Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 28, 1918, Page 1

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LIX—NO. 127 .~ POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1918 10 PAGES—74 COLUMNS GERMANS HAVE NEW OFFEMSIVE N TWO' SECTORS One Attack Is Being:Made to the Sogrthwest' of Ypres, the Other:in the Ainse Sector ENEMY CAPTURES CHEMIN DES DAMES RIDGE On theAinse Front, North of Soissons, the German Crown Prince’s Troops/Are Being Hurled Forward in an Effort to Break the Allied Line—The Fact That British Troops Are Fighting, Along the Ainse Indicates That the Allied Supreme Command Was Forewarned of the New Ger- man Attack — In Flanders the Germans Have Gained Virtually Nothing—It Is Probable That American Troops Are Engaged in the Fighting in Both Battles on the French Front—Simultaneous With the New German As- sault the Italians Have Launched a Blow at the Austrian Line in the Mountains Northwest of Lake Garda and Germany’s Have Made a Notable Advance. great offensive on_the |believed that the British forces did not western front has been resumed. With only brief artillery preparation, two blows have been struck by the Teuton armies, which have been reorganized since disastrous losses were inflicted on them by the French and British durin, the Picardy and Flanders bat- ties in March and April. One attack was on the line from Voormezeele to Locre, southwest of Ypres; the other on a thirty-five mile front from Pinon, north of Soissons, to Rheims. This is known as the Aisne sector. Germans Failed in Flanders. Flanders the Germans have gain- irtually mothing, but further south o Berlin official statement claims the erman crown prince's troops have 4 the whole ridge of the Chemin 20, when they recapturhd Proleose and Locre and strengthen- e their line on each side of Hill 44, which they. had retaken afew days bofore. eemmatt uo Recalls Battles of Last Summar. On the Alsne from the present battle hold much south of the Somme, east of Amiens. The German crown prince is in com- mand in this, sector and this may in- dicate a serious effort to break the al- lied line. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is the nominal commander in Artois and Picardy and the Ger- man crown prince, for dynastic rea- sons, will strive to outdo whatever success was attained by his collegue further north. American Troops in Both Battles. Tt is probable that American troops are engaged in the fighting in both the battles on the French front. It is known that American troops are close behind the allied Ines in Flanders. while some time ago it was reported that they were near Rheims. The late official reports note auite gevere fighting in yarious sectors, among ‘them the Apremont forest, where Amerirans are’ known te . be Polding positions at the present time The reperts sav.the Germans were = pulsed ‘n 1l these attacks. 1t is offioially reported trom Wash- in~ton thut American positions in the Picardy sector, near Cantigny and recn mmor along the where for weeks the German crown Montdidier. have been subjected to at- tack and that.in piaces the Germans renctrated them. The enemy. ho the fearful fichting of last Chemin des Dam- rthee” GRISEA" Sis men =t the|ever, was driven out by the Ameri- French position only to see them | C2ns. » & . % crushed and beaten. Last verr sev-| [Italiars Strike Austrian Lines. snty-five divisions were engazed in the{ Almost coincident with the It Here, permanent upied by the French for long periods and which can be defended quite easi rman attacks along this line alone. The attack here ture of a line-straightening opera being launched from Laon ne lire formed during the fight- in new German asssult, the Ttalians launch- really in the na-|eq 5 hiow at the Austrian lines in the on. | mountain region to the northwest of a1 Take Carda, According to reports, they is aimed at the elbow in|have carried Monticello Pass, the vil- lage of Presena, Monte Zigolon and the mountain spur to the east. Before the mlie parallel streams leading down into the Tagarina valley, and, if they successfully cgrry out their attack there, it is possible for them to out- flank’ the entire Austrian position in the north of Ttaly. nd Picardy in March and Aoril. lowever, the Germans must face works which have been oc- Allies Were Forewarned. Fvidence that the allied suprerfe| The long range bombardment of ~mmand was forewarned of the new | Paris has been resumed after an in- ‘erman attack may be found in the|terval durink which it ewas believed *t that British troops are fighting|the big German guns has been si- ere. Up to the present, it had hecn]]cnced TROLLEYMEN TO VOTE ON $5392,500 IS REQUESTED COMPROMISE OFFER TODAY FOR HOUSING{FACILVIIES . State Board Will Meet in New blaven Tomorrow to Count the Vote. New Haven, Conn., May 2 —A sec- “nd compromise offer in an effort to ~ompose the differences between the onnectieut Company and its trolley- In Forty-five Cities—$265,000 Asked For Waterbury. Washington, May 27.