Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 1, 1918, Page 1

Lulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. .131 POPULATION 29,919 _NORWICH, .CONN., SATURDI » JUNE 1, 1918 VANGUARD OF THE GERMAN ARMY HAS REACHED VALLEY OF THE MARNE The French Defenders of the Heights Seem to Have Been Swept Away in the Rush of the Enemy ENEMY EXTENDED LINE TO THE EAST OF RHEIMS The Desperate Resistance of the British and French Has Served Only to Slow Down the Speed of the German Advance—The British Still Are Holding the Forts Just West of Rheims—The Operations of the Enemy Indicate a Turning Movement Toward Paril—Gemnn‘Airmen Are Deliberately Attacking Hospitals Back of the Allied Lines—American Troops Have Penetrated Enemy Posi- tions in the Toul Sector and Have Repulsed Attempts of the Enemy to Oust Them From Posi ons at Cantigny. southward, with its mo- unspent, the German war iven its wedge into the s along the front until its »d_the Marne River e en Tardenois. The des- rts of the French and Brit- m the tide against the in- have served only to slow down peed of the German ad- vance e defenders of the heights north of the Marne see mto have been swept aside in the rush of the enemy toward the road to Paris. Two Siknificant Incidents. Aside from the movement of the German armies southward, two other ficant incidents of the tremendous tle have occurred. One is that the Germans have extended their attack to he northwest, along the Ailette River, m which the French have fallen back for some distance. The other is hat the battle has extended to the east of Rheims, which city, during the rst few days of the battle, formed the xtreme eastern end of the line of s Defending Positions Gallantly. Along the sides of the sakient form- ed by the rapid German advance to the Marne, the French and British have teen holding their positions gallantly. outh o. Soissons the French have de- fended their-tine-with-woen=vigor" that he Germans have not made much im- ression upon it. On the other side of 1e battle area, the British still are o dm" the forts of Rheims and po- =t west of that war strick- the extreme sides of the front sags towards the line from Rheims to the south Marne running to the southwest at a gentle angle, while the French are front at right angles to the tion of the German advance. To Turn Toward Pai The oceupation of Chateau Thiery marks the beginning of the expected eurning movement toward Paris which the Germans were believed to have planned. If the town has been taken in its entirety, the Germans may be expected to move down the Marne. Bo- fore they can go far in this direction, how-xer, it will be nacessary for them to break French lines south of the Soissons-Hartennes road, the German adyance is in jeopardy. The Ger- mans, however, claim already to have crossed this line. The attack along the Ailette may be the beginning of a movemen: that will seek to prevent the French from making a heavy attack somewhere in the neighborhood of Soissons. Reserves Not Yet in Action. General Foch, the commander-in- chief of the aliied forces, has not as vet brought his reserves into action. All reports from the field of battle tell of the allied forces being vastly out- numbered. The German official report claims over 45,000 prisoners and more than 400 gurs have been taken by the Teu- tons since the beginning of the bat- tle on Monday, not counting large numbers of machine guns. This may be compared with the Germans' claim of more than 90,000 prisoners and over 1,300 guns captured from March 21 to April 3 in the Picardy battle. American Arms Triumphant. American soldiers are in action in the Picardy and Toul sectors. At Cantigny they again have repulsed re- peated German attacks to oust thej from the positions which they capture: carly. in the wegl whuh*; the, Toul sector-they have aftacker German po- sitions, penetrated them to a depth of almost’ half 4 mile and destroyed the Germax defenses, Germans Bombing Hospitals. German airmen have been adding horrors to the fighting by Lheir deliber- ate attacks on hospitals back of the allied Jines. One large receiving sta- tion behind the American positions in Picardy has been bombed. A Canadian hospital also was attacke® -nd par- burned by another n raid- ing party. Disorders in Ukraine are reported. It is stated several villages near Kiev were drenched by poisonous zas by the Germans and that whole communities were asphyxiated. The United tSates transport Presi- dent Lincoln, a former German liner, has been torpedoed and sunk on a trip to this country from Europe. The vessel sank within an hour after be- ing struck by the torpedo but the num- ber of lives lost is not yet known. HOUSE HAS PASSED THE ARMY APPROFRIATION BILL Carries $12,041,682000 and Empowers President to Call Men. Washington, May 31.