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VOL. L!X. NO. 114
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NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1917
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Repulse Bitter Attacks by Troops of Prince Rup
precht and the German Crown Prince
GERMANS THROWN BACK. WITH HEAVY LOSSES
German Troops, Thrown in Waves Against the French on
Both Sides of Laon, Made a Gain of 200 Yards Only to
be Immediately Driven Out by a French Counter-Attack
Entente Forces Continue Their Offensive With
Successes Between Doiran and the Cerna, in Macedonia.
Cabled Paragraphs
British Aviator Missing
Nottingham, May 11, 4:B5 p. m.
Captain Albert Ball of the British
flying1 squadron, who recently receiv -
ting-ham for having brought dow V'
German airplanes, ha3 been missinkO'J'
since Monday, according to a letter
received by his father.
New Nip.3 River
Je is Assured
Britain Extends Recruiting Age to 50
London, May 11, 10.28 p. m. The
war office announces that the volun
tary recruiting age will soon be ex
tended to men up to fifty years of age,
both single and married. The an
nouncement expreaes the hope that
those who come forward will be ready
and willing to serve without delay
when called upon.
EJtter attacks by the troops of
Prince Ruprprecht and the German
crown prince are being made against
the positions vital to the defenses of
Lens and Laon, held by the British
and French. Field Marshal Haig and
General Nlvelle are holding their re
cent gains and throwing back the Ger
mans with heavy losses.
South of Souches river, one of the
natural barriers to Lenz, a momen
tary footing was won by Price Rup
prechfs men aided by liquid lire, In
the new British positions, but a bril
liant counter-attack recovered the lost
tret.ch es.
Around Oerny-en-Leonnote. on the
plateau overlooking the Allette river
and only nine miles south of iaon,
the German crown prince is expending
his man power Ineffectually, In an at
tempt to regain lost ground. Throw
ing his men in waves against the
French on both sides of the village,
he succeeded only in gaining about
200 yards of an advanced element, but
his gain was short-lived, as a French
counter-attack immediately drove him
out. On the lengthy front In Mace
donia the entente forces continue their
offensive with success between Doiran
and the Cerna river. The British hoid
their recently-gained positions, with a
tenacious grip.
West of Doiran and west of the Var
dar river, French troops have carried
by storm an important position south
of Hurna on the Serbo-Greek border
and withstood violent counter-attacks
by the Bulgarians. Twenty miles to
the west and near the border, the Ser
bians have captured two Bulgarian
works north of Pojar.
A FOOD CONTROL BILL
INTRODUCED IN SENATE
By Senator Gore, Chairman of the Ag
ricultural Committee.
Washington, Mayy 11. A food con
trol bill approved by- the administra
tion and containing many features of
the agricultural department's measures
pending In the house was Introduced
In the senate today by Senator Gore,
chairman of the agricultural commit
tee. An early effort will be made to
bring it to the senate floor.
The bill contains most of the pro
posals fonrht. according to Carl Vroo
man, assistant secretary of agricul
ture, fcy a powerful lobby of wealthy
food gamblers. It calls for a food
supply by the agricultural department
and would give the department power
to license tne manufacture, storage
and distribution of food. One provi
sion would legalize the mixture of
wheat and other cereals in the making
or nour ana wouia r.x rood standards.
The house agriculture committee
heard a number of food experts during
the day. among them Kirby C. White
of Detroit, president of the American
Seed association, who advocated pow
er xor tne government to take over
and sen the country's seed supply.
Secretary Redfield said In a state
ment today, supporting the food bills,
that there was no economic reason for
present high prices of food and that
the government would have to take
charge to prevent further rises.
TRADING IN MAY WHEAT
ORDERED DISCONTINUED
By the Board of Directors of the Chi
cago Board of Trade.
SENATE WILL VOTE ON
ESPIONAGE BILL TODAY
Little Doubt That the Bill Wi!l Be
Put Through.
Washington, May 11. The senate
failed today to obtain a final vote on
the administration espionage bill with
Its press censorship and embargo sec
tions, but under the unanimous con
sent agreement which governs Its
consideration, the discussion tomorrow
will be sharply limited, and the meas
ure probably will be passed before
the week ends.
With the censorship provision modi
fled ' suggested by Senator 'Cummins
niifi Thomas l.st night to make its
terms less general, there is little
doubt that the bin will be put
through despite the hard fight made
against it. Senator Johnson of Cali
fornia had a motion pending at ad
journment tonight to eliminate all
censorship provisions from the bill,
hut leaders were confident the modi
fied provision will stand.
