Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 4, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag Balletin VOL. LIX—NO. 159 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, .CONN., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1918 AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE SMASHED GERMAN ATTACKS Americans Hold the Hamlet of Vaux, Which the Enemy Is Striving GERMAN DEAD AND WOUNDED COVER GROUND The Germans Have Lost Heavily, But the Battle Is Still Being Waged Fiercely—At Moulin-Soos-Toutvent the French| Have Penetrated the German Line Over a Front of Near- ly Two Miles to a Depth of Almost a Half a Mile—Ger- mans Have Driven British From Positions Near Bouzin- | court, North of Albert—The Italians Have Crossed the| Piave River and Have Captured 1,900 Prisoners and | Vzluable War Material — r.merican Air Fighters Are; Credited With Destroying Seven German Machines—]tl‘ Is Reported the Ukraine Government Is Tottering. e Associated Press.) at \aux, nierry, have ted and _de- peritely to ttle is an | opation of portant by the by General Per- rsting e German can- ells be- e projectiles annon. The have not vieldel d, when the ene- to Retake struck the German line over a front of nearly two miles and have pene- trated to a depth of approximately balf a mile. Prisoners to the number of 457 have heen reported captured. The British were unable to retain the positions they seized on Sunday near Bouzincourt, north of Albert. Af- ter a terrific bombardment, the Ger- mans have succeeded in recapturing ground. On the north e of ey Pica sector at Boyel and Moy- | enneville. and in the Lys sector, at! the British Jiave taken s in raiding operations. pris- alians have in shifte ck_and this time have chosen | ve front for a deinonstration | their strenszth. After a hombard- ment which amounted to drumfire in- en permit- v he has b t close to America torm of bmllcts has ks and broke his | results of these assaults the | st very Bded. They hav engazed is prob- v numer- seemingl ity t runnin up to- Inortheast of Capo Sile. In spite of the flooded areas hefore them, they | made some pr 'ss, which is admit- | tea by captured 1,800 | prisoner ng valuable | war material. Austrian counter-at- itacks in the Grappa region, east of lie Prenta, have been repulsed American air fighters have p: | thorities there, tott to its fall t is reported. The allezed attitude of | the covernment toward the peasants tensity, the Italians crossed the Piave rated in comba at Vaux.and are credite with destroying seven G n chines. In the fighting on Tuesday the British destroyed thi airplanes and forced nine more to de- scend out of tontrol. The Ukraine government, et up by the German mil during the fight to be the cause of the impend- SENATCR TILLMAN I8 DEAD IN WASHINGTON. He Failed to Rally from Paralytic Stroke He Suffered Last Thursday. July P)— man of 1 this morning at suffered a cerebral | sday and had | jous condition since senator had been a 1 States senate would have ex- t T man, farmer nor of South veral state edu- | and for the I es_senator from many respec e figure in the sen- ired to hi ornfield lawyer,” | an” As a rights and party, during , he op- v both con- ument in all respects: Although nearl; years oid, the in good health until ears ago, in the of the heart arteries, and d been in poor Ith. He was born in Ropers, Edgefield cou South Carolina, on Augg. 11, 1847. The Tillman homestead, com- prising 10,000 acres of farm land, had been in the fam possession for more than a century and a quarter. Benjamin R. Tillman was the young- est of a family of eleven, seven sons and four daughters, 8292021343 SUIT FOR BLACK TOM EXPLOSION Brought by Bethlehem Steel Co. Against Lehigh Valley Road. Trenton, N. J, July 3—The Beth- lehem Steel company has filed a suit In the supreme court to recover dam- Bges amounting to $2,920,213.43 fro the Lehigh Valley Railroad company 3s a result of the Black Tom powder sxplosion in Jersey City in 1916. The explosion occurred at the dock of the railroad company. The steel company lost seventeen carloads of ammunition and two carioads of combination Juses in the explosion, which it was Hlaimed was due to the negligence of jhe railroad company in not having tareful handlers of ammunition at the National Docks in Jersey City and in ot providing adequate fire protection there. GOVERNMENT RETAINS 553 SHORT LINE RAILROADS. Employes Will Receive Same Wages as Employes of Steam Roads. Washington, July 3.