Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 11, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 139 GERMANS GAIN IN CENTER OF. THEI B NEW ATTACK In Violent Successwe Attacks Yesterday They Cap- tured Three Villages ON LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS THEY ARE BEING HELD The Enemy, in Desperate Efforts to Gain Objective, Has Shown Utter Disregard For the Sacrifice of His Troops, the Attacks Being Made in Waves and the French Exact- ing a Heavy Toll in Lives — Correspondents Describe the Battle as One of the Most Furious Fought Since the War Began—In Italy the Austrians Continue to Bring Up Large Forces of Men Behind Their Lines and Artil- lery Activity and Raiding Operations Are Increasing Daily. The Germans in the center of their new attack on the front between Mont- didier and Noyon have gained addi- tional ground against the French, but on both the right and left wings they are being held. In violent successive attacks Monday they captured the vil- lages of Mery, Belloy gnd St. Maur. and, also pressed forward and gained a footing in the village of Marquelise the last named place representing the deepest point of penetration since the offensive began—between five and six miles. “The French still are exacting a heavy toll in lives from the Germans as they deliver their attacks in waves, and are giving ground only when forced to under superiority of numbers. No- where has the enemy been able to pierce the front which has bent back in perfect order whenever the neces- sity arose. The battle is described by corre- sponderd®s as one of the most furious that has been fought since the war began, with the enemy unusually reck- less in wasting life to gain his ob- Jectives. The Ilatest official communication from the German war office says ad- ditional ground has been gained by the Germans south west of Noyon against newly brought up French re- inforcements and that the Germans have taken about 8,000 prisoners and Ni Bussiares, “m“t of Chat- ea.uflbr”"th’.!né‘l s-and French again have delivered strong attacks the Germans and taken more ground. They also captured a num- — Yer of prisoners and thirty machine guns. On the remainder of the front in France and Belgium the operations have been of a minor nature, although south of the Somme the Briti§h near Bouzencourt have carried out an op- eration which straightened out a nasty salient that sagged in their line. As the Austrians continue to bring up large forces of men behind their lines in the Italian theatre the artillery activity and _'raiding operations are increasing daily. Throughout the mountain region from Tonale to the Brenta river and along the lower reaches of the Piave river, the guns of both sides are engagefl in violent duels. Numerous surprise attacks have been attempted by the Austrians on various sectors, but all of them were successfully repulsed. Aerial opera- tions on a large scale also are in pro- gress and fights in the air are of daily occurrence. Large gauntities of explo- sives have been dropped on enemy positions by Italian airmen and a num- ber of enemy aircraft have been shot down. In the Macedonian theatre there also has been an increase in.the artillery activity, the enemy bombarding the Allied lines on both sides of the Var- dar river. On the part of the front held by the Serbians the artillery fire has been unusually severe. Official announcement has been made to the House of Commons at London that 348 officers and men, nurses, wWo- men of the auxiliary corps and civil- jans were killed between May 15 and June 1 by German air raiders bombing hospitals ,and that 643 persons were wounded in these attacks. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL IS REPORTED IN THE HOUSE Contains an Appropriation of $1,761,- 701,000 For Merchant Marine. Washington, June 10.—An appro- priation of $1,761,701,000 for the American Merchant Marine is pro- vided in the sundry civil bill reported to the house today by the appropria- tions committee. The measure carries a total of $2,862752,237 in direct ap- propriations and the house is expect- ed to add upwards of $50,000,000 more. The vast amount recommended for ships and shipping is $1,282,694,000 less than the shipping board request- ed, but Chairman Hurley explained that receipts from the operation of ships can be devoted to building charges and that no curtailment of the building programme is contem- plated. Of the shipping board total $1,438.