Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 15, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVill—NO. 169 POPULATION 28219 99 NORWICH, CONN.,. SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1916 SIXTEEN PAGES—112 COLUMNS The Bulletin’s Circulation in No BRITISH SWEEP GERMAN LINES — Spectacular Artillery B ombardment Took Place Before Dawn FOLLOWED BY SUCCESSFUL INFANTRY CHARGES Advance Over Four Mile Front Brings British in Line With French—Fighting of Heaviest Character—Germans Re- capture Bazentin by Furious Attack and Then Again Driven Out by British Infantry—Fierce Fighting on the Stokhod Continues and Bombardment on Belgian Front May Mean Aporoaching Drive. After the briefest preliminary bom- bardment which has preceded any important action on the western front | the British armies on the Somme have again swept forward and have cap- tured several important German ond positions. On a front of miles the British have advance all po- depth of a mile 2 violent and have h The strategic importance itish successes is r straightening of their line ity with that of th hitherto advanc speed than brevity of the ment, coupled with press correspondents the British losses were ~omparatively small, lend strong 1pport to unoffi- cial statements that the German sec- ond line was much less strongly forti- fled than their first defences. Bombardment On Belgian Front. of the by the in conform- The bombard- statements of the front that preliminary the On the French portion of tiie Somme tront of importhnce was recor the French official statement for Friday it was announc- ed that the hombardment of German positions on the Belgian front had reached a_point of the est in- tens This annour receives dditional fica more than a week the Be have report- ed a persistent and destructive hom- bardment directed against the Ger- man fortifications. ~ These announce- ments were similar to those made by the British preceding the their great offensive bly indicate that movement by the allies may be tempted xt the extreme western of the battle line. No German Offense Reported. Another point of significance in the s official war Peports is that the only actions reported on the Verc front were assaults made by the French. were noted in the German statement which made no of any Ger- man offensive ac Still Battling on Stokhod. On the Russian front the great bat- tle on the Stokhod is still raging with the issue remaining in the balance. The most Important news from opening of and may poss! another big forwa d end Russian side is in regard to the op-| erations in the Caucasus. The Grand Duke Nicholas reports continued and substantial successes against the | Turks and is apparently launching an- other great offensive in the region of Erzertm and Baiburt, aimed at the very heart of the Turkish empire. A successful Russian advance along this line would cut off the Turkish armies ic the south and again place Bagdad in jeopardy. CURTAIN OF FIRE BEFORE THE DAWN Then the British Infantry Charged on German Second Lines. British Front in France, July 14, 11 a. m., via London, 7:33 p. n.—Even the phlegmatic British generals and generals and staff officers are showing clation over the results this morning of the night attack against the Ger- man second line, although Leing care- ful to state that the great task against a powerful foe is only barely started, Soon after daylight the joyful news of the British success slipped into a tel- ephone message ocer the area occu- pied by the British army. Within 20 Yards of Second Line. As a spectacle to an eye-witness, this action of the second Lig stage of the battle of the Somme surpassed hat of July 1. Taking needed ground for organizing new trenches and throwing out small parties, who dug themselves in, the army had been aduaily gaining a position from svillers, La Boisselle and Montauban, i distance of four miles, from which to deliver a blow and until many points were within 200 yards of the German second line. Meanwhile the shells of the British artillery could be seen cutting the wire and making thorough preparations of which Gener- al Sir Douglas Haig, the British ccm- mander insiste there is evidence on every hand. At Three In the Morning. “Tomorrow morning at three,” came the laconic word yesterday evening, “preceded by the usual intensive pre- liminary bombardment, only a little hotter.” The ground gained by the British on July 1 and in subsequent operations gave The Associated Press Obserre a_viewpoint from where the whole line of attack could be seen. The faint moonlight enabled the gunners to dir- Iy see tbeir work, the infantry and the contour of the ground. “This is & real daylight-saving show,” said one of the gunners. Greatest