Arkansas Democrat from Little Rock, Arkansas • Page 1

-DEMOCRAT ARKANSAS ME EDITION KL'IX TKLKOHACHIl' HK I'OKTH UK IVOKI.II NKYVm KVKNTH Fl'KMHHKM THK AHMOUATKI) FORTY-SIXTH JfFAK. LITTLE ROCK, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1. 1917. city. ikains.

5c. GERMANY TO MAKE NEW PEACE OFFER PROPOSAL WILL DE AMBITIOUS PLOT IF TYPHUS NOW LATEST FOE OF GERMANY Troubled Conditions Said to Have Been intensified by Widespread Outbreak Of Disease Extraordinary Measures; Taken by Rulers of Central Powers To Prevent News Reaching Outside. CENSORSHIP ON CABLES IS ORDERED Telegraph and Telephone Lines Into Mexico to Be Used Only According to Regulations, to Prevent Information Of Value Reaching jthe Enemy, Commission on Public Information Says. TWO 6ERMANS IS BLOCKFTORRES ARKANSAS MUST GIVE SEVEN JURORS ARE 7.700 MEN FOR ARMY SECURED FDR TRIAL Sending of Army View Of Officials Washington, May 1. President Wilson and his cabinet held a very brief session today and while the subject of sending American troops to France at an early date was not discussed formally it became known definitely that the prevailing view among administration officials is that a force should be sent as soon as possible.

At a meeting of the Council of Na-tiona Defense which preceded the cabinet' meeting a suggestion was brought forward that a special commission of four or five eminent surgeons be sent to France immediately, but it was practically decided not to adopt it. U.S. Already Given Ships To Entente Washington, May 1. The United States has already placed a. considerable amount of ship, tonnage at the disposal of the entente Allies.

Lord Eustace Percy, ship expert with the British mission, said today that the government had auppllad certain vessels to be used to the allies' needs but refused to indicate what they were or if they were the seized German ships. Lord Percy declared the present rate of British construction of ships and the present estimated American rate could not keep pace with the pres Washington, May 1. An executive order signed by President Wilson providing for the censorship of cables out of the United States and of telegraph and telephone lines Into Mexico to-nether with regulations governing the same were made public today by the commission on public information. The object of the censorship is to prevent the sending of information whlcn might be of value to the enemy. The committee announced today that arrangementeJiaveJaeenjnadeto put the executive order into effect immediately.

The order, dated April" 28, is as follows: "Whereas, the existence of a state of war between the United States and the imuerial German government makes It essential to the public safety that no communication of a character which would aid the enemy or Its allies shall be had; "Therefore, by virtue of the power vested in me, under the constitution and by the Joint resolution passed 'ay congress on April 19177 declaring the existence of a state Of Jvar. It 11 oidered that all companies or other persons, owning, controlling or operating telegraph and telephone lines or submarine cables, are hereby prohibited from transmitting messages to point? without the United Slates and from -delivering messages received ficm such points, except those permitted under rules and regulations to be established by the secretary of war. for telegraph and telephone lines and by the secretary of navy for submarine cables. 'To these departments Respectively Is delegated the duty of preparing and enforcing rules and regulations under this order to accomplish the purpose mentioned "This order shall take effect from date. "(Signed) Woodrow Wilson." Te Heal Ccnaoraki).

Secretary Daniels has assigned Commander D. W. Todd, director of naval Jo have charge ol the cable censorship, and Commands Arthur B. Hoff will be In control of the New York division, Brigadier lADEINflCn THURSDAYJS REPQBT EWorld Will Be Astonished by Moderation of German Peace Terms," Says "General An-zieger" of Dusseldorf NEW MOVE INTIMATED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS Announcement Is Given Added Weight by Fact It Appears One of Most -Widely Circular ed Newspapers. The Hague( Netherlands, May 1.

