Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 20, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIL—NO. 227 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1316 TEN PAGES—78 COLUMNS The Bulletin’s Pirculation in Norwich TEUTONIC ALLIES IN PURSUIT OF RUSSIANS Germans and Austro-Hun fensive Along th HAVE CAPTURED 31 OFFICERS AND 2,500 MEN garians Have Taken e Stokhod River 0f- In the Ludowa Region of the Carpathians the Ruuians Have Gained Some New Positions—A Reverse for the Ru- manians in Transylvania is Reported From Berlin, Sofia and Vienna—Hard Fighting is in Progress in Macedonia, With No Apparent Changes—In France and Belgium There Has Been Violent Artillery Activity on the Somme and Verdun Fronts and Around Dixmude—Word Comes From Athens That the Austrians Are Preparing to Evac- uate Triest. Although there is a pause in the viglent infantry fighting in the Somme region of France, due to the inclement weather, heavy battles are in progress on the easfern front in Russia, Galicia, Transylvania and Rumania and on the southern front in Macedonia. Along the Stokhod river in Russia the Germans and Austro-Hungarians have taken the offensive against the Russians and, according to Berlin, near Zarocze have crossed the river in pur- suit of their retreating foe and cap- | tured thirty-one officers and 2,511 men and 17 machine guns. Here four lines | of Russian trenches were penetrated by the Teutonic allies, says Vienna. In Galicia counter-attack by the forces of the central powers along the Narayuvka river, southeast of Lem- berg, brought a further success to thei” arms and resulted in the capture of an additional 400 men. In the Luaowa region of the Carpathians the Russians have gained some new positions m the fighting among the snow-clad peaks. The, war chancelleries at Berlin, So- fia and Vienna record victories for the Teutonic allies over the Rumanians in Transvlvania and Dobrudja. In Southern Transylvania, near Hatszef, according to Berlin, the invading Ru- manians have beun repulsed and are beine pursued by the Aistro-Germans, while in Dobridia the new line form- ed by the Russians south of the Con- stanza railway and running from the Black sea to the Danube has been penetrated at points and several Vil lages captured. In Macedonia hard fighting continues at various points, but with no impor- tant changes in positions reported. Two counter-attacks by the Bulgar- jans against, the Serbians on the left wing were unsuccessful, according to Paris, while Sofia reports that attacks by Russian, French and Serbian troops on Bulgarian_positions around Florina were repulsed, as likewise was an of- fensive west of Lake Ostrova. Artil- lery engagements for the most part are going on along both the Sritish and French sectors of the front. In France the Belgium there has activity on the been violent artillery Somme and Verdun fronts and around Dixmude. A local German attack on British trenches east of Martinpuich, north of the Somme, was repulsed. Berlin_admits the relinquishment to the entente forces of trenches east of Ginchy and near Combles which had been previously demolished by the en- tente artillery. The infantry fighting between the Ttalians_and Austrians on the Carso highlands has noticeably - diminished, although the artillery of both sides continues active. A _report aitributed to reliable diplomatic sources in Ath- ens 1s to the effect that the Austrians are preparing to evacuate Triest. IN MEXICAN BANKING SYSTEM Outlined to American Members of the REFORM 1 Joint Commis: on. New London, Conn., Scpt. 19.—A plan for a Mexican national banking tem to take the place of the suspend- | ed national bank and the Bank of | London and Mexico, in Mexico, was| outlined to the American members of | the joint Mexican-American cornmis- sion “here today by Louis Cabrera. chairman of the Mexican members. Mr. Cabrera explained that a mone- | tary commission has been created | which will have supervision of a chain | of government benks, and it is hoped | to obtain financial backing, chiefly from Mexican sources, to support the scheme. ‘This explanation was given after the American members had asked to be enlightened on the order suspending the ‘two institutions. Mr. Cabrera! said the two banks had issued bank | notes far in excess of their metallic | reserve and recently had refused to| sell to the government exchange on foreign banks at rates demanded by | the government. The institutions had | Deen ordered to show a metallic re-| serve equivalent to their issue of paper money, he said. Mr. ' Cabrera added that the step was_largely retaliatory, as the banks of Mexico, chiefly the two in ques- tion, were' responsible for the depre- ciation of Carranza money. OFFICERS OF SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE, 1| 0. O. F. Frank C. Coudy of Denver, Col., Was Elected Grand Sire. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 19.