Chicago, May 11. Trading in May
wheat was ordered discontinued at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Chicago board of trade tonight.
The directors also decided that exist
ing contracts should be adjudicated
either by delivery of the property or
at a selling price to be fixed by a
committee appointed for the (purpose.
This committee is headed by James
A. Patten and will meet tomorrow
morning. .
May wheat was quoted at $3.13 at
the close of trading today. Traders
said there -was n way of-'-eefthnating-
tne etreet of tne order on trades ex
isting. The amount of wheat on this
market was said to be 180,600 bushels
on Saturday, and the amount now
here was thought to be short of those
ngures.
It was rumored among members of
tne Doard that action by the federal
authorities In the last few days and
particularly earlier in the day, had
hastened the action of the board of
directors. It was admitted that sev
eral members had been summoned to
the office of the federal district-attor
ney in the morning and others again
in the afternoon, but it was said no
threats had been made or intimated
U also was admitted that government
agents had been in the trading pit of
the board for several days taking
notes on tne trades.
BOTH HOUSES OF GENERAL AS
SEMBLY VOTE FOR IT .
$80,000 APPROPRIATION
BORGBJERG NOT AUTHORIZED
TO OFFER PEACE TERMS
Merely His Own Interpretation of So
cialist Proposals.
Copenhagen, May 11. via London,
9.15 p. m. The' last trappings have
been stripped from Borgbjerg's peace
embassy to Petrograd by The Associ
ated Press despatch from Berlin stat
ing that Borgbjerg carried no author!
ization nor Instruction from the Ger
man socialists and that the peace con
ditions outlined by him were merely
nis voluntary interpretation of social
1st proposals.
The Danish editor gave himself out
to be a plenipotentiary both of the
German majority socialists on the
strength of his conversations with
Phliipp Scheidemann. and of the In
ternationalist socialist committee in
Stockholm in both instances without
authority.
PROMINENT EDUCATORS
CALLED F.OR CONFERENCE
By the Committee on Patriotism of the
National Security League.
New York. May 11. -Prominent edu
rators from colleges and univereitie"s
all over the country will meet here
tonjrrow at a conference called by the
committee on patriotism through edu
cation of the National Security league
to formulate plans for a nation-wide
lecture campaign on patriotism and
national defense.
The call for the conference states
that tl Is proposed to send into every
itate in the union "organized lecturers,
sxperienced in presenting patriotic
topics, in order that the people of the
United States may be generally - in
formed of the cause of the war and
the varied needs of the nation for de-
&ad victory."
VIOLENT PROTESTS AGAINST
THE PROPOSED WAR TAX
Made by Big and Little Interests Before
the Senate Finance Committee.
Washington, May 11. .While the
house debate on the J 1,800,000,000 war
tax Pill was getting under way today.
the senate finance committee heard
violent protests from big and little
interests on which the new war levies
would fall.
Manufacturers who would have to
pay the increased excess nroflts tax.
distillers, brewers and soda fountain
interests affected y the higher rate
on aiconouc and soft drinks, and to
bacco companies hit by the tobacco
tax, all told the senate committee that
they faced ruin if the bill went through
as presented in the house. Nearly
every witness declared his particular
business seemed to have been made
the target for an unjust and exorbi
tant tax.
In the house, too, many portions of
tne Dili were under fire, but the reply
or aemocrauc and republican leaders
in charge was that the money must
be raised and only high taxes could
provide it.
Only the excess profits, liquor, beer,
soft drinks and tobacco schedules were
considered today bv the senate com-
mittee, which opened hearings before
tne measure came over from the house
in order to hasten final congressional
action. The hearings are expected to
ciose .Tuesday.
BANQUET FOR BRITISH
AND FRENCH WAR MISSIONS
Menu One of the Simplist Ever Served
at a Great Dinner in New York.
New York. May 11. One of the most
brilliant banquets in the history of
America was given Here tonleht in
honor of the British and French war
missions.
The guests included Arthur James
Balfour. British foreign mission: Re
ne Viviani, French minister of justice;
Marshal Joffre and two former presi
dents of the United States Theodore
Roosevelt and William .H Taft.
Outlined In electric lights unon the
front of the Waldorf-Astoria were the
nag of the three nations.
The menu was one of the simplest
ever terved at a great public dinner
in .ew ) orK.
