Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 1, 1916, Page 1

Norwich Balletin VOL. LVIiL.—NO. 183 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1916 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS The Bullétin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportien to the (;nty’s Population GERMAN FORCES ARE NOW ON DEFENSIVE Lines in Numerous Places in France and Russia Pressed Back From Where They Were a Year Ago THUS GERMANY ENTERS THIRD YEAR OF WAR Austro-Hungarians Are Meeting With Reverses in Volhynia and Galicia and in [taly and the Turks in Asia Minor are Breaking Before the Russians—Large Reinforcements are Being Brought Up to Keep the Russians From Mak- ing Further Gains Toward Lemberg—In the Somme Region of France Both the British and French are En- gaged in Consol Germans. s ., year of | 11 v rly all | pera- her | and they with nume ed over the | allies almost s fungariar ia and in Italy 3 nd Minor to| along the ts seem to the I h| a Stokhc ver re- . To the south near s also are pres: answ Brody vokt 1 Kovel-R: erlin says that on idating Positions Won Sunday From the of the K way n both 5 he Russians agamst General Von Linsingen roops were repulsed w heavy ¢ ties and that nearly 2,000 Russians were ms the sector of Buo: ks also were in from the Ger rced to sustain counter:. the Hem wood at ing Vio- progress on are in d and tors n In t As keeping up ¢ Ttalians are nst tk Austrians on Monte ( 1d have put down Austrian in the ge valley and the Tr noilo va in the Arme ia Turki while ( are pur SETTLE QUESTION ENT OF IRISH €TILL REMOTE. Premier Asquith Has Littic to Appease the tending t tibility, for, alth conviction t nen ment would be o1 r persons Jjohn mond, the ionalist objections to t plan for an interim that it would be in the hands of the, w secretary for Ireland, Henry 1 ard Duke, and derick that, in government. g features peech were of Premier the announce- ry for Ireland, goft o-called Plun- ry council, supported o of the h which the premier declared w. and the announcem 5 impracticable, t that there > military CONNECTICUT DELEGATE TO PROGRESSIVE CONFERENCE. L. A. Trieschmann of Hartford Chosen by State Committes. Hartford, Conn,, July 81.—The pro- gressive state central commitiee at an today clected L, s city a delegate polis progressive confer- nonth. The resignztion of Joseph W. Alsop, Who re- ed that he would sup- i1d: of Charles I. tabled. F. E. Duffy of West I rd was selected as tem- porary chairman. Newspapermen were not allowed to be present at the meeting, and no statement was issued after the com- mittee had adjourned. It was said, however, that sentiment was evenly di- vided as to the advisability of continu- ing as a party in this state. Final ac- tion probably will not be taken untfl after the Indianapolis meeting. It was said that the meeting developed some acrimonious debates because of the acs tion of leading progressives in declar- ing their allegiance to the republican part: I 5. Iar Principal Meriden High School. Meriden, Conn., July 3L—Francis In Bacon, athletic coach and teacher in history at the Meriden High School the past year, was appointed principal of the school at a meeting of the rown scheol committee tonight, succeeding Willls J. Prouty, who resizned. Peruvian Cabinet Has Resigned. JAma, Peru, July 31.—The Peruvian cabinet, of which Enrique de la Riva Aguerro was president and minister {of !fifi affairs, has resigned. It b laim Allies Have Not Gained a Foot by Sunday’s Attacks, London, allies m: 31, 1055 p. m—The unceasing pressure n ustrian are being ench started a on Sunday from Somme and made h brought the Ma The the vill weather which I red the ms has given place to clear s, with intense heat. The Ger- mans are making the most determined counter-attacks and officially claim that the allies have not gained a foot | of ground by = 5 cks: The Russiar continuing thefr ite the trongest Ger- ng ever closer According to tonight's news are across the Stokhod over the stretch between the IKovel- to Kovel. they whole Sarny and Kovel-Rojitsche railroads. General Lotchitzky, were suspended by the Dniester iloods, is moving again and working toward Stanislau, another important railway center. TO POSTPONE ACTION ON IMMIGRATION BILL. Democratic Senators 3% to 9 to Send Session, in Caucus Vote It Over to Next ‘Washington, July $1. — Democratic senators in a caucus tonight voted to postpone action on the immigration bill until the next session of congress and adopted, 35 to 9, a resolution bind- ing all democratic senators to that de- cision. A