Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 22, 1915, Page 1

Norwich VOL. LVIL—NO. 146 & NORWICH, CONN.s The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double % TEUTONS DRAWING CLOSE TO LEMBERG ‘Meshes of Austrb-German Forces Are About It On Northern, Western and Southern Fronts GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS ORDERS RETREAT Along the Southern Bank of the Dniester—Continued Pro- gress for the Allies is Reported on the Western Front— Repulses of the Italians Near Preva Are Reported by Vi- enna—Land and Sea Fighting is in Progress in the Region of the Dardanelles—Berlin States That Ger- many’s Note on Submarine Warfare is Being Prepared— Probably Will Reach the United States Some Time Next Week. The Austro-German net seemingly is being drawn closer and closer to Lemberg, the captial of Galicia. Al- ready its meshes are about it on the northern, western and southern fronts and with the Russians almost every- where reported to be in retreat Gen- eral Von Mackensen's promise to re- capture the city before July 1 may be fulfilled. Rawa Ruska, some thirty miles to the northwest, Zolkdew, eighteen miles to the north, and territory along the Skemierek Rivulet, a short distance to the south of Lemberg, all have been occupied by the Teutonic allies, while other forces of the Teutons to the west- ward of the capital are reported to be only nine miles outside the city limit: F rther to the south, along the southern banks of the Dniester, Grand ke Nicholas has ordered the Rus- s to retreat and In the region to the north of Bukowina frontier ward to Bessarabia, Teutons have re- attacks and in- on the Musco- flicted heavy casua! vites. Continued progress for the triple entente allies on the western front is by Paris, although at one rench line was bent under bombardment in which iating projectiles were used. This trenches during the bombardment Paris declares, however, that a count- er-attack enabled the French troops to regain almost the entire extent of their initial positions. Progress on the heights of the Meuse, in Lorraine and in Alsace are claimed by Paris and all the ground taken recently in the sector northfof Arras is declared still to be held by the French despite the heavy artillery bombardment and local infantry at- tacks. Repulses of the Italians near Preva and in the district northwest of Kerm are reported by Vienna, which also tells of bombardments by Austrian warships on Monopol, Bardi and Brin- dis Fighting, both on land and from the sea, is in progress in the Darda- nelles region. An allied battleship has bombarded the Turkish batteries on the Asiatic shore of the waterway, while Turkish batteries have bom- barded artillery columns, an allied transport and infantry position: Berlin reports that the preparation of Germany’s answer to the American government's note concerning Ger- many’s submarine warfare is being prepared. It will be revised by E peror William and probably will reach the United S ome time next weels. The British house of commons has passed the first reading of a bill which was on the western border of the Ar-|when passed, will autho a credit gonne and two companies of French-|up to $5,000,000,000 to Ty on the men were buried in the overt d ! war. SUPREME COURT TO YALE TO COMMEMORATE REVIEW CAMINETTI CASE. REMOVAL TO NEW HAVEN. Reverses Action of a Week Ago on|Historical Pageant in the Bowl on Mann White Slave Case. 200th Anniversary, Oct, 20-22. New Haven, Con: June 21.—The Washington, June 21.—Reversing its vn action of a week ago, the supreme t today decided to review the con- ction of F. Drew Caminetti of San rancisco, facing prison sentence for lation of the white slave law. At the same time it agreed to review the conviction of Maury I Diggs, found guilty with Caminetti in the sensa- tional cases which attracted country- wide attention two years ago. The cases will be the first in which the supreme court has reviewed a white slave law prosecution where it was contended that the law did not apply to prosecutions ywhich failed to show evidence of the element of com- lized vie inetti, son of the commissioner- general of immigration, faces a fine of $1,500 and 18 months' imprisonment in Quentin. Diggs, formerly archi- tect for the state of California, was fined $2,000 and sentenced to two years in prison. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER REOPENED IN SUPREME COURT A New Argument Will Be Heard at Fall Term of Court. Washington, June 21.