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G. A, R, VETERANS ; 50,000 Will March Down Penn- 4 2G. A. R. sylvania Avenue in September Washington, D. C., Aug. 25.— President Wilson and, members of his cabinet will review the 50,000 veterans who will march down historic Pennsylvania avenue next September when the Fiftieth an- niversary of the Grand Review held in the National Capital. The president was in his office in the White Hoyse one sultry afternoon last July when the names of several prominent Washingtonians were an- nounced. When the visitors were seated in the president’s office they explained they were representatives of the Citi?iens' committee of Washing- ton, formed to arrange the entertain- ment for the Forthy-ninth encamp- ment and Fiftieth anniversary of the Grand Review of the G. A. R. at the national capital the week begin- ‘ning September 27. The spokesmen told the president that his help was needed because it might be the last great gathering of the veterans who saved the nation in the days of ’61. Promises Full Co-operation. President Wilson's answer was brief, but it was decidedly to the point. He told the committee he was ready to give them his full co-pper- ation, and agreed to review the vet- erans. Acting under orders from Secretary of War Garrison and Major General ‘Wood, United States regulars will give exhibition drills during the week of the encampment at Fort Myer, Va., a short distance from the national capital, on the grounds adjacent. A special feature of these drills will be exhibitions by the U. S. Medical Corps. Wig-Wag A feature of is Signal Contest. the military demon- stration during this’ week will be a wig-wag signal contest between ex- perts of the signal corps of the Civil war and of the U. S. army. Lieut. George C. Round, who ftashed the last signals before'the fall of Rich- mond, will wig-wag a message from the dome of the capitol to a com- rade stationed on the roof of the treasury building, a mile distant. The old method of transmitting sig- nals by torches will also be shown by the veterans, while the up-to-date methods of field telephony and wire- less telegraphy will be demonstrated “by experts of the regular army. Many years ago. . of the old forts which surrounded Washington in the days of the Civil war have been put in readiness for the signal contests and at night the city will be girdled by the flashes of the signal torches in the hands of the men who defended the capital Series of Concerts, Secretary Daniels has placed the U. S.. marine band:lz;( the disposal of the veterans for the week and & series of concerts will be given. The full band of sixty-five pieces will also participate in the Grand Review, ‘Wednesday, September 29, when 50,- 000 men will be in line. The Secre- tary of Navy has also promised the *Washington committee that one ves- sel of each type in the United States Navy that can navigate the Potomac | river, will be in Washington harborl and will be open for inspection by members of the G. A. R. ang visi- tors during the encampment. The fieet will include the lighter cruisers, torpedo boats and submarines, while | one of the most modern monitors will be moored beside a vessel of the same type of iron-clads of the civil war, In addition to the war ships, two naval aercplanes and two hydroplanes will be brought to Washington from the aviation base at Pensacola, Fla., and exhibition flights will be given by experts of the navy. % TO FIGHT STATE INSURANCE. Yy Organlze Movement Agalnst croachment, En- Detroit, Aug. 25.—Organization of federations, insurances agents and un- derwriters in every state in the union to fight encroachment of so-called state monopolistic insurance is one of the aims of the joint convention of the nternational Association of Casualty and Surety Underwriters and the Nu- tional Association of Casualty Surety Agents which opened here yesterday. Delegates to the convention contend that private insurance business is seri- ously menaced by the growth of state Insurance. The insurance men claim the state _monopolistic ‘idea first manifested it- ¥self in connection with the enactmerit of workingmen's compensation insur- ance laws. ‘WOMAN’S BODY UNCLAIMED. Deceased at Buffalo, N. Y., Reputed to Be Worth $250,000. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 25.—The body of a woman, known in business cir- cles as Mrs. Belle Elliott, reputed to be worth $250,000, lies unclaimed in the rooms of a local undertaker. The woman died in a rooming house Monday and a day or two be- fore her death was seen burning a large bundle of legal papers believed to be deeds to property she owned. Her property consisted of several business blocks and dwelling houses. She had no known relatives. CASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought ears the 7 ; Signature of BRIT TN DA™ v HERALD RICAN COTTON EXPORTS DECREASE 739,003 Bales Less Sent to KEurope During Fiscal Year—Value $234,- 257,329 Less Than Previous Annum Washington, Aug. 25.