Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 13, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 167 FRENCH SHIFT ATTACK AND MEET WITH SUGGESS POPULATION 29,919 12 PAGES—96 'COLUMNS "PRICE TWO CENTS Southeast of Amiens, Where There Has Been But, Little Fighting Since Late in May BROKE ENEMY DEFENSES AND ADVANCED LINES Swept the Germans Out of the Village of Castle and the Anchin Farm and Cleared Out a Number of Strong Enemy Positions—Penetrated the German Lines to a Depth of More Than a Mile Along a Front of About Three Miles—French Also Continued Then Between the Marne and the Ainse, and Have Captured the Village of Longpont, South of Corcy—In Albania the French and Italians Are Carrying Their Lines. Steadily North- ward — A Revolt of Austrian Troops in Serbia is Re- ported Drive From Italian Sources. B (By The Associated Press.) Sgriking the Gertmans on a front that has been quiet for the past six week: the French have once morc broken oush the ememy defences and ad- anced their lines. This new blow at the enemy was launched between Castel ard Mailly-Raineval, on the Picardy front, southeast of Amiens, where s been but little figh French, by a local atta ermans out of Senecat e in May. attack was along a front of ap- proximately e miles. It swept the Germans back out of the village of Castel and the Anchin Farm, about a h, and cleared out a number of stang enemy positions. The French penetrated the German lines to + depth of more than a mile. ing sincs pushed the Wooa The American attack on Catigny, some time ine ma- terially at ile the Aus- tralians Americans on July 4 and # cut deeply into the German lines at Hamel and Villers Bretonneux, south of the Somme. The French attack was Iz t ans, at Catigny ustrali further north. h 1 south of Caste: lel to and westward of The success gained he French up to <he hills k e Tiver and into posi- which appear to domfnate the ave heen parai to the west of lages of Morisel, on the west bank. and Moreuil on the east hank.of the river. the tack should continue essfully, the French may be able nress foe hack across the Avre have an admirable defensive to the southeast of Amiens. Between the Marne and th~ Aisne, e French have continued their of. fensive operations. reported that | e villa of Longpont. soutk of Cor- | ure of which was reported | on Thursday, has been taken by Gen- eral Petain’s men. who also have made progress north of Corey, at the Chav- igny Farm, East of Faverolles, ac- cording to the French: official state- ment. the allied lines have been ad- vanced “this marking a southerly ex- tension of the fighting line, which here- tofore has not been usually active farther south than Longpont. On the British front there has been spirited fighting, according to the Ger- man official report, which indicates that from Ypres around the Lys sa- lient and down in the Picardy sector! as far as Albert there have been scat- tering attacks made by the British! _ Local engagements have been fought in the region of Rheims. but they have not been of great importance. The French and Ttalians fighting in Albania have carried their lines stead- ily northward. The town of Berat. the most important point.in the southern Albania, has fallen into allied hands. It is reported that large quantities of Austrian supplies stored at Berat were destroyed by the retreating Austrians. Official reports appear. to show that the advance of the French and Italians is reaching further east into the moun- tains and toward the rear of the Bul- gariar positions around Monastir. Ser- bian positions near that city have been | vagely attacked hy the Bulgaria%s, who, after gaining a momentery foot- hold on the Serbian trenches, were driven out. There have been lacal actions in- the mountain sectors of the. front in north- ern Ttaly, one Austrian attack having been repulsel with: heavy losses. A revolt of Austrian trcops in Ser- bia is reported from Italian -sources. The mutiny was suppressed only after hard fighting. Athens reports a similar te of affairs in a Turkish garrison n Asia_Minor, where it is said Ger- many officers were murdered by Turk- ish soldiers, MEETING OF COMMERCIAL AND STATIONARY ENGINEERS Attended by Members of War Indus- trial Board and Fuel Administration. | idgeport, Conn., July 12.