the German minority in each S0 as to reduce the Czech representa- tion in parliament is provided in a ministerial decrée issued at Vienno. An official despatch today from France says this,effort to dismember and Germanize the (zech state caused the recent serious rioting at Ostrau, Pilsen, Nachon, Nachod _and other places, which resulted in the proclaim- ing of martial law ond the imprison- ment of 150 persons. RECRUITING IS LIVELY Eighty-three Men Were Yesterday Accepted For Training. 3 Boston, May new recruiting -4 high water mark was set by the|ships to the United States. TUnited States shipping hoard, when — 53 men were accepted for training.| wWAR PLANS ON BASIS The best previous mark was 76. New York state was in the lead with 25 apprentices, while Massachusetts fur- nished 16, Pennsylvania 12, New Jer- sey 9, Ohio 6, Connecticut 5, Rhode Island 3, Maine 2 and New Hampshire, Virginia, West Virginia, Michigan and Ilinois one each. JAPANESE STEAMER i g?monm was_stolen from a_restaurant scriptions by divisions as announced nizht include: Frederick Grover of Rockford, Il ‘tantic division, New York, ~New|manufacturer,now in government ser- total including Greater ~New;Vicé, was named the head of the new- 316,64, |!y created Motor Transport Division. ew England division: Massachu- i I setts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire NOW TOTAL $1,118,000. New London, With $23,465, is Among Con- necticut total subscription to the Red in the first two days of the drive was_announced tonight from the state The state’s The Waterbury, in The minimum $6,361,894 for Washington, May 22.—Division of|feq yesterday from Hartford that Ro- Bohemia into gwelv districts with bert A. A. Beese, arrested there seve- advantages in the electoral domain FOR MERCHANT MARINE engaged a German airmen in a fight 1and downed him. | oo A bag containing $100000 in dia- !at Lowell, Mas: it was the property Fifteen hundred -drafted’ men from i New York, New Jersey and Connec- | ticut arrived at Camp Devens from {Camp Upton yvesterday. A ban on liquor traffic from Balti- more to Washington and other points, over its lines,” was declared by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Plans by the government are being carried out near Camp Wadsworth, 8. C, for the cultivation of much idle land. Soldiers will do the work. The United States Government through the Spanish Bmbassy at Ber- lin asked for a conference to be held at Berne to discuss treatment of pri- | soners. Mrs. Mary Mitchell Moore of Bryn Mawr was given the degree of doctor of philosophy at Rutgers. It was the first degree ever conferred there upon a woman. Kingdom Gold, despite his refusal to seek a commission at the officers’ training school at Camp Dix, J., has been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. it J. A. Farrell, president of the Unit- ed States Steel Corporation denied statements that he was offered a posi- tion as director of operations on the Shipping Board. Senator Le Follette demanded that the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections dismiss charges against him filed by the Minnesota Public Safety Commission. John Ganster of Baltimore, quarter- master in the navy aviation corps, was killed in a seaplane accident in France May 20, the navy department announced last night. Charged at Syracuse with threaten- ing the life of President Wilson, Frank S. Wedbauer, a former German soldier, declared his arrest was due to malice on the part of a woman. A ship launched every two weeks for the past two months is the record of the army of workers now employ- ed at the shipyard of the Bethlehem Steel company at Baltimore. The police at Torrington were noti- ral months ago as an alleged spy, had escaped from Fort Oglethrope, Ga. Representative Rufus Hardy of Texas and a committee of Texans pre- sented to President Wilson the $10 000 prize turkey that has been taken around the country for the Red Cross. Dismissal from the service and two years at hard labor is the sentence, approved by President Wilson. against Second Lieutenant Francis B. Watters, at Camp Pike Ark. Watters was ab- sent without leave. The Danish commission, which has just landed at a Canadian port. will visit Washington to continue negotia- tions looking to the rationing of Den- mark and to_the release of Danish OF 5,000,000 FIGHTING MEN Reauested in Resolution Adopted by State Council of Defense. , . —A resolu- tion urging that the government now base all its war plans.upon a minimum of 5,000,000 fighting Men was adopted REPORTED AFIRE AT SEA. Erma Maru is Believed to Be Bound for an American Pacific Port. A’ Canadian Pacific Port, May 2: The Japanese steamer Erma Maru to- day was reported on fire at sea. It is bel~vel the vessel is bound for an Am. “lcan Pacific port. The steamer Macquinna was reported on her way to the Erma Maru. today by the state councii of defense and approved by Governor Holcomb. It will be sent to President Wilson, Sec- retaries Baker and Daniels. Prhvost Marshal General Crowder and the C§:- e resolution points out that this will of necessity mean increased the auxiliary necticnt delegation in congress. quiry Should Be Followed Washington, May 2.