Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 18, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIIL—NO. 225 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1916 EIGHT PAGES—64 COLUMNS The Bulletin’s Girculation in Norwich is Double That . Any Other Paper, and Its Total Gircuiation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the Gity's Population ENTENTE ARMI GAIN IN FRANCE Cantured German Positions Exceeding Four Miles in Length Saturday Night and Sunday v TAKE LARGE QUANTITIES OF WAR MATERIALS Heavy Counter-Attacks Against the British Were Repulsed With Large Losses to the Germans—The Advance by the British Straightens Out the Saliant That Had Pro- jected Into the German Forces Between Thieoval and Courcelette—Berlin and Vienna Report the Repulse of Russians Near Stanislau and in the Carpathians—The Italians Have Captured Strong Positions From the Austrians. was inefiective. Service on subway and elev nes continued normal _| and steady rovement was noted on German positions exceeding four of the Struma northeast of |all sur fles i T Sature are orted in today’s war ew attempts at violence were re- uiBe ’“‘“""‘h:““ capeamed Saturel on operations along | ported by the police today. Several y night and Sunday by the British|the Macedonian front, which follows: | mass meetings were held various and French armies in the continuation| ma front our patrols | parts of the city but there was no dis- of thelr offensive north and soth of | tuccessfully raided encmy lines at|order. At one gathering the “fnancial the Somme river in France, In ad-|Nechorl and north of the Sofs road|and moral” support of the Socialis last_night. dition quanitites of war material and| “On the Doir: a large number of prisoners fell into|Germans were o hands of the entente allies—700 | barders il prisoners being taken by the French|tncks our m alone. Heavy counter-attacks against|peavy casualtics the British Sunday were repulsed with i large losses \0 the Germans, accord- ing to London. Near Thiepval the British took fortified position over a front of mile known as “the Danube trench;" near Courcelette an advance of about 1.000 vasds was made and finally the strongly defended position at the Moupuet farm, over which there had n front more than 150 lled by our bom- the operations of Sep- in enemy counter-at- chine guns inflicted VILLA’S TROOPS EXECUTED a But Were Defeated by De Facto Gov- ernment Troops at Chihuahua. Chihuahua City, Mexico, Sept. 16, (Delayed by cut wires—Villa's on| ment of the general stall, and Major been numerous hard fought battles 0r | (roons sxecuted a wirariet aitack wn | SEerm. Licutenant Coionel Swinton several weeks, fell into their hands... |Chihuahua in the dork of this morn- | Will be remembercd as one of the offi- South of the river the French push-|ing, which, aithoush successfully initi- | C°F_“e¥e witnesses” who wrote ac- ed back the Germans and occupied the ated, ded in a remainder of the town of Vermando- |the de facro & »mplete victory villers and Berry still in their hands et < eotived | 18 a business mun who has been for and also captured all the ground be- | o pem wacmty (revino, who reccived | omo ‘time in the employ of the Eove ween Vermandoviller and Denle- | nnder the fire = ernment. The Daily Mail describes ¢ourt and between Deniecourt _and ol during a heavy rain| the new monsters as follo Terny. " the being over a front opiainE & heavy Tain| Tiese lone, low, dust-colored tor- rinaing northeast tw miles and | Ivities o? two misnte AT~ | toises have no resemblance to motor t another mil £ The Mexionn IRt nin|cars.. They are, in fact, steel land ance of the Eritish appar- | Villa forces entered the tows | SPiPs of immense power agd wonderful htens, ot the saltent thatl i One made straient | capacity. 1In practice theg can climb 1 projecicd into their lines between Prtentiary Swhere iToss. ¥ sh through dense woods, cr pval and Cor clette a brings . abak ¢ = trenches and manoeuvre and out of their front here to within a scant mile | : government | CrAters. One of the most remarkable | of Grandcourt and the Albert-Fa- |ana politic vere released, | ri% about them is the with ime rilway. Grandcourt is now be- [ (ythers 1t “sovernment | Which the making of their thousands 2g bombarded by the British. The | puilain palarey Hermms| of parts was vefied in ' the midland success of the Frenc ob-{ out Chne e S| town of their birth. The army likes | $oguees of due Hren . 2| G o Trovion anze UM ps| thEm. but it is not placing t00 much which dot_ the entlre|to vantazo noinis, covered the. gows |FClance on what is for the present | Semme a ndis another | cynment buildin h rifles and ma. | O AR experiment move of the right flank of the entente |chine gun Ter it et | —_—————— Hoard ng, with the Russians the|Rosa and by a few well directed shots TO HIS SISTER'S FUNERAL ggzeressirs, has been rosumed from the i made the buildings untenable, — The S = Pripet marsh region in Russia through | pandits, under the double fire, | Mrs. Annie E. Howe Died in New Lon- and up in the Carpathian|fed from out of the city fo the morth- don Saturday. . And \,""‘{",‘, fv_-xv.