Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 22, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIIL—NO. 229 POPULATIC NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1916 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS PRICE The Bulletin’s Sirculation in Norwic’ _ouble That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut .in I;;oportién to the City’s Population 7, DEFEAT OF TEUTONIC ALLIES IN DOBRUJA The Invaders Are Retiring to the South and Are Burn- ing Villages in Their Retreat WAS CLIMAX OF VON MACKENZEN’S CAMPAIGN (Creat Battle Began September 15th and Ended on the 20th— Rumanians, Russians and Serbians Were Pitted Against the German, Bulgarian and Turkish Troops—Berlin Re- ports Repulse of Russians in Mass Formations in the Region of Lutsk, Volhynia—September Rains Are Im- peding the Operations on the Western Front in France— Mo Action of Importance is Chronicled on the Austro- Italian Front. The German, Bulgarian and Turkish troops under kield Marshal von Mac enzen have been defeated in the Ru- manian province of Dobrudja, accord- ing to the unofficial announcement from Buchare declared that the invaders have retired to the south and are burning villages in their re- treat. The great battle, which was the cli- max of Von Mackenzen'’s swift cam- paisn in the Dobrud. rict imme diately after the declaration of war by Rumania, began on Sept. 15 and ended, says Rumanian headquarters, on_the 20th. With reference Berlin _merel Dobrudja_ha: to these operations says that “fighting in come to a_standstill.” Rumanians, Russians and Serbiar were pitted ~ against the _invader: strong_ reinforcements having been hurried to Dobrudja, when the opera- tions under the noted German ficld marshal threatened to overwhelm section of Rumania. A strong line to the north was hastily fortified and powerful forces were thrown out to oppose the onslaughts of the central powers. That the six days’ battle has been a sanzuinary one was indicated by various offic vhich told of the ir that has continuc With the September peding the operations on front in France, interest tion. im- ns still in the world warfare has been transferreq to the Russian, Rumanian and Macedonian theatres, where violent fishting 18 in ave taken place along the battle line in the re- gion of Volhynia, where the Russians attacked repeatédly in mass a the western | on but only, according to both Berlin and Vienna, to meet with re- pulse and heavy casualties. The bat- tle is still raging in the region of Ko- rytniza and Sviniusky. To the north along the Stokhod River the Germans assumed the offen- ive against the Russians, but every- forma where were repulsed, according to Fe- trograd. _On_the other hand attacks by the Russians against the Austro- Hungarians_in the Narayuvka River region of Galicia were put down by the defenders of the road to Lembers. In the Carpathians both Berlin and Vienna_concede that the Teutonic line east of the Panther ridge and near Briaza has been pushed back by the Russians. In Macedonia, on the extreme west- ern wing, the entente forces have pushed their way three miles north- west of Pisoderi, according to Paris. Hard fighting for the KaimaKealan | Serbo border, in progress, g been able plateau, on the Greek northwest of Vodena, i but with neither side ha to secure an advance. So near Florina counter-attacks by entente have been repulsed with heavy casualties and the capture of prison- ers, amons them Russians and also | machine guns. Except for the repulse by the Ital- ians of an Austrian attack south of Villa Nova, on the Carso front, there have been only bombardments in this region. Thursday on the front in France was without noteworthy inci- dent. A revolutionary provisional govern- ment has been set up on the island of Crete, according to unofficial advices, which add that a committee of revo- lutionists is to be sent to Saloniki. THREE VOYAGES BEGUN ON FRIDAY ENDED IN DISASTER Experience of Captain George Birnie of Schooner Lucia Porter. Boston, S stition that an unluck; pt. 21.—The sailor’s supe voyage begun on Friday one hus been impressed again on Captain George Birnic of the Portland schooner Lucia Porter, who arrived here today with six members of his crew on the steamship Cretic and reported that his vessel had been est of the Azores. d my last three id. “T by because 1 a dream never sail ‘aptain Birnic on Frida superstition decided Il them gan thought that Now I have again if I have to start on that day In February the a Porter was stripped of her sails and_her seams opened in a storm off the Maine coast and in May the schooner was tossed upon the beach at Swampscott, almost wreck, and her crew taken Off in a e buoy. After his vessel had been rebuilt, Captain Birnie set out again from St. John, N. B, on Friday, Aug. 11, not- withstanding the warning of old salts. The schooner had been out only a few days on her voyage to Las Pal with a cargo of pine when she was beset by adverse storms. The waters filled her hold and swirled about the decks, Captain Birnie said, tossing the lumbér about so wildly that some of the crew were injured. Captain Birnle said he and his crew were forced to seek refuge on the af- ter deck house. Their limiteq supply of biscuits and water was almost ex hausted and the men were in a highly nervous state when the British tramp steamer Knight of the Garter picked them up on Ter voyage from Norfolk for Italy and landed them at Gibral- tar. Lu TIGHTENING NET ABOUT SYNDICATE OF BLACKMAILERS Arrests in Chicago and Elsewhere Are to Be Followed Up. Washington, Sept. 21.