Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 13, 1918, Page 1

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LIX—NO. 141 POPULATION 29,97 FRENCH HAVE ADE FURTHER GANS 1 REEIN NEAR WONTOIDIER AND NOYON 'NORWICH, ' CONN, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918 .Everywhere Along the Battle Front the Invaders Are Fighting on the Defensive BERMAN COUNTER-ATTACKS WERE REPULSED Dn the Eastern Side of the Oise River the French Have Car- ried Out a Strategic Retirement—North of Montdidier the Germans Have Failed in Several Attempts to Drive Out the Americans From. the Village of Cantigny — Northwest of Chateau Thierry the Teutons Have Thrown Five Divisions Against the Americans and French, With No Avail — Two Italian Torpedo Boats Have Carried Out Successfully a Daring Raid Against an Austrian Naval Division in the Dalmatian Islands, Sinking the Dreadnaught Szent Istvan. e Further gains have been made by the French troops in the fighting in the region near Montdidier and Noyon, where in addition to the capture of territory mear Belloy ang St. Maur, the center of the line, 400 additional Germans have been made prisoner and some guns and machine guns have been! taken. Numerous German counter-attacks have been repuised, but the enemy succeeded at one point in_erossing the Matz river. On the eastern side of the Oise river the French have carried out a strategic retirement along the line of Belloy, Tracy-le-Val and Nampoel, un- observed by the enemy. Farther south, north of the Marne, in the region of Chatean Thierry, the French have recaptured the village of Montcourt and a portion of the village of Brussiares. ¥ 1n violent fighting between the Aisne -iver and the forest of Villers Cottrets /he enemy made slight gains against ihe French. Southwest of Montdidier, where the allied forces on Tuesday in violent counter-attacks made notable gains againet the enemy, American artillery men have been thrown into the fra No other- Americans have thus far taken part in the fightinz. To the north of Montdidier the Ger- mans several times have tried to drive out the Americans from the village of Cantigny, but each time they have Deen repulsed. One party of 40 Ger- mans was routed by the revolver fire of the defenders of the village. Northwest of Chateau Thierry the Germans have thrown five divisions against the Americans, fighting side by side with the French, but without avail. Attempts by the enemy to re- capture the village of Bouresches went for naught. South of the Aisne river there has been fierce fighting down to the re- gion of Villers Cotterets, where th through and bring_their line west of Soissons toward Compiegne. Except that the combats were particularly severe on the front of Dommiers, Cu- try and south of Ambleny, no further details are available. In the other war theatres there have been no noteworthy-activities. Two Italian torpedo boats have car- ried out successfully a daring raid against an Austrian naval division in the Dalmatian Islands. The dread- naught Szent Istvan was torpedoed and sunk, according to an official an- nouncement made in Vienna, while the Ttalian commander reports that a sec- ond battleship was damaged by a tor- pedo. GERMANS REALIZE FIGHTING “"QUALITIES OF AMERICANS Teutons Make Fruitless Attemps Recapture Bouresches. London, June 12.—The Germans are taking seriously the American thrust at the apex of their line in the Clig- non yalley (northwest of Chattea Thierry) and thus far have used five divislons in attempting to counter it, but entirely without success. Reuter’s corresponfent at French headquarters telegraplis under Tuwesday date: “Two fresh divisions were thrown at the American center at Bouresches this morning and a fruitless attempt made to_recapture the village. “Trusting to the deep woods mnorth- west of the village and the twisted par of a hill to conceal them the lead- ng divisions advanced in mass forma- tion. They. however, were observed —_ ot de Balleau and were inder a destructive hail of :el before they could deploy. The was so severe that the attack was isorganized and no progress could be made for some time. “Whea the Germans did succeed in penetrating the defences they were met with such enthusiasm in cold steel ihat their omly choice was death or sufrender. “In the capture of the wood to the northwest of Bouresches the Ameri- ~ans had to deal with machine gun nests, a game at which they are be- coming expert. Gun after gun was cap- tured and turned upon its late pos- sestors and the advance never was materially delayed. “Fierce fighting continued when the tringe of the wood was reached, the Germans being afraid of the open slopes behind them and over which thelr retreat had to be conducted. WWhen at Jast they broke from the cov- of the wood they came under a tempest of bullets. Surrender being impossible, they turned and ran, but very few reached ground where they :ould find refuge.” BARRED BY NATIONAL GUARD ENLISTMENT REGULATIONS. All Married Men or Men With De- pendent Relatives. Washington, June 12. — National guard enlistment regulations made public today forbid the acceptance of martied men or men with de; nt relatives unless it is demonstrated that such dependents will be provided for. Inspectors are instructeq to see that the rule is followed. To demonstrate his eligibility for en- DETAM.S OF AERIAL COMBAT OFF THE DUTCH COAST Between One American, Three British and Twelve German Seaplanes. London, June 12.