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Stttt WEATHER FORECAST. " , Fair and continued cold to-day; fair to morrow; warmer; northwest winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 49; lowest, 17. Detailed westhsr reports on. !t put. IT SHINES FOPv ALL VOL. LXXXV. NO. 192. NEW YORK MONDAY) MARCH 11, 1918. i-a i.h.m PRICE TWO CENTS. GOOD MAJORITY FORDRYSSUREJ IN ASSEMBLY Speaker Sweet Counts on 78 Votes, Perhaps 8, for Measure To-morrow. LIQUOR MEN FIGHT HARD last Hope to Beat Prohibition in Senate Now Seems Doomed to Failure. Special Peipateh to Tax Sex. Auant, March 10. Tho much worried .".ivocatts of Iho retention of the saloon i-i this State, It became known here to ! glit, are basin? their !aat hope for teatlns the Federal prohibition amend ment resolution on their ability to keep the mcastre bottled up !n tlie Senate committee on Taxation and Retrench n.cnt. I Thin committee 1 controlled by a pro i nor coterie and It is now believed It , -tr voluntarily would report the reso lution. It would, therefore, have to be i. viianilted out of the committee's reposl . :y for dead and dying legislation by a r.ol'on to discharge made on the floor of tiic Sonate. The weta are confident ii. xt bftcial Senators who might vote for the resolution were It out of com i' itteo and on tho Senate calendar would i r.t stand for a motion to discharge the i mmfttee. nalor George 11. Wellington of Troy, i :i of the cold water champions, had -ded to more to discharge the com- ii 'tee next Thursday, but at the re i,.:eit of Senator Elon It. Brown, the l.-Jorlty leader, he arreed to postpone i tlon until the following-week. Senator tirown said the stress of business In the . t islature made this necessary. In any event It will add another week for the preliminary skirmishes In the t,x prohibition fight. During that time tie brewery and liquor Interests, find ing themselves In a life and death strug gle, can be relied upon to call every force at their command to Albany to help save the saloon. Claims Made on Both KUesi I.' the saloon men to-night Insist on a tote on the ratification resolution they tan depend on twenty-six Senators to the last ditch. This of course would I -event the adoption, of the measure, kit tho temperance forces declare that t least five of these men are var. siaky and expect any moment to wro them over. The wets JAjsicefle only wventeen votes for a mettonyto ds rharge the committee, The 'dry s de i lire this Is preposterous and Insist that every man favoring the resolution iuuM vote for such a motion. T-.i.! parametMi..proklbtton event of the week will be the vote on tho ratlfl vtlon resolution tit the. Assembly on Tjtkday. Speaker .Thaddcus C. Sweet 't confident the lowea house will adopt by at least seventy -eight votes, and ys It may get eighty-four," without t'e Socialists, who are expected to vote -.Inst the resolution. Shaker Sweet always has been a tmperanco advocate, both In practice end b-illcf, and the drys are depending en him to hold the prohibition forces In !io Assembly in line bo they can with :wd even the most desperate on--Uughts of the legions gathered by the hrewerles, tho distilleries and- the n loons. Tho Antt-Saloon f-e agile has an nounced that it will not oppose the Wssngo of the "diluted war prohibition I'M, exempting beer and wine. Intro lured by the wets In the Senate." How vr, the league will to to strike out t ie Wr and wine exemption. This doe? not interfere with the league's position ( IkIiir for the ratification resolution, ffst. hi.t and all the time.- Hearing) on Two Mesaares. Before tho Senate Taxation and Re t'tt;chmem Committee to-morrow after ron a hearing will be given on the tiitttcd prohibition hill as well as that to r.nend the State Constitution making .e Kuiio dry. The Anti-Saloon League ' Art looked upon these measures ir!- as efforts on the part of the vcti to befog the main issue, but In ; tw of the present position of the iae'J It Is not believed anything will 'and In tho way of tho reporting and l-ffing of both bills during tho coming "ek. The effort to delay the vote In the Assembly on the prohibition ratification praugh the Tuckerman resolution call " a iipon both houses of Congress for a Materm-nt of their vote on the omond 'tit Is now believed to be sidetracked. . i-nalor Wellington has announced that ' (.mli inquiry would be fruitless. Un 'or the law. he maintains. the rertlfn;. in hy Vice-President Marshall, presld- i:'l? Otllcer nf the Kflnnt. nml tt C..Anl-. Hark nf fll IfnilCa that Idn nMBnmn, properly passed is conclusive and fantiot be questioned. Speaker Sweet said to-night he ex l"ied to havo the Htatement on the vole ' Kcderal amendment by both houses ' f'oiigresn from Washington by to-' ' oi row night anyway STYLES FROM PARIS MEET WAR RULINGS Americana Need Not Fear to Conform to Models. 'ws, March 10. The limited num. ,fMng model), for the spring and aum mr mm report that the leading nators of Paris styles have made their .IN conform strictly to the require- 1-1-1 f'f ,ht Washlnton Kconomy "-aril, fc0 that patriotic American vomen fan none their country regard, '.s v.vxil conservation and at the same 'n: conform to the lwst Parisian styles -Nt mora than four and one-half urus of woollen material Is to be used any garment. Tailor made suits show tarroner jackets, with waistcoats of 'her material.