Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 9, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVilL—NO. 218 L POPULATION 28,218 v ) The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City's Population MANIA SCENE OF A GREAT BATTLE Between Russo-Rumanian Forces and the Armies of the Central Powers FIGHTING ALONG FRONT OF ABOUT 70 MILES Bulgarian and Turkish Troops Have Captured Two Ruman- jan Ports on the Black Sea—Rumanians Continue Their Offensive in Transylvania, Where the Austrians Are Falling Back Before Them—The Russians Have Crossed the Dvina River North of Dvinsk—In Eastern Galicia the Austro-Germans Are Fighting Desperately to Hold Back the Russians Advancing on Halicz—Violent Bom- bardments Continue All Along the Entire Front in France. Rumania, which entered the Euro- pean war less than two weeks ago, is now the scene of a great battle be- iween Russo-Rumanian forces and armies of the central powers. The southern part of Dobrudja, or eastern Rumania, has become a fighting 'ground and the opposing armies are ‘engaged from the Black S to the tDanube along a front of about 70 imiles, Bulgarian and Turkish troops, ad- ,vancing along the Black Sea coast, ‘thave occupied Baltjik an dtwo other seaports, Sofia reports, and fort- Tess of Dobritch, or Bazardjik, fifty miles southeast of Bucharest, has been en by a combined Bulgar-German force. The armies of the central powers have not yet crossed the Dan- ube, all reports agree. The Rumanians continue their of- fenslve in eastern Transylvania and 'also_have occupied the important town of Orzova, on the Danube, above the Iron Gate. Advancing’ from Csik Szereda, in Transylvapia north of Kronstadt, the Rumanians are driving westward and Vienna admits the withdrawal of Austrian forces before ks Hargitta. The Rus- on the northern end of their line near Riga have commenced a new undertaking and have crossed the Dvina north of Dvinsk. Repeated ef- forts by the Germans to dislodge them, Petrograd declares, have been unsuc- cesstul. In eastern Galicia the Austro-Ger- mans are fighting desperately to hold back the Russians advancing on Ha- licz, southeast of Lemberg. Petrograd says the Austro-German forces have fallen back to the western hank of the Gnita Lipa, while Vienna asserts that the troops of the central powers are holding their own in_the heavy fighting that is going on. Russian at- tacks against German positions on the Ziota Lipa, southeast of Brzezany, failed with heavy losses, Berlin re- ports. On the Somme front in France the violent bombardment continues along almost the entire line. The only in- fantry engagements have taken place south of the river. The French report a further advence for their troops in the village of Vermandovillers. In the Berny-en-Senterre and Chaulnes sector, where the fighting was partic- ularly’ vicious, both the German and French record successes for their ar- mies in the repulse of attacks, There has been no infantry action on the front in Greek Macedonia, but the artillery duels have continued along the Struma and in the region ot Lake Doiran. CLOSING HOURS OFv CONGRESS WERE REMARKABLY QUIET Adjournment Quickly Followed by a General Exodus of Members. ‘Washington, Sept. 8.—Adjournment of the first session of the sixty-fourth congress at 10 o'clock this morning without a hitcH in the plans of sen: and house leaders was quickly follow ed by a & of members hastening for rest or the ‘While the closing saw the adminis: tration legislative prosram mainly completed some things wait to be con- v. ion, notably sident’s pro- ation, which was partially enacted to prevent the threatened strike. In a formal statement President Wilson, gpeaking of the work of con- gress, ggve notice that the remainder of the rallroad progr: would be pressed at the new session. The immigration bill, the corrupt practices bill and the combinations of to meet foreign went over. The closing hours of congress were remarkably quiet. Only the presence of the president in his room near the senate chamber served terest to what would otherwise have beem an eventful ending of an event- ful congress. bill to permit American exporters competition abroad POCKET FOR SBUMARINE FORMED AT NEW LONDON. By the Remgval of the North German Llyod Line Steamer Willehad. New London, Conn., Sept. 8.