New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 9, 1917, Page 1

BETTER BUSINESS HERALD “ADS” MEAN NEW BRITAIN HERALD! HERALD BEST OF AL LOCAL NEWSPAPE' PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917. —SIXTEEN PAGES. ESTABLISHED 18 WILL PRODUCE NEW WITNESS IN TRIAL Counsel Says Parents Did Not Slay Their Only Daughter THEY MAY BE FREED Seven Year Old Girl is Murdered, Par- ents Are Charged With the Crime, They Declare Their Innocence and Attorney Pleads For Them. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 9.—William R. Scharton, counsel for Joseph and Sarah Ann Wakelin, on trial here for manslaughter in connection with the death of their 7 year old daughter, Loretta, declared in his opening today that he would produce a witness who would reveal the name of the mur- derer and relate in detail the man’s confession as to how the child was killed. This statement, made immediately after the court had denied a motion by the defense to order a verdict of ac- quittal as to Mrs. Wakelin, thrilled the courtroom crowd with the expec- tation of hearing the most sensational testimony presented since the opening of the case ten days ago. Wakelin and his wife, Mr. Scharton said, would go on the stand to make vehement de- nial of the charge. “A witness will go on the stand in this court,” the lawyer said, “and give you the name of the man who confessed to him that he killed Lor- etta Walkelin in the woods near Mel- rose while she was on her way to school. This witness will show through the murderer’s confession that he committed similar crimes at Chicopee and Holyoke, an innocent child in each case being his victim.” The only recent known case of child murder at Chicopee was that for which Francis Ducharme was convict- ed and electrocuted in the state prison on September 11. It was intimated that this testimony might be offered until the Wakelins have been heard. GETITING BIG WAGES. Nothing Out of the Ordinary For ‘Workmen to Receive $70. Bridgeport, Oct. 9.—Good Wwages were in this city before the war; high wages were the rule after hostilities broke out; now an era of extravagant wages seem to have set in, according to C. E. Bilton, president of the Manufecturers’ association. 'Workmen 4n factorles here are getting $50 =a week in a large proportion of cases while $70 and up is not uncommon. All lines of manufacture are hit. Factories are paying sixty cents an hour for almost unskilled men and complaining that they cannot hold them even on those rates after they have learned a little. Street laborers have passed the three dollar a day mark and are now demanding and getting $4. Mercantile establishments and offices report that they are suffer- ing because their employes, male and female, are leaving to go to the fac- tories. The draft and contracts that must be filled on time are held to be mainly responsible for the new condition, help being scarce and employers com- peting for what there is available. ARE UP FOR TRIAD. Charged With Distributing Anti-Draft Literature Among Chicago Youths. Grand Rapids, Oct, 9.—Adolph €ermer of Chicago, national secre- tary of the socialist party, and 12 other persons, among them two clrrgymen and a number of prom- inent local soclalists were to be placed on trial in United States dis- trict court here today on charges of conspiracy to defeat the purposes of the selective draft law. Among the defendants besides Ger- mer are Rev. Daniel Roy Freeman, pastor of a Unitarlan church here; Rev. Klaag Oosterhuis, former pastor of a Unitarian church at Holland, Michigan; Miss Viva [@. TFlaherty, writer and social worker of this city, and Charles G. Taylor, former mem- ber of the local board of education and a member of the socialist party. Most of those to be placed on trial are charged with distribution of anti- draft literature. LETTERS ARE READ. Messages From Socialists Are Heard at the National Convention. Bordeaux, France, Sunday, Oct. 7.— Addresses from American, Italian and Russian socialists were read at to- day’s session of the national conven- tion of the soclalist party. A long telegram was received from Arthur Henderson, the British labor leader and former member of the war coun- cil, who expressed the hope that an inter-allied socialist conference would be held soon. The Internationale, he declared, could not mect during the war. Mr. Henderson affirmed the resolution of the British workers to continue the struggle until a victori- ous peace was achieved. MAKES ANOTHER LOAN. ‘Washington, Oct. 9.