Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 21, 1916, Page 1

e Norwich Balletin { VOL. LVII.—NO. 200 POPULATION 28,219 3 gb & NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Ndrwich is Double That of 2 GERMANS SINK TWO BRITISH CRUISERS !ln a Clash Between German Submarines and British Scout Ships in the North Sea STRONG GERMAN NAVAL FORCE IN NORTH SEA 'Germans Also Claim to Have Sunk a British Destroyér and to Have Damaged a Battleship—French Continue to Press Forward in the Neighborhood of Guillemont— Germans Are Delivering Fierce Counter Attacks in Their New Drive Toward Kovel—Allies Offensive On the Saloniki Front is Slowly Developing. D — | 'The German high seas fleet has @gain appeared in the North Sea and in a clash between German subma- xines and British scout ships two Germans are fiercely counter-attasck- ing in an effort to retain Fleury, the loss of which they concede. The Brit- ish report the repulse of German counter-attacks and the capture of a IBritizh light cruisers have been sent [portion of trenches north of Bazentin- o tlie boitom. London reports that|le-Petit. ione of the subimarines was also de-| In the east the Russians are ap- stroved and that another was ram- |parently centering their efforts on imed and possibly sunk. = taeir new drive toward Kovel. Berlin This is the first appearance in the |admits that General Brussiloff's troops {North Sea of strong German naval [lave crossed the Stokhod —at one {zorces since the battie of Jutland on|point and Petrograd says that the [May 81. The first news that the Ger- | Russians have pushed on beyond the imans had left the shelter of their|river and captured a series of heights jmine activities and forti Mrought to Holland ireported sighting a (¢ ¢t fifteen warships ruisers. This fleet by two Zeppelins E morthwest in_the region of Whitebank. The two British vessels\lost were ‘the Nottingham and the Falmouth. The Germans also claim to have jsunk a British destroyer and damaged 'a ‘battleship, but this is denied by london. According to the British admiralty the German fleet avoided an engagement with the main British Aorces and returned to port when its iscouts reported the approach of strong British squadrons d bases was wlers which man squadron 1ding large was accompanied nd w steering on the road to Kovel. Fierce fighting continues on the crest of the Carpa- tluans where the Russians are battling within sight of the Hungarian plains. No idicatiqy has been iven, however, of ihe strength of the forces engaged in this region, and it is uncertain as vet wether General Brussiloff is mak- ing serious effort to invade Hun- sar ir he offensive on the Saloniki front lowly developing and the fighting growing in intensity on the 150 le battle line from Lake Presba to Lake Doiran. Both siles claim mi- nor successes but apparently no action of first importance has occurred as ot. An interesting feature of this is is On the western front the French |situation is the advance of Bulga-! ue to press forward in the neigh- |vian detachments towards the Greel| hood of Guillemont and Pa: re- |seaport of Kavala. This port is well | poris the capture of a strongly forti- [to the east of the allied front and the ficd vood between that town and{purpose of the Bulgarian move is not Maz, In e Ve sector the imade clear in the despatches. 50,000,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST SHARK CIRCLED AROUND SWIMMER IN RACE Charles Toth of Boston Taken from Water by His Trainers. Ec Moved to Atlantic Within “To Seaboard Next Six Months. 20. Portland, three Nc “Washington 00,000 bu the Atlar six months and in sight in wi ing to a survey railroad men called upon Oregon, Aug. hwestern states, Idaho, will have f wheat to move the next no cars are it, accord by pads wi — The Oregon, 50 to 3 Boston, Aug. 20—Henry F. of Lowell was declared the over Charles Toth of Boston, in an attempted swimming tween Race Point. Provincetown, and Nantasket Beach. Toth was taken from the water by his trainers when a shark circled about him after he had covered 17 1-2 miles in a little more than 14 hours. Sullivan kept on Sullivan winner tonizht ce be- and completed The rail provide cars, the average cal ot for 25 miles and his followers claim- being 1,300 bushels. * ed he was in the water twenty hours, Virtvally all the grain of the North- | o7 piels west this year, except that needed for|" Officials said that Sullivan had es- domestic consumption, will ~move| taplished a new American endurance eastward by rail. The