Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 21, 1916, Page 1

LVIIL—NO. 228 POPULATIONS*" 19 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS The Bulletin's Girculation in Norwich~"" otible That of Any Other Paper, and GERMANS VIOLENTLY ATTACK THE FRENCH In Mass Formations the Teutons Threw Attack After Attack From 9 A. M. Until Dark FRENCH ARE EVERYWHERE HOLDING POSITIONS The Village of Bouchavesnes Was Penetrated by the Ger- mans, But They Were Dislodged by French With the Bayonet—Four Assaults at the Priez Farm, in Which the Teutons Came On in Waves, Were Repulsed—Both Berlin and Vienna Report the Repulse of Heavy Russian Attacks in the Lutsk Sector of Volhynia and Southwest of Lemberg, in Galicia—In Transylvania the Rumanians Have Met With a Serious Reverse—The Russians and Rumanians in Dobrudja Have Been Strongly Reinforced and the Tide of Battle is Fluctuating—The Bulgarians Have Evacuated Viglitsa, on Western End of Macedonian Front. In an effort to retrieve in part their lost territory, the Germans Wednes- day, despito the bad weather, made violent counter-attacks against the French over a three mile front in the region of the Priez farm and Bouch- avesnes, north of the Somme. In mass formation the Teutons threw attack after attack along the line from nine o'clock in the morning un- til dark and at the end of the day the French were everywhere holding their positions, according to Paris, and the battlefleld at points was covered with German dead. During the fighting the Germans penetrated the northeastern part of the village of Bouchavesnes, but here the French met them with the bayonet and dislodged them. Four assaults at the Priex farm in which the Ger- mans came on in waves wire repulsed by the French, whose observers as- sert that the Germans at last with- drew. in_disorder, leaving many dead behind them. On the Eritish front the inclement weather still holds the opposing sides to_artillery duel: In the eastern theatre, in Rus- sia and Galicia. both Berlin and Vi- enna report the repulse of heavy Rus- slan attacks in the Lutsk sector of Volyhnia and southeast of Lemberg, In Galicia. Local successes for the Ruslans in the Carpathians are con- ceded by the Teutonic allies, who say, however, that on the whole the Rus- sian attacks in this region were re- pulsed. Down in Transylvania where the Turks have been fighting against the Austro-Hungarians the invaders ap- parently have met with a serious re- verse in the region of Hatszege, whence they have been driven back by the Teutonic allies to the Transyl- vanian Alps and the town of Petroz- ny and the Szurduk _ Pass, through which they entered Transylvania in this region, recaptured from them. In Dobrudja, where the Russians and Rumanians have been heavily rein- forced along the line south of the Constanza railway from the Black sea to the Danube, the tide of the battle is fluctuating. Sofia reports suc- | cesses for the arms of the Bulgars at certain points, while Bucharest claims a victory for the Rumanians near Eni~ gea. The western end of the Macedonian eront is still the scene of violent com- bats. The Bulgarians, according to Athens have hastily evacuated Viglit- 52, at the extreme end of the line and fallen back upon Svedsa for a stand in previously prepared entrench- ments which, if captured, will neces- sitate the evacuation of Monastir, Ser- ‘erlin reports that the who Germans, are co-operating with the Bul- , have repulsed entente thrusts near Florina, Greece. Rome admits that the Italians on the southern slope of Monte Beles have been driven back by the Bulgarians. Artillery fighting predominates on the British and French fronts. Aside from bombardments and igo- lated infantry attacks, the situation remains unchanged on the Carso front of the Austro-Ttallan theatre, where the Italians are trying to reach Trieste. Constantinople records successes for the Ottoman forces over the Russians and British, respectively, in Persia anq aléong the Tigris. GREECE MAKES FIRM DEMAND UPON GERMANY For Release of Greek Troops Now In- terned in Germany, London, Sept. 20, 815 p. m—Reu- ter's Telegram Company says it learns that the Greek note to Germany is a very firm demand that the Greek troops be brought to the Swiss fron- tier in order that they may be con- ducted to a Mediterranean port, from which they will be taken to Greece. The Greek government guarantees that they will not be forced to serve. against any enemy of Germany and at the same time disavows entirely the ac- tion of General Hadjopoulos, who, it is claimed disregarded orders to trans- port his troops to another Greek port. HUGHES ON PROTECTION OF AMERICAN RIGHTS. Views Given Before a Cheering Au: ence in Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 20.