—Additional loans of $40,000,000 each to Great Britain and France were made today by the government. With this trans- action the total thus far loaned to the Allies is $2,613,400,000. HALLINAN AWARDED TECH. SCHOLARSHIP Local Man Honored at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for Excel- lency in Studies, Clement Joseph Hallinan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah L. Hallinan of 67 Beaver street, a student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy, Cambridge, Mass., has been | awarded a scholarship in the institu~ ! tion for excellency in all departments | of study. This is his second vear as | a student at M. I T. Mr. Hallinan s a graduate of the New Britaln High school, class of 1915 where he was honored by his election as treasurer. He was also prominent in the athletic activities in the loca] institution. BRITISH ARE PUSHING HUNS FROM BREWERY Also, Sons of France Are Crushing Germans in Belgium. British, Front in France and Bel- gium, Oct. 9.—The British have pushed back the Germans through Poelcapelle and are fighting in the eastern outskirts of the city, about a large brewery. Just north of Brood- seinde at Daisy wood, the Germans held out strongly. The British sur- rounded the wood and hot fighting fol- lowed. Paris, Oct. 9.—French troops on the Belgian front at half past five this morning attacked in conjunction with the British army the German positions south of the forest of Houtholst be- tween Draibank and Weinderdreft. ‘The French official statement this af- ternoon says that the struggle is con- tinuing and is developing favorably for the French arms. Amsterdam, Oct. 9.—Germany and Austria Hungary have agreed to make another offer to the Allies, the Deutsch Tages Zeitung of Berlin says it learns on good authority. The offer will have as its basis no territorial aggrandize- ment, the surrender of Belgium and French ferritory, the reaunciation of positive territorial acquisition for pay- ments in money and no indemnity on either side. HOLDS ANNUAL MEET. Comnecticut and Massachusetts Ad- ventists Hold Session in Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Oct. 9.—When the Rev. Henry Stone of Wallingford called to order the annual conference of the Adventist churcheg of Connecticut and western Massachusetts ‘today, 19 churches were represented. During the business session the reports of the treasurer and secretary were read and approved. The Rev. H. W. Hewitt of Northern Illinois was transferred to the Connecticut conference. Officers will be elected late today. There will be a public meeting tonight and the conference will close tomor- row afternoon. The loyal workers will meet Thurs- day and the Sunday schools will hold their convention on Friday. STORY OF SHIP'S ATTACK. Majoren the Victim of a German Sub- marine on Sept. 3, An Atlantic Port, Oct. 9.—News of the destruction of the Norwegian steamship Majoren by a German sub- marine off the Irish coast on Septem- ber 3 was brought here today by sur- vivors, passengers on a British vessel. The vessel, of 4,300 tons gross, left Philadelphia August 20 with iron for Glasgow. The twenty-elght members of the crew were rescued by a patrol vessel thirty-six hours after they took to small boats. IS TO MODIFY EMBARGO. Washington, Oct. 9.—The fuel ad- ministration is preparing to modify the embargo on coal shipments to Canada as it has been found that Can- ada can be supplied in limited quanti- tles without threatening the supply | now going to the northwest. BRITISH MAKE ATTACK. London, Oct. 9.—The British at- tacked on a wide front northeast and east of Ypres this mornin, the war of- fice announces. COURT UPHOLDS UNION Albany, Oct. 9.—The principle that labor unions have the right to circu- late by letters or publications requests that their members refuse to assist in the construction of buildings in which non-unfon made materials are used, when such circulation is not done maliciously but solely for the bemefit of the unions’ members, was upheld by the court of appeals today. CONCILIATOR McBRIDE HURT. Phoenix, Ariz, Oct. 9.—John Me- Bride, oonuhamr named by Secreta of Labor Wilson to act in the adjust- { ment of labor troubles in Arizona mines, received injuries from a run- away horse in Globe today, and is in a hospital where his condition is re- ported critical. i \ PROSPEROUS LAND | NOW LAID TO WASTE Villages Swept Away by Huge Shells From British Guns DEATH SCENES EVERYWHERE Horrible Sight on Battlefield in Fian- | | ders With Hundreds of German Dead Lying on Ground Since Bat- | tle Commenced Last Thursday. British Front in France and Belgi- um, Oct. 9.