Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 28, 1915, Page 1

British Official Statement Tells of Heavy Losses Inflicted On the Germans .TEUTONS FAIL IN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN GROUND it is Estimated That the Allies Have Taken More Than 23,000 Prisoners—This is Offset by the Capture of 7,000 French and British by the Germans— Fighting on the Edssesn: Line Has Brought<No' Hapostant Chiaiige and England Regards the Position of the Russian Arms as Improving Daily—Bulgarian Situation Remains Un- changed. London, Sept. 27, 11.17 p. m.—The great offensive of the French u-m Brit- ish forces against both sides of the elbow joint of the German positions on the western front has not slack- ened, but General Joffre's afternoon bulletin reported no new outstanding success. The British official statement told briefly of heavy losses inflicted on the s northwest of Hulluch, where heavy - German counter-attacks were carried out during the course of the Berlin maintains that by means of counter-attacks the allies’ drives have been checked with.heavy loss, but as the Germans make no claim of hav- ing recovered the ground taken from them, the indications are that the al- lied gains on Saturday and Sunday have been senerally maintained and at soéme points improved and that the fighting has reached the stage of vVi- clous attack and counter-attack which may persist for weeks. It is estimated that the prisoners capturcd by th eallies during the rush will reach a total of more than 23,000, but this is offset to some extent by the German claims that nearly French and British fell into hands. Denied further news of the great battle, England is awaiting develop- ments with an eagerness not equalled since the critical days when tne Ger- mans fell back from the gates of Par- is. Meanwhile the public is warned to patt heavy losses and that the Ger- fmm their 8, already two million strong o the Swiss frontier, - i"e‘efi:fi into- the line !nr c struggle, the like of which even this y war has not yeét seen. Optimnu are also reminded that the ans are likely to put the most dependence on their second and third Uine defenses, . relying upon machine guns and comparatively few men to hold the front line, which means that a aifficult task is before the allies. gt N The fighting in the eastern theater has brought ne important change, but England regards the position of the Russian arms.as improving daily, which strengthens the hope here that Germany dare not weaken her seven hundred mile front in order to fill the gaps in the west. The Bulgarian situation remains un- changed, resting, as it did last week, on the oft-repeated assurance of Sofia. that the country intends merely to maintain an armed neutrality. GERMAN AGGRESSION IN EAST WEAKENS Operations at Dvinsk Have Come to +a Standstill. Petrograd, Sept. 27, via London, 5:50 p. m.—The German aggressive on the eastern front has become no- ticeably weaker during the past few days. With the increasing extent of their penetration of Russian territory the impetus strides with which the Germans for a time made fast head. way. against the - Russians carrying everything befare them, have been gradually shortening up. At the same time the Russian opposition, with the replenishment c¢f the army’s military supplies, is growing daily more stub- born and resort is being had to bayo- net attacks with apparently all the confidence -and vigor that_ carried the Russian arms last winter to the crests.of the Carpathians: “The- ¢fforts: made to trap the Rus- armies yetrunns from Vilna iled, as did the similar efforts made last summer after. the taking of War- saw, notwithstanding that the oppor- tunity for success in the Vilna region ‘appearcd much -more promising. The assaults upon Dvinsk have been checked by ‘the brilllant defense of General Ruzsky and the operations here have ccme to a temporary stand- still due to - the exhaustion of both combatants after days of battling. “KATY" RAILWAY SYSTEM N HANDS OF RECEIVER Result of a Friendly Agreement Be- “tween Creditors and Management. “St. Louls, Sept. 27.