Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 12, 1916, Page 1

cwich VOL. LVIIL.—NO. 220 POPULATION NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS p PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich 2 7Proportionnto the City’s Population S MAINE REPUBLICANS | EP THE STA S Elected a Governor, Auditor, Two United States Sena- tors and Four Congressmen WIN CONTROL OF ASSEMBLY FROM DEMOCRATS Carl E. Milliken, Republican, Defeated Gov. Oakley C. Curtis, Who Sought Reelection, by a Plurality of About 13,000 —The Closest Fight Was for Congressman From the Second District, Where Congressman Daniel J. McGilli- cuddy, Democrat, Was Defeated by Wallace H. White, Jr., by a Plurality of About 500—Vote Was Heavy and Shows That the Progressives Have Returned to the Re- publican Fold. Portland, Maine, Sept. 11. — Maine republicans, reinforced by returning progressives, won a signal victory at the state clection today. They elect- ed a governor, auditor, two _United States senators and four congressmen and wresting control of the state house of representatives from the democrats will be able on a joint ballot of the leglslature to clect the other state of- ficers not chosen by popular vote. Miiliken Led His Ticket. Carl R Milliken led his ticket, de- feating Governor Oakley C. Curtis, who sought ye-electlon, by a plurality approximately thirteen’ thousand. The republlcan drift extended to county officers, the greater number of counties choosing republican county attorneys ang sheriffs. These offices re fmportant locally becauge the hold- rs are charged with the enforcement of the prohibition law. Vote Was Heavy. The vote was heavy, as had been ex. pected, for the campaign had been waged with a determination not seen in recent years. The country was searched out for speakers of national prominence by both parties and the greater number of these battled on na- tional is The fight was particu- Jarly hot for the two United States senatorships and four places heid by Maine in the lower house at Wash- on The national defence, the tariff ind the eight hour law for rail- road men loomed large in the discus- sions. Tho progressives, who two vears ago cast 18,226 votes, returned largely to the republican party, in the opinion of republican leaders, fight For Congressman. s for c ond distr ‘hero jel J. McGillicuddy lnce FI. White, Jr., s about 500. sht w man from se Congressman Dan was defeated by W whose plurality w: Progressives Return to Republican Fold. The elec n was the mination of one of the hottest fizhts cver waged in_the state and marked the rcunion can and j whose differences in 1912 gave the of Maine to President Wilson and two yvears later rosulted n the election of Governor Oak *urtis, a democrat, by a plu 2189, ' Tonight's figures ind the larger percentaze sive vote which twa y 15,226, was cast today lican ticket. rogress that the progres- ate National Issues Kept to the Front. Throughout the campaign in which rts a great number of mgn from all p of the country, and drawn from publieans, democrat yrogressiv partic d, matio; s were kept to the front. The aroused to- er with perfect weather, brought out one of the higgest votes ever cast in the state and possibly greater than has been known before. Senators by Popular Vote. the first time the two United “or es senators were elected by popu- lar vote and the republicans made a dctermined effort to win the one seat at in Maine in the senate and the single s » housc of representatives b democrats. The democrats had claim- the state by 3,000 and the repub! g by ,000., State Legislature Republican. The the state legislature had been won by the republicans, who now control nate. The lower house is dem- tic. Barly figures showed a re- publican gain of five seats in the i e and two in the senate. Telegram to Charlas E. Hughes. Senator-elect Frederick Hale tonight eent the following telegram to Charles E. Hughes, at Plattsburgh, N. Y. “Maine today has bazed the way the rest of the country. We have two United States semators and the indications point to a eclid republican delegation in congress. The progressive party tcday supported the republican nom- inee. A reunited republican party has become a reality in Maine. The mpajen was waged and won largely on national issues and the results aro a trivmphant endorsement of your candidacy for president.” Governor Curtis, after recelving the early returns, gave out this state- ment: “From the flgures that have been given me it looks 1fke Milllken. If tho republican ticket doesm’t get 15,000, Vflson is upheld. If Milliken holds Shat ration, prohibition wins, of course.” What the Returns Show. £ ¢lected our governor, At midnight the returns for tha, ptat: lezislature were incomplete. The figures then stood: i Scaate 12 republicans; Erats; 19 seats missing. Houge, 60 republicans; 27 demorcats; §4_rents missing. The town of Gray elected a repub- lican to the state house of representa~ tives for the first time in twenty years, With forty-eight precincts out of a total of 635 missing, representing for- ly towns and a few™precincts in this no demo- indications early tonight were | city, the vote late to- night stood: Milliken Curtis 64,89 for governor in the sixteen gounties for local officers was: Fourteen re- publican county attorneys, one demo- cratlc county attorney, one county missing thirteen republicans, one democrat, one county in doubt, one county missing. LEADERS AT NATIONAL REP. HEADQUARTERS ELAT™W Declare the Result of Maine Election Shows a Reunited Party. New York, Sept. 11.