—Prosecution of the alleged blackmailers’ gang, whose operators were uncovered by arrests in Chicago and elsewhere will be followed up with renewed vigor as the result of the two days‘ confer- ence here of special deuartment of stice agents, which concluded this ternoon. All the directing heads of the investigation, who have been put- ting thmeir information together and mAtching various angles so as to tighten the government net about the members of ihe gang, left for their homes tonight. CIVIC RIGHTS RESTORED TO FRENCH SOLDIERS. Convicts Rewarded on Account of Some Signal Action at the Front. Parls, Sept. 20.—More than 700 French' soldiers who had, before the war, been convicted of some offense that involved the loss of civic rights, have been rehabilitated since April, 1915, on account of some signal action sbighe trent g s Ly 24 M A law passed April 4, 1915, prov: that the ceminal record of every sol- g:rclmlnch;:meg:me rhyl(‘fl army may be cancelled on appli- eatlon. and Bolse | scienTisTS ON A WORLD TOUR OF RESEARCH WORK On Non-Magnetic Yacht Carnegie— Have Been on Trip Sinch March, 1915, San Francisco, Sept. 21.—The non- magnetic yacht Carnegie, carrying a party of eastern scientists on a world tour of research work, put in here to- day from Lytelton, N. Z. The expe- dition has been on its presént cruise it left New York in March, 191 sin ce then i ocean lands in the ice packs. J. C. Ault is master of the vessel, which is fitted with an auxiliary gas- oline engine, built of bronze. The yach anchor is of copper. In the party are J. A. Luke of the University of Kansas; F. C. Loring of Purdue and’ Columbia universities and Brad- le Jones of the Boston Institute of Technology. . S. Johnson, student of atmospheric conditions in the orig- inal party out of New York, left the ship at Lytelton. The scientists made corrections in many ocean charts, which they found wrong as a result of their inv igation. Charts of the Indian Ocean, which they cruised, they found sixteen or more degrees wrong, they said. In the Antartic the expedition made a futile search for Dougherty Is- land, reported discovered by Captain John Dougherty in 1820. also visited South George Island, the base of Lieutenant Shackleton’s re- cent expedition. SENATOR REED REPLIES TO ATTACK OF HUGHES Declared That the Republican Nom- s range has been the Pa. from the Aleutian Is- north to the Anatahtic ince Generally Had Supported the Railroads. Springfield L Sept. 21 —Senator James A. Reed of Missouri in a speech here today at a state democratic ral- Iy replied to the attacks of Charles E. Hughes on the Adamson railroad law, declaring that Hughes had supported the railroads, and that “if Hughes had had his way we would have been at this moment engulfed in a catastro- phe so enormous as to appall the imagination.” Senator Reed charged Mr. Hughes with declaring “insubstance and effect that union labor, like a highwayman with declaring “in substance and effect and compelled it to enact an eight hour law and that congress in a cow- ardly and truckling manner surrend- ered the dignity of the nation to the unlawful and violent demand of labor. “Naturally Mr. Hughes takes this view. It is the assertion of at least some of the railway presidents, it is not the first time Mr. Hughes has taken the side of the rallroads.” Senator Reed then cited instances in which Mr. Hughes, he said, when governor of New York, had vetoed a fwo cent fare bill, a fuil crew bill and a five cent cor fara bill. After reading \Ir. Hughes statement that the Adam- son law does provide an eight hour day but regulates wages, Senator Reed charged that the republican presiden- tial candidate “when he delivered this utterance might well have been accus- ed of plagarism, for the same speech In almost identical language was de- livered on the floor of the United States senate by such champions of the people as Reed Smoot of Utah, Jacob Gallinger of New w Fungesa ol RAnDaklvanie’ The party | 18 Cabled Paragraphs Greek Steamer Sunk. London, Sept. 21, 10.20 p. m—The Greek steamer Ashimacos was sunk on September 11, according to a Llyod’s report. The crew were land- ed. Turkish Troops on the Riga Front. London, Sept. 21, 9.04 p. m.