Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 31, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 130 POPULATION 29,919 CROWN PRINCE'S DRIVE IS SLOWING 3 J BEFORE. STUBBORN DEFENSE OF ALLIES German Official Statement Fails to Show Material Ad- | vances During Yesterday's Fighting FRENGH LINE FIRM BACK OF CITY OF SOISSONS ‘the Forts Before Rheims Are Said to Have Fallen, and the Wave of the Advance Now Is Approaching the Valley of the Marne, Where the Teutons May Be Expected to Rpeat Their Tactics of 1914—It Is Indicated That Re- serve Forces of the Allies May Strike a Blow of Tre- mendous Proportions Along the Front of the German Wave—The Americans Who Captured Cantigny Have Beaten Off Attack After Attack By the Germans—In the Toul and Luneville Sectors the American Are Hold- ing Their Own in Combats in the Air. e plunge of the crown prince’s armies is be- ed by the French and British ile the momentum of the ses has not as yet spent as been a notable slack- n its advance during the past The chief efforts of the Ger- now seem to be devoted to the g of the gap they have torn in the positions of the allies between Pinon and Brimont. This work seems to be progre slowly against the desperate resistance of the allied forc- No Material Advance Yesterday. The French, having fallen back from the limits of the city of Soissons, have stood *heir ground against the attacks of the enemy and the German official statement fails to show material ad- vances there during the day’s fighting. The French are here fighting on fa- miliar ground which has been made historic by numerous battles, some of which are named among the de- cisive combats of history. On the eestern end of the fighting line some of the forts before Rheims are said to have fallen, which was to be expected from the fact that they have been outtlanked by the tide of inwasion has swept far to the south of the city. Like Invasion of 1914. The fighting has taken on the fa- miliar aspect of the first invasion of France in 1914, the advance of Von Mackensen along the Dunajec and the fighting in Picardy in March, After {breaking the French and British de- fensive positions, but not breaking the allied line, the Germans again are {moving their forces out in a fan-shap- ed figure, fighting hardest on the flanks of the extreme front of their advance. The situation, while apparently ex- tremely serious, has not assumed the critical aspect of the fighting late in March. The allies are resisting the enemv's attacks stubbornly, giving ground when overpowered and always maintaining a solid front. Nearing the Valley of the Marne. The wave of the advance now is ap- proaching the valley of the Marne, the nearest approach to that avenue wards Paris being at the village Vezilly, which lies at the extreme apex is about In 1914 of the' German wedge and seven miles .rom the river. the Germans advanced over a front extending from Braizne, just east of Soissons, to Vauquois, a little west of Verdun. After having reached the Marne, the Teutons turned the force of theiy advance toward the west, and they may be expected to repeat their tactics of four vears ago. Reserve Force Coming Into Action. The reserve forces at the command of Generalissimo Foch now are com- ing into action on ground chosen for the combat by that master strategis and it is possible that a blow of tre- mendous proportions may be struck somewhere along the front of the German wave, on its western side, which seems to be open to an attack | which might crumple up the Ger- man armies to the east of Soissons. Americans Beat Off German Attacks The Americans who captured Can- tigny have beaten off attack after at- tack by the Germans. Ladge German forces are said to Have been gathered to retaike the village, and they have launched savage assauits at-the. Amer- icans, but the latter, with rifie and machifie gun fire, have mowed down the advancing Teutons, while the American_artillery. has smashed the German formations with barrage fire. Along the American-held positions in the Toul and Luneville sectors there have been several spirited engage- ments, but nowhere.have the Germans succeeded in penetrating the American lines. The fighting in the air on those sectors -has been .of. remarkable in- , with the Americans holding their own against the foe. Bombardments in Flanders. The allied positions in the Flanders sector have been subjected to bom- bardments, but the only infantry fight- ing there has been initiated by the French near Dickebusch Lake, sofith of Yyres, who improved their positions as the result of an attack on the Ger- mans. The fighting on the Italian front has not bsen of an unusual character. ATTEMPTED TO EXTORT MONEY BY BLACK HAND METHODS Lawrence Jackson Caught by Officers at Freeport, Me. Maine, May 30.