Via Loudon. Dr. Von Bethinanu-Holl-neg, the German imperial chancellor, will make another peace offer in the reichstag Thursday of this week, according to an anuoaricement made today by the Berliner Tageblatt. "The world will be astonished the moderation of the German peace terms "Llaid the OeueS-al TAuiieger ot Dusseldorf, Germany, quoting in a re-rent dispatch from Berlin a statement given out to foreign correspondents in Berlin. For several weeks it has beeu intimated that Germany might soou make another peace offer, and recet.t information from Berlin showed' Chancellor von Bethinaiin-llollweg was ex pected soon to make' an tiinnunceiueu't in regard to international questions, al though heretofore no statement come from a responsible quarter th it a peace offer actually would be ma le.

For several months a coutroversv has been in progress in( Germany as to the aims of the war. The Soc ialisti, vigorously opposed by the pan-German, are urging a clear statement ol Uer-many's peace terms, on the "basis of no annexations or indemnities. The chancellor was recently leported to -hate decided to defer definite formulation of peace The innouncementf of the chancellor's plan to make a peace offer ou Thursday is given added weight by the tacit that it, appears in the Tageblatt, one of the most widely circulated newspapers, -V Basis for Distribution of Fed eral and State Money Is Determined at Meeting of State Highway Advisory Board. Basis for allotment of $1,100,000 Federal and State money available for road projects Under the Shackelford law was determined by the advisory board of the State Highway Commission, composed of Edgar Brewster of Pine J. J.

Knoch of the University of Arkansas and Hugh R. Carter, State highway engineer, at a meeting) held Tuesday morning. The $1,100,000 available for the biennial period beginning April 1, 1917, will be allotted among the 75 counties on the following basis: 25 per cent on comparative area; 25 per cent on comparative' population; 25 per cent on comparative road mileage, and 25 per cent on an equal division among the counties. Each of the 75 counties will receive the same sum from the latter 25 per cent of the total. While $1,100,000 is provided for In the basis of allotment, the total which will be available is $1,300,000.

For Unusual Cases. The advisory board, however, set aside $200,000 for unforeseen contingencies and for unusual cases. The advisory board will be in a position to receive and act upon applications through the State highway commission as soon as rules and regulations of the latter organzlatlon are completed. County judges will be notified when the commission Is ready to receive applications. Applications will not be considered, the advisory board announced, before the rules and regulations of the highway commission are completed.

Statistics on the amount of mony which will go to each county under the basis agreed upon by the advisory board have not been completed. The estimates of areas have been obtained from the commissioner of agriculture and the estimates of population will be from the last census. The estimates of road mileage will be arrived at from the system adopted by the highway commission under an act of the 1917 legislature. CUBA'S MISSION MAKING CALLS Washington, May 1. Calls were paid by the Cuban war commission today Secretaries Lansing and Daniels.

The commission, accompanied by Cuban Minister Ccspedes, included aides representing the Cuban state, war and navy departments General Marti and his colleagues. Major General Scott, chief of the general staff, accompanied the Cuban mission on its call on Secretary Baker. After a brief the members went to visit the army war college. ALLOTMENT FIXED FOR ROAD PROJECTS Were to '1. Jby Big JVall Send News 0f son's Death, Then Pro Market' "Break." ,0 WITH HAVING BOMB IN POSSESSION Police Say Men Found Door of Morgan Offices Not Heavily "Guarded and Planned to Ex plode Bomb There.

New York, May 1. Confession was made in court today by Wolf Hirscb, arrested last night with George Mey-ringer, both Germans, that they were on their way to blow up, the offices of J. P. Morgan Company with a bomb when intercepted by the police. Hirsch supplemented before 'the court an alleged confession he had made earlier to the police that the explosion 7of a bomb at ths MlSran offices was a part of a scheme- to which he and Meyringer could profit create a stock market reversal from financially.

