Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 8, 1918, Page 1

Americans an U. 5. Marines Have Declined Even When Greatly Outnumbered By the Enemy —| There Is No Part of the . Which the Arhericans Have Not Excelled the Germans —The Territory Lost By High Strategic Value and tremely Heéavy Losses. There has heen no fetup in the of- fensive of the American and French troops azainst tie German”in the re- gion noribhwest of Chateau Thierry where the past-twp_days.selere de- feals have heen. inflicted on theZenemy and ‘Ameriean MAFinEs have won.greai praise for their waliant 1ghtify, i Battling shoulder to. saoulder over & front of six mites from Vinly whic] just to the northwest of Vueiliy Petre the Houresciies, the Americ ems and French have captrured the. towns of Veuilly-La-Poterie and Boure and also made progress all along the front. Previously Torcy had fallen into the hands of the Amer- feans. Nowhere on this battie line have the Germans been able to stay the efforts of the aljied iroops, although they have fought with great temacit: The marines evervwhere have declined to take a bHackward -step;-going Yor- d against the enemy. even when ad superiority in- numbers. Close the marines have given the of machine zun- -fire:* sur- they have fought their .way the oated .lines with tielr vayvenets. all . aceotints there has been no part of the ‘game o modern warfare in-whi h the men STANDARD ‘SCALE WAGES - FOR MUNITION -WORKERS In Bridgsport Have Bepn Fixéd byiths Labor Adjustment: Bdard. Washingion. . June . T 2 dp%gl wage scales fof munitions workers Eri@izeport, Conn. plants. fo date ‘back to May 1, in their operation. were fix- ed ‘onizht bV the labor adjustment board of the ordnance department: in agreement with the manufacturers. Tool makers are awarded a rate of 78 eents per hour first class maclinists 68 cents per hour and sccond class machinists, planer <hauds, and tool room &pe ts, zet B4 cents and lathe hands 33 cents. The award rec- oznized an eight hour day, time and eve-half for overtime ‘and overtime entes for Sundaxs and holidays. Righ- er rates no;;. i tnuvere ared A as award lowers no Sedles. Majors . Willia Rogers . James Tole. of. the ordnance reserve corps. and Payson Trwin, members of the board. formulated the scale after bearing manufacturers and employes snd econducting indepghdent investi- gations. A permanent’ arbitrator has been named to decide individual dis- pites as to classification PENSIONS FOR RETIRED LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS Is Provided For in Bill Passed by the House Yesterday. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington. Jume :7.—The passage by the house of the Tighthotse Keen- ers’ Retirement. bill is.a victory for those men who, have. for. years advo- cated puttirz. lighthouse. keepers and | ~sistants on 2 retirement pension list. 7 e passaze of the. bill markéd the first recognition whish that claim has ever had from tiie lower body of con- gress. although the senate has yrevi- ously shown.a favorable attitud~ The chief features of the as’it passed are the tetirement clause the: rafse in pay from. $700 a year to $840 4 year fof, lightliouse keepers and the:‘pro- vigion for payment af< travelinz & ex- penses’ of teacherd emplozed bY Stat- es to teach -the children “on isolated stations. gt 2 ) ¥, THIRTEEN WHO WERE ABOARD | CAROLINA ARE MISSING: | Eight Passengers and Five of the Crew | —They Are Not Listed as Dead. 2 1 New York, June 7.