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and that The :’wt ‘Hasten The “|'sinking of the .Armenian’ were ‘military or ibelligerent only: ined by commission- fieers and when the ves- e the naval 118t of a belliger- Collectors of ‘American ports have orders to prevent the departure of forelgn military officers on boerd POTLing horses or mules & Unitéd States, and similar- 1y cledrance has been refused to all ‘British vessels which were armed. Of- ficlals' were inclined to believe that | the chartering of the vessel by the 't\’Brltllh government would not affect Vitally the merits of the case, be- cause the character of the ship was that of a peaceful merchantiman when I6 left the shores of the United Staties, and ‘the W .was, therefore, entitl- ed to be removed to a place of safety before the ship was destroyed. i, Wirst Since Lusitania' Incident. . /. The case of the Armenian consti- tutes' the first since the sinking .of Lusitar n which ;American lives | Ave' been lost. The expectation has been that Germany's reply I to the last American noté would maks some concessions that would insure the saféty of Americans on the hikh 4 seas and especially Hpon passenger vessels. Comparatively little atten- tion has ' been given to the case iof Americans on board helligerent ships which primarily 'carried freight and contraband. p 2 The. new aspects developed by the the subject of widespread comment, since 4"t was pointed out -in various. quar- ¢ remained 'in his study during ters that the incident was most likely {'to draw somc definite expression on e attitude which the Unied S I take concerning the assoclation ge de- W of American citizens with the ca: ‘of contraband on ships chiefly | Voted to such trade.d ‘Wilson Orders Full Probe. rnish, N. H., July 1l.—President ‘has’instructed the state de- { partment to make a full investigation of the sinking of the Leyland - Line 'steamship Armenian by a German submarine and to keép him completely ififormed of all developments. 'r.l:e e forenoon in order to be in constant touch with Washington. ; The first news reecived here of the destruction of the Armenian, | With the loss of American lives. created the {mpression that she was not a mer- ‘{ichant vessel.in the sense referred ito on the veéssei's to-, , i was said it ,no explicit treatment " . of e of war, but n:the past the n to regard alists: have been e sultan of Tur- grown warse in fficial circles I' in'the American notes to ~Germany concerning’ submarine warfare, and this view appeared to be borne out.by the statement of the British admir- alty today that the Armenian was en- gaged in admiralty business.. . A spe- cial delivery letter received from ° the state department this morning brought | the President all the facts’in the case available at Washington late yesterday. President Wilson declinad to comment on the incident and will await further information before de- ciding on the ‘course of the American government. He was from the start ! anxiods to learn whether the Armen. _ian was under charter to the British government and what was the status | of the American muletéers who re lost, It was made known-that 'he | expeeted Secretary Lansing to inform him as early as possible of the inter- national. l8w, features involved in or- der that he might form a correct. judg- ment of the seriousrecs of the: situa- tion. - Investigation Through Page. It was'declared authoritatively that for. the' present President Wilson had ino thought of hurrying back to Wash- ington ahead of his schedule because Lof the latest submarine problem. The | investigation, which: will Ye conducted through' Ambassador' Page at London ts Strive 1o Save = the Sultan of Turkey at the sudden change for the worse in the condition of the ' Turkish ruler. Proféssor Israel, a noted German spe- ialist/operated on the sultan several 1ys ago #0r, stane in the bladder. and Ambassador Gerard at Berlin, will accupy several days; it is' sxpected. Avonmouth, Eng., July:-1, 12:26 P. M.-—There were eleven ¢ Americans among' the nineteen: members of the crew who lost their lives in the sink- ing of the Leyland line freight steam- er Armenian by the German subma- rine U-38 off Trevose Head- Cornwall, on Monday. Some members of the. crew were killéd outright when the German torpedo struck the ship. 3 Cargo of 1,422 Mules. ‘When sunk by the German sub- marine the Armesian was carrying a cargo of 1,422 mules from Newport News to Avonmouth, the animals to Pe used by the French armies in Bel- glum and France, The vessel had a crew of severity-two men and carried ninety-six men as mule ténders, The submarine was first sighted by the man at the wheel and though the ship was pushed. to the limit the' mosquito craft rapldly overhauled her ard commenced shelling. The Ar- menian’s