—A prosperous farming country before the war, the region east of Ypres is now a desolate waste of large and decp shell craters. It | has been the scene of much bitter and sanguinary fighting, and the artillery fire has done its work. Few sectors of the western front | have been Jaid waste as his this one. Farm buildings and villages have | been swept away by the shells. But a few picces of wall mark where | bulldings once stood. Grass and other green things have disappeared in the turning up by the innumerable ex- ! ploding shells. From Ypres out across the West- hoek bridge and over the site of what once was Zonnebeke, from the scenes of demolition recall the days of the battle of the Somme. More striking than all were the scenes of death on every hand. German dead lay in great numbers over this ground, which had not yet been yet cleared. At many places groups of Germans had been killed as they fought, and they rested as they fell. Shell holes at some places were choked with bodies. The village of Zonnebeke is but a memory. Some shattered walls re- main of the big church and in a few places marks of other public buildings, | but the village as a whole has disap- peared. The German redoubts and pill boxes in the Zonnebeke region mostly had been smashed by shell fire al- though many of them put up a stout resistance. There was one great con- crete and steel redoubt which had Wwithstood the terrific fire to which it had been subjected. Its defenders had been driven out by the infantry in a pitched battle. The redoubt was 80 yards long and about 40 yards wide.' The walls, which were of concrete re- inforced with steel rails were about 5 feet thick. The rcof was made of sheet steel. The building contained 6 large rooms which would hold sev- eral hundred men. The whole coun- try hereabouts was covered with sim- ilarly built defenses of varying the rest INCREASE REVENTES, Absolutely Essential Continue Electric Railways in This Country. to New York, Oct. 9.—Increased reve- nues are absolutely essential to the continuance of the electric railway in- dustry in the country, according to L. 8. Storrs, president of the American Electric Railway association who ad- dressed a conference of the organiza- tion here today. He declared in- creasing expenses, right of way main- tenance and heavier taxation burdens were compelling the owners of trac- tion lines to appeal to public service commissions and through them to the public for an upward revision of tariffs. Charges for transfers and the fix- ing of fare zones are among the sug- gestions offered for increasing reve- nues of the traction companies. Em- ployment of women in place of con- ductors and motormen, declared to have proven satisfactory in Great Bri- tain and Italy was another suggestion made. DESERVES A MEDAL. Man Who Saves Lives of Others Is Now Laid Up. . Springfleld, Mass., Oct. 9.—With four employes of the Fiberloid com- pany already dead as the result of an explosion, or flare, in the mixing room yvesterday ,Frank Kilbride of Holyoke, a foreman, is in a ecritical | condition in his home today because of his efforts to save the victims of the explosion. Two men, John Ko- | ziel and John Druzid, were almost instantly killed, while John Kuppai and Mike Bobovich died in the hos- pital last night. James Pakach is at | his home but is expected to recover. | Kilbride, with his clothes aflame, worked to get out the injured men until forced by his own burns to de- SHE GAVE SIX SONS. shington, Oct. 9.—Prsident Wil- has sent to Mr. and M Rich- McGauran, of Chicago, the follow- g letter congratulating them on the { magnificent record of their family in the service of their country: ““The White House, “Washington, Oct. 4, 1917. “My Dear Mr. and Mrs. McGauran: I have ju learned the very striki and interesting fact that six of your | sons are in the naval and militavy | vice of the government and that | four more sons are i | one or the other | struck me as so g | of patriotic devotion that I cannot | deny myself the pleasure of expre: ing to you personally my admiration. It is delightful to be the representa- tive of people who can do such things. “Cordial and sincerely yours, “WOODROW WILSON.” i the organization. | tary, i Charles H. Brown, RE-ELECTED HEAD OF ORPHAN ASYLUM Rev. G. E. Pihl of This City Again Honored With Presidency of Cromwell Institution. Rev. Gustave E. Pihl, pastor of the ! Swedish Bethany church of this city, H was again honored yesterday at the meeting of the board of directors of REV. G. E. PIHL. the Swedish Orphanage at Cromwell when he was re-elected president of He has served more than ten consecutive years in oflice. Other officers chosen were: Secre- Rev. Valdemar Harold; treasur- er, Rev. A. L. Anderson of South Manchester; financial secretary, Rev. ‘A. E. Elmquist of Cromwell; superin- tendent, Rev. Mr. Mortenson. The annual reports showed that there are at present 72 children being cared rfor, several of whom are local children, who would have been town charges but for the care given them by the orphanage. Three aprlications were received and acepted. CORNERSTONE LAID AT YALE COLLEGE President’s Answer to Pope Is Placed in It, Also Liberty Bond. . New Haven, of Conn., Oct. 9.