—The largest Americ army appropriation bill in $12.051,682,000 and president to call into service all men who can be and equipped, was passcd late ¢ the house and sent to the : measure is framed to provide for of three million men during the coming war, in accordance with the sovernment’s revised programme for hing soldiers to France. Some of its big items are $6,315,135.000 for the rtermaster corps: $3,396,000,000 for dnance: $1,028.000,000 for the en- neers: $990,250,851 for aviation, and $267,000,000 for medical corps. A provision prohibiting the use of rtop watches or other speeding up de- in plants where money provided e bill is spent was adopted by a vote of 63 to The house also adopted an amendment by Representa- tive of Kansas, forbidding “cost plus” comtracts except in emergencies. 280,000 MEN ARE TO BE CALLED NEXT MONTH Department Announces Regis- trants Must Report June 24, War Washington, May 31.—(By A. P.)— Official announcement was made to- day that 250,000 men will be called to the colors during June. They will be ordered to report June 24, but it has not yet been determined to what camps they can be assigned, so the list of appointments is for the pres- ent being withheld. The quota is based on estimates of the space available for the men in camps and cantonments. If the rate of shipments of troops across again is raised, still more men may be called. In any event the probabilities are that nough men will be called for special wervice to round the number out to 300,000. ITALIAN STEAMSHIP FALLS PREY TO SUBMARINE Veronica Was in the Service of the Italian Government. New York, May 31—Word was re- wived tonoght here in marine circles hat the Italian steamship Verona, a ressel of 8261 tons gross register, had sen sunk by a German submarine. Of- Jc‘als here of the Navigazione Gener- ue Italiana Lime,.owners of the ship, -Mflwy-lmmoflclflmn- Srmation d repart. The vessel was in the gervice of the Itaiian gov- snment. The sinking is said to have ken place last week. CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS ARE TO BE SEGREGATED They Are to Be Furloughed to Work on Farms at Private's Pay. Washington, May 31.—Drafted men claiming conscientious objection to military service and who have been found by army authorities to be sin- cere in refusing Guty with non-com- batant units as prescribed by Presi- dent Wilson, are to be segregated at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, under the terms of an order announced tonight by Secretary Baker. If found to be sincere in their scruples by a special board of inquiry, they will be fur- loughed to work on farms as laborers at private's pay. Federal Judge Mack of Chicago, Dean_ Stone of Columbia Law School, and Major Stoddard of the Advocate General's office, constitute the board of inquiry. The board will give a final test to those acquitted or not tried by the mil- itary tribunals, and if it does not rec- ommend a furlough to farm labor or the objector refuses to accept it, pun- ishment under the articles of war is provided. In exceptional cases, the board is authorized to assign objectors to the Friends' construction unit in y earned by the furloughed ob- jectors in excess of a private's pay and subsistence is to go to the Red Cross. GOVERNOR oF MINNESOTA HAS BEEN ASKED TO EXPLAIN Why He Has Made Rules for Indus- tries Conflicting With Federal Orders. Washington, May 31.—The national war labor board today asked Governor Burnquist of Minnesota to explain why the Minnesota public safety com- mission had promulgated a set of principles to govern industrial rela- tions in that state which are different from those enunciated by the war labor board for the country at large. Joint Chairmen Taft and Walsh an- nounced the step had been taken in consequence of -a complaint filed by the Minnesota State Federation of Labor. GAS MASKS ARE BEING MADE FOR WAR HORSES New Type Being Turned Out at Rate of 5,000 Daily. b i ‘Washington, May 31.—(By A. P.)— Every horse and mule in the American Expeditionary Forees soon will be equipped with a new type of gas mask, which it is declared will make them impervious to gas attacks. The masks are coming from a specially equipped factory at the rate of 5,000 a day, the Gas Defence Service announced teday, and are going rapidly to Franon UsS. Transpnn Sunk THE PRESIDENT LINCOLN WAS TORPEDOED 10 A. M. FRIDAY KEPT AFLOAT AN HOUR Cabled Paragraphs Germans Seize Forts at Kronstadt. London, June 1.