—The raiiroad administration announced tonight that 653 short line railroads had been re- tained under government control. All employes of these lines will receive the wage awards made to employes of the | I"rance, | the nation already has sent a million | men overseas. | son will be the honor guest of a con If | steam roads, and owners will be com- Densated under the general contract. OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY UNUSUAL THIS YEARI Exercises Are to Be Held in Great Britain, France and Italy. Washington. July 4.—American In- dependence Day will he observed to- morrow as never hefore. While the people of the United States are gath- ering to celebrate the ning one hundred and forty-two vears ago of the declaration of freedom, exercises will be held in Great Britain, in in Italy, and in other lands to commemorate the birth of Am can liberty to the defense of which In this country the day will be the occasion of a renewal of allegiance by the foreign born and President Wil- mittee representing thirty nationa es on a pilgrimage to the honfe and | tomb of George Washington. The | president will deliver an addre: which will be read simultaneously demonstrations throughout the coun- try and which has been cabled reading and publication in for lands. Patriotic celebrations have been ar- ranged in virtually every city and town in the country in which nativ born and foreign-born will join, while the day wil# be made a gala occasion at all army and navy training camps and stations. No small part of the day’s celebration will be the launching on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts of 100 merchant ships and fourteen torpedo hoat destroyers to challengs the German sea wolves. BEEF MAY BE SERVED ON ANY DAY AT ALL MEALS By Hotels and Restaurants—New Ruling by the Food Administration. Hartford, Conn., July 3.—Beef in all forms may be served at every meal and beef by-products may he served on any day and at any meal by hotels and public eating houses un- der a new ruling made public tonight by the office of the federal food admin- istration for Connecticut and effective tomorrow. It was pointed out that the old rule, which designated certain days and meals at which beef and beef products might be served, had been a source of much confusion and com- plaint, the latter especially from pro- prietors whose trade was chiefly at certain times of the day when such service was no* permissible. The food administration strongly urges, however, that wherever possi- ble pork and pork products be substi- tuted for beef, the explanation being that while there is a slight surplus of pork, there is no surplus of exportable eef. o GERMANY EXACTS MORE MONEY FROM BELGIUM War Centribution Raised From 50,- 000,000 Francs to 60,000,000 Monthly Amsterdam, July 3—The war con- tribution which Belgium has to pay to Germany, says Les Nouvelles, has been raised from 50,000,000 francs to 60,000,000 francs monthly. This is equivalent to 750 francs per head. The Germans have convoked the provincial councils to discuss the method of i ho | the association’ Cabled Paragraphs American Red Cross Drive in Japan. Tokio, June .20—(By A. P.)—The American Red Cross drive in Japan netted over $30,000 or more than twice the amount pledged by the executive committee of the Japan chapter as its share of the $100,000,000 fund. Canadian Hospital Just Outside Parfs Paris, July 3.—(Havas Agency). President Poincare today went to Joinville-le-Pont, - just outside Paris, where Sir Robert Borden, the Cana- dian premier, in the presence of Gen- eral Currfe, commander-in-chief of the Canadian armies, presented to the chief executive a fully equipped Ca- nadian hospital. Several noted Cana- dians were at the presentation cere- mo: The hospital contains 520 beds which number will soon be increased to 1,040. GRANDSON OF LAFAYETTE SPEAKS OF INDEPENDENCE DAY Tells of Ties Existing Between France and the United States. July 4—Marquis De Cham- on of Lafayette of Revo- me, speaking on the sub- : Tndenendence Day, said to The od Pres: = Detween France | and the United States are in the an- nals of history the most striking ex- nle of an alliance of peoples. These ies do not rest gn mere treaty st' tions. Their %ri spontaneous ou sympathy a centu “When General explain his goes bac of popular and a half ago. TLafayette wrote to haiing gone to America to fizht for independence, lines after- wards enzmved upon his monument in n squart soon as I heard of in independence my heart