Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 10, 1916, Page 1

Norwich Rulletin VOL. LVIL—NO. 164 POPULATION 28,219 | GERMAN SUBMARINE RUNS BLOCKADE NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, JULY 10, 1916 TEN PAGES—_80 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS The Deutschland Is at Baltimore ~After Sixteen Days’ Passage WAS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE LAST WEEK 315 Foot Under-water Merchantman Slipped Past Virginia Capes Early Sunday Morning, Carrying 750 Tons of Dyestuffs, Chemical and Mail— Went 800 Miles Out of Course to Avoid Enemy—Will Return With Nickel and Crude Rubber. Baltimore, July 9. — The worlds first marine merchantman, the German unde liner Deutsch- lend, anchored below Baltimore to- night after voyaging safely across the Adlantic, passing the allied blockading drons and ding enemy cruisers oft the American mail and a cargo of costly chemicals and is to carry back home a ount of nickel and crude sorely nceded by the German Sixteen Days¥rom Bremerhaven. ‘remerhaven 10_reached the ginia Capes at s momning, passing in surface covered by a heavy pall which settled over the en- the bay with the setting of nalf moon. Once Inside, the visitor threw caution aside and began shrieking his siren, signailing a pilot and at the eame time attract- ing the attention of the tug Thomas A.” Timmons, which had been waiting in the lower bay for nearly two weeks altimore, safely between 1:45 o'clock t on the of durkne: trance of a tell-tale o greet the Deutschiand and convoy her into port. Three hours later, at 4:45 o'clock this morning, the big submarine start- ed up the bay under her own pow With the German merchant flag flying piloted by Cnptain Frederick D. Cooke of the Virginia Pilots Association and convoyed by the Timmons. She was making more than twelve knots an bour and could have docked in Baiti- more tonight, but arrangements had teen made for receiving her with for- raal cercmonies tomorrow and her captain was ordered to wait in the lower harbor. He and his crew of 29 men remained aboard craft. Pursued By Coast Guard Cutter. their his vesscl as a mer- chant subject to no_ unusual re- strictions, the skipper, whose name i8 said to be Captain Kairig, went up the Chesapeake without waiting to nctify local customs and quarantine authorities o He was five hours a man Hem- ilton, eollec owport News, heard and started on bis trail aboard the coast guard cut- ter Ononas At last reports tonight the cutter had not approached the submarine and it is understood that she merely was ordered out to keep strange craft under surveillance as a neutrakit aution. Quarantine and port r i il be complied with when the vessel moves up to her docl tomorrow. Breaks Blockade on German Trade. Litt own here tonight about w happened during the epoc m cruise across the ocean, whicl in a small m > at least breaks the biockade on German trade with the rest of the world. None of the sub- marine's crew had 1 and the agents of her owners had reccived on- ly meagre r & _information as was available ¢ from pilot and fiom Caj ns F Hinsch_of the North ( Lioyd liner Neckar, Jaid up since the bezinning of the w: n Hinsch boarded the Deutsch 1 the and made the trip up the i According to the accoun here, the under-water lines etructure was standing fifteen shove the water when she came I daylight she showed no flag, German merchant ensisn at sun-up. Stories were culated that British or nch crui ers chased her at sea Thursday, but cculd not be confirmed Company to Handle Under-water Bus- iness. The boat is consigned A. S macher and Cempany, local agent ikte North German Lloyd line and her cargo to the Eastern Forwarding Com- concern said to have been or- ed within the past few weeks ly to handle the business of under-water hners. The latter com- pany has a pier and warehouse, in which are stored ihe goods to be lcaded on the Deutschiand for her re- turn trip. Out of Course to Avoid Enemy. In German quarters here the news of the submarine’s arrival was bailed with the kecnest delight. Those who knew of her coming had been con- cealing alarm for two or three days, as she was due to arrive about (he middle of last week. It is understood that she travelled more than 4,000 miles, going somo %00 miles out of ner course to avoid encmy ships. no converted war craft, but a brand new commerce carrier, owned in Bremen and sent here on a purely commercial mission. according to Henry G. Hilken, the senior member of the Schumacher con- cern. She belongs to the Ozean Rhederei, Limited (Ocean Navigation Company, Limited) and was launched at Kiel in March. Idea Started Nine Months Ago. The novel project was conceived about nine months ago, Mr. Hilken eaid, by F. A. Lohmann, head of a Bremen exporting and importing con- cern who organized the Ocean Naviga- tion Company. Mr. Lohmann is the son of a famous director-general of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company and has the important Ger- man commercial interests associated with him. Propelled By Oil Engines. The under- i Mr. Hilken un- derstands, is 30 feet beam and is propelled by two great Delsel