—Charles B. Hughes, before a cheering audi- ence that filled the big auditorium here tonight, outlined his _attitude toward the protection of American rights as follows: “I propose that we shall protect and enforce American rights on land and sea without fear and untlinchingly with respect to American lives. American property and American commerce. We have no unstated policies, no secret understandings, no intrigues. We stand four-squared to the world, rep- resenting the United States and its interests alone, first, last and all the time.” Mr. Hughes' reference to American rights was contained in a speech in which he made reply, one by one, to what he termed democratic claims for having alded business and outlined the republican programme. In so doing, he dealt chiefly with subjects discussed in President Wilson's epeech of ac- ceptance. The shipping bill was characterized as “a menace, the. sooner removed the better” The Underwood tariff he called a measure “that must be un- done if we are to have a sure basis of prosperity in this country.” He reft- erated that the anti-trust law, instead of belng clarifled by definition, had been made “mdre uncertain.” ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF RAILWAY EXECUTIVES MEETS Eight Hour Law Was One of the Im- portant Subjects Discussed. New York, Sept. 20—The Railway Sxecutives' ' Advisory Committee, which comprises the heads of the shief rallway systems of this country, 2eld its first session in this city to- lay since the passage of the eight hour bill. According to several of ihe conferees, the eight hour law was imly one of a number of important jubjects discussed by the committee, which is planning to meet the joint sommittee of congress appointed un- Ler the Newlands resolution to inquire to railroad regulation. This com- mittee will begin its sessions early in November. Frank Trumbull, chairman, presided It today’s session. Among members n attendance was Howard Elliott, of e New York, New Haven and Hart- S e AR N O WILSON VIEWS ON PROHIBITION IS AN ISSUE IN CALIFORNA. Wets Claim He Favors Temperance, But is Opposed to Prohibition. San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 20— Whether President Wilson is opposed to prohibition became an issue in California’s heated wet and dry fight today with the return to the state of the coast-to-coast prohibition cam- paign train. Assertion made in a “wet” pamphlet freely distributed at the prohibition meetings along the San Joaquin valley today that the president Jjs among eleven widely known Americans, in- cluding former President Taft and Cardinal Gibbons, who “favor temper- ance but oppose prohibition” was questioned by Dr. Ira Landrith, the prohibition vice presidential candi- date. Later tonight Oliver W. Stew- art, national campaign manager for the prohibitionists, telegraphed . the presi- dent asking if the “wets” here were misrepresenting his attitude. “The president will not defy the suffrage lightnings of the nineteen dry states” wrath,” said Landrith, “by con- firming the accusation that he is op- posed to prohibition in any stats. Let him make such a pro-liquor declara- tion, and his defeat is as sure as his friends now believe his election is cer- taln. But this official chargs that he is an anti-prohtbitionist must now be disclaimed or his silence will be inter- preted as assent.” J. Frank Hanly, the prohibition presidential candidate, continued his attack of Charles E. Hughes for his silence on the liquor question and ap- pealed to all voters for support of the prohibition platform, which he termed as comprehensive as any on issues other than the liquor question. “YOUNG MEN'S DAY” AT SHADOW LAWN Wilson to Address the Democratic League on September 30. New York, Sept. 20.—President ‘Wilson, it was announced here to- night, ‘will address members of the Young Men’s Democratic League at Shadow Lawn, Long Branch, N.'J,, on Sept. 30, which has been designated by the democratic national committee as “Young Men's Day.” The president, it was sald, would make a special ap- peal for the support of all young men throughout the country. According to the national committes, the Young Men's Democratic League has organ- izations in forty etates, Its Total Girculation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to the City’s Population Cabled Paragraphs Recognition of Greek Cabinet Asked. London, Sept. 20, 6:30 p. m.—An of- ficial of the Greek foreign office cisit- ed the entente diplomatists at Athens today, says a Reuter despatch from the Gree kcapital and is understood to have requested them as a matter of form to recognize the ne weabinet, ad- ding that the cabinet would subse- quently resign if such a course were considered inevitable. MERCHANTS DISCUSSED THE “RETURNED GOODS EVIL” Cases Cited Where Women Have Kept Gowns Four to Six Weeks. New York, Sept. 20.