Concentration of Guns. Seemingly, as the observer pushed audaciously closer to the German line, there was thg greatest concentration of| Chesapeake Bay. guns (;; aux’cnllbres probably ever made in a given area. Erom behipd she Gefman' trenches gained on. July 1 farted tho dagger ftashes through a b%l nighit. Onel two! three! lour! “the battery was shooting at frooy the :bottom ,of the t ‘top. ZThe_scene. of o~ 2 | thunder: at- | the | tillery power was no less indescribable than’ the thrilling susgestion of the | Waiting infantry battalion lines which | were seen going into position Lefore {the battle. | First Wave of Infantry. the moment the assayit started it o | seemed there was no interval in their as the guns moved forward thair curtain of shell-bursts in front of the first wave of infantry ad- cing across the zone between their hes and the German lines Signals by Rocket and Candie. In the direction of Longueval a big - was seen. It was the village or storehouse urning as the bright spot was growing to a steady point in e fleld of gun flashes. Then scar- heavenward, went a rocket signal which gave the positions ganed he attack. Commanders in the answered with other signals while t had been the German stronghold an hour or an hour before were red patches spread wit hthe man candles. This method of communication is a_difficult purt of the business of directing an army under cover of darknes Air Craft Up at Dawn. At the British its aero ind the balloor half burning sparks of R roplane came humming from »me toward the German lines usage shaped observation rose together into the air in a vague scene of oblong and grotesgue monitors. Out of the blanket where the guns were flashing rose the white slashes of he maize of German trenches, the er points the trunks of trees, which had shaded the highways, but were now denuded of limbs by hte shell fire. British Gain the Ridge. While the smoke barages from the ritish lines were carried by favorable | winds and th eshells made other points {of the 1 indistint the ridge of Long- |ueval, where the Rritish burrowed | forw: t commnading positions B cunning and brave foe, | were seen distinctly to be in their | possession. More lines of troops were | |moving through the German curtains of shell fire to the support of those 0 had gained the hotly desired {summit and were now looking down | hill where the German guns were hid- den and with the Bapaume Ridge in the distance. Behind the mall was the organization which had plotted the ac- |tion of the army and back of those | were battalions awaiting their orders. | _A sergeant of artillery, of the typi- cal ruddy-faced “John Bull” type, sit- ting stiff on his horse after a sleep- less night directing the columns of ssons, hurrying up ammunition to the greedy guns, called out: “Mind your wheel horse! Now together like I taught you to do!" The wheels with their padded and noiseless axles went up the embank- ment with every rider urging his straining mount. NEW IRISH BILL DEMANDED BY REDMOND Leader Again Naked Coercion. all Nationalist Charges London, July 14, 7:52 p. m.—John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nation- alists, today again took up his charge against the Marquis of Lansdowne in another statement in which he de- mands the prompt production of the new Irish "ill in order to settle the dis- [ puted points between himself and Lord Lansdowne. The Irish leader in his statement says: “With regard o the declaration of Lord Lansdowne, in his speech of a policy of naked coercion in Ireland, T am loath to believe that it represents a deliberate decision of the cabinet, but T repeated that such a policy can meet with nothing but repudiation, condemnation and apposition on the part of the Irish party. Submarine Ready For Return Cargo. Baltimore, Md., July 14.—The last once set about making the hold ready for the return cargo of nickel and crude rubber, which has been stored in the warchouse on the pier for seu- eral weeks. The work of putting the cargo aboard was expected to begin before nightfall, Claims Ranch Was Confilscated. Washington, July 14.—Special Agent Rodgers, at Mexico City, was instruct- ed by the State Department today to investigate a complaint made by Mrs, Phoebe Hearst that her ranch in Mexico had been confiscated by the de facto government. President on Week £nd Cruise. Washington, July 14. — President ‘Wilson left ‘Washi n late this aft- ernoon on the Mayflower for a week- end cruise down tHhe Potomac and e was accomp- anled by Mrs. Wilson and a party of their.relatives. He expects to return early- Monday morning. Beacon Falls, Conn., July.}.