He told the court he had made the bomb under the direction of Meyringer and another man in a laboratory at the Roosevelt hospital where they were employed. He did not know anything about the construction of bombs himself, he declared. Hirsch said that Meyringer had 'induced him to speculate in Wall street and had suggested as a quicker way of getting profits a scheme to frighten the stock market. The plan included blowing up the Morgan office and the send ing out over tape telegraph wires of false news that President Wilson bad been assassinated. The.

men were held in $10,000 bail each. Intention to destroy a big Wall street institution," tap telegraph trunk between Chicago, Washington and New York, send -out false reports of President Wilson's assassination and U-boat raids on the Atlantic coast and then disrupt the wires' to prevent, denial, all to- affect the stock -ew rat vw ROLL OF HONOR- FOR ARKANSAS Maj. C. E. Hawkins, S.

recruiting officer for the Officers' Training Camp at Fort Roots, Tuesday' announced the following applicants for admls slon to the company have been accepted: Beverly P. Clayton, Ralph L. Farrls, Conway; Hen- ry A. Coffield, Melbourne; Martin, Ray Porter, Fordyce; Henry N. Conway, Alfred B.

Cypert, Lewis N. S. -Narkinsky, P. Pattison, Little Rock; Horace W. Ma-this, William E.

Trice, Cotton Plant. Lieut. H. H. Frost, U.

S. 'recruiting officer for Arkansas; Tuesday reported the following R. C. Horn, Argenta; S. L.

Gannaway, Pine Bluff; H. C. Anderson, Coy; S. J. Gaber, Redfleld; J.

H. Clem' ons, Cassville; G. W. Stephens, El Dorado; W. E.

Browning, Mlllville; H. L. McCoy, Levy; 8. F. Moore, Jasper; E.

T. Archer, U. S. re-enlistment; Garland Coffman, Harrison; James- L. Hamburg; O.

A. Dur- ham, Bradford; Elmer Lee Stubbs, Cleveland, Miss. E. K. Riddickand E.

R. Fulks, Little Rock; Isaac Long, Conway; Robert H. Porter, Rock; Thomas H. Meeks, J. B.

Fergu- son, Fayette Poole, Hope; Thomas R. Lewis, Atkins; H. S. Hale, Little Rock- G. L.

Moore, Jasper; S. J. Miller Van Buren; A. F. Falkmer, Fort Smith; H.

D. Newton, Gurdon; C. W. Mc-Culnn, Argenta. Lieutenant Frost reported 330 recruits for the month of April.

The office of Capt." N. M. Cartmell, U. S. recruiting officer for Arkansas, announced the following enlistments: Minor Taylor, William Cosby, Llt- tie Rock George C.

Harris, Shawmut, W. J. Redmon, Jonesboro; James N. Fullbright, W. A.

Timms, G. C. Leech, W. W. Allbright, J.

F. Mcintyre, J. E. Zehner, R. W.

Shepherd, Barney L. Studdard, I. J. Brown, I. McDaniel, Wrenn Harris, R.

C. Young, Pine Bluff; J. D. Novak, Hel- ena; H. E.

MaCkensen, H. K. Little, Newport. The office reported 283 enlistments for April. NO MORE 5-CENT LOAF IN MEMPHIS Memphis, May 1.

(Special.) rThe five-cent- loaf of bread its -fit from trade channels here yesterday when one of i. biggest bakeries announced ri more five cent lr -j would be made. Simultaneously the trade was introduced to the new 15-cent loaf. It is expected that all other bakeries We will follow with similar action, Knoxville; today increased tM the to seven cents and reduced the size of the 10-cent loaf. Mav dny has dawued with the armd hosts "of fcnglund," France aud Germany still locked tat in the most tremeudous struggle of the world war.

But thieves of the world are fixed for the ment on the stage behind the battle line whre, inside the closely guarded lioutiors ol mo emmi (ju.n.i, Lursting of the long brewing storm discontent is awaited with nilngli tu of of tear and. hope. KxtraoijJinary measures have been Uken by the rulers of the Central em pires to prevent me ouiaiue, what is transpiriu within their borders. No German news paper is allowed to pass into a neutral country and for the last 10 days all persons have been foibiddeu to leav Germany. Thus'the scanty and dubious news formerly gleaned from the censored German press or from casual travelers has been completely cut off and the Teutonic empires nre almost as isolated Iroin the rest of the' world was ancient Japan.