- 451000 is for construction in this country; $55,000,000 is for bhuilding American ships abroad; $87,000,000 for establishing shipyards; $60,000,000 for operating ships heretofore acquired and $8,250,000 for recruiting and in- structing shmx’ officers. tions recommended ofher branches of the government in- clude $2,615,000 for the food adminis- tration $1,681,000 for the fuel admin- istration. $1,477,249 for the coast guard and $1150,000 for the war industries board. - Reductions were made an in- ions for the council of na- tional defense, the tariff commission, rivers and harbors contract work and the Alaskan railroad. for — MEXICAN TROOPS KILL AN AMERICAN LIEUTENANT Due to a Misunderstanding, the Mexi can Commanding Officer Says. Brownsville, Texas, June 10.—Lieu- tenant David J. Schaile, 16th U. S. Cazvadry was killed last night in an en- coutrter with Mexican troops ou_the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Four men in Jieutenant Schaile’s party are held prisoner in Matamores, but re expeeted to be delivered to U. au- thorfties today. The officer and his men had cross- ed the to search for the body of o soldier who was drowned Sunday. In the darkness a Mexican patrol was Not knowing the ruaoln for. presence of the American sol- diers the Mexicans fired, killing Lieu- tenant Schaile. The Mexicrn commandinz officer has given Colonel H. J. Slocum, district r, assurances that the affair was due to a misunderstanding. GUSTAVE RAGNAR LINDGREN HELD FOR HEARING Charged With Conspiring to Smuggle a Letter h Denmark, “ew York, June ln—Chn.r:ed wflh o spiracy te convey letter from this city to Mrs. K.-Strangeland, in Copen- asen. by means.other than the mails, (ustave Ragnar n was held re toda yin $5,000 for a hearing on ne 17. In default of bail he was u-mgenee servlq. Lindgren conspired with Charles Emil - Strangeland to emugegle out of the country the letter which now is in possession of ths na- val. authorities. - Lindgren concealed mhn«lnluabnm{e Palmer szid. TO ASSIST IN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WORK IN FRANCE. French Government Has Assigned 50 English-Speaking Soldier-Priests. New York, June 10.—Announcement that the French govérnment has as- signed .50 English-speaking eoldier- priests to assist the Knights of Co- lumbus chaplains and secretaries with the American army in France, and will appoint soon 100 others, was made by William J. Muiligan, supreme di- rector, and Rev. P. J. McGivney of Bridgeport, Conn., supreme chaplain of the organization, who arrived here today after a three months’ tour of the western front. Father McGivney and Mr. Mulligan reported that they had expended $2,- 000,000 in extending the Knights of Columbus work abroad. They ordered the erection of 45 huts, the majority of which already are in operation. One hundred and seventy-five secretaries have joined the forces at the fromt, and 50 others will sail soon with Law- rence O. Murray, who has been ap- pointed deputy K. of C. commissioner in France. Dr. E. W. Buckley of St. Paul, supreme physician, and Johnny Evers, former big league Mbaseball player, who has been selected athletic supervisor, will leave for France at tht;d‘same time, the returned officials sai — DETROIT TELEGRAPHERS PLEDGE THEIR LOYALTY Have Authorized No Labor Agitators to Act For Them, Detroit, Mich., June 10.—In a tele- gram to President Wilson today prledging their “unstinted loyalty to the government” three hundred West- ern Union telegraphers, representing it was stated, most of the operators of the company in Detroit, declared they had “at no time authorized any labor agitators to act for them.” “We feel we can best serve the country,” the telegram said, “if we are left to serve but one main inter- est—our government.” S Sl Sea GREAT LOSS OF MAIL Forty Thousand Letters and 376 Reg- istered Articles Included, - ‘Washington, June 10.—Mail when the Porto Rican liner Carolina was sunk by a German submarine off the New Jersey coast included 40,000 letters, 42 sacks of newspapers, 54 sacks of parcel post and 376 registered articles, mailed from throughout the island between May 25 to 28, inclu- sive, and at San Juan May 29, the post office department today an- nounced. REDUCTION OF FUEL FOR PASSENGER AUTO PLANTS Beginning August, 1 to 25 Per Cent. Quantity Consumed the Previous Year ‘Washington, June 10.