—Turk- ish troops have appeared on the Riga front, says a Reuter despatch from Petrfgrad. They are led by German and Austrian officers and their whole equipment is German. Charged With Murder of Missionaries. Toklo, Sept. 22 —Hitomi Kawalkami, a former soldier, has been arrested on a charge of murdering the Rev. W. A, Campbell and his wife, Canadian mis- sionaries, in July. The police alleged that the man has confessed. PROMINENT BROOKLINE ITALIAN FATALLY SHOT IN STREET An Unknown Assailant Fired Five Shots as Victim Left Street Car. Boston, Sept. 21.—Gaspare Di Cola, a wealthy importer and wholesale fruit dealer, died today as a result of wounds inflicted by an unknown man who shot him five times near his home in Brookline last night. The Brook- line police early in the day had found no_trace of his assailant. Mr. Di Cola was shot just after leav- ing a street car on his return from a mecting of Italians in Boston in cele- bration of the anniversary of the cap- ture of Rome by the Italian army in 1870. His wife, who accompanied him, said that two men approached them and without saying anything ome or both opened fire. Di Cola fell and the men ran off. Refore his death at the hospital to which he was taken, Di Cola said that he did not know who had done the shooting and knew of no motive which anyone could have had for the act. Di Cola was president of the Bosten Italian Red Cross Society and a prom- inent member of the Society Dante Alighieri. ACTION DEFERRED ON MASONIC BENEVOLENCES Supreme Council Postpones Establish- ment of a Foundation. Pittsburgh, Pa.. Sept. 21.—The one hundred and fourth annual meeting of the Supreme Council, thirty-third de- gree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, northern Jjurisdic- tion, closed here late today after de- ciding to postpone final action on the plan to establish a foundation for Ma- sonic benevolences and charities un- til_next year. The council named two honorary members to become ve members of the council ad Henry M. Ross, Burlington, George L. Holmes | The office of zra was conferred upon Boston, who has been orga Supreme Council for many years but Who wag unable to attend this session because of infirmities of age. They Vt.; Providence, vitum, wes and R, AT orszanist emeritus Solon Ste ens of CALDER LEADS BACON BY 8934 VOTES. Returns in From All But 47 Districts —Calder’s Victory Conceded. New York, Sept. 21.—Returns from all but forty-seven districts in Tues- day’s primary election give William M. Calder a majority of 8,934 votes over Robert Bacon in the contest for the republican nomination for United States senator. Calder’s vote s 151,- 9 and Bacon’s 142,445. The returns from the missing districts will not be large enoush to change the result. | LARGE CHICAGO BAKERY RAISES PRICE OF BREAD From Five to Six Cents a Loaf—Other { Bakers Expected to Follow, | Sept. 21.—The price of ised from five to six cents one of the largast baking cago today. Other b | are expected to follow. The advance | Was necessary, it was declared, because {of the higher cost of materials, and customers were advised that economy would be effected by purchasing the ten cent loaves. OBITUARY. Dr. Adoniram Judson. New York, Sept. 21.—Dr. Brown Judson, recognized thority on orthopaedic public health, the agze of 79 graduate of Harvard Medical school. Theodore P. Terry. Ansonia, Conn., Sept. 21.—Theodore P. Terry, 82, the oldest merchant in Ansonia, died at his night. He was born in Bristol, Conn. and after learning the trade ¥ clock- mawer, settled in Ansonia where he started in the hardware business. He was known as the oldest hardware merchant in the state. A son, Frank T. Terry, who now conducts the hard- ware business and two married daughters survive Miss Mary Wright Plummer. New York, Sept. 21.— Word was recefved here today of the death in a loaf by firms in Cr | Dixon, Ill, of Miss Mary Wright Plummer, ‘former president of the American Library Association, She studied at Wellesley college and Co- lumhia._university, where she was a mempber of the first class in this coun- try to study sclence. In 1900 Miss Plummer was a dele- gate to the International Congress of Libraries at the Paris Exposition. She was author of a volume of verses and books of travel. Her presidential address, “The Public Library ana the Pursuit of Truth” at the natfonal convention of the American Associa- tion at Asbury Park this summer at- tracted wide attention. "".“)DS VELT AND TAFT TO ATTEND RECEPTION In Honor of Charles E. Hughes Union League Club, New York. New York, Sept. 21. — Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft, it was announced tonight, have accepted in- vitations to attend a_ reception in honor of Charles E. Hughes at the Union League club here on October 3. Elihu Root, president of the club, will preside. s Good Work by German Aviator. erlin, Sept. 21, via London, Sept. 22 2.05 a. m—Captain Boelke, Ger- many’s most famous aviator, on Wed- nesday brought down two entente ae- ropfanes, making his record 28 ma~ at e | that no agreement could be reached by home here last | Some Details of Villa’s Latest Goup BANDIT CHIEF PERSONALLY LED ATTACK ON CHIHUAHUA PROMISED TO RETURN Took and Held Numerous Important Buildings in the City for Several Hours—Joined by a Thousand Men of the Carranza Garrison. ‘Washington, Sept. 21.