-., and narrow, although a -if! longer, skirts. One piece frocks of woollen materials are combined with "i n, rllk. crepe de chine or foulard, uvlrg new and wonderfully contrasted !,'V? ' cDes ar,J shown extensively, a tingle length of two widths cloth 'o effrvt a saving. The in9 In combination with wool of IM, sitlns and other goods will benefit ' American Fllk trade. Milliners have 'fated new styles for wear with these "JSt'Jmes, ostrich feathem and fancy ' 'velty rlblions being employed widely harmonize with the character of the 'r.s, I'arislcnnes are wearing sllppern .i ow cut shoes to aid In economising ' ' leather. Daimler Motor Works Air Bombed by British LONDON, March 10,BriUth aviators boiabed th Dtlmler motor Works at Stuttgart to day. Tho o&cial anaouacomtnt says: On March 10 Germany was again bombed by our planes in broad daylight On this occasion the Daimler Motor Works at Stuttgart were attacked. More than one and a quarter tons of bombs wero dropped. Several bursts were observed on the rail way station, where a stationary train was hit and seen to be on firo. Three bursts were observed on a munition factory southeast of the town, and other bursts on the Daimler works and buildings around. .Hostile machines made a weak attempt to attack our formation over an objective, but withdrew on being attacked. All of our machines returned except one, which had engine trouble and went down under control just be fore recrossing our lines on the homeward journey. MUNITIONSWORK IS REORGANIZED Country Divided Into Ten Pro duction Districts by War Department. INDUSTRIES COORDINATED Business Experts Selected as Supervisors to Assist Baruch. Special DitpatcK to Tax Srs. Wauiisoton, March 10. The division of the country Into ten districts and the appointment of chiefs of production to direct the organization and speeding up of munitions production In each section wero announced to-day by the War De partment. For the present the officers) will be concerned with assisting manu facturers engaged on contracts for the Ordnance Department but It will prove the, groundwork for a well knit system of GoveVpMnt cooperation and control of. indufttHi i relations- and will be util ised by 'other departments, Including tho, bJaSrcraft production, transport and thi : Shipping" Board, It ls"tie moat Important development under the baker reorganization scheme of the War Department and will be a powerful factor In' the programme of Industrial organization and control which Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the War Industries Board, Is to bring about. The jdan gives to every manufacturer a nearby official to whom ho can appeal for guidance, and gives to the Govern ment points of contact with every sec tion of tho country where munitions pro duction Is under way. The plan safeguards tho manufacturer against the danger of having his needs overlooked by the central Administra tion at Washington and gives to the Gov ernment a close contact which will pre vent Ignorance of the exact progress of work on contracts. Will Tabulate Resources. The first work of the business men who bavo been asked to leave their pri vate Interests to supervise the new of fice will lie tn speeding up the produc tion of munitions for the Ordnance De partment. But In this work they will tabulate the manufacturing resources of their district and will be ablo to rive any purchasing department of the Oov-K ernment exact and ready Information as to the wisdom of placing contracts for further war work with manufac turers tn any district. The possibilities of service which the new divisional offices can give to the Government appear to be almost unlim ited. Survey and first, hand reports of labor, raw material and power capacities can lie reliably gathered and forwarded and In these days when much of the Government's business la being con ducted by long distance telephone it will be possible for any board to untangle a question whllo Mill In session by calling up the district office of any division. Much of the credit for working out the new plan Is being given to Col. Guy E. Tripp of New York, formerly chairman of the Westltighoueo company and now chief of tho production division of the Ordnance Department. Under his plan the finance, and inspection divisions of the Ordnntlce Department will use the district offices as headquarters, thus co ordinating the work of the entire depart ment in every section of the country. Knabled to- Hasten Production. It Is held that manufacturers, relieved of tho necessity of making long Journeys to Washington for, advice, will be en abled to greatly hasten production. The ten divisions nnd the men who will tie in charge of each are; Pittsburg Ralph M. Dravo of the firm of Dravo Bros., steel constructors. . I Cleveland uisinci samuei scovll, who restgnea ns president or me Cleveland Illuminating Company to take the posi tion offered him by the Production Di vision. Rochester District F. S. Noble, one of, the chief executives of the Kastman Kodak Company, Boston District Levi II. Greenwood of the Wakefield Rattun Company. , New Haven District Waldo C. Bry ant, president of tho Bryant Electric Company of Bridgeport, Conn. I Detroit District