was enlisted) he expressed .in advance was to he a lasting sentiment cen the two nations. merica and France have not es- ished their alliance on common in- terests od upon reciprocal advantages h vea are liable to alter or mod- The two liberty-loving nati their ideal of liberty 1l esteem and permanent friendship. On dates which ara only a few days apart in the month | ify. have placed in the basis of their m of Juiy, America and Trance cele- | hr: their n: al ho'iday in which i both cemmemorate freedom. Free- and_ independence for one and| in individual political libe the other, and today, while| < armies are on our battle- ds. fighting with us and our glo ous allies eniisted for the defense of our soil ‘n the noblest cause, we re- joice to think t} government h deemed it proper to ¥ to American soldiers and to the American people: ‘Independence Day is a national day in France: a commemoration |of freedom ever vicMrious.' " BiG INCREASE NECESSARY IN SALARIES OF TEACHERS Question Discussed Before National Education Association. Pittsburgh, Pa., July’ 4—The two most important questlons hefore the ational Education Association—a dical revision upward of school o ers’ e ries and the national tion of the public schools of A —were discussed here tonight during the main session of the annual con- vention. Speakers from the south, cast and west, told the delegates Df‘ plans to bring about 5, and urged the creation ‘ederak department of labor with retary in the president’'s cabi- the changes of a s net . RUSSELL T. EDWARDS IS INVITED TO ADDRESS WOMEN At Convention of Women's Association of Commerce in Cincinnati. York. July 3.—At the invitaiion “Jorence King. an attorney of . president of the Women's As- sociation of Commerce of the United States of America, Russell T. Ed- rds, director of the educational sec- n of the national war garden com- miesion, will address the members at the convention in Cincinnati on July 17. Every profession in which women | are engaged is represented in the membership of the Edw; FAVORABLE REPORT ON CONTROL OF “WIRES” Has Been Ordered by the House terstate Commerce Committee. In- Washinugton, 1y 3.—The house terstate commerc e committee late in- to- day ordered a favorable report on the resolution authorizi the president to take over telegraph, cable, tele- phone and radio systems. The committee substituted for the Aswell resolution approved hy the president, a measure by Representa- tive Sanders of Louisiana which lim- its the time for federal control to the period of the war. $3,000 FIRE IN WELDON BLOCK, WILLIMANTIC Blaze is Said to Have Started From an Overheated Electric Iron. Willimantic, Conn.. July 4—Damage estimated at about $8,000 resulted from a_fire tonight in the Weldon block on Main street. The Stewart Clothing Store on the first floor was burned out and on the second floor the apart- ments of Dr. John Weldon, owner of the building were damaged, chiefly by smoke. The fire is raid to have started from an overheated electric iron which had heen left in the store with the current turned on. PRESIDENT APPROVES FIXED PRICE OF COPPER New Price is Subject to Revision Af- ter Next August 15, ‘Washington, July 3.—President Wil- son today approved the agreement be- tiveen copper producers and the price fixing _committee of the war indus- tries board fixing the maximum price on copper at 26 cents a pound, an ad- vance of 2 1-2 cents over the former price. The new price, which became effective vesterday, is subject to re- vision after mext August 15. 457 German Prisoners. Paris, July 3—Prisoners to the num- ber of 457, of whom seven were offi- cers, were taken in the attack north of Moulin-Sous-Toutvent, according to an official statement issued by the war office tonight. payment by the Belglans. King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy will the port of Nap’ our parliament and / Government Seizes $1,500,000 Plant INTERNATIONAL TEXTILE OF BRIDGEPORT INC.,, WAS ALIEN PROPERTY It Is Owned By Max Henkels, a Citi- zen of Germany—It Is One of the Finest Factories in the Park City. New York, July 3—The Interna- tional Textile, Inc., a $1,500,000 lace manufacturing company of Bridge- vort, Conn.,, a branch of the largest corporation of its kind in the world, has been seized by the United States 2overnment. it was announced today by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien proper- ty custodian. L Files Were Destroyed. Seizure was determined upon when it was discovered that all the com- pany’s books, the correspondence files Special Convention of RailwayTelegraphers CALLED TO OPEN IN WASHING- TON JULY 8TH \ / TO DECIDE ATTITUDE Will Determine Their Position Toward Handling Commercial Business in the Event of a Strike on W. U. Lines. Washinston, July 3.