—Need for leg- islation in individual states to end the “returned goods evil” was _discussed here today by merchants from every part of the country at the closing session of the National Retail Dry Goods Association’s convention. Many of the merchants complained that goods returned by prospective purchasers frequently are unsalable, ‘while others cited instances where wo- men had kept gowns and other art cles in their homes from four to six weeks before deciding on the purchase. In the latter case, it was pointed out, styles had changed by the time the goods were returned and prices had to be changed accordingly. Legislation was advocated also to prevent the return of goods from houses having cases of infectious dis- eases. The majority of merchants favored the discontinuance of discounts to clergymen and policemen for purchas- es. SHORT CIRCUIT CAUSED $20,000 FIRE IN HARTFORD Occurred on an Automobile, Used as a Demonstrator. Being Hartford, Conn., Sept. 20.—Damage by fire and water to stock and buily ing, variously estimated at from § 000" to $20,000 in the comparatively | short space of thirty minutes was the |result of a fire which zot a flying start when a short circuit occurred on a car used as a demonstrator in_the show room of the Capitol City Auto {company, corner of High and Ally | streets, “over which an employee, W experimenting toda When firemen arrived on the scene | flames were shootinz half way across both Allyn and High streets and black smoke was pouring from the upper | windows in dense clouds. The flames | were confined to the east end of zhc} bulldings. A iarge number of auto- { mobiles and accessories were in the building. TO PRESS BLACKMAILERS OF MRS. REGINA KLIPPER |Case to be Tried Before a Month in Federal Court in New York. Washington, Sept. 20. — Federal agents who have been at work in Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Washington investigating the so-call- ed blackmailing syndicate, virtually agreed in a conference at the depart- ment of justice tonight to concentrate the prosecution at this time against those charged specifically with black- mailing Mrs. Regina S. Klipper of Philadelphia. The case probably will be pressed to trial within a month in the federal court in New York. The defendants in the case probably will be removed to New York at once for the trial. | BUSINESS SECTION OF ERIE, MICH, BURNED Nine Stores, Ten Houscs and a Score of Sheds—Loss $100,000. Mich., Sept. 20.—Nine stores, ten ho s and a score of sheds were destroyed here late this afternoon by a fire originating in a blasksmith shop on the main street. Fire apparatus | sent_from Toledo, Ohio, twelev miles | south, assisted the fire department of | Monroe in extinguishing the blaze. | The store buildings destroyed com prised virtually the entire business cection of the town. The loss is estimated at $100.000. PROMINENT MEN AT FUNERAL OF SETH LOW Educational and Financial Institu- tions Strongly Represented. vew York, Sept. 20. en of nation- wide prominence representatives of educational and financial institutions and delegates from civic, historical and political organizations, paid tri- bute to the memory of Former Mayor Seth Low at his funeral here today. Among the prominent men present were ~ Goevrnor Whitman, Mayor Mitchel, J. P. Morgan, Elihu_ Root, Samuel Gompers, George W. Perkins and Alton B. Parker. The interment was in Greenwood Cemetery OFFICERS OF DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 8. Lynch of Orange to Serve as a State Organizer. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 20.—The newly elected democratic state cen- tral committee this afternoon re-elect. ed David_E. FitzGerald, state chair- man, P. B. O'Sullivan, of Derby, sec- retary-treasurer, and A. S. Lynch of Orange assistant secretary under a salary. The last named will serve as a state organizer. No other business was done. GREAT BRITAIN REGRETS : HOLDING UP OF THE CEBU Destroyer Commander Did Not Know Vessel Was So Near Shore. ‘Washington, Sept. 20.—Great Britain today formally expressed to the Unit- a British dsetroyer in holding up and examining the Philippine steamer Ce- bu within the territorial waters of the Phillppines. Because of a heavy fog, 1t was explained, the desortyer’s com. mander did not know the vessel was 8o uear shore. Investigating Occupational Diseases. Hartford, Conn.,, Sept. 20. — An- nouncement was made at the capitol today that Dr. Mary Hamilton, an in- vestigator of the United States bureau of labor, is now in Connecticut mak- ing inquiries at various factories as to the prevalence of occupational dis- eases. 1. O. O. F. Meets Next In Louisville} Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 20.—The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows today selected Louisville as the meet- | ahead of his opponent. h.gnplue in 1917. An amendment to admit minprs to membershio was de- foated. [ One of Greatest Floods on Record NEARLY A MILLION MADE HOMELESS PEOPLE ANHUI PROVINCE, CHINA Area of About 7,000 Square Miles In- undated—All Autumn crops Destroy- ed—Appeals for Help Sent Out. Washington, Sept. 20.