Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 22, 1916, Page 1

Norwich Bulletin VOL. LVill.—NO. 175 POPULATION:28,219 NORWICH, & d., SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916 16 PAGES—120 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Pa & &, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population VIOLENT FIRE ON 27 MILE FRONT Two Hundred Thousand Men Participated in the Allied Attack GERMANS YIELD GROUND AT HARDECOURT Retire From First to Second Line Trenches Over Two Mile Front—Berlin Claims 2,000 British Killed in Attack on Frommes, Besides Nearly 500 Prisoners—Von Linsingen Retiring Before Advancing Russians at Confluence of Styr and Lipa. Londor Artillery Fire Along 27 Mile Front: | — attacks against| Farls, July 21, 610 p. m—French | 1 nortn and south nial troops plaved a conspicuous - s e the latest offensive along the . e River Somme. Immediately before the e el s action Lieutenant Colonel I told o bl from firet | his men that they would have to al a British Lost 2500 Men, Berlin Says. Be: disastro British men ki ; lic 1s are drs g Britis appears ndon de-‘ region of ade prisoners. Dnisster Floods Check Russians. preventing east for the time being, In the toward the northern Gal- adimir- region pated in th German Somme about three ie | was presse tren in: g to | visions | the pens measure weil armed have seen can count t lon t e r. The o men Wed- | er_exploit usly for s los- ed and fort, chine an s by ance, | w 1 | ia_from Only Not far Aus- Volynik. ed v E Styr and Lipa ort hof Brody. |the bayonet Russian Advances Turks. been brought hastily from Verdun on 24 apturing Gumusk- v 12 and put immediately in the haneh, 45 miles northwest st line to replace Bavarian Land- the Russlans in Tur strum troops. advancing in Artille opposing fan front r, report nehes BAVARIANS COUNTED 2,000 BRITISH DEAD | Berlin Claims Repu'se Denies Allies’ Berlin, Poldhu wire battalion of t bat £ | ; al “days. His advance by way . of isting of 1,100 ) men and | Werben, was arrested. Nevortheless, iwo other Hatal © witiidrew our salient positions be- jent_eac fore the threatened surrounding move- tive str <o of stismatizing | POt F Bercstechi such reports and tran ing the peo- e 0 I ane ey Food Shortage in Germany. Satiqn, dontinue e rema Ameterdam, via London, July 2i, ed the regiment's entire losses in p. m—The “Berliner Tagzeblatt” | Seli Walke st yesterisy wore s at a recent conference at Darm- | i St oo Sy stadt with regard to the food situation men. Therefore 's loss, however | Adolph T. Von Batocki, president of lorable in i umounts to only a|the German Food Regulation board, uarter of the English alles ati 119th On Ypres Salient. 16 British press bureau appe . to the German communi | : | nting out that the Poldhu messaze | COST OF LIVING tioned the 190th regiment and not e 119th, which is the Wurttemburg DOVBLED N AgeranD stationed on the Ypres ea- | Bread is Nine Cents a Loaf, Su. ¥ ) Sugar re it has had no serious ; uring the last four wecks.” RlastiCents aEound time,” the it 3 12 result. es of the nain First Trenches Abandoned at Harde- court. The etatement admits that man line along es into its second trenches, tres in the statement says, penetrated German saltent at the wood mandovillers. 1 Counted 2000 Dsad Britishers. “An attack by the BEngliss in the region of Frommes on Wednesday was executed, we have establighed, by two strong divisiones. The brave Bavarian division, before whose front tack took place, counted on the ground e than two thous. in front of them mc and enemy killed and brought erto 481 prisoners, including ficers, and 16 machine gyns. “On both sides of the Summe the a8, was expected, to deliver a’main blow, enemy yesterday, 't Md after: the: 'L'f‘"’ (Mr#;;nlux s 1,600 Prisoners. withdrawal | Against Turks. at Frommes and Figures. press buraau five hundred men, The loss- iment therefore re- a front about kilometres (two miles) south of Hard- ecourt was driven from its first trench- rear. Enemy forces, the in the vicin T hacraent of | Wurtern: h maore | PTUSSiANS. more | very y cen, Ber- teen to twen: £ an de. f an de- | jmont | Whic | capture of —Unde: he Russi: forces in ti der, have say The Lipa on.” frankiy | towns. Commerce the Ger- three 800 me- into __the of Ver- the at- in hith- university, ten of- 2 admitted somar l.m:luqm' and | with more than 200,000 men partici- e attacks. “The result is that the first lne of German division al kilometres