—Building au- thorizations to meet deficient_govern- raent housing facilities in 45 _cities ed of congress today by the nen. offered by General Manager John Punderford. for a refendum vete to the men hroughout the state tomorrow. it was ted by representatives of the trol- ~¥men’s y department. Appropriations of $5,392,500 were requested. Continued _congestion of federal buildings in the forty-five cities nam- ed is given by Secretary McAdoo as the reason for asking additional structures. today will be submit- union tonight. The state ~omference board will meet in this city Wednesday thorning to count the vote ind probably to confer later with rep- resentatives of the company. The nature of the new offer was not made public. Tt is said that the waze dstafls are not the primcipal subject of contention and that the length of me during which the agreement is o run also enmters into the discus- ston FIRED ON SUBMARINE OFF VIRGINIA CAPES Vaster of British Steamer Reports at Newport News. Newport News, Va., May 27.—Tt was \rarned here tonight that the master »f a British steamer which came into port last Wednesday reported that he had fired five shots at a submarine 159 miles off the Virginia capes. Probably Wreckage. Washington, May 27.—Navy depart- ment officials said tonight there was nothing to indicate the presence of en- emy submarines on this side of the Atlantic. They thought the British #hip which reported at Newport News firing at a submarine 150 miles off the virginta capes probably had sighted a bit of wreckage or some other float- ing object. MEXICO TO EXACT DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF BULLION American Mining Companies Operating Mines There. Washington, May 27.—The Mexican government has notified American mining coppanies operating in Mexico of its Intention to double the amount of bullion they are required to re-im- port against the ore exported. Under the present arrangement, which was approved by the United States, the companies send back to Mexico in bul- lon 25 per cent. of the value of gold ::d sllver contained in the ores they ip. From The cities needing new buildings and the amounts ‘asked for each, in- clude: Atlantic City, N. I, $245.000; .Glou- cester, Mass., $25.000; Newark N. J, $1,375,000; Waterbury, Conn.. $265,000 Seranton. Pa., $525.000: Cumberian Md., $120,000; Morristown, Pa.. $75,- 000; Erie, Pa, $220,000; Washington, Pa. 390,000: Lowell, Mass., $500,000; Willlamsport, Pa., $110.000; Manches- ter. N. H, $275,000; Hagerstown, Md., $175,000. HOLDUP MEN GET $25000 IN NEW YORK From Two Clerks of the Melville Shoe Corporation, New York, May 27.—Thieves held up two clerks employed by the Mel- ville Shoe Corporation, at 121 Duane street, in the elevator of the building this afternoon, and robbed them of approximately $25,000. The clerks were on their way to the Irving Bank to deposit the money when the robbery occurred. According to their story, two men got into the elevator on the fourth floor, drew revolvers and threatened to kill them if they made an outery. The thieves then seized the bag containing the money and forced: the negro elevator operator to take the car to the ground floor where they made their escape. AN URGENT REQUEST FOR 1,000 TRAINED NURSES For Service at Home and Abroad For Duty by Middle of June. Boston, May 27.—An urgent request for 1,600 trained nurses for service .at home and abrood, to be enrolled and on duty by the middle of June has been received by the American Red Cross, the New England headquarters announced tonight. As soon as this quota is filled 24,000 more must be en- rolled by the end of the year. This state ix expected to furnish 387, of tha g;t 1,000 and 1,580 of the next :4,- C_abled Paragraphs Clemenceau Conferred With Foch. Paris, May 27.—Premier Clemen- ceau visited the front Sunday and conferred with General Foch, return- ing to Paris in the evening. The con- ference confirmed the excellent im- pression gained by the premier in his recent frequent visits to the front, says Marcel Hutin in the Echo De Paris. X PRESIDENT BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS. Impresses Upon Members It is Neces- sary to Proceed With War Tax Law: Washington, May 27 (by A. P.).