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HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD { HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAI CONNECTICUT, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1916. —SIXTEEN FPAGES. ESTABLISHED 18 BREWEN REPORTED - CAPTURED A%D ON WAY T0 HALIFAX But Canadian Officials Deny the Super-Submarine Is in British Net DEUTSCHLAND AWAITING NEWS OF SISTER SHIP Will Not Leave Baltimore Cntil Word Is Officially Received Her Twin Has Reached an American Port—>May Make No Secret Attempt to Slip From Her Berth to Avoid Pub- Ticity. St Hazen, min John, N. er ied man undersea B. of July D. marine nd fisher- the Ger- had been Hal- de- 28.—7J. les today den reports thar liner Bremen captured and taken into Halif: ifax reports received here also «clared the Bremen was not there. Ottawa, Ont., July department denied toda any foundation for the lished in New York that super-submarine Bremen captured and taken L4 Portland, Me., July 28.—A telegram saying the German underwater mer- chantman Bremen had been captured and was being towed into Halifax was received in this city today from a Canadian source which was believed to be reliable. Halifax, N. July 28 Nothing is known here of the Bremen story fur- $her than the report from New York. 28.—The naval that there is story pub- the German has been into -Halifa The above telegrs fers to the report submarine Bremen by the British and fax harbor. hic despatch re- that the German had been captured brought into Hali- a Waitin Baltimore, Md., July »ing impression that the German sub- marine freighter Deutschland was de- laying her departure for Germany un- til word was received from her sister ship, the Bremen, took on the appear= ance of fact today when it was learned from a source regarded as re- liable that she would not sail u offi- cial information had been received from the Bremen by her agents here. “¥This scems borne out by the statement of Captain Koenig the customs house last Wednesday when he given clearance, that “circumstances and conditions over which he or his agents had no control,” were delaying his departure from this port. The Deutschland, it is understood, | Wis ready to sail on short notice. | It was also said on authority that the Deutschland malke no secret attempt at a get-away bhut that it was probable she would leave her pier during the day time in order to arrive at the capes under the cover of darkness. For Bremen. 28—The grow- would du aw Warship Leaves Capes. Norfolk, Va., July 2 fon of the statement of the battle- ship Louisiana’s officers that they saw an allied cruiser within the V ginia Capes last Tuesday morning, came today from Commander Louis hane of the United States collier Neptune. He said he could not iden- tify the cruiser, but saw her leaving ‘the capes about Corrobora- m. GETS T-F00T SHARK Milford Fisherman Dispatches With Axe Sea Tiger Which Becomes Fn- s tangled Tn His Fishnets. —A shark seven white net oft Burns, h nets with an Milford, feet and of vellowish color, was captured in a fish Milford today by Alonzo W. Mr. Burns found the fish a when he went out to inspect and after struggle killed it e July 2 long a July A and Brooklyn fishermen 3each here caught two three feet in length who sly at blackf used as One of the party who has the south pronounced the »f the man-eating variety. 28.— party of off Pleasure sharks about bit bait ived arks in 4 SPEECH ALMOST FINISHED, Justice Hughes Nears End of Attack on Democracy. Y. s today N Bridgehampton, 1 28 Charles 1. Hughe working on his speech of with a prospect that it mig _‘,qu.ml tonight. Another Bhigazea nominee's attention the completion of the western trip Mr. Rughes will remain Monday morning when he New York. He will deliver of acceptance day nigh He plans to start on o0ast August 5. July continued cceptance, it be com- suhject that = the o itinerary of h here till 1 go W Hall Mon- Carnegie his trip to the \is speech | 1 f & t T T ¥ T letin i crease in deaths and a small decrease | period ending at 10 o’clock thi i reported in the five boroughs of N York Fannie and Helen daughters of Mr. garlll, on travel house has been cers the within AUSTRIA AGREES TO AID HUNGRY POLES Burian Tells Penficld His Countr Willing to Adopt President Wilson's Plan, Washington, July 28.