a to the etrated into little wood of Vermandv. | FRENCH COLONIALS SHOW CONSPICUOUS VALOR 500 Pri: isoners Guns in One Assault. arms with a powerful and force, but, you at’work n you, trenches, 12 occurred near Bstres. infantry column entered a s strongly defended by ection, t of eing able to give the slightest resist- | one Fre ded during the assault. Belloy-en-Santerre, near the Amiens-Peronne road, an of- ficer of the colonial troops was wound- the head by a bullet from a ma- Almost bltnded by blood, from chine gun, he turned toward his simply: “Avenge me.” With these words his themselves upon their adversaries with t, says a wi Among some of the prisoners taken ity of the urgers, Saxons, Bavarians and For the tnost they ng, averaging between seven- ty vears cluded an entire company of a reg- h took acti: Fort Vaux. oners_admitted his regiment had VIENNA ADMITS WITHDRAWAL. Retired from Lipa Salients to Escape Russian Flanking Movement. na, July 21 via London 9: the pressure of attacks by 13 he the rej Au een forced positions in the region of Beres- | ofticial ued by the war office today. q tatement says: | “In the sector at the mouth of the the enemy attacked after artil- lery preparations which lasted sever- ‘Washington, July 21.—Since the out- break of the war the cost of living in Ireland has increased 41.2 per cent A consular report to the Department of today says cents for a two pound loaf, sugar nine cents a pound, milk seven cents a guart and butter 32 cents a pound. These prices were forty to fifty higher than normal tas Have Taken to Mountains. Reports received at Carranza head- quarters in Juarez today are all to the effect that the Villa followers have broken up into small bands and taken to the Durango mountains. rez officials says they believe danger of the Villa party again be- coming a power has passed. Football Star Out for Wilson. New York, July 21—Eddie Mahan, athlete and football star of Harvard will lead Wilson college men's league in tho presidential cam tional Chafrman ted,|.sid_here itonight fbetore -leaving - for fcamp here. -‘ el ‘Washington. ut forty | - Forty: Killed: in-Meseoo, City#Starm Mextco City,sJuly 21.—Fovty - per-. umnmher,o:,nmm [boara of health tonight,adopted a res- back from e next trenches, ing 800 metres behind, and enemy di- and Forward!*” afterward, his men, In an mpetuous assault captured three lines of Germa n and more than 500 prisoners. Led by its chiefs, it attacked the works with such feroc ity that the machine gunners were sur- rounded and put ou n of the Styr and pa rivers, north of the Galician bor- that there | shortage of food stuffs, especially in Democratic Na- ong a front of of Hardecourt its foremost 1 the 12 Machine | | he said, “T and T know I machine guns Anoth- An bterrane- a ma- action without nchman was men and said troops threw 1tness. Somme were were The captives ve part in the One of the 3 p. stro-Hungarian to withdraw to | statement is- was a bread is nine ‘The Jua- any | ships which Cabled Paragraphs Martial Law Revoked in Spain. Medrid, July 21 via Paris 7:15 p. m. —The government today revoked its declaration of martial law. The mil- itary censorship of press despatches, | however, remains in force in order to prevent the publication of cemument on the European war PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH BLACKLIST | Fifty Firms Will Fight Trading With the Enemy Act—Government In- quiry. Washington, July 21—Inquiry as to why certain business concerns in the United States have been placed on a blacklist under Great Britain's trad- ing with the enemy act were directed to the British government by the state department today through both the British embassy here and Ambas- sador Page at London. At the time Mr. Polk had not hesrd that Ambassador Page had been hand- ed a memorandum by the British for- elgn office answering specific com- plaints made in the American note. This memorandum will serve to allay the impatience of the state depar! ment only partially, however, as off cials are most anxlous to receive definite reply to the general against the interferences with mails between the United States and neu- tral countries. The understanding here that the French foreign office has sent to L don a draft of a note and that de patch of the joint reply is be de- layed there. A request for general information concerning the application of the act a protest to firm in the United States had been made informally to the Brit- ish embassy as a preliminary step to formal representations. Today's ac- tion was based upon complaint m the concerns about which the depar ment inquired. The action of Great Britain in ing nearly 100 firms and corpor: in this country on the so-called list was discussed tod the at net meeting. Indigation was exp. ed, but it was agreed that no cou of action could be determired until the statement department compleic an investigation. Firms Organize in New York. New York, July 21.