Fred J. Robinson.1 president of the Iowrle & Robinson.' Lumber Company. Cincinnati District Charles I,. Har rison of the Cincinnati Chamber of I Commerce. i Chicago District U A. Russell, vice- I president of the Otis Elevator Company. ! New York District Samuel p. Allen of the Lima Locomotive Works. Philadelphia District John C. Jones of the Harrison Safety Bolter Works, Philadelphia. The New York district comprises that rvtlnn nf t Km Ktnt etf V m, Vn.1, I nouth of the south boundary line of the ' counties of llennaaelaer, Albany, Schoharie and Delaware, east of the west State line of New Jersey and north of the north lines of New Jersey coun ties of Mercer and Ocean, and west of the State lines of Myracliusetta and Connecticut. n GODSOL PAPERS GALLED YITAL IN HUNT FOR SPIES "Of Highest Public Impor tance," Says Deputy Attorney General. BATTLE IN COURT TO-DAY Interest Centres in German War Film Concern as Enemy Propagandism. Prank J. Godsol. one of the most amazing mushroom millionaires the war has developed, begins this morning his fight to prevent Merlon K. Lewis, State Attorney-General, from going further Into the mass of papers seized Wednes day in the offices of the Alliance Motors Company, S West Fortieth street. Godsol, under arrest In Washington at the behest of the French Government, was the moving spirit in the company and the papers relate to his affairs. To-day's legal proceedings really will bo a skirmish preliminary to the battle which will decide whether Godsol again can wriggle out of a tight situation. Again and again he slipped through the flngera of French officials who sought to grasp htm long enough to ask htm a few questions. Can he do tt again, fortified with his newly acquired millions against a siege In the courts?" Alfred I.. Becker, Deputy Attorney General, will make the light. Hemado public last night the answer he will give to Iho order to show cause why he should not be restrained from going over Godsol's papers. Incidentally lie reveals clearly enough that already he has gone through them pretty thor oughly. As a result ho now speaks aloud i the suspicion which merely had been whispered before that Godol had more or less direct German connections. German Film Propaganda- In tho papers over which the fight wages were many relating to the Ger manic Official War Films. Inc.. which, to quote the Attorney-General, "were mov ing pictures palpably designed to ad vance German propaganda In this coun try." Benjamin .T. Blumenthal, an employee.- close friend and associate of Godsol. was one of the Incorporators of the film company. "I deem.lt of the highest Importance for the public welfare-that I should not be required to surrender any papers re lating to the Germanic Official War, Films. Inc.,". says the Deputy Attorney Oeneral. "as It Is of the highest public Interest that the United States should know whether any French citizens now within the United States, such as Frank" J. Godsol; while masquerndlng as sin cere friends ol the Allies, have actually been engaged, directly or indirectly, In 'German propaR.inda." Godsol's allot od connection with Ger man propaganda pictures should make great reading hi France and. If substan tiated, ond (another if) provided his, French citizen! hip stands, would make i him liable to the extreme penalty. Godsol. however, probably Is little i worried. lie has faced more Berlous sit- I uatlons and always Has escaped. Ills Achievements. To enumerate: He was naturalized ns a j- renenman and when alleged Irregularities were discovered in the papers he got out of the rape. lie was called to the colors as a private he kept himself out of the trenches: got a pleasant job on a General's staff. He was arrested at the front as a spv he got out of that fix. rfe became a General's chauffeur, and soon got extended leave of absence to look after his private affairs. He was In the army, out ne got away, with the pleasant assignment to go 'to the United States. He was recalled on charges the charges never were tried he was dlscharged from service nnd got back' his soft berth ns secretary-Interpreter to the French purchasing com mission. This was the berth wherein he made his millions, through com missions on motor trucks. His army discharge since has teen annulled. Mr. Becker says. How did he invariably "get away with It?" Mr. Becker's Answer. The Deputy Attorney-General s an swer, to be filed to-day In the Supreme Court, says: "It Is charged that Godsol, while nn officer of tho French Government and while In France and nlso while In the United States corrupted various offi cers of the French Government." In other words, ho seems to have friends near the throne. M. Emlle Constant of the French Chamber of Deputies demanded that the Chamber take a hand In the affair and request tho Government to give the names of Godsol' accomplices In order that the Chamber itself might hi cleared of suspicion. Parenthetically it may be remarked tliat again Godsot got out of It; tho Chamber was warned to Deputy Attomcy-aeneral's CntilOitird on Fourth Page. r A Gift to the Fund a Blow at the Enemy rpHE Kaiser has failed to give his indorsement to THE SUN Tobacco Fund. Nothing which contributes to the well being and efficiency of the American soldier has the ap proval of Berlin. The