The evening world. Newspaper, April 11, 1917, Page 1

PANE EDITION ———-_ = PRICE ONE © a ENT. Copyright, 1917, by The Press Publii PEO. (The New York World), ae NEW YOR ‘BRITISH IN FLAN K, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1917. AR BILLS SPEEDED BY WI ee ave KING DRIVE PRESS ON TOWARD CAMBRAI WILSON RUSHES WAR BILLS: ~ GIRL CAUSED BIG EXPLOSION THAT COST 116 LIVES, SAID GERMAN HELD IN CAMDEN celiac Maps Found on Mysterious Prisoner Had Plans of New Jersey Bridges. NOTE TELLS OF “Ready to Blow Up Eddy- stone,” Said One Which a Woman Found. PLOT. CAMDEN, N. J., April 11—Seated in & restaurant at Thint and Market Streets at noon fume, Cirouit heard a man close to him remark to-day eating his Court Judge Lloyd “Tt ig a damn Iie to say the Germ blew up the Fddystone plant, It was not; it was a girl. I know w nd w Judge Lloyd walked outside met by and former who were about to enter the restau- District Court Judge French Judge Russell Carro rant. ‘They called Mounted Pollce- man Kay, who was on duty nearby The three lawyers and Kay quietly followed the man to No, 38 North Third Street, a boarding house. When the party knocked at the door of the house entr The sh mi was refused 1 in and oor Was sme y Judge I picked out ya arre’ He is Frank old, born in Germ: in this country y-slx years ny has Uved most of his life and served as an officer Iu a regiment ia the Spanish War In his room in the boarding house where he was arrested the searchers found a trunk which |» filled w' maps and plans. The nko almost every bridge of any ance in South Jersey Miller was taken before City plans impo Stackhouse, who committed without bail for the ot Federal authorities, When asked t account for his movéments recently Miller failed to do the sat tion of the polic “READY TO BLOW UP EDDY- STONE,” SAID NOTE, TRENTON, N. J., April 1.—Mr Annie Keating of this city this after noon gave Federal authorities in- formation tending to show that the Eddystone munitions disaster w caused by a carefully laid plot On March 14, while enroute ¢ Pottsville, Pa, she saw a man dr an envelope iy ad 8 Station, Philadely He was k in the crowd befor picked up, found it unsealed and dis 1 inside a note: “AN ready to blow up Eddystone Send us help." On a sheet of white paper enclosed was a skete L ue Island nay yard and a rough r f Chester, P A no) that "N. K.." to whom t Welul was addressed , and return then The notes were s i names of tw An on blank enclos 1 that a pack age shipped been accepted at that and bad been returned to its ‘The arrest of the men {ny expected CHESTER, Pa, A Alba B, Johnson of the Ba comotive Works ct 1 (@ontinued on Second Page) |TWO ALLIED WARSHIPS | IN AMERICAN HARBOR, | GREETED BY SALUTES | Cruisers Come Into Port for First | Time Since War Began— Won't Be Interned. A PORT IN THE UNITED STATES, April 11.—A French and a | British cruiser, relieved by the entry of the United States into the war of thelr long vigil outside this port | have come Into harbor to give the’ crews shore leaves and to secure sup piles, Both ships were welcomed by salutes an returned in kind. All arbor c.aft greeted them tumultu- ous The two vessels are the first En- tente warships to enter an American port since war began, Since America | is now allied with the Entente, they may come in at will now without danger of internment, Nor will they be restricted to the usual twenty- | four-hour stay. “200 CHILDREN MARCHED QUT AT SCHOOL FIRE 2,000 Other Pupils at No. 10 Take Holiday After Recess Blaze Is Put Out. on the fourth floor of Publi No, 10, St. Nicholas Avenue and One Hundred and Seventeenth Street, during the noon recess to-day did lttle damage, but it depri nearly 2,000 children of the chance to put in the afternoon at their A School studies Meyer Marx and Walter Meyer dis- covered the fire at 12.20 and told Miss Rose Hammill, She rang the fire darm, of the puplla were it at dinner except 200 little girls ind boys of the first year class on | the ground floor, These, under the command of thelr teachers, got thet wraps and marched out in perfect r Policeman Gavagan summoned th flremen wit who quenched flames chemicals, Defective insulatior fire, MARRIED GUARDSMEN EXEMPT FROM WAR DUTY the War Department Orders Discharge of Enlisted Men Whether They | Wish It or N owing official Washington exem ed from ser The Secretary the discharge of a National ¢ 1 Jependent t nembers ier is € titled t t provided t Congress ed A ) t ow r ni os r The 1 ed ides " r pendent 1 ‘ investigat ifficien mine fully the facts ip the case,’ GHCAGO BOARD HOS AMBLNG BUTER AN EGE imous Vote “as a Patri- otic Duty.” CHICAGO, April 11 outter and eggs on the Ch Speculation 1 | | | ‘o Butter and Egg Board was abolished “as + patriotic duty,’ the directors to-day by unanimous vote of This was a‘ complished by abolishing all rules cov- ering deals in these products for fu ture delivery. Dealers desiring to