Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 14, 1916, Page 1

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LVIIL—NO. 194 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1916 PRICE BRITISH ADVANCE 300 TO 400 YARDS Also Captured Trenches on the Plateau Northwest of Bazentin-le-Petit FRENCH GAIN FURTHER FOOTHOLD ON HILL 109 In Galicia Several Villages Along the Upper Sereth River Have Fallen Into the Hands of the Russians—The Russians Are Continuing Their Advance Against the Austro-Ger- mans in the Carpathian Region—Austrians Were Driven From Fortified Positions in the Monfolcone and Gorizia Sectors—Constantinople Reports That the Turks Have Compelled the British to Retreat East of the Suez Canal. the Somme region | tro-Gern ind in the Italian| On ysiritza sector and near | 1 gains for the en- however, Berlin says| r regions, marked ive been thrown back Sat ght and | s Dy the counter-at- of the Teutonic alli - Duke of Aosta is keeping up his i | rihwest o north of the omme, the < over @ front of!strong offensive against the Austrians| nearly a mile made an a ince of from | in the lsonoz region, having driven| 200 to 400 yar inst the Germans | them from fortified positions in the | amd also captured trenches on the pla- | Monfolcone and Gorizia sectors and| teau norihwe iazentinle-Petit, | made prisoncr of more than 2,000 ad- | while the French southeast of Maure- nal men. pas gained a further foothold on the| Constantinople reports that _the slopes of Hill 109, Turks east the Suez canal have Between Thiepval and the Somme |turned the attack against the British Saturday night, according to BDerlin, |and compelled them to retr with assaults by the entente es broke | heavy losses. The London war office, down with heavy casualties to the at-| however, disputes this tackers. The fighting near Hem and |serting that the Brit Maurepas contin ro ut in pur it of the Turks rear guard, entire night and intc nday, the men | which turday evening had been repeatedi ing to grips in hand-to- | driven back to a position cast of Birs h enc s El Manca. Maurimpol, cia, seven miles| After a long period of inactivity, the eoutheast of H town of Pod i 1z the Euphrates in Meso- nd several villizes alc mpted an advance against bu: retreated after two fighting. Further advances of ks Russians on the rad asserts that tinuing the a are con- the Aus- 1 front and in Turkish Armenia med by Constantinople. FRENCH CRUISER ENTERED PORT OF PENSACOLA.| NEW LOAN OF $250,000,000 TO GREAT BRITAIN a Packet of Documents from | Talked of in Financial Circles of New the French Consul. [‘ York. Aug. e French | New York, Aug. 1 Expectation Aube, which unexpeci-| was expressed in financial circles to- this port rday, lcft|day that within a fortnight official et the pur-|announcement woulq be made th sit. € Leskivit | negotiations had been completed for a r but did | new loan, reported to be $250,000,000 €t of documents from|to Great Eritain. This loan would sul. Fun for two years, according to a Aube left at 9.30 o'clock | summary here today, with interest at this morning ard after discharging the | 5 per cent., and the notes, to mature in pilot turned slightly to the east and|fwo vears and to be offered at 99, proceeded down the coast about an | would be obligations of the American | elght knot speed. She was visible for | [foreign Securities Company, which ! an hour afterwards and did not imn-|advanced $100,000,000 to France re- crease speed. The tmen coming | cently or of a new corporation with into Pensacola tonight sald they had|iwhich the same interests would be seen her off the Pensacola light, which | identified. showed that she had changed her| ' Securities for this loan, it is report- | course and was bearing west. ed. would Include deposits of about | Captain Leskivit did not confine ob- | $300,000,000 of Canadian, Argentine, servations to soundings here, but im-|anq Swiss government bonds and mediately after weighing anchor today | stocks and bonds of American r: ! continued to ascertain the depth of | rond and industrial corporations, and the water. While passing the east side principal and interest would be pa of Santa Ro and marine men said | hple 1n gold In New York % she was continually throwing her lead, | case of the French loan, and this operation continued until she | jenn 1o was four miles off shore. tributed among banks and the public AT by_debenture notes. FAILED TO PASS ENTRANCE The main purpose of such a loan is said to be to provide funds for p. EXAMS FOR ANNAPOLIS. | ment for munitions purchased in