resolution was then adopted, 32 to 7, pledging the majority to vote downm any attempt to attach the immi- gration measure to the child labor bill as a rider. The binding resolution, the first of that nature imposed by a democratie caucus for several years, was pnt through by party leaders to whip in- to line a group of southern senators who had announced they would sup- port an effort to saddle the child labor bill, which they oppose, with an im- migration rider including the ob- noxious literary test section in the hope that President Wilson would then veto it. The seven sepators who voted against the resolution pledging defeat of theimmigration rider were Senators Bankhead and Underwood, Alabam: Martin and Swanson, Virginia; Sim. mons_and Overman, North Carolina, and Beckham, Kentucky. BRITISH HAVE THE AMERICAN BLACKLIST NOTE, Forelgn Office Says It Is Being Given Careful Consideration. . London, July 81, 6.01 p. m—At the British foreign office it was stated to- day that the American note protesting against the bladklisting of American firms was recelving sympathetic and careful consideration. An answer probably will be sent In the near fu- ture, as the points raised will not re- guire an extensive investigation, the British policy in regard to this matter being well settled. The department of foreign trade ex- pects to continue to settle as quickly as possible all individual claims to on{ Fleury sec- | astern fronts | Cabled Paragr;phs British Casualties for July. London, July 31, 11.15 a. m.—Brit- ish casualties reported in ")'- month of July in all the war ar & totalled 7,08 officers and 52,591 & e S0 Famous Dermatolor ’é‘ Jead. Berlin, July $1.—(B; ireless to S . Professor bert Neis: sor of lau Univer the famous dermatologist, died erday. § 3 LATE ~ JE OF $1,000,000 EXPLOSION BROF GLASS TO Fire Broke Out in . .ns on Black Tom Island Last Night. New York, July 31—With three of- ficers of corporations doing business on Black Tom Island under arrest tonight and a warrant out for a fourth, prepa- killed at least three men, injured scores and caused approximately ,000,000 property damage. Fire broke out among the ruins on the isiand tonight and one t fire department of Jerscy ( wi firebo: Jer- sey, fought the flam about a pier where shrapnel and lurge stored. Shells ex) continuous cann of the Je 1y, from New York and New , which depart- Hudspetn, d Theodore B e Johnson ners the shinsc L s laden who was irging M. Dic treight | Johns: | rant k_Tom and t of rating it n on the one of its piers w Mr.” Hudspeth fifths of the a imund vresident DEUTSCHLAND WILL LEAVE Information to That Effect Coms From Trustworthy Source. July 31 liner Dc ore on her ny some time within t 2 urs, unless plans made aitered. Information to t s received tonlzht from v source. exact of departure was to have been determined n. Toda s one of great activ the pier. 1 which i blocked the entre land’s slip was moved t Aboard the barge was the Deutschland brought from It consists of pig nd sold to a Baltimor The tug Thomas met the Deutsch capes upon_her a and w! stood guard over her ever sinc on_as much coal as she one of the officers or c Deutschland had shore liberty day has the BRITISH AEROPLANE CHASED ZEPPELIN Raider Driven From English Coast, but Accident to Aeroplane Pilot Let Airship Escape. London, July 21—The second within a week upon the east c England by a Zeppelin airship w made this morning. An official state ment announcing the raid says: “At 5.15_o’clock this morning one of our aeroplanes pursued and attacked a Zeppelin thirty miles off the coast. raid east pelin when he was tempor \capa- citated by a_portion of his machine gun flying off and stunning him. The Zeppelin was nowhere to n when the pilot rezained consciousness. He was, therefore, forced to return to his station.” ORGANIZING NEW YORK ELECTRIC RAILWAY EMPLOYES Complete Amalgamation is Expected Soon by Union Leaders. New York, July 31.—Efforts to bring employes of all New York surface, elevated and subway lines into the union are meeting with success and a complete amalgamation of the city's electiric railway employes Is expected soon, according to statements issued today by organiers of the Amalgamal- ed Association of Street and Electrie Railway Employes. Movements of Steamships. Kirkwall, July 28.—Arrived: Steam- er Hellig Olav; New York for Chris- tiansand. St. Michasels, July 29.—Arrived: Steamer Regina d'Italia, New York for Genoa. Liverpool, July 30.—Arrived: Steam- ers Finland, New York; St. Louis, New York. Safled: 29th, steamer Ordun: New York. Christiansand, July 29.