—Additional details have been received at American naval headquarters here concerning the fight off the Dutch coast June 4 between one American and three British and 12 German seaplanes, in which two Ger- man machines were downed and the American machine was forced to land |in Dutch territory, where the pilot was interned. The interned flier is Fnsign Eaton, of Connecticut, and he is the first American aviator to be thus detained. Ensign Laton was the pilot of a large American flying boat which, with the three other machines, was making a_long reconnaissance flight over the North Sea, It was while the three British machines were running in protecting circles around Faton, who had been forced to alight on the water because of engine trouble, that five German machines attacked them. In the first few minutes of the com- bat Lieut. Haljayne, the second pilot jof a British —achine, was instantly iled by a t passing through his mouth. The first pilot. Ensign K. B. Keyes, was equal to the occasfon, however. He clutched the control, changed seats with the dead man and brought his machine safely oyt of action. Meanwhile, the Germans were rein- forced by seven machines, five origi- nally having attacked, including scouts and two seaters. The action lasted half an hour, during which two Ger- mans were downed in flames. The others finally headed homeward. Ensign Faton landed on Texel Isl- and with his cil tank punctured, gaso- line leads severed and his glasses shot away. oL R TURKS ARE SYSTEMATICALLY PERSECUTING THE JEWS In Mesopotamia They Are Murdering or Torturing Their Victims, 'New York," June 12—The Turks, with the connivance of German mili- tary officers, have conducted a sys- tematic persecution of the Jews in Mesopotamia, murdering or torturing their victims, says a statement given out here tonight by the Zionist organ of America. The Jews in Bagdad and other Mesopotamian cities, it is alleged, were compelled to turn in their gold and silver money in exchange for paper currency, and when the latter, flood- ing the market, became debased in istmen th dependents must | value, the leading Hebrew merchants ‘rl‘l utnl:‘nwhu Sful;m con-{| were maltreated, and in some cases ract a statement showmg that his|Kkilled on charges of conspiracy to im- * jependents have other means of sup- |Pair the credit of the Turkish govern- jort than his civil income; 1uthorizes the allotment of not less that he [ment. British approval of the phn to -es- lian one-half of his pay to such.de- |tablish a Jewish home, has Prompted «ndents in the event of his unit-be- | the ng called for federal service and that | measures Germans and Turks to employ of' the greatest severity i~ agreed not to ask for his dis-|against the Jews in the region still )rh-:: from the service at any subse- | controlléd by the Central Powers. yuent time for any reason relating to Germans are attempting to break | Cabled Paragraphs No Intervention in Russia. London, June 12.—Arthur J. Balfour. secretary for foreign affairs, declared in the house ‘of commons today that there was no truth in the report that America and the allies had entered into an agreement not to intervene in R ey German Socialist Elected. Amsterdam, June 12—Friederich Ebert, German socialist Jeader and vice president of the social demo-. cratic party, has been elected presi- dent of the main committee of the reichstag. SEC’Y BAKER ADDRESSES WEST POINT GRADUATES Asserts More Than a Million Ameri can Fighting Men Will Be in-France in Near Future West Point, N. Y., June 12.—Mors than a million American fighting men will be in service in France in the near future, declared Secretary of War Baker, in an address today to 137 graduates of the United States Mili- tary Academy. Supplementing his recent announce- ment in Washington that United States troops “exceeding 700,000 in numbers, have disembarked on French soil, the secretary told the cadets “it ig not unfair to speculate that we will shortly pass the million mar General Peyton C. March, chief staff, who made commencement day the occasion of his first official visit to the academy, said neither the menace of raiding German submarines of the Atlantic coast, nor the territorial zains | of the enemy on the western front, will affect America’s po] v of send- ing men to France as fast as ships| can carry them. Today’s zraduation was that of the| class of 1919, whose members were | awarded their diplomas a vear ahead cf time, the first since 1817 to at- tain that aistinction. because of the urgent demand in the army for train- d_officer: Becretary Baker, who awarded the diplomas; to the sraduates, told them | they were destined to have a part in| |leading the armies of the nation to a | victorious peace. “After that” ho said; “as officers of the regular army, jvou will prepare, not for war, but be |ready for another war if anybody wants to make it." of REMOVED As HEA?OF RUSSIAN RAILWAY MISSION Dr. Lomonossoff Dismissed For Op- posing Allied Intervention. Washingten, June 12.