—The North German Lloyd Line steamer ‘Willehad, which has been docked at the south side of the state pler here since coming from Boston recently, was moved this afternoon over to the ro wof spiles off the north side of the pier, forming a pocket = sufficlently large for a submarine to slip into. No information was given out concerning the latest manoeuvre at the pier but a prominent German resident of Neow London, who was permitted to board the Willehad, stated that German sub- marines will come to this port. It is also sald to be significant of the fact that the arrfval of a German subma- rine is expected soon. BOSTON POLICE CATCH AN ALLEGED MURDERER Man ‘Who Killed Head Waiter in a Hotef There Recently. Bo: Sept, 8—8ix patrolmen, with revolve ointed, entered the Rouse lat 418 umbus avenue this after- noon Af 230 and overpowered and larrested Stel , & Greek wai- ithe pollcemen went up and four went up the 0 the upper floor, where Zfika.rek. whom -they took A 2Ezwl:=‘; int: fitgle‘; zmo u.y Into Hof VEsle d t and killed Charles W, Crafl , captain of the watters at“the }Prli'mnflu in 11th Senatorial . Distriot ew Haven, Conn., Sept. 8/=J. E. formier state AUSTRIAN AERIAL SQUADRON BOMBARDED VENICE. Berlin Reports That One of the Air- ships Failed to Return. Berlin, Sept. 8 (By Wireless to Say- ville).—A delayed report from the Austrian admiralty, dated Sept. 4, says at an Austrian aerial squadron suc- cessfully bombarded military estab- shments at Venice and Grado. One Austrian aeroplane failed to return. Official announcement was made in Ronie on Tuesday of an aerial attack on Venice on the night of Sept. 4. It was said 20 bombs were dropped, bu: that no damage was done. Movements of Steamships. New York, Sept. 8.—Arrived, steam- er Cedric, Liverpool. Tordon, Sept. 7.—Arrived, Sicilian, Montreal. Gibraltar, Sept. 6—Sailed, steamer ;F,{r:ina, d'Mtalia (from Genoa), New or] New York, Sept. 2.—Sailed, steamer Monserrat, Barcelona. Genoa, Aug. 27.—Arrived, Verona, New York. Barcelona, Ang. 31.—Arrived, steam- er Buenos Aires, New York. Cadiz, Aug. 30.—Sailed, steamer An- tonio Lopez, New York. steamer steamer Naples, Aug. 30.—Sailed, steamers San Golyonnia, New York; Sept. 1st, Napoll, New York, SETTLEMENT OF ALASKA FISHERIES DIFFICULTY. Probably Will Be Made by a High Commission. Washington, Sept. 8.—Settlement. of the Alaska fisheries difficulty with Canada probably will be made by a joint high commission as the result of th edefeat of the Chamberlain amendment designed to rehabilitate the American industry. British officials here are expecting relntroduction of the legislation in the December seesfon of congress and say efforts will be made to reach an amic- able understanding to ward off a threatened fischeries reprisal war, State department officlals are mnot certain that the present fisherles agree- ment with Canada applies elsewhere than to the north Atlantic, but be- lieve there will be no difficulty in an extension to cover the present sifa- on, Joint STOLEN MONEY RECOVERED BY DANBURY POLICE. Burglare Had -Hidden the Loot Near Thelr Homes. Danbury,Conn.,, fie;%.,s—oamw - Hams, 19; ly, 23, and W. G. Shields, 21, today con!used the police uy. 'nhnn n the buri ! hbme at J‘oel Merchant, f. nmted armer, jmzt oug- qe the city, last Sundci Of $284 tn d and bills taken, the police have recovumd ul 560. the urglzu's havs Ing hldden near. thefr homes, Shields Is for memnam and the Dflur ! ‘E ty, Th will be c!treunn to= morrow. or Tocks, ,Cam.. s:pt s—'mu m.tls daunte Frank : b«nne mmbbv. m mo%ed iU of infaniile — e} ] - NORWICH, el Cabled Parazs".as Emperor Willlam & , to Bulgaria. London, Sept- . a. m.—Emperor William plan- ® s to Bulgaria {o confere the Pour le Merite on the Bulgr ‘German commanders who captu the Rumanian fortress of Turtukal, says the Exchange Telc- graph’s Amsterdam correspondent. ‘Russian Planes Raid Courland. Berlin (Wireless to Sayville), Sept. 8—An official statement {ssued by the German war department says that several Russian aeroplanes attacked with bombs German positions {n Cour- land but without success. German anti-aircraft guns forced one hostile biplane, to land and the occupants of the machine were made prisoner. WILSON PREDICTS TRIUMPH FOR WOMAN SUFT™RAGE In Speech Before Annual Convention of Woman Suffrage Association. Atlantic City, J., Sept. 8.