The members of the mission wen
escorted first to the great bail room
where a brief reception was held and
then to the grand banquet hall, wni.th
nad been the scene of many br".u-8.nt
aj-Tn blages. i
Stretched across one end of the hal!
was a great curtain of horizon blue.
In the center was the American flag,
nannea ay tne colors or France and
Ehsland and with the flags of the ten
other ail.es surrounding them.
BRITISH COMMISSION
WELCOMED TO NEW YORK.
Balfour Muoh Impressed With Whole
Hearted Enthusiasm Shown.
New -York, May IX Arthur James
Balfour, Great Britain's secretary of
state for foreign affairs, and members
of the British commission accompany
ing him to this country received a wel
come of amazing proportions On their
arrival from Washington late today.
Mr. Balfour was bo impressed by
what he termed the "whole-hearted ex
hibition of enthusiasm" everywhere
that later in a speech he .said that if
those on the other side of he Atlantic
could have had a glimpse of it they
would renew determination to carry
through the struggle at all sacrifices.
The British commission was met at
Jersey City by a group of leading citi
zens. -
Mr. Balfour showed keen interest in
the Statue of Liberty on the trip to
Manhattan. "So that's the famous
statue," he said.
Passing through the financial dis
trict in lower Broadway, the visitors
received applause. Dong streamers of
ticker tape thrown from windows were
carried across the street by the breeze,
Intermingling with the vari-colored
bunting.
Entering City hall for the official
welcome from the mayor, Mr. Balfour
and his party went to the aldermanic
chamber, where the mayor and Joseph
H. Choate outlined the aims . of the
united states in the war. i
Before Mr. Choate could begin to 1
speak, Mr. Balfour shook Mr. Choate's t
nana warmly.
"You have told tts American could
no longer stand aloof," said Mr. Bal
four, "must take her part in this world
strusgl3 and must bear a share in that
contest for the liberties of mankind
which is now moving every corner of
the earth."
Leaving the City hall, escorted by
a squidron of cavalry and two troops
of mounted police, the automobiles
carrying the city's guests were driven
north through Lafayette street and
Union square to Fifth avenue and
thence to the home of Vincent Astor
where they will be entertained while
In New York.
All along the way they passed be
tween lanes of cheering New Yorkers
who seemed proud to do honor to
Britain's famous eon and his asso
ciates. - V
MARSHAL JOFFRE VISITS
WEST POINT ACADEMY
Expressed Admiration at Cadets'
Physical Appearance and Training.
West Point. N. Y., Mav J-Marshal
Joffe promised the United l.ates Mili
tary Academy authorities today, after
he had reviewed the 640 cadets, that
ho would write a personal letter to the
student officers expressing his belief
that -.hey were ready for service U.
Fra nee.
The marshal's visit to the militaiy
post was preceded by one to Wash
ington's headquarters at Newburg,
where thousands of Orange County cit
izens crowded the public park wiere
stands the house In which Washington
signed the orriei disbanding the revo
lutionary armies.
At West Point after passing up and
down in front of the line of cadets
Marshal Joffre told Colonel Biddle su
perintendent or the academy, he wish
ed to express his pleasure and admi
ration at the cadets' physical appear
ance and training. It impressed him
to know, he said, that the young offi
cers, oZ whom 164 will be graduated on
August 30 ten months bet-e tli'r
training would usualy end, wera to
fight side by side with French officers
on French soil.
So Cet,-. was his gratltuie. th mar
shal continued, that he wcild ,wr!e an
aa.nfjciiiLieuer ro oioiie; aianle -x-pressing
his conviction that all those
caaets now needed to make them
reaay ror service in France was a lit
tle training in the employ of trench
mortars and other weapons of modern
wanare.
Friday Was the Last Business Day of
the Session, But the Closing Exer
cises Were Deferred Until Next
Thursday.
... (Special to The Bulletin.)
Hartford, May 11. Friday was the
last business day of the legislature,
but the closing exercises were deferred
to aext Thursday. One of - the fea
tures of the session was the passage
of the bill to cause the erection of a
new bridge over the Niantic river, the
expense - to be divided equally be
tween the state and New London
county. '
The Niantic Bridge, - . .."
The committee on appropriations
made unfavorable report on the act
directing the highway commissioner to
construct a bridge over the Niantic
river, between the towns of East Lyme
and Waterford. Mr. Hall of New Brit
ain of the appropriations committee,
moved the acceptance of the commit
tee and rejection of the bill, which
carried an appropriation of $80,000.