—Attorney Gen- eral Gregory sent to the senate mili- tary committee today a letter from Charles E. Hughes, who at President Wilson's request is directing the de- partment of justice investigation of aircraft production saying the depart- ment's task should proceed unembar- rassed by a parallel inquiry. This development came after = the senate had passed a compromise res- olution accepted by administration leaders authorizing war inquiries by military sub-committees. The com- mittee proceeded - with the appoint- ment of its aviation sub-committee af- ter reading the Hughes letter. The sub-committee consists of Sen- ators Thompson of Colorado, chair- man, and Reed of Missouri and Smith of Georgia, democrats, and New of In- diana and Freylinghuysen of New Jersey, republicans. Mr. Hughes, outlining to the attor- ney general his jdea of the form the investization should take, said the en- re history of aircraft production since the war began should be gone into and should be followed by a com- plete statement of facts discovered regardless of whether basis was found for criminal or civil proceedings. In view of Mr. Hughes' attitude, senate leaders said it -virtually was certain that the aviation sub-commit- tee's activities would be confined whol- ly to visiting plants and looking over the present situation and that inquiry into the past would be left entirely to the department of justice. NO CONTROVERSY IN SENATE OVER MILITARY INQUIRY To Grant Mr. Hughes’ Demand For a Free Hand. ‘Washington, May 22—There will be no controversy in the senate over the military committee’s war inquiry plans to which President Wilson objected, and the department of justice invest! zation of aircraft production directed Facts Discovered Regardless of Whether Basis Was Found For Criminal or Civil Proceedings. — A without having its path crossed by con- gress. by a parallel AlRERAFT INVESTIGATI!]N TOBETHOR ASKS ABANDONMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL PROBE Attorney General Gregory Has Sent to Senate Miitary Com- mittee a Letter From Mr. Hughes Stating That Deytfl; ment of Justice Investigation Should Not Be Embarrassed By a Parallel Inquiry—Mr. Hughes States That the In- By a Complete Statement of Charles E. Hughes will proceed Developments came quickly today in a situation which had threatened an open fight on the floor of the semate and saw ous government's aviation problem. Firsi, a compromise was reached under which the resolution of Senator Chamber- lain authorizing investigations of v rious branches-of war activities, cluding aviation, was passed by the senate after being stripped of lang- uage which the president had constru- ed as virtually itary committee a committee on the conduct of the war. in which administration leaders he possibility: of two simultane- inquiries into all phases of the in- constituting the mil- Mr. Hughes' Letter Received. afterward Senator Chamberlain d a letter from Attornev Gen- eral Gregory enclosing one from M. Hughes, in which the latter stated that the work has undertaken at President Wilson's request would be embarrassed inquiry. Mr. Hughes outlined his idea of how the depart- ment's history of aircraft production since the war began and that a state- ment of results should be given to the public regardless of whether basis was found for either criminal or civil pro- ceedings in the courts. This letter for a time seemed to threaten a new conflict. Members of the military committee, however, quickly recognized the force of = Mr. Hughes' statement, and it was agreed tentatively that the sub-committee on aviation should confine its activities to looking over the existing situation and leave all that has gone befors to the department of justice.- Andther mecting will be held in a day or two to discuss the matter further, The demand of Mr. Hughes for a free hand was indorsed in a note of transmittal by Attorney General Greg- ory., who, 1t is reported, had discussed Chairman Chamberlain is an ex. officio member of each sub-commit- tee. HOW I. W. W. PLANNED TO PRACTICE SABOTAGE Disclosed in Letters Submitted at Trial of Leaders in Chicago. Chicago, May An assertion that he wore a flag_on his coat “to keep stool pigeons off the scent,” was con- tained in a letter written by Ale: ander Cournos, a defendant in the trial of i12 Industrial Workers of the World for seditious conspiracy and introduc- ed today as evidence, The Cournos letter was written to his sister and in it is admitted that he registered “to keep from going to the pen” and that he had changed his name and adopted a disguise to escape being drafted. At the same time, ac- cording to the letters, he had been ac- tive in advisinz his brother and others how to escape the draft. In a letter to Solidarif the . W. W, publication, Cournos. who