—The most de- tailed account yet received of the fight at Chihuahua City last Saturday, when Villa celebrated the Mexican Indepen- dence day by a successful assault on the Carranza garrison, reached the war department today from Brigadier Gen- eral George Eell, commanding the El Paso military district. It asserts that Villa personally led the attacking forces; that he took and held numerous important buildings in the city for several hours; that he was joined by a thousand or more men of the Car- ranza garrison, and retired, promising to return soon, and taking with him a large quantity of captured arms, am- munition and artillery. Source of Information Not Known. General Bell's despatch does not show the source of his information, and many officials believe his account of the incident was fourided on ru- mors reaching the border, as were various stories which have been trans- mitted by state department agents They were inclined to believe for that reason that the full truth of what transpired is not yet known. Re- ports so far received are similar only in that they show a fight did occur on Sept. 16 and that the Villa followers took the penitentiary and some other buildings. They all conflict as to the part Villa played, not even agreeing that he was present. Reports Forwarded to New London. All reports received are being for- warded to New London, Conn., for the information of the Mexican-American commission. It is regarded as prob- able that an official version will be forwarded there soon by General Car- ranza. No officlal would predict what effect the incident may have on the negotia- tions at New London, which embiace General Carranza’s request that Amer- ican troops be withdrawn from Mex | ico. It was deemed certain, however, the commissioners until it was known precisely to what extent the situation in northern Mexico had been altered by the Chihushua City developments and until it was made clear what the Carranza government would do to cope with the new situation. Many Officers Believe Villa Dead. Many army officers still believe either that Villa is dead or that his power is so thoroughly broken that he could not hope to re-establish himself. Gen- {eral Pershing expressed the _latter opinion in a report to the war depart- ment some weeks ago, and General Funston's recommendation that the American troops be withdrawn is be- lieved to have been founded on that | view. It General Bell's reports prove accurate, however, and Villa did ap- Dear in person at Chihuahua, it is ex- pected that the fact will be established | definitely by witnesses whose evidence could be accepted without question. Pershing's Forces Not Involved. It is thought unlikely that General Per: will be involved in an; g in Mexico even if the new fighti; most favorable account for Villa of tho Chihuahua battle proves ftrue. The nearest American detachment is more than 100 miles north of Chihuahua and the main body still farther away. No matter what euccesses the ymight achieve in gurprise attacks upon C: ranza posts, the bandits are not ex- pected to risk an attack upon the Americans, and the latter could not go out in pursuit of the raiders without new orders from Washington. GENERAL CONBITIONS IN MEXICO DISCUSSED By American-Mexican Commission— Confident of Reaching Agreement. New London, Conn., Sept. 21.—Con- fidence in their ability to find a so- lution of the border and other prob- lems affecting the relations between Mexico and the United States charac- terized the attitude of the members {of the Megcan-Amerocan joint com- mission tpday, notwithstanding the i virtual certainty that no definite agree- ment on any plan will be reached this weelk. General conditions in Mexico were discussed again and the American members submitted more reports ga- thered by the state department on conditions in Mexico. In a rather general way the subject of withdraw- ing the American troops was talked over, the Mexicans expressing their opinion that General Carranza’s army was capable of coping with the situa- tion in the region now patrolled by General Pershing’s force: That the renewed activity of Villa in Chihuahua probably would delay an agreement on some plan of border con- trol, apparently was taken by the Mexicans as a matter of course. AGAINST CENSORSHIP OF MOTION PICTURES Action of Board of Directors of Na- tional Association. New York, Sept. 21.