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one a Pere > FRENCH ARTILLERY ,— Made progress north of the Ba- paume-Cambral road in the direc- tion of Queant. “North of the Scarpe our con- @tant pressure compelled the en- | emy to yield further ground. We seized Vimv Station, La Chau- diere and the enemy's positions at Fosse No. 6 and Buquet Mill, be- * tween Givenchy-en-Gohelle and Angres. “The guns taken from the enemy fn this area include four howits- ers, eight-inchers: “The ground gained in our re- cent operations now links up with the positions wrested from ‘the enemy in the Battle of Loos and include the Double Crassier. “The cnemy attempted a raid st of Loos during the night, but was driven off.” GEN. HORNE COMMANDS BRIT- 18H ON THE LENS FRONT, Gen. Horne, who ts considered the greatest artillery expert in the Brit- ish army, and who assisted Gen. LLIES’ GAINS THREATEN GERMAN HOLD ON MINE FIELDS BIDS ON 1,578,000 |$7 night between the Somme and the Oise. Two German surprise attacks were broken up by our fire, “In the Champagne the artil- lery fighting was very severe, On this part of the front we made numerous reconnaissances, bringing back prisoners, Near La Chappelotte a German recon- Rottering party attempted to reach our lines after a violent bombardment, It was dispersed and driven back to the German trenches.” ‘The turning of the top of the Hin- denburg line, to which attention is now officially called in the commu- | niques, has been an achievement of which the full importance has natur- ally not yet been developed, The Ger- mans, by the way, no longer call this Une after Hindenburg, but know tt as the Siegfried line, The switch to that line from Queant north, which, pris~ oners say, is not yet finished and wa mot expected to be used except a Nivelle in the successful attack by the French north of Verdun in De- cember last, commands the British apest the German plan, but they are 4 Lens where, owing to] @vidently determined to put up the tga defenses coupons’ of | #trongest possible defensive fight be- waste dumps around the mines, the artillery must largely be depended upon. Gen. Horne has on his right the army under Major Gen. E. H. H. Allenby, who has also gained new Jaurels in this war. These Gonerals and thelr colleagues under Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig have accomplished since Mon- day a work which many military writers expected would occupy & Breat pam of the summer, but thus far there has been no flag waving nor celebration in Great Britain. The impression prevails that with the fall of Lens the relief of Lille will not be long delayed. CANADIAN TROOPS SWEEP ON TOWARD STRONGHOLD AT LENS British Make Gaps Four Miles in Length on That End of the Line. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES AFIELD, April 14.—Lens must fall @oon to the Canadians. Its occupa- fon Is deemed only a matter of a {very short time, ‘The Canadians continued irresistibly on down the Vimy slopes, occupying Petit, Vimy, Givenchy and fhe Bailleul railway station, ~ “We've got Fritz where we want * bim now,” observed one Canadian of- © Boer. ' The British last night broke th German front for a distance of four miles in the Vimy Ridge sector. The Germans are in retreat. Gaps in the German defenses wero made in two places. Positions on a _ front of three miles between the } @ouble Crassier and Givenchy and @nother mile on the north flank of the Hindenburg trench system were cap- tured, Advanced posts were pushed well toward Queant and Pronville, important points in the German de- re fighting as they southward and are ed. * — Fires and explosions in the territory to the rear of the German lines con- | tinue. The weather to-day was fa- vorable for, campaigning, — BOMBARDS GERMANS SOUTH OF ST. QUENTIN’ Stiff Fighting in the Champagne Region Marked by Successes, Says Paris. PARIS, April 14.