Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 21, 1916, Page 1

Norwich Bulletin VOL. LVill—NO. 174 POPULATION 28,219 PRICE TWO CENTS _The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of\ ¢ EIGHT PAGES—SIXTY-FOUR COLS. ay Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City’s Population GERMANS YIELD OVER 6 MILE FRONT French Onslaught Takes First Line From Barleux to Vermandovillers THURSDAY’S FIGHTING YIELDS 2,900 PRISONERS British, too, Gain More Ground in Delville Wood and Longue- val—Brussiloff Renews Sledge Hammer Blows on East Front—Second Stage of Battle for Kovel is on—Further Gains in Caucasus Against Turks, But Constantinople Claims Successes on Persian Border. The Germans in n of the Somme river have been forced by the nslaught of the h to give up st line trenches over a front of about six_mile: The forward push of the French extended from southwest of Perrone, to the f Vermand ovillers h lies some miles west of Fresnes, and marks an ad- vance fother along the French fror The British gained in the sector north of B tin- Longueval, and in addition the of King George carri or rain in Delville Wood and t village of Longueval. occupied and conse German positions near Harecourt. Day of Successes for French. In Thursday’s fighting the French took 2800 prisoners, three guns 1 about thirty machine guns and a large quan of war material Stubborn opposition wa red by the British in their advance, and the fighting continues heavy on the outskirts of Longueval Delville Wood. Northeast of Verdun have forged further forws illage and in the Thiaumont Work and in cinity of_Fleur The Germans southwest of and the Austro-Hungar} ben skhod Soku gained s to Ber Further repulse Gains Against Turk Jrison- repy with heavy cas f Russian at- tacks on the Persiay In the A -1t \ theatre bad weather | e operations in the mountain passe TREMENDOUS NEW ATTACKS ON BOTH FRONTS 3,000 Germans Captured Along Somme and Brusiloff Resumes Heavy Of- fensive. 0 Prisoners. conside a offensive Stretch nefghborhe P agements have taken r prisoner Russians Hit 3 at Many Points the violent resumed Viadimi sector Petrog the ba is contin General crushing the Lipa to ma nd anxiety to withstand a cor ¥ is beginning i Berlin commer tie Central Powers Now On Defensive. Military critics here discuss the new situation which has arisen, pointing out that Germany is compelled now to act on the defensive and they specu- late as to how soon she may find her- self abliged to make retirements in the attempt _to shorten her extensive, but supposedly thinly held lincs, especially on the eastern front ¢ loff has from the 18t ny to forc Stokhod Austro-Ger. their ability of the reflected the situ BRETON RESERVISTS BRILLIANT FIGHTERS Elderly Troops Dash at Germans With Fire of Youth. Paris, July 26, 5:20 p. m—A notable tribute to the fighting abilities of el- dorly Breton troops is given by the French official observer at the battle of the Somme. “These Ereton reservists” eays the report, “dashed at the Germans with the spirit of young men. Many times in this war they have distinguished themselves, but it was difficult to fm- agine that these men of such calm aspect could transform themselves into impetuous troopers and rush at @ enemy with all the fire of youth. [The “extraordivary resources of thelr temperament had not been fully real- zed_before. j e neral in charge declared | that men had proved there is | rence between the regular This is shown by veterans marched 9 o'clock they r orward singing the “Mar- | seillaise” and_ st they dashed to tack their sections alight- though on dress parade.” official reports lays stress on mplexity of the preparations m y 1 on a grand s multiciplity of that of rgest industrial enterpr Summin the results of fifteen z on the Somme front % rver says French troops were able to ad- pth of six miles mans $0 square organized resembling ready ks, have m the ficld 85 guns ve, 10 machine Aquantities of mater yet possible to est 3 s is only the start of the bat- Off Jutland Coast. 3.15 a. m—Heav off the coa: Baltic sea be the Gottsland by Danish ports, says ixchange Telegraph openhagen. c sels saw a large number of erman sub avy Cannonading i a essels ¢ rines, torpedo boats and Zeppelins sailing northwesterly from Jutland coast and then heard fir- ne. cannonading in the Baltic continued all day. They saw a small German warship sailing southward and believe that the Germans had agement with the Russian IRISH SITUATION IS GROWING SERIOUS dmond Says Delay With Bill Will Make Lioyd-George's Pian Impossi- ble. aly 20, 10:57 p. m.