Reports from Switzerland of vague and Indefinite authority esserrthat th'J troubled conditions in Germany have been intensified by a widespread outbreak of typhus, said to be especially-prevalent in the great industrial regions. The epidemic is attributed to the growicg food scarcity, but the story, like many similar ones, lacks confirmation fram any reliable source. Situation in Sweden. The same veil which has been drawn over events in Germany aad Austria obscures the situation in Sweden, where a great nation-wide demoustrv tion by the workers also was planned for Tuesday. Since the outbreak of ft couple of weeks ago when rioting took place in btookaoim, tne oniy news received as to conditions in Sweden has v'l V.

A v.a o. ueen mo oure (tuuututueiuuin ma eral strike had beeu1 oidered by the i lacor leaaeis tor may ia TV11U 1 e- against undue interference. On the BgHtitg" rront in rrauce in-tle change Jias taken place for some days. The French are striking in Champagne and' have made some gains, but without, as far as official pnmmunipntionfl iro. materrallv altering the situation'.

TW fighting Mace donia, which was ob a wide front last week, is still in progress but information' regarding it too Indefinite to judge whether the allies are eu- gaged -ina major offensive. In Mesopotamia tEe British are pushing steadily forward, but here, too, details are too meagre to throw a Hghf on the extent of the campaign or the immediate objective of the British tommandcis. London, May 1. In Rhine provinces more than half the munitions workers decided to strike today," wires the correspondent at The Hague of the Exchange Telegraph Company. Essen (home of the great Krupp works) is shut off from the rest of Germany and completely isolated from the' world in order to prevent the slightest information about strikes at the Krupp works from leaking out.

Strikes are general in small towns near the Dutch frontier." Paris, May 1. The French are reorganizing the positions captured in the Champagne and no heavy fighting occurred last night. London, May 1. "We made a suc cessful, raid last night north of Ypres," says today 's official and captured a few prisoner. Elewherc there was nothing of special Berlin, via London, May 1.

A French storming attack with fresh divisions failed yesterday between Pros-ties and Aubertive, says the official German statement today. TLe Germans in this area, it is added, hold complete possession of their positions. On' the western front yesterday 25 British and French airplanes end fiv balloons v.ere forced down. MEET IN LITTLE ROCK Nominating Committee Is Appointed to Select Officer for Next Year Many Delegates at Convention. Unusual interest in the selection of officers for the ensuing year was shownat the legislative session of the llouse of "I)elogates of the Arkansas Medical Society, at the old Statebouse Tuesday morning, which marked the opening of the forty-first annual convention of the society.

A nominating committee, composed of 10 membr was elected and was instructed to make its report at the closing session Thursday afternoon. All of the delegates had not arrived from over the State Tuesday, but there were 133 registered at the official reg-4Catlnne4 oe II. RAISE FOB LAUNDRY WOBKEBS. Searcy, May 1. (Special.) The laundry workers at Galloway College were given -a voluntary raise of" II per week each, beginning Monday.

PHYSICIANS OF STATE .5 State Senator Is Under Indictment for Alleged Solicitation and Acceptance of Bribes During Legislature. (With only seven jurors qualified at 12:30 Tuesday afternoon, when Judge ft. J. Lea called a recess for luncheon, Indications were that the entire diy Would be occupied in the selection of fc Jufy in th8 case 9t Samuel-CL ima Ot Hazea, State senator under indictment for alleged solicitation and oaptanca of bribes during the last Gea-eral Assembly. Both State and defense exercised great care in the examination of prospective jurors, in some instances more than 20 minutes being consumed in tho questioning of one talesman.

