Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 5, 1916, Page 1

Norwic VOL. LVHi.—NO. 214 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1916 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s firculation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to thq City’s Population ALLIED ATTACKS OUTFLANK COMBLES Fresh Progress Made East of Village of Forest AVER 5,000 GERMANS CAPTURED IN TWO DAYS Fighting of Greatest Ferocity Has Occurred on Eighteen Mile Front From Beaumont to the Somme—Russians Aggres- sive West of Lutsk and North of Zborow—Germans Hold Ground at Thiepval, North of Pozieres and Near Ginchy—Petrograd Claims Capture of Series of Heights and Advaence on Hungarian Frontier—Rumanians are Bombarding the Town of Hermannstadt—Germans and Bulgarians Attacking Entire Front Between Dcbrudja of Much Importance 1 and Bulgaria—Berlin Admits Loss of Airship. Keeping up against the Gen ©f the Somme rive strong eir lines forward and Fr the ‘aptured im- portant Gernmn positions. South of the Somme the village of Soyecourt gnd part of the village of Vermandovillers have been while, eseemingly more the French have made fresh progress cast of the village of lies one and one-half miles southeast of tha rajlroad town o gain which, taken with ilemont on Sunda; lanks Comblles and a; it untenable mans hive been made More than important sti offensive north and south in nglo-French forces have a captured, pathian region, according t ve captured an the Hungarian frontier. Rumanians Pushing On. All along the Trar v2 st the Au have captured vns and are additional nd are advancing to now said to _ Cabled Paragraphs Two Steamships Sunk. London, Sept. 4—The Norwegian steamships Gotthard and Setesdal nouncement made at Lloyds’ shipping agency this afternoon. Death of Dr. Moors. London, Sept. 4—The Rev. Dr. Ed- ward Moore, canon of Canterbury since 1903, died Saturday night at Changford, Devonshire. Dr. Moore was widely known as a student of Dante. —— o COMMISSION COMES TO NEW LONDON TODAY. Secretary Lansing Tells Y Must Be Considered in Set’ nited States-Mexican Diffig” New York, Sept. o personal rights and econt nterests of Americans in M sidered jn reach’ tlement of the United Stater ust be con- permenent set- «ties between the - Mexico, Secretary of State La. said here today in an address at . luncheon attended by the members of the American-Mexi- can joint com#ifsion. Secretary Lansing declared that if “suspicion, doubt and aloofness™ marked the ccming deliberations, the commission might expect to accom- plish little and would leave the two nations “in the same tangle of mis- tmderstandings and false judgments which T feel have been the chief rea- sons for our controversies in the past.” is Cabrera, chairman of the Mex- ission, in reply to Secre- o id that the result s commission seeks is_the same sought by the American dele- gates and that the mutual spirit of harmony might be inferred from the notes exchanged between the two gov- ernments. commissioners and their party would sail on the presidential cht May- flower at 9 a. m. tomorrow for New London and that beginning tn Wed- nesday two two-hour conferences wonld be held each day. Luis Cabre- ra will preside at the first day’s meetings and Secretary Lane on Thu s the two to alternate on subsequent days. - The secretary added that while the be bombarding the town of Hermann- - Sin Forest, which | 2 —Hd e ; proceedings would be confidential stadt, whic second 'o importance | ome arrangement probably would be £ Combles— are Attaching alang | made to give daily statements to the et entire front between Dobrudja and | Press. - s L Surs| Bulgaria. Near Koemar, Berlin re- arently renders {5 nians were - driven| PAID HOMAGE TO brisoner north | PACk’ with the loss of 700 men made MEMORY OF LINCOLN prisoner. and south of the Somme during the past two days. Fresh Goin Near On the Pritieh right is reported ‘while a German counter west of Moquet farm gain near Fleury. over the 18-m The s r Ginc wood ch Germa tter tow Somme ~pval, but Fleury. wing progress north of Falfe: at as repulsed. In the Verdun sector Paris records a iie frent from was of Germans 1 north but Gi lost, counte k hy, ere won wn. Fighting in Galicia. in ther heavy grad c lin that the Russ local successes near leclaration that the