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NATIONAL ORGANIZER
BROTHERHOOD TELLS WORKERS TO
RETURN GRIEVANCES WILL BE
SETTLED BY BOARD.
Now York, Feb. 18 The strike bv carpenters in the Atlan
tic seaboard shipyards engaged on
John Rice, national organizer of
penters and Joiners, said today.
About 3,000 of the strikers returned to work this morning,
Mr. Rice estimated. "The men are going back because they have
every confidence that President
to their satisfaction," he said.
'In yards in Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Jersey City, Elizabethport, Newark
and New York about 6,000 carpenters
quit work this morning, Mr. Rice an
nounced, because they were unaware
of the fact that William L. Hutcheson,
president of the brotherhood, had re
sponded to President Wilson's letter of
last night by announcing that he
would try to influence the strikers to
resume work pending settlement of
their grievances by the wage adjust
ment board.
Many of these 6,000 later were in
formed of this situation and returned
to the yards, Mr. Rice said, and dur
ing the day every effort would be
made to get into touch with the others.
A mass meeting of striking carpen
ters had been called in Brooklyn to
day and at this gathering these men
will be instructed to return, Mr. Rico
said; meanwhile telegrams and tele
phone messages are sent to the broth
erhood locals in other cities.
The ship carpenters who struck on
Saturday at the Foundation Co.'s
yards near Newark were ordered
back to work today by the district
council and most of them at once re
ported. Shipping Board officials, at Wash
ington, wei'e confident today that
President Wilson's intervention in the
strike of carpenters in eastern shiD
yards had had its desired effect and
the men would go back to work
PERSHING
T
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF
FIRST LINE TRENCHES
PROTECTED FROM T
S WELL CAREI
With the American Army in France, Sunday, Feb. 17-By
the Associated Press) Gen. Pershing has completed a two day
inspection of the American-sector northwest of Toul.
In a 'tin hat" with a gas mask
swung over his chest at the alert po
sition, the American commander-in-chief
walked through all the first line
trenches, splashing through the mud
' and slipping on the ice. He dropped
down into the dugouts and visited
batteries busy hurling 'iron rations" at
the enemy.
In all places the general asked in
numerable questions, especially of the
men with regard to food, how they
were and how they liked conditions.
All except one cook agreed that they
were perfectly satisfied with every
thing. To the cook Gen. Pershing
said:
"You are getting enough to eat?"
"No sir," the cook replied.
"What," asked the general, "you
the cook and do not get sufficient
food? I never heard of a cook in
such a condition before."
"Well, sir, I did not mean that ex
actly. I meant not enough variety."
Gen. Pershing asked what he had
had for dinner today. The cook re
plied that he had roast beef, potatoes,
onions, white bread, coffee and rice
pudding.
"That seems like a considerable va
riety," remarked the general. "What
else do you want."
- "Well, I would like to have some
green stuff, sir."
Gen. Pershing then turned to a long
line of soldiers with mess kits in
their hands and asked:
' 'Do yoi men get enough to eat out
here?'
The line saluted briskly and almost
in a chorus came the reply:
, "Yes sir."
The general next appeared In regl
mental headquarters in a dugout in a
town which has been riddled by shells.
The colonel was not there at the time
and the commander-in-chief called for
all trench and other orders and all pa
pers. He sat down and read through
HELD FOR MAKING
SON A SLACKER
Waterbury, Feb. 16 Frank J.
Schmitz, a civil engineer in the em
ploy of the American Brass Co., in this
city, and Mrs. Susie Schmitz, his
mother, were arrested here last night
at the request of the federal authori
ties. Both are accused for conspir
acy. It is alleged that last June Mrs.
Schmitz gave information to local
draft division No. 3 to the effect that
her son was born in 1886, thereby
making his age appear to be 31, so
that he would be exempt from the
draft. It is said that in applying for
a license to drive an automobile
Bchmltz gave his age as under 30 and
the arrests followed. They were tak
en to Hartford today.