Tnited States. Only 94 Out of 350 Applicants Wers| 2" s Successful, T As in the the proposed Great Britain would be dis- COUNTRY WIDE PLOT TO STEAL AUTOMOBILES ‘Washington, Aug. 13—Out of applicants who took the July examina- tions for admission to the naval|An Attorney and a Saloonkeeper Ar- academy only 04 reccived passage grades, the navy rested at Cleveland. onunced here tonight. The large percentage of failures department an- is |, Cleveland, Aug. 13—David H. Hop- kins, 33, attorney and Cleveland law ?l[cf;i:’u‘(:’?s - ]’,—‘okfl i ;fmfhfl"fl,‘,’rr;e‘"‘;;_ school instructor, and Frank (Kid) ety 3, tiree X~ |Lyons, 33, former saloonkeeper, were held this year, fourth class at the academy will num- bers about 625. arrested here in what police and de- tectives say Is the expose of a coun- try-wide plot to steal automobiles. They say they expect to recover thous- ands of dollars worth of stolen cars and round up a clever gang of thieves | as a result of the arrests. Officers here say they obtained clews which led to the arrest of Hopkins and_Lyons as the result of the arrest in Detroit three weeks ago of four allegeq automobile thieves. Recovery of fifty cars stolen recently in Detroit HUGHES CONTINUES ATTACKS ON THE ADMINISTRATION Charged Secretary MocAdoo With Making Political Appointments, Helena, Mont., Aug. 13.—Charles B. Hughes continuing his attacks on the admintstration for its appointments b yesterday charged Secretary McAdoo | nmeey and Cleveland is hoped for, “upon reltable Information” with have : = Ing replaceq Henry N. Clapp, formerly | oz AGCIDENT ON confidential secretary to John G. Car- lisle, with Danlel E. Finn, son of THE MILFORD TURNPIKE. Boyd of Bridgeport Was “Battery Dan” Finn, Tammany leader, Fatally Injured. as assistant appraiser of merchan- dise at New York. FREDERICK J, SEWARD'S. BODY RECOVERED. Was Drowned Off Clinton When Row- boat Overturned. Clinton, Conn, Aug. 13—The body of Frederick J. Seward of Boston, who with William N. Simmons of Catskil] N. Y, was drowned in the harbor Sa , was recovered today by J. F. Parker and F. 8. Sperry. The body was found about ten rods from the place where their rowboat was over- turned in a squall. Simmons’ body was recovered soon after the accident. 365 MILE HIKE TO PROVE PHYSICAL FITNESS. Paul Rudd, Rejected by a Surgeon at the Plattsburg Camp. Plattsburg, N. Y. August Eugene New Haven, August 1.—Eugene Boyd, cloored, of Bridgeport, dled in a local hospital as the result of in- Jurles received in an automobile acci- dent on the Miiford turnpike today. Tony Barrows, also colored, of Bridgeport, suffered a broken collar- bone and internal injuries. The two were members of a party of nine who ‘were being driven to Bridgeport by John Balfour of that city. The car swerved in the roadway and struck a fence, caustng the machine to over- turn. The others escaped With s cuts and bruises. AMERICAN PIPE MAKERS SHORT OF FRENCH BRIAR Are Looking to the Forest Service for Substitutes. ‘Washington, Aug. 13.—American 18—To | pipe makers confronted with scarcity rove that ho is physically 'so of ¥rench briar are looking to the aul Rudd, rejected by a s n_at|forest service for substitutes. The the camp of military instruction be-{government laboratories are experi- cause of disabilities, started today on a|menting with various native woods 865 mile hike back to his home in New | and many species of Chaparrel of the York city. West. A large quantity of mountain The three thousand amateur sol-|laurel roots have been sold from the D spent the. Southern-Appalachiansreserve. for 1. Cabled Paragraphs 13 Miners Killed by an Explosion. London, Aug. 13, 9.55 p. m.—Thirteen miners were killed early this morning by an explosion in the Ashington col- liery near Blythe. The cause of the explosion is not known. Air Raid on Dover, England. London, Aug. 13.—An air raid on the British naval port of Dover, bp two German aeroplanes, occurred this aft- ernoon. An official statement says four bombs were dropped, one officer and six men being slightly’ injured but little material damage Meing done. CITIZEN SAILORS ASSMBLING FOR NAVAL TRAINING CRUISE 2,300 Will Start Tomorrow From Var- ious Atlantic Ports. Washington, Aug. 13.