—The Daily Mail's Copenhagen correspondent says that Navy Officials Feel Certain Casualty according to the Petrograd newspaper Pravo the Germans have seized and| List Will Be Small—Was One of fortified some of the forts at Kron- 3 it the German Ships Which Were British Mission at Buenos Aires. Taken Over. Buenos Aires, May 31.—The British mission headed by Sir Maurice De Bunsen arrived here today and was given an enthusiastic reception by the people at the dock. GERMAN AIRMEN BOMBED A CANADIAN HOSPITAL Many People Were Killed and Wound- ed by Collapse of the Building. Washington, May 31.—Loss of the homeward bound American transport & President Lincoln was reported today by Vice Admiral Sims. 'The message was brief, merely stating the vessel was torpedoed at 10.40 o'clock this morning and went down an hour later. 1t made no mention of casualties. Navy officials waited anxiously to- night for further details but as the attack occurred by daylight and the ship remained afioat for an hour they felt. certain the casualty list would be small and probably limited to a few men Killed or injured by the ex- plosion. The President Lincoln was a big Wi the By Army in France, May 31.—(By The Associated Press.)— rly on Thursday morning German airmen bombed another hospital, a Canadian_institution, and exacted a considerable toll of casualties. Among those killed by the explosion or flames was an American medical officer who ~“Homeward Bound Nine Men Seriously Burned in Flareup AT THE HOWARD POWDER PLANT AT EMPORIUM, PA, 1 MAN DEAD OF BURNS Eight Men Are in a Serious Condition Is Beli- For the —Spontaneous Combustion eved to Be Responsible Accident. ‘Williamsport, Pa., men were seriously burned, one fatal- Iy, as the result of a flareup at the Howard Smokeless piant of the Aetna Bxplosives company at Emporium to- day. The men were rushed to the hospital here, where one of them died a few hours after being admitted. The dead man is Joseph Fernandiez of iagara Falls. The other eight are n a serious condition, with the recoy- ery of some of them doubtful, accord- ing_to the hospital statement tonight. The flareup occurred in the mixing department, in which 25 men were working, but all escaped injury except the ninc. Spontancous combustion of May 31.—Nine was administering an anesthetic to a British officer in the operating room when that part of the hospital was de-| molished. The raid occurred at 12.30 oclock a. m. The' hospital was marked by huge ‘Red ‘Cross signs. Many unfortunate people were kill- ed and wounded when the building col- lapsed and buried them. Strange to say, those who were on the top floor had better luck than those below them and several escaped be- cause they fell on top of the debris. ‘The surgeons were just about to op- erate on an aviation officer and the The importance of advertising the things that where they they want at certain times over others. American was standing by with the § anaesthetic when the crash came. All vertisements are for those in the room: were buried under tiser. an avalanche of brick and wood. - The demolished wing caught fire and burn- ed fiercely with many victims still pin- ned ir the wreckage. DISORDERS OF ALL KINDS INCREASING IN BOHEMIA At Chozen Crowds Set Fire to the Bar- racks and City Hall, London, May (British Admiral- ty Per Wireless —Riots and in- ternal disorders of all kinds are in- creasing in Bohemia. At Chozen, crowds, exasperated by police brutality, «3t fire to the barracks letin's columns: the people pulled down the Austrian Saturday, May 23.. 173 123 427 723 Bttt 1 2onemin S| Monday, . May-27.s 460.. 1125+ 248533 anin "G, Moragi -t Brogus||| Tuesday, May 28.. 143 140 309 592 e T e e I Wednesday, May:29.. 142 143 296 551 were sacked. Thursday, May 30.. 150 1287300 578 BRAVERY DISPLAYED BY Friday, May 31.. 