fund does just that. Therefore your check; sent to day, will be regarded Over Here and Over There as a blow at Potsdam ! - Two big attractions are being offered this week, the "Cheer Up Supper" at the Hotel Breslin Thursday night and the Palais Royal tea dance Friday, Read about them on page 4, WARNING! THE SUN To. bacco Fund has no connection with any other fund, organization or publication. It employs no agents or solicitors. GERMANS AIDING REDGUARDSTO FIGHT COSSACKS Heavy Artillery Officered vby Them and Released Prisoners Armed. STILL SEMEN OFF GAINS Has Now Thrown His Army Across Bailway and Awaits Japanese. Special Cabin Deipalch to Tan Sin from tl.t London Tlnttf. Copyright, ms; all ticlt retervtd. . Pekin-, March 6 (delayed. The Bo',, shevlkl, with German prisoners as of ficers and with field' artillery, are driv ing Gen. Semenoffs Cossacks eastward along the Siberian Bnllroad near the' Manchurlan frontier. Gen, Semenoff has only 2,000 men, and Is without arms, especially artil lery. London. March 10. Fighting ih Si beria between the Bolshevik Red Guards and the Russians, mostly Cossacks, un der the command of Gen. Semenoff is as suming a more important character, li the last few weeks there have been nu merous clashes; now Gen. Semenoff has formed a new front along the Siberian railroad and seems to oe preparing for a regular campaign. He has-been en deavoring for some time to get astride ihe railroad eo as to cut communication between the Bolshevik forces east and west of him and apparently has suc ceeded, for the time at least. . The fctrcngth of the Red Guards In this region Is not definitely known. It Is known, however, that they arc using heavy artillery under the direction of a German officer. This Is stated In a despatch from Harbin Kent last Thurs day. Many other reports have been re ceived, t-ome within the Ust few days, that the German prisoners of war In Siberia, particularly near Irkutsk, have been armed and are .drilling and that they arn being aldertIn every way by. the Ttolshevlk and pro-German sympa thizers among the population of that region. With his Cossacks as a nucleus. Gen. Semenoff, it Is believed, has gathered a considerable army. He has announced' that he would welcome aid from the Allies or from the Japanese or Chinese, and he may be In touch with the Japa nese armies which have been formed In or near Manchuria In preparation for Intervention, if such action should be decided upon. A Russian Government wireless des- tZSJ?,! M. Tch-trn. OeutyJf Kalaer Ttmali. Sw4ea. Foreign Mln'ater, lias protested in be- v , , ii-' ,oi i tie 1-usRian Government to Ger many against the landing of German troops on the Aland Islands as a, dota tion of article 0 of tho lUisso-Gennan peace treaty. This provided for an inter national settlement of tho question. ALEXIEFF ADVANCING. 5ald to Be lolna- From South i Against (he Bolsbevlkl. Special Cable Detpaleh to The Scn. Coavrlmht. nil rinhtm Lo.nco-. March 10 Will tho ruthless' dismemberment which Germany fceki to 1 Impose upon Russia by treaty arouse the I ltllSHian DeODIe tn a Httfflplnn. ..(.nl n i cause them to overthrow the Bolshevlkl and repudiate the chamfful peace made by thera with tho Central Powers? Would a Japanese invasion of Siberia be resisted by the Russians and cause such a revival of tho national sentiment as to drive the Russians Into nn alliance with the Central Powers to repel an ad vance by Japan? These two questions loom big In the last week's developments In western and far eastern Russia. The resignation of Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik Foroign Minister, taken in connection with a despatch from Copen. hagen, throws some light on Internal oundKlons in Russia. This despatch stated that the Bolshevtkl were rapidly losing the support of tho people as tho full consequence of Germany's peace terms were becoming understood, A despatch from I'etrograd says the opinion has become general there than rauucaiion or tne German peace 'treaty , would complete the humiliation of Rus- sla and that anti-German sentiment is sweeping the country. AIczlerT Ready to Fight. The mobilization of the workmen's Red Army, which was formerly the chief military reliance of the Bolshevlkl. is proceeding with the greatest rapidity, thousands of officers nnd men en rolling. in .no outn Gen. Alcxteff, one of th most competent commandem In, Russia, generally has been rated tho, most pro is preparing to movo against the Petro- German of tho neutral European na grad government with his army of Cos-Minus, except possibly Spain. The royal cacks, regulars from tho Russian nrmv family, the ailstocracy, tho universities who could not tolerate Bolshevik . and the army have been outspokenly method, and thousand-- of officers, pro-German. For a long time It wns many of them enlisting as privates to feared that Sweden would Join the Ger help In putting Russia again on her mimic alliance. According to one news feet, paper, &." per rent, of tho steel Germany The desire of Trotzky to hunt cover has used lor munitions has been fur where he may find shelter from the com- nlshcd by Sweden. Ing storm Is moro than adequately ex-1 There has been Rome comment here as plained. If this Information of what Is to tho status In the Russo-acrman peace ! Happening in itussia is accurate, and 1 tho Germans, Instead of being f reo to ' proceed with the cutting up of Russia nnd raiding the food supplies of that hugo country may find themselves after tho ratification of peace by their paid following In Russia confronted hv n more formidable opposition thnn the carried out on a footln-j of equality for Leninists were ever able to organize. hotl parties. To this end both Govern .Whatever strength this movement mav ments will request the Norwegian Gov develop, It Is the firm belief of the op- ernment to bring about a continuation nonents of Japanese Intervention thnt t tho Spltzbergen conference as soon as the Invasion by the Jnpaueso of Siberia possible after the conclusion of a gen would be the surest way of bringing the era I peace," Germans Into Slberln. the Russians Spltzbergen, according to the .YortA turning to them for aid In repelling the German Gairtte, the German seml-ofll-Invaslon, for It Is practically certain thnt c!al rgan, comes In tho "supplementary the Germans would welcome such over- treaty," which becomes valid eimul tures from the Russians nnd wllllnglv 1 taneously with the main treaty, which would return to them tho military equip-' oeale with the following questions: ment they have captured, to be used ' tM0 resumption of diplomatic against tho Japanese land consular relation.1; second, the es tablishment of State treaties; third, the DIMcnltlea of Invasion, rccstablishment of i.rtvate rights; i . . i.ii i . i , . The difficulties of sueli nn iv..i-. 'ourrn, inuoiiiiiiiimiKJii ,ur tomes sur Slherla are considerable In fh- civilians i fifth, the exchange of !ltl?t&l&!:i Prisoners and Interned civilian. ; r ...... '. ....l ":' .. . - " ""J smallest striking force that Japan would have to put Into the Held would be "50. 000 men. If an army of this size ad vanced into Siberia Its long rallrond communications, upon which It would ! uepena aosoiuieiy ror supplies, would run through a difficult and hostile coun- try and large forces would be required i 1 a Conl.ituednn Second rape. , Enemy Sovereigns to Confer After Easter AMSTERDAM, March 10. There will be a conference of the sovereigns of the Central Powers and their allies, Turkey and Bulgaria, immediately after Easter, according tc the Hun garian newspapers. The meeting will take place at Sofia or at Con stantinople in consideration of the ago of the Sultan of Turkey, it Is said. ACCUSE SWEDEN AS TEUTON FOE Papers of Germany Turn Upon Scandinavian Countries as Kaiser's Enemies. BALTIC SEA PLAN CLEAR Nations Formerly Friendly to Central Towers to Be Bullied Into Line. Londo-, Marih 10. That the Baltic Is to be made In effect a German lake and that the nations which border upon It are to be bullied or whipped Into such shape as to serve German Interests first and their own last la Indicated by a sudden and violent campaign which has begun in the newspapers of Germany against the Scandinavian countries. The slinllarlty of tho articles which are printed show that they come from one inind, nnd that mind, apparently. Is di rected by the German Government. The south shore of the Baltic long haa been German. Through her recent acquisition of the Baltic provinces of Russia and Finland Germany controls the entire east coast, nnd apparently she has decided that sho has becomo so strong In this region that she can nfford to drop her musk and take euch rteps as seem to her bent to acquire domination over the west coam also. As a step In tills process the military occupation of Finland is proceeding rapidly. About C.000 German troops and 300'liorws were disembarked Friday on the Aland Islands from the German bat tleships' Westfalen and Rhelnland. .Sev eral German transports are anchored at Kckeroe. whero the German (lag has been hoisted. It Is reported that Ger man troops also havo effected a landing on the mainland near Abo, a Finnish port opposite the Aland Islands and 100 miles west of Helslngfors. The Invading detachment Is said to be composed of 3,000 Infantry and a force of artillery. At the snmo time the IvaJser. follow ing the usual German procedure, has telegraphed to the King of Sweden ills heartfelt thanks to the Swedish Gov ernment for the efforts of the Swedish Minister at I'etrograd in behalf of Ger man prisoners. In his message the Urn- peror said: "Old ties hliul Iho friendship of I Sweden nnd Germany, and Sweden's humanitarian work In behalf of German prisoners has won Germany's everlast ing gratitude." The l'inperor's telegram admittedly n despatched at the request of the 'T. " ?ffl'S' "i v"w 'he ".l VB "lf"lnR -en m account of the S"n," UP1l"1lm."dS' "J The articles In the German papers ac cuse Scandinavian countries substan tially of being accomplices of the En tente and warn them that therefore they can expect no consideration from Ger many. The reason for this policy Is plain to diplomats here. Germany's dealings with Finland thus far seem to be designed to make Finland a minor German kingdom, with the Emperor's son, I'rlnco Oscar, on the throne, nnd to make another Heligoland of the Aland Islands. This scheme Is a direct blow against Sweden and In a less degree against Denmark and Norway, and Is In line with the German Kmperor'a boast that tho Baltic lands have" been made per manently