—Lawrence Freeport, Jackson was arrested here today, charged with attempting to extort money from Mrs. Clara Luce, a weal- thy woman, by means of a threaten- ing letter. Mrs. Luce foupd a letter en her doorstep Monday nizht direct- ing her to leave $500 on Wednesday night at a tree near her house. The r was signed with a star and reatened her if she failed to obey. A decoy package was left and Jack- son and his wife were taken into cus tody when they came after it. The officers say the Jacksons admitted writing the letter. According to the officers, Jackson at first said he was from Connecticut and later said he had been living at Lynn, Mas: BRITISH ARE DETERMINED TO CONTINUE THE WAR MMessage Brought Back by the Amer- ican Labor Msision. An Atlantic Port, May 30.—That the British people, even after four vears of prodigious effort and heartbreaking Josses, are determined to continue the war “until the menace of the German military power is removed frem the world” was the message brought back {to the United States by the American {labor mission, which arrived here to- might after visits to the capitals and amany of the principal cities of Eng- fland and France. There are groups of people here and |there in- Great Britain, said Professor {A. O. Lowejoy, a member of the mis- who have declared themselves for an indecisive and -up peace, but the great ma- , though war weary, are far ffrom ‘ready to quit the struggle. “THREE NEW NATIONAL FORESTS IN THE EAST \Have Been Established by Presidential Proclamation. ‘Washington, May 30. — President “Wilson, by proclamation announced to- day, bas establisbed three new na- tional forests in the east—the White Mountains, about 391,000 acres in Maine and New ire; the VETERAN KILLED BY FALL FROM WAGON At New Haven, While Assisti Decorating Graves. New Haven, Conn., May 20. H. Hine, 70 years old, a the Civil war and for several years messenger in the superior court here, was killed today by a fall from a wa- gon at Grove Street cemetery, where Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R., to deco- rate the graveg of deparied comrades as a part of Memorial Day observ- ance. He Was assisting in unloading flowers from the wagon when he was seized with a fainting speil and fell headfirst to the pavement. He was a past commander of Admiral Toote 'ost. 5 HEALTH CONDITIONS IN HOME CAMPS GOOD Deaths Decreased From 178 Last Week to 161 This Week. ‘Washington, May 30.—General health conditiofls throughout home camps continue to be very good, the surgeon general of the army stated today in his health report for the week end- ing May 24. Pneumonia prevails ex- tensively at Camps Travis, Texas, Dodge, lowa, and Gordon, Georgia, with measles generally prevalent at all_cantonments. Deaths decreased from 178 last week to 161 this week. NEW MEMBER OF FACULTY OF Dr. Percy Dearmer of London, Prominent Churchman. Middletown, Conn.,, May vinity School, announced tonight that Dr .Percy Dearmer of London, Eng- tand, a prominent churchman’ there, had accepted a call to the faculty of pere next fall. in Red Cross work United States by way of the Orient. THIRD MISHAP TO MIiss ed to Start for eepshead Bay. Binghamton, N. Y, May 30.—Kath- erine Stinson’s week this afternoon when she to- he had gone with other members of | BERKELEY DIVINITY SCHOOL 30,—Dean ‘William P. Ladd of the Berkeley Di- the school and will take up his work He has been enzaged in Serbia and France and is now on his way to the STINSON’S CURTISS PLANE At Binghampton When She Attempi- Curtiss plane turned | summarizeq his conception turtle for the third ~ time within a|country’s war aims. at- Cabled Paragraphs Mayors in Congress at Paris, Paris, May 30.—Mayors of towns within the military zone met in con- gress at Paris today. The mayor of Chaumont presided and the mayors of Verdun, Calais and Belfort were among the assembl. Paris is Being Bombarded. Paris. May 30.—The bombardment of Paris by the German long range gun, which was interrupted early in the day, was resumed at sunset. VETERANS MARCHED IN A DRIZZLING RAIN IN NEW YORK Soldierss and Sailors Escorted the Aged Warriors. New York, May 30.—New Yorkers stood silent and bareheaded in a driz- Zling rain today as a handful of blue- clad veterans of '61 marched in_their Memorial day review after decorating the graves of fallen comrades. New York had in it no gaiety but only the solemn_consciousness that.the fate of the nation was hanging in the balance overseas. The veterans marched as proudly and resolutely as sons and grandsons are ‘advancing to meet the German hordes sweeping over France. Escort- ing the aged warriors were, soldiers and sailors of a late generation. Marching with the ,veterans were fighting men of four nations—Ameri- can_soldiers and sailors, the New York State guard, four “Blue Devils” of France, a thin line of “Tommies.” and a detachment of 100 Belgians in regulation “tin hats” and all wearing decorations awarded for valor. Marching, too, were the daughters of veterans and Grand Army au while veterans of the Spanish-Ame can war were led by a band which played “A Hot Time. in the Old Town Tonight,” the tune to which the Amer- icans advanced on Santiago. of HARGED WITH LIBELING MAUDE ALLAN, DANCER Cl [:Noel Pemberton-Billing, Member | British Parliament. i of ndon, Mav 30.