‘; west, leaving more than hundred dead - S A Lonz Tranch, N. J., Sent. 17.—Pres- flopine a followers at N into the forces Galic e Dios ran CEBY WAR BOARDED ~Halicz railway. e D o e IN TERRITORIAL WATERS |campaizn and will see many callers at 1 o en P i 2 s Shadow Lawn, his summer home. the forces of ¢ "a S e i 3 the {oree onithd entral BOward 16 lwusi/Only (One and)) [One-Eiatt Milss | Aosampariad by e Gory 0o s ot S R From Caraboa Island. son. the White House physician, Mr. h gress 10 ntente al- and Ars. Wilson went by automobile e Ry L the entente 2l | Wasntugton, SebtiTTwo. Eritn | this, Aftcisionn from Long Bianen o Ttalians in. Albamia is recorded in | OffiCers commanding the boarding par-|Trenton, N, J., to meef other relatives the London, Paris and Rome commu- |.Y Which recently held up and ex-|of Mrs. Howe who are taking the nications. " Kavala. on the Aegean |amined the Philippine steamer Cebu|body to Columbia. Going by way of fet. which is held by Bulgarians, is|Within Philippine territorial waters| Washington, the president s due to Tnder bombardment by the enfente |Were armed, according to a supple- |arrive at Columbia at 11.35 a. m. to- flovt. Sofia admits the loss of Nidje|Mmentary report of the incident receiv- [morrow and will leave for Long| Py e ed at the war department today from |Branch at 6.13 . m. tomorr Combined French and Russian troops | S0vernor-General Harrison. The re- —_— o Save puehed their way o a position |POrt confirmed “previous statements| RUMOR THAT BREMEN Joar Morina, across the Greek fron- |ihat the vessel was boarded while WAS NEARING NEW LONDON Her south of Monastir, while the |Oonly one and one-half miles from Gerbians have reached the immediate|Caraboa Island. It was not stated Outskirts of Vetrenik and Kajmack- |Whether the officers used alan in successful fighting against the Prlgarians, Heavy bombardments re in progress on the varlous other sectors, In the Carso region of the Austro- Italian theatre the Italians in their quest of Triest have won strong po- sitions from the Austrians in san- guinary fighting. _Southeast of the Doberdo Heizht the penetration of ‘Austrian lines is admitted by Vienna, the ship. further information regarding the Cebu case before bringing the appar- the attentlon of the British govern- ment. The British embassy has ask- on this incident. GOING TO BORDER TO TAKE T un. Credence was attached furth- but the official communication says run. = % O b Ao the Itallan losses were extremely VOTES OF GUARDSMEN,|SF when the ocean-going tug T. A. heavy. owing to the large number of -— Scott, Jr. put out to sea under hurried troops engaged in the small fighting | Christopher L. Avery of Groton and L area. William C. Cheney of Manchester. = midnight with the information that FRENCH AND RUSSIANS Hartford, Conn, Sept. 17.—An-|there was a heavy fog over the sound ADVANCE IN MACEDONIA. | Bouncement was made tonisht that|and nothing had' been seen of a sub- Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has ap- Serbians Have Defeated the Bulgari- il if Mesasic of Manchester and Christopher L. ans South of 3 Avery of Groton as commissioners to and Russian troops advancing rapidly | the presidential election under the on the western end of the MaceGonian | terms of the special legislation enacted last week. Mr. Cheney will represent front have arrived in front of Florina, close to the Serblan border, south of Monastir, the French war 'office an- ced 'in this otin. E%’urther ecast, the Serbians are ad- rancing on both sides of Lake Ostrova, defeating the Bulgerians In engage- 2 mackalan and contin- - D fhrow tro6ps across the River | When the Eagle Bridgs Hotel where the Bulgarians are re- Burned Near Troy, N. Y. & them on the right bank of the Troy, N. Y., Sept. 17.—Three men lost their lives tonight when the Ea- gle Bridge hotel in Fagle Bridge, this county, was burned. The Jead are: Timothy Burns and Fred Shepard of Bagle Mills and John Johnson of Cam- bridge, N. Y. Burns was an employe the republican party and Mr. Avery K the democrats. They will be paid $5 afterncon’s official | per day and expenses, THREE MEN LOST THEIR LIVES iN A FIRE Was BUCCESSFUL RAIDS BY BRITISH PATROLS. es North of the Raided German A SURPRISE ATTACK. % the de facto government troops under m- | of | fon we th | , 3 for Columbia, S. £ Zoocow: mear Stantslau and in the | General Tatias Ramos. which: Gen- to attend the funeral of his sister, ans_ at 4 nts c Trevino had placed there to cut Annie Howe, who_died ye n rajowka river, however. Ber-|of the retres Ramos continued the in New London, Conn. The 3 atiits thaoche frontiof- ATchAUkS | pyrsuit withi eavy loas fodhe handiis. |arslass RHIT B0 oA B vE e i was pushed back by htoush in command of the at- Presbyterian church, Columbi sians a short d e, Fotro- | tack, Villa did“not enter %he city with |and Mr. Wilson will return here on ords an advance for the Rus-|his troops. The strects around the |suasdny asiomom : sc of Brzezany, southeats of | rovernment buildings are strewn with | Aff (s for political con- embere and the capture of more than |dead men and horses, while wound- | ferences e being held in abey- | 097 Germans in the fighting along|cq bandits continue to be brought in.