Gennan. Germany occupies the Aland Islands "temporarily," but tho German flag files over the public buildings and no one believes it ever will come down rxrept bj force. Tho most practical effect of German control of Finland and the Aland Islands Is pointed out by Count Revcntlow in the Tnpcjceltiinx;. He says tncy no longer win ie used ni a commercial bridge between Scandinavia and Russia. This Is a bur tn American as well as to British trade with Russia. Frlrndabl-1 Charge Decried. That tho Scandinavian countries have been ovcrfrlendly to the Entente came hmo as an amusing charge. Sweden treaty of tno isiano or -spitzucrgen, where them are largo American inter- eats. The Wolff Ilureau version of this article of tho treaty follows: "The contracting parties will direct their efforts to having tho oif-anlzatlon of the Spltzbergen conference of 19H sixin. tne care or persons to bo re. patrlated ; seventh, tho treatment of merchantment s cargoes which fell Into enemy hands. Treaties Ratlted by Spain. Madrid, March 10, Ratifications of commercial treaties between France and ino uniteu orates ana apain have been officially exchanged. BAKER ARRIVES IN FRANCE TO VISIT U. S. FIRING LINE; WILL A TTEND WAR COUNCIL BRITAIN WILL DRAFT MINERS Decision of Government Is Reached Before Unions Had Concluded Vote. MORE MACHINISTS T6 GO Agreement. Permits Further Recruiting- Tramway Em ployees' Pay Raised. Svecial Cable DetpateA to Tin Six. Copirlffht, IMS; all rigif retfrvtd. Indon, March 10. Three decisions of great Importance to labor have been ar ilved at In the last twenty-four hours. The first Is the announcement that the Government lias decided to proceed with the recruitment of 0,000 coal miners; the second Is the agreement reached with the machinists which it Is hoped will bring about amicable cooperation In re cruiting additional men for the army from their ranks; the third Is averting the threatened strike of 70,000 tramway and bus employees by an Increase of In the weekly wage over the figure that was paid before the war. The decision of the coal miners was unexpected, as the miners had not fin ished taking a ballot of the entire mem bership ns to whether to accept the Govemment'H plan of recruiting. Tho opinion In labor circles Is that the ordur, which become effective March 21. will tend to revive unrest In tne mining dis tricts. A miners' conference In February de manded the calling of a meeting of the triple Industrial nlllanco to deal with the Government regarding the raising of the exemption in the Income tax, the plans to expand Government control o all foodstuffs and to equallr.o their dis tribution and the elimination of excess profits. It 1fo was demanded that the Government should make better pro vision for feeding children and provide generous jiensions for soldiers and sailors. The miners' federation, which has a membership of more than COO.OoO, has more than 0,000 men serving with the color's. It hae been selecting the men to enter the army according to local con ditions and with regard to the safe working of the mines. The leaders of the miners' uulons tn most of the dis tricts of Great Britain hold the view that practically every mnn who can be spared with sufcty nlrcady has enlisted. In these circumstances It li not likely that the Government's order n 111 be taken favorably by the miners. It le feared that owing to tho Conflicting at titude in various districts the order may cause dissension between those support ing the combing out process and thoc opposed to It, with tho reRult th.it the miners will vote to defy the order. SAFE CONDUCT FOR LUXBURG. British Government leaoe It to Argentina. Rt'ENoa ATr.rs. March 10. The Brit ish Government has hsued a safe con duct for Count von I.uxburg. tho former German Ambassador to Argentina, to sail for Sweden. Ho will Kail shortly on the steanmhip Valparaiso. A safe conduct for a medical at tendant to accompany Count von I.ux burg was refused, although such a step had been recommended because of the former Ambassador's mental condition. KAISER SEES HAND OF GOD IN EAST He Also Expresses Obligation to Kant. Amsterdam, March 1. Replying to a message of homage from the East Prussian Diet Emperor William, according to the Tageblalt of Berlin, telegraphed : "The province of Eaft Prussia Is es pecially dear to my heart. In this war it has made great Fncrlflccs. and there fore. It will gladly acknowledge tho hand of God ns now shown In the east. We owe our victory largely to the moral and spiritual treasures which the great philosopher of Kotilcsber;; bestowed upon our people " The great philosopher of Konlgsberg referred to by Emperor William was Immanuel Kant, who was born at Ko nlgsberg In 1724 and died there In 1S0I. Empior William In replying to the congratulations of the Prussian upper house on the conclusion of peaco In the east, said : "Even If the road to a general peace !i a long one n good beginning has been made nnd I confidently trust that our victorious sword and steadfast unity In this serious work noon will bring us within sight of the goal which will glvo us the great peace. God grant It." BILLY SUNDAY TO GO TO FRONT I Will FlKUt the Ilevll In Trenches After Chicago Revival. ATLANTIC ClTT, N. J March 10. Billy Sunday will spend three months In the trenches at the battlo front lighting the devil, according to his son. Lieut. Oenrse A. Sunday, United States Signal Corp, who Is on a short furlough at the Hotel Traymore, As soon as the evangelist finishes a twelve weeks campaign he opened to day in Chicago he will start abroad. He expects to return for a revival at Provi dence, R. I., the latter part of Septem ber. Ansirlan Empress Bears Son. Paris, March 10, A son has been born to Empiess Zlta of Austria at Baden-Baden. This Is a Wheatless Day U More Thaui Fifty Get French War Crosses By ti Jttocialed Prett. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY " IN FRANCE, March 10. More than fifty French War Crosses have been distributed among the American troops along the Chemin des Dames for the part the men played in eleven engagements, most of which were raids against positions they were holding. A large number of the recipi ents of the War Cross, some of whose homes are in Maine, have been holding a certain place against which the enemy's at tacks wero especially strong. These troops helped the French to break up the attacks and drive off the Germans, Some of the men decorated distinguished themselves in pa trol encounters in No Man's Land. The names of only eight if the recipients of the medals, all of whom are members of the same company, have become available. They are Lieut. Harold Hav Davison, Chaplain Osias Boucher, Sergeant George ?. Dever, Corporal Frank F. lurley and Privates Edward Larson, Harold Eldridgc, Stuart SV. .Miller, and Charles M, Sykes, ill of whose homes are in New England. U. S. GUNS SHELL FOE 24H0URS Vigorous Romliardmcut of Area Uohhul Lines on Tonl Sector. PATROLS IN NEW CLASHES ; Germans Make Three Gas Shell Attacks Without, Serious Result, rl I fiy the .Jiwi'-lrt I'fft. I With ticr AiiEntCAN- AnMv in France. Mach 10 (evening). The American ar I tillery In tlio past twenty-four hours hn I bombarded vigorously certain towns In the rear areas, roads and communicat ing trenches .f tho Germans opposite the Toul sector with excellent results. They shelled a number of buildings In one town In which enemy troops were billeted. The artilleiy also r.irlnkled with shells a road being used for transport and scattered the Germans in trenches which were knocked In. An American combat patrol early this morning was discovered by the enemy In front of his wlro and subjected to ma chine sun fire, but all the patrol returned safety. An unusual number of enemy machine gun" have been In action all aloin the llne, but they did not dumagn anything. Tlie German artillery bom bardment n't several points also was without result. Sniping continues to he most active. One enemy post was found In a tree nnd wns driven out by American sharpshooter-. There has been increased neri.il ac tivity and there Is hardly a moment In tho day time whm a hostile plane Is not In sight. Two enemy nlrplanes flew over tho American front lines this morning and spattered the ground and trenches with machine gun bullets, but without doing any serious damage. Ouo German airplane w.ih biought down out of control within the Ameri can llncH by a French anti-aircraft gun, a shell from which burst near the plane while It was high In the nlr. Tlie enemy aviator's machine gun was put out of commission and he was forced to land. MUSTARD SHELLS USED. Germans . Employ Method nf Ilaiiilirrlna- Aim nf Troops. Hv tile A'wltiud (, With tiii: Ameiiican- a rut in l"nAvcn, March 0 (delayed). Sonio of the Amer icans In a listening post In front of their line northwest of Toul discovered caily this morning nn enemy patrol llxlng their own wire and promjitly opened fire. The Germans retreated, leaving two ot their number hanging on Die barbs. Some hours after da. light a parly of five Germans, two Infantrymen and three Red Cross worker.", emerged from the enemy lines and started for their com rades entangled In the wire. The Amer icans saw the Red Cross brassards and did not fire on the jiarty. which removed the bodle.i. There has been Increased sniping ac tivity along the whole of the American front durliw the past twenty-four hours. One enemy post -jave tlie Americans spe cial trouble during tho night, placing well aimed bullets on certain points of tho line. After daylight tho post still continued working from shell hoic with periscopes. American snipers tried to silence tho enemy from their line, but wero unsuccessful. A sniping patrol was thou organized by tho Americans and went out in broad dayligat. The result of this expedition has not been reported. The game of sniping the sniper Is still continuing. Reports from various points show that enemy riflemen are endeavoring to pick off American troops. During last night and to-day tho Ger mans dropped phosgene shells on r.cv eral of the American battery positions and mustard shells In the rear of the line. Three gas alarms were given on the front within a few hours. Owing to the quickness nf the Americans in ad justing their pan masks the shells did no damage. The mustanjl sticks for many hours to the spot whero a shell falls and soldiers near by experlcnco a stinging sensation In their eyes. On one end of the American line the Continuation Hccond rage, Secretary of War Will Hold Conferences With Military Officers. MAY BE GONE A MONTH