—Leaders at re- publican national headquarters here tonight expressed elation over the re- sult of today's election in Maine, while those at democratic headquarters de- clined to concede any triumph to the republicans in carrying the state. Sec- retary Reynolds of the republican na- tional committee, issued a statement in which he said: “The result in Maine, the republican vote for governor, shows an absolutely reunited party. Carl E Milliken has received the votes cast for the progressive candidate two years ago together with the ‘stay-at-homes’ vote of two vears ago. “Best of all, the state has repudiated Senator Charles T. Johnson, a member of the finance commlitiee of the sen- ate, which framed the present dem- ocratic tarifr bill” Leaders at democratic headquarters, especially in lin the absence of reports from Maine state leaders ment. declired to issue a state- DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN. TAKES HOPEFUL VIEW McCormick Says Maine Election Indi cates a Sweeping Democratic Vie- tory in November. k. Sept. 11.—Chairman ¥ e democratic committes tatement: of the olection in Mafne sweeping democratic vie- tory in November. 1 have never claim- ed ‘that we would win in Maine; be- cause T realized to carry such a rock- ribbed republican stronghold in a pres- idential year would be practically im- possible.” We have materially re- duced the nsually large republican majority, always obtained on national issves in t state and that insures the election of President Wilson in November by an impressive malorit iust as a republican plurality of 12, 500 in Scotember, 1892, prefaced the electicn of Pre: ent Cleveland in N vember. “It is the first time United States senators have ever heen clected in Maine by a popular vote and the sentl- ment as to national issues is to be gauged by the vote cast upon the same issue in other years. Chairman Willcox of e republican committee telephonied from S: to republican headquarters tonizht a statement In which he said the resul of the Maine election means a reunited republican party, assuring the election of Charles E. Hughes in November. HUGHES OPENS CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK STATE Outlined His Views on American En- terprise at Dinner Given at Syracuse. Syracuse, N. Y, Sept. 11.—Charles E. Hughes came back to his home state today to campaign. He addressed two audiences here, one at the state fair grounds this afternoon, the othet at a dinner given in his honor by the Syracuse Allied clubs. Before the lat- ter he outlined his views on Ameri- can enterprise. “I hove no sympathy” he sald, “with those Who look askance upon carrying the American name and American investment to foreign lands. We should take pride I overy axten: sfon of our commerce and the enter- prise of our citizens which takes them to otker lands. So long as they peace- fully conduct thefr honest business it is the duty of the United States to Drotect the Nves and property of its zens” and Americ: international, law. S “There is no other way for Ameri- can progressive. Tt is perfectly idle to suppose that we can have an endur. ing peace, ana prosperity it we do not have an“intense patriotic sentiment dominant throughout our land, de- manding that the rights of our citi- zena heshull bo réspecteq.” nominee evinced much satis- factfon over the returns trommtil’ale Maine election. He left late tonight for Plattsburgh, where tomorrow might he will malce the last address of his present campaign trip” Bandits Fired Bullets Into Train. Laredo, Tex., Sept. 11.—Bandits fired ‘many ‘bullets Into a train on the. Na- tional- railway near Victoria, Mex., Saturday, according to passengers ar- riving here today. No one was killed, but several passengers were wounded, they said. Cabled Paragraphs British Steamer Lexie Sunk. don, Sept. 11, 416 p. m—The itish steamer Lexie is reported as sunk, says a Lloyds Shipping Agency announcement this afternoon. COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE OVER ST. LAWRENCE RIVER Eleven Lives Lost—Ninety Men Were On the Span When Began to Sway. Quebeo, Que, Sept. 11.