—Informal as- surances that Austrin-Hungary is dis- posed to respond favorably to dent Wilson’s personal appeal for permission for shipments af American relief supplies to Poles in territory held by Austrian forces have been given personally by Foreign Minister Burian to Ambassador Penfield. The state department received today from Amt ador Page; the British foreign office statement of Great Britain’s willingness permit to to be administered by a commission appointed by President Wilson, pro- vided the German and Austrian occu- armies would not seize or re- move products of the occupied terri- tory. The condition, it is feared, may Ilock the negotiations. Mr. Penfield reported taday that he delivered parsonally to Count Burian on July 26 President Wilson’s plea in behalf of famine-stricken Poles and, that the foreign minister promised to deliver the president’s letter immedi~ ately to Emperor Francis Joseph. The minister’s uncfficial opinion was that the request of the president woulq be met by Austria and Germany. Am- bassador Penfield was told by the foreign minister that Austria was ministering affairs in one-third of Russian Poland and that famine con- ditions there have been .greatly ameliorated in recent months by good c¢raps and management. PLAGUE STILL RAGES Thirty-five Deaths and 134 New Cases a in New York During Past Twenty- four Hours, New York, July 2 of infantile paral still is un- checked, the daily report of the health department shows. The bul- 1ed today reports a slight in- —The epidemic o in the number of new cases yester- | day. During the twenty-four hour morn- and | disease | ow | | | ing, there hirty-five were 134 fatalitie: new from cases the city. July —Two children, | Pagarlli, aged years respectively, and Mrs. Pia Pa- Jersey who came to Groton, our and s of New Presi- importations of foodstuffs into Poland | aad- | | company STRIKERS HAVE WAR CHEST OF $750,000 Leaders Predfilfiw York Will Soon Be Tied Up —Company Officials Pittsburgh’s Streets and Parks Con- tinue Uncleaned. New York, July 28.—The national organization of the street railway em- rloyves today continued efforts to unionize all the motormen and con- ductars of New York city. Its leaders | predicted that if the street railway company did not yield to their de- { mands in the Bronx and Westchester county, the strike in those districts would spread throughout the city. said that arrangements for the fight in New York had Deen in progress for several months and that a fund of $750,000 was on hand for use in the event of a general tie-up on subway, surface and elevated lines. | Edward A. Maher, Jr., general man- | ager of the Union Railway Co., de- clared that with adequate police pro- tection the strike would be broken by | Saturday. He denied that there danger of the strike’s spreading. After a day marked by rioting, the operations of cars in the Bronx was suspended at 9 a'clock last night, but the company announced that cars would be operated again today. The police made nearly 100 arrests yves- terday and last night, but the strike leaders asserted that few of the men arrested were members of the union. More Than 100 Tn, Sva red. more than in clashes and rioter cars were 100 be- and badly It is estimated that persons were injured tween strike breakers the police. Twenty damaged. No attempt has been made to fasten on the strikers blame for the fatal accident that occurred in the Bronx last night In this accident a strike breaker acting as matorman was killed and two policemen and three strike guards emploved by the railway were hurt. Their car track and struck an iron five minutes later three empty cars in some mysterious man- ner rolled down steep hill and | crashed into the Wreckage. jumped the pillar and a jroton before the ban was placed from infected districts, were | ill today from infantile pa- | and 1ken to 1 New T.ondon yeen here about 19 other children in the f: quarantined are on guard. New Haven, July 28.