—John the nationalist leader, made don, mona today memorandum which he to Premier Asquith and David d-Geor secretary for w ich he declared that in making public text of ik and the impatience caused 1 1 Landsdowne’s recent speech, had created a very serfous situation in Ireland. He add h my opinion er in prod th the bill will the lines laid Mr. 1esda Trish bill any ing further delay nd proceeding make a settlement down in the terms Lloyd-George quite When these terms were n submitted to us we were <y urged to use all possible des- L in consulting our supporters in Ireland. It was pressed upon that the matter was one of extreme urgency Tt is now more than three weeks since we did our part and obtained the assent of our friends in Ireland in face of very great difficulty, as e proposed terms were far from pop- i ce then little or no progress s heen made, therefore feel It my duty to urge he zovernment that further de- will be fatal” A committee from the Irish party been summoned for Saturday tuation will be taken under | th 1 !HIBERNXANS SPLIT O NCASEMENT ISS! UE. | Condemnation of British Government | Not General at Boston. 20.—Delegates to the ntion of the Ancient Or- der of Hibernians in session here indi- cated tonight that the resolutions of- fered yesterdar condemning the Brit- ish government's attitude toward Sir Roger Casement and other leaders of the Trish rebellion were likely to cau irited discussion before they wel Canadian members of the order who are represented by a delegation of about 50, said that the resolutions were glven final passage at yesterday's pri- vate session as was reported, and that they would be debated tomorrow, when Canadian delegates would take the lead in opposition. “KID CARTER” GETS LAST KNOCK-OUT Electric Light Wire Killed Former Pugilist at Stamford. a Stamford, Conn., July 20.—Carter Dufrane, formerly known in prize- fizht circles as ~“Kid Carter” was killed here tonight by contact with an electric light wire, while engaged in repairing a_ strect light for the Stam ford Gas & Electric Light Compan: He died a few moments after being removed in an unconscious condition from a cross tree of the light pole. He was about 30 years old. “Young Carter,” a prize-fighter is a brother, Steamship Sailings. Rotterdam, July 20—Sailed: er Noordam, New York. steam- _ Cabled Paragrap:.. Canadian Aviator Killed at London. Lodon, July 20, 1:21 p. m.—Flight Sub-Lieutenant Douglas Whittier, a Canadian, was killed today while 160D~ ing the loop at a great altitude over the Island of Thaney, County Kent. During the maneuvre the machine be- came unmanageable and fell to the ground, where it was smashed to bits. War Levy of 300,000,000 Pounds. London, July 20, 8:56 p. m—An- other vote of credit will be asked of the House of Commons next week, the Premier informed the House. It will be the eleventh vote since the out- break of the war, and probably will be for £300,000,000,’ the same omunt as the last one. This will bring up the total of the war to £2,682,000,000. MYSTERIOUS POISON KILLED YOUNG WOMAN Her Fiance's Plea Will be Temporary Insanity in Shooting Harris. Boston, July 20.—Morphine did not cause thé death of Dr. Celia P. Adams, love affair with Dr. Eldridge D, Atwood resulted in the shooting of Dr. Wilfred E. Harris at the Hotel Westminister Tuesday afternoon. A prelimin; nnouncement Medical miner Georse B. Magrath today added mystery to the affair as it made known the fact that Dr. Adams died from the ecffects of a ange poison and leaves ground for suspicion that she was not a sui- ide but may have been murdered. This is the statement made by Dr. Magrath: “Dr. Celia Paine Adams, Who died at the Commonwealth I11os- pital July 18, came to her death from the effects of a poison, received by mouth, the nature of which is at present undetermined. When, where and under what circumstances, this poison was_received is not app now in my s is still withstanding the shock of his wounds at the City hos- pital, it was said, and the physician attendinz today that he had figh to recover from bullet wounds inflicted on by Dr. Atwood. The physi- renc hat Dr. Harris passed 1y > night” that ve unless peri- or other complications devel- | insanity de- will be brougt f Dr. Har- today. A predispo- probably will be ¢ with counsel for s arrest when orning by At- Kenney. Later n intim this confe tim Edward wwyer said no doubt deranged f Dr. Har . i | this W, is the young time bein From ! this time wh will at the T be. it | seems cl1 that there has been in anity in the family. An unc my client is said to have be | restraint at_one