—Curtailment of coal supplies to manufacturers of passenger automobiles for the year be- ginning August, 1 to 25 per aent. of the quantity consumed in 1917-18, wsa announced tonight by the Fuel ad-, ministration. This is one of the steps in a drastic program for reduction of |- fuel allowed non-war industries to :neet the expected shortage next win- er. WITH STEAMER CAROLINA. lost PAGES—70 COLS. Cabled Pardgraphs 1talian Airplanes Effective. Rome, June 10.—Five hostile air- planes were brought down and four :nhte ment issued by the war office ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY SEC- RETARY BAKER p i David E. Putnam Decorated. Paris, June 10.—David E. Putnam, of Brookline, Mass., who ught down two German airplanes-a few days ago, ‘was decorated with the military medal this afternoon. Putnam was a ser- geant in the French flying corps, but today he was transferred to the Am- erican aerial corps as first Lieuten- ant. FRENCH GIRLS AND BOYS : RETAINED BY GERMANS,; All of Value for Fighting, Labor'or Breeding, In Biddifig the Alpine Chasseurs Fare- well, Sec’y Baker Told Them They ~"Would Find in France a Mighty Am- erican Army. ‘Chicago, June 10.—Germany, balked in its effort to conquer the manhood of France, is attempting to subjugate the women of the republic through motherhood, while the women of the Uniteq - States, unheeding the call of the French sisters, are “loafers, going about in high-heeled shoes, wanting to be entertained by the story of the war,” Dr. BEsther Lovejoy declared in an address here today. Dr. Lovejoy, former health commissioner of Pari- land, Ore., was speaking before - the Medican 'Women's National associa- ‘Washington, June 10.—More than 700,000 American soldiers have gone overseas to carry back to France the encouragemint and assistance which Lafayette and Rochambeau brought to America, Secretary Baker told the French Alpiné Chasseurs in bidding them farewell here today at the base of the Washington monument. - The War Secretary’s last announce- ment some weeks ago concerning the size of the American forces abroad | was that 500,000 men had sailed for the battle front. A Notable Farewell. , The Alpine Chasseurs. better known as the “Blue, Devils” of ‘France came | to America last month to assist in the third liberty loan campaign. They were reviewed and received by the Secretary of War today before leav- ing for Baltimore, Newark, New York; and Boston, en route back to their na- tive land. Attending the exercises were: M. Jusserand, the French am- bassador, representatives of the French high commission Mr. Baker's staff and many government officials. Growth of American Army. “You are members of an army which has never known defeat, and you | and representatives of a people who would rather be dead than not free said Mr. Baker, “you are going back to your own country—still thank God your own—and when you get there, you will find that the small beginning | of our army which you left there has grown into a mighty manifestation. When you left France, the American army was there in small representa- tion but now more than 700,000 Am- ericans have sailed from their shore to carry back to your army and your people the encouragement and the as- sistance which Lafayette and Rocham- beau brought to America in the early and struggling ddys of American free- dom. “Instead of believing in mere physi- cal force, hereafter, we. are going to believe in the strength of moral force, instead of divorcing the things of a material character from their normal intent and purpose, we are collecting now for the children of men every- where a civilization which will rest on moral foundatiohg.” i ot HARVARD' PROFESSOR'S NEW PLAN OF WAR TAXATION i Proposed Consumption Taxes and Heavy Levies on War Profits, In- comes and Luxuries. Dr. Lovejoy, \who recently returned from a six months’ sojourn in the war zone, dedlared that 250,000 girls over 16 and boys over 14 had been detained by the Germans in the captured French provinces. “Three rules govern the Germans in the retention of the French civil pop- ulation,” the nnaker said. “Those re- tained must be of value for fighting, labor or breeding. “It is up to the women of America to stpp this Hun invasion. We will have no loafers among men or women either. While the women of France and England are staggering along un- der the awful loads imposed by the ‘war, the women of America are loaf- ers, going about in high-heeled shoes, wamnting to be entertained by the story of the conflict.” 