On motion of Mr. Bailey of Norwich
the question was divided and the re
port accepted.
Mr. Gearv of Waterford offered an
amendment" to the effect that half the
expense be borne by the state and
half by the county of New London.
The original bill provided that one
half be paid by the state, one-quarter
There Must be
No Coal Strike
GOVERNMENT NOTIFIES OPERAT
ORS AND MINERS
MUST GET TOGETHER
Representatives of Both Sides Have
Been in Conference With Secretary
Wilson of the Labor Department
Tentative Agreement Reached.
Washington, May 11. The federal
government today told operators and
employes concerned in the threatened
Pennsylvania coal strike that they
nfust get together in the interest of
national defense. A score of repre
sentatives of both sides spent the day
and much of the night In conference
with Secretary Wilson of the labor de
partment, officials of the American
Federation of Labor and the Council
of National Defense.
75,000 Men Threatened Walkout.
Thirteen counties in the Second
Pennsylvania district are involved in
the dispute and about 75,000 men have
threatened to walk out on May 15 un
less their wages are raised.
The miners, by referendum, have
disavowed the wage scale agreed on
bv their representatives and In ad
dition to pay increases, ask changes
in their working conditions. Their
demands have been refused by all op
erators in this district.
Both Sides Ordered to Washington
.Most of the output of the mines in
the district goes to concerns working
on government contracts. When it ap
peared the producers and their min-
Service, Both as to News and Advertising
It makes little difference whether it is from the standpoint of the
reader or the advertiser, service is expected of a newspaper, and serv
ice is the aim of The Bulletin in both of these particulars. It is the
paper with the news which makes the most valuable advertising me
dium, for that is the paper which goes into the homes, the paper which
is read and the paper that Is depended upon for the events of the day
and the trade opportunities that are offered.
Aside from its telegraph and local news, and that from its many
correspondents in the larger centers of this part of the state, there is
perhaps no better evidence of the service that is rendered Bulletin
readers than that which is furnished by it3 report of the doings of
the general assembly, a matter o much concern to every resident of
tho state.
The1 Bulletin is one 'ol five; fswsSpai.ar in the " sS,te, including ,
those in Hartford, which has had a representative in attendance at
every session, and its legislative report has been as complete as that
of any In the commonwealth. Such is in keeping with The Bulletin's
aim of giving service and furnishing news while it is news.
During the past week the following matter appeared in The Bui
letin's columns:
Bulletin
Saturday, May
Monday, May
Tuesday, . May
Wednesday, May
Thursday, May
Friday, May
Telegraph Local General Total
5.. 140 148 912 1200
7. . 142 128 '201 471
8.. 136 102 194 432
9.. 134 143 187 464
10.. 168 117 228 513
11.. 153 132 203 488
Condensed Telegrams
John Williams White, emeritus pro
fessor of Greek at Harvard, died, aged
68.
Leases of small coal operators in
the Connellsville, Pa., region will be
cancelled.
One hundred and twenty-seven
Americans are reported held prison
ers by Germany. j
Secretary McAdoo will address a
gathering of bankers and business
men in Chicago May. 17.
It was announced officially in Ber
lin that the recent reports of an at
tempt to assassinate the Kaiser were
untrue.
The West Point class of 154, which
normally would be graduated in June,
1918, will be graduated August 30,
next.
Postal service with Germany, Aus
tria, Luemberg, Bulgaria and Turkey
has been cut off by order of the postmaster-general.
It was announced that the war
would not prevent the holding of the
national convention of the Order of
Elks in Boston.
Bloodhounds are being used by
the Dannemora prison authorities to
track two prisoners who escaped from
the work camps.
Perfect order prevails in Bolivia
following the recent election of Jose
Gutierrez Guerra of the Liberal party
to the presidency.
Peekskill will have a military train
ing camp to train 1,800 boys between
16 and 19, under the instruction of
National Guard officers.
General Chang-Sun, heretofore bit
ter opponent of Chinese intervention
in the world conflict, declared he was
converted to war on Germany.
Detectives are searching for the
man who shot and wounded Frederick
Bauer, when he was on sentry duty
I at the xwchols copper W orks, Queens.
A letter from Christian ndeavor
j headquarters to 3,000 members urges
an to ennst: in tne unristian ii;.iaeav
or army of production, economy and
thrift."
A Sinn Feiner, Joseph McGuinness,
won the special election to fill the
vacancy in the Commons for the
southern division of Longford coun
ty, Ireland.