—Eleven lives were lost and the second attempt to bridge the St. Lawrence river here resulted in a failure today when_the massive center span, weighing 5,100 tons, suddenly collapsed and fell into the river. Of the ninety men caught on the span when it began to sway all were rescued except the eleven. Only four bodies have bee nfound. The span was being ralsed from pon- toons and was about fifteen feet above the water when it gave way. The river was filled with boats and on the hills along the shore were hun- dreds of people who had come by rail and automobile to see the cumination of the mighty engineering project The big steel frame was towed to the gap which it was ected to fill. Shortly after eight o'clock the pon- toons reached the allotted place and were withdrawn by tugs, leaving the massive girder resting on hydraulic jacks, Hardly had these begun to Taise the big span when the crowds, thinking they had seen the most im- pressive ceremony of the bridge rais- ing, shouted and began to leave. Sud- denly there was a roar of breaking steel and the span dived into the water, which is 20 feet deep at this point. The ninety or more men on the span were plunged into the water. A ma- jority of these were rescued by the asure crafts. Late tonight eleve ted as dead and missing. F were much exaggeratad list of dead as eighty and or $600,0000 PROPERTY LOSS Engincer Believes the Span Which Sank Could be Raised. | | Toronto, Sept. 11.—The property losa resulting from the bricee G o Vel be approximatel 00,000, it t ed here today by George L. Evans, of |the Dominion EriGge company. The accident will delay the completion of the structure for ten months, he said. J. G. Gerry, a consulting engineer who was a member of the commission which investigated the 1907 disaster, 2id he believed that the span which sank today could be rasied. i PROBABILITY OF GREECE'S ENTRY INTO THE WAR Prominent Greek Official Says It Soon Will be a Settled Fact. Athens, Sept. 11, 6 p. m.—Via Lon- don 6:07 .m.—If the entente and an- ti-Venezilist faction can only keep quiet for ten days and not embrofl the situation, Greece's entry Into the war will be a settled fact,” said a prominent Greek official to The Associated | Press this morning. “If not,” he con- tinued, “it is the end of Greece.” King Constantine and Premier Zai- mis had a lengthy conference on the situation today. On the whole the sit- uation with regard to Greece's entry into the war on the side of the entente allies seems favorable, notwithstand- ing the arrest last Sunday and Mon- day by Anglo-French secret police of German and Austrian agents, against which Premier Zaimis vigorously pre tested and complicity by the French in the disaffection of the Eleventh Greek division at Saloniki, which profoundly shocked the Greek public and seriously endangered the success of the ntgotia- tions then in progress. The mere sug- gestion of the possibility of King Con- stantine commanding the allied armies in Macedonia, however, seems to over- ride every hesitation. The reported opposition of Russia and Italy to Creece’s co-operation in the war is actuaily much less than had been believed and the Serbs, far from objecting, are most anxious that the Grecks join the entente allies. It is generally conceded in entete circles jthat General Serrail, the French com mander, would be glad of the assist- ance of the Greek soldiers who foueht | against the Bulgars three vears ago. The only menace to the success of the negotiations lies in the Greek gov- ernment holding out too long in the hope of obtaining the concessions which were offered eighteen months ago but which no longer obtain. i Eight cla s of untrained reserv: between the ages of 33 and 40 will soon be calle dto the colors. | ts ears MAY WITHDRAW WARNING TO STAY OUT OF MEXICO. Indication is That State Department Will Take This Action. New London, Sept., i1.—An inquiry which has for its object the return to Mexico of Americans w ithproperty interests there was begun here today by the American-Mexican joint comi- mission. It was indicated that if the facts disclosed warrant if, the state department might withdraw its warn- ing that Americans stay out of the neighboring republic for the present. GERMANS SEIZE $150,000,000 PLACED IN BELGIAN BANK, Offered to Pay 5 Per Cent. and Return the Money After War. The Hague, Netherlands, via London, Sept. 11.