—Kight passen- | gers and five of the crew 6f the steam | ship Carolina, sunk last Sunday, stiil} are.missing. according to an announce- meht tonight by the New York 'ani Torto Rico Steamship éompany. own- ers of the ‘fhessel. ' ‘The missing™ per- sons are not siited as dead. nor- will | they be, it Was dtated, until alt” hope ; of finding them has Béen abandoned. | The Carolina carried 218 passengers | and a_crew of 120 when she sailed fcri New. York. - Of these; 210/pussengers | and 115 of the ¢rew. have been acs | counteq for® = ¥ { Fo far as-knowwn all thest gmissing from the Careitna wefe lo¥l overboard from a_lifebout’ in a ‘storm Senday | night. When this boat arrived at Al-| lantic City ‘it earried oniy 19 persoms, | and it was understood there were 03 aboard when it left the ship. DIRECTOR OF PRODUGTION. OF FUEL' ADMINISTRATION To Ask Miners to Work an Additional Hour Each Day. Washinzton June: 7. tator Garfleld announceid appuintment of J. B. tion: One of the pluns of the re fee to stimulate the production and 1amie for the . thre:lened.suoriage. of 1 this yeur tontemplates. in- ducingythe -miners 19 work an hour wddition! edch, da time.. d French Have Captured the Towns of Vévi!ly-[ngoterie and Bourches | Victor Kuleazs' of Torington Has! {row Kulesza refused o appear before | al to Give ufifith of Grotind, Game of Modern Warfare in the Teutons biCenfidmd of | They Have Sushiged Ex- from overseas have not excelled. the cnemy. ‘ A The losses to the enemy thus far are declared to have been éxtremely heavy and the territory théy have jost is con- sidered of high. strategic value, inas- much ag it is.on that part of the bat- | tiefront through which the' Germans | had hoped tv crush their way forward and attajn an open road to Paris. The casuyalties of the enemy were particu- larly severe during the street fighting in Boureches where .the =~ Americans pushed him back step: by step. The plans of the American’command did not ‘include the capture of Torc}‘.i Lut when the marines reached the ob- jective assighed to them, their ardor for battle could not be restrained, and they kept on until the village was in their hands. Twenty-five of the ma- rines. drove out two hundred Ger- mans from Torey. Hard held oumfie other.sectors from ! Soissons to Chateau Thierry the Ger- mans, after very heavy bombardments, have essayed attacks on the Marne front near Rheims. These attacks were jll-starred, and tie enemy had to accept defeat. A ¥rench attack at Bligny resulted ‘in that village falling!{ into their hands in its entirety. On the remainder of the battlefronts there still is slight activity ide from hombardments and patro! counters. ABOUT $350000° WORTH OF PRECIOUS :STONES SEIZED A Part of a Cohsignment .of mgzbokgn,‘ N. ties “have : deposit vault in New York, leaves by ¢ the ‘wife of a man whb s, said ‘(o have posed ‘as an American army . lieutenant £350,000 worth of precious stones, al- leged to be part of a consignment of Russian crown ‘jewels smuggled into this country, : This announcement was made here today when Montefiore Kahn and} Vladimir Jogelson, charged with com- plicity in the smuggling. were arraign- | ed before a .United States commis- sioner and released on. bail. It was stated that the government are seek- ing a man who said hie was-an Ameri- can diplomatic attache formerly sta- tioned in Russia, who "arrived . here May 26 with Kahn' and'Jogenson on a Danish liner and disappeared imme- diately after the ship docked. Iederal agents declared today that the war de- partment has no record of the alleged lieutenant involved in the smuggiing plot, and they believe the man iIs an imposter. They will continue vigorously, it wag said, the search for the remainder of the jewelry claimed to have . been owned, prior to the Russian revolu- tion, by members of the Romanoff family, TO SUPPORT HEALTH CRUSADE FOR CHILDREN Junior Red Cross Has Offered ItsiSen- vices. Boston. June T7.—The Junior - Red Cross will support the modern health crusade for children. conducted under the auspiceg of the National Tubercn- losis association, Dr. H, N. MacCrack- | en, a natjonal director of the Junior Red Cross, announced tonight at the annual meeting of the National Tu- berculosis Assogiajion in this city. The association'at a busine: eet- ing tonight .adopted.a resolution stat- ing “we would deplore the retirement of Surgegn Gerferal. Gorzas’ from tha office lie now fills so- admirably. and we: request that he he continued in artive séryice in aresent nosition so that neither his work. nor his plans may be -interrupted.” Dr. David H. Lyman Conn., was el WOULD CURTAIL ELECTRICITY FOR SIGNS AND DISPLAY.! Administrator