—Bombardment of Berman positions south of St. Quentin ‘Was continued all through last night by French artillery. Following is the text of to-day’s ‘War Office report: “Bouth of St. Quentin our ar- tillery continued to bombard the German position There was no Infantry fighting during the TRY THEM The next time you suffer with headache, indigestion, bilious- | ness or loss o: appetite, try— | BEECHAMS PILLS ry im the W: on Meticing | | mad jerld. that | “Northeast of Arras and on the Ri greater events will soon follow and|Scarpe there was a pause in last resort, is known as the Watan line. The complete smawhing of the Vimy Ridge seems to have somewhat fore falling back again, BERLIN WAR OFFICE AGAIN CLAIMS REPULSE OF THE BRITISH TROOPS “Attacks Failed Under Heavy STATE 10 DRAFT THE EVENING WORLD, BATURDAY, APRIL 14 ARMY OF 100,000 35 to Be Called for Gov- ernor’s Selection, ALBANY, April 14.—Gov. Whit twenty-five and thirty-five to fill the quota which New York State will be required to raise toward a national army of 600,000 or 1,000,000. These men, Mr. Whitman sald, would be drafted under the State’s Compul- sory Military Service Law, Under this statute, which was enacted la men needed for military servic “Wear facine a neriouns crisia and we must keep our feet on the ground,” the Governor eaid. “There ts no doubt of the patriotism of the men and women of this State, but we must not be carried away by the idea that the only place where patriotic service jean be rendered ts on the firing line. | We must discourage precipitate en- Losses,” Declares To-Day’'s Official Report. BERLIN, April 14 (#1a London). r the fighting activity yesterday,” says the oMcial statement issued to-day by the German Army Headquarters Staff “On both banks of the Ri Somme,” the German statement adds, “strong enemy forces again advanced against our St. Quentin position, The attacks failed under heavy losses, the British leaving three officers and more than 200 men in our hands. “At Croiselies and Bullecourt, the British, after violent artillery’ fire, several times vainly attacked in a counterthrust. We inflicted consid- erable losses on the enemy. “Since April 7 the heart of St.| Quentin has been bombarded with in- creasing violence by the enemy's ar- tillery of all calibres and irrespective of the objects struck. The Palace of Justice, the Cathedral and the Town Hall already have been seriously damaged. “From Solssons to Rheims the ar- tillery of both sides is fighting at full strength.” “On the western front the enemy lost eleven machines on the 12th and twenty-fo roplanes and four cap- tive balloons on the 13th in aerial en- counters,” WHAT ALLIED ARMIES HAVE GAINED IN FRANCE IN MONTH OF FIGHTING Haig and Nivelle Have Recovered Territory Approximating 750 Square Miles, During the last month the British and French troops have regained about 760 square miles of French ter- ritory, In some places the British advance | has reached forward twenty-two! miles. ‘This much was registered in| the jump from around Estrees to Fresnoy-ie-Petit, north of St, Quen- un, ‘The line of the Hindenburg retreat was swung on two pivote—around Lens on the north, and around St. Quentin on tho south, It is at these two pivotal positions that the great- est drives of the war are pow being made—Haix and his British forces singly around Lens, Gen, Nivelle's| forces co-operating with the British around St. Quentin and La Fere, AMERICAN COMMISSION TO BE SENT TO RUSSIA) U. S. Will Offer New Government Help in Bringing Order Out of Chaos Left by Czar. (Special from @ Btaft Correspondent of The Evening World.) WASHINGTON, April 14,—America iy hurrying to help Russia, The State Department announced to-day that a special commission would go to Pe-| troxrad to assist the people of Russta | in whatever ways were found prac- ticable, In playing the role of good friend is not the purpose of the United States to participate in the form jon of a new government for that country or to seek to influence its present Ustment. Very often a young man can give greater service to his coun- |try in the field or factory than in the | trenches. “I am in favor of compulaory ser- vice. That is the only way the forces of the State can be properly distrib- uted, New York State's quota of the