oil engines. She is as large If not Jarger than any of the German naval submarines and carries 750 tons dead weight or eargo. As to details of her construction Mr. Hilken eald he was Jocking in information. ‘Ofost of the information that was t me” he said, “is probably care- m’ tucked away in a pigeon hole of ' the British admiralty office, but I don’t care now. The- Deutschland is here nevertheless.” Mr. Hilken is an American and his firm has been in business here operat- ing ships under the American flag e 1524, Carl A. Luederitz, the German consul, is a member of the firm, A Purely Comercial Mission. When she will return, whether it is ned to have her make regular Atlantic trips, Mr. Hilken re- fused to project was conceived,” he “by German commercial inter- who_wanted to re-open _trade th the United States. We need some commodities and Ger- ome of ours. It 1s a proposition and The time has o of Germa | many nee rely commercial at is all there is to ft. not yet come when Zeppelins cross the ocean so these Bremen mcrchants thought they would try a submarine. 1 have kept the secret, of course, all this time to insure the success of the project. W expected her several d: ago. Her crew must have endured great hardships and to them the credit for the success of the undertaking is chlefly duec.” Public Will Be Excluded. If present plans are carried out. the public will not be allowed to inspect the under-sea wonder, nor will ax body except the federal authorities be allowed beard her. The pier of the Eastern Forward- ing company was boarded up today to shut out the view of the curious and chumacher firm had arranzed to nd the pier tomorraw morsiing cordon of police. Mr. 1i hen at the pier a nigh powered itomobile to rush the Deutschland’ captain through the city on his er-and to_ti consulate and the custom house, ix months ago repsr v first came it Cfermany was prepactus 0 ut int) the o atlantic traie o re of stimacties that would dwarf in ize 1 tchizsements the U boats whick have hain Germany's chief ¢ ..ace in -t ronduct of the great war at sea s L 0- v to inauguate ce and English experts [were quoted as saving they felt no surprise ai (e :onourcewent of the plans, when word came that a sub- marine was actuaily about to leave for this country, New York, Baltimore | and nearly évery port along the coast | expected to receive her. With the | announcenient of the organizatio, hewever, it became virtually certain | that this port would be the objetive i« fihe extraordinary cruise. | Londo: cable reports told ox o £anization such & ser a comr | SUBMARINE INFRINGES | ON AMERICAN PATENTS | Lake Company of Bridgeport May i Libel the Deutschland. | _ Bridgeport, Conn., July 8.—The ar- rival of the fitst German submarine in Baltimore gives promise of the starting of international law suits that may have a wide bearing on _sub- boat patents throughout the Lake Submarine Torpedo Boat of this city began to act im- on receipt of the mnews, The Associated Pri of the ival of Lhe Deutschland in Chesa- veake I Simon Lake, treasurer of the company said that the under- water boat very likely would be 1 elled in Baltimore in an effort to tablish the American patents on iype of boat. Mr. Lake and v, chief counsel for the and M. will m- D. Blondel, another at. leave for Baltimore to- to conduct their investigation there and decide then whether legal action will be started. The Lake Submarine Torpedo Boat Company holds no patents in Ger- many, thot it is understood that ali the German boats are built on the Lake fundamental principles of even- keel boats. The Lake people applied for patents in Germany several years 4go, it is kaid, but before the patents were granted some international com- plications interfered and since that time no action has been taken by the German authorities and the American and other patents held by the Lake | people have bad no effect in Germany. i The presence of the first German- built submarine in American waters, however, it is believed, will give Jn | opportunity to test the effect of Amer- n patents on trans-Atlantic ser- e. The effect of a libel on the Deutsch- land, Mr. Lake said, would not inter- fere’ with her unloading or future movements. A bond probably would be filed to cover the libel and the boat itself would be released under the bond. Mr. Lake declared he was not at gl surprised by the long voyage of the under-water boat. At the present stage of the development of submar- ines, he said, size was about the only thing needed to allow long voyages and the carrying of cargoes up to 5,000 tons. CRUSHED RIDING ON TROLLEY RUNNING BOARD Rocky Hill Young Man Fatally Injured at Cromwell. Middletown, Conn., July 9—Willard Hick of Rocky Hill is 'm a dying con- dition at the Middlesex hospital to- night as a result of betng crushed be- tween a trolley car on which he was riding and the platform of the freight station at Cromwell on the New Ha- ven road last night. Hick was riding on the running board. His spinal column s fractured, it was said at the hospital and he has other serious injuries, which make his recovery very doubtful. He is about 29 years old § v },\_Theb-Bulletm's,Girculation in Norwich is Double fhat of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City’s Population Cabled. Paragraphs British Steamship Captured by Ger- mans. July 9.