Buenos Ayres newspapers declare
that the Government has positive in
formation that the Argentine sailing
ship Orfana was sunk i.y a German
submarine.
Totals 873
770 1925 3568
In spite of the fact that trains of
grain are rushed through from Chica
go the demand for wheat is so great
the railroads are unable to supply it
fast enough
A plot to kill ex-Premier Venizelos,
now president of the Greek Pro
visional Government, was unearthed.
Nine men confessed to having plan
ned the assasination.
CHARGES LOBBY W
y
Formal Statement by Assistant Secretary Vrcc.T
of the Department of Agriculture
SOME OF THEM MEN OF IMMENSE WEAL
r r t
i n
at
Denounces Them as Unpatriotic and Disloyal, Allies
Kaiser, Who Are Doing Their Best to Defeit the Pi.!.'
otic Purposes of the Nation Are Working Ag."-
President Wilson's Plan to Mobilize the .gricuhural re
sources of the United States for Victory- Declares T; -;,
Will be Taken Care of in Due Time by National, Lti
and Municipal Legislation, Pending Which Tirr.i- 77
Should be Made to Feel the Power cf Outraged PuV.'.z
Sentiment.
Cotton Manufacturers Association of
Xew Bedford has voted an increase in
wages of 10 per cent, to the 33,-Ot'fl alt
eratives in the local mills.
A' step toward increasing farm
products and solving the farm labor
problem has been taken up by Yama
Farms, N. Y., in the employment of- a
corps of high school boys.
Official announcement was made of
the coming of a commission from
Russia, the personnel of which will
be announced later. The American
commission will leave- soon.
BRITAIN ISSUES WARNING
TO MUNITION WORKERS
That It Cannot Permit Strikes to In
terfere With Production.
London, May 11. The c-overnmenf
tomgnt issued a grave warnina- tn
munition workers that it cannot ner
mit strikes to continue and aggravate
wio anuauun in tne proauctlon of mu
nitions. All loyal citizens are called
uopn to resume work immediately and
the government gives notice that all
persons Inciting the stoppage of work
on munitions are liable under the de
fense of the realm act to conviction
for an offense entailing the penalty of
life servitude or less punishment as
may be awarded. s -
Arthur Henderson, member of h
British cabinet without portfolio, on
Thursday issued a statement reveal
ing the existence of strikes of engi
neers in various parts of Sngland.
NAVY IS N EARING WAR
STRENGTH OF 100,000 MEN.
Next Thursday Will See Full Ranks If
Ratio of Recruiting is Maintained.
Washington. May 11. -The navy will
reach Its full authorized maximum war
strength of 100,000 enlisted men next
Thursday If the recruiting ratio of the
last ten days is maintained. An official
statement issued today shows that the
service now has a total of 95.02S men.
Bills pending in congress authorize
the addition of 50,000 more men, or a
total strengtih, including hospital
corps, apprentices and unorganized
units, of 195,000 men.
Took Poison in Mistake- for Medicine.
Danbury. Conn.. May 11. Miss Kate
Tenson, 65 years of age, died at her
home tonight from the effects of a
dose of poison she took In mistake for
medicine.
by the county and the other quarter
by the towns of Waterford and East
Lyme, apportioned by the grand lists
of the towns. The bridge to be main
tained by the state.
Mr. Geary said the committee on
roads, rivers' and bridges favored the
fifty-fifty plan, that is one-half by
state and one-half by county. He said
the county was a unit for the amend
ment. Tr Waite of Sharon said the mat
ter has been long under consideration
and that the Hon and the lamb have
laid down together.
The amendment prevailed. Mr.
Geary recited the history of the bridge
from 1795, but briefly and Interest
ingly. He told of the purchase of the
toll bridge by the state and of its
maintenance In part by the state at a
cost of about $1,000 a year. The fed
eral government had ordered changes
that necessitated the construction of
the new bridge. Had not the state
talrnn over the bridge It would be a
matter of contention now between the
government and a private owner. As
the state owned the bridge and not
the county, it was up to the state to
pay the full cost of the bridge, but
there was objection on that point.
Mr. Bailey of Norwich spoke of the
precedents that had been established
to warrant the construction of this
bridge in part by the state.
The bill was nassed as amended and
it was Immediately transmitted to the
senate.
Resolutions were adopted to pay
John M. O'Connell the sum of JJ.'S
for the compilation of the prelimi
nary roll and manual, and J900 to
JohnsJ. Winn for compiling the Leg
islative Bulletin.