Storrow Has Asked for Authority. Wallingford,’ ent. Fuel Boston. June Jdmes J. Siorrow, fuel administrats for New England, has asked the federal fuel administra- tion for authority te curtail the use of elect for signs and other forms} of display lighting,” “The -present . outlook with' respect to New England’s. coal supply,” Mr Storrow explained, “makes it impera- e to save every pound of coal that .can. It seems-to :me-that these | signs ought ‘now /to -be” pui out and | the coal saved for our industries and public . utilities.” el DEFIED LOCAL BOARD TO i DRAFT HIM INTO SERVICE Been Arrested as a Deserter. Torrington, June ictor Kules- 7 émployed as a partender, was arrested here to-lay as u deserter. He wHI be taken to Tamp Devens tomor- the miilitary exemptien board for ex- amination and defied the hoard to draft him into servide.’ The case was broughi to the attention of Adjutant Genéral Cole, wio- gave Kulésza un vestérday to appear for examination. When Kulesza refugeéd "to appear he vas «@judged as avdeserter. i base, Russian | Cabled Paragraphs British -Casualties For Week 27,425, London, June. 7.—British casualties reported during the week ending Fri- day were: Officers killeé or died of weunds, 208; men 4,238, Officers wounded or mi; 753; men, 27,425, SAILORS IN MIXUP WITH NEW LONDON POLICE the Police 1,000 and 1,300, New London; June 7.—Between 1,000 and 1,500 ‘sailors from the submarine the experimental station, from the several warships and other govern- ment vessels stationed off New Lon- don, tried to mix things up with the police here about 10.30 o'clock tonight with the resuli that one young man, charged with bootlegzing, is in the lockup,. and two others are in their ships' brigs, charged with breach of the peace. For more than half an hour, it was believed that the affair would have a grim c¢nd, for the police stood at bay against the police station with revolv- ers drawn and with the five aparatus lined up and the hose ready. Al- though there were several incipient scraps between sailors and police, on one was injured. Mayor E. E. Rogers threatened to read the riot act but the crowd hegan to meve and this was not With Revelvers Drawn Stood Off Betw: Ly e o e e i CROWDER 6RDER§ REINVESTI- GATION OF LISTS GOVERN! ORS NOTIFIED Has Double Purpose of Increasing the Number of Men For Military Ser- vice and Insuring Fairer Working of Selective Service Law. Washington, June T7.—With the double purpose of increasing the num- ber of men available for military ser- vice and of insuring fairer adminis- tration of the .selective service law, Provost Marshal General Crowder to- 'day telegraphed governors of all states asking, immediate reinvestigation of the draft wclassification lists every- ‘where. Class 1, already exhausteq in some localities by the repeated calls, con- tains 28.7 per cent. of all registrants, according to the national average, but percentages in the 4,500 local exemp- tion board districts vary most mate- rially both up and down from the av- erage figure.. - Ungrounded Claims. By “slacker . marriages” and un- groundéd claim of right to industrial or agricultural - exemption, General “JUNE 8. 1918 THE VINLAND SUNK 65 MILES OFF VIRGINIA CAPES AT 6 P. M. WEDNESDAY The Crew Has Been Landed at Cape May, N. J.—Coast Patrol Ships Are Conducting a Diligent Search For the Raiders. Washington, June 7.—Sinking of the Norwegian steamship Vinland by a German submarine 65 miles off the Virginia capes at 6 p. m. Wednesday, June 5, wa sannounced tonight by the nayy department. The crew was res- cued and landed at Cape May, N. J. The Vifland was sent down nine after the British steamer Harpathian was torpedoed 35 miles further from the’ Virginia' coast, Until word of her sinking came from Cape May today ing had heen heard of the opera- tions of the enemy raiders “since the landing of the Harpathian's crew yes- terday. . No details were given in the briet dispatch to the department. This state- ment was issued: “The navy department is informed that the Norwegian steamer Vinland, 1,193 tons, was bombed and sunk by a found necessary. 