—May Tubberiz, a young child, .died here to- day of infantile paralysis. The child flush of dawn the first| bons were roads and finally the dark | masses became Mametz and other now | famous woods and the gaunt fing- case i 7 Recently the board refused to allow Doutsonlanqa ufls, Composing the| .y more excursion parties from Now about 9 a. m. The steveodores at | LOTK to land at local shore resorts and Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City’s Populatiqn Cabled Paragraphs Note to Neutral Government: London, July 14, 11.45 p. m.—The British foreign office addressed a note to neutral governments today explain- ing the reasons which prompted the abandonment of the declaration of London. The declaration was abro- gated by an order in council publish- ed on July 8°and a similar decree was issued in Paris on the same day. GERMAN RESERVES SEEMED INSUFFICIENT British Artillery Power—Thrilling Fighting of Heaviest Character. London, July 14, 1125 p. m.—Ap- propriately, on the day of the French national fete when every Londoner wore his buttonhole a _tri-color rib- bon i nhonor of his allies, came the stirring news of a successful attack on the German second line which open- ed before dawn and carried a num-| ber of mew positions. Surpassed Attack of July 1. The Associated Press correspond- ent at the front de-cribes the at- tack as surpassing thai of July 1 as a_great spectacle and_thrilling dispity of artillery power. Characteristic of the fighting throughout the battle of the Somme. the Germans appeared to be unable to bring up sufficient re-| serves to make successful counter-at- | tacks. A second point, which is em- | phasized by observers on the allies | side, is, that in the fighting at close range, the Germans surrendered fre Iy. Germans Driven Out of Vii'age. Despatches from General Sir Doug- las Haig and from the press corres- pondents show that the fighting has again been of the heaviest character. At one point the Germans, by a fu-| rious counter-attack, succeeded in driving the British out of Bazentin le Petit. They were _immediately thrown out again by a_ British infan- try attack and the village remainel firmly in ish possession. day's fighting resulted ircrease 1a British gzains possession of the o Fi in a lea second position from Bazentin le tit tc Longueval, both inclusive the v.hcle of Trones Wood. A n of nrisoners were taken, includi calone! a other superior According to press correspondents the fighting was continuing hotly late to- da. Small Losses For British. Bitter fighting was proceed in | the afternoon in the woods beyond Longueval and on high points of a| ridge_occupied by the British durine the day. According to the corres pondents the British suffered ively small losses in the d: Germans Threatened at Pozieres. The positions gained today leave the Germans seriously threatened at Pozieres. on the main d from Al- hert tc Fapaume. while possessions of i the territory around Longueval brings | ish advance into line with the | sh_casualty lists issued ive the names of officers killed, 311 wounded and { men killed and wounded. | Drive Back Turks. on the Ru the Cau Russians The center of interest ian front continues in s. where the Rus ing their succe: Fighting in the nto trench warfare in forious the R ainst the Turks. 0d has relapsed but west of Austrian s have tak | | | > an- | QUARANTINE STRICT i | AGAINST CHILD PARALYSIS| New York Death Roll is Now 342 —| Adrenalin Being Used. New York, July 14.—Medical ‘ex- perts battling against the epidemic of infantile paraiysis, which & ost 542 in this city, expressed divergent iews today upon the efficicacy of in-| jections of adrenalin in spine as a remedy the disease, recommend- ed by D . Meltzer of the Rocke- | Institute, Health Commissioner Emerson an- nounced tonight that physicians who do go on their own after hundreds of use adrenalin mus| responsibility. Onl. cases had been treated and the sup- posed remedy had been fully tested, he declared, could its merits be def- initely determined. Federal health experts were more optimistic. _They are giving close at- tention to the use of adrenalin and have observed, it was stated that p tients have been helped in some in- stances, but they are unwilling at present to predict its potency as a cure. Persons cager to get their children | out of the city are finding it increas- | i Many t to do so today and failed for the quarantine against the city is growing more strict. Health officials in _towns adjacent to New York are using the utmost vig- ilance. i First Case in Norwalk. | Norwalk, Conn., July ase of infantile paralysis, the in the city, was reported to the health au thorities today. It is that of a three year old girl from Brooklyn, N. Y. Who has been ill since last Sunday in a congested section of the city. The board of health-today issied an order excluding from local theatres ail children under 16 years of age and is considering issuing another order to keep them away from Sunday schools, churches and the vacation schools now in_session. has placed quarantine restrictions on a score of families from New York and vicinity, who have come here with small children. 