—Nearly a million people have been made home- less by one of the greatest floods on record in that section of China where the American Red Cross already has spent $600,000 for flood protection and where the $30,000,000 loan for reclama- tion work, which was postponed by the war, was to have been spent. Re- ports to the state department today from the American consul at Nanking said the Hwal river had inundated an area of about 7,000 square miles in Anhui province. Appeals for aid have been sent out for the homeless, who virtually are entirely dependent on charity, as all the autumn crops were destroyed. The flood occurred in a very flat, al- luvial section where the north-to- south passage of the Grand Canal had dammed up a large lake and allowed the Hwai river too little space to car- Iy off the excess of water. Today’s delayed advices described conditions several weeks ago, but officials believe there probably has been little im- provement. In the case of previous floods in that district the waters have been held for long periods by the alluvial soil. WILSON CONGRATULATES WILLIAM F. M'COMBS Predicts Victory for the Democratic Ticket in New York in November. Long Branch, N. J., Se tory for the democratic ticket in New York state in the November elections was precicted by President Wilson tonight following the receipt of re- turns from the primaries held yester- day. The president indicated his_be- lief that progressive voters in New York will support the democrats. ‘Taking his fitst active part in the campaign, Mr. Wilson sent telegrams of congratulation to William F. Mc- Combs, the democratic nominee for the United States senate, and to Judge Samuel Seabury, the nominee for gov- ernor. The message to Mr. McCombs fol- lows: “I congratulate you most warmly on your nomination by the democrats of New York for the United States sen- ate. A united body of progressive voters will be behind you. CALDER LEADS BACON IN NEW YORK PRIMARY. If Calder Wins It Will Be Because of Heavy Support in New York City. ew York, Sept. 20.—With returns sing from only about 350 districts in the state, most of them in remote rural sections, William M. Calder had a lead tonight of approximately 7,000 votes over Robert Bacon, his rival for the nomination for United Stetes sen- ator in the republican primary yester- day. Indications were that the rela- tive standing of the two candidates would not be materially changed by the complete returns. Nearly 200 of the districts lacking were from coun- ties where the vote was comparatively light. If Calder wins the nomination it will be because of the heavy vote cast for him in Greater New York, where complete returns gave him 54,844 as compared with 21418 for Bacon. In the upstate counties Bacon ran far In 3,250 of the 3,640 upstate districts he received 112,- 779 votes and Calder only 86,418. The primary vote was relatively much lighter in New York city than in the other counties of the state. AUGUST REPORT OF THE STATE HEALTH BOARDS Falling Off in Typhoid Fever, Measles, Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough Hartford, Conn., Sept. 20.—While typhoid fever, measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough all showed a fall- ing off in the number of cases during | August, according to the state health board’s report published today there were 367 cases of infantile paralysis in the stete during the month and 99 deaths, as compared with 165 cases and 37 deaths in July. There were 96 cases of typhoid fever in August as compared with 266 cases during Aug- ust of 1915. Total deaths in August numbered 1,684, making the death rate for the month 16.3 per thousand. The ave- rage death rate for August for last five years has been 15.1. There were 433 deaths of babies under one year. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST PARALYSIS AT HARVRD Students Who Have Been Exposed to the Disease Barred from Classes. Cambridge, Mass, Sept. 20.—Har- vard University authorities took stsps today to prevent the possible introduc. tion of infantile paralysis when the institution opens Sept. 25. Cards have been prepared asking the students whether they have been exposed to the disease. Those who have been ex- posed will be barred from classes, it was stated. ACCEPTS CHALLENGE OF WILSON COLLEGE MEN'S LEAGUE Hughes National College League Enter Series of Debates. New York, Sept. 20—The challenge of the National Woodrow Wilson Col- lege Men’s League for a series of de- bates on the issues of the present na- tional political campaign has been ac- cepted by the Hughes National Col- lege League, republican national headquarters announced tonight. The Hughes league has appointed a com- mittee to meet a committee of the Wilson league to arrange details. First Snow in Maine, Phillips, Maine, Sept. 20.—The first snow of the season in Maine was re- ported today from Saddleback Moun- tain in the Rangeley Lakes region. The precipitation measured more than an inch. Villa May Cut [}a[ranza Line GENERAL BELL SAYS BANDIT'S FORCE HAS GROWN SINCE CHIHUAHUA FIGHT Mexican-American Joint Commis: n Arrive at No Agreement Until an Official Account of Battle Arrives. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 20.—Belief that Francisco Villa will soon cut the Carranza line of communications be- tween Chihuahua City and Juarez, if he has not_already done so, was sug- gested by Major General Funston to- day after he had read a report on Villa’s Chihuahua engagement re- ceived by Brigadier General Bell at El Paso. Stories gathered by General Bell from persons reaching El Paso from the interior " indicate that General Trevino's forces were driven out of Chihuahua City in Villa's Saturday night attack, and_ that they took sta- tion on a large hill outside the city from necessity, and not from choice, as previous reports said. From this hill they succeeded, by the use of ar- tillery, in dislodging the Villstas. Funston Witkholds Details. General Funston refused to give out all details of the Bell report for pub- lication, but he said that it confirmed previous accounts of the battle and in- dicated even more serious conditions than were admitted by the Carranzis- “It seems that they had quite a holiflay down there,” said the general. Threatens Carranza Line. General Bell's report said that Villa’s force last Saturday was estimated at from 500 to 1,700 men. General Fun- Ston believes this force has grown since the Chihuanua battle. He said that, in this case, the logical step for Villa to take would be the severing of the line of communications between Chihuahua and Juarez. This would give him control of the Mexico North- western railroad and, the general add- ed, “the garrisons to the north would have to look out.” Rumors of New Villa Attack. El Paso, Tex, Sept. 20—Rumors were current here today that Chihua hua City was captured by Villa in a second attack lats night. General Francisco Gonzales, commandant at Juarez, and Consul Garcia declared the rumors were without foundation. JOINT COMMISSION IS AWAITING INFORMATION. Will. Not Enter Into Any Agreement Pend! Its Arrival. New London. Conn., Sept. 20.—Until an official account of the reported at- tack on Chihuahua by Villa forces is received by the merican joint commission, its members will not enter into any agreement ona plan for the maintenance of peace on the bor- der, it was learned tonigh The American gbmmissioners con- ferred at length late today with Coun- sellor Polk of the state department, who was on his way back to Washing. ton from Maine. Prior to the confer- ence the American representatives epread before the Mexican commis- sloners a mass of documentary evi- dence relating to conditions in Mex ico. The submission of the information in possession of the Americans was somewhat in the nature of rebuttal to information that had been offered by the Mexicans. The reports placed be- fore the commission by the Mexican representatives have bcen of a char- acter calculated to depict a rapidly recovering country and to offset stories that credit the government authorities in various localities with lack of con- trol and efficien VILLA FORCES ELUDE GOVERNMENT CAVALRY Have Taken Refuge in the Mountains South of Santa Fe Ysabela. Chihuakuia City, Mexico, Sept. 20.— The Villa forces which recently at- tacked Chihuahua City have succeed- ed in eluding government cavalry pursuing them and have taken refuge in the Sierra de la Silla and the Ci- enga de los Ladrone mountains, south of Santa Fe Ysabela, Chihuahua, ac- cording to General Matia Ramos, who returned here today from the pursuit. Reports brought here by ranchmen say that Jose Inez Salazar, Mexico's “perpetual revolutionist,” = accomp- enied the band on its retreat and that Villa announced that, owing to con- tinued illness, he intends turning over his command to Salazar temporarily. General Jacinto Trevino announced that every effort would be made to ap- prehend the outlaws. SIMULTANECUS REBEL ATTACKS IN MEXICO Made on Guadalajara, Tampico and Vera Cruz on Sept. 16. Chihuahua City, Mex., Sept. 20.— Revolutionary attacks were made on Guadalajara, Tampico and Vera Cruz on Sept. 16, simultaneously with Vil- Ia’s Hidalgo day attack upon this city, according to reports received here to- day by General Jacinto Trevino. No deftails were received. Statements were issued at the com- mandcia today denying border reports { that Villa had made a second attack upen the town yesterday and that there had been defections in the gar- rison. It was said also that no arms or ammunition twere seized in the Hidalgo day engagement and that the government forces captured from the bandits a quantity of high powersl rifles and cartridges which apparently had been manufactured in the United States. BRIDE OF FOUR DAYS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT DEAD Stood by the Side of Her Husband When Her Sister Pulled Trigger. Eastbrook, Maine, Sept. 20.