|amse durine (h dent’s absence Anraluvka river and the Podvy- £ ey pected, how their side | arms in enforcing their orders upon Secretary ansing has been awaiting ent violation of American neutrality to ed the admiralty officer for a report pointed ex-Senator William C. Cheney 0 to the Mexican border and take the Paris, Sept. 17, 327 p. m—French| votes of Connecticut guardsmen at 5 Cabled Pa}.@‘ o8 Sir Thomas L London, Se- 630 a. m.—Sir Thomas Lauc _unton, consulting physician to Su_sartholomew's hospi- tal, died Saturday. He was widely known as a writer on medical subjects He was born in 1844, runton Dead. Death of Sydney Paget. London, Sept. 18. 3,30 a. m.—Sydney Paget, well known as a turf man, died in London Saturday. Mr. Paget at one time managed the racing stable of the late Willlam C. Whitney and for many years lived in New York. His widow is a daughter of Willlam §. Dolan of Philadelphia. Mr. Paget was 59 years old. TIDEWATER BOATMEN VOTE TO GO ON STRIKE Demand Better Working Conditions and Increased Pay. New York, Sept. 17.—The Tidewater Boatmen’s Union, with a membership, it was said, of 3,000, tonight voted to £0 on strike. No date was set for the men to quit work, this being left, it was said, until after a conference be- tween delegates of the union and the executive board of the Longshoremen's Union tomerrow night. The strike, it was asserted, will be in no way a sympathetic one with the carmen who quit their places on Sept. 6, but will result from a demand fov better working conditfons and _in- creased pay. Although the men claim to handle ail the coal received in the city at tidewater, the fact, they sald, that the coal supply of the local tra sit companies may be endangered, was only incidental. the transit lines declared ght that the strike of the carmen party was assured to the striking car- men. BRITISH ARE USING TRAVELING LAND FORTS Steel Land Si of Immense Power and Wonderful Capacity. London, Sept. 18, 3.43 a. m.—Credit for the mnew aveling land forts” which have been used during the last few days on the British front, belongs to two men, Lieutenant Coloncl E. D. { Swinton, of the Intelligence depart- counts of early day arouna Ypres for Fritish new DD Major Stern 1 left here at two | South Carolina. s expected, how- Tugs Went Out, But No Submarine Was_ Sighted. w London, Conn. Sept. 17. — A persistent report from apparently re- liable sources that the German under- sea merchantman Bremen was ap- proaching this podt tonight lacked confirmation at a late hour. The first report stated that a submarine was seen off Fishers Island at 8 o'clock, headed for New London, 2 two hours A newspaper tug, which followed the T. A. Scott, Jr., returned just before marine. At midnight the T. A. Scott, Jr. had not returned. During the day one of the United States submarines was manoeuvering off Block Island but returned here early in the evening. It is believed that this submarine’s actions may have given rise to the rumor of the approach of the German boat. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING AT BENNINGTON, VT, Man’s Body Found Beside Railroad Tracks Near His Home. Bennington, Vt. Sept. 17.—An au- topsy today upon the body of William Costelio, & mill hand whose body was found beside the street car tracks near his home last night, disclosed that there were three buliet holes in the back of the head. Dr. B. H. Stone, the state pathologist, expressed the opinion that it was a case of murder. The body lay beside the tracks for Sois Road, in France. of the Boston and Maine railroad and | two hours before it was learned that Johnson was a police officer. Shepard |the man was dead. He was 35 years London, Sept. 17, 6.26 p. m.—Suc-| worked at the hotel. The origin of [of age. The circumstances of the Jessful raids by British patrols in thel the fire is unknown. shooting are a mystery to the police. -~ Story of a Man Who “Came Back” FORMER BRITISH OFFICER JOINED FRENCH ARMY AS PRIVATE REGAINED HIS HONORS Colonel John Ford Elkington Had Been After Thirty Years of Service—Is Now in Dismissed by Courtmartial England. London, . 8 (Correspondence of The Assoc Press).