European war | record beating the mark of 15 hours 45 1made it economicall ossible | ing 47 minutes set up by Toth last to lan on obtaining ships enogh Vodr thie St AChaoator s handle the export wheat—the u bridge to Boston Light and return. wchannel for the movement. The Toth’s unexpected finish was excit- ;roads have themselves influenced ing. The Boston man had reached a ‘proposed trans-contintental haul by | point seven miles off Brant Rock in reducing the rates. About 20,000,000 | y chusetts Bay about thi bushels of wheat have been morninz when Captain Durkey, his | delivery within the n two months. | trainer, and two oarsmen in Toth's pilot boat said they saw the fin of a NINE DEATHS FROM STORM AT CORPUS CHRISTI Total Damage in That Section Placed at $2,000,000. shark cutting the water close to the swimmer. They shouted a warning and Toth dove, coming up on the oth- | er side of the pilot boat, to be helped t of the water by his assistants. T. Sullivan, father of Toth's opponent, B. who was in the Toth pilot boat, said he, too, saw a dark object in the wa- Corpus Christi, Tex: The loss of life from 2 ter. Toth, using the trudgeon stroke, which struck Corpus t ten | did the 17 1-2 miles in 14 hours and adjacent South Texas countie Iri- | 22 minutes. Sullivan kept on to with- day night was placed at thirteen to-|in 17 miles of Nantasket Beach when night, inoludinz nine members of the | hig trainers decided that the tide was crew of the small freichter Pilot Boy,|too unfavorable for him to keep on. which foundered off the Aransas Pass| Both men took nourishment fre- Jetties. 3 g B g quently during the race and apparent- The total damage in this section of | [y were in good condition when they which Corpus Christi bore the heav- | loft the watew !;}:t parti was estimated at $2,000,000. is includes devastation of a large portion of the Cousts cotton | HUGHES SPENDS STRENUOUS crop which was to be picked. DAY IN LOS ANGELES Damage at Corpus Christi was esti- mated conservatively at §500,000.| Went to Church, Held a Reception s S Tenciins gnrprsas TasS| and Took 100-mile Motor Drive. San Diego $30,000; Robstown | 1o, Angeles, Calif, Aug. 20. 3ishop 50 Kingsville | 05 A > e SANE. Bl $100,000; towns in ‘the Rio Granae|Chotlce B Fiughes spent o strensous yallow \$800,000 and other widelvisens| oqg dioqiine ity Shortly before 10 o'c 2 and isolated points $304 Son i = “’:}}lfg e o oo “’*"".‘Ms clock from San Francisco, went to about 150 miles along the lower Gulf church, held a public reception at his eqASE from | Corpus) Chudetl to Browns- | S0Ich ook & ihundred fmile anofor ville, reaching inland from 30 to 50 |goye, “ISEDE Fasadena and, Tong miles. Museum on the way back and did not ch his hotel tonight until more NINE PERSONS HURT than an hour after he had expected to do so. At Long Beach Mr. Hughes spent half an hour in the hotel at which Governor Johnson was visiting, but did not meet him. Governor Johnson remained in his room while Mr. Hughes was at the hotel. The nomi- nee held an informal reception for half an hour there, shaking hands with a crowd that choked the hotel lobby. and overflowed into the street. NEEDS ROR A CATHOLIC DAILY NEWSPAPER Dwelt Upon by Cardinal Farley Be- fore Catholic Press Association. IN JITNEY ACCIDENT They Were Taken to Hartford Hespi- tals for Treatment. Hartford, Conn., Aus. sons were hurt, three seriously, when a jitney automobile, operated by P. J. Mizziot, ran in® a car operated by H. Banowitz, which in turn was hurled into a crowd surrounding a Salvation Army band tonight. Bandmaster E. J. Tripp, Mrs. Jennic Sherwood and Mrs, Pearl Lavine, all of this city, were taken to hospitals for treatment. 20.—Nine per- HARTFORD MAN STAEBBED BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT. Victim Had No Warning and Was Cut 4 in Scveral Places. New York, Aug. 20.—The needs for a Catholic daily newspaper, printed in English, in the United States, were dweit upon by Cardinal John Farley, in an address here yesterday before ihe convention of the Catholic Press iation. ¢ have not as vet suck a publi- cation, but T hope to live to see that he Cardinal said. “It is only by u\ntlnuouily making known the Hartford, Conn, 20— Pep, 25 years old, Aug. amuel s in a serious con- dition afa hospital as the result of be- lng stabbed by an unknown assailant dn a local pa tonight. Pep told the olice that his assailant gave him no = ning and cut him several times. p dragged himself 300 yard along | truths about ourselves and our ac- o ground ‘before he was discovered |tivities * that ~“.we can silence the b,v asscishy. calumnators of the Catholic church.” & P& ¢ Other Paper, and Its Total Girculation is the Largest in Gonnectxcut in Proporticn to the City’s Population Cab’ Paragraphs Berlir. Jocialist Clubs Raided. London, Aug. 20.