Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 13, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVilL—NO. 221 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1916 TEN PAGI ES—78 COLUMNS The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double The. of FRENCH SMASHING THE GERMAN LINE Capture Front Line and Other Trenches and Take 1,500 Prisoners North of the Somme GERMANS UNABLE TO STAY VICIOUS THRUST French Took Three and Three-Quarters Miles of First Line Trenches—Later East and Southeast of Combles They Seized Additional Trenches Along the Bethune-Peronne Road—Bulgarians Are Falling Back Before the British and French—Bulgarians Are Said to Have Evacuated| Kavala—DBerlin Reports Further Progress for the Ger- man and Bulgarian Forces in the Dobrudja Region of Eastern Rumania—Repulse of Russian Attacks in East Galicia and on the Lower Stokhod River Are Claimed by Berlin. Resuming their offense to the north of Somme river in France, the French forces have again smashed the German line, captured front line and other trenches and taken about 1,500 prisoners. The new attacks, coming after sev- days of comparative calm in the on where for weeks past violent lghting had been in progress, were made on the front of the town of Com- bles to the river. So viclouely was the thrust of the French that it required only half an hour for them to over- come the resistance of the Germans and make themselves master of three and three-quarters miles of first line trenches. Later east and southeast of Combles they_selzed addigional trenches along the Berhune-Peronne rcad, which leads from Peronne northward through Ba- paume and Arras to Pethune, placing o ecerious impediment in the way of the Germans for the movement of their transports from the north of Peronne d making the French positi of Peronne seemingly a_menacing one. Cn the British ond of the frént and on the remainder of the line held by the French only mutual bombaraments ook place. Al along the Macedonian )nt the heavy offensiva of the entento liies continues. Fulgarian trenches ¥ n a front of two miles and to a depth 5t cight hundred yards are reported by Parls 1o have heen csptured by the “ronch west of the Vardar river, near Majadagh, which lies about four miles south of the town of Glevgeli. On the Struma front the British, aided by the French, have made additional gains east of the river in the Lake Takinos region. The army of the Teutonic allies 15 declared to have suffered heavy casualties in the latter engage- ment. Unofficial reports are to the effect that the Bulgarians have evacuated the forts at Xavala, on the Acgean sca. which they captured in August. While the presence of entente ailied warships off the town is given as the reason for the withdrawal, it is not improbable that the menace of the new drive of the British ard French along- the Struma front may have been part- ly_responsible for it. Beriin reports farther progress for the German and Buigarian forces un- der command of Fleld Marshal von Mackensen in the Dobrudja region of eastern Rumania. Attacks by the Russians in East Galicia and on the lower Stokhod river in Russia hove been Tepulsed by the justro-German forces, according to Bérlin and Vienna. Potfograd re- ports that in the Carpathians the Rus- ans have captured several additional etrategis positions, but Vienna denles the assertion and declares that all at- tacks there wi repulsed. The usual hombardments and small skirmishes continue in the Austro- Italian theatre. The Turks nad Ruse sians are still at grips in Asiatic Tur- key, with both sides claiming successes. FRESIDENT EXCHANGED CALLS WITH MEXICAN COMMISSIONERS Discussed Future Relations Between the United States and Mexico. ew_London, Conn., Sept. 12.—Pres- dent Wilson lent his personal pres- ence today to aid the American-Meri- can joint commission in seeking a per. manent foundation of sympathy and understanding on which may rest the future relations of the United States and Mexico. Putting aslde for an hour his own cares and his vigil at the bedside of his sister, who is dving here, Mr, Wil- son exchanged calls with General Car- ranza's represcntative: It was the first time the executive had dealt per- sonally with a representative of the Mexican de facte government and the significance of this fact was not lost on _the commisstoners. For the first time also representa- tives of General Carranza received di- rectly from the man in whose hands perhaps lles the fate of their country his statement of sympathy with the aims of the revolution which has torn Mexico. The regeneration of the striclen na- tion must come from within, Mr. Wil- son said; and, in answer for his col- leagues and himself, Luis Cabrera, Carranza’s minister of finance and chairman of the Mexican delegation, asserted that his country was strug- gling toward the light of free and demoeratic