—The Belgisch Dagblad an- nounces that the German authorities have seized $150,000,000 which had been placed in the coffers of the Belgian National bank in consequence of the suspension of the moratorium. The newspaper says the Germans have of- fered to pay 5 per cent. interest and to return the money two years after the close of the war. These included Joseph R. Wil RBaltimore, a brother, Mrs. An: ran, of Philadelphia, a daughter. Anne Cothran, 2 ghter and two { sons. : When he saes back to the mmer of health, received today notices of 14 new cases of infantile paralysis in this state for the following towns: | Wilimantic 2; Stamford 3; Haddam, st Granby, Portland, Southington { and Shelton one each: Hartfor 4 These made a total of 600 cases in A COMPULSORY RECRUITING LAW FOR CANADA Hinted at by Sir George E. Foster, Minister of Trade and Commerce. Saskatoon, ~Sask, Sept. 11—Sir George . OsteFr, Canadlan minister of trade and commerce, speaking of the war dt a meoting here today, hint- ed at the passage of a compulsory re- crulting law. “If more men are needed, and will not voluntarily go,” he added, “the lesson of Great Britain will have to be learned in Canada. Danbury~—~Plumbers are in Danbury compared to the demand for them, and a local:plumbing shop had to import two from Bridgeport and one from Waterbury. to take care-of inw- creased bushess. President Wilson in New London MRS. HOWE, HIS SISTER, YOND RECOVERY IS BE- MAY LIVE SEVERAL DAYS President’s Private Car Was Quickly Surrounded by a Crowd, who Clap- ped and Cheered—Spent Night on the Mayflower. New London, Sept. 11. — President Wilson came here today to be at the bedside of his sister, rs. Annie E. Howe. A bulletin issued tonight by Dhys ns said Mrs. Howe's condition was unchanged and that she was rest. ing comfoxably. It was generaliy understood that although she might live several days she was beyond re- covery, Spent Night on Mayflower. President Wilson remained in the hotel where Mrs. Howe is stopping ur til late tonight and then nt on board the naval yacht Mayflower, which ar- rivel here today. He will remain on board until tomorrow. Bevond that his plans are indefinite, although It i3 eected he will remain here until there is a change in Mrs. Ho s con- dition. Four Hour Rough Ride. After a four hour ride over rough roads in an antomobile from the sum- mer White House at Long Branch, N. to New York, the president board- ei a New Haven train and was brought here rapidly on a schedule| especially arpangeq by Howard EIli- ott, president of the road. At New Hnven he talked briefly with Mr. ott and shook hands with a group railroad employes, but after his al here he paid no attention to crowds. Car Quickly Surrounded. When the president’s train arrived | his private car was quickly sur- rounded by a crowd that packed the neighboring streets. though un- aware of his mi ped and cheered. sio i the people cl Margaret V son met her father at the train with an automobile. After the president hag seen his sis- | ter the threo American members of the joint commission here to discu the ~ Mexican situation—Secretary TLane, Judge George Gray and John R. Mott —called to pay their r All expressed their deep symp Mexican question was not No Inquiries About Maine The vresident made no_ inquiries about the Maine election and members | of his party hesitated to offer political news. Tor-a brief period during the ride| from New York, however, Homer Cummings, vice chairman of the dem- ocratic national committee, who had c¥pected to see him at Long Branch today, tolked with him in his priv cas Al Close Relatives in New London. Nearly all of Mrs. How relatives were here tonight in a to the president and Mr sident will travel er. White House, the pr: by sea on the Mavflo WAR OF PILLAGE AND ROBBERY IN TURKESTAN Tribesmen Aid Turks in Their Ad- vance Into Persia. Washington, 11.—A holy war decreed by the and a war of pillag Mohammedans and i by the various tribes of Turkes proved of material aid to in their advance into Persia, acco ing to despatches reaching here toda; Russian reinforcements, however, have dispelled large bands of the nomad auxiliaries of tho Turl The Turk- ish regular forces in Persia are esti- mated at only about 20,000 men. 14 NEW CASES OF PARALYSIS IN STATE lake a Total of the State. | Two in Willimantic— 600 Cases Hartford, Conn., Sept. 11.—Dr. John T. Black, secretary of the state board the state. TWO YOUNG SISTERS STRUCK BY AN AUTO Dorothy Lowden, 7, Instantly Killod— Sister Slightly Injured. Ansonia, Conn. Sept. 11.—Dorothy Lowden, 7 vears old, was instantly killed and her sister Margaret, aged 9, slightly injured tonisht when they were struck by an automobile driven by John Bozza on North Main streef The girls were behind a trolley cas and did not see the approaching au- tomobile. Bozza was arrested and held without bonds for a hearing. HALF MILLION LIABILITIES WITH NO ASSETS Max Frisch and Lilly Frisch of Lynn File Bankrupt Petitions. Boston, Sept. 11—Max Frisch, of Lynn, a contractor, fled a voluntary petition in bankruptoy in the federal | lines. vouble That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circuiation is the Largest in Connecticut in New York Surface Gar Strike Serious TRANSIT AT A STANDSTILL MANHATTAN IN 6,000 POLICE ON DUTY Violence Occurred at Several Points Yesterday — Subway and Elevated Trains Were Overcrowded—Labor Leaders Seeking Sympathic Strike. New York, Sept. 11.