—Representatives of fifty of the 82 blacklisted by ( Britain under the trading enemy act met here tod: organization to fight the action of the Briti government Ithough meeting lasted three hours the public statement made was _that “it was unanimou. 1o gcuiznats & comerites formulate a plan of action. It was learned from individ: mem- bers, however, that a temporary ganization with officers haq for and that a course of action had been outlined. The meeting was held in the rocms of the German-American Chamber of Commerce, ‘But,” said Heinrich Charles, “sec- retary of the chamber, “the impres- sion must not go abroad the chamber has any connection Wwith the organization. The chamber mer extended to the blacklisted firms courtesy of meeting here.” Information is_sousht specific regarding a number of firms, names of which have not public by the department no_discussion of princi quiry, that matter bei tention after the ment is fully inf ANOTHER SUBMARINE EXPECTED MONDAY been made Deutschland’s Captain Says He'll See Baltimore Friends Again in a Few Weeks. Md., Baltimore, ly 21.—Captain the crew of the submarine Deutschland were feted tonight by tho of Baltimore citizens of an extrac- tion at a celebration Canstatter Park under the auspices of the local branch of the German nd Austrian Red Cross. Captain Koenig a brief address essman G. W. Philadelphia, visited the De pler late this afternoon and tain Rinson Lloyd steamer Neckar to p asked Cap- Germ:; him to board the Neckar for a view of the submarine. He was told that no more passes were being issued to the Neckar, but Captain Hinson invited him back on Monday, “when an submarine just like the Deutsc will be in,” he said. The stalw at the entrance of pler was tolc Vices would not be nee day that ed h after . but that he would be wanted next eek when the Bremen arrived. ALLIED WARSHIPS PATROL OFF VIRGINIA CAPES Have Drawn in Close to Three-mile Limit. July 21 have been Capes for several d. to the three-mile limit today and 1»7 gan a Tigid patrol, constantly moving along a lane of perhaps 15 miles Norfolk, Va., The exact number of ships in the patrol is unknown here. A rumor was current today that German submarines acted as a convoy to the Deutschland on her trip and are walting a short distance .out in the Atlantic to return with her. There was no direct evidence tending to confirm the story. LEAST NEW CASES SINCE THIRD OF JULY Increase Paralysis Numbers, New, York, July 21.—Although re- ports {o the department of health to- day showed only eighty new cases of ber since July 3, the authorities to- night warned the public not to be- come optimistic. Commissioner Hay - en Emerson asserted he would not be at all surprised if an increasc instead of a decrease was shown by tomorrow, the Woodrow co McCarmick wm:i owing ‘o the intense heat here. The fact that many nearby cities have quarantined against New York | BUT RESTRICTIONS RIGID ON (l Paul Koenig and fourteen members of | 80 Victims on Friday—But Heat Will| infantile paralysis, the smallest num- | Mexir . Embargu is Now Lifted MUNITIONS OF WAR. CONGESTION ON BORDER Industries in Mexico Will Profit by Broad Order of Treasury Depart- ment—4,000 Carranza’s Troops Em- bark Against General Cantu in Low- er California. Washington, July 2i—AIll restric- tions upon the movement of exports into Mexico except munitions of war and machinery for their manufacture were removed today by order of the Treasury Departm Without the formality of e procla- mation an emtargo on shipments in- to Mexico was put irto effect by cus- Hanly Named on First Ballot INDIANA MAN HEADS PROHIBI- TIONISTS. STEAM ROLLER VICTORY Nomination Came on First Ballot, With 440 Votes, While Former Governor of New York Re- ceived 180—Landrith Chosen Presidential Candidate. William Sulzer, Vice St. Paul, July 21—The prohibition national convention which nas been in session here since Wednesday morning adjourned sine die at_ 3.30 today after nominating J. Frank