—Members i rial bureau and the A and fuel administratioft were t at the joint convention of the tion of Commer- < and the New England on of the National As- ationary Engineers to- e the utmost conserva- and coal mechanical equip- of Boston, a ectrical and power ial bureau, Hawley of Boston from the office of J. J England fuel administrato dressed th lezates. The commercial engineers elected President, Adelbert W. Pettle of Bos- ton; vice president, Harry H. Atkin- son, Boston; treasurer, J. W. H. My- rick, Boston; directors, Claud L. Allen and John A, Morehouse of Bosfon and Frank S. Bulkley of New Haven. The N. E. S. A elected: President, Andrew Waite, Portland, Me.; vice president, Warren Goodrich, Bridge- port; secretary, J. Henderson, Boston: treasurer,. W. H. Damon, Springfield, Mass.; conductor, Harry Baton, Bridgeport; doorkeeper, J. H. Graham, Fall River, Mass. It was voted that the next conven- tion will be held at Springfield, Mass. THE UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH OF AMERICA To Be Name of the Regional Bodies Which Are to Be Merged. Atlantic City, N. J, July 12—Repre- sentatives of the various Lutheran or- ganizations of the mation today com- pleted plans for a merger to take place on November 15 in New York at a spe- cial jubilee celebration. The consola- tion ‘will take in the general council and general synod of the Lutheran Church and the United Synod of the Lutheran Church of the South. The new body will bé known as the United Lutheran Church of America and lead- ing delegates declare it will save a million dollars annually, enable the mbination of churches in communi- Blec and release pastors for work elge- where. About 1,360,000 communicants will be affected, CAUSE OF THE DEATH OF MAJOR JOHN PURROY MITCHEL Failure to Buckle His Be!t Safely and “Peculiar Quick Snap” of Plane. Washington, July 12.—Failure to buckle his safety peit and the “peculigr quick snap” of his scout plane when it was nosed over for a glide appar- antly causeq the dath of Major John Purroy Mitchel, says the official report sn the accident at Gerstner field, Lo received today at the war 1 ent. investigation board found that or Mitchel's death “occurred in ine of duty and mot because of his svn misconducet” s $75000 LUMBER YARD 5 FIRE IN BRIDGEPORT. Blaze Started Probably from Sponta- neous Combustion. Bridgeport, Conn,, July 12. — Fire which started probably from spostane- ous_combustion in a storeroom where r0ofing materials were stored destroy- ed a section of the yards of the A. W. Burritt Lumber company here this afternoon and did damage estimated by company officials as not less than 00. The blaze was well under way wher employes in the yard noticeq the smoke and flames, ,In fiziting the flames' two firemen, Captain Matthew Kane and Hoseman John Neary, of Engine company No. S. were injured. Captain Kane was struck by a falling timber and Neary a2 badly burned and cut by pieces The fire was mostly confined to the mill storerooms and warehouses for fin‘l_flhedma'oody(;; in the center of the vard, although a small pai i reached by the blage, Lo hOP Was The homes of ten families adjoining the lumber yard were threatened by the flames, but the firemen succeeded in their attempt to drive the flames interior, wl v wi Dy ottie i here they were A SUFf breeze that ried_sparks to the A. B. Abercrombie, tant, and damay hundred dollars sprang up car- house owned by two blocks dis- ge amounting to a few was done. LICENSE REVOKED FOR THE PERIOD OF THE WAR Of the Gentile Flour and Products Company of Boston, Foston, July 12—The license of the Gentile Flour and Products Company, wholesale dealers of Boston, was ro. voked today for the period of the war by the state foo administration for illegal profiteering. Investigation ey tending over many weeks showed, the order of'the administration stated that the company had been selling large quantities of flour witlout sube stitutes and at a profit in excess of that permitted by the government. The amount of such profits was put down at $6237. The company was ordered “to make restitution to innocent vic- tims of its profiteering,” and to turn over any balance not refunded to the Italian War Benefit fund. — KILLED WHILE MAKING FINAL FLIGHT IN TRAINING William F. Beham, a Naval Aviator, Fell Into Great South Bay. Babylon, N. Y. July 12—While making a final flight in training for a commission, Chief Quartermaster Wil- liam Fraser Beham, a’nava] aviator, was killed when his’ hydroairplane feli 500 feet into Great South Bay, near nere, today. The airman was crushed under the wreckage of his_machine, Cabied Paragraphs French Officer in Greek Army. Paris, July —(Havas Agency). General A. Gramat of the French ar- my has been commissioned chief of the general staff of the Greek army. To Improve Port of Paris. Paris, July 1 (Havas Agency). A committee of the municipal council of Parig has submitted a report approv- ing the issue of a credit for fifty mil- lion francs with which to defray the expenses for improving the port of Paris. How Germany Would Control Belgium. Amsterdam, July 12.