—All England is ringing with the ant Colonel Jokn F of the strangest romances of this strange world w It is the ever- appealing, human story of a man who “came back.” Dismissed by court martial from the army he had served for nearly thirty of Lieuten- Zlkington—one years, just as his regiment was gol into action in France In the closing months of 1914, this Engizn_officer, disgraced at a time of life when the chances of fate weigh heavily against a man fighting for suddenly lost hon- or, found refuge in that queerest of all y__organizations, the foreign legion of France. Lost in the Maze. Lost in the mazes of the western battlefields—a mere legionnaire in the ranks—Colonel Elkington, of the Royal Warwickshires, was ail but for- Eoften. None of his old friends, his old fellow none of the men who win t een’s h A none of these knew that Elkington was out there, “somewhere in France,” reck- lessly winning his way back. Errors Wiped Out, But now Elkington Is back m Eng. Pinned on his briast are two of coveted honors of Ftunce—ihe itary medai and the military cros: but most valued possession of all bit of paper which wipes out the er- rors of the past—a proclamation from the official London Gazetie that :he king has “gracious the reinstatement of Jch: ington in the of lic onel, with his ous seniority, in consequence of zallant conduct while serving in the ranks of the for- eign legion of the I only has Colonel been stored to the s he has reappot E regiment, Roval Warwickshires v father served before him. Had Been Cashicred. In this same London end of Octuber; 1913, the crushine announcen ington h n ca. of gen: e t his error was did and ot car at me has not been ailuded to in hi returned hour of honor. It was a cov martial at_the front at a time when the first rush of war was engulfing| Europe and liftle time could be wasted upon an incident of this sort. The charge, it is now stated, did not r flect in any way upon the officer personal couraze. But with fallen for tunes he passed quietly out of the army and enlisted in the lezion—that | corps where thousands of brave but broken n have found a shelter, and now and then an opportunity to make thei selves whole again, Knees Are Shattered. Colonel Elkington did scathed through firo, I are ended. His knees and he walks heavily npon Lis stic “They are just ‘frazments from France,” he of those wounded knees. Colonel Elkington made no attempt to cloak his name or his former army service when he entered the ranks of the legion. houlan’t is an T be a pr honor for any man to ranks of that famous e many of the other bo to wipe off. Now te?” he NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES. Fo! th Biennial Session'is Being Held in Washington. W shington, Sept. 17.—The fourth 3 1 session of the National Con- ference of Catholic Charities began at the Catholic University here today with an atfendance of nearly 1,000 delegates, representing Catholic chari. ty organizations in twenty-eight tes. Meetings will continue three Most of today was devoted to pre- liminary discussion and the organiz: tion of sections for individual con- sideration of various subjects. Formal opening of the conference was cele- brated with solemn high mass by the Righ Rev. Thomas J. Shannon of Washington. TIgte in the afternoon a reception to the delegates was held by Archbishop Bonzano, the Apostolic delegate. At a general session tonight dresses were delivereq by Edward McDermott, Louisville, Ky.; F. Kenkel. St. Youis, and the Right Vo D. C. Thomas, Baltimore. Mrs. S. K. Wilson of Chicago, president of the Catholic Women's League, presided. The Superior Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which is hold- ad- . ing its annual sessions here in con- nection with the conference, today elected George J. Gillespie of New York its president to succeed the late Thomas M. Mulry. NEW STATION FOR THE TENNESSEE TROOPS Ordered to El Paso to Relieve Rhode Island Ambulance Co. San ‘Antonio, Texas, Sept. 17.—In pursuance of an announcement by the war department that national guard troops recently ordered to the border are to relieve troops now stationed there, in order that the entire guard may have field training, General Funs- ton today announced new stations for the Tennessee troops. ‘The First Tennessee Infantry goes to Eagle Pass, relieving the First Ver- mont, ordered home. The Second Ten- nessce goes to McAllen, relieving the Second ‘New York. The® Tennessee cayalry troop ambulance company and field hospital was ordered to El Paso to relieve the Rhode Island Ambulance company and the Massachusetts First Field Hospital. ) Auto Crashed Through Guard Rail FOUR PERSONS KILLED INSTANTLY IN NEW YORK HURLED ABOUT 25 FEET Two Others Are Not Expected to Live Are Seriously Hurt— Chauffeur Had Taken Car Without Permission. and Four New York, Sept. 17- were killed ‘carly today, one died of injuries tonight, two are not expected to live, and