government. Mr. Wilson laid great stress, it was learned, on the point as to the present conference upon which both Secretary Lensing and Secretary Lane centered thefr remarks at the first meeting of the commission in New York, the pro- tection of American lives and proper- ty in Mexico. The president sald he hoped the commission would be successful in finding a solution for its problems which would insure the security of Americans, not only along the border, but in any part of Mexico. UNITED FRENCH SOCIETIES MEET NEXT IN WILLIMANTIC Alexis Caisse of Willimantic Elected President in Session at New Britain New Britain, Conn., Sept. 12—The United French societies of Connecti- cut at their biennial convention here zodfi elected the following officers: President, Alexis Caisse, Willimantic; secrotary, Alphonse Chagnon, Willi- mantic; treasurer, Plerre Boulaine, of Danfelson. The next convention will be held at Willimanti ARRESTED FOR FORGERY AMOUNTING TO $3,500 Danfel Levey, Owner of Race Horses, Had Been Tralled for 18 Months. Pittsfield, Bept. 12—Daniel Lovey: ailan B 3. Crat ot Now Fori owner of race horses, was arrested to- day for the Pittsburgh, Pa., police on [ mufl forgery amounting to $3,- 500 _Adai forgery chagges total 14,000. Detectives have been trailing for 18 months, Rev. Arthhr Hartwell, of Je ica, Vt., 46 y:n old, xwr of the Con- in the Merey bTfla? Mase., a3 a résuft-of poison, self-ad | Declares JAPAN EXPLAINS ITS DEMANDS UPON CHINA the Root-Takahira Agree- ment Has Not Been Impaired. Washington, Sept. 12.—Ambassador Guthrie at Tokio cabled the state de- partment today that the Japanese for- eign minister had informed him there was nothing in Japan's demands upon China in connection with the Cheng- hiatun incident that infringed the sovereignty of China or mpared the Root-Takahira agreement. In making public the report, the de- partment revealed the fact that the ambassador had been instructed to advise the foreign office that the re- port of the demands published in this country “had greatly disturbed the American government, which trusted that it was not true. PROHIBITION PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE TO VISIT STATE Plainfield and Willimantic Among the Towns on Schedule. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 12.—Word was received at the headquarters of the prohibition state central commit- tee today that Frank J. Hanly, the party’s presidential candidate will swing through Connecticut on Saturs day, October 28. Leaving Attleboro and Providence, the special train will make stops at Plainfield, Willimantic, Manchester, Hartford, New Britain, Meridan, New Haven, Bridgeport, Nor. walk and Stamford. ~On the train al- so will be members of the Hanly par- ty who are touring the country in be- half of the party ticket. NO FIXED POLICY FOR RECALL OF GUARDSMEN They Are to be Brought Home Soon as They Can be Spared. Washington, Sept. 12—To set at rest rumors that various units of the national guard soon were to be with- drawn from the border, Secretary Ba- ker reiterated today that there was no fixed policy regarding the mainte- nance of the state troops there and that the length of their stay depended on the status of the border situation. He sald they would be brought home as soon as they could be spared with- out increasing the danger to life and property in the border section. SALARY INCREASE FOR RURAL MAIL CARRIERS Will Be Applied to the Fiscal Year of 1918, Washington, Sept. 12—Salary in- creascs for rural mail carriers, pro- vided for under the last oost ofiice bill, will be applied to the fical year of 1815, Postmaster-General Burleson obtained authorization from the comptroller of the treasury today for use of the un- expended balance of the 1915 appro- priation as back-pay to carriers to make up the difference between the new scale and the one then effective B ] Three Killed in Powder Explosion. Fair Chance, Pa., Sept. 12~—The press mill of the nt Powder com- pany's plant at Olighant, near here, ‘blew up this aftermson. Oauly a hus at work in the mill. - e Any Gther Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City's Population Cabled Paragraphs Four of Crew of Norwegian Steamer * Missing. Penzance, England, Sept. 12, 9.28 p. m.—The Norwegian steamer Polynesia has been sunk and the captain and 23 men of her crew landed here. Four other members of the crew are miss- Spanish Steamer Sunk—Crew Saved London, Sept. 12, 928 p. m—The sinking of the Spanish steamer Luis Vives is announced by Lioyds Ship- ping Agency. Her crew was saved by the Dutch steamer Krakatau, of Amsterdam. Lloyds also reports’' the sinking of the Norwegian steamers Furu, of 2,029 gross tons, of Bergen, and Fredavore, of 1618 gross tons, of Farsund. RESULTS OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN VARIOUS STATES Former Governor Blease of Carolina Defeated. South Columbia, S. C, Sept. 12.