161 8 dn L 7he Y. M. C. A. WORKERS IN FRANCE Carried Supplies to French Soldiers Under Shell and Machine Gun Fire. Paris, May 31—Thirty Y. M. C. A. workers in the face of the German ad- IT IS THE SERVICE YOU NEED can be obtained and what advantage lies in purchasing There is a message in cvery advertise- ment, or there should be, for which the readers. are looking. the benefit of the reader It makes no difference whether advertising campai large scale as those conducted in behalf of the Liberty loans and the Red Cross are indulged in or whather it is the every forth of business news by a business house, getting the informing avpeal before the most people daily. are certain to be interested, thoss who do the home buying. the service which is rendered in Norwich and vicinity by The Bulle- tin and the service your business should have. In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul- ] Ho) s e SR A o) lies in informing the people nbout to buy, letting them know The ad- as the adver- s well ns on such a day setting the importance lies in . those who That is 747 3698 2022 vance and under heavy shell and ma- chine zun fire d_supploes to the French soldi the fighting. They burned their own warehouses to keep them from failing into the hands former passenger liner of the Ham- burg-American line. She was one of the German ships taken over by the United States' at the declaration of of the G ns. One hundred huts|War. were destroved by shell fire. e = AMarion Herron, a sister-in-law of |TO EDUCATE PREACHE™" oOF Former President William I1. Taft, and Jane Doller, both of Cincinnati, es- pecially distinguished themselves. The Rev. Halliday Smith of Nyack, V. and Hadley Cooper of Piermont, N were Loth gassed while aiding “THE WORLD BRO1 ioop." Plans Made at Conference of Interna- tional Y. M. C. A. Secretaries. the wounded and died later in a hospital. Atlantic City, N. J, May 31.—Plans to educate thousands of students in the colleges of the world to preach the gospel of “The World Brothel MAYOR OF LIMERICK REFUSES TO TAKE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE hood” were made here today at a con- M, C. ference of the International Y. A. secretaries. “Americanism,’ ers declared, “covers the point in America, but the jnternational scheme Nationalists May Not Return to Par- liament for Fortnight. Dublin, May 31—The Irish Nation- | reauires’ a wider sentiment that will alist_party leaders, at their meeting |include Americanism with other things in Dublin yesterday and last night, |typical of the Y. M, 1t was decided to establish “huts” of the type now familiar at cantonments and at the front at all the war in- dustrial centers with accredited sec- retaries in charge. Experiments at a number of munition and shipbuilding plants, it wae stated, had been highly successful. Saturday half holidays and the promo- tion of sports as a meams of making the rural districts more attractive to the younz men raised on the farm so that they will not. desert those dis- tricts for the city were favorably re- ported. FAIRFIELD PR[SDNERS TO BE PUT TO WORK. debated the question of whether the Nationalist members of parliament should return to Westminster. No de- finite date was fixed, and it is not likely they will return for a fortnight. M. O'Mara, mayor of Limerick, has been ordered by the Court of King's Bench to take the oath of al- legiance before exercising his_ magis- terial functions. The mayor had re- fused to take the oath. M'ADGO CALLS UPON KITCHIN TO RETRACT Assertion That Administration Was Influenced by a Publishers’ Lobby. Washington, May 31—Secretary Mc- - Adoo has called tipon Represeniative | They Are to Do Road Work Under Kitchin of North Carolina. democratic Observation of Guards. floor leader in the house, to retract his z assertion in_a recent speech that a| Bridgeport, Conn., May 31.—For the publishers’ lobby working for repeal | first time in the history of the state of the zone system of increased post-|Of Connecticut, prisoners of the F'a age rates influenced the decision of the | field county, jail will be put to work administration to insist upon revenue|Monday on the state roahs. These gislation at this session of con. |Prisoners will be under the observa- tion of guards and in case of refrac- tion they will be secured with ball and chain. In the future all prisoners un- der sentence at this_institution will be put at work on state road repair work, or let to farmers who can use at least five, if the present plans are { successful. DENY IMPLICATION IN THE PRAGER LYNCHING Defense Has Rested and Case Proba- bly Will Go to the Jury Today. Edwardsville, lls., May 31. — The eleven men charged with the murder of Robert Paul Prager, enemy alien, who was Iynched by a mob at Colli ville on April 5, testified in their own behalf today and each disclaimed any responsibility for the act. The defense rested tonight and the case probably will go to the jury to- morrow. 1600000 LETTERS WRITTEN BY SOLDIERS ON MOTHERS' DAY GERMAN LOSSES SINCE MARCH 31, 664,104 Reichstag Gets Statisticc of Prison- ers From General Staff. New York, May 31.