Another home guard bill was intro
duced in the house, which .provides
that when . companies of sixty-eight
men are organized they shall be ac
cepted as home guardsmen and be
fully armed and equipped. This bill
becomes necessary, as instead of 5.
000 men responding to the call 1208,
responded and In order to equip these
more -legislation Is required. The sum
of $250,000 has been expended on the
equipment of the first line and it will
cost about $150,000 more to equip the
balance, and the state win fin&JIy
have in force 9,000 men. The govern
or and the boards desires this legis
lation in order to ut the responsibil
ity on the general assembly. Mr. Rudd
in explaining the hill added that the
organization of the home guard had
prevented probable internal troubles.
He said there should be no delay In
the full equipment and uniforming of
this home guard.
Mr. Baton of North Haven had no
(Continued on Page Eight, First Col.)
ers could not reach an agreement rep
resentatives of both sides were or
dered to Washington to explain to the
government.
Samuel Gompers, as head of the la
bor committee of the Council of Na
tional Defense, recently assured the
government that -union labor would
not seek to change present labor
standards during the war except
through mediation by the government.
Afterward he issued an appeal to la
bor generally to refrain from strikes
and to employes to seek no labor
standard changes.
President Can Take Over Mines.
TTnder the national defense act, of
ficials say, the president in time of
war can take over and operate through
government agency any industry if
this appears necessary for the defense
of the country.
AN APPEAL TO THE WORLD
FOR A PEACE CONFERENCE
To Be Published by the Council of
Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates
of Russia.
Petrograd, May 10, via London, May
11, 6.42 p. m. An appeal to the peo
ples of the world concerning the call
ing of a peace conference in a neu
tral country will be published imme
diately by the council of soldier3" nnl
workmen s delegates, according to a
resolution adopted at a meeting yes
terday of the legislative conunvteN of
the council. The committee also re
solved to send a delegation to estab
lish relations with the socialist dele
pates at Stockholm and to send dele
gates t oneutral ajid allied countries
to further the peace movement.
It was resolved to call a conference
rof the socialist Internationale and to
invite to the conference representa
tives of all parties agreeing with the
council's appeal.
Resolutions were adopted directing
the formation of a special commission
of a representative character to or
ganize the conference and arrange a
programme: providing for the holding
of the conference In a neutral country
and the sending of a delegation of the
legislative committee to neutral and
allied countries to establish contact
with the socialist delegates at Stockholm.
The Navy Department ordered a
strict investigation of the accident to
the United States tender Guthrie in
he navy yard at League Island, in
which one seaman was killed.
Bids from manufacturers only for
$10,000 motorcycles, 3,100 automobiles
and 600 motor trucks will be invited
by the army quartermaster depot
within a few days in Chicago.
Dispute over property rights halted
the Labor Department's plan for estab
lishing a colony at Kanuga Lake, N.
C. for German sailors and aliens de
tained by the immigration service.
Arthur Henderson, labor member of
the British War Council, is to head a
mission of British labor representa
tives to Russia. An appeal against a
separate peace will be its chief ob
ject.
Washington, May 11. Sensational
charges that a lobby of "food gambl
ers, some of them men of immcnw
wealth," a'ready is at work in Wash
ington sr-eking to defeat tho adminis
tration food control hi Is, wre made
tonight in a formal statement by As
sistant Secretary YrooirUin of tho de
partment of agriculture.
Allies of the kaiser unpatriotic an. I
disloyal, who should be made to feci
the loathing and contempt of every
patriotic American were some of
the characterizations applied by Mr.
Vrooma.n to food speculators, food
cornerers and food gamhlers, who he
promises will in time be torched v
appropriate legislation.
Business Men Patriotic.
Secretary Vrooman's statement fol
lows: "Never in the history of the world
have business men Fliovn as murii
pati'iotim and unselfishness as have
been manifested Fince the war btan
by the business men of America. An
overwhelming majority of thfm have
been as ready to place their business
organizations and their personal ser
vices and their wealth at the dispos
al of the federal government in this
crisis as the younp men have been to
do the actual righting.
Some Human Vultures.