call, whether it be 60,000 or 100,000, will be selected not by a call for vol- unteers but under the existing laws, which provide for compulsory mill- tary service and which give the Gov- ernor the power to select whatever men are needed for service, “It 1s our plan to take single men betwéen the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five, We want to discourage #0 far as possible the enlistment of college boys and young men who are not sufficiently developed, That was the mistake England made.” The Governor said to-day that h hoped there would among the Suffragists and the “Antis' over the matter of precedence in home defense activities, “There will be enough for all to do,” he prom! ised, ‘o co-ordinate the work of all pa- triotie organizations, a Division of Standards and Methods has been or- ganized in tho Resources Mobiliz tion Bureau of the Adjutant General’ office, ——_—_—_—. BRITISH KING'S FAMILY IS ON SHORT RATIONS Ruler, Queen and All Their House- hold Are Living Like the Common People, LONDON, April 14.—Realizing the urgent need for economy, especially in breadstuffs, the King and Queen, together with their household and servants, adopted the scale of national rations, it 1s announced, early in Feb- ruary. SIX MORE AMERICANS KILLED IN BATTLE Seven Added to the List of Wounded Fighting With the Cana- = dians, OTTAWA, Ont., April 14.—SIx more American residents fighting with the Canadians have given up their lives fighting against Germany, Seven M.. are reported wounded in to- jday's casualty lst, including Lieut. A. Highstone of St. Paul, Minn., who won the distinguished conduct meda). The dead are: Killed in action—Pri- vate A. J. Olson, Raynesville, Minn,; Private William G. Morris, Bay Port Mich.; Corpl, D. C. Laviolette, Rapid iver, Mich,; Private E. Dodd, Green tle, Ind.; Private P. Huff, Provo, Private F. Olwen, Tacoma, Wash.; Private G wre, Highwood, JIL; Private J Huston, Hillyard, Wash.; Private W H, Lockhart, Rochester; Private H W, Collins, Kingsley, Mich ——— GERMANS LOSING NERVE. Says This y Many Letters, provisional authorities in what kind of @ system they shall set up. The help that we have to offer ts essen- tally material and practical; it will take the form of supplies trained organizers, engineers, railroad managers and whatever kind of help iw most needed to , ye und efficlency out of the chaos left by the Czar's government Secretary Lansing had no informa tlon to give regarding the personnel | of the commission, Ambassador | Francis is regarded as a good man| to be on the spot In Petrograd for} this new kind of international co. | operation, | Hecause of submarine perils in the! Atlantic, definite news of the and French commissions to is withheld until after their arrival | mer Assemblymam Buckley | Dies. MIDDLETOWN, April 14.—Frank Buckley, & former member of the As sembly from Sullivan County, died at his home here to-day, aged spventy- boven Veena i AMSTERDAM, April 14 (via London) —The military critic of the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin writes that he has ecelved many letters which prove that “the nerves of many readers are be- ginning to give way.” He dwells on the “unfoune m which he states and he warns t the rituation fr events but to take events as @ whole into consideration ss Pennsylvania ‘Tann d carly to-day in the Pennayl- vania Railroad tunnel between Long Island and Manhattan, a prohibited area, a man describing himself as John Conezy, fifty-six years old, of No. 600 t, was arrested by th: © Rave such of Dr to Bellevue Hospital nt he w for observa April George nounced his intention of subseribi: to the proposed Gover 84,000,000,000, MN to-day & $2,500,000 ument joan of READY FORCAL Single Men Between 25 and man {s preparing to call for 60,000 or‘ 100,000 men between the ages of year, the Governor may select the | 8. D.; Sapper A. Laird, Los Angelos Wounded: Lieut, A. Highstone, st. | Paul, Minn. (severely): Private E. Reynolds, Visalia, Cal; WHITNEY -BUSK WEDDING 18 ADVANCED TO TO-DAY IN ST, JAMES’S CHURCH. (ra | Originally set for June 23, to-day