—Leaving of- fices, shops and factories for nearly a month at sea, 2,300 citizen sailors are assembling for the first naval train- ing cruise of civilians ever held by the American navy. Next Tuesday they will start from various Atlantic ports on nine battle- ships to cruise until the training ship known as the “John Paul Jones cruise” ends September 2. The cruise of i struction is d. d to qualify civil- ians for naval service in time of emergency, just as the camps at Plattsbwrg and elsewhere. They pa- trollea for the naval cruise including promient men in all walks of life in Dallas board the Louisiana. will take on the recruits from ¢ | ton, New Or nd Fouston, Texas, | at_Charleston. | | | niston I eship will and ma the east, middle west and south. Sec- retary McAdoo of the treasury and Assistant retary Roosevelt of the navy are among those who will go from Washington and will receive the same training and treatment as col- lege and school youths and other less prominent. A rigid outline of Qaily duty, beginning before sunris b been arranged. Tomorrow the | first of the citizen sailors will aboard at Portland, Maine, Newpor! R. 1. and Baliimore. On Tuesd thers_ will be taken on oston, ew York, Philadelphi folk _and Charlestc C. Those from New Haven, Alhany, N. Y. Brooklyn, New- ark, Seranton and Buffalo will board the battleships, Maine, New Jersey and Kentucky W York > battle- ship Rhode Island will ve the re cruits at Philadelphia, from that ei burgh, Cleveland and Detroit. At rfollk recruits from that city, Rich- | mond, Cineinnati, napolis, Chi- | Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Des i Or Kansas | "he ois The batt Kersarge and ginia will the recru Port nd Worces port to each re own bark: The which will Admiral Hel iner's bay, The Rhode Isls After two or thre: Bay, the squadron w lantic fleet and as a e fiize at G ill be the flag days at Gardine 11 join | i unit. | DR. ELDRIDGE D. ATWOOD ! INDICTED FOR MURDER For Shooting Dr. Wilfred E. Harris in Boston, July 18. Boston, Aug. 12—Dr. Eldridge D. Atwood, the osteopaih, who shot and fatally wounded Dr. Wilfreqa E. Har- | ris, president c i Massachusetts | Colleze of Osteopat is accused of | murder in the first dégree in an in- dictment returned yesterday. vood entered the offices of Dr. | Harris in the Westminster on | the afternoon of July 18 and shot his | former friend and instructor three times. Harris died a week later. Just before the shoot occurre twood had learned of the death of his fiancv, Dr. Celia P. Adams from poisoning, self administered. Dr. | apparently Adams, 2 so an_osteopath, had ied_under Harris When arrested Atwood told the po- lice that Dr. Adams had admitted an intimacy with Harrls that made her Dromised marriage impossib made his attack, he saic covered that his sweeth mitte dsuicide, because, | she was unable to esca ence of the older man The ‘case has elements of mystery that the police have not been able to clear up. So far as known they have discovered little or nothing resarding the relations of the three physici or a motive for t other than that given by th DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ON $200,000,000 REVENUE BILL Appropriations by Congress Breaks All Records. Washington, Aug. 13.—The import- ance of the $200,000,000 revenue bill on which ate democrats today de- voted m: hours of deliberation in caucus is being impressed upon lead- ers by the fact that appropriations of the session now nearing completion | have broken all records. With passage this week of the §50, 000,000 ship purchase bill and probable approval by the house of the senate gigantic naval bill, the appropriations of the sixty-fourth congress will have exceeded the previous high record by at least a half a billion dollars. While exact figures cannot be computed un- til the gavel has fallen on the last| supply bill of the session the aggro- gate appropriation by congress for all purposes probably will approximate $1,700,000,000 as against $1,114,000,000 for the sixty-third congress OBITUARY William B. Swan. Belfast, Me, Aug. 13—Willam B. Swan, president of the City National Bank and a former mayor of this city, dled yesterday from concus of the brain, caused by ly at his home. Oir. years of age and had been s ely ai- recting a number of business inter- | ests in addition to his duties at {he bank. A short while ago he joined a country club and began driving an automobile. 25,000 MORE TROOPS ORDERED TO THE BORDER All the Guardsmen of Kentucky, Ohio and Vermont. Washington, Aug. 13.