100 Cases Outside New York City. Albany, N. Y., July 14—Since the infantile paralysis epidemic began in | June, one hundred cases and eight deaths in sections of the state outside of Greater New York have been re- ported to the state department of health according to official announce- ment tonight. Ten new cases and one death were reported during the day. Two Cases In Chicago. Chicago, Iil, July 14—Two new cas- es of infantile paralysis bringing the total number in Chicago up to ten were reported today. Meteor Falls on Arkansas Farm. Hot Springs, Ark, July 14.—A me- teor, the unburied part of which 1s as lazge.as a five room house, has fallen on & farm twenty miles west of Hot Springs. Farmers today were afraid ot ap] it_because. of, gases and > axgol g r e Big Collier Sinks off Charleston HECTOR DISABLED IN HURRI- CANE—UNABLE TO MAKE PORT CREW TOOK TO BOATS High Sea Running and Fate of the Small Craft i Alamo Respon: Jeopardy—Steamer to Wireless Calls for Help—Sixty Marines Aboard. Charleston, S. C., July 14.—The big naval collier Hector, carrying sixty marines in addition to her crew of 70 men and 12 officers, sank off Charles- ton late today, according to a report tonight from Captain Hunt of the tug Visilant, which tried to go to the Hec- Clarke Named for Supreme Bench WILSON NOMINATES CLEVELAND MAN AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. TAKES HUGHES’ PLACE Prompt Confirmation of Appoint- ment by the Senate Expected—Nom- inee a Democrat and Identified With Ohio Public Life. Washington, July 14.—John Hessin Clarke, federal district judge at Cleve- land, Ohio, was nominated by Presi- dent Wilson today as an associate jus- tice of the supreme court to fill the vacancy caused Dy the resignation of Charles Evans Hughes, to accept the THE EMPLOYED WOMAN Environment and server” and man “the producer.” training o N the world of business has made her a “producer” as well as a “con- server She has learned more about conservation by knowing more about production. The appeal of values i ness instinct tion. When you ing—suggest hargains and possible your story in the morning br. n is fagged by tension. he has little time to read duri ge in the morninz ni purchasing action when the busy w at lunch time. ably Bulletin, which progressive women ‘ relax and follow tl or trolley, she does not pause gestion or appear. Your me i || During the past, week the following matter appeared in The Bul- in's columns: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, July S8l 172 162 1395 1729 Monday, July 10.. 138 145 233 538 Tuesday, Jily - 11:5 156 197 180 463 Wednesday, July 12.. 190 132 152 474 Thursday, July 43¢, 472 163 283 618 Friday, July 14.. 190 114 147 451 To 101 been sharpened so that she acts quickly on sugges- want to tell the business woman about your mercandiz- newspaper, where she will see it before her trend of world events on her w in her journey to respond to your sus- In Norwich see that your business story is in The inally made the woman “the con- ow the entrance of into woman s strong within her, and her busi- buying advantage for her—put ing business hours; and if she does home in train ewspaper will be read and inspire oman has a breathing spell—prob- read. 8 843 4273 2412 tor's assistance. He was unable to say whether those aboard escaped. The steamer Alamo had been standing by the colller today, having responded to her calls when she was disabled some sixty mil here in_last night's hurrican Static_conditions were such that no wireless report could be obtained tonight from the Alam The sea still was running high. The Hector left Port Royal for San- to Domingo rday. She attempt- ed to put into port here when the storm disabled her, but, according to Captain Hunt, went down about § 1-2 miles £ Charleston ligh id part of the collier’s v ture remained above wate; e Hector displaced 11,200 tons, feet long and was built at Sparro; Point, Md., in 1905, Charleston, S. C., July 14—Officials at the 1 ard here late tonight an- nounced the crew of the naval collier Hector, reported sunk off here, had been taken off in smail boats. A wireless message, it was said, had been sent out asking all vessels to watch for the boats COLONEL GLENN TRANSFERRED Removed From General Staff to Com- mand of 18th Infantry. Washington July 14.