—Noel Pemberton- Billing, member of parliament for st Hartfordshire and publisher of { the newspaper Vigilante, opening his defense in his trial in the Bow street police court today on the charge of libeling Maude Allen, dancer, and J. T. Grein, manager of the Independent Theatre, calied Mrs. Villiers Stewart to prove the existence of a book which Pemberton-Billing - alleged - had been prepared by German secret.. agents, containing the names of-47;000- British- persons said to be addicted to vice and held in bondage to Germany through fear of exposure. Mrs. Stewart, under examination by Mr. Pemberton- Billing, said the book which she had seen but which was not produced, contained the names of For- mer Premier Asquith and Mrs. As- quith, Viscount Haldane, former sec- reta for war, and Justice Darling, who is trying ‘the case against the member of parliament. MEMORIAL DAV’ EXERCISES IN THE UNITEB KINGDOM. Graves of American Soldiers and Sail- ors Decorated by Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. Members. London, May 30.—The graves of American soldiers'and sailors who met death at sea, in the air, or from nat- ural causes, which now are. scattered pver England, Scotland, Treland and Wales, were decorated today by rep- resentatives of the American Red Cross and the Young Men’s Christian association. Memorial day exercises also were held, being attended by large numbers of Americans. CHARGED WITH UNFAIR COMPETITION METHODS Federal Trade Commission Takes Ac- tion Against Three Connecticut Firms. (Special to The Norwich Bulletin.) Washington, May 30.—Federal trade commission charges unfair competition methods against the New Haven Ren- dering Company, the Atlantic Refin- ing company and the L. T. Frisbie company, all of Connecticut, by pur- chasing raw material at prices pro- hibitive to small concerns in that rea. AIRPLANE_ALARM WAS SOUNDED IN PARIS When Several Aircraft Crossed Line in That Direction. Paris, May 30.—Several airplanes crossed the line in the direction of Paris tonight. The alarm was sound- ed at 11 o'clock and the “all clear” signal was given at midnight. The enemy machines were under a heavy fire from the defences of Paris and some hombs were dorpped on the re- gion about the city. There were no casualti the ASKED TO TEACH SABOTAGE IN THE AMERICAN ARMY Private Frank Wormkee Testifies at Trial of 1. W. W. Leaders. Chicago, May 30.—Prjsate Frank | Wormkee, alias Frank Woods, testified today at the trial of 112 Industrial Workers of the World that he was nsked by members of the orzanization {o tearh sabotage in the American ar- my. This sabotage, Wormkee said he was informed. included placing a for- eign substance in food to cause ill- ness an dthe cutting up of clothing. ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR A “KNOCKOUT” IN WAR. Tells Detroiters America Does Not Want to Win on Point Detroit, Mich, May 30.—"America does not want to win this war on points; we want a knockout.” In these words Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, making a Memorial day ad- dress here today in behalf of the navy, of this Colonel Roosevelt's address culmi- tempted to make a start for Sheeps- |nated a strenuous day in which he ead Bay, where she had a contract | reviewed two parades and participated. r a Memorial Day exhibition. machine was damaged but caped injury. The she es- in exercises to the memory of De. troit's army and navy dead. He leff shortly before midnight for New York, NORWICH, CON [ President Wison Helps Drive Rivet IN THE KEEL OF A 9400° TON FREIGHTER ) e : AT ALEXANDRIA YARD Mrs. Wilson Aided in the Keel's Laying By Guiding thedLast Verti- cal Plate Into Position/and Naming the Ship. Alexdndria, Va., May 3&-—President Wilson lent a hand today in driving a rivet in the keel of what will be the steamer Gunston Hall, a 9,400 ion freighter forthe shipping board. Mrs. Wilson also played a part. in the keel's laying, guiding the last vertical plate into position and naming the ship as-she did so. “I haven't got my union card, but I guess-it's all Tight,” laughed the pres- ident as he cracked a_sturdy work- man on the shoulder after the white- hot ‘end of the rivet had been beaten to a round head, neatly edged against the keel plate. A Great Crowd Present. A great crowd saw the beginning of the first ship to be built in Alexan- dria since the days when four-mast- ers flourished on the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay. Charles W. Morse, of New York, representing the con- trolling financial -interest in tne Vir- ginia Shipbuilding company, . builders of the Gunston Hall, welcomed the president and Mrs, Wilson and in the party from Washington were