To Visit Paris and .Lon don and Probably Talk With Lloyd George. SEEKS PERSHING'S VIEWS Secrecy Observed About Trip to Prevent Such a Fate as llefcll Kitchener. Paris, March 10. Newton D. Baker, tho American Secretary of War, has ar rived at a French port. Mr. Baker was accompanied by a staff of seven persons. He arrived on board an American armored cruiser. The party was met at tho seaport by a French General representing the French nrmy. Major-Gen. Squler, representing the American army; Admiral Morcau. repre senting the French navy; Rear Admiral Wilson, leprrscntlng tho American Navy, and the Mayor and Councillors f the municipality also met Mr. Baker. Although the arrival had not been announced previously tho news spread rapidly and a great crowd soon gathered i't thp pier and packed the streets through which the party rode to the railway station, preceded by French and American military escorts. Secretary Baker's party remained but a few hours nnd left for Tarls, where thoy will arrive early to-morrow. In a special car attached to the regular night train. Gen. Pershing. Ambassador Sharp und representatives of the French Govern ment will meet the Secretary on hie ar ilval In Paris. Secretary Baker plans to spend 'but a few days In Paris, where he will meet President Polurare and Premier Cleme.nccau, after which he will visit the American troops In tho field. Special DeepJtcK to Tut Sin. AVasiiinoton, March 10. Secretary of War Baker, leaving Washington quietly, has made the trip overseas through tlie submarine snne and is now In France on his way to the American front. An nouncement of his safo arrival at a French iwrt came by cable tu-nlght. It removes from the lien of seciecy the de tails of the President's plan, decided upon some time ago after much delibera tion, under wliicli a member of his of ficial family was to make tho trip tn France and see with his own eyes Amer ican troova In uction, leurn first hand conditions existing In tho theatro of war and come In iwrsuual contact with many of the chief actors In the great drama on the western front. Tho following statement wu made to-night by tlio Committee on Public In formation ; "A cable despatch from Paris to the I Asxorl.vted Press to-nlghl announces thf arrival at a French port of tho Secrctarv of War. For somo tlmo Secretary Baker has desired to visit tho head quarters of tlio American cxpcdltlonar. forces. He unrlcd from an American port about February 2T. Length nf Stay I'llilrclded. '.Secretary. Baker has not determined th length of limn he will temain In France, but his stay will be long enough to enable him to make n thorough In spection of the American fdrces abro.nl ami to hold Important conferences with American military officers. "It Is expected that not only wilt Secretary Baker visit the Amcrlcai. headquarters but his Inspection tour will cover construction projects, Includ Ing dock, tallroads and ordnancn base now under way back of tho American lines." "The Secretar' visit Is military and' not diplomatic. It Is essentially for the purposes of inspection and personal con ference with military official". "The Secretary of War is accompanied by Mujor-Gen. W. N. Black, Lleut.-Col M. L. Brett and Ralph Hayes, private i-ecrelary to Mr, Baker." Tlio llrst Intimation that Secretary Baker contemplated u trip abroad wa contained in a despatch to Tun St'N on Februniy I stating tlnit "a Cabinet member" wns to bo rent to Erance by the President. Immediately ;ifier this publication Secretary Maker lequcled the new ;i.iier correspondents not to icfrr to hl trip, but to sw.ilt his arrival In KraiKe Ai p'.uted out In the statement to night, .-'ivretniy ll.iker's trip Is essen tially m'litaiy and Ins no dlplomatie healing. Thl means thnt lie will at tend the war rouncil nml have om. ference.s with nilliary officers besides visiting the battlo line, hut will no! discuss tlie d'p'.oni.itir phnfes of th world conflict. Sir. Il.il.fr will reach the battlefront nt time when American artlclpallnn In the fighting Is on an Increasingly greater scale, He will visit nil sectoi whero Americans are engaged and doubtless will visit headquartei s of Brit ish and French losnmands. Departed on I'rliraary -d. It was on February 20 that Secretary Baker quietly slipped out of Washing ton. The dalo of his departure had been fixed for a week, but every precaution was taken to Insuie tlie neceKar secrecy. Sir. linker, however. Informed some of his rhino iiersonal friends who had a chance to say good-by to hlni He tok leave of tho President and Ids associates In the Cabinet at tho meeting held tlio afternoon he left. Ho left the Cabinet meeting early anil boarded a 'ruin that night for an Atlantic port, where his ship was In readiness to take him to France. It Is believed Mr. Baker will be abroad for at least n month. His work will doubtless take him to London ft well as to Paris. In London he Is cer tain to meet Lloyd George and other Brltlsh leaders. It has long been Secretary Baker's de sire to sen conditions as they aie In France, with particular respect to the Interests of American soldiers there. He will probably seo fighting at close rntigo and actually visit the trenches where the Americans are holding the Hermans at bay. . . Sccretaty luker has coiifce:))d lie.