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o NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1916. BIRSCH INDICTED IN VIGE INQUIRY ey to NeW York Situation in Toils of Police York, wanted 1 New Aug. 17.—An important ritness District Attorney fwann to testify against policemen harged with graft or was indicted twice “white slavery” yesterday. Ie is the Ped- ler,” a natorious procurer. He yas the most powerful competitor of ushe Botwin, the confessed “white laver,” against whom five ents have been returned. Kirsch re- sed to aid the district attorney hen arrested a week ago, and was ommitted ta the house of detention In default of $5,000 bail. According to Assistant District At- orney Smith, Kirsch, on June placed Rose Michaelson, seventeen ears old, in a resort kept by Lena uzzi in Charlton street. On that day he place was ralded and both wom- n arrested. They were witnesses be- lore the grand jury against him. The other indictment is based on he alleged sale of Lillie Braunstein, ixteen years old, on August 1, to ose Gruber, wha kept a resort a few hoors below the offices of Chief Mag- strate McAdoo. From both women ‘irsch is said to have callected ten er cent. of their earnings and from .lena Ruzzi an additional $3 a week. Rose Gruber said she paid Kirsch 4 a week, besides the agreed ten per ent. Kirsch is regarded by the district pttorney as the key to the police Jvhose names are constantly being entioned in the investigation. Bot- vtn, the powerful procurer, did not o business with the police. Kirsch, t 1s elleged, did, and it is from him he district attorney expects to reveal he existence of police “‘pipe lines” to he underworld “banks.” The neces- fary corroboration has already been btatned, the prosecucor is certain, The police, according to Mr. Smith, Jvere at the bottom of the custom of eeping the “white slaves” in each re- ort only a week or two. This was becatise the girls, to use the expres- fon of the police, became “too talkae- fve”” Talk, in this case, was re- nded as a menace to the police be- ause it was bait for detectives with oving commissions, and because it lvas likely to result in raids by Lieu- enant Dan Costigan, of the vice Lquad. According to the district at- orney’s informers, he was feared by ‘he grafting police, Orders to shift the talkative girls btten resulted in their being sent out- e of New York, even as far west as Nincinnati, where Botwin had an gent. The usual shift, however, was ither above or below Fourteenth treet, which was a sort of “Mason nd Dixon line,” dividing the resorts where Emglish and foreign languages hre spoken Kirsch, like Botwin, is married and children—six of them, and all iaughters. He lived in Avenue C hbnd Sixth street. Accarding to Assist- hnt District Attorney Smith, the case pgainst him is so nearly completed hat he will be brought to trial with- n ten days. Botwin is to be a wit- fness against him. More indictments | ftor “white slavery” are predicted | within the next forty-eight hours. ‘ amuel Kirsch, alias “Sam as HAMILTON DEAD. num & Bailey Press Agent Never saw the “TODY"” " Show. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 17.—Rlichard 7. Hamilton, better known as “Tody” ' amilton, veteran newspaperman and for many years press agent for the Barnum and Balley circus, died at the home of his brother-in-law, W. How- ard Gibson, 3,628 Old York road, yes- terday. Death was due to heart dis- ease. He had been confined to his bed for the last week and up to Tues- day, when his condition became worse, the family entertainea hopes of his recovery. He was 69 years old. His only survivor is his wife, Mrs. Emma E. Hamilton. The funeral will take place from the residence of his brother-in-law Saturday afternoon. Interment will be in Western ceme- tery. ‘ Several years ago, while in Balti- more, Tody was attracted to the Wal- brook Hills, a beautiful suburb. He told friends here that he loved Mary- land and the Ch Bay oysters and crabs and fish. was very fond of fishing, so ed in Balti- his favorite sport. He built himself a big roomy cottage on a hill on Clifton avenue, Walbrook. Sometimes he called this his “erie.” After living here a few years, Mr. Hamilton sold the property, which had cost him, a large and turned to New Y a peake He e lo more to enjoy a a sum, re- “Tody” Hamilton had no rivals for the reputation of the greatest press agent that ever lived. The free space he got for Barhum and Balley’s cir- cus ran into He invented the modern circus poster, and founded a school of alliteration all his own. He put the Cardiff Giant and the sacred White elephant of Slam the great American pu the first t discover the the Englist epi- thets, and like bells in a melodious Literary critics have given him the credit for the abandonment of the auiteration by poets of present day, who concede that, since Hamilton’s verbal tintimbulations of all kinds belong ex- clustvely to the circus. Only a short time befors he died wrody” Hamilton said that during all the years of his connection with Bar- num and Bailey’s he had never seen their incomparable show. He would not allow his conception of it to be distorted by contact with the details. miles. over He resources of Ga them on was nguage in intuan to match series time, indiet- | City Items I Supernumerary Officer Ira Pierson has been discharged from the local hospital, where he underwent treat- ment sale 65c at Besse-Le- advt. hirt ¢ course. Special land’s, ¢ The Church-night service at the dirst Baptist church this evening will he in charge of Rev. Earle B. Cross, the minister of the church, who will on “Christ and the Woman at Well.” The service begins at 5 p. m. speak the Special shirt land’s, Matthew L. Mrs. P. 1. E spending his v bilo of Women’s se-Leland’s sale 95c at Besse-Le- of course.