—Nearly complete returns tonight from South Carolina’s “run-off” democratic pri- mary indicated that Governor Richas 1. Manning was renominated over for- mer Governor Cule L. Blease hy a majority estimated at between 8,000 and 7,000 votes. With about 129,000 votes reported out of a registration of 150,000, Manning had 67,467 and Blease 62,390. Result in Vermont. Burlington, Vt, Sept. 12—The re- turn of Carroll S, Page to the United States senate was indicated tonight when returns from about 40 per cent. of the voting precincts of the state gave the Vermont eerator a vote con- siderably larger than the combined to- tals of his two opponents, Governor Charles W. Gates of Franklin and for- mer Governor Allen M. Fletcher of Cavendish. The figures were T.767; Fletcher, 2,153; Gates, 2, Georgia’s Statewide Democratic Pri- mary. Atlanta, Ga.. Sept, 12, from the ‘statewide democratic primary in Georgia today showed Hugh 0. Dorsey, the prosecutor in tho Leo M. Frank case, far ahead of his three op- ponents in the race for the gubernato- rial nomination. —Early returns Florida Prohibitionists Endorse Demo- crats. Jacksonville, ., Sept. democratis nominees for congressional and e offices, with the exception of Representative Clark of the Third dis trict, and the i or chief jus tice, were endorsed today by the Flori- da state prohibition convention. 12.—A11 Early Returns from Colorado Primary. Denver, Col,, Sept. 1 Sarly scat- tering returns from Colorado’s prim- ary eclection today show Samuel D, Nicholson of Leadville leading Gov érnor George A. Carlson for the repub- lican nomination in Denver, while the goverror is running stronger. out the state. HUGHES' LAST SPEECH OF FIRST CAMPAIGN TRIP. Tells Audience He Comes as Spokes- man of a Reunited Republican Party. lattsburgh, N. Y., Sept. 12.—Charles E. Hughe the last ;speech of his first presidential campaign trip, as. serted here tonight before a crowd that filled the opera house t the result in Maine had proved the re- publican par s reunited. He de- clared the pas would not “change its plans or aims.” Persons in the audience took the reference to apply methods pursued to present campaign and nominee vigorous! come to yor Mr. Hughes said, s spokesman of a reunited repub- lican party. We have said it was re- united, we have devoutly hoped it was reunited. _ Now proves it is re- united. Whoever was skeptical that before must hi cynicism now. We shail abandon no efforts. We shall not change our plans or aims, but we shall go forward with renew- ed confidence because the old state in the northeast corner has spoken no_uncertain voice. Mr. Hughes assailed the Wilson ad- stration for failure to reduce the cost of living, for extravagance, for failure to protect American lives and rights abroad and for failure to “live up to its promise to observe tho merit system.” The nominee em. phasized previous declarations that the campaign was a “good natured® one. He delighted, he said, to call his political opponents his “friends on the ‘other side.” A delegation of former progressives, headed by Willlam E. Howell, chair- man of the progressive county com- mittee, and a number of suffragettes occupied seats on the platform. Mr. Hughes left Plattsburg tonight for New York. He will remain there until tomorrow afternoon, when he will %o to his summer home at Bridgehampton, L. I, there to remain until September 17 or 18, when he starts on his second campaiga trip. HUNGARY TO HAVE COALITION GOVERNMENT Agreement Reached on Cabinet—Pre- mier Tisza to Remain. London, Sept. 12—Reports from Budapest indicate that an agreement has been reached between the gov- ernment and the opposition for the formation of a_ coalition cabinet for Hungary, according to a Reuter dis- patch from Zurich. The groups of Count Apponyl and Count Andrassy, the reports state, no longer insist upon the retirement of Premier Tisza, the demang for which has hitherto con- stituted the chief obstable to a set- tlement. The party of Count Karoyli will not join the coalition, but does not oppose the profect for such a government, it is declared. FAIRBANKS SUFFERS ATTACK OF INDIGESTION ‘While Addressing a Large Audience at Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept. 12—+ Charles W. Fairbanks, republican vice presidentj®l candldate, suffered an at- tack of indigestion tonight while ad- dresging a large audience at the audi- torium. For a time it was thought he ad been stricken with serious illness. ‘was comr:lltd to quit speaking for minutes and during the inter- val many people left the bullding. Aft. man foot' was found of tie three menm er his recovery ip an ante-room, Mr. - Fairbanks finishel bis_speech. | _ great chief of records. - Legalized Vote | For Border Militia ACTION AT SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY $100,000 FOR FAMILIES Mileage Bill Called for $5,587.50—For Expenses Incident to the Session $10,000 Additional Was Voted—Ad- journed at 5 p. m. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 12—The gen- eral assembly, in the first special ses. sion since the days of Governor Buck. ingham in 1864, today passed legisla- tion of an emergency character which specifically provides that Conneeticut national guardsmen who are in feder al service on the Mexican border may, if they are qualified electors, vote at the November election, not only federal officers, but for state officers. Thelr votes will be collected by two commissioners to be appointed by Governor Mareus H. Holcomb. $100,000 For Relief of Dependents. Another measure appropriated $100, 000 for relief of the dependents of the militiamen, should such aid be applied for, the towns and cities to make dis- bursements under proper safeguards and the state comptroller to reimburse for such relief funds. Legislators Put in a Long Day. These two measures were the prin- cipal items of business, although some time was required to set lekislative machinery in motion, to provide for engrossment of bills, to authorize pay- ment of mileage for members, chap- ains, doorkeepers and messengers, this in lieu of all other compensation d legislative expenses. According- ly the legislators put in a long day day final adjournment under direc- tion of Secretary of State Burnes not g until after § o’clock. or Holcomb personally ap- d read his message, upon which was based the emergency ses- sion. During the day the governor received a telegram from Coneress- man B. J. Hill to the effect that a review of troops would be held on October by the president at Wash- ington In esplanation of the “votes for soldier=" bill, Representative Peaswy ‘heshire in the house ventured the jon that the law ht be actual- ¢ operative, as Connecticut organiza- tions may have returned home hy elec- tion day. Bills Wero Debated. The bills which were passed today e sul to some debate in comi- mittee in both branches, but they wcre afopted as recommended by the com mittees. Tho morning session was ro essed at noen until late in the afternoon. the inte Teing embraced by - bers for renewinz acauatntance $5,587.50 For Mileage. The mileage bill called for whiln h00 additional was voted fo ncident to the sesgion. The riection to the =votes for sol- ,587. rmington, who argued that iue tutionality might te the legislature was providing that the soldiers might vote for stato officers. This objection was met by o paragraph put into the bill providing that if any vote for a can- didate sheu'd be thrown out, votes for other To the principle of the bill there was nn cohjecticn, either in the committee stage or when it was put upon its passage. The democrats, In caucns, had \oted to support tne bill and also to make uo a list of five names from or might select a sioner. ion of the relief bill 'n the e stage, those who favored it cemmit asked that it Le so worded that the ing of relief would be distinctly an act of the state’s recognmition of tho services of the soldiers and not an offering of chari Representative Eaton of North Haven said that while $100,000 was appropriated, it was o likely that $50,000 would cover relief disbursements. If more than $100,000 was needed, the Board of Control could increase the amount. A Mirthful Closing. The final adjournment was preceded Dby votes of thanks to presiding offi- cers and clerks; the singing of songs and remarks by had acquired reputations as story tell or wits at the 1915 session. COASTWISE LINES WANT SAME PRIVILEGES AS RAILROADS If the Latter Are Permitted to Put in Effect Higher Tariffs. New York, Sept. 12.—Withdrawal of the coastwise lines fro mcompetition or permission to increase their rates would be the only alternatives if the New Haven and the Boston and Al- bany Railroads are permitted to put in effect higher tariffs in place of ex- isting proportional and_ trans-ship- ment rates, according to W. P. Lewis, general freight agent of the Clyde and Mallory lines. Testifying here today at the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion investigation into the proposed changes, Mr. Levis sald an increase by the railroads would mean an in- crease all along the line. “We have never considered the con- ditlons imposed by the trunk lines up- on us were equitable as to rates,” he said, “and they were arranged in spite of our protests! Raflroad officials at the hearing ad- mitted that the expenses of the At- lantic Coast steamship lines had risen in proportion to their own, but they claimed the issue was not the insuf- ficent rates of the steamship lines, but only of the raflroads. ORDER OF RED MEN NOT TO MEET NEXT YEAR In Order That Larger Appropriations May be Made Among States. Wildwood, N. .J, Sept. 12—The great council of the United States. Im- proved Order of Red Men, at jts ses- sion today decided not to meet next year in order that larger appropria- tions might be made among various: states. The 1918 meeting will be held in Hot Springs, Ark. V. A. G. Ruther- ford of Tennesseo, was elected sreat junior sagamore in a spirited coptest with_four other candldates. 