—A special con- vention of the Order of Railway Tele- graphers has besn called to open here July Sth, at which the telegraphers will determine their position toward commercial business in the event of a strike on the Western Union lines. At hundreds of smaller railway stations throuzhout the United States the railway telegraphers handie West- ern Union business and receive com- missions from the company. They also did receive commissions from ex- ] OUR flag and our flag, And how it floats today O’er your land and my land And half the world away. Sky-blue true-blue, With stars that beam aright; A glorified gui- don of the | day, A shelter thro’ the night. and Your heart and my heart Beat quicker at the sight; Sun kissed and wind tossed, The red and blue and white. YOUR FLAG AND MY FLAG Blood-red and rose-red, Its stripes forever gleam; Snow-white and soul-white, The good forefathers’ dream, Your flag and my flag— Ch, how much it holds! Your heart and my heart bW\ s folds. The one flag! the great flag! The flag for me and you! Glorified, all else beside, The red blue. and other documents which would tend to show German,ownership had been destroyed, according to Francis F. Garvan, director of the bureau of investigation for the alien property custodian. The International Textile, Inc., was formerly known as Alb and E. Hen- kels, Inc. -The business was estab- lished in Bridgeport in 1909 by Max Henkels, the son of the founder and head of the main house in Langer- field, Germany. The concern also has a branch in [taly which has been se- questered by the Italian government. The Bridgeport business was conduct- ed as a part of the German establish- ment until 1915, at which time it was incorporated under the Connecticut Alb and E. Henkels, Inc. Firm Name Chang.d. Mr. Garvan said he learned that in March last the German firm name had been changed to the International Textile, Inc. He and his aides dis- reality owned by the Langerfeld cor- poration and that the shifting of names was, Mr. Garvan said, “for the sole purpose of concealing the real ownersiin of enemy owned property.” Transfer of Stock. All of the capita]l stock of Alb and E. Henkels, Inc., in America was is- sued to Max Henkels, who claimed it as his individual property, Mr. Gar- n said: after adoption of the name of International Textile, Inc., all of the stock was transferred to H. Albert Phillips, of Bridgeport, in considera- tion, .it is alleged, of a series of long term notes, under a contract by which Henkels retained the virtual owner- | ship. . Phillips is said to have assisted Henkels in establishing the business in Bridgeport and with being identi- fied with it ever since. Plant is a “Model” One. | The Bridgeport branch operates one of the largest and finest factories in that city and maintains a “model” community group of homes for its employes. The company owns also a large spinning mill in Pennsylvania. The community dwellings alone cost, in 1917, $275,000. In that year the Bridgeport factory's output exceeded $1,000,000 in value. A German Reservist. Max Henkels received his educa- tion in this country and is a graduate of Columbia University, according to Mr. Garvan. He is said to be a Ger- man_reservist officer. In 1914, ac- cording to another United States offi- | cial, Henkels attempted to reach Ger- many on the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, but was unable to do so as the ship returned to_port. Although he applied for American citizenship in 1918, Henkels i still a citizen of Germany, according to Mr. Garvan, At the present time he travels between the factory and his residence in Bridgeport under a lim- ited zone pass. NECESSITY FOR ECONOMY IN NEWS PRINT PAPER Urged Upon Newspaper Publishers by War Industries Board. Washington, July 3.