—The Soverelgn Grand Lodge of Odd Fel- lows, in annual session hers, elected today the following officers: Grand sire, Frank C. Coudy, Denver, Colo.; deputy grand sire, Henry C. Borst, Amsterdam, N. Y.: grand secretary, J. B. Goodwin, Atlanta, Ga.; grand treas- urer, William H. Cox, Louisville, Ky. The grand lodge heard reports of officers showing the membership of the order to be 2,188,458; total pair out for relief funds, $5975,208; total receipts for the past year $17,822,992, and_total expenses of grand and subordinate lodges $9,860,671. UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS Efforts of Federal New York, Sept. 19.—Ffforts of fed- eral and city health authorities to de. termine the source of infantile paralys- is have been unsuccessful, it was discloseq tonight in an announcement By the United States public health ser~ “ice offizlals of the abandonment of the latest theory that the rat flea transmitted the disease. Another attempt to trace the disease to dogs and cats taken from houses where there had been patients also proved futile. Tests were made in the city laboratories on six such animals, bLut while they were found to have peralysis, it was asserted positively that pone had the same disease from which the children suffered. Movements of Steamships. Jothenburg, Sep. 9—Arrived: The steamer Stockholm, New York. London, Sept. 16.—Sailed: Steamer _Sisiiisn, Montreal. | ies printed today NO CAMPAIGN TOUR TO BE MADE BY WILSON But He Will Address Several Partisan Organizations. Non- Long, Branch, N. J:, Sept. 19.—Pres- ident Wilson announced tonight that he had no intention of making any campaign tour, bdt that he will carry out plans already tentatively made for several speeches on public questions before non-partisan organizations. This announcement followed a confer- ence between Vance McCormick, the chairman of the democratic national committee, and Mr. Wilson. Both the president and Mr. McCor- mick expressed indignation over stor- to the effect that as a result of uneasiness over the repub- lican campaign Mr. Wilson had chang- ed his plans and would stump the country. Chairman McCormick dis- cussed with the president many invi- | tations received from different parts of the country urging Mr. Wilson to make speeches, but afterwards it was said officially that the places and dates had not been decided upon. It was understood that some of these speeches will be in Tilinois, Indiana, Missouri and New York. When asked whether the prestdent would go as far west as the Pacific coast, Mr. McCormick repliea: “Hardly that far.” Secretary Tumulty authorized following statement: “The president has no intention of making any campaign tour. He does not intend to change the programme already agreed upon by those in charge of his cambaign to accept invi- tations from non-partisan organiza- tions to discuss political questions.” QUESTIONS AMERICA’S FRIENDLY FEELING FOR TURKEY Le Soir Says Press is Part Imbued With Enmity. Constantinople, Sept. 19, via Berlin to London, 430 p. m—In discussing recently published statements by Abram 1 Elkus, the new American ambassador to Turkey, in an interview given in Berlin, Le Soir today says: “This emphasis upon the friendly feeling of America for Turkey hardly fits in with the utterances of a large portion of the American newspapers, which, in contrast with the respectful spirit and fairness to the United States shown by the Turkish press, is parti- san and imbued with unjustified en- Le Soir adds that it hopes more triendly relations will develop between the United States and Turkey and ex- presses the opinion that American di- plomacy ‘ought to attempt to influence the American press to alter its man- ner of speech. 8 SUITOR WHO THREATENED GIRL FATALLY SHOT. Brother of the Young Lady Proved Quicker With the Gun. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 19.—Rafael Geraga, 23 years old, was quicker with his gun tonight than was_Angelo Pel- liceo, 82, and as a resuit Pelliceo is in a dying condition in a hospital with 2 bullet above the heart. Geraga and his sister Mary, 20 years old, were walking along the street when Pelliceo, girl, came along. Pelllceo, it is sald by the police, drew a revolver with the avowed intention of shooting the girl, but Garaga whipped out his own gun and shot first. the n and ioublo That of Any Ofher Paper, and B Tolal Cireulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City’s Population : ] " Cabled Paragraphs Austrians Prepare to Evacuate Triest. Athens, Sept. 19, 11.30 p. m. via London, 11 p. m.—It is stated in most reliable diplomatic sources here that tho Austrians are preparing for the evacuation of Triest. Waters of Nile Very h. Cairo, via Lonfon, Sept. 20, 2.02 a. m—The waters .of the Nile have reached a very high level, necessitat- ing_the enforcement of the decree of 1887, which empowers the government to call on any able-bodied man to as- sist in the work for the protection of threatened regions under penalty of imprisonment or fine. B. & M. STOCKHOLDERS SANCTION DIRECTORS’ ACTION In Assenting to Receivership of the Road—Meeting Held in Boston. Boston, Sept. 19.