TEN BURIED IN
COLLAPSED HOUSE
Louisville, Feb. 15 Of 10 persons
buried under the ruins of two tene
ment houses which collapsed here
arly today under the pressure of a
kigh -wind, seven had been rescued
four hours later, several were seri
ously Injured. The three others. tw
women and a child, buried deep under
the ruin, are believed to be dead,
and it probably will be several hours
, before they can be reached.
enrimand
eader Has
utcome
OF CARPENTERS'
government contracts is over,
the United Brotherhood of Car
Wilson will adjust ihis matter
pending settlement of their grievances
by the wage adjustment board.
The president issued a sharfi re
buke to William L. Hutcheson, presi
dent of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners, saying that if
he did not wish to give aid and com
fort to the enemy he would direct
the men to return to their jobs pend
ing settlement.
In a formal reply Hutcheson said
while he had no power to sign an
agreement tor aajustment, he was
using his influence to have the men
return and asked again that the pres
ident meet him as the "only way :n
which to solve the problem."
The probability that the strike is
nearing its end was confirmed today
by A. O. Wilkie, district officer here,
for the emergency fleet corporation.
"There are indications that the entire
matter will be adjusted this after
noon," Mr. Wilkie said.
The striking ship carpenters an3l
Joiners ibegan a largely attended meet
ing at their heaidquarters today. It
was said that a formal statement
would tie given out later.
The first break in the ranks of the
strikers there came today when the
20 carpenters of the Maryland Ship
Building Co., who struck last Satur
day, and .eight joiners of the force of
the wood workers out at the yards of
the Coastwise Ship Building Co., re
turned to work.
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AMERICAN FORCES TOURS
MEN WELL FED AND
RENCH ILLNESSES.
every one of them.
In the dugouts Gen. Pershing sug
gested some few changes here and
there, and in the trenches he also di
rected that some small changes fee
made.
From a well situated point through
glasses Gen. Pershing inspected Mont
Sec and the German observation posts
on top of it, from which the enemy
has the American lines under observa.
tion for 20 miles when the visibility ia
good. Because of the haze the gen
er alwas unable to see the spires of
Metz, which are visible on clear days
from a certain place.
Many soldiers in line recognized th
commander-in-chief as he passed
them, but others did not. One young
infantryman, after Gen. Pershing and
the general in command of that par
ticular brigade had passed, asked:
"Who is that with the four stars
on his coat?"
A comrade informed him, whereup.
on the inquisitive one replied:
"Is that so ?" Whoever saw a com.
mander-in-chief of am army walking
around in a trench asking some pri
vate whether he had enough to eat ot
his feet were dry. It isn't done."
It took a lieutenant to convince the
doubtful soldier that it was Pershing
he had seen.
Throughout the inspection tour
Gen. Pership limped a little, his ankle
having been injured slightly a few
days ago. At the batteries the gen
eral asked the artillerymen the same
questions as he put to the infantry
men, making sure that they all were
contented and had no cause or com
plaint. Similar inspection trips will b
made from time to time by Gen. Per
shing, as the general is determined
that the American soldiers at all times
shall have the maximum of protection
under the best conditions possible.
POLAND INFLAMED
AGAINST UKRAINE
London, Feb. 16 There is much
feeling against the Central powers in
Warsaw, the capital of Russian Po
land, and great excitement previils.
says an Exchange Telegraph Co. dis
patch from Copenhagen. The work
men are said to be planning demon
strations. The streets are patrolled
by soldiers and policemen.
, Much feeling has been aroused in
Russian Poland over the Ukrainian
peace terms, by which the province
of Cholm, formerly contained in Po
land, was ceded to the Ukraine. Also
the Polish members of the Aastriar.
parliament are said to be embittered
against Austria because of the peace
arrangements.
ISHII JAPAN'S
ENVOY TO U. S.
Washington, Feb. 18 Viscount
Kikuyisko Ishii, has been appointed
ambassador for Japan to the United
States, and soon will reach Washing
ton. He succeeds Ambassador Sato.
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roll of diplomatic representatives
TOKyo.
FINDS YANKEE
HUNDREDS KILLED
IN ODESSA FIGHT
AMONG RUSSIANS
Petrograd, Friday, Feb.
8 In a battle at Odessa on
Monday between . the Bol
sheviki and the Moderates,
hundreds were killed. The
city was bombarded by
warships.
