Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 18, 1916, Page 1

Norwich Bulletin VOL. LVI—NO. 171 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1916 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. P%HCE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s - Circulation in Norwich is Double AUTOMOBILE CR&SH AT PLAINFY g Arthur E. Park of Fall River and Miss Anna E. Cushing:of Providence Killed ‘WERE TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED THIS MONTH Roadster Going at High Speed Plunged Into Side of loco- motive at Dangerous French’s Crossing—Skulls of Both Bones Broken—Were Returning Crushed and Many After a Week-end at New London. s e (Bpecial to The Bulletin.) Plainfield, July 17.—Arthur E. Park ompany of vo om- was tantly in the s o'clock ove his ide of a Provi- killed at town of Pl morning inst t when e forw 1 b nd from npanion, Identified na E. Cush- top of their they plunged of Frov heads torn through a pract ros inst the be point the harled bac of a few track, to Stop. only fro Made Desperate Effort dent set up the cl le back from took place, w the accident at high speed. The t some call a bliad o an au- founa ¥ ter the ac- ng order. The were set up ticht, at least made but he cou effort to ite laimed s obstruct- ed. Pa ong the highwa a e road, from Pl when he was str running the by the Stive distance of | approxim 200 f Car a Total Wreck. Upon lea ! were he The vic nd, which Just wi of t a pas the trairn ‘hapma and immedia varni for Me er W. W Moosup, d Coroner Arthur G Danielson, was also notified. Park Had $8,000 on Person. Judge Prior helped very starting th to victims. From banichooks, cards found in Mr, Park’s was not difficult fo fix his identity, which was quickly yerified. It was Jater found that he had nearl 000 jn money and checks on his person These valuables with his own dia- mond ring and diamond and_ pear] stickpin were turned over to Coroner G. Bill, as were bankbook: wing heavy accounts with the Massassoit- Pocassit and _Fall River Natlonal banks of Fall River, Woman Wore Many Jewels, The dead woman’s fingers were cir- cled by a number of beautiful and ex- pensive rings, set with diamonds, pearls and emeralds. From about her neck was suspended platinum Javiller, set with a number of small diamonds and suspending a diamond of larger size. This picce of Jewelry and the flve valuable rings Fhe wore are said to be worth, with Mr. Park’s, from $1,500 to $2,000. One of a pair of lar(ge diamonds that were get in one ring on_the woman’s finger was (wisted out of the setting and is lost at the scene of the accident. An- other ring worn by the woman was « plain gold band. There svas another plain gold vand ring, taken from the a magnificent finger of Mr. Park, that bore the in- scription, Leéwis fo Anna, October, 1905. Crushed Skulls and Broken Bones. The examination of the bodies by Dr. Adams showed that in addition to the crushed skulls the victims had broken bones, arms, legs and ribs. Mr. Park lay with one arm sticking through the frame of the windshield, his companion heside hlm. The map's skull was split open ps one would split a cocoanut, the to] art, !yiug };uck. and emplfl(,d of il that ew minutes before heen its d ficlm Bno fit lc ths and guiding contents, Woman's head wag alsa tern ff, Qne of her legs was broken in three places, one arm broken and ribs on each sidé crushed in, Woman Was Net Known, After the investization by the cal examiner and Coroper Bill the bodies were removed hy [indertaker Frank Tillinghast of Central Viliage. |5 The wrecked car was yemoved‘to Mill- igan’s garage at Wauregan, It was not until Corunér Bill got in touch with the office of the Bay State Shellac company at Fall River fthat it was learped that Parids com- panion was not his wife. A man wha represented himseif tg, ha g mans ager of the cgncern sa#%( '1} that he hadl ne'means o nmvln;;w the woman was. e alsg mqumed Mr. Bijl that Mr. Park's father wag &n route hereand the seniorMr. Parks did arrive later, Spent Sunday in New Londo An insnecfinn of the wraps, S nredls one PP SR S | evidentiy }a touring small tan leather handbag and other things in the car would indicate that the couple had been to some beach In a rub- berized bag were two bathing suits, wet, which fact taken with the state- ment of automobile tourists who -hap- pened along before the car had been removed would indicate that the dead had spent Sunday in or about | resort for the week end. coupl ;;\» London, possibly at Ocean Beach. name, but who drove car, said he saw a garage at New There