Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 2, 1916, Page 1

Norwich VOL. LVIlL—NO. 212 POPULATION 28,212 NORWICH, CONN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1916 16 PAGES — 128 COLUMNS The Bulletin’s Girculation in Norwich is Doup’ HOUSE HAS PASSED THE ADAMSON BILL Senate Has Agreed to Vote on the Measure Not Later Than Six P. M. Today RUSHED THROUGH HOUSE BY VOTE OF 239 T0 56 Bill as Passed is the Same Measure Which the Brotherhoods’ Leaders Declared Would Constitute a Satisfactory Set- tlement—Less Than Half of the Republicans Followed Their Floor Leader in Opposition to Passage of the Bill— Strong Conviction Prevails That in the End the House Bill Will Go Thrugh the Senate Without a Change. threatened agreed to casure not I tomorrow evening. Conferences M gh it amendment may necessary, it i both sides of the the test comes will be adow La: ison's no formal announ coming from the hoods ~ to: stated that t. iate dispat of signature. wiil revention of trike through s seemed assured to- by an over- d the Adam- ¢ law and the sen- take a final vote on ater than six o'clock ay Be Necessary. possible tk make conferences enerally beiieved on apitol that when the house bill as accepted and Ti ne, N. J., for P cement emplo: is result i messages call- code ing off the general strike ordered for Monday morning. Passed House by The Adamson Vote of 239 to 56. passed in the house by a 239 to 56, with minor umendments, the same measure _which the brotherhoods’ leaders officially declared yesterday would constitute a “satisfactory settle- ment” and prevent the strike. The amendments, added to conform to a draft framed by rommerce commit fective date J cember 1, 1916, a less than 100 mil street and interur] it provia Eight Hours “That eight hou a day's work an reckoning compe; employes operatin the senate inters: nuar; tee, would fix the ef- 1 instead of De- nd exempt railroads es long and electric ban lines. B efly, a Day's Work. shall be deemed the standard for of railroad ns in _inte d nsation tra 5 state commerce after January 1, 1917; and x Commission of Three “That a commission of three ap- pointed by President Wilson shall in- vestigate the effects of » eight hour standard from six then repoert to con not to be reduced gation or for and thirty ertime to be paid at a pro rata | to nine months and gress, present wa uring the inv days therea rate Hot Debate in House. It was after a day of hot debate that the house passed the bill, under special rule brou 1t in when repub- iican Leader Mann objected to its con- TRY TO LEARN BRITISH To find out why WHY FAILED IN TWO CAMFAIGNS sideration. Less than half of the re- publicans followed their floor leader in the opposition and when the final vote came seventy of them lined up with the majority while only fifty-six voted azainst the measure. Just two democrats, Representatives Steele of Pennsylvaniz_and Black, of . Texas, nst the bill and Repre- London of New York, only socialist, voted for it. Red Tape Eliminated. tape was eliminated as far as possible to rush the measure over | to the senate which after several hours of lively discussion over a bill report- ed by its interstate commerce commit- had recessed until eight o'clock. en the senate reconvened the house | legislaticn was there awaiting action | Senate in Night Session. The senate committee bill, drafted durinz a late session last night, and janother this morning, was the Adam- son measure with the same amend- ments adopted today by the house and an added section empowering the In- terstate Commerce Commission to fix the wages of interstate raiiroad em- ploves at the end of the proposed per- iod of investigation and thereafter. At the outset of the night session, Scnator Newlands sought and ob- ined unanimous consent to put aside | the senate bill and take up the one 't over from the house. thereby “«ving the way for quick final action hout parliamentary formalities that otherwise would be necessary. Then Senator Underwoodbrofight Gp the issue over which. the senate is divided by osing as an amendment the rate fixing provision of the discarded senate bill. Debate Lasted Three Hours. Over this amendment debate waged for three hours, Senators Newlands and Underwood advocating it and'Sen* ator Cummins making a long speech criticizinz the whole proceeding. Most of the senators had little to say and the cloak rooms there were strong intimations that the reason for this was the zeneral conviction that in the {end the house bill would go through | without change. . _For- awhile - there was talk of an all-night_ session, but early in the evening word was passed that a agreement to adjourn and vote at a certain hour tomorrow would come before the discussion had gone very far. | President Wilson at His Office. All through the morning President ‘Wilson was at his office in the capitol confering with administration leaders and aiding in arrangements for putting the legislation through. He left Wash- ington at 3 o'clock in the afternoon for Long Branch, N. J., where he will be notified formally tomorrow of his nomination for re-election, entirely confident that his efforts had averted the industrial catastrophe. TRAINMEN WHO WOULD NOT OBEY STRIKE ORDER. 