The casualties in Kiev
are estimated at 4,000 killed
and 7,000 wounded.
H'CHORD FINDS
GROSS NEGLECT
BY R. R, OFFICIALS
Washington, Feb. 16. Thousands of
crippled freight cars accumulated
through the winter :because of gross
neglect of railroads making repairs
occupy miles of tracks in eastern rail
road centers and are largely respon
sible for car shortage and traffic con
gestion. It was shown by reports of
Interstate Commissioner McChord to
Director General iMcAdoo.
Conditions are -worst in Philadel
phia, Pittsburgh, Harriszurg, Altoona,
Cleveland and Buffalo, it was shown.
The Pennsylvania early this week has
1,992 so-called fcad order cars in Al
toona, 1,233 in Harrisburg, more than
1,500 in Conway yardi, near Pitts
burgh, 890 in Cleveland, 478 in Phil
adelphia and 510 in Buffalo. It was
estimated that crippled cars even at
these main terminals occupied 55 miles
of track. The Philadelphia & Read
ing had 2,052 bad order cars in its
principal switching yards, covering 16
miles of track. The Erie had 509 in
Buffalo, 367 in Port Jervis and 235 in
Jersey City, making eight miles of
track covered by defective rolling
stock. The Western Maryland had iU
in Cumber!anl alone, and the Balti
more & Ohio had 144 in one yard in
Philadelphia.
These cars could have been repaired
quickly during the. winter if railroads
had made proper preparations for cov
ered repair tracks in advance accord
ing to railroad administration om-
cials.
Of the many empty cars congested
in the Philadelphia yards of the Penn
sylvania, more than 2.4CO are coal cars,
inspectors reported, and at no time
within the last month have there been
less than 1,500 empty coal cars there
awaiting movement, while coal mine
operators cried for more cars.
Yesterday's reports of inspector in
dicated a slow clearing up of conges
tion on several eastern trunk lines.
"For the first time," says the state
ment, "locomotives now are ready for
trains without delay. On the New
Haven, Pennsylvania, Baltimore &
Ohio and Brie railroaas, nowever.
there are many cars stored on side
tracks, along main lines between ter
minals, -waiting to be moved as soon
as. motive power is available of con
gested conditions will permit."
CONGESTION WILL
PREVENT PARADE
Washington, Feb. 16 Railroad
freight congestion on eastern lines
and the necessity of moving the last
contingent of the national army will
prevent any extensive movement of
soldiers to cities for parades on
Washington's birthday, Director Gen
eral McAdoo explained today.
In a letter to Maj. Gen. John Bid
die, acting chief of staff, the director
eeneral declared it would be impossi
ble to transfer the 315th infantry and
the 312th artillery, Pennsylvania na
tional army troops, from Camp Meade
to Philadelphia for a Washington's
birthday parade.
Thousands of passenger cars ana
locomotives will be required for the
movement of the last contingent of
the National Army to training camps
being assembled in all parts of the
country. In some localities where
congestion is not serious troop move
ments for parade purposes will be
possible, particularly when camps are
only a few miles from cities.
The director-general is eager to
provide for such movements wher
ever possible and will instruct re
gional directors to make every effort
to transport the troops unless the
movement of more vital suppliss
would be hampered.
"COMBING OUT"
ENGLISH LABOR
London, Feb. 16 Notable improve
ment in the last two or three weeks
in what he calls, "the comb out at
mosphere" is remarked by the labor
correspondent of the Times. The
combing out of men from protected
occupations under the military ser
vice bill is now in progress.
Nevertheless, the correspondent
says, the last week was the first in
many months in which thci-e was not
a stoppage of work in any part of the
country in consequence of grievances
among the workers. Moreover, large
numbers of young engineers are com-
ine voluntarily to the recruiting of
fices and are not waiting to be sum
moned.
The correspondent, while not ad
mitting that all trouble has been re
moved, says events show that recent
sweeping accusations oi cusioyauy
against the workers in the engineer
ing shops were umounuea.