—Necessity for stricter economy in news prin tpaper is emphasized in a ietter addressed by the War Industries Board today to all newspaper publishers who are asked to put into effect a_number of economies. On and after July 15 on- sold copies may not’' be returned; sampie or free promotion copies are not to be distributed; advertisers are to be permitted but one .copy; the practice of forcing copies upon news dealers as the condition of their hold- ing a certain territory is to be dis- covered that both concerns were - in | press companies for handling business ately has heen taken over by In many places the which the government. income derived by from commercial the telegraphers telegrams and ex- press business exceeds the salaries they receive from the railroad com- panies, Inasmuch as government of express and no lead to curiailment of these payments, the telegraphers will hold a special cenvention to decide their attitude. PENALIZED FOR VIOLATING License of a Hartford Chinese Restau- rateur Revoked Indefinitely. Hartford, Conn., July 3.—~Wong Soon, a restaurant proprietor here, has had d food products reyoked indefinitely, it was announced tonight by the federal food administrator's office, for failure t oobserve the former beef regulations. It was charged that he served certain j his permit for meat and other licens dishes on last Monday and Tuesday contrary to the regulations and failed to appear, when notified, to explain his action. Two Meriden dealers, it announced. have had “unf. issued against them for selling wheat flour without a proper amount of wheat substitutes, and wholesalers have been directed to make no sales of such licensed commodity to them. They are Antoni Bonanbinga, a_bake! and Giovanni Papallo, a_saloonkeepe: who had also taken up the business of selling flour. “FIGHT OR STUDY” TO RULE AT THE M. I. E. Students Who Fail to Meet Scholastic Requiraments to Be Inducted Military Service. Into Boston, July 3. — Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolo- gy _during the next college year who fail to meet the scholastic requir ments will be inducted into the mili- tary service. The plan, urged by prominent alumni and endorsed by the war department, was made known today by the college authorities. In effect, the students must cither “fight or study." It is understood that the ruling will not apply to students un- der 21 years of age. BREWING OF BEER TO BE CURTAILED 50 PER CENT. Through Fuel Restrictions in the Year Beginning July 1. Washington, July 3. — Brewing of beer and the manufacture of near beer’) will be curtailed 50 per cent, rear through fuel restrictions in the beginning July 1, according to a joint announcement late today by Fuel Ad- ministrator Garfield and = Chairman Baruch of the War Industries Board, after the weekly meeting of the pres- |ident’s war cabinet. AMERICANS DESTROYED NINE GERMAN AIRPLANES Quentin Roosevelt Was Among the Fliers Engaged. With the American Army in France, July 3—(By The Associated Press). Nine ~German airplanes are unoffi- cially reported to have been destroyed by American pursuit squadrons in the air fighting which has been going on continued. Copies are not to be hought hack from dealers or.agents at either the.wholesale or retail sell- ing price, and all free eschanges are to be discontinued. since daylight over the smoking bat- tle zone of Vaux. Among the fliers engaged during the day was Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. He is fiying a Nieuport machine. and white and!the Spanish embassy that their dele- operation bly telegraph may was also orders Condensed Teiegrams Mount Vernon, N. Y., voted 4o abol- ish teaching Germas The American casualties list con? tained the names of 113 men. ? Department of Agriculture forecast of cotton crop 15,325,000 bales. Joseph Cannon announced his candi- dacy for re-election to Congress. The Brooklyn Postoffice issued an appeal for clerks and letter carriers. The British mission which is visit- | ing South America, has left Chile for Boliivia. Six persons were killed and sixteeen injured in the allied air raid em Mannhelm. Pedro Cohlo, Uruguayan minister to Great Britain, has been transferred to the United States The navy announced the Belgian steamer Chiller was sunk 1,400 miles off the Atlantic coast. A cereal division of the Food Ad- ministration has been created with Julius H. Barnes as head. The Senate adopted a resolution | annulling the charter of the National German-American Alliance. All retail stores in New York are going to eliminate special delivery and make only one delivery a day. Fire of unknown origin destroyed | four buildings of the Aetna Chemical | plant at Mount Union, P: ausing $1,000,000 loss. Between sixty and seventy persons ‘were killed in the explosion of a na- tional shell-filling factory in the Mid- lands, England. | The Cuban House passed the espion- lage bill. onee of the strongest meas- {ures passed against alien