—Two deaths from paralysis occurred today at the | New Haven hospital, making with one last night a total of three the last twenty-four hours. Three additional cases suspected of Leing infantile paralysis are under ob- servation at the hospital One of | them s that of a woman 40 years old. aken ralys Sital Memori is hos- | in have There are ily. The | and offi- | no RELIEF FROM CITY. Five Applications Received by Mayor Yesterday ¥From Dependents Mavor George A. Quigley reports that he had five applications for r licf yesterday from persons who have husbands or are in some le- pending on those absence at the Mex- ican border. But not one of these persons or groups of persons who have asked for relief since the departure of the soldiers will take any help if it in the form of charity. One case in particular has come to the attention of the investigators, that of a woman who was almost starving and had almost nothing on which to and pay her living expenses she Investigator E. C. Morey of the department that she neceded way exist told charity city paupers. _ Mr. Morey impressed upon the woman that if assistance was given it would come from other sources rather than the charity de- partment and that such relief was dis- tinct from charity. The woman fin- ally agred to receive city aid until her husband’s return. At present the city is payving out more than 100 a week for the de- pendants of soldiers and this will in- crease in proportion to the length of time the men are at Nogales hid they remain all summer ti will cost the city several thousand doll: provide for families. s EXCHANGE CONGRATULATIONS. Paris, July 28, 2:10 p —Presi- dent Poincare of France and Emperor Nicholas of Russia today of congratulations on the capture the Russians of the Turk ish fortress of Erzingan 2 m telegrams by PIRATES BUY Tacoma, Wash TACOMAN. Announce- was made today that Carson outfielder of the Tacoma the Northwestern league had the Pittsburgh Nation- report there the end July ment Bighee, team heen sold to Te will at the 1son JOY SAIL, —Pre WILSON TO ¥ Washingtan, July Wilson plans to leave Wa for a week-end trip Totomac and Chesapeake B 28 dent the on the today down 1y » naval yacht Mayflower, | the strike the | nothing, fearing to be classed with tho | to | exchanged | ington late | in 30 There no further disorder the early today and at 9 c'elock was hour his morn tha pany officials West Fi and Kingsbridge the Bronx. On each car was a policeman, and there was no attempt on the part of the strikers or their sympathizers to create a demonstration. Members of the executive hoard of organization this after- noon said they had received ‘¢ sitive information” that should the carmen on the Third Avenue system walk out cther Manhattan lines will be tied up by the strike. The executive committee sent an or- ganizer to see the lower Manhattan group of carmen who had asked for a conference with the leaders. in onpe were i irms in P Pittsburgh’s Streets Uncleaned. Pittshurgh, July Reports Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong today ir dicated that every man in the strect { and park cleaning burcau had jained ! the strike inaugurated by their leaders carlier in the week to enforce to | five cents an hour, bringing the total iumber of strikers to 1,100, Yot a street park cleaned since Wednesday or has been and in some | on a serious aspect. No money will be available for higher wages in this }drnm‘(nmrfl until hext year and | officlals said that if the men did not | 1teturn to work tonight others wauld | Pe emploved to take their places to- morrow. Butchers' Strike Spreads. ! St. Louis, Mo., July 28.—The strike | of butchers and meat cutters at Fast | St. Leuis (Illinois), packing houses spread today to the Missouri side of the river. Butchers and meat cut | ters employed by the St. Louis inde- vendent packing company, St. Louis, Mo., went out. “ The strike at the three large plants in East St. Louis grew today and | union officials said between 4,000 and | £,000 men were out Managers of | Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and Mor- ris & Co., said between 2,000 and 2,500 were on strike BILL CONFERENCE, NAVAL | President Wilson Stands by His Guns on Senate Program. Washington, confere July named 28— IHouse senate find | agreement on the naval bill held their ting and s ta first me today. President Wilson is star the measure it e, carrying big increases over the bill and providing for | three years building policy Housn | democrats have told him some within | their own ranks oppose the increase. is ng passed firmly the house CHIEF JUSTICE Dorchester, N. B., July 28.