F 2,641 prisoner the Teutons fighting on the d s ar with the Ri sors. Petro- tion of Ber- ined only y by the won a ana Car- In the uthwest of orow and n ltalians Take Villages. In Albania the Italians east of Av Con iy im g oceurred. Airship Loss Admitted. t of Sept. 2d. s was the Zeppelin which Lc don reported was brought down du the Berlin, Sept. 4 ( After violent fizhting, sa lungarian statement is: ', . Mount in by the the Russian; n Jona have taken the viilages of Kutai and Brizar and Monte G . The have surrendered to the Eritish chief ortant changes in terrain mits the loss of an airship It is probable d on the east coast of England President Wilson Accepted for Gov- ernment Log Cabin Where He was Born. Hodgenville, Ky., Sept. 4.—President Wilson came to Kentucky (odz_iy to pay homage to the memory ¢f Lincoln and avoid politics, but a great crowd from all parts of the state cheered him at every appearance and turned his visit into a campaign event. The president accepted for the fed- eral government the log 2abin in v aich Lincoln was born, in a speech devoted to an eulogy of the Civil war president. Standing on a temporary platform at_the foot of a hill topped by a magnificent granite memorial building housing the Lincoln cabin, he praised Lincoln as the embodiment Sept. 445 o m-—A greatlss vt Sokaoy tween Austrians and Rumani- | %G00 Sre Vot worthy to stand here been in progres unless we ourselves be in deed and in Orso which Itruth real democrats and servants of according to a Imankind,” he said, “ready to give our *h to the Matin. very lives for the freedom and jus- Mount Plunka Captured. tice and spiritual exaltation of the great nation which shelters and nur- tures u: Th: non-political character of the programme was emphasized by the mention of the name of Charles E. Hughes, the republican nominee, by one of the speakers in siving the list TWO MEN DROWNED IN VINEYARD SOUND. Swimmer and His Pilot Falmouth to Oak Blu Heavy Squali. Vine; heavy squa the L Street imming ton was holding a race the probable death of t Hurw.tz, who s and Fréd Thomp. thought the bodie: covered tonigh in the channc Meadow and Hedge to have picked up an Thompson carried in befor The obody sank Four ot int ¢ wake of Hurwitz c X mile swim EPIDEMIC IS WANING. Children 12 Years cf A Can Attend Novie: New York, tion of the ¢ heaith authorities paralysis epiden the proptietors shows were perm ban on chi iz the tentati )1 to open. today—40 d 16, res) Jower than t any oth July 2d. rd sound whi from expected that be entirely r e numbér of new cases a on Way from uffs Lost in a Sept. 4.—. club of Bos today cause wo ten, racy piiot. not been r Al- her competitors were a mile on a: mor e date se rd deaths pectively- er time since Wants Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to Invest| igate, Washington, Sept. 4—Senator Reed, of Missouri, today introduced a resc- lution to authorize the Interstate Com- mercg Commission to i effect of the eight-hou nvestigate the r day law on the cost of operation of railroads and to report to congress The resolution will be consideration tomorrow. in_December. called up for Big Attendance at State Fair. Hartford, Copn., Sept. necticyt £ 4—The Con- r opened to a big crowd at Charter Osle park tdday, the attend- ce b® Adon beint est the tens of thousands. conditions Were the best the associ tion has ever experienced. imated among The weather The ex- hibits in all departments are said to Dbe the best ever, the display of stock, vegetables, fruit, flower: being unusually fine. . 's and poultry PEQUOT CASINO the ent of about §25,00 about nco The blaze started in the thir probably from a cigarette y dropped, accordinz to the t held hy the m ment and_th. fire damage was p: ened with destruction by fire COAL AN’D FUEL REFUSED Tug Sent to Relicf of Bermuda. black denied pro been Bermuda, by a tug sent out from ief, according to p: the Quebec liner Bermudian arrivin; he: today. to either Baltimote or Boston, th passengers safd. She i§ under char ter to a concern on the Enzlish com mercial bia when coal and food were refused. Damage Practically N London, Sept. 4, D —Com ment regarding § pelin raid on press bureau s rturday ni; ¥ Zep ngland, the importance and no explosions. There, moreover, in addition to the one destroyed, wai very