—Ratification of the action of the directors of the Boston and Maine railroad in assenting to receivership for the road was voted at a special meeting of stockholders today. The meeting had been called at the request of minority intercsts, counsel for whom objectéd to what they termed “the unseemly haste with which the directors hurtied the cor- poration into receivership at the point of its greatest prosperity,” and who stated that they “found the doors of the courts closed against it, at least temporarily,” in efforts to intervene in opposition” to the appaintment of a receiver. The vote of approval was over- whelmingly in favor of the resolution of endorsement introduced by R.-H. Leng of Framingham. Conrad W. Crocker, counsel for the Poston and Maine Minority Stockholders Protec- tive association, protested in vain that proxies had been fraudulently tricked by post-dating to effect an unbeatable majority combination, while Asa P. French, representing the Lawrence es- tate of Medford, asserted that the 51 per cent. stockholdings owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad were voted illegally by the frustees who are acting under the ap- pointment of the federal court. Attorney French proposed a resolu- tion calling for the appointment of a { committee to repert two weeks hence on various featurss of the receivership proceedings and to delve into the rea- sons “why the directors have mode no move toward settlement of the suit involving claims of the Hampden rail- road, which has tied up $4,000,000 of Boston and Maine property tarough at- tachments.” The resoluticn was voted down de- cisively. HUGHES RENEWS ATTACK ON THE ADAMSON LAW Called “Futile” the Reagons Advocated for Its Passage. Springfield, Ills., Sept. 19.—Charles E. Hughes, addressing an audience in the arsenal here tonight, renewed his Jr,tm:e of the threatened. Mr. Hughes discussed and called "fu- tile” reasons advocated for its pass- age. quoted from President Wilson's address to congress on the subject, challenged the statement of Represen. tative ‘Adamson that it was passed to meet an emergency and cited a_ dec- laration attributed to Grover Cleve- land in support of the contention that the law was “a surrender to force.” “We have seen,” Mr. Huzhes sald, ‘what appears to be the consideration of immediate political expediency at the expense of public welfare. = Mr, Adamson said ‘it is hasty legislation, 1 admit, to meet an emergency.’ What emergency? The emergency of force to which the administration had capi- tulated. | “Senator Underwood said, ‘We have no information on which to legislate and to fix rates of wages which we igre going to do and are attempting to = “Contrast the action of the admin- istration with what was said by Gro- ver Cleveland in 1886 with respect to 1abor legislation. “All legislation on the subject should {be calmly and deliberately undertaken with no purpose of satisfying unrea- sonable demands or gaining partisan advantage.” “It is idle ' to excuse the action by the request for additional lesislation with respect to the future. That leg- jislation was not obtaincd. ~We are | dealing with what was demanded and actually enacted. NAVAL CONSULTING BOARD NOW A LEGALIZED BUREAU | Impressive Ceremonies in the Office of Secretary Daniels. Washington, Sept. 19.—The navy ci- vilian consulting board, composed of twenty-four of the nation’s most emi- nent scientists and engineers, took its place today as a legalized bureau of the navy department and the names of its members, headed by Thomas A. Edison as chairman, were placed on the rolls under a recent act of con- gress as “officers of the United States government.” The board’s inauguratin was at- tended by impressive ¢ femonies in the office of Secretary saniels. The highest ranking officers of the departe ment welcomed their new comrades to the naval service. Secretary Danlels declared that the occaslon signified a great strengthening for the nation’s first line of defense and gave renewed promise for the restoration of Ameri- can prestige on the seas. Immediately on taking the oath of office, the board members effected a permanent official organization. Mr. Bdison was elected chairman; William L. Saunders of the American Institute of Mining Engineers and Dr. Peter C. Hewitt of the Inventors Guild, both of New. York city, were selected as vice chairmen and Thomas Robbins of the Inventors Guild, were selected as vice chairman and Thomas Robbins of the Inventors Guild, was appointed secre- tary. Preliminary plans for the $1,500,000 naval laboratory to be built under the board’s direction were discussed and a committee of six were appointed to and investigate and report on a suit- able site. AN ATTACK ON CARRANZA TROOPS NEAR TAMPICO Bsadits Inflicted a Severe Loss Before ’ Being Repulsed. ‘Washington, Sept. 19.—An attack on Carranza troops in or near Tampico by a force under a_bandit named Pa- ence Day, was reported today in offi- cial despatches recelved here. The bandits are sald to have inflicted heavy losses upon the soldiers before being repulsed. to Striking Carmen ONLY HOPE OF AVERTING SYMP- ATHETIC STRIKE IN NEW YORK PRESIDENT SHONTS FIRM Declares That the 11,000 Employes Who Remain at Work Threatened to Strike if Strikers’ Union is Recog- nized—Walkout Set for Friday. w York, Sept. 19.