—With car transit virtually at a_standstill in VI tan, the Bronx, Yonkers and of Westchester czunty, and with ay and elevated facilities affected more than at any time since the Inter- borough Papid Transit strike was call- ed last Thursday, the traction situation ‘ew York tenight assumed a more serious aspect Labor leaders held conferences dur- ing the day on the question of seeking a @ympathetic strike among various crafts which, if successful, would call 0,000 men in the metropolitah at it was admitted that né definite action could be expected for at least o week. The firkt demonstration of a sympathetic strike came today Wwhen union teamsters employed by two brickmaking concerns quit their posts ther than hau! sand to the New York Railways company power houses. A Sympathetic Strike Predictod. surface Hugh Fraync, an zer of the American Fede Labor, tonight predicted apathetic strike vould be a_week among several tr ted twith the operation of t 1 lines, num- bering approximately 79,000 mer. These woild include longshéremen, power ters and tion- house employes, to ary engineers and firemen, he asserted. Action by international officers of these orsanizations wouid be recessary fore a strike could e said. Strikers Want to Parade. will ask Mayor Mitchel o conduct a parade, to followed by a mass meeting, Wed- nnounced. It 1s planned a huge Igbor demon- d, and the principal Mr. be called, be nes to stration, it is line of march would be up Fifth a nue. Violence =t Several Points. Violence in h the strike occurr: and one serious 1 up_only by vigorol art of the police occurred whe cobblestanes on the t surface car. Stones W at the car undl all its smashed and parts-of demolished. ~A- stunned when pied | then hurled } ndows were by the rash to get off the car. The strikers Jifted the motorman and con- ductor to their shoulders and started to their hall with them, but policemen rescued the men and they ran the car | into the barn: were frequent, | but fo one seriously injured in | the disorders ti lice reports sa Traveling Public The traveling inconvenien roughout the city, po Inconvenienced. public suffered more today than at ai since the strike started. Wi face trafic virtually p throngs sought tie subw forms were packed. fainted in the erush and a few per- knocked down in the sera t aboard trains, already jam- The commis ings n continued its hear- on the strike today, listening to testimony by William B Fitzgerald, an izer of the AmalZamated Associa- ( tion of Street and Biectric Railway | who is in charge of the| by strikebreakers and 6000 Policemen on Strike Duty. rly €,000 policemen, according to lice department, ke duty. The men ¢ withdrawn from suburban precincts nd from departmental und fixed po: Traffic police have virtually dis- appeared and much congestion occurs ai_busy points. Union leade declared efforts ar now being made to induce the Brothe hood of Locomotive Engineers to call a strike among its members employed 2s motormen on subway and elevated POLICE DOING DUTY ON ROOFS OF HOUSES One Train Fired Upon and Several Others Stoned. New York, Sept. 11.—Policemen were rushed to Harlem at midnight for duty on the roofs of houses along the Third Avenue elevated structure after one train had been fired upon and several others bombarded with bricks and bottles. It is not believed any of the bullets struck the train. A woman and a man on another train suffered wounds in the head from bricks hurled through the windows. Several windows In trains were smashed. ITALIAN DREADNOUGHT BLEW UP IN HARBOR OF TARANTO Twenty-cne Officers ~and 227 Men Perished in the Fire and Explosion Rome, Sept. 11, 12.55 a. m.—A to- tal of 243 lives were lost when the italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vin- <ci caught fire and blew up in the har- bor of Taranto, Italy, on Aug. 2, says an official admiralty ‘statement today. “Twenty-one officers and 227 men perished in the fire and explosion on board the warship Leonardo da Vinci on Aug. 2,” the statement reads. “The first speedy investigation established court today, showing liabilities of $296,286 and no assets, Lilly Frisch, Wwho' gave the same address as Max Frisch, also filed a voluntary petitlon in which it was stated that her Nabil- ities wers $268,175, with no assets. OBITUARY Rear Admiral Geo. E. Hendes, U. S. N. Brookline, Mass,, Sept. 11.