—The board of directors_of "the National Association of the Motlon Picture Industry voted unanimously here today against fed- eral or state censorship of motion pic- tures. After three hours' discussion of the subject in executive session. the following resolution was adopted: “It is the sense of the board of di- rectors of this industry that we are opposed to the legal censoring of any motion picture in any state or in the nation Representatives of some of the fifty- i nine branches affiliated with the Na- tional Association at first favored fed- eral censorship in preference to state or local censorship, but after the sub- ject had been discussed thoroughly, their views in that respect were Gun on Battleship Michigan Explodes DURING FIRST TESTS ON SOUTH- ERN DRILL GROUNDS ONE MAN WAS INJURED The Michigan Has Been Ordered to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for Re- pairs and Investigation of the Ex- plosion. Washington, Sept. 21. — Admiral Mayo, commanding the Atlantic fleet, reported today that a 12-inch gun on the battleship Michigan had exploded yesterday during first tests on the southern drill grounds, the muzzle be- ing blown to pieces, seriously injuring one man. The Michigan was ordered to the Philadelphia navy yard for re- pairs and investigation of tine explo- sion. The name of the injured man ‘was not given in the admiral's report. GREATER ELASTICITY IN COUNTRY’S TARIFF SYSTEM Submitted in Commi tional Foreign Trade Council New York ,Sept. 21.—Greater elas- ticity in the country’s tariff system is necessary to meet trade conditions which will arise at the close of the Council today by a committee which has investigated the foreign trade as- pects of the tariff. Calling attention to the readjust- ment of the tariff relations at the close of the conflict and the possibility that the present belligerents will ‘seck re- ciprocal concessions from one another and from neutrals, the committee's report continues: “All European nations will with peace have a large market to offer and ected to yield it only for opportunities to extend or profect from discrimination their foreign trade. The United States is normally the best customer of the United King- dom and is one of the most profitable markets for France, Germany and all the other belligerents. “With the exception of the United Kingdom all the belligerents have in their tariff systems ample resources for negotiations for tariff advantages and for retaliation against discrimina- tion. “The foregoing the necessity for than now obtained tariff system, circumstances show greater elasticity in the American regardless of whether jthe tariff is maintained for protection or for revenue or partially It is obvious that the United States should have some method of adjusf ing the tariff to new conditions by political or commercial changes on the part of our competitors and our cus for each. tomers, without resorting to a general revision. The creation of the tariff commission should contribute to this end.” DANISH ACTION ON SALE OF DANISH WEST INDIES Probable That Matter Will Be Settled by General Election. Copenhagen, Sept. 21, via London, 7.55 p. m.—The committee of repre- sentatives us_political parties which = the government's bill for ettlement of the sale of the Danish West Indies by an examin- m of the question by committee and a plebiscite, has ted a report 1 pa ties agree that the parliamentary com mittee shall finsh its work _in a_parliamer six weels being in a majority in the landsthing, will claim that the committee’s report shall be published ever: that the report here toge in Denmark and r with the s treaty, be submitted to the ri dag for and that afterwards a plebiscit her with zeneral elec- tions place in Denmark and a_ plebiscite, together with _general elections, shall take place in Denmark and a plebiscite be held in the Dan- Ish west Indies. The Conservative party leaves to the government the mode of procedure after the parlimentary committee has made its report. The radicals and soclalists say they will adopt the gov- ernment’s bill without change. VIGOROUS PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN IN CALIFORNIA Speakers Urged the Destruction Vineyards if Necessary. of Bakersfleld, Cal., Sept. 21.—Hundreds of boys and girls from public schools swarmed about the prohibition special train here today and the speaker taking their cue from them, urge Californians to save their children by destroying the vineyards if necessary. Speaking at Porterfield, J. Frank Hanly, the pirohibition presidential candidate, declared that Charles B. Hughes’ promise that he would pro- tect children empty. “Hughes,” he said, “is so strongly allied with the liquor traffic that he does not dare speak out against it.” GOOD SCORES IN TARGET PRACTICE AT PLATTSBURG Twenty-Seven Men Qualify as Expert Riflemen. Plattsburgh, Y. Sept. 21.—When the tenth training regiment had com- pleted target practice tonight, 27 men had qualified as expert riflemen, 135 as sharpshooters and 316 as marks- men. J. S. Howe of Boston finished with a total of 224 out of a possible 250, the highest score of the regiment. Charles W, Isbell of New York scored 212: M. W. Andrews of Hartford, Conn., 223 and M. Leroy Demarest of Tenafly, N. I, 214. The practice march and manoeuvers of the tenth will begin Monday and continue for eleven days. Burial of General Mills. West Point, N. Y.