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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
SHIP PASSENGERS TELL
or U-B0AT WARNINGS
Brazilian Steamer Is Forced to
Change Her Route Many
Times.
MYSTERIOUS FLASH or LIGHT
This Results in Captain Ordering
Zigzag Course for Vessel, With
Engines Going at Top Speed, and
Orders People Below.
FLASH OF LIGHT
IBy Associated Prcss.1

AN ATLANTIC PORT. May 3o.--Rc-
cent reports that German submarines
have been lurking in Southern waters
off the American coast were given sup
port to-day with the arrival here Of
Il Brazilian steamship. The passcn-
gers said that oil Saturday last when
the ship was entering the 'iulf Stream
off the Florida coast. "A wireless warn
ing to look out for submarines was
received. and that the captain imme-
diately changed his course and made
"A very Wild, dctour before heading
again for this port
Sir Leslie rrobyn. ono OF tho passcn-
gers. former British Governor -G neral
of The Earbadoes, who is on his way
to talk. the new post of Governor ten
"ral Of Jamaica. said that before leav.
ing tho Barbados he had heard that
n German submarine had hecn sight
cd on MAY 10 near Bermuda tnc
report 10 this effect was made by an
American vessel and another by a
British vessel he said
Fears Of the ships company had been
somewhat allayed. they said. but in
the dead of night far-off mysterious
fash Of light prompted tho captain TO
order ziGzaS course. which was
followed for many miles. witk engines
'hrobhinS 2t full! power. while the pas
s"nSers were ordered below.
During the night. the NoyaScrs said
their ship was in almost constant wire
less communication with another craft
whether Il dcst oyer or Scaplane they
did not know. Ofccrs told them they
stated. that two German submarines
had been sighted IN the Atlantic. head
ms toward the Gulf Stream.
Undoubtedly there are U-boats In
The Middle Atlantic" Sir Leslie said.
on coming ashore. He reported tnat
authorities in the West Indies still are
without Il shred of information as 10
tho fate Of tho United States collier
'yclops. whose Disappearance is one
OF the mysteries of the sea
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
PRESIDENT DRIVES R|vET
IN KEEL OF NEW CRAFT
Mrs. Wilson Guides Last Plate Into
Position and Names
Vessel.
IMMENSE CROWD LOOKS ON
pretty Fair Work." Is Comment of
Shipbuildcr as Chief Executive
Completes job of Driving at
Alexandria Yard.
IMMENSE CROWD LOOKS O,

ALEXANDRIA,. VA. May 3o-Presi-
dent wilson lent a hand to-day in
driving rivet in the keel OF wha, will
be the steamer Gunston Hall, 1900
ton frciGhter for the Shipping Board
Mrs. Wilson also played part in
the keel laying. guiding the last vcrti-
cal plate into position and naming the
ship as she did so.
Il haven't my union card. but
guess it's all right" laughed the Pres
ident. as he c!apRed u sturdy work
mans shoulder. after the white-hot end
Of the -ivct had been beaten to a round
head neatly edged against the keel
plate. Pretty fair work" commented
the shipbu!lder with grin
A great GRO I'D saw the beginning of
the first ship TO be built in Alexandria
since the days when four ma sters
nourished on the Potomac and Chesa-
peakc Bay. Charles W. Morse. of New
York. representing the controlling Of.
acial interest in the Virginia Shipbuild-
ing Company, building the Gunston
Hall. welcomed the President and Mrs
Wilson. and in the party from Wash
!ngion were Senators Martin. OF Vir-
ginia: simmons, OF North Carolina. and
Fletcher. OF Florida. Speaker Clark
former Speaker Cannon. Representa-
tive Carlin. OF Virginia. and other
no;ables.
IL naming the vessel Gunston Hall.
Mrs. Wilson chose tho name of the
famous old home of George Mason. au-
thor Of the Virginia 8ill OF rights and
one OF the foremost thinkers OF Co.
!onial days. Mason surveyed the Dis
trict of Columbia, and Z marker, cs-
tablished by him, s:ill stands within a
snort distance OF where the Guns,on
Hall Will take the water to aid in the
fight Of autocracy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
ADVANCE
At SLOWER RATE
Must Conserve More Wheat Is Edict
Sent Out by i. S. Food Administration
BY Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, May 3O.-The M
tion was warned again to-day by
the food administration that there
must he no relaxing In the vigorous
conservation of wheat II tho neccs-
snry shipments arc to he made {"
the American lighters orcrsens mud
the allied peoples.
"E,cry prospect OF the wheat sit
uation. both present nnd future"
said the warming. .'intcnsiilcs the
need for tho greatest possible iimi-
tntions In the American consump-
ton OF wheat md wheat products.
II present restrictions should bc in
tho slightest degree relaxed, II
would result In serious wnnt tor
the people of Europe before tho new
crop can rcnch the market.
'.rhc food administrations c>ti-
mate of the position on juno indi-
Gates n total available supply until
the new harvest OF about $4,000. .00O
bushels. or this, 3O.oN0.nOn bushels
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
DENY AMERICANS AIDED
REVOLT AMONG RUSSIANS
Several Groups OF Siberian Leaders
Hn>e Sought Help, hut All Have
Been Denied.
TBv AssocIatcd pres,l