—Twenty-five thousand more state troops were yes- terday ordered to the border by the war department. All Kentucky, Ohio, and Vermont troops were ordered to trend of individual progressive senti- Iment is regarded as the most inter- o | esting factor in the situation, with leaders on both sides professing con- [vote. | DROWNED WHILE TRYING | TO RESCUE SMALL BOY. Eldredze and her son into the water. | Mrs. Eldredge who is a fair sw started for the launch, her son’ a ahove water. Mr. Mellen, | who had just recovered from an ill- | |ness. jumped into the water and went to their assistance. Mrs. Rldradge shouted for Mellen to take the clild; = |A BOND ISSUE FOR _The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City’s Population wive “Sampaign Opens This Week PRESIDENT WILSON AND NOM- INEE HUGHES TO PARTICIPATE |[ELECTION ON SEPT.- 11 Leaders of Both Parties Look on This Contest as of Importance as a Polit- ical Index—Roosevelt to Make an Address. Portland, Me., August 13.—The present week will see the opening of the speeck making acmpaign among Maine voters in preparation for the state election on September 11. As there will be no ftest of strength be- tween democrats and republicans in other states prior to November T, leaders of both parties look on this contest_as of importance as a polit- ical index Wilson and Hughes to Stump. Both President Wilson and Former Justice Hughes are expected to plead for thei rown support as candidates. Former President Roosevelt will de- liver at least one address in behalf of Mr. Hughes. Although the progressive party will have no candidates in the field, the fidence that they will obtain the bulk of these votes. Until the progressive republican split of 1912 the state wa rated as republican and notwithstand- ing a democratic victory for governor @ legislature in 1910, which was ac- counted for largely by fight over local issues, party managers were ac- customed to sean the returns mainly to determine the size of the republican plurality. Republicans Won Four Years Ago. Four years ago the republicans v sful in the vote for governor the September election, but the marg in was small and in the following No- vember the state went for Wilson for president with Colonel Roosevelt as second choice. In 1914 Governor ‘illiam T. Haines, republican, was de- ted for re-election by Oakley C s, democrat, with a progressive didate also 'in the field. The ssive vote in that year was a little over one-third that returned for |Roosevelt two years before. ! | In addition to the state officers and | congressmen, two United States sen- | ators are to be chosen this vear for {the first time in the state by direct Charles A. Mellen of New Britain Was | Scized With Cramps. Branford, Conn., A. Mellen _of drowned in Long Island sound August 13. lew Bri Charles in was | R e i edge of New Britain from { and Mrs. Meilen and | daughter and Mr. and M | chila ‘were crulsing off 1 € in a 20 foot launch. The sea choppy and i turning toward Short e wave struck the craft | Smidships, the shoek throwing t she could swim to the boat. she v led abos rd the craft, Mellen tly, was seized with ps and sank with the child. TUp to a late hour ton neither body had been recovered. Mrs. Mellen lapsed, and was taken to a New hospital. The Mellon and | families were spending the the Remington cottage at MEETINGS TO BE HELD BY FARM LOAN BOARD. | Schedule Calls for Hearing at Hart-! | ford on Aug. 23. Washington, Aug. 13.—Dates and places were annourced onight for the t thirteen hearings to be eld by the farm loan board for com- | ng information on which they willl ide the country into twelve rural districts under the new rural credits law and determine the location of a federal loan ban kin each. The first | will be at Augusta, Me., a week from | be followed by a| across the continent to Spokane, | erc the first leg of the board's tour | will be completed Sept. 4th. The itinerary as far as worked out includes a hearing at Hartford, Conn., Aug. 23 MILITARY PREPAREDNESS Suggested to the Senate by Senator| Taggart of Indiana. Washington, Aug. 13—Baying for military preparedness by a bond issue was suggested yesterday to the sen- ate by Senator Taggart of Indiana, in 2 speech censuring congress for e travagance and urging a cut in appro- | priations to meet the nation’s reve-| taxation. Two New Cases of Paralysis in New Haven. New Haven, Conn., August 13.—Two | ne weases of infantile paralysis were reported to the authorities today. There are now 41 patients ill of the disease at the isolation hospital. Agricultural Appropriation Bill Signed Washington, Aug 13, President Wilson today signed the agricultural appr8priation bill, carrying approxi- mately 327,000,000, and the military acads rgoa appropriation bill, carrying $1,225,000. Mount Etna Eruptive. Rome, August 13, via Paris, 5:13 p. m.