New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS HERALD “ADS" BETTER BUSINES PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN HERALD NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1916.—TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1 * FRENCH SWAM P FIRST LINE OF GERMANS NEAR VERDUN; HALICZ BEING BOMBARDED « City Sixty Miles From Lemberg In Flames, Petrograd Reports--- 5,600 More Prisoners Captured BULGARS CLAIM TO ., HAVE TAKEN TURKETA ' ) Russian Statement Mentions Fall of Important Rumanian Fortified Posi- tion But Bucharest Statement Says Fighting Is Still Going on There— British Still in Possession of Leute Wood, Despite Attacks. Paris, noon.—The French have captured the German first line trenches over a front of one mile on the Verdun front, the war office an- nounced. The breach in the German line was effected on the front northeast ot Verdun, between the Vaux-Chapitre region and the town of Chenois. Thes took 250 prisoners. The French statement adds that a powerful effort made by German troops to dislodge the French from Hospital Farm, on the Somme front, Sept. U-BOATS OVERVALUED Von Bethmanu-Hollweg Says Whole- sale Use Would Mean War With U. S. and Gain Would Be Nil, 7 London, Sept. m.—Ac- cording to deflnite information reach- ing Berne, Switzerland, from Ger- many, s a despatch to the wire- less press, Dr. Von Bethmann-Holl- weg, the German imperial chdncellor, upon being questioned at the Augus meeting of the federal council as to why he yielded to the demands of the United States regarding the un- stricted torpedoeing of ships on the high seas, replied emphatically that the value of the submarine was ex- aggerated by the adherents of whole- sale torpedoing. The chancellor said an unrestricted submarine warfare would cause war between Germany and the United States and that the results of unlimited torpedoing would not Jjustify such a policy. Elaborating this point the chancel- lor is quoted as saying that Germany could not effectively blockade Eng- insistence on RETALIATION OUT OF REVENUE BILL Conferees Believe Americans Abroad Might Be Hit Hardest PHELAN AMENDMENT FAILS Measure Was Aimed at England for Interfering With United States Mail —Commercial War With Canada Also Removed From Danger. ‘Washington, Sept. 7.—Conferees on the emergency revenue bill today struck out the Phelan amendment to empower the president to retaliate against against citizens of belligerent nations which interfere with United States mails. The argument which Pprevailed in the conference was that it might work great hardships to Americans in foreign countries by counter retaliation. The conference also abandoned the Chamberlain amendment to pro- hibit admission of Pacific Ocean salm- on or halibut through a foreign coun- | American | try except in bond from an port. This, it decided, might de- velop a commercial war with Canada wa land not cut off England’s food \sup- plies. FORD SUES FOR LIBEL Attorney to Bring Action for $1,000,- 000 Against Chicago Tribune Which Called Peace Advocate Anarchist. Chicago, Sept. 7.—Suit for $1,000,~ 000 was filed by Henry Ford, the De- was without success and that the Germans were dispersed with heavy losses. British Clinch Deuze Wood. London, Sept. 7, 1:6 p. m.—A Ger- man attempt to regain possession of Leuze Wood, on the Somme front, last night, led to hand to hand fight- ing with the British. The war office announced today that the Germans & Wwere beaten back. Russians Bombard Halicz. Petrograd, Sept. 7, via London 1:49 p. m—The Russians are bombarding the Galician town of Halicz, about sixty miles southwest of Lemberg, says the Russian official report issued today. The town is in flames. Turtuka Evacuated. Petrograd, Sept. 7, via London 2:54 p. m.—Turtuka, a fortified Rumanian town on the Danube, about fifty miles southeast of Bucharest, has been evacuated by the Rumanians, ac- cording to the Russian official state- ment issued today. In the fighting in eastern Galicia vesterday, the announcement says, the Russians took 5,600 more P oners. The Russian statement adds Russian troops have occupied railway lines between Halic: Semikovitze and Wodniki, that thee and 20,000 Rumanians Captured. Berlin, Sept. 7, London, 5:55 p. m. “«—More than twenty thousand Ru- manians were taken prisoner when Bulgarian and German troops cap- tured the Rumanian fortress of Tur- takal, says the official statement is- sued today by the German army head- quarters. The statement says that more than one hundred guns were taken. ‘Will Not Admit Loss of Turtuka. Bucharest, Sept. 6, via London, Sept. 7, 4:50 p. m.