—Safled: Steamer Oscar II, New York. Glasgow, July 30.—Salled: Steamer Pretorian, Montreal. New York, July 81.—Arrived: Steamer Pannonia, London. 24 Cases of Paralysis in New Haven. New Haven, Conn., July 31.—Another case of infantile paralysis developed here today, making 24 cases now © tha: alfx rations were under way at Jersey City | for a joint, federal, s county ani municipal investigation to fix the blamo for Sunday merning’s disaster which uantities of ; § ment said he expected the ruins to smoulder for a week longer. The theory the fire which caused tie disas arted | 1nitions the | prosecutor of Hudson WITHIN NEXT 24 HOURS| al {84 Lives Lost - in Fgre_gi Fires TOWN AND SETTLEMENTS WIPED OUT IN NORTHERN ONTARIO MANY HOMELESS Only a Heavy Rainfall Early Yester- Part of the Province Probably From Destruction day Saved a Great —Government to Send Relief. Toronto Ont., 31—With one | town completely wiped out oths | in and a score of small | 1 obliterated, i st announced tonight that 184 per ns lost their livi | Premier | | 1 in the forest fir orthern Ontario. Only a heay 1fall early today saved a great pait province probab! from de- Hundreds homele domini nment ha asures to pro BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE STATEMENT TO THE A. P. ! In eference to Feeding C lation in German Ter | | p. m. follow | in de & reference 10 n populations occupied by set before comes the question of n unde tha particular rced last April tees -~ that exported the occupy like nstantly man narantee already lually 1 v n German gover: applies thousgh, be- officials entations » confuse th issues n des- inter- pation of occupatior rence ince a mmer- n said this 1st be deci H from He declare however the British with the inh: AMERICAN CONSUL WAS ON KONINGIN WILHELMINA The Dutch Steamer Which Struck a| Mine Near North Hinter Lightship. Hague 31 T.ondon Mahin, the A sterdam, and hin, were the only American passeng ers on board the T mail steamer Koningin Withelmina. Both were save This information was given to The Asso ted Press by the Zeeland mship company. It is not know ther Mr. and Mrs. Mahin w | by a British destroyer, case they would land in’ Eng- ._or by Duich rescue ships which are lLringin hipwrecked passengers barck to Flushing. The Zeeland company informs The Associated Press that all the passeng- ers and crew were saved, except three stokers who were killed presumably | by _the exploston. The K in Wilhelmfna, carry- malls to England, ran into a_mine ng the forenoon near the North Hinder lightship, whither the first passengers to lifeboats were rowed. On arrivin. was seen the Koningin still remained at, fying the hope t empty barrels which she held would keen her bouyant. The lifeboats ac- cordingly returned to the ship. Wilhelmina seemingly justi- 1t the thousands of The Kon in Wilhelmina, howecer, besan to sink by the head and soon diso#eared. The lifeboats with the passengers then returned to the North Hinter lightship, where t were picked up by a PBritish destroved, two Dutch torpedo boats and two tugs with doctors, who had been called for by twireless before the vessel sank. One Death in Hartford. Hartford, Conn., July 31.—Oliver Beyer, aged 55, a carpenter, died to- night in a hospital as the resul: of heat prostration. Today was the hot- test of the year, the highest tempera- ture being 94, according to the weather burean. ~ 4 ihe | I. C. C. Order Hurt the Nong_iph Ling TESTIMONY AT HEARING OF THE | COMMISSICN YESTERDAY SAME RATE AS BY RAIL General Express Agent of the New Haven Road Testified That Was the Cause of the Withdrawal of Adams Express Co. Business in 1914, New York, July 31.—Contentions by government attorneys that the service by water between New England and w York has been reduced and the aggregate of v diminished were denied by J. Howland Gardner, vice president of the New Enfland Steam- mpany, at today’s hearing be- xaminer John H. Howell of the inter > comrmerce commission on the application of the New York, New Haven and Hartford mission to re Iroad for per- ownership and con- wrol of its Long Island sound lines under the Panama canal act. Quoted from Reoords. records show,” Mr. Gardner that the actual agsregate ca- pacity for trips on the Norwich, Providence, FPall River and New Bed- ford lines increased 40 per cent. be- tween 189% and 1914, instead of a re- duction of service. What Hurt Norwich Life. remont Whitted, general express agent for the railroad, testified that ness of the Norwich line was n away almost completely by order of the interstate commerce