—The premises of all Berlin Socialist clubs were raided by the police on Wednesday last, ac- cording to an Exchange Telegraph Company despatch from Genev: President Raplies 1o R. B. Officials DENIES THAT PRINCIPLE OF AR- BITRATION IS ENDANGERED Greeks to Withdraw Troops. Saloniki, Thursda; Aug. 17, London, Aug. 20, 12:40 p. m. layed)—The Greek military authori- ties have agreed to withdraw their | troops from eighteen villages near the frontier. STATE CONVENTION OF THE GERMAN-AMERICAN ALLIANCE FIRM FOR ARBITRATION and Reached a Point i Controversy Between Railroads Has Where Decisive Developments May Delegates From Nearly Every City in the State at Waterbury. i Employees Waterbury, Conn.,, Aug. 20.—Dele- | gates fro mnearly every city in the state were in attendance at the sec- ond day of the state convention of the German American Alliance, held here today. Th state treasurer 1e- ported that during the past year the receipts amounted to $560.26 and the expenses $194.49, leaving a balance of Be Expected Soon. Washington, Aug. 20.—President Wilson’s week of conferences with ranking officials of the railroads and leaders of their employes threatening a nation-wide strike is believed by all $363.87. 3 parties to the controversy to have An important question, was to|prought the situation to a point where whether in the future the convention |decisive developments may be 6x- would occupy one or two days. It|pected within a few days. was voted that in the future only one - 4 day should be occupied by the con President Replies to Officials. vention unless important busine makes a two days’ s on necessary. The annual election of officers was al- While the negotiations took no ac- tual forward step today, the president replied indirectly to contentions of the so held. Edward Balziever, of Hart-|road officials that the principle of ar- ford, was unanimously elected to the |bitration would be endangered by his office of president. The rest of the|plan for putting the eight hour basis list of officers folows: ay into effect while a commission in- First vice president, F rdinand Deis, | vestigates its practicability and pass- Bridgeport; second = vice president, |es upon other points at issue. In a Casper Schmidt, Middletown third | telegram made public at the White vice president, Hugo Noack, Stamford; | House the president declared he held recording secretary, C. L. Nord, New |firmly to arbitration as a principle and Haven; financial secretary, Carl Diehl, |that his plan strengtl ed rather than Meriden; treasurer, Ri South Manchester; hard Mommers, | weakened it. He also said that some committee on re-!means must be found to prevent the vision, Richard Wolter, Ansonia; Gus- | existing situation from ever arising tav Loewenthal, Middletown and Al- |again. > bert Graef, Danbury. It was voted to hold the rext con- vention in New Haven. Magnates Continue Conferences. | Meantime, the road officials, who have tentatively refused to accept Mr. =2 Wilson's proposal ,continued confer. FIFTEEN CHARGES AGAINST leonces among themselves. The labe MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD lcaders, who already have approved = |the proposal, marked time awaiting a For Working Employes More Than | te decision from the employers. the Prescribed Hours. Appeal from George Pope. e s The president’s telegram defending Portland, Me. Aug. 20.—Fines ag-|his plan was in reply to an appeal gregating $350 were imposed by Judge|fiom Georse Pope, president of the William L. Putnam of the United| National Association of Manufactur States court of appeals vesterday in|pitration be preserved in the strike the civil cases of the szovernment| sing that the principle of against the Portiand Termin o i Pen e oes 3 aeanar B forting Tem itions. Mr. Pope's telegram f statutes in respect to inefficient equip- | ‘Hartford, Conn., Aug ment, and the Main Central railroad| «“The Dresident, The W violations relative to w betaif thirty-seven hundred pioyes more than the pre & organizations, emplo of labor per day. lere were fifi e million persons and utteri charges against the Main Central. nt ‘UDOR Unintarrinted pativoad that I £ arbitratic old {service for their or 1 bhes at THREATENED STRIKE OF once to express our deep appreciation oL IcRs A‘./ERTE:){"‘ 3 forts to preveat the HINES | 1ze of national Compromises Made by Roth Ope e U b e tors and Miners. fice and personalit — 1 the p ivle of Kansas City, Aug. 20.