—The war de- partment made public today an order detaching Colonel Edwin F. Glenn, chief of staff in the east under Major General Leonard Wood from the gene. 1 staff and assigning him to com- mand of the Eighteenth Infantry. He will relieve Colonel James R. Rodgers, who is oreder to remain un- assigned. Colonel Glenn's transfer created some comment, as he has been on his present duty only two_vears, although regular touch for staff duty is four years. The order states that it is Sued “by direction of the pres! Secretary Baker said in explar that all available officers were being sent to the border and that Colonel Glenn's services were needed as a reg- imental commander. Major General Scott, chief of staff, and Adjutant General McCain refused to comment on the order. New York State Arsenal Burned. New York, July 14—One man was killed and several firemen were over- come by smoke in a fire which swept the New York state arsenal at Sev- enth Avenue and Thirty Fifth street late today. Large quantities of mil- ary equipment for the national guard was destroyed. The loss ir equip- ment was estimated at 00,090. The cause of the fire, which started in the carpenter shop, has not been de- termined. $35,000 Pay for Connecticut Troops. Hartford, Conn., July 14. —Under orders from Adjutant General Cole, Captain Olcott of the quartermasters department, left today for' Nogaies, Ariz, to pay the Connecticut iroops therc approximately $35,000, an amount due them for the first ten days of service following the issuing of the mobilization. § Closing in on Bandits. Chihuahua_City, Mexico, July 14— General Matias Ramos, directing the government forces operating against Villa bandits in southérn Chihuahua, is rerdisposing his troops preparatory to a quick drive in an effort to br the outlaw’s power in that section. General Jacinto Trevino, military <commander of the_mortheast, made. ~BpTanant ftonight.” ~ republican nomination for the dency Prompt confirmation of the appoint- ment by the senate is expected. A call for a meeting of the judiciary committee for Monday to consider it was issued tonizht. Two vears ago the senate confirmed the nomination of Mr. Clarke as district judge, after an investigation had disposed of sug- gestions that his service as presi- for a railroad might have impaired his usefulness as a jurist Judge Clarke is a democrat and for years was movements in with the glate Tom Johnson, D. Baker, now secretary of other leaders of tne party in his with pr hio, being asso ted Newton r, and ate. FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS START IMPORTANT SYSTEM Collecting Checks to Facilitate Trans- fer of Money. New York, July 14—To facilitate transfer of money from. one part of the country to another, the federal re- serve banks will inaugurate tomorrow their ountry-wide system of collecting bank chec! This development of the reserve system is regarded as second in importance only to the opening of {he twelve reserve banks in November, HUGHES’ STUMPING TOUR He Will Strike Detroit First On Au- gust 7. Bridgehampton, N. Y., July of the twelve cities where Charles E. Hughes will deliver speeches on his transcontinental trip had been select- 14—Five ed tentatively tonight. The are: De- troit, Chicago, probably Au- gust aul or Minneapolis, prob- ably August or 10; San neisco and Los nounced. with dates vet to he an- PATROLLING AT NOGALES Troop A the First Connecticut Meh Called for This Duty. Nogales, Ariz, July 14—Forty pick- ed men from Troop A, New Haven, Conn., Fifth Militia Cavalry, Captain Wolf commanding, are camped about the city of Nogales tonight guarding the import buildings and transporta- tion lines and doing patrol duty along the Mexican border. Troop A is the first Connecticut organization to be called into this kind of service. Oppose War Revenue Tax on Movies. Chicago, July 1i—Delegates to the convention of the Motion Picture Ex- hibitors League of America voted to- day to send telegrams to senators and representatives in congress protesting against the proposed government war révenue tax on moving picture thea- tres. . A resolution federalizing the allied branches of the motion picture indus- try was adopted. More Paralysis in Massachusetts. Boston, July 14.