— President Wilson personally took charge of the war tax legislation tan- gle today and appearing unexpectedly before a joint session of congress, de- clared it Was necessary to proceed im- mediately with new war tax laws. Plans which might have delayed the work, but which involved a working agreement between both parties, have fallen through, the president told the legislators, and there was no way to meet the problem of financing the war but to have congress remain in session and go ahead at once. The president called upon congrese to eliminate politics from considera- tion. Politics, he said, is “adjourned.” The principal increases in taxation, the president said, should be on incomes, war profits and luxuries. It would be manifestly unfair, the president said, to wait until 1919 be- fore determining what the new taxes would be. The president’s address was comparatively brief, taking less than 15 minutes for delivery. In specific terms the president gave a distinct warning against lobbying in connection with the new bill. There is indisputable evidence of profiteering at present, the president said. and he declared it must be reached by the new legislation. “Profiteering that cannot be zot at by restraints of conscience” said the president, “can be got at by taxa- tion.” When he had concluded his address the president unexpectedly made a brief extemporaneous statement, In which he said that just as he was leaving the White House for the capi- tol he had heard that the new Ger- man drive apparently had just begun and that it added to the solemnity of his_conception of the country's duty There need be no_ hesitance in tax- ing the country, ‘the president told congress, if it were taxed justly. He appealed to congress to approach the great task without selfishness or fear of political consequences. “An intense and pitiless light beats upon every man and every.action in the trazic part of war that Is now upon the state said the president. The president concluded with an ap- peal to congress to do its work un- grudgingly. and said ne could ot guarantee a proper administration of the treasury unless the questions were settled at once. DOGS MUST BE KEPT UNDER STRICT CONTROL OR KILLED Order of Commissioner of 'Domestic Animals Whittlesey. Hartford. Conn.. May, 27.—A warn- ing that dogs must be kept under strict control or Killed was contoin- ed in a statement issued tonight by James M. Whittlesey. commiss'oner of domestic animals. Dogs and pupri are not essential, he said. are con- sumers of valuable food and when dis- eased offen cause damage amounting Xo thousands of dollars. “C-nsequent- Iv,” he adds. “dogs used only as pets should be killed or kept under con- tro! Pecause of the infection of sheep by mad dogs. he continues, there are o%iv about 17,000 head of sheep in the state, where there might have been 100,000. 1f dozs had been kept strictly under control and all unregistered dogs kill- ed. the price of meats in the siate might have been less and the people might have been paying less for their woolen clothing. "There are, the commissioner savs, about 70,000 dogs in Connecticut. Tn most towns less than Z0 per cent of the dogs hre registered. Game wardens are working hard to rid the state of the menace of unregistered dogs. Since December, 3,500 dogs have heen shot for one reason or another, Se- vere taxation, he believes, would do a great deal ::to end the earthly wa- reers” of a considerable number of the useless dogs. GEN. WOOD TO COMMAND DEPARTMENT OF THE WEST With Headquarters at San Francisco —To Succeed Gen. Treat. ‘Washington, May —Major Gen- era] Leonard Wood has been assigned to command the department of the west with headquarters at San Fran- cisco, to succeed Major General Treat, who will go overseas. When General Wood recently pass- ed the right physical test given gen- eral officers for overseas service the understanding was that he soon would sail for France with his divisi explanation has been given of assignment. General Wood was here today con- ferring with Secretary Baker. 1t is understood they discussed the pos- sibility of another change in the gen- eral’s assignment. LONG RANGE SHELLING . OF PARIS RESUMED. Two Persons Were Killed—President Poincare Visited the Injured. Paris, May 27.—The long range bom- bardment of Paris was resumed today. Two people were killed. The first was a workman fetching milk for breakfast and the other was a woman. President Poincare visited those who were in- jured and their families soon after the first shots fell HOUSE PASSES URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL Carrying Direct Appropriations of $90,674,906.25—Now Goes to Senate, Washington, May 27.—The urgent deficiency bill carrying direct appro- priations of $90,674,906.25 and - con- tract authorizations of $33,000,000. was passed by ‘the house today ~without amendment and now goes to the sen- ate, Cuba Has Denied RuptureflMexicu STATE DEPARTMENT INFORMS CUBAN DIPLOMATS CIRCULAR ' CABLEGRAM Cuban Minister ‘clares the Recall in Washington De- of the Mexican Charge Does Not Imply a Severance of Relations. Havana, May The Cuban state department today dispatched a circu- lar cablegram to the Cuban diplomats in all foreign countries advising them that diplomatic relations between Cu- ba and Mexico had not been ruptured. Statement by Cuban Legation. Washington, May 27.