Han- ly, former governor of Indiana, States and Dr. Landrith of Nashville, Tenn., candidate for vice president. as candidate for president of the United Condensed Telegrams T Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is gravely ill. John D. Rockefeller’s fortune has passad the billion dollar mark. William Charles Wynn, fourth Bar- on Newborough, is dead at London. * Eugene McKeever, 8, of Staten Is- land, was drowned in Staten Island Sound. Officials of the Union Fuel Gas Co., report that oil has been struck in West Virginia. Erman J. Ridgway, who has been ed~ itor-in-chief of the Butterick publish- ing, retired. K. H. Keach, town marshal of Daw- son Springs, y., was shot and killed in a pistol duel. E. J. Pearson, the New Haven, director of the road. Lieut.-Gen Ichonosuko Oka, Minis- ter of War in the Okuma Cabinet in 1914-15-16, is dead at Tokio. vice-president of has Dbeen elected a Hundreds of man-eating sharks, 12 | THE RED QUE Have your business efforts led You remember how “Alice in where she stared? “Where | come from,” she said somewhere else when we run informed her that “in her country” morning newspaper will help you The morning newspaper is a world of everyday affairs. ance in the home ready to start tl the suggestions it contains are rec have the greatest influence. choose The Bulletin—and you will Bulletin’s columns: legs were tired only to find that after all like this;” whereupon the Red Queen much faster to stay in the same place. If your business is running without getting you It ushers “Run” your advertising in the morning newspapers—in Norwich During the past week the following matter has appeared in The ENS COUNTRY you into the Red Queen's country? Wonderland” ran and ran until her of her effort she was just to the Red Queen, “we arrive it was necessary to run ever so anywhere, the out of the Red Queen’s country. modern pioneer—a leader the in the day—makes its appear- he reader on his day’s journey—and eived at the moment when they will in “arrive. Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, July 15.. 177 158 934 1269 Monday, July 17..:476 144 280 600 Iue<dn July 18.. 161 11574 136 434 Wednesday, July 19.. 168 164 232 564 Thursday, July 20.. 163 150 271 584 Friday, July 21...5180 132 160 472 Tofals h. ooz . 1025 SR 2043 3903 authorities soon raid upon Columbus, Two ago._the s and war depart- agreed to of restrictions upon exports of food and clothing and later to the movement of household 200d and of fuel in reasonable quanti- been urging the today to relieve the border ci- both Mexicans ial firms in Mex- sury has order issued 1t congestion at and accoromodate American indus d ico. The muniticns embargo probably will be maintained rigidly until the differences between the United States and the defacto government have been ad, MORE TROUBLE AWAITING CARRANZA in Lower Attack First Jul —Inauguration campaign by the de facto govern- ment of Mexico against General Can- u, governor.of Lower California, was reported today in advices transmitted to the war department ficers on the border. issued a statement saying it was re- ported that 4,000 men had been ordered General Cant: Says He'll California Invaders. Washington, of 2 W Guaym to embark for Lower California ports. Governor Cantu has held aloof from all factions in Mexico, issuing a_for- utrality proclamation and Low- alifornia has Gependent state been virtually an in- nce the war between Carranza and Villa began. When the de facto Zovernment ex- tended its_control ov portions of Ne Mexico Gene: Carranza sent an officer to take over command of the e ry. The governor Fe- fused to surrender his authority and it the official back on the line with instruction to tell General Carranza at when a stable government had been estadlished T.ower California would poin it. He also served notice that either Carranza or Villa forces entering his territory would be at- tacke An army has been maintained by Governor Cantu of a real estate tax. quent d through the levy He has had fre- alings with American officials over the water supply for the Imeprial Valley region of California, and. as- sured Secretary Lane, who called up- on him in this regard some time ago, that Lower rnia was more pros- perous and pe: than at any prev- ious time in its history Didn’t Want to Leave Border. San Antonio, Texas, July 21—Thom- as Connors, enlisted man in Battery C, the “College Battery,” of the First Il- linois artillery, is one man who does not want to go home. Application made by relatives in Chicago resulted in the issuance by the war department of orders for his discharge. Connors. when informed of his release from the service vigorously protested to Gener- al Funston against his retirement, pointing out that he has no dependent led today to a discussion of the ad- visability of establishing a detention, Rigid-Exclusion- atsNorwalk, Norwalk, *Conn.,. July*21.