At the Boon recess, the State had exhausted all but three of its 10 challenges, while the' defense had exercised nine of its BO challenges. Six talesmen were disqualified by the court because of fixed opinions on the case as formed by powspaper reports. Jurors Accepted. The seven jurors accepted as mem-Bars of the jury which will hear the Base are Charles T. Abeles Little Keck manufacturer; John King, an wen township farmer; John Dasn- Dock.

a former restaurant keeper -n Argeota; A. Reynolds, a merchant 18. T. -Morris, retired, Seventeenth street and Wright avenue; P. A.

Beard, merchant, of and "red 'Coleman, a dairyman. During the ferial which is expected to Occupy alt of Wednesday and Thuri-day, the jury will be kept from, communication with the oetaide world." M. E. Dunaway, prosecuting attorney, is to be assisted in the prosecution of the case by Lewis Rhoton, former Pulaski county prosecutor; and by Barry Cv Hale and Frank Bodge, deputy prosecutors. Defense of Senator Sims is in the bands of Robert L.

Rogers, former Pulaski county prosecutor; Col. George W. Murphy, E. L. McHanqy and T.

C. Trimble of Lonoke. Senator. Burgess Present. Senator I.

C. Burgess of RusselJvUle, whc is under indictment on similar charges, was in first division circuit courtroom Tuesday morning, and sat beside Senator Sims during most Of the morning. Senator Sims is to be tried first upon the indictment which charges that he "demanded, accepted and received (900 from John E. Mc-Graw, a private detective, for action against Senate Bill No. 302 which would have regulated the trading tamp business.

7 Senator Sims and Senator Burgess were arrested on the evening of February 23 at Fourth and Center streets by city detectives just after they were alleged to have been seen accepting packages of money from McGraw. Other indictments against Sims include one for taking the trading stamp bUl from the Senate. He is said, to have given the original copy of the bill to McGraw at the time the money passed hands. CHINESE PUPILS ORGANIZE CORPS New York, May 1. Chinese college indents In this country are organising a military corps which already Bumpers 600 and which will be offered to the government either as a unit or with Its members apportioned to other regiments, it was announced by the Chinese-American Citizens Alliance here today.

WEATHER For Little Rock and Vicinity To-ttfa-hf and Wednesday fair and warmer. For Arkansas Tonight fairj warmer except In extreme east portion. Wednesday fair and warmer. a.m.. a.

m. ......57 1a.m... 6112 noon 02 a. 651 1 p. 64 a.

66 p. m. Maximum Monday 75 Minimum Monday ..64 Maximum a year ago. .78 Minimum a year 58 Weather Conditions. The central area of low pressure has IJieved to the Lake region with Increased intensity.

It has caused rain in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and in fake region, heavy at places in lows and Missouri. Precipitation has also (Occurred at most places from the Da-isotas westward to the coast. It is warmer In the Atlantic, the middle Mains, and Rocky Mountain States; hut Is considerably colder In the lake the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, and in the Pleteau States. Heavy frost, was reported in southwestern Missouri, light frost in northwestern Arkansas, Kansas, and portions of Misourl. Fair and warmer weather Is expect-sd in Little Rock and vicinity tonight and Wednesday.

OF SAMUEL IMS UNDER DRAFT STATUTE Little Rock Will Be Called Upon for 203 Men Under Basis for Calling Out First 500,000 Soldiers. Arkansas, in addition to her Nation al Guard troops and her contributions to the regular army, navs- and marine corps, will le railed upor. to us her quota of the first r000t0 men oiled, out" rnrttr, the dn.ft The State will have a total of more than 11.000 men in the fighting units of the natiou after the call for the first 500,000 men is issued by President Wilsod. Using the population as a whole of the nation and of the State as a basis, Arkansas must give 7,758 men to the first draft. Of these, Little Rock must furnish 203.