—advt. Egan, son of Mr. and n of Seymour street, cation on an automo- stern Connecticut. 0 pumps $1.95 at Bes- advt. tour $ Principal and Mrs. Louis P. Slade and family have returned from their summer home at Tiverton, i Men's $3.50 Oxfords $1.95 at Leland’s. Aavt. C. W. Holmes has sold property on Carlton strect to Julia Schubert. §1.00 caps selected, h0c at Besse- Leland’s, of course.—advt. Ahe partnership of Woitowitz Brothers, proprietors of the saloon at 156 Fast Main street, has been dis- solved. John Woitowitz is to leave the business in full possession of his brother, William. All of our $2, $3, $4 each at Besse-Leland's, advt. traw hats 50c of cours Angelo Cianflone has sold to Con- certto Salonia and Vincento Bonucius of New York a tailoring establishment at 46 Lafayette street. The isle of safety and comfort sta- tion committee of the Chamber of Commerce held a conference at & o'clock last evening with City En- gineer Hall and Chairman E. N. Humphrey of the board of public works, but no ion was reached. decis Personals | Eric Johnson is spending a week’s vacation in New York. Fred Hogan and James Chalmers are spending their vacation at Sound View. Mrs. J. Sandberg and daughter, Miss Esther, and Miss Marie Echnaidt are spending two weeks at Pine Grove, Niantic. Edward Westover of Florida, a for- mer local resident, is renewing ac- quaintances after many years absence from this city. Miss Sarah Carroll, tuberculosis nurse for the health department, has returned from her vacation. S CONVENTION. FIREMEN All Business Concluded in Minute Se Thompsonville, Au quired only a fifteen minute session to conclude all business of the Connec- ticut State Firemen's association, which was in session yesterday, and adjourned over wuntil today. The choice of next year’s convention place left with the executive commit- The legislative committee named W. Bennlon, South ter; R. V. Magee, Watertown; R. R. { T'ancher, New Haven; A. E. Winches- jter, Norwalk and L. N. Heebner, | South Manchester. The claim of Captain therford of Bridgeport, for benefit in 1912, a matter which came up first ast year, and was referred to the ex- ccutive committee, was disallowed, and the convention sustained this action. Fifteen tee is: 4 George Ru- IN HOSPITAL. Waterbu Aug. 17.—James Raila, 20, of 14 Lafayette street, who was run over by an automobile on Bank street Monday night after being put out of |a saloon, died todey at St. Mary's | hospital. Frank Kaslauskas, the bar- tender, and Libo Costigiana, the auto- mobile driver, are under arrest. RAILA DIES CANADIANS FOR NAVY. Ont., Aug. 17.—Canada is enlisting men for servige in the Brit- ish navy, a departure in policy, as at the beginning of the war, it was de- cided to confine recruiting in Canada to land forces. The plan is to enlist men in the Canada naval service with the understanding that they serve on ships of the Imperial Navy. & MRS, O'DONOVAN ROSSA DEAD. New York, Aug. 17.—Mrs. Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, widow of the Irish patriot and journalist, died at her home here today of heart disease. She was found dead in bed by her son. Mrs. Rossa was 70 years old. Ottawa MORGAN AS PRESS AGENT. Chicago, Aug. 17—W. Y. Morgan, publisher of the Hutchinson, Kansa News, and lieutenant-governor of that state, was appointed today as chief of the publicity bureau of the eastern campaign headquarters of the repub- lican national committee. AGRICULTURATL INCREAS The Hague, Netherlands, Dutch agricultural ed the value of $372, 1815 in comparison with the normal valuation of $260,000,000 or an in- crease of 43 per cent. according to a study that has been made by the De- partment of Agriculture. The in- crease, however, in the price of arti- ficial manures and other raw mater- ials, and in wages, has reduced this paper profit of $112,800,000 to abeut $72,000,000, according to the depart- jment’s estimate. Aug. 14. products reach- 800,000 during Manches- | |AMERICAN ATTACHE MEETS GAS STROKE Colonel Cosby Nea;ly Strangled in Fxamining German Preparation (Correspondence of the Asso. Press.) Paris, July 31.