—An April 27 the German general staff was not in po- sition to give detailed information re- garding the German losses in the of- fensive operations begun on March 21. This announcement was made in the Reichstag, by General von Wristberg, according to the Berlin Vorwarts, a copy of which has been received by The Associated Press The number of men taken prisoner and missing in the German armies up to March 31, Gen. von Wristberg said, H-ve Been Received at Atlantic Ports and Are Being Delivered. Washington, May 31.—Sixteen hun- dred thousand letters written by American soldiers overseas to their homes on Mothers' day have been re- ceived at Atlantic ports and are be- ing delivered. Representative Loner- gan of Connecticut, who asked the postoffice department today about the Mothers' day letters, was told of the number received and assured delivery would be expedited. was 664,104. Most of these were pris- oners, there being 236,000 prisoners in France, 119,000 in England, and 157,000 in Rumania and Russia. The remainder, about 152,000, should- be considered as dead. Exemnption boards in New York have exchausted Class TA. the ether-laden air is believed respon- | sible for the accident. The building was entirely destroyed. The loss will reach about $3,000. URGE CHANGE OF RATE ON SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. Resolution Adopted by Central Fed- erated Union in Session at New York. New York, May 31.—The Central Federated union adopted a resolution here tonight urging congressmen and senators to change that part of the war revenue act which would increase the flat rate on second class mail matter and establish the zone system of dis- tribution. Members of the union de- clared that if those provisions of the act were allowed to become effective, the printing industry would be dis- organized because of its adverse ef- fect on the publishing business and thousands of mechanics in the print- ing trades throughout the country would be thrown out of work. The union failed to adopt another resolution warning President Wilson that if Thomas Mooney is hanged for alleged complicity in_the San Fran- cisco preparedness day dynamiting case, a strike would be called in- volving all affiliated union workers. Tt was announced that delegates elected for the American Federation of Labor convention to be held in St. Louis had been instructed to abide by the decision of the California_dele- gates as to what action should be taken in the Mooney case. The reso- lution, however, will he presented to the California delegates at St. Louis for their consideration, at was an- nounced. BRITISH TRANSPORT SINKS A GERMAN SUBMARINE Rammed U-boat Off the Irish Coast the Second Week in May. An Atlantic Port, May 31—A Ger- man submarine lying in wait for transporis carrying American troops. was rammed and sunk by a larze British transport off the I coast during the second week in May, ac- cording ' to authen information brought here today by a prominent American returning from an impor- tant mission to England. i The ship which sank the submarine is one of the largest liners known to American and European travelers and hit the U-boat full amidships after a torpedo had been fired and the trans- port was manoeuvering to make way for accompanying desiroyers to drop depth charges. TWO HYDRO-AIRPLANES MAKE FLIGHT TO CUBA. President Menocal Later Made Flight in One of Them. Havana..May 31.—Two United States hydro-airplanes_arrived today at a Cuban port, having flown from an American, port. President Menocal, Secretary of War Jose darti, American Minisier Gon- Zales and Cuban Aviators “Panchito” Terry and Parla later made flights in one of the hydro-airplanes. The first three declared that the experience was wonderful. Brook Park {2I008 ik Oondensed ed Telegrams Ncwlrk, N‘ L cnnduc(nn will strike if women are employed. Nine hundred of the 1,000 “Blake- lock paintings” in existence are called bogus. W. D. Ellis, president of the Sche- nectady Locomotive Works, left $1- 500 000. Fresh low price records for the sea- son were reached in the corn market at Chicago. Uncle Sam’s war be $1,517,578,000, 000 to date. for May will making §12,553,742.- The American Institute of Mining Engineers dropped 21 enemy aliens from membership Fred Alexander and Harold Throck- morton, lawn tennis stars, have en- listed in the navy. 