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_‘ch will be mighty well pleased if you get one of our Summer suits. They are made in such a manner, and of such materials, as to give the most comfort as well as style. Coats are skeleton or quarter lined ahd cut to fit, loose and comfortable. Blues, grays, tans, and mixtures as ‘well as plain Palm Beaches. Summer suits $12 to $24. Summer underwear and shirts. NEW BRITAIN, CONN. TROOPS GUARD FINN 1 PARLIAMENT HOUSE v Russian Soldiers Prevent Reassemb- ling of Diet—Maximalists Expect to Engineer New Revolt. Helsingfors, Finland, Aug. 29.— Russian troops occupied the parlia- ment building at an early hour to- day to prevent the reassembling of thE diet in defiance of the decision of the Russian government. The city is calm. The Helsingfors council of workmens “and soldiers deputies has ordered the crews of warships to re- turn to their vessels. Copenhagen, Aug. 30.—Another at- tempt at revolt by the Maximalist faotdon in Russia which will bring them into power is prophezied by M. Kirkoff, a Bulgarian socialist, in an interview in the Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin. Kirkoff returned recently to Berlin from Stockholm where he had been associated closely with Russian Maximalists there. The revolt he says, will begin from Kronstadt which, as well as the Russian fleet in the Baltic, is under the influence Nikolai Lenine and his adherents. Petrograd, Aug. 30.—After the de- struction by fire yesterday of an im- portant factory in the Ochtd quarter fire started in another great estab- lishment. The damage is estimated at several million rubles. It is sus- pecved that the fires were started de- liberately. ITALIANS REPULSE ATTACKS Austrians Unable to Regain Lost Ter- Rgory and Cadorna’s Men Improve Positions—Russians Leave Positions. Rome, Aug. 30.—Austrian counter attacks in force were made yesterday against the new positions on the front above Gorizia the war office reports. Everywhere the Austrians ‘were driven back and at some points the Italians made further gains. Petrograd, Aug. 30.—A large pro- | portion of two Russian regiments in the Fokshani region on the Rumanian front l&ft their trenches and retired yesterday, says today's war offico statement. The dispersal of one of the regiments followed and measures have been taken, it is stated, to re- stord the positions affected in the battle now in progress. Paris, Aug. 30.—German attacks on the Verdun front last night were com- pletely repulsed the war office an- nounces. The French entered German posi tions in the Champagne taking prison- ers.gnd a machine gun. London, Aug. 30.—“The enemy ar- tillery was active during the night in the Nieuport sector,” says today’'s war office statement. rhe weather was stormy and wet.” Berlin, via London, Aug. 30.—On the southern Rumanian front - terday, the Russians were ejected from Trechti and pressed back over the heights beyond the village in the direction of the Suchitza valley, says today's official report from the east- ern front. TRAIN KILLS Runs Down at ade Abeérdeen, Md., Aug. 30.—Seven men ri- were killed and two others were s ously injured at a Pennsylvania 1- road crossing near here today. The dead men were tomato pickers riding to work in a w m which was run down by a train. Réchmond, Aug. 30.—Overton How- ard, ‘a prominent lawyer ,his brother, Thomas P. Howard, a federal examiner, and their brother-in-law, a Mr.. Baghy, were killed today when their automobile was struck by an slectric car near Ashland, bank JAPS T0 ASK L. 70 JOIN BIG FOUR Will Be Invited to Aid in Loan- ing Funds to China ‘Washington, Aug. 30.—The Jap- anese mission is prepared to invite the United States to become a mem- ber of the present four-power group— Great Britain, France, Russia and Japan—to loan China funds for po- litical purposes. A joint plan by Japan and the United States is said to be unsatis- factory to Japan, and it was not be- lieved in Japanese circles that Great Britain and France would assent to the United States making a separate loan. These was no question of Jap- anese opposition. .Whether the state department will consider favorably an invitation to join the loan group is problematical. Japan desires to promote an entente with this country respecting China. Next to China, the two most im- portant subjects to be discussed at the conferences from the Japanese ships for Allied use and a supply of American steel for munition and ship- building in Japan. Japan is expected to represent to America that all the ships she now possesses are needed for carrying on her own commerce and business as- sociated with the war, and that the number of vessels she can assign to the Allies may be best determined by the quantity of steel Japan may ob- tain in America for shipbuilding. It is the Japanese