assure stocks for future delivery may deal directly with shippers as individuals, but the ac tion of the board will, it is sald. prac tically eliminate speculation | Phe Board of Directors of the New |York Butter and Ei Exchang | Harry Dowie, President, went into executiv oon short lly after the session this aftern receipt of the news from | Chicago. According to jealers on | this Exchange there ts no doubt bu | that t pard will vote unanimously |to speculation on “futures” | its members or persons a8 on the Exchange. | The Mercantile Exchange cannot i] action until a meeting of of Directors is called. J was not at his take any its Board D. Mahr, President, office this afternoon and would say whether ho expects to a meeting. It 1s admitted there may be some opposition to such a mov om the Mercantile Exchange, Howard Vanamann, one of the oldest nobody lege dealers on this Exchange, ts strongly In favor ¢ it and will ad vocate fa ting called “T hope ng 48 called at once said Mr. Venamann, “I have beer Jagainst this kind of speculation on Exchange Now is the dine I'm glad Chicago pa a pudli to abolish tt the way. It ought to be abol ultogeth A public Exehan, pl for at kind of | What effect will the Chic have? Well, at the very le. |prevent gambling on ‘futures’ whic r effect x beyond but to k Joan have ne ‘ human ‘RIOT IN GERMAN CITY; Directors Take Step by Unan-} but | | ~ 200 VICTIMS; MANY DEAD Town Hall at Aix La Chapelle Said to Have Been Set on Fire. AMSTERDAM, April 11 Tw lred persons have been killed wounded tn rioting at Aix la ¢ pelle, according to advices received by Nieuwe Amsterdamsene Cou “ lay wn Hall in the city was sald been set afire _— A ta r . — Wireless Operators Ready to Wallet , i 1 t r 1 Their p wo ha GG $7,000,000, 000 BOND ISSUE TO PASS IN HOUSE ThlS WEEK President Confers With Speaker Clark and Floor Leader Kitchin in Assuming Personal Charge— Baker Speeds Army Plans. By Samuel M. Williams, (Special Staff Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, April 11.—President Wilson to-day took persona! charge of the war programme, Shortly after noon hé left the Capitol to | confer with leaders and demand that the interests and safety of the na- tion be observed with immediate action on the bond and Army bills an other war legislation. Arriving at the Capitol at 12.10, the President talked first with Speaker Clark and then called for Representative Kitchin, Demccratic floor leader of the House Kitchin introduced the ar financ-@— ing bill, providing for $5,000,000,000 in | bonds and $2,000,000,000 in Treasury | . | certificates, after the meeting of the | 1 Ways and Means Committe too ARGENTINE READY ‘TOFOLLOWTHELS. approved it unanimously ure 1s expected to pass day or Saturday. WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE REPORT ON BILL. In ar rt companying the bil the Ways and Means Committee stated that: “Your committee deems it advis- | Guatemala and Peru Expected nis time in order to enable our Gov to Come In at Once on nment to extend liberal credits and ! rder to provide immediately nple fund to meet such expenditures America’s Side, j pia lane BURPNOS AYR April 11,.—The Argentine Government Issued a dec- that it as are authorized for the national se- curity and defense. “The total interest bearing debt of laration to-day announcing ae United “are Lega og eee supported the position of the United 28 amounted to 00 n¢ under existing law $472,000,000 worth | States in reference to Germany, of bonds are available to be issued,| The Ministers of War and Marine This. bill authorizes, in addition to are making active preparations to in the bonds already available to be crease the efficiency of the nation's insued under existing law and eX-| jefenses, and are preparing to call a clusive of the $3,000,000,000 bond ious, to extend credit to foreign | *nuoment of conscripts to the caters governments which nkes care t Enthusiastle crowds marcbed taelf, the issue of $2,000,000,000 worth ' tho streets and the Univer of bonds, Should this amount of “tY students organ pro = ally bonds be Issued the total interes! (\" On aes sella ee isn yearing Indebtedness, exclusive of th pi . at the military mobilization of Ar $3,000,000,000 a forelgn gentina will follow that of Braal ernments, will amount to $3,445, RIO JANEIRO, April 1L—At a 100,000."" Cahinet cour esterday It was de ireat war movements are tn pros Jod that Brazil s i : pect of w mention may ns with Germany at this The sident tind urging upon Congress th essit for haste and quick action on pen eaant iaitaia ing legislation 1 order that the fort coming blowa planned against Ger ly dew 1 many may be struck quick, hard ar r t fast. I flags of the CONGRESS MUST ACT QUICKLY rywhere and th ON WAR MEASURES. ' 1 wit ‘ Uf the Ur 1 8 te to do 1 ) rt © new com? t with Gi r T tion ut de 1 n 4 f The only « \ y Mi \ Ur Apel 3a ' j Cor 1 ‘ 4 dele ‘ ‘ pie na \ side t ae tt ! ' \ ‘ Ay uch of 1 t stol ‘ 1 ‘ " ve _ (Continued on Second Page) 4 (For Racing Resuite BRITAIN TO SEND nancial and parliamentary repre sentatives of the Government—to discuss the co-operation of A rica in the great war Word to this ef | fect has been recelved by semi-off fal French circles in New York. Tne | first conference Is expected to take pli about April 26. BALFOUR HERE FOR WAR CONFERENCE ccsasiecaiios Delegation of e, Including Ex-Premier Viviani, Coming From France. LONDON, April 11.