enemies in that countr; Mrs. Mary Greeley, sister of Admi- ral George Dewey, died ap her home in Montpelier, Vt., yesterday. She was 79 years old. American troops will be the first to | s the new Wilsoin Bridge, near | France, during the Foutrh of | {July celebration. Pt offensive and dofensive gas war fare now carried on by American troops will be under the Chemical | ‘Warfare Service. | The names of four Americans: wounded. one killed in action, one iil| and one a prisoner appeared on lhci Canadian casualties list. 1 Four American citizens. ware mur- dered by Mexican bandits near Tam- | pico. They were carrying the payroll of the Mexican Gulf Oil Co. The German Government informed gates can not be at Berne for a com- ference on prisoners Aug. 5. Twenty persons were arrested in! Nogales, Ariz. They are being held on a charge of aiding in a plot to foment a revolution in Mexico. A Swedish News Agency corre- spondent at Helsingfors says he learned from a high official that all Englishmen will be expelled from Fin- land. i The Cleveland street car strike is at an end. The conductors and motor- men agreed to submit their differences to the Federal War Labor Board for settlement. Horace F. Cote, a private at Camp Devens, Mass. arrester for being ab- sent without leave and for stealing a motorcycle, was sentenced to ten years at Atlanta, President Wilson defined a new de- fensive area on the lower Chesapeake and abolished the former defensive areas at Chespeake's entrance and | Hampton Roads. Millions of dollars’ worth of war or- ders are being held up in various man- ufacturing plants in New England be- | cause of the strikes and lock-outs in | the textile centers. Former Congressman Thomas L. Reilly of Meriden. was nominated for sheriff of New Haven County at the Democratic county convention in Waterbury, yesterday. A plot by Bolo Pacha to buy the Messengero newspaper, of Rome. and the Secolo, of Milan, has been discov- ered. The papers were to be used to spread German propaganda. President Wilson granted leave of absence with pay to all members of the G. A. R. in Government service who wish to attend the 52nd national encampment at Portland, Ore. The Annie Larson, a little schooner which gained international notoriety as part of a gun-running plot tinanced by the German Government is a total wreck on the Walden Islands in the South Pacific. Five hundred weavers employed at the Wood mill of the American Woolen company at Lawrence, Mass., which is working on vernment contracts, went on strike yesterday. The weavers demand a change in the system of paying bonuses for overtime work. GRAND DUKE MICHAEL HAS ESCAPED FROM PERM Brother of the Former Russian Em- peror Had Been Exiled. Moscow, Sunday, June 16.—Grand Duke Michael, brother of the former Russian emperor, escaped from Perm, | whither he had’ been exiled, two! months ago, according to a statement made at a session of the Petrograd Soviet by B. Zenovieff, president of the Council of Commissioners of the Petrograd commune, today. It was! said that Johnson, the zrand duke's secretary, had vanished with him. AVIATOR MADE FLIGHT TO HIS HOME TOWN. Capt. W. J. Malone Surprised His Townsmen at Bristol. Bristol, Conn., July 3—Capt. William { J. Malone of the aviation service su- prised his townsmen here by flying into town in a two-passenger airplane | from Mineola, N. Y., accompanied by | another officer, late today, to take part in the Fourth of July observance. In the early evening he gave a flvinz ex- jto zet them ready ahead of scheduled TUnited 55 SHPS ARE T0 BE LAUNCHED TODAY PRICE TWO BENTS Pacific Coast Leads Rest of Country With 26 Wooden and 17 Steel Vessels : FEATURE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION The Atlantic and Gulf Yards Will Launch 38 Ships, the Great* Lakes 14—Deadweight Tonnage of the 95 Vessels Is 470,586—The Greatest Number of Hulls Ever Put Over- board in One Day—Schwab and Hurley Praise Loyalty and Devotion of Ship Yard Workers. e Washington, July 3.