w in the ca Mas: London one small s contained is to different and wom: ow the mah cles, by Womaan's The woman blue corduroy “Bedell,” Providence, side of the coll summer dress white rubber-holed crush banded 1me red rem white a lapel he wore k< stocking: shoes and with pink of simplic kable t shoes was tw] was conside her low tourist, who declined to give his achusetts the wrecked car in Sunday. handbag articles arti- Shoe Twisted From Foot. medium | inter of sewed on the in- a light ow, a straw ribbon— | well It at one of ted from | | v | | o0 " of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City’s Population Cabled Paragraphs Only;One Frenchman in 80 Villages Paris, July 17, 5:10:p, m.—Only one Freneh inhabitant was found in thirty villages. regained. by. the French and the British in their offensive in the Somme region. FHe wae a farmer who bad bid in a cellar-at Belloy when the Germans on June 25, ordered every French civilian into the interior in anticipation of-an allled attack. Peace Party in Hungary. London, July 18, 3:06 a. m.—Count Michael Karolyi has resigned from the presidency of jthe '‘Hungarian iInde- Pendence Party, according to a Bud- apest despatch to the Morning Post and will form 2 new party, which will demand immediate peace between Hungary and its enemies, with or without the comsent of Germany and Austria. VILLISTA BANDITS ELUDE DE FACTO TROOPS Two Hundred of the Outlaws on Way North to Border. . IS Chihuahua City, July 17.—Several scattered groups of Villa followers have eluded the cordon of government troops which surrounded them in the Rio Florido bottoms and have re-as- sembled at Tanajas and Las obas, on the road to Ojinaga and are making their way north with the object of making another raid on the American border, according to confidential ad- vices to General Jacinto Trevino to- day. The advices which came from Santa Rosalia sald the outlaws i ed Chihuahua City by in small groups to the little Settiensents northeast of here. eral Tra the comn n o immediately or- anders of the garris v and Piedras Negras 00ps out in an attempt to the bandits, whose numbers w estimated at about 200. He pointed out, however, that natu of the t in is such that some of tl outls might evade the government troops ana suggested that it would be for military rorities on the 2 of frontier to be nt. dered sons to thr ) ly vigil the ac Ame th of the rainy s her foot and lay on the mud guard he said he abundant water the rear of the machine, which was| supply makes iy es for small bands twisted around when it struck the lo- | to deviate from beaten roads and old comotive and headed in the direction However, th exican from which it had been coming. do every ‘thing they can ST the handits reaching the The train that figured in the wreck civil governor was held at the o for more unced today th than an hour f the members | westiz report of the crew, inclu those mention i the at Bab ed, were interviewed by Coroner Bill | ra and had 1id, that The conductor wa rett O. Wood- | the property ated but ward, trainm: " cis, both | that th M?]o were merely detained of Provideince s learned by M. | to pre sibility of their be- that _th nd in | ing mo he border without locomotive 1a- | that district. or e 3| The | has not et the main V s i of the pilot, | band, w is surrounded in Rio ¥ in omotive showing the | rids he said, but is pres A was ripped off the lo- | ctive the big machine sped e e along in tac with the automobile. THREE FOOT SHARK Identification Made by Slster. S R A From various clues that were ob- —— = ained du Jay the identity of | policeman Pulled in the Fish by Hook 14 dead wor 5 established for b ert by the arrival of Mr. and Ll rwood of M wood is her d when she made st ated tonight o Barks band thov Curve Toward Long Island. be arried i Siple Tafe SR New Yoris, A new theory | friends in New London | {0 explain the on their way back when the | Schools of sharks alor nt occurred. Miss Cushing had | 1antic_seaboard w married, it was stated, but was | tain William Jensen o ced E me to Providence | Fruit steamship Middlet Tass., where she |rived here todaj brother and sister, Calef | belief that the gulf stream has and Mrs. Clara Bournwood, |towards the coast and that ‘ fish of every variety soon will abound | s Barents Wers lini Danhury. in the wateérs of Lon and. Two nd Mrs. Edward A. Parks of|hundred miles from New York Sun- ver, the parents of the dead|day night, Captain the \an, were visiting in Danbury toda ptial S lat Tl e and 'left for Plainfield by automobile | aumally Sigh for that latiina: immediately after being informed of ik il the accident, CONN. REGIMENTS PASS THROUGH EL PASO. First and Second Infantry on Way to Nogales. El Paso, Texas, July 17—The First and Second Infantry regiments, Con- passed through here today ostensibly for No- necticut National Guard, gales, Ariz: DEUTSCHLAND READY TODAY. Accompanying Tug Coaling and Car- go Almost Al in. Baltimore, JId., July 17.