1som Brookes of Illinois - was « re-elected for | bill was offered by Mr. Hewes | pdidates shall not be affected. | several members who | Confessed Murder of a Year Ago STRANGLED A NEW YORK WIDOW AND STOLE $28,000. WRONG MAN CONVICTED Arthur Waltonen, Self Confessed Mur- | of Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols, in a Barber Shop derer Recognized in Waukegan, lil. Ironwood, Mich, Sept. 12.—Arthur ‘Waltonen, alias John Lind, a | was arrested here today for the murd or of M Elizabeth Nichols, a York widow, who was strangled to death in her home and money and jew- elry to the value of $08,000 stolen. A | “e¥vant in the house was sentenced to be electrocuted for the crime. Wal- \cnen is said to have confessed by the police. Strangled the Woman. The night of September 7, 1915, ac- cording to the confession Waltonen is said to have made to the police, he and three other men entered the house of Mrs. Nichols, through the aid of one of her servants. Onni Talas strangled the woman and made away with jewelry and money, according to the confession. The men escaped and police suspicion rested on the servant. Talas was fin- ally arrested and strong circumstantial evidence led to his sentence to the electric chair. Friends interceded and his sentence was commuted last month to life imprisonment. A Nation-Wide Search. A nation-wide search was begun for Waltonen, whose name was revelaed during the police investigation follo ing the arrest of Talas. On July Of this year a stranger from Wau- kegan, IiL, entered the barber shop of Walter Point in this city and recog= nized an employe there througsh a scar on his finger as the person want- ed in New York for the murder of Mrs. Nichols. The authorities at New York were motified and detectives from there reached here yesterday. { PRESIDENT TO RETURN TO SHADOW LAWN TODAY. Mrs. Howe May Linger in Her Present Condition for Several Days. New London, Conn., Sept. 12.—Presi- dent Wilson decided tonight to return {0 his summer home, Shadow Lawn, Long Branch, N. tcmorrow morn- ing. He was ad physicians attending MAnne E. here, and of opi- ger in her pres- | ent "condition f: days. Tho | president, it was anno return here if there is for the worse in Mrs. tion. The president expecis to leave here lon the yacht Mayilower. No definite has b set for his departure. Mrs, Wilson will accompany him. Fol- lowing a consultation with Dr. H. M. nced, plans. to a_definite turn Howe's condi- Lee, Dr. Edward P. Davis of Phila- | delphia tonight issued the following statement: “Mrs., Howe's phy have ad- ised the president t she will no |longer be able to recos: | or comprehena his vi: {be kept almost cons inflyence of opiates e Mrs. Howe cannot recover, her life may continue for several days or more, and in view of these facts, Zen: devolving upon the president. sicia | longer. It is the presicent’s intention to join Mrs, Howe's children at th earliest possible moment when the end of her illness comes. In her weak con- dition, the visits of relatives and friends so excite her that from now on no one will be allowed to converse with her.” The people of New Tondon displayed deep interest in the president’s move- ments today and crowds followed him on each of his_ vi ore. His brother, Joseph R. Wilson, of Balti- { more, and his daughter, Miss Margaret | Wilson, will remain within call so that they may by Howe at the end, if pos ze him clearly as she must under the A SO-CALLED “ARSON TRUST” UNEARTHED IN BOSTON | Thus Far 92 Persens Have Been In- dicted—Set Fire to Dweliings. Boston, Sept. 12.—Twenty-two se- jeret indictments, charzing arson, were returned today as a resuit of an tended grand jury investigation the activities of a so-called “arson trust” in this city. Thus far 82 per- sons have been indicted since the in- vestigation was started some months ago. It is alleged that as tenants th set fire to dwellings in ords to ob- tain insurance on household effects. TWENTY PERSONS KILLED IN A’RAILROAD WRECK Train on the National Railway of Mexico Struck a Spreading Rail. E1 Paso, Texas, Sept. 12—Twenty two persons were lled when a north bound passenger train on the National Railway of Mexico struck a spreading rail near Ortiz, Chihuahua, about 75 miles south of Chihuahua’ City, Sunday, according to reports recelved in Juarez today. OBITUARY. John H. Beecher. Bristol, Conn., Sept. 12.—John H. Beecher, retired business man and philanthropist, dropped dead of heart faflure here today. He was born at Wolcott in 1841, lived in Bristol for a time and_ after’ a business career in other parts of the country returned to this city o few years aso. He was the donor of the new parish house of the Wolcott Congregational church, which was dedicated last September as a memorial to his daughter Caroline. He is survived by his wife. Convention of Polish Association. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 12.—A recep- tion and parade followed by the cele- bration of high mass preceded the for- mal opening of the fourteenth biennial convention of the Polish Asse ion of America today. About 209 delegates Probably are here. The conventien will_emd Friday. barber, | New | into | last | the armored Condensed Telegrams The British steamer Lexie has been sunk. Vice President Marshall left St. Louis for Joplin, Mo. Colorado’s first snow of the season is falling at Leadville. The_schools of New Yerk city will open Monday, Sept. 25th. The Cunard Line steamship Orduna arrived at New York from Livernool. Fire destroyed the buildings of the Pacific Sfeel Products Co., at a loss of $150,000. | i) et sl 2 W st 8] Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week totaled to 45, 784,000 1bs. e damaged a large dairy barn on the estate of Seth Low, formerly may- |or of New York. August sales on the Spokane Stock Exchange agsregated 809,800 shares, valued at $178,094. Eighteen railroads have refused shopmen’s demands for an advance of three cents an hour. Joseph P. Chandler, a little more than a year old, died at Wallingford, Con of infantile paralysis. General Pershing’s troops south of the border have again taken up the chase of Francisco V' The Armour Canadian Grain Co., of ‘Winnipeg, has been incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000. of New left an Julia M. Schermerhorn, York, who died Dec. 9, 1914, estate appraised at $110,093. ! Fifty-five mounted Yaquis are ter- rorizing residents of small towns and ranches in northern Sonora. The 71st Regiment, National Guard of New York, arrived at Camp Whit- man from the Mexican border. A charter has been granted to the Consolodiated Steel Foundries, of Mon- treal, with a capital stock of $500,000. The output of gold at the mines of [the Rand in August was 781,150 fine ounces, valued at 3,318,116 pounds ster- ling. Minister of Finance White announced | that new Dominion loan will be issued | next Tuesday. The amount will be | $100,000,000. The National Conference of Catholic | Charities will begin jts session next | Sunday at the Catholic University, ‘Washington. The New York State Board of Amer- jican Red Cross, has received contribu- | tions amounting to $1,179.90 for the Eu- ropean war relief fund. { 1t was estimated that the weavers iof the Summit, N. J, ilk Mill, who ihave been on strike for three weeks, have lost $11,000 in wages. Members of the Second Maine Regi- ment of National Guardsmen doing |duty on the Mexican border, voted in | the elections in their state. Gold to the amount of $2500,000 was received from Canada_and de- posited at the Assay Office for the ac- unt of J. P. Morgan & Co. The health board of Carlstadt, N. J., has resigned because of differenc | with Mayor Obenbauer over the fantile paralysis quarantine. Enormous increases in ocean freight |rates are to be the subject of inqui {by the International Institute of A | culture meeting at Rome, Ital Frank Hanalel, a cabinetmaker, was instantly killed when a piece of wood with which he was working on a cross |saw struck him over the heart. The Greek Cabinet formally accept- | {ed all the demands of the Allies grow- ling out of the shooting in the neigh- |borhood of the French Legation. i ]‘ United Clay Workers of America, {with delegates from Illinois, Indiana, | Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan, onen- ed a week’s session at Danvillue, Il Gen. James B. Aleshire was placed on the retired list on account of dis- abilities incident to army service He has been army quartermaster-general. | Fire swopt a section of the water |front at Bangor, Me., destroying the ! |buildings of the Hincks Coal Co., and | | the Stig y & Babcock Coal Co., at a {loss of $125,000. John Herrick, chareed with the mur- der of Mabel Leary at Worcester, { while she was a guest at his home on {Sept. 3, pleaded not guilty and was held without bail. Fire destroyed more than half of an 80-foot pier, together with 16 cars loaded with ties and clay at one of the Lehigh Valley Railroad terminals at erth Amboy, N. J. An American, a veteran of the Civil War, now residing in Darmstadt, has not received his pension money for several months because of the British censorship of mails. Captain Daniel Bascome Hodgson, | who commanded the dispatch hoat | Hugh McCulloch of Dewey's fleet in| the battle of Manila Bay, died in De- troit in his 70th year. Five sailors who lost their lives when cruiser Memphis was | wrecked in Santo Domingo harbor were buried with ful military honors in Arlington Nationdl Cemetery i Canadian Pacific earnings for the first week in September increased $677,000. The Atchison, Toneka & Santa Fe Raflway Co. handled 28,150 loaded cars in the week ended Sept. 8. The American Financial and Com- mercial Commission, which is return- ing a visit made by Latin-American business men to the United States last Spring, have left Santos for Buenos Alres. 