fovr others arc seriously hurt as the result of an automobile crashing through a guard rail on a bridge across the Harlem river. The dead are Mrs. Mary Newman, Miss Lillie Wilson, Hyman Hankle, Carl Spangenbvrg and Thomas Hair, all of New York city. Miss Mae Hart and Francis Kane are thought to be fatally injured. Four persons Four of those who lost their lives were hurled from the bridge to the roadway 25 feet helow. Miss Wilson and the others were crushed under the wreckage of the car. Miss Wilson died to the According chauffeur, took the autcmobiie from a| police, Hair, a garage without permission of the ow er and invited his friends for a drive in ‘which many places of amusement were visited lefore the accident oc- curred. DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY GERMAN SUBMARINES. 26 Merchant Vessels Sunk Between Sept. 3 and 11. Wireless to Say- n by German d from Sept. 3 sels of hostile Berlin, Sept. 17 ( le)—The destruct submarines in the peri to 11 of 26 merchant ve: Delligerents with tonnage agzregating 6,222, in the English channel and on ntic, was announced in an Overseas News agency statement. In addition, according to the an- nouncement. seven neutral vessels with a_tonnage of 10,669, were sunk, “according to prize law, because they carried contraband to England or France.” The ral of the Britis) and Italian amel these including the ish steamers Gorridge of 5,036 tons Radie of 3,541 tons. 3 OBITUARY. Scth Low. New York, Sept. 17.—Seth Low, {former mayor of New York and one me president of Columbia University, died late today at his country home, Broad Brook Farm, Bedford Ilills, N. Y., at the age of 66 vears. He had been ill_several months of a compli- cation of diseages. A change for the | worse was announced last night and it was then said the patient probably could not recover. Mr. Low’s most s were exerted in an effort to find a so- lution of the differences between the railroad_brothernoods and the rail- roads. He had long been consuited by heads of the brotherhoods. Mr. Low's iliness was attributed by iends to a general breakdown. recent activiti the outbreak of the Kuropean he had been specially active as lent of the New York chamber of commerce and president of the Na- tional Civic Federation. e was chairman of the executive committee of Tuskegee Institute, delegate-at- large to the recent New York state constitutional convention and a mem- ber of a government appointed to in- vestigate labor troubles in Colorado. s chairman of the committee on government in the constitutional convention, Mr. Low is said to have worked continuo; for six months many hours of the day and night. For three months prior to his illness, he devoted himself almost exclusively to trying to find a solution to the aif- ferences between the railroad brother- hoods and their employers. Even after he was stricken he kept in touch with {the brotherhood heads, Samuel Gom- | pers, president of the American Feder- ation of Labor, and other union lead- ers with whom he was on terms of |intimate friendship. Until his illness assumed an acute stage several weeks ago Mr. Low busied himself with plans {of the National Civic Federation, in | which he was deeply interested. and other members of the Mrs. Lg household were with him when ke died. | Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. James C. Courts. Washington, Sept. 17.—James C. \r‘m\r , clerk of the house appropria- tions committee for the past 32 years |ana prominent in the framing of ap- | propriation measures during many congresses, died at his country home near here today after a short illness. He was 61 old and had been connected with the appropriations commiitee in various capacities. since 187 He was apointed from Tennes- see. Colonel John H. Beacon. Columbus, N. M, Sept. 17.—Colonel John H. Beacon, Sixth Infantry, died of heart diseast today in Colonia Dub- lan, according to news received atarmy headquarters. He was en while preparing to leave for Calexico, Cali to command a brigade of national guard troops encamped at that place. Colonel Peacon led his regiment to San Antonio, Chihuahua, in the earlier part of the campaign after Villa. He was born in Ohio, 59 years ago. BULGARIANS LOST 5,000 MEN iN THREE HOURS In the First Clash Between the Ser- bians and the Bulgars. London, Sept. 18, 2.45 a. m.