NoI.oGDA. RUSSIA. Saturday. May
o.-Ambassador Francis has made
public statement from Secretary
Lansing denying that American con-
suls aided General Scmenof, anti-Eo!-
shcvik leader in Siberia. or others who
are seeking TO bring about "A coun' err
revolution In Siberia The statement
says the American government las re-
ceived appeals from several groups in
Siberia. but has ignored them all. Sre-
cifcally. the United States refused =
request by Genera! Semcnof for as
sistance from American engineers. and
instructed the engineers not TO aid tie
general or 10 assist in any civil war
movement
The statement declares the friendly
attitude of the United States toward
Russia has not changed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31

must he exported before new vhent
is available for export IL we are
to maintain the absolutely neccs-
snry shipmcnts to our army and the
allies. That leaves about c8,0OO.0O0
bushcls for domestic consumption
for the next two months.
.Normnl American consuu ption Is
something over iO.OOO,OOO bushels
n month. so TINT the most liberal
consumption mt home would he only
onc-third, or normal.
estate administrators meeting
here this week were unanimous In
the view thnt even IL the coming
harvest does prove abundant, II will
he the first duty OF the American
people TO place every Ernin TINT
they can sn,c into storage to build
up n rcscrNc against possible bad
ycnrs ahead.
In consequence, there should he
no anticipation of unlimited wheat
bread until the wnr Is over"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
10000 FINNISH PEOPLE
ARE THROWN INTO PRISON
Protest Filled Against Brutal Treatment
Accorded Them by White
Guards.
TBy Associated rrcss.l

LONDON, May 80 tvia ottawa).-A
Russian wireless dispatch says .he
Central Committee of Finnish Work
men has protested against the terror
ism OF Finnish by the White Guard
stating thai 10000 persons the ma
iority OF them Social Democrats have
"ccn imprisoned and brutally treated
OF these 10000 are civilians.
Inc wholesale slaughterS of civilians
was begun by Finnish troops. assisted
by the Germans. In one day the lis
patch says. $50 women prisoners were
Killed Many Sisters OF Mercy Of the
Sacred Guard were put to death win.
out trial. Field court -mar:iais are still
condemninS persons 10 dca;h en- ma,se
although the civil war is over The
finnish proletariat calls out 10 tho
civilized world in the name of hu
manity to stop this terrorism.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
ARE TRAMPLED TO DEATH
fnnir Follows When Aerial Raid Alarm
In Sounded In Mannheim as
Streets Arc Crowded
lbs Associated Press.1

GENEVA, May 30.-Eighteen women
ana children were trampled to death
and number OF persons were injured
IN panic which followed an aerial
raid alarm, sounded "A midday in Mann
helm yesterday. according to "a dis
patch received here The streets were
crowded when the alarm was given.
and wild rush for shelter ensued
IL developed later that the warning
signals were caused by the sighting
OF Il squadron Of German aviators re-
turning TO their base near Mannheim
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
Conduct Of Ohio
Soldiers is Good