—Sir | Pierie A. Landy. chief justice of the { cupreme court of New Brunswick, | dled today, aged LANDY DEAD, Officers of the carmen’s organizatian | sued city | m | definite | ' AMBULANCES KEPT BUSY| [ Bore Than 100 Hurt in Strect Clashes | | | Confident— | GINNELL FINED £100 FOR INCITING IRISH Nationalist Member of >arliament Found Guilty in Bow Street Police Court, London, July 28, 12:42 p. m.— Speeches which he had made to pris- | oners, describing them as martyrs, | and demonstrations held by the pris- | oners when he ited them were giv- en as the reasons by the crown attor- ney why Laurence Ginnell, Irish na- tionalist member of parliament for North Westmeath, had been refused permission to visit Irish prisoners in ingland, when hearing of the charge : against him of attempting to gain ad- mission into the Knutsford Barracks was resumed in the Bow street police court today. The crown attorney said that when Ginnell visited the Irish prisoners at Stafford he told them they had done more for the Irish cause than anybody else and that they were looked upon as martyrs. On a similar visit to the prison at Wandsworth there was a disturbance among the prisoners,, who carried Ginnell around on their shoul- ders. After this incident an order was is refusing Ginnell permission to visit any places where Irish prisoners were detained and he was when he tried to gain admission at Knutsford Barracks under the name of Lebries McFingle, Mr. Ginnell was fined 100 pounds. When witnesses were called to cor- roborate the crown attorney's state- ment Mr. Ginnell denied that he had used the words ascribed to him in his the Irish prisoners. He witnesses who swore that name was McFingle, and he could not, therefore, be with using a false name. speeches to also called his Irish he said charged BLACKLIST OF SWISS Germany and Austria to Place Ban On Merchants Who Are Doing Busi- ness With Allied Countries. Lausanne, Switzerland, July 28, via Paris, 6:16 a. m.—A rong protest against a blacklist of Swiss firms by Germany and Austria is made hy the Lausanne Gazette. The Gazette says that a blacklist is now being drawn up by Capt. Schmitz at Berne 'nder the direction of the commercial at- taches of the German and Austrian legations. According to firms known or the paper all Swiss suspected of doing business with the allies are not onlv deprived of coal and other German product but are boycotted by other Swisgs firms. The hoveott is enforced by threats that firm wi be black Schmitz iny vhic concerns ccted to by Cant PLANE FLIES INTG CROWD | Boy Killed and Mother Injured When a demand for an increase ir. wages of | sections conditions are rapidly taking | | | | the afternoon with Mr Runaway Air Machine Dashes Into Autos, Overturning Four. Ontario, Calif., July 28.—Second Lieut. S. H. Wheeler of the army aviation school at North Island, lost control of his aeroplane here today and crashed into a line of automo- biles, overturning four, killing Harold Stoebe, four years old and seriously injuring Mrs. C. A. Stoebe, the bo mother. Licut. Wheeler was not jured, although his machine wrecked. in- was CABINET DISCUSSES MEXICO. Conference Tommorrow. Arranges fol With Arrcdondo July the cabinet in several Polk 28 —Mexico was today for weeks. Act- Polk reported on his with Elisco Arredondo, ambassador designate. Tt Mr. Arredondo might to the state depart- to receive Presi- dent Wilson'’s final decision on Gen- eral Carranza’s plan for appointing a joint commission to adjust differen- ces. General Carranza is to have acceded, in part at least, to the department’s view of what should he the scope of the proposed com- mission’s authority. After the cabinet meeting Mr. Polk arranged for a conference late in Arredondo. He he probably would have an an- to make tomorrow. hington, sed by the first time ing Secretary conferences the Mexican intimated summoned later today Wa discu was he ment said nouncement ANTHRAX DISCOVERED. Hartford Herd Die—Others Are Quarantined. Four of 28.