—After a_citi- zens' committee had failed to effect a basis of settlement between the strik- ing union carmen and their employers here, it was announced tonight that apparently the only hope of averting a threatened sympathetic walkout of 700,006 workers, set for Friday, now lies in a final appeal to be made to the labor leaders Thursday. The citi- zens’ committee probably will confer tomorrow with Mayor Mitchel and Oscar S. Straus, chairman of the pub- lic service commission, in an_effort to find some solution of the problem. Citizens’ Committee Visits Shonts. Following a conference today with the mayor and Mr. Straus, the com- mittee visited Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interboroush Rapid Transit company and the New York Railways company, and, it was said. proposed to him a plan evolved for the peaceable adjustment of the present differences Refused to Meet Strikers. Mr. Shonts, it was learned tonmight, informed the committee that he would refuse positively to meet representa- tives of the strikers. Mr. Shonts tuld the committee that even if he were disposed to treat with the strikers, he could not do so because the 11,000 loyal emploves of his companies, who moke possible the continuation of traffic on the subways and elevated roads, had threatened to strike if the Interborough recognized the strikers' union, In the meantime a meeting of the central conference committes of the strikers was held to count the strike votes of those organizations which al- v have voted. Frnest Bohm, sec- of the Central Federated union, announced at the close of the meeting that communications had been ceived from ‘“three bix unorgan groups of employes in three great in- dustries asking permission to join the strike.” RIOTING IN VARIOUS PARTS OF MANHATTAN. attack on the administration for the | Mobs of Strikers Stormed Two Car passage of the Adamson.law>in twe| ~Barns and Overpowered the Police. New York, Sept. 19.—The most seri . ous rioting since the transit strike in this city began two weeks ago occur- red tonight in various parts of Man- hattan, when attempts were made to run cars on the Forty-second and Fifthy-ninth street crossto rn surface lines. Mobs of strikers and sympa- thizers stormed two car barns, over- powering the police and putfing to flight all railway employes in the vi- cinities. Several motormen and con- ductors who had not joined the strike were beaten. Calls were sent to police headquarters for reserves, but before they arrived much Gamage had been done. The police assert that the strikers took advantage of the fact that many i policemen who had been detailed to strike duty were relieved to go to the polling booths in today’s primary elec- tion here. The strikers apparently planned their attacks, it was said, as disorders occurred in many places at t hesame time. At Forty-second street and Broad- way, one of the busiest spofs in the city, a great crowd bombarded a car with stones they had gathered from a subwa yexcavation. Passengers fled in terror. The police reported late tonight that all surface cers had been ordered to the barns for the rest of the night. Numerous arrests were made and many of the rioters were clubbed by the police. Several passengers were i hurt by flying missiles. Many women fainted svhen mobs of strikers boarded cars and fought with the motormen and conductors. After the cars had been driven from the streets the strikers attacked ele- vated trains, showering bottles and bricks from housetops. Policemen then were stationed on roofs of houses along elevated structures. 174 GUARDSMEN QUIT ON A LONG HIKE General Funston Disappointed That So Many Dropped Out. San Antonlo, Texas, Sept. 19.—One hundred and seventy-four of the guardsmen who left here last Saturday on the march to Austin dropped out and have returned to Camp Wilson here, General Funston said tonight. They have been put into the guard- house and tomorrow will be conveyed by motor truck to Hunter, where they will rejoin their organizations. General Funston expressed disap- pointment that so mauy men lacked spirit enough to make the hike. All of the 174 will be compelled to do the 88 miles to Austin, however, and fur- ther punishment probably will be de- vised for them later, General Funston indicated. NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL BOY SUICIDES Despondent Owing to Fear of Not Suc- ceeding in His Studies. New Haven, Conn, Sept. 19.—Elihu Thomas, 16 years old, a senior in the New Haven High school, committed | suicide today by taking poison, at his father's farm in the Highwood section of the neighboring town of Hamden. In notes left for his parents and class- mates he ascribed his act to despon- dency due to fear of -not succeeding in his studies. Aviator Killed. Shawnee, Okla,, Sept. 19.—M. G. Rob- erts of Rupert, Vt., was killed here to- day in a fall Of 1,300 feet in.an aero- @ rejected suitor for the | laea on Sept. 16, Mexican Independ- |Plane. The machine he was flying was sald to have teen on its first flight. Bvery woman knows that she talks too much, but what she doesn’t know is @ sure remedy for'it. Citizens to Appeal |Close Contest in N. Y. Primary INDICATIONS OF A VICTORY FOR GOVERNOR WHITMAN PROGRESSIVES DIVIDED Calder, Democrat, Apparently Assured of the Nominations for United States Sen- ator. Republican, and McCoombs, New York, Sept. 20.