25,000,000 DEAD WEIGHT TONS OF MERCHANT MARINE Is What Chairman Hurley Forecasts For America in 1920. South Bend, Ind., June 10.—America in 1920 will have a merchant marine of 25,000,000 dead weight tons, Chair- man Hurley, of the shipping board, de- clared here tonight in an address giv- ing the most complete statement of the nation's ship building programme which has yet been made public. He was_speaking to the graduates of No- tre Dame university. This great commerce fleet, Mr. Hur- ley said, the largest ever assembled in the history of the world. and involving the expenditure of more than $5,000.- 000,000 will link the United States to South and Central Americas by week- 1y steamer which will enable the Latin American countries to utilize their un- limited natural resources in the freest competition with other nations. It a so-will bridge the Pacific for the trans- portations of products of Japan, Rus- sia, China, Australia, and the Orient, and will continve to promote Ameri- Washington, June 10.—During to- day’'s hearing before the house ways and means committee on war revenue legislation, Prof. O. M. W. Sprague, of Harvard, submitted a comprehen- sive taxation plan, propesing con- sumption taxes and heavy levies on war profits, incomes and luxuries, Some of Prof. Sprague's recommen- dations were: “War profits 80 per cent.; based on the English syvstem; tea, 1 to 2 cents a pound; coffee, 10 cents a pound; to- bacco. 50 cents a pound; beer, sub- stantially increased rates; whole wheat flour $2 or $3 per barrel; ho- tel bills 20 per cent. on all above $2.50 per night, and-on all meals above $1; can trade with Europe. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR IN CONVENTION Yesterday Was Devoted to Appoint- ments of Committees and Reports. St. Paul, Minn., June ment of dmputes over dfle"atne’ Te- dentials appointment of committees and reading of the lesislative councils’ report today occupied the attention of delegates to the national convention of the American Federation of Tshor. The Federation adopted a resolution which tock issue with published . re- g g 2 automobiles, heavy rate on sales; gas- ports of declarations by Nerwwomb|oline, used for- passenger cars, 20 to Carlton. president of the Western |25 cents a gallon: employers of chauf- Union Telegraph Co., who was auoted recently as declaring there had not been any complaint by operators re- garding hours or working conditions. The resolution as adopted said that the statements credited to Carlton “were fake.” DECISION AGAINST THE TOLEDO PUBLISHING CO. feurs, $10 to $50 taxes on jewelry, talking machmes |dress goods above a certain price, sporting and athletic goods, shoes costing over $6 or $8, a graduated tax on bank checks. In addition Prof. Sprague suggested | a supertax of 10 per cent. on incomes to apply it unless the person receiv- ing the income inyests a certain pro- ! portion in economy bonds;” a pro- posed new form of government war time securit: a month, luxury Prohibition of Articles Held to Em- barass Administration of Justice Sus- tained. - > ‘Washington, June 10. (By ‘A. P)— Federal court decrees prohibiting news- MARINES CAPTURE TWO LARGE GERMAN GUNS Penetrated German Lines About Two- Thirds of a Mile. papers from publishing articles held to embarrass the administration of Jjustice, although not acts committed within the presence of the courts, were sustained today by the supreme court \in upholding judgment against the To- ‘With the American Army in France, June 10.—(By A. P.).—The United States Marines attacked the Germans, after daybreak this morning and pene trated the German lines for about two- thirds of a mile on a hundred yard front in the Belleau Wood, northwest of Chateau Thierry. The Germans now hold only the northern fringe of the wood. The Americans captured two Minenwerfer, which are the larg- est pieces yet taken by them. It is expected that one will be sent to Washington and the other to Amma- polis. " Major Edward D. Cole, commanding the machine gun battalion. captured several German stragglers during the early stages of the attack. TO 2E AUCTIONED FOR BENEFIT OF RED CROSS ledo Newspaper tompany, publisher and N. D. Cochran, editor-in-chief, of the Toledo, O., News-Bee, for contemyt of court. Justices Holmes and Brandeis dis- sented. Justices Day and Clarke, hoth from Ohio, took no part in the deci- sion. NO SHIPS ALLOWED TO LEAVE BOSTON LAST NIGHT Order Was Given By Naval Authorit- ies, With No Explanation. Boston, June 10.