—There were tonight that the sub- Deutschland will many indicatic marine merchantmar, be ready ta sail tomorrow, The tug Thomag F. towed the submarine to from the capes, coaled this afternoon. Captain ¥, Hinsch, of the left the pler to take gn gaal. Several colared stevedores answer- ing questions as to haw there work was going, said they expected tq fin- loading by 11 o'clock tomorrow ish morning. that Timmins, which Baltimore interned North German Lloyd steamer Neckar, who had charge of the Timmins when she picked up the Deutschland, wag seen on the Timmins jyst hefore she New 1 liceman don, ( imotl Sheehan pull three foot y Saturda ing while fis Plum which is about iles from this I bor and Ocean b NEW "'HEORY AS TO SHARKS. | Gulf Stream Has Taken THIRTEEN DEAD IN SOUTHERN FLOODS Property Damage in Five States Esti- mated at $15,600,000. Raleigh, , C., July 17.—Thirteen persons dead, at least ten miss and property damage estimated at around $15,000,000 is the knowa toll of flood in five southern states in the past for- ty-eight hours. TENNESSEE RIVER OVERPLOW‘ Million Acres af Caorn Under Water From Four to Fifteen Feet Knoxville, Tenn., July 17—A mill- ion acres of corn in the Tennessee riv- er valley between Chattanooga and Paducah, Ky., are uynder water from four to flfteen feet today as a result of the swollen copdition of the Ten- nessee River in that section. The loss Is estimated at $1,000,000. Many persons are Homeless. Sixty Homes Washed Away. Asheville, N. C.. July 17.—Flood wa- terg of the French, Brgad and Swan- nanoa rivers were rapidly receding to- nisht, but compilation of definite re- borts'received here showed a startjing aggregate of damage. In these two valleys nine Jives were lost, sixty res- idences yashed away, four hundred Steamshi yeoplg pqde hgnmele‘ss twe‘tv?i'fih:ngrod Bordeapx, July 14—Arrived: steam- | (fi of -emmiogmen ndus- = a1 phmg partly troyed and a :?R?clfi‘p%g'eal::w }}”‘ et 2 almost’ complete tlezin pf mi!ro,xg The broperty loss is 4 1 efl%@@d S e g B i T = steamert Al ew “¥ork." z = ricgwall, July Ifivsda?ed‘r <t G_ym'd_ Killed py Escaging Prisoners. United States (from Copenhagen) fet en, N. I, July 12—One guard ¥orle waq*k ed' 3nd @néther fatally wound- gzia, July 10.—Arrived: stea.me;\ atQ today by two prisoners in talia, I}Ierw ?orkA e thelr escape nnmnghe it in 7] uly rrived: steam- pégm unty equ use. A cfi%‘*&‘" oh Nesr Thex gone fl‘}(\ P:il.fe purchasedgleUnr. .xnEf.. U now is t :vasxfi.grm ed‘b a “trust; o zave ey e c8] ners§ are Georgia Embezzler Granted Pardon. ngx Efi gfi{}dgggx “orgery, W hmgtpm Ju\x 13—President Wil- %’1 Phize, held on 4 mur: Qi tada o eg to ekpire at ohes Gord E"-‘g& e ns 'on = = 'fiy ‘gzrcafi Yé\o{flffigfl@& in . Home Defender at 71. lg; to embuz ng ~ fundg “from" ‘the Waterbury, Conn., July 17.—William st Nafjs ;;;"' m;%ns, 1lips;“aged seventy-one, appeared-af %cp en &an hea;th 1is pre- S'Ahe g.nne ty tonight and participates vious gaod" cbamctet and progf-that he | in tHe full arill of a home reserve yseqd’ the “money to su yo ger | company - composeéd of “veterans of brothera and sisters’ won ree- dom. gompany ‘A, Second Connecticut In< Unexpected | & 16 Capital Ships Within 3 Years COMMITTE’S RECOMMENDATION ALMOST SURE OF APPROVAL EXPECT PASSAGE TODAY Amendments to Delay Construction and to Create International Peace Tribunal Tabled—America Has Not One Friend Among All the Nations, Says Senator Lewis. Washington, July 17.—Discussion of the Naval building prosramme in the senate today brought out Indications that the committee recommendation for construction of 16 capital war- ships within three vears, eight of them in 1917, ‘probably would be approved | without material amendment. Admin- atlon leaders hoped tonight to ps the bill before adjournment tomorrow. Peace Measure Tabled. Such opposition as developed today | came from both sides of the chamber. Senators Thomas and V - | rdaman (dem- | ocrats), and Senators Works and Nor- ris (republicans), leading the attack | on the building programme. Both democratic and republican leaders de- | fended it, however, and amendment by Senator Norris to delay construction of any of the 16 