"However, this attitude has not
been universal. There are food spec
ulators, food cornci'f-rs and fiod
ganiblpi-s, fiome of them men of im
mense wealth and other of very
small means, who are today takin;
advantage of war conditions to ex
ploit their fellow citizens to the full
extent of their ability. Thfsa men
are allies of the kaiser and are doing
the utmost to defeat the patriotic
purposes of the union. Wherever
tliey are seen, in hifch p'accs or in
low they should be condemned and
made to feel the loathing and con
tempt of every patriotic American
time by naf i'.nai. - : - . ,
lgiia.t.on. . - ' ; - . -
can be n.vn.) tr. -,- -. -
power that 'fir. . i. r-. ,
hem is the powr of -. .,
public nr.rr.- a ! " ,- -- , .
used vi-'o-ou.-: .- and rr.- -.
Conducting a L-,;;
"I am toiil f r f
are actually in 'A'a;....-.-, , .- t
ducting a lobi.v ai.i.r.-- r
I'rcFid-r.t SK ,,v.r ?; ,r f r -power
him mn hu ' if. r-- .
the nf.:-?Mry nr. . r " . : .
agricultural T''n-.rrum -,j .j
for victory. Thy ht -;r. -- -8
p -.: .1.4, treor-t.' at. 1 i ,r .r
.ir(.'nr;(fi.t ate, r.if tn -. i .
powers to the pr;'ir. a- i r .
Inft fi r 1 thy sr. &f rh
reeling their prir'ivi. a" r , -th
laws 'x i, .. n v
by the f-gri -ui; 'rai t'.tt.n '
house, with a v.ew t- " : -
pnrtment on a war ." - -
Hhould hav ; : - - .
a:ro. Th.. bili r . - t ' rr f .
w-re drawn up n'fr fr --
of agriculture had r ',-. - :
every airrirrjtt jr-il r .'.:" m - -acrirultural
peper r mM - '
with evf-ry t;re ' j-sfn'- -f r
cultural. w:th p-.rv Hicr. - -
or manzin mi wi"-.
with the 'ip-nr,c nf Ki-rr s -
the past three year T '
al power rl"i fr.r a. ;,- - - -are
por ,-,-S x .
governm- nts of every r.-t;-m r.,w -war.
They have ( i ....: ,
esentiaj war rrir-hfi i-p
Should ba Mads to Fl C-- -
"The unpatriotic
that is tring to ri-fc-.,
ation of nftr.ir'pa f. ri'f
of this country to j
resource of tre tuit,
Hr-jency basis in th;i r
ma.de to feci th t r-r. r
ery real Am' Iran.''
r r n " ' - - -r,
f t - -
PERSONNEL OF AMERICAN
COMMISSION TO RUSSIA
CREW CF ICE-BO'Jf.'S
FREIGHTER STl'V!
Berlin publishers informed Chan
cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg that if
relief of the paper shortage is not
forthcoming they may have to sus
pend publication at the end of this
week.
Pointing to the fact that the anni
versary of the Jutland battle is ap
proaching the Berlin Post says: "Our
navy is filled with an ardent longing
to give the enemy a fresh chastise
ment."
Invitations were extended to Mar
shal Joffre, Viviani and other mem
bers of the French and British com
missions, to attend the United Jrlunts
Racing Association meeting at Bel
mont Park.
Manufacture and sale of collars,
handkerchiefs and other wearing ap
parel in which reproductions of the
American nag are woven or stamped
are prohibited in an order issued by
the Department of Justice.
Another Russian general of a bril
liant military record has been hit by
the official axe. He is General Russky,
who has been relieved of chief com
mand of the northern army. He will
remain a members of the War Council.
ALLIES IMPROVING IN
SUBMARINE DESTRUCTION.
Liquor Barred From Camps.
Indianapolis, Ind.. May 11. Colonel
E. F. Glenn, in charge of the officers'
reserve training camp at Fort Benja
min Harrison, today issued orders bar
ring liquor and narcotics from the
camp.
Acknowledged in Speech by the Ger
man Secretary of the Navy.
Washington, May It. The increas
ing efficiency of the allies in eubmarlne
destruction was recognized in a speech
by the German secretary of the navy
in the reichstag on May 10. Official
accounts of the speech reaching here
report the German secretary as say
ing that whiie the submarine warfare
had achieved far greater results than
was expected, a certain number of
submarines had been lost aa the result
of improved means of destructioji de
vised by the ajjjs.
Comprises Men Who Are Prominent
In Many Walks of Lifs.