— (Via Wireless to Sayville). The = British steamship Pendennis, 2123 tons gross, with a cargo of timber from Gothenburs for Hull, has been captured by a German warship off the Norwegian coast and brought to a German port. LEAVE CAMP HOLcomB ON TUESDAY MORNING Militia Will Comrades at Nogales, Ariz. Berlin, Remaining Connecticut Ji Camp Holcomb, Niantic, ‘Each recruit company at Cempeny M of Winsted received care- ful inspection yesterday by Colonel Tilson of the inspector-general's of- fice of the department of the east at Governer's Jsland. He spent the on- tire afternoon looking over the com pranies, which were lined up, one a a time, and was accompanied on h tour by Lieut. Colonel' Edward Shuttlewor and Mapor J. R. North, U. S. A, in comand of the camp. In speaking t6 Lieut.-Colonel Shuttle- worth, Colonel Tilson emphasized the recessity for each man being equipped with towels, soap, a razor and an ex- tra euif of underwear. They have al- ready received the extra underwear. Licut.-Colonel Shuttleworth said to- day that everything would be on move from Niantic early Tuesdey morning and he hoped to have the! camp cleared by 3 o'clock Tuesday afternvon. He expected to hear from the railroad company regarding rout and other details some time tod: Lieut-Colonel Shuttleworth said, duy, that according to present cations he would be too busy to leave with Company M, Firsc Conmecticut infantry of Winsted and the si cruited companies, Tuesday He said that the men would their own companies on their arrival in Nogales, which, he declared, would undoubted- 1y be the objective point. Lieutenant- Colonel Shuttleworth work: tireles 1y and ceaselessly through he day ¢ indi- and of the time he rround- ed by from three to a haif-dozen offi- | cers, who were walting for furthe instructions or came to inquire al maters of more or less importance. | OVERCOME WITH CRAMPS; DROWNED IN LAKE Meriden Bather Loaves a Wife and Four Children. Meriden, Conn., July 9.—Overcome with cramps while in bathing, Bryan O'Looney, aged 50, was drowned at Beaver He left home carly in the morning and his cloth- ing “was found on the shore shortly after 6 o'clock this evening and the body was soon recovered. A widow and four children survive him. THE BORDER STATES. Great Human Drama Being Epacted Along 1,810 Mile Boundary Line. (Spccial to The Bulletin.) Washington, D. C., July 9.—Many in- | teresting facts about the border states of the United States and Mexico have heen compil tional Geo: Society today as ‘a war geography bulletin on that section of the continent to which our National Guard has been ordered. The bulletin gives the following comparative sta- tisties: “WWhile the whole of America vitail concerned in the present Me: can situation, the great human drama is being enacted along the 1,810 mile boundary line which separates the four American_border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, and the five border states an@ one territory of Mexico—Lower California, Sonora, Chikuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. The area of the Amer can border states is a little more than one-sixth the fotal area of the United States. including laska, while the area of the Mexican border states is| more than three-sevenths the total area of that republic, yet the territory embraced in the bounds of the Amer- ican states is almost twice as exten- that of the six politi visions of the smaller country. “The population of the six M states {s 1,700,000, compared with 6,- 800,000 on the American side, the former constituting about one-ninth the total population of Mexico, while the four American states have only about one-fourteenth of the total pop- ulation of the northern republic. “lc is an odd coincidence that the four American states on the horder are with the exception of Montana and the territory of Alaska, the four larg- est political divisions in the %nion, while three Mexican border states— Chinnahua, Coahuila and Sonoda—and the territory of Lower California are, likewise, the largest dlivisions of that republic. ‘All of the American border states were a part of the Mexican nation up to the middle of the last century when Texas seceded from the southern re- public and_subsequently cast her lot with the United States. Other terri- tory was acquired in the War of 1845, the boundaries being fixed by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which fol- lowed, and by the Gadsden Purchase. “The Rio Grande forms a natural boundary line of more than 1,100 miles separating Texas from the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Neuvo Leon, and Tamaulipas, while the ar- bitrary boundary of mearty 700 miles, zigzagging from EI Paso to a point on the Pacific Coast about ten miles south of San Diego, separates New Mexico, Arizona and California from Chihua- hua, Sonora and Lower California. “Five great rallway arterles, over which has flowed the commerce of the two republics and which are of vital importance in all military operations, cross the border af, Brownsville, Laredo, Tagle Pass, Fl Paso, and Nogales. The corresponding Mexican towns are Matamores, Nuevo Laredo, Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Juarez, and Nogales, the last named being bisected by the boundary line. The main lines of four of these railroads run in a general north and_south direction through the states of Sonora, Chihuahua. Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, but the line which crosses the Rio Grande at Brownsville runs west from Matamores through Tamanlipas, Nuevo Leon, and Coa- hulla, turning to the southwest at Torréon ana extending through the state of Durange. “The mouth of the Rio Grande, which marks the eastern end of the boundary, is more than 450 miles nearer the equntor: than ithe Western end of the 1ine.” The sue in Brief. The issue between the United States and Mexico is not one for mediation. It is simply whether the murderer will quit murdering and the robber rob- PinzeLhicaza Hamald. Early Action on Appropriations ARMY AND NAVY BILLS LOOM BIG ON PROGRAMME MAY STAY TILL FALL Democratic Leaders in Congress Fore_ see Resistance to National Defense Measures as Increased in Senate and to Shipping Bill. Washington, July 9.—Democrats in congress are ' uniting their forces to v action on the army and appropriation bills, the revenue measure and the government shipping bill, which are the most important leg- islative matters remaining on the ad- ministration program. The national defense appropriations whose totals as they passed the house have been vastly increased by senate committees, are certain to meet stub- born resistance in conference. It also is certain that the shipping bill will encounter persistent republican oppo- sition in the senate. These prospects have upset all adjournment predic- tions and all leaders are resigned to the prospect of remaining here if nec- essary until fall, despite the national political campaizn. NEW YORK DEATHS NOW TOTAL 224 19 More Reported From Infantile Pa- ralysis, With 88 New Cases—New Haven Strict. New York, July deaths from infantile paralysis in New York city for the 24 hours ending at 10 o'cloy s morning were reported by tle deparcment of health tonight, ng the fotal fatalities 224. There a drop in the number of mnew s, 88 being reported today agai he day Dbefore. The total nam- be- of cases now has reached 980. The mortality rate is s sout 23 per Erooklyn continues to lead in the number of new cases. New Haven, Conn,, Ju ent regulations Yo guard til> paralysis were pi against infan- ito effect here today by the health authorities. When the Richard Peck docked here today on her regular trip from New York she was met by representatives of the health cejariment who rcfusad to al low any children vuder 15 yzars cld to land un'ess they were coming ies for Gofiniic destinations, n whic s the raeccs and addresses were en so trat further observation ould be made. As a result about a ndred small children were compell- to remain on board the steamer o er with those who had them in until the vessel startsd on the turn trip. omesg ns were alsc at the tion to examine as far 2= g le small children cominz in aww York by train, GERMAN CASUALTIES OVER 3,000,000. Nearly Two Millicn Have Been Re- ported Wounded Since the War Be- gan. 9, 7.20 p. m.—German London, July asualties from the beginning o2 the war to the end of June as computed fr of cial Germau lisis, are given as 2012 in an official statement made public today. This an- nouncement follow “Germs man casualty lists exclu rections, in the month of Tok “Tied casualties reported in Ger- ive of cor- fol- June, of wounds and sickn prisoners and unded 63,187; total These, added to those reported in previous’ months and_including cor- ctions reported in June, 116, bring the total reported in German official lists since the g of the war to: Died of 637; “There figures ationaliti include 'all German Prussians, Barvariens, Saxons, and Wurttembergers. They do not include nayval casualties or casual- ties of colonial troops. They are not an estimate by the British authorities, but merely casualties announced in German official lists.” WILL OF MRS. E. N. GIBBS DISPOSES OF LARGE ESTATE Sum of $100,600 Left to Son-in-law, Charles H. Sherrill—Residue to His Wife—Yale Loses Big Bequest. New York, July 9.— The of AMrs. Sarah Barker Gibbs, widow of Edward N. Gibbs, for- merly of Norwich, who died in New York May 21, was probated in that city Saturday and shows an estate of more than $100,000. Charles H. Sher- rill of 20 East 65th street, son-in-law, receives $100,000, the residue zoing to Mr. Sherrill's wife, George Gibbs Sher- rill. Part of the estate consists of a number of paintings, rare bocks, por- celains, and bronzes. If Mrs. Sherrill had died before her mother the entire estate would have passed to the School of Fine Arts at Yale Univrsity for the erection of a building to contain the collection of eighteenth century French furniture owned by the university. YAQU! INDIANS RAID AMERICAN LANDS Took Advantage of Withdrawal of Mexican Troops. Mazatlan, Mexico, July 9.