— The body of Major General Albert A. Mills, chief of the militia division of the general staff of the United States army, who died in_Washington on Monady, was bured in the post cemetery at the United States military academy with changed and the thirty members of the board of directors, which is the gov- erning body in the industry, adopted the resolution. One ton of whale blubber will yleld full military honors. Movements of Steamships. Cadiz, Sept. 19.—Arrived, steamer Montserrat, New York. New York, Sept. 21.—Cailed, steamer Chiossa, Remdecux, Conde;lsed Telegrams The Italian liner Verona, arrived at New York from Genoa. Exports of cotton for the week end- ed Sept. 16 were 93,690 bales. Exports from the port of New York for August totaled 258,732,073. Application was made for a receiver for the City Railway Co. of Mount, Vernon, Illinois. Canadian maples are to be planted around the graves of the Dominion’s soldiers in France, Exports from London,to the United States during the eight months ended Aug. 81, amounted to $11,241,898. The Franklin and McCahan Sugar refineries of Philadelphia advanced re- fined granulated 10 points to 6.50. Henry White, a_negro, was lynched at Durham, Ga., after he had confess- ed that he attacked a white girl. Eckley B. Coxe, Jr., backer of the University of Pennsylvania’s Egyptian archaelogical expeditions, is dead. J. J. Finnegan, well known news- paper and magazine writer of New York city, died after a long iliness. Two hundred laborers of the Rich- ardson & Boynton stove and range works at Dover, N. J., went on strike. Celebrations were held throughout Italy in commemoration of the an: versary of completion of national uni- ty. Seven workmen were injured by an explosion in the mixing house of the du Pont powder works at Haskell, N. The loss of life in the Bohemian flood resulting from the breaking of the White Dess Dam may reach 1,000. Deposits of national and state banks and trust companies in Pittsburgh now aggregate $551,843,293, a new high record. The annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Co. will be held on Sept. 26. For the seven months of the vear ended Aug. 81, the gross earnings of the Chicago surface lines showed a gain of $2,200,000. More than 250 fur buyers from all parts of the world, arrived at St. Louis, for the $2,000,000 fur sale which opened yesterday Joseph Linker of Yonkers, N. Y. was robbed of two meda conferred on him by Emperor Francis oJseph of Austria-Hungary. The lives of nine persons were en- dangered when an attempt was made to burn the home of George Kulke, at Rockaway, N. J. Two hundred men employed by the Bergenport Chemical Co., a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co. at Bayonne, N. J., went on strike. Lord Derby, British Under-Secretary for War, said nothing defiinte had been decided regarding the raising of the military age to 45 years. Six persons were reported killed and several others injured when the dry house of the Aetna Explosives Co., near Altoona, Pa., blew up. Worth Museum, at New Castle, Ind., a private collection of relics and curi- os sald to be the largest of its kinds in America, was destroyed by fire. Mayor Mitchell received word that his mother, Mary Mitchel was ill at the home of William Brown Meloney at Quaker Hills, near Pawling, N. Y. An eight hour day for train crews and switch engine crews in the Pan- rama canal zone has been established by Gov. Goethals by executive order. The directors of the Bayonee, N. J., hospital announced that they would soon start their campaign to raise 75,000 for an addition to the buildin Lieut.-Commander Carleton D. Kear of the United States retired, arrived at Havana to become instruct- or at the Cuban naval school at Ma- riel. The supreme council, 33rd degree, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry of the northern juris- diction, decided to meet next year in w York. Accused of sending hreatneing let- ters to President Wilson, Morris Dia- mond of Bay City, Mich., was arrested at Pittsburgh, and held for examin- ation into his sanit; Admiral Caperton, commanding the Pacific fleet ,advised the Navy De- partment that there is little trouble in Nicaragua as a result of the pending presidential election. Many lumber mills in southern Ala- bama will have to suspend unless the car shortage is relieved, according to notices to railroad managers at Mo- bile from lumber manufacturers. The Ministry of Munitions at Lon- don announced that the total casua ties in a recent explosion in a factory making munitions for the British army were 7 killed and 72 injured. The Norwegian Premier stated in an interview that Norway and Sweden secretly agreed in August, 1914, not to enter the war on opposite sides. No agreement was reached between Nor- way and Denmark. A special train on the Long Island Railroad, carrying Governor Whitman to the Suffolk County Fair at River- head, N. ¥, crashed into an automo- bile brewery truck at a crossing near Cloverton, L. I, killing the driver and his assistant. CONSPIRACY TO KILL ELIPTHERIOS VENIZELOS Guard Surrcunds House of Premier of Greece. Former Milan, via London, Sept. 22, 2.07 a. m.