STATE TO WATCH
IMPORTED HORSES
Hartford, Feb. 16. Cattle Commis
sioner Whittlesey issued an order yes
terday of importance to all the horse
dealers in ihe state and of particular
importance to horse raisers. In the
future no horses will be admitted to
the state on the certificate of health
given at a place of exportation in the
adjoining state. The horses will be
examinees toy veterinaries employed by
the cattle commissioner, and until the
result of this examination is known
the animals will be held in quaran
tine. Biace horaes, however, will not
oe subjected to this examination, but
iniwil fee admitted without being kept
m.n quarantine.
GERMAN RAIDERS
KILL 27, INJURE
41 LONDONERS
London, Feb. 18 Eleven persons
were killed and four were injured in
the aerial attack on London on Sat
urday, it is announced officially
Six or seven aeroplanes took part
in, the raid of Sunday night. The
first flew over London dropping
bombs in various district's. All the
others were turned back.
The casualties in Sunday night's
raid were 16 killed and 37 injured, it
was announced officially today.
MILLION TON
OF GOAL EVERY
MONTH FOR N. E.
Washington, Feb 18 Transporta
tion for 1,000,000 tons of coal a month
was assured for New England today
by Chairman Hurley of the Shipping
Board, and Director General McAdoo
of the railroad administration. Six
hundred thousand tons of the coal
will go by water and 400,000 tons by
rail.
Assurances that the coal and
transportation would be furnished
were given today to a delegation of
New England labor leaders sent here
by Fuel Administrator Storrow. The
labor men saw President Wilson on
Saturday and today saw navy, ship
ping board, fuel administration nd
rilrod administration officials. They
declared that unless 1,000,000 tons of
coal a month was furnished to New
England 50,000 men would be without
work within 10 days and eventually
300,000 would be idle.
New England has been short of
coal most of the winter. Earlier in
the season the shipping board in
creased the number of vessels carry
ing coal from Hampton Roads to New
England, but found that the war and
navy departments hd taken so many
ships for their own use that it was
almost impossible to obtain enough
tonnage. Now the navy department
has agreed to assist in furnishing the
ships.
PROCURE HALF
WORKERS NEEDED
FOR SHIPYARDS
Washington, Feb. 15. More than
half the great number of ship yard
workers needed to carry out the coun
try's merchant marine have been ob
tained in the first half of the first
week of the nation-wide enrollment
campaign by the United States public
service bureau. This is shown by in
complete returns to William E. Hall,
director of the reserve.
The natioual drive will be contin
ued another week, however, and there
after in every state whose quota is
not filled at the end of the campaign.
Mr. Hall pointed out today that to
get suitable men is more important
than speed in attaining the quota.
HUN DELEGATES
TO CONFERENCE
UIT PETROGRAD
Berlin, Feb. 16, via London The
commissfoners representing the cen
tral powers left Petrograd yesterday
and crossed the German lines this
morning, it is announced officially.
HUNS TO SEIZE 2
RUSSIAN CITIES
Stockholm, Feb. 18 The Ger
mans resumed war measures
against Russia today, the Social
Demokraten says. Their first ob
jective is the seizure of Ksthonia
and Livonia, it declares.
YALE AVIATOR
KILLED IN FALL
New Haven, Feb. 15 A cablegram
received at Tale last night said that
First Lieut. Frank .Browne Turner,
17S, of Wicomico, Md was killed by
an aeroplane fall in France on Feb. 9.
Turner left college before his senior
year ended, joined the New York na
val militia, was transferred to the
aviation section cf the signal corps.
The announcement of his death is the
first word the Yalewar record bureau
had that he had crossed the sea.
LANCASHIRE MEN
CAPTURE 11 HUNS
London, Feb. 16 "A successful
raid was carried out by Lancashire
troops early last night in the neigh
borhood of the Ypres-Stauen rail
road," says today's war office report.
"Eleven prisoners were taken by our
troops and our casualties were slight.
The hostile artillery was active m
the course of the night north of Lens
and opposite La Bassee and Wytseh
aete." CZERNIN IS MADE
MAJOR GENERAL
Amsterdam. Feb. 18 The official
gazettes in Vienna and Budapest pub
lish a letter from Emperor Charles,
expressing the wish to create closer
relationship between tne army ana
Count Czernin, the imperial foreign
minister, "who, finding his support in
the army's proficiency, has laid the
first foundation of a general peace."