—Mrs. Naca J. Huntley, a bride of four days, was killed in a pasture today when 3 five-year-old child of her sister's picked up a shotgun and pulled the trigger _accidentally. The charge passed through the bride's forehead as Condensed Teiegrams A new war loan by Russia is pro- posed. Rcast beef in Berlin is 70 cents a pound. Miners throughout Belgian coal- fields went on strike. Three thousand brass-workers of New York, went on strike. Car shortage in Pittsburgh is report- by railroad men to be the worst ever known. The Kaiser decorated Crown Prince Frederick William with the ~ Order Pour le Merite. Copper exports for the eight months ended Aug. 31 totaled 215,199 tons against 171,786 in 1915. The vote on commission government at Lambertville, N. J., resulted in 150 majority for the measure. Exports from New York to_ten principal countries totaled $26,705,362 for the week ended Sept. 16. One hundred thousands dollars In gold was withdrawn from the sub- Treasury for shipment to Spain. Heavy frosts and a temperature of 30 degrees were reported from points along the south shore of Lake Erie. The steamship City of Pueblo, re- turned to New York, after more than 30 years of service in Pacific waters. The small-arms plant of the Rock Island, DI, arsenal is to be reopened next Monday, after layinf idle for four years. Searchlights were used in an effort to find the body of Louis Alley, drowned at Rye Beach, N. Y. while bathing. The_fire aboard the British steam- ship Bendu, which arrived at Cape Town, Africa, fro mMontreal, was ex- tinguished. Leroy Starbuck of Saratoga Springs, was killed when his automobile over- turned on the state highway near Chestertown, N. Y. Private John Clyne, Second Mis- souri Regiment, was shot and killed by a military guard at Dolores as the result of an altercation. Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, rector of the Catholic university, was re-elected president of the National conference of Catholic Charities. Ministers representing Norway and Sweden met at Christiania for the time since 1905 to discuss problems that have arisen from the war. A proposed ordinance fixing 16 ounces as the standard weight for a loaf of bread in New York city, was discussed by the Board of Aldermen. Two hundred employes of the Rhode Isiand Glass company of Central Falls went on strike after their demand for an eight hour day had been refused. One of the biggest water supply pipes, feeding the entire Bronx Bor- ough, burst at North White Plains and millions of gallons of water were lost. Angered because of proposed changes to be made in_ housing the convicts on Blackwell's Island, 900 prisoners started on a near riot in the peniten- tiary. It was reported from the German frontier that the German government intends to_expel 10,000 Italians in re- prisal for the treatment of Germans in Ttaly. Seventy Cornell students, with com- plete military equipment, arrived at Lake George, after a march of more than 10 miles from the Plattsburg camp. Seven new cases of infantile para- lysis were reported to the state board of health yester making the total so far reported since the outbreak at 690. The Chinese Finance Minister ad- mitted that a $5,000,000 loan agree- ment was signed Wwith Japanese bank- ers upon security of the Yangtse Val- ley mines. The Germans have fined the Belgian towns of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre and Moustier-Sur-Sambre $10,000 each be- cause enemy fliers dropped bombs in their vicinity. The Bureau of Weights and Meas- ures, investigating the bread situation in New York was informed that 150 bakers had been forced out of business in the past 30 days. The record price for a dairy bull was paid at Batavia, N. Y., when Flint P. |Smith_sold the great Holstein _sire, | King Segis Pontiac to Fred F. Field, of Brockton, Mass., for $35,000. Dr. Amos O. Squire, who formerly gave treatment to Sing Sing convicts with radium furnished by Frank A. Vanderlip, and afterward acted as prison physician, has resigned. Rabindranith Tagore, poet of India, who was awarded the Nobel prize for literature and who was knighted by {the King of England in 1913, arrived at Seattle for a tour of the United States. Five delegates to the International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners convention at Fort Worth, Texas, were named a committee to consider the suspension of the 15,00 New York car- penters. Representatives of the National As- sociation of Master Bakers, appeared before the Chicago Women’s Associa tion of Commerce and spoke in justi fication of their proposed Increase in the price of bread. The federal district court of New York decided that the De Forest Ra- dlo Telephone and Telegraph com- pany had infringed upon the so-call- ed Fleming patent for an instrument for converting electric currents. Fred Gonderf, wire tapping king, pa- roled from West Meadow Prison is confined in the Renneselaer county jail on a charge of assaulting Robert J. Bancroft and John Walsh, conductor and trainman of a Boston and Albany train at Troy. J. H. Wright, said to be a prominent business man in Bridgeport, was ar- rested by the police at New Haven yesterday for the Bridgeport authori- ties. It is sald he is charged with the larce of 7,500 pounds of alumin- um wire from & munitions factory In igeport, she stood by_the side of her husband. to Act as Pickets. New York, Sept. 20.