—While Am- erican cotton exports during the fis- cal year that ended June 30 decreased by only 739,003 bales, the value was $234 7,329 less than those of the preceding year, according to figures issued today by the department of commerce. The decrease was due to depressed prices compared with those of one year ago. Despite an increase of 27,562 bales in June exports over Jumne, 1914, the planter received only $15,844,362 as against $18,725,444, in June last year. Exports to Great Britain, Spain and Italy showed material increases in quantity for the year. Direct ex- ports to Germany Austria and Bel- gium were negligible and France and Japan showed material decreases. “All other Europe” which embraces the neutral countries except Spain, took 1,382,624 bales, valued at $60,- 492,889 in the fiscal year as against 94,896 bales valued at $5,830,097 in 1914. TENNESSEE CARRYING MARINES TO HAITI U. S. Armored Cruiser Also Has on Board Twelve 3-inch Land- ing Guns, Philadelphia, Aug. 25.—The United States armored cruiser Tennessee passed in the Deleware breakwater this morning from Annapolis and will arrive at the Philadelphia Navy Yard late this afternoon. After taking on stores, medicines, coal and ammuni- tion the cruiser will proceed to Haiti to join the fleet under command of Rear Admiral Caperton. In addition to its regular crew the Tennessee carries 350 marines who were taken on board at Annapolis. The cruiser also has on board twelve 3-inch landing guns. A company or two of marines from the local yard will also leave on the Tennessee, it ! was said today but there will be no concentration of marines in this city as was the case during the Mexican crisis about a year ago. The battleships Kansas and Minne- sota are being refitted at the Phila- delphia Navy Yard but no orders have come for them as yet. The sup- ply ship Culgoa is due to arrive here from New York on Friday to take on stores and also the monthly pay of the two thousand marines now in Haiti. It will then sail for that coun- try. TEXT OF GERMANY'’S PLEA IN ARABIC CASE If Americans Lost Lives on Liner It ‘Was Contrary to Kaiser’s Inten- tentions, Says Berlin, New York, Aug. 25.—Ambassador Von Bernstorff gave out yesterday the following note from his government relative to the sinking of the Arabic: “So far no official information is available concerning the sinking of the Arabic. The German government irusts that the American government will not take a definite stand after hearing only reports of one side, which, in the opinion of the imperial government, cannot correspond with the facts, but that a chance will be given to Germany to bc heard equally. “Although the imperial government does not doubt the good faith of the witnesses whose statements are re- ported by the newspapers in ‘Europe, it should be borne in mind that these statements are naturally made under excitement which might easily pro- duce wrong impressions. “If Americans should actually have lost their lives this would naturally be contrary to our intentions. The German government would deeply re- gret the fact and begs to tender its sincerest sympathies to the Ameri- can government.” HONOR REV. GOODENOUGH. People of Westchester Observe An- niversary of His Installation, Winsted, Aug. 25.—Without regard to whether they have listened to his preachings or not, or partook of the same communion, the people of Win- chester joined today in honoring the Rev. Arthur Goodenough, pastor of the ‘Winchester Congregational church for forty-five years, on this, the anniversary of his installation. So far as denominational records show the Rev. Mr. Goodenough has had continuous service, the second longest in the state, and the sixth in the country. The parish itself was organized October 30, 1771. At a church service this morning Rev. George A. Barton of Bryn Mawr was the speaker, and at the after- noon service Rev. John Dupue of ‘Williamstown, Mass., Rev. John Cal- vin Goddard of Salisbury, and Rev. Carl Rieland, of St. George's church, New York city, were the speakers. ) WITHIN FOOD LAW. Hartford, Aug. 25.—Attorney Gen- eral George E. Hinman today filed an opinion on request of Dairy and Food Commissioner Frank H. Stadtmueller to the effect that a standard closed package of apples, as defined by a public act of 1915, which bears a label or brand containing false or mis- leading statements regard™g the fruit, is misbranded within the interpreta- tion of the food and drugs act and the enforcement of the act is within the statutory jurisdiction of the commis- sioner. SENATOR B. F. SHIVELY | OF INDIANA VERY ILL Washington, Aug.|25.