and r to have been found dead, apparently a suicide Attorney Kenney denied som | ments § to Atwood inderstand 1 said, was said only Harris influence ovi Adams vented her 2 to Atwood. So far as I know, has made no claim that the young woman was in of health that was ar to union.” Examiner George todas that ared on no id 1ce other tha of execution from the decision hand- ed down yesterday upholding the right of the House of Representatives to declare Mr. Marshall in contempt. After three hours of argument on nu- of law merous novel points involved, the case went over until tomorrow on the objections of Martin W. the "attorney representing the House. IMPRISONED IN AUSTRIA, Former Chicago Settlement Worker Tried to Help Father Evade Ser- vice. Washington, July 20—Dispatches to the state department from Vienna to- day brought word that Miss Alice Masaryk, the former Chicago settle- ment worker reported executed in Austria was allve and well, but con- fined In prison charged with attempt- ing to aid her father to escape Aus- trian military service. It was sald that as Miss Masaryk 1s not an Amer- fcan citizen the United States could not undertake to interfere. Ten Thousand Canadians War. Ottawa, Ont., July 20.—Ten thous- and Canadian soldiers are to -proceed oversea soon, 1t was announced at the militia_department today. CABLES 350 Pound Shark Captured Off Mahant Boston, July 20—A live shark of the Dblue nose species Six feet in length and weighing 350 pounds was captur- ed off Mahant today. Transport Steamer Sails for Panama. New York, July 20—The United States Army Transport Kilpatrick sailed from here this afternoon for Panama. Going to it | was to be att d to his st of last night, that it was not ent from any facts t in h ession “when, where and unde circumstances” the son that Dr. Adams was received “I was looking for the cause of death,” he said, “and found it to be poisoa. When the examination of the tomach is completed we will know the jcular poison us is as far as I could go with t 2 at hand. And I t to make that plain in my statement. I did not tend to intimate that the girl might have been murdered, or to draw any conclusion whatever as to whether the drug was self-administered or otherwi “In view, however, of the fact tha it may have a bearing on the motive of suicide, if suicide it was, 1 wili say that my examination did not re- veal a physical condition that might be expected to result in low spirits and a consequent tendency to self destruction.” MARSHALL ASKS FOR STAY. United States Attorney’'s Case Put Over Until Today. New York, July 20.—United States! Attorney H. Snowden Marshall file an application with Federal Judge | !Learned Hand here today for a stay Wall Street for Bigger Navy SENATOR LAFOLLETE OPPOSES PASSAGE OF BILL BY SENATE SPOKE SEVEN HOURS Morgan and Standard Oil Behind Increase, He Says— And When We Have Spent $315,- 000,000, What Then? Combina- tions Washington, Ji 20.—Senator La- folette in’ today opposed passage of the naval bill to, continuing until a few minutes before adjournment the attack he began vesterday against the measure. As soon as he concluded the senate defeated, 44 to 8, his amend- ment to prohibit use of the navy to collect private debts or enforce claims of American ens or corporations A substitute Senator Norris to prevent of maval vessels until proceedings had been exhausted and arbitration denied also was defeated. In a seven hour speech Senator L. folette alleged that big financial in- terests o fthe country ,centered in two great Wall Street groups known the Morgan and Standard Oil combin- ations were responsible for the move. ment for a large army nd_ n Speaking on his amendment, the Wis. by such employment court i onsin senator declared he had been informed upon good authority that General Ca was negotiating agreements along lines with Latin- American countrles and later would ask the Uhited States nter into it The proposed nava amme. Sen- ator Lafolette declared, meant the in wuguration of a policy to build a nav: great or greater than Great Britain n the next ten years. “When we have done that, what then?” he continued. “When you build, Encland and Germany will build more. You will drive them to it and after you hav vour £315,000,000 vou will find iIf in a new place to s ony limit then will be the ilmit of taxation upon the Am can people tes government.” of the Afte ment tonicht Senator Swanson, in charge of bill he knew of no other long attacks be made against it and expected passage tomorrow. Following h vote Senator Chamberlain will ask that the army appropriation