CAMP LEE, Mny 3o.-FoliowinE
the publication of the news story
Thursday morning thnt the entire
Ihirty-scventh Division In cnmp
here had been placed under re-
strnininR order, General Fnrn.wortI,
issued nn order In which emphatic
denial Is made thnt the order wn>
due to misconduct on the pnrt OF the
soldiers.
The following telegram was sent
to Governor Jamcs VI. Cox to-day. ut
the request of General Farnxworti,
by General Wood, AdJutant-Gcncrni
Of Ohio:
Governor James VI. Coz. Columbus,
Ohio:
General Fnrnsworth authorizes,
and requests me to sny that the A.
socintcd Press story carried to-dny.
statinE that the order restraining
the Thirty-serenth Division Ia camp
limits was ON Iccoun! of miscon-
duct of the men, In absolutely with
out foundation. The order ,yn. is
sued on account of intense truIn-
ing nnd quarantine. The conduct
of the men OF the yhirty-sevcnth Di-
vision is very good. ''ivc this ali
possible publicity. WOOD.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
FREE lNOCULATION BY u. S.
TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH
Prevention Of Typhoid Fever Near Will
itnry Zones Considered
Highly Important.
tBy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, May 30.-Free anti
typhoid inoculation is to be given by
the government TO protect the health
OF the nation At this time when the
labor of every man possible is needed
in winning the war.
Secretary McAdoo announced to-
night that he had directed the public
health service TO give the incubation
without charge TO all who apply a..
any OF its hospitals or field Offices.
Many Of these Offices are located in
zones surrounding military canton
ments, and prevention OF typhoid fever
in these zones is a step toward re-
ducins the risk OF interchange of dis
ease between the military and civil
populations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
CONSOLIDATE SCHOOLS
birmingham College and Southern Uni
'ersity to Operate Under New
Arrangement.
fBy Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM. ALA, May 30.-At
meeting here to-day OF representatives
OF the Alabama Methodist Conference
and the North Alabama Conference tho
consolidation OF Birmin CHAM College
and Southern University. located at
Greensboro Ala. was formally effected
The consolidated school located here
VIII in future be known as Birming.
ham College, and viii open In Septem-
her, both Alabama conferences partlci-
pating in the management.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
Tnkc Fuel From Yachts.

WASHINGTON. May 30.-Aftcr to
morrow, by order of the fuel admin
lstration' no coal or fuel oil may be
burned on or furnished to any private
Sacht FOR any purpose whatever ex-
cept cooking. The only exceptions are
ships in government service. Any pri-
vate yacht, however, which on June I
is away from its home port may OBJ
tain sufficient fuel to come home by
the shortest destination.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
RUSH PARIS CHILDREN
TO PLACE OF SAFETY
Ono Thousand Taken Out In Special
Trains to Avoid LonE-Rangc
Shells,
TBy Associated Press.l

PARlS. May 30.-The removal of chill
dren from Paris was begun this morn
ing, when 1000 children from the Mont
martre district OF the city were placed
on board srecial train bound for
vacation colony in the Department Of
Allier, in Central France.
This is the first action taken under
p!an for removing Paris children
from the possibility OF harm from a
long-ranse gun shell striking a school.
hlled with pupils as a church where
worship was in progress was struck
on Good Friday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31
WANTS PEACE FOR PEOPLE
Count Knrolyi Declares Against Dcep-
cning Alliance with the
Germans

ZURICH tv.a Paris). MAY 30.-Count
karolyi. the hungarian Liberal leader.
is quoted as having said in Il speech:
We wait peace alliance of the
people. not a deepening Of tina aili-
ance with Germany. which would mean
the subserviency OF Hungary TO GER
many"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-31

still further TO shut the door of
hope on the domestic consumer. af-
ter fixing the prico Of coal. at a figure
which after elaboration you regarded
Continued on Third Page)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
Price of Cornmeal
Falls; Its Use Urged
Food Board Here Asks Pub
lie to Buy 1t and
Save Wheat

Following a warning by Herbert
Hoover that profiteers in cornmeal
would be punished severely, the Fed
eral Food Board announced last night
that the price of cornmeal here had
dropped two cents a pound since May
2, and probably would go lower.
To-day cornmeal should be sold to
the consumer at from Ga to 7 cents
pound" said the Food Boards state
ment. "The retailer is paying the
wholesaler 6h to cents pound
Cornmeal is now cheaper than white
flour. which is IN and tn cents
pound. Consumers are urged to help
clear the market of the unusual supply
of eornmeal and SO save the wheat
F. W. Fiske, head Of the boards dis
trlbution bureau, will ask the bakers
tomorrow to use more cornmeal.
Bernard Hoffman, who, when the
Food Board was formed, gave up his
business as a consulting engineer to
become an assistant, without pay, in
the Bureau of Transportation and Dis
tribution, was yesterday appointed
head of the newly created sugar divi-
sion, which will handle the distribution
of sugar to manufacturers and home
Gamers under the certificate plan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
issue s15,ooo,ooo in corporate stock or
serial bonds, to extend over time of
from 10 to 80 years.