—As a. caartion usaluu infantile paralysis th olmivn -dodng the citygto al.l"(‘l:ildren | Sardinian, Boston. relatives. The suspension of the or- der has been secured. Steamship Sailings. London,«July 20.—Sailed: [ Pannonia, New' York. Glasgow, July 20.—Sailed: Steamer Steamer Palwnn. July ]&-—Sl.fled Dr. Landrith’s nomination was unani hurried co nomination, I am mnot disappointe: AMERICAN BUSINESS MEN Sail From New York July 29 to Ad vance Trade Relations. Washington, July 21L—The Ameri can Committee of Businessmen wh will visit Prazil to advance the trad relations as a result of resohution: adopted at the Pan-American confer ence was announced today by the In ternational High Commission. Th members are Charles L. Chandler o the Southern Railway W. G. Downs, United States commer- G York; Dr. Richard P. ident’ of the America Stone, vice pres. The commit York July 2! Weigler of Chattanooga. tee will sail from New n;d be in Brazil from Aug. 15 to Sep 12, newspaper Libre Belgique, savs th correspondent of the Tvd Dubar, ha been commuted to twelve hard labor and deportation many. Libre Belgique, the adds, continues . despite - German _ef-, forts to_discover, mafilmrl,fiflg_ mous, for the other candidate had|handged for killing a guard in the withdrawn, Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, Mr. Hanly's nomination came on tre | was reprieved by application for a new first ballot had followed a number of | trial. erences between advecates of the candidacy of William Sulzer,| Senator Poindexter, of Washington, former governor of New York and|nas offered in the Senate an amend- everal brief dem in the|ment which hew will ask to have in- atter's behalf whic er, were | corporated the Senate commiitee on offset by the outbursis tasm | finance. that followed every mention of Mr. Hanly’s name. An effort to mediate the situation The vote for Mr. Hanly v decis- | which threatens a strike of trolley ive. He received 440 votes, as against | men at Yonkers, N. Y., tonight will be 180 for Mr. Sulzer. Finley C. Hen drickson of Cumberland, Md., receive 51 votes; James Gilbert Mason of New Jersey 10; W. P. Ferguson of Penn-| The construction plans of the Beth- sylvania 4, Sumner W. Haynes, lehem Steel Corporation call for the diana 2, and Henry Ford, Detroit, 1. erection of four new blast furnaces at A motion to make Mr. Hanly’s nom- | Sparrows Point, four at Steelton and | ination unanimous was defeated when | four at Bethlehem. objections were offered by Eugene Chafin of Arizona, and a score of oth Another trolley car of the local trac- delegates. N tion company at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. fter the nomination of Dr. Land-|was blown up by dynamite, making rith, the assembly arose, sang the|the second attempt in 2 days to kill Doxology and ended a six-hour ses-|strikebreaking crew: sion, marking the close of the three; — dayconvention Wilson C. Ashbridge, the murderer, The party platform, with but one|who broke jail last Monday night and change in the draft presented by the | was recaptured in Chester, Pa. is at Tresolutions committee—the insertion | tempting to_evade the electric chair of a plank declaring in favor of the|by means of a hunger strike. initiative, referendum, and recall—was | - = adopted early in the day’s session. The Western Union Telegraph Co., Mr. Sulzer, who had remained at|announced the interruption of the his hotel later characterized the con- | cable between Teneriffe and Senegal, vention's action as a ‘“steam roller | messages will be forwarded via Bres' victory,” but added: Dakar without change in rate. “As I was not a candidats for the that it has sone to Mr. Hanly. regulate the use of waters of Niagare A resolution was agopted by the|Falls for power purposes, to_besin convention but not incorporated in|August 1, were decided upon by the the platform favoring freedom in the | House Foreign Affairs Committee. practice of Christian Scienca and chiropractic. The steamer Comus of the Southern GOING TO BRAZIL Chattanooga; cial attache at Rio Janeiro, Louis R. Gray and Frederico Lage, both of New International Corporation, New York; Thomas W. Streeter, vice president of the Latin American Corporation, and A. & Jesuit Priest Sentenced by Germans.