be talken up. UPROAR AT PROHIBITION CONVENTION. | Delegates Want Time t4 Discuss the Planks in Platform. n the bition session Pro conventior a4 to ‘order to- night, a moti rdjourn until nine a. m. tomorrow prevailed, and after a w routine announcements had been rde adjournment was taken. Efforts to ot the olutions com- mittee’s dra: f a platform without to delegates the first Jively reak ontention among deles the prohibition national convention here today. The advocates of immediate adoption of the proposed platform receded from their position under the press of opposition from t floor. William |Shaw, of Boston, who headed the ef- |fort fo expedite consideration of the platform withdrew his motion to de- vte without printing, and the con- vention recessed until 12 p. m. For ten minutes the cony ntion was d on n gates wildl W attempted to up and Chairman P 1y restore order. T aority of Qelegates evidently desired to have de- liberate discussion of the planks in the proposed platform before taking up the question of adoption. BENFICIAL REMEDY | FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS Quinine and Urea Hydrochloride Suggested—31 Deaths in New York | New vork 20—Physicians who | have been discover a remedy for inf: s showed kee ben- eficiz been reached from hypodermic injections of quinine and urea_hydrochloride by Dr. Whittaker of New York city. Dr. Whittaker 4 that this prescription can be used internally, but that he prefers to use it as an injection because it acts as an anasthetic and does not disturb the child’s stomach as it does when given internally. Parents were urged today by the dental societies to give particular care to the mouths and teeth of thelr chil- dren. ~ This sugzestion received prompt support of Dr. Malcolm Ca- rey of the Health Department Dental Supervision On only one day since the inception of the epidemlc of Infantile paralysis on June 26 have more fatalitles from the disease occurred than in the last 24 hours. During this veriod the plague Ikilled 31 children and there were 119 new cases reported in the five boroughs of New York city. The latest figures show that the mortality rate still is slightly less than 20 per cent. Since the beginning of the epi- demic there have been 487 deaths and 2446 cases WOMEN OF AMERICA MAY LACK CLOTHING. At Least, the Garment Makers' Strike is Shortening the Supply. Washington, July 20.—Settlement of the strike of cloakmakers in the New York city which has been in progress for twelve weeks probably will be at- tempted soon. A request for ap- pointment of mediators was referred by President Wilson today to the de- partments of commerce and labor which have jurisdiction and will be considered tomorrow when Secretary Wilson of the Labor Department re- turn sto the capitol. The disposition of officials is to send mediators when- ever interested persons request it. The appeal to President Wilson was sign- ed by Henry Mongenthau, Cleveland H. Dodge, A. Barton Hepburn and oth- er influential men, and declared the strike threatened to curtain seriously ihiejnetion s supnly}of moNcn 83 clothe Villa Heading For Mountains BANDIT'S FOLLOWERS SCATTER- ED INTO SMALL GROUPS. 35iX IN HIS BODYGUARD Government Troops Hot on the Trail, as Mexico’s Proposals for Peaceful Solution of Border Troubles Are Made Public—Conference Probable. Chihuahua City, Mexico, July 20. Vith his followérs scattered into smail groups, Villa, accompanied only by a body guard of six men, is making for the mountains of Durango, accord- ing to a report received here today at military headquarters. General Tre- vino, in charge of operations, _an- nounced that this news came from General Logeaga at Tepehuan: The message stated that government troops under General Matias Ramos were following up the trail after Vil- Ia. _Chikuahua City, Mex 20. — v and his main band in_the vi y of Amador, about 30 miles south of the Durango line, according to reports received om General Mat. ins Ramos at General Trev- headquarters here age, which Rosario, General Rames’ base, as meagre because of the difficult of telegraph communication. Gen- cral Trevin> announced, however, that he government troops still have the nd, consisting of about 800 men, surrounded and that Villa’s early cap- ture seems probable. MEXICAN SUGGESTIONS FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION Commission, Terms of Reciprocal g of Border, Investigation of Origin of Raids. Mexico City, July 20.