Will witness the marriage of Miss Peg- sy Busk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Busk of No, 3 East Elghty- fifth Street, to Edward Allon Whitney. ® son of Mr. and Mra. Arthur W Whitney of Augusta, Me, 4r, Whitney 1s a member of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of the Harvard Reg! ment and so tho earlier date was chosen, T y= ceremony will take place at 4 o'clock this afternoon in St. | James's Church, BRITAIN TO SEND | LABOR DELEGATES Premier Lloyd George so Assures | Samuel Gompers, Who Made the Request, WASHINGTON, labor will be represented in the inter- | national commission soon to visit the United States to discuss American co- operation in the European war, ac- cording to @ telegram from Premier Lloyd George received to-day by Sam- uel Gompers, President of the Amert- can Federation of Labor, The tele. gram ffollows: “Delighted to comply with your re- quest. Two labor leaders and repre- sentatives of welfare department of Ministry of Munitions will leave for America 48 soon as possible,” On April 2, Mr, Gompers sent a | cablegram through Ambassador Francis at Petrograd to N. 8. Ch kel) member of the Russian Duma |assuring the Russian working people of the support of the workers jAmerica and beseeching the masses of Russia to “maintain what you ve already achieved and to prace lly and rationally solve the prob. & tic lems of to-da In a cablogram to the State De- partment Ambassador Frands ac- knowledges receipt of the greeting as | followa: | “Gompers's cable delivered and given to the press, Think It excel- lent and will have good effect.” | watch tino ‘REPORTED GERARD WILL GO TO JAPAN To Fill Post of Ambassador Tem. porarily, It Is Said—Secre- | tary Lansing Silent. WASHINGTON, April 14.—Secre- tary of State Lansing refused to- day to confirm or deny an appar- [ently well authenticated report that James W. Gerard, former Ambas- sador to Germany, will be invited to ‘fll temporarily the vacant post of American Ambassador to Japan, The Japanese mission has been va- cant since the death of George W, | Guthrie several weeks ago. News to Ge t He Is Ready for Any Orde Ambassador Gerard, asked about the Japan appointment, said he knew nothing of the matter; that he was still an attache of the State Depart. ment as such ready for any or- ders that might be given him, ‘N.Y. SCHOONER SHELLED BY U BOAT, ABANDDNE | | Edwin R. Hunt Was Bound Home From Crete in Ballast—Crew ' of Eight Saved. WASHINGTON, April 14,—The American schooner Edwin R. Hunt of New York waa abandoned by her erew under shell fire from @ gub- |marine near Cape Gata, Spain, in the Mediterranean, April 7, according to @ dispatoh to the State Department from Consul Gassett at Malaga, Consul Gassett’s message said: “American schooner Edwin R, Hunt of New York, Nicholas Miller master, with crew of eight, bound from Crete to New York in ballast shelled by submarine at 4A, M fort miles off C ndoned unknown, to Almeria Gov ned a bill which prohibits capital punishment in Mis- eourk, effect:ve June 1s, The law becomes April 14.—Britisb | SHELLS REVEAL BIG CAPACITYOF PLANTS: 100,000 to 500,000 Pro- jectiles a Month, | ' Navy Department made public to- day bids received from twenty-five munition makers on an order for 678,000 shells of all calibres, the fig- ures bringing out sharply the enor- mous capacity of American plants, Eleven bidders each offered to ab-| sorb the entire order for 1,170,000 one- pounder projectiles, and within a few weeks to begin deliveries at the rate of from 100,000 to 500,000 shells a! month. There were six separate pro- | ponals covering the entire order for 8,000 fourteen-iInch shells, The bids also show @ capacity to produce 30,000 six-inch shells, 2,500 fourteen-inch shells and about the same number of twelve-inch shells a month after the machinery {s set In motion. The Bridgeport Projectile Company bid on all classes of shells up to six- inch and showed a monthly output of 1,200 of the larger type and 100,000; one-pounder shells within @ short) time, | The Baldwin Locomotive Works could begin