-—In the e gathering of uni- and municipal officers, presence a lar versity faculty :mbers and alumni the cornerstone of the Memorial Quadrangle was laid today at Yale university at the cor- ner of High and Library streets. The Memorial Quadrangle will be a group of buildings given by Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness as a memorial to her son, Charles W. Harkness, of the class of '83. The group will be a Gothic style, with enough dormi- tories to accommodate the entire Junior and senior classes, and its ac- complishment probably will be the largest single building operation undertaken by any educational insti- tution in this country. The exercises at the cornerstone in- cluded invocation by the Rev. Dr. pastor of the Church of Christ Yale university, the memorial address on Charles W. Harkness, by Horace D. Taft of the class of '83; the placing of the stone by Edward S. Harkness, of the class of '97, brother of Charles W. Hark- ness and the acceptance of the quad- rangle by Arthur T. Hadley, presi- dent of theé Yale. Among the ob- jects placed on the cornerstone was a copy of President Wilson’s reply to Pope Benedict. Another object of contemporary interest that went with i {it was a Liberty Bond poster. A coincidence in the laying of this | cornerstone was the fact that exactly two hundred years ago the first building was started for Yale college on the New Haven campus. Mr. Hadley .in his address, said !that a university is something more | {than a school or a group of schools. | It is a complex of tradition and in- fluences; of sentiments inherited from the past and aspirations reaching out {into the future. TRIPLETS BORN TO WIFE OF CITY ENGINEER HALL N Mrs. William H. Hall, wife of the city engineer, gave birth to triplets late last night at the New Britain General hospital. All the babies are girls and, according to reports from the hospital, are well and strong. Mrs. Hall is also reported to be doing nicely. The aggregate Weight of the babies at birth was 17 pounds, 1t is said that this is the first time in five years that triplets have been born in this city. e WEATHER Hartford, Oct. for Hartford Overcast. tonig 9.—Fore | Forcign Minister Says Country | tine government is | follow the\action of Uruguay in sev- | day. Cooler tonight. e Y U ARGENTINA IS NOT READY FOR BREAK . Will Sever Gonnectlons [T Sufii- cient Canse Arises URUGUAY IS RUFFLED! Make Impossible Attack on Soil—Statement Causes Surprise in Diplomatic Circles. Buenos Aires, Oct. 9.—The Argen- not prepared to ering diplomatic relations with Ger- many, according to Foreign Minister Pueyrredon. Argentina has not pledged her neutrality, the foreign { minister added, but is attempting to safeguard her own interests. Rela- tions with Germany will be broken if sufficient cause arises, but as long as Germany recognizes the Argentine | flag and respects the nation and the no | people there probably break. Much surprise has been occasioned in political circles here by the follow- ing tement said to have been made by the foreign minister of Uruguay in urging the Uruguayan congress to break off relations with Germany: “Uruguay, as a small nation between two great fires, must seeK a balance ef force to resist the possible hege- mony of Argentina, with which nation we still have questions which are not sotilnd definitely. This balance con- &ste in bringing closer together Brazil and the states of our connection with the grent states of the present con- filct so that it will make impossible an attack on Uruguayan sovereignty without an immediate reverberation.” Tho unset:ied questions between Uruguay and Argentina concorns the river Plate. Argentina claims that the river belongs to her while Uruguay insiats that she owns one-half. The dispute involves the leadership of the important island of Martin Garica, now held by Argentina. will be COLORED MEN CALLED. Twenty-four Labor Companics Com- posed of Negroes Ordered Organized. Washington, Oct. 9.—Army orders today authorized immediate organiza- tion of 24 labor companies ‘by vol- untary enrollment of conscripted colored men after their mobilization,” or, if sufficient men are not obtained in-this Way by voluntary efilistment of negroes. lach company officers, a captain, and a second 1 will have four white two first lieutenants utenant, and 200 en- listed men. Negro non-commissioned officers will be obtained by transfer- ring qualified men from the ninth and tenth cavalry and the 24th and 25th infantry of the regular army. BANK MAKES LARGE PURCHASE. New York, O:t. 9.—Another $10,- 000,000 subscription early today en- couraged the Liberty I.oan campaign- ers here in their efforts to accumu- late a total of $700,000,000 this week. The subscription was made by the Hanover National bank of this city. The Irving National bank made a subscription of $5,000,000. The war department has enabled soldiers to pay for their subscriptions by deduct- ing from their pay each month. AT THREE DAYS’ SESSIO] Paris, Oct. 9.