—A statement issued today by the Cuban legation here says the Mexican government has informed the Cuban charge in Mexico that the recall of the Mexican charge at Havana does not imply a severence of relations. The Cuban minister ex- pressed confidence that the affair would prove nothing more than a passing incident. OFFICIALS LbOKING FOR MEXICO’S REAL MOTIVE They Are Mystified by Statements of Cuban Diplomats. Washington, May 7.—Official an- nouncements today from the Cuban state department and the Cuban le- gation here that Mexico's withdrawal of her minister at Havana does not constitute a break in diplomatic re- lations between the two countrizs have only added to mystery of officials and diplomats who are looking for Mexi- co's real motive. The withdrawal of a nister is a { measure short of a break in diplomatic relations in relatively the sime as the latter is a measure short war. way of REPORT GERMANS FAILED OF THEIR OBJECTIVE. Associated Press Correspondent With the French Army in France. With the French Army in France, May 27, 2 p. m—(By The Associated Press)—Launching a heavy offensive at dawn today against.the French in the Locre-Voormezeele sector, the Germans failed of their objective at virtually all points. At some points the defending patrols were driven in, but vigorous counter-attacks threw the Germans back at'most places. Virtu- ally the entire French line was re- established, 4 Hard fighting at this hour still con- tinues on the northern part of the battle front. Just south of Dickebusch lake, the Germars forced their way into’ the French line for a distance of 800 yards and also got into the front line “system at another point in this region. In both these places the enemy was clinging desperately to’ his newly acquired positions, but the French were dealing with the situation, which appeared to be satisfactory at the lat- est reports. One hundred prisoners, already have been sent back to the French cages. Today’s attack was perhaps prelim- inary to larger ‘operations and appar- ently has been undertaken for the pur- pose of regaining the hizh ground which the French wrested from the enemy on May 20. Such positions as Bruloose and neighboring places would be valuable acquisitions for the enemy if the Ger- mans were to develop a general attack in_this region later. It is interesting to note in connec- tion with today’s drive in Tlanders that the Germans considered their at- tacks on the Lys front in April to be a failure, according to priseners. It is stated that while some troops have been congratulated for the way they fought, they have been told that their failure was the result of bad staff work. The general in command of the operations here was relievedsof his command. PERSHING DOES NOT MENTION RENEWAL OF GERMAN DRIVE Says Enemy: Infantry Penetrated Ad- vanced American- Positions, but Were Driven Out. Washington, May — General Pershing’s communique issued tonight by the war department makes no mention of a general renewal of the German drive, but says after violent artillery preparation enemy infantry today pemetrated advanced American positions in_Picardy at two points, only to be driven out by counter at- tacks in which ‘Americans entered the enemy lines. The statement aleo tells of the re- pulse of a strong hostile raiding par- ty in the Woevre sector, of hostile gas chell bombardments in Lorraine and of the downing of a German airplane by American ‘aviators. IRISH PRIEST DENIES PLOT WITH GERMANY Member of Sinn Fein Executive Say British Government’s Statement\ls a Falsehood. Dublin, May 27 (by A. P.)—The Rev. Malachi MacBranan has given out the following signed statement: “As a priest and a member of the Sinn Feinn executive for the past year, I give you my word of honor that the Government’s official - statement that negotiations have been carried on be- tween the Sinn Fein executive and Germany is falsehood, and that .a German invasion was never discussed by the Sinn Fein executive commit- tee : HAD TWO HOURS’ STRUGGLE IN WATER Two Boys Almost Drowned When Their Canoe Capsized. Southampton. N. Y., May, 27.—After struggliig in_the water for more than two hours Rensselaer Whitman “and | Thayer - Francis; .two _Southampton boys, had a_ narrow - escape.:,from drowning in Big Fresh Pond yesterday afternoon, when their. canoe , capsized. Thye, were resciied by two other boys. When opportunity is spurred on by labor the result is sometimes called Iuck. Red Cross Fund is IN AT MIDNIGHT The Atlantic Division Be Available Today. Washington. May front today with more than: thirty dollars, swelling Cross second 000. an the Reports still were coming ATLANTIC DIVISION’S Later Reports It Expected Wil Swell the Final Total. New York. 27.