—A case of Infan- tile paralysis at Holyoke, two new cases at New Bedford and a second gase at Lavrence were raported to- ay. Two Sick in Coiorado. Denver, Col,, July 14—Two cases of infantile paralysis in Colorado were reported to the state public health Condensed Telegrams New York’s hot spell was broken by a heavy rainstorm. The Montreal Stock Exchange will remain closed tomorrow. Fire caused $10,000 damage to the ‘Hotel Raleigh, at Atlantic City. Marquis Ishii has been appointed Japanese ambassador to Russia. The Bank of England released 75,- 000 pounds in sovereigns to Egypt. A membership of the New York Cotton Exchange was sold for $14,- 250. Plans to bring about the adjourn- ment qf congress by Aug. 15 are being made. The rate of discount of the Bank of England was raised from five to six per cent. A park exclusively for the use of women was established by Kansas City, Mo. Traffic at Havana docks has been tied up by a strike of the truck driv- ers’ union. James Sant, late principal painter- in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, died at London, aged 96. German newspapers assert that S0 submarines of the Deutschland class are now building. Japan's naval program provides $125,000,000 and construction of four super-dreadnaughts. Property of the Standard Oil Co. at Whiting, Ind., wash damaged to the extent of $250,000 by fire. The American Linsged Oil Co. ad- vanced the price of linseed oil one cent a gallon to 70 cents. Seventeen hundred strong, the Third Regiment of Infantry left Camp Whit- man, N. Y., fror Pharr, T Gold to the amount of $800,000 was withdrawn from the New York Sub- Treasury for shipment to Cuba. Boston's hospitals were crowded with heat prostration victims. The thermometer registered 92 desrees. Rosa Luxemberg, principal editor of the Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, was arrested at her home in Berlin. A seat on the New York Stock Ex- change was sold for $63,000, a decrease of $2,000 from the iast previous sale. The War Department has spent $14,- 300,000 for clothing and equipment purchased during the present mobili- zation. President Wilson authorized Secre- tary of War Baker to establish imme- | diately the acroplane reserve corps of the army Canada was received =t the New York Sub-Treasury consigned to J. P. Mor- san & Co. i An additional $3,000,000 in gold from | Mrs. Annie Besant, one of the lead- ers of the movement for Home Rule in India, has been prohibited from en- tering Bombay. A London report says that the city of Madrid, Spain, has been declared in a state of siege, as a result of the railway strike. Nothing has been steamer Ramos, tagena, which s nals Wednesday. heard from the Philadelphia for Car- t out distress sig- Elbert H. Gary, chairmar of the United States Stéel Corporation, sail- ed from Vancouver for China and Ja- pan on a vacatlo Bringing a cargo of 1,600 tons of nish onions, the French steamer Ville du Havre arrived at New Yorls from Spanish port Ohio’s artillery di n of the Na- tional Guard has been presented with a $100,000 observation balloon by an Ohio Rubber company. Edward Higgens, American consul at Stuttgart, whose unneutral acts had been protested by Germany, was trans- ferred to Bahia, Brazil. The destroyer tender Panther and the destroyer Flusser, Walke, Sterrett, and Lawson were withdrawn from duty in Mexican waters. Miss Mary E. Melton, a missionary of the American Methodist Episcopal church in Japan since 1879, died at Nagasaki of typhoid fever. 5 Heine’s sausage and meat curing factory at Halberstadt, Germany, one of the largest concerns of the kind in Germany, was destroyed by fire. A meeting of the Chicago Title & Trust Co. will be held on August 22, to decide on inereasing the capital stock from $5,600,000 to $7,000,000. The Central Hudson Gas & Electric 0., which supplies light and power to the city of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. was completely crippled by the heavy storm. Gov. Whitman will not, for the pres- ent, call a special session of the leg- islature for the purpose of providing funds for the National Guard ex penses. William H. Wallace, Jr, from_the New York Stock Exchanze, has been suspended for one vear, and John J. Kelly, his partner, for six days, for illegal trading. Guillermo Reyes, suspected of be- ing member of a conspiracy to over- throw Carranza, was arrested at Vera Cruz, when he landed from the Span- ish steamer Alfonso. Senator O’Gorman of New York asked President Wiison to have Am- bassador Page at London intervene informally in an effort to secure com- mutation” of Sir Roger Casement'’s death sentence. Forty Georgla watermslons twere cut in” the rooms of the house com- mittee on interstate and foreign com- merce. Chalrman Adamson contrib- uted to an early adjournment of the lower body when he announced on the floor that all members were Invited to attend the cutting. Another Yale Battery Off. New Haven, Conn., July 15—Bat- tery C of the Yale Battalion, Tenth Militia Field Artillery, left tonight for ahv'fi Pa., training camp. U. 8. 