Sena- tors Martin of Virginia: Simmons of North Carolina, and Fletcher of Ilor- ida; Speaker Clark; Former Speaker Cannon; Representative Carlin of Vir- ginia and other notables. President Greeted With Cheers. A shrieking .siren in the shipyvard president shops announced that the had arrived and,when he mounted th: wooden ladder to the top of the con trol ways he was greeted with a roar of cheers. President Wilson proceeded ture cameras clicked. ‘When the applause subsided thi shipyard band played The Star Span gled Banner and the presidential par- ty returned-to Washington. WAR ADDS SOLEMNITY TO MEMC 1AL DAY People Paid Homage to Defenders PThxis wz\;{ a,nnounvml tonight by resident H. J. Gartland of the state Who Wavs Eallen and fPrayed Fetlico: cerenceiboard. ; Theiagseement wag the Success of Those ‘Who Arelsigned by President Gartland and . Fighting, Secretary C. M. Lane of Meriden for ‘Washington, May 30.—The Ameri- e to- the can people today paid ho memory of the nation's defenders whi |have fallen in battle and prayed for the success of those who are fightin; cverseas, Added solemnity was ziven this Me- | Bridgeport, terbury., en, | morial Day by the great battle raging |Stamford and New Britain_ and_the on the fields of France, whers Amer- |two points mentioned in New York ican . soldiers are standing with the |state. allied troops abreast the charging | Confer=: ro held, it German armies. For the ultimate vic- | - stated, between the employes of the | tory of these Americans and the thou- | Shore Line r... vy and offi- sands_who are to follow them, Presi dent Wilson, in response to a resolu tion by consress. had to make of Memorial day a day fasting and supplication Exercises at Arlington Cemetery. The president and Mrs. Wilson at tended services this morning at th Central Preshyterian church and i the afternoon went to Arlington Na tional Cemetery, where annual me- Off the Florida Coas 1 morial. exercises’ were held by the S Grand Army of the Republic. The| An Atlantic Port, May 30.—Recent presidential party was escorted |Teports that German submarines have through the grounds to the speakers' |Peen lurking in southern waters off stand by a troop of cavalry and a|the Atlantic coast were given support company of engineers. Secretary Ba- |t0day with the arrival here of a ker occupied a seat on the stand. FEATURES OF MEMORIAL DAY AT STATE PRISON. Prisoners Permitted to Make All th Noise They Wished at Flag Raising. Hartford, Conn, May 30.—An un usual feature of Memorial day was flag raising, with speechmaking, base ball game, ew pUSL v 5o..rnor general amusements, at the Connecticut state|of Jamaica, said that before leaving prison in Wethersfield, something | the Barbados he had heard that a never known there before. The affair | German submarine had been sighted was arranged by Warden C. C. Mc Claughey. .Money for the pole and th flag was contributed by the prisoners. The pole was- cut-from the site of old Newgate prison 'in Granby. Sergean Eugene A. MacNeff of the 165th U. 5. infantry was the speaker. Thie pole- is within' the yard of th prison. About 400 men.prisoners wer! present and were allowed to make al the noise they wished. In the bal game the Yanks whipped the German 13 to 6, and the applause was great. The Star Spangled Banner was playe: when the flag- went up. routine. PARIS PARTICIPATED IN MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES. General Tasker Bliss Represented th Army—Capfain Jackson the Navy. Paris, May 30.—Memorial day exer- cises held in the American church to- day were participated in by the An- glican, Grpek, Armenian and American Protestant Episcopal dignitaries 'in the presence of William Graves Sharp, the American ambassador; the Earl of Derby, the British ambassador; Etienne Clementel, - minister of com- merce; Stephen' Pichon, foreign min- Ister, and . high governmental diplomatic officials. the army and Captain Jackson the navy. CARMEN [N PITTSFIELD HAVE VOTED TO STRIKE At Midnight Tonight Unless Their .Demands Are’ Met by the Company Pittsfleld, Mass., May 80.—Union car- ‘men employed by the Berkshire Street Railway Company voted today to strike at midnight Friday unless their de- mands for an.increase in wages and a new working agreement are.met. by the company.- Aecording to union lead- ers a strike would ‘completely tis up Ag the trolley service in Berkshire County and at Pownal and Benning- ton in Vermont. The present agree- xlnym Wwith the company expires June imme- Giately to business, while motion pic- ced the people of band concert and other A bunch of colored men danced a hoedown on the bandstand to the delight of the crowd. This afternoon the prisoners were kept in their cells under ordinary Sunday and General Tasker H. Bliss represented » FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1918 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS Railway Employes in Faderal Service SO INFORMED BY DIRECTOR GEN- ERAL McADOO WARNS UNION LEADERS Declares the Government Cannot Be Coerced or Intimidated — Assures the Men of a Just Consideration of Their Claims. Washington, May 30.