—The United States celebrates Independence Day tomorrow by launching, between sun- rise and- sunset, more ships than Ger- submarines can destroy in a month at their present rate of under- seas piracy. One hundred shins—perhaps more— approximately half a million tons of dead weight tonnage are expected to slip_from their ways, Without holding back a single ship in order to swell the number for In- dependence Day Launching, the ship- workers by brawn and sacrifice have made ready at least 95 ships, and it is said to be not improbable that the number will be one hundred. These ships, when completed at the same rate of speed which has made possi- ble their launching today. will take their places in the “bridge of ships to France” which will main the armies fightinz to defeat Germany. A Great Achievement. Today's achievement which. proba- bly will be account®d among the safest and sanest Fourth of July celebrations in the country’s history has heen made possible only by the lovaity and devotion of the ship yard workers themselves working under the organization®of Chairman Hurley of the shinping board and Charles M. Schwab. the new director general of the emergency fleet corporation. The request of Chairman ‘Hurley and Mr. Schwab that the day be cele- brated by launching the greatest num- ber of hulls ever put overboard in one ay, specified distinctly that the war zramme was o pressing that it would not be permissible to delay launchings which- could he made ear- lier. Any ships put into the water must be the result of extra exertion time. Praise For Workmen The response of the workmen, thé men who actually #re hiildind _the merchant marine, needs no comment other tha nthe list of vessels to be added today to the world's marine population. Sacrificing their regular Saturday half holiday, accepting only straight pay instead of time and a half for that work, cheerfully work- ing overtime, the men speeded iw production in a great drive for ton- nage which has been so successfui that the launchings today exceed by 50 deadweight tons the entire out- put in 1901, the best pre-war year in American shipbuilding. 5 If an official communique were is- sued on the result of the day's opera- tions, it might read thus: Distinguished Service Medals. “Our shipbuilders attacked the boat campaign today everywhere in { America, achieving their objectives 3 carly in the assault and pushing far heyond. The result nullifies in one day all that the German underwater navy takes more, than one month to * accomplish. ~ All our units behave: magnificently and it is expected thaf distinguished service medals will b& awarded soon to some individuals by the shipping board.” 470,586 Deadweight Tonnage. Beginning in the east, hecause of differences in time, the launchings vill continue throughout the day un- the 'ast hull has been floated on the waters of the Pacific. At least 95 hips are expected to he launched, with a deadweight tormaze of 470,588, Work was -continued until the last minute in hope of launching other ships aleo. Launchings planned for Atlantic and Gulf vards number 33, including 27 wooden vessels of 95709 tons, and 11 steel ships of 76,486 tons; The Great Lakes yards will launch 14 steel ships of 47,700 toms. Maintaining its record, the Pacific coast will lead the rest of the country with 26 wooden and 17 steel launchings, totalling 250, 700 tons. The Bethlehem Union Plant in San Francisco will have the honor of launching three ships with a_capacity of 35400 tons. The Moore Shipbuild- ing company at Oakland, Cal, also will have a triple launching, the ton- nage being 28200. Triplets also will be born in the Ecorse, Mich, yard of the Great TLakes Shinbuilding com- pany, the tonnage being §,320: First Ship Launched at 1201. A Lake Port, July 4—The first of nearly 100 ships which wili be launch- ed today in American shipyards _in celebration of the Fourth of July, slid down the wavs at 12.01 this morning at a ship vard here. The vessel is steel steamer of 3,400 tons and is named the “Lake Auric g DRIVER CHARGED WITH HAVING STOLEN GOODS In Connection With Loss of Adams Express Package at New Haven. New York, July 3—David Nussen- blatt ,a driver, was arrested here to- night ‘and charged by the police with kaving stolen goods in his posses- sion. On June 21 the Adams Express com- pany reported to the police the loss of a pouch containing $45000 in se curities and $16,000 in_cash while in transit between New York and New Haven, Conn. The police allege that Nussenblatt had taken one of the bonds which had been in the pouch to a broker for appraisal, and later sent the broker more of them to the value of $22.700. When Nussenblatt appear- ed at the broker’s office today to co! lect the money for the bonds he was arrested. He to'd tha police he had found the bonds in a hallway in Brooklyn. The police also say that Nussenblatt told them he recntly met a boy on the street who unsolicit:d gave him a package. When he opened it he said it contained $%,000 in