40 Per Cent. of M., St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie Employes Loyal to Road Minneapolls, Minn,, Sept. 1.—George R. Huntington, general manager of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste Marfe Rallroad, tonight authorized the announcement that assurances had been received from forty per cent. of the conductors and brakemen of that road, members of the brotherhoods, that they would not obey a strike order. Engineers and firemen of the road did not take a strike vote be- cause of a three year contract still in force. C, 8t. P, M. & O. Lines Have Nothing to Fear. Sioux Falls, S D.,, Sept. 1—Reports from authentic sources here today state that all engineers on the Chi- cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha, lines have refused to strike. U. P. Men Would Work. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 1.—“All our en- gineers would remain at work in event of a strike being inaugurated,” said President B. E. Calvin of the Union Pacific, “because they are not involved in this movement and we have the assurance that a very large percentage of conductors and other train employes would refuse to cease work." Will Disregard Order. Chicago, Sept. 1.—Vice President Byram of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy this afternoon stated that the the Dardanelles and Mesopotamian campaigns_resulted so disastrously for Great Britain the British governmes~—has appointed two commissions _to make _investigation. Lord George Hamiiton heads the body Which is looking into the Mesopotamian fallure, while Lord Cromer is chief investigator into the reasons for-the —-of-the Dardanelles-at~ poll of engineers, firemen and train- men ,including conductors, shows that 25 per cent. of the members of the brotherhoods employed by the road will not obey a strike order. Not to Strike. St. Louis, Mo, Sept. 1.—Announce- ment was made at the office of Vice President Herbert of the St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) railroad today that a large number = of the trainmen employed by that road would not strike. . M. & 8t. L. Engineers to Continue ‘Work. f # ¥ Paragraphs dor’s President Assumes Office Guayaquil, Bcudar, Sept. 1.—Alfredo Moreno, who was elected president of Beuador in Janury, assumes office to- day. Bulgarian Staff Chief Dead. Amsterdam, Sept. 1, via London, 5 p. m—A dispatch from Sofia reports the death from appendicitis of Gen. Jostoff, chief of the Bulgarian General Stafr. King Nicholas to Vlsit Front. Paris, Sept. 1. 445 p. m—King Nich- olas of Montenegro left Paris last night for Italy, where he will visit the Austro-Italian batfle front. On his re- turn_to Franch he will pay visits to the British and Belgian armies. SECRETARY REDFIELD ANSWERS CHARGES OF NOMINEE HUGHES About Removal of Office Holders For Political Reasons. Portland, Maine, Sept. 1.—William C. Redfield, secretary of commerce, to- night answered the charges of Charles E. Hughes that appoint- ments to the posts of director of cen- sus and superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey had been made for political reasons without regard to the efficiency of the service. It is proper. he said, that an administra tion should render an account of its work and the department of com- merce welcomed the most searching inquiry and the fullest publict: The republican candtdate at the outset, he said, “made a criticism of | two appointments in the department of commerce, alleging in_substance that they were the replacing of effective, sciegtific men with political a pointees. And these illustrations were used to show how the adminis- tration had abused the power of ap- pointment by replacing good men with | T would not trouble vou with were it not that the r lican candidate in two important es spoke and spoke again of these things in a manner contrary to the facts and the records. The whole sub- ject is as open as the day and I have reason now to know that from within his own party circles the candidate has learnea that he was misinformed “The incident, trifling in __ itssclf, however, shows that the candidate is willing to snatch at any straw and without inquiry make baseless asser- tions affecting the fitness and worth of honorable gentlemen whom the open | records show to be efficient and loyal | public servants.” | Motor Trucks Arrive at San Antonio. San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 1 A company of 33 United States motor | trucks arrived here today from Colum- | bus, M., after a seveSteen d journey. ~ The drive of 800 miles wz accomplished with gre: ifficulty. Movements of Steamships. Copenhagen. Aug. 21. — Arrived Steamer Oscar 11, New York. Bergen, Aug. 30.