—The details of proposals for a peaceful so- the difficulties existing with ates were made public y Mexican officials. A copy note which was sent to the ngton government July 11 was to the newspapers for publica- in tomorrow’s editions. FOURTEEN RESELS KILLED Trevino Has Dispersed Bandit Band That Tried to Rob Train. Mexico City, July 20—General 10, the commander at Chihuahu s nformed Secretary War Obregon that he has dispersed the rehels who recenily aarempted to surprise a train bound for Juarez near the station of nta Y the Mexico North- western Railroad. Fourteen of the rebels were killed, Ge Trevino reports, and seven of the ndits and | forty horses were captur SOLVING BORDER TROUBLES. Trev- n 1 1. Conferees Have Agreement—New Notes. Reached lissue General of Peso July 20—It was an- in a brief statement today mation had been received from Washington that the conference between Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexi- can ambassador designate, and Acting Secretary of State Polk had resul in an agreement for a seneral basis for the solution of the border difficul- Me nou that ico City, infc es. It is announced that a new sue of one and two peso paper notes will be placed in circulation next Monday. LAREDO SANITATION Citizens Ask That 8,000 Soldiers Be Moved Because of Conditions. Laredo, Tex, July 20 — Colonel Bdward Munson, personal representa- tive of General Funston, completed a short survey of sanitary conditicns of sState troop camps in the Laredo s tion today as the outcome of the re- quest by a local organization of cit- izens that 8,000 soldiers be removed elsewhere on account of alleged un- sanitary conditions. Colonel Munson refused to discuss his report. The First New Hampshire Infantry and a battery of field artillery arriv- ed here today and wen: into camp. Mexican Merchants Close Shops. Chihuahua City, July 20—Virtually all merchants here closed their dcors today, asserting that they could no longer continue to do_business at a profit at the silver exchange rate fix- ed by the authorities of the de facto government. Francisco Trevino, civil governor of Chihuahua, called a mass meeting at which the merchants appointed a committee to place their complaints before the national monetary commis- sion in Mexico City. Pending a decision from the com- | mission, however, the shops must re- main open, the governor ordered. Two Bridgeport Men Fined Hand- somely and Take Appeal Bridgeport, Conn., July 20—Clifford J. Lewis was fined $100 and costs and Oliver Murphy $50 and costs in the | city court this morning on the charge of running a baseball pool. Both filed demurrers which were overruled. Appeals were taken in bonds of $200 and $100 respectively. Dr. George W. McNeil, postmaster at Pittsburgh, was dismissed. "he note suggests the naming of three commissioners by each govern- ment to meet at some neutral point for the purpose of discussing the with- drawal of Ameri troops mow in | | Mexico, the drawing up of an agree- {ment providing terms for the Fecipro- 2l crossing of the frontier by ihe troops of either nation, and the inves- gation of the ©rigin of the parties which have raided American border swns, for the purpose of definitely fix- ing responsibility for them. In commenting on the note tonight foreign office officials said that as the Inote net_vet been answered by |the Unitea States government they onsidered their duty to the Mexican people to make it public that Mexicans might know what effort their govern- ment was making toward a peace ful solution of the pending difficulties. It has been learned from unofficial | sources that the confere will prob- lably be b 1ls. Condensed Telegrams Senator Simmons reported to Sen- ate the Administration shipping bill. The Government Ship Purchase bill is expected to pass the Senate in Au- gust. Morris Bernstein of New York, was drowned at Brown Pond, Monticello, N ¥ Ambassador Gerard will soon leave Berlin on a trip to Norway and Sweden. Edward Dickinson, president of the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Rail- road ,resigned. in the nce The four men imprisoned Babcock mine at Joplin, Mo., Monday, were rescued. Antol Guimaraes, formerly Bra- zilian vice-counsel at New York, is tdead at Newton, Mass. Governor McCall re-appointed Ev- erett E. Stone to the Public Service Commission at Boston. John Nadlor, five, of Boston, died at the Frost Hospital as the result of drinking a pint of whiskey. ' The Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co. has taken a contract from the Russian government for barbed wire. The treasurer of Cook county has given the treasurer of Chicago a check for $1,000,00 as payment of taxes. idle plants floods resumed wor kwhen their