—Boris Bakh- meteff, the Russian ambassador, in- formed the state department today that he had dismissed Dr. Lomonos- soff, head of the Rygssian vailway mis- sion 16 ~tHe United®Stateés, because of a statement the latter issued in New. York Monday opposing allied inter- vention in Russia and upholding the Bolsheviki government. The ambas- sador gave notice that he is the only person in the United States author- zed to speak officially for Russia. While Ambassador Bakhmeteft is not recognized by the Bolsheviki re- gime, he is zed by the Ameri- can state department as the official representative of Russia in the United States. Consequently, his action de- . Lomonosseft of any official tus. Both the ambassador and the rail- way mission were accredited to the United States by the provisional gov- ernment of Kerensky. URGED MORE ATTENTION TO CONNECTICUT RIVER SHAD Gov. Holcomb at Luncheon at State Game Preserves at Madiscn. Madison, Conn., June 12.—More at- tention to the Connecticut river shad situation was urged by Gov. Holcomb, speaking today at a lunchcon at the state game preserves here in connec- tion with the annual meeting of the state board of fisheries and game. He said he wished to protest asalnst a condition under which the people of this state were asked to pay for shad taken from the Conrecticut, several times the price asked of New York people. Others present included Frederi; L. Perry, secretary of state; Wm. K. Mollin, of Bridgeport, president of the board, Supt. John M. Crampton, Da- vid H. Clark of New Haven, warden of the New Haven county and.A. H. Bullard of Bridgeport. SEC’Y BAKER APPRECIATES WAR CAMP GARDENS. Has Expressed His Thanks to the Na- nal War Garden Committee. ‘Washington, June 12.— Secretary Baker has written the national war garden committee extending the thanks of the war department for the prompt and hearty co-operation of the committee while the department is es- tablishing war gardens at the military training camps in this country. “Camp war gardens,” said the letter, made public tonight, “will serve more than one useful purpose. The pro- duction of food at the mess door is of great importance in that it not only lessens the army’s demand on the usual sources of supply, but eliminates trapsportation as well” WEDDING. Baker—Vanderbilt. Lenox, Mass., June 12.—Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was married at Holmwood, her country home here, late today to Raymond T. Baker, directo | of the U. S. mint. Mrs, Reginald C. Vanderbilt wae matron of honor and U. S. Senator Key Pittman of Nevada best man. The lal light and power wires were carried down by the falling trees and sev- eral small fires started from the | government at Mexico City, New Britain Hard Hit By Wind ‘Storm ROOFS WERE TORN OFF SEVERAL HOUSES 300 TREES UPROOTED A Chicken Coop Was icked Up, Blown Over a Four Foot Fence and De- ~posited in an Adjoining Yard. New Britain, Conn., June 12—Con siderable property damage was caused in the residential sect'on here by a| storm - of cyclonic proportions which | swept through the city late today. So far as known only one person was hurt, Wiliam O’Mara, a police offigsr at work in his yard, being cut on the| head by a fiying house blind. Reofs of Houses Torn OFf. The roofs of some thirty . houses were damaged and in several instanc- es torn off, smaller build'ngs were blown away, and four private garages weer crumpied up or blown down. One of these was completely overturned with with an automobile inside it; while its doors were found on the roof of a dwelling 100 vards away. Tin roofs on three houses were torn off and dropped in a field half a mile dis In one instance a chicken coop < picked up by the wind, I'fted over a four foot fence and deposited in a neighhor's vard. One large dwelling house was found to have been moved two inches on its foundation. Win- dows in many dwellings were blown in and one householder reported that ar- ticles of furn'ture had been blown from his kitchen into the dining room. More Than 300 Trees Uprooted. More than 300 trees were up-rooted or broken off, and traffic on several streets was blocked by them. Eleceric- 1 broken wires, but were quickly ex-! tinguished. As a measure of safety! the electrical current was cut off from the section affected by the storm. HAIL DAMAGED GARDEN ! TRUCK AT BRISTOL. Lightning * Struck Twice During the Storm. Bristol, Conn., June 12.—A severe thunder storm, accompanied by ai | U-BOAT REMAINED ON SURFACE FOR TWO DAVS}[ heavy fall of hail, visiteq Bristol late today. The chief damage was in the eastern part of the town, where the Bristol clubhouse was unroofed and about half a dozen trees were blown down. Lightning struck twice during the storm, one bolt severing a heavy feed wire which supplies electrical power from the Bristol and Plainville Tramway company’s power house to a local factory. Hailstones fell in large quantities, doing considerable damage to garden truck. ~ Tobacco Crop Damaged. Winsted, Conn,, June 12.