view that China will be of comparatively little assist- ance to the Allies on the firing lines. The greatest advantage the Allies will obtain, it was asserted, will be in stamping out German conspiracies in China. China is.supplying large numbers of laborers to France, but this move- ment was going on before China en- tered the war. China, in fact, is ex- pected to reap more benefits than the allies by joining them. She will re- ceive, if she desires it, immediate co- operation, in developing and training an army and building a navy. Money however, will be required in ample sum to make possible these measures. But, according to a Japanese author- ity, unless the United States should enter the loan agreement between the powers and China, America would be excluded from the privilege of giving China assistance. Japan feels, it was said, that the Japanese better understand the Chi- nese character and people, and are, therefore, better able to instruct the Chinese soldiers, and may insist up- on being permitted to assume the major responsibility in this regard. GOVT. COST FOR COPPER. Washington, Aug. 30.—Announce- ment soon of the copper prices to be fixed by the government was fore- cast today by a conference of John B. Ryan of the Amalgamated Copper company and Bernard Baruch, with the federal trade commission, which has completed its study of costs. The price is expected to be fixed between 20 and 22 1-2 cents per pound. G. O. P. DROPS OPPOSITION. Washington, Aug. "30.—Republican opposition to administration plans for quick passage of the new war bond and certificate bill and the sol- diers’ and sailors’ insurance bill forced a house agreement today which will delay a vote on that meas- ure. ASSAULTS GARBAGE COLLECTOR. Woodbridge, Aug. 30.—Charles Clark, arrested on the charge of as- saulting and robbing Ignace Kosav, the garbage collector of Ansonia, yes- terday was before Justice of Peace Peck today and pleading not guilty was held for the superior court at New Haven in $1,000 bonds. Kovas was in court with his head bandaged and showing many marks of a drubbing probably received from Clark and another man, the latter still being at large. UNIFORMED MAN STEALS AUTO. Danbury, Aug. 30.—Wearing the uniform of the Royal Fying Corps of Canada, a man giving the name of E. L. Pattrick was arraigned in the city court here today on a chrge of steling an automobile. He is al- leged .to have taken a car from this city and driven it to Bridgeport, where he abandoned it. His case was continued until tomorrow. g DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Infant Son Dies. The three and one-half-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wells of Pleasant street died last night after a short illness. John W. Facey. John W. Facey, Jr., aged one year and two months, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Facey of 157 Smalley street died tod at the Hartford hospital. The funeral will be held at 4 o'colck tomorrow afternoon, with Rector Har- ry 1 Bodley of St. Mark's church of- ?Cia(ing‘. Burial will be in Fairview | €emetery. ] Bunice Nellic Wells. Eunice Nellie Wells, aged three and | one-half months, daughter of Mr. and | Mrs. Percy Wells died last evening. | The funeral will be held from 101 | pleasant street at 2 o’clock tomorrow | afternoon. Burial will be in Fairview | cemetery. Josephine Dorsey. I Josephine Dorssy, orie of twina bom |to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dorsey of 50 Edgewood street, Hartford, form- | erly of this city, died last evening. | The funeral will be held tomorrow | afternoon and burial will be in the [ucw Catholic cemetery. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917. City Items Men’s new fall caps at Roseben’s.— advt. The rainfall recorded last evening at Shuttle Meadpw was 1.62 inches. Rev. Willlam J. Corliss, S. J., has returned o Boston College after paying a visit to his mocther, Mrs. Michael Corliss of Summer street. Herman Vogel's will has been filled in the probate court. He named Auguste Vogel executrix and leaves all his property to his daughter and wife. A building permit was granted to the New Britain Builders Co. to con- struct a one fan.ly frame dwelling for John Syencko on Broad street to cost about $2,000. Parkerhouse roll Hallinan’s.