—Rear Ad- miral George E. Hendes, U. 8. N., (re- tired), died at his home here lost night. He was born In Boston 76 yéars.ago and was retired in 1902 after more than 40 years' continuous service in the pay- master’s division of the navy depart- ment. Ho took part fa many maval engagements during the Civil war that the disaster was not due to faul- ty ammunition nor to a criminal cause from without the ship. The minister of marine, however, nominated a su- perior committee of inquiry with the fullest powers, presided over by Ad- miral ewaro, to determine whether the accident had any connection with Condensed Telegrams New York milk d strike. ers threaten to Detroit has a population of 820,778, according to the city directory. The value of enemy ships scized in Greek ports is 10,000,000 rcubles. The American liner Philadelphia sailed for Liverpool from New York. Thirty-eight soup kitchens for small children will be opened in Berlin Oct. 3% Baron de Royer de Fraula, president of the Belgian Red Cross in Holland, is dead. Gold coin to the amount of $200,000 was withdrawn from the sub-Treasury for shipment to Cuba. Augusta Teury, of Cleveland, was! killed Dby electricity while using an eleetrie iron in her home. The three-day carnival of the Far Rockaway Mardi Gras Association will be held October 3, 4 and 5. Edward J. DeCoppet, stock broker, who died on April 30, Iast, left an es- tate appraised at $1,561,246. The American Red Cross shipped 4,195 cases of relief supplies to foreisn countries at war in August. Dr. Rudolph H. Ezdarf, surgeon in charge of the United States Marine Hospital at New Orlean, La., is dead. Fire destroyed all the buildings in Paragon Park, the large summer amusement resort at Nantasket Beach. Seventy per cent of the students en- rolled for the military training at Plattsburg were inoculated against ty- phoid. Samuel Hill of Seattle returned to New York on the American liner St. Louis, after attending a conference on relief work in Belgium. The Birmingham, Ala, bakers' as- sociation announced _that, beginning today, 10 cents would be the price of a 20-ounce loaf of bregd. Fire destroyed the plant of the Hy- drocarbon Products Co. at Lorillard, two miles from Keansburg, N. J. The loss is in excess of $50,000. the amount of nada was the French gold coin $2.800,000 received Two hundred and twenty-nine firms are hoiding 5,000,000 cases of cggs in cold_storage, according to reports to the Department ¢ culture. Scnator Henry Cabot Lodgs, speak- s at Lowell, Mass, criticized Presi- dent Wilson's foreign policy and at- tacked the Adamson Eight-Hour hill. Gen, Luis Botha, Premier of the | South” African Union, announced that an arrangement had been made to {send 10,000 natives to France for dock ila\)ar. According to a statement issued by lthe Interstate Commerce Commission, 96 railroads, operating 110,388 miles during July show a gross earning of $177,526,651. A Federal investigation of the Na. tional Association of Master Bakers' plan to make the price of small lcaves of bread 6 cents instead of five cents was started. Felix Coleman, colored, was arrest- ed at Berlin, Conn., last night, charged with the murder of W on Jaclk- son, colored, at Haverstraw, N. Y., Aug. 28 last. Ebenezer J. Hill of Norwalk, repre- sentative from the Fourth Connecti- cut district, was renominated by accla- mation by the Republican conven at Bridgeport. Dr. Herman M. Biggs, State Commis- sioner of Health, will leave for Ro- chester today, to undergo operation for cancer of the stomach by the famous Mayo brothers. Patrolman Thomas Shields, of Prooklyn, was badly injured when he fell into a pit in the New York Rail- ways Co. barns at 50th Street and Seventh Avenue. John Herrick, charged with the mur- der of Mrs. Michael Leary of Worcester while she was a guest at his home at Gloucester, Mass, on September 3, pleaded not suil The Government of Panama has ord- ered the deportation of B. Priam, whom the British Minister accuses of sclicit- ing funds in Panama to foment a rev- olution in India. William Fogarty, of the team of Fogarty and Kirk, was stantly killed by failing from his room on the seventh floor of the Somerset Hotel in New York. Lieut. Louis A . Merrillat, formerly star Army athlete, arrived at West Point from the Mexican border to take up his duties as one of the coaches of the Army football team. Guy Walker was killed by .an elec- trical shock while measuring oil In a tank car in the freizht yards of the New York, Westchester & Boston Rail- road Co. at White Plains, N. Y. The executive committee of the Dairymen’s League, the organization of New York and New Jersey, adopted a schedule which increases the whole- sale price of milk nearly a cent a quart. The hospital ship Solace arrived at the Washington navy yard with the bodies of nine of the victims of the armored cruiser Memphis, which was 'wrecked tn Santo Domingo harbor by a tropical storm. After evading capture for nearly two months, ~George B. Thompson, who is wanted in Camden, N. J., in connection with the murder of ~his jailer, Isaae Hibbs, July 17, was ar- Tested in a lodging house at Boston. After a chase in a motor boat in Buffalo harbor, United States Tnspect- or Samuel D. Doods and an aid arrest- incidents of a criminal nature which occurred in the country recently apart from the navy. “Another technical committee will consider the best means of refloating and repairing the warship. —_— Miss Alice S. Coleman makes $300,- 000 worth of artificial fiies a vear. She 'has been in business as a professional flymaker for more tHan ten years. ed Willlam Riley and Andrew Thomp- son on a charge of attempting to smuggle Chinese into the Tnited States from Canada. e N RS Ministerial Crisis in Greece. London, Sept. 12, 2.02 a. m.