—A Saloniki despatch to the Secolo says: “A comspiracy to kill Eliptherios tVenizelos has been discovered, with the result that the guard of Cretans about his house hase been augmented and friends accompany the ex-premier when he goes out. “Two lines of trenches have been built_around King Constantine’s pal- ace, which s constantly guarded by Jonce, farmend i Their Fight for the Right Informed Union Officials New York, Sept. 21.—The threatened general strike in sympathy with the riking street car employes will be called tomorrow, it was announced late today by Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Central Federated union. Bohm made the announcement after a con- ference between labor leaders and a citizens’ committee which both he and Mayor Mitchel declared had failed in its ‘efforts to avert the strike. General Strike Inevitable. The mayor's communication was ad- dressed to Hugh Frayne, chairman of the conference committee of labor Jeaders, after a final effort to arrange ja peaceful settlement had failed, and following the declaration that a gen- eral strike was inevitable. The mayor made it plain that for the union officials to “call this strike will be to assume full responsibility for all that may folicw.” Mayor Warns Strikers. e mayor, representing the civil forces of government in this city,” the Jetter decclared, “feels it incumbent upon him to say to you now, before any further rash step is taken, that these duties (to eaforce law and main- tain_order) the city government will discharge to the full, employing, if need De, its entire resources to that saults and crimes of T end. Disorder, as r violence, includinz injury to innocent izens, such as those of Tuesday and Wednesday, will be suppressed with a strong hand and punished with all the vigor at the command of the govern- ment.” Reviewed the Causes. The communication, which was con- curred in by Oscar S. Straus, chair- man of the public service commission, reviewed at length the causes which led to the present crisis. It stated that the Interborough Rapid Transit company, which operates the subway and elevated lines, violated a verbal the labor leaders by ement with refusing to arbitrate issues arising subsequent to the making of the agreement. It stated that, on the other hand, the employes of the New York Railways company.and the other surface lines affected by guilty of a breach” had made with their emplc ended a tie-up in surface roads The so-called final confer- s attended by Mayor Mitchel, ens’ committee and the labor aders. It ended in a deadlock. The mayor later cdeclared there was ‘no solution in sight,” while members of the citizens’ committee described the situation as “hopeless,” adding that “it would appear that both sides would have to fight it out.” GENERAL STRIKE IN NEW YORK TODA Efforts of Citizens’ Committee to Effect a Settlement of Transit Trouble Proved Fuitle it ALL NEGOTIATIONS HAVE COME TO AN EN‘," Walkout of 700,000 Workers in Other Trades to Begin To- day—Gompers With the Strikers “to the Last Ditch in to Organize”—Mayor Mitchel That Disorder Will be Sup- pressed With a Strong Hand—President Shonts Declares That No Union Men Will be Reinstated—Extra Precau- tions Were Taken Last Night by the Police and There Are Now 6,700 Policemen on Strike Duty- Ernest Bohm, secretary of the Cen- tral Federated union, later asserted that plans were compieted for a sym-= pathetic strike of 700,000 workers in other trades and that the “walkout” might begin tomorrow. Meantime the state bureau of media- tion and arbitration had sent notices to the leaders of the striking carmen and the heads of the transit companies directing them to appear before the board Monday, when, it was said, hearings for the purpose of finding a way out of the deadlock would be started. Gompers With the Strikers. Samuel Gompers. president of the American TFederation of Labor, who attended the mayor's conference, de- clared that he was with the strikers “to the last ditch in their fight for the right to organize.” President Shonts’ Statement. Theodore P. Shonts, president of the Interborough Rapid Transit and the New York Railways companles, issued a statement in which he declared that “no union mer will be reinstated” by the Interborough.” He said, howeyer, that former employes on the eurfaes cars of the New York Railways com- pany would be taken back, “provided they came free of unionism. - Merchants Condemn General Strike. The Merchants' association at & meeting today passed resolutions characterizing the attempt of the un- ion leaders to effect a general strike as “a wanton disturbance of indusf and calling upon al' public offict state, county and city, to enforce the laws, “so that violations of order or destruction of property shall be swift- 1y and adequately punished. Individual contracts between the transit companies and their employes, binding the latter not to seek wage. increases for two years, were upheld’ by the assoclation, which declared the were not a subject for arbitration proposed by the strikers. Police Take Extra Precautions. The police took extra precautions tonight to prevent a_recurrence of ricting which already has resuited in many_ innocent persons being hurt, considerable property damage and more than 370 arrests. There are 6,700 policemen on strike duty. Crosstown Cars in Operation. An announcement by the New York Railways company tha, beginning ot- night, for the first time since the strike hegan, Sept. 6th, five of the crosstown surface lines would resume operation, caused the police to redouble their ef- forts to prevent disorders. HUGHES EXPOSES WILSON'S MEXICAN POLICY. Huerta Was to Be Put Down at Any Cost. Richmond, Ind, Sept. 21.