—The Etna observatory reports the center of the crater of Mount Etna move and all departmental command- ers were instructed to send troops as soon as recruited and equipped. T e now 1,200 feet deep is now in full sruption. Lava is flowing to the south- wes < nues rather than to Increase rates of | Condensed Telegrams Sarah Bernhardt will tour America next season. Dam Gives Way in North Garolina GREAT DAM AT LAKE TOVAWAY NEAR ASHEVILLE Charles E. Hoyt, of Newburs, N. Y., a civil war veteran, is dead. Lance Thackeray, painter and il- lustrator, died at Brighton. Dr. John B. Murphy, one of Chicago's most famous surgeons, is dead. Dr. Ramon Valdez, the president- NO LIVES WERE LOST |elect of Panama, arrived at Havana. David Kahn, head of the interna- SR tional firm of Lazard, Freres of Paris, Lake Was an Artificial Body of Water |is dead. Covering 550 Acres, With a Average| Three bandits were put to death at Depth of 30 Feet—Completely | Shiluahua City, on orders of Gen. Destroyed. Rear-Admiral Thomas Benton How- ard was placed on the retired list on account of age. Asheville, N. C., Aug. 13.—The great dam at lake Toxaway, weakened by The Massachusetts democratic con- the recent floods, broke this evening, | vention will be held at Springfield on sending a great wall of water down |Oct. 7. the valley toward estern ~South Carolina. No lives had been re i a lost laté tomight, and warning el S S o et sporting promoter, left an estate of believed to have enabled most persons in the path of the flood to reach a lesa) hen 45,0 safe place. The lake was an artificial T . BGAY"oF water, covering 550 a5 William W. Cummock of Mobile, a prominent lumber man, died as a re- had an average depth of 30 fe e s s -ained. , was completely destroyed,| Several men were injured in an ex- of Lake Toxaway suffered |plosion on the Argentine gunboat only minor damage. Rosario, at La Plata. Waters Rushing Through Valley. Uil James = Mviod | avava=a waters tonight were|David Lipkin of Newark, N. J., $500 the Toxaw: ver bited n South for the loss of a finger. Sixty men were rounded up by the halla and | military police in a raid on a new kins comprised ry imme saloon at McAllen, Texas. diately threatened warnings were t honed to all p s that could be Two hundred milk drivers of the ached. It 1S d that the g Belle Vernon Milk Co. at flood would nct reach Seneca before eland, went on strike. early tomorrow and persons with the tory belicve The Pillsbury Flour Mills of Minne- will_sproad out over t ;, announced an increase of 40 country south of Toxaway ‘a barrel on its best flour. minimize the po: ility of extensive damage. Howard C. Parmalee of Denver, was clected president of the Colorado State School of Mines at Golden. A WALL OF WATER SEVEN FEET HIGH Dr. J. L. Andrews, president of the Seneca Valley— | Memphis Board of Health, issued an BB tiny ofBar |order abolishing church communion Elaide cup n, Va, Auz. 18—A wall of| water seven fect high is movinz down | the Seneca vall 1 a result of the e Tosaway dam, Is Moving Down the Result S dcis Nine million dollars in gold was re- ceived at the A; Office from Can- 2 for the account of J. P. Morgan o. cordir & here. Much damagc = tions of the valley David_Mitchell, a striking employe cials of th of the St. Louis Dairy Company, was company |shot ana killed in a dispute at St. n to P | Louis. iver to S dam there.” W Five persons were drowned at Lac phoned to all Ja_Bich north of Edmonton, Alberta, r gasoline launch capsized & when th a storm. HARDSHIPS WORKED BY The Norwesian mshin Ragnarck, rom Gothenburg for Rouen, has sunk in the North ult of an explosion. QUARANTINE REGULATIONS. Many People Compelled to Sleep in the Sand at Comey Island. George A. Owen, Detroit's oldest al- New York, Many ex- ced eight stories to his | cursionists who came here today from | Henry Smith Building nearby 1 towr fes ar were obliged to remain ov ht because they had e not been forewarnéd of federal | President Wilson and Congress has health serv re; tions requiring |been petitioned by the all children under sixteen years of age | sociation of Master Ba who enter the city to obtain health | embargo.on whea certificates hefore leaving the state lieis Persons with children who applied | Vincent Whalen, of Orange, N. J., to the health dey dent tonight were | was seriously injured when he jumped Informed that, under the government |from a Lackawanna express train and jorder, all incoming children would be |landed on his hea equired to remain here at least twen- | ty hours before the department | Turkey has refused to grant the re- would issue the ssary certificates. | quest of the United States that a neu- In numerous