—advt. The condition of Ernest Nyquist of City avenue, who accidentally shot himself on Monday evening, was re- ported favorable this afternoon at the hospital. An operation performed on Nyquist failed to locate the bullet. The Emmeanuel Gospel church will hold a farewell meeting this evening for Michael Maletta who will leave for Chicago tomorrow where he will attend the Moody Bible Institute. A son was born at the New Brit- ain General hospital this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Alling of Plainville. The matter of devising a system for pensioning firemen without using all the money now in the pension fund will be taken up at a joint meeting of the corporation counsel, the city treasurer, the ordinance committee of the common council and the board of fire commissioners, tomorrow even- ing. Rev. E. T. Thienes, former direc- tor of religious education at the First Congregational church and head scout master, will be the guest of stout- masters and their assistints at a sup- per this evening at Sunset Rock. Boys’ new all caps at Roseben’s.— advt. John Naunezik of this city has been sued for $100 by Frank Juchiewicz of Plainville. The writ was. served by Constable Fred Winkle. PERSONALS sale Friday at Mrs. G. W. Flint has returned from & two weeks' visit with her son at Niagara Falls, N. Y., Pafll Snyder of Brook street and George Long of South Main street are visiting friends in Farmington. Attorney and Mrs. George W. Klett have returned from a month’'s vaca- tion in Massachusetts. C. B. Rossberg and family of Vine street have returned from the White Mountains where they spent their vacation. has at of Vine street spent Louls returned from Norfolk. Cranley a vacation John Carroll of Millers Falls, Mass., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Moran of Linwood street. 3 e Dr. C. E. Swain and family returned from ort Beach. Charles T. Nowland of East street has returned after a visit spent in East Hampton. have the is Fred Andrus, yoeman with Naval Reserves at New Haven, home on a short furlough. Mrs. G. W. Barnes of 415 Stanley street is spendng two weeks with rel- atives in Bangor, Me. Mrs. Harvey A. Wooster and daugh- ter, Emola, of Columbia, Mo, are visiting with Mr, and Mrs. George W. Ward of Andrews street. The Misses Alice Zwick and Agnes Hall of this city and Bernadine Dur- kin of Waterbury have returned from a trip to Atlantic City. M!r. and Mrs. V. G. Merrill and twin daughters, of Elmhurst, N, Y., are the guests of Mrs. Walter Calor of Forest- ville avenue. WEDDED FIFTY YEARS. Former Councilman and Mrs. W. H. Roden Observe Anniversary. Today marks the 50th milestone in the married life of former Council- man and Mrs. Willis H. Roden of 562 Stanley street. Mr. and Mrs. Roden were married on August 30, 1867, in the town of Plymouth where they made their home for ‘several years before removing to this city. They have resided here for the past 40 vears. They have one daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Jones, of this city. Although no especial observance was made of their golden jubilee, Mr. and Mrs. Roden received numerous congratulatory messages during the day and Mrs. Roden was visited hy her sister, Mrs. Fred S. Stone of New Haven. COMMERCE LAUGHS AT U-BOATS. Pari Aug. 30.—Out of the 920 ships which entered and the 1,013 which cleared from French ports during the week ending Aug. 26, three ships of more than 1,600 tons and one vessel of less than 1,600 tons were sunk by submarines or mines. Four vessels were attacked unsucce | fully by submarines in the same period. NO PRICE SET ON WHEAT. ‘Washington, Aug. 30.—The wheat price fixing committee carried its de- liberations into the third day in an effort to reach an agreement on a far valuation for the 1917 crop. || DANIELS DEFIED BY NAVY LEAGUE HEAD Thompson Does Not Believe: Seére- tary Will Be So Drastic New York, Aug. 30—In a statement made public by Robert M. Thompson, president of the Navy League, he re- plied to the attack of Josephus Dan- iels, secretary of the navy, against the league, in which he directed that ‘“no officer, agent or representatixe of the Navy League will be admitted to any naval station, naval reservation or ship in the navy. The statement of Mr. Thompson, Wwhich was issued to all members of the Navy League, follows:— “Certainly the Navy League has not made the slightest reflection upon the integrity of Secretary Daniels or upon that of any naval officer. What it did was to draw attention to the fact that the Mare Island explosion was the result of a conspiracy and that the in- quiry into this was being blocked. We did this because when such beliefs exist and are untrue they should be publicly and authoritatively . denied and if true some one should suffer. “When the story of this terrible war comes to be written matters of much less importance than an attack by a cabinet officer upon a great pa- triotic soclety will be carefully in- vestigated, and every fact explaining such a situation will be considered. In order that the true position of the Navy League may be fully understood we will in the October issue of Sea Power pupils in detail all the docu- ments in the case.” In Mr. Thompson's statement he thanks the members and directors of the league for their support and says that “after reading the bulletin of which Mr. Daniel