—Sailed: Steamer New Yorl Sept. 1.—Sailed: Steam- er Finland. Liverpool er Carpathia, L Arrived: Steam- eers of his rond would not strike. Mr. Kerwin said that | the necessary vote 10 make the strike imperative had not been cast 1,000 Conductors Withdraw. cago, Sept. 1—One tnousand con- ductors employed on the Chicago, Mil- waulkee and St. Paul railroad have tel- | egraphed A. B. Garretson, _general chairman of the Order of Railway the engineers | e Conductors, that the yhave withdrawn from the strike movement, E. D. Se- wall, vice president of the road an- nounced today. STATEMENT ISSUED BY HOWARD ELLIOTT. Says Labor Controversy is Now Up to the People to Decide. New York, Sept. 1.—Howard president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, on S return here tod: rom Washington, issued a statement in which he said that the present issues in the railroad labor controversy had gone beyond the in_dispute between the em- ploves and the railroads and were now these: “Shall organized labor without check or restraint by law have t right to force its dccision upon the public regardless of the welfare of the public? “Shall organized labor settle disputes in which it is interested by force, or use the peaceful methods of court and arbitration tribunals in use in all other | disputes In this country? “These two great questions,” statement continued, “shouid be set- tled, not by the leaders of the lanor organizations, not by the presidents of | the railroads, but calmly and without | excitement by the whole peop through congress or by some instr mentality created by congress.” Organized labor as well as organized capital must “recognize the right of 100,000,000 people in this country,” he said. NEW YORK SUBWAY TRAINMEN THREATEN STRIKE any he his Unless Officers of Corporation Censen(l to Meet Committee from Union. | i New York, Sept. 1.—Threc thousand motormen and conductors employed on the elevated and subway Dnes of the Interborough Rapid Transit company voted tonight 10 suspend work at once unless the officers of the corporation | consent to mee: a committee from the union. The ultimatum will be pre- sented next Tuesday. The employes contend that President Theodore P. Shonts and General Man- ager Frank Hedley have failed to keep an agreement into which they entered on Aug. 7 to meet a committee repre- senting the workers who had become members of the Amalgamated Associa- tion of Street and Electric Railway Emplcyes. The men assert that the Interborough has devoted its energies to forming an “inside organization” and inducing the motormen and con- ductors to sign “master and man” con- tracts which bind them for a stated period. The Interborough employes declare they will be backed in their demand by the union workers of the New York Rallways company, a stbsidiary of the Interborough, whose differences with that company have been submitted to Minneapolis, Minn, Sept. 1.—E. E.| Kerwin, general superintendent of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad, announced today that ae nad been ad- vised by ~repregentatives of . the Brotherhoods of Locomotive =/ arbitration after a taclt but not a for- mal recognition of the unfon by the directors and officers of the company. The -ultimatum to_the Interborough was decided upon in the face of a |a |ana da Modification of Freight Embargo N. Y. C. TO ACCEPT FOODSTUFFS SUBJECT TO DELAY. FEELING OF OPTIMISM A Complete Revocation of the Embar- goes Will Follow the Calling Off of the St Its Date. e or the Postponement of New York, Sept. 1.—Modification of its freight embargo by the New York Central Railroad Company to the ex- tent that the road will accept for ship- ment, subject to damage and delay, certain foodstuffs and news print D per was accepted as evidence of a feel- ing of optimism in railroad circles here tonight that the threatened nation- aat of Any Other Paper,fi and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City's POP“'“fi"“ Wirsless Distress Calls Picked Up BY STEAMERS IN VICINITY OF CRISTOBAL, CANAL ZONE. BELIEVE NAVAL VESSEL Navy Department Has Instructed Gu- antanamo Station to Send Appeal to All to Vessels in Southern Waters Investigate. ‘Washinston, Sept. L—Two steamers reported to the navy department today that they had picked up wireless di: tress calls this morning in the vicini of Cristobal, canal zone, which app ently came from a naval vessel. The | calls were fragmentary and the steam- ers could not make out the name or locetion of the distressed ship. The| Because It