com- mission on Feb. 1, 1914, making the water rate for freight the same as for ne all-rail route. Following the issu ments by try-|ance of the order, he said, the Adams her as many to- | Express company withdrew its busi- iestions as possible. iess from the steamship line and sent h while to explain rail. The New Haven road, he aid, the withdraw Testimony did not have anyth 1. of an historical nature s given by Arthur P. Russell, val counsel for the road. He es by Adrian N. Boole, an attor- for the interstate commerce com- on, that the Providence line was ted by Chester W. Chapin with the ct of forcing the New Haven into buying the boats. g to do with W = ney =5 AMERICAN SOLD!ERS BATTLE WITH BANDITS. Two Americans Killed, One Wounded— Cnly Two Bandits Escaped. July by Tex. 31.—American small de- <0, United Fort Hancock, of here, earl were killed and led ly two of the antiaws e across the river into Mexico, where they are being pursued v troops and Carranaz cus- tates five miles below miles east Two Ameri today. one v Upon ing reports from Robert a United States customs in- hat the banadits, who had 1 »us depredations on of the frontier re- he border, six men y ed S pital corps orderly Lewis Thompson, with ‘ustoms Inspector Bean, o an house where the ns were said to be in hiding. Thompson had been ordered by Cap- tain H. D. Cushing of Company ( I h M chusetts infantry, to in- te the report The = bandits fire from the building and a outhouses, killing Wood an n Twomey and wounding ompson in the shoulder. . ng that the Mexicans would escape the small American detachment, led upon th ta command. on the of the river. 1 a score of soldie he United States to cut at, the inci time Carranzist ated in pursuit American soll. Francis E. Sheain of Balti- of the hospital corps, who brought Sergeant Thompson to the Fort Bliss hospital, reported to Gen- eral Bell that the Mexican, troopers, 10 in number, acted in a friendly manner towards the Americans, took up a po- sition alongside them and helped keep up a hot fire against the hut. When to return the fire was entered and three dead d, ain said. The Carfanza troops took up a blood trail and followed it, but the American de- stayed on this side of the er re co-op: of bandits on Private more, Md., the bandits failed hut the Twomey, Sheain said, bled to death om a wound in the lung and Wood was shot twice, one bullet entering above the heart, another in the breast. RELIEF PROMISED FROM THE SIZZLING HEAT A Canadian High Area Pressure Bring- ing Down the Cool Air. July 31.—A Canadian area pressure bringing down ‘Washington, high cool, dry air from the Canadian north- | west_swept along the whole of north- ern United States today and afforded some relief from the heat wave which has been the worst in fifteen years. Riughly, the new high pressure has t a drop in temperature every- where north of a line drawn due west from New York. Below this line its effects were felt in some districts with a change of a few degrees. The “Bermuda high” which for the past ten days had been sweeping up currents of hot, water-laden air irom the tropics over the whole of continen- tal United States showed signs today of having pretty well spent itself. Likewise, the high pressure area which brought relief to the Atlantic seaboard from Hudson Bay over the week-end has been dissipated. Weather bureau officials said today that while the great central sections of the country had had the hottest period since 1901, the Atlantic sea- board hardly been touched by real summer. Two Prostrations in New Haven. New Haven, Conn., July 31 Today was the hottest New Haven has had in the last two years, according to the weather bureau.” The mercury stood at 92 at 3 o'3clock this afterncon. Two nro ) reported. n} Condensed Telegrams Miss Anita Stewart, the moving pic- ture actress, has typhoid fever. Col. Gecrge H. Starr of Yonkers, N. Y., lawyer and war veteran, is dead. Leaders of the Garment Workers Union of New York conferred with Mayor Mitchel. The Nash Motors Co. of Baltimore has been incorporated with a capital stock of $24,999,500. William Huff, 14, of Point Pleasant, N. J., was drowned while canoeing in the Manasquan River. Negotiations between Rumania and Turkey with regard to the exchange of supplies have been broken off. J. Schwarzkopf, of Providence, R. I., was killed in an automobile_accident at Quebec Miami Highway, N. Y. Poison contained in a penny piece of taffy candy is believed to have killed Mildred G. Allen, of Philadelphia. Frank Bishop, well known Wilton farmer, hanged himself in the barn of