|children who are being sent to join Amstergam, July 21, via London, 11 relatives in the United States. i m.—The sentence of a Jesuit priest, Who-was condemned to dic by the Ger. | Business Get Together In South man authorities in Belgium on aec- America. count of his comnection with the| Buenos Afres, Argentine, July 21— Years at o Ger- The secret publicaticn of the correspnnden’ to 14 feet long, were sighter a few * | miles off the Virginia coast. Representative John J. Fitzgerald of New York, announced that he would be a candidate of re-election. " The Girard Trust Co., of Philadel- phia, has been incorporated in Illi- nois with a capital of $2,500,000. The Consolidated Mining & Refining Co., at Dover, Del, has been incorp- orated with a capital of $1,500,000. Two hundred fishermen are believed | to have lost their lives in a_monsoon | oft the coast of Colombo, Ceylon. Several hundred employes of the Carborundum Co., who have been on strike since July 13, returned to work. Colin M. Selph, of St. Louis, was| elected president of the National As-| sociation of Postmasters at Washing- | ton. A favorable report on the adminis- tration shipping bill has been submit- ted by the Senate Commerce Com- mittee. Major Sir Foster Hugh Egerton| Cunliffe, military historian, has been killed while fighting at the front in France. Gold amounting over $4,000,000 was depositel in the United States mint at Philadelphia for the account of J. P. Morgan & Co. The bank at Alpha, Mich,, near Es- canaba, was robbed of $25000 by two men, who locked the cashier in the vault and escaped. Foyr deaths among 16,000 men the past 4 weeks of service at McAllen, Texas_is the mortality record of the New York division. F. W. Weitzel, Nationa] Bank, of London, arrested, charged with funds of the institution. Stockholders of the Virginia Railway & Power Co., have approved an in- crease in preferred stock of the com- pany from $8,000,000 to $9,000,000. Robert H. Stroud, receiver of the first Ky., was emzezzling sentenced to be made by the Yonkers Chamber of d | Commerc d Further hearing on legislation to Pacific company collided with u barge of the Consolidated Coal company off Sea Girt. Seven members of the barge’s crew wr takn aboard the Comus. Mrs. James Fischer was instantly killed by falling four stories from a window of her home at No. 450 East 147th Street. More than a score of children playing in the vacant lot ad- joining witnessed the accident. The Hughes * Democratic voters’ league of New York, a non-stock corp- oration, filed articles at Albany. It is formed to persuade voters _with Democratic leanings in The Bronx “and elsewhere” to vote for Hughes. o s e £ Herman Bernstein, new editor of The American Hebrew, in yesterday’s issue of the Jewish natlonal weekly pleads for unity upon the part of the Hebrew race for the alleviation of suffering in the belligerent countries. 9 t. The_ Holland-American Line steam- ship Noordam sailed for New York. On_board are 50 Belgian women arnd A conference was held here yesterday to consider a project for “economic ° s | against | subport ot Overwhelming Vote for BITTER ~ FIGHT Washington, July 21—The naval appropriation with a three year build- ing programme including the immedi- | ate construction of four dreadnaughts, four great battle cruisers and 58 other craft, passed the senate late today by a vote of 71 to 8. It carries $315,826,- or $45,857,588 more than the total as the measure passed the house. Many proposals to curtail the enorm- ous building increases written into the measure by the senate naval commit- tee were defeated overwhelmingly and as soon as final passage was announced the senate voted to insist on its amendments and send the bill at once to conference. Long Struggle Expected in House. The house is bullding program, and a long struge is in prospect before agreement reached. Two democrats, Senators Thomas and Vardaman, and six, republicans, Senators Clapp, Curtls, ' Gronna, La Follette, Norris and _Works, voted the bill which has had the leaders of both parties during the week of debate that pre- ceded passage. A seven hour speech by Senator La Follette against the measure and a clash between Senators Reed and Oliv- zle is er over the proposal to print a public document the Bethlehem St Company's arguments against a @ ernment armor plate plant delayed t final vote. The Bethlehem rgu- ments were ordered printed by unani- mous consent during Senator Reed's absence from the senate chamber. On his return he vainly sought reconsid- eration ,charging that Senator Oliver as a nowner of steel stock, had voted money into his own pocket by sup- porting the proposal. Senators Tillmann, Swanson Lodge were appointed conferees cn the bill. The House conferees will be chosen Tucsday. 