capital ships until aft- er the close of the European w: after failure of effort. to create international peace tribunal, was ta- | bled, 45 to 11. In support of his amendment Sena- tor Norris lared the bill provided for expenditure of more money for 11 construction in time of peace than was ever spent by any naton in the world, despite the fact that “it is | very probable that before this Europ- |esn war is over the United States, | without the construction of a sing! ship, will have the greatest navy in -+ world. Cbamad Congress With Hysteria. ed congress | and caution- h vast the coun- could be ion them arines and air 1d be suffici protection s not contem- Senator e of the change in overturn 1 would of Americ h For Freparedness. H Lewis (democrat) and Bo nd Kenyon (republica > peaceful Bo spir Sen spoke wor of the measure. Sen- ntor urged that if the United e > enjoy the blessings of peace it must convince the world it is prepared for war. Let us ery notice on the na- tions of the d the Idaho sen- e we love peaco and| co ird, our friendship can- d at the price of Amer Entram:e Into War, wumm; VY He poi ed out | to the present war ousting Germany any en- en- | would help upon in a to Have Offended All Nations. . today has not one the nations of the wc enator Lewis. “We have il from their point of view. severed all from our point 2o to the people of | with eur reasons for this preparedr Tell them rd because we must in try dinary move for we order to live IRL:H BILL NEXT WEEK But Whole Question for Imperial Con- forence After War. London, July 17.—Premier Asauith announced tod; that the Irish bill will be introduced in parliament be- fore tr ournment for the autumn | Teces repes that s understood that the Bl will not be presented until next week, and in the meantime the delay is allowing opposition to crystalize which thre ens trouble and indi that measure is to have anything but 100th passage. RELIEF OF GUARDSMEN. Meriden Appropriates $1,000 at Spe- cial Town Meeting. Meriden, Conn 17.—Within | two minutes after the epening of the | session, the sum of $1,000 was appro- priated for the relief of National Guardsmen's families at a special own meeting this evening. First Se- ectman (. W. Miller and John D, Strain, secretary of the organized | charitfes, will he in charge of the ¢ to- | a com- | out of the city. tributign’ of funds which begin morrow. The two local mili panies took 140 men McGurdy Secretary of a and De- Ont., 17—F. B. Me- parliament’ for July member of Queens and Sheibgurn, has been ap- pointed parliamentary, secretary of the depattment of militia and defenge. assumed officg immediately and” dct as administrafor for the minister of miilitia during the absence of Gen- eral Hughes in London and on the continent for which he will leave in the near future. | The” departurs 1s new for Canada, bqt 0 sppudents with the Britist Practice*where every portfolio has &n under-secretary. The sccretaryship fexilea with ‘it the title of honora- e. Moose Will Raiee $10,000,000, Mooseheart, Ills., July 17—A $10,- 000,000 fund is to be raised for the In- dustrial and Agricultural school for dependent children by the Loval Or- der of Moo lace.bed here, it was an- ! naunced to 1 by Irom dysilee.. Business Comes Before Politics WILSON WAIVERS NOTIFICATION UNTIL CONGRESS ADJOURNS NO SPEECHMAKING YET President Anxious to Dispose of Child Labor and Workmen’s Compensation Bills At This Condensed Telegrams Prof. Elie Metchnikoff, famous bac- teriologist, died in Paris. Five persons were killed in a fire at 162 Fifth Avenue, Brookiyn. Spain has established a military cen- sorship of all press dispatches. Arabian rebels have wiped out all traces of Turkish resistance in Mecca. Fifty-five more American refugees arrived at San Diego, Cal, from Mex- ico. A special call for motorcycles was issued by the Tlst N. Y. Infantry reg iment. The Prohibitionist National Conven- Session—Discusses Situation with Vance McCormick— Plan to Get Progressive Votes. Washington, July 17—President Wilson decided late today to change tentative plans for holding the no- ation ceremonies August , be- ¢ he desired to postpone them un- til_after the adjournment of congress. The decision was announced by Vance McCormick, chairman of the democratic notional committee, who uved this statement after a confer- ence with the president “I found the president embarrassed the thought that he ought not. to turn to politics until the business of this congressional session was over. Of course, 1t is possible that the ses- n may not last it impract: e for