Present members or recruits obtained befere the call is made of the national guard, regular army, navy and marine corps, army officers say, will not be included as part of the' 500,000. Must Furnish Proportions. The total population probably will not be the basis used in calculating the quotas from aeh-State, although as a basis of probable apportionment, officers Bay, it is adequate. Under the proposed system, the cities and counties must furnish their proportionate number of men. How they will be selected has not been determined.

Immediately upon issuance of a proclamation by President Wilson for registration of men of eligible age. county boards of control will begin their work. XheV county, wilCbeeomposeiL, Of the sheriff, county or circuit elerk and health officers. Irr eitu-a of 30,000 or more population, separate boards, consisting of the city I'lerk and city health officer, will have The officials," under the- se- lective draft bill which without doubt will become a law within the next 10 days, must serve. Township registration boards will be selected by the county boards.

Upon orders for registration, all men within the ages finally determined by Congress must register at their voting places Only alien, enemies will be exempt from registration, and failure by any other than au alien to register will subject the offender to a federal prison sentence of from three months to one year. Quota From Cities. Under the basis used in calcinating Arkansas, proportionate share of the 500 liOli-inan draft, the following Mould be the approximate number of won ex ected from the chief cities of tne ftate-i Fort Smith, 106; Hot Springs, 64; Argenta, 4H; pine Bluff, 67; rl.d-rna, 39; Jonesboro, 32; Paragould. ci; Texaricana, The basis used oris) recruit for every 216 residents. Later drafts will call out additional men.

The men called out probably will be of a uniform age. irnllasnl hi Jl.lii.. Says 111 Health Prevents His Acceptance of Presidency to Succeed Prof. J. J.

Doyne, Who Resigned. Professor J. R. Jewell Monday declined to accept the presidency of the State. Normal school at Con wayto suc- ceed ,1.

J. Doyne, resigned. Late Monday night information was received from Professor Jewell, who is dean of the normal department of the University of Arkansas, that be would not accept the offer at the normal. Tuesday members of the board ot trustees of the normal received a letter from Professor Jewell formally declining to accept the presidency of the Conway school. L.

Bond, chairman of the board, announced that a meeting of the board probably would be held within the next few days to elect another man. The hoard is in touch with other" applicants for. the place, he said. Professor Jewell found it impossible to accept the presidency of thej board, Mr. Bond said, because of his' physical condition, due to a recent serious operation.

Jewell stated that he was deeply appreciative of the honor conferred in his election," said Mr. Bond, "and that be was enthusiastie as to the future for the normal school and its work, but that he felt in justiee to himself and to the normal that he should decline the place." See Editorial JEWELL DECLINES TO HEAD NORMAL SCHOOL ent rate of destruction by submarines. "The balacing figure In the world struggle." said Lord Percy, is the tonnage the United States can supply." Lord Percy's announcement was the first Intimation that the shipping conferences had. actually resulted In any cgreement. It was taken as a forerunner of a very wide degree ot co operation In which the present tonnage and the future building powers of this country will be pooled with the allies to defeat the German submarine menace.

Lord Percy stated that the British mission had supplied the American government with every detail of the rhipplng problem Including the total allied tonnage, the total destruction ay the U-boats, the irreducible needs of the allies; the present rate of construction aoroad and the standardized bulldlnsr Diana. The American shin ning 'he'saidV: rtrhowJv -er nra.rueBi' co-operation wun me ruircri understanding of the urgenoy "of the situation. "The shipping issue" said Lord I ercyr "domlntees everything else and lu very grave the present British construction and the estimated American construction cannot keep lace with the present rate of destruction. Both must be speeded up appreciably if the seas are to be kept (I en. The war has resolved Itself into a race between the efficiency of the British and American shipyards and the German -submarine.

"The balancing factor In the world struggle Is the tonnage the United States can supply. Only in case this i large can the present military service and food supply be continued. This is the most vitally serious problem which cannot 'ae Washington, May l.r The Hamburg American liners Pola and Clara Men-nig at New York have been turned over by the American government for the use of the entente allies. One ship will go to France and the other to Statement Summarizes Seven General Heads Under Which Plea for Rate Increases Will Be Considered by C. C.