Goes of the times. Speaking of fraternal socletles and the press a speaker in & na- tional convention advocated the use of display advertising in the news- papers for the purpose cf aiding the growth of the organization. was done “because the newspaper is the greatest educational medium ||; It moulds public opinion. columns of the daily newspaper for advertising because it goes direct- 3 to the homes of the people. You can centralize your publicity and cover territory to good advantage.” The advice of the fraternal soclety worker is only what must be that of e observant person who is seeking to get the attention of the reading public. The more people reached the better the results and no more far-reaching agent can be secured than the newspaper, and in this part of Connecticut there is no paper which goes into more homes than The Bulletin. It is the medium for getting results. In the past week the following matter has appeared in its zol- umns: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total | Saturday, Aug. 26.. 166 148 1304 1618 Monday, Aug. 28.. 179 135 287 601 Tuesday, Aug. 29.. 165 164 148 477 Wednesday, Aug. 30.. 164 139 253 556 Thursday, Aug. 31.. 156 129 290 575 ||| Friday, Sept. 4=~ 141 136 129 104 I dotalsts il 851 2409 4231 Into the Homes This I would advise using the wide railroad strike would be averted. The embargo against perishable freight went into effect at midnight Thurs- and extended 24 hours later to all s of freight except coal and iron ore which were to be carried until to- morrow. Frest cured meats, fresh fish roducts are the foodstuffs the embargo_has been lift- upon whi ed by the New York Central and it was announced that complete re- ocation of the embargo will follow the calling off of the strike or the postponement of its date. Completes Revocation of Embarge. Chicago, Sept. 1.—The Chicago, Bur~ lington and Quincy Railroad tonight, in view of the improved condition, an- anounced complete revocation of its embargoes. WESTERN RALROADS RESCIND FREIGHT EMBARGO Convinced That Congress Will Force Them to Surrender. Chicago, Sept. 1.—Convinced that congress will force them to surrender, presidents of important western rail- roads tonight ordered rescinding or argo es: in preparation for a general ke. At the same time the modification of the freight em tabl hed ay st brotherhoods and declared they had enough men to operate trains, strike or no strike. This was denied by broth- erhood officials. Hale Holden, president of the Chis cago, Burlington and Quincy, and spokesman for the railroads in the ces with President Wilson, railroads are convinced co; 1 force through the eight hour law before the date set for the , but that they are going ahead with plans to operate trains in event of a strike. Modifications of the freight embargo were announced here by the Erie and the Rock Island systems. Other roads were expected to take similar action within a few hours. While the railroad executives were claiming the defection of thousands of brotherhood members, officials of the unions, through Timothy Shea, vice president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen, said the rail- ways habitually circulate such stories and thev have no fears that their men would not obey the strike call. MEXICAN CONFERENCES MAY BE HELD AT GROTON First Session is to be Held York Monday. New York, Sept. 1.—Secretary of State Lansing, arrived here tonight to meet members of the Carranza com- mission who will confer with _the American commissioners appointed by President Wilson, in an effort to set- tle the differences between the two countries. Ignacio Bonillas and Albert J. Pani two of the Mexican commissioners, are expected to arrive in this city late to- night. Luis Cabrera, the third mem- ber, will arrive here tomorrow. ‘While it has been' understood that the conferences of the joint commis- sion would be held at Portsmouth, N. H., it was reported tonight that Gro- in New wage , increase . aggregating $1,750,000 | ‘whichy made, , Jan. 1, - ton, Conn., might be selected instead. The first session of the commission' wil be held here Monday., = . ‘towed up the river. navy department instructed the Gua tanamo station to send broadca: wireless appeal to all vessels in south- ern waters to investigate. Convinced It Came from Naval Vessel. Unusual wave lengths character the wireless call for heip convinced masters of both of the steamers that it came from a naval vessel ment officials said they had no ous report of trouble to any naval| craft. Most of the Atlantic fleet is in | northern waters, but several cruisers. sunboats s are in the| gulf and off the West Indies. The ste: s whigh distress signal were the Way company’s liner steamer Zapata miles north of Cristobal and the latter 150 riles from that port. It w shortly after 6 o'clock. o ISLAND OF DOMINICA STRUCK BY HURRICANE. Wind Reached Velocity. of Seventy Miles an Hour—Fifty Lives Lost. St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, Sept. 1.