delivery of 14-inch shells | within 100 days and turn out 600 a month thereafter, The Bethlehem Steel Company could deliver 700 big shells a month, beginning within a| year, and within te days could de- liver 6-incho, 4-Inche and 3-inch shells at a rate of 10,000 a month, |The Washington Steel and Ordnance Company is prepared to deliver 100 liver 5S-inch, 4-inch and 3-inch within six weeks, and turn out one- pounder projectiles at a rate of from 8,000 to 5,000 a day thereafter. ‘BRITISH AGAIN SMASH TURKS IN MESOPOTAMIA. } ot Defeated Forces in Retreat After Suffering Heavy Loss in Battle. LONDON, April 14 (4.05 P. M.).— The Turks have sustained another defeat at the hands of the British in Mesopotamia, The War Office announces that the Turks are in re- treat after a battle in which they suffered heavy losses, | The Turks wero driven from their [positions near Ghallyeh, ten miles |; northeast of Deltawah, (Deltawah Is thirty-five miles north of Bagdad.) They then withdrew toward Seraljik and thence toward Dely Abbas, The British are pursuing the Turks. On Wednesday the Turks lost 200 killed and 700 wounded, The British won their victory by outgeneralling the Turks, They made a strategical retreat, drawing the Turks after them, and followed this | by a night march which enabled the | Brivieh to fall on ¢ Turks from the flank and put then to rout, This announcement indicates that the British have wrecked the plan of the Turks to halt the Invading arm- . which have been sweeping’ for- ous Interruption for several weeks. An official British statement on Tuesday said the Turks were preparing a converging move- ment against the British between the Adheim and Diata Rivers, It ts in, this region that the fighting now re- ported occurred. SEARCH TUBE PASSENGERS . AT STATIONS IN JERSEY Guards Force Opening of All Pack- ages and Suit Cases Before Admitting Bearers, Passengers entering the stations of the Hudson tubes at Hoboken, Erle Station and Jersey City to-day were subjected to sharp scrutiny by the men guarding the tunnels, Every jone with a package or a sult case | was compelled to open it for inspec- | tion, | At the offices of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company it was stated that the guard had not been requested but that the move was ap- | proved as a good precautionary meas- | ma It was admitted that many com- muters had comptined because they |had been forced to open packages for the guards. eit | D. A. R. BATTLE ON AGAIN, mney and Campatgners FU Hotel Lobbte: WASHINGTON, April 14.—The an- nual battle for Presidency of the D. A Three hotel lobbies are filled | athered In groups of from ae, Mra matcher Guernsey of Kansas, ‘John’ Miller Horton of New. York, | Hamilton Lewis of Miinols and jeorge C, Squires, _ New York Man Dies at 1ST Dencend MALONE, N. Y., April Russell, oldest in Ne York, died t the age He was borr utreal in 181 (vad thirtee five nd hildren,. seve randebil and fourteen at wrand- D4 14, Moses yrthern New of 105, He} to-day M & vin 1917. 0.00000 HAR LOAN PASSE TE HOUSE TODAY (Continued from First Page.) Not because we have no navy, but be- cause of lack of an opportunity to use it. But there fs one way we can en- gage in the war. That is to help WASHINGTON, April 14. — The finance those who are fighting our im wages that the oper enemies, “This proposed appropriation is for $5,000,000,000, I doubt not that before a year that amount will be doubled. Let us hope that we can end the war by extending our credit, Our highest duty Is to give ald to those who fighting our enemies, I hope and pi that aid thus given will be effectual enough to end the war before we send our boys into the trenches.” Representative Madden of Illinois said the loan was the only way in which the United States could act promptly and effectively at this time. For God's sake let's get into ace | tion,” he cried, “either through the| armies now in the fleld or in our own larmy, and everybody knows we can't get an adequate army for a year. The time for talk is past and the time for action is here.” | There was much