—General Baron Friedrich Von Falkenhausep, the Ger- man governor-general of Beigium, has decided, saye the Hamburger Nach- richtin, that Beigium shall be turned into a federal state on the lines of Austria. Flanders and Walloon, ' the newspaper adds, will live separately under one king or a president under German control. GERMAN, ESTIMATION OF AMERICANS AS SOLDIERS Revealed in Extracts From Report of a German Intelligence Officer. ‘Washington, July 12.—Extracts from the formal report of a German intelli- gence officer at the headquarters of the Seventh Germany Army cn the exam- ination of American prisoners captur= ed last month are contained in the communique received from General Pershing today. The document, which was captured recently, is dated June 17 and deals with prisoners from the “Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Twenty-Third regiments of the Second American In- fntry division, captured from June 5 10 14 in the Bouresches sector. Although the majority of the prison- ers “is of German, Dutch and Italian parentage,” the report states, “these semi-Americans fully feel themselves to be true-bora sons of the country.” lements of the Second American division,” says the report, “were put into the Moulanville (Verdun) sector from the middle of March to the mid- dle of May for training and were I lieved by unknown IFrench troops. “The division then was mover rail te the vicinity of Bitry le ol where it remained day: From there the transferred by rail, via Denis-Pontoise, i ‘(f Beuvais. The Fifth thirty ~ kilometers, eu: The S; Marines was at Chars, s ters northwes: of the marines the Pontoise to B ilway. “The Ninth and hird reg iments were quartered with and ne: the marines. Only Minor Tactics. The division rested eight days this region. Manoeuvers on a lurge scale or with large units re ot held; only exercises in minor tactics, hand grenade throwing and target practice were carried out. A few long practice marches’ (hikes) wi on_ M 31, the Third Ma Brigade was ordered to move and put nto French metor trucks (twenty men or ten_cffi m eaca Fifth Regiment of the the first to and Beaumont Coi Regiment rines was in the vicinity of Gis southwest Regtment th in leavi Luc s, menony (west_of Nateuilles' F Belleville and ‘Mcuax to Lis) urcq, where they were nnaided a journey of eighteen hours. The next reziment to leave was the Sixth Regiment of Ma- rines, which followed® the s while the Ninth and Tw regiments apparently moved via Vea mont, Ecoven, Genesse, Aulnay, virons of Paris), Clave, Meaum and were unloaded in the hborhood of La Gerte-Sours-Joua The Fifth regiment of marines was put into line during the night of June as the first regiment of the division, the other elements takinz up their positions in the sector of Echelon. Fighting Value. Fighting value: an division m be classified as a very good division, perhans even as assault troops. The various attacks of both regiments on Belleau Woods were carried out with 1 and recklessness. The moral ef- fect of our fire arms did not material- ly check thy advance of the infantr the nerves of the Americans are still unshaken. “Value of the individuals: “The individual soldiers are good. They are healthy, vigorous physically we!l developed men f ranging from 18 to 28, who at p: very and lack only necessary training to m: them redoubtable opponent: The troops are fresh and full of straight- forward confidence. A remar of the prisoners is indicative of th spirit: ‘We kill or get killed. Morale of American Troops. “Morale: “The prisoners in general make a alert and pleasing impression; regard- ing military matters, however, they do ow the slightest interest. Their sely without knowledge of military subjects, for ex- of them have never seen a'map. The! seribe the villages and roads through which they marched. Their ideas on the organization of their unit is en- tirely confused. IFor example, one them claimed that his brigade has si regiments, his division twenty-four. They still regard the war from the point of the ‘hig brothe who comes to help his hard pressed brethren and is therefore welcomed everywher. certain moral background is not la ing; the majority of the prisoners sim- ply took as a matter of course that they have come to Europe in order to defend their country. “Only a few of the. troops are of pure American origin. The majority is of German, Dutch and Italian parents but these semi-Americans, almost ali of whom were born in America and never have been in Europe, fully feel themselves to be true born soms of their countyy. *(Signed.) VON BERG, “Lieutenant and Intelligence Officer.” DEVENS MEN COMPLETE “SWEETHEART MONUMENT” Built of Stones Brought to Camp by Girl Friends of Soldiers. Ayer, Mass,, July An arch built largely of stones brought to €amp Devens by girl friends of soldiers, to be known as “Sweetheart Monument,” was completed today and will be ded: icated appropriately next week. It stands on the main street of the can- tonment, near the hostess house. Soldiers complained that many of the girls, who were requested to bring substantial stones for the arch, Naval officers at the Bay Shore training stafion, Who began an inves- tigation to learn the cause of the ac- cident, were unable late today to give Beham’'s home -address.