—A Reu- ter despatch from Athens says a min- isterial crisis is eminent. Premier Zajmis, the despatch adds, is believed %o have tendered his resignation. Counter Attacks by ure of Russian Attacks in For the first time in many day Monday proved a day without spec- tacular feature in some of the various war theatres. On none of the fronts was a crushing blow delivered by any of the belligerents, and none of the war chancelléries reported any great gain by their armies in the field. Probably the most Significant move wgs that of the British in the Struma region of the Greek Macedonian front. Here the British after hard fighting threw thefr forces across the Struma at Neohori (Neochari) at the Southern end of Lake Tahinos (Lake Takinos) which lies between Sefes and Orfano, and at several other places near the lake. In addition four villages were captured and held despite heavy counter-attacks by the Teutonic allies. ‘Whether this offensive by the Brit- ish means the commencement of an at- tempt at a drive through Bulgaria or is merely a manoeuvie to throw the British line nearer Kavala, has not yet been made apparent. From the west of the Vardar river to Lake Doiran the French are violently bombarding Bul- rian positions and on the front held v the Serbians the PBulgarians have been compelled to withdraw.. In the Rumanian theatre the Austri- BRITISH ACTIVE IN GREEK MACEDONIA Four Villages Were Captured and Held Despite Heavy the Teutonic Allies THREW FORCES ACROSS STRUMA AT NEOHCRI Whether this Offensive by the British Means an Attempt to Drive Through Bulgaria or is Merely a Manoeuvre to Throw the British Line Nearer Kavala is Conjectural— In the Maros and Toplitza Valleys the Austrians Are Re- treating Before the Rumanians—Berlin Reports the Fail- Galicia—None of Belligerents Report Any Great Gain by Their Armies in the Field. and in the Maros and Toplitza valleys, ans i nthe Maros and Toplitza valleys, while south of Hermanstaadt the Ru- manians have occupied the village of Helimbar _Vienna admits a further withdrawal of the Austrian forces near Gyergyo. Heavy fighting continues in Dobrud- ja and there have been small infantry engagements along the entire Danube front. On’ the eastern front, according to Berlin, Russian attacks along the Stok- hod river northwest of Kovel and in Galicia between the Dniester and the Zlota Lipa rivers, with Halicz the ob- jective, failed with sanguinary losses to the Russians. On the Somme front in France, in the sectors of Berny en Santerre, Ver= mandovillers and Chaulnes, violent ar- itllery duels between the French and Germans took place and German coun- ter-attacks were repulsed. The fierce fighting in Turkish Ar- menia_contindes near Ognott, with the tide of battle still favoring the Russians, according to Petrograd. In Persia the Russians have occupied the town of Bana, near Sakkiz. The usual bombardments, and small infantry engagements have taken place on the Austro-Italian front. WOMAN’S TRANSCONTINENTAL SUFFRAGE SPECIAL TRAIN To Make Tour in the Interests of Hughes and Fairbanks. Chicago, Sept. 11.—Word was receiv- ed here today that the foman's trans- continental suffrae special train car- rying a score or more of well known women speakers, which Is to make a coast to coast tour of the country in the interest of Hughes and Fairbanks will arrive in Chicago from New York October 6 and leave that night for the west. Charles W. Fairbanks, republican candidate for vice presidént opencd his speaking campaign today at Spring- fleld, Mo, and will go from there to Oklchoma City where he speaks to- morrow. b Harriet E. Vittum, in charge of the Woman's vote bureau at west- ern republican headquarters, held a lonz conference with Miss Grimes of New York today who is directing the woman’s work of the National Hughes Alliance. 22D BIENNIAL STATE FRENCH CONVENTION Opened in New Britain Yesterday With a Strest Parade. New Britain, Conn., Sept. 11.—The 22d biennial state French convention opened in this city with a street pa- rade at 9 o'elock today. Following the parade, a solemn high mass was cele- brated at St. Peter's church. The con- vention proper opened at 2 o'clock this afternoon in St. Jean Baptiste hall With President Alcide Dery of the state organization in charge. Mayor George A. Quigley and Gov. Marcus M. Hol- com werc to address the assemblage. A banquet will be served at the Hotel Belcin this evening at $ o'clock. To- morrow morning a mass will be said at St. Peter's. The finai business ses- sion will be held later. ANNUAL RIFLE MATCHES NOT TO BE HELD Because Most of Regulars and Guards- men Are at the Border. Washington, Sept. 11.