157 Vessels in Three Years. Construction of 157 vessels, Including Ixteen capital fighting three years at an estimated cost of $588,180,576 is contemplated in the sen- ate program, the largest ever prop in congress. Of the total tions in the bill $110, first year's building As it passed the house, the me made no provision for a contin building program and authorized only expenditures. Country’s History IN HOUSE Two Democrats and Six Republicans Against the $315,000,- i 000 Appropriation, Calling for 157 Vessels, Including 16 Capital Fighting Ships, in Next Three Years—$3,500;- 000 for Aviation—Navy Yards to be Enlarged. xpected to insist on its | d | SENATE 71 70 8 FOR NAVAL BILL i . Largest Programme In IS ANTICIPATED" 72 ships, including five battle cruisers an dno dreadnaughts. Sure of Six Big Ships at Once. Administration leaders regard it as practically certain that in the confer- ences between the two houses at least four battle cruisers and two dread- naughts to be contracted for at once will_be agreed upon. Miscellaneous appropriations carried in the bill include $11,000,000 for gov- ernment armor plate plants; $19,485,500 to provide ammunition for ships to be built in the next two years; $3,300,000 for batteries for merchant auxiliaries ($1,650,000 available at once;) $8,5500,~ 000 for tion; $1,500,000 for naval experim and research laboratory; nt 11,000 for government projectile plant; $1,270,00 for arming and equip- ping the naval militia; $10,385,916 for maintenance and enlargement of pub- lic stations, navy yards and docks; 912 for pay of the navy. important features of measure would provide for: Increasing the enlisted personnel of the the navy from 54,000 to 74,000 and of the marine corps from 9,000 to 14,500. Authorizing the president in time of listed strength of the navy to 87,000 national emergency to increase the en- and the marine corps to 17,400 men. Enlargement of Navy Yards. Enlargement of navy yards, with equipment for construction of capital ships and extension of government dry docks for accommodation of largest battleships. Reorganization o fthe naval militia on a similar basis with the regoranized ! national guard Organization of marine reserve, and marine corps. ation of coast guard service ncorpor | with the navy in time of war. Two ne weutters for coast guard. Twenty per cent. bonus to contrac- struction of war craft with contract time limits, and Increase of aviation stations and ad- dition to facilities for work of this service. The bill passed the house June 2, and was reported to the senate by the naval affairs committee June 30 after conferences had been held with Fresi- dent Wilson, Secretary Daniels and navy department officials. Increases in the building program followed in large measure the recommendation of the General Board of the Navy. tors for co PLAYING PARTY POLITICS WITH CHILD LABOR Senator Hardwick Scored Senate Re- publicans During Naval Debate. 21—The B Child is July Washington ch President Labor bill wi of_ congress got into the mnaval bill debate in the senate today when Sen- ator Hardwick of Georgia charged that it evidently was the purpose of the re- publicans of the senate “to play party politics with this great measure.” led attention to republican Gallinger's statement that repu senators were cager for its early age. i Gallin: ment He ‘I ma eople of the co because the try want the bill passed.” Senator Hardwick declared measure was unconstitutional called that Senator Gallinger h allinger Te- the List of Prohibited Articles Contained in Decree Issued Friday. Paris, July 21, 5.10 p. m—The gov- ernment today issued another decree prohibiting the further importation ex cept for government purposes of cer tain foreign products. Prominent in of prohibited articles are iron, steel, pure copper, tin, zine, nickel, mercury, anti- mony and unmentioned minerals and of iron and steel, steel rails, railroa aiso a great variety including tool steel, pig iron, hoops, cabl car or waterwheels, hu ments made before July 18, the day the president issued the decree. Aviator Harmon's Wife Thrown From Horse. Greenwich, Copin, July 21. — Mrs. Clifford B. Harmon, daughter of Com- modore E. C. Benedict, was thrown from her horse while riding on Indian Field road today, when her mount took fright at a passing train. She suffered cuts and bruises about the body but the extent of her injuries has not been determined. She is the wife of the av- iator. Whitman Against Preparedness Repeal Albany, N. Y, July 21.