- yutes affe ened strike of the 35,000 coal mi s of Mi i, Kansas, Ar test: mo Oklahoma has been ave 1d Survive it promises made by both ¥ © no man in our his and miners in the nesoti Y such an cpport two year working contrict ed fortify essential sub-committee of the = ? against fu ference to reach a complate agreem emplo. or employe. on the six points at issue herc fo. Pope, President Nation: A report to that effect will ie of Manufacturers’” to the general conference on M g : o son’s Repiy. INFANTILE PARALYSIS e telexram of Ausust 18th DEATHS ARE DECREASING t : t But There Are Still 3,740 Cases in the and as a conviction firm a pur- New York Hospitals. | 1y one, but that unfortunite- A | ere is no m ow in exister Aug sub- W an he secured stantial se in the number of | The exis 1 en tried deaths flvv]'] infantil paralysis and jand have lon must !so in the number of new c € was n,_ but it reporied today by the department of 1 ome means must e found health for the 24 hours ending at ten|t0 Drevent its recurrence but o'clock this morning, which tends to|m n be found off hand or hen the belief of the heaith au- |! in season to meet the pry ies that the epiden on the "m proposing wane, liscredit the prin- There were only twenty death It strensthens it, | day and 108 new cases, these ses that nothing be being the lowest in onceded except the e 1t hour day The ereatest death decrease to which the whole econcmic move- served in_Brooklyn, where (I ment of the time seems to point and niy s deaths compared with 15 the!the mmediate crtation of an agency Gay Lofore, for ermining all the arbitral ele- Total fatalities to date ments in this case in the lizht, not of the total of cases 7.110. | predictions or forecasts, but of estab- hospitals number 3,700, |lished and ascertained fa This i = |the first stage of the dircct road to CIENFUEGOS THE SCENE |the discovery of the best permanent | | basis for arbitration when other means | OF ‘A POLITICAL RIOT | th hose now available p! One Man Was Killed and Several | No Outwaid Devaltients: Were Wounded. f 3 ey There were no outward dcvelop- Havana, Aus. 20.—One man was|Ments today pending arrival of _the killed and several were wounded early | R O e to whom tod: lent invitati \ in Cienfuegos during a politi S ter- Tiot botwaen pav S e Ll Louis W. Hill. president ‘of the Ray and Juan Florencio Cabrera Northern, and several _other val candidates for the office of medor rn rallroad presidents will s et |rive tomorrow morning and others ar Many shots were fired and knives ‘\‘ Dected 2 Felest g5 S0l and machetes also were used. After | POt sides are prepared to remain here e ,F.W {umthl the final word is spoken and a olice allege that they found on his|Strike deciared or averted. verson a revolver which had been fir- = ed. |F The government purpose: to sPnJ"{AILROAD SEAL N BoBEED an army officer to Cienfuezos to take AT WEIRS, N. H., SATURDAY. charge of the police of the city in|_ _ = g order to prevent further disorders. |Safe Blown Open and More Than $1,- Cienfuegos has always been consider 000 Taken. ed a dangerous cenfer politically. — iz s We —Burglars_se- GERMAN SQUADRON SEEN a $1,000 from the Eos- IN THE NORTH SEA and Main railroad station here i |eariy_vesterday morning and escaped | 3 3 . |wiieit leaving any clu. The safe Fifteen Warships Were Accompanied i, (. station office was blown open by Two Zeppelins. and $630 was stolen. From the safe | adve | | | " | too. i 1 Five Men Killed in Powder Factory OF AETNA CHEMICAL CO. DRUM- MONDVILLE, QUEBEC. 14 SERIOUSLY HURT Fire Believed to Have Resulted From Electric Spark Which Dropped From Belt an the Conveyer Into _a Powder Bin. Mortreal, Aug. 20.—Five men were killed, six probably fatally injured and eignt others seriously hurt in a fire early today in the Aetna Chemical company’s powder factory at Drum- mondville, Quebec. The fire is be- lieved to have resulted from an electric spark which dropped from the conveyer belt into one of the powder bins in the blending house, which was destroyed. ‘The money lo. ss is estimated at $20,000. FIRST WEEK OF CRUISE FOR CIVILIANS On the Reserve Ships of the Atlantic Fleet On Board U. where South The fir cruise ship; Some- 19.