—The council of the inter-parliamentary commercial con- ference of the Allies began a three days’ sion here today to examine suggestions for economic measures to be submitted to the general inter- parliamentary conference of the Al- lies which is to meet in London. Delegates are present representing Great Britain, France, Belgium, Ttaly, Portugal, Rumania and Serbia. SHE W Torrington, Oct. S DESPONDENT. 9—Mrs. John Dris- coll, 48 vears old. who had been in ill health for several months, com- tted suicide by drowning early to- day. She disappeared from her home in night clothing between 4 ana 5 o'clock ‘and the body was found several hours later in a small pound nearby. WRITPS FROM Mayor Quigley letter today from Hym of this ¢ now with the National Army at Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass. hams savs the men are in good < and that the food is excollent. One of the needs is for sweaters, the Jetter says, and a request is made to the Red Cross to ship some as soon as convenient. NEARLY A MILLION TODAY. Hartford, Oct. "his city’s sub- scription to the Liberty loan was in- creased by nearly a million today when the Phoenix Mutual Life Insur- ance company announced it would take $500,000, the Connecticut General Life $250,000 and the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance and Inspection Co. $200.000. AYER. was in receipt of a 1 L. Abraham 9.— ON TRIAL FOR LIFE. Hartford, Oct. 9.—John De Giorgio of th ty, accused of killing Mrs. Jennie Ciancio on July 21 was put on trial for his life in the criminal court today. A grand jury indicted him for first degree murder two weeks ago. Must | Her | ;WORLD’S SERIES GAME ! PREVENTED BY RAIN LINEMAN REGEIVES Thursday in New York, and Chicago. New York, Oct. 9.—Postponement of the third world series game was | i announced at the national commission | at 12:30 o'clock. The games sched- | | uled for today and tomorrow will be | GLOYE | | E Then at | | i played at the Polo Grounds tomorrow | ind Thursday. Friday's game at Chi- | cago will be moved to Saturday and | in case a sixth game is necessary it ! | Will be played at the Polo Grounds | as originally arranged ‘on Monday, | Octover 15. ! i | FORCES ARETOGOTO | OTHER GANTONMENTS Re-distribution Is Ordered by War Department to Drafted Men. Washington, Oct. 9.—Re-distribu- tlon of the forces in National Army cantonments in the south, middle west and east was' ordered today by the war department in order to fill up three National Guard divisions in southern states to war strength and to provide for the organization of an additional National Army division composed of negro troops. : The Na- tional Guard divisions to be filled up are the Thirtieth, Thirty-first and Thirty-ninth, all composed of troops from the far southern states. Drafted men from the National Army can- tonments at Camp Jackson, Colum- bia, 8. C.,, Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., and Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., will be transferred to fill the gaps. The remaining men at the three camps will be consolidated at ‘Camp Jackson to compose one National Army division. Surplus white men of the drafted army from Camp Devens at Ayer, Mass., Camp Upton at Yap- hank, N. Y., Camp Dix, Wrights- town, N. J, Camp Mead at Annapo- lis Junction, Md., and Camp Lee at Petersburg, Va., will be mobilized at Camp Gordon to form a supplemen- tary Natlonal Army division com- posed entirely of men from the far eastern states. WILY; SUSPEND DUES. “Uhderwritérs’ ~Asséeiation Goes ~ on Record as Doing His Bit. Hartford, Oct. 3.—The Connecticut Life Underwriters Association voted to suspend dues of all members who have entered the military or naval | services of the country during their terms of enlistment at the annual meeting at the city club this after- noon. Officers were elected as follows: President, O. E. Stockder, Hart- ford; vice presidents, Lyman F. Rich, Waterbury, and Elmer Tryon, New Haven; secretary-treasurer, Max Har- stall, Hartford; executive committee, John W. Moore, Bridgeport; L. C. Slayton, New Haven; Lee C. Robes, Hartford; George C. Mullins, Water- bury, and Charles W. Fuller, Shelton. EXPECT ITALIAN DRIVE. Austrian Troops Massing in Large Numbers on Southern Boundary. ‘Washington, Oct. 9.—Officlal de- spatches received today report Aus- trian troops gathering in great force on the southern boundary in anticipa- tion of the renewal of the Italian drive over the Bainsizza plateau. The Italian government is prepar- ing to lay before the allied confer- ence, soon to assemble in Paris, a comparative plan for a great cam- paign against Leibach, regarded as the key to Austrian communications with Croatia and Serbia. TO HOLD CONVENTION. | Democrats to Meet in Bridgeport Oct. 16 to Select Candidate. Bridgeport, Oct. 9.—The democra- tic committee of the fourth congres- sional district at a meeting here to- day decided to hold the democratic convention for the nomination of a successor to the late E. J. Hill on Tuesday, October 16, at noon, in the Staratficld hotel, Bridgeport. JOINS FEDERAL RESERVE. New York, Oct. 9.