—Outward bound shipping tonight was ordered by the naval authorities to remain within the harbor until morning. The only ex- ception was the New York steamer rseas| U-Boats Off Coast ’ |ABOUT 6,000 GROSS TONS | hour, was accompanied by a large ‘| steamer which they believed to be a “mother” ship. They aiso asserted | that after their vessel was sent down “Nother” Ship With STATEMENT BY SURVIVORS PINAR DEL RIO OF land. After the Submarine Had Sunk the American Freighter, She Signalied Her Consort to “Follow Me"—Saw Two Sailing Ships Sunk. Norfolk, Va., June 10.—Survivors of the American freighter Pinar del Rio, arriving here today from Manteo, N.| C., said the German submarine which sank their vessel 110 miles northeast of Cape Henry last Saturday morning, after a stern chase of more than an Cars by gunfire the submarine sank two American sailing vessels. Description of U-Boat’s Consort. Walter C. Burrows. first assistant engineer of the Pinar del Rio describ- ed the craft with the sub as a craft of about 6,000 gross tons, with a sin- gle funnel amidships. She was painted gray and stood some two or three miles in the offing while the submarine sank the Rio. When the American craft went down the submarine signalled the vessel in international code *“Fol- low me,” and the U-boat and her con- sort steamed away. Two Sailing Ships Sunk. According to the survivors, the first of the sailing craft attacked by the submarine after she had destroyed the Rio was a ship; while the second was a schooner. They knew nothing as to the fate of the two crews, but._as- sumed the men were allowed to take to the small boats, as were the cap- tain and 33 men of the Rio's crew. Fired Six Shots. William F. Clark of the naval re- ferred paper place ester. ciation. Copper pounds. Thousands of telegraph wired to the President that they would not strike. ~Gondensed - Telegrams i A royal r-bbntry in Enulnnd is un- der consideration. - There is a movement in Massachu- setts to’ ma.ks women idlers . work. The propesal to raise the Hudson tube fare to 10 cents was abandoned. | Marseilles’ population has increased during the war from 560,000 to 977,000 New York police commissioner per- mitted the illumination of Coney Is- May production of tl;o Anaconda 28,400,000 Mining Co. was Eight saloons were closed in High- land Falls, N. Y., near the West Point Academy. are agai Mrs. Finley Shepard, formerly Helen Gould may have to undergo an opera- tion for appendicitis. Sixty persons were killed when ban- dits attacked a passenger train at Las Olas Durango, Mexico. The Fulton Trust Co. of New York has been admitted to membership in the Federal Reserve System. Union University rescinded the hon- orary degree of Doctor of Laws con- upon Count Bemstorfl A fabric nonslshng of 75 per cent. cotton will be manufactured soon in Norway. and 25 per cent. The British Air Minister cabled Lord Reading, ‘“tests of the Liberty motor the engine in the first line.” Otto P. Hiller, secretary-treasurer of the Rochester Brass Bed Co., was ar- rested on charge of treason at Roch- | York. The Deutsches Club, a social organi- zation of Newark voted to change the |sylvania lines west of Erie and Pitts- name to the Abraham Lincoln Asso- |burgh: Cincinnati, Lebanon & North- The production of cotton in Russia|{burgh. operators running on time in the Bronx and the strikers’ ranks have i the been reduced. PRIOE ™ CENTS Federaland General Railroad Managers HAVE BEEN APPOINTED FOR EASTERN TERRITORY IN CHARGE OF PROPERTY . J. Pearson Is Named as Federal Manager. of the N. Y, N. H. & H. and the C. N. E. With Office in New Haven. New York, June 10. — Alfred H. i Smith, reglonal director of railroads in eastern territory, announced here i tonight the oppointment of federa! and general managers for important roads within his -jurisdiction under govern- ment control. The managers, whosc appointments became effective today, will have charge of the roads property, includ- ing such leased or operated propertits as are.under federal contrpl, and will haye jurisdiction over all departments reoprting