the notific so long as to make to wait until its close tion, particularly as it to be of the ut- that the child labor the workman's compensation ed at this session, but the feels it to be his duty to notification ceremony if the adjournment of the president feels importance and most bill bill pres postpone until cCormick also announced that the notification would be at Shadow Lawn the president's summer home in New Jersey. He said Mr. Wilson wished to dispose entirely of the bus- iness before congress before throwing himself who!” o the political situ- ation. Went Over Political Situation. Chairman McCormick discussed the entire political situation with the pres- ident. He sald that late rthis week he would name a man to_take charge of the headquarters at Chicago and would completesorganization of a la- bor bureau, The president and Mr. McCormick talked over particularly the efforts that will be made to se- sccure the votes of former members of the progressive party. During the day Mr, McCormick conferred also with Secretary McAdoo, Postmaster Genoral Durleson, Senator James, chairman of tho notification commit- tee, Senator Walsh and several oth- er ‘democratic leaders. Ho loft Wash- ington tonight for New York, but will return later in the week, He expects to complete the seloctlon of the demo- cratie congressional committee with- in n few days and may place some progressives on it Sonator Walsh discussed with Mr, “ormick W t steps should be tak- to retaln control of the senate, n committees from the sen- the house will begin active the near future, How m campaigning will be done by Mr, Wilson will not be dectded until ngress adjourns, and will de- pend largoly on the stutus of the Mex- tion an_dother pending pub- “Tho president = feels he must look after the werk of office first, and think of campalgn- " sald Mr, McCormick, , howaver, that Jater ho possible fo make some CONTINUES TO HELP, 95 New Cases of Infantils Paralysis in Now York—14 Deathe, v oPrk, July 17.—Coolor weather viding the cofty authorlties in their florts to checl the spread of infan- tile lvsis, according to tho health department, which announced today that ninety-five now cases and four- teen deaths were recorded during the twenty-four hours ended at ten o'clock this morning, At the samo time, Dr. John S. Billings, deputy tealth commissicner, peinted out that the effect of the recent heat wave would net be noticed in the day—to- day reports until later in the week, five or six days for a case Health Defense Guard at Greenwich. Greenwich, Conp., July 17.—A health defense guard, including in its mem- bership about 100 prominent resider of the town has been organized to a sist the ealth authorities in taki precautionary fantile paralys measures against ase of the disease was report- today from the BEast Portchester n of the town, Olga Matjick, T old is the sufferer. First Death at Middlstown. Middletown, (\mn July 17.—In the h of Sebastiano Cruci, aged three x months, the health authori- nk th they had the first case nfantile paral s here. The child in convulsio: Saturday, and the boratory experts at the Connecticut Hospital were asked to determine def- initely the cause. NATURALIZED CITIZENS LEAGUE Organized to Further the Reelection of Woodrow Wilson, New York, July 17.—Organization of the Woodrow Wilson Naturalized Cit- izens League, made up of nowly-nat- ralized votevs wha favor the re-clec- ion of President Wilson, was ans nounced here by Pr. Jewel Lewls, & former: governmental metallurgist and bluloglnt. who ig chal of the lfia- e's executive R . Wm Tioson pregere It Wik stated it osen presiden ine work of The fa uf will be centered in those tata- wh 3 have the tion will be held in St. Paul, Minn,, this week. Thirty thousand persons marched during rain in Milwaukee's prepared- ness parade. The British steamer Junin, Norfolk for Bahia Blancho, went aground on Cape Charles. The destroyers Daymn and Paulding left the Philadelphia Navy Yard under sealed orders. Warden Charles H Johnson of the Connecticut reformatoroy at Cheshire, Conn., resigned. For the first time this summer, Ger- man submarines have appeared in the Aland Sea, Sweden. Announcement was made at Lloyds that the British steamer Antigua, is reported to have been sunk. Pullmans were provided for the 22d Regiment of Engineers, New York guard ,at Fort Madison, Towa. A school of sharks was reported off Pratt's Breakwater, near J. P. Mor- gan’'s estate at’Glen Cove, L. I. Mistaken for a burglar, Palmer Mill- er was shot and killed by detective sergeant James Garrey in