—“The Bulgarians lost 5,000 men in threa hours of fighting in the first clash be- tween the_Serbians and Bulgars in eastern . Dobrudja says Reuter's Odessa. correspondent. “The fishting was very bitter. Tt was mostly hand-to-hand and no pris- oners were taken by either side. The Bulgars, aided by Germans, made elghteen attacks, all of which were repulsed with great losses. German cavalry also came into the action, trying to take the Serbs by an attack in the rear. The Serbian rear line re- ceived them with the bayonet and most of the cavalry was exterminat- statement kists the names of | Condensed Telegrams A New York Produce Exchange seat was sold for $1,825. Copper_exports for the week ended Sept. 14 totaled 5,445 tons. The first snow of the scason was reported falling at Little Falls, Minn. The French Chamber of Deputies adopted a bill authorizing the new war loan. Josiah Royce, professor of history of philosophy at Harvard University, is dead. ifty drivers at a branch office of the Adams Express Co., went on strike. Robbers entered the Sea Post Office at Sea Girt, N. J., and escaped with $600. Japan's exports of cotton goods for the first six months of 1916 amounted to $23,415,000. The Third New York Regiment ar- rived at Camp Whitman from the Mexican border. E. C. Roth, of Buffalo, N. Y., was re- elected president of the National As- sociation of Insurance Agents. Louis E. Larocque of New York, who was drowned August §, 1913, left an estate amounting to $251,208. Gecrge H. King, superintendent at Brookside Farm, Newburgh, X seriously ill with infantile paralysis. Active steps were taken British government to head threatened strike of English employes. by the off the railway A new Northern posed by partment. embargo on trade with Buropean countries was im- the Bri War Trade De- The Germans are reported to have seized 200 locomotives, 2,500 other, pieces of rolling stock belonging to the Belgian railway system. Thomas Gilmore of Albany, pres dent of the New York State Council of Carpenters, dropped dead in a rail- way station at Fort Worth, Texas. The two Tennessee regiments or- dered to the border wiil be placed at Eagie Pass instead of Fort Clark, as was first announced by General Funs- ton William L. Robinson, who received the Vieteria Cross for bringing down a Zeppelin in a recent raid on London, was presented with a public gift of |$2,500. Anna lacono of New York, was crushed to death by an auto truck of the Adams Express Co., when it skidded at Second Avenue and 14th Street. Syraguse was selected for the next annual conference of the bricklayers, masons and plasterers of New Yorl at the closing session of this vear's meeting. Arrangements for the construction at Anniston, Alabama, of five electric steel furnaces at a cost of $1,000,000 by the Alabama Power Co. was an- nounced Secretary of Navy, Daniels, an- |nounced that plans have been made |for the building of the world's great- st_hospital ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Two light barges in tow from Bos- ton to Philadelphia were in colli with the steamer Gloucester, more to Boston, during a fog in vard Sound. The British Press Bureau nounced that five persons were Kill and fifteen injured in an explosion which took place in & government m nitions factory. The superdreadnought Arizona, just completed at the New York Navy Yard, will be commissioned under command of Captain John D. McDon- ald on Oct. 15. Accordi "9 to a report made to_the State Probation Commission, ~New York State has 12,251 residents who are on probation from some court or penal institution. Twenty thousand dollars will be awarded to parts of the countr, contest to be held from Oct. 25 to 27. in prizes aviators from all in_an aviation in Wichita, Kun., 2 The Dutch government is preparing 2 bill under which the stat enabled to commandeer shipping t bring goods to Holland for distribution under state control. (o icut:-Commander Watson reported o avy Department that Waiter Saw- yer, first-class seaman, had fallen overboard from the destroyer Frices- son and drowned in Hampton Roads. . The French Government has in- structed the minister at Stockholm to join with the Entente mi in presenting a friendly but firm note to Sweden in regard to its policy of neu- tralivy. Mayor James Lennon, of Yonkers, wrote to the Public Service Commis- sion at Albany complaining at the failure of the Second District Board to take action toward settling the street car strike. The Coast Guard Board on Life Saving Appliances will meet in Bos- |ton Sept. 25 to examine plans ana test inventions that have been sub- mitted to the service for saving life and property at sea. Arthur Peebles Smith one time a well known photographic chemist, died in the New Rochelle hospital from in- ternal injuries received when he was struck by an automobile at the corner of North and Fifth Avenue, New Ro- chelle, N. Y. Col. H. J. Slocum, who was com- mander at Columbus, N. M., when the Vilia raid took place, has bheen as- signed as brigade commander at Lare- do, Texas, where he will take charge of the brigade composed of Maine and New Hampshire guardsmen. Greece to Maintain Neutrality. London, Sept. 17, 7.10 p. m. — M. Kalogeropoulos, the new Greek pre- mier, declares that the new govern- ment will observe the most benevolent neutrality towards the entente, says a Reuter despatch from' Athens today. “He repudiates allesiations that he is Germanophile, ’adds the despatch, although he confesses that he is an admirer of Germany.’ They Are Accused of Fleccing fully Planned Raid. Chicago, Sept. 17.—Bight members of an alleged blackmail gang, charged with using the beauty of their women members and the fascinating powers of their male confederates to mulct wealthy men and women out of more than $250,000 are in custody of federal authorities here today and will be taken to Philadelphia for trial. The band, including five men and three women, were arrested shortly before midnight last night in a raid by de- partment of ujstice officials on a fash- ionable South Side apartment hotel. Fleeced Men and Women. They are accused of fleecing men and women of social prominence in Chicago, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia through organized efforts. Their scheme, according to Hinton G. Clabaugh of the department of justice, was to compromise their victims and then blackmail them. Impersonations of department of justice officlals is another charge against the men. The menare said to have used the charms of their women confederates to win attention from rich men and then to have threatened their victims with prosecution under the Mann act. Those arrested gave the names of Henry Russell, BEdward Donahue, EIGHT ARRESTS MADE FOR BLACKMAIL Gang is Said to Have Cleaned Up More Than a Quarter of a Million Dollars WORKED AMONG WEALTHY MEN AND WOMEN Persons of Social Prominence in Chicago, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia— Used the Beauty of Their Women and the Fascination of Their Men to Compromise Their Victims and Then Blackmail Them—Forty Thousand Dollars Said to Have Been Obtained From One Victim—Captured in a Care- Helen Evers, Mrs. Frances Allen, Mrs. Bdward Donahue, James Ckristian, Frank Crocker and George Bland. George Irwin, alleged director of the group, is still at large. Kidnapped One Victim. The chief charge against the band is the alleged kidnapping of Mrs. Regina H. Clifford of Philadelphia, one of their alleged victims, and wanted: as a government witness. She was spirited away to Canada, it is charged. “The chief offiences charged against the band occurred in Philadelphia and for that reason they will be taken there for trial” said Clabaugh. Clabaugh said there were ffteen known victims of the gang and that the amount obtained from these vic- tims will reach probably $250,000. Forty thousand dollars was obtained' from one person and $35,000 from an- other, Clabaugh said. The authorities refused to reveal the names of the vie- tims. Some, it is said, are men prominent in_political life, who were victimized! while at the republican convention| here last June. During the raid, which had been carefully planned for many weeks, an elaborate opium out- fit was found in one of the apartments: raided. HUGHES STARTS ON SECOND TRIP TODAY. Will Visit lllinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. New York, Sept. 17.—Charles E. Hughes came to New York tonight from his summer home at Bridge- hampton, preparatory to leaviig early tomorrow for the second trip of his campaign. He will spend the entire day tomorrow enroute to Chicago and will_deliver the first speech of his trip at_Peoria, Iils, Tuesday morning. Mr. Hughes will be gone two weeks, returning to New York October 1 for a three days rest before starting on his third and last campaign trip. The trip on which he starts tomorrow will take him through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. In addition he will make several speeches in New York state, one at Pittsburgh and one at Trenton, N. J. The number of speeches Mr. Hughes will deliver on his trip will be much larger than on his transcontinental tour. His buslest day will be next Friday, in Indiana. There are thirteen cities and towns down for speeches or rear platform addresses on that date. 's. Hughes will accompany the nominee. The party will travel by special train. THREE YOUNG WOME HAD NARROW ESCAPE When Log Cabin in Which They Were Sleeping Caught Fire. Paul Smith's, N. Y., Sept. 17.--Miss Margaret Nichols, datughter of the Rt. Rev. Willam F. Nichols, Episcopal bishop of San Francisco, Calif, and tw oother young women companions, the Misses Augusta Bishop and Helen Scarth of New York, had narrow es- capes on Upper St. Regis lake, near here, early today when a log cabin in which they were sleeping caught fire and burned b the ground. Miss Scarth was trapped in the cab. in ang had fo leap ten feet from a window, while the other young wo- men groped through smoke and flames until they reached an open door in the rear of the house. The cabin was o of a group comprising the “Wild Al summer camp of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, widow of the late ambassador to Great Britain. rs. Reid. Mrs. Hamilton McKay {Twombly of New York and Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Mills Reid were sleep- ing in_another cabin. They were aroused by the young women in time to save most of their belongings be- fore the fire spread and destroyed their house and two others. Most of the valuable trophies, including elk, moose and buffalo heads, collected by the late Mr. Reid and prized by him, were burned. PRINCE ALBERT HAS AN ABDOMINAL ABCESSS. The Second Son of King George Has Been Invalided Home. London, Sept. 17, 3.45 p. m.