—Rumanian troops have occupled Gyergyo-Ditro Orsova Pa: on the north and northwest frontier of Rumania, says the official state- s ment issued by the Rumanian war department today. Seven guns, a number of machine guns and impor- tant food stores were captured from the Austro-Hungarians. German and Bulgarian forces, hav- ing recefved numerous reinforcements, continue to attack with great violence the Rumanian fortress of Turtuka. The garrison of the fortress is cease- lessly counter attacking, the Ruman- fan statement adds, and the losses on each side are said to have been very serious. POMERENE SEES VICTORY. says People Prefer Realities ‘Wilson to Hughes’ Prophecies. Calumbus, O., Sept. 7.—Adoption of a platform was the principal work of the democratic convention which met ip adjourned session here today Scnator Atlee Pomerene, as chairman of the convention, predicted ‘victory in Ohio and in the nation” at the November election, and declared that “the people will not change the . realities of Wilson for the prophecies of Hughes."” The state platform as drafted con- tains a strong endorsement of Presi- dent Wilson’s administration, AMER AGROUND. ept. 7.—The Brit steamer Royal Prince, which struck an Lowell's Island, in the outer har- Yor during a fog late yesterday, was still aground toda Tugs made an attempt to float her this morning without success. BRITISH STE Boston, R troit manufacturer, against the Chicaga Tribune in the United States district court here today. Mr, Ford asks for personal damages as compen- sation for an editorial printed in the Tribune June 23, which it is charged called Ford ‘an anarchist.” WILSON TO COMMISSION., Expresses Faith in Its Ability Solve Knotty Problems. Washington, Sept. 7.—President ‘Wilson today sent to the joint Amer- fcan and Mexican commissioners, reply to their message “most cordial greetings, lowing telegram: “May I not express to the Ameri- can and Mexican joint commission my very warm appreciation of the telegram just received, my profound interest in the tasks of friendship and accommodation to which it is addressing itself, and my confident hope and expectation that its delib- erations will be crowned with a suc- cess which will long cement the friendship between the two nations.” to in him fol- sending * the CONSTANTINE LAUDS DOYALISTS, Says He Will Face Any Enemy With Such Men, Athens, Wednesday, Sept. 6 Via London, Sept. 7, 11 a. m—King Constantine this morning received 150 cfficers of the eleventh divisian of the Greek army stationed at Saloniki who had refused to join the rebels when a revolution broke out in the Salonikl garrison September 1. The king con- gratulated the officers on thelr action, saying It constituted a brilliant page in military history and set a great example for coming generations. With such officers and men as those whom he was addressing, his majesty 5 and bring about retaliation against American Atlantic coast fisheries. Manchester Guardian’s View. London, Sept. 7, 10:20 a. menting on amendment revenue bill the, States senate Tuesday night, empow- m.—Com- the to the passed by ering the president to retaliate against interference with American commerce, the Manchester Guardian says although those who see in it no more than a flourish having a special virtue on the eve of election may be right, “nevertheless we should do well to note two things: Tirst—these reprisals are directed against the allies and primarily against oursclves. “Second—they America.” The Guardian erally realized sentiment h are popular in says it is not gen- here how strong been aroused through- out the United States by the blacklist policy and interference with and asks “if the foreign office is con- vinced these practices of ours are so useful as to counterbalance the weak- ening of American svmpathy involve, that they cannot fied to meet Ameri tions ir ng they for or be modi- so as i objec- 1Ny Ives tilities withont have ¥ may ours TRAILING TRAIN BANDITS Fosses Pursue Six Masked Robbers Who Make Unsucessful Attempt to Blow Safe on Golden State Limited. Douglas, Ariz., Sept. 7.—Six masked tandits, who last night held up the Golden State Limlted of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, near Apache, forty miles east of Douglas, carly today were being trailed by a sherlff's posse, organized immediate- iy after the hold-up. 10bbery was a complete failure, The bandits after six attempts to Tlow open the safe of the express car, abandaned the job and disappeared on cow ponies. The passengers were not molested. One shot was fired at the mail clerk, as he clostd the door and locked himself in the car. Two of the robbers boarded the tender at Apache, covered the engine crew with revolvers, and after the first three were detached, were joined b companions waiting at a camp nearby. cars four fire aid, he was ready to face any enemy. Call’s Rumania’s Entrance Into War “Perfidious Act” and Admits Bucharest Duped Central Powers By Joining With Entente Allies. Budapest, Sept. 5, Via Berlin, Sept. 7 p. m., Via Landon, Sept. 7, 7:20 m.