—Fifty lives were lost in a hurricane which struck the British West Indian island of Dominica last Monday night. The barometer fell to 29.10, and the wind reached a velocity of more than seventy miles. Rivers in the island rose to unprece- | dented heights and carried away bridges and ctlverts. Some of the streams changed their courses and swept through fields and villages, car- rying away houses with their occu- pants. The number of churches and other or seriously Max houses, schools, | uildings wrecked damaged exceeds ; local craft were lost. The tele- phone and electric iight system suf- fered greatly from the storm. The lime crop was considerably damaged, and some of the other crops were wiped out. Dominica is an island of the Wl- canic Caribbees group. It is 29 miles long and 13 miles in i's greatest breadth, having an area of 291 square miles. The island is well timbered and watered and the arable part very fertile. It has a population of about 30,000 and exports sugar, mo- lasses, rum, coffee, cacao and indigo, STEAMER HARTFORD ON ROCKS AT WATROUS POINT Passengers Were Removed by Tugs and Taken to Shore Towns. Essex, Conn.,, Sept. 1—The steamer Hartford of the Hartford and New York Transportation company, which grounded on the rocks at Watrous Point in the Connecticut river early today, was more seriously damaged than was first repqrted, it was learn- ed tonight. A large hole was torn in the vessel's hull, necessitating the withdrawal of the fires from the boil- ers and the engine room later was flooded with water, A wrecking tug from the T. A. Scott company at New London is expected here early tomorrow and the steamer will be towed to New York, where she wiil be placed in drydock. The prelim- inary investigation of the damage in- dicates that the boat will be out of commission for ten days. The passengers were removed on tugs and taken to shore towns, where they later boarded trains for their destinations. Most of the freight was |nave |was drowned COHdensed Telegrams advanced Prices of food products sharply at Chicag The Sub-Treasury transferred $300,- 000 to New Orleans. Six of the leading railroads have granted freight handlers’ demands. Newman Erb resigned as president of the Minnedpolis & St. Louis rail- road. The British steamer Tongariro was wrecked off Portland Island, New Zealand. Exports of general merchandise at the Port of New York Wednesday totaled $10,608,240. The army on the Mexican border has sufficient supply of food and forage to last 60 days. The Finnish steamship Vellamo sank near the coast of iinland. Her crew was saved. Cornell University will niot open un- til_the week of October 3, two weeks later than usual. The Beta Theta Phi Fraternity will hold its annual convention at Sara- toga Springs Sept. 6-8. Emperor Franz Josef is reported to arrived at Budapest for a con- ference with Hungarian leaders. The condition of ex-Governor Pen- nypacker, who is ill at his home at Schwenksville, Pa., is extremely grave. A campaign will be instituted soon by the ited” Mine Workers of America for a national shorter work= | day With 16,000 tons of munitions and 190 passengers the White Star Liner Baltic sailed for Liverpool from New York. The police have forbidden the sale and consumption of alcoholic in all establishments tnrougshout Ru- mania. Vienna asked the Dutch Minister at Bucharest to take charse of Austro- Hungarian interests in fthe Rumanian Kingdom. Michael O’Donnell, a longshereman, in Wallabout Canal, Brooklyn, while he was trying to get aboard a’ barge. Edward Farrell, a chauffeur of entenced to serve 60 The Pennsylvania Railroad announc- ed that 60,000 shopmen have volun- teered to fill 85,000 places to be made vacant by the strike. A. A. Jones of East Las Vegas, N. N istant secretary of resigned to become De date for the Senate The Agricultural Central Loan Bank has subseribed $15,000,000 to the new German war loan, and the Savin: Bank of Elberfield has subscribed 500,000. William Miller Collier, of Auburn, N. Y., has been informed that King Ifonso of Spain has made him a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order beila. The century old United States re- ceiving ship =~ Franklin_ was towed through Hell Gate on her way from Norfolk, Va. to Eastp Me.,” where she is to be scrapped. The Western Union Telegraph an- nounced that Bosnia-Iferzegovina and Austro-Hungarian Givernments advise hot telegraphic communication with Rumania is suspended. Freight handlers employed in the express service of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad, who for the past five weeks have been on str for more pay, returned to worlk. The Senate