2 The trouble began near the railroad | station when the police tried to arrest a man in civilian clothes, said to be a sailor, who was securing liquor in sa- loons and passing it out to men in uniform on the street. SEVENTY-ONE STEAMERS WERE LAUNCHED IN MAY With 344,450 Deadweight Tonnage—39 Steel, 32 Wooden. ‘Washington, June 7—Ship launch- ings in May, like' deliveries, set 4 new récord. Seventyv-one hulls, totalling 344,450 deadweight tons, were put in- to the water. Thirty-nine of them were steel, with a capacity of 228,730 tons, and 32 were of wood, of 115,700 tons. The May launchings exceeded April twenty-six ships and January by fifty-five ships. They also ‘exceeded hest monthly - average of the TUnited Kingdom made in 1913 with a record of 102,931 ‘tons. They lacked only. 57,886 tons of equalling the Amer- ican launchings for the entire vear of 1301, the record pre-war year . in American shipbuilding. TRANSPORT -RACED WITH- a Full Head of Steam. An -Atlantic Port, Junhe 7.—How a transport raced up the Atlantic coast with darkened lights at night and un- der a fuli pressure of steam in or- der to elude German submarines, at least two of which gave chase, was told today by men on shore leave here. The race lasted for twelve hours, and although handicapped by having to steer a zig-zag course, the transport maintained 2 lead out of torpedo and kunfire range until American destroy- ers were sighted. The U-boats sub- merged shortly before the destroyers appeared, evidently having picked up a wireless message indicating that the armed craft were near. WOMAN BOUND AND GAGGED IN HARTFORD Two Men Ransacked Her House and Escaped With $760 in Cash. Hartford, onn., June 7 entered the home of Mrs. B late today, bound and gagged her, ransacked the house and escaped with $760 in cash and a bank book, uccord- ing to complaint made to the police by Mrs. Surus. She was found by her 12-year-old daughter, cn the la ter's ‘return from school. After leasing. ber mother the zirl called the police. Mrs. Surus told the officers that she had permitted the men to en- ter because they -represented them- selves as inspects ASEIGNED TO SETTT ‘ STRIKE OF CARMEN In Nerthern District of New Jersey— Clinton Reeves Selected. New York, June 7.—Clinton Reeves, of the division of conciliation of the Department of Labor, has been assign ed to settle the strike called today motormen and conductors of the Union Railay Company, 'which operates street car lines in the Bronx and in Westchester county to points in Con- necticut. Notice of his assignment was con- tained in a telegram from the depart- ment received by the strikers at "a meeting tonight. Counsel for the men stated that . th would abide by whatever decision Reeves makes. FUNERAL OF VICE PRESIDENT FAIRBANKS Bisiop W. F. McDowell Read the Com- mittal Service. Indianapolis, Ind., June 7.—In the presence of members of the family, the honorary pall bearers and a few inti- mate friends, the body of the Ilate arles Warren Fairbanks. former e president of the United States, lowered into a:vault-here. Bishop W.' I. McDoweill, of Wash- ‘nston, Dy.('., ‘college mate and-life long friend of M. I"airbanks, read the com- mitial service of the Methodist ritual and spoke the benediction. The ‘funeral services at the were simple and impressive. AMERICA WILL RETALIATE FOR GERMAN REPRISALS State Department Has many What to Washington, June 7. partment has tersely reminded Ger- many that if it contemplates reprisal on Americans :in Gerinany for Rinte- l¢n’s confineinent “it would be wise for ‘he. Germon government to consider that if it acts on that yrinciple it will e understond te invite similar action en the po fhe U. S. with respeet te the great nicmber of Germhan sub- this country.” home Informed Ger- Expect. | TWO GERMAN. SUBMARINES{| FWith Darkensd Lights at Night Under support. ments. without advertising. i no medium which can excell The ice daily. umns: Crowder have imposed on the burdenedq local believes some registrants boards to escape servgce, while