—The Interna- tional Harvester case, foremost of all the gzovernment's anti-trust prosecu- tions now in the supreme court, was reopened today for a new argument at the fall term beginning in October. Neither the government nor the company had asked for a rehearing; the court's action was a complete sur- prise to attorneys for both sides and was announced without explanation. From precedent and practice it was inferred in some quarters that the court stands very close on the case and desires reargument for its own benefit; or in view of the prime im- portance to the interpretation of the Sherman.law in new lights, a reargu- ment has been ordered in the hope of getting a unanimous_decision. That was the situation in the Standard Ol litigation, where the court, it was as- sumed, sfood very close, and there was only one dissent STAHL HAS ENTERED PLEA OF NOT GUILTY. German Reservest Who Is Alleged to Have Sworn He Saw Guns On the Lusitania, i New York, June 21.—Gustav Stahl. the German reservist who was indict- ed on a charge of perjury a week ago by a federal grand jury, entered a plea of not guilty when arraigned in the Tnited States district court here to- day. The perjury charge Is based on an affidavit In which Stahl is al- leged to have sworn that he saw four guns on the Lusitania when she left this port on April 30. Trial of the case was set for July 12 and in default of $10,000 bail the de- fendant was remanded to the Tombs prison. City Officers Indicted for Extortion. Goshen, Ind, June 21.—Six town- ship and city officers were indicted here today by the grand jury on charges of extortion. Each of the defendants gave bond. The cases will not come up until the fall term of court which;v‘i;l-;op Yale corporation has decided to com- memorate the two hundredth anniver- sary of the removal of Yale college to New Haven on October 20, 2 and 22 next. the important feature to be an historical pageant in the Yale bowl Mason Trowbridge was appointed an assistant professor in the law school and Benjamin S. Winchester educa- tional secretary of the Congregation- al Sunday School Publishing society, to be assistant professor of religious education in the school of religion. At the meeting of the Yale Alumni Advisory board = with thirty-eizht members present, a report was receiv- ed from the committee on the athletic situation which was accepted and the committee continued. The commit- tee of 21 reported that $516,819 had been subscribed for development of the Yale bowl and the athletic facilities centering about it. There were 1.- 477 subscribers to the fund. The committee secured sixty acres of land it owes $200,000 and its land is subject to a mortgage of $29,400. The committee on alumni asso: tions reported that the board was wi ing to approve of a substantial in- crease in tuition charges of the whole or any part of the university what- ever the governing body deems it ad- :sable to make such increase. It al- so recommended that the university estabifh as soon as practicable a course in military instruction. NO TRACE YET OF THE STOLEN JEWELS. Valued st $1,5000 Taken From Pana- ma-Pacific Exposition Saturday Night. San Francisco, June 21.—No trace has been found today of several ancient Egyptian scrabs, diamonds an demer- alds and other rare jewels valued at $15,000, which were stolen from _ the domestlc arts and crafts section of the varied industry palace of the Panama- Pacific exposition Saturday night. The articles were the property of Edzar Percra of New York and had been loaned for exhibition purposes. No clew to the thief or theives has been dis- covered. OBITUARY, Lieut. Colonel John B. Porter, Fort Leavenworth, K: June 21— Lieutenant Colonel John B. Porter, judge advocate general's department, U. S, A, died here today after a short illness, aged 58 years. He was senior instructor in the department of law at_the army service schools here. During the occupation of Vera Cruz by the American forces he was dis- patched to Mexico by the war depart- ment and handled the legal problems arising from the occupation. He was regarded as one of the lead- ing military law authorities of the United States. Wallingford Man Wins Townsend Prize New Haven, Conn., June 21.—At the Yale Law school exercises the winners of the various competitive prizes were mer President Taft was:.one of” -&neakers,” announced. Among the winners are: John F. Collins, Wallingford, Conn., the Townsend prize, and W. W. Gager of Derby, Conn., the Jewell prize. Mr. Collins also won one of the Wayland prizes. The annual dinner of the law school alumni was held tonight. For- the ‘f: of Any Other Paper, Cabled Paragraphs General De Wet Guilty of Treason. Bloemfontein, Union of South Africa, June 21, via London, 6.82 p. m.