issue s15,ooo,oo0 in corporate stock or
serial bonds, to extend over time Of
from 10 to 80 years.
"This bill is necessary" said C;tv
Controller Craig, "to provide additions
to schools to meet present overcrowded
conditions. Under the present pay-as-
you-go system new schools cannot be
built and appropriations previously
authorized for Carrying various build
ings cannot be used for other purposes
1t also is necessary to meet the re-
quirements of hospitals, armories and
other improvements of pressing ur-
gency under war conditions"
Nobody appeared in opposition to the
against it by the Citizens Union on the
ground that it interfercd with the pay
as-you-go policy.
"The present law should not be
known as pay as-you-go policy" said
Edward j. McGoldrick, Assistant Cor
start" ~"
Senator Wagner also appeared for
the Dill, and it is expected that the
Governor will sign it.
New York City officials also urged
the Governor to sign the Donohue bill
to permit the compensation of unli-
censed physicians for work in the hos
pitfalls. At present young physicians
without New York State licenses can
only serve in the hospitals without
pay. SO many young physicians have
been called into war service that the
New York City hospitals are badly
crippled Tor lnternes, it was declared.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
nee whatsoever to the

out ally reference whatsoever to the
Gary plan.
"The Board of Superintendent was
requested to modify programmes in all
schools operating under the Gary psan
and in recent report received from
superintendent Meleney, we are ad-
vised that the programmes have been
changed by eliminating the objectiona-
bic features from all schools. except
Public School 45, The Bronx, and Pub
lie School 80, Brooklyn" Here. too, 1t
is expected that the Gary features will
be gradually done away with.
"The duplicate programme" continues
the report, "has been eliminated aim ost
completely from the lower grades. Spe-
cialization or departmental teaching
(the teaching of single subject BY a
special teacher) has also been largely
eliminated for these children, and
teachers now generally have their
classes for all academic work"
For small children long auditorium
periods have been discontinued, while
shop work, cooking, sewing and ele-
mentary science, the report saws, are
now reserved for older pupils.
Under the heading Salaries OF
Teachers" the report declares that ow-
ing to the better, inducements being of
fered young women nowadays by the
Federal government and mercantile
houses such inroads have been made
into the teaching staff that this city
may find itself without sufficient sup
ply of teachers within the next year
To meet this situation the board has
modified the requirements for teachers
license No. and is now at work on a
revised salary schedule, which, it states,
will soon be presented to the Board of
Estimate for approval!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
Engineer Killed,
q Fire1nen Hurt.
In $500,00o Fire
Government Beef and Eggs
Lost in Blaze in 18th Ave.
Refrigerating Plant

One man was killed and more than
half million dollars damage was
done early last evening when a series
OF explosions in the engine room of
the Merchants Refrigerating Com
pany's plant at Eleventh Avenue and
Sixteenth Street threatened to de-
stroy the entire structure, which is
eleven stories high and covers a city
block. Prompt work by the fremen,
who were forced to battle most of the
time with deadly ammonia fumes, pre-
vented the blaze started by the ex-
plosions from spreading.
James Vincent, who lived on Fresh
Pond Road, Brooklyn, and who was as
sistant engineer of the plant, was
killed instantly. Battalion Chiefs Jo-
seph Dooley and Lawrence Mcclure.
Acting Chief George L. Ross and about
twenty other tiremen were bruised and
cut by bits of wood and pieces of
glass which were blown into the street
by small explosions which followed
the first big crash.
Twenty-ffth Street, Elmhurst' Long
Island, the chief engineer. and two
other men were in the engine room
of the plant, which is located in the
cellar, at the corner of Eleventh Ave-
nue. and Seventeenth Street, shortly
after 7 o'clock last night, when a slight
rumbling warned them of danger.
Berend and the two men managed to
rush from the room Just before the
main explosion completely wrecked the
engine room, blew off the steel head
OF an ammonia tank, which crushed
Vincent down at the doorway His body
was recovered some time after the fire.
men reached the scene by members of
the rescue squad, wearing their gas
masks.
Smoky Joe" Martin, who reached
the building on the second alarm,
promptly sent in two more. Police
reserves were also called from four
precincts, and, with the assistance Of
soldiers guarding the barred zone
around the piers of the Atlantic Trans
port Line, directly across the street
from the plant, kept civilians a block
away in all directions from the build
ing.
The plant, an official of the company
stated, contained 100000 pounds Of
beef, 100000 asses of eggs and large
quantity of copper and tobacco, be-
longing to the government The same
official, after an inspection of the
wrecked engine room and refrigerating
system, which was electrically operated
and one of the finest in the country,
declared the loss would be between
100000 and 100000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
To Take Bray From Mule