—(By Ra- dia to San Diego, Calift) Yaqui In- dians, taking advantage of the with- drawal of Mexican troops from South- ern Sonora, are reported here to have crossed the Yaqui river and invaded the lands of American settlers and the Richardson Construction company, devastating all the territory except company headquarters at Esperanza, where a Mexican garrison is main- tained. Found Drowned in Connecticut. Thompsonville, Conn., July 9~—The body of a boy apparently about 7 vears old, was found in the Confrecti- cut river near here today. It is be- lieved to be that of Stephen Wojcki of Holyoke, Mass., who was drowned there on July 3 while swimming in tha xiimar meith this hrothar. Much Damage byElectric Storm DANBURY FAIR BUILDING WAS BURNED TO THE GROUND LOSS IS OVER $25,000 Exhibitors Lost as Well as Fair Asso~ ciation—St. Peter’s \Church in Tor- Hit and Set Afire— Meriden in Path of Sunday’s Storm. rington Was Danbury, Conn, July 9.—~The main exhibition ’ building on the Danbury fair grounds, containing permanent booths, space for temporary booths, the art gallery and horticultural sec- tion, was struck by lightning and was burned to the ground during a heavy thunder storm early today, together with the administration building and a larze restaurant which formed a {part of the sroup. The loss is esti- mated at about $25,000 to the fair as- sociation, but as a number of exhibi- in tors had property which was also destroved it is believed the total damage will be considerably in excess of that figure. All the buildings were of frame con- struction. The lightning struck a tower on that part of the building in which the fair ground police head- quarters is located and soon after- wards the fire broke out. The doz and pouliry buildings close ught several times but fremen them by the use of chemicals. ater was available . The grandstand and horse sheds are distance away and were not the buildings The air association announced that rebuilding would be begun at once. Torrington Church and House Burned Torrington, Conn,, July 9.—A two and a half story building here under construction for Henry Conforti was burned early today. The fire was started by lightning during a storm, St. Peter’'s Roman Catholic church glose by was somewhat damaged by ire, Meriden in Darkness—Houses Hit. Meriden, Conn., June 9.—At least four places were siruck by lightning here tonight. The entire western sec- n of the city was thrown into dark- ness shortly after 6 o'clock when a bolt struck an electric light pole near the center of the city. Two chimney: located in opposite parts of the city were knocked over and a large por- tion of the brickwork was torn from a corner of the new addition to the Bradley and Hubbard factory. FURTHER CHANGES IN BRITISH HEADS Montague Succeeds Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions, Wood Res« placing Him. . London, July 9, 7.45 p. m~Follow- inz the appointment last week of Da- vid Lloyd George as secreary for war, official anncuncement was made toduy of several othsr changes In the gov- ernment. . Fdwin Samuel Moutagae, financial secretary to the trea takes Lloyd George's place as mi ter of munitions. ~Thomas McKinnon Wood, secretary of state for Scotland, becomes chancellor of the Dutchy of to Lancaster and financial secretary the treasury. Harold J. Tennant, pa amentary under-secretary for war, e secretary of state for Ncot very k treasu anrnouncement w Asquith has i Wood to return to hus of financial etary. . Asquith has invited Lord Cur- zon to become a permanent member of the war committee.” War Mancuvres ‘Around Block Island Newport, R. I, July 3.—The Atlan- tic fleet of fifty vessels under com- mand of Admiral Henry T. Mayo, will leave here early tomorrow for a week of manoeucres in the vicinity of Block Island. The problem which has leen pared for the feet at the naval * college, will give the mininz gi- fon a prominent part In the manoeuvres. Unconscious Middletown, From Far Down Stairs. Conn., July 9. — Miss rriet I Grumpet, of Orange, N 27 years old, fell down a fligh cellar stairs at the home of a friend Etere last night and is now in & seri ondition at the hospital suffering from concussion of the brain. EFFICIENCY EXPERTS IN DETROIT. ! = World’s Salesmanship Congress Opens Today With Speech by Wilson. Detroit, Mich., July of Detroit residents at- tending relizious services at churches and in other buildings today listened to unu 21 sermons by tralned lay- men—efficiency_egnerts who are here to attend the World's Salesmanship Congress which will open tomorrow. The kevnote or these sermons was “The Tithics of Salesmanship.” Some speakers took their quotations from the Bible: others used sayings of note o& business men. The first session will be preceded tomorrow by an ad- dress by President Wilson. The pres- ident is due to arrive In Detroit at 10 am. m., is to be drlven immediately to the convention hall. After he! speakes he will be the muest of honor at a luncheon. Before he returns to Washington at 4 p. m. he may address the employes of the Ford Motor com- pany at the plant. —-— Attempt to Assassinate President. Buenos Aires, July 8—An attempt to