—Gen- eral Christian De Wet, one of the lead- ers of the South African rebellion against British government, was to- day found gullty of treason on eight counts. Bentence was deferred until ‘tomorrow. Famous Amateur Golfer Killed. Liverpool, June 21, 10.20 p. m.—Cap- tain John Graham, famous as an ama- teur golfer, has been killed at Ypres during a charge against the Germans by the ILiverpool Scottish brigade. Captain Graham last year, playing for the Royal Liverpool Golf club, won the St. George's grand challenge cup at Sandwich. British Subjects Warned Not to Visit Mexico. London, June 21, 8:10 p. m.—The official press bureau today issued the following statement: “In view of the existing state of aairs in Mexico the secretary for foreign affairs (Sir Ed- ward Grey) desires to warn British subjects against visiting that coun- try unless absolutely obliged to do so by imperative necessity.” NO YALE CREW TO GO TO SEATTLE. Dont Want to Lend Themselves to Money-Making Scheme. New London, Conn., June 21.—"“You are safe in saying,” declared a veteran Yale man tonight, “that Yale will not send a crew to the Seattle regatta next month, no matter whether we win or lose here Friday ‘While he declined to allow his name to be used in conmection with the statement, his assurance that Yale will not take part in the regatta planned for the week of July 10 is considered here to be pructically a declination of the invitation tendered the Yale and Har- vard crews to make the trip west. ‘“This is a money-attracting scheme for_the benefit of the city of Seattle, as I understand it,” he said, “and Yale oarsmen will not lend themselves to such a plan.” DESTROYERS EXHIBIT POOR MARKSMANSHIP, Target Screens Show But 22 Clean Hits Out of 189 Shots. San Diego, Calif., June 21.—FExhib- iting the poorest marksmanship the have shown in five years, the destroy- ers Stewart, Perry, Preble, Truxtun and Paul Jones have completed their target practice on the southern drill srounds off the Coronado Islands. An examination of the target screens shows but clean hits out of 189 shots. The firing took place at a range of 1,200 vards with the ripid fire guns, the destroyers steaming at a speed of 18 knots. NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS FOR A FRENCH LOAN $50,000,000 to Assist in Purchase of War Munitions in This Country. New York, June 21.—Negotiations are in progress and may be brought to a favorable conclusion within the next hours for an important loan in country to assist the French gov- ernment in the purchase of war muni- tions here, according to the Evening Post. The loan is being negotiated, stated, by influential in Paris and it private banke is will be sect block of American railway which are now owned in loan may exceed $30,000 sibly run to $75,000,000, BAY STATE STREET RAILWAY WAGES. Arbitration Board’s Decision Decides on Minimum Wage of $2.50 a Day. 00 and pos- is said. Boston, June 21.—Award of a gen- eral increase in salary to approximate- ly 4,000 emploves of the Bay State Street Railway company was announc- ed tonight by the arbitration board which has been considering the griev- ances of the men. Wages of motormen and conductors are advanced to range from 24.5 to 30 cents an hour. Mini- mum wage of $2.25 a day is created for all other emploves and the hours of laber cf this latter class are reduced from 59 to 54 hours weekly without loss of p ay. e LANSING MOST PROBABLE FOR SECRETAY OF STATE. Well Informed Regard His Appoint- ment as Almost a Certainty. Washington, June 21.—President Wil- son was understood tonight to have practically decided on the appointment of Rotert Lansing as secretary of state to succeed William Jennings an. It was said in well informed quarters that while the president had not finally made up his mind a'most a certainty that Mr, coansellor and secretary ad interim of the state department—would be given the portfolio. Movements of Stemships. Genoa, June 17.—Arrived: steamer Principe di Udine, New Yorl Cadiz, June 19.—Arrived: steamer Manue] Calvo, New Yor] Liverpool, June 20.—Arrived: steam- ers Dominion, Philadelphia; St. Louis, New York. Glasgow, June 21. —Arrived: steam- er_Cameronia, New York. Rotterdam, June 21 ailed: steam- er Rotterdam, New York. Bordeaux, June 20.