opposition to a proposal by Representative Moore of Pennsylvania to limit the maturity of the issue. All the leaders spoke for leaving that to the discretion of the President or the Treasury De- partment. Representative Cannon of Miinols said that personally his sympathies would be more with Russia than with the other Governments among the allies, because while other great pow- ers during the Amertean Civil War wavered as to interference in behalf of the Southern Confede » Russia sent her fleet to New York and by its resence aided the preservation of the Inion. The Moore proposal to provide re- demption in fifty years was rejected on a viva voce vote, An amendment by Representative | Kitchin was adopted providing that not only that part of the $5,000,000,000 | bond issue first offered as a popular loan should be at not less than par, but the portion not subscribed for which the Secretary of the Treasury may otherwise dispose of shall be “at | not less than par,” A proposal by Representative How- ard of Georgia to write into the bill & provision that bonds should be issued In denominations as low as $25 was defeated, on the ground that i should be left to the Treasury De- partment. ARCHIE ROOSEVELT WEDS. and Miss Grace 8. Lockwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas 8. Lockwood, of this city, were married at noon to-day in Emmanuel Episcopal Church Rev. | Among emony Were Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and b an Mrs, Kermit Roosevelt, Dr. * Richard Derby and Quentin Roose- v elt, The date of the wedding was set forward because of the expectation of an early call to the colors by Mr. Roc it, who is a member of the officers’ reserve corps at Harvard University, coseeiiaiaesietas ANSWERS RUSSIA’S LAWSUIT, v © Copper Company Dentes Liability for $1,140,000, Denying responsibility for the ex-| plosion and fire which destroyed a| ‘portion of its plant on March 20, 1916, the Tennessee Copper Company to- day filed its answer to the suit of the Russian Government to recover §1,- 140,000 on an unfilled munitions con- tract. The National Surety Company, interested In the contract as bonds- man, also.filed a The company es that the money which the Russian Government ts seeking to recover used in mak- ing alterations to its plant necessary for the manufacture of the explosive under contract, It insists that the destruction of the plant resulted from no negligence, and that therefore the Russian Government was a virtual partner in the loss and entitled to no return, saniniomiiligceane WHEAT STILL GOING UP. CHICAGO, April 14.—Whi to-day to new high price Realizing sales by holders developed somewhat on the bulge, but led to only moderate reactions im values. Opening quetations, which ranged from. 1-4¢, to 8c, higher, were fol- lowed by & general steep upturn on May touch It closed yesterday's highest fieui like wheat, ascended to new records Bellers were scarce to 1 1-36 the market scored decided gains 34 top After opening unchanged up, all around. aensaentiieeenenes Teutons Hope for Anarchy in Russia, PETROGRAD, April 14 (via London) —Regarding the Roumantan front, the Russian statement says to-day: « "A number of Austrian officers and | soldiers who deserted declare the Aus- trians and Germans are hopine that the various organizations in the interior of | Russia which at the moment are ob- tructing the operations of. the Pro- vistonal Government will bring about a state of anarchy throughout the ec and demoralize the Russian army Arrested, While T. of Navy Yard, Harold Peebles, who gave his ad- No, 662 Montclair Avenue, fich., Was arrested by Special olman Spitzer, on the Willians- | burg Bridge, shortly after 9 o'clock tihs morning while taking phot graphs of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. _- troit Pa PL PASO, Tex., April 14 Villistas wrecked a northbound ¢rain twenty miles south of Jaurez ddring the night. Four pa and twenty injured. engers were | tiled —A band of MINERS’ DEMANDS PUT UP TO JOINT SUB-COMMITTEE Operators and Men Seem Near Agreement—Union Members for Heavy Tax on