aseassinate President Victorino Be la Plaza was made today by a self- styled anarchist. The przidedt was standing on a balcony of the govern- ment building reviewing some troops when a man in the crowd of specta- tors suddenly drew a revolver and fired at him. The shot went wild and the would-be assassin was arrested. Argentine Condensed Telegrams There is now $485,000,000 in the Denver mint. The British merchant steamer Gan- net has been sunk by subamrine. The United States government has purchased 355 Peerless motor trucks. All stocks of sole leather have been commandeered by the British govern- ment. German warships captured the Brit- ish steamship Lestris near the Eng- lish coast. The United States cruiser Des Moines arrived at Villefranche, France, from the Far East. \ Four residents of Jacksonville, Fla., are dead as_the result of the torren- tial rain and wind storm. President Wilson returned to public entry a total of 1,913,708 acres of land in Wyoming and Montana. Several strong earthquake shocks have occurred in the Neopolitian and Calabrian provinces of Italy. Breeding cattle and heifers brought six times their normal price at the recent auction at Koenigsberg, Ger- many. Fifteen hundred cats and dogs are being killed daily in New York in the fight against the infantile paralysis plague. Motor boats are patrolling the Jersey coast resorts to try to kill the man- cating shagk which has killed two men this weelt Fred Robinson, nine, of Highland Park, N. J., was drowned whe nhe fell into the Raritan, while stepping from stone to stone, Joseph Ramsey, president of the Loraine, Ashland & Southern railroad, died suddenly of apoplexy at his home in East Orange. Mexican authorities at Manzanillo returned all American-owned gold and silver bullion valued at $500,000, which they had seized. Summer maids with dimpled knees have been ordered to stop parading the beach at Atlantic City, N. J, in ab- breviated bathing costumes. The 2th lilinois regiment, a negro unit, arrived at San Antonio, Texas, and encamped at Fort Sam Houston. All the officers are negroes. Stranded on a reef in the Sulu Sea near Zamboanga, on June 23, the Span- ish steamer Fernanda Poo has slipped off the reef and is a total loss. Michael Gico, a laborer of No. 636 East 14th street, New York, was shot and fatally wounded by Tony Ferris, of the same address. Ferris escaped. As a result of the congestion of freight channels caused by the gen- eral strike of longshoremen, San Fran- cisco is facing a sugar and salt short- age. A committee of the Franco-Ameri- can Flying Corps will present money prizes to members of the corps upon whom war decorations have been con- ferred. James Whartenby, of Philadelphia, a summer resident of Spring Lake, N. J., presented the town with a lot up- on which a $42,000 hospital will be erected. Edward B. Mc Lean began proceed- as the works of famous German mas- ters, were placed on trial in_Munich. Cincinnati Enquirer and the Washing- ton Post. Henry A. Bueck, Bismarck’s adviser ‘when_he abandoned free trade and be- gan his campaign for the establish- ment of national industries, died in Berlin, aged 26. Nashville’s_treasury was looted of $71,177 by city officials from 1909 to 1914, according to the final report re- ceived by the city commission from an expert accountant. Dr. Charles Aked of San Francisco and Miss Emil Balch of Wellesley col- lege, American delegates to the Ford conference for continuous mediation, sailed from Stockholm for the United A German aeroplane appeared over the English coast yesterday but was driven off and dropped no bombs. An- ti-aircraft guns fired on the aeroplane which turned seawards, chased by British machines. Ludwig W. Lehmann ard his wife, accused of painting and selling more than 200 pictures, representing them father, John R. McLean, owner of the in an effort to break the will of his ings in the District of Columbia courts The pope is continumg his efforts for peace and has sent instructions to the bishops to devote the last Sunday of the second year of the war to a general communion of children. This service is to be celebrated in_all the chuches of Europe. = The young man who lost his life at Bridgeport while trying to save an- other man from drowning in the har- bor was identifled as Mi el Pine. 22 vears old, of Worcester, Mas: Pine had already received two medals for saving persons from Arownin; He tried to save James Sullivan, 55 years old. Matihew Hale of Boston, acting chiivfan of the progressive national committee, made public a statement to delegates of the progressive national committee criticising_ the endorse- ment of Charles F. Hughes by the commiti He has conferred recent- ly with Vance McCormick, chairman of the democratic national committee. Large Carranza forces, better or- manized and more completely equip- ped than any other units of the de facto sovernment’s troops, are clos- ing in on the bandits of southern Chi- huabua and northern Durango, with the Intention of wiping them out. Shot by Her Brother-in-law. PBridgeport, Conn., July 8.