was an em- nlove of the United States weather hu- feau at Huron, S. D.fadv'sed the or- ganization to issue a pamphlet oppos- ing conscription and had urged that members of the organization seek em- plovment in industries which would exempt them from active service. “Bv gaining control of these indus- tries.” one letter said, “the members will be able to practice sabotage and agitate silently. In this way the I W. W. can_destroy the power of the American Fedoration of Labor and zain control over the imnortant war indust-ies of the country.” He said he had learned 28 ways to sink a boat and told of bombs made by gunmen to resemble lumps of coal and chemicals made to resemble to- bacco. All the evidence introduced at toda¥'s session consisted of letters by which the rmment honmed to prove that the I W. W. had been active in re- s'sting conscription ard measures. other war RIGHT TO KILL ALIEN COMMITTING A DISLOYAL ACT Decision Made in Preliminary of Se- curing Jurors in Prager Lynchers Trial. Edwardsville. Tls. Mav 22.—Tn decision handed down today by Judge Bernreuter in the trial of eleven res- idents of Collinsville, Tlls. charged with murder in_connection with the death of Paul"Prager, the court de- clared that “if an alien is caught com- mitting a disloyal act any civilian had the rieht to kill him. but if he was only charged with disloyal utterances, he ‘was ontitled to full court protec- tion.” The question of court protection to enemy aliens was evoked when at- torneys for the state asked prospective jurors, their opinions regarding the matter. Counsel for the defense then intterposed a hypothetical question as to the exient cf protection accorded enemy aliens. Mt jurors have heen accepted out talesmen examined. 2 a of Stokes Case Nearly Ready Far Jury. Kansas City, Mo., May 22—Presen- tation of evidence in the case of Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, on trial in fed- eral court here, charged with viola- tion of the espionage act, was com- forces several thousand men, urg- es that the burden of providing such forces be distributed equitably and fa- Dleted late today and argument be- GRACE LUSK TESTIFIES IN HER OWN DEFENSE Relates Story of Her Life Up to the Time She Met Dr. Roberts. ‘Waukesha, Wis,, May 22. — Graee Lusk took the witness stand late today in her own defence at her trial for slaying Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts and revezled details of her life up un- til the time she first met Dr. David Roberts early in 1913. Miss Lusk said that she flrst met Dr. Roberts at a dinner party which he attended with his wife late in Jan- uary or early in February, 1913. Later they ‘met at church sociables which Dr. Roberts attended with his wife. _ The witness described her Jealth during this period as poor, due largely to overwork and declares she wa fre- quently unable to attend to her duties because of severe headaches. During the early part of the day the defense introduced a score of :hars acter witnesses who testified t ,the hizh reputation borne by the de’end- ant. Eviderce also was introducsd to show her grandmother had been tha inmate of an insane asylum at one time. STORY OF THE SHOOTING OF HARRY KING AT NEW HAVEN Mrs. Pride's Brother, Who Killed King. Believed He Was Firing at Pri o New Haven. Conn. May 22 —Arthur G. Pride, who has been under arrest on an accusation .of havinz shot - to death Harry King last Sunday night &% the home of his divorced wife, Mrs Annie Harvey Pride, was froed tonight by order of Coroner iix and the ac- cusation against him withdrawn, fol lowing a confession today by Terence J. Harvev. hrother of Mrs. Pride. tha¥ he himself fired the shot which illed King. Harvey claimed that he was unmer when he heard his sister seream. He rushed downstairs, and saw her lying on the floor with a man bending over her. _Relievinz it to be Pride, he saids and fearinz that his sister was Im danger of harm, he fired at the man. He did not kriow. until afterwards that it was King. Harvey is held without bonds, pendinz the coroner’s’ finding. Mrs. Pride and King, it was said, were to have been married shortly. SENATE PASSES NAVAL ¢ APPROPRIATION, $|,€10M In Record Breaking Time of Four Hours, Without Roll Call. Washington, May 22—In _record- breaking time of four hours the sen-. ate today paased without a roll call the naval appropriation -bill carring’ $1,- 610,000,000 The measure, _increased about $226,000,000 over the house au- thorization, now goes to conference. FRED BENNETT BOUND OVER TO SUFER!OR couR'H' Moodus Man Who Charged Wi iminal Assault. ~—Fred Ben Yesterday following b Frank Duglio that e had beaten and attacked her 20 vears old daugh at their home, was botnd over to sun. Final summing up by both sides will take place tomorrow after which cors increasing the age limit to 45|Judge Arba S. Van Valkenburgh will vears. charge the jury. superior eourt. for - irisi a hearing before Justic of the Pe Williams. _In defauli. of $3,060, he was taken to the kb erls