- brought only pebbles, so it was ne; essary to add many unromantic rocl picked up near the camp to complefs it. A fountain will be built under the areh, are no longer anlé to de- | 300 MILES OFF CAPE PACE ON. 'ULY 6 CREW WAS PICKED UP fThe Survivors Did Not Knew Whether the Bark Wi Sunk or Converted Into a German Raider—Was Vessel of 1,729 Gross Tons. An Atlantic Port, July 12—A Ger- man submarine, appearing 300 miles off Capc Race on July 6, captured the Norwegian bark Manx Kin; dered the crew of 19 to ¢ boats, it was learned tonight whe: the survivors were brought here on s British steamship which picked ther up at sea. The survivors said th did not know what® hecame of the bark, whether she was sunk or con verted into a raider by the Giermans. The Manx King, which is a vessel o 1S Ruler of Siberia MANAGER OF THE CHINESE -EASTERN RAILWAY NEWS . FROM . HARBIN General Horvath Had Declared . Him- self Premicr of a Temporary Siber- ian Government, Prior. to Being Proclaimed Ruler. London, July 12.—Lieutenant Gen- cral Hovrath, vice president and zen- ral manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway, having declared himself pre- mier of a temporary Siberian Zovern- went. has been proclaimed provisional vuler of Siberia, according to a des- »ateh to the Mail from Harbin. Tokio despatches to London on- July t0°stated that a new provisional gov rnment had becn established in Si seria. It was said that it had the ernment. TO BULLETIN READERS: The United States Government has decreed under War Conditions that all unsold copies of newspapers are non-returnable by News Agents. the necessity of reducing the output of paper mills and the great need of transportation facilities by the Gov- In order to co-operate with this requirement and at the same time to take measures (o obtain their Bulletin as usual, readers are respectfully urged to give News Agents or Carriers an order in advance for definite This order is due to periods so that the latter may have an adequate supply. In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul- | letin’s news columns Bulletin Telegraph Local General Totay Saturday, - July 6. 148 168 542 858 ||| Monday, Jaly. - 8... 183 132 339 634 Tuesday, July 9.. 138 136 305 579 Wednesday, July 10.. 151 142 314 607 ill’ Thursday, -~July #1..-152 125 332 609 1 / July 12 .0 150 116 368 634 Tofals?e oo i s 7922 819 2200 3941 9 gross tons, left a United States lantic vort about two weeks aso. She is the first craft which has been | Leported as encountering a TU-boat so far north in thegAtianti The crew explained t came so excited mt meeting a sub- marine that they prompt.y obeyed the order to abandon the bark. Puiling | away rapialy, they were overtaken by knegs before seeing what dispos | tion nad been made of the sailing ve sel. None of them reported having heard any explosion. | "The Manx King was built at Stock- i ton, land, in 1884 by Richardson, Duck and Company. She was ragis- |lcred at Fredriksted as owned by T, ilhems and Axel Jacobsen. She was commanded by Captair Helgesen. sAMERICAN LAUNCH SUNK i BY GERMAN BATTERIES at they be- | Twe of Crew Drowned, Two Taken ! Prisoner. | { Washington, July 12—An American {raval launch, after aidinz a_ French | destroyer in towihg a disabled Amer- lican seaplane to safety was sunk by ! German shore batteries, losing two of | ber crew, probably drowned, and two ken prisoner the enemy. s Surzeon Albert Masoa Reserves, of 2225 Lor- ing Place, New Yorlk, man, nd Philip Gold- quartermaster, of 234 East 116th New York, landed in front of rman batieries and were cap- Seamen Charles Joe Tatulinski, 6215 Fullerton avenue. Cleveland, and John Peter Vogt, North = Rampart street, New Of are missing. Three cihers in the boat swam for shore with life preservers and were picked up unhurt on allied territory !USE FOR OUR MERCHANT MARINE AFTER THE WAR. Hurley Says to Establish American { Goods All Over the World. Philadelphia. July 12.