Count Czernin is appointed an hon-J
orary major general in recognition oi
his services. ' Emperor Charles has
decorated -several diplomats connected
with the negotiations in Brest-Litovsk.
$50,000,000 IN
THRIFT STAMPS
SOLD IN COUNTRY
Hartford, Feb. 16 Salen of thrift
stamps and war saving certaBcates
throughout the country have passed
the $50,000,000 marK acconoing to a
telegram received today by State Di
rector Howell Cheney from Frank A.
Vanderlip, head of the war savings
campaign.
Mr. Cheney has been advised that
the sales are steadily increasing in
volume, and that they now are in
excess of $2,000,000 every day. With
in a short time it is believed that
patriotic citizens will be buying to
the extent of $3,000,000 every day,
with further increases in prospect as
the campaign gains momentum.
Mr. Vanderlip's telegram to Mr.
Cheney also contains the following
statement: It is only by teaching
all our people to save and not to com
pete for labor and materials with the
government that we can place tne
whole strength of the nation into the
prosecution of the war. The sure
way to raise the $2,000,000,000 in the
war savings campaign is for the 200,-
000 workers in every city and town
in the country make it the 'common
purpose, and resolve to spread this
gospel so that there will be an army
of 75,000,000 war savers."
TATE DENTISTS
DOING THEIR BIT
TO DEFEAT HUNS
Free Service to Drafted Men
Puts Them in Fine Fettle
for War Service.
An exceedingly important work has
been voluntarily rendered the Feder
al government by the Preparedness
League of American Dentists organ
ized under the auspices of the Na
tional Dental Association and direct
ed by the Dental ommittee of the Gen
eral Medical Board, U. S. A.
About eighty per cent, of the den
tists of the United States have joined
this preparedness league and by so
doing, have signified their willingness
to render free dental service to the
certified Selected Service men. The
statistics from the Canadian and Brit
ish armies showed that there were
more men entering the hospitals in
the training camps from denU-l trou
bles than from any other one cause.
It was the desire to avoid a similar ex
perience in the American army that
led to the formation of the prepared
ness league. It was realized that there
were not enough deintists ih the army
to put the mouths of the new recruits
in a healthy cdition after they ar
rived in camp. The army dentists
only have time to relieve acute dis
eased conditions. The mouths must
be made healthy before the drafted
men leave for the cantonments if this
great amount of dental trouble is to
be prevented. The preparedness lea
gue of American Dentists has been
doing this work.
A unit of" this league has been work
ing throughout Connecticut and the
dentists of Bridgeport have rendered
full service in this work. Every draft
ed man in our city has been notified
to appear at the Armory for mouth
examination. About 90 per cent, have
responded and approximately 70 per
cent of these men were given free
service by the Bridgeport dentists.
The committee in charge of the city
work is now formulating plans to be
gin treatment on the men that have
been passed by the various boards in
the new draft. These men will be
sent to camp with healthy mouths if
they will co-operate with the Bridge
port Preparedness League Unit.
Following is the report of free den
tal service rendered to the certified
Selective Service men by the dentists
of Connecticut during the months of
November, December and January:
Number of dentists rendering
service 206
Number of Selective Service men
treated 529
Total number of operations per
formed 2538
Number of fillings inserted 1948
Number of teeth extracted 388
Number of prophylactic treat-
ments
Number of crowns placed
Number of crowns recemented
Number of bridges inserted
Number of bridges recemented
Number of partial dentures made
Number of abscesses treated
161
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13
3
7
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DARKNESS AIDED
DESTROYER RAID
Dover, Feb. 16 The weather was
thick and the night was dark, when
the German destroyers dashed upon
British patrol vessels in the strait of
Dover early Friday morning and sank
eight of them. The patrol vessels,
being equipped only with light arma
ment for anti-submarine work did not
have a chance once the Germans got
among them.
The crew bore themselves with the
same coolness and courage that drif
ter men have bhown in innumerable
circumstances of danger and difficul
ty. In one noteworthy incident a drif
ter was shelled at close range by two
German destroyers, whose 30 pound
shells killed all of the crew except
two and set the drifter afire. The
two survivors, seeing their craft
ablaze and believing it would sink,
launched a boat They had not rowed
far when., they saw the vessel was still
afloat and the enemy retiring They
returned, put out the fire and brought
the drifter to port.