—Tri- umph for the woman suffrage cause, “in a little_while” was predicted by President Wilson here tonight in a speech before the annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. “I have come here to fight with you,” the president declared. Immediately the 4,000 women pres- ent stood and cheered. A few minutes later Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honor- ary president of the association, with Mr. Wilson still present, declared: “We have waited long enough o get the vote. We want it now. 1 want it to come during your adminis- tration.” Again the great audience of women stood and cheered, waving handker- chiefs, The president’s pledge of support to the suffrage question caused Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the organization, to say in a speech soon after he closed: “You touched our hearts and won our fealty when you said you had come here to fight with us.” The president did not speak on the method by which he would bring | about woman sufirage, but said “We | shall not quarrel in the long run as to the method.” The woman in their speeches also the question of failed to mention method. The president was warmly applaud- ed before, during and after his speech. With Mrs. Wilson, he sat during sev- Fears expressed be- might be eral addresses. fore the meeting that “heckled” did not materi: conclusion of his addr thanked him for :pea,kmg he LITTLE INTERRUPTION TO NEW YORK CAR SERVICE Strikebreakers to be Placed of Strikers Today. in Place New York, Sept. 8—The second day of the strike of unionized employes in New York's subway and on elevated railway and surface car lines brought Jittle interruption to service, but de- veloped a fight which, it was said, may decide whether thé city’s carmen il be permitted to omganize:-.s Fhe ice quickly put down efforts at vio- in various districts: Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit company, and the New York Railways company, struck at the union by offering to take back all striking New York Rail- ways company employes (surface car motormen and conductors) who quit the union by tomorrow. Strikebreak- ers, he dec 1d be put in the places of ~ employes who do not_accept his offer, # R Union leade: sht threatened to | extend the ke to the lines of the Third Avenue Railroad company, the Second Avenue company and the Un- ion Railways company unless the heads of these lines pledged them- selves not to circulate individual con- tracts among their men similar to those binding the workers not to ask for wage increases for two i which brought on the Interboroush strike and the sympathqtic New Yo Rallways strik The Third Avenue line, it was said, flatly refused the de- mands. WILSON CAUSES LAUGHTER BY RECITAL OF LIMERICK While in Attendance at a Charity Mu- f sicale at Atlantic City. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 8.—Presi- dent Wilson threw an audience at a charity musicale into a roar of | laughter tonight by reciting the fol- lowing limerick when called on for & speech: “For beauty, I am not a star “Therrc are others more handsome by | ‘ar Iy face I don’t mind it, ecause I'm behind it “It's the people in front that I jar.” The president went to the musicale with Mrs. Wilson not expecting to speak. He was reminded of the lim- erick, he said, by the request of the mar 'in charge that he stand up and allow the crowd t osee his face. He added, it was a pleasure to hear good music. He was warmly applauded. THIRTY MEXICAN RAIDERS GOT ONLY MULE. Entered Engineers’ Camp of Ameri- can Punitive Exped:hon. El, Paso, TExas Sept S—Thh‘ty Mexicans, supposed to be Villa fol- lowers, made a raid on the engineers camp of the American punitive expe- dition and escaped with a mule, nc- cording to members of the expedition- ary force arriving here today from Mexico by way of Columbus. This raid, which took place last Wednes- day on an isolated portion of the camp at Ojo Federico, is believed by military authorities here to have been tndirectly responsible for today’s ru- mor of a clash between the Fifth Cavalry ang Sixteenth Infantry of regulars.and a band of Villa follow- ers south of El Valle, Chihuahua. Information received at military headquarters in El Paso confirmes the bellef:of the presence of Villa in the Santa Clara canyon. MOSQUITO BLAMED AS CARRIER OF PARALYSIS By Dr. Charles S. Braddook—Similar- | ity to Spread of Yellow Fever. —— - New York, Sept, 8.—The mosquito is:blamed’ as e carrfer of infantlle pa- msl- in & letter that will be pub- orrow in the New York gad ?fl ot Dr.. Charles S. rly chief medi- lsle.m’en:edgovem- ity Is poin out in _the plagie and in the fever, - CONN., SATURDAY, Heavy Damage to Cereal Crops CAUSED BY HOT AND DRY WEATHER OF AUGUST WHEAT CROP IS SHORT - An Unusually Short Output of White Potatoes for Winter Supply is Fore- cast—Hay and Tobacco Only Crops to Show Increase. ‘Washington, Sept. 8.