'The peace committee of the Quakers in New York declared for war until Germany is beaten. The practice of British airplanes dropping leaf! behind the German lines has been discontinued. Lieut. P. G. Mihleder, aviation in- structor at Taliaferro Field Tex., died from injuries recejved in a fall. The Nutley, N. for pledges for $3,000 monthly for relief end- ed with more than $2,600 in sight. R. S. Clark, Friendship, Maine, is mentioned in yesterday’s Canadian casualty list as having been gassed. Bread crumbs are being collected by school children in certain parts of .‘\_ustria for starving children in Croa- ia. The House Committee on Rules fin- ished its inquiry of mail dela: It seems likely the matter will be pigeon- holed. The_ Security Trust Co. of Lexing- ton, Ky. with resources of $1.927,000, was admitted to the Federal Reserve System. The Swedish Minister at London an- nounced that Britain and Sweden signed a commercial and navigation agreement. The Canadian Club of New York is| starting a drive for $100.000 to aid de- pendents of American soldiers in the Canadian army. The New Bedford Cotton Manufac- turers voted vesterday to grant an increase of fifteen per cent. in wages Leginning June The Peruvian Chamber of Deputies approved the government’s project for issue of 100,000 pounds of nickel coin guaranteed by gold. The northern terminus of the new postplane seryice between New York and Washington will be at Branch _Newark, Chief Secretary Shortt, of Ireland, announced that sixty-nine persons | were arrested and deported in con- nection with revolutionary plots. The grippe-like epidemic in Spain continues to spread and some deaths have been reported. King Alfonso and several of his ministers are i Lieutenant John L. Mitchell, aviator, was killed in action somewhere in France, according to a telegram re- ceived oy his mother at Milwaukee. Wilson & Co., Chicago packers de- mand investigation by Federal Tarde Commission of charges that spoiled beef has been supplied to the army. The Federal Courts allowed the re- ceivers of the Aetna Explosive Co., Inc.. of New York to increase pay of employes, because of large profits. A final decision in the controversy tetween commercial telesraphers and their emplovers will be given by the war labor board at New York toda George H. Lacoske, 24, cadet aviat: was killed at Taylor field. Montgomery. Ala., yesterday when his plane went into a nose dive and fell about 200 feet. John Rofi?’auhemm proprietor of the Toronto Evening Telegram, died at his home in Toronto, Ont., vesterday after an illness of six weeks from pneumonia. William F. W! her, editor of the Woodsville News and formerly asso- ciated with the Boston Traveler and the Boston Advertiser, died at Woods- ville, N. H. Exports from New York Wednesday were: flour, 8.813 barrels; bacon. 13.- 133,450 pounds: corn meal, 600 bar- rels: oatmeal 967 packages; lard 6 - 767,300 pounds. Four tons of coin were sent to the New York Sub-Treasury in New York by the Red Cross. The govern- ment asked that it be released prompt- ly to prevent a shortage. Count Donhoff, former Secretary of | the German Legation at Buenos Aires | under Count von Luxburg. was re- cognized by the Argentine Government as German charge d'affairs. Menotti Serrati, editor of the social- ist newspaper Avanti. was arrested at Milan, Ttaly..yvesterday in connection with his activities in Turin at the time of the revolt there last year. Clarence H. Mackay offered his country home. Harbor Hill. at Roslyn. L. I. to the Red Cross for use as a hospital. The place has 600 acres with buildings to house 500 patients. Officers of the signal corps in charge of awarding of contracts for airplanes were called before Charles Hughes, m rhmge of the department of justice's gation into acro production and{ According to ruling of the . Fuel Administration, twenty-four western| and southern states may not use an- thracite coal during the snmmer, while the New England and Atlantic states will be allowed a larger supply. More than 400,000 tons of ships are released to the United States and al- lies by Sweden under the terms of the commercial agreement sizned at Stockholm by representatives of the two government: ! Food Administrator Hoover Calls Upon People to Mafio a Larger Sacrifice FOOD CONSUMPTION CAN BE REDUCED 169 In Message Delivered at Philadelphia Mr. Hoover Dedn:fl That Germany’s Food Situation Is Growing Worse and That of the Allies Is Steadily Returning to Normal—As- serted That Germany’s Practice of Extorting Supplies From Conquered Territory Has Caused More Deaths Than All Those Whom Germany Has Killed in' Battle. Philadelphia, May 31.