—An attempt at yesterda) of the Hungarian parliament by the opposition party to shake Premier Tisza’s position failed in spite of the extremes to which the cpponents of the gavernment resorted. Count Tisza had begun an address in | the house on the advent of Rumania into the war when the party of the extreme left interrupted with shouts ¢ derision and demand that he re- sign. “You allaw yourself to be fooled by Rumania!” “You don’t be- long in the minister's chairl” *“We have no use for a helpless govern- ment!” “Why was Transylvania not fortified?” “You are wrecking the country!” and many other exclama- tions or denunciation were hurled at the premier. The speaker rang the bell for order, 6, 7 a session Premier Tisza meanwhile surveying TISZA STANDS FIRM IN FACE OF ABUSE IN HUNGARIAN DIET kis opponents and continuing his speech whenever the tumult had suffi- clently subsided. When the left had finally exhausted itself the govern- ment party gave Count Tisza a thun- derous ovation, The premier explained to the house tLat the government had done its best in Transylvania militarily, having, however, put trust in statements made by the Rumanian government, whose troops, he said, crossed the border be- fore the declaration of war w handed to the government in Vienna Count Tisza reviewed the relations 0f the dual monarchy with Rumaniz which he said had been terminat by Bucharest. “by a perfidiou Rumania’s conduct not only f ts but the diplomatic and militar circles af our allies as well,” the pre- mier declared. Toward the end of the sessions Ceunts Apponyi, Andrassy and Ki- rolki, the leaders of the opposition, tcok up the question af declaration of war, denouncing the conduct of the Rumanian government as ‘“perfidious and treacherous,” but insisting that Premier Tisza's govern- ment failed to take the necessary pr csutions and demanded its dissolu- tion. The end of the session left the op- position sthll clamorous and dissatis fied, so that a new adjournment of the Hungarian diet is not improbable, United that | | | mails, | they ! i | The attempted | | better | The f Rumania's | x | institutions are located, STEPHENS-ASHURST BILL NOT ENDORSED State F. of L. Hears Criticism of Hartford Manufacturers NOT FRIENDLY TO UNIONS Convention Favors Appropriation by | Legislature of $100,000 to Fight Tuberculosis and Repeal of Statute Against Intimidation. Hartford, Sept. 7.—John F. Gun- shenan. former tuberculosis commis- sloner was accorded the privilege of | the floor at the opening of the Connec- ticut Federation of Labor convention Gunshanan, referring to a resolution introduced Wednesday, calling for more beds for patients in the state tuberculosis sanatoria, said he thought the resolution should be amended to ask for a new sana- torium in Litchfield County, among the Litchfield Hill Shortly afterwards, the resolution committee reported favorably upon | the original resolution, and the report | was accepted. James T. Manee of Hartford, speaking with special privi- lege for the resolution, thought the federation should see to it that its leg- islation committee ask for and use every influence to obtain from the general assembly a special appropri- ation of $100,000 to be directed toward fighting the tuberculosis plague in the state. “There are, today, in Connecticut,” said Mr. Manee, “‘as many as 300 pa- tients waiting for beds in the proper sanatoria. We don’t care where the we want the sick workmen and women of the state cured.” Stephens-Ashurst Bill Disapproved: Although the resolutions committee reported favorably upon the resolu- tion calling for the federation’s ap- proval of the proposed Stephens- Ashurst bill against unfair competi- tion, Delegate Connell of Meriden was | on his feet in an instant. “I object,”” insisted Mr. Connell. “That bill is backed by non-union | manufacturers, who won't recognize the unions, and the big merchants’ and manufacture associations. It pro- | hibits a 1 merchant selling so- called standard trade mark goods.at | a low price, making a nominal profit, | because the manufacturers want it | sold at a higher pric It has the en- | of the Manufacturers’ As- of Do you think tnizations and these men are help the workin the > The only friend who end of the bill is and it is not because he fair to labor that he favors the bill. The manufacturers have a lobby working to cram it through down in Washing- ton. And they want to use this state federation to help them do it.” The resolution Was lost. The federation went on record as in favor of the repeal of chapter 1296 of the state laws against intimi- dation. Endorse