—Sailed, steamer Chicago, New York. Two Railroad Men Killed. New York, June 21.—O. S. Timmons, one of the oldest freight conductors the employ of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com- pany, and Sherman Williams, a de- tective employed by the rallroad, were instantly killed today near Harrison station by the White Mountain ex- press, which struck them while round- ing a curve. Timmons and Williams, riding on e freight train which had come to a halt, had gotten off the train and were walking along the track when struck. Pope Horrified by War. Paris, Junc 21, 440 p. m—La Lib- erce publishes today an interview with Pope Benedict signed by Louis La- tapic, a prominent member of the staff, who ‘wa ssent to Rome for the pur- pese of ascertaining the pope’s views on the various zspocts of the Europ- eun war. Pope Eeunedict is quoted as expressing lorror at some of the de- velopments of the war, but none of the words.of-the-pone.have-to-do. with T Awaiting Strike of Freight Clerks OUTLOOK IS THAT IT WILL BE- COME EFFECTIVE TODAY. ONLY TWO QUESTIONS They Involve the Right of the Com- pany to Classify its Employes— Strike Hour Set at 6 p. m. Today. New Haven, Conn., June 21. — No action on the question of ordering a strie of freight clers on the New Yor, New Haven and Hartford Rallroad was taken this afternoon by the brotherhood committee which has conducted nesotiations with General Manager C. L. Bardo of the company in regard to certain grievances which the clerks in freight houses claim to have had over interpretation of their working agreement. The outlook to- night was that a strike, if called, will not be made effective until some time tomorrow. Forrester Called Away. John J. Forrester, national president of the brotherhood, called away from the meeting and left town, the explanation being that he was required to smooth out trou- ble at certain points. The exact na- ture of this trouble was not stated but explanation was made that some of the clerks have become restive over delay in calling a strike and have been worried over conflicting rumors about the situation. At the clerk’s headquarters here it was stated that no action would be taken until Mr. Forrester returned. He is expected to be in New Haven again in the morn- ng. Strike Committee of Five. The committee which was met to- day was made up of twenty members, one each from the twenty lodges on the system. After discussing the sit- uation it was decided to place the conduct of a strike, should one be ordered, with a_committee of five and the otier members were directed to return to their respective stations to await orders. The recent ballot taken among the clerks showed that 1,600 had voted to invest Mr. Forrester with full pow- er to act. This power of calling a strike has been delegated to the clerks committee and by 4t to the executive, or strike committee. Statement of Clerks Is Probable. If a strike order is issued it prob- ably will be accompanied by a state- vice was ment giving the clerk’s side of the controversy R. Stearns, chairman of the brotherhood committee in the absence of Mr. Forrester tonight, said that no statement would be issued N communication came from Mr. Ba and no word came from the confer- ence of the officers and committees of the Brotherhoods of Engineers, Fire- men, Conductors, Trainmen and Tele- graphers, whose unions are known as > Big Five” on this system, which had been held during the day. Indi- vidual members of the committee hal heard reports that the other confer- ence was endeavoring to have the rail- road officers re-open negotiations as a step towards a peaceful settlement of the trouble. So far as the clerks were concrned, it was stated at head- quarters, the situation remains un- changed tonight. Strie Set For 6 p. m. New York. June 21.—James J. For- rester, national vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, de- clared here tonight that unless the New York, New Haven and Hartford Iroad company accedes to the de- nds of 1ils freight clerks “by six o'clock tomorrow afternoon, there will be a strike.” This statement was made at a meenig of the Harlem River lodge ol the cider. Bostoh Freight Clerks Warned. Boston, June A telegram order- ing the freight clers of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad in this district to “be ready at noon on “Tuesday * received by officers of tonight. It was sent en ard was signed by 3 ormmittee of the Broth- erhood of Railway Freight clerks. Lo- that they had been > noon today, to carry to strike. Further Efforts of Concilator. New Haven, Conn., June 21.