GERMAN STRIKERS
SENT TO PRISON
Amsterdam. Feb. 15 Several per
sons who took part in the recent
strikes ia- Berlin have been sentenced
to prison by extraordinary courts
martial. The heaviest sentence, 42
months of penal servitude, was im
posed on a metal worker for attempt
ing to hold up a street car. Another
metal worker was condemned to serve
18 months for a similar offense. One
boy of seventeen, also a metal worker,
was sentenced to two years and an
other to six months for distributing
eaflets and urging woman workers to
, itrike. -
Cossacks, Ukrainian
Poles, Rumanians
Finns Attacking
FOEMEE SLAV COMMANDEE-EN-GTLIEF AT HEAD
OP AEMY BOUND FOR KHARKOV
RED GUAUD TAKES KIEV
POLES WIN VICTORY.
Petrograd, Friday, Feb. 8 A battle was begun yesterday
between the Bolsheviki and a wing of the Cossack army of Gen,
Alexieff, former Russian commander-in-chief, which is advanc
ing toward Kharkov (in the Ukraine, 420 miles southwest of
Moscow). The Bolsheviki are sending troops to crush this new
est rebellion, but reports received here indicate that the forces
of Boris Sankoff, who was a member of the Kerensky cabinet,
are ready to join Gen. Alexieff.
Kiev, one of the principal cities of
the Ukraine, was captured by the
Bolsheviki on Friday after sanguinary
fighting. The streets were filled with
dead and wounded. While the fight
ing was at its height on Thursday the
city was bombarded by Eolshevik
aviators.
Citizens are hiding in cellars and
mobs are pillaging. Ukrainian bour
geoise troops are sent to attempt to
capture Paltava.
The Bolsheviki have established a
staff at Odessa, from which point they
are conducting the Ukrainian and Ru
manian campaigns. An Odessa dis
ptch says the Bolsheviki at Odessa
have arrested Rumanian officers as
well as a Rumanian committee sent
to take up peace negotiations.
The newspapers report a group of ;
mORGAN I
iTTEN
RICE SERVIG
REPRESENTATIVES OF FRENCH AND U. S. GOVERNMENTS
PAY LAST RESPECTS TO FORMER AMBASSADOR OF .
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AT OTTAWA OBSEQUIES.
Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 16 Representatives of the French and
United States governments and members of the staff of the Brit
ish embassy in Washington are in Ottawa to attend the funeral
services at 3 o'clock this afternoon for Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. - - .
The services in St. Bartholomew's
Anglican church will be conducted by
the Rev. St. John Rohr, bishop of
Ottawa.
The government of France will be
represented by Commander DeBlan
tere, naval attache of the French em
bassy in Washington.
J. Pierpont Morgan, the banker,
who was a friend of the diplomat,
was among the distinguished men to
attend the services. Frank Polk,
counsellor of the United States state
department, represents President Wil- j
APRIL 12 LAST
DAY SOLDIERS
CAN BE INSURED
Hartford, Feb. 16 Notice was re
ceived yesterday by the Connecticut
State Council of Defense from the
Council of National Defense of the
extension by Congress of the time for
filing aplications ofr United States
War Risk Insurance. Congress has
extended the time to April 12. The
previous conditions for filing this in
surance provided that all applications
must be received within 120 days
after the individual enters the federal
service. The state defense council
is called upon in the telegram from
the federal council to continue its
campaign to bring family influence
to bear on men not yet insured.
Thes government war risk insur
ance is sold to men in the federal
service at exceptionally low rates. Un
der the previous ruling the time for
filing applications for this insurance
expired Feb. 12 for approximately
three-quarters of Connecticut's men
in the federal service. The Council
of Defense had carried on a success
ful campaign for interesting relatives
of these men in the need for this in
surance protection. This campaign
will be continued through the war
bureaus and town committees of the
council.
The man in the service may make
application for this insurance through
his commanding officer. Relatives of
the man may make application for
him and it will be accepted, providing
the man's authorization is received
by the War Risk Insurance Bureau in
Washington prior to the date his right
to take out this insurance expires.