New York Car Strike. The federation voted to send the | following telegram to the New York Street, Railway employes, who went out on strike, toduy: “We extend our best wishgs for success and pledge our mors support in your fight for conditions and lving wages.” ge, signed by President Stremlau, was at once forwarded to W. B. Fitzgerald, New York organizer | for the striker: A number of resolutions were re- ferred back to commiitees for rev sion, among them being the resolution | condemning members of congr from Connecticut for voting against | measures beneficial to organized labor. | Resolution calling for the endorse- | ment of the national eight hour d 1 providing for a bill to reduce the| | | dorsement sociation these ors to union out “men and labor Mr. is of mes car fares of working people while on | their way to work, governing ventila- tion in polishing rooms, providing for | an enactment to prohibit any manu- facturer from employing any boy un- der the age of eighteen or any fe- male as a buffer and condemning the National Association of Band Instru- ment Manufacturers for their unfair stand against organized labor, were unanimously accepted, 500 FIRE IN MIDDLETOWN, Ten Thousand Bushels of Corn stroyed by Water. Middletown, Sept. 7.—Damage esti- | mated at about $3,500 resulted from | fire today in the grain elevator of Meech & Stoddard of this city The fire was caused by an overheated pul- ley bearing in the elevator shaft and W extinguished by the sprinkler vstem. The damage w some 10,000 bushe quantity of The los De- s chisfly by water. of corn as well reed being water is covered by insur- as a soaked. ince. AN Sept. PRWE Rotterdam, 1:06 p. m.—The steamer Rilda has been sunk. The were saved. The Rilda was of tons gross and was built at Pres- | in 1833, London small Norweglan ) VA crew 313 ton e ) Hartford, ept. T.—Tor Havtford and vicinity: Con- tinued unsettled, probably showers tonight and Friday. Warmer tonight. e ¢ Tells Beverly, | here today | law WAR DEPT. ORDERS 15,000 GUARDSMEN MUSTERED O STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS HURL !Organizations Orde MISSILES ONTO ‘L’ TRAINS HUGHES RAPS R. R. MEN i | Ho | Mass.,, Audience ‘Would Not Have Submitted to “Rule of Force” Or Been Dictated To. Beverly, M ept. 7—North Shore residents turned out in large numbers | to greet Charles E, Hughes, who made a brief stop here on his way to New Hampshire, and Maine. Mr. Hughes made a short address from the rear platform of his private car. In his speech Mr. Hughes again | assailed the “rule of force.” “We are all together, and must | share in the prosperity of the country on a just and fair basis if we are to have an enduring stability and prosperity,” he said. “But underlying all that is the necessity of having the reign of rea- son in this country. “If I were the exccutive United States I would not yield to force exerted by capital or labor or any one in this country, short of a | fair examination of the facts and a knowledge of what the case actually demanded. Labor least of all can af- ford to surrender the rule of reason. We have in this country opportunity for fair and free discussion, for in- telligent action by the representatives of the people. “This country must never the rule of force. It must never know legislation under oppression. I am opposed to that. 1 am opposed to everything which pertains to the exer- cise of arbitrary power by any one. That is the strength of our institutions, Show me the way and 1 will follow it. “T desire the peaceful settlement of all grievances in this country; the reasonable consideration of the ne- cessities of each case. We must never permit any of the processes of gov- ernment to he surrendered to the dictates-of any power. That is the | path of disaster. We might as well | give up our democratic government | if we are not ruled by reason, if we | yield to force. There I part company with any who make demands in ad- ce of the knowledge of the justice that are made. of the know of the demands Attack Be . Hughes, in an referred to the Adamson “not as an eight hour day law, but a wage law' and declared that fallure of peaceful settlement of in- dustrial disputes w but “another step from the abdication govern- ment itself.” Mr. Hughes spoke against the roar of the tide from the ocean. His audience, standing on the beach ap- plauded him loudly. “We cannot afford to surrender what we have won for our institutions in this country,” the nominee said. “What have we won? We have won the right to free discussion, a free pre: a democratic form of govern- ment, free assemblage, free legis ures and an executive chosen by the people. We have left autocracy. We have left tyranny, we have left force. They shall not come back if we can