—Clinton Reeves, of Newark. N. J, a federal conciliator appointed by Secretary of Labor Wilson, arrived here late to- ht and he said he would confer to- morrow with the railroad management. it is understood that he has a propo. sition from the clerks which he will submit. He declined to give details. PRESIDENT ELLIOTT FAVORS ARBITRATION Of the Two Questions Now In Dispute With the Clerks, New York, June 21—Howard Elliott president of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford Railroad Compa: in a statement tonight dealing w. the demands of the freight clerks of the road, declared that “there are two questions in dispute now with the clerks” and “that in these two partic- ular cases it (the company) is will- ing to arbitrate the questions to be discussed”. The two cases cited in- volve the right of the company ot designate and classify its supervising officers”, according to a statement. Mr. Elliott declared that until this morning he thought success had been met with in the effort to harmonize the differences between the road and the clerks. He said “The company has shown every desire to bring about an adjustment up to the point of abandoning a duty that it owes to the public and to all employes, the duty to make and enforce reasonble rulés of discipline and the duty of selecting, retaining and promoting men to do the work of the company. The president asserted that “the com- pany has suggesteq that all the facts be Iaid before any impartial body for full consideration” and that if, in the face of this, the clerks strike the com- pany will have to fill the places of those who leave and continue to do business “as well as it can under the changed conditions.” Sweden has 300 fron mines and-40 amines-of _ other. metals. “TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1018 —_— e and- Its Total Circulation is PRICE TWO CENTS An Effigy of Governor Slaton 8TRUNG FROM POLE AT MARY PHAGAN'S FORMER HOME. EILI%MENCY FOR FRANK Ma tance of a Half Mile on Each Side of Governor's Home. ial Law is Enforced for a Dis- Atlanta, Ga., June 21.—At 11 o'clock tinight sixty men of Company C, Georgia Naational guard, arrived at Governor Slaton’s country place near the and formed a cordon in front of the e. The governor proclaimed martial law for a distance of half a mile on each side of his home and in- structed Captain Cheren, command- ing the soldiers, to order a crowd of about 700 men and boys in front of the estate to disperse. Effigy Strung to Telegraph Pole. Marietta, Ga. June 21.—Governor Slaton, who today commuted the sen- tence of Leo M. Frank, was hanged in effi; here today. A life sized dum- ¥ Tung up to a telegraph pole bore the inscription “John M. Slaton. Georgia’s traitor governor.” Mary Phagan, the victim of the pencil fac- tory murder, formerly resided here. FRANK’S SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT. Delivered at the State Prison—Known as Convict No. 965. June 21.—Leo M, Frank, entence for the murder of Mary Phagan was commuted to life imprisonment early today by Govern- or Slaton, be; erving his term at the state pi arm in_Milledgeville, a few rours later. He will be known as “Convict No. . Officials secretly took Frank by train and automobile from the Atlan- ta jail to Milledgeville, and soon after- ward Governor Slaton issued a long statement giving his reasons for com- muting the sentnce which was to have Atlanta, Ga. whose death been exccuted tomorrow. Frank was delivered at the state prison at 30 o’clock this morning. ‘When it became kncwn in Atlanta crowds began to ther on downtown street corner W in three hours their demonstratio: had resulted in calling out two thirds of the police force and ap order followed closing all nearby beer saloons and clubs where liquor The could be obtained. overnor went fully into details of why he communted the sentene in his 15,000 word statement He said his decision “may mean that I must live in obscurity the rest of my days, but T would rather be plowing in a field than to feel for the rest of my life that I had that man's blood on my hands.” Frank did not know until a few min- utes before he started on the ride to Milledgeville that he was to leave his cell last nigh His heavy, distinctive eye glasses were removed, he wore a slouch hat and the few persons at the station did not recognize the prisor However, his