— Virginia, Newport. Aug. t week of the John F for civilians on of the Atlantic nture subsiding its’s that way ich carries some shipped at Boston. At _noon Tuesd into Newport, zr tleships assembled and mu(sic, and afte; scarcely more than an down the st towards As the long shore linc rookie remarked: “They are W ther of aul Jones the fleet into on 300 T serve seen At inia, who h: wor Vir ruits least the g rec ship ree_other be hsal stay steamed of headed Island. away one a hour Long e fade for " with ashburn me to play Washburn, is aboard tod don’t care; tE ir Wi Ingraham, of Berkeley ranks somewhere well u layers of the country. He polis from Dartmouth thi THE TUG HANSA TIED UP AT 1s NORFOLK The Boat That Accompanied the Deutschland to Sea. olk, Va., Au —The Balt mor Hansa, which arrived i Norfe turday morning, stil tiec the pier of a local coal|Y ! compar Captain Cullison declined | ¢ to see newspapermen. There was no | evidence that Hansa intended to | dur e night. Last Captain _Cu lared SERUM FOUND EFFECTIVE FOR Made From Blood of Persons Hhave Had Disease. Who mud nd that ht evailed al s the Thomas con- | the German submarine ind her prese here the = e INFANTILE PARALYSIS | Condensed Telegrams Twelve thousand leather workers in New York threaten to strike. One of the Allied governments has placed an order for 2,100 motor trucks. George Anthony Hill, formerly as- sistant professor of physics at Har- vard, is dead. Daniel C. Carrigan was drowned while bathing in the Morris Canal at Newark, N. J. An_ explosion wrecked boarding house of the Biwa Biwakik, Minn. a miner’ ik mine at Grave isorders have occurred in Essen, Germany, in consequence of the | high cost of food. !‘ \ The Standard Oil Company lowered the price of gasoline in Ohio from 23 to 22 cents a gallon. John H. Fesler, a porminent Colora- do banker and once American consul | at Amoy, China, is dead. | The American schooner J. H. Mead, | from Montreal for Liverpool, "arrived at Carrgaholt, Ireland, ieaking. | | Two | hundred thousand dollars ! in {gold was withdrawn from the sub- | treasury for shipment toc Cuba. i — | | Twelve persons were injured in a rear-end collision between two sub- urban street cars at Washington. | Secretary of Labor Wilson left Washington for the first step of hi campaign trip into New Ingland. The government’s Alaskan railroad now is carrying coal from the Matan- uska fields to the anchorage harbor. German producers in Chili of sul- phate of ma i will close their works at the end of the present menth. factories buildings at Amster Six and several fra m, % i Iduslr()_\ed by fire at a loss of ,000. | | Iy | Five persons were injured when the | {automobile in which they were i uck a telegraph pole at Tol | President has sent to | Senate the nomination of Captain »| James H. Glennon to be Rear Sixty-two new cases were 1 artment of H. ted to th alth at Trent on, { - { Samuel Smith of Roche: killed ir Scottsville ac at chester, withot m 1i- ockefeller j striking hox makers of £ 2.000 w Several thousands e in the Ur apy Treasury Departme lh. it UA.\ZA’».;, N. X instantl New York, Auz. 20.—Further exper- |automobile in which ts confirm indications, it was an- |crashed int ca stone , ced today by Dr. Abral - of the Willard Park Indications are that Gove Whit- the serum made from man of New York will be unopposed at ons who had at one the Republican aries except by d from infantile paralysis is h Senator WiW . Bennett. effective when used at the time the | — t symptom of the disease appears.| The Norwegian Minister of Ju It is also effective, Dr. Zine scrt- |ordered the police in Norwegian ports ed, in preve paralysi i in |to inspect incoming merchantmen and ter lisease, when |learn whether they are armed. ve begun tol == ] rting it-| The Pennsylvania Railroad Co.| pending the railroad strike scttlement, - = has cancclled all leaves of ahsenze of loveER A nre=n MO |its clerks and shopmen at Altoona. | EXCHANGED ON BORDER| N4 person over 15 years of age will | Between District of Columbia Troops "],“‘f:,'}’,‘(f_",‘ LR | and Party of Mexicans. of approved by British a Naco, Ariz, 20.