—Rioting was renewed here tonight in connection with the car strike, after efforts of Mayor Mitchel and others had failed during the day to effect a settlement of the differences. Several hundred strikers and their sympathizers, who attacked four surface cars, engaged in a running fight with police re- serves, during which several persons, including a woman, were hurt. Many arrests were made. Conspiracy to Use Dynamite. What the police characterized as a conspiracy to use dynamite in the strike was frustrated by the arrest of 2 man who asserted he was a_strik- ing motorman. The prisoner, it was said, had attempted to purchase ex- plosives from a laborer in a new subway excavation. The latter re- pborted the case to the authorities, who set a trip for the striker. When ar- rested at the laborers’ home tonight after two dummy packages made up in the form ‘of dynamite had been passed to him, the prisoner is allezed to have declared he sought the explo- sives to “blow up” a couple of Broad- way cars. Clearing Roof Tops. When Police Commissioner Woods was told today that six-year-old Louis Rodelli was dying, a victim of a brick hurler, he redoubled his efforts at clearing roof tops contiguous to the traction lines and went into confer- ence with District Attorney Swann to provide for the speedy punshment of such offenders. The commssoner issued a warning to the strikers that tacked Four Surface Cars in New York ENGAGED IN RUNNING FIGHT WITH POLICE GARMEN STRIKERS BECOME RIOTO Several Persons Were Hurt and Many Arrests Were Made— Police Trapped a Man Who Tried to Purchase Explosives From a Laborer on a New Subway Excavation—Hope of Averting the Threatened Strike of 700,000 Union * Workers Has Diminished—Mayor Mitchel’s Appeal to Heads of Transit Companies to Treat With Strikers Met With Flat Refusal—Union Leaders Are Continuing Preparation for the “Walkout”—Wives of Strikers Are all missile-throwers hereafter arrest- ed will be given the extreme penalty. Preparations for Sympathetic Strike Hope of averting the threatened strike of 700,000 union workers here in. sympathy with the carmen was di- minished. Mayor Mitchel announced that a personal appeal he had made to heads of the transit companies to treat with the strikers had met with a flat refusal. Meantime preparations were_continued by union leaders for the “walkout” which, if carried out, may paralyze indusfry throughout the greater city. Apparently the only chance now of calling off the union officials in_their determination “to tie up New York” by Monday next, it was sald_tonight, lies in a conference to be held tomor- row between a citizens' committee and the strike leaders. Gompers at Conference. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor and 25 presidents of international unions who arrived today, held a conference, but no definite action was taken re- garding a general strike. It was said they would meet again Friday. Wives to Act as Pickets. Approximately 10,000 women, wives of the striking carmen and members of trade unions, it was announced to- night, will act as pickets, beginning tomorrow. It was said they contem- plated riding on subway and elevated railway trains in efforts to induce the motormen and guards to desert their posts and join the union. ALARMING ADVANCE IN Merchants and Producers Have Gloomy Outlook For Coming Winter. Chicago, Sept. 20.—Prices of foods, clothes, luxuries and materials have advanceq alarmingly within the last year, according to a table of compar- ative prices compiled here today. Merchants and producers say that prices for food will be even higher this winter. Every person feels the increased price in practically every purchase, it was said. Food prices vary accord- ing to quantity and quality. For the small purchaser at retail they are higher. Wholesalers said that can- ning houses all over the country have announced that their deliveries will be only a third of the normal amount. The vegetable crop, it was declared, only half what was expected. Canned fruits will be 30 per cent. higher and canned vegetables will be advanced from 15 to 20 per cent., ac- cording to wholesalers. Paper bags, which a year ago could be purchased in wholesale lots for 95 cents, now cost $1.55. The advance is typical of all paper and paper products. Cigar jobbers raised their prices this week. Five cent cigars which the dealer had been getting for $31 or $32 a_ thousand, have been advanced to $35. Beiter grades of cigars also ave been advanced. otton_goods have advanced between and 35 per cent. Woolens also have kept pace with cottons. In the best lines of women's shoes the prices have almost been doubled, dealers said. QUEBEC BRIDGE DEATHS FOUND TO BE ACCIDENTAL Cause of the Disaster Was the BreaR- ing of a Supporting Casting. Quebes, Sept. 30.