—Information was received in Washington that Sen- ator Benjamin F, Shively of Indiana, chairman of the committee on pen- sions and second ranking member of the committee on foreign relations, is seriously ill at Brookville, Jefferson county, Pa:, the former home of Mrs. _Shively. Mr, Shively has been ill for a long time. He left Washington on May 11 to enter a sanitarium in New York city and remained there until July 1, when he went to Brookville, much improved in health. Recently he suffered a return of his ailment, a septic form of diabetes, and the ac- counts reaching Washington repre- sent him as being in a dangerous con- dition. Senator Shively’s home is in South Bend. He served several terms in the national house of representa- tives as a democrat, but was in pri- vate life for years before he was elect- ed senator in 1910. He was re-electd last year for another terms of six years. WAGNER ATTACKS LITERACY TEST Democratic Leader of New York Sen- ate Calls it an Un-American Rem- nant of Knownothingism. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 25.—A proposed | literacy test amendment to the New ' York state constitution was attacked | in the constitutional convention today by Robert F. Wagner, democratic | leader of the 'senate, who was born in Prussia, as an un-American remnant of Knownothingism. ‘“The i born American has fouc he has constructed our has developed our comm built up our industries, “In every phase of our national life he has been prominent; in every sphere of human endeavor he has blazed a path of progress and of glovy. “I speak of the old immigration composed principally of Irish and Germans. arisen? applied to the Irish and the Germans, why should it be applied to the Jew, he has migration. Like our ancestors, they ignorance, from inequality; like our ancestors they expect to find here free- dom and equal opportunity. Are we going to withhold from them the equality which our fathers enjoyed? And yet this amendment, contrary to deny the vote to the foreign born un- less he could read and write, would treat him as an inferior before the law because he is uneducated.” BANK OFFICIALS HELD. Texas Men Charged With Conspiracy to Embezzle $100,000. Houston, Tex., Aug. 25.—H. J. Bol- ton, president, and B .B, Taylor, cashier of the Wharton National bank of Wharton, Texas, where charged today with conspiracy to embezzle and misapply funds of the bank 'amounting to $100,000. The bank was closed recently by the comptroller of the currency. The accused officials were held in bonds of $15,000 each., Bolton had his neck swathed in bandages when tacked at Texas City by a man with a knife, IRISH POET DEAD- New York, Aug. 25.—James Con- nor Roche, an Irish dramatist, actor, poet and formerly a war correspond- ent, died vesterday in a hospital here. He was 72 years old. During the Franco-Prussian War he was corre- spondent for a New York paper and afterwards became it dramatic critic. He became famous as the author and leading actor in “Rory O'The Hill,” which ran for 400 nights here. He wrote most of the plays made famous by William J, Scanlon and conducted Texas Siftings with W. J.. Amory Knox in the early eighties. He was | a friend of Booth, Barrett and Bouci- cault, NO RACES AT EMPIRE TRACK. New York, Aug. 25.—The grand cir- cuit race meet which was to begin August 31 at the Empire City track | in Yonkers will not take place accord- ing to a statement by a director of the Empire City Racing association. It is alleged in legal proceedings which have been instituted that the stabling of more than thirty thousand horses at the Empire City track hefore ship- ping them to Europe for the war has so infected the stalls and track that WE DNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1915. Two Big T ransatiantic Liners With Others in Submarine New York, Au —News of the sinking of the Arabic caused close examination of the lists of hig sels ve in possible danger Six passen- But what new fear has It the literacy test was not| ;.05 of the metals trade division the Italian, or the Slav of the new im- | now are flying from persecution, from | our traditipns and our history, would | he reached Houston, having been at- | it cannot be used for six months. g . ger steamships were reported in or approaching the submarine zone. Four fly neutral flags and two are English. The Ryndam of Holland- NAVY YARD WORKERS PRESENT GRIEVANCES Machinists at Norfolk Ask Assistant Secretary Roosevelt for Schedules. Readjust- ment of Working Washington, Aug. 25.—Executive of the American Federation of Labor today chinist employes at the Norfolk navy yard to Assistant Secretary Roose- velt and urged readjustment of work- ing schedules. Grievances of the men are based 'primarily upon supervi- sion of work by an industrial man- ager. The system, it is claimed re- sults in scientific shop management similar to the bonus system which organized labor opposes in other gov- ernment plants. Objections have also been made to the scientific management system at the government arsenal in Water- town, Mass, The metal trades council today con- tinued consideration of plans for conferences with financiers and in- dustrial employers in control of large munition plants of the country, hoping to secure shorter hours and incr resort to strikes, if possible. REQUESTS TROOPS. Tex., Aug. 25.—Sheriff Oscar Thompson of Hebronville, Jim Hogg County, Tex, has requested Cap- tain Ransom, commanding United States troops at Harlingen, to send soldiers into Jim Hogg county for pro- tection against roving bands of Mexi- cans who, accodring to the sheriif, are stealing horses and beating citizens in the eastern end of the county. There are two bands of Mexicans, the sherifi said, one of four, the other of sixteen members. FFAVORS JEWS. Petrograd, Aug. 25 via London, 1:48 p. m.—Pending examination of the whole question, imperial sanction DECISION has been given the decision recently | Harry Hoff, reached by the council of the empire to abolish restrictions upon Jews res- ident in Russian cities. Tae only e ceptions, as was indicated in the an- nouncement of the council’'s decision | are the cities of Petrograd and Mos- cow and places under the jurisdiction of the ministry of war and of the im- perial court. ARMENIANS EXEMPTED. ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—Exemption from deportation has been nted by Turkey to all Protestant and Catholic | Armenians and Armenians employed | according to | in American consulates, a dispatch to the state department from Ambassador Morgenthau This modification of the decree of banish- ment will affect ten per cent. of the Armenian population of Turkey, it is stated. presented grievances of ma-| two l i | bound for this port Aug. " American line, dam, sailed from i On Aug. 11, there sailed the erick VIII of ‘the American line for next day Star sailed for Liverpool. 14 the American liner St. Pau sailed for Liverpool and the Nor: 10 Rotter- ed- Scandinavian- Copenhagen Thea |} the Lapland of the White On Aug. I'ner The Baltic waglan-American fjord for Bergen. White Star line sailed on Aug. 18, News of sailings westward was de- layed two or tnree days by the cen- sorship, so it was not known if any ships bound for New York and 1 | other American ports were in the war zone of the Personals .Jdm(‘\ M. (unm lt‘lulned evening from Blcck Island. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. ford. William H. Bishop of dlrncw street will leave tomorrow for = weeks’ vacation at Nantucket, Mass. Charles Jones, chauffeur for Pet- Suzio, is spending his vacation Indian Neck. T at | Ocean Beach. Howard Stotts and Edwin Johnson have returned from Myrtle Beach. Harry Hillstrand and Charles Ron- nalter are home from Myrtle Beach, where they spent their vacations. John F. Quinn of Belvidere is | spending his vacation in Norfolk. The Misses Elsie and Esther Bailey and Emma Swanson of Stanley street Working | ang Mary Dorsey of Hazardville are ased wages without | at Grove Beach. Mrs. Walter Kingsbury and Misses Annie and Alice Bailey Stanley street are sojourning at Laurel Beach. the Edward Supernaut is spending the week in Bridgeport. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Buckley and Mr. and Mrs. John Hart will spend their vacation at Niagara Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Madi- gan of 50 Union street are spending | the week at Ocean Beach. ... 2 Miss May Lerch and Miss Emma Bond of New York are visiting rela- tives on Church street. HOFF ON N. Y., Aug. who recently sailed the \nitie, and who in his capacity as an employe of the fish and game de- partment of the conservation com- mission, is under charges of neglect of duty, has been placed on probation for ninety de by Commsisioner George D. Pratt. If his work does not improve in that time, the com- missioner said in a statement today the charges will be considered more fully. PROBATION. —Captain CAPTAIN Albany, PRISONER TAKEN BACK. Inspector Stacy R. Burckes of the Lynn, M police department, ar- rived in this ‘oday to take back w0 confessed to the theft of $50 in that and who was arrested herc vesterday. The prisoner agreed to accompany tho officer without ve- auisition papers, Brown and ‘ Miss Della Basney have returned from their vacation at Myrtle Beach, Mil- Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Bollerer of | Winthrop street and family are nt( of | that citv Thomas Josolaska, who has ' BURROUGHS-SMITH. Walla“c Street Young Lady to Become Bride of New Haven Man. A nuptial event of more than usual interest will take place tomorrow af- ternoon at 5 o’'clock when Miss Minnie Gertrude Smith, daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. William Yates Smith of $9 Wal- ;’ldce street, will become the bride of | Austin M. Burroughs, a New Haven ! draftsman. The ceremony will be held in the \mrlor at the home of the bride and Miss Smith will be given in marriage | by her father. Rev. Warren F. Cook, | pastor of Trinity Methodist church, { will officiate. The processional will be | Mendelssohn’s wedding march and the | recessional will be the wedding march | from “Lohengrin.” Miss Agnes Chal- ; mers of this city will officiate at the piano. : Afiss Smith will he attended by her cousin, Miss Elizabeth Dyson, of Worcester, Mass., as bridesmaid. The | groomsman will be M. 8. Pickard of New Haven. The bride will be gowned in pussy willow taffeta, trimmed with heavy oriental lace. Her hair will be caught with flowers and lace. She will carry | bride roses and lilies of the valley. Miss Dyson will wear yellow flowered voile over yellow silk, trimmed with turquoise blue velvet. She will carry pink asters. A reception at which only immedi- ate relatives will be present will fol- low the marriage. Mr. Burroughs and his bride will leave on a honey- ! moon trip, the destination being un- known. When the couple return they will reside in New Haven. NIGHT RIDING OUTRAGES, Jury Being Selected in Kentucky to Try Sixty-four Persons, Hartford, Kentucky, Aug. lection of a jury to try the first of a number of cases in which sixty-four | persons are charged With participa- tion in night riding outrages in Ohio county began in circuit court here today. Some of the most prominent men in the county are named in the indictiments. The charges range from maltreatment to murder. It is al- leged that a number of men and wo- en, including whites and negroes, re- cently have been taken from their homes and flogged. The regulators advanced as a reason for their action | i in one case that the victims lacked | industry and thrift. The murder case is connected with the killing of a negro. Kristiania- | | first DEDICATH (Continued trom —_— almost ready for osey: tains a spacious swim, a large gymnasium. Ty a stage built in it and g ed as_an auditorium capacity of 500, Part of the ‘oundation ing home has been laid tains a central heating placing the heating ph i« at present the assochal ed $1,100 | COMMERCE CH VS. SALVATI Claims the Army is'Not a ty and Says Comtributio times Go Out of To The Chamber of Cominerci investigation the Salvation . house to house) and solicit alms and natures for the poor. While the work i are doing in many of commendation, it is ber claims, that a fal been formed many ti residents who give aid local charity. It is on that many persons whe in the poor of the cityy very liberally to the of Members of the Chail ed in this form of Wwo have discovered that im envelopes that have beem from house to house wi for ajd was for the B of the army. It was I8 they claim, that a wagom’ ford which has come to many times within the solicited donations and i them to Hartford where been placed upon sale. It is for the purpose people that they are In assisting outside poor w is made to them for army workers that the C! this notice. There is no ing made by the officers ber to attack the nature but it is to give the facts as they think they exist vestigation was made, I T | I pleted an of from citors FY - ’ i o City ite The Scandanavian = W. will hold ifs regular day afternoon at three the home of Mrs. B, 185 South Main street. The big motorcycle run Savin Rock last Sunday ° ,as postponed on accod wil be held .this Sunday. is under the auspices of ti Y., Motoreycle asociation combine with Masachu | necticut riders. Barry Kramer, a 0 | driver, had his operating | pended yesterday by See: | Charles D. Burnes. Ki a license for only a few has had two acidents arrested because his tall out. While Luke Seinski down Park street this Ford automobile coll wagon whose cwnér he certain, The mud guard chine was slightly b wagon escaped injury. LUTHERAN P. INDIANA U . Rev. Edward Kayser lieved for His Utterances. Ind.,, Aug. 26. Cdmund Kayser, pastor 0 Evangelical Lutheran chul suburb of Tolleston, was & iate last night as he sat Members of his family Grand Rapids, Mich,, Mrs. Kayser's mother. Pro-German utterances b tor in a community w many Slavs are believed to provide a motive for | Ilig life had been threat and jewelry on his pé house were not disturb The Rev. Mr. Kayser the throat and in the bres apparently twisted out of & tain, was loosely wound neck, and others were wrists. The police beliew two or three assailants and intention was to ch minister. He is belleved to! shot when he resisted, and¥ was taken to a vacant lot 8 where it was found an hoW later. The Rev. Mr Bavaria forty years ago, Gary, the Kayser wa Reports that twenty persons, called | as witnesses in the cases, had been | | threatened with punishment if they | | testified in the trials and were barri- caded in a building in Centertown are declared to be without foundation . TO SPEAK, | HARTFORD MA Henry E. Spitz of Hartiord \\Hl[ | Bive an address before the members | ! of the Sons of Judea at the Talmud | Torah hzll tomorrow His subject | will be "“The Essentiality of Zionism and its Marvellous Growth.” Mr. Spitz is an eloquent speaker and 4 large attendance is expected 1o hear him. ago he applied to Chief Heintz for permission to volver, alleging threats, made against his life. members of his COng ed their pastor, e-oortln‘ from his :hurch. ¥ y . MEET AFTER TWENTY, Mrs, Annie Tschirgi and Martin Blaser, of Dubugie, have been visiting their Yuon, of 543 Stanley streel the first time they have other in twenty years. leave tomorrow for thelr

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