—The York, New Jei and Connecticut not only gathered in its quota of § 000,000 for the second the American Red Cros a surplus of $14,808 66 an official announcement night, Of this, $49,808.66 contributed $33,43. made New York eci 0, or $8,434,7 CONNECTICUT DOUBLED Nearly Everv Chanter - in Has Exceeded Its Quota. I. M. Uliman, Red Cross campai; that Connecticut the second Red (ros than $4,000,000, ch, N committee, ar have collected double the amount. Chairman Ullman in expressing hi: satisfaction at the result, said it wa: SPLIT ON COAL AND Senate Turns Down House Amend ments—Now Goes to Conference. land leasing bill, which were adopte: by the house Saturday and the meas ure now goes to conférence. Senator: Pittman, Sl=froth, Phelan ¥all were named senate conferees. mit leasing of cil land in ment of claims against the land t the courts. This section of the bil strongly opposed, was stricken out b: the senate, which is considering spe reserves. WATERBURY NEGRO SHOT Who Threatened Suicide. Waterbury ce have as iliot, colored, who shot his 31-year. old wife at.his home, early Saturday mnight. nn., May ing three shots at his wife up to 9.3 that night, when he visited the hous street. the friend's wife who was turned him away. He stated to hel that if he did not get money he would commit suicide, Since that time no trace of Elliot has been discovered. Acting Medical Examiner Frederick G. Graves today confirmed the report that Mrs. Elliot had been shot three times. Two of the billets entered th woman’s shoulders and the other on the knee. She evidently died loss of blood. Coroner John T. Mon zani is investigating the case. TESTIMONY CONCLUDED IN Wednesday Afternoon. ‘Waukesha, W y testimony atf the trial of Grace Lus| for slaying Mrs. Mary Newman Rob. lar, special prosecutor, will begin hi of court tomorrow mornins Expert testimony regarding Lusk’s sanity occupied most day’s session. AMERICAN SUBMARINE IN Mis: of to. i Was Brought Into Port Without th Loss of a Man. An Atlantic Port, May 2T.—Surviv. the mother ship of a squadron, the United States submersi ble H-14 arrived here today. The little vessel came sturdily int port equipped with a false bow, hurriedly constructed at a dry. torn off in the collision. The H-1 the fitting of a v steel nose. SALVATION ARMY WAR According to Statement Commandes: Evangeline Booth. New York, May $1,000,000 has gone' “over the top’ a statement made Commander Evangeline Booth. Now $144,000,000 REPORTS STILL WERE COMING $32,000,000 IN 24 HOURS Subscribed $49,808,664, a Surplus of $14,808,664 Above Its Quota—Full Returns Will ‘The Ameri- can people answered Germany’s re- : newal of the offensive on the western outpouring of two million merey American Red war fund to $144,000,- in from some districts at midnight, and the final total of the drive which end- ay will not be shown until to- TOTAL IS $49,808,664 ' Atlantic ision, comprising the states of New ,| _Cadet Moultrie C. Trowbridge, of| war fund of but piled up , according to = to- RED CROSS ALLOTMENT the State | liauor dealer, according to an announcement by Col. ‘man of the state subscribed to war fund more chapter in the \ | or double its allot- ment: Nearly every state has exceeded its quota and some due to the loyal effort and team work of the chapters throughout the state. OIL LAND LEASING BILL One house amendment would per- the naval reserves in California leaving settle- cial legislation for opening the naval AND KILLED HIS WIFE Police Unable to Find Ernest Elliot, The po- iothext et been unable to find 5 Ives street, Detectives have traced Eiliot's movements from the time he left his home after fir- of a Russian friend on Railroad Hill There he asked for money, but alone, Condensed Telegrams Several hundred additional drafted men arrived at Camp Devens yester- day. Four men were killed at Windsor, Ontario, by denatured alcohol in near Deer. Fourteen houses-and a large novelty factory were destroyed by fire at Sid- ney, N. Y. The British Food Ministry installed a potato-slicing and drying machine at Nottingham. Health Commissioner Copeland or- dereq a rigid investigation in the milk supply in New York. The result of the enroliment of wo- men voters for the primaries in New York City total 300,000. The presence of three derelicts off the Virginia coast was reported to the navy department today. German U-boats have sunk 78 Span- ish merchantmen since the beginning of the ruthless campaign. Secretary Baker authorized Surgeon- General Gorgas to establish an army school of nursing for Women. The Finnish Government resigned as the result of the appointment of Zvin- hufvud as temporary dictator.. Fifteen persons were injured when a street car run away in the Mount f ‘Washington tunnel at Pittsburgh. The British and Foreign Bible So- ciety has sent out more than 40 000,000 Bibles since the start of the war. New York, was killed when his air- plane dropped 3000 feet at Kelly Field, Texas. Governor McCall, in a message to the Massachusetts legislature Monday, urged legislation to increase the state revenue. more than its official quota. Late re- — ports, it is expected, will swell the| Four American Army Officers and final ' totals. . |twenty-six enlisted men are known by o the War Department to be prispners in Germany. Hugh J. Reynolds of New Haven, a Whose store for 30 years or more was a student resort died in his 80th year. New Haven, Conn. May 27.