identity be- nown when the train reached srifin and at Macon he was trans- 1 from the railway coach to an mobile. At the prison today Frank had re- gained the outward calm that had marked his two year fight for life. SUPREME COURT INTERPERTS THE 15TH AMENDMENT. Favors Rights of Negroes to Vote—A Most Important Decision. ‘Waskington, June one of the most sions in its histor 21—In probably important race deci- 7, the supreme court today annulled unconstitutional the Oklahoma constitutional amendemtn and the Annapolis, Mr., voters quali- fication law restricting the suffrage hts of those who could not vote or whose ancestors could not vote prior to the ratification of the fifteenth amendment to the federal constitution, Chief justic White, a native of the south, and a former Confederate sol- cier, announced the court’s decision which was unanimou MINISTER JAMES M. SULLIVAN TEMPERAMENTALLY UNFIT According to Senator Phelan, Who Investigated Charges. Washington, June 21.—James M. Sullivan, American minister to the Do- minican republic, is held to be temper- mentally unfit for his office by the re- port of Senator Phelan, who conducted an investigation into cha Che 108 understood the report, however, finds the minister is not guilty of any illegal or dishonest acts. President Wilson has finisheq reading the report and it will be made public soon. Meanwhile, officials declined to discuss it. MAJOR LUMSDEN OF BRITISH FLYING CORPS KILLED. Was Making a Flight As a Passenger On a Trial Test. London, June 21, 5:43 p. m.—DMajor Lumsden, of the Royal Army Flying Corps, was killed this afternoon while flylng’ over the Brooklands aviation course. Major ‘Harry T. Lumsden was mak- ing a flight as a passenger on a trial test. The aeroplane had reached an altitude of 200 feet when the engine went wrong and the machine dived earthwards and was smashed. Major LanNden was so badly injured that he died in a few hours but the in- Juries of the pilot were not serious. Secretary Daniels s Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Conn,, June 21.—Secre- tary of the Navy Daniels paid a visit to Bridgeport today on board the gov- ernment yacht Dolphin. The secretary and party, landing in a launch, made a tour if inspections of the Lake Tor- pedo Boat company’s plant, where the government bas five submarines build- ing. The secretary was on his way to Washington. London, June 21, 10.15 p. m—A des- patch to the Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen says = that officlal an- nouncement has been made in Berlin that no Order of Merit has been con- ferred on any submarine commander :t:‘l‘ the sinking of the Cunard-line . Ath.e Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Condensed Telegrams Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Isherwood, U. 8. N, retired, dled at his home, aged 83, ‘Three nephews of Pope Benedict, sons of a sister, are now at the front with the Italian army. Adents of the Department of Justice are investigating alleged recruiting in California for the Allies. It estimated that the cost of rais- ing the submarine F-4 at Honolulu ‘will-total more than $100,000. The keel of the largest transport ever authorized by Congress was laid at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Gilbert Teanhl of Oklahoma City, was killed while interfering in a pri- vate quarrel near Charcas, Mexico. R. V. Pell’s Conn., was robbed of jewelry, silver- ware and clothing valued at $1,000. The Arizona, biggest of the super- dreadnoughts of our navy, _was launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Uncle Sam’s scrap heap was worth pearly $60,000,000 in 1914. This fell short of the value for the previous year by nearly $16,000,000.. Mayor Thompson's attempt to medi- ate in the Chicago building trades strike, as he did successfully in the Street car strike, has failed. Prominent educators from all parts of the country are at Meadville, Pa., to celebrate the centennial of the founding of Allegheny college. The American Locomotive Co. re- ceived an order for six locomotives fro mthe Brazilian Government, 20 from Belgium and 100 from Russia. Archie Roosevelt, son of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, was fined $25 by Magistrate House in the West Farms Court for speeding in an automobile. W. R. Kohler of North Branch, N. J., was killed and his wife injured in a grade coissing accident on the tracks of the Central Railroad of New Jer- sey. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, is at North Shore, Mas: to spend a week with his famil Counsellor Barclay is in charge of the embassy. John Campbell, 83 years of age, was struck and instantly killed by a Bos- ton and Maine passenger train on a grade crossing near the Wakefield, Mass. station. Thirty-nine years after compleilrg a course at the Iowa Farm College, I. W, Bouck of Royalton is to receive a & ploma and be graduated with the de- gree of science. New York is assured of its annval Horse Show next autumn. It will be held during the week beginning Sat- urday, November 8, in Madison Square Garden. Free transportation or transporta- tion at reduced rates of cars with ex- hibits of state agricultural colleges, was declared lawful by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The gear-driven torpedo boat de- stroyer Wadsworth, first of that t: built for the United States nav. on the Rockland, Me., course for its official standardization trial. According to announcement 38 mem- bers of the senior class in Yale will not receive their degrees at commence- ment on Wednesday, having failed to pass their final examinations. ‘The Pathfinder car in a Chicago to Seattle relay race skidded and turned turtle about 12 miles east of Seattle, killing former State Senator George E. Dickson of Ellensburgi, Wash. While shooting at targets with a small calibre rifie in a vacant lot, thirteem years old Adama Pietrische accidentally shot and killed his play- mate, Pasquale Maerin, aged 11. The steamship Poletania of 5,000 tons, recently purchased by the Cu- nard line in the British prize court ar- rived in New York from Bermuda and will load war supplies for England. The Executive Committee of the Na- tional Association of Letter Carriers, representing 000 men, launched a country-wide campaign at Atlantic City, D tired ca J., to obtain pensions for re- rriers. Twenty men in the motor fishing boat Winona narrowly missed death off Sandy Hook when the boat was caught in a squall shortly after they reached a position near the U. S. Weather Bureau Station. An appeal was made to President Wilson through Secretary Tumulty for the pardon of Robert E. Hicks, who surrendered to the Federal authorities | in New York, after escaping for 13 vears a sentence passd upon him. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis of the United States District Court at Chicago, who once imposed a fine of $29,240,000 against the Standard Oil Co., imposed one of two cents against Henry Johnson of Barrington, 1L A larSe American flag was present- ed*to the battleship New York, now in dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, by a_committee of eight women headed by Miss Mayme Dwyer, repre- senting the Sons of Veterans’ Auxili- ary. The Wisconsin _statute prohibiting the making up of an upper berth on a slfeping car until the berth is en- gagdd was annulled by the supreme court as an unconstitutional taking of private property without compensa- tion. . Geor9e McConnell, treasurer of the New England Shoe and Leather Asso- ciation for nearly 25 years, died at Boston, aged 79 years. He was form- erly a well known leather merchant, bue retired from active business in 1897. Announcement was made at Hamil- ton College by President Stryker of the founding of a chair in political science in memory of the late Vice President James S. Sherman, of the class of 1378 by some of his close personal friends. The American Bauxite Company’s property at Bauxite, Ark., said to be the largest aluminum property in the United States, will pay taxes on a valuation of $492,000 instead of $47,- 000,000, the valuation returned bv.-the « Saline City assessor, Thread City’s Great White Way GREETS NIGHT ARRIVALS FOR OLD SCHOOL WEEK. AN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBIT Monday—Clase Day Exercises at State School—Thursday to Be Big Day. One of the Features Normal (Special to The Bulletin) Willimantic, June 21.