to Regional Director Smith. These appointments were approved by Director. General McAdoo. List nf Appointments. The list otmppolntmant.s in the east- ern district include: P. E. Crowley, federal manager, New York Central railroad and Pittsburgh & Lake FErie Railroad, office at New York. A. J. Stone, federal manager, Erie railroad, office at New York. F. L. Blendinger, General Manager Lehigh Valley railroad, office at New York. - F. P. Gutelius, general manager, Del- aware & Hudson railroad, office at New Appointments in the Ohio and Indi- ana district include: G. L. Peck, federal manager, Penn- ern railway and Lorain, Ashland & Southerin railroad, office at Pitts- serves, who said he was aboard the|for 1917 fell far below 1916. The area| C. W. Gallowa; s £ y, federal manager, g‘g “:) ‘minx:gc;?ntserge:] e e %; planted in 1917 was 50 per cent. less | Baltimore & Ohio railroad, west of CEr o lercaa VERSCS 8l than 1916. Parkersburgh and Pittsburgh, and submarine fired six shots at the Rio Dt B Chon: raiobl Daice at before the American craft stopped. ‘When the first shot was fired the cap- tain put on all steam in the hope of making port and escaping the enemy, but the submarine proved too speedy. The crew took to the boats before the sub arrived alongside. About 250 Feet Long. Both Burrews and Clark said the submarine was about 250 feet long, with what appeared to be about six- inch calibre rifles mounted fore and aft. The U-boat, they said, was paint- ed light gray. and appeared ip be weather and seaworn. NAVAL OFFICERS SEARCHING - FOR A SUSPICIOUS STEAMER Which = Has Been Seen Recently in Several Cape Cod Towns. ‘Boston, June 10.—Naval intelligence officers were searching the coast line of Cape Cod tonight in an effort to learn the identity of a steamer which put into Lewis harbor, West Yar- mouth, on Saturdav and departed sud- denly after a few hours’ stay. Reports that a suspicious stranger had been! &een recently in several Cape Cod towns and that the mysterious ship was a “mother ship” to the German submarine or submarines operating in the steamship lanes were being thor- oughly investigated. News of the visit of the steamer to West Yarmouth became public only today, although the headquarters of the First naval district here had been apprised of her visit on Saturday and had immediately begun an investiga- tion. According to reports to the naval headquarters, the steamer appeared in Lewis harbor and anchored. Ob- servers on shore, becoming suspicious, sugar region: crete Shippi; ships The forced Oscar Straus Champion Sylvi months-old Holstein bull-calf was sold for $106,000 at the State Fair Park at Milwaukee. Wi profit. English newspapers in expectation of a visit by Hoover this summer are advocating a pool of food necessities by the Allies. J’ohlnna, The Y. M. C. A. issued a call for|Maine 1000 women for overseas duty, rang- ing from washing dishes to dacting as; al director. . A ‘“gold” cup presented to a success- ful American yachtsman by thé kaiser, turns out to be pewter and worth $35 instead of $5000. Regulations regarding the reduction of the use of gas and electricity have caused households in England. considerable feeling Five new yards for building con- the Forty-two concrete ships were authorized by ng Board. have been ordered. French Academy of Sciences will elect President Wilson, Cadinal Mercier and Signor Salandra, former | Premier of Italy, members. A cable to the Greek Embassy re- ports that more than 250,000 Greeks into the Turkish army were mistreated until they died. Ensign Eaton. of Connec\ueut. was + i interned at The Hague. | were preparing to put out to her, when | g a six- among He was one | of the officers who landed there dur- named by Mr.|Cincinnati. Hoover to inquire into the demand of refiners for an H. A. Bloomer, general manager, of increased margin of | Lake Erie & Western railroad, office at Indianapolis. ' For New England District. Appointments for the New England district include: E. J. Pearson, federal manager, New York, New Haven & Hartford ra road and Central New England rail- way, office at New Haven, Conn. P. R. Toodd, assistant to district di- rector and general manager, Bangor & Arrostock railroad, office in Bangor, B. R. Pollock. federal manager, Bos- ton & Maine railroad, office at North Station, Boston. H. M. Biscoe, federal manager, Bos- ton & Albany railroad, office at South Station,’ Boston. D. C. Douglass, general manager, Maine Central railroad, office at Port- land, Maine. J. W. Wardlaw, general manager, Central Vermont railway, office at St. Albans, Vt. J.. G. Coleman, general manager, Grand Trunk railway in New England, office at Portland, Maine. =« G. T. Jarvis, general manager, Rut- land railroad, office at Rutland, Vt ROOSEVELT TELLS WHAT" MIGHT HAVE BEEN If the U. S. Had Followed the Advice of General Wood. St. Louis, June 10.