—While| Anna Held, the noied actress, is r s from many chapters are still | swiftly approaching her death. it was incomplete, the indications tonight, . announced by her physician. Dr. Donald McCaskey, €| A German submarine of the cruiser type was sunk in the latitude of Cape St. Vincent by a British Atlantic es- cort submarine. President Wilson's message to ltaly was read by Hamilton Holt at Rome before a: meeting of diplomatic and cabinet ministers. s s The death of Elbert Stane of New York today increased to fifty-five the number of American vietims in the Moldvia disaster. -1 A naval patrol of the Alaskan coast has been establiched to forestall agi- tation by leaders of the Industrial Washington, May 27.—The senate | Workers of the World. today refused to accept amendments| . . to the Walsh-Pittman coal and oil |, Lieutenant Kiss, reputed to be the leading Austrian aviator, has been killed in an aerial battls, according to a despatch from Berne. d Smoot and Z According to a cablegram by C. B. Richard & Co,. bankers, of New York the banks in Petrograd are expected to reopen within a few days. | Fourteen hundred delegates, repre- senting 800 lodges, opened the 32nd convention of the Independent Order of Brith Abraham in New York. An official notice was issued to Britons 47 and 43 years old to be ready to report for physical examination as calling up notice may be expected. Leslie Hester and Percival Tucker petty officers at the naval base at Norfolk, Va., were killed in a train crash. Several others were injured. & The entire stern of an Austrian sub- marine captureds by the Italian Navy will be exhibited at Madison Square Garden New York by the Italian Gov- ernment. | Thomas O. Barry of Boston, plead- ed guilty in superior court Monday to a charge of larceny of $27,000 from the Commercial’ Credit Company of + | Baitimore. The large Greenhut Store, occupy- ing 23 acres of flooring space at_18th street and Sixth avenue, will be used by the army as a hos- pital for soldiers. from TRIAL OF GRACE LUSK Case is Expected to Go to the Jury —With all erts completed late today, D. S. Tul- argument to the jury at the opening COLLISION 800 MILES AT SEA ing, without the loss of a man of her crew,a collision 800 miles at seat with submarine wooden dock in place of the prow which was will proceed to a larger drydock for FUND REACHES $2,257,334 Made by —The Salvation Army’s campaMn for a war fund of with a total of §2,257.334, according to ere tonight by New York city, asked to give $230,000, sub- scribed $285,000. e e Nicholas H. Treanor, a juror, de- clared on the witness stand at San - | Francisco that he was offered $17.000 to convict Thomas J. Mooney, in the bomb conspiracy. Heinrich Knappke, a German terned at Fort McPherson. Ga. was shot and killed by a soldier guard when he stepped over the dead line and failed to halt. in- Lieutenant G. Lamonte Hammann K | of Torrington, who is an aviator with the American army in Irance, has been cited in the French army orders for a cross of war. Forty thousand pieces of winter clothing belonging to troops stationed at Camp Beauregard, Alexandria, La., were destroyed by fire believed to be of incendiary origin. s Two pounds of wool, clipped from sheep that graze on the White House e |lawn, was sold at public auction on Boston Common today for $2,000, for the benefit of the Red Cross. Wilfred Wheeler, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, declared that farmers will not benefit much by the anti-loafing law, because city men are not physically fit for hard labor. o .| Katherine Stinson made two suc- cessful test flights yesterday and was % |prepared to finfsh her irip to New York when she was advised 'of at- mospheric_disturbances east of Bins- hamton, N. Y. She announced last night that seh will attempt to start this morning. Finishing the Job. Most anything can be gotten by sticking everlastingly to the job and the entente nav ppear fo have made this apply (0 the submarine— Marion Star. As a consequence, it is charged, of wilful misstatement of _ages, the number of women in the British cen- sus groups aged 20 to 25 and 25 to 30 are dispropertionately high. Washington, May To mcet wage increases. just other supplies this the one-half cents. . It is estimated that the programme will briag between $800,000,000 ana $910.000,000 more revenues to the rail- roads within the next year. It repre- sents by far the biggest rate increase in_the history of railroads. The new freight charges, which cov- er both class and commodity become effective Jun senger increase June 10. Issued under, will go authori acting through the D the orier wipes out all int passenger Traveler parlor -cars are raffic. Pullman rates remain the same. Commutation and