—Colonel Spencer Cosby, United States military attache at Parls, has been speaking in a hoarse whisper of late. His friends have noted it and have expressed their regrets at his very bad cold. Colonel Cosby’s voice has not pernit- ted him to reply, and he has let it go at that—a cold. But it was not a cold. The use which the German army has made of poison gas in the present war has brought a new and terrible element of destruction into military science. Just what this terrible new agenoy Is, what part it plays in the offensive and defensive tactics, and to what extent if any it must be reck- oned with as a permanent element in future warfare—these are problems which the military experts throughout the world are trying to determine. Here in France where the poison gas has been used with most deadly ef- fect in Champagne, Argonne, and all along the fighting line, its Tavages have been partlcularly apparent, and the military attaches of many coun- tries have been active in securing data for their governments on this new agency. Investigates Poisonous Gas. Colonel Cosby shared the keen in- terest of his brother military inves- tigators and in one respect he went far beyond them. There was ample data, from the battlefields and the hospitals where ghastly patients were a living witness of the effects of the new ele- ment. But Colonel Cosby determined on a direct personal investigation on the eclement itself—the poison gas in all its forms—just as a medical scien- tist has at times put some new serum to the supreme test on himself. “But you should be warned of the extreme risk,” sald the Chief Chem- ist. “Tt is very dangerous—a matter of life and death.” Yet agaist the warning was feeling that a mysterious agency warfare needed to be explored to i very end. And so the word was given to go ahead and the official wheels turned swiftly in bringing to- gether all sorts of gas, fresh and pow erful, from the near-by fighting fronts. the of Prepare for Test. The facilities for such a test gases were not easily obtained. these were at last secured, and the American military attache was the first and only one to be granted these exceptional facilities. ~ With thes preliminaries arranged, Colonel Cos- by found himself in the presence of long lines of bottles, ranged in shelves, much as in a chemist's shop Surgeons and white-garbed attendants and chemical experts wero with pestle and mortar, pumps and air-tight jars periments and tests of gases and anti- dotes. Near by hung a line of gas masks, with gaping eve-holes, used to counteract the poisonous fumes. The large bottles contalned the various forms of liquid direct from the front, and in varying degrees of strength. Most them showed a volatile yellowish liquid which on be- Ing exposed to the .air gave off deadly gases which have wrought such havoc. There were three dis- tinct groups of these gases: first, those bursting into flame and com- monly known as liquid flame; ond, the tear-producing gasses, which do not kill or permanently maim, but which so blind a column of on-rush- ing troops that they become helpless and are brought to a halt; and, third, the actual poison gas which suffocates and kills with ten times the horror of a bullet or shell. This last, the belief of military experts, barbarism of warfare which ultimately banned by the universal sentiment of civilization. But they are equally of the belief that the les- forms of gas—which do not kill but merely interrupt the forward progress of an attack—are a perman- ent element of defensive military strategy which must be taken into consideration in future warfare. The Anal of the Gas. his is the least deadly,” explained the chief chemist, as he presented one of the bottles containing the inflam- matory gas. He drew the glass stop- per very cautiously, and Colonel Coshy took & slight Whiff of the gas. It was not overpowering or violent in its effect—only a pungent odor of ether. Now the secoud class of gases were reached—the tear-producing gases—and these too were tested in the same way. These, also, were not overpowering, but gave the same sharp odor of ether and a perceptible effect.on the eyes. Colonel Cosby was beginning to think the gases were not s0 very bad after all. They had mow reached the poison gas—the deadly gas which clutches and kills. The chemist paused. “You will not try this,” he said ap- pealingly. “Yes, all of them,” sald the colonel positively, recalligg the rather agree- able pungent odor of the other gases. “Then we must be very cautious, sald the chemist. ‘“Place yourself about a foot away from the bottle I will raise the glass stopper the slightest possible fraction of an inch, 80 that only an insignificant portion of the gas can escape—but it will bhe enough. Now, ready!” The Colonel Stricken. He drew the stopper the slightest particle, and only fer an Instant, with Oolonel Coshy a foot away. But in that Instant the colonel felt he had been hurled back twenty feet. Tongues of fire were eating at his throat, and ten thousand needles were darting around his neck. It seemed as though live vitriol had emptied in his jmoutn and was coursing through his of the vacuum making ex- of sec- a Is a must be ser | received. But | about, | | matches, | ot Phoenix Temple | sented in large numbers. veins. His whole vocal tem was | paralyzed. This infinitesimal portion of the deadly gas had, in an instant, | overpowered him. It was some little time before Colonel Coshy was in a position to dis- cuss his tests. The chief chemist said the effect would continue some hours and probably some days. It would be most observable, he said, in eating or drinking. Colonel Cosby took an auto home, his throat still on fire, but not other- wise physically affected. That might every mouthful of dinner had the un- mistakable taste of the poison gas; each draught of water had the same taste of the deadly gas; and even the | s of a cigar had the taste of so puffs of this death dealing gas —always the fliery needles and so many draughts of vitriol. Colonel Cosby could speak to his family only in inarticulate whispers. They were naturally much concerned over the possible after effects. When Colonel Cosby saw a doctor next day, the throat was found to be in a very bad condition, as from an acute attack of laryngitis. The | colonel continued on his duties, but | for a week he could speak only in | whispers. It was ten days beforo | the clutch of the poison gas on the | throat had been relaxed enough to let | him speak again in full voice. “That's a bad case of laryngitis, said the Russian ambassador. “Yes,” whispered Colénel Cosby, “an acute form, recently dlscovered dby | German scientists—a form that kills. BIG TRAP SHOOTING CONTEST PLANNED American Handicap Tournament | to Be Held in St. Louis St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 17.—The Inter- state Trapshooting association’s sev- enteenth grand American handicap | tournament is to be held at St. Louis | under the aupices of the St. Louis Trapshooters’ association, August 21 to 26. The entries in the main events closed August 5. At that time 561 entries were listed, and those arriving from the far western state have since swelled the total to more than six hun- dred. In addition to this, number of penalty It the usual entries have is expected almost shooters will take part in the tests. The attendance promises to eclipse that at Dayton, O., in 1918 and 1914, and will be near the mark set at the record breaker at Chicago last | vear. St. Louis is prepared to handle the tournament. The park of the St. Louis Trapshooters’ association is con- sidered among the best in the country. The grounds are fitted with permanent buildings and all modern equipment. James W. Bell, president of the St. Louis association, conducteq three grand American handicap tourna- ments at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1904- 05-06, and sportsmen feel confident he | will bring the meet to a successful close in St. Louis. In addition to the handicap event, | state champions will be here to com- | pete in the national championship. | Tor the first time in the history of the event, women will be eligible to take part in the special and handicap This appears to have added considerable interest and enthusiasm Other events will include the St. Louis introductory, Mound City over- ture, preliminry handicap, consolation handicap, double target championship and a special match for professionls. large been 700 FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY. Phoenix Temple to Celebrate Tomorrow Evening. Event Elahorate plans have been made by Phoenix Temple of Honor and Truth for the observance of the fortieth an- niversary of the founding of the or- der, which will be held tomorrow evening in O. U. A. M. hall on Main street. One of the special features of the ceremonies will be the presence of William O. Buckley of Windsor who was the instituting officer in charge of the exercises at the birth Although he has not been active in the work of the organization for several years on account of declining - health, Mr. Buckley has at all times evinced an interest in the progress of the local organization, and it is expected he will glve some reminiscences connect- ed with Temple of Honor work dur- ing the many years he has been as- sociated with it. The occasion wil] alse bring togeth- er many of the memhers of the or- ganization through Connecticut in- cluding an auto truck load from An- sonia with Grand Recorder Joseph A. Clark at their head. Middletown, with Grand Templar Joseph F. Por- teous, has also promised to be repre- Of the ros three of the ce, William J ter of Phoenix Temple charter members surv! Rawlings, chief of police: Alfred T. Thompson, city clerk, and Frank H. Alford, and it is hoped to hawve these members present tomorrow evening. | A miscellaneous program will he carried out, including initiation of members and an entertainment, to be followed by refreshments FROM THE FRONT. An interesting display of war ma- terial from Burope has been placed In the window of the Dickinson Drug Co. The collection inclndes a Ger- man helmet, taken from a soldier shot through the head, canteens, lunch kits, gas masks, shoes and parts of shells, T SOLDIERS DIE. ‘ Aug. 17. FIGH Washington, from sickness among the regular national guard troops on the during the week ending Awgust disclosed in statistics made today at the war department. Bight deaths | and | border i 12, are | public 1 | are to be tried and punished. con- | | whether an honest [Eene | State | Haven PROMINENT CHINESE | IN FEAR OF DEATH | New PresidenTFPuhish Movers in Revolution (Correspondence of the Asso. Peking, July 10.