—Governor Whitman today~ declined to call a special session of the regislature to consider the repeal of five preparedness measures passed during the last ses- sion. He made this announcement at the conclusion of a hearing at which a dozen men and women representa- tives of societies quaker and labor or- ganizations had requested the extra session. Dr. Strong on the Border. Field Headquarters in Mexico, v wireless to Columbus, N. M., July 21 —Robert Bacon, formerly ambassador to France, and Dr. R. P. Strong of tue Harvard Medical School, reached ‘herc today. They are going over the Amer- rapprochement among South Ameri- can countries. ‘It was attended by Frederick J. Stimson, the American ambassador; Ruy Barbosa, the Bra- zilian minister; the Argentine foreign | minister, Boveral - farmer _cabinat | R e T ican lines of communication to conditions regarding soldiers in the fleld and instructions have been is urging for passage before adjournment | co last February. Mr. plied he still had doubt abouc its con-| stitutionality but was willing to vote for it and leave the question to the courts. FRENCH IMPORTATION LIMITED. MARSHALL GETS RIGHT | TO REGISTER APPEAL Federal Attorney May Put His Case Before Supreme Court. July 21—Federal Dis- H. Snowden Marshall granted by Judge Hand the ty of appealing to the United oreme court from Judge opportu States s Hand’s recent decision denying the writ of habeas corpus the attorney is- sued to prevent his removal to Wash- ington answer charges of contempt 1ouse of representatives. Judge Hand ruled that the appeal would have to be taken before Aug. 15. Meantime, District Attorney Mar-| shall is taken from the custody of the| at arms of the house and | sergean placed in the custody of the local{ court. If the supreme court does not| return a_decision before Dec. 1 next the district attorney will be returnedj »dv of the sergeant at| {a noval to Washington. The stipnl; ppeal must e made on or before August 15 was ncluded in Jude Hand's order at the uggestion of Martin W. Littleton, the attorney representing the house. He 1e house is not expected to after that date and that appeal made before rnment the question could not be 1t the adjournment au- the case. i later raised t tomatically closed SECRET SERVICE AGENTS BRING WILD REPORTS Tell Pershing That Villa, With 18,000 is Preparing Aattack. Washington, July 21—Rumors that Francisco Villa, with a force of 18,0001 is prep: k Torreon were forwarded ar department to- day by General Funston. He said the story had been brought to General Pershing by ‘“sccret service agents.” Officials were inclined to give it lit- tle credence. Carranza Chief Ordered to Mexico, City. f Washington, July 21—General Cal- les, Carranza military chief in Sonora state, has been ordered to Mexico City according to_messages to the war de= partment today from Colonel Sage at Nogales. :re_appears to be some Joubt that he will return to the bor- der section, the mesage adds, although the purpose of his trip to the capital is not given. i German Civilians to Help in Harvest. The Hague, July 21, via London, July 12.08 a. m.—The commander of the 20th German army corps has. ordered the mobilization of all civ: ilians to aid in harvesting the crop: They will be paid for their work at( the local rates of hire. Exemption' from work will only be granted on| a doctor's certificate. Persons § fusing to comply with the mobilization order are punishable with a maximum sentence of a vear's imprisonment and e fine of 1,500 marks. Maneuvering Fleet in at Ni i Newport, R. I, July 21.—The squa ron .of nine battleships e¢: T val militiamen of New York, Ponns vania, New Jersey, Conneetieut, M/ achusetts and Maine, put in.here sued that they be afforded every op- portunity to mgke a thorough investi- SO b ! o~ v E nignt after a week of practice r euvres off Block Island. The ~2nd will.bo,spent Mere. Ly e