other rates on railroads per cent. lines are not affected. Special excur tien, and tourist exceptions, rates, are discontinued; trins gage charges are increased. Both freight and on boat lines rivers, or operated coastwise by general increases. Export and import freight rates are | ordered cancelled, and the higher do- mestic rates will apply to and from ports. A number of flat increases, Instead Existing d'fferentials and rate re- lationshins between various localities, are to be preserved so far as possible, but many adjustments will have to be made iater. = All rates arc subject to review by - the Interstate Commerce Commission. In announcing that the rate-in- creases are required by public inter- est, Director-GenStal McAdoo refer- red to the $300,000,000 or more added I to the pay rolls of railroad labor un- der an order pubiished today, to the rising cost of coal, which, he cstimated this year alone at $160,000,- 000 more than last year, and to higher cost of every other material entering ing expenses, he estimated, would be between §$830,000,000 ~and $860,000,000 greater this vear than the $2,852,000,- 000 figare of last year. billion dollars he explained. McAdoo’s Appeal to People. “It is earnestly rector-general, “that all citizens the additional burden in spirit of self-sacrifice the grievous personal losses “which parts of the price that the nation patriotically paying for world liberf fact that “there the present private profit.” increase ‘will inure the private railroad owners. “To the extent that savi duced prices for the things the rail ate reductions.” Conflict With State Authorities. interstate rates between points exist, and that all the shall containing the new rates witl commissions as well as the in der the railroad act. pects . the other commercial changes will jon's recommendatio 'y to readju of compl terdependent on so delicately adjusted in hundreds interests, ¢ the nation- and commercial PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RATEINCRE Announced fiy Secretary McA,dofi to Meet the F i Cost of Operating Railroads THREE CENTS A MILE PASSENGER RATES Freight Rates 25 Per Cent Increase—Provision Is Mndefi the Redemption of Tickets and Mileage Books Purchased Before June 10 and Rendered Invalid After That Date —Commutation Tickets Are to Be Raised 10 Per Cent —Soldiers and Sailors When on Furlough May Travel at the Rate of One Cent a Mile, Also Those Persons Going to Grand Army Encampment and the United Con- federate Veterans’ Reunion. —(By A. P)—|months hearing complaints and pro- an- neunced, and higher costs of coal and vear, Director-Gen- cral McAdoo tod: ordered railroad freight rates in the United States raised 25 per cent. and passenger fares increased to three cents a mile from present basis of about two and rates, 25, and the pas- into effect granted by the Railroad act to President Wilson, ector-General, state low- er rates effective on either freight or in standard sleeping and >quired to pay three and one-half cents a mile in addition to Puliman fares, and in tourist sleep- ing cars three and one-quarter cents. suburban are increased 10 Fares on electric interurban ion, mileage, conven- with a few privi- leges such as stop-overs und free side ire abolished, and excess bag- passenger rates on the lakes, railroads &re to be raised proportionately with the No part of the increased rates is on account of the programme of nearly a of improvements, ad- ditions, and new equipment this year, hoped,” said the di- 5 fected directly or indirectly by this in- crease of rates will support the gen- eral principle of such increase as an unavoidable war measure and accept same in which they have accepted other burdens, and the are Mr. McAdoo called attention to the is no way in which to “If they turn out to be more than are needed to meet the grave public |adelphia also have been put up” exigency,” he added, “they will —— promptiy be readjusted so as to pre- [DANISH DELEGATE CLAN vent any unnecessary burden upon the public, but pending such readjustment, the excess, if any, will be for the bene- fit of the people of the United States as a whole and not for the benefit of gs can be effected, and to the extent that re- roads must buy can be realized, it will be the purpose of.the director general to make, from time to time, appropri- The provision that intrastate rates shall be abolished wherever substitute same be raised to a standard national level, develops the first definite conflict be- tween powers of the federal railroad administration and of the state rail- road and public utilities commissions, which heretofore have claimed exclu- sive jurisdiction over intrastate rates. Railroad rate agents will file tariffs state rstate commerce commission, but state com- missions are permitted no-review un- Mr. McAdoo announced that he ex. intrastate commerce com- mission. to review many of the new schedules on complaint