seriously damaged.” el To Preserve Progressives. tion committee of fifteen, which is ¢o-operate with the fifteen “Loyal members of the old national commit party.” Knocked Out Mandot. Russcll knocked out Joe Mandot 1 the Nfteenth round of a twenty round hout here tonight. J are iccal lightweights. DAMAGED BY FIRE| care- Blacklisted | Steamer Which Was Denied Help at aided orfolk to her engers aboard The ship is to be towed klist and driven into Ber- muda by a storm, was unable to leave menting on the German official state- British 3 is the strongest reason to believe that another airship New York, Sept. 4—An organiza- tee, have been appointeqd by Matthew Hale of Boston, ac‘ing chairman of advisable to preserve the progressive New Orleans, La., Sept. 4—Frankie scheduled Both of directors of the Lincoln Farm Asso- eiation. But as soon a: were over, politi the formal exercises came to the fore. - S [ At the railroad tion the dent Loss Will Amount to $25,000—Believed |stood for nearly an_ hour shaking to Have Starter From Cigarette. |hands with men and womien who — greeted him as “the next president New London, Conn., Sept. 4— ThelAs his train pulled out the cro | Pequot Casino, ew Lon- fcheered and_clapped, while he bhow . |don harbor, sus damage to |in acknowledgment. n -d CALLED EIGHT HOUR LAW A MAKESHIFT. Lively Tilt in House Over Bill Which e confined to this floor of the private hotel| is Called Only Part of Legislative and clubhouse. The two lower floors| Programme. were drenched with water. Thel = 0 e larger part of the furniture of the| Ywashington, Sept. 4—There was a house was taken out and the guests|lively tilr in the house today over the removed most of their property. This{eight hour day law enacted last week the third time within the tentto prevent the threatened railroad ars that the hotel has Leen threat- | strike. Representative Moore of Penn- a, rep: n, critici the ent and i i that hi likely to bring on a strike later when it would be a greater calamity. Representative Adamson, author of the a all of Mr. Moore's assertion 1d declared that the law was only a part of a les- islative programme to be completed a: 2 | another session. OFFICIAL ANALYSIS BY FOOD SURROGATES IN BELGIUM. “0il Sauce” Sold for Food Found to Contain 99.25 Per Cent. Water. e | -| Amsterdam, Netherlands, Official Sept. analysis of some of the e food surrogates in Belgium is disclosing some extraordinary frauds. The di- rector-general of the public health _lservice has found that some of the substitutes for oil, which is no longer _ | obtainable, are worthless concoctions that cost the manufacturers only a few cents per liter but which are =old to a “The damage done—that is to say |gullible public at fancy prices. One practically s exactly what was | ©0il sauce” was found to be 99 repotted in the offl communique. | cent. water, with tiic remaining There were no conflagrations of any |DPer cent. an extract of gum. A “may- onnaise” in fancy packing and “high recommended” was found to contain 86 per cent. water, 1.30 per cent. oil, 10.70 per cent. starch and- 2 per cent. ash. An invalid’s food advertised as “meat extract, extra. quality,” was made of 65 per cent. water, 15 per cent. burnt sugar and 25 per cent. salt. “Butter” that sold at 1.20 per kilo- > | gram was made of tallow, cotton oil and borax. Jam brewed out oi sea- weed: plaster of paris that vassed for rye flour; coffec that was made of senna_seeds; cigars that were rolled s the national progressive party, it was | o a B t v, n a fine chestnat iree leaf with the announced here today, for the purpose | g = ; Sl of taking “such stogs g marlOse | filling of various dried leaves, and such frauds were found also. Statesmanship and Politics. Roger Sullivan, who will not be consulted in the management of the fDemocratic campaign, probaibly will agree with Tom Taggart that states- manship no lnger has any shew in -._ politics—Kansas City Times. , - n have been sunk, according to an an-- Secretary Lane announced that thel 1 Arbitration of all Industrial Disputes [FOR THIS HUGHES DECLARES HE FIRMLY STANDS MUCH APPLAUSE Declares For Principle of Fair Impar- tial Candid Arbitration and Leg lation on Facts—Opposed to Dicta- tion by Any Power on Earth—First Republican Candidate in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 