7 The Navy Department received a message from the fleet saying that the elementary target practice which ‘was to have begun yesterday had been postponed one day on account of rough weather. 2 Columbia University's annual Fall} term will begin Wednesday, Sept. 27, as originally planned. Health authar- ities decided that danger from infantils paralysis had decreased sufficiently to permit the early opening. Mayor Mitchel and Public Service Commission Unable to Effect Termination : INTERBOROUGH DIRECTORS BACK UP SHONTS State Organizer Hugh Frayne of the American Federation of Labor Declares That the Railroad Officials Must be Met With the Same Sort of Force They Are Applying to the Men—Interborough Directors Approve Action of Presi- dent Shonts in Refusing to Deal With “Any Labor Or- ganization Which Has Broken Any Agreement With the Company”’—Cessation of Surface Traffic Last Night— There Were Spasmodic Disturbances Throughout the City Yesterday. e the company’s president, has taken in refusing to deal with “any labor or- ganization which has br agreement with the company. Spasmodic disturbances oceurred: throughout the city during the day. Cars were stoned and passengers driv- en to the streets. A woman led an attack on two Third avenue surface cars. The windows of the cars were New York, Sept. 12.—After Mayor Mitchel and the public service com- mission had taken steps late today to terminate the transit in this city by urging that it be tmmediately declared off and that both sides arbi- trate their differences, plans to con tinue and extend the strike were dis- strike sed t at a f the il Chior Gonference of eentral | broken. Two policemen, with drawn bodies of Greater New York. revolvers, held the mob back until Foliowing the conference, Hugh | veserves arrived. Frayne, Now York state organiger of [ o, o\o op b iomesn o))y 2 the American Federation of Labor, is- sued a statement as follows: “The consensus of opinion among the members of the various organiza- tions represented was that the rail- oad officials® must be met with the ort of force they are applying to the N men. STRIKE OFF AND ARBITRATE. Would Invoke the Aid of the Constitu- n to Keep Open Shop Methods. ow York, Sept. 12.—President Shonts of thee Interborough Rapid Transit company announced tonizht not accept the racom- Mayor Mitchel and the e declared that the United Trades were represented in the conferenc for the first time. These SR sald, have a membershiD | ;3150 service commission to call off O SRE, 0 -2, " _ ,the strike and arbitrate the differ- Representatives of the strikers an ences between the railway companles a tonight they would not com- ment on the plans of the mayor and | 21d the labor union, Thebublic bertice commission to nave || In & statement addressed fo em- the strike arbitrated until they ap-|DaVes Sf: M8 Sompany Who Slaned & peared before the commission tomor- g e Ancy SERYe det 2o ment binding the men not to scek wage increases for two years, Mr. Shonts as- serted the right of the men “to werk in this community for wages” and un- der conditions “satisfactory” to them was euacanteed by the constitution row. Both sides then will be permit- ted to express iheir views. An investigation started by the cor- oner after an accident in the Bronx this morning in which two persons wera killed 2nd many others injured ; saran 3 when a car got beyond control of an|[and laws of the country, FHe declared inexperienced motorman and crashed | that he and, his assoclates %"’ automobile, revealed that many | gthat those who have iaier Droakers had been employed pre. | Lo support the constitution and to en- o e e forco the laws will do their duty” by the men and by all those interested in Traffie on_virtually al b > lines affected by the str the company, “including the publie, ¥ whom we all serve.” urface car ke was sus- Pt train semiontcontinuea about | | “All that is necded in this city,” de- aT clared Mr. Shonts in his statement, *ds The rush of home-goers at the |the suppression of unlawful combina- and Central Station of the New |tions of men to drive honest men from York Central Ralilroad early this | their jobs.