—Col. Theodore Roosevelt, delivering his patriotism acdress before a large audience here tonight, added to his speech a trib- iute to Major® General Leonard Wood and. demanded the death penalty for |proven traitors. th t! veil 14 o 5 o “If the United States had followed e e eaeton L and )| b Srcaengian MmNt the advice of Major Gen. Leonard g s Wood two or three years ago,” Col. Two Greek Millworkers one in An- id. “ther ol have THREE LIFE-TERM MEN sonia.) -and thél " other’s in’ Bridger|noosevelt aald, fthefe . would —hay port ties. PARDONED YESTERDAY By State Board of Pardons—Three Other Appeal: Denied. Hartford, Ctmn June 10.—Three men serving life sentences at the state prison for the taking of human iifo are held by the health authori.! They are, said to be lepers. Sixty leaders in war work of vari- | 10, Peace would {ous kinds were made knights of the newly ‘established Order of the British Empire as part of the King’s birthday honors. 000,000 men prepared and un- s when war was declared. a never would have been broken have been declared days after the U: the war.” traitors, within ninety States en‘ered Regarding said the Colonel ery traitor in the United States ed ; should De''interred,’ not ‘interned.’ were pardoned by the state hoard of | The study of the German language '3 itor . ; : ’ : Mercy to the traitor s cruelty to pardons today. They are Henry B.|in the public schools of Newport, R.| " men.” Chamberlain of New Haven, John |l i D loyal men. Cavanaugh of Waterbury and Herbert W. Taylor of East Haven. The appeal ! for clemency made by Carmine Lan- zillo, Carmine Pisaniello and Fran- cesco Dusso; under sentence of death | on June 17 for the murder of Morris | Galdstein at West Haven, was denied by the board. Chamberlain was conyvicted on July 18, 1887, of having murdered Mrs. Margaret Ernst, an elderly ‘woman, in New Haven, on May 10 of that year, ‘when with James F. y Taylor he admin- | sustained. She cannot be dispossed istered a drug to the woman whichfor 90 days. caused her death. Robbery was the B motive for the attack. Tayler, who| Statistics from the Department of was aiso convicted with him, was par- doned several years ago. (‘hamberlain had made 31 appeals for clemency. He is 53 years old. H Cavanaugh was convicted in 1909 of the murder of Miss Edith Trench. Taylor was sentenced to life imprison- ment in 1906 for killing his stepfather, Joseph Jennings, in East Haven Comm presen by we which was allowed to sail. No ex- planation of the order was given. The afternoon boat to Gloucester was | - stopped off Graves Light by a naval patrol boat and ordered back to this port. Her commander was instructed not to anchor in the harbor but to return to the ships pier. Several coal laden .barges ready to depart for Maine ports deferred sailing eastward, after receiving a communication from the naval authorities. ALLIED STAFFS PREPARED FOR EVERY EVENTUALITY An Envelope Bearing President Wil- son’s Autograph. New York, June 10.—For the benefit of the Red Cross an envelope which bears ‘Predident Wilson's autograph stamps and which was sent, on the first airpost trip from Washi n to New York last month, wil] be auctioned to- morrow night by J. C. Morganthau, at the Coliectors’ club, here.. Noah W. Taussig of New York, Philatelist, in response to whose appeal the presi- dent autographed the envelope promis- ed the president he would start the bidding at $1,000. Enemy Now in Territory Which Has Been Thoroughly Prepared For. De- fense. THREE MEATLESS DAYS A WEEK DECIDED UPON By the National Food Administration —Within a Month. With the French Army in France, June 10, by The A. P.—Every foot the ememy advances now brings him farther into territory which is ‘thor- oughly well known to the allles and prepared for defense. Therefore his task becomes momentarily more diffi- cult. Chicago, June 10.