—The “Katy" raflway system embracing the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas Railway, a Kansas corporation, and the Missouri, Kantas and Texas Railway of Texas, today went into the hands of a re- celver. This change Affecting a system with an aggregate mileage of more than 8,800, was brought about by in- dependent orders filed in the United Et‘ district court at St. Louis and las, and was a result of a lrl-nflly agreement between certain creditors and the management of the two companies that comprise the “Katy” system. - Charles E. Schaff, president of both roads,~ was named #olé receiver of each. The order throwing the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Kansas corp- oration, into the hands of a receiver was signed jointly by Ercuu Judge Elmer B. Adams and District Judge David P. Dyer. The order affecting the Texas lines was signed by Dis- trict Judge E. R. Meek of Dellas. SLOW POISON ACCIDENTALLY MIXED WITH NERVE MEDICINE Scores of Philadelphians Are Believed to Have Partaken of It. Philadelphia, Sept. 27.—A score or more persons are believed to have partaken of a slow poison accidentally mixed with a nerve medicine dis- tributed by .a demonstrator in a de- partment store here today. The dem- “onstrator, who also tasted the liquid, 1 in a hospital, but none of the other vietims have reported at any hospital or to the police. Investigation of com- plaints that the mixture tasted bitter Ted the discovery that a poisonous liquid used to clean glasses had been administered in the bellef that it was pure water. An analysis of the mix- ture will be necessary before the se- riousness of the mistake can be de- termined, according to physiclans at the hospital where the demonstrator, Miss May A. Farrell, was taken for treatment. STRIKE AT AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE PLANT OVER Employes to Work 48 Hours a Week and Receive Increase in Pay. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 27.—The strike at the plant of the American anlwn‘mno company, which has been progress since September 9, was l.ttlld. tonight when e 2,000 ‘em- ployes ‘accepted an offer mare by the <compsany. Under the terms of set- tlement, according to the union lead- ers, the employes will work 48 hours a week and receive an increase in wages vnryln. from four to twemy- cent. They will also be four mtsd time and one-half for over- time. The shop committee will not be recosnized. The employes, about 300 of whom are ‘women, will retura to ne="" work on Wed- ANGLO-FRENCH FINANCIERS HAVE GONE TO CHICAGO Where They Arl gto Confer With Western Bankers. New York, Sept. 27 —The fast New York Central train, which left here today with Lord Reading, Lord Chief Justice of England, and three of his assistants in the Anglo-French fin- ancial commission aboard, was In- spected and policed as never before when it rolled out of the Grand Cen- tral station this aiternoon., The commissioners were bound for Chicago, where they are to confer with western bankers over the tenta- tive terms of the proposed half bil- lion dollars credit loan to Great Bri- tain and France. During their stay in this city, members of the commis- sion have received threatening letters from persons hostile to the loan and the police have taken unusual pre- cautions to guard them from harm. These precautions were extended today to their departure for Chicago. Twenty detectives and plain clothes men were gathered throush the lob- bies of the hotel where the commis- sion has been staying, as the time for their departure approached. Another squad, in which there was a sprink- ling of failroad detectives, awaited commissioners in the Grand Central station and still others were stationed at intervals along the short The train itself was under surveil- lance from the moment it was made One car was set aside for the use of, the commission and this coach was prerhaps, up. scrutinized more closely, than any other. Every article of fui niture in this car was closely exam- ined by rajlroad detectives. The con- tents of all other coaches were given an inspection somewhat less pains- taking, but hardly less thorough. PRATT & WHITNEY MACHINISTS VOTE TO PRESENT DEMANDS | Shorter Day, Time and a Half for Overtime, Doublo Pay Holidays. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 27.—Fifteen bhundred machinists at the Pratt & Whitney company tonight voted to present “demands for the eight hour day and other concessions tomorrow. While a strike vote was not taken, the. men, when asked if they would strike, if their demands were denied, shout- ed.in the affirmative. The demands, besides the shorter day, include time and a half for over- time, double pay for Sugpdays and hol- idays and reinstatement of two em- ployes alleged to have been discharged because of union activities. A committee of five will ‘wait upon the company tomorrow and report back to another meeting to be held tomorrow night. Lansing to Return to Washington, ‘Watertown, N. Y., Sept. 27.