—The disease of discovered in the by William Wil- The herd Hartford, anthrax b herd of ci July bheen ws owned llams on Windsor avenue. has been quarantined by the cattle commissioner, Jeffrey O. Phelps. Four of the infected animals have died and their carcasses buried in quick lime. There are thirty-four cows the herd. The herd of thirty-nine an adjoining iot, owned by Max have also been quarantined Mr. Williams r ently bought that had been imported and added them to the in in Case cows herd. e WEATHER. Hartford, July 28.—For Hartford and vicinity: Cloudy, not much change in tempera- ture tonight and Saturday. \ e arrested | MIDDLE WEST GASPS AS MERCURY CLIMBS | Chicago Experiences Hottest Night in History of City DEATH LIST STILL GROWING Early Thig Morning—Iowa, Wis- ! consin, Western Missouri and Kan- sas Swelter Under Merciless Sun— | 90 in Chicago at Midnight. 28.—No heat Chicago, July excessive relief from the wave which has gripped practically try, was held out weather bureau the entire by officials of here Six more deaths in Chic: coun- the toda go due to the heat were reported to the coroner before 9. a. m., today. the hottest in the history of Chicago. | The temperature was 90 at midnight. The temperature rose rapidly early in the day, reach 92 at 9 a. m., lone de- &ree warmer than th ame period vesterday and going to 93 at 9:30. Last night was | a. Des Moines, Ta., July 28.—The in- tense heat which prevailed through- out the state of Towa yesterday con- tinued today with no prospect of re- lief. Milwaukee, Wis., July 28.—The heat wave continued unabated today. Yes- terday one man died from the heat. Kansas City, Mo., July 28.—Western Missouri and Kansas today were with- out prospects of relief from the hot weather. The mercury stood at 87 degree here at 9 o’clock. Hot Wave Coming East. York, July 28.—After more two weeks of torrid weather, greater humidity than at time since 1896, relief came toda with a drop of 37 per cent. in hu- midity and a breeze. The hot wave promised by the local forecaster, how- | ever, has only been temporarily side- tracked, he said today, and could be expected to arrive within the next twenty-four hours. HELD ON Conductor New than with SUSPICION Causes Arrest of Passen- ger Who Is Thought to Be Mur- derer of Jailer at Camden, N. J. New July London, Frank Rus- sell in whose possession to the value following his arrest here was held in $3,000 bonds Coit, when arraigned in today, pending the arriy inspectors from Boston. Russell who is believed furnished a fictitious name, were found $125 night, postage stamps of last by police court al of .federal to have boarded a train at South Vernon arriving in | this ecity about He had acted strangely during the trip and conductor William Goer told the police of his suspicions, that the passenger was George E. Thomp- 10 o'clock last night. son, wanted for the murder of a jail- | er at Camden, When taken the postage wrapped in N. July 17, last. to police headquarters stamps were found a newspaper. NINETEEN CO. I MEN WILL BE SENT HOME New Britain Soldiers Will Probably understood ! into the state | Leave Nogales With Other Dis- qualified Men Sunday (Spectal to the Herald.) Nogales, Arizona, July 28.—Follow- ing the physical examinations of the men the surgeons have recommended that the following members of Com- pany I, First Regiment, C. N. G., from | New Britain, Conn. be sent home i disqualified Sergeant Lowell Pickup, Corporals | Beman F. Hibbard, John Lipetz, Rob- | ert Wolf and Joseph A, Barret, Musi- | clan R. E. Anderson, Prixates J. L. | Burgess, Henry Briere, William Butler, Walter Cook, Frank Campbell, Iran- Crowley, Edward Albert Alexander Nichols, Anthony | Charles Dingwell, Fred K. Wilson and Cook Thomas Dyson Some of these men are to be given new examinations this afternoon In all about 130 Connecticut sold- lers have been disqualified and will re- turn at once. They are each allowed $94 for traveling expenses in addition to thelr pay. Tt at first planned to send them home on special trains today but it Is now not likely that they will before Sunday. 