passed an ai the revenue bill perm: ident to urokibit impor icles from nations that wil mit American products to theil Business men at Shanghai greatly irritated by the British sorship of 147 bags of American mail, which arrived in Shanghai from Van- couver Aug. 27 on the Empress of Ja- pan. endment ng the ation of not ad- ports. Pr are cen- The Anaconda Copper Mining Co., through its subsidiary, International Smelting and Refining Co., has pu chased the Walker copper properti in Plumas, Cal, paying, it is reported $670,000. Austro-Hungarian mania have been entrusted to the Dutch Minister at Bucharest while Rumanian interests in Germany have been turned over to United States Ambassador Gerard. interests in Ru- Government ownership of a pulp and paper mill for the manufacture of paper used by the Goverament print- ing office was proposed in a Dill intro- duced in the House by Representative Tavenner of Tlin, BANDIT FRANCISCO VILLA AGAIN ON THE MARCH Said to be Headed Toward Namiquipa With 200 Followers. Columbus, N. M. Sept. 1 were current here today that Francisco Villa, with 200 followers, is heading towards Namiquipa from’ the vicinity of Satevo, Mexico. El Paso, Tex., Sept. 1.—; ary au- thorities in Juarez report that Manuel Ochoa, who was caught by guards aft- er crossing the frontier near here and escaped after killing one of his cap- Rumors tors, has been driven back to the American side. They say that Ameri- can detectives are on his trail. Agents of the United States De- partment of Justice have detained Lo- pez Payan and Macrino Martinez, for- mer Villa generals, it was learned to- day. They are said to be concerned in the plot of Ochoa, who, as shown by papers left behind in his flight in- tended to join Villa in order to give him information abou® the anti- ranza movement among the 1efugees. Both Payan and Martinez have kept on the American side of the border. New Head of G. A, R. Kansas City, Mo, Sept. 1.—William J. Paterson, of Pittsburg, Pa. was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the annual encampment here today. He removed to barges this afternoon and | succeeds Capt. Ellas. R. Monfort, of Cincipmast E liquors | GRFEKS OF SALON ARE IN OPEN REV( Greek Garrisons Have Surrendered to a %mnnl{igg Which is to Rule Part of Greek Macedo_ni;»t : 23 ALLIED WARSHIPS ARE OFF PORT OF ATHEN It is Unofficially Reported That King Constantine Has Abdi- cated and that the Crown Prince Has Been Named His Successor—A Withdrawal of the Austro-German Lines South of the Zloaa-Lipa-Dniester Section is Recorded— Berlin Reports the Repulse of the Russians in the Cali-‘ : pathians—Italian Troops Advancing Along the Voyusa River Have Occupied Tepeleni—British Claim That the German Forces in East Africa are in Full Reh'eat—Un-» official Dispatches Say Greece Has Thrown Her Lot on the Side of the Entente Allies. a serles of heizhts in the Carpathlans and are making progress westward along the Rumanian border of Buko- wina. The capture of about 16,000 prisoners is claimed by Petrograd. A withdrawal of the Austio-German lines south of the Ziota-Lipa-Dniester section is recorded by Berlin. Progress by tho Russians west of ‘Tarnopol is admitted, but Russian attacks in the Carpathians and near Lutsk were re- pulsed, Berlin says. In Albania, Italian troops advancing along the Voyusa river have occupied Tepeleni. Rome says that two villages were stormed and that a number of prisoners were taken in the fighting alonTg the Voyuza. The Germans report the Teoccupa- tion of lost ground near Longueval and the Delville wood on the Sommo front in northern France. London ad- mits a German advance, but says the attackes sustained severe losses. On the rest of the front in France there, :t been little activity. “Xo fighting s reported.on the front in Macedonia and_there are mo late reports on the operationsin Transy] P osrad claims the repulse of Petr« 2 claims. s Tarkish attacks west &f Erzingan and west- of Ognott in “Turkish Armenia. The rout of more than two divisions of Russians by the Turkish left wing is reported by Constantinople. Pris- oners to the number of 5,000 were cap- tured by the Turks. German forces in German Fast Afri- ca are in full retreat, Lieutenant Gen- oral Smuts, the British . commander there, reports. Mrogoro, the seat ot the German government, has been o¢- cupied by the British. Unofficial despatches reaching Lon- don, which apparently have been much cenéored, indicate to observers there that Greece has abandoned her neu- trality and thrawn her lot on the side of the entento allies. Whether Greece has aiready declared war is problem- atical, as is the identity of the nation or nations to whom she has thrown down the gauntlet. It is unofficially reported that King Constantine has abdicated and that the crown prince has been named as