—Secre- tary of State Robert Lansing, who has bcen -nendlng his vacation at Hender- will leave for Washington nexl Ffldl.y it was stated tonight. He wil arrive in New York Saturday and | after awpp)n: a moun there will to the route which the commissioners took from ‘| the hotel to the station. Cabled Pangrgpis Bflfln Rupm Bulga Berlin ( Wirels to Y., Sept. 3 csp —A despatch from Sflh. |ziven out here today by the News A.lency. says it is rumored that Bulgaria has sent an ultimatum to Serbia, and that the diplomatic rep- resentatives of the Entente Powers at Bulgaria are pre to depart. The despatch -ad: that rumor has not been confirmed. STATEMENT BY CAPTAIN OF STEAMER SANT” ANNA. Vapor or Asphyxiating Gas Followed Explosions—Forty Persons Were Overcome. Naples, via Paris, Sept. 27, 9.30 p. m. ptain Pavy, commander of the Fa- bre line steamship Sant’ Anna, has made the following statement to the authorities regarding the fire in the cargo of the steamer while on her way from New York to Italy, which obliged the vessel to put in at the Azor “At 11 o'clock at night Italian re- servists were playing cards over ‘hatch No. 2 when an explosion occurred, Im- mediately afterwards the quarters where reservists were sleeping in ad- Joining compartment, as well as_one in the passageway, were affected by smoke or vapor which is described in an affidavit made by the reservists as asphyxiating gas. “The captain immediately sent out ‘S. O. S’ calls and ordered the life- boats made ready and all passengers on deck. In a subsequent inspection he found that forty persons had been overcome by gas fumes; they were soon revived. He had orders for get- ting the fire under control and sent officers among the reservists who urged them to behave Iltke Italian soldiers in the face of danger, as they must be relied upon to preserve order. “Shortly, a second outburst of smoke fumes occurred. The heat was so in- tense that the deck plates were con- siderably warped. The steamer An- conia arrived eight hours after the fire started and it is remarkable that not a single life was lost or a person injured among the five hundred transferred to the Anconia. “Later many vessels answered the wireless call, but were informed that assistance was no longer required. The discipline among the passengers was excellent, considering the heavy sea,” Captain Pavy has in his possession 18 pleces of fuse which were found after the fire was extinguished. It has been impossible up’to the present to inspect the cargo to ascertain the dam- age. 4,000 CHICAGO CLOTHING WORKERS GO ON STRIKE. Between 20,000 and 25,000 Employes May Become Involved, Chicago, Sept. 27.—Union officials tonight declared that between 4.000 and 5,000 clothing workers had obeyed | thei rinitial order to strike. More than 430 were affected by a lockout, due to the strike. -Although union leaders cXpresast o willinggees to eo- epeuw ith the mmandfacty; u T o geete. (e known that if the employers did not make some move towards a peacé par- ley by midnight tonight a general strike call, affecting between 20,000 and ,000 “employes, would be drafted. ugmented police guards were kept busy during the day, but no real trou- ble " developed. Five alleged pickets were arrested shortly after noon at a crowded downtown cormer. Sidney Hiltman, president of the Amalgamated Association of Garment Workers, said tonight that the first order was merely to show the manu- facturers that the union meant busi- ness and fully controlled the clothing workers of the city. He said that he did not call a general strike “in the hope that the manufacturers might see the light” before miduight, when the time limit on the union's demands for arbitration expires. Union leaders in other large cities were awaiting with interest the result of the labor situation here, according to representatives in Chicago, who as- sert that a general strike of clothing makers here would probably result in similar trouble all over the country. BENJAMIN STICKNEY CABLE CRUSHED BETWEEN AUTOS. Was Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor Under President Taft. Ipswich, Mass., Sept. 27.