in other districts an application of the regulations has been perhaps stricter than is intended. The governors and the appeal agents are asked to inves- tigate and upon evidence to ask boards to reclassify men. Assistance of the public through supplying information to the boards also is asked. Work or Fight. Tt was said ‘today that with the gradual exhaustion of Class 1, un- skilleg farm laborers whom the boards have been allowed to place at its bot- tom, will have to go to cantonments. There will be no change in this policy and the only relief, it is declared. ‘will come from enforcement of the “work or fight” order generally. FIFTY THOUSAND- PEOPLE ' HOMELESS AT SATMBOUL Mohammedan Section of Constantino- ple Was Devastated by Fire. Amsterdam, June 7.—Fifty thousand ifire at Satmboul, the Mohammedan section .of Constantinople, which de- stated the whole eastern part of the jultan Selim quarter according to, the emi-official Norddeutsche Allgemeine | Zeitung of Berlin. Buiidings on both |sides of the Mosque in that district were destroyed but the mosque was spared. LIGHTLESS NIGHTS MAY BE RESUMED SEPT 1. With Restrictions Even More Strin- gent Than They Were Before. June 7. — Lightless were suspended . under |the daylight saving plan until Sep- temper 1, may be resumed. TFuel Ad- ministrator Garfield said today he had learned that ma electric signs wer2 turned -on in daylight, and fi such abuses continued ‘he would have to ‘Washington, nights which dgain’ put the ban on signs, probably with restric ions even more stringent THREE-MASTED SCHOONER DESTROYED OFF PORTLAND, ME. Was Dismasted During a Gale and Caught Fire, Portland, Maine, June 7.—The three- masted schooner James Young was djsmasted durinz a gale off the Cape Elizabeth lightship today and Jater caught_fire and was desiroyed, Cap- "tain M. C. Leonard and his crew of three men being picked up by a coast patrel ‘boat.” The Young was loaded with goal from Flizabethport. N. I, for. Booth Bay harbor. She was built at Thomaston, Maine, in 1866, and her net tonnage was 225. No Increase in Recruiting in Ireland. Dublin, June There has been no increase in recruiting since Field-Mar- shal French's . re¢ent - ‘proclamation | chlling on Irishmen 't come to the colors, according to the record in the ' *Dublin reeruiting officer. N Indispensable Service Daily Publicity is a necessity for every great undertaking. been clearly demornstrated time and time again. ever an effort is made to get the people of a communit nation interested in a movement which they should know about and It is vital in the presentation of new ideas. important means of educating the people to needed reforms and better- It is one of the great mainsprings in the business world. With- out advertising, that which has been done, that which is being done and that which is to be done one of the necessary agencies for keeping the buyer .and seller in close touch with each other would be lost.’ One might as well try to do business without clerks, without display of goods, without trading facilities as to think of getting along It is a force that works alil the time and under all conditions and when it is desired ‘o reach the homes in Norwich and vicinity: and through the homes the purchasing agents therein there is In the past week the following matter has appeared in its col- Telegraph Local General Tota Pnne-t: o1t g4 30965 | June 3.. 160 120 266 546 : June 4., 142- 119 350 - *611 ||| Wedneésday, - June 5.. 157 = 126 260 543 ||| Thursday, June 6.. 171 101 357 629 I Friday, June:7.: 185 12475 5335 7 “iG14- M T | WaRS S k. i 5., 946. 1 734 947 (3597 ; people are homeless as the result of a| This has own when- It is s a state or a 1t is one of the 1 Bulletin.- It gives gilt edge serv- submarine about 65 miles off the coast of Virginia at 6 p. m. on June 5. The | crew were landed at Cape May, N. 3. COAST PATROLS ARE SEARCHING FOR U-BOATS Officials Believe the Present Raid is to Be Followed by Others. Washington, June 7.