* ' Mr. ‘Shonts sald that more than 10,- 000 workers had signed the agreement which, according to union leaders, pre- cipitate dthe present crisis, Mr. Shonts announced he had beens informed that a local banker, whose name he refuscd to divulge, was or- ganizing a committee of private ofti- zens “for the purpose of creating a fund of $100,000 which will be distrib- uted amongz the loyal employes of the Interborough and the New York Rail- ‘ways company.” evening was so great that tho seven- ty-five special detectives, fifty extra policemen, sixteen extra ticket sellers and three additfonal ticket booth: were necessary to handle the crow jetween 5 p. m. and 7 p. m., it was estimated, 000 persons tried to reach trains at the terminal. The attitude of Interborouzh Rapid Transit Company officials was shown this afternoon at a directors’ meet- ing, when resolutions were passed ap- proving the stand Theodore P. Shonts, AMERICAN WATERS VIOLATED BY BRITISH Philippine Steamer Held Up—State De- partment to Protest. BODY OF PROF. PROSSER FOUND IN RIVER. Noted Geolegist Believed to Have Committed Suicide. 12.—Violation of Ameri lity by a British _tor pedo boat, which held up afd exam- ined the 'Philippine steamer Cebu within the territorial waters of the Philippines, was reported to the war department today by Governor Gen- eral Harrison. The dispatch immediately was transmitted to the state department and will be made the subject of a Vig- orous protest to Great Eritain. esterday, mile and a half off Carabao Isl- According to _the report of the Lieutenant Bailes, Columbus, 0. Sept. 12—A fisher- man early today found the body of Charles S. Prosser, head of the geol- ogy department at Ohio State univers sity, and a well known scientific writer, floating in the Olentangy river, near the university campus. Professor Prosser was considered one of the ieading authorities on zeology in this country. Friends believe that Professor Pros- ser’s mind became deranged and that he committed suicide. Professor P Columbus, N. a graduate of The incident took place one and. s ho was born in , March 24, 1860, was ‘ornell university and H. M. S. Destrover No. 2, | before coming to Ohio State had been Cebu, made inquiries about | instructor at Cornell, Washburn col- s, and tock both the |lege, Topeka, Kar s, and at Union ship’s m and her passenger list. | college. Me was the author of more Apparently, the officer was arching | than a_ dozen hooks on geology and, for the man named Bady, Who Was|was a fellow in the Geolozical Society not found. On releasing the Cebu, merica. Fe had many close rela- the lieutenant made_this note 30n her in New York city and the east. log: “Boarded at 8.59 a. m., 9-11-16,| Professor Prosser wao an e e e sor Prosser was an assistant geologist of the United States geolog- ical survey and of the state geological surveys of Kansas, New York, Ohio and Marykind. He was a member of many scientific societies. REMARKABLE ESCAPE IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Dr. Edwin F. Lindride and Wife Pin- ned Under Car, Escape With Bruises HUGHES THE FAVORITE IN WALL STREET BETTING Woodbury, pt. 12.—Dr. Ed- win 1;: g;]imlr de smdt his wife had a| Maine Election Forces Odds to 10 ta remarkable escape from serious in- e . & jury today when the automobile in| I TWO to One Against Wilson. which they were on their way from! New York, Sept. 12 their home in Brooklyn, N. Y. 0| cjeet i Sept. 12— {Ahou TR Witchester county, New York, ~be- | Setion had its effect on betting in Wall Street. While thers wero few new wagers placed, the 0dds changed. Qffers were made to bet 10 to 7 on e Tughes against Wilson, and 10 tg 7 clear of the machine. that the republicans would carry New: Frank Fagan, a mail carrier, aided | v\ e : g ¢ | York state. The only offers on Wilson by the chauffeur, extricated the Lin- | (OT Siafe. The drides and brouzfit them to Woodbliry, 1 to R They eseaped with bruises ana slight cuts. The chauffeur said the car ran | POWER YACHT BADLY away when the brakes refused to work. DAMAGED BY FIRE Peg o’ My Heart Caught Fire From Kerosene Oil Stove. Essex, Conn., Sept. 12.—The large wer yacht Peg o' My Heart, owned v W. G. Walker of Hartford, was se- riously damaged by a fire that started from a defective kerosene oil stove in the galley tonight. Yachtsmen from other yachts in the harbor succeeded in exfinguishing the flames after a hard fight. Some of the crew of the Peg o' My Heart was severely burned. The loss will be about $1,500. Office building managers from all parts of the United States met ot & Gibraltar, Sept. 9—Sailed: Steamer | Louis in the annual convention of tha Patrio, (from Naples) for New York. {National Association of Bufldtng Own~ Steam- [‘ers and Managers. .The property rep-, about - I,OQD.QW.-\’ ame unmanageable and overtyrned on steep hill at Sherman, pinning them under it. The chauffeir was thrown SPEAKER CHAMP CLARK ADMITS DECISIVE DEFEAT Says of Maine Election: “We Beaten Good and Plenty.” Got Joplin, Mo., Sept. 12.—'"We got whip- ped and I guesg that is all 1 will say about the Maine election,” said Speak- or Champ Clark. “We got beaten good and plenty.” Mr. Clark took an active part in the Maine campaign. Movements of Steamships. Kirkwail, Sept. 10.—Sailed: er Oscar II New York. from Cepenkagen) for}resemted agaregated 000 in value.