—Instruc- tions said to have been given by Pres. ident Wilson to John Lind, his per- sonal representative in Mexico, during Huerta’s time, were cited in speeches by Charles E. Hughes at Fort Wayne o and here tonight in support of Hughes' denial that the adminis- tration sousht to deal with small states in the same spirit as with large states. “I have only recently reczived this authentic information of the actual in- structions that were given with respect to the governmetn of Mexico, such as Mexico then had,” Mr. Hughes said. “John Lind was authorized by the ex ecutive to state this proposition to a minister of another government. name- 1y ‘Huerta will be put out if he doesn’t Zet out. That it is the preference of the president that it should be accom- plished by domestic. means, if possi- Dle, but that if it cannot be done by domestic means, other means adequate for the purpose will be resorted to. “There is no basis for that in the recognition of small states” Mr. Hughes added. “There is no basis for that in the recognition of the sove- reignty of our neighbor. There is no basis for that in a true and correct n policy. We departed from an American policy and left our citi zens to suffer from the barbarity which resulted when all government was de- stroyed and anarchy was supreme in Mexico. It is @ deplorable recital.” EL PASO SEES WAR STRENGTH DIVISION REVIEW Mass of Human Fighting Material 1,200 Yards Long and 400 Yards 1200 Yards Long and 400 Yards Deep. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 21.—The war strensth division review which start- ed on it smarch at § o'clock this morning did not see the last of its units returned to the camp until a late hour tonight. After its long detour through the streets of El Paso, it re- quired five hours and 32 minutes for the line to pass the reviewing stand at Fort Bliss, in which sat Major General C. M. Clements of the Penn- vlvania guard, in whose honor the review was tendered, and Brigadier General George Bell, Jr, U. S. A, commanding this district. After passing the stand _the men were massed in close formation, shoulder to shoulder and file against file, forming a solid mass of human fighting material 1,200 yards long and 400 yards deep, covering a space of 101 aczas MRS. GILLIGAN INDICTED FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER Charged With Poinoning Five In- mates of Her Home at Windsor. Hartford, Conn, Sept. 21. — Mrs. Amy E. Archer Gilligan, charged with poisoning five inmates of her home for elderly people at Windsor, was in- dicted for first degree murder on five counts by the grand jury late today. Benedict M. Holden, counsel for Mrs. Gilligan, announced that he was not ready to proceed with the trial and Judge M. S. Shumway ordered the case continued to the December term of the superior court. _Mrs. Gil- ligan pleaded not guilty and was re- manded to the county Jjail without bonds. The state alleged that Mrs. GAIl- gan polsoned_the following persons: Mrs. Maude Lynch of Lakeville on February 21, 1916; Franklin R. An-~ drews of Cheshire on May 30, 1914; Charles A. Smith of Waterbury on April 9, 1914; Michael W. Gilligan,' second husband of ths accused, on February 20, 1914 and Mrs. Alice Gow- dy_of Hartford, December 9, 1914. Mrs. Gilligan was arrested on May 7, last, specifically charged with the murder of Mr. Andrews, whose body had been secretly exhumed. Since that time four bodies have been ex= humed and th estate alleges that ev- fdence of a powerful poison was found in ali the bodies. _All tho deaths oe- | curred at .the Archer home. Most of the inmates were admitted to the home, the state claims, after contracts had been signed providing for life care upon payment of $1,000. OPENING OF BOSTON PUPLIC SCHOOLS AGAIN POSTPONED Owing to the Prevalence of Infantile Paralysis—To Open Oct. 2. Boston, Sept. 21.—Owing to the pre- valence of infantile paralysis the opening of the public schools _was again postponed by the school board today from September 25 to October 2. The date previously had been changed from September 11 to Sep-~ tember 25. % YALE BOARD OF HEALTH TAKES PRECAUTIONARY STEPS All Students Must Aver They Have Not Been Exposed to Infantile Par- alys New Haven, Conn., Sept. 21.—The Yale board of health announced to= night that all members of the dniver=- sity will be required to sign a states”