Absentee Landlords | At the third session of the bitu- minous coal conference of the central | competitive field in the Hotel Me- FOD STATION FADS TO TROUBLE + GRAN OTS Eleven Ready to Deliver From! praparea to do much with our navy, Albin to-day, tho operators and mem-| Conference of Representatives bers of the Miners’ Union voted to Appoirit a sub-committes of sixteen to thrash out the amount of increase| ators should} Brant. This seemed to clear the way| for some definite action early next} week, Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian For- Several of the State delegations ot | eign Minister, a conference was held operators have already offered a 10/1 Vienna on Thursday and FYrtdey per-cont. wage increase in place of | between representatives of Germany the increase of from 20 to 33 per cent. , 4d Austria-Hungary at which ques- asked for by the miners. The miners ons concerning the provisioning of believe the operators are prepared to | both countries were discussed, accaha- increase this offer and the operators |!"& to a Vienna telegram to-day, are of the opinion that the miners) A unanimous agreement wag will be satisfied with less than they | Teached, says the message, which have asked for. ‘gives a full guarantee that the sup- ‘The miners went into executive! PIY of foodstuffs for the monarchy session this afternoon to select their “"¢ for Germany will be fully cots representatives on the sub-committee. °red from the available stocks up to the next harvest. ‘They also adopted resolutions urging z upon Congress that the cost of the) COPENHAGEN (via London), Agrit war be paid atong the Hines advanced 147A Cologne despatch to the Ber of Central Powers Attempt to Reassure Public. AMSTPRDAM, April 14 (via Lon- don),—Under the Presidency of Count by the Ameriean Committee on War Un Tageblatt says that sixty-eight Finance and calling for a tax on land bakeries there have been closed by so high that it would do away with) the police for violation of food regu- absentee landlordism. jlations, At a meeting of bakers the Pe |gulldmaster said that a third of aft RULES ON WAR SERVICE {the bakers In Cologne were facing | court proceedings. He declared thag DRAFTED BY COLLEGES the method of many bakers in disposs | ing of the flour allotted to them wae | Selective Conscription One of the| The results of the statistical inves- . . , | tigation Into the war cost of living in Recommendations of New York | Germany, which was conducted ta State Committ | April, 1915, and which are now pub- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y¥., Apri) 14,| "shed, show that the cost of the bare Announcement was made by Prest- | Necessities of life for families in the dent Henry Noble Maccracken of [West wage class materially exceeds Vassar College to-day of the recom-| thelr income, ‘This class tnctudes mendations made by a committee of | Milles earning from 100 to 200 marke the New York State Association of | ™MOMthly, and their living expenses Colleges and Universities for uniform | “TC Put at 222 marks 6 pfennigs. war service. The recommendations |, Th deficit, the report remarks, bas follow been covered by either drawing on That tho colleges and universides | #4VIngs or running into debt. Prices of the State establish one or more | have steadily gone upward in the en- Units of the reserve officers’ training | guing year, increasing the ithposst- corps, including courses leading at the | pity o ¥ fame time to a commission and to | Dility of the poorly paid classes, who college deg include persons ranked as tn the edu- cated middle classes in America, to That the principle of universal ol Ngation to service be applied by | get along without public relief. process of sel conseription. | —— That mem xraduating classe S| a c oO for military —rcrvico ba | Peanee Cats Owe nted their degrees without specia examination, That absence by reason of enlist-} ment of military service shall not pr judice the award or the intention of univ ity scholarships. That the Council for National De- fense appoint a commission which | RY . shall outline -- appropriate policy for | UNIFORMS women students. For Home Defense Leagues svat bed Ss MISS HAUPTNER NAVY BRIDE, is OTHER MILITARY URGANIZATIO Army Shoe Ha! jent, Brinckerhoff vening, Cartridge Belts Tents atry for Two Month PARIS, April 14.