—Heavy dam- age to the country’s cereal crops dur- ing August caused a loss of many mil- lions of bushels in prospective pro- duction, cutting down the outlook for wheat to below the amount required for home consomption. The department of agriculture's monthly forecast, issued today, esti- mates the wheat crop at 611,000,000 bushels, or 9,000,000 bushels less than is calculated to be necessary for domestic use. Loss in Corn Due to Drought. The heavy loss in prospective pro- duction of corn was due to drought. In many sections, particularly in Kan- sas and Oklahoma, many flelds of corn were cut for ensi!flge or fodder. SEPTEMBER 9, 1916 Means Recall of Pershing’s Troop PLAN BEING EVOLVED BY AMER- ICAN-MEXICAN COMMISSION SCHEMES DISCUSSED Working Out a Broad Plan Under Which Peace and Security Against Bandit Raids on Border May Be Assured. New London, Conn., Sept. 8.—Care- ful labor over the complicated situ- ation along the international border marked today’s session of the Ameri- can-Mexican joint commission, to which has been entrusted the task of evolving a plan under which peace and security against bandit raids may be assured. Cooperative Military Patrol. Many schemes for so-operative mils itary patrol, for exchange of inform- ation and for otherwise frustrating the outlaw element of northern Mex- Jco wera discussed. None of them apparently scemed entirely satisfac- tory and when the commission ad- journed tonight to meet again Mon- day, it was intimated that a broader Persistence, the makes but slight impression upon but occasionally conveys the idea comes to depend and in which he excels The Bulletin, Appearing in its news lowing, all for twelve' cents Builetin Pick up a newspaper or a periodical and you will find that the advertising columns are occupied day after day by the announcements of the same business houses, the same manufacturers, the same people who are anxious to get their offerings before the people. course & reason for it. To advertise once and then forever keep silent sionally that they can be interested in trading at such places, but the advertiser who keeps his business constantly before the people who do the buying and delivers the goods in accordance with the printed page makes his place. of business a household word on which the purchaser Persistence is the cardinal virtue in advertising; no matter how geod advertising may be in other respects, it must be.run frequently and consistently to attain the highest degree of success. To get your business announcements into the homes and to the largest number of people in this vicinity-there is no medium which columns during the past week was the fol- a week delivered at your door: Telegraph Local General - Total Saturday, - Sept. 2... 145 160 = 1236 1544 Monday, Sept. 4...::473 163 282 618 ‘Tuesday, -~ Sept. 5..:-162 95 304 561 Wednesday, Sept. 6... 141 180 242 563 Thursday, - Sept. 7.... 175 194 244 580 Friday, Sept. 8... 161 150 184 495 Fotalsid.c o ae 2957 942 2459 : 4358 Cardinal Virtue There is of the reading public. To advertise to the public that it is but occa- hes confidence. The total crop is forecast at 2,710.- 000,000 bushels, which is 22,000,600 bushels smaller than the average for the last five years. Short Output of Potatoes. An unusually short output of white potatoes cast. for winter supply is fore- Production of 818,000,000 bush indicated. That is 46,000,000 less than forecast a month the smallest chop since Other losses from the production es. timates made a month ago are: Oats, 43,000,000 bushels; barley 11,000,000 bushels; buckwheat 1,300,000 bushels; rice 1.400,000 bushéls; cotton 1,100,- 000 bales; apples 3,900,000 barrels and peaches 3,400,000 bushels. Hay and Tobacco Prospects Increased. While cereals all suffered serlous damage during the month, hay and tobacco prospects increased and the harvests of those two crops and also of rice will be record-breaking. There was an increase of 27,000,000 pounds in the indicated production of tobacco, making a crop of 1,224,000,000 pounds and exceeding the former record of 1910 by 121,000,000 pounds. Hay production is forecast at 86,- 200,000 tons, which is 1,600,000 tons more than forecasted a month ago and 1,000,000 tons more vear's record crop. Record Rice Crop. Rice, which declined 1,400,000 bush- els from a month ago, promises a crop of 32,800.000 bushels, which would be almost 3,000,000 bushels more than the record crop of last year. GREAT BRITAIN NOT LIKELY TO CHANGE BLACKLIST POLICY Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of