—Herbert C. sage that called the people to larger sacrifice in the matter of food conser- vatino, “bécause the war will not end until we choose.” The appeal that Mr. Hoover made to an audience, that filled the Academy of Music was coupled with an indictment of Germa; The practice of extort ing food supplies from conquered rvitory has’ left a ¢ e of starving people around the German border, he declared; and among these the death | rate today amounts to more than all those whom Germany has killed in battle. od consumption in America was reduced er cent. in 1917 'Mr. Hoover said. ‘We can reduce it 15 per cent. thi: year without harming 3 In view of the necessity for ipping an army to France. I am sure that no American will object. “Food conservation has become such a tremendous factor that the American people are now facinz the responsibil- for savinz the 1500,000 tons of ping required to’ send food to the \Illies from other than American mar- Hoover came here today with a mes- | o Germany’s food situation is growing worse, Mr. Hoover declared, and the allies are steadily returning to normal. if the present harvest crop in America proves as rich in reality as in promise, food prices here should approximate ‘he normal by next winter. Even the rise in freight rates will not justify Increased prices for food on the scale that obtained last winter, he safd. ;. Last February, the speaker said, there were 200.000 hungry people in the bread lines of London. Now there wre 1,000. The normal supply was resumeq early in May. “No matter what the harvest is next vear,” Mr. Hoover said, “we must bez in mind that if the war continues five vears longer, and that is possible, the tall for men abroad will mean inevi ble decrease in productioi The importance of a sustained food supply is especially important. in its effect upon the morale of a civilian population, the food administrator said and he pointed ta the “splendid confidence which the English peonle have maintained” since the German drive began on March 21. INTERESTING FACTS SHOWING MAGNITUDE OF ‘WAR WORK $500.000.000 Worth of Ammunition Has Been Used in Target Practice. New York, May n the month of May the United es bui't and put into commission 250,000 deadweizght tons of shippinz, and during the last week let contracts for $230.000.000 worth of shipping. declared Charles a1, Schwab, zovernment director of shin’ 4 jlding at tie annual dinner here ton’rht of the American ]run and Steel Institute. T Mr. Schwab ‘said also that while at one time. he had felt estranged from the administration, since he had been connected with it, he had found that the men active in its’councils were de- serving of approval and encourage- ment. J. Teonard Replozle, steel director ot the War Industr'es Board, another speaker, asserted that the government require all the steel products that can he produced by American mills in the mext-vear. John J. Fitzzerald, former congress- man. t0ld the diners that the govern- ment had used $600.000.000 worth of ammunition in target practice. BRITISH LOSSES DURING MAY WERE ENORMOUS Total of 165202 Has Been Reported— 20518 Are Deaths. Tondon. May Casualties in the reported during the reached a total of 166.- The losses were divided as fol- Tow Killed or di of wounds—Officers, 1,326; men, 2 K Wounded or missing—Officers, 6,182; men, 158,566. PBritish casualties reported week by week have recentls heen running near the 40,000 m’lrk evidently represent- ing the 1o tained during the heavy fighting that started with the heginning of the German offensive in March. ~ The total reported during April was only 52475, as fhe lists an- narentiy did not begin to reflect fully the effects of the casualties sustained in resisting the German thrusts in Picardv and Flanders until the begin- nng of May. M'ADOO HAS APPOINTED TRAFFIC COMMITTEES To Work Out Changes to Be Made in New High Rate Schedules. Washington, May 31.