—With reports from less than one-half of the districts in the state received at one o'clock this morning, Jovernor Charles 8. ‘Whitman was leading Judge Samuel Seabury, his democratic opponent, for the progressive endorsement for gov- ernor. Only a fraction of the 46,000 enrolled progressives in the state went to the polls and the average of their votes was only about four to a dis- trict. Interest in Progressive Vote. ‘The progressive vote aroused more interést among state and national leaders than any other feature of the primary, for it was rezarded as giv- ing some lizht on how the strength of the party would be divided in the na- tional election. A majority of the pro- gressive leaders of the state supported ‘Mr. Whitman's candidacy. The lead- ers of the so-called insurgent wing of the party who gave their aid to Judge Seabury professed to be more than satisfied with the result. McCombs leads Conway 2 to 1. ‘William F. McCombs, former chair- man of the democratic national com- mittee, who was designed for the sen- atorial nomination by the unofficial Gemnocratic state convention, was lead- ing his opponent, Thomas I Conway, a former licu‘enant-governor, by more than 2 to 1 at midnight. State Senator William Bennett, who opposed Governor Whitman for the republican nomination, had received only 15,671 votes compared with 87,696 for Whitman. Calder Leading Bacon. ‘The victor in the contest for the republican nomination for United States senator in the statewide pri- mary remained in doubt at 2.15 o’clock tish morning. At that hour, with 4, 124 districts heard from out of a to- tal of 5719 in the state, William A. Calder was leading Robert Bacon by about 1,200. The figures were: Calder 109,551; Bacon 108,364. ARRANGING PROSECUTION OF BLACKMAIL SYNDICATE William C. Woodward, Leader of the Gang, Surrendered Last Night. “CHicago, Sept. 19.—A conference at Washington on the prosecution of al- leged members of the ‘“international blackmai] syndicate” was arranged to- day, it was learned from local officials of the department of justice who left tonight for Washington. b William C. Woodward, accused by government officials as a leader of the gang, surrendered to the United States district attorney tonight. He surrendered, he said, when he learned that zovernment officials had gone to ‘Washington. Woodward bond. A Mrs. Helen Evers, alleged “ldre” in the gang's operations and the only ‘woman still under charges in connec- tion with the “syndicate’s” allezed op- erations, was released on $25,000 bond tonight. Only two members of the zang. Bd- ward Donahue and Henry Russell, are still in jail. 3 REPORTS OF PROSPERITY IN ALL LINES OF INSURANCE Made at Meeting of National Associa- tion of Insurance Companies. Reading, Pa., Sept. 19.—Reports of prosperity in all lines of ifsurance were made today at the opening of the 21st annual meeting here of the Na- tional Association of Mutual Insurance companies, held jointly with the ninth annual gathering of the Pennsylvania association. ~Constructive legislation, fire prevention, classification of farm risks, livestock and automobile insur- ance, tornado indemnities nd other cuestions of interest to mutual com- panies are being considered by the convention. = Nearly every state in the east and middle west are represented in the meeting, over which L. R. Welch, of Firchburg, Mass., Is presiding. CARRIER PIGEON WITH BAND BEARING GERMAN LETTERS. Taken Captive by Soldiers at Fort Michie, Gull Island. Fort Michie, Gull Island, N. Y., Sept. 19 —A carrier pigeon bearing an alum- inum band with the No. 1098 and sev- eral German letters on it has been taken captive by soldiers at this fort and the belief exists that the bird came from one of the German subma- rines now on a vovage to this coun- try. The bird was completely ex- haused when captured and gave evi- dence of having been in the air a long time. OBITUARY. Dennis J. Gaynor. Stratford, Conn., Sept. 19.—Dennis J. Gaynor, president of the Gaynor Man- ufacturing company, died at his home here this afternoon at the age of 70 vears. He was a former city treas- urer of Waterbury where he resided for many years. William J. Calhoun. Chicago, Sept. 19.