prevent it. “We have recently scen what I re- gard very deplorable surrender of that principle. I am for the ar- bitration of industrial disputes. That is in the interests of labor. Lahor cannot afford to surrender that prin- ciple. “We have recently had. the pro- | posal of the executive, an act passed by congre confessedly in ignorance of the facts, confessedly in ignorance of what J“St)\'e'd&mnnds. It is not an elght hour 4 day law. It is a wage law and nobody knew whether | it was just or not. ow I am for justice in every- | thing, but I propose that in all we do we shall investigate first and then legislate. Our methods in this coun- try are of priceless importance to us because they are methods which con- serve our peace. It is only one step from peac ul settlement of such dis- putes to the denunciation of our courts and all the machinery of peaceful settlement, 1t is only an- other step to the abdication of gov- ernment itself.” Continues b Charles in mpshire. pt 7. addre npton B. ch, | of HART—RUSSEL| Popular Local Young Couple Married September 27. Cards were issued ing the wedding of Donald Richards Hart, son of Mr. and M George P. Hart of e street, and Miss Elise Rockwell scll, daughter of Mr. Mrs. 1 11, of 47 Grove Hill. The ceremony will be performed at St. Mark's Episcopal church Wed- September 27, at 4 o'clock by | Rev. Harry 1. Bodley, the pastor. | After the ceremony, a receptign | will be held at the home of the | bride’s parents. to Be today announc- BRITISH STEAMER SUNK. Plymouth, Sept. 7, 2:50 p, British steamship Torridge tons gross has heen sunk members of the crew have heen land- ed. No news has been received of 1 | i m.—The | of 5,036 | Nineteen | | in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Stones and Bottles Thrown from Roofs in New York— 18,000 Employes Affected By Walkout—Million Peo- ple May Be Kept from Work. New Yorlk, Sept. 7.—A million more residents of New York left their homes this morning not knowing Whether they would ride to work or walk. The first test of the strike de- clared last night by the union em- ployes of the elevated and subway railways came with the merning rush hour on these main arteries of travel between the two ends of Manhattan Island. If the carmen can carry out thelr threats to halt surface as well as subway and elevated traffic, New York faces the biggest and most vita] strike in its history. The geographical for- mation of Manhattan Island—long and narrow—the wide distribution of population of the greater city and the concentration of the business, make New York peculiarly susceptible to any interruption of street car traffic. Whep the workers of the city start- ed for their places of emplayment to- day, the Amalgamated Assaciation of Street and Electric Railway Employes, which is conductipg the strike, had been unable to tie up the subway and elevated lines but had succeeded in crippling some of the most important surface lines. With the aid of Mear- 1y 3,000 strike breakers and under po- | lice protection, the Interborough Rap- : id Transit Company was running its subway and “L" trains almost on nor- mal schedules. The strike of the In- terborough emploves has spread, how- ever, to the carmen of the New York Railways Company, which operates all but two of the important surface lines or Bronx. Lines in Broadway, in the | system of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, are thus far at peace. 18,000 Employes Affected. Approximately 18,000 employes are affected. The immediate cause of the strike is fhe refusal of the Interbor- ough company to release the men from an agreement to seek no further improvement in working conditions for a period of two years after the advance in pay which the men ceived last month. Behind these de- mands, however, is a contest over the unionization of the street car workers of the city, among whom the Amaiga- mated ‘Association has gained a strong footing only during the last few months. The union employes of the horough Company voted to strike at 9:30 o'clock last night and several thousand union men immediately scat- tered through the city to - over all street car employes to Little jeffect from the st ticeable during the night. vated train was pelted with bricks, the passengers were taken off and the train gent back empty to the terminal with a few broken windows. About midnight several hundred men, many of whom wore the union button, crowded into the subway at the Grand Central Railroad station and induced all the ticket choppers and platform guards to leave their jobs. The company quickly filled their places. 