—The possibility that German submarines are lurking off the Atlantic coast hereafter must| be regarded as a continuing factor in American war measures in the opinion of many naval officials. They believe | the present raid virtually is certain to be followed by others and that it never will be safe again to assume American waiers are free of this menace as long as the U-boats are at large. An indication of the deadly work ot the allied and American fleets in European waters was given today when Senator Swanson, of Virginia, stated that according to information furnisbed the naval affairs committee sixty per ceént. of the submarines con- structed by Germany have been de- stroyed. This percentage includes not on new construction, but the boats mprising the numerous fleet in com- sion 1t ‘the beginning of the war. onthly totals of tonnage destroyed by U-boats continue to decrease. While some authorities are of the opinion that this is due to no small extent to bettér systems of convoy and other protective steps, others believe the diminishing number of submarines is in Active service is the basic. factor. Secretary Daniels said the percent- age quoted by Senator Swanson repre- sented the “best opinion of our naval officers.” “Of course,” he added, “the actual number of submarines put out of ac- tion will not be made public.” The coast patrol force today still were searching vigorously for the raid- ers operating off the Atlantic coast. Precautions will be steadily increased. F. W. WOOLWORTH SAYS HIS WIFE IS INSANE Applies for Appointment of Committee to Care for Her Estate. n :Steamer l Conden'sod__lelegrams New worth, York. June F. W. Wool- owner of five and ten-cent stores, applied to Justice Pendleton, in the supreme court today, for the appointment of a committee to care for the property of his wife, Mrs. Jen- nie Woolworth, to whom he was mar- ried forty-two vears ago, and who is now sixty-five years old. Mr. Woolworth, who lives at 990 Fifth avenue, where his wife resides with him: informed the court that he was moving for a committee to his “very great regret and sadness,” it having become a necessity to report to the court that his wife “is and has been, for more than two years, in- competent. Long-Range Guns at Work. Paris, June 7—(By A. P.)—The Ger- mans continued today to bombard the French capital with their long range guns. : FOURTEEN PAGES—98 COLS. Britain built 197,472 tons of new shipping in May. iy Senate leaders promised a vote this month on suffrage. Wheat ‘acreage in Britain was in- creased 45 per cent this year. Secretary McAdoo asks that June 28 be observed as National War Savings Day. b Sixteen aerial defence stations are c«:n(emplated in Secretary Baker's new plan. Bradstreet's reported 795 failures in i\‘fl’?_s_', the smallest number since May, 7. A movement was begun to bring (éommission government to New York ity. General R. E. L. Michie of the Am- erican forces died in France of natu- ral causes. American marksmen demonstrated their superiority in markmanship over the Germans. William W. Corlett was appointed general solicitor of the U. S. Steel Corporation. 2 Gold coin amounting to $192,500 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for shipment to Mexico. Fuel Administrator Garfield warned of a winter coal famine unless econ- omy is practiced now. Wilson is reported considering the appointment of Elihu Root as civil director of war work. Editors of 20 Mexican papers ar- rived at Washington and will make a tour of the country During the week ending May 31, 184 Americans wounded and sick soldiers arrived in the United States. Ben. Borah's resolution, asking Sec- retary McAdoo for figures on profiteer- ing was adopted in the Senate. The American steamship Argonaut was torpedoed by a German submarine off the Sicilly Islands on June 3, Lieutenant George C. Flachaire, a French “ace,” arrived at Montreal from Washington in an airplane. The Guaranty Trust Co. will open a branch office at Tours, France, for the benefit of American soldiers. According to a report by the Treas- ury Department. the general stock of money on June 1 amounted to $6,615,- 007,682 