Liberty bonds. These, according to the po- lice, he sold, and lost the sreater part of the money gambling. PRESIDENT POINCARE HAS CABLED PRESIDENT WILSON His Approval of Making Fourth of July a French Holiday. Paris. July 3—President Poincare cabled President Wilson = today that the French government, agreeing with the national representation in parlia- ment, wished Independence Day to be- come a French holiday. “Tomorrow our two mations will join in memories of the ancient bat- tles which won iiberty for Americ he said. “The anproaching victory will reward the allies for their long and arduons efforts and ensure a fruitful and just peace, hased on_the rights of nations and strensthened by the approval of human conscience. President Poincare closed his mes- sage by exp ng the hest wishes d conzratulations of France to the States and President Wilson. BLACKFISH STRANDED ON SHORE OF NANTUCKET Of Fifty-Two, Some Were Twenty Feet Long. Nantucket, Mass.. July 3. —Fifty-two . burly of zirth like puffinz stranded on the north shore of ntucket Tsland today. Some of them wwere twenty feet long. Word that the scho he first seen here In more than vears, had come in with the tide spres3 auickly, and crowds flocked to the shore .to vitness the slaughter. It was on exactly the| same spot that Nantucket folk made a hig blackfish haul on July 1, 1874, and fishermen today undertook to ob- ain oil from the catch as in the old whaling da: Schooner Samuel W. Hathaway Safe. | masied | re- Boston, July 3.—The schooner Samuel W. Hathawa: ported sunk by a German subms Tone hibition over the town. Captain Ma- lone is a former member of the general assembly and a former judge of the local .pelice -court. ofi the Atlantic coast June 3 has ar rived at a_South American rort. Word CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PLANNING FOR RECESS Of Both Houses Through July and a Part of August. ‘Washington, July 3.—Although the house interstate commerce committes late today ordered a favorable report on a resolution authorizing, if the president deen{; necessary, gOVern- ment control of telegraph, telephone, cable and radio systems as a war measure, congressional leaders con- tinued tonight to make plans looking to a recess of both houses through July and part of August. They ex- pected to dispose of pending appro- priation measures late this week or early next week and to recess imme- diately afterwards. Chairman Sims of the house com- mittee, announced that he would sub- mit a report on the telegraph resolu- tion at a brief holiday session tomor- row and would endeavor to bring it before the house as earlv as possible. Despite this, however, leaders declared that final action on Yhe reselution would go over until after the recess unless President Wilson asked for its adoption before that time. - BRITISH GOOD WILL FOR THE UNITED STATES Was Topic of Discussion in the Houss of Commons. Speaking on a the house of com- Alden, that a form- al resolution of sympathy and good will for the United States should be moved tomorrow, July 4th, Andrew , Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, said" London, July suggestion made mons by Percy “I'do not think it necessary to pro= pose a formal resolution of the sympa- thy and good will for the people and. government of the United States em the occasion of the celebration of the Fourth of July. Both the British govs’ ernment and commons have had many opportunities to express in the strong- est way the feeling of sympathy and good will of the Pritish people for the people of the United States™ 5,500,000 POUNDS OF SUGAR FOR BELGIUM Purchase Has Been Approved by tha Federal Food Board. New York, July 3.—The federal food board approved here today the appli- cation of the Belgian Relief Commis= sion for permission to purchase 5,30 000 pounds of susar. The consign- ment has been assembled. ready for shipment to Belgium. This is the Jarzest single applicatisn for sugar vet, received by the board under the reo- cently inaugurated regulaiions. - GRAND DUKE MICHAEL I8 PROCLAIMED CZAR OF RUSSIA Marching With the Czecho- Slavs Against Moscow. He Amsterdam,, July Michael Alexandrovis ormer Emperor Nichoius, i Leen proclzimed czar of Russin, according io the Ukrainian Telegraph lureau, of Kiev. He is marching with the thet Czecho-Slavs against Moscow. . 3 Grand Duke Michael, after the ab- 3.—Grand Duka , brother of the to this effect was received today by the owners here. dication of Emperor Nicholas, was: named regent.