complained, I could find nothing to justify his temper or his attack.” The substance of the bulletin was that a responsible person had charged that the magazine at the Mare Island navy yard had been blown up as the result of a criminal conspiracy and that the investigation was being blocked. “The bulletin pointed out,” contin- ued Mr. Thompson's statement, “that it is clearly proper that investiga- tion into such an occurence as the Mare Island explosion must and should be made secretly and the league real- izes that the mere circumstances that no statements have been made to the press regarding the progress of an in- vestigation does not warrant the as- sumption that no proper investiga- tion is being made. “I have come to Washington to ful- ly investigate the facts and for the first time have seen the bulletin. After reading it and ta advice from a number of citizens, among them loyal party democrats, whose judgment I rely upon, 1 do not be- lieve that any statement made in the bulletin justifies the anger exhibited by Secretary Daniels, or the action he has taken in directing ‘that no officer agent or representitive of the navy league will be admitted to any naval station, naval reservation or ship.’ “The order is sweeping and dras- tie; but clearly Secretary Daniels does not mean what he says. He can- not mean that if Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Darlington, Bishop .Donahue, or Bishop McCormick be called upon to perform the sacred offices of their church at a Naval Station or on board a man of war, that they would be denied the privilege. “He cannot mean that if ex-Pres- ident Roosevelt wished to pay a visit of courtesy to a Naval Station or a man of war, he should be turned back or that if the professional ser- | vice of Judge Alton B. Parker were required to defend an officer or man at a court marshal, he could not serve. *Noy can he mecan that if Mrs. De- wey, president of the Woman's Branch of the Navy League, wished | to visit one of the ships which helped to make her husband famous, she would be refused admission. “ife may mean that T am to be de- | nied the privilege of attending, next June, thé fiftieth anniversary of my graduation at the Naval Academy, but I hereby scrve notice on him that I will attend. “You have in the past cordially supported the management of the Navy League and I believe that we | have justified your support by the work we have justified your support by the work we have done. For some time, for reasons known to himself, Secretary Daniels has been unwilling | to co-operate with the Navy League. | “When we offered to provide a com- | mittee and funds ta look after the de- pendent families of the men who were enlisting in the navy, he refused us the opportunity! “When we offered to donate fifty million dollars of insurance to the men of the navy, without cost to them, he refused to permit them to accept it. “When, in order to secure ca-opera- tion, T and vour executive secretary, Captain W. H. Stanton, offered to re- sign in favor of some one to be se- lected by President Wilson, he de- clined to accent our offer. “He has now demanded my resig- nation because he is displeased with a bulletin which was issued as a mat- ter of routine, without my personal knowledge. “In the meantime, there is one thing for us, as loyal Navy Leaguers, to do, and that is support the administration whole heartedly in the prosecution of war and to do this I pledge my- PITCHFORK PIERCF BRAIN. Danbury, Aug. 30—David Hartwell, six years old son of John Hartwell, a farmer living near New Milford, died in the hospital here last night as the result of a pitchfork wound received yesterday when he was accidentally struck in the head by a fork in the hands of an employe of his father. One of the tines of the fork pene- trated the child’s brain. | the Chamber of Commerce. HARTFORD. Unequaled Values H. 0. P. MEN’S SUITS Reduced to $19.50 Steel and Pig Iron Markets The Iron Age says today: Even with the Government an- nouncement of steel prices known to | be close at hand the market has done | some further readjusting on its own account. Pittsburgh has been chief scene of activity and the busi- ness done has been almost uniform- ly at the expense of prices. In semi-finished steel, the high peaks of two months ago, reached in early delivery transactions, and which were far above the levels of contract steel, have been toppled over on very moderate business, while in steel-making pig iron the reductions amount to $2 on Bessem- er and as much as $4 on basic. Finished material markets have shared little in the decline in Bessem- er and basic iron and billets, chiefly because buylng was so limited, but plates in particular are lower, 8c, Pittsburgh, being now common, rep- resenting a decline of $20 per net ton. The trade is much at sea