—President Li Yuan-hung’s mandate the trial and punishment of nine promin- ent movers in the monarchial ment, including two former members of the cabinet, has created a profound sensation in China. Lian Shih-yi, who was the confiden- tial adviser of Yuan Shi-kai and was probably the most influential man in China under Yuan Shi-kai, is in- cluded in the list of monarchists who Liang Shih-yi is now in Hongkong, living un- der the protection of the British flag. It will be impossible to extradite Press.) ordering move- | Liang Shih-yi for a political offence. If the Chinese government were to make charges of embezzlement against him in connection with his direction of the affairs of the Bank of Communica~ | tions, it might be possible to extradite Criminal charges would prob- ably command the attentlon of the English government, but it is quite unlikely that English officials in Pe- king would regard political offences as proper grounds for extradition. Chow Tzu-chi, for several vears Yuan Shi-kai’s minister of agricul- ture and commerce, and minister of finance during the last days of Yuan's regime, is aiso among the list of mon- archists to be punished. He is now living in the British concession at Tien-tsin, and consequently is also be- vond the reach of the Chinese govern- ment, unless it makes criminal charges. Chu Chi-chien, Yuan Shi-kal's for- mer minister of the interior, is the other cabinet member against whom the mandate is directed. He is also living at Tien-tsin. Chu Chi-chien was at the head of the bureau which was making preparations for the en- thronement ceremonties, and his name figures very prominently in connection with the monarchial movement from its very inception. Yank Tu, the chief promoter of the Chou An Hui, or the Societ for the Preservation of Peace, which formally launched the monarchial movement in a public way, is the most prominent of ihe other men to be tried. The full text of the mandate for the punish- ment of monarchists follows: “The movement for the change of form of state plunged the whole coun- try into utter confusion and nearly caused it to suffer national extinction. Those who promoted the movement, must be held responsible. The arrest is hereby ordered of Yang Tu, Sun Yu- chun, Ku Ao, Liang Shih-yi, Hsia Shou-tien, Chu Chi-chien, Chow Tzu- chi and Hsuen Takp, who are to be handed to the judiciary carefully and strictly tricd and punished according to the law to the end that a warning may be registered for the guidance of future generations. Others are here- by pardoned in the interest of lenien- oy’ Conservative newspapers, especially those printed in English, have ad- vised strongly against the punishment of monarchists on the ground that such a step would make a reconcilia- tion of the north and south even more difficult by embittering the old fac- tional strife. Practically all the for- eign ministers in Peking strongly ad- vised agalnst such action and urged the revolutionists to drop all charges and center their efforts upon recon- structing the shattered and disorgan- ized government ixtreme revolutionists blood however, and demanded that the promoters of the monarchial ment be heheaded. For a long time Li Yuan-hung apparently held out against the movement to punish polit- ical offenders, but finally yielded to pressure brought upon him by a ma- jority of the new cabinet. Tuan Chi- jui, the premier was strongly against the punishment movement. It is most offensive to practically all the military leaders, and it is extremely doubtful effort will ever be made to punish the monarchial lead- named in the mandate. In the opinion of many foreigners, Li Yuan- hung authorized the mandate merely as a face-saving expedient without thought that it would be put into ef- fect. Practically all the former offi- cials against whom it is directed had left before the mandate was issued. It is reported on very good authority that most of theni had been officially ad- vised to leave the capital, so the gov- ernment would not be compelled to arrest them. him. cried for move- a TO MUSTER OUT YALE BATTERIES New Haven, Aug. 17.—Private in- formation reaching here today was to the effect that the Yale Field Ar- tillery would be mustered out of serv- ice at Tobyhanna, Pa., either on September 1 or 14. So far as can be learned here no official confirma- tion of the report has come through. REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES. Republican primaries for the pur- pose of electing six delegates from the Town of New Britain and Sixth Senatorial District to the Republican Convention to be held in New on September Gth and 6th, 1916, for the nomination of candi- dates for Presidential electors, State officers and Senator In Congress, also for the purpose of electing dele- gates to the Republican Congressional and four delegates to the Republican Probate Convention and for the nom- ination of a Republican candidate for Senator for the Sixth Senatorial District will be held on Thursday, Au- gust 24th, 1916, from four to eight o'clock p. m., at Room 410, National bank building, Town of New Britain. Per Order REPUBLICAN TOWN ERNEST N. COMMITTEE HUMPHREY, Chairman. 