—To work out many changes to be made in the new hizh rate schedules, Director General McAdoo today appointed traffic com- mittees for the eastern. western and southern districts and for local re- gions, to hear complaints of shippers and recommend modifications. At the same time it became known at the railroad administration that the director zeneral plans to order a num- ber of reductions in rates. to maintain evisting rate relationships between rival communities and to protect cer- tain industries. before June 23, when the new schedules are to go into ef- fect. Tnterurban eleciric lines are consid- ering a general increase in hoth freight and passenger rates it was learned here todav. Such increases in most cases would be subject to review b state commissions. BOLSHEVXKI REPRESENTATIVE ARRESTED IN PHILADELPHIA John Reed Taken Into Custody Wi Making a Soapbox Speech. Philadelphia, May _i1—John Reed, e socialist and represehtative of. the an_ Dolsh: R rrested to- izht while trying to make a soapbox speech on a street corner and was held on a charge of inciting to riot and breach of the peace. Recd was to have addressed a meet- ing in a hall here tonight under so- cialistic auspices, but the police pro- hibited the meeting on the ground that this was not an appropriate time for such u gathering. his followers found the hall ~barred The New York Court of App ruled that the heirs of John G. W del must pay $46,000 inheritance tax on $1.500 000 of real estate. The prop- erty was transferred to two sisters two years before the testator's death. s against the mthey went around the corner and when Reed started to speaks the police stopped him. -There was some interference with the po- lice and in a shert mixup which fol- iowed Reed and another man were ar- rested.- No onc was hurt. When he and MADAME CHRISTINE ROBERT, A BELGIAN REFUGEE, IS DEAD. Escaped from Captors While They Were in 2 Drunken Stupor. New York. May 31.—Madame Chris- tine Robert. a Belgian refugee, who escaped to America and became knit- ting instrucior at the stage women's war relief headquarters in this city. after her relatives had been slain by the Germans and she had narrowly escaped being shot as a spy. died at a hospital here today, her health broken by the sufferings she had um- - * dergone. ‘When German soldiers entered “her home in Brussels they found her alone with certain documents belonging. {0 her husband. On the strength of these documents, she was courtmartialed and sentenced to be shot the next morning. That night she was forced to pre- pare a feast for the German officers who fhad eeized her home. they drank wine and fell into a drunk- en stupor, she fled, clad only in a pet- ticoat and sweater. With other Belgian refugees. she es- caped from the country, finally reach- ing Canada. Thence she went to Los Angeles anq later came to this city, where she devoted herself to knitting for the soldiers. On her deathbed she pleaded with the doctors to save her, that she might still contribute to the comfort of the fighting men. She is credited with having made many improvements in knitted articles, including a helmet with earholes and = glove which may be worn while firing a rifle. PHILADELPHIA WAR CHEST FUND TOTALS $18,778,120° To Be Apportioned Amona Organiza- tions Doing War Work. Philadelphia, May 31.—The Wir Chest campaizn in Philadelphia camp to an end tonight with total contribu- tions of $18,775,120. With the report= ing of some roundup of “money slackers,” Stotesbury, chairman of the war chest committee, said that a total of $2Q,z 000,000, the goal aimed at, would un= doubtedly be reached. Tour surfounding counties and Phil- adelphia participate in the war chest, which is designed to do away with war fund drives for a year. The money will be apportioned among the Red_Cross and_the war funds of the Y. M. C. A, Y. W. C. A. Knighth of Columbus, Young Men's Hebresw: Association, Salvation Army and sev- eral other orzanizations doing War work and officially endorsed by the government. TO REDUCE EXORBITANT : EXCHANGE RATES ON ITALYY Italy is to Have Special Government Control of Imports and Exports. New York, May 31.—Preliminary to® a measure to reduce exorbitant ex- change rates on Italy, the Italian gov~ ernment will permit no imvorts intd that country after Jume 1 without &pecial zovernment authorization ands no exports will be allowed without the approval of the Italian National Fxchange institute. according to an announcement tonicht hy the !mm: bureau of information here. GREEK TROOPS CAPTURE 1500 - GERMANS AND BULGARIANS And a Larce Quantity of War Matetiz i2] on the Macedomian Front. 21.—MVore than 1.508 German . »nd__ Rulzarian ~ priconers, amonz them 33 offic and a large auantitv of war mwate cantured by Greek treops on the Macese donian front, savs an officiol commus. nication received from Salonikl to- night. GENERAL CROZIER HASR Tondon. May RETURMED FROM EURO-'E_' o Whern He Has Been Stu Handling of Ordwance Problems. Wash gton, May 31.—Major Crozier, lef nt Drfll‘.ance and m returned to Washington today an extended stay in Europe f servation of the handling of oroblems there. - While ale, have heem |