4—In terrl- tory which no republican presiden- tial nominee ever has visited before, Charles B. Hughes tonight faced a tumultous audience in the auditorium here. With cheers for Woodrow Wil- son ringing again and again in his ears, heckled by questioners agd halt- ed often by demoeratic sympathizers, the nominee critirised the adminis. tration for its policies, argued for a Drotective tariff and = in reference which the audience took to apply, to the en2ctment of the Adamson bill, asserted that he stood firmly for the arbitration of all industrial disputes. Can Be Settled by Facts, “I believe there is no grievance with respect to labor,” Mr. Hughes said, “that cannot be settled by a fair, can- did_explanation of the facts, “We have, in the past, had to deal frequently with the opposition of em- plovers to the wincipal of arbitration. Sometimes they have refused to ar- bitrate disputes. Public opinion has been against them. I stand firm- ly for the principle of arbitrating in- dustrial disputes and I would not surrender it to anybody in the coun- try. “I believe that anything that is right in this country can be settled right. What is our republican gov- ernment? What are our free institu- tions? We have come down the long course of history with the people fighting slowly, slowly—now with a defeat and now with victory—for a recognition of the reign of reason in- stead of the relgn of tyranny and force- Stands For Two Things. “Now then, I stand for two things: First for the principle of falr, impar- tial, thorough, candid arbitration and, second, for legislation on facts accord- ing to necessities of the case. And I am opposed to being dictated to either in the executive department or congress by any power on earth be- fore the facts are known. “We have a’ great country and a great future. But it can only be pre- served in one way: That wag Is the way of all honest, fair investigation and candid treatment. Show me the way that is richt and I will take it; but T won't take any way that I do not know anything about,” Applauded His Statement. The audience, which had Interrupt- ed Mr. Hughes repeatedly in the early portions of his speech to cheer for Wilson, heard the nominee’s declara- tion ®n silence and at its conclusion applauaded him Tonight's address, the second of the day, was delivered before a crowded house. The crowd came early and remained to hear all the nominee had to But before he started it plainly that many Wilson supporters were present. J. Will Taylor, republican state chairmam, the first speaker, was in- terrupted by cheers for Wilson. Amid a burst of Wilson cheers he sat down and George Tillman, chirman of the meeting, stood up. Mr. Taylor was_on_ his feet for ten minutes, much of the time vainly endeavoring to make himself heard. He intro- duced Mr. Hughes and the audience waited in silence. “Warmth of Welcome.” “T shall not forget the warmth of “good naturedly’ at a time that the American people were taking stock. L outlined his views on Amer- iean industr; the test it will when the war ends, and the doctr] of a protective tariff. He was terrupted frequently by and now and then by cheers f son. More applause greeted reference to labor legislation e during his terms as governor York. in- applause Wil- his cted New Protective Tariff. “Now our opponents do not believe in the doctrine of a protective. tariff,” he added. producing a_ memorandum from his pocket. He checked a Wil- son cheer by adding: “I am not go- ing to say anything unpleasant, my friends. T am just going to read the democratic platform.” He read the tarife plank of the plat- form of 1912. “I believe,” he continued, tecting American industry.” “And the man who can do it is Woodrow Wilson,” shouted a man from the balcony. A wave of hand- clanping checked the nominee. “There would not be much dispo- sition to clap,” Mr. Hughes sald, miling, as the applause died down, in this country if that doctrine got headway very long.” declared that ‘*nobody put over anything for private zain at the public expense, in tariff, if he could help it and was given pro- longed applause. The nominee then assailed the administration for its pol- icy toward Mexico. FHe outlined its attitude toward Huerta, declaring that the question was not one of recogni- tion or non-recognition but of protect- e Spros Ing_American hts. “You would have recognized that assassin,” shonted a2 man from the au- dience, “Wouldn't vou?”’ “New I didn't s that —* Mr, Husghes started to his answer was which followed. Would H ply. The rest of lost in the tumult e Protected American Rights. “What would wvou have done?” chouted another man as the noise sub._ sided. “I would have protected American rights,” the nominee shouted quickly, pointing his finger at the questioner. The audience rose and applauded loudly. Tt was the last of the heckling, al- though there were two or three more outbursts of cheering for Wilson. - The rest of Mr. Hughes' speech was ;a the welcome of this vociferous meet- | ir Mr. Hughes said, smiling, and the audience applauded. He added | he had to say was to be face | Secret Demands FEAR THAT ANOTHER CRISIS WITH JAPAN WILL DEVELOP PEKING IS ALARMED Acceptance of New Cabinet Hastened by Seriousriess of Problems—Dis- of Chinese Officers, With- drawal of Garrison, Indemnification _and Extension of Rights Sought. missal ‘Washington, Sept. 4.—Secret de- mands, in addition to those published today in despatches from Peking, are being pressed on China by Japan as a result of the recent clash of Chinese and Japanese troops at Cheng Chiatun. It became krown here tonight that the situation is much more serious than has been indicated, confldential reports saying thec unpublished . demands threaten the authority of China over the whole of inner Mongolia. Anxiety Among Officials. Officials here view the development with real anxiety, fearing another Chino-Japanese crisis which might in> volve the interests of the United States. The Cheng Chiatun inciden®, trivial in itself, but coming on top of the strain- ed relations ever since Japan took over Kiachow from Germany, has been closely watched since Japan hastened to send 2,000 soldiers to the disturbed district and her cabinet announced that a satisfactory outcome depended on China. Reports from Peking show alarm there. The prompt and unani- mous acceptance of the new cabinet announced today is believed to have been a result of the seriousness of the Japan and financial problems, Japan’s demands as published call for dismissal of Chinese officers in command of the troops at the scene of the trouble, withdrawal of the Chinese garrisan, indemnification of the fami- lies of :the Japanese killed and exten- si of Japanese police rights to in- ner Mongolia. The Secret Demands. The secret demands are believed to seek extension to inner Mongolia of rights which already have been won in South Manchuria. In both places China is forbidden under the treaty of May 8, 1915, to raise a foreisn loan on local tates without Japan's consent, and forced to consult Japanese in case she cannot raise money herself for the railroads there.” Beyond that, however, the Japancse in South Manchuria. have unlimited rights of travel. residence, trade and leasing of land, together with the right of trial - before a Japanese consul in civil and criminal cases where a Japanese is defendant, the right of opening and operating specified mines and preference in case foreign advisors are sought in military, polit- ical, police or financial matters. No Infringement on American Rights. Nore of the demands as published infringes upen any right of the United als think, but a report on -cret negotiations will be awaited h concern, as they may conflict the open door policy and the in- y of China. ept for the poss: | pointed o free hand i pean power: home to de far east. are too fully occupied at ote much attention to the Ancther Clash Betwzen Japs and Chinese. Tokio, Sept. 5, 10.15 a. m.