—Garden | crops in this and surrounding towns | and young tobacco in Barkhamsted | suffered_to some extent today by ! severe electrical and hail storm which | passed over this section during the| afternoon. The hailstones were re- ported to be unusually large and the growing plants were cut or tattered by the pelting. Private Mason Killed by Lightning. | Burlington, Vt, June 12—Private John J. Mason, aged 25, of New York | city, a member of the 310th cavalry, | ‘was killed today at Fort Ethan Allen when lightning struck a mess shack in which he and four other troopers had .sought shelter from the storm. The other soldiers were stunned. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO A. F, OF L. WARMLY RECEIVED Pointed Out the Importance of La- bor's Position in the War. St. Paul, Minn, June 12—A mes- sage from President Wilson pointing out the importance of labor's position in the war, was warmly received to- | day by the delegates to the convention | here of the American Federation of Labor. That President Wilson is the hope | and ideal.of the people of Europe and | that if the United States wants peace it must fisht for it, were other out- standing siatements of the speakers. “We shouid let nothing stand in the | way of coordaining the government | h the aliies and crushing this un- civilized beast,” Chairman Wilson as- serted. Samuel Gompers expressed the hope ! that “the democracies of the world would suffer themselves to be wiped cut before. they would accept such, a reace as that signed by Russia.” NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEXICO FOR RELEASE OF SOLDIERS Must Be Carried on Througk Diplo- matic Channels. Brownsville, Tex., June 12.—Negoti- ations for the release of four American soldiers, who with Lieut. David J. Schaile, crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico Sunday night while searching for the body of a drowned comrade and who are detained in Matamoras, Mexico, opposite Brownsville, must be carried on between the state depart- ment at Washington and the Federal Colonel Tirzo Gonzales, consnanding officer at Matamoras announced today. The body of Lieut. Schaile was sent to his former home in New Orleans. He was shot to death on the Mexican side Sunday night. MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS ENDORSE HENRY FORD Who Has Been Menticned as Repub- lican Candidate For U, S. Senator. Lansinz, Mich,, June 12, — Henry [ halted 120 miles off Cape Hatteras, was TwoNorwegianShips Were Sunk Saturday | ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF CAPEI CHARLES, VA. CREWS WERE PICKED UP Eighty Tons of Copper Ingats, Part of | the Cargo of One of the Vessels, ! Were Taken Aboard the U-Boat. New York June 12—Two Norweg- | ian steamships, the Vindeggen and Henrik Lund were sunk by a German | submarine when about 200 miles east | of Cape Charles, Va. on last Satur- day and Monday, respectively. This brings the total of vessels sunk by U Dboats since they began their campaign in these waters to 18. Crew Picked Up. Their crews totalling 68 men were | brought here today by a Danish steam- | ship which picked them up at sea af- | ter they had becn set adrift in their small beats, Transferred Cargo of Copper. Eighty tons of copper ingots, part of thé cargo of the Vindesgen were taken aboard the U-bodt before the teamship was sunk by means of ! bombs. The vessel was stopped by | the submarine on-June § and the crew | was obliged to unload the copper into | the ships small boats and transfer it to the U-boat. Then the small boats were taken in twq until the Henrick Lund was sighted on June 10. Crews Were Taken in Tow. The Henrick Lund was from Nor- follg for New York. Stopped by the submarine, the crew of this ship was likewise orderéd into small boats and the ship sent to the bottom by bombs. Then the two crews were taken in{ tow and when the Danish vessel was submarine cut the adrift and sub- ighted according to their story, the} merged. T'he Vindeggen was bound here from 2 an port her copper | consigned to the American Smelting | & Refining Company. Four Norwegian Ships Have Been Sunk | The destruction of these two ships | makes four flying the Norwegian flag ! which have been victims of German submarines in American waters. The | two ‘others were the Vinland, sunk: June 5 and the Eidsvold sunk June | 4, both off the Virginia capes. While Transferring Cargo of Coprer from Norwegian - Steamship Vin deggen. New York. June 12—The audacity of a German ubmarine captain, who kept his vessel on the surface for two days’while' transferring to the 8,000 tons of copper fron -the Norwe- gian steamship Vindeggen. which was described tonight by the officers of the freighter. The Vindeggen'd crew_and that of the Henrik Lund, also a Nor- whgian, wcre brought to' this port aboard the Danish steamship Brosund after their craft had been sunk by the Teuton raider June 10. The Henrik Lund hove in sight and was signalled by the submarine just as the latter was finishing its looting of the Vindeggen's cargo, said mem- bers of the crews. The German com- mander ordered both the ships’ com- panies into their hoats and sent the two vessels to the bottom with bombs. Captain Balmestad of the Vindeggen and Captain Kaltenborg of the Henrik Lund were interviewed here by naval officials. The crews, comprising 68 men, most of whom are Chinese, were turneq over to the immigration au- thorities. FINLAND'S PRCPOSED NEW FORM OF GOVERNMENT Provides That the Country Shall Be an Independent Kingdom. Helsinzfors, Finland, June 12.