A charter was granted to the Adi- rondack Steel Foundries Corporation, of Colonie, N. Y. The capital is $1,- 0060,000. A laundry in Hartford, owned by Joseph Rosenblatt, was burned las night, causing a loss estimated at about $8,000. The government has placed orders for 822,110 tons of plates, shapes and bars. with in 100,000 cars. German Finance Ministers wili meet: iss the proposal for a tax onj to d wealth on_war The profits majority prefer a tax The Corn Products Refining plant at anite City, 1. resumed operations. The plant was shut down because of labor troubies. The Mormon wheat storehouses istration more, than 250,000 bushels of surplus wheat. The hearing of the revenue bill scheduled for June 6 was stponed in the absence of Re e B i min Marsh, of New York Attorney General Sturgiss of Maine declared in Bangor 25,000 quarts of liquor were shipped into the “dry” State in the last three months. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the extending of land to Irish vol- unteers says it will cause and ill-feeling among Englis! John Esposito, alleged Brooklyn gangster, testified he had aided in veral murders for $15 a week from ro Terrabova, now on trial for his life. The South Lake Mining Co. is to suspend operations on account of high | costs and -the inability to operate pro- fitably with copper at 23% pound. cents a G. W. W. Hanger, formerly of the U Board of Mediation and Concilia- tion, was appointed Assistant Director of Labor under Railroad Director Me- Adoo. Orville C. Enfield, Socialist candi date for Congress in Oklahoma ( was sentenced to ars in prison on a charge of cons cy to obstruct the draft law. Gerrit Fort resigned as passenger traffic manager of the Union Pacific System. He will devote his time to the direction of passenger traffic under the Government. It is expected that action will he taken shortly by Director McAdoo to remove from office vice-presidents and financial officers of railroads under Government control. Baron Baufield, a famous Austro- Hungarian aviator, has been wound- ed, according to the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin, while pursuing an Italian airplane which had attacked the Aus- trian port of Trieste. Congressman Hulsted of New York introduced a resolution to appoint a special committee to investigate the aircraft accidents. He believes parts of the airplanes are defective. William P. Curran, attendant in the Manhattan State Hospital for the In- sane was held in $10,000 under the espionage act. He is accused of re- Jjoicing over U-boat successes. PORT OF PORTLAND, ME,, CLOSED FOR FEW HOURS Outward Bound Steamer, Turned Back, Later Was Allowed to Proceed. Portland, Me., June 7.—The port of Portland was suddenly closed tonight and as unexpectedly reopened a few Hours later. The outward bound coast- wise steamer Ransom B. Fuller and a schooner were turned back bp a pa- trol hoat but later the Fuller was al- lowed to proceed. steel makers to be used: L sy in Utah turned over to. the Food Admin- | WITH FOUR OTHER AMERICAN CITiZENS AND TWO GERMANS ONE WOMAN INCLUDED The Indictments Allege a Conspirmcy Which Cover a Wide Range of Trea- sonable Acts, Which Promise Senea- tional Disclosures. New York, June 7.—Five American citizens and two subjects of the Ger- may emperor, one of them a woman, are named as fellow conspirators in two indictments returned by a federa grand jury here today. Investigators declared their operations the most sen- sational undertaken by German intelli- gence agents since the war began. The indictments allege conspiracy tc commit treason and _conspiracy tc commit espionage. The assembling and transmission of Information rel ative to America's prosecution of the war; the destruction of Americar piers, docks and troop transports witt fire bombs: destruetion of quicksilver mines in this country to hamper the manufacture of muritions; assisting Germany in landing an armed expedi- tion in Ireland; fomentation of a revol against British rule in TIreland; rais- ing of funds in this country witk which to finance these