1 | that GIFT TO PROHIBITIONISTS. Fund Given By Coffins Reaches $100,000. Indianapolis, Ang., 17.—An addi- tional gift of $50,000 to the national prohibition party’s campaign fund by Mr. and Mrs. John P. Coffin, of Johns- town, ¥1 was announced here today They previously had given $50,000 to the fund. The $100,000 is to be made the nucleus for a campaign fund of $1,000,000. The gifts are in the form of property and Florida real estate. For the purpose of handling the property thus acquired, a charter or- | ganization to be known as the Pro- hibition Foundation has been formed by the national party leaders. JAPAN ABSORBING GERMAN ISLANDS Fast Taking Over Possessions i | the South Seas Asso. Campaign (Correspondence of the Press.) Pokio, July 12.—Government ficials recently returned from the German South Sea Islands which were occupied by Japan after out- break of the European war report that Japanese administration ha been widely extended and that prim- ary schools have been established in seven of the largest islands. The archipelago which is now ruled by Japan includes islands in the groups known as Marianne, Caroline and Marshall. The native children are Japanese language, arithmetic, sing- ing and sewing. It is proposed to send a party of sixty leading natives to Japan during the summer or autumn. A regular line of steamers maintains communication with Ja- pan while Japanese sailing vessels and launches run between the various islands. The actual disposition of the islands is to be decided at the peace conference which will follow the present war. Mr. Kazuyoshi Yagyvu, of the Bank of Formosa, successful Japanese commercial ex pansion to the south is greatly de- pendent on successful co-operation with Chinese emigrants in the South Seas who number about 4,000,000, and they are increased by an exodus of 300,000 from South China every year. Mr. Yagyu of- taught the c-president ts that ex insis says the Chinese emi- grants are hard workers and very prosperous, some of them having amassed large fortunes. They carry on a brisk trade with South China and the prosperity of such places as Amoy and Swatow is doubtless large- ly due to remittances from emigrants which reach $60,000,000 a year. He recommended the establishment of an increased number of banking houses under joint Japanese and Chinese management to be located at trade centers in the South Seas and pore. Commenting on the situation after the war, the financier said: “If econ- omic warfare be solely determined by the amount of capital, Japan has no chance against most of the Buropean powers. We need not, however, be pessimistic of our trade prospects, there are other factors to be taken into consideration. In the probable economic rivalry in the Far East or in the South Seas, Japan commands geographical as well as other ad- vantages over her rivals. As regards Chinese trade, Westerners employ compradors: but, on the contrary, Japanese traders dispense with such intermediaries, coming themselves into direct contact with the Chinese. Besides, we have many things in common with the rest of the Orfental nations, which will count for much in competition with western coun- tries.” SOCIALISTS LOSING STRENGTH In Germany This Party Has Decreased Fifty Per Cent, During Present ‘War —Many Women Members. (Correspondence of the Asso. Press.) Berlin, July 20.—The membership of the socialist labor unions of Ber- In has been reduced more than half as a result of the war. On January 1, 1914, there were 301,986 members, and the number had fallen to 144,259 on January 1, 1916, a decline of fifty-two per cent For the six months since clapsed figures are not available, but it is probable that further calls to the colors have left not more than 40 per cent. of the members at home. The membership totals given in- clude, hawever, a large number of fe- male members, that the decrease of men members was considerably greater than the percentages indicate. The number of unemployed has de- clined steadily. Money support had been granted on January 1, 1915, to 15,384, but this total had dropper on January 1, 1916, to 2,457. The great- est decreases in unemployment were in the case af book printers, wood- workers and metal workers, The influence of the war on the unions' treasury is shown by the fact while there decrease of nearly five and a quarter million marks in receipts, the treasury bal- | ance increased same 330,000 marks in 1915 over 1914. This was, of course, due to the reduced calls made on the treasury. Striking items of difference were (in marks): Kind of support s0 was a granted: 19 4,061 1914 FFor strikes . 