—The Central Trust company, one of the leading institutions of its kind in the coun- try, announced today it had decided to join the federal reserve bank. SODALITY PROGRAM DATES. The Current Events’ class held un- der the auspices of St. Mary's Sodal- it\' is now being organized. The talks L ¥ by Colonel Burpee were both enjoyable and profitable to many. In view of the good impres- sion that he made last year Mr. Bur- pee has been again’ secured to talk on the following dates: October 24, No- vember 7, December 5 and 19, Janu- ary 2, 16 and 30 and on February 1 and Lectures are to be given in St. Mary's club rooms and the tickets may be secured for the course by either calling at 30 Sumner street or | by telephoning 347-3. | working on, | volts of electricity | Nulty Michael McNuity Also Fails B Feet But May Recover IS BURNED | Accident Occurs on Eim Strcct, Ni Raflvond Crossing—Victim Reta Consclousness While Awaiting 4 rival of Ambulance. Michael McNulty of New York, e| ployed as a lineman by the Westd Union Telegraph company, had miraculous escape from death noon on Elm street, near the ro house of the “New Haven” road, wh he fell from the top of a pole he W after receiving 11 Fellow work rushed to his assistance, the D ambulance was summoned and’ injured man was removed to New Britain General hosp "Throughout the terrible ordeal,: retained consciousness showed remarkable pluck. His 1 hand was burned but at the hospi it was stated this afternoon that a putation was not probable. p McNulty is a member of a travell group of linemen for the Wes Union company and arrived in city today from Middletown. A £ which he wore on the injured haj was completely burned off. To. to his perilous position. McNul when he fell landed within a feet of the railroad tracks and h close call from being struck by | incoming passenger train. Fore Duffy of the crew rushed to McNi assistance as soon as possible.-but some time on account of the belng blocked by a passing traim. f 1] NO TALK OF PEACE. President Wilson Gives yHis Ides Talk About German Autocracy. ‘Washington, Oct. 3.—The league national unity organized here Wi the approbation ‘of President Wil today in preparing an intensiye e paign for the unification of pul opinion in the war. A' consolidaf of the-chief elements of national I religious, political, labor, agricul and industrial, has been effected in] effort to merge American thougnt» a single channel. In a brief speech!at the House yesterday Fresident wx told the leaguers of the moyeus that & reconcilation of the pres diversities of public opinion is n essary—that America must keep mind that hostilities should end when Germany Is defeated and .} autocracy superseded by democral Talk of a premature peace, he | marked, “is abortive to the natig war aims.” ARE SHORT OF FUEL. English Government Seeks Aid This Country in Its Troubles. Washington, Oct. 9.—The Bri government is so much concerned o difficulties in ohtaining fuel for: i navy that it has asked its repre tives here to take up the subject W the American government with a v of obtaining assistance in transp ing supplies. The subject will be discussed conference here tomorrow between § Frederick Black, shipping board navy department officials and Am can oil producers. The shortage of ocean ton is sald, has made the situation British representatives here their government cannot divert mo? tankers for navy uses. The shippin board probably will commandeer number of American tankers for Brif i ish use. —_— LA FOLLETTE CHARGES. ‘Washington, Oct. 9.—Chairm Pomerene of the senate committee vestigating Senator La Follette’s Paul speech, conferred today 3 President Wilson and with Secreta Lansing gathering material for exa ining La Follette's statement former Secretary Bryan haj knowledge of ammunition cargo board the Lusitania when she sall on her last voyage, urged the pre dent to keep Americans off the shif All facts in the state departmenty possession relating to the ship angd hef cargo will be placed before the vestigating committee without serve, Senator Pomerene was assured Mr. Bryan already had denied Senatol La Follette’s statement. 1 STRIKE STILL IN FORCE. Genera] Manager E. G. Hurlburt of the Vulcan Iron Works stated todi that there was no change in t strike situation. The molders ployed by the concern went on strik vesterday and were followed by number of helpers. Others have bee thrown out of work involuntaril through the action of the strikers. 14 has not been intimated whether th company will grant the demands £o increased wages presented by men. GONE TO SPRINGFIE] Oct. 9.—After a succe IIAVE Hartford, ful recruiting campaign in this city 3 | Which it is estimatd about 200 British and Canadian recruits were gained| the officers and men of the Fift Royal Highlanders, better known aa the Black Watch, left here this morn: ing for Springfield.