Mrs. Mary White, in Cannondale. Capt. Milton Casey retired, who was skipper of the first police hoat commis- sioned in New York harbor, is dead. One hundred and fifty railway clerks and checkers employed by the Central Raiiroad of New Jersey went on strike. The House sent the Army Appropri- ation Bill to conference, after formally disagreeing to the Senate amendments. Marshall F. Mills, a Washington postoffice clerk, was arrested at Chica- go charged with opening two register- ed letters. Eugene Sullivan of Atlantic City, N J., was kinea viunen he fell from hi bicycle beneath the wheels of a heavy motor truck. Three explosions occurred under the printing office of the Menace, a weekly | newspaper at Springfield, Ohio. The | damage was slight. John Dee, wireman, was critically burned at Hartford when his side came in contact with a live wire while he was working on a repair job. Private Sturgis of Company M., First Infantry, was struck by a train and killed when crossing a drawbridge from the State camp at Peekskill. The National Guard Field Day held at Sheepshead Bay Speedway netted about $7,000 for dependent families of militiamen now on the border. William Ryan, a deserter from the be in Juarez in the uniform of a lieu- tenant-colonel of the Mekican army. of ff of the expeditionary force in | Mexico, has been promoted and assign- {ed to command of the Tenth Cavalry. | Only two new cases of board of health vesterday. One was from Lebanon. the other from Sharon. Plans for establishing Federal labor clearing houses in every state nounced by Commis: it the Immigration Bureau ton. The Leavenworth and Topeka R. R., es long, has been sold by the man was about dressed. 45 years old and well Victor E. Innis, recently sentenced to seven vears' imprisonment for lar. ceny of trust funds was denied a new trial by Supreme Judge Ben Till at At- lanta, Ga. Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured when the au- tomobile in which they w 3 was struck by a trolley car a alls, Ont. The Canadian Car & Foundry Co, Kingsland, J., which has been man- cturing shells for England and Rus- has done away with its night shift of 800 men. William T.Conner, Sarah Bernhardt’s American representative, sailed for Bordeaux on the steamship j.ufayette to bring the French actress back for one more American tour. Judson H. Boughton, president of the Great Lakeés Boat Build Corp., at Milwaukee, ed of injuri received - when his motor hoat was de- stroyed by an explosion of gasoline. Former Congressman Ralph D. Cole. of Ohio, announced he had declined the tender of the chairmanship of the tional Speakers Bureau, offered by Republican National Committees. th Representative Hayden of Arizona introduced a resolufion asking the Federal Trade Commission to investi- gate alleged violations of the anti- trust laws by meat packing comapnies. More than 100 passengers on the Baltimore & Ohio train No. 12, St Touls to New York, escaped in‘ury or death when eight cars of the train were derailed near Parkersburg, W. Va. Lieut. W. S. Nicholas, commander of the destrover Terry. was placed on trial before a general court-martial at the Navy Yard at Charleston; S. on charges growing out of the ground- ing of the Terry off Santo Domingo. While playing in the street at Fart- ford, May Sheffe, 5 vears old. w: struck by an automobile and insta killed. The driver of the machine, J. Avery of Hartford. was taken into _custody because he did not carry his license. Bystanders say the acei- dent was unavoidable. THREE PARALYSIS DEATHS REPORTED IN RHODE ISLAND Four New Cases in Widely Separated Parts of the State. Providence, R. 1. July 31.—Three deaths from infantile paralysis and four new cases in widely separated parts of the state were reported to the health authorities today. This makes seven deaths and a total of 35 cases in Rhode Island since the first trace of the disease avpeared here. 20th Infantry in Mexico, is reported to Lieut. Col. De Rosey C. Cabell, chief infantile parali'sis were reported to the state were e Hughes’ Speech of Acceptance ASSAILS WILSON ADMINISTRA- TION FOR MANY WEAKNESSES, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN Speaking of the Present Prosperity, Mr. Hughes Declared We Are Living in a Fool's Paradise, Brought About by the European War, New York, July 3l1.