—The government proposal for the establish- ment of a new form of government has been delivered to the landtag. It provides that Finland shall be an in- dependent kingdom, with .a _singship hereditary in the male line. The king may not simultaneously be the ruler of any other state. He shall have an ab- solute veto in matters affecting the altration of the constitution and land and sea traffic. In other matters his veto may be overruled by a two-thirds majority of the landtag elected at a new election, The king also is to be invested with broad powers regarding treaties with foreign states, but he may not begin an offensive war or sign peace treaties without the consent of the landtag. *The proposed form of sovernment appears to be baseq larzely on the Swedish constitution of 1509. Two agrarian senators have resign- ed because of opposition to a mon- archial form of government. Two hun- dred and fifty prominent members of thg young Finnish party have pubs lished a manifesto favoring a mon- archy. OFFICES OF ROBINS DRY DOCK & REPAIR CO. RAIDED Federal Agents Seized Time Books, Cost and Material Charge List: New York, June 12.—Time books, ! cost and material charge lists and other papers belonging to the Tebo Yacht Basin company were seized in a raid today by Federal agents on the officers of the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co.. in Brooklyn, Last week similar raids were made on offices of the Tebo Concern. .1t is said that the records seized today had been transferred from the Tebo com- pany’s offices to the Dry Dock com- pany offices. The records taken will be examined by district attorney France an a corps ! may. exempt ball players from Condensed Telegrams The Railway Administration decidéd upon a standard form of timetable. . The Mobile concrete . shipbuilding plant was increased to an eight-ship unit. Senator Chamberlain introduced a ‘bill for government ownership of air- craft plants. Several large oil_mills enach, in the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, were destroyed by fire, Provost Marshal ~General Crowder service for the 1918 season. . Output ‘of the Rand Gold Mines in S. Africa for the month of May total- ed 741000 fine ounces. Four towns in south Jersey voted ‘dry” while four towns in the north- ern section yoted The Tenants League of New York propose an appeal to the President for relief from higher rent exactions. The Food Administration announced it had reserve stocks of flour in 20 cities amounting to 500,000 barrels. Operation of the nav U. §. powder plant near Chari:s: W. Va., has be- gun two months'ahcud of schedule, - The War Deparimeént ‘danied that Frau Krupp had onc: offered. to seil| long-range guns for Panama Canal. Five shipyards soon will begin werk on 40 concrete ships’ under contracts| signed by the U. S. Shipping Board. The Railroad Administration author- ized the 'increase of: fare from New York to Newark from 17 to 27 cents, Contracts for the erection of two new nitrate plants, one mear Cincin= nati and the other near Toledo. were announced. The council . of the Colonial Inst tute resolved that none of the German colonies captured by the. British will be restored. Porto Rico and Hawaii were called upon by Provost Marshal - General; Crowder to furnish 17,000 men for the National Army. Lord Kitchener, bother of the late! an airplane. 'Lord Kitchener. is ‘over' 70 years of age, | Secretary Baker warmly commended | the Polish National Committee for work done in dispatching Polish troops to fight in France. . Theodore P. Shonts was taken to the Post-Graduate Hospital, New -Yerk. | suffering from nervous trouble said to be the result of.overwork. The anti-loafing law passed Ly the Massachusetts- state -legislature as a War measure was -put ‘into effect- by Governor McCall last night. There was a rush ‘to pay incem taxes in the four'New York dist ¢onsequent upon the' declaration th: no extention will be allowed. A special board, named by Secretary of W‘gr Baker, will' visit the canton- | ments and hold hearings in the cases of 600 conscientiots objectors. George Creel, chairman of the Pub- lic Information Bureau, —asked- the House Committee ~on . Appropriations for $2000 000 -to. run, his bureau. The campaign to reéruit-2,000 candi- dates for commissions as first' lieuten- ant and captain in the army engineer- ing corps, will start in a few days. Civilians beyond draft age will be admitted to the next series of officers’ training camps. The demand is for technical training