—Here today to attend a conference between ship- iping officials and representatives of vooden shipyards, Edward N. Hurley chairman of the United States ship: | ping board, declared that America’s !mmnmo:h merchant marine will be utilized after the war to establish | Am ican goods all over the world. air play, fair prices and quick deliveries,” he said, would be the slo- can. g ‘The United States shipping board is looking ahead to the time when the roar of cannon shall have ceased and when nations of the world are once more at peace.” HARTFORD COUNTY SUFS VENT THEIR SPLEEN Make Special Targets of Senators McLean and Brandegee. Hartford, July 12—Hartford county suffragists had a motor car street pa- rade headed by a band, and outdoor speeches in front of the old state house today. It was termed a protest meet- ing, the special targets being United States Senators George P. ~McLean and Frank B. Brandegee of Connecti- cut, who declined to line up in facor of the’ Anthony suffrage amendment. Miss FElise Hill of Norwalk, Mrs. W. D. Ascough, Abraham Bordon and Mrs M. Toscan Bennett of Hartford were the speakers, unanimous support of the population and would continue to fight the Cen- tral Powers. Tho seat uf this gov- ernment, it was said, was at Viadi- vostok. The programme of the new govern- ment, as outlined in the despatch, in- cluted the liberation of Siberia from the Bolshe the avoidanc sible, of foreign intervention; sal suffrage; establishment of pro- vineial councils labor bureau; distribution of a less and the control of tivity the land- onomic ac- “WORK OR FIGHT” LAW IN FORCE IN MASSACHUSETTS Men Not Engaged in Useful Work Are Obliged to Register. Bost 1ly 5 very male resi- dent of Mass chusetts between 18 and must be engaged in a occupation, according to the terms of the Greenwood “anti-loafing” law which went into operation in this state today. In conjunction with the federal “work or fight” regulations, the law is expected by the authorities to result in the employment of thousands of men who are now either habitual loafers or enzaged in occupations of doubtful worth. Men who are not working or who are not doing ful” work were obliged to register with police officials today throughout the state. Efforts will be made to help them obtain useful employment and in the meantlme they must report to the police weekly. Those who fail to reg rest after today What comprises useful work is not set forth in the law and police au- thorities have refused i define it in advance. Individuals have been left to decide their own cases until a test ca: has been made in the courts. LITTLE GIRL KILLED WHILE CHASING A BUTTERFLY. Anna Pelagano, 4, Struck by a Trolley in Waterbury. Waterbury, Conn., July 12.—Anna, 4 vear old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carmine Pelagano of 1556 North Main street, was instantly killed here today when struey ky a North Mbain street trolley car. According to report, the child was chasing a butterfly across the street when the northbound car, in eharge of Motorman William Car- ney and Conductor Austin McBride, going at a normal rate of speed, struck her. Tae child was dragged eight or ten feet and her skull crushed to a pulp. Acting Medical Examiner Dr. Frederick G. Graves reported death due to the fracture of the skull. Con- ductor McBride was arrested this af- ternoon by the local police and is be- ing held pending the coroner’s inves- tization. The motorman will be taken into custody also. MERIDEN POLICEMAN FOUND NOT GUILTY Herman Schuerer Had Been Charged With Seditious Utterances. Hartford,. July 12.—Herman Schuer- er, the Meriden policeman dccused in the United tes dl ditious. utterances, guilty by the jury at naan trict court of s:- found ot 30 this after- Condens;d Telegraims The Federal Reserve estimates the couniry’s gain in gold stock since Aug. 1, 1914 at $1,066,078 000. Geddes speaking in London “mines were gradually hem- ming in the submarines.” ' Two persons were killed and 12 were injured in an explosion in the Frank- ford Arsenal, Philadelphia. .1t is reported in Chicago that the William Davies Co.; packers, will erect a new plant costing $500,000. Former Chinese Minister to Spain Tai-Chu-Cheng-Ling was _appointed Chinese minister to the Holy See. The United States Forest Service of Montana reports gemeral rains in_the state have relieved the forest fire Situ- ation. Senator Nathaniel Curry, president of the Canadizn Car & Foundery Co., Ltd., arrived in New. York from Mon- treal. Fire yesterday afternoon destroyed the Danbury factory of the Waterbury Mlattress Company. causiug a loss of The preliminary report of the Rice Millers’ Association gives the total rice acreage in the South this year as 1.