—Railroad em- ploves were reminded by Director General McAdoo tonight that they are employes of the United States. in time of war and that a strike means a blow at their own government and. the hampering of transportation essential to protect the hundreds of thousands of American boys fighting on the bat- tlefields of Burope. Telegram to Heads of Unions. In a telegram to the heads of all labor unions having shopmen among their members, Mr. McAdoo gave no- tice that the government cannot be coerced or intimidated and called upon railroad men to remain at their duty and rely upon him and the new board | of railroad wages and working condi- tions for just consideration of their claims. He asked the union leaders to urge upon their men by wire the wisdom and ‘patriotism of this course. TROLLEY WAGE CONTROVERSY HAS BEEN ADJUSTED. Employes Have Accepted the Com- promise Offer of Conn. Company. New Haven, Conn, May 30. — An agreenient on wages and working con- ditions which have been a subject of controversy between the Connecticut ¢ | company'and its employes was reached today at a conference here between | < | the Connecticut state conference board, representing the 2,300 empl of the company in this state and _White Plains and -Portchester, Y., and General Manager John of the trolley company. The employes have accepted the compromise wage offer of the company of from 34 to 40 cents an hour, aecording to length of service. The agreement is effective June 1 and will continue for a year. An agreement covering working con- ons was sisned for a period of two years . Punderford e the employes and by General Mana- ger Punderford for the company. The menoriginally asked for from 35 to 45 cents an_ hour. The agreement affects all conductors and motormen employed on the com- pany’s lines in New Haven, Hartford, o on’ similar to those presented to the Con- company cials of the demands necticut company hy agreement has yet heen employes. reached. No WARNING TO LOOK OUT FOR GERMAN SUBMARINES| e n Received by Brazilian Steamship When Brazilian steam: . The passengers | |said that on Saturday last when the hip was entering the Gul: the Florida coast a wireless warning | to look out for submarines was re ceived and that the captain immedi- | ately changed his course and made a wide detour before heading again for | this, port. Sir Leslie Probvn. one of the passen gers, formor “rit ~r seneral ¢ the Barbados, who is on his way to | take the e a on May 16 near Bermuda. One report effect was made by an Ameri- sel, another by a British vessel, e he said. Firmly convinced that they had nar- rowly escaped attack by a_German U-boat, passengers on the . Brazilian ship declared the vessel turned about and-raced backward for twelve hours, at top speed, after the first wireless warning. = Suddenly their course was changed again and the journey north- ward resumed, though not in the line of their retreat. “Undoubtedly there are U-boats in the middle Atlantic,” Sir Leslie said on coming ashore. FHe reported that authorities in the West Indies still are without a shred of information as to the fate of the United States collier Cyclops. whose disappearance !s one of the mysteries of the sea. t S i 1l s d NEARLY $45,000,000 FARM LOAN BONDS HAVE BEEN SOLD During the Last Nine Days by the Farm Loan Board: ‘Washington, May 30.—Nearly $45,- 000,000 farm loan bonds of the new is- sue, bearing five per cent. have been sold during the last nine days in the intensive campaign conducted by the farm joan board through a group of bond dealers. It was announced to- day that the campaign will continue until about September 15. or shortly before the fourth Liberty loan drive is started and the board hopes to dis- pose of $75,000,000 bonds by that time to_provide funds for farm loans up to.January 1, 1919. NO MOR‘E COAL OR FUEL OIL FOR PRIBATE YACHTS Except Sufficient Quantity to Return to Home Port. Washington, May 30.—After tomor- row, by order of the fuel administra- tlon, no coal or fuel ofl may be burned on or furnished to any private yacht for any purpose whatever except cook- ing, The only exceptlons are ships In the government service.. Any privaié yacht, however, which on June 1 is -| Shipbuilding company for the emerg- joff the New En stream off | str 'condéns_ed Telegrams The present condition of corps in the United Kingdom is promising. Private Harry 1. Cook, East Hamp- ton, Conn, previously reported miss- ing, now reported slightly wounded. The new Finnish cabinet formed by former Senator Paaskivi, indicates in- creased German influence in the Fin- ish government. i [ The degree of doctor of laws was| conferred upon President Wilson yes- terday by the trustees of Lincoin Me- morial university The failure of Gouidin Smith and company, one of the oldest firms op. erating on the New Orleans cotton ex. change, was announced. The ninth thip“bu!ik by the Chicago | ency Fleet Corporation, has launched in the Calumet river. been Mrs. Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt and Ray L.s+Baker, director of the mint, will be married at Mrs. Vanderbilts | country place at Lenox, Mass. A maximum base price of 33 cents a pound for aluminum in lots of 50 tons or more of the ingot 98 to 99, has been fixed by President Wilson. Pulp wood consumption was esti- mated by the forest service at 3,536,- 802 cords for 1917, an increase of ap- proximately 6 per cent. over 1916. State Insurance Commissioner, C. I. Smith, of Maine issued a statement, urging that all kinds of fireworks be eliminated on the Fourth of July. An article published by Buenos!| Aires. La Razon. says American busi ness men are endeavoring to replace the Germans in Argentine commerce. The strange case of an airplane ! ich continued in flight for two hours | after”its occupants had been kiiled, is| related by an officer of the Royal air| force. 1 Second Lieutenant T. H. Heintzman, ! of Toronto, was killed and Cadet S| Rosenthal, of New York City was seriously injured in an airplane ac-| cident. Conferces on the rivers and harbors appropriation bill, eliminated the Sen- ate amendment prohibiting the dis- | charge of free acid or acid waste in | streams, Francis S. Nash, a medical director | nt_‘ the navy, and his wife, were in-| dicted by a grand jury at Washington yesterday on a charge of hoarding toodstufis. i A meeting has been held in Rome, | under the auspices of the American | University Union in Europe, for the| purpose-of forming an Italo- American University Union. Purchase by the United State gov-l ernment of a $5000000 down town New York site for a big inprovement, the, nature of. which was not disclos- ed, was announced. After being adrift three days, the! Spanish ‘stéamer Mar Rojo was towed into an ‘Atlantic port by a fruit carry- ing steamer in which picked her up gland coast Monday. A new riveting mark for the United | Kingdom w: made at Queens Island !»)‘ John Lowry, who drove 7,841 rivets | in nihe hours. He also established a record for an hour with 922 rivets. Licutenant Gardiner C. Means, of Brooklyn, Mass. had a miraculous e cape from .death Wednesday, whe: he fell with his airplane 1800 feet neau | l\l\(‘ Hazelhurst aviation field, Mineola, ! i Mrs. Mary Hill and Mrs. Elsie Jef- fers arrested in Leominster, A last month charged with distrib copies of the K tion of the charged from ng | ingdom News in viola- spionage act. were dis- ustody. Joint Chairmen Taft and Walsh of the war labor board will go to S ton, Pa., next Sunday to investi ke of street railway employes there which is said to be interfering with anthracite production, The Whitehead torpedo plant St Poelten, Austria, has ed | by fire, according to an el- egraph despatch from % \ienna declare f e was the ian workmen | in the plant. Chairman Joseph E. Warner of the | Massachusetts Ways and Means Com- mittee announced in the house, that| the state tax to be assessed upon Massachusetts cities and towns this | vear would amount to $11 000,000, the | same as last year. Four hundred acres of farm land in| the towns of Bolton, Lancaster and Still River. on the outskirts of Camp Devens, have been taken over by army authorities and plans are’ being to raise sufficient vegetables to supply the entire cantonment during the sum- mer month COMMITTEES TO RECRUIT 5000 TRAINED NURSES | Are Being Organized by the Atlantic Division of the Red Cross. New York, May 30.—Special com- mittees to recruit 5,000 trained nurses sorely needed by the army, are being organized in all cities within the jur- isdiction of the Atlantic division of the Red Cross, it was announced to- night. The campaign ovens Monday, and will be continued ten days. While the immediate goal ‘is 5,000 nurses, it was declared 10,000 must be available before January 1, 1919, from the At- lantic division alone. To the end that every nurse availa- ble for army service may be induced to enroll, those who are married and not actively enzaged in their profes- sion or otherwise ineligible for war rervice will be asked to become “home defense nurses.” These nurses will be assigned for g few hours daily to work In baby-saving stations, in hoepitals or in private famllles where the need Is urgent. GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE ANTI-TYPHOID INOCULATION To All Who Apply For It at Any of Its Hospitals or Field Offices. ‘Washington, May 30.