operations, an¢ destruction of munitions factories and mines in Great Britain are chargeé as ramifications of the intrigue. May .Be of Broader Scope. The wording of the indictments, in- timates the conspiracy may be of ever broader scope. This is suggested by a paragraph in the indictment whick aileges that in July, last year. one of the defendants, sent a cablegram tc Olten, Switzerland. The principals named in the allegec plots are: Principals in Alleged Plots. Jeremiah A. O’Leary, prominent American Sinn Feiner now a fugitive from justice on charges of espionage act violation for distribution of allegec anti-draft literature in tHe makazine I; ‘ull”, of which he was formerly edi- or. A ame Marie K. DeVictorica, alias roness Von Kretschman, a blonde- ed German woman of striking ap- pearance and about 40 years of age. _ Carl Rodiger, who claims Swiss cit p, but is alleged to have com country from Germany under & sJulent passpost. Williard J. Robinson, of New York. aged 30, and under suspended senzence for sedious oratory here in’ hehalf Fein interests. van. a_Thiffale, N, Y., at- d to have been active in Fein propaganda in | Albert Paul Fricke, a Mount Ver- Y., toy manufagturer whose now are being administered by {Ali>n Property Custodian -Palmer. 2 Kip, prominently identified n activities in New York i i city. } Rudolph Binder and” Hugo Schweitz- fer. both of whom died last year, are the other two ‘“citizen defendants” {named in the indictments. ! The srven individuals listed: are ed with complicity in both con- DeVictorica, ~ Rediger. “ricke, and Kipper pleaded ¥ to both indictments be- Auzustus N. Hand ané to the Tombs to awai! | i i _O'Leary, now wanted _on = three icharges and Rvan have not been appre [ hended. |WELL KNOWN SOCIALIST CHARGED WITH SEDITION John P. McCarthy of Ansonia, a Print- er, Arrested and Held in $2,500 Bonds Ansonia, Conn., June 7.—John P. Mc- Carthy, a printer, was arrested here today hy federal officers on.the charge of making sed'tious utterances and James L. O'Rourke, a conductor on | the Connecticut Company lines was taken into custody as a material. wit- ness in Derby. McCarthy was tak- en to New Haven where he is held un- [ der 00 for hearing before , U. S Commissioner William A. Wright. Bai! was set at $1,000 in O'Rourke’s case. { McCarthy is a candidate for state jtreasurer on the socialist ticket ana some time ago was fined in the su- perior court in New Haven upon con- viction of having made derogatory re- marks about’ Mayor John T. Meade and Police Chief James O'Donnell. He is very well known all over Connecti- cut for his activities in socialist cir- icles. The officers making the arrests tonight would not detail the evidence they have against him. JOHN Q. TILSON NAMED AS TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN Of the Republican State Canvention to Be Held in Hartford June 25 and 25 Hartford, Comn.. June 7.—John Q. Tilson, of New Haven, Congressman ~ frem the Third District, was tomight named as temporary chairman of the republican state convention to be held in Hartford June 25 and 26. It is fore- cast in republican circles that he ‘will be made the permanent chairman by the delegates. The selection of the temporary chairman was left to State Chajrman J. Henry Roraback when the state central committee met here May 28 to decide upon the date of the convention and announcement ‘of Rep- resentative Tilson’s appointment and, of his acceptance was made by Mr. TRoraback. 3 TWO AVIATORS PICKED UP BY DANISH STEAMER Thirty-five Miles from Shore— Machines Badly Damaged. : An Atlantic Port. June 7.—A Danish steamer put into this port today with two "aviators who were picked up Wednesday thirty-five miles from shore with their seaplane in a dis— abled condition. The aviators. were Ensign J. R. Clements, pilot, and Chief Gunner's Mate V. M. Stevens, obsery er, stationed at Miami, Fla. The ma- chine, badly damaged, also was brought in. According to Ensign Clements, they were on patrol duty when their engine became disabled and they were forced to alight am = rough sea.