eopened at Raleigh, N. C. The French government has ordered 14,000 tons of steel rails from the United States Steel Corporation. The convention of the national Pro- hibition party was called to_order at the Auditorium at St. Paul, Minn. Representative William D. Stephens of Los Angeles has pointed licutenant governor of California. Fifteen persons were injured when a street car ran wild on a hill on the Chestnut Street line at Milwaukee. The Columbia Gas & Electric Co. has put in operation its third gasolin, sorption station it, W. V | One hundred and sixty laborers { the plant of the Malleable Casting C at Toledo, struck because of the s worth $2,000,000 arrived at ric on the Saxonia consigned to Morgan & Co. and other bank- Securi New ¥ 3. P er Robert W. Woolley, resigned as Director of the Mint, to assume charge of President Wilson's Publicity cam- paign. The roughers of all furnaces in the 20-inch mill of the Carbon Steel Co., at Sharpsburg, Pa., have gone out on a strike. Gen. Sir Sam Hughes, minister of militia, has left for Plattsburs where he will visit the military tr ed off the inlet. Marshal Henry L. Blakeslee of Me- dina, O., was found guilty of man- slaughter in the killing of night watch- man John H. Gates. The Oriental Textile Mills, which op- erates a cotton mill at Houston Heizhts has increased its capital stock from $3,000,000 to $6,000,00. A contract has been signed by_the municipality of Bogota and a New York financial concern, under which Bogota will obtain a loan of $5,000,000. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mc- Kenna _announced the government has decided to take in taxation 67 per cent of the excess profits of shipping firms. President Wilson has sent to the Senate a_long list of nominations ele- vating the troops officers In almost I the 15 United States cavalry reg- iments. There will be no meetings of the hoards of directors of the Reading Co., and the Lehigh Valley R. R. Co., a re- cess being usually taken in July and August. The Northern Central Railway, will authorize the expenditure of for the rebuilding of Elevattor at Canton, which was recently stroyed by fire. de- Baron Shibusawa, the financie nounced his retirement from bu life. The baron has been a leader in Japan’s financial and commercial life for many vears. Michael McDermott of the Tllinois Athletic Club, Chicago, established a new world’s record In the 200-yard breast stroke swim, making the event in 2:45 1-5 seconds. Charged with larceny in having passed numerous worthless checks on produce merchants, Michael Levy, of Brooklyn was held in the Tombs Po- lice Court in $2,500 bail. Five enlisted men of the United States engineer corps from Fort Shafter who started on a cruise last Saturday in a 15 foot whalehoat, are believed to have been lost. A large dredge belonging to the A. & J. McSprings Company of Jersey City, sunk at the Port Johnson coal docks, Bayonne. Joseph Nason, the cook, is supposed to have gone down with' it. Sixtey sticks of dynamite were found under a small bridge in the shipyard of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Corp., at Wilmington, Del. A strike of rivet- ers has been on at the yard for three weeks. The fleet of deep sea treasure hunt- ing ships which will seek to recover the million dollars of silver bullion aboard the Spanish steamer Merida put into Newport News for repairs and alterations. Dr. Leonard M. €rosby, who left an ambulance full of weeping victims of infantile paralvsis outside a saloon while he drank beer with a policeman, was dismissed from the service of the New York Heaith Department. More than 5,000 mill operatives made | Baltimore, Md., July 20.—A British cargo steamer which anchored oft the Derth of the merchant submarine Deutschland gave officials of the East- ern Forwarding company considerable worry tonight. The British vessel is in a position to observe any movement of the submarine. The searchlight of the Forwarding Company’s tug Tim- mins was flashed on the Britisher in- termittently through the night. aptain Zach Cuttison of the Tim- 5 reported for duty aboard the tug tonight. He had spent several days around the Virginia capes, presumably getting a line on the movements of foreign warships. Prepared to leave port at any mo- ment, Captain Paul Koenig, com- mander of the German merchant sub- |marine Deutschland, put on his uni- {form today for the first time since he |landed here eleven days ago and for several honrs this morning studied the char of the Patapsco river and Ches- apeake bay with Captain Frederick SUBMARINE STILL AT BALTIMORE British