~—Another cla betwean Chinese and Japane: troops is offi reported from Chao Yangpo, Mong d has led to the spatch of Japanese reinforce- ents. It is ¢ at the Chinese ttacked the J anes¢ were advancing to mediate L tween Chin and Mo 1 | MANY INJURED WHEN GRANDSTAND COLLAPSED Bleacher Seats Gave Way at Fight— Half of Those Involved Seriously Hurt. B Colorado Springs, Colo, [The collapse of a portion of the bleacher seats at. the White-Welsh lightweight championship fight today precipitated 200 spectators to the ground and injured at least one hun- dred, several seriously. At svarious hospitals here tonight it was stated that all of the sixty persons taken there after the accident would re- |cover. Many were released after hav- ing_their injuries dressed. The crash came before the larger part of the crowd had arrived. Poilce- men aided by the fire department quickly placed the injured in automo- biles and comparatively little confu- slon resulted and the boxing program | was not delayed. | Announcement was made from the | ringside that the stands had been carefully inspected beforc the crowd was admitted, but D. G. Johnson, the commissioner’ of public safety, said that so far as he knew no inspection had been made by the city engineer’s office. He added that a thorough in- vestigation would be made in an ef- fort to fix the responsibility. Sept. 4— | i American Industrial Commission. Bordeaux, Sept. 4—The American Industrial commission to France ar- rived last night on board the steam- er Lafayette and was received by a committee composed of representa- tives of the municipality and the Bor- deaux chamber of commerce. devoted to a discussion of efiiciency of government. The nominee’s address tonight end- ed his political activities of the day. He_entered Nashville this morning to find a programme dlfferent from the one he thought he would face in that it provided for a review of the Ten- nessee National Guard and an address at a Labor Day celebration. The first he declined on the groumd that he had no right to review federalized state troops. The proposal that he attend the Labot Day celebration was dismissed when he was advised that labor leaders arranging it had not sent him a formal invitation and that if he spoke he would be restricted to a topic of a non-political nature. Mr, Hughes left late _tonight Lexington, Ky., where he will s tomorrow. e e for | | - - ten rounds Condensed Telegrams Medill McCormick predicts that the ?ublzca_us will sweep the Middle est. The heaviest guns of the republican party will be heard in Maine during the week. State and congressional candidates will be chosen by New Hampshire vot- ers in primaries today. Two women were run down and killed by automobiles on the streets of Newark, Labor day. All National Guardsmen and regular$ at the Eagle Pass district were review= ed Monday by General Sibley. The Chinese parliament hus confirm- ed the compromise cabinet as pro- posed by Premfer Tuan Cii-jul. The United States War Veterans opened their thirteenth annual en- campment at:Chicago Monday with a street parade. President Wilson will speak Friday night at the . convention of the Na- tiona! Woman' Suffrage associaticn, at Atlantic City. ° Richard C. Kerens of St. Louls, for- mer ambassador to Austria, died at the home of his daughter in Phila- delphia Monday. It is announced officially that Dar- es-Salaam, tho chief town of German East_Africa, surrendered at 9 o'cluck Monday morning. Mrs, Grace Dilworth, wife of Dwight H, Dilworth, the New York attorney. murcered while motoring with Mary McNiff, declared she does not know the woman. Franklin E. Parker of Bay City, Mich., one of the best known lumber- men In southern Michigan, was held up and perhaps fatally shot late Sun- day night. Greatly increased demands for male stenographers and typewriters in the United States government service at ‘Washington, D. C,, require frequent ex- aminations. Miss Minneapolis of the Minneapo- lis Power Boat association, averaging nearly fifty miles an hour, won the 30 mile heat of the National Power Boat races at Detroit, Monday. Harvey S. Irwin, 72, member of the 57th congress from Louisville, Ky., ar roilroad commissioner of Kentucs: 1895, died at Vienna, Va. native of Highland count! in e was a , Ohio. A bronze statue of Lafayette, pre- sented to the city of Fall River by the Calumet club, was unveiled Mon day, following a parade in wh thousands of citizens participated. The man held at Corinth, Miss,, sus- pected of being Robert Fa er German army officer, who escaped fr the federal peritentiary at Atiant Ga., Aug. 29, is not the convicted vouib ploteer. infantile paralysis epidemic is in_every borough in Ncw York city. Only 40 new casos, 11 fewer than Sunday, were discovered, and the number of deaths dropped from 20 to 16. The Bulgarian cabinet council has decided to detain G. C. Derussi, the Rumanian minister at Sofia, with his staff until S. Radew, the