cases, according to the | tral committee be permitted to under- authorities, many families without |take relief work in sufficient money to go to hotels were | — compelled tonight to sleep on thel A straw vote was taken among the sand at Coney Island or on benches in |students of Columbia College in the parks, police stations and ferry houses. |Jast two days shows Wilson has re- S — | MADISON BEACH HOTEL PLACED UNDER QUARANTINE. | ceived 246 votes and Hughes 184. Three men were killed and two in- jured in an explosion in a dehydrating | press mill of the Du Pont Powder Co., nt No. 1, at Carn Point, N. J. Because of the Discovery of a Case of Infantil Marian Hilbrok, of suffering from blood pois Paralysis. 1 City, Pa, is Madison, Conr n as the re- . August 13.—Because a case of infantile \lysis was dis. | Sult of swallowing a red ribbon. Her e Madison beach hotel|back and breasts are now a bright ilo Rindge, town health |red- d a quarantine to be; e over the hotel for 13 hours.| Princess David Kavanankoa has pe- fifty rumber—were not al. | titioned the House Naval Committee lowed to leave the place. he six|to name one of the new dreadnaughts year old child of a Dr. Crook of For- |provided for in the pending bill the est Hills, L. L, who had been at, the | “Hawaii hotel before the disease became pre-| _. —_— valent, is the victim of the plague. Eighteen persons were injured, when MAN FOUND HANGING |a freight train_ ploughed its way | through a crowd standing at the sta- FROM RAFTER IN A BARN.|tion at Afton, 30 miles north of Bing- = hamton, N. Y. Niel Sorenzon of Greenwich Had Been Missing Since Friday. A farge quantity of gambling para- phernalia was seized and six persons Greenwich, Conn., Aug. 1 y | were arrested in a raid by the police of Niel Sorenzen, a who had|on a private residence at Saratoga been missing from his home since Fri- | Springs, New York. ay, was found today in a barn at — last Portcheszer, with a rope around i 2 e nd| statistics of the spring target prac- e check. iile had cvidently put the|tice in the Atlantic fleet were made sl 'amund Lis) negipand Jumped | public by Secretary Daniels as a reply t.n”n _rnfn‘r_’ breaking the ({5 a recent criticism of the navy's gope. The medi iner returned | funhery efficienc [& veraict of suicide. 1ll health is De- | SR ieved to have been the r 0! for - i Sorenzen's act. % 9T Gov. Whitman declined to comment on the alleged confession of Irving King that he had murdered Charles Phelps and his housekeeper, for which crime Charles Stilow was sentenced to deati. 87,036,029 POUNDS CREAMERY BUTTER IN COLD STORAGE 4,797,185 Thirty-Dozen Cases of Eggs Held in Reserve. ‘Washington, butter, held in Harry Wolfe, stantly killed, a fireman, was In- when his train of 30 cars was thrown down a 150 foot em- bankment on the Bald FEagle Valley branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad near Summit, Pa. Aug. cold throughout the country 13.—Creamery storage plants on Aug. 1, 29 pounds, a slight mount so held last nted to 87,036 se fro mthe = year, and eg: talled 4,79 8 rty. e dozen ‘cases: & hecvs detliné from 1t | The Federal Trade Commission an- year's holdings, the department of as- |nounced that its investigation into the Ticulture todat reported. Announce. |Price of news print paper le being de- layed by failure of newspaper publish- ers to send in answers to the commis- sioner’s questions. President and Mrs. Wilson enter- tained formally at an al fresco dinner on the roof of the White House ex- tension. Their guests were Dr. and Mrs. Carey Grayson, Mr. John Ran- dolph Belling, Mrs. Wilson's brother, and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones. Body Found in Farmington River. Collinsville, Conn., August 13.—The body of John Swakowski, 60 years old, was found floating in the Farminston river today, half a miile from his home. 1t is believed he was seized with a sudden illness while walking along the ment was made that a monthly report would be made of butter and esss holdings hereafter. ~ OBITUARY. Nathan F. Peck. Hartford, Conn, Aug. 13—Nathan F. Peck, well known in insurance cir- cles, died at his home here todey after a short illness. He was born in Bridgeport 79 years ago. For the last 47 years he held an important posi- tion with the Connecticut Mutual Lif Insurance company. His®wife, who is a sister of former Congressman E. Stevens Henry, survives, with a son and a daughter. Movements of Steamships. river bank last night and fell into New York, Aug. 13.