1 as cis Johnson, Vivester, Cole, was BRITISII WARSHIPS SUNK, | Berlin Reports on Outcome of Battle Off Scotland. | 28, wireless {0 Sayville. | vattle between several German submarines and four British patrel hoats off the coast of Scotland | two of the British vessels were sunk, | report received by the Handelsblad and | Overseas News Berlin, July In a naval according to a Dutch newspaper telegraphed to the Agency. { Found Guilty of Attempt to any | Judge | | was sentenced to death for treasor | ming up, on the ground that Mr. Sul- | | polit and 1f it had thought it necessary BRITISH TAKE DELVILLE WOO SERBSON OFFENSIVEIN GREEC VON LINSINGEN IS HIT AGAI BRITISH SKIPPER IS Brandenburg Divisid TRIED AND EXECUTED is Routed at Impo U ant Point on Som Front---Four Germa Aeroplanes Taken Ram German Sub- | marine. m.—By ish troops Delj | Wood in its Britishy captured | cial statement announced this month and whia been ex before region Berlin, July 28, wireless to Sayville July Charles Fryatt, of Railway Steamship Brussels, which vessel w by German destroyers last taken into Zeebrugge, has cuted by shooting after trial German naval court martial The death sentence was passed upon Capt. Fryatt because of his alleged ac- tion in attempting previously to ram a German submarine. Testimony was pr the “After court-martial to show that while Cap- | g0 tain Fryatt did not belong to the | armed forces he had attempted on | March 28, 1915, while near the Maas | lightship, to ram the German subma- rine U-33 Capt. Fryatt and the first and first engineer of the Br ceived from the British admiralty gold | watches for “‘brave conduct” and were mentioned in the house ‘of commons. The submarine U-33 according to the official account of the trial, had | signalled to the British stcamer to show her flag and stop, but Capt. Fryatt did not heed the signal, and, it | active against our new positions aj is alleged, turned at high speed toward | there were heavy artillery duels the submarine which only escaped by | various sectors of the battle area. diving immediately several yards be- ‘Near Neuve Chapelle small pH low the surface. | ties of Germans succeeded in entd Capt. Fryatt, the official statement | jng oup front trenches at two poil says, admitted that he had followed | hut at once were drives out by the instructions of the British admir- | sounter attack leaving a few wot alty. Sentence was confirmed and the | ¢q in our hands. captain was exccuted and shot for & |~ .Noiheast of Souchez and at S “franotireur me against armed | .ia1 other points our artillery shell German sea forces the enem front line and commuf The trinl was held cation trenches.” | gium, yesterda London, 28, p. captured Captain the | have Great Iastern entirety, a position il Somme defended | the Brandenburg division which noon German a had been driven The ment follows out. ’ text of the British official sta 2sented at severe Fifth sion from their remaining position fighting we hé the Brandenburg 4l Delville Wood, capturing 3 officers 158 men. “The hands sl whole wood now is in o and two German counter tacks have been beaten off with hea loss to the enemy “We made further progress in L gueval village and near Pozieres, a in the latter area we captured wounded Germans. “Last night the enemy guns wdg at Bruges, Bel- | Russians Active In Champagne, Paris, July 28, noon.—Russians 14 28— G s s s 28— Germany’ | onnoitering at Auberive in the Chaf ain Charles Fryatt, | oo one gave the French official staf | master of the British steamship Brus- | ;014" iocued this afternoon, penotrs | sels, for an alleged attempt to ram & | .4 tyo German trenches and clean | submarine is regarded in all quarters | 83 "he Ferman trencnes anf cled hére as a brutal violatlon of interna- | ot poou oo Deone s | tional law likely to result in s prompt | i 1 A Ge o attack | retaliatory measures by Great Britain. | ; iho“‘: ”n“(fr‘sha'n‘f":f;]‘“‘”‘n:: sk | They contend that if a hostile sub- | l_‘pflpfl‘ W B mfifnm o 5 marine approached the Brussels it | o S St Y fibchoct il aitack andltaptain! n the right bank of the Meuse, FPryatt, in making a counter attack by :1"“ (‘ r“'“‘”""fi bt ““;r'"t"‘“fir;['“ | attempting to ram. subjected himself | £ONS t9 ?