War, So States. London, Sept. 8 6.21 p. m—"It is not likely that Great Britaln will change her blacklist policy at tho request of the United States,” said Lord Robert Cecll, minister of war trade, in discussing today the possi- ble effect of recent American retalia- tion legislation. So The Assoclated Pross Lord Roberts stated that a re- ply to the blacklist protest made by the TUnited States may be expected so Lord Roberts,- however, declined to enter into the details of the contents of the reply beyond the statement that the principle embodied in British leg- islation forbidding trading with an enemy country is unlikely to be sur- rendered ¥n any measure. The Finlstar of war trads e.pmtesaea himself to be puzzled bf’ the provl- sions in the ravenus bill passed { congress at Washington dealing wit] the prohibition of Imports, sugh orders, he said, were adopted in an effort to congerve tonnage and were applied accordingly.” | T In 1818 the fl!‘l! 1 o vl R S e few years Iam Spain. than last’| strictly | plan, incorporating adaptable fea- turey of several of those which have begn presented thus far, might be worked out. Means Withdrawal of Pershing. American members of the commis- sion did not hesitate to describe the plan being framed as a substitute for existing conditions on the border, in- asmuch as its adoption meant’ the withdrawal of General Pershing’s force from Mexico. Studying Reports. Two of the Mexican commissioners, Lujs Cfbrera and Albert Pani, left for New York tonight to spend tomor- row attending to special missions with which they have been charg- ed by General Carranza in addition fo their work which they have been ¢harged by General Carranza in addi- tion to their work on the commission. Dr. John R. Mott of the American commission also went to New York. Secretary Lane and Judge Gray, tho| other American commisioners, have arranged to put in tomorrow studying over the border situation as shown in state and war department reports and preparing recommendations to submit to the joint session on Mon- day. INCREASE IN REVENUE FROM AUTOMOBILES For the Fiscal Year of 1916 the State Received $757,325. Hartford, Conn., Sept. S.-—The re- markable increase in revenue to the state from automobiles is shown by the figures up to today. The receipt for the fiscal year of 1916 to the cl of husiness Thursday evening amount- ed to $757,325, as against $536,970 for the entire 12 months of 1915. Frederick Wetstein of the automcbile department said today that the receipts amounted to about $1,109 a day and that it is expected about $20 900 more would be received before the end of the fiscal year, indicaiing an income of $780,000. TWO RUSSIAN EXPEDITIONS MISSING IN POLAR REGIONS. They Were Sent Out by the Archangel Socicty in 1912, Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 8—~Two small Russian expeditions which have been missing /n polar reglons have been lven up as apparently lost by thre usglan government., Canada, it was announced here today, has been asked by Russia to make public the fact that these two exploration partles, sent out by the Archangel soolet vin 1912 for tho study of conditlons in the Rus- sian far north, have been missing for two years, The .expeditions were headed by K, A. Russanoff and Lieu- tenant Brusiloff. Fell From Seoond Story Window. » New Haven, Conn, Sept. 8—Clar- ‘ence qum;. calored. fell from a sec- ’gwadf:'ur qw -to . upon the 16 PAGES—120 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Condensed Telegrams en more Paterson, N. J.,, mills e meade settlements with their em- onyes. The August copper Hast Butte Copper:Co. was 1,549,120 pounds. _ “There will be no session of the Chi- cago Board of Trade Sept. 13, Frim- ary Day. Wilmington has buijlt and’ opened a city and county building . costing $1,000,000. The steamer Adriatic of the White Star Line sailed from New :York for Liverpool. roduction cf the munitions_for the Exports of war the war “totalled first two years of $604,614,028. Joseph P, Tumulty, Secretary to President Wilson, denies reports that he will resign. The Old Dominion <opper Mining & Smelting Co.'s_cutput for August was 8,600,000 pounds. There has been withdrawn from the sub-Treasury $400,000 gold coin for shipment to Spain. Philadelpl is_starting a campaign to appropriate $10,000,000 in develop- ing harbor facilities. 