5,000 Policemen for Strike Duty. In response to the railway pany’s appeal for protection 5,000 po- licemen were released from patrol duty today and made available for strike duty. Two or three patrolmen were placed on guard at every sub- way and elevated station and two rode on every train. For the protection of motormen heavy wire screens were nailed to the exposed sides of the car vestibules. The traction chiefs they re- Inter- their e was no- One ele- cause. com- r i f declared that could maintain service on the subway and elevated lines but ex- pressed fear that police protection would not be adeguate to enable them to keep the regular number of sur- face cars running. As a precaution all the cars on the Twenty-third Street cross town line were sent to the barn at midnight, but were sent out ag: under police guard at 6 o'clock this morning The public service commission started a general investigation of the strike and subpoenaed the president | f and general manager of the Interbor- ough Company and officers of the em- ployes' unions to appear before the commission this morning Several instances of elevated trains being bombarded with stones and bot- tles thrown from roofs were reported to the police shortly Police 1 Y disorder, chased t W Hesl| b t ¥ v t s before 9 o'clock. | ¢ . entered the buildings and from the roofs gangs of men said to have been seen carrying mis- s At 9 o'clock the ported that express were running on normal schedule on both subway and elevated lines and with but few changes from the regu- lar crews, t 9 i Interborough re- and local trains | © r t (he other sailors making up the crew. guardsmen 1emaining on stay there for the present. Turkish Positions Near Suez ently with good results. L Britain's vention Governor | Southington was apparently desire| gates and fourth 28 deaths, 391 From Border Wi Railroad Stri Threatened Are Quit Federal Servi YALE BATTERIES COME TO NIA Troops Affected Are Located in Maryland, O York, New dJersey, nois, Missouri, California, Washington and Loulsiana—H teenth New York to be Held Para-Typhoid Disappears. The N the bg ‘Washington, Sept. The war department official nouncement was made in the fol ing statement: “The secretary of war directs all the organizations of the Natf Guard in the federal service re ordered from the border to thel! spective mobilization camps be tere out of of the federal servig soon as practicable and returnd the normal status of National Gj troops except in the case of the M teenth New York regiment, whid held in service at Iits mobiliz camp pending the prevalence in regiment of para-typhold, “As soon as it can be safely this musf out. precaution should taken with any other organizatio turning from the border suffs regiment also will be Similar | from any infection or which is suspicion of being infected.” The troops affected are three ments from New York, two from Jersey, one from Maryland, two Illinois, two from Missouri, one California, one from Oregon, from Washington and one Louisiana. These units compri the aggregate about 15,000 Nati Guardsmen. f The plan for the mustering o the regiments will be executed Wi the various departmental commi ers within whose jurisdictions organizations are placed. In instances where there is no reasol hold them becauvse of disaase in ing, the mustering out will be immediately. It is expected that all the org tions except ‘he Fourteenth York will be mustered out as 00! the necessary routine is conelud The Yale Battery, mobilized Tobyhanna, Pa., was ordered to Nj tic, Conn., where it will be musts out. BRITISH ATR RAID. o Under Fire. London, Sept. 7, 1:47 p. m—A by British aeroplanes on Turkish p El Arish, the Sinal tions at in !insn]a. 90 miles east of the Suez C: is reported in the following off statement given out here today: “On Tuesday two of our aerop; raided the Turkish aerodrome aeroplane repair section at Bl Al Twelve hombs were dropped, app Enemy & planes attacked our machines but not close in, only opening fire at Id They ultimately gave up Our machines returned und range. ight. aged.” HOLCOMB SATISFACTORY, Jocal Republican Delegates Ple With Outcome of Convention. republicans, including delegates to the state | New Haven today, exp thoroughly satisfi he renomination H. Holcomb TLocal in hemselves with the outcome. Marcus as for Heal man was Haven del When, who first shouted The Windsor Locks irst choice of the New Holcomb second e apparent that the tide i in Holcomb's favor after § ballot they went with it. »ublicans here are all pleased with work of the convention and figure i he nominations are the strongest thi have been made nany pecar urned ould MORE PARALYSIS IN NEW YO! w York, Sept. 7.—The health & horities today reported another sligl infantile paraly There were ncrease in the pidemic in this city. hew cases, 8 more than yesterday an against 22 yesterday. of cases to date is 2,076, number and of deaths otal