—Benjamin stickney Cable of Washington, assist- ant secretary of commerce and labor under President Taft, was crushed to death in a collision between two auto- mobiles on the Newburyport turnpike today. His companion, Richard T. Crane, Jr., of Chicago, a summer resi- dent of this town, was cut and bruised but escaped serious injury. In the other automobile, Mrs. David L. Edsall of Boston suffered a broken leg. Her nusband, Dr. Edsall, a mem- ber of the public health council of this state and a professor on the staff of the Harvard Medical school, was shaken up, but was unhurt, with the exception of a few cuts and bruises. The two machines came together at a dangerous corner five miles from here, where the Linebrook road runs into the turnpike. The h(shw!)’ at this point is narrow and the \.ew is obstructed. Persons living near by, aided by other automobilists who were in the vicinity, helped to extricate Mr. Cable. His body was carried into a neigh- boring house, where the other victims of the crash had their injuries attend- ed to by physicians. Mrs. Edsall was removed later to the Beverly hospital for treatment. Mr. Cable’s body was given in charge of an undertaker pending the receipt of advices from relatives. He had been a guest for some time at the Crane summer home on the North Shore, SUNDAY’S GALE CAUSED ONE DEATH IN BOSTON. Many Were Marooned All Night on the Different Islands. Boston, Se{:t 26.—One woman lost her life in the gale that swept the harbor yesterday, several persons nar- rowly escaped death, and ma: were marooned all night on the aif- th islands, unable to reach the main- nd. Mrs. J. C. Fuller of Quincy was knocked from the deck of a power boat and was drowned while trying ® land at Peddock's Island with her husband and daughter. Three women on board the sloop Hav-alaff, which grounded on Ped- dock's Island were brought ashore in an Iimprovised. breaches buoy. The men on board had to swim through the breakars fiaiium Rebels are Explosmn of Tank “"""'“'”""" mm Wilson Driven Into Hills| Car of Gasoline| ..., - .| WelcomesB.A.R Belgium. FIFTY OF THEM KILLED BY AMERICAN MARINES. CAUSED AT LEAST FIFTY DEATHS AT ARDMORE, OKLA. 10,000 VETERANS HAD REGISTER. ED LAST NIGHT. —_— '!HOUSANDSTO COME Washington Streets Were Ablaze Las Night With Color and Enlivened the Presence of Voterans, 'ONE MARINE WAS SLAIN (200 OTHERS INJURED Admiral Caperton Reports the Supply Routes Have Been Completely Clear- ed of Hostile Forces. Explosion Was in the Heart of the Business District—Not a Building on Main Street Escaped: Namore, Okda, Sept. 27.—At least fifty persons “were killed and it is estimated {wo hundred others were in- | = Several were inyired m afternoon and crashed into [Tt persons a large auto skidded and When a 250 barrel tank car of gasoline |2 tree at Hohokus, N. J. exploded in I.bc h-nofl.h.lflllh-l district. The force the sexplosion shook down many nfldwmm. abolished in Flatbush, Bicycles were burn guollx:. In svery dirction. A subetftuted for the horses. bis, ew nutey later Admore was at greeting, ic of next Wed- mercy of scores of fires. m_grnk reservists in Hartford nesday, when he will review the rem- ered by the Consul-General in New nant of the Union h that mad City Under Martial Law. York to report to the colors ost, . - Pennsylvania avenue historical in 1865 At 8 o'clock the flames were under — control and the city was under martial Eager to Retrace Steps. law. Private homes were immediately The veterans are h.- by the thou- thrown open to the injured and scores sand to participate in celebration of of men are working tonight in the the review 50 years ago of the great- smouldering ruins along Main street est army that the world had known at in search for additional victims. . * that time. They are eager to retrace Not a Building on Main Street Es- the steps of that historic march when eod Grant stood beside President John- 3 . 2on and saluted them; when General Not a building on Main street escap- Sherman led them from the capitol ed damage, either as a result of the to the corner of the treasury building, explosion or of the fires following. where his cquestrian monument now All school buildings, business houses stands to give them inspiration. and residences within twelve blocks of Tonight the old soldiers fraternized the business district bear evidence of in llluminated- streets with survivors the explosion. Virtually every window of the Comfederacy, masy of whom in the city was shattered. have come by special invitation to join Spark From Hammer Ignited Fumes. in the 50th anniversary of American Two wofkmen were busy repairing peace. the tank ata 2.30 o'clock this after- Bularians residing in Moscow, Rus- sia, refused to obey the mobilization order. ‘ashington, Be‘pt_ 27.