—arrived, steam-'the water. He had been in fechlo _ er. St Touig, Liyerpacl haalth e mama -tima PRESIDENT ACT Matter Laid Before the House After the Trainmen Hac Flatly Rejected Any Form of Arbitration ; LEADERS OF BROTHERHOOD GO TO WASHINGTOA Both the Railroad Managers and the Employes Will React Washington Today in Time for an Early Conference With President Wilson—Federal Board of Mediatior and Conciliation Failed in Effort to Have the Trainmer Accept Any Form of Arbitration—Whole Controversy Now Before President Wilson at His Own Invitation. New York, Aug. 13.—A general strike on virtually all the railroads of the nation, paralyzing commerce and throwing approximately 2,000,000 out of employment, can be averted only through the good offices of President, Wilson asa_result of today's develop ments in the dispute over the men’s demands for an eight hour day and time and a half for overtime. The controversy was laid before the presi- dent at_his invitation, after the work- ers had flatly rejected any form of arbitration. They had refused medfa- tion yesterday. Leaders Geing to Washington. Soon after accepting the president’s summons, extended through the fed- eral board of mediation and concilia- tion, the men announced that _the leaders of the four railroad brother six hours. Reports differ as to the reason fo the failure of the negotiations in viev of the cheerful outlook that obtaime the night before. The men assertel they refused arbitration because thi railroads insisted on arbitrating, thei “contingent proposition”” The boar of mediators in a statement tonigh declared, however, the men rejectel their proposition, contending that they would not arbitrate even if the radl roads waived the contingenht Proposi . The statement of the mediators sed by Judge Martin A, Knapp chairman of the board, just befor their departure for Washington, fol lows: Statement of Mediators. g “After repeated efforts to brim about an -arbitration of the pendini controversy between the r&ilm%s an R oAl fo W 2ton at | their employes in train and yard ser Bdtebs decompanich by thirts of the | yice: tho United Statos board of me oyl Smblod here | diation and conciliation was today ad hour later the railroad managers,|Vi5ed by the representatives of @ nineteen in number, said they would |emploves that they would not eubel leave for the capital at the same time, | he matiers in disp Both parties will reach Washington ; & S i e o “AThe employes further stated to thi tomorrow in time for an early conier- [, “The om - 1 reside e they would not arbitrati e e tane oI | their own demands even If the com Seerctary Tumalty, who as Me. Wil | tingent demands of the rallrcads wen entative arrived here at 9| Wihdrawn, snd aleo dechiped o gest any other plan or method for peaceful settlement of the conts eThey were Informed that et il cision would at once be made knowd to President Wilson and also that thy president claimed the right to a pes sonal interview with both parties ba fore any drastic dction was take: This action was, of course, granted Mr. Tumulty brought with him a communication from President Wilson ed to the brotherhoods and the manage pointing out that such . a paralysis of business as would | follow a general railroad strike would ate a tremendous sensation and|a large delegation of employes with uld be nothing short of a_disband- [ number of railroad managers will nt of present busines: He bas in Washington Monday for a confen s request for a conference with rep- | ence with the president. ntatives of both factions before a ke order is issued by the leaders of the men. Declined to Arbitrate. Negotiations had not been broken off when Mr. Tumulty left Washington, but when he reached Philadelphia he received a telegram from W. L. Cham- bers, one o mediators, informin him the men had declined itrate, Tumulty’s first step after reaching city was to cail President Wilson “Early in the negotiations the raily roads had informed the board of me diation and conciliation that thej would accept arbitration.” Objection to Arbitration. The chief objection of the men tc arnitrating the railroads’ ‘“contingen' proposit lay in their contentior that the propcsal entailed the wiping out of double compensatio nfeature: which the men have gained during thirty years of effort. The railroad: the long distance 'phone to deside | have contended that double compen- on an hour for the fatcful conference|sation, together with,the demands 0} at the White House tomorrow. The|the men, if granted, would increase final break came late today after the|the wagcs of many Of their employes men had been in secret session nearly ' more than 100 per cent. CLEVELAND MILK WAGON DRIVERS SETTLE STRIKE. PINCHOT SENDS PROTEST TO SECRETARY LANE Against the Pending Phelan Oil Land Amendment. 