600D WILL PLEASES GARRANZA - ] b “We Will Be Able to Avoid War,” First Olmg( Says BUT HE WOULD BE READY TO FIGHT Some Reforms in Operation Already and Speedy Incorpora- tion of Others in Constitution of Mexico—Presidential Election Immediately After Reconstruction is Accomp- lished and Peace Prevails—Progress of Negotiations Sat- isfactory. Mexico City, July 14—Genergl Car- ranza in an ipterview today said that the status of the negotiations with Washington was very satisfactory as the result of the good will shown to each other by Mexico and the United States. “Thanks to this feeling of good will,” the first chief continued, “we will be able to avoid war. War is something I do not desire, but if there were no other remedy for the situation, I would enter upon it” General Carranza, however, refused to discuss the situation as it relates to the possible action of President Wilson or of the Latin-American na- tions which offered to mediate in the trouble between the United States and Mexico. Within a short time, the first chief said, there would be incorporated in the constitution of Mexico all the reforms which now find a place in the program of the constitutionalists. In a large measure, he declared, some of these reforms already are in operation and there remains only their incor- poration into the fundamental laws of the country. As to the holding of a presidential election, General Carranza said that it would take place as soon as the worlk of reconstructing the constitution had been completed and when the country. was completely at peace. The de facto government, the first chief asserted, will pass a law of am-. nesty so that all Mexicans who have left the country for one reason Or am=- other can return if they desire. Such a law, however, he said, would not be promulgated as long as the Sovern- ment was not on a firm basis, for the reason that among some of the Mexicans now living abroad there are those who would return to Mexico to conduct agitations and disturb labor conditions. GREAT FOREST FIRE I DESTROYS GREEK PALACE King Constantine Weeps at Sight of Immense Devastation. Paris, July 14. 5 p. despatch from Athens today describes the destruction of the summer palace of King Constantine and the burning of the forest of Tatoi, in which the palace stood. The king, says the des- patch, escaped in an automobjle from 2 dangerous position where he was directing the foresters endeavoring to extinguish the fire which had started in the woods. The mator in which the king approached the burning di trict had been surrounded by flam and he darted on foot through the inger zone, reaching anmother auto- mobile and got away in safety. Many persons were caught by the flames and perished, among them sev- eral army officers. The forest, which was the largedt in Greece, was entire- Iy burned over. The tota] loss from the flames, exceeds 40,000,000 francs. It is suspected that the fire start- ed from the carlelessness of wander- ing vagabonds in throwing a ciga- rette stub into dry brush wood, the countryside being dried out by lack of rain and intense heat. The pavilion of Queen Mother Olga and the palace of the Crown Prince were destroyed and_also it is feared, the torb of King George.. King Constantine shed tears at the sight of the devastation wrought by the flames. CERTIFICATES OF DEPARTURE FOR TRAVELING CHILDREN Through Advised in Case of Tran New York City. ‘Washington, July 14—To save trav- elers from inconvenience on account of the restrictions which many cities and states have placed upon the move- ments of children from New York eity because of the infantile paralysis epi- demic, the United States public health service today issued the following ad- vi “All persons accompanied by chi dren under the age of 16 years who contemplate a journey which nece: tates transit through New York city are advised to provide themselves with certificates stating their place of de- parture. If this is not done inconven- jence and even delay may result, as many cities In the absence of proof, make no distinction between children actually residing in New York city and those who merely are in transit through that locality. These certifi- cates should be secured from the Dbealth officer at the place of depar- ture and may be presented to any in- spection officer as an evidence that the holder does not come from the in- fected district.” HARTFORD STUDENT HIT HIGH TENSION WIRE Severely Shocked and Burned, But Recovery Expected. Bristol, Conn., July 14—Francis Bill of Hartford, a college student. who has been taking inventory at the local power plant of the Bristol and Plain- ville Tramway company, was_severe- y shocked and burned today by com- ing in contact with a high tension wire while on the roof of the power house. The burns are on the upper part of his body and one les. He was taken to a hospital at Hartford. The physicians believe he has a chance to reccver. RELIEF OF INTERNED CIVILIANS Proposals Made in Recent British Note to Germany., London, July 14, 6:10 p. m.