—Free antl- typhold@ inoculation is to be given by the government (o protect the health of the nation at thls time when the inbor of every man possible is needed in winning the war, Secretary McAdoo announced tonight that he had directed the public heaith away from lts home port may obtain sufficient fuel to return home by the shortest destination. - service to give }:m gmculatlon with- lout charge to all who apply at any of its hospitals or fleld offlices, DANIELS DWELLS ONNOBLEWORKOF In Opening the Road to France For Hundredé, of T " sands of Ame| | SURE OF ABILITY TO WIPE OUT SUBMARINE EVIL | Declares Destroyers Will Be Built, Equipped and Manned Until It Will Not Be Possible For a Submarine to Exist in the Ocean — Asserts That Troop Movement Wfll’ s Reach the Million Mark in a Few Weeks, and That in a rican Soldiers Few Months thev Two Million Mark Will Have Been Reached—Statements Made in a Impromptu Address at Wilkesbarre. a., May 30.—Declaring ¥ is_doing noble work in opening the ‘road to France for the hundreds of thousands of American soldiers already tbere. Secrethry of the avy Daniels ~ntu ad- here today, declared that troop movement wi -..1.on mark in a few weeks: that in a_few months the. two million mark will have been ! reached. and that ten million or more men will be sent if need be to win the | j war. Secretary Daniels’ vigit to this city was unexpected, as he stopped here for breakfast while en route to anton. ) e honor of sailor: war and was ¢ invitation to deliver an address. He expressed unlimited confidence in_the navy's ability to wipe out the ibmarine evil. *“We are building de- rovers by the scores and we will build them by the hundreds” he de- clared. “We will equip them with able men such as you have sent from Wilkesbarre until it will not be pos: ble for a submarine to exist in the occan. In this var the nay ness has been to hunt We have hunied them 1 con- tinue to hn=* <hall 't dare to appear as assassins of the sea.” having ceremonies in who fell in the Civil 's busi- submarines. wi and | SECRETARY DANIELS GUEST OF HONOR AT SCRANTON. Expressed Optimism as to the Outcome of Conflict Raging in Europe. May Scranton. Pa. 30.—Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, wa the guest of honor and principa speaker at ipe Memorial day exercises heiq. ju t] this "afternoon, a mg city. crowd of re than 15,000 persons at- He was informed that the | ck to respond to the | tending the exercises. The street rail= way strike, which was practically par- alyzed the city for the past montk, kept down the attendance, many in the audience being obliged to walk I miles to attend. Following the exercises, Secretary Daniels held an informal reception in the Hotel Casey, and many preminent |residents of the Lackawanna valley !called to pay their respects. Tonight e was the guest of Colomel L. A. Watres and left later in the pight for Washington. While in this city he expressed him- self as greatly immpressed with the i historic and economic features of the | Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys. He delivered a stirring message at e exercises in the afternoon and %= pressed optimism as to the result of {the great conflict now raging in Eu- | rope. He said that the navy was do- {ing its part and had succeeded in great i part in doing away with the submarine menace.. Secretary Daniels said that |in a few short months a German sub. |marine would not dare to show its I nose above the water. 1 Says War Will Be Won on the Ocean. During the course of an interview, retary Daniels said: “The real war will ‘be ‘won on the ocean and the al- lied navies are livinz duily in the hope that the German fleet will come cut in the oven and try conclusions. Tn addition to the land, no world war {can be won unless the victor controls sea. | “The allied navies have checkmated {the submarines” I, continued. “When the war broke out this seemed fo be {the impossible hut we have accom- | lished jt and when our full force of | destroyers and eagle hoats is on the high seas the menace will zrow less and lesg until one of those assassins of jthe sea.will not dare show its nose above the water.” HURLEY DISAPPROVES OF RIVETING CONTESTS. That They Cause Men to Overwork Themselves. Claims Philadelphia May 30.—Riveting con- tests carried to the point of speeding one man's work at the expense of the =eneral efficiency not favored by Chairman E. X. Hur- ey of the federal shipping board. “The record for a month is much more important than a record for a Mr. Hurley today. “Con- tests ich cause men to erwork themselves for the sake of establish- ing new records. with the result that ey are incapacitated for several day afterward. and the general system of the yard is demoralized, are to be dis- couraged. What we are trying to do is to encourage a spirit of sportsman- ship (vat will stimulate all the men to do their best at a!l times.” The plan to launch a large number of ships on Tndependence dav of the biz patriotic demonstration in shipbuilding will not be allowed to nierfere with the launching of vessels | which will be ready in the latter part of June, according to Mr. {Hurley. There will be no delays for the, pur- pose of making a big showing on the Tourth of July. Thousands of men employed in ship- vards in the Delaware river district did not take advantage of the Memo- rial dav holiday, hut elected to work hen they were allowed to dedide for emselves whether or not to take the day off. BRITAIN NOT PRESSING AFFAIRS IN IRELAND Refraining From Action ~That Will Create a Disturbance. Tondon, May 30.