Chicago. Eight hundred watermelons, the gift of W _R. Hearst, were given the (Sth New York regiment at Texarkana. The First Battalion, New York Nav- al Militia, left New York on the bhat- tleship Kentucky for a 15-day cruise. Duke de Rohan, a member of the French Chamber of Deputles, died at the front from wounds received in battle. J. J. Bernet, vice president of the New York Central Raflroad, was elected president of the Nickel Plate Railroad. Will H. Orpet, college student, was acquitted at Waukegan, Iil, on the charge of murdering DMiss Marian Lambert. Elght persons were killed when the auto in which they were riding was struck by a New York Central train at Butler, Ind. Representative James Hay of Vir- ginla was nominated by President Wil- son to be Judge of the United States ourt of Claims. Samuel A, Campbell, paymaster of the Colonial Can Co., was held up and robbed of a payroll of $2,000 by two men in Boston, Leo Landry, aged 12, was drowned at Lowell, Mass.,, In an unsuccessful at- tompt to resoue from drowning his vounger brothe The National British Surgical Socle- ty received n gift of ,000 to ba off- ored as n prize for the inventor of the best artificial hand. A report from Newport, R. 1., says the Atlantie fleet met a large British crulser running without lights during tho week's war gameos, Mrs, Edward Ingert, and her aister, Mrs, George HShanley, both of Ro- chester, N Y, were drowned In Crooked Lake near Troy. Fifty men from the disc department of Thnm'xs A. Fdison's West Orange plant struck last Saturday for an in- crease of 25 cents day. On account of Infantile paralysis plague ,all children under 16 years a Oyster Bay, bathe in the waters there 8avannah quarantine officers will in- hips ar- for spect passengers on all steam: riving there from Ne wYork symptoms of infantile paralysis. The Merchants’ & Mechanics’ > tional Rank, and the First Bank of Baltimore are to be merged with combined resources of $37,000,- 000, The new $5,000,000 Harahan Bridge, spanning the Mississippl River ¢ Memphis, said to be the largest stru ture on the river, was opened to traf- fle. The First Armored Motor Battery of the New York National Guard has irefused to join the 47th Regiment, It will not be recognized by the Govern- ment. Four Mexloan bandits, charged with the killing of Corporal Willlam Obe lles of Troop M, 14th U, S. Cavalr were convicted and sentonced to death at Laredo, Tex. Ancther declaration that no commis- slon of Mexicans in the United Ftates was authorized to act for the Mexican vernment, was made by Foreign tmnls!er Agullar, largs orowds at the London, month’s The Rgx Dr. J. H Cowett, of New York, rawi qu Metropolitan ‘abernacle, where he {8 delivering a course {n sermons, . hz:ug:stl natur Lzad wnomgll ons, ST with “Americans " a8 o8 Ona thousand men re ectect from the “The beltef ihat tha so=called the \a{'flouss Guar, Kentucky, in phen vote will goltdly fl!sned camp at Lexington ave had their un- assinst the presi, as been foundformis taken, and now o about clad to he utterh: false,” Dr. Lowis sald. only in pajamas and blankets, he fact &5, tha hyphen vote exists largely in the 1m=smuuon L Louiunn- Sheriff Killed by Fugltive Opejousss, La., July 17.-—darfon L, Swords, sherif of St. Landy Parish for sixtesn years, was shot and killed and two nesroes assisting him were perhaps fatally wounded In a fight with Helliare Carriere, allegad fugitive -Cagriere escansd, Br; G B. Andersen performed a rare surgical operatioi on~ Walter Joyce, 25, at Mundle, Ind. Jovce was bbed, had been pronounced dead Whan Dr. Anderson made an incislon and massaged the heart, restoring Joyce to consclousness. Sudan grass yields from one to eight tons of cured hgy. an acre, The body of George Wallenfeld, aged | 45, was found beneath a pier at Greenpoint, L. I. have been forbldden to | National | Big British Gains in Rain and Mist WAR IS COSTING GREAT BRITAIN 8IX MILLION POUNDS DAILY BUT ENGLAND IS HAPPY Continued Successes Bring Allies Al- most to Third German Line—Cap- tured Papers Show German Straits —Further Important Gains on Rus- in Volhy- Offien- sive Against Von Hindenburg. sian Front, Particularly nia—Kuropatkin Launches 2 Bad weather has settled down over the fighting front in France. 'Hos- tilities have virtually ceased for the moment in the Somme region, where the latest reports had credited to the British additional big gains against the Germans near the Bazentin-Le- Petit wood, in the vicinity of Lops- ueval and at Ovillers-La-Boissclle. RBombardments are in progress near Souville in the Verdun sector. 