—Mrs. Julius Mersans, who was shot three The attempt to assassinate the president occurred while Buenos Aires was celebrating the hundredth anni- versary of the independence of Ar- gentine. Dr. de la Plaza was defeated for a second term in a bitterly con- tested election last June in which the radical candidate was elected. Pres- ident de la Plaza leaves office on Oc- | $okan 32 times by her brother-in-law, Samuel Mersans, last night, is in a very seri- ous condition in a local hospital. One bullet entered her breast, another her thigh and the third wounded her arm. Little hope is' held out for her recov- ery. Samuel Mersans killed himself immediately after the shooting, which followed. Mrs. d for money which ALLIES ADVANCING ON BOTH FRONTS Surprise Attack by the Russians Gives a Flftegn.' Mile Gain ] FRENCH RETURN TO OFFENSIVE ON WEST FRCNT German Trenches for Two Miles and a Half Have Been Cap-‘ tured, With Village of Biaches—British Are Making Steady Progress and Fierce German Counter-Attacks Break Down Under Their Guns—Russian Drive Sweep- ing 'on With Increasing Power, But Austrians Claim Suc- csses in Southern Bukowina and on Italian Front. The French have returned to the Somme have captured German trenches over two and miles east of Flaucourt and to a depth ranging from about two-thirds of a offensive sou: a distance of mile to a mil ches. co-operation office says, British Satu; Wood. Iy losses at othu Br missing. The drive sweeping on The Ru: which railroad, of Kovel. tended one, line, Russians reti vance in so ed has also bee Russians Joi ney ment. tingents, numbers, bui ceived of furt Losses On London, Kolomea, General Bru: Stokhod Riv: Tonight's reports the Janovka. lient. < over which ha the R they “steady progres: born opposition.” The German heavy guns have been bombarding all along the British front more actively than ever and the Ger- mans, in _two violent counter-attack have made a_desperate effort to re- : take the positions captured by the attacks came under a seyere and effective fire from British guns and the British assert, complete- broke down. Regarding these operations German headquarters, while admitting the loss of ground in the Hardecourt village, declares that both British and French attacks were repelled with very heavy Both but of Italians along July 9, 10:25, ecastern front continues to overshadow the western from the spectacular view- | point, the Russian forces going from success to sucess. General Letchitzky in_the south, railroad junction at Delatyn, west of off General Eothmer from his suply base in the north, making surprising’ advances on_both sides of the Kovel railway towards the cutting. gion retiring adds that the Russians have occupicd Huleviche, about twenty four east of Kovel, th of the f about e and a third. captured by storm the village of Bia- The French have thus resumed their the British who have been engaged in fiercd fighting in the neighborhood of Ovillers, where, the statement from the British again made with have " in the fai rday near er points. The losses on all sides are doubtless heavy and that the British are pay- ing the price of their forward mov ment is indicated by the casualty lists of the last four days, which report 628 sh officers killed, of the with the The Associated Press correspondent at Petrograd says that a surprise at- tack delivered along the Sarny-Kovel line, while the Austro--Germans were engaged in defending the Rovno-Kovel netted a clear advance miles. Russian despatches say that on the lower Stokhod the Teutonic forces are ng in great disorder. The Austrians have not only been successful in resisting the Russian ad- Bukowina, crown land the Russians hoped soon to clear of their ad dertaking an offen in forcing Moldava river. fifteen uthern rsari iv their way very active the Isonzo n n Paris, July the Rus: in France recently and quartered at Camp de Troves, have been sent Five contingents of Russian troops landeq at Marseilles between April 20 and May 5, after a land and sea jour- of about 17,500 miles from Mos- cow to_ Port Dalny, thence by water via the Suez Canal. The sending of the Russian troops was largely in the nature of an exyeri- It was said in Paris several weeks ago that the first Russian con- numbering. 25,000 men, might be followed by more word has been re- t no ther arrivals. ENEMY RETIRING IN DISORDER AS RUSSIANS ADVANCE the now has oc ssilloff, T. Russian enemy forces ¢ in "great German possession of and Kovel are absolutely essential if ske is to retain her hold ever the in- vaded parts of Poland and Lithu: but it is considered likely that it only a matter of a few days before the Russians wil be in possession of Ko- ould compel von Linsin- vel, whi L R e Anxiety "Reflected in Despatches German official and unofficial des- patches reflect anxiety over the Rus- sian advance as being greater than Anglo-French IR LS s wounded Russian _armies along the whole of the castern front is greater than ever. Apparently it is increasing power: ssians_have crossed at Ugli, lies a few miles south of the Austrian official statement mentions_fighting at Stoby- chwa, west of the Stokhod, which in- dicatés that the Russians have crossed the river about thirty miles northeast The Russian line, therefore, in_this region evidently is a very ex- , have succeed- The Austrian art French on West Front. 