Bulgarian minister at Bucharest, has returned, vs a despatch from Budapest. Appointment of a naval board of inquiry to investigate the wrecking of the United States cruiser Memphis at San Domingo, was announced Monday at the navy department. The board will sail for San Domingo on Sept. i. The Greek government at has accepted the demands of the en- tente powers in their entirety, and agents of the French and British gov=- ernments are taking over the comtrol of postal and telegraphic communica tion. Villa refused battle with goverrment troops under Generals Cavazos, Elizon- do and Col. Carlos Zu: a in the San Andres district, and was pursued in the direction of Santa Clara canyon, some 60 miles north and west of Chi- huahua Cit Twentx-five Mexican soldiers and 11 passengeim were killed Thursday wnen a constituti wrecked by bandit giance to Car- rero Torres. The bandits butchered the traln guards and carried away every- | thing movasle. Farmers around Thompsonville were given a scare 'Sunday morninz when a light frost, the earliest in several years, was visible. Although not suf- ficiently severe to damage crops, its effects were slishtly noticeable on most tender leaves. Twenty persons were injured, two of them seriously when Warren D. Kent of Auburn, R. I, operating a large automobile, accidentally placed his foot en the accelerator instead of the brake pedal and drove the ma- chine through a crowd of 300. Japan's proposed $30,000,000 loan to China is expected by tac Japanese embassy here to go through almost immediately. It is sald that China’s financial needs are most pressing and that further delay might prove seri- ous for the new government. Colonel Alfredo Breceda, private secretary to Gen. Carranza, arrived in New York Monday. Col. Breceda said he is going to Spain and to France on a dipiomatic mission for the de facto =overnment, the nature of which he declined to discuss. former The navy’s new battle cruisars; four of which have been authorized to be lald down next year, will look liks a blast furnace gone to sea. Fach will be equipped with six or more smoke- stacks, according to plans now belng compléted by the navy department. Committed Suicide in New Haven. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 4. — Mrs. Mary Van Buren, who came here from New York during the summer and rented an apartment house in York street, died tonight in a hospital as the result of swallowing poison with suicidal intent. She was about 50 years old. Nothing is known of her here. She lived alone and apparently made no acquaintances. Fought to Draw. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4—Frank Calla- han of Brooklyn and I'rank Whitney of Cedar Rapids, lightweights, fought to a draw here tonight. -~ Athens | Big Attendance at County Fair BUSY OPENING DAY FOR OFFI- CIALS AND UNION WORKERS 10,000 ON GROUNDS Exhibits Number Merit—Much Activity Along of ‘Unusual and the Midway—Good Racing and Pleasing Vaudeville—Fireworks a Feature of the Night Programme. By the most rigid quarantine orders from the seat of highest authority— the busy, bustiing office of genial Sec- retary William W. EBeckwith—every thought of infantfie and all other sorts of paralysis were strictly exclud- ed from the grounds of the New Lon- don County Agricultural society o; Monday. And so the county fai; meant everything it ought to mean—a big, happy, carefree, informal, sociable gathering, a place, where old friends meet and new ones are made; where you stop in wonderment before your neighbor’s big squashes and you ren- der him speechelss with those yearling steers of yours; where you wander through the midway and munch pop- corn and look at the girls and listen to “eats 'em alive” and ‘'sure to wik:"” where you wake up and urge and cheer when the horses race up the stretch neck and neck‘and you stop breathing while the young chap in the blue tights is whirling around in mid-air and you hardly dare to look when thc man cuts away from the ballcon and drops like a bullet. Eventually you go home as grimy as a day of dust can make you, as thirsty as a camel, as well- satisfled with yourself and your neighbors as only a day as well spent can make you. F¥or all these things, and a lot more besides, make up a reaj county fair, and that was'the kind that happened vesterday. Ten