—William J. Cal- houn, former minister to China, died late today at his residence here. Mr. €alhoun was 68 vears old. He had been -ill .some months, having been stricken with paralysis and thereafter a complication of ailments followed. Mr. Calhoun gained fame as a di- plomat_through his mission to Cuba just preceding the war with Spain and as special commissioner to Vene- zuela for President Roosevelt. Mr. Calhoun was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. He practiced law at Danville, llls., and in Chicago and in 1397 was sent by President McKinley as special com- missioner to Cnuba. He was a mem- ber of the Interstatc Commerce Com- mission from 1896 to 1900, was special commissioner for President Roosevelt to_Venezuela In 1907 and from 1909 to 1813 was minister to China.. was released on $2,500 | Condensed Telegrams Food disorders have broken out Vienna. in Walter Scott, premier of Saskatch- ewan, is reported dying. Exports of specie from Sept. 11 to Sept. 16, amounted to $2,827,827. The German Minister to Bucharest has_reached Haparanda, en route to Berlin. The steamer Lafayette of the French Line arrived at New York from Bor- deaux. Canadian Pacific_gross earnings for the second week of Sept. increased $541.000. Sir Cavendish Boyle, who was gov- ernor of Newfoundland from 1901 to 1904, is dead. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week totalled 40,- 489,000 pounds. : lutions Committee—State Exports of general merchandise at the port of New York Saturday to- talled $4,045,452. For the year ended with last June, the United States imported sugar worth $208,769,000. Nikolas Kalogeropoulos, the .new Premier of Greece, has accepted the Entente Powers latest note. New Haven, Conn,, Sept. 19.—Tt was a verf enthusiastic gathering which opened the state democratic conven- tion in Music hall tonight. Every del- egate's seat was occupled, the galleries | were flled and spectators fringed the | floor beyond the rows of chairs both at the rear and along the sides of the| hall. At every opportunity there was ! cheering and handclapping and men- tion of the name of President Wilson was greeted with cheers. The hall, saily dressed in flags and bunting with the stage well set with scenery, The Second New York Infantry, on the border, has been ordered to return to the state mobilization camp. James McNerney, a fireman of En- gine Co. No. 256 at Rockaway Beach, was killed by a train at Seaside. Two hundred and fifty corset work- ers of the Bay State Corset Co., of Springfield, Mass., went on strike. A five-story factory building in|seldom looked as well at a political Roebling Street, Brooklyn, was de-|convention. _ Former Congressman stroyed by fire at a loss of $100,000. Thomas L. Reilly, the temporary chairman, was repeatedly interrupted Col. Theodore Roosevelt joined in support of Robert Bacon for Repub- lican United States Senate nomination. by applause and he also had an ova- tion at the close of his address. Ovation For Homer Cummings. The convention started late, as del- egates were outside viewing the pa- rade of the equal suffragists. Then they rushed into the hall and State Chairman Fitzgerald had to vigorously wield his gavel to get order, so that the call might be read by Secretary P, B. O'Sullivan. _Mr. Reilly’s intro- duction followed and about that time Homer S. Cummings walked up the center aisle and the delegates rose in a body to cheer him. Several bodily led him to a seat on the platform. The keynite speech of the tempor- ary chairman was given in excellent voice and occasionally a delszate shouted out his approval of some point. At the conclusion a thirty minute recess was taken to permit dis- tricts to select members of a commit- tee and to settle contests over the state committeemen of which thewe a number. Resolutions Committee. The resolutions committee follows bY districts: 1, M. L. Hewes; 2, Augustine Loner- gan; 3, Henry McManus; 4, John Cairns Gullup; 6, G. M. Landers; 7, W. A, Seymour; 8, Robert Jordan; 9, Frank Kenna; 10, J. E. Mc- Gann; ‘11, Andrew Meola; 12, W. J. Bridgett; 12 Owen Horan; 14, Herbert Peterson; 15, W. BE. Thoms; 16, Jo- seph Lawler: 17, W. R. Palmer; 18, James Sweeney; 19, M. C. Higgins: 20, John C, Geary: 21, Robert G. Deforest; 22, D. K. Brennan; 23, G. F. Mara; 24, Six new cases of infantile paralysis were reported to the state board of health yesterday, bringing the total to 683 The annual convention of the Amer- ican Association of Public Accountants opened at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Gross earnings of the Minneapolis, St. Pau) and Sault Ste Marie Railroad Co., for the year tnding June 30, total- led $35,010,064. , Gold to the amount of §$250,000 was? received from Canada and deposited at the_Assay Office for the account of J. P. Morgan & Co. | The Navy ' Department on Friday will_res iearings to decide where 16 15cat ~$11,000,000 government drmor plate plant. Great Britain's reply to the strong American protest against the seizure and_censoring of neutral mails is now on its way to Washington. The New York Central Railroad has placed an order with the American Locomotivé Co. and the Lima Loco- motive Corporation for 230 engines. More than $1,000,000 in British gold arrived at Boston from Cape Town, South Africa, on the British steamer York Castle, consigned to Montreal 4.7 McAllister; 25, F. W. Wheeler; 26, pankers. T 7. Hayes; 27, Thomas Ryle; 28, T. E. Bitgoo 29, D. J. Danaher; 30, Rob- Michael Ferguson of Galesburg and | v, &~ cisbar: 31 e Bert Sapp of Monmouth, 1L, were ar- | 5\ Todxe: 23, Daniel MoCarthy: 34, rested, charged with the mmurder of |1 HOGEST 9%, Dariel MAn s Bmma Larkin, at the Fair Grounds at Of the contests for central commit- Aledo, TIL. teeman the most interesting was that in the 