9.—The Excelsior says an contingents which arrived Mailly, near to join the French forces at the front. Manchuria, and mrobably. Eastern Front Anxiety to the Central Powers. D. communication disorder and while apparently the Russians already are across the Stok- hod River somewhere in the region of tend will not interfere with the opera- tions against Verdun. Major Moraht and other German critics eXpress sur~ prise at the cxtent and persistence of the Russian cffensive and the endless resources of ammunition. It is reported from Rome that recent council of German, and Aus- trian_marshals, Von Hindenburg de- clared that it would be impossible to attempt a new offensive on a large scale without reinforcements of at least a quarter of a million men, The news of today shows little change in the relative positions on the western front. Berlin admits the loss of Hardecourt. The Rumanian government, accord- ing to a Berne despatch, has declined an invitation from the German and Austrian governments to participate in a conference of the Danube powers. and a half They also war, ce of stub- GERMANS KEEP GRIP ON VERDUN AND THE SOMME Berlin Feels That Situation Is Well In Hand, Despite the Allies’ Blows. Berlin, July 8 via London, July 9, 9:25 p. m.—The eyes of Germans were turned today toward the eastern rath- er than the western front. The weight' of the first onslaught in the west is believed to have been fully estimated and, in spite of whatever surprises their strategy may still have in store, public and expert opinion here is cenfident of the outcome, Tt is be- lieved that the eixth army and res serves have the situation well in hand on the Somme front and that nothing can interfere with the progress of the Verdun campaign. In the east, however, a great gen- cral offensive has burst forth all along the line from Riga to Rumania. Wave after wave of Russian flesh and steel is rolling against the Teuton dyke which stretches across the Russian provinces. Thrust follows thrust in constant succession and, no sooner do the Germans succeed in walling_the' advance at one threatened point, than another menaces. German Reserves at Weak Points. The most striking results thus far manifested have been seen in the leadership and distribution of the forces of the central powers rather than in the actual movement of the contending armies. ‘With the excep- tion of Generai Pflanzer, commanding a small group at the extreme southern end of the line, the Austro-Hungarian units everywhere are interwalled by Germans, who have furnished re- serves to bolster up particularly’ threatened points. At the very outset of the Russian the Trones or to the Official which es, but un- across the |Offensive Gencral Pflanzer detached! lery | divisions to relieve the hard pressed| against the | Archduke Joseph Ferdinand and his' front. operations near the mainly direoted! defense of the Carpathian forests and' passes into Hungar: Astonished at Ru: n Resources. | It is betraying no secret to say that the German lcaders have been aston- | ished at the recuperative powers of the Russians and their freely flowing reservoirs of both men and muntions. Time after time it seemed as if the Russians must be nearing thelr last| resources in shells and reserves, tima and again correspondents at Austrian headquarters reported that the Rus= sian troops were losing their vim and striking power, only to chroncle a day . or two later a new onslaught with fresh troops, freely supported by ar-/ tillery. Verdun Campaign Not Checked. | Despite the various Russian gains,! however, which, when marked on the map of the eastern front make a com- paratively smal showing for such a colossal expenciture of blood and ironm, ' no uneasiness is manifested here. The general offensive of all fronts simul- taneously has compelled the Germans to discontinue their favorite railroad strategy but the strategic defence,' which the Germans deliberately chose on the eastern and general western fronts, has so far proved adequate to Lold up the allies' offensive and has nct interfered with the continuance of the German assault againt Verdun.! To such an extent is this true that the Germans still retain the stratesic initiative and_show no indication of relaxing their grip on the great French fortress. have been about m.— The cupied the von and is 1,400 NEW HOUSES FOR WATERBURY SOON Manufacturers Are Behind the Plan to Relieve Congestion. ‘Waterbury, Conn., July 9.—The Wa= terbury Republican tomorrow will say: “To relieve the acute housing. conditions in this city it is announced by a person in authority that mfi.nu-'l facturers will back building operations which call for the erection of 1,400 houses before snowfall. i “The Scovill Manufacturing Com- pany, one of the largest concerns mak- ing brass in the world, the American Brass company and the Chase inter= | ests, brass manufacturers, are the eon- cerns who_will back the venture.” in this re- miles Baranovichi ia, s Tutsk sa- Steamship Arrsvais. New York, July 9.—Arrived: offensive Liverpool;