—Charles E. Hughes tonight outlined in his speech of acceptance the issues upon which he will conduct his campaign for the presidency. Assailed the Administration. Mr. Hughes assailed the adminis- tration for the course it has pursued with reference to Mexico, maintenance of American rights during the Euro- pean war, preparedness and _ other great questions of the day. He de= clared for a new policy of “firmness nd consistency” toward Mexico, for j “the unflinching maintenance of all (Continued on Page Eight) DUTCH STEAMER STRUCK MINE; THREE STOKERS WERE KILLED 41 Passengers Were Taken Off the Konigin Wilhelmi London, July 31, m.—The 5 p. SR North Hinder Lightship, says a dis- patch from The Hague to Reuter’s Tel egram company. The passengers left the vessel in the lifeboats. The captain of the Konigin Wilhel- mina reported by wireless telegraphy North Hinder and that only the ait part of the vessel was out of the wa- ter. Boats with the passengers left the steamer, but after a while return- ed. Later the passengers again took took to the boats, and are proceeding to_the Dutch coast. Steamers and torpedo boat destroy- ers have been dispatched to the as- sisfance of the Konigin Wilhelmina. The Konigin Wilhelmina left Flushing this morning for London. She London, July 381, 6.55 p. m.—Three stokers were killed when _the Dutch mail steamer struck the mine. Reuter’s correspondent at Flushing, Holland, reports that the steamer had on board 41 passengers and a crew of 60. All of them are believed to be now on board boats from the light- ship which have not vet arrived. Among the saved are some wounded soldiers and a physiclan is on board one of the rescuying vessels. The Xonigin Wilhelmina, adds the Flushing despatch, left that city at § o'clock after keeping afloat for some time. Passengers Are Safe. The Hague, via London, Aug. 1, 1.45 8 m.—All the passengers of the Ko- ningin Wilhelmina are on board a British torpedo boat destroyed which is proceeding to England. None of cngers was injured. is the third mail steamer the ny has lost during the present 56 mil anta F and the Union acific, joint owners, for $250,000, to Kansas City in- terests. STRIKE OF TROLLEYMEN An unidentified man was killed east AVERTED AT DANBURY of Milford station of the New Haven 4 = railroad by a passenzer express. The | Both Sides Signed Agreement Drawn by Arbitration Board. Danbury, Conn., July 81.—The threatened strike of trolleymen on the of the Danbury-Bethel company averted tonight when both_sides ed an agreement drawn up by an rbitration board. The principal point in dispute was over the matter of wages. Under the terms of the new reement, the men will receive 24 cents an hour for the next six months and 28 cents an hour thereafter. WARRANT FOR ARREST OF EDMUND L. M’KENZIE President of Storage Concern in Whose Warehouse Explosion Occurred. ew York, July 31.—A warrant was issued late_today for the arrest of Ed- mund L. McKenzie, president of the torage concern whose warehouses were the scene of the great explosion yesterday in Jersey Ci This was announced by the county prosecutor }in Jersey City who said that warrants for the arrest of railroad officials might also be issued as the result of the pending investigation. ZEPPELINS AGAIN RAID EAST COAST OF ENGLAND When Despatch Was Sent the Raid Was Still Proceeding. London, Aug. 1, 1.31 a. m.—The east- ern and southeastern counties of Eng- land had a ion from German airships late night and at this hour the attack is still proceeding. An ocial communication just issued says: An attack by a number of hostile airships developed before midnight. The raiders are reported as having crossed the coast line along the east- ern and southeastern counties. Bombs were dropped off the Thames estuary. “The attack is proceeding.” BRITAIN STANDS FIRM ON RED CROSS SUPPLIES Declares They Will be Interrupted Un- less Assigned to Units. Washington, July 31.—Great Britain in a note made public by the state de- partment today reiterates her refusal to permit Red Cross supplies to enter territory controlled by the Teutonio allies unless assigned to Red Cross units. The communication was ac- cepted as virtually clos tiations in which the United States has endeavored to get the supplies throngh despite the recent withdrawal of the Red Cross units. et Body Feund in QuInnipiac River. New Haven, Conn. July 3L—The body of Jacob Prataffo of Mt. Carmel, was found in a deep hole in the Quin- nipiac river today. He started on a fishing trip’ Sunday and it is pre- sumed he stepped from a rock and fell into the river. In his clothing was found $170 in cash. = the neso- Dutch mail steamshi Wilhel- mina has struck a mine near the. that his ship had struck a mine near | usually carried about fifty passengers. | this morning and Struck the mine about 9 o'clock, finally sinking"