—Foreign Sec- retary Arthur J. Balfour 1s about to leave for Washington on mission,” according to “a speciat oMclal an nouncement to-day. During his absence Lord Cect! will act as Foreign Secretary. Lord Robert Cecil's duties as Min- ister of Blockade will be handled by one of his subordinates during Bal- four’s absence. Balfour was formerly First Lord ot the Admiralty in the old Coalition Ministry In England, and it was his support, with that of Andrew Bonar Law, another Unionist, that made tne Lioyd George Ministry possible, France ts about to send to the United States a great war mission composed of political military, naval, personnel of the mission, which will include five of the most distin ro, f “Circulation Books Open to All. | 18 PAGES. To-Day's Weathen—FAIR AND WARME! EDITION PRICE ONE CENT. HALG'S DENT IN GERMAN LINE NOW FIVE MILES DEEP ON THE FRONT EAST OF ARRAS London Reports Capture of Two Villages Near Vimy Ridge and a Notable Advance on 2,000 Yard Front West of Cambrai. REPULSE OF HAIG’'S ARMY IS CLAIMED BY BERLIN LONDON, April 11,—Field Marshal Haig’s smashing blows carried ‘him still further forward against the Germans to-day. Capture by British forces of the village and heights of Monchy le Preux and the village of La Bergere was announced in an early despatch from him to-day. “Satisfactory progress Is being made elsewhere,” Haig declared. “The battle front situation is developing generally in accordance with our plan.” [A despatch from Berlin via Londo: s the German War Office has announced a repulse of British attacks “with heavy losses” on both sides of the Arras-Cambral road.) Ten miles south of Monchy, says a Reuter dispatch from a cor- respondent at Gen. Haig's headquarters, British troops yesterday ad- vanced north of the village of Louveral, in the direction of Cambrai, to the extent of a quarter of a mile along a front of 2,000 yards an4 consolidated this gain during the night. Cambrai, Louveral is ten miles east of Kulshed men in public life, will be as follows: Ex-Premier Rene Vivian!, now Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Justice He rar imm y after | Premier Kibot in French public life Marechal Joffre, former Com- mander in Chief of the All Armies and victor of the Battle of | the Marney or Gen. Foch, former commander of the northern armies. A French Admiral who bi as not | yet been definitely selected, but will probably be chosen from the eral Staff of the French navy Octave Homb: who was Pre mier Ribot's right hand man when the latter was Mini an and came to the Unite Llew as ranking French mor f the Anglo-French Loan ( niusion of which Lord Reading, Chief Jus tice of England, w ! Henry Franklin-Bou Dep uty of Selne-et-Oixe and I ter of the Inter-Parllamentary Union BRAZIL'S DECLARATION EYPECTED TO HAVE WIDESPREAD EFFECT Special From a stall Corre t E aw WASHINGTON, Ap two great republ f the W Hemisphere t ra r t I Allies, a t nd Fri nileip t nt 1 | Youth Wounded as He Charged Up ® The message of the correspondent reads “North of the veral we pushed U. S, FLAG IS CARRIED FIRST TIME IN THIS | WAR BY A TEXAS BOY village of Lou- forward toward Cambrai to the extent of a quar- ter of a mile along a front of 2,000 yards and consolidated this gain during the night. “Northward our patrols are advancing to the belt of for- Vimy Heights With Stars and | m Bayonet | J | 1 est which runs along the whole of th OTTAWA, April 1L—The Stars a Ane Cem onatern slope ef Vimy Ridge. Stripes went into battle for the frst fs The splendid success of our ime in the world war during the r " ae offensive has created a most in- edt ae gee teresting situation and one which ie is fraught with tremendous pos ‘ n , sibilities, The enemy has been Canadian APPAR UATSOFS forced Lack upon the p vot of his aay m previous retreat in a manner t i Tex wh . which creates a dangerously sharp hg ft he now salient at this spot. Indeed, a glance at ths map . sugge t there is a distinot } outilanking ef the German north t ' a er sted before the tat Thelus r M tars and pes on his bayonet " \ Germ line caine Ree af rT pt tof POLICE CAN'T TAKE ALIENS. aris to-day p tore t ‘ British of- Vast Report Violations of Wilion's i : Nad Hales to U8. Awents nt oe I : Vood 1 ‘ Hal \ 1 r Avra the ( Mou w : ~ . { State and Municipal Satartes to Be hu ed tot Vald In War Serstee y London was pres \ Y suguinary who enlist for war service w sed by the Assembly to-day, i