11,000 Germans Taken on Somme. In local actions during the rain and mist the British have captured addi onal German prisoners in the Somme zion and brought their total since Iy 1 up to 189 officers and 10,798 men of other rank. I addition 17 heavy and 132 lighter guns have fall< en into the British hands during this period, not counting many not yef brought in and others destroyed by, bombardment. Russians Press On in Volhynia, In Volhynie, in the region of Lutsk, where the troops of the Teutonic al« lies have been forced to give ground before the attacks of the Russians and retire behind the lower Lipa River, the Russians continue to press their foes and are taking wdditional pris-, oners. Austrians Meet With Repulses. Heavy attacks by the Austrians against the Italians in the upper Pos- inia_ Valley proved unavailing in bending back the line of the Italians, who, in a counter attack in which there was hand to hand fighting, re- pulsed the Austrians over the entire front. Failure likewise rewarded an attempt of the Austrians to surround the Ttalians_in the Tovo Valley, ac- cording to Rome. Bombardments in Caucasus. Intermittent bombardments here and there local fights between Infantry are taking place in the Caucasus re- glon, the Germans and Russians. No important changes have taken place in this section. BRITISH SUCCESSES ROUSE ENTHUSIASM 8ix Million Pounds a Day Not Con- sidered Too Great a Price. Tondon, July 17.—The successes of the entente allies are following each other with great rapidity. Today brought news of further important gains for them on both the western and eastern fronts, arousing enthus- mong the British public hardly s thn that caused by the reception nf llo first news of the allied offen- Ever Deepening Salient. : Tho despatch of General Sir Doug- 5 Haig today shows that the steady. pressurc of the Eritish arms is forc- ing an ever-deepening salient into the German lines, and the commander in chief for the first time produces evi- dence in the shape of documents cap- tured from the Germans giving testi- mony as to the high price the Ger- mans are paying In casualties. Take 1500 Yards of Second Line. | The British have improved their po- j sitfon along almost the whole of their line of battle front, capturing by as- sault 1500 yards of German second line positions north of the Bazentin- Le-Petit wood, a strong German po- sition at the water lot farm being longueval and Guillemont besides completing the capture of the whole of the village of Ovillers-La-Bo! elle. These gains bring the British to the crest of the Albert ateau, where stretches the German third line. Von Linsingen Retires Beyond Lip.a The news from the eastern front was equally important. _The ssian commander, General Kuro- patkin, has launched an offensive againts field marshal Von Hinderburg the Dvina River and General Von singen’s troops southwest of Lutsk | have been compelled to retire beyond the Lipa river while in_the course of Sunday's fighting in Volhynia the Russfans captured an additional 13,000 prisoners and thirty guns. Great Practical Russian Success. Gen. Von Linsingen ’'s retirement according to the Petrograd military critic represents a great Russian prac- tical success, It was preceeder by heavy fighting in which the Russlans smashed the Teuton front on a width of a mile and penetrated several miles into their position. No Sacrifice Too Dear. War is now costing Great Britain six million pounds daily but with such news as the successes of the entente allies this sacrifice is nowhere grudged. Mr. McKenna chancellor of the Ex- echquer in apnouncing today in par- lament the daily course of the war told the house that nobody could es- timate what tho nation war expendi- ture might be a month ahead. Prudential Insures Its 16,000 Employse Newark, N, J, July 17.—Involving a total of more than $16,000,000 the Pru- dential Insurance Company today an- nounced the institution of system of insuring every one of its more than 16,000 employes without expense to the workers This 1s said to be the largest single amount of life insurance ever covered by any company In the world, The amount placed on the life of each man and woman has been de- termined according to length of ser- vice, Ezmployment of a_vear or less entitles the rson to $500 and from that the scale advances to $2,000 for those who have been 20 years or more in the company’s servic No actual policies are to be issued, instead the risks are merely carried on the com- pany's books and the company pledges itself to pay the insurance in case of death,