SALEM, Ore, May 11.-Removal Of
the bray from mules was announced to-
day as one of the purposes of joint.
clinic which will be held at Portland
next month by veterinarians from
Washington and Oregon. Experiments
will be performed upon mules in an
effort to discover the method which is
known to exist by which they are de-.
prved of their ability to bray.
The operation was said by veterinar-;
ians here to have been performed suc-.
cessfully in the French army, adding
greatly to the value of the mule for
army use. The braying of the animals.
is said sometimes to have betrayed to
the enemy the movements of an army.
:. According to DR.. w. Fl. Lytle, State
Veterinarian for Oregon, three theories
are held as to the method of perform
ing the operation. One is a surgical
treatment of the "halse nostril," an
other the severing of certain muscles
in the neck and the third the severing
Of muscles in the tail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12
The Weather Report

WASHINGTON. May ll.-Anothcr disturbance from
the far West is Central Texas tonight and the
precipitation resulting therefrom extends from
the Texas panhandle and Oklahoma cast northeast
ward through the Ohio Valley and Tennessee There
were also rains and SHOWS to the northward and
Mexico There is other disturbance North
em Minnesota that was attended by local showers
earlier days in the week has passed into the North
Atlantic, and +, The showers in the Atlantic states
Temperatures are quito high in the South. but
elsewhere ihcy: below the seasonal average
ths sliss,ssppi River except in Nsw nsiana where
Western Tennessee ana the East dyli states ths
tho eastward showers yin continue It win b
snd coer Monday N thy In ass ou states
Forecast. for Special LooaIItle..-Eastsn Now
York. showers Sunday or Sunday night and prob
wv Western S10 New York. cloudy Sunday probably
showers: Monday. showers;
Northern New England fair Sunday; Monday.
=. New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. showers
Sunday and probably Monday.
Local onlclai Rccord.-The following official rec
ord from the Weather Bureau shows temperatures
during the last twenty -four hours. in comparison
with the corresponding date OF last year:
1913. 1917 1913. 1917;
J { ]! / ! !: 6 !: ]! s
Highest temperature yesterday 6s degrees lat
$50 p. m) lowest, Al lat a. n.y.: average. So ;
average same date last year. 3d. average same date
for thirty three years. S.
Humidity
a. m...7o p m....55 p. m... SO
Barometer Readings
a. m. .2998 l p. NJ. 80 .04 8 p. m...30. OF
Local Official Foreoast.-showers, to-day or to.
night and probably tomorrow; moderate east and
southeast winds. increasing somewhat tonight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-12


II think that when the city gets a
3 per cent return on its investment.
with an additional per cent for
amortization and per cent to cover
taxes. that is all we should ask.
AS you know, have decided to nut
up Pier SO, North River, at auction as
an object lesson. Now, here is some
thing Pm going to tell you, something
for which | will be criticised by Con.
troller Craig and others. But don't
care; l am right am going to lease
to the French Line, for three wears.
Pier g., at the foot Of West Fortv-
fourth Street, for $1,000 a week. I
could get more than twice that sum
for this pier, at auction, from a steve
dore, who would use it for profteering
me pier is now controlled by the
United States government, and it is
at its suggestion that / am going to
turn it over to the French, because
they are engaged in war work and have
turned over their piers in France to
our government"