~b”1u e | only to treatment as a prisoner of war | Stopped by artillery fire. | Two German aeroplanes were sh {in event of capture. ot eh The United States government is in- [ 9°Wn in the Somme region The text of the communication fg | terested in the incident and what may | | follow it, particularly because repris- | 10WS: = | als by the allies might be followed by | T the north of Chauines, an & |a change in the German submarine | ©MY attempt on one of our trench | policy, which has been satisfactory | near Lihons was repulsed by ri to the United States since the last as- | | surances that merchant ships would | | not be attacked without warning or | without provision for safety of passen- | gers and crews. Authorities of intermational agree that the justice or injustice of | Oners. the shooting of Captain Fryatt depends | “On the right bank of the Meu | entirely upon the circumstances under | (Verdun front) a German attag which he headed his vessel for the sy - Which was about to debouch upon of | marine. It the submarine attacked | Positions west of the Thiaumont Wor or was about to attack him he had | Was completely stopped by the hea: the right to counter attack; if he was | fire of our artillers | seeking out an enemy vessel for at- “The night was | tack he placed himeelf in the class of | of the front. a eriminal subject to summary execu- | Four German Aeroplancs Destro; | tion upon capture. “Aviation: In the of yestet i . day our pursuit aeroplanes engaged | CASEME | ! numerous fights. Two German ae: glon of the Somme, one near the rf Abandon Any Considered Brutal Affair Here. Washington. July execution of Captain nel was ampagne, in the regig of a Russlan reconnal sance penetrated & hostile trend | which was cleared with grenades. T! law | Russlans brought back some prl on the re \ at Brie and the other in the neig! borhood of St. Christ. A third es | emy machine was attacked by one o our aeroplanes and brought down Vrille to the south of Ornes, in region of Verdun 5 o “In the Vosges a German aviati (i Sondon B Iulyas, LS 10 e | machine which was attacked wi When the court of criminal appeal|gorced to abandon the fight and Wi met today to hear “a possible applica- | overturned in landing. tlon” in behalf of Roger Casement who | “On the night of July 26 one o 2 in | OUr air squadrons dropped heav | calibre bgmbs on railway lines *o th connection with the recent Dublin up- | rising, it was found that the defense 'r"‘r"r'h of T";S"’"-c:: l'vlwr:::\:‘?:n: had abandoned any contemplated ac- auny, and on my ) N | the road In the neighborhood of tion. Coucy. Our aeroplanes also carried It was disclosed, however, that : it bombardments between Lain and somehody o with the defense | 0t omncbodygeonnsctad | Rheimes military establishment had informed the king's coroner of a | & m wish to reopen argument of & point | &t Menne, Lavannes and Caurel abandoned by Alexander Sullivan, | Casement’s counsel, in the appeal court when questioning Lord Reading's interpretation of the law in his sum- | Contemplated Action Court of Appeals Finds—Mystery in R Application for Reopening of Case. m.— on British Attacks Break Down 3erlin, July 28, Via London —Strong British attacks German positions ! in the Somme {erday under the Ger official statement German army headqu p. mf th Woed against Foureanux broke in region do ves livan had no authority to withdraw the point mentioned Justice Darling sald it alleged with anything ing plaustbility that Mr. Sulllvan had | not authority to do what he did and he added that despite Mr., Sulllvan's action the court had considered the Iss hardly approach- | could be on Offensive , July 28, 11:10 a. n forces have begun an aguinst the Bulgarians in cording to a Havas here today from blans have occupied serles helghts and are maintaining theis position despite the artillery fire and counter attacks of the Bulgarians. For the last three days, the fe- spatch adds, the Serbians had been| making methodical preparations for, the purpose of driving the Bulgarians from the positions which they had Serbs Par in Greece, rhian| offensivgl Greece, ae- received| Ser-| of] it would have called on the attorney general to answer it, ‘The court to the same declston as did M. vin--that there was nothing peint, Arthur Powell, who had been en- gaged to avgue the appeal in the house of if the attorney general's flat had been obtained, said the pris. oner's counsel never had intended to make the application and that the court had been so informed two days ago. despatch came Sudll- in the aloniki. The lords (Continued on Eleventh Page.)

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