—With the’ recent changes in the government in Ire- land and the arrest of Sinn Fein lead- the parliamentary correspondent of the Daily Telegraph savs he under- stands, the British government con- siders it desirable to refrain calculated to produce a d'sturbance. A more settled feeling prevails in Tre- land and it is hoped the improvement will grow in every direction. The Irish home rule bill is not ex- pected to be ready for introduction for a few weeks and until then comser! tion will remain in abeyance. This is believed to b2 the policy in which Lord Lieutenant French and the Chief Sec- refary Shortt are in agreement with Walter Hume Long, secretary for the colonies, and the war cabinet. MEMORIAL EXERCISES FOR MAJOR LUFBERY Were Held on the Wallingford Opera House. New Haven. Conn., May 30. — The Lufoery memorial exercises were held in the Wa'lingford Opera house today owing to the mist which fell at the ap- pointed hour On the flag draped stage in the places of honor sat six Grand Army veterans, all who are left of the men who went from the town to the Civil war battleflelds and Edward Lufbery, father of Major Luf- bery, Germaine, 4 sister, Mrs. George Haller, another aster, and her hus- band, Rene, a brother, and his wife. The local company of the State Guard flanked the staze. & i S Sy Five Gesman Airplanes Brought Down Iondon, May 30.-—Five German air- planes were brought down in the am fichting on Wednesday nnd one was driven to earth out of control, accord- ing to the officiai_statement on aerial epera%.lom issued by the war office to- of the plant are! as part | from | pressing forward at this time anything { FIRST NEW STANDARDIZED STEEL SHIP LAUNCHED At the " Vards Sub- Newark Yards of the marine Boat Company. Newark, N. J, May 30.—The Aga- wam, the first of the new standardized fabricated steel cargo vessels built by the emergency fleet corporation, wes successfully launched today at the Newark bay vards of the Submarine Boat company. The vessel has a ga- capity of 5500 deadweight tons and is expected to show a speed of 10.1-% knots. Amonz a crowd of 10,000 which cheered as the ship slid down the ways were Charles M. Schwab, general manager of the fleet corporation; harles L. Piez, a member of the nited States shipbuiding board, and Thomas A. Edison and city officials. The name Agawam, meaning-‘“great salt meadows.” was selected by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. The vessel was christened by Miss Mary Eurana Ward- of Philadelphia, a niece of Mr. Schwab, CITY OF EASTON, PA, HONORS GEN. PAYTON C. MARCH Presented the General a Jeweled: Sword in Token of Its Esteem. on Pa., Mar 30.—The city of ston, birthplace of General. Peyion March, chief of staff of the United States armies, tonight presented the general with a jewelled sword = “in- token of its esteem for America’s dis- tinguished soldier.” The presentation was made Mayor David W. Ne- vin, After expressing his appreciation: for the gift, General March told ef some of the accomplishments of the war department during the past few. weeks. In May, he said, more Amers« ican troops were taken to Europe were there when he left in February, Tt was not only the man power . of America that now was mobilized, the general said. but other resources, ing. cluding the emotional forces of the— country. By a great wave of patriot- sm; he declared. those who have: - cought to accumulate profit from the war have been swept aside. et AN AMERICAN AVIATOR CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS- After His Machine Had Fallen Inta. No Man’s Land. L. With the American Army,in Francest May 30.—(By_ The Associated Press)s An Amerjcan aviator was captured by = | the Germans tonight after his machine had fallen into No Man’s Land. The fight in which the American's machine was damaged took place when fiver: American pursuit machines engs E with a German cerial squadron while Trotecting a party of British bombers~ who were returning from a raid earivs this morning.. Two of the enemy ma-- chines were shot down and another- was forced to land out of control. The American’s airplane ‘came d between the lines. He was imme. diately covered by German rifi 3 and ordered to walk into the ememwt trenches. which he did with his hands= above his head. LADY R[NDOLPH CHURCHILL . IS SOCN TO BE MARRIE! To Montague Porch, an Official of # Government of Nigeria. London, May 30.—Announce: made that Lady Randolph Chus is soon to be married to Mon Porch, an official of the govern of Nigeria. Lady: Randolph 3 was Miss Jennia Jerome She is the mother o Chyrehill, o i | 3 i