The telegram received by the state
council of defense from the national
council of defense follows:
"The time for filing applications for
war risk insurance has just been ex
tended by Congress to April 12. Auto
matic insurance, however, has ceased
entirely and no man is now insured
by the government unless he has ap
plied. This voluntary application
doubly important. Continue cam
paign to bring family influence to
bear on men not yet insured."
COURT MARTIAL
FORTY NEGROES
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 13 Forty
enlisted men of the 24th Infantry,
(colored) went to trial before a court
martial here today on charges of
murder and mutiny. It is the third
court martial to be convened as a re
sult of the crimes committed in Hous
ton on the night of August 23 last,
when 20 persons were shot to death
and others were injured in a riot of
the Third battalion of the 24th In
fantry. Each of the defendants is charged
Iwith mutiny, murder, assault to mur
der and wilfully disobeying orders.
Reds
Polish troops Is advancing against th
Bolsheviki on the northwestern front"
and that another force is making an
advance in the vicinity of Minsk. v
Polish troops have defeated the Bol
sheviki at Bobruisk, 86 miles south
east of Minsk. Other Poles are ad
vancing toward Smolensk. Ruman
ians control the Akkerman district ol
Bessarabia, and are threatening Odes
sa. Ensign Krylenko.the Bolshevik com-mander-in-chief,
has decided to com
to Petrograd to raise an army ol
100,000 Bolsheviki, which he will com
mand personally in operations
against the Cossack army of General
Alexin.
Krylenki is insisting on the removal
of headquarters from Mohilev to Pet.
trograd.
Because of the limited capacity bi
the church, admission was by carj
and was limited to the members ,ot tha
Dominion Cabinet and a few per "
sonal friends of the late ambassa
dor. Among the numerous telegrams ol
condolence received by Lady Spring
Rice are two from former British
foreign ministers, under whom hei
husband served, the marquis ol
Lansdowne and the earl of Roseberry.
Ambassadors of the Entente and neu
tral powers in Washington sent mess
ages, as did Madame Melba.
STATE TEACHERS
GO UPON RECORD
FOR PROHIBITION
Hartford, Feb. 16 The Stat.
Teachers' association this noon
adopted almost unanimously a resolu
tion endorsing the national and stata
movements for the prohibition of tha
importation, manufacture and sale of
Intoxicating liquors. The resolution,
which came as a surprise to thi
greater part of the members, was in
troduced by Henry T. Burr of Willi-'
mantic, second vice president of tha
association, after addresses by tha
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of tha
Outlook, and Dr. George E. Vincent,
president of the Rockefeller founda
tion. Neitljer of the speakers had
mentioned prohibition at any time
during their addresses.
Chairman F. A. Verplanck of tha
meeting, which was a joint gathering
of the various teachers 'organizations
and of the state council of defense, in
troduced Mr. Burr, following the
speech of Mr. Vincent, saying thai
there was one item of business thai
should be transacted. Mr. Burr said
that several men had consulted and
that the resolution had been agreed
on for submission to the teachers. Ha
read the document, as follows: i
"Resolved, That the teachers' asso
ciation, in ma'ss meeting assembled
go on record as indorsing the state
and national movements for the pro
hibition of the importation, manufac.
ture and sale of intoxicating liquors."
HUNDRED MILLION
MORE TO BUILD
SHIPS FOR U.
Washington, Feb. 18 Supplemental
appropriation estimates submitted to
Congress today include a new naval
emergency fund of $100,000,000 to
expedite ship construction and for
purchase and construction of destroy
ers submarines and similar craft, -
RIFLE PRACTICE
FATAL FOR BOY
DS SPRENO
IN CANADA
Waterbury, FeD. IS. Jeremiah Dow
ling, 16 years old, of 192 Baldwin
street, died early this morning in St.
Mary's hospital of traumatic pneu
monia, due to a bullet wound received:
Saturday afternoon. Dowling -"and a
companion, Patrick Oummings, were
having target practice on Pine bill J
when the rifle was accidentally dis-jjT
charged, the bullet penetrating Do .
ling's abdomen. J