—Over a hun-| The City Commission of | dred shots were exchanged across th T. have authorized plans { international line about a mile west truction of a concrete jof here st night by patrols belong- | more than a mile long to cost ling to the colored militia troops from | Erho the District of Columbia and a party | President Wilson forma”y accepted {on the Mexican side. The militiamen | for the United States the ! | | say that they halted some Mexicans | Apraham Lincoln at Ha i { who attempted to cross the line. In|aythorized by a recent act of | answer to the challenge the Mexic 1 { {fired. In the fusillade that followed | <The Portuguese Minister of War, | | the only casualty was the wounding of | nrajor Mattos, announced that Portu- | | one of the M ins who had tried 0 |gal will soon’ take an active part in | cross. |He s Zow & Drisoper Inithe fine war-on'lthe ‘sidefof the Bntente)| | camp of the colored troops | Alltes. | OBITUARY. | Woodlawn Park, one of the most 3 e | famous estates of northern New York, ames Seligman. | was sold at auction to Congressman Long Branch, N. J., Aug. 20.—James | Georze W. Loft of New York city for | Seligman, a retired member of the|$112,000. i firm of J. and W. Seligman and Com- | pany, died at his summer home her A..-J. Babing; of New . York; was. today at the age of 92 years. He was|elected commander-in-chief of the| the oldest member of the New York |Veterans of Forelgn Wars of the Uni- stock exchange, having joined the in- |ted States at their annual encampment | in 1869 He took a prominent part in He- brew and other charities and had been | stitution at Chicago. Charles F. Mott, a ¢ acuse official, o of the station restaurant the burglars |president of the Temple Emanuel :»nne:(mrgh( in_South America, after a long London, Aug. 20, 6:20 m.— The jobtaineé about 00. They also en- |1898. {chase and arrested o ngraft charge: presence in the North Sea of a Ger- d the postofiice, but as the post- ot Farloy {arrived at Havana, from Paraguay, in man squadron of some fiftcen war- - had removed most of his fund Tt 55 charge of an Argentine detective. ships, including large cruisers, is re- his home over night, they took | Sprinsfield, I, Aug. 20—John Far- = ported by trawlers arrivir Ymui- |away only some small change and|le¥, the man who drove Abraham Lih-| Senator James W. Wadsworth, Jr., den, Holland, a Reuter despatch from | sicmps. coln to the train here the night heljscueq an attack upon President Wil- that point says. The squadron was | 'J}ii o [\)\I "‘1‘3321[”31:3 br i ‘l;"‘,dl‘f,' on for following a policy which sighted early yesterday morning in o esident, die¢ today, aged (9 |prings the government into direct the region of Whitebank and was ac. | O /AMRGED WITH SENDING Farley came to this city in 1859 and|.,mpatition with citizens in Dbusiness companied by two Zeppelins. | It was | THREATENING POSTCARD. |shortiy afterward became the coach- | netPis o0 kit '3 northwestorly cotirse: & e - of Lincoln. He was born In Ire- —_— . Jone: rest is|land in 1837. i A e | Theodore B o ieneod ¢ His) M urey's mina was very alert untfl|[TO DYNAMITE A DIRELECT iy e . the past few vears. and he was very | IN CAPE COD CANAL MISSIONARIES INTO leA‘ Baltimore) M —On the|fond of recalling incidents in the life o 3 | charge of sending a threatening spost- | Of Lincoln as he knew him. Wreckage Will Be Removed as Quick- Great Britain Announces Modification | cara (o DPresident Wilson. Theodore 1. = ol I asiposinre! i of Its Requirements, { Jones, years old, a tobacco es- | Rev. Dr. Anderson’s Funera ed- sy | a3 ( who also claims to be a marine nesday. oston, Aug. 2 A tug and a Washinton, Aug. 20.—After taking! htsman, was arrested at his home | Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 20.—Funeral {wrecking lighter equipped with dyna- steps to guard against a misuse of | today by postal authorities and|services for Rev. Dr. Joseph Anderson, | mite left yesterday for the Cape Cod the privilege the British embassy here [held for 2 hearinz. The postal in|who died last week at Portsmouth, N.|canal to blow up the steamer William kas modified its requirements regard. | uestion never reached the president | M, will be held from the First Con- |Chisholm which sank in the canal a inz the admission of American mis- |and read: “If vou do not answer my | sresational church. of which he was |few weeks ago with a cargo of 2,400 hionaries and educators into India, letter vou will resret it.” pastor emeritus, Wednesday afternoon |tons of coal, about two thirds of as to remove the principal feaures of| ‘T is allezea that Jones wrote to Sec- | At 2.80 o'clock.” The services will be|which was salvase. The wreckage complaint. Under the new order, the | retary of the Navy Daniels and to the|in charge of the pastor, the Rev.