of shippers or and be ‘made- on the com- This _ is ted rates, each in- ores of others, and f | Kingdom News,” alleged to conf thousands of cases that a charge of a b cent or two causes distinct industrial disturbances. The commission probably will be busy for A tests. Passenger fares in s settled regions now more than three cpnts . will not be reduced. Alfh existing excursion and tourist: are abolished, the order permits. the re-establishment of round-trip tourist fares somewhat lower than the three: cent rate, - [ Exceptions as to Seoldiers and Sailors. Exceptions to the three-cent’ rate are made for soldiers and sailors, Who may travel at one cent a mile, when on furlough, at their own expense, and for personsattending the national‘efi- ' campment of the Grand Army of the Republic_at Portiand, Ore., and the United Confederate Veterans' reunion as Tulsa, Okla. Both of these organ- izations ‘are permitted rates of ome cent a mile and for various state meetings of tre Veterans two cents will be charged. . Children under 5 years of age will be carriéd free as at present, and those between 5 and 12 will be charged half of the new higher fare. Commutation fares, which are raised 10 per cent., are construed'to apply to persons having daily or frequent occa- sion to travel between their homes and , places of meployment or educational, institutions. To_discourage the use of hedwy. sleeping and parlor cars the new- order provided that the following minimum jnumber of tickets should be bougrt for ?{'awmg rooms, compartments or se¢s jon: . Two adult tickets for drawing Foom in a sleeping car; two adult tickets for a_compartment: ' one and _one-half adult tickets for a section; five adult tickets for exclusive occupancy —©f drawing room in a parlor car. y Passenger fares by water routes or by rail and water are to be increased proportionately with the higher rail charges. The basis for computing charges for excess baggage is t0 be one-sixth of the normal passenger fare, with - a minimum of ‘15 cents per hundred e of " percentage additions, are ordered | Bonts pex opmumimum collection of 25 for coul, coke, lumber, ore, stone, enLi grain, cotton, live stock, meats, su- Redemption of Mileage Books. gar, bullion, and cther commodities. The director general provided fully for the redemption of tickets and mileage books purchased before Jume: 10 and rendered invalid after that date when the higher fares become effect- ive. Unused portions of mileage books and unused or partly used tickets will k:l redeemed at their original purchase rate. per cent. incroase in frelght charg will apply generally to class and commodity rates, but minor varia- tions will be necessary in many cases. Fo_r instance, where certain relation- &hips exist between tival commercial centers, the 25 per cent. increase will apply to the longer distance and the rate to the nearer locality will be the same number of cents less, as under present schedules. In tl way charges for many short hauls will be raised more than 25 per cent. WILL RAISE THE PRICE OF ANTHRACITE COAL" One Effect of New Railroad Rates. James J. Storrow Says. Boston, May 27.—“The new rafts road rates just promulgated by Diree- tor of Railroads McAdoo will raise the price of dnthracite coal moving all rail into New England very sab- stantially.” said James J. Storrow. federal fuel administrator for New England, in a statement tonight. - “For «f-ample,” se continued, “the raise will be aproximately fifty cents. in Boston and in other New England” points in like proportion. “The rates on anthracite arriving by water will be higher because the railroad rates from P enthracite, | mines to piers at New York and Phil< ARRIVES AT ATLANTIC FOR“’. His Mission is Said to Concern a Trade Agreement. An Atlantic Port, May 26.—J. Clam; chief of the division of foreign affairs of the Danish ministry, who recently. was entrusted by his government with™ a special mission to Washington, ar- ger ship. Mr. Clan declined to discuss the nature of his mission, but it is - understood it has to do with a trade. agreement between the United States and Denmark which is now being | bandled- through diplomatic chaa nels. g President Wilson’s Baltimore speech was published in German papers, ac=- cording to Miss Bonventura Spink, of: Indianapolis, who returned on the Danish liner after a six years resi- dence in Berlin. She sang there with an opera company. Miss Spink de; ciared that children are starving so- that food that may be provided for: soldiers. - ARRESTS IN TORRINGTON ¥ Of Men Accused. of Distributing Cop: s of “The Kingdom News. Torrington. Conn., May 27.—Solo: mon Nassif and James J. Fakol agcused of distributing copies of seditious matter, were arrested this rnoon ay federal agents and pls some sparsely. rived here today on a Danish passen. Americgns in Germany have beem| subjected to bitter persecution sinca’ - FEDERAL AGENTS MADE TWO |