Washington, May 11. Official an
nouncement today of the personnel of
the American Commission to Russia
marked a forward step in President
Wilson's effort to thwart Germany's
intrigues for a separate peace with the
new democracy and to hold the provi
sional government fast to the cause !
of the world against Prussian autoc
racy. Headed by Elihu Root, with powers
of a special ambassador, the person
nel- of the commission chosen with
special regard to conditions in Rus
sia and the, character of the new government.
B'oides Mr. Root, who represents
the element of statesmanship with
the distinction of having held many
high offices in the United States, the
commission comprises a socialist, a
labor leader, a banker, a manufact
urer, a business man, a man cele
brated for his international activities
in human welfare, and ranking army
and navy officers. The commission
will be accompanied by a large suite
and will depart from the United
States at an early date by a route
which will not be published in advance.
Munising Has Been Strjnded r-
lc Floe in
Days.
Marr;u-:tp, MicV,. M.v
of the crriv of f.e
f'rand' d for f. e d i
in Like Superior :-.-shore,
are starvir.ir. A : -food
to them have l. - f
pear vai e:.:pr-ej.r.! , - i
bers of the fr'v.i . f
the Grand r;..r..l. f r p. rr
and Peter White. wh..-s -,
attempt at rec;.jc w .-r.- r.
ice. alno are in .Hnc'-r '-:
"The relief tug Thorr.
out from Maf-ficf fa. ,-
been obliged to r-' :rn r
way bln.-ked by a:i
fer-t thii-k in ru'v n 1
vailing depth of itt ' ' '
possible to w;k o'- r -re
of Its honeycombed r i
the shore it at.peari f.-.
of the ice r,:-r& h-.
side piates of the ')-... r:
VIVIANI GREETED BV
80C AMERICAN
LA TV fE
AGREEMENT FOR AVFRTING
THREATENED COAL STRIKE
Reached at Conference of Both Sides
With Secretary Wilson.
Washington, May 11. A tentative
basis of agreement for averting a
threatened strike of coal miners in
the central Pennsylvania district was
reached at a conference of representa
tives of both sides tonight with Secre
tary Wilson of the labor department.
None of those present at the con
ference would divulge details of the
proposed agreement except to say that
theje wou'J be no suspension of work.
About 75,000 men had voted to walk
out on May 15 and it is understood
strong pressure was brought to bear
by the federal government to bring
the two sides together and prevent
crippling of coal production in tho
national emergency.
WARNNG SOUNDED
BY SECREARY McADOO
That Every Person Should Do His
"Bit" in the . Liberty Loan.
Washington, Maj' 11. Secretary
McAdoo sounded a warning today that
unless every person who possibly
could "did his bit" toward subscrib
ing to the liberty loan it might fail.
I nave every conndence," be said,
that the loan will be fullv sub
scribed, but the impression should not
Be permitted to go abroad it is cer
tain to carry unless everyone who can
afford to subscribe does so."
Including Some of tfca Fortmcit ef t
Profession in the Courtly.
-Tier
i -
f '
Xew York. M.-- 11
French minister of J-i.-tic, wr
ed here tod.iy ai h I it ''r
bar by more than vi Anir.-i-yers.
including some of rv. f
of the profe:on in th: rour v
was told bv ('hirle I'vara I.' rjrv'
George W. Wirkei nr.m '.d '" -e-
amid tumultuous pnihm -v-m. !-' -profession
feel:, rot or,;- -.-." - ! ?r
legal aspects of tli war wi- G--many,
but particularly toward t t- -man
pid of If. nil the rorr-v !,- .
of the United S'af-a for F--m-e
fighting fur the cause r,( worl.l )
WILLING TO HAVE SERBIA
PARTICIPATE IN
LI A "4
If It Will Make More fictivt
War Against Germany.
Washington. Mav 11. Ft. f,--
ancial needs were d iT-weo1 ' a c-.
ference here todnv between tv-
blan minister and f'.ecr'ry l!'l--.n
Secretary McAdoo has iri'ii-trl f .
willingness to hnve 5:rb!a .sf .
pate in the $ 3.in.o.o.)i f- o ,f
wou'd make more effective the w -
again Germany.
Killed Whan His Auto O vertt. r-j.
Glens Falls. V.. f .-, v 11 T rn w
He.-gen. a graduate of Vaie nn-J s ,
dent in the liirvar J -i w w !-..-.-, .
lied today when hit auiomo t s
ed turtle near Cna Fal'a ;.;
was on his way to renor
Plattsl.urf.-h military .:ami. lie
assigned tp C cmp cf th o"' -
reserve corps ind was trj v '.r
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