—The second day of Old School and Home Week brought weather conditions _which promised a fine week, and caused re- newed activity in_all line preparing for the delight and comfort of Willi- mantic guests. The mass meeting of Sunday, when practically every min- ister of the gospel met on a common platform at a gathering unique in the history of the town and city, pre- sided over by the opposing candidates of the leading parties in the last city election, and filling the vast state armory to overflowing, started the week off with a rush. Monday’s Events. Monday’s chief events were the op- ening of the industrial exhibit in the town hall, the Normal school classday exercises and the graduating exer- cises of St. Marys parchofal school. The long strings of lights on Main street were thrown on for the first time Monday evening, making a great white way of the thoroughfare. There was the first exhibition of the Krause Greater Shows, assigned the space on Windham f¢ld and run in conjunc- tion h the general committee of the week's celebration. The Industrial Exhibi The industrial exhibit fiills the town hall, and is well worth sering. representing, as it does, the buik of Willimantic industry, the products of which go to the farthermcst corners of the globe. Splendid Showing by Thread Company Along the whole center space is ar- ranged the big exhibit of the Ameri- can Thread plant, showing their im- mense variety of products arranged so as to bring out both the variety in the kind of threads, and tae quali- ty and the numercus ways in which they are prepared for .the trade. Thread for embroidery, and for shoes, put up on wooden spools and tubes, and on paper cones, of all kinds and descriptions, and in all _conceivable colors, until one wonders how even so large a plant as this can systematize its work, and then ‘nquiry elicits the information that this is Lut a small part of the company’s work. In regard to the colors, for instance, thirty-five girls have been kept busy all the past winter simply making up sample-books for the various trades, showing the kinds znd colors of the product of this immense concern, and there remains no rcason for doubt as to why Will is called “The All Sorts of Handles. Beginning at the left of the entranca, there comes the exhibit of the J. M. Tatem Handle Company, with handles of all sorts and descriptions, carfeully fashioned fro mash and hickory, and effectively arranged. Following around to the left comes the Vanderman Foundry company, with vices and other products of their works, and making a speclalty of the massive tool chests which they put out. The S. C. S. Box Company comes next, with an exhibit of their manu- facture, and in the corner space is an attractive display from Hillhouse and Taylor, including a tile fireplace and handsome wood mantel and other spec- imens of their work. Silk and Velvets, Ribbons. On the opposite side, following around the room, is a display of silks from the looms of tlie Windham Silk Com- pany, which is a beautiful sight. One does not know how many and varie- zated are the products of the manu- facturing industries of Willimantic until he has had a glimpse of some of teh more important, as shown in this exhibit. The Rossi Velvet Company exhibits some of their product, in ribbon, cloth and a couple of velvet hats, with fifty dollars or more in value represented in one of the latte Other Displays. Then comes the Holland Manufact- uring Company with a case attract- ively setting forth the merits of their manufactured product, and next is that of the Chaffee Manufacturing Company, featuring fish-lines and other products of their skill. The trance, is taken by the exhibit of the corner space at this end, near the en- trance, is taken by the exhibit of the worth seeing, although not quite com- pleted Monday mrorning. Other industries will be represented, and several inquries for space were made Monday. All wio can will be accomodated and by Thursday prob- ably all available space will be filled. CLASS DAY EXERCISES Held in Grove at State Normal Train- ing School—Norwich Girls Part pate in Programm The class day exercises of the grad- uating class at the state normal school took place Monday afternoon at four o'clock, in the grove between the school and the Windham High school, and were largely attended. The day was perfect for an out-of-door gather- ing and the exirclses were decidedly attractive. . Following was the programme: Welcome by the president, Helen Knight of Willimantic; “Lady of Sha- lott,” reading by Madeline R. Perkins, of Norwich; Cantata, part 1; History, Elcia Casey; Cantata, party 2; Pro- phecy, Clare Louise Coughlin, Nor- wich; Statistics, Sadie H. Kilroy, Norwich; Cantata, part 3; Will, Ma- belle P. Gager, Somers; Cantata, part 4; Grinds, Agnes Mary Cremins, New London and Ruth E. Chappell, Willi- mantic; Planting of Ivy, Poem by Mary C. Haun, Norwich; Alma Mater, Chirus. BOARD OF TRADE ROOMS Official Headquarters For Reception of 2 Guests. The board of trade rooms on Main street are the official quarters for the &