—Three meatless days a week within 2 month hayve been determinéd upon by the National sd- The allied staffs are prepared to | ministration, acco to - Robert meet every eventuality and display | Stevenson, ullnam food administra- the most perfect confidence in _the jtor ' for Illinois.” Harty Wheeler, his| !outcome. dne! is in Wulflnstfin‘mdgy i and one of the new 24 cent airplane|. year in recogniti in the United States. NAMES OF NSW DANCES ALL DERIVED FROM WAR “Airplane Spin,” “Cantonment Can- ter,” “Camouflage Waltz,” Ete. Chicago, June 10.—The “French trot” the “Camouflage Waltz,” and the “Cantonment Canter,” have dis- placed the Gavotte, the Minuette and the old fashioned waltz, it was de- clared today at the convention of the International Dancing Masters Asso- ciation. Other new dances displaved were the “War Stamp,” and the “Air- plane Spin.” Plans were announced for a Dancing Masters unit which will soon embark for France to teach American soldiers the newest steps. OBITUARY. cago, front killed. Rev. L. A. Johnson. Minneapolis, Minn., June 10.—Rev. L. A. Johnson, president of the Evan- gelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of America since 1911, died today a! his home in St. Paul. Rév. Johnson was a Knight- of the Order of the North Star by the King of Sweden last on of his church work five months 629 ships, have been floated. was discontinued and Spanish was | i substituted by vote of the school com- mittee. Christen P. Danielson a seaman on a United States hospital ship died in New Rocheile Hospital struck by a train on the Westchester Railroad. . after A Baltimore woman, whose husband and son are in the army, appealed to the courts to prevent eviction and was erce show 27371 ships, ¢ U S. Merchant Marine. Girls engaged in yoemen’s duties in the Brooklyn Navy Yard are agitated by the question of defying regulations silk stockings #nd skirts shorter than rules provide. aring Because of the importance of New York harbor as a naval base Presi- dent Wilson urged early consideration of the House bill making appropria- tions for the lighthouse service. American warship arrived at Monte- video yesterday with the body of the late Carlos Maria de Pena,”who was Uraguaian minister at Washington, where -his death occurred last April. Lieutenant Edgar Lawrence of Chi- crashed from an altitude of a thousand metres last Wednesday forty miles behind the He wae instantly flying in an airplane, in France. Advices received yesterday by the branch hydrographic ‘office at Phila- delphia state that the wreckage of a schooner is reported 15 miles east of Cape Charles lightship, off the' Vir- ginia coast.” % Senator Arrigo Boito Dead. Milan. June 10.—Senator being | in . the In 687,055 tons, Arrigo TBoito, the musical composer and poet, died suddenly today. His most noted work was the opera Mefistofele. DEMONSTRATION OF PROTEST OF NEW WAGE SCHEDULE By 2700 Employes, at the Readville Shops. of the New Haven Road. Boston. June 10.—The demonstration of 2,700 employes of the Readville Shops of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, who remained idle today as a protest against the new wage schedule approved by director- general McAdoo .ended tonight. The men will resume work tomorrow, for two weeks pending a decision by the war wage and adjustment board. The decision to resume work was reached at a meeting today that was addressed by General Manager Bardo, of the railroad; John J. Kearney, chair- man of the System Federation;s Robert Henderson - secretary of the Federa- tion; H. F. Glover, of the Brotherhood of Carmen, and other leaders of the craft. FREIGHT CONGESTION HAS BEEN ALMOST ELIMINATED. There Are Only 11,000 Cars Above Normal on Eastern Lines. ‘Washington, June 10.—Freight con- gestion east of the Mississippi now has been almost eliminated. Railroad administration reports today showed only 11,000 cars 'above. normal on eastern lines, as compared with 160,000 above normal last January, when con- gestion was worst. SAFEGUARNNG SHIPPING ON DELEWARE RIVER, Masters ‘of Vessels Must Receive Per- mission Before Leaving Ports. - Philade! ‘phia, June 10.—Masters of vessels must not proceed to sea from ports on.the Delaware without first re- ceiving permission. -Orders to this ef- fect were issued today from the office of the Fourth Naval Reserve in this district. _ Captaine are directed to apply to Captain Van Boskirk for the routing instructions.