—The proposals’ made in the recent British note to Germany regarding relief for interned civilians were given to_The Associated Press today by Lord Rob- ert Cecil, minister of war trade, in substance as follows “All persons above the ages of 50 are to De repatriated by thelr re- spective countries. “All persons between the ages of 45 and 50 who are unfit for military service, also are to be sent home. “Of 'the remainder Germany 'and Great Britain are to intern an equal number in a neutral country.” Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for a reply to be received from the German government. Steamship Arrivals. Glasgow, July 13.—Arrived: er Sardinian, Boston. Copenhageh, _ July 13.—Arrived: Steamer Oscar II, New York. London, July _1i—Arrived: Steamer Andanie, New York. _ Steam- m.—A wireless DEMOCRATS SEE END A LONG WAY OFF Bills Enough on Hand to Keep Sena- tors in Washington for Two Months _ ‘Washington, July 14—Democrats of the senate will caucus tomorrow night to consider further the legislative program for the remainder of the ses- sion. Some democratic senators are making urgent appeals for considera~ tfon of special measures not included in the imperative program drawn up by party leaders and democratic and republican_conferees have been unable to agree formally on what measures should be disposed of before adjourn- ment. At a joint conference with the dem- ocrats early this week republican sen= ators agreed to a program including the appropriation, revenue, shipping | and corrupt practices bills. There was: no agreement, however, on the child labor, workmen's compensation and immigration measures and their cham- pions now are insisting that they should not be deferred until next ses- sion. Other democrats are pressing or action on the wocational education bill, the sufirage amendment and nu- merous other maters. Senator Gallinger, the republican leader, told the senate today that how soon an adjournment was reached was entirely within the hands of the dem- ocrats and that the republicans would co-operate in completing the program. Democratic leaders realize that final passage of the naval and army ap=i propriation bills and the revenue and shipping measures aione will require four or five weeks at least and that if many other measures are to be taken up the idea of an adjournment by Sept. 1 must be abandoned. i Tha house is expected to complete the entire legislative program suggest-: ed by President Wilson by passage. tomorrow of the Rucker corrupt prac-' tices Dill. Until the senate is ready to adjourn the house will mark time. NAVAL MILITIA START OFF TODA' Nine Battieships Leave for Block k land Sound Maneuvers. Washington, July 14—The annual practice cruise of the naval militia of the United States will begin tomorrow | and continue until July 2. On the, Atlantic coast nine reserve battleships carrying the militiamen and under the command of Rear Admiral Helm, will leave their ports for Block Island Sound, where manoeuvers under actual war conditions will be held. : The vessels for the eastern organiza- tions will sail from Boston, New York, Philadelphia_and Norfolk and_are to rendezvous_at Block Island Monday morning. They will be manned sixty per cent. by militiamen and forty per, cent. by enlisted men o fthe navy and, will be under command of regular nave | al officers. Careful study has been given to th arrangements by naval officers in or der to instruct the militiamen for the first time under actual war condi= tions. The total number of militiamen par- ticipating in the battleship cruise will( be approximately 270 officers and 4,200 men. The battleship Kearsarge has been assigned_to the Massachusetts militla. and the Virginia to Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and some of the Mass- achusetts units. NO SCHOOL‘ OF SHARKS ALONG JERSEY COAST Only Three or Four Wandered Away From Gulf Stream. - Washington, July 14—Superintend= ent Cole of the coast guard district covering the New Jersey coast Te- ported today it was his belief that three or four big sharks had strayed in from the warm water of the Gulf Stream and that there was no large . school as many had believed. Im- mediate risks, he said, had been avert. ; ed by placing steel nets about the . beaches. 2 Superintendent Cole said any per- sons held the theory that the recent storm had diverted some of the warm surface water of the Gulf Stream and * that the sharks had approached the shore with it. Franz Joseph Serfously Il Zurich, via Paris, July 14, 5:25 p.m, | i.fet? muo&gd the news of the —>Members of the Austrian o Beh: fumily have been summoned enbrunn owing to the illness of the' emperor Francis Joserh, according to news despatches from Innsbruck, Several specialists are attending the