—Detalls of flthqnx Dbetween natives Ameri- can forces near Haitien y . An which one marine was kilied, ten were ‘wounded and more m-n 50 Hatlens were killed, reached the navy a-un ment today in from Admiral Capertorf. The marine pn- trols had been sent out to clear the Hnes of supply from Cape Haitien to the. interior. About Fifty Natives Killed. The. first expedition sént out Sat- urday afternoon to Haut Vu Cap and Petite Anse, close to the city and on the main line of supplies, passed na- tive outposts, whose commanders ob- Jected to the expeditions but offered no resistance. Next day two patrol went out agaln and after the ex- pedition reached Haut Vu Cap firing became general and both patrols were engaged. About 50 natives were killed. The patrols returned to Cape Haitien last night and Admiral Caperton re- ported the supply routes had been completely cleared of hostile force: A Vigorous Skirmish, A later message said Captain Un- derwood led an expedition of 50 mount- 'ed marines to Petit Riviere and Da- larte Bonite Sunday and encountered 150 armed Haitiens. The mounted police service was The president gave a_cor- troops, standing army of the United es, are distributed along the Mex- border. The LUnited States Cartridge Co., Lowelt, Mass,, announced the Iatentios of opening ifs plant this morning at 7 o'clotk. According to the Americans subscribed the new German war Dutch banks. Carrying 600 passengers and 2,750 sacks of mall, th- ;.;meflcl.n lh;er Philadelphia sailed from New York: for Liverpool. Paris “Temps,” $25,000,000 to lcan typrough They were driven A bill to complets the organization| 10000 Vets Have Registered. . noon. Suddenly one of them struck 1t rga = In which: one sdrine Sad two matives| With a hammer. A speric from tne| o€ (NS milltary forces of the kingdom | Ter (housand veterais of the. union blow ignited fumes escaping through a small leak. There was a terrific explosion followed by ‘'many smaller ones. The workmen were blow to pleces The shock shattered the Ard- more railroad stalion used by the San- ta Fe, 'Frisco-and Rock Island rafl- roads and the Rosk Island freight sta. tion and scores of other bull quickly took fire from the flying lqu Main Street a Roaring Furnace. The flames spread rapidly until all of Main street appeared a ng fur- nace. Thirty freight cars in the San- ta Fe road yards were destroyed. The pafl of smoke hanging over the whole city prevented rescuers from doing effective work. The roof of the Whittington hotel was blown off by the force of the first explosion but all guests were believed to have saved their lives. At the store of Maddin and Company scores of girls were working and it was feared to- night that some of the lost thelr lves. were killed and three natives were wounded. Marines Holding Two Towns. The marines are holding the. two towns, where guiet has been restored. Sergeant John Platt Killed. The marine killed in_the fighting near Cape Haitien was Sergeant John Platt, of Detroit, Mich, who had served long and honorably In the corps. Hsi sister, Mr. Susette Blanch- ard, lives at North Brookfield, Mass. Platt had been ashore in Haiti since July 29, attached to the 24th company He enlisted in 1901, had served as pri vate, corporal and sergeant and ha three honorable discharge certificates. will be in luced at the opening of the Spanish Parliament. A crowd of 125,000 persons witness- | Pullding -hm. for years, ed a sham battle and maneuvers by {Shadow capitol, was New Yok city forces of the 1 4f the government. Guard at v.n Cortlandt Park | Thousan®s more were expeoteG during the night. Washington streets tomight The dreadnaugl M Arkansas Wwere ablaze with coler and enlivened forced out of tbn urm practice oa by the preasance of the veterans whose |{the Virginia Capes by am accident to|Vigor permitied them to come to this a circulating pump. No one was In- ler:y u.'nl.h reunion. Jured. except the lnnh\g “of the 279th year of dedication of the. baidings a24 iho o . Tbo call on,_ the the com- Iniversity was marked yes. (m by the opening prest mander-in-chief. use [however, were many, including inspec- tion by the veierans of naval ors and submarines anchored in the Potomac. river. Formal Pn...din.. Today. 