Cargo Steamer Selects Anchorage Off the Deutschland’s Berth CAUSES GERMAN OFFICIALS MUCH WORRY e Vessed Able to Follow Every Movement of the Underwater Craft, Which Lies Half Submerged, Ready for Departure at Any Moment—Timmins’ Captain Back From Look- out Trip to Virginia Capes. Hinsch, commander of the North Ger- man Lloyd liner Neckar. ‘When Captain Koenig went back aboard the undersea liner he took with him a duplicate manifes: of the ship’s cargo. Another copy was ready to be faken to the custom house. Captain Koenig said ne would not leave his ship again and indicated an early departure, but said nothing that would give an idea just when the submersible would leave. It was understood the Deufschland’s engines and submerging machinery had been given a final test and were found to be in perfect condition. At_dawn today the screen of tugs and barges was drawn about the sub- marine merchantmaT Deutschland, in- dicating that she woula not leave hera for several hours at Jeast. To all ap- pearances she was ready to start on her return vovage to Germany last night. This morning, just before she s hidden from view, it was ob- served that she was submerged to about the same depth as when she came into this port with a full cargo. PRESIDENT WILSON GUEST AT POSTMASTERS’ BANQUET Convention of National Association Closes Today in Washington. ashington, July phy of his policy which vice and unselfishness” was delineated by President Wilson .tonight in an a dress to about 700 postmasters vir tually all his own appointees at the annual banjuet of the _postmasters’ convention. He also touched upon the subject of politics, but only to say in no other country are the process- es of polities so free to move.” Introdvced by postmaster Selph 20—The philoso- termed of St. Louis, presiding, as the protector of American citizenship, the president W n an_ovation Jasting _more than five minutes. In prefacing his emarks he said he understood his audience was all democratic, and that therefore he was more free to say certain things. “As 1 look about upon you,” the president said, “I gather many of the |ing camp. Impressions of the last vears. Be- S e’ been most Samuel W. McRoberts, one of the [ CAuse the thing I have o 6sj président, ot the: National ity [ 10ferested dn s foseentzing, this) govs Bask iof Now Vorl, left: Londonifor | etmment ‘forshe secvicefat e conn: New York. ‘There is only one way of hold- n i imed |ne _the confldence of the American by O B e e he ¢ Shora, [Dublic, and that ls by deserving i, B O e peTE, O ine Ay _Shore: land I know by my intercourse with 2 : apsized and strand- | {1c postmaster general his single objection has been to make the post- office of more service to the people of the United States than it has ever been before. "I have no interest in the political party except as an element of achieve- ment. I cannot imagjne how a man can be interested in & party that no {program to be worked out. I in- herited my democracy, but it would not stay in my blood if the red cor- puscles did not have something to do. And if the democratic party will bend all its efforts to understand the Uni- ted States and serve it, it will be con- tinued in power so long as it prac- tices that devotion, The administration will be judged by you—the whole spirit of public service judged by.vou,” he told the postmasters. “So you gentemen are custodians of distinction not only of the party you represent but the gov- ernment you serve. You are good democrats in that proportion that you love the government more than You do_vourselves. At the afternoon session Anthony Caminetti, commissiorer of immigra- tion, unged co-operation of postmas- ters with the labor department's em- ployment bureau. “If each postmaster will co-oper- ate” he said, “we will have a free employment bureau in every town and hamlet. The postoffice should be a place where every citizen could come to do business with the United States, especially the citizen who wants a job or who has a job to give. The history of your department shows that vou eventually come to this.” The convention will close tomorrow. TWO STATES PLANNED FOR NEW BELGIUM One Flemish, One Walloon, Each With Complete SelfGovernment. Brussels, July 20, via London, 5:40 p. m—The so-called’ Flemish movement has assumed new importance through the revival of the Flemish peoples’ party and the promulgation of its plat- form which demands the reconsrtuc- tion of Belgium as a federal union of two states—one Flemish and one Walloon-after the model of Austria- Hungary and Switzerland. At a recent meeting here a resolu- tion for a new Belgium was passed. It asked complete self-government for each state, leaving only the foreign policy, customs, currency, railways, posts, telegraphs, telephones, the army and navy and national finances to the double power. Under the constitution Flemish is to be the language of the Flemish state and French that of the Walloon. COAST ARTILLERY OFFICERS ORDERED TO NIANTIC Are to Be Sent Out to Recruiting Sta- tions Around the State. New Londén, July 20.