thousand people, and a trific over that,‘were at the day fair, the best kind of cool and breezy and snappy weather co-operating with La- bor day and a lot of hard work and good adve ing to bring about a sat- sfactory and a satisficd crowd. The night fair, with its stage attractions. and the band, and a mighty fine set of fireworks, and a bright and gleaming midway, and a crescent moon, and grandstand tickets only 10 cents, and other things, too, brought out per! 00 people in the evening. Altogether it was a busy day for the fair offic the Labor union workers, the man people who were exhibiting, the trol- leymen, the jitney drivers (who ask a and - the suffragists. were other. people aho worked that reedn’t be mentioned. One of the things that struck the casual observer at first glance was the quantity and quality of livestock on the grounds this year. The splendid animalg from the Connecticut Agricul- tural college, marvels resulting from eugenics applied to horses and cattle the way it ousht to be to men, were centers of attention and praise. The Branford Farms stock, on the other |side of tne exhibition hall, was an- Inthm‘ lot of the finest breeding and the {swrlin‘-! products of such_well know icattle breeders as James B. Palmer o Lishon, Charles I. Briggs of TLebanon and John D. Avery of North Stonir ton, and many others, excited admira- tion from all beholders. The other exhibits, too, in all de- partments were in keeping with the standards set through 62 yyears of prosperity and progress by’ this for- ard looking agricultural society. Along the Midway. A trip along the Midway, m the Boy Scouts’ tent and fi aid tents and The Bulletin's Soc Corner tent through the lane to the poultry building, was of course one of the essentials. The machiner) of T. H. Eldredge and the C. S. Mer- sick company were humming and chugging away all day long, and in the grange building A. D. Zabriskie familiar face was back and he and h: corps of helpers were serving thei usual fine dinners. The Brook's tur- key dinner tent on the other side of the Midway was something new this vear, but liberally patronized. Wheels of fortune and games of chance, all of the innocuous variety, flourished, with Thermos bottles, and blankcts and Teddy bears and other valuable articles as goals of achievement. Wild Rena competed with Amgoza in_ the fierce growlings that emanated from their respective dens, both having very, very recently been brought from the darkest part of Africa, or Volun- town, or—somewhere. A motordrome is a new attraction and so is Luken's big animal tents, but Joseph A. George and Burlingham's quick lunch, and the doll-babies and the dodgers are just as they used to be in days of vore, and just so, it is our duty and ivilege to state, is the little ying the colors of purple, green and white. Not quite as of old, for the Cause— spelled with a capital—is growing and there are new faces and the quanti of enthusiasm inevereth, without loss of quality. For instance, a new lead- er gained during the year is Miss Daphne Selden of Deep River and a ter helping the Norwich chairman, thard starti Mrs. J. Eldred Brown, Miss Mary Richards and Miss Gladys Fiske, look out for the falr work Monday, today she will lead the county cohorts in the history- making parade of suffragists in New Haven this afterncon. Norwich is going to be represented in the march by Mrs. Willis_Austin, Mrs. J, Eldred Brown, Mrs. Lucius Briggs, Miss Mary E. Richards, Mrs. H. R. Branche, Mrs. W. A. Norton. Those -,a0 will help in the three days’ work at the fair include most of the foregoing and Miss Rose Trumbull, Miss Louise Meech, Mrs. C. B. K. Burnham, Miss Carroll, Miss Sarah Toring. They are selling buttons and pictures ana distribyting literature and spreading the suffrage doctrine in all directions. First ‘Aid by Boy Scouts. After suffrage, very little is left to write about, except that the Boy Scouts are on first ald service, some at their red cross tent, others byt turns around, the grounds. They had their fir~t case about 380 o'clock o'- clock Mon8ay afternoon when a New London man succumbed' to a combi- nation -of heart trouble and sun. sfroke. The Scouts ldmfiflswradtha( proper remedies, cold water and brandy and ammonia, and their pa-, tient recovered. A young lady who, There*