'l‘m will begin the formal ceedings of the q-nnkm. which will in- spert B S s e o lsaen "“"hm“" N g o as- £ ety boties | arvested on: char mnmnmmmem;. these Ive fighting | sion. property loss was * ‘were negroes. The SRt SR OF the first 1,000 soldiers treated L I =t RUTHENIAN FUGITIVE the American fl Cross rompital at SURRENDERS HIMSELF.| wounded by baysnets’ Oriy thres os - the thousand died. Assassinated Count .Andreas Potocki, Governor of Galicia. New York, Sept. 27. Mieroslap Sjczynski, & Ruthenian fugitive from justice_ who Aassassinated Count An- HORN APPEALS FROM FEDERAL COURT DECISION German Reservist Who Tried to Blow Up International Bridge. iy <o, T i g i “Sépt. 27.—Werner Horn, the German. army reservist who tried to blow up the international bridge be- tween Canada and the United States at Vanceboro, Maine, last February, today filed an appeal from the decision of the federal court in denying his release on a writ of habeas corpus. Through his counsel, Former Con- gressman Joséph F. O'Cohnell, the prisoner questions the regularity of the extradition proceedings by which he was removed from gMaine to this state and also the refusal of thé court At 9.16 o'clock had been recovered. 11 MINERS ENTOMBED AT COALDALE, PA. Gangs Are Working in Half Hour Shifts in Effort to Reach Them. laborers and was othes | which to permit him to invoke the law of nations os present a commission as an officer in the German army in de- fense of his actions. Horn makes a general allegation of error by all the judges and magistrates who have act- ed in the proceedings since his arrest. The appeal will be heard by the federal circuit court of appeals which begins a sitting here next Monday. In the meantime, Horn will remain in the East Cambridge pail, where he is awaiting trial on the indictment charging him with illegal transporta- tion of dynamite from New York to Vanceboro. STEAM TURBINE MAY SUPPLANT OIL ENGINES For Surface Cruising in Future Amer- ican Submarines. Washington, Sept. 27.—Steam tur- bines may be substituted for gasoline or oil engines for surface cruising in future American submarines. Plans are under consideration at the navy department, it was learned today, for steam experiments with boats of the G class now under consideration. As yet no definite decision has been reached, but the fault of internal com- bustion engimes for submarine work has been so difficult to overcome that navy. designers are seriously seeking a substitute, A steam-propelled submarine was built for the navy more than a decade ago, but proved so hot when the fires were lighted that she was not accepted and never left her dock. Many French submarines employ team engines successfully and it is understood that a plan, details of which have not been made public, has been evolved by American navy engineers which prom- ises even better results. Engine difficulties of both subma- rines and aeroplanes led to the recent visit of Henry Ford, the automobile manufacturer, to Secretary Daniels. A statement of the problems encountered is being prepared for Mr. Ford's infor- mation. VERMONT'S APPLE CROP DAMAGED BY STORM. Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Fruit and Corn Destroyed, St Albans, Vt., of vesterday and thousands of dolars worth of trult. and standing corn. and damaged man; farm bulldings In northern Vermont. section was interrupted, and many small boats Wire service throughout the on Lake Champlain were inj Hundnd. of acres of had been cut and | bla;rn eway, and numerous barns un- ed. was a short one l.hh year, was exten- sive. Cost $38 to Sheot a Robin. Meriden, Conn.,, Sept. 27.—It Lorenzo Clani $36 to vesterday, A game warden saw the shooting and arrested Ciani, who was fineq that amount in police court to- Sept. 27.