for the’ artillery. Capt. Frank W. Hulett of the en- gineers was killed in France June 6, according to word received at his home in Lewiston, Me. He was a graduate of Yale. [ Eight hundred office employes and department heads. of the National Tube Co. surrendered their vacations at the Lorain (Ohio) office to speed up war grflg‘luction. . Purchase of 198,000 shares of Ameri- can Magnolia Petroleum\py the Stand- ard Oil was made the grounds for.a complaint argued before the Federal Trade Commission. Sheriff Knott seized $10,418,700 securities of the Denver & Rio Grande Rallroad. in New Yerk banks to satis- the Equitable Trust Co. Allegations. of delays and waste_of material in airplane factories' was sent to the Attorney General by .Senator Chamberlajn, chairman of the. Senate Military Affairs Committee. ; v Beginning -today, no retailer in Massachusetts ‘will be permitted _to sell more than two- pounds of sugar to any one person and must satisfy him- self that the purchaser Is not getting a total quantity in excess of three pounds per person per. month. The U. S. Steel corporation an- nounceq last night that its federal in- come and excess profits tax bills, ag- gregating $233,455,000, have. been paid. The payment is declared to be, the largest ever made by’ any American corporation, and probably’ in history. MODIFICATIONS OF RECENT FREIGHT RATE INCREASE Provisions Anncunced by Director General . McAdoo. Washington, June 12—Modifications of the recent freight rate increase or- der, unnounced - tonight by Director General ‘McAdoo provide that the plan by which intra-state rates would have been cancelled when in conflict with interestate rates, shall be rescinded; that the minimum charge of $15 a car shall not apply to. loecal switching movements nor to heavy articles such as brick, sand, lumber, ore-and. coal; Field-Marshal, made his first flight in } fy a judgment of $35.958403 held by| As Calleg For in an Address ade By Him to Gon — it gress Last January WEANT PUBLIGATION AFTER RATIFICATION Did Not Mean of Delicate Matters — Following the Reception in the Senate of President Wilson’s Explanation, the Boul: Amendment to the Underwood Cloture Resolution Was Defested 50 to 25—The Amendment Called For Public Washington, June by President’ Wilson today that his call“for open diplomacy, ‘'made in an address to consress last January meint not public - discussion of deli cate matters, but' “open, above-bo: and explicit” publicity of completed international “relations was followed by defeat in ‘the senate, 50 to 23, of Sepator's Borah's proposal for public ecnsideration. of treatics. ‘ Rejeetion. of the Borah plan ad- vanced as an amendment to'the mew rule proposed by Scnator Underwood of Alahama to-limit eenate debate dur- ing the ‘war paved the way for action tomorrow on. ke Underwood resolu- 12.—Explanation tion. - An .agreemwent- to vote.at four 0'cClock . tomorrow afternoon was reached. President Wilson’s own interpreta- tion of his open diplomacy declaration was' made, Known in a request for a tiemorandum to. Secretary Lansing read to the senate by Chairman Hitch- cock, of the foreign delations - com- mittee.. The request for the memoran- dum_was written March 12, after in- troduction.of the Boran resoiution, and was made public 2s a resuit of the ar- gument in_the eenate yesterday, over which at the president’s words mean". Tt follows: The President’s Letter. “T_wish. you would. be kind enough to’ formulate a careful 2nd conclusive memorandum for the use of. the com- mittee of the senate with regard to the eniclosed resolution, L take it for grant- ed that- you feel as I do, that this is no time to act as the resolution pre- &cribes, and certainly when 1 pro- nounced for open diplomacy 1 meant not -that there should be no . private Consideration of Treaties—A Vote Is to Be Taken on the Underwood Resolution at 4 O’Clock This Afternoon. Underwood cloture ° ruie, _despite ac- ceptance by Senator Underwood of a sub rule offered by Senator Cummins, of Iowa ' extending privileges of de- bate. In lieu of the original resolition to limit senators debate’ during thke ‘war ‘o one hour on bilis or resolutions except by unanimous ' consent, the Cummins sub will allow one hour and a half and provide for’ extensien by majority vote. Rejection, 40-to 29, of an ' amend- ment by Senator. Gallinger of New Hampshire, to restrict cloture to the present year was regarded by - the advocates of cloture as indication of final adoption of the modified rule. Senator Cummins contended vigor- ously that the rule would help expedite legislation. “He pointed out that 200 Lills and résolutions of the 64th .con- gress were left on the calendar cut being disposed of by the senate. . Tive thousand bills and resolutions have been introduced at the present session, he said. and of this number only ten per cent. will have been con- sidered by committees by the time the session ends. ~ 5 Senator Hale of Malne.thn{m had examined the debate on the war revenue bill, and found but 11 speeches exceeding an hour and a half. Sena- tor Johnson. of California. ‘opposing the rule, pleaded that the = senate “chould not be shackied” because after the war it will be necessary for 'tht country to readjust itself, after ha conferred autocratic War powers. 