as to the extent to which the readjustment will go, and is not helped by conflicting advices from Washington as to prices to Allied governments and the public. In the absence of power to enforce a uniform price for three classes of buying, the Admin‘r\tration is represented as turning to thé Sen- ate bill for such control of iron and steel as has been provided for food and fuel Meanwhile sentiment grows in favor of substantially uni- form prices to the Government, Allies and the public provided there is the anthracite type of adjustment rather than that in bituminous coal. If the Government adopts the pro- posal to pay higher prices for finished steel to high-cost nills, pig iron may escape regulation except that due to the ‘expected reduction in coke. No action on coke has been taken, though there are tentative estimates of a $4 price at ovens. Steel manufacturers are watching closely the working out of the export embargo policy, especially as related to British steel exports. With do- mestic steel capacity increasing, the mill ant all the export b ness s consistent with proper care of the Government's needs and are averse to shipping war steel at low prices to Great Britain while that | country is making highly profitable export . shipments of commercial steel. The status of steel makers on ad- visory committees at Wa still waits on the finding of the partment of Justice and legislation may be required to clear up this sit- ution. Meanwhile an important conference between the general steel committee and the War Industries Board is held up. Manufacturers of steel and muni- tions have made efforts to release large numbers of men from the draft and some important plants will suf- fer serious reduction in output if these efforts are not sucsessful. At the same time it is known that very large additions to the Government demands upon the country’s steel ca- pacity will come out as soon as the price-fixing problem is disposed of. At an important meeting with tin plate manufacturers at Washington on August 24 the food adminstratr presented figures indicating a short- age ot about 2,000,000 boxes this vear and a greater shortage in 1918, 1t was decided to limit further the sale of tin plate to packers of non- perishable foods, also to cut down sales to jobbers. The Government is urging the sale of tin plates to can- ners for a year ahead, a practice the makers long ago discontinued and which they are averse to resuming. A further manufacturers’ conference is to be held in Pittsburgh this week. T0 KEEP HIM MR. GERARD Senator Overman Presents Bill Mak- ing It a Penalty For Citizens to Accept Foreign Titles. ‘Washington, Aug. 30.—A bill that would prevent former Gerard from accepting the_ order of the bath with, the honors of a sir knight, recently conferred by King George was introduced today by .Sen- ator Overman and referred to the ju- diciary committee. Tt would prohibit citizens of the TUnited States from accepting any present, emolient, office or title from any king or foreign government un- der penalty of o fine of $10,000 and forfeiture of citizenship. The only prohibition of the kind existing now is constitutonal but it affect only persons holding office. ambassador BAND CONCERT TONIGHT. The Philnarmonic band will give a concert at Walnut Hill Park this eve- i ning under the auspices of the public amusements commission. The affair was originally scheduled for last eve- ning. COMMITTEE MEETING. The citizens committee formulating plans for the farewell demonstration for the soldiers, held a meeting at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the rooms of | the ; o Richte MEMBERS NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. 31 WEST MAIN STREET ........ TEL. 2040. 50 shs Colts Arms 50 shs American Hardware 50 shs Stanley Works , 50 shs Landers, Frary & Clark 50 shs Union Mfg. Co. r&Co.! EW BRITAIN, CONN. Financial —~———— e DEPRESSED MARKET AT SHORT SESSION Rails Break Early and Rest -of List Pursues Wall Street—Changes at the open- ing of today's stock market were limited to irregular gains and re- cession in no case exceeding a frac- tion. Trading was actlve despite the decision of the exchange authorities to suspend business at noon in rec- ognition of the farewell parade &f state troops. A heavier tone development before the end of the first half hours, rails, steels and coppers losing large frac- tlons. General Motors and Texas company fell a point each. Closing—Traders availed them- selyes of the half holiday, to further depress prices. The breaking began with rails which yielded 1 to 3 points and soon spread to steels, coppers, shippings, equipments and various specialties. U. S. Steel broke 3 points and others of that group 2 to 4 points. Texas company suffered an extreme tion furnished by Richter & Co., Electric General 150 9% Goodrich Rub 5% 453 Gt Nor Ore Cetfs. 