—Officers of the First and Tenth companies, Coast Ar- tillery corps of this city received or- ders from tant General Cole today to report tp Camp Holcomb at Ni- antic, tomorrow morning. It is un- derstood that the officers are to be sent from there to recruiting stations around the state, Two officers from Bridgeport and one from Stamford have also been or- dered to Camp Holcomb. WIRE TAPPING TESTS FAIL TO SATISFY Manner of Obtaining Information Against Catholic Clergymen Ques- tioned. New York, July tapping demonstration was staged to- day before Justice Greenbaum, who is conducting an jnquiry into charges originally preferréd by Mayor Mitchel against Cathol clergymen and oth- ers as the result of information al- leged to have been obtained by the police who tapped telephone wires during the Investigation into charita- ble institutions. In order to prove the fallibility of the police when they “listened in" counsel for the persons accused by the mayor reached ani agreement with the district attorney, to have a policeman take down a con-| nection and overhear a_conversation, The detective who recorded most of the conversations introduced as evi-| dence against the clergymen who are' charge#® in_the indictments was se-| lected to record the test. The exact methods of the police in recording the; conversations on tapped wires Were reproduced as far as possible in thel court room. Three tests were made. In none of| them was the detective able to record| accurately what had been said. He protested that there was too much! noise in the corridors adjoining the court room and that the attorneys spoke too rapidly. “These tests are practically worth- less,” declared Justice Greenbaum' when they were over. “It was_ evident, that Detective Kennel was laboring under great excitement.” police wire SPANISH SUBMARINE + LAUNCHED AT QUINCY Crew Ready to Take Craft Across Ocean — Five More Ordered. Quincy, Mass, Juy 20—The sub- marine Tsac Peral, said to be the first war _craft ever built in this country for Spain, was launched at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding cor= poration here tods ‘The vessel, named for a Spanish Inventor, who experimented years ago with submar-| sibles, is 200 feet long and has a nor=| mal cruising radius of 3,500 mil without renewal of fuel supply. She' is_similar In design to the M. type-| submarines being constructed for the United States. A crew already has arrived to take the Peral to Spain un=, der her_own power. Mrs. Juan Riano, wife of the Span- ish_ambassador, Was Sponsor. The Spanish is said_to have com= tracted with the River corpora-! For ticn for five additional submarines, Just before the Peral was christened. she was sprinkled with holywater, & prayer being read by Rev. John J. Casey of this city, as part of the ceremony. e & CUT TO PIECES ! AT FAIRFIELD STATION! Railway Ticket Found From New, York to Willimantic Found on Body | Fairfield, Conn., believed to be I July 20—A man nk Glovitch, about, 35 years old was cut to pieces by al train near the station here late this| afternoon. Part identification was| made by pay check found on his per-| son indi ing t he was an employe' of the Connecticut Hassam Paving| company of New Haven. A railroad ticket from New York for Willimantic also was found on him. It is not known what train killed him, and it has not been learned whether he| jumped or fell from an express as it! was passing through this town. INTERBOROUGH AWARDS $4,000,000 CONTRACT. Pullman Company Will Make 328 Cars for New Subways. New York, July 20.—The Interbors, ough Rapid Transit Company _an-, nounced today that a _ contract amounting to $4,000,000 for steell passenger car_bodies to equip 251 mo-| tor cars and 77 trailers for use in the new subways, has been awarded to the Pullman Company. The cars . with motors complete will cost $14,000 each and the trailers $10,000 each. W. C. T. U. Remembers Soldiers. Ocean Grove, N. . July 20 and_thirsty soldiers of the Mexican border were remembered today by the members of the W. C. T. U. in ses- sion here. The women are to. 5] fans. R them cases of grape juice and el