Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 27, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVIIL—NO. 233 POPULATION 28,219 PRICE TWO CENTS THE ENTENTE ALLIES french and British Troops Swept in From Three Sides and Overran All Before Them TOWN WAS FILLED WITH BODIES OF GERMANS A Severe Loss to the Teutons, as it is the Pivotal Point Guard- ing the Approach to Bapaume on the North and Peronne on the South—Both Thiepval and the Fortified Town of Gueudecourt Have Falien Into the Hands of the British— Large Quantities of Booty, Including Machine Guns, Were Taken by the Entente Allies—On the Rumanian Front the Austrians and Germans Have Been Compelled to Evacuate the Vulcan and Szurduk Passes in the Tran- sylvanian Alps—The Situation in Greece is Tense. " Combles, the pivotal point in the German line guarding the approach to Bapaume, on the north, and Peronne on the south of the Somme front has fallen before the. terrific attacks of the French and British, the German fighting to the death or surrendering when there was no longer hope. French and British troops swept in from three sides after their capture of Morvel and Fregicourt, broke through the German defenses, over- ran the town and carried all before them. This place, with its marvelous subterranean passages and powerful fortifications, had been caught in the grip of the allies, who, coming from the north and the south, had already advanced far beyond it and cut off communication with the rear except a narrow strip, which was covered by the allied zuns. At the ond of the fighting the town filled with the bodies of Germans who had fallen fighting, the French official statement says. Frior to the loss of Combles, the effect of the victories of the French ang British armies in the capture of important strategic points on the pre= was reflected in the official ation issued by the German - office, which, after the describing ¥ the great artillery bombard- ment of the entente allies, lasting for four days, and the attack between the Ancre and the Somme, admits that “the conquest of the villages cn the line ‘of Gueudecourt must he recog- nized,” and adds “but before all we must’ think of our heroic_troops, who faced the united Anglo-French prin- cipal forces and the massed cmploy- ment of material of the whole world’s war industry, prepared during many ; the northwestern end of the . and the for- tified town of Gueudecourt, northwest at of Leshoefs, have al len into the hands of the British. Around the for- mer place many hard battles have been fought since the inception of the great entente offensive of July 1. Gen- eral Sir Douglas Haig's men after capturing Thiepval drove on eastward and took the Zoltern redoubt, a stron; 1y fortified posilenswhich lies betw & Thiepval and the bend in the British line at Courcelette. The French, like yond Fregicourt ise, advanced be- captured the ze and Mor- a wood between that “vil val and the greater part of the Ger- man fortified vositions lying between this wood eastward across the Be- thune road to the western portion of the St. Vaast Wood, nipping off an- other portion of the German line of sommunication to the south from Ba- paume. The German casualties in the fight- ing are declared by Paris to have been heavy and, in addition, during fighting more than 1200 re made prisoners by the French, while the British took m ex- cess of 1500. e quantities of booty, including machine guns, were taken by the en- tente allies. While Petrograd contimues silent with regard to the operations on the eastern front, both Berlin and Vienna tell of the repulse of strong Russian attacks in Volhynia, Galicia and the Carpