New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1915, Page 1

ERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS - \ W BRITAIN HERALD HERALD “ADS” M BETTER BUSIN PRICE THREE CENTS NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1915 —_TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED <GERMANS CAPTURE FRENCH DEFENSIVE . LINEINCHAMPAGNE Allies Claim Progress in Ousting Kaiser’s Forces From Auberive Trench TEUTONS TAKE 2,000 MORE PRISONERS IN BALKANS | Bulgarians Gain Further Victories Against Serbians—German Troops Now In Southern Scrbia—Rein- forcoments for British Army In Mesopotamia Arrive—Montenegro Wanted Separate Peace. The Germans, who are reported to have heavily reinforced recently the western front, are making deter- mined drives at positions in the Champagne district which were taken by the French in the September of- fensive. Capture of a French defensive line some 500 yards in length on Hill 193, g}f?rth of Souain is announced by the Ferlin war office. Counter Attacks Fail. The captured position was held against counter attacks, it is declared, and attempts by the French to re- gain ground near Auberive, the loss of which was reported yesterday, were frustrated. wParis declares fighting is still in progress for the positions occupied by the Germans in the Souain region and progress was made in ousting the Germans from the Auberive trench. Take 2,000 Prisoners. Tn-the Balkan operations, reports the capture of more than 2,000 additional prisoners, with the 1all of Ipek, in eastern Montenegro, previously announced, more than eighty cannon were taken and much war material was captured. A Bulgarian attack on December 5 cn the French bridgehead at Demir- kapou;:on the Vardar river in south- ern Serbia, was repulsed, Paris de- elares. The French since have been reported by Berlin to be retiring along the Vardar and from the Cerna river 1romt. Further victories for the Bulgari- Bens over the Serbians are reported in ® delayed official communication from Serbia. Apparently the Serbians who retreated from Monastir offered stiff tesistance to the Bulgarian advance, ! but are declared to have been every- where driven back. The presence of German troops in #outhern Serbia near the Greek fron- tier is announced in Athens advices. British Reinforced. Reinforcements for the British army in Mesopotamia were sent before ihe battle of Ctesiphon, near Bagdad, &nd they already are arriving at the front, it was officially announced in Iomgon today. The British retreated atter the battle to Kut-El-Amara, 105 miles down the Tigris from Bagdad. Through German channels comes the report that Montenegro recently expressed to the entente powers a de. sire for a separate peace, but that this proposal was discouraged by the allies, who threatened to withdraw fiem all relations with Montenegro. War Council Meets. Military and diplomatic represen- tutives of the entente allies are con- tinuing their war council sessions in Faris. 1 Berlin French Official Report, Raris, Dec. 8, 2:30 p. m.—The an- nouncement given out this afternoon by the French war office on hostili- ties in the west reads as follows: “In Belgium our machine guns last night prevented the enemy from re- constructing the fleld works previous- 1y destroyed by us in the region of Het "o the north of Arras, at a point wegt of Hill No. 140 our curtain of fire put a definite check to a German attack, the way for which had been prepared by the explosion of a mine. Sainturin Mil Destroyed. “During the day of yesterday our rtillery bombarded and destroyed the ainturin Mill in the vicinity of | This position haa heen theggnemy for defensc, “In the Champagne district we have continued to make progress by means of hand grenades in that front trench Wwhere the enemy secured footing yesterday, south of Saint Souple loast of Butte de Souain our counter attatks were successful in mastering the German attack which yesterday cvening had been cut in two by us. The fighting here is still going on for the recapture of the positions occu- piea by the enemy.” toye organized Ly a Amsterdam, via London, 0 a. m.—lort Cognelee, one of the most important features of the pld defenses of Namur, Belgium, # completely destroyed by an losion, according to the cho De Belge. plosion Destroys Fort. Dec. 8, o ex newspaper The explosion s said (Continued On Eleventh Page.) on | 5 | er of this city. | TAKEN TO HOSPITAL TOO LATE, MAN DIES Stanley Kulas of South Main Street Succumbs to Peritonitis Today . Dr. George W. Dunn sent in a hur- call to the police station asking | the use of the automobile ambulance to take Stanley Kulas to the New Britain General Hospital at 12:50 | o'clock this morning. It appeared that at the hospital there was no driv- er for the regular ambulance, hence the aid of the police was asked. Offi- cer Hellberg and Driver Riley took the man to the hospital. | When Dr. Dunn was called into the ase last night he found that Kulas w uffering from a severe attack of peritonitis, was in a critical condi- | tion and was suffering acutely. When | the man arrived at the hospital it was | seen that it was too late to operate | and the unfortunate patient passed | away today. Kulas was a Russian and was 30 vears of age. He made his home with his wife at 132 South Main street and had been employed in local factories. MRS. KINKADE KILLED BY &N AT GLAYTON Grand Street Woman Wan- dered Away From Home and Meets Death. ity Mrs. Mary Kinkade of 39 Grand street was struck and killed by a train at or near Clayton today, pre- sumably early this afternoon. At press time the real facts concerning Mrs. Kinkade’s tragic death could not be learned owing to the fact that no witnesses would be found and the local police had but just received a telephone call from the Hartford police stating that a Hartford bound train had brought in the dead body of a woman, who had been killed by a train near Clayton. In her pocket was a paper containing the name. “Mrs. Mary Kinkade, 39 Grand street.” The patrol was sent to the above address and it was found that the dead woman was the wife of James Kinkade a well known stonecutter- Mr, and Mrs. Kinkade had been estranged of late and she had been making her home with her son James Bagshaw of 39 Grand street. Tt was stated at the Bagshaw home this afternoon that Mrs. Kinkade wandered away from her home this morning and the first intimation the family had of her whereabouts was when the police brought word of her tragic death. Mrs. Kinkade was a woman in the, neighborhood of sixty-five years of age and had been thrice married. Her first husband was Harry Watson, Mr. Bagshaw ‘was her second husband, and her last husband is Mr. Kinkade who is employed at Thomas C. Smith’s stoneyard. FORMER SUPT OF STREETS IS DEAD Edward N. Whitman Passes Away Early Today After Long Illness At The Age of 42 Years. Following an illness of about three months, Edward N. Whitman died at 3 o’clock this morning at his home, 67 Hart street. The funeral servi- ces will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Joseph’s church and interment will be in St. Mary’'s new cemetery. Mr. Whitman was born in Hartford forty-two years ago but at the age of nine years came to New Britain to live. At the age of fourteen vears he entered the employ of the city as a teamster and remained in the service of the municipality until three years ago. When he resigned he was a foreman in the street de- partment. He then entered the em- ploy of the New Britain Gas Light company as outside superintendent and was in théir employ when strick- en with his fatal illness. Tor the past two weeks Mr. Whitman been in a dying condition. While in the service of the city, under the administration of the late Selectman Newton R. Hulbury, dur- ing the dual form of government, he was superintendent of town roads and gained a reputation as a road build- er. It was under his direction that Osgood Hill was cut down to its pres- ent grade. He was succeeded as su- perintendent of streets, by Joseph Scheidel. Mr. Whitman was well known and | had a large number of friends. He [ 'was a member of the Sons of Veter- ans and of Court Progress, F. of A. He is survived by his wife and three children, Mary, Gertrude and Ed- ward. Mrs. John Xoverman of Rock Island, Ill, who has been here for the past week, is a slster as is Miss Nellie Whitman. ECHO OF WALKER CASE In the superior court this afternoon State’s Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn pointedly indicated his disatisfaction at the recent action of the hoard of | parole in paroling William I%. Walk- In asking for a severe sentence to be imposed on Emil Frai aid that recent events had convinced him that the prison board should not have discretion in some | cases. had | NW’ADOO APPROVED B.& M. ACQUISITION | BY NEWHAVEN ROAD Letter Written By Secretary of Treasury in 1907 to Mellen Introduced By Defense SAW NOTHING WRONG IN PURCHASE OF RATLROAD Judge Hunt Admits Into Record An- nual Report of Massachusetts Com- mission Commending the New Haven Acquisition of New York and New England System—Benefit to Communities Served. New York, Dec. 8.—William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, saw nothing wrong, while a private citizen, in the acquisition of the Boston and Maine railroad by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. His view in the matter was disclosed to- day in the form of a letter Tead by the defense at thetrial on the charge of conspiracy to monopolize the trans- portation traffic of New England brought by the federal government against former directors of the New Haven road. The letter was written by Mr. McAdoo to Charles S. Mellen on June 14, 1907, at the time the New Haven had acquired a majority of the Bos- ton and Maine stock. Mr. McAdoo congratulated the then New Haven I'rvesident on the progress that had been made in getting the stock, hoped his plans would be realized, and added that he did not see how “any broad guaged and progressive man can have any other view than that it will be beneficial to New Eng- land.” Connection With Tunnel, Mr. McAdoo had at that time pro- posed, Mr. Mellen testified today, that the New Haven build a connection in New York city with the Hudson tun- nel which Mr. McAdoo was then en- gaged in constructing. The defense also read to the jury reports of various Massachusetts au- thorities approying the acquisition by the New Haven of the Boston and Maine and other roads, which the gov- ernment alleged were acquired in vio- lation of the Sherman law. Judge Hunt admitted int othe rec- ord today the annual report of the Massachusetts railroad commission comending the New Haven's acquisi- tion of the New York and New Eng- land railroad. This is the rival road which the government alleges the New Haven forced into receivers hands and bought in. The Massachusetts commission’s re- port was introduced by the defense as a part of the cross examination of Charles S. Mellen and as bearing on “The intent” of the New Haven di- rectors as regards violating the law. Benefit to Communities. The report said of the trunk established by the New Haven been ‘‘of great benefit to the com- munities which it served” = and that with the utilization of the joint fa- cilities of the New York and New England an opportunity was “now af- forded for wider and more efficient public service.” Taking up the acquisition of the Central New England railway in 1903, Mr. Mellen said the New Haven spent half again as much as it paid for in improvements. Important Feeder. “It is now one of the most im- portant feeders of the New Haven system,” he said. ’It would be im- possible for the New Haven to aban- don it and handle its business by other lines.’ That section of it called the Hart- ford and Connecticut Western, upon which the government laid stress, was strategically unimportant to the New Haven, Mr. Mellen explained, but was taken in as a part of the whole line. The Centrl New England's value, he caid, lay in its connection with the New Haven lines over the Poughkeep- sie bridge, over which nearly as much traffic now passed into New Ergland as by way of ew York. use of the Poughkeepsie bridge, he said, the New Haven was able to operate its Federal Express all the way from Boston to Washington by rail. line had First to Electrify Lines. Mr. Mellen was asked to describe improvements made on the New Ha- vens shore line. It was the first road, he said, to begin of its lines. He dwelt also on scheme now being undertaken, to eliminate the car float of the New York connecting railway bridge over the East river to connect with the Pennsylvania railroad tunnels. This would cost $20,000,000, he thought. Alwa continued the witness, the New Haven had sought to meet the demands for improvements and “The public cried for improvements like a child cries for milk—all the time.” the New Haven, TDec. —Announce- ment is made today of the election of John W. Overton of Nashville, Tenn., as captain of the Yale cross-country team for 1916. Overton won first place in the meets this year with Har- vard and Princeton and ir the inter- collegiate run at Boston, the electrification | | Remain Wideawake, Go U | | | GERMAN CHANCELLOR OFF TO VISIT KAISER To Discuss Details of Dr. Von Beth- man—Hollweg’s Coming Speech In Reichstag, Amsterdam. Via London, Dec. 9:50 a- m.—Despatches from Berlin state that Dr. Von Bethman-Hollweg. the German imperial chancellor has gone to confer with Emperor William at army headquarters. The purpose of his visit, it is said, is to discuss with him the details of the chancel- lor's coming speech in the Reichstag. Seldom Fkas there been such a de- mand for seats in the galleries of the Reichstag and the coming statement is the subject of universal speculation Germany’s intentions regarding the Balkans and the possibilities of peace are the chief topics upon which the chancellor is expected to give light. THE SUN IS SETTING FOR TWILIGHT SLEEP| der Operation and Suf- fer No Pain. Twilight sleep, plus—that was the | unanimous opinion of members of the Society of Regular Physiclans who | were present at a demonstration of the use of nitrous oxide and oxygen for an anesthesia “this side of losing consciousness”. last evening at a | meeting in the home of Dr. H. T.| Bray on Court street. . The anesthetic makes the patient absolutely immune from pain while at the same time he retains all his fac- ulties and is able to watch any opera- tion being performed on his own body. The' use of the combined gases is not new to medicine but the machine with which the mixture is administered had never before been seen in New Britain. By the em- ployment of certain mechanism, a thorough mixing of the gases so the | proper combination will be manu- factured is possible. The machine, it is claimed, cannot go wrong and | should a physician using it fall dead at the side of a patient no harm would result. In order to demonstrate the possi- | bilities of the macnine, three mem- | bers of the society permitted them- | selves to be operated on. After they had inhaled a proper amount of the gas. needles and other sharp instru- ments were run into their flesh. They watched the operations with amusement and interest but felt no pain. As a further test, their flesh was pinched to such an extent that any person not under the influence of | the gas would have been in agony yet they smilingly submitted to the “torment” without feeling the slight- est pain. That the gas has no ef- fect on the stomach was shown when the three “patients” fell to and ate | as heartily as the rest of the excellent | buffet lunch Dr. Bray had had pre- pared. The new method was thoroughly endorsed as being far superior to twilight sleep in the case .of obstet- | rics. It makes possible a painless | birth period and is considered by the physicians present to be one of the most remarkable strides made by sclence. JUDGE WILLIAMS RECOVERY LIKELY | Unless Complications Develop and There Arc More Hemorrhages— Stricken With Apoplexy Yesterday Derby, Dec. 8.—Judge William H. Williams of the superior court, who was stricken with apoplexy yester- day while returning from Bridgeport to his home here, held his own during the night, according to a statement of his physicians today. Dr. J. BE. Black, who spent the night with him, ! said he appeared, this morning, a little more conscious than at any | time since the attack. 1 ‘When the seizure occurred Judge ‘Williams right side was paralyzed, he lost the power of speech and became only semi-conscious. i Unless complications develop or there are more hemorrhages, his re- covery is considered likely. A statement given out by the at- tending physicians this afternoon said that the condition of Judge Williams was practically unchanged, and that “he was no worse.” MRS. YOUNG Chicago School Superintendent Going to Europe When War is Over. Chicago, Dec. 8.—Mrs. Ella Flags Young, who has been identified with Chicago's public schools for fift three years—the last six as super tendent, retired today. S he is ars old. “I am going to take a rest,” Mrs. | Young said, “and shall not look al a newspaper for six months. After the war is over I shall go to Europe. RETIRES. 7 i e WEATHER. Hartford, De 8.—For ! Hartford and vicinity; Un- | scttled, probably rain or snow tonight and Thurs . | i requirement that returns | erately | the government is losing through in- | quired by law.” | nouncement Mr. | 000 by the extension of the emergency | | which RADICAL CHANGES IN INCOME TAX To Reach Thousands Now Not Subject to Its Provisions PROPOSED BY SEC. McADOO Secretary of Treasury in Annual Re- | port Suggests Means to Provide | Needed Additional Revenue For Na- tional Defense Plans. Washington, Dec. 8.—Radical changes in the income tax to reach | thousands not now subject to its pro- } visions and to improve the machinery of collection were suggested to con- gress today in the annual report of Secretary McAdoo as means by which | the greater part of the additional rev- | enue needed to pay for the administra- tion national defense plans can be | provided. The secretary proposed to lower the exemption limits so as to | tax married persons with incomes as} low as $3,000, and single persons with | $2,000 incomes. The exemptions now are $4,000 and $3,000 respectively. Increases in the collection force, a | must be | made of gross income in place of net income, and a change so that the tax : shall not be with-held at the source, were among Mr. McAdoo’s other sug- | gestions. He made no estimate of the number of persons who might be taxed if the amendments were adopted nor the amount that might be ex- pected, but in connection with his re- quest for a larger collection force he past personal and corporation returns showed that 63 per cent of those in- | spected disclosed that additional tax | was due the government. On the basis | of the examinations, the secretary says | that apparently more than $4,600,000 in personal tax and more than $20,- | 891,000 in corporation tax still is due the government. Many Inaccurate Returns. | “Man inaccurate returns are made, the report, “some delib- | ignorantly, and | wholesale | said and some there are without doubt, evasions of the law throughout the | country. It is absolutely certain that | accurate returns and evasions of the | law a sum many times greater than | the cost of the necessary field force | to investigate and check the returns | and to bring to account those who | are failing to make returns as - In keeping with his recent an- McAdoo suggested the present stamp tax and the existing | duty on raw sugar should be retained in force and said again that no issue of bonds is necessary either to pr: vide for current expenses or in antici pation of added burdens incident to a policy of military preparedness. Policy Good One. “The policy of providing for the ex- penditures of the government by taxa- tion and not by bond issues,” said the | report, “is undoubtedly a sound one and should be adhered to. A nation no more than an individual can go constantly into debt, for current ex- penditures without eventually impair- ing credit. A wise, sound and perma- | nent policy of raising the additional | revenue required for preparedness and the expenditures of the government | should therefore be devised and adopted.” Mr. McAdoo expressed the belief that with a return of peace in Europe customs receipts which fell off §$36,- 000,000 in the last vear will increase and that the legislation suggested, with a provision to make the surtax of the income tax law applicable at $10,000 instead of $20,000, the whole or part of the additional revenues can be raised. Taxes on gasoline, crude and refined oils, horsepower of auto- mobiles and “various other things” are suggested as further revenue-raising measures. Appropriations $1,285,857,808. The total estimated appropriations for the fiscal year which begins July 1 next, Mr. McAdoo puts at $1,285,- 857,808 including $316,364,879 for the postoffice which is reinmibursable and about $90,000,000 more for the Pan- ama canal and sinking fund. Receipts for the same vear based on existing law without extension of the sugar duty or the emergency tax, Mr. Mc- Adoo puts at $580,200,000 and ordi- nary disbursements at $832,901,000, Jeaving an excess of disbursements over receipts if legislation is not passed to change conditions, of $252,- 701,000. As explained in his recent | statement, however, that amount would be reduced to about $50,000.- and sugar tax law | Secretary McAdoo’s report says the | people of the United States have rea- | o n to congratulate themselv on the financial and business condition of the country after the serious situation | con Wa “Phe Produced Suffering. Iuropean cvitable suffering well as in tary. “Our for a time, war produced in this country Iurope,” said the Secre- industria] situation was, seriously hurt, and the in- as a (Continued on Tenth rage.) 1 nted them a year ago. |, sided order to complete the organi AMERICAN OIL STEAMER CUMMUNIPAW PROBABL NOT SUNK BY SUBMAR ' Conflicting Despatches From Eastern terranean Make It Appear That Ve is Safe Despite Rome Advices REPORTED TO HAVE ARRIVEI) AT SHOULD GERMANY HOLD | OUT HAND FOR PEACE? Only Possible When Enemies Realize They Are Defeat- ed, Says Von Payer. Berlin, Dec. 8, by Wireless to Say- \ille.—In an address before a conven- tion of the progressive peoples party the president, Friedrich Von Payer, a member of the Reichstag, raised the question whether Germany, ‘“being the stronger and having won the vic- tory, ought to hold out her hand for reace.” Herr Von Payer replied to bis own question by asserting that this would be possible only when the enemies of Germany realized that they d been defeated, as they had not | | pointed out that examination of the | thus far. The world did not understand this, he continued, believing the German military or annexationist party was opposed to peace at the present time, desiring to carry on the war to further stage. The political situation, the president szid, was best illustrated by the fact that the British were pointing to the successes of German diplomacy, as contrasted with their, own failures. The increase in food prices in | Germany are not surprising, he said, gince there had been a similar advance in all other European countries, in- ciuding the neutrals. Germany's financial condition Herr Von Payer sald, was exceedingly catisfactor) It had become apparent during the war that England. was Jworer and Germany richer than the world had believed. FRAITER GETS NOT LESS THAN 14 YRS. And Maximum Sentence Meted Out to Killer of Gruscha Is 15 Years. Judge Gardiner Green in the crim- inal superior court today sentenced Emil Fraiter of 151 Glenn street, this city, to not less than fourteen and not more than fifteen years in the state prison at Wethersfield on a charge of Manslaughter. On the night of October 18 Fraiter went to the home of Julius Gruscha of Booth street to visit his wife. Dur- ing an argument he drew a gun and threatened to shoot her. Gruscha grappled with him and in the fight he was shat and killed. State's At- torney Hugh M. Alcorn accepted a pleat of guilty to manslaughter yes- terday, rather than trying the accused for murder in either the first or sec- ond degree. Fraiter was defended by Lawyers M. D. Saxe and F. B. Hun- gerford. John A. Reed of this city, who ap- pealed from a Berlin fine of $150 for driving an auto while intoxicated, has pleaded not guilty in the superior court and will be tried Thursday. So will F, Paolo of this city, who pleaded not guilty to breach of the peace. Steve Filuk has pleaded guilty to breach of th epeace and Joseph Mick- - olowski, 11 years old, has pleaded guilty to theft. COND FORD CONTI INT. New York, Dec. 8.—Twenty peace advocates constituting the second con- tingent of the Ford expedition to The Hague will sail this afternoon on the Scandinavian-American line steam- ship Frederick VIII for Copenhagen. Most of the members of the party were unable to make arrangements 10 leave Saturday on the Oscar I1I. A list of these additional members of | the peace party as given out by Mr. Ford’s representative included Under- graduates of Yale and Harvard, and everal western universities, as well s representatives of the governorsof | Idaho, Arkansas and Alaska, and of | fraternal beneficial societies MEETS TODAY. 1:50 p. m.—The gen- T council of the entente allies held another meeting this morning at the general headquarters of the French army. The French com- nander in chief, Gen. Joffre pre- WAR COUNCIL | T IN SESSION. Dec. 8.—Congress was today. Both houses over until Friday in CONGRESS N0 Washington, not in ion had adjourned | while in the Manager Warden of Foveigm & Department of M-'l“. & of New York Feels Swwe | Safe, But Is Ml‘! b Fate of Peurolite which v‘ in Mediterranean Last Despatches from the ‘ea terranean, although confli some respects make it appear American oll steam Com | probably was nm.?:fi'oncl sunk by a subma fr the Tripoli. There is no furtiesr word/fn Petrolite. anothem: s Af steamer, reportéf byt erul | Moines as having bees! attad submarine, but which apparen caped. ey I 754 Arrived at Alexandria. London, Dec. 8, gram from Ale: ceived today by American steamshi ported sunk off the coast of Tri a submarine, arrived at Alexand ! Monday. It is inferred that some confusion has arisen in to the identity of thevessel & It the report of the the Communipaw is su must have discharged her cargo and started on the way to a port when attacked. It is re | that the point at which the CoHi| paw is said to have beet sun responds closely to the Position: American tank ship Petrolite, w | was attacked by a submariwe day. The announcement from the torpedoing of the said she had been sunk Tripoli. The position of the: was given as off the sough the Island of Crete. i directly morth of Tripoli, abo miles from the African coast. Officials Get Despateh, | New York. Dec, 8.—A -di | from Alexandria, KEgypt, appa | confirmatory of the report receiv London Lloyd’s that the oil Communipaw was safe, was today by the Standard Oil offices The message stated that the munipaw reached Alexandria on day last and would sail for New on Tuesday (yesterday.) The dsepatch came from Ci Nordstrom of the Communipaw,’ was given out by David T. W, manager of the foreign shipping partment of the Standard Compal New York. Awaiting Word From Petrolite) “We are anxiously awaiting from our vessel the Petrolite,” | Mr. Warden, “but have received. news except what we saw In papers.” Whether a mistake has been m| in reporting the Communipaw pedoed or whether she was torped after leaving Alexandria on homeward voyage, Standard Oil ficials can only conjecture Nine Knots an Hour. The Communipaw could make o nine knots an hour, Mr. Warden and assuming she left Alexandria Tuesday, or even on Monday, could not have gone 350 miles to point near Topruk, Tripoli, wh the original cable despatch frd Rome said the ship had been stru This despatch was filed at Rome 7:45 p. m.. Tuesday, the day the Sta dard oil officials had been advised | Communipaw is safe,” said Mr. Wa den. “But we are puzzled as to wh if anything, has happened to the P rolite. We do not expect any wol from Her until she reaches Algiers. Americans Among Crew- Of the thirty-nine members of t Communipaw company Captain Nor strom and the four engineers Americans, according to David Warden, manager of the Standa Oil company’s shipping departmen Mr. Warden says that other membe of the crew may be citizens of ti United States. News despatches from Rome thy the Communipaw was sunk near Tolf ruk, Tripoli, said that no informatig had been received there concernf the A despatch from Athen received in London said a Greek to; pedo boat which responded to an peal for help received Monday Piracus from an American ship pedoed by a submarine, found onl wreckage at the of the attag wrolite Shelled Sunday., Standard Oil officiuls also awnit from the captain of thel Petrolite, which was shelle astern . Mediterrane submarine flying ¢ crew. tol scene report steamer last Sunday by ation of working committees. (Continued On Eleventh Page.)