AMERICA'S WAR PREPARATIONS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3051, 12 April 1917, Page 5

AMERICA'S WAR PREPARATIONS

TRAIL OF THE BOMB ASSASSINS BIG EXPLOSION WRECKS GREAT FOUNDRIES Philadelphia, April 10. Baldwin. locomotive, and. Munitions: Factory at. Eddystone, lias, been destroyed'by., an explosion. There ara many dcadj and-a hundred.: persons were injured. Tlie buildings, were destroyed. .Philadelphia was shaken by the explosion. ' ■ . Later. , lb is. estimated that,fifty, persons were killed' by the Eddystone explosion, and. 300 injured, mostly women. Washington,; ApriMO.. Increased guards llaye.. been posted at the Capitol, in- consequence of reports that an attempt was to be- made to- blow up the Congressional Buildings. Pittsburg, April 10. A German plot to.'dislocate the entire Western Penusylvanian coalfields has been; discovered.

WAR MEASURES IN THE INDUSTRIES CONTROL OF EXCESSIVE WAR PROFITS. New York, April 10. President Wilson's Advisers are urging that the Government's intended prohibition of excessive -war profits should apply not only to American contracts, but also to those for the Allies. • At a conference of agricultural experts held at St. Louis, under the direction qf the Secretary, for Agriculture, to devise means for increasing tho wheat yield so. as. to assist the it was suggested that a limit should bo placed-on grain-for breweries, and distilleries, ana" that the greater percentage should he 'milled for flour.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSH TO EVADE CONSCRIPTION ■ ;'■.;.' 'BUSY DAYS WITH- THE MARRIAGE REGISTRARS. New York, April 10.' Thousands of .men of military age in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco besieging- the registry offices for marriage- licensos in order to escape conscription. Chicago already records ll'OO licenses -issued. —Aus.■N.Z. Cable Assn. - AMERICAN LINER STRIKES A MINE . ' ''. "■„ , x '■' Washington, April 10. The American Petroleum Company's liner New York, 6859 tons, struck a mine in the Irish Sea. There were no casualties. The vessel is beingdocked. ■ ' The American cargo steamer Sward was torpedoed in the Meditprranoan. No warning was giye"n. There, were no casualties.—Aus.-NTJS. Cable Assn. , BRAZIL. BREAKS WITH THE-HUNS London, Anril 10. Brazil.has; broken off relations-with Germany.—Aus.-N:Z. Cable Assn.