—Pastry wag put on the proscribed list of France's diet for [{%u months, in formal orders issued to-day. w York ads one more to the grow- “ vavy I e opted by U. & ing number of Navy brides with th ee, ri + A wedding this evening of Licut, Walter talon Wyckoff Brinckerhoff, U. 8. N., and ARMY @ NAVY PzQF COn Ihee Miss Florence Gregor Hauptner, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hauptner of this city, Lieut, Brinekerhoff ts attached to the | ‘Btn Av., Now York, Const Defense Reserves, The wedding takes place at 5 o'clock at the Fourth | = Presbyterian Chureh, The Rev. Dr, Ed- gar Whitaker officiates, ‘The bridesmaid is Miss Gertrude Lou and the beat man Maurice J. 5! = > fo RUIN IF SPAIN ENTERS WAR. | en e QBeause. fen Head Tells Chamber of Dep Why Country Must Be Neatra’ 0 'W.'40" $t MADRID, April 14—The newspaper a El Dia, tn an interview to-day with President Villanueva of the Chamber |™ pene . of Deputies, quoted him as declaring OIEeEo. “Graver circumstances make it more) DAVISON.—ARCHIBALD ©,, on <Agett Hecessary to maintan neutralty. “In-| 42 3917, aged 42, tervention in the war would ruin Spain, | services s evenin, , The iKne. the people and the army} SeFY tila’ evening. st. 8 Solem cae pene the peeps Matthews Undertaking Parlor, 240 W. ——>—_ Hist ot. Interment Maple Grove Comes American Citizens Quit) Vienna! ‘0! ll. Sunday forenoon, To-Day, JOBBITT.—Suddenly, WILLIAM B, JOBs WASHINGTON, April 14—Charge BITT, beloved son of Mary Adelaide and the late Willlam L, Jobbitt, Funeral Sunday afternoon at 8 P, My from his late residence, 1397 Putnam Grew cables from Viennu that he and the other members of the American Embassy staff and the consular of.| Ave. Brooklyn, Interment Bvergresm ficers in Austria-Hungary, with tholr| \cemeter?: families, will leave to-day for | M’ALUIN.—At Ossining, ©, %., Theredayy April 12, after a brief illness, Gen, By Switzerland. ALP A. MALPIN, in his 69th yeur. > | Funeral wervices: at Preabytertag Tall of Postal Employees. Church, Ossining, N.Y, on the arrival Tho Portal Employees’ Mutual Ald | of cho tradn leaving Gr Association of Greater New York and| tion at 2.10 Bunday afte: vicinity will give its twenty-second | ., annual entertainment and tall next | OSBORNE-—At Montelatr, N. Jo Apetd ‘Tuesday night at the Casino of Har- 40, 1027, BOMUND BURKE OMBORNE, er vieos wi lem River Park. A big vaudeville} *Y" ene will ald a8 te | late residence, 4 Stonedrid, Road, Gum ta 6 n | bint will start at 6.16 and dancing at! gle Hudiniy & Boon eue 11 o'clock. The proceeds will gu to the mortuary fund, F | RELIGIOUS NOTICES. Mother and in Anto 2 April, 14.——Mra Fannie L use nty years old, and her son, Walter L. Stackhous re killed when struck by an automo-| = Biae oni the Havas Haeoh Hauevema |e PERSONALS, rly to-day JOE—Come home; mother sick; everytaing tow ea -_ — giren, Father, Marcy ay. Clearing House Bank wv — crease in Rene LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS.- The statement of t ac Htion | Lost — Hudson sable acart, levaito Theatre, Woda clearing house banks und t ‘ony-| day, about @ o'clock; liberal reward, ino guess of cleart ae etn 10 Tho Uitice. Rialto Theatre, tons daked the week tt -——. All lost or found artictes ade) vertised in The World will be Sik Company Safe Robbed of $4,000, Hated at The World's Informas CORNING, y vil 14.—Four Bureau, Pulitzer Building masked men entered the offices af the Row Huguet Company at Hornet! eurly to-day, bound and gagged the wartemn” Often watchman, blew open the safe and 125th Sy and World's obtained $4,000 Brooklyn Officer, Washinge q fon St, Brooklyn, for 30. day apal Nancio Ave : following the peimting BERLIN. (via don), April 16 advert! Death of Papal jo Aversa was an nounced tn Muntoh despate to-day. He Lad been suffering with appendicitis, eens se faa