- 500,717 acres. Nat Hoffman, a white soldier, was hanged at Camp McArthur, Waco, Texas, on a charge of attacking a school girl. William L. Edison, son of Thomas Announcement was made on the New. York Stock Exchange that the fit h of John Muir & Co. had been suspended for one year. . The fishing trawler Georgia, with a crew of nineteen. was sunk in a colli- sion’ with the steamecr Bristol off ‘the New England coast. The Court of Cassation rejected the appeals of the men convicted in the case of the Germanophile Paris news- paper “Bonnet Rouge.” Secretary Danicls sent a telegram to commanders of battleships _asking them to observe Bastile Day, July 14, as a special tribute to France. Swedish newspapers publish a state- ment of a Swede returned from M cow, that the son of the ex-Czar killeq by a Bolsheviki soldier. General Fadini, commander of an Italian regiment, which was in active service on the Piave, was reported Killed by a shell while motoring. The Food Administration announced that a normal supply of sugar without cards may be obtained by retail deal- ers in New York until August 1. There will be no censorship of news- paper despatches under Government control of the telegraph wires. Pos masters Burleson assured Congr President Wilson vetoed the resclu Jan. 1 next for the Government to turn the short line railroads back to their | owners. Major W. East, commander of a new flying field near Mineola, sent to the field named in honor of the late Maj- or Mitchel. The approximate quota of Connec: will be, according ‘to rev £1,609,000. ed figures, The model of the statue of Oliver esworth to be placed in the south niche of the west side of the capitol at Hartford was approved by the com- mission on sculpture. Arthur Malone, a waiter, shot and killed himself at Providence, R. L, y terday. after killing Mrs. Ida Frenct formerly a resident of Beachmont, Mass. Beth were fifty vears of age. Provost Marshal General Crowder refused a request of the Department of Agriculture to have the monthly de- mand for draft men from the wheat section in the Northwest delayed until the harvest. Devens, was i5th Infanti Dodge, Towa. . esterday assigned to the Brigade at Camp Responsibility for the loss of two Austrian dreadnoughts on July 10, was placed on the German Admiralty be- cause of its insisting on the Austrian fleet smashing the nets at the en- trance to Otranto. ADD "BTS Dw.tto‘u.v-flyhdsevi?’s. The nomination of Captain George R. Clark to be judge advocate general of the navy with the rank of rear.ad- miral was confirmed late yesterday by the senate without opposition. CALL FOR 3,000 MEN FOR SPRUCE DIVISION Only Five in the Allotment Made For Connecticut, Washington, July 12—Provost Mar- shal General Crowder today issued a call for an additional 3,000 men from 38 states to produce spruce wood in the forests of the northwest, for air- plane construction.. From class one only men who are qualified for spe- cial or limited service will be accept- ed. Thesc as well as registrants in the second, third and fourth classes, quali- fied for general military service, may volunteer until July, 23 but after that date sufficient men will be selected from class one to make up any de- ficiency in a state’s quota. The men are to entrain July 29 for Vancover Bar- racks Vancouver, Washn. Included in the allotments are: Connecticut 5. Karl Neufeld Dead. Amsterdam, July 12—Karl Neufeld, known as “the prisoner of the Mahdi” has died in a sanitarium near. Berlin, according to advices reaching here. Karl Neufeld was. rescued from a Mabhdist jail, at Omdurman in Septem- ber, 1898, where he had becn a prisoner for ten vears and subjected to hoi®i- ble torture. His rescuers were British tfoops' commanded by Lord Kitchen- tion of Congress extending the time io; War Department a request to have the | According to advices from the Span- | Declares He Does Not Believe Eliminated, Leaving the Bushel. Washington, July 12.—In vetoing the 000,000 annual agricultural appro- on bill because of its amendment Edison, the inventor, enlisted in the| A ey tAnk division of' the army, at Morris- the government guarantee town, N._ J. minimum wheat price at $2.40 a bush- el, the president informed | day that he did not believe the farm- ers of America “depend uvon a stimu- lation of ‘price ‘to do their utmost to serve the nation and the world at this | time of crs congress to- Dresident id the patriotic farmers has. been “worthy 2 and h: wn them playing a most admi and grati- fyin the added th part in the full mobiiization of resources of the couairy.” He at the bumper crops they ave raised this year have. relieved he anxiety of the nations arrayed | azainst Germany with regard to their { food supplies. Congress was further informed that the president did not beiieve such