895,105 Tor strikers un- dergoing punish- ishment Unemployed Sick benefits Legal aid The only increase was in item for support of wives whose hus- bands had been mustered in. This item aggregated 2,459,178 marks. lwork owing to lack of cotton. REPUBLIGANS ASK PUBLIC DONATIONS Will Accept $10 From Al to Helg Campaign New time York, Aug. 17.— republican For in a national cam- paign, the 1 appeal agers s popular for smal N. Bliss committee ay, a will he made con- tributions. Cornelius trea urer of nounced the subscriptions. It tempted in cities The popular subscription with the democrats, und has used in state campaigns by publicans. The democratic committee sent out an appeal recentw ly for subscriptions of $1 up. Demo- cratic appeals in the past however, have never proved entirely ful. When William Barnes was chair- man of the New York state mittee he had the di&tinction ting the state organization by this plan. | Mr. Bliss | was resorted heavy the national an- $10 at- York old been the re- national of calling will be first outside New plan for in success com- of put- in debt denied that this to because the contributions were not method ustmal forth- coming “The plan indicates that to get a long list of small tions,” he said, “rather t! list of large ones. [he republican committee desires the support of all over the country and wishes to enroll ther as sustaining members of the party. An engraved certificate of member ship will be sent to each person who contributes *$1. “I firmly believe bership will be of 1 ask the hearty interested in republican at the election. An announcement will appear in Thursday's papers in New- ark, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington and Pittsburgh, and T hofie and believe that it will meet with prompt and wide response.’ Mr. Bliss has communicated with republican leaders in nearly all states asking for lists of possible “willing” contributors, and it is understood that several thousand dollars have already been received. The advertising will be extended to other citles if it proves of value in the first five, L. Bliss said. GERMANS EXPLAIN DEPORTATION PLAN want contribu- An short we a thousands that such great benefit co-operation mem- and all of Say They Téofikifland Women Suited to Farming A Town in Eastern 17.—On account of protests of France the forcible France, Aug removal authorities of French cities in the and the charges that resulted, a correspondent investigated conditions under which civilians from Lille, Turcoing and Roubaix, qif tered in Eastern France, are living At midnight, April 24, the German troops aroused the inhabitants in cer- tain quarters of these three cities. Of ficers then picked the following per- sons for transportation: Males of military age, or able-bodied males who were not engaged in fixed trades or other occupation; whole families unemployed and without finandial support; and unemployed females. The instructions were to select per- sons either familiar with agriculture or suited for it. The women were to cook for the men or work for French country families, German officers in transportation admit were made, but these been rectified. More than and women are said to have turned to their home towns since the transportation began Nearly 21,000 persons moved. They were allowed ninety minutes to pack sixty-five pounds of household utensils and clothing. Then they were taken to the railroad sta- tion, at about 2 o’clock in the mown- ing, and were examined as to their fitness for farm work. They were per- mitted to return home, with orders to return to the stations at 3 p. m. to take trains. In most of the visited the chief complaint of those removed was of the hardship due to separation from thelr familles and their inabil- ity to reach relatives by mail. The Germans permit letters to be gt only through the German Red Cross at Frankfort-on-Main, which many delays. A German officer sald were without a political motive, tar as he knew, though the towns and districts from which persons were taken had given conslderahle trouble, several fires having occurred. Another officer sald the German au- thoritles were considering returning the transported persons to their towns after the crops were In provided blockade conditions did not sl tate leaving them on the farms to sow winter crops. Official correspondence German military authorities gated complaints, Officers the measure was neceesary food rellef from the United was Inadequate and the German army could not be expected to ralse crops for the French. It was sald the meas- ure was for the best interests of thosa removed, and there was plenty of food and work on the farms. In the towns affected, which were mostly given over to textile Industries before the war, it was said there was little against by the German inhabitants of occupied area, hardships have charge of the many mistakes have singe 2,000 men been re- were re- places causes the removals s0 neces showed {} Investi- explained becausa Btates