efforts to keep her stern to the submarine were futile, Demand Surrender of Ship. The faster vessel circled the freigh- ter, and the German commander, speaking through a megaphone, or- and Physicians in Fight on Typhus dered the Armenian’s captain to sur- | refider or he would sink the ship. The skipper of the Leéyland liner struggled hard' to evade the undersea boat, but the latter dropped a shelll through a skylight into the steamer's engine room, putting the engines out of action, i 4 + The Armesian . then - surrendered, | Life boats were lowered and the crew &nd some seventy mule tenders, nearly ail° Americans, scrambled into them. Spilled Into . Water, i As one of the "bodts. were being lowered a shell from the submarine cut'the falls of the Boa: The oceu- pents were spilled ) the water and presumably, were wned, s Five boats loaded With survivors got away.. The submarine then+fired two torpedoes into*the Armenian, and the vessel sank: ‘within thirty minutes, The survivors rowed around in the boats till Tuesday merning, . when a steam trawler picked 'them up ‘and ianded them at Avonmbouth. ‘ . 8..0.'8. Calls Picked Up. Plymouth, “Eng., July 1.—The “§/ 0. 8.7 call for help sent out by wire- less ‘telegraphy by ‘the' Leyland :Ar- menian beforé she was sunk by the German submarine U-38 was. picked up by t’he Brltlph steamship Tarqual, OLD! ~BOLD Annduncement made of the en- gagement of Miss 'A. Louise Bold, daughter of Mf. and Mra. Fred W. Bold of Thomaston, :Conn., and "Louis A, Oldershaw of this city. Mr. Older. shaw is a well-known civil engineer and architect with offices in the Booth block. : | its ) 8¢ - Cty ltems Mrs. Thomas Palmer of Black Rock avenue, wh tndetwent aff operation at Miss Nagle's sanitariumMonday ;‘ recovering. 3 e Rev. Elisha E,/Adams, Pérsian min- ister at the South echurch, underwent an operation at Miss Nagle's sani- tarium ‘this morning., Dr.'K. B. Kel- logg performed the' operation. Judge J. H. Kirkham and family of. Cedar street are atiLake Placid, N. Y. Olin I. Oldershaw 'and family of Stanley street are sojourning at Say- brook. 1 % Mrs. Loren C. Baker and family of | Chestnut stredt will spend the . re- mainder of the summer at Brani’or;, Mrs. H. L. Platt is spending a va- cation at' Fisher’s Island, N. Y. Miss Laura Thying and Miss Alice Tuttle, have gone to East Northfield, Mass., for the summer. Although the rain fell this morning’ the spirits of the boys who left for the Y. M. C. A. camp at Coventry, at 8:10 o'clock were by no means damp- ened. The boys were accompanied by Assistant Physical Director Ralp V. Farrel. The campers will return on July 15. 4 The annual picnic of St. Mark's Sunday school was held yesterday af- ternoon at Lake Compounce. An important meeting of Isabella circle, National Daughters of Isar bella. will be held this evening in Judd’s hall. Mr, and Mrs. R. J. Dixon of Black Rock avenue and Mrs. A, D. Bradley of Hawley street will spend the next two weeks at Chalker beach. . Superintendent R.. H.. Crawford of the Boys’ club, will commence next week the inspection of the home gar- dens of the members of the club. John Romancryk and Mrs. Anna Paul of Beckley secured a marriage license today of the city)clerk. The couple tried to get married in Berlin last week but First Selectman Gibney declined to tie the knot. Stanley Post, G. A.,R., held its last open meeting of the season last eve- ning, Commander Fredérick V. Street- er presiding. Visiting comrades were present from Merriam Post, Meriden and Nathanie! Lyon Post of Hartford. Violin and piano selcetions were giv- en by Miss May Hanngn. Miss Mar- garet Sullivan and P. H. Hannon, Vocal, selections were rendered by Frederic W. Latham and Mrs. Cora H. Eddy gave recitations. All were heartily appreciated b _ CITY ADVERTISEMENT. Bids will be received at the office of the Board of Public works until 8 c'clock p. m., Tuesday evening, July 6,)1915, for the furnishing and de- livering on the street all thé neces- sary manhole frames, covers.and brick to be used in the construction of the Lafayette street subway, in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the office of the City Engineer. The City reserves tha right to reject any or all bids. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, ~a. [UH, A Bmmett, Clerk. | ‘Whiep 'the Greek: steamer Themis- tocles sajled from New York she had on board twenty-five Columbia uni wversity ‘gtudents bound for Nish on a Servian irelief mission and’ thirty-five physicians frop different. parts. of the country who make up, a Red Cross expedition. - These doctors are tak- ing w!t)t them a new costume which ' Conscription in England. (Bridgéport Telegram.) A bill toipermit of conscription both' for army service and for the manpfeecture of army supplies, and includ! Loth men and women in iPe; ‘has been introduced in the Ho"se of! Parilament. The fate of the 'measure is surcharged = with the gremtest interest for America, be- cause ‘the course which England is now pyrsuing, is one to which this couniry’ would very likely find itself brought in the everit of a serious war; and the experience of England in preparing for. conscription is at onco # guide and a forecast 'for the United Those who imagine, because Eng- ll.nd/il‘go(ng‘to fill her army ranks and ' meke gbod her loses by con- scription, that England is . less pa- triptic than the other European coun- tries in the war, or that England is less patriotic than tht United States would ' ‘be under similar circum- sances, are closing their eyes blindly to the fécts. ~England, France, Rus- sia and’ the rest have a system of uniiversal congcription, both in peace and war. They begin with that mea- sure.. That England has been abla to hear its share of the war thus far,iputting such immense armies into the' flald purgly by means of volun- taryieglistment is a strking com- mentary; of the patriotism of the Bri- | has been invented to meet the special requirements of their wark by ' Dr. William Clark and Dr. F. T. Van Bu- ren of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. The particular feature of the costume is that it is made from top to toe in one plece, which' in- cludes a kind of hood for the head furnished with mica covered eye holes. The garment is’'to protect the phy- sicians from insects which carry ty- tish people. That England is in the final analysis forced to resort to conscription is merely an indication that the ‘self-sacrifice of ordinary pa- triotism is not sufficient to fill the maw of patriotism here. Lest we should be inclined to over- rate our own patritism here in Amer- ica, we had better revert in memory of the days of the Clvil war. The South began what was practically a system of conscription early in the war; the North was forced to:resort to . drafting the closing yeéars and the attempt to enforce even this par- tial conscription was aitended by a recentment that brought about riots almost unparralleled in the history of this nation. At one time, mobs were almost as completely in control of New York. city as was the bloody Commune in Paris, and but for the presence of Union soldlersc in the North on furlough, there is no telling how far the disorder = might have spread. No this nation’s patriotism was not sufficient for it to meet its su- premest test without resorting to con- scripion, and then the conscription was flercely combatted and resented. In the event of any great war, with | demands for millions of men, it is not likely that this nation can meet the test without recourse to mea- sures similaf to those mow contem- plated by Great Britain. ' phus germs. As a further precau- tion against the germ carrying insects the physicians will sleep in cots sus- pended by ropes covered with a tar| the negro The physicians will also} A Pollogk, of No: wear underclothes of silk, which will| o, Blue,}'wm be waghed: in gasoline each night to | per] D. Deckér, preparation. infection. The ae- photograph guard against companying before she sailed from New York. PRESENTED WITH RING. Rev. Francesco Pesaturo, who is to commence his Guties ag Italiap mis- eionary at the South church Sunday, was presented ‘with a handsome mas- given to him and his daughter, Miss Christina, at’ Davenport chapel, New Haven, last evening. A gift of a gold Lrooch was given to Mrs. Pesaturo by flowers was presented to her by the Mothers’ club. About 200 members of the church were present at the reception. Mr. Pesaturo has been pastor of the Davenport chapel for eleven years. He was assisted in his work by his daughter who will do the same work in this city. BIG FARM IS BOUGHT. Chairman W. B. Rossberg of the water board announced today the pur- chase of a farm of 110 acres on the watershed of the new reservoir in | Burlington. The owner of the farm ] was Wallace J.Barnes. Blind Will Lead Blind as Sightless Oarsmen Race on River Thames| i were distributed. . . . ‘Worcgster, . England, July 1.—Two af the strpngest rowing crews are those | tajned by | tution to a race to the finish over the regular course used by the school. The most remarkable results are ob- these unfortunate men. which are soon to race on the Thames | Their time is equal to, if not above, river, Blind hiéte have accepted the challenge | their eyesight. of ‘foup former students of the insti- JBoys of the School for the |that of the average oarsmen who have It would be difficult for those on shore, seeing them from a distance, to believe them blind. ot course it is necessary for the coxs. wain to see, but the others are to- tally blind. In previous school races | of this sort spectators have been heard to remark, when the winner crossed the line, that it was a case of .the “blind leading the blind.” ] ~ SALOON W0 To be.Hleld.ats Atiantic City * Jnlyflto_{? 1 Atlantic City, N. J., July 1.—Every state in the union will be represented here next week at the sixteenth nu- tional convntion of th Anti-Saloon league of America which will open on Tuesday, July 6th and coatinue untdl Friday July 9. Arrangemenis have bégw ina@erite, care’ for nearly 25,000 delegates, and the manugers of the cenvention expect it to be ong of -the greatest held by the league. Under the banber of ‘A Stainless Flag and 2 Saloonless Nation.” league hopes to adopt plans to fur- ther its ‘campaign against the liguor trific. Bishop Wilson Proesident. Bishop Luther B. Wilson, D. D. LL. D, New York, is president of the league. Each local church organization in the United States affiliated with the Anti-Salgen. league, - each | Sunday school, each young people’s soclely, as well as lgeal village, township, county gity state or matiopal temper. { the ance sogiety or uplift organization g *= cntitled to appoint a delegate and an alternate, Noted Speakers on Program. Among those expected to address the four big meetings the convention will hold each merning, afternoon and evening ‘are ;| Gavernor Carlson = of Colorado; Goverpor Lister of Wash- ington; Uniled Btates Senator Shep- pard, of Texas; Capt. Richmond P. Hobson, of Algbama; Fermer Gov- ernor Patterson, of Tennepsee; Unitad Token of Appreciation Given to Rev.| Dg7 “All T Francesco Pesaturo in New Haven. | Prohibition," [ States Senpior Jacob H. llinger, of New Hampshire; John V‘V] :‘Vo::::. the author; T, ashin, i mquk't Judge Charlos | Dakota; Fred ; Congressman Missouri, Gover- , of Arkansas; Former Govs« nor Hays, shows| evnor Hodges, of Kansas; Dr. J. H. a scene on the deck of the ship just| Kelloge, of Battle Oreek; Mich., and Former Governor Btubbs, of Kansas. “The Logic of Prohibition,” “The World-wide War,” “The = Fight of Prohlbltg"n hk - the PA:M'; z‘oqr\h; west,” “The Negrp an e uo meopf', [“What. Would Lineccln ° Sweeping Towards “Prohibition in the South,” “Th¢ Right of the States to Amend the National Constitution,” are topics of some of the addresses, “The Message of the Canvention 10 the Country at Latge, will be G2« livered by the Hev. P. A. Baker, D. j sive gold ring, set with a large soli- | p o Waterville, O., gereral super- taire diamond at a faréwell reception | intendent of the league. The principal - meetings of = ths league will be held on Millles Dal- lar Pler, and it is expected that many meetings will glso be held on the the church and a large bouquet off ...y in (he interest of temperance. One of the plans on foot is for scv- eral thousand of the delegates to g0 to Washington 'on the Saturday after the convention, and march to the White House fof the purpose of pre- senting an appeal for nation-wide pro- hibition. ' VISITING !U"ES BUSY. e ' - Miss Sargh Hampick Makes Monthly Report, of Work That the ' Vieiling Nurses' assock- tion had a busy menth In June can be ascertained from the following report made by Miss Sarah Hampick: . On June 1, there were 25 tients under care, 50 new ones been added, 4§ weré discharged, leav ing 30 Htill under, treatment. hundred calls were made. metropolitan patients were, taken of. Nineteen were @lscharged cighty-four calls ‘of this kind made. At the fi‘w@ hables were taken of in dsys singe opening and l%l ATTACHES AUTOMOBILE. Serving @ writ:made out by La C. H. Mitchell, Qonstable Winkle at- tached a Maxwell automobile belong- ing to H..L. Christopher for $100 to- day. The pldintiff is Albert Anderson and the writ is seturnable before the city court on July 14. . POSTAL SAVINGS INCREASE. Business at the, postal savings bank within the past month has taken a | rapid rise and. the statement of the officials today shows that during the month of Juge the (ncrease in de- posits was $2,060. ° The total amount on deposit af’ present is $70,000. “Made in America.” (Meriden Record)) American flags of American coteon, more durable and as good in all other respects ns the time-hon ensign made of ool ‘Have found their way into governmefit service. Supplies of the cotten flags be available to army and navy' g tomorrow, The cotton flags cost less, wear long- er and are more truly expressive of America. ! Sed) McAdgo of the treasury department is given - dit for developing this new the use of the great product south. It nas he who d vice and textile tests whi ed demonstfated the viceability of the cottom flag. There are a thousand b try from which, in ton flag will d cutters that will ¢arry American of cotton inta’ many po many missions of mercy. tion by the army al, but there is I arms of the miligaey it ¢ - P RHERS” G 4