1 ‘Washington, Aug. 13.—Gifford Pin- chot, former chief of the forest service today sent to Secretary Lane of the Accepted Propositions of Mayor Harry L. Davis. O., Aug. 13—The strike wagon drivers ended late the tentative propositions Cleveland, of the milk today when of Mayor Harry L. Davis, State Med interior department an opinion lettex tor George F. Miles and C. H. May- | declaring the secretary had abandoned husk, representatives of the union and | the conservation of policies and despite officers of the milk companies, were|a recent denial is exercising his influ- accepted. James Thwirg, president of | ence in favor of the pending Phelan the drivers union, who signed the|oil land amendment, which would open greement with officers of the milk|up the western oil reserves set aside concerns, declared it a signal victory for organized labor. By the terms of the agreement the men_ will receive adva amounting. to $10 a montn, and the union is re for the navy. If this legislation is en- acted, wrote Mr. Pinchot, the oil land reserves set aside for the navy will be destroyed. The mere threat of ite passage has caused the navy departe ognized. Employers succeeded in ob-|ment to seriously consider the sta- taining an abrogation of the closed | bility of abandoning the policy of con- shop clause, but they do bind them- | struction of oil-burning ships. Without selves to make no terms with indi-|them no navy can even be second vidual employes that are at variance | class. with the terms the union has agreed to accept. The strike started Jast Thur: : day night, spreading rapic unti1|2222 INCHES RAIN about 90 per cent. of the city’s milk FELL IN 24 HOURS supply was tied up. TOTAL PARALYSIS DEATHS IN NEW YORK NOW 1,393. 6,281 Cases Brought to the Attention of the Health Department. New Record for United States Made at Alta Pass, N. C. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 12.—A new rain fall record for the United States was established when 22.22 inches of rain fell at Alta Pass, in OMitchell county during the 24 hours pseceding 2 p. m., July 16. Lee A. Denson, sec- tion director here of the weather bu= reau, announced that yesterday when he completed his Teport on last night flood. Alexandria, La., previously led the country with 214 inches rain fall in a similar period. Mitchell county, i nthe western part of the state, was hard hit and at Alta Pass 11 persons were reported to have lost their lives. New York, August 13.—The depart- ment of health reported today a de- crease of 20 deaths from infantile par- alysis compared with the preceding 24 hour period, and also a decrease of 26 in the number of new cases. The ds fatalities were 22 and there were n cases of the disease. since the epidepic started have reached 1,393 and® the cases which have been brought to the attention of the department number 6,281. The employes of the health department had one of their busiest days today when hundreds of persons wishing to take their children out of the city, crowded in the building to obtain traveling certificates. ~ These certificates wero being issued until late in the da ow The total deaths REVOLVER BATTLE BETWEEN POLICEMEN AND BURGLARS The Latter Were Climbing Into the Window of House in Boston. Boston, Aug. 13—A running Tevols ver battle between a squad of pol and three men who had been discov: ered climbing into the window of lodging house resulted in the wound ing of one of the men, John Mef thy, early yesterday. MeCarthy 3 shot in the left shoulder and taken to a hospital. The other men escaped. The shooting ocel HEAVY PENALTY FOR ILLICIT LIQUOR SALES A Girard, Ala,, Man Fined $2,500 With Three Year Sentence. Girard, Ala of thousands Aug. 13.—Destruction of dollars worth of li- quors went steadily on yesterday in|on Massachusetts avenue, in the So the campaisn to enforce the prohibi- | End district. tion laws despite judicial complica- — tions, and meanwhile the courts w 52 Horase Burnied 4o Dt} Phelps was fined $2,500 and| Harrisburg, Fa, Aug. 13.~Fire sentenced to three years in prison, | today destroved the stables of the Benjamin Ildwards was fined a like |Yam J. O'Neil Transfer and Stoi sum ‘and sentenced to thirty months. | company, burning to death 58 Portions of the prison term will be re- | including = four _thoroughbred mitted if the men promise not to vio- valued at $29,000. The total Iaza tha law again. was estimated at $73000