—The annual rifie matches at the Florida state range, in which teams from the arm: navy, marine corps, national guards and various military academles usual- ly participate, probably will not be held this year because of the presence of virtually all of the army regulars and national guardsmen at the border and in Mexico. While the war depa=. ment has reached no final decision, officiais said today there was little likelihood that any troop units would be authorized to attend. The matches had Leen set for Oct. 20. About a reg- iment of soldiers are needed to man the range and act as scorers. ENORMOUS INCREASE IN OCEAN FREIGHT RATES To Be Subject of Inquiry by Interna- tional institute of Agriculture. ‘Washington, Sept. 11.—Enormous in- creases in ocean freight rates are to be the subject of inquiry by the interna- tional institute of agriculture meetfig at Rome, Italy. The state department was informed today that David Lubin, the American delegate, who will sail Sept. 15 for Rome, will stop at London to secure information there regarding marine rates. Prica of Petroleum Reduced. New Yoidi, Sept. 11.—The Stindard Qil company of New York today Ye- duced the price of refined petroleum for export 25 points, making ecases 10.75 cents per gallon, tanks 4.50 cents and standard white in barrels, New Vork and Philadelphia, 8.35 cents. EXTENT OF CONTROL BY DE FACTO GOVERNMENT Was Studied by the American-Mexican Joint Commission Yesterday. New London, Conn., Sept. 11.—With the border situation set aside tempo-| rarily the American-Mexican Jolnt{ commission devoted itself today to de- | termining the extent of the control ex- ercised in Mexico by the de facto gov- ernment, the information being sup- Plied by the Mexican commissioners at ihe request o ftheir American con- ferees It was stated informally that upon the showing made by the Car-! ranza government rested the possibili- ty that the Washington government would revoke warning to Americans to stay out of Mexico and would en- coursge their return to their properties there It was explained that the question of transportation was vital to any re~ sumption of industry in Mexico and to show present conditions the Mexican ! commissioners presented figures from | which the following conclusion was drawn in a formal statement issued to- night by Secretary Lane: “The date presented Ly the Mexican | commissioners indicates that the ‘ov-‘ ernment roads are now being operated with a large degree of regularity and | that the roads owned by private com- | panies are being turned over to these companies, the only exceptions at the | present time being line in_the federal ! district,one in the state of Hidalgo and | the United Railways of Yucatan.” FIRE IN EXCELSIOR ON STEAMER BEAVER | Flames Smothered Under Hatches ag. Ship Raced Back to Port. e San Francisco, Calif.,, Sept. 11.—Fre | broke out in a shipment of excelsior | in the after-cargo hold of the steamer | Beaver, bound from Portland to San | iFrancisco, when off the Mendocino | coast early 'Tuesday and was smoth. ered under battened hatches while the vessel raced to_ this port. When the hold was opened at the dock thir- teen hours later, smoke poured out and four sailors were overcome by smoke while trying to reach the blaze. Tonight the flames were under con=- trol. Officials of the San Francisco and Portland Steamship company, owners of the vessel, said the loss might reach $5,000 and was confined | to_that. | There was no panic among the 168 | ‘passengers. i | POTATO BLIGHT HAS MADE { ITS APPEARANCE IN IRELAND. | 270 Sub-Districts of the Country Are | Affected by It. Dublin, Ircland, Sept. 11—Potato | blight has made its appearance in Ire- land. Two hundred and sevénty sub- distriets of the country are said to be affected by it. This year preventive spraying materials are more costly than usual ana less easily procured, and ihis, together with wet weather during July, is believed to have ac- counted for the rapid spread of the disease. The congested districts board has distributed 500 spraying machines to the people of the western districts and it is hoped the disease will soon be checked. Movements of Steamships. New York, Sept. 1l.—Arrived: Steamer Antonio Lopez, Barcelona. | London, Sept. 19.—Arrived: Steamer | Alaunia, New York. Liverpool, Sept. 10. — Arrived: Steamer New York, New. York. Oran, Sept. 8.—Sailed: Steamer Pa- tria (from Naples) for New York. Christiansand, Sept. 9, — i Steamer Oscar II (from Copenhagen) New York. e v Liverpool, Sept. 9.—Sailed: ‘Tuscania, New York.