—Prince albert, sacond son of King George, has been invalided home on account of an abdominal abscess, says an official communication issued today. The ommunication adds that the vrince, who has undergone an operation, is doing well, but it will be some time before he 'will be able to return to enother duty. Prince Albert, ile serving as a midshipman on board the battleshi; Coilingwood at the outbreak of the war, was stricken with appendicitis and ‘operated on. The prince is 21 years old. POSSE AMBUSHED BY BANDITS THEY PURSUED In the Everglades South of Miami— Two Were Killed and Two Wounded. ami, Fla, Sept. 17.—Four bandits who robked the National Bank ' of Homestead, ¥la. Friday, ambushed a posse pursning them in the Everglades south of here today and killed two men and wounded two others. = After the encounter they were trailed into a dense swamp, where it was believed late tonight, they had ben surround- e % NO EARLY AGREEMENT UPON MEXICAN QUESTION But Material Progress is Expected to Bo Made by the Commission This Week. ) New London, Conn., Sept. 17.—Both! _American —and Mexican _members. of, the joint commission studying here the international questions growing out of| Mexico's years of revolution wers con-| Gdent tonight that material progress towards a mutual understanding would be made this week, but an early agree-| ment upon a programme for the main- tenance of order along the border was| considered improbable, i The Mexican members returned to-| night from New York, where they; spent the week end. and Dr. John B.| Mott, the American representative,| who was obliged to leave for a few| days, is expected here when the ses-| sions_are resumed tomorrow. Secre-! tary Lane, judge Grey and Major Gen- | eral Bliss, here in an advisory capaci- ty, went to Newport today on the! yacht Syiph. The Americans probably will try o, confine the discussions early in_the week to subjects related to Mexico's internal affairs and it is not believed the Mexican representatives will offer serious objection. Questions affecting| property rights of foreigners in Mex- | ico will be raised, perhaps tomorrow, and an effort made by the Americans to_ascertain the ideas of the Mexicans| relative to a means of adjusting claims| of American property owners in Mex- | 1c8. To advise with them on this sub- | ject and others touching upon the, status of Americans in Mexico, it was| eaid today, the American commission-| ers had requested tkat Counsellor| Polk of the state department be sent! here. GENERAL OBREGON HAS ROUTED VILLA FORCES. Reports That 600 of Tham Were Killed | and Many Captured. Mexico City, Sept. 17.—General Ob- | regon, minister of war, announces that a thousand followers of Francisco Villa who attacked Chihuahua Friday night were routed early Saturday morning with a loss of 600 men killed and many| captured. After the battle, General Trevino’s troops were able to take part in the regular Independence day| parade at 1l o'clock Saturday morn-| ng. During the fighting General Trevine was slightly wounded in the shoulders( Aided by some of the townspeople,| the Villa forces attacked at 11 o'clockl Friday night and took the penitentiary and the muricipal and federal pal-| aces. General Trevino gathered his| troops, placed his artillery, recaptured! the public buildings and’ completely defeated the attackers in the early morning light. The captured men Wil be tried by court martial. Advices from El Paso Satunday nigh: said Villa had attacked Chihue- hua Saturday with 600 men and pene- trated part of the city, but was driven' out with heavy losses. The men made’ prisoner by the constitutionalist army were immediately put to death, the despatch added. WITHDRAWAL OF U. S. TROOPS FROM MEXICO. Mexico City Newspapers Printing R iterated Assurances. Mesico City, Sept. 17.—Reiterated assurances arc being printed in the: local newspapers that the withdrawal| from Mexico of the United States! forces under General Pershing is the only subject under discussion at the! present ume by the Mexican delegates! at the conference in ew London, Con- ! necticut. # Reports *that the railroad situation and a loan are being considered are. strongly denied. \ i Movements of Steamships. ! New York, Sept. 17.—Steamer La- fayette, Bordeaux for New York, sig- nalled ‘195 miles east of _Ambrose channel lightship at noon. Dock 8 & Monday. 3 2 o