30th dstrict, where Frank Coe of Torrington, a newly seated members was tied in the veote by Mr. Quinn and the decision went over until tomor- row, 3 New State Central Committee. The new committee chosen follows: by distries: 1, James Dugan; Henry W. Staples, for many years proprietor of the Old Orchard House, Old Orchard’s largest ohtel, died of heart disease today at his home in that seacoast town. Four persons were killed at North Springfield, 18 miles west of Erie, Pa., when the automobile in which they 2, C._J. Dillon; 2, - erman K 4, Edmond ' A were riding was struck by a New | Herman Koppleman; 4, Ex Y ] Clune: Thomas Hew 6. G. M S Lander M. J; Connor 8, . E. Ca- Arthur Curtiss James has been des- | bl . P. O'Mara;_ 10, J. Mc- tgnated a Chevalier of the Crown of [Gann: 11, M. Erank Hope; 13, Hugh Italy in recognition of his generosity | P, Prior: 15, Owen Hare; & 2 o in building the $800,000 school for|Qeeffe: 15 J. A Hynes; 164 K5 Ttalian cshildren in Ne wYork. Rt i A S B e Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi- | John (",,“’,5 21€V‘[i‘” ;;‘afl—’;\ dent of Columbia University, arrived |P. H. Par s Bl iod i Tester O. Peck: 25, Hezekiah Eiwood: in Chicago after a speaking tour 0.7Pe L S Ll throughout the west in the interests of | 28, I R(‘;;'fl; Co Rt the Republican national ticket. am o ARt The Italian Government in order to|33 D. 1. Ml 3 R. U. Tyler; reduce the cost of living which has in- |35, M. D. O'Connell. = . creased about 25 per cent in the last| As soon as caucuses had ended the six months, has seized 10,000,000 egzs | convention accepted the lis mittees and adfourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The several col mitteemen met, that on resolutions re- ceivinz a delegation of the Connect-i cut Women’s Equal Suffrage ILeague which asked for a plank on “Votes for Women™ in the platform. Mecting of State Central Committee. In the afternoon the state central committee met and this gathering was enli ed by incidents which followed he discovery that newspaper men were .in the room although the meet- ing supposedly was to have been an executive one. As there was some disagreement in the committee as to courtesy to be extended the report- ers to stay a sergeant-at-arms in the person of Mr. Cahill of the Eighth dis- trict was appointed by Chairman Fitz- gerald to see that the room was cleared of unauthorized persons. Committeemen Absent. The committeemen absent were M. A. Coleman of the first, A. B. O'Keffe | of the fourteenth and M. J. Clabby of and is selling them at 2 cents a piece. The War Department sent orders to General Funston to return regiments | of the National Guard now on the border in exact ratio of one regiment to return for each new regiment sent down. Daniel Bodk died in the Rhode Island Hospital from injuries suffer- ed when an automobile in which he was riding ran into a ditch and cap- sized on the Apponoug road, near Norwood. “Indiana will give her electoral vote to Wilson,” declared National Demo- cratic Chalrman McCormick on his re- turn to New York from the West. “We shall elect two Democratic senators from that state.” Francis B. Sayre, President Wilson's son-in-law, who made a trip among the American troops along the Mexi can border in the interest of the Young Men’s Christian Association in Massachusetts, arrived at New York. the twnety-first. Proxies were held by John Donghan for the elaventh, T. J. Brennan for the sixteenth, Thomas Naval Constructor William G. Du.|I. Kellv for the nineteenth, Albert Bose, who was sent to the Santo Do- | I} < for the twenty seventh and A mingo city to decide whether the|\. Toss for the h, T wrecked’ cruiser Memphis could _he |new member from Torringion, Trank salvaged, reported to the Navy De-|Coe. wh app ice: B T partment that little could be saved | ’Sullivan, h E._ P from the vessel. O'Meara of the nin nd_Herman Koppleman of the third and Max Burr- Delmar P. Crowley, six years years|Schmidt of the twenty-fifth sat for their first time each on the commit- tee. The temporary roll of the conven- | tion was accepted. It showed that seventeen fowns had not reported their delegates. Revised Rules Approved. The revised rules prepared by Chair* man Fitzgerald, J. T. Fanning of Nor- wich, W. E. Thoms of Waterbury, J.| J. Culliman of Bridgeport and T. I. Spellacy of Hartford, were offered, discussed and approved. and ordered reported to the convention for ts ac-' tion. In brief, the new rules include old, was struck and killed at Middle- town by an automobile driven by Dr. John H. Mountain, of Middletown. The John H. Mountain. The boy it was said became confused and ran in front of the machine. $500,000 Memorial for Dr. J. D. Murphy Chicago, Sept. 19.