|will be removed as quickly as possi- embhssy passed a sentence upon the | president frequently, claiming the; Charles A. Dinsmore. Interment will|ble in order to clear the channel of admissibility of an applicant. - credit for naval inventions. - be in Riverside cemetery, this city. any obstruction 7 e Three Princes of the Roman Cathol | dred pri | German Cath Notable Gathering of Reman Gatholics PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS AT ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, N. OVER 8,000 IN EDIFICE Church at Opening of Annual Con- vention of American Federation of Catholic Societies. New York, Aug. 20.—Three princes of the Roman Catholic church, the apos- tolic delegate to the United States, the | papal nuncio to Brazlil, scores of bish- ops and other dignitaries, several hun- D ts and thousands’ of laymen irticipated here today in the cele- bration of a solemn pontifical high mass at St. Patrick’s cathedral. The occasion was the formal opening of the fifteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Catholic so- cieties and the sixty-first annual con- vention of the Nutional Federation of Seldom in the his- tory of the church has there been so notaable a gathering of ecclesiastics outside of Rome. More Than £000 in Cathedral. It was estimated that more than 8,000 persons crowded into the cathe- dral, while many congregated in the stre sunding the great edifice to view processicn which S the ma At the opening of the ceremoni L gnor Michael J. Laveile, rector of the cz edral, read a message from Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state, in which he said: essage from Papal Sscretary. “The : holy father will watch with a lovi paternal eye the federation societies of the United ding their annual convention <. He sends earncst wishes friendly discuss shall much for the welfare and £ the Catholic name in your land nd while hoping for the mios from your oncord, ) wisdom, = he egrants most heartily the apostolic benediction to the federation and to all who take part in it.” Admission Was by Ticket. Admission to cathedral was by Jcet rvations in the center ¢ delegates. American were_hung above the h great stream- ind white, the papal col- from each arch inside. High the decorations hung 1 the late Cardinal Mc- ¢y, suspeuded from the arched ceiling ove the chancel hree Canopied Thrones. re mporary canopied thrones within the chancel for ns and O'Connell and \nzano al dele- Cardinal occupied within the chan- throne s of the Church. princes of the church assisant priest and honor. The bishops, v two surpliced pries 1hout the throne: The ned outside the chan- Knights of St. Greg- miformed rank of the ( amBus, Delegates Led Procession. led the procession 1 and several hundred s and white - aisle while 1ops and ints, filed nd the officers ardinal Farley. o Pllt burgh, rded by an hop Hickey Preached Sermon. 10p Thomas Hickey of Roches- ter preached the mon, taking for his text “For this was I born, and for came I into the world, that I 1d giv y truth.” 1 dignitaries pres- ree cardinals, were: a, papal nuncio to ruchesi of Montreal; - of Havana, Cuba, Da and Shahan of the Welcomed by Acting Mayor. to the ceremonies at the ca- the delegates were met and 1ed to the city by Acting Mayor nual report of Joseph Frey, of the German American Central Verein, made public today, referred to “the swaying atti- tude of our government” with respect 1o Mexico and declared that “in the opinion of our best thinkers and lead- ers our so-called prosperity, chiefly to traffic in munitions of war, will mect with an abrupt termination when peace shail have been established.” DEATH OF CAPTAIN THEODORE WlTH‘EP‘NAX_ One of the Most Widely Known Steamboat Captains in New England Bridgeport, Conn, Theodore Witherw. dely known Aug. 20.—Captain X, one of the most steamboat captains in New England, died at his home here tonight, aged 57. He was connected with the Bridgeport Towing company for about 35 years. For several years he was in charge of the Richard Peck, plving between New Haven and New York. He was at the wheel of the Nutmeg State when her boilers burst, setting the boat on fire. His last boat v the Naugatuck, running from this city to New York. He retired from active service July 17, 1915. Captain Witherwax was a bachelor and is survived by one sister. b DIRECTORS DECIDE TO POSTPONE WASHINGTON FA On Account of the Prevalence of In: fantile Paralysis. ‘Washington, Conn., Aug. 20.—The directors of the annual Washington fair have decided to postpon= the event this year on account of the prevalence of infantile paralysis. It has also been decided to postpone indefinitely °the annual concer: of the Washington Choral ciub, which was to have been held Iriday. next.” age