in- elastic price provisions as contained the bill could be administered in a way that would be advantageous t the producer and censumer _becaus hey establish -arbitrary ievels which are quite independent of the normal warket conditions. - The administra- e method in fixing prices, he said, {kas been entircly satisfactory and ould be continued. PRESIDENT WILSON VETOES $2.40 WHEAT In Amendment Contained in $28,000,000 Annual “'Agricultural Appropriation Bill ; IT WOULD INGREASE FLOUR $2.00 A BARREL the Farmers of America “De pend Upon a Stimulation of Price to Do Their Utmost to Serve the Nation and the World at This Time of Crisis”—Asserts That a Fixed Minimum Price of $2.40 a Bushel Would Put an Additional Burden of $387,000,- 000 This Year on the Consumers—House is Expected to Pass the Bill Today With the Price Fixing Amendment Guaranteed Price at $2.20 a —_— A fixed minimum pricc of $240 a bushel, the president said, would in se’ the price of flour “from $10:50 0 $12.50 a barrel and would put an additional burden of $387,000,000. this year on the consumers. Such an in- Crease in price, he said would force a_similar “incréase in Canada, thus enlarging the whole scale of financial operations in -this country By the al- lied governments and affecting vir- tually the entire world. ; The house is expected to pass 'th Lill tomorrow with the price fixing amendment eliminated, leaving the & nteed price at §2.20 a bushel.- Some senators from wheat growing states were disposed tonight to urze the senate to pass the bill over the president’s veto, while others sug- gested that the wheat price amend- ment might be added to the $11,000,000 emergency agricultural bill- to “which is attached the prohibition amend-+ ment. . The president’s veto of the agri- cultural bill was his third in two weeks. The first disapproval was of the postoffice appropriation because of a rider for government purchase of mail tubes in eight cities and the sec- ond was of the resolution authorizing the extension of time in’ which the government may relinquish short Hne railroads. \ PROGRAM FRAMED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS | Provides For Postponement of Vote on Prohibition Until Late Next Month. ington July While the sen- ay continu debate the {house resolution : izing govern- ent control var of tele- ; graph.teTey able and radio sys- ! tems, leaders framed a programme for esentation tomorrow call vote on the resolution | postponement of a_vote on prohibi | tion’ Iegislation until late next month, {and a mid-summer vacation by in- terim recesses for three days until August 26. Prohibition “advocates were said to have agreed to this plan and leade that time, e ti- | expected its ratification tomorrow by cut in the §112,000.000 drive to De|the senate with the recess programme launched next fail by the Y. M. C. A. |0 begin tomorrow evening unless the { president’s veto of the annual agr Itural appropriation bill with its 40 wheat amendment should operate $: 4 e to keep the senate in session next ish Embassy at Berlin Prof. Henry C. | yeek. Emery is not a military prisoner in|" Nezogiations between senators on Germany. He is allowed the, freedomthe recess arrangement continued of the city. reaching a final agreement was said to have blocked a vote on the wire con- trol resolution. - With a roll call prospect tomorrow, approval of the resolution was conceded in spite of op- | position that has been voiced on the senate floor. Senators Sherman of Illinois, repub- lican, and Lewis of Tllinois, democrat were the principal speakers today. the former opposing the resolution and the latter urging its enactment. NATION-WIDE PROHIBITION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY To Save Coal, According to the Na- tional Coal Association. Brigadier General M. B. Stewart,| Washington, July 12.—Immediate until his recent promotion chief of | nation-wide prohibition is absolutely staff of. the 76th division at Cantp necessary if the extra 100 000,000 tons of coal a vear needed by the country in its war ori Germany is to be mined, Fuel Administrator Garfield has been informed by the® National Coal Asso- ciation, representing bituminous oper- ators producinz 400,000,000 tons of coal annually. Dr. Garfield is understood to have Jaid the association’s recom- mendation before President Wilson for his - consideration. a statement tonight, the associa- aid that in the opinion of, a committee of its members from all coal producing sections of the country, which - has investigated the question, “the country cannot have both booze and sufficient ~coal this winter.” “The liquor traffic,”- said the state- ment, “is curtailing coal production