3 Senator Joanson attacked the re- cent order for a 25 per cent. increase in freight rates declaring it had been improvidently made and would destroy generationg of work in California.. He mentioned this order as one of the in- ‘discussions of delicate matters, but that no secret aszreements should he entered into and that-all international Talations, when fixed should be open, ‘dhove board ‘and ‘explicit.” Senator Borah insisted that the president’s_statemers “in his address i favor. of opén negotiations were so plain, as to _be. impossible of -miscon- struction. ~ Nineteen republicsns and four democrats voted for adoption of the amendment while fourtcen repub- licans “joined - thirty-six -democrats in its rejection. With - the Borah amendment in the diecard, -aftack. was renewed on the stances. of ‘“the peculiar - aytocratic . power in the land.” 2 Senator Jolhson said he was mot ériticising 'any man or the wmifl- tration, that he recognized the right of ‘the commander in chiéf to select whomacever b, pleased m . 5 command, and was' n ing - th any decision be chanzed, but. that some legislation be mad 3 Nothing better {llusirates™” he con- cluded, “just how far we have gone in - this. government . of ours- today: than the fact that there, is no -legislation made to the American people.or to the. congress of the United States” WE‘TERN RAILROADS ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE REGIONS Directors Were Appointed by Secre- tary McAdoo Yesterday. ‘Washington, - June "12. — Territory west of the Mississippi river was di- vided today by Director General Mc- Adoo into three raiiroad operating re- gions with R. H. Aishton, director of the northern portion headquarters at Chicago: Hale Holden, president of the Burlington, director of the Central division. headquarters at Chicago; iand B. F. Bush, receiver for the Mis- souri Pacific director of the south- western division, headquarters at St. Louts. Later a district manager will be named for the Pacific coast. This reorzanization of the west brings the number of operating re- gions fo seven, with a director at the head of each, responsible for. active mianagement of all roads in his terri- tory and answerable to' Director Gen- eral McAdoo only in the broadest matters of policy. It is considered probable that no more regions wiil be created. The policy of naming managers for the. individual roads wili be the same in the west and elsewhere. A federal manager , will -be given supervision over a trunk system together with several smailer lines physically con- nected. with ‘the trunk. Genera agers will be named for indivi lines ‘without -other conn=ctions. WOM/~N CHARGED WITH PASSING BOGUS CHECKS Mrs, Mildred Bonifa Daughter of a Wealthy Philadelphia Family. : Boston, June 12—Mrs. Mildred Bon- iface, said to be the daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia family - named Evarts, was in custody today charged with' posing as a sister of W. H. Rey- nolds, president of a Chicago band, ani through the middle west and New England. TR A i According to ‘the police she con- vincea bankers in Pitisburgh, Buf- falo, Baltimore, Newport, New Ha- ven, Boston and several other cities that she was Mrs.:Reynolds’ sister, and was without readv money and per- samaded them to honor a, draft on the ‘bank of which Mr. Reynolds is president. In Portland, Maine, a banker recognized, her by a police cir- cular and shé was arrested. Tonight she_was placed in charge of police of- ficers -from - Piftsburgh,’ Pa. wWho re- turned with her to that city to answer to charges there. HOW THE EDWARD' PIERCE ESCAPED GERMAN U-BOAT. Was Chased by Submarine ~Until Coast Lights Came Into View.. . S Fo el An Atlantic Port, June 12.—How the, Adverioar sreatulr Siwariis St caped both shell fire and a fram & German submarine off the Vir- ginia capes Monday night in a stern chase that ended only when coast lights were sighted, was related here today by Captain Wade, master of the vessel. The attack came soon after the Norwegian steamer Henrik Lund was sunk 120 miles east of Cape:Hat- teras and probably was made by the same submarine. S Captain Wade said his first of the presence of the sea Wolf was in a flash of light and a shell crossing his bow. It was dark and the captain decided he would depend upon that and speed to save his ship. All steam was crowded on the vessel and a zig- zag course was run. The submarine continued to fire, but the marksman ship of the gunners in the darkness was_poor. Finding his _guns unavailing, the German. according to Captain Wade, launched a torpedo, but it went wide, though the captain and members of the crew saw it pass their vessel at'a - rapid speed. The chase lasted for two hours, the submarine -evidently draw- ing off when the coast lights came into view. Captain Wade said his wireless calls were answered by the Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, station and the American