—A verdict of ac- cidental death was returned by the coroner’s jury here today at the in- quest into the loss of thirteen lives of workmen in the collapse of the central span o fthe Quebec bridge on Sep- tember 11. The question of the re- sponsibility and of the reliability of the construction methods used in the attempt to hoist the span into place Were not considered in the findings as being outside the province of the cor- oner ,although testimony was taken showing that the immediate cause of the disaster was the breaking of the southwest supporting casting. There was also expert testimony to the effect that the hoisting jacks were not responsible and that the span did not buckle until it was tilt- ed and strained in a manner it was not intended to withstand. The same methods of elevating the span, it was testified by expert, would probably be used whe na new link is put in place though the socket casting would be of different material. 28 PER CENT. INCREASE IN PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON 29,915,213 Tons of All Grades Turned Out During the Year 1915, New York, Sept. 20—A production of 29,915,213" tons of pig iron of all grades, an increase of 28 per cent. for the year 1915, is announced in the annual statistical report of the Amer- ican Irou and Steel Institute. Steel ingots and castings reached $2,151,- 036 tons, or an increase of 36 per cent., while rolled iron and steel rails show an increase of 13 per cent., plates 28 per cent, merchant bars 63 per cent., rolled forsing Iillets 9% Iper cent.’ and blooms billets for exuort 511 per cent. There is a grand total, the report states, of 449 blast. furnaces with an agsrezate capacity of 45,716, 325 tons annually. Production of roli- ed iron and steel amounted to 24,392, 924. an increase of 32 per cent,, TICKET NOMINATED BY DEM. STATE CONVENTION Cummings for Senator—Morris B. Beardsley for Governor. New Haven, Sept. 20.—The Demo- cratic state convention today put this ticket into the field: For United States Senator—Homer S. Cummings of Stamford. For Governor—Morris B. Beardsley of Bridgeport. For Lieutenant Governor—Francis P._Guilfoyle of Waterbury. For Secretary of State—Frederick E. Duffy of West Hartford. For Treasurer—George Ulrich of Hartford. For_Comptroller—Alton T. Miner of New London, The presidential electors will be named by the state central commif tee. The 'resolutions adopted praised President Wilson’s and his adminis- tration, reiterates faith in the Demo- cratic principles and points to na= tional legislation as evidence of ad- herence to party pledges. In state matters changes in the workmen's compensation law, restoration of the civil service law to its former scope and strengthening of the corrupt practices law are advocated. Equal suffrage had a separate plank favor- submission to the people of the ques- tion of enfranchisement of women. DISASTER CAUSED BY TANNWALD DAM FLOOD 250 Persons Known to Have Perished —Many of Them Children. Reichenberg, Bohemia, Sept. 20, Via Berlin to London, 6:15 p. m.—The se- riousness of Monday's flood disaster caused by the bursting of the Tann- wald dam, grows as the water sub- sides and investigation becomes pos- sible. In addition to the known 250 dead, whose bodies, including those of. many children, already have heen re-: covered, it is feared that many others lost their lives, as it is believed prob- able that numerous persons were caught in houses that were swept from their foundations. The property damage cannot yet be estimated with any accuracy. ~Glass: making establishments and other in- dustries suffered very heavily. In Dessendorf, for instance, a wood-carv- ing shop was swept away with its en- tire force of 20 employes and destroy- de. CURTAILMENT OF BALLOT ASKED TO SAVE PAPER Made by Newspapers Throughout lowa. Request Des Moines, Towa, Sept. 20.—At & mecting today of the lowa state ex- ecutive council took cognizance of the shortage in print paper. Newspapers throughout the state in various coun- ty seats where the specimen ballot for the next general election will be printed have requested the ~couneil{ that the ballot be held down to the least possible space, on account of the: shortage of waste paper. GRAND JURY TO CONSIDER { . CASE OF MRS. GILLIGAN Woman Charged With Murdering Five Former Patients, Hartford, Conn., Sept, 2.—When the grand jury meets here tomorrow one| of the most important cases to be eon~ | sidered will be that of Mrs, Army E, Archer-Gllligan, charged with mura! dering five former patients of her, home for aged people at Windsor, Mrs,; Cilligan will be brought from the county .il, where she has been con~ fined since her arrest on _county bullding,