—A $500,000 me- morial to the late Dr. John D, Murphy, the noted surgeon, is to be erected in Chicago, it was announced today. It :s x');‘lob;ible th;lt the memorial wil] be in e form of an institution for sur- sical research. CHANGES IN DEM. STATE COMMITTEE John C. Geary Displaces Bryan Mahan in the Twentieth District : THOS. J. KELLY REPRESENTS THE 19TH DISTRICT Enthusiastic Gathering at Opening of Democratic State Con- vention in New Haven—Mention of Name of President Wilson Greeted With Applause—Every Delegate’s Seat Was Occupied—M. C. Higgins a Member of the Reso- Central Committee Approved the Revised Rules Prepared by Chairman Fitzgerald, J. T. Fanning of This City, W. E. Thoms of Waterbury, J. J. Cullman of Bridgeport and T. J. Spellacy of Hartford. these changes: Lengthens the time from seven to fourteen days before a state comvention in which caucuses for choice of delegates may be held: provides for election of state commit- tecman at the spring convention fn presidential election years; creates an assistant secretary (or organizer) at a salary of $2,000 & year; chanses the basis of represettatioo from towns to probate ahd senatorial district con- vention to the same ratio as for the state convention; allows the state commpitteeman calling a senatorial convention to have a vete in case of a tie such as occurred in the Hart- ford contest recently. Discovered Reporters in the Room. 1t was after adoption of the rules that Mr. Dillon of Hartford discover- ed reporters in the room. ‘The com- mittee after discussion voted to let them stay in but Chairman Fitzgerald declareq that the meeting was an executive one an dthose not commit- tecmen had to @b out. This decision: was_enforced by the sergeant-at-srms. W. R. Palmer of Oxford then made an address in which he outlined plans the national committee has on foot concerning the campalgn in this state. This information was to be kept secret by the committee, it was said after- ward. Mr. Cummings and Mr. Spellacy ap- peared at this point and both were in- vited into the meeting. Mr. Cum- mings spoke on organization condi- tions especially in other states. This Alsposed of all business on hand, ai- though the matter of adoption of a rule fo have the platform put into - nal shape by the nominees on the state ticket, was sent to the convention for its action. Reilly For Permanent Chairman. The committee on permanent organ- jzation tomorrow will recommend that Mr. Reilly be made permanent chair- man. It is expected that Mr. Cum- mings upon his nomination for the of- fice of United States senator will ad- dress the convention. There sesmed no reason to Delleve tonight that any change would be made in the selection of a candidate for governor, alohtugh some opposition to Judge Morris. . Beardsley of Bridgeport, who will be named, is reported to be held by & few dclegates. No decision had been reached by the leaders as to the naming of a progres- sive for a place on the state ticket, al- though report had it that F. E. Duffy of West Hartford mizht be offeved the place of secretary of state. Franels P. Guilfoile of Waterbury will be un-. opposed for the lieutenant governor nomination. County and congressional delegations were being canvassed to- night for names of possible presiden- tial electors. CONGRESSMAN REILLY PRAISES PRESIDENT WILSON In Address as Temporary Chairman Democratic State Convention. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 19. — The paramount reason for the re-electipn of President Wilson, all other ifsues aside, is that “he has kept us out of war at home and abroad,” asserted Former Congressman Thomas L. Reill” of Meriden, in his address here to: night as temmporary chairman of the democratic state convention. “The United States is at peace with the world today,” he continued, “be- cause providentially there had beem raised up to gvide its destitines a man big and. just, and wise and _strong enough to do what he believed to ba right and what he knew to be truly American. * * * And when the names of great leaders of men are written and the names of the most fllustrious presidents spoken, none will stand higher or be spoken with more fervid_patriotism, than that of Wood- row Wilson.” Mr. Reilly reviewed the legislation enacted under the present administra- tion, asserting that the record refut- ed the charge that it had not been constructive. He defended the Ad- amson law, passed to avert a nation- wide railroad strike as a ‘necessary emergency measure;” urged the pro- sives to unite with the democrats because they had put into law the measures sought by the progressives, and referring to international ques- tions, declared that peace had been maintainefi “with untarnished honor.™ SUFFRAGISTS IN TORCHLIGHT PARADE IN NEW HAVEN Carried Banners and Placards Bearing Suffrage War Cries. Sept. 19.-~So far rned, Connecticut intain r h the parties. On New Haven, Conn as parad con state marehed through the city streets in an imprea- sive demonstraiion. Tonight, a thou- sand advocates of equal suffrage took part in a picturesque torchlignt pro- cession through crowded streets, as democratic convention was assembling to hear the keynote speech of Ex-Con- gressman_Reiily. As was the case two weeks ago, most of the marchers tonight were women, and tey hcarrfed banners and p) bearing sufirgae war cries. A decided feature was the presence in the line of march of the democratic “Mule ed by two women. After the parade, there were speeches favoring the from all ps cause on the Green. L