his successor, with former Premier Venizelos as the power behind throne. The British foreign S s it has no confirmation of King Constantines’ abdication. An entente allied fleet of twenty- three warships and scven transports is reported to have arrived off Piraeus, the port of Athens. despatch from Athens says the Greek clections. set for Oct. 8, probably will be postponed for a fortnight. The Greek garrisons at Saloniki, at Vodena, northwest of Saloniki, and at Fort Little Karaburun have surrerftier- ed to a committee which has taken over the administration of part of Greek Macedonia, according. fo official despatohes from Saloniki. The revolt in Saloniki is confirmed by the British foreign office. Greeks friendly to the entente allies surrounded the barracks of the Greek infantry in Saloniki and are said to have exchanged shots with them. General Sarrail, the allied com- mander at Saloniki, intervened to pre- vent further bloodshed. Russian troops have begun another advance and Petrograd reports fight- ing near Vladimir-Volynski, in Volh: nia, and in the region of Hallcz, in licia. The Ru s also have scized [ an THREE MEN KILLED BY b AN EPLOSION OF AMMONIA In a Meat Market in Kansas City— Refrigerating Plant Wrecked. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 1—Three: men were killed in an ammonia explo-, sion in a_downtown meat market here today. More than a hundred gallons of ammonia were released when the explosion, the cause of which was un- known, completely wrecked the private refrigeration plant. The dead are: G. W. E. Neuer, one of the owners of the ‘market; Al Bergman and Michael Yehl, engineers. wo o AT e NO SUBWAY RUSH FOR P. MORGAN; HE GOES TO WORK ON HIS YACHT PRESIDENT WILSON WAS ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOMED When He Arrived at H Summer Home at Long Branch Last Night. Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 1.—Presi- dent Wilson was enthusiastically wel- comed to his summer home when he arrived tonight for the formal noti- fication of his renomination tomorrow. A cheering throng greeted him at the railroad station and automobile horns nd sirens madc a bedlam of noise as his train pulled in. B eEbladelnhia son ckis WAy toon Washingten, the president received word from the White House that the bill for the setilement of the threat- ened railroad strike had been passed by the hou: and was being debated in the senate. He expressed hope tha tthe strike would be averted. A crowd of more than 500 persons were gathered at the West End sta. ! tion receive the president on_ his first real home-coming visit to New | Jersey since he entered the ‘White | House. Buildings were draped with | American flags and the entire town ! was in holiday mood. The special| train on which the president made the . trip with Mrs. Wilsen, Secretary Tu- | and Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the| House physician, puiled into a shortly before 9 o'clock. s Mr. Wilson automobile moved away from station the crowd cheered repeatedly and he stood up and bowed continuousiy. was ready tonight for the notification_ceremonies tomorrow afternoon. At 1 o'clock the president and Mrs. V son wijl gi a luncheon £ Senator Ollie Jame and the other members of the notification commijt- tee, members of the democratic na- tional committee, members of the cab- inet and other prominent democrats. Members of the notification commit- tec will meet in New York tomorrow mornirg and come here tozether, The formal exercises will be held on the spacious lawn of Mr. Wilson's temporary home and he will deliver his speech at 4 o'clock in the after- noon, standing on a corner of the veranda. The president plans to leave here tomorrow night for Washington. MOVE TO PROTECT THE “OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN" Massachusetts to Prevent Further Dis- placement of Top Stone. Concord, N. H., Sept. 1—The “Old Man of the Mountain” will not be al- lowed to lose his head. Governor Spaulding and the executive council today voted to have the state assume responsibility for preventing further X displacement of the top-stone which| Among the rich who forms the orehead of the rocky pro- |their daily wom t instead of travell via i file known to thousands of visitors to the White Mountains. vated railroad, trolley or torms and frosts have loosened this|J. Pierpont Morgan, who mass and caused it to slip from its|his yacht Corsair from lofty position so that there was danger{Y., to his Wall street of the entire profile losing its|Corsair was inherited bs characteristics. Enginecrs under the direction of Colonel Charles H. Green= lleaf of Franconia were commissicned by the council to buckle the forehdad securely to its proper position. from his father. It fads of the famous f picture of Mr. Mors ol the pier at A::oux to board