Washington, May 1. Procedure In the hearings to begin next week on the proposed Increase in freight rates were outlined today before the Interstate Commerce Commission in a statement summarizing seven general heads under which the subject will be considered. These subdivisions, follow: The present emergency; war conditions, labor and wage; cost of fuel, material and supplies recent charges In rates; the reasonableness of the proposed increased rates, and application to be made of the proposed Increased revenue. The extent of the Adamson law's responsibility for the alleged emergency also is to be brought out. "Did the emergency exist prior to January 1, the commission asks.

"Prior to April 1 When did it become an emergency? By what criterion can it be determined later that the emergency is Carriers should state, the commission declares, by individual lines, the extent to which their earnings are affected by war conditions. As to labor and wages, each, carrier also should show what the total increase is and how much of it is directly attributable to the Adamson law. Each railroad will be required to show how fuel costs compare with those in effect a year ago, as well as rails, ties' and other supplies. LESLIE COMMENCEMENT. Searcy, May 1.

(Special.) President J. M. Williams of Galloway College will deliver the Commencement sermon for the Leslie high school on May IS. PLJN IF HEARINGS ON TARIFF RAISES General Mcintyre has been selected by Secretary Baker to the telephone and telegraph supervision oh the The censorship, of tele phones affect, tras Mexican These cable censorsniptjregolations ire Issued for the guidance of the public. The text of the regulations Is as follows: "The following authorized codes may' be used conditioned on the acceptability under the censorship regulations in effect in the foreign coun-tties concerned.

The name of the code shall be written in the check and be signalled free. A. B. 5th. Scott's 10th edition.

"Western Union (not Including five' letter edition). "Lleber's (not Including five letter edition). "Bentley's complete phrase code (not Including1 the. oil: and mining supplements). i "Broomhall's Imperial Combination code.

"Broomhall's Imperial Combination Code, Rubber edition. "Meier's Atlantic cotton code, 9th edition. Riverside code, fifth edition. Z. address must 'oe complete but properly registered.

Addresses may be use where permitted by the censorship abroad. However, code subsequent to December 31, 1916, may not be used in messages to and from Central and South America, Cuba, Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, Haiti. San Domingo, Curacao or in messages transmitting "over the commercial Pacific cable or via trans-Pacific wireless. 'Cablegrams without text will hot be passed. Cablegrams Hut Be Signed, "All cablegrams must be signed by the name of the firm or In case an invldlvdutl, by at least the surname.

Code addresses as signatures are not permitted. "All code cablegrams and cablegrams written In the approved foreign languages will be recoded or translated by cehsors. "All cablegrams are accepted at the sunders, rlsg and may be stopped, delayed or otherwise dealt with at the discretion of the censor and without notice to the sender. No Information respecting the transmission, delivery or other disposal of any cablegam shall be given by paid service and requests made by mall must 'oe addressed to the telegraph or cable companies and" Tifust be -passed-upon by the censor. Telegraphic and post icknowledgments of (P.

C. and P. C. P. services) are suspended In all countries.

"Any explanation of a lead word or words, required by the censor from the sender in -the United States shall be obtained by a collect message from the censor to the sender and by a paid reply from the sender of the cablegram. "Coded cablegams filed, diectly at the caole offices where a cable censor is stationed, as New York, Key West, Galveston and San Francisco, shall be accompanied by a translation. This will expedite the work of the censor and thereby greatly reduce TROOP SHIP SUNK; SOLDIERS SAVED London, May 1. The Peninsular and Oriental Line steamship Ballarat, of 11,120 gross tons, which, was used as a troop ship, was sunk recently by a German submarine. All the troops were saved.

The-Ballarat was carrying' troops from. Australia to England. The soldiers were rescued by British torpedo boat destroyers and trawlers. Telegraph Your U. S.

Senators and Congressmen to Vote Against Espionage Bill 9.