—The gale today destroyed e corn was The loss to the apple crop, which cost. ehoot a robin | fou dreas Potocki, governor of Galicia, in 1908 and escaped from prison after his conviction. surrendered himself today to F. C. Howe, immigration commis- rioner at Ellis Island. He has been in the United States several months, having passed the immigration au- thorities with little dificuity.. Until today his identity was not ed. He requested an adjudication of his status in this country in o that might apply for citizensh was adjudged and he was paroled in custody o fhis counsel. The shooting of Count Potocki is said to have grown out of political strife between the Polish aristocracy and the Ruthenian peasan Sjczynski. who was a student at that time, killed the count while the latter was’ granting en audience to some Ruthenian_students at the governors palace. The assassin did not resist arrest. When led through the gov- ernor's ante-chamber he said o som Ruthenian peasants who were walit- B for an audience: #uve done this for you” Sjczyn- ski’s brother, who had been informed of the plan to kill the governor, com- mitted suicide a short time before the murder. The assassindtion caused a great sensation throughout the empire, the Potocki family heing among the most prominent of Polish blood. Many Ru- thenians were arrested but no one be- sides Sjczynski was Implicated. After two trials he was condemned to death, but this sentence was com- muted to twenty years imprisonment by Emperor Francis Joseph. In No- vember, 1911, he escaped prison and made his way to Sweden. At the outbreak of the present war he went to Austria as e correspondent for a Norwegian newspaper but his ident!- ty was not discovered. Eight months ago he came to America. JUTE TO BE USED FOR TYING LETTERS. ce Cotton Twine Because It is Cheaper. ‘Washington, Sept. 27.—Jute, instead of cotton twine, will be used for letters in the postal servi To R tying . e;‘ duflu the year beginni: Nov. 1st. e contract for th:';lwln:'ol which about 2,500,000 yards will be used, was let today to a Boston manufacturer at $.099 per pound. This year cotton was substi- and the lowest cotton for the new coatract was $.15876 per pound. BURGLARS BELIEVED TO HAVE MURDERED WATCHMAN Body Found With Three Bullet Wounds in Portland, Me.,, Building, Portland, Me., Sept. ;;m turned over to a Brllln prize court. Following the death of her daughter, Mrs. Irving stmm one woak' 3 Mra. W. Rockwell, of died after a long been informed dea of her daughters A protest lgllm the exportation of war munitions to Europe was sent to President Wilson by the Atlantic Con- ference of German Baptist Churches .‘k,“" 18th annual meeting at New- George H. Richardson, of Old Town, Me., serving as @ member of the trial Jury of the Federal court, died sud- denly yeste: with pneumonia. He was 53 years old. Mrs. Caroline G. Cristy, who was be- lieved to have been killed in a sub- way accident in New York on Satur- day, is safe at her home at Ballston, N. Y. The wictim of the accident was Mrs. Thomasello. Capt. Robert Mueller, former bank- er of Milwaukee, and his wife were found murdered In the ruins of thelr home at Puckaway Lake, Wis. Their house had.been fired in an attempt to hide the crime. The Allan- Dlrllng team of racing dogs, which won the famous 412-; l'nfl. All-Alaska sweepstake race,-was sold to an- officer of the French army. The dogs will be used by the army in as drivers In thld MN T t:‘lnnel of the and Navigation company at c.,.fi:?.’ two miles from here, were entombed shortly before noon today by a sudden rush of culm an wa- ter that had broken through the roof from an atendomed working. Gangs of men basitly summoned from other colleries And operations of the com- pany, worked in half hour shifts this efterneon and tonight in an effort to stem the flow.of water that was piling up. the carrier of culm, dirt and coal behing which {he men are held prison- ers. but reports of company of- ficials it will be late tomorrow morn- ing before the men can.be reached. C. H, Suender, .vice president of the company, said tonight that the causq of the acclent had not been de- termined. Reports tonight were that the men were engaged in the Foster tupnel chamber for the greater part of the morning and that no indication of the impending trouble had been given. Shortly before the noon whistle blew, it was éxplained, the crash came and the roof fell at close intervals for a distance of 200 feet. Whether the entombed men are behind this fall or were caught undér it could not be determined tonight. Company offi seemed to clis to the theory that men were behind the mass of debris, believing that they had been warned of the fall and had run farther back to a place of safety. SCHOONER ASHORE NEAR ENTRANCE TO_PENOBBCO‘I’ BAY. Is Full of Water and Will Probably Break Up. , Sept. 27.—The two S_ Beacham was standing by but it was beucv.d mt the schooner would break up. The COTTON REACHED HIGH PRICE LEVELS FOR SEASON