steamer Walter D. Noyes. The latter vessel reported on its arrival here that it had sighted what was Delieved to have been a submarine, but the Noyes was mot attacked. SIX NAMES IN SECOND "MARINE CASUALTY LI!T Four Privates Were Killed and Twe Officers Severely-Injured in Action. ‘Washington, June 12—A . second marine corps casualty list ‘today con: tained the names of four privates kill- - ed and two officers severely wounded in_action. The officers were Colonel Albertus . W. Catlin of Washington, D. C., and First Lieut. Albert P. Baston, of St. Louis Park, Minn. The list fol- lows: Killed in action—Privates George Olive, Berry: Ala.; Wm. H. -Boyle, Houston. Tex.; Henry - E. Stockel, Brooklyn.; McKinley Swart, Panama, N.Y. & Albertus Wounded severely—Col. Catlin, Washington, D. C.; First Lieut. NEW AIRPOST RECORD BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK Lieut. Culver, Made the Flight in 42 Minutes. - - STEAMERS TO TRANSPORT New York Jupe 12.—In a, yictorious * . COFFEE FROM BRAZIL R IR race with a_thunderstorm,” Lieut. Cul- During July and August, Have Been |her bioke. the MIgest. record betwesn Allotted By Shipping Board. ‘Philadelphia. and New York. He left Philadelphia at 2:30 p. m. and arrived ‘Washington, ' June 12.—The War|at Bélmont Park.42 minutes later, fly- Trade Board: announced . -late - today |ing at the ©of 147 miles an hour. that the shipping board has allotteda,. At Trenton the “fiyer” overtook ' & number of steamers to transport coffés’| thunderstorm moving in the ; from Brazilian ports-to - New - York. | rection. Alithough the | Cl ceremony was performed by Rev. Ben- son'N. Wyman, pastor of the Lenox Congregational church, who read the Episcopal service. Among the guests were Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo! and Mrs. McAdoo; Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to the president, and Mrs. Tumulty; Rear Admiral Cary T. Gray- son, U. 8. N., and Mrs. Grayson, and George T. Marye, who was Amekican ambassador to Russia while Mr. Baker was secretary of the embassy at Petrograd. The bride -was given in marriage by her father, Isaac E. Emerson, of Baltimore, Mr. and Mrs. Baker left here to- Ford, Detroit, automobile manufactur- er, who has been mentioned as the re- publican candidate for U. S. senator to succeed William Alden Smith, whose term expires next year, was endorsed by Michigan democrats. in conference here today. and slated “to become our party candidate. , although he is. not within . pur. fold” The erdorsement oi a républican candidate by a demo- cratic conference is unparalalleled in Michigan Dpolitical history. The resolution said the action was taken “following ‘the illustrious pre- cedent of our commander-in-chief, Woodrow Wilson, in, endorsing for re- eiection Senator Nelson of Mmnesota, Iné support of his dependents, ELLIOTT REMAINS WITH T T S “RENCH CANADIANS ARE NEW HAVEN ROAD. FLOCKING TO THE COLORS, | Statement That He Was Removed as Chief Operating-Officer Erroneous. and that the increase of .15 cemts per hundred pounds on cotton. is to apply to any' quantity instead only carloads. of experts. Albert P. Boston, St. Louis Park, Minn. MARCONI INFRINGEMENT " SUIT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED Until' After the War—Was to Have Commenced in New York Yesterday New York, June 12.—The trial of the patent infringment suit brought by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America_against the De Forest Radio Telephofe and ‘Teleg;gn Co., which was to-have commenced today .in the Federal district court was. as the ré- BODY OF CHILD SIGHTED SOUTHEAST OF BARNEGAT Believed to Have Been Lost from a N Carolina Lifeboat. An Atlantic Port, June 12.—The body of a child 8 years of age, believed to! be among those lost from a lifeboat | from - steamer Carplina, victim of a German submarine on June 3, was sighted six miles southeast of Barne- Zat by officers of a steamship which arrived here . today. Those Whe Had Fought the Draft and| wwashington, June 12.—The. appoint- Refused to Enlist. ment of a federal manager for the 4 New York, New Haven and Hartford Boston, June 12.—French Canadians | railroaq will have no effect upon the wiio fought the draft and re- | relations of Howard Eiliott, former fased to now are flocking to the | president and now a director and ad- colors in the provinces, according to|visory officer with that road. It was Capt. J. L. Breakly of the Royal En- |erroneously stated yesterday that Mr. gineers, who returned to recruiting | Elliott was removed as chief operating duty hére today after visiting several | officer of the New Haven by the nam- same Passing through‘it, he beat learances ‘will occur during July dnd|the rain ~Belmont Park half anlquest of the Navy department,. sus C 1 because of his loyalty and support of | steamer passed close to the -body,|August and the freight Tate is -fixed | hour. ¢! flew 'an fl ne’ -~ Judge Mayer the training camps. ik oF th SRNETAl Sk amer. night’ for California. the natiom's war policy. it | identincation was ibaposstbia b P e Oy i Awit i o ] | et i tion of the war.