34% 331 33 Illinois Central ..1003 10014 Inspiration 513% 501 5004 Kansas City so 191 191 19% Kennecott Cop .. 41 40 40% Lack Steel - 821 79y T9% Lehigh Val .. . 613 601 Max Mot com 32% 323 Mex Petrol cee 93% 913 N Y C & Hua 83 811z N Cons 21% 21% NH&HRR 31 Oont & West .. Norf & West Penn R R Peoples Gas ..... Pressed Steel Car . Ray Cons Reading Rep I & S com . So Pac Sor Ryl So Ry ptd Studebaker Texas Oil Union Pac United Fruit Utah Cop U S Rub Co U S Steel Y 8014 9354 263 L119% 1165% Executor or Administrator. CAPITOL $750,000. M. H. WHAPLES, Pres't. decline of 12 points and Industrial | Alcohol 7% Rallies 1 to 4 points | ensued at the end. The close was weak. Sales approximated 350,000 shares. Liberty bonds sold at 99.92 to | 99.96. | New York Stock Exchange quota- members of the New York Stock £x- | change, Represented by E. W. Eddy. | Aug. 30, 1917 High Low Close ! Am Beet Sugar .. 86% 85 85 Alaska Gold ..... 5 5 5 Am Car & Fdy Co. 70 69 691 A Gan A ST . 41% 4015 403 Am Loco ..... 63 6215 62% Am Smelting .... 95% 94 945 Am Sugar J114 112% 112% | Am Tobacco .....198 198 198 Am Tel & Tel ....118% 1175 118% Anaconda Cop 71% 70 ' 70% AT S Fe Ry Co.. 99 —=98% 98% | Baldwin Loco 63 % 603 B & O . 681 68 68 Beth Steel 110% 109% 110% Bute Superior . 27% 267% 27% Canadian Pacific .161 161 161 Central Leather 82 831 Ches & Ohio- .. s 57% 57% Chino Copper ... 52% 523 5214 Chi Mil & St Paul. 66% 66 66 Col F & I 43% 433 Crucible Steel 6814 6914 Del & Hudson 993% 10134 Distillers Sec . 243 253 Brie i 21% 22 Grie’ 1st ptd 323% 3214 {ed to destroying enemy guns than te 45% pend service and seek shiter. % | this purpose, 10022 ' employved large! ' | | | i 251 | in Brussels of the German Chancellor | 863 | Michaelis for the purpose of gather- Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit C A STRONG, RELIABLE CORPORATION organized and qualified through years of efficient, trustworthy service, to act as Conservator, Guardian, Connecticut Trust and Safé Deposit Co. 11918 against Russia. | president only and the request was .117 U S Steel pfd 117 111 ‘Westinghouse L 45 45 ‘Western Union 92% 92% 92 ‘Willys Overland 30 29% 29 LOCAL STOCKS (Furnished by Richter & Co.) American Brass ...... 295 300 American Hosiery 75 90 American Hardware 130 American Silver ... 28 Billings & Spencer 92 Colt’'s Arms Eagle Lock . Aror Landers, Frary & Clark Natlonal Marine Lamp New Britain Machine North & Judd Peck Stow & Wilcox Russell Mfg. Co. Standard Screw Com. Stanley Rule & Level Stanley Works Traut & Hine. Union Mfg. Co. 98 Niles, Bement, Pond C. 150 Scovill Mfg. Co. ...... 570 BERLIN PLANNED WAR IN ‘0 Gen. Michelsson, at Trial of Son homlinoff, Says Russia Was A of Prussians’ Intentions. - . Petrograd, Aug. 30.—Germanyj military preparation was known t the Russian war ministry and it wi also aware that Germny cont plated a declaration of war in 18 and again in 1913 again according testimony given by General Michel sson at the trial of Gen. Soukhomlin) off, former minister of war, for hif] treason. The witness was the mill tary attache of the Russian embass] in Berlin from 1906 to 1911. | swore tht he had reported Germany’| { military activity to the Russlan wa office. The president of the court asked Gen. Michelsson with what powe! Germany proposed to ally herself if The witne asked permission to reply to thi | granted. Object at Verdun Was to Strike ror in Prussian Hearts. Paris, Aug. 30.—The number of ai tillerymen' employed in the recenf operations in the Verdun region wa greater than the number of infantry-| men put into the battle line. - This] surprising fact is explained by the| correspondent of the Temps at Ver- dun as being due to the difficulty of] the gunners’ tasks in addition to the immense number of cannon. Heavy, shells had to be carried to. the guns for hours at a stretch by men who were compelled to wear masks which rendered breathing difficult and obe structed their vision. The corespondent adds that the ob= ject of the artillery now is less directs forcing the German gunners to sus- Tor he says, gas shells are McLEAN WILL CONTE! ENDS. Washington, Aug. 30.—The legal contest over the will of the late John R. MclLean, millionaire newspaper publisher of Washington and Cin- cinnati, was ended today when the local courts granted the petition of Edward B. McLean, his only son, that | Amsterdam, Aug. 30.—The arrival | conditions is reported in a Berlin He received members of council of Flander in information regarding in Belgium telegram. the ARGENTINE TO PAY TLOAN. Buenos Aired, Augz. 30.——Tt is an- nounced that the entine govern- ment will not ask for a renewal of the $11,000,000 American loan which ptember 1 expires on § SURPLUS $750,000 HARTFORD, CONX A~

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