1,000 men have. been as strike More than signed at Chicago to act breakers in New York. The strike of 1,500 employes of the International Nickel Co. of Bayonne, N. J., has been settled. Two men were killed in a running pistol fight on Hudson Avenue and Johnson Street, Brooklyn. Three persons were injured when a ta: ab and an Ocean Avenue street car collided in Brooklyn. Ten aeroplanes were destroyed in an explosion in a German aircraft factory at Adlerhoff, near Berlin. The Grand Trunk Railroad granted an increase in wages of from 5 to § per cent to 4,500 employes. The National Association of Pur- chasing Agents will hold its conven- tion at New York Sept. 1 Hearings before the joint Congress- ional sub-committee on railroad prob- lems will begin in Washington, Nov. 20. According to the records of the state board of health there are now 563 cases of infantile paraysis in the state. I A case of infantile paralysis of the sporadic type was discovered at the Freter baby farm on the outskirts of Waterbury. d . James Thorpe Harper, who was a member of the publishing house of Harper & Brothers, left an estate of only $4,000. Stookholders of the Chase National Bank of New York ratified the in- crease of capital stock from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. Posses were rushed to Apache, Ariz, forty miles east of Douglas, in search of six bandits, who held up the Rock Island limited. Three new brigadier generals for the Marine Corps, as provided by the naval bill, have been nominated by President Wison. Elbert H. Gary of the United States Steel Corporation and Mrs. Gary were the guests of the city of Tokio at a reception and dinner. Figures given out by the British Board of Trade for August show im- ports increased $33,580,000, while ex- ports increased $76,405,000. The body of a man believed to be | Willlam W. Herman, a cigar maker of Henderson, Ky., was found in a clump of bushes at Dutch point, Hartford. John Farrow, a farm hand, who was employed _on_ the country place of Richard V. Lindabury, of New Jer- sey, was gored to death by a bull. ‘The American Commercial Commis- ston, which is in France for the pur- pose of studying industrial conditions, has arrived in Paris from Eordeaux. Telegraphers employed by the Northern Ralilroad at St. Paul were awarded increaes in pay, shorter hours and improved working condi- tions. Settlement has been effected of the strike at the Siemon Hard Rubber Company, Bridgeport, where about 150 employes have been out since Wed- mnesday. Charles Deere Wiman, the student aviator who was infured in a fall from a biplane at New York, is a Mobile millionaire. He was assistant coach of the Yale varsity crew last year. The cruiser Boston of the famous White Squadron at the battle of Ma. nila_Bay, is to be taken io the Nav. Yard within a week and sold to the highest bidder for junk. Fireman Palmer of Centralia, I, was killed and three other tr: were injured in a head-on co between two Illinois Central f trains near Effingham, 1L The cases against Frederick Cedar- holm and Harry J. Gill, charged with making speeches on public property at New Haven, without a perniit, were dismissed in the city court. Complaining of poor pay and bad working conditions, the 3,000 fish cleaners in New York City's markets are being organized by the TUnited Hebrew Trades for a strike. The British Government has decided that hereafter all mais will be car- ried over Canadian railways exclu- sively, and existing contracts with American roads will not be renewed. Secretary of War Baker directed that all organizations of the National Guard ordered from the border to their State mobilization camps be mystered out of Federal scrvice as soon as practicable. Senator Hoke Smith of Ceorgia in- troduced a resolution in the Senate to create a jolnt Congressional commis- sion of four Senators and five Repre- sentatives to visit China and investi- ate American commercinl opportund- horae and dls ot & broksn neck. .— —~ - Hughes Hammers Rdamson Law SECOND DAY OF HIS CAMFAIGN IN MAINE IS WARMLY GREETED Wildly Cheered by Audience at Ban- gor When He Told of the Exactions of the Plain People—Brass Bands, Crewds and Parades. Bangor, Me, Sept. 8.