and the time has come to eliminate it if there is to be the substantial in- crease in coal output the war pro- sramme demands. “The National Coal Assoclation is in formed that the conclusion net only is the judgment of the operators, but concurred in ' by . Frank Farrington. presidént of the United Mine Workerr of America for the stata of Tllinois. Mr. Farrington is said to have gone on record to this effect before Presidert Wilson. Fuel Administrator Garfield and senators and Tilinois in congress.” Disloyalty Bill in Commons. London. July. ‘The house of com- mons today passed on second reading the bill providing for the revecation of certificates of naturalization. Under the bill. the home secretary is em- powered-to revoke certificates in cases of disloyalty. where the party is guil- ty of criminal offences or whose char- acter is bad. E Two Aviators Injured. John Ekblon of Mount Vernon, N. Y. and Cadet Wilder C. Clark ‘of Cam. bridge, Mass., were injured when an airplane in which they were fiying at Scott ‘fleld, ‘near here, fell from a height of 100 feet. The condition of Lieutenant Ekblon is serfous... The cause of the accident iu.ugxx{own. 3 ! throughout the day and the delay in! representatives of | Belleville, Ill, July 12—Lieutenant | PUZZLED BY DELAY OF GERMAN OFFENSIVE Belief Prevails That Germans Have Encountered Serious Obstacles, Washington, July 12.—The conviction that the German high command has | encountered serious obstacles in press- ing offensive on the western fromt is gaining ground in the minds of officials here. They canrnot believe that re- newal of the attack would be deferred voluntarily when it is obvious that every d additional works against the ultimate success of the whole pur- . pose of forcing a military decision this year to which ‘the Germans are com- | mitted. Secretary Baker said today that nothing definite is known here as to the reason that have compelled the German delay. He made it clear. however, that the time that has elaps- ed since the last German effort and the failure of the enemy to react against repeated successful local coun- ter-attacks by French, British and Amcrican troops were accepted as con- Iclusive evidence that the German of- |fensive was being held in check by some consideration other than the purely practical one of preparing the storm troops. sMeanwhile the steady pressure Of {1ocal operations by the allies along the entire area from Ypres to Rheims continues. Not a day has passed now for more than a week in which some territory has not been wrested from {the enemy and it is reported that I nearly 6,000 prisoners have been taken. { The similarity of the tactics employed by both the French and British arm- ies is taken here to indicate that the ibbling” process is part of a definite plan being carried out by General Foch, supreme commander. probably: to harass*the enemy in his prepara-. tions and fee lout the German lines to locate the point from which he plans to strike RUSSIAN ARMY- OFFICER HAD 2,000,000 RUBLES. Discovery Made When He Was Ar- rested in Petrograd, : London, July 12.—Colonel A. Sergius Cyon, a Kussian army officer, who has arrived at Stockholm, stafes that M. Manos, a bauker, was arrested in Petrograd recently, says a despatch: from Copenhagzen’ to the Exchange= Telegraph company. Several doeu*; ments and 2,000.000 rubles discovered.' in the house where the banker was: apprehended proved, said the Russian! — officer, that Manos had been in direct’ communication with the ' late Count] Von Mirbach, the German ambassador | lat Moscow. who was intimately con- | nected with the monarchists. GETS SILVER CUP FOR E AIDING ENGLISH FRISONER! J. B. Jackson, Former U. S. Minister to the Balkans. & Berne, Switzerland, July 12. — The British government has presented J. B. Jackson, former United States min- ister to the Balkans and later attached to the American embassy in Berlin up-| to the time of the breach with Ger. many, with a splendid silver cup as an acknowledgment of his services in aid | of English prisoners of war in Ger-, many and interned prisoners in Switz- eriand. Mr. Jackson now is living in{ Switzerland. G el el dZLlER OBITUARY. Stephen Farnum Peckham. New York July 12—Stephen Far. num Peckham, college professor, chem-3 ist and author of numerous scientific’ works, died today at his home in Brookiyn. He was 82 years old B Born in Providence, R. I, Professor: Peckham. was_ graduated from Brown university. He held the chairs of; chemistry at “Washington colle, University of Maine and thé Univer-s | sity. of Minnesota. He i i with locating -the first oil ‘producing® well in California. He was a'veteran of the Ciyil wa: f * riaibinak | S S i