—Maine audi- ences from Lewiston to Bangor today heard Charles E. Hughes assail the administration for “surrender of force” in the enactment of the Adamson law. The nominee ended the second day! of his Maine campaign with an ad- dress in the auditorium here tonight, in which he brought his audience to its feet with prolonged applause and cheers, by a declaration that the American people would never give up government by law and reason, won at the abst of continuous. fighting. The Plain People. “Look the history of the past” he said, “and of its majestic spectacle of the people coming down the long path. Now they are defgated; now they are victorious, but still they come on, the plain people. They come slowly on, winning their way, crush- out every form of tyranny, de- g autocracy, securing the T to choose their own reprosentatives, winning representative government till here in America we have the finest ration the world has _ever government by law and rea- we give it up? Never; The ce rose, waved hundreds of small American flags, cheered and: applauded. It was two minutes before the demonstration ended. 1 11 his four addr: es today—at on, Waterville, _Pittsfield and here—the nominee magde his attack on the administration in connection with the Adamson law, one of his chief themes. Crowds turned out at each place to hear him and checred and applauded. In last speech here tonight, the nominee told his audience that he felt sure of a republican vics tory in both the state and nation. Brass Bands, Crowds, Parades. It was a_day of brass bands, rowds, parades, a torchlisht mroces- sion and, after reaching Bangor, rain. Notwithstanding the latter, white- { coated paraders tramped through the streets tonight, their torches lighted and red fire burning. Led by a b band, they were still parading through the mud an hour after the last of $he crowd which filled the auditorium had filed out and the doors had been closed. Hughes Somewhat Tired. Mr. Hughes stood the unusual strain of fast campaigning well ana tonight was feeling somewhat tired but, as he said, ‘“never better.” He s spending tonight in Bangor and will leave to- morrow for Augusta and the last day of the sta It will be the most strenuous of his tour. In his speeches today Mr. Hughes, in_addition to discust the Adamson law, outlined his on the tarifi, preparedn Americanism, efficiency of government, a world court and oth- er republican policies. He also_re- viewed record as governor of New York in conncction with labor logis- ation, declared that he was the friend of labor and wouid be the first to, gl higher wages were the demand f igher wages found to be just after an examination of the facts, but added that he would first investigate the facts. EXTENSION OF BRITISH MAIL CENSORSHIP Defended iIn fltatemenz Issued by David Lloyd George. Is Washington ,Sept. 8. tension of the British mafl censorship from its original purpose of destroying all trade to or from Germany to the flel providing data for Great Britaf for commercial 18 ions made by Da- supremacy the war secretary, before parliament, just received in full in this country. Lloyd George said: “Tt is the practice to communicate to other departments concerned any. information : ? public in- te: t which may ned through the consorship for such use to be made of it as the particular depart- ment may consider advisable. Thz government is perfectly wstmn it hts in using any information whi for omes to it in these conditions public and national purpose.” ade recently in re. sponse to qu ons by members of the house of commons, created a stir there. It apparently had been cen- any sored out of cable despatches to the ted States. When asked abont the matter tonight, Secretary Lansing 1 it had been called to the atten- on of the state department officlally but declined to make any comment at this time. 1t is understood, however, that the department will take a most serious George’s interpreation war office power and protest more vigorously than ever - against inieference with neu- tral mails on the high seas. ARRANGING FOR SPECIAL SESSICN OF LEGISLATURE. 1t is Expected That the Session Will Last Only One Day. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 8.—Governor Holcomb held a conference today with Senator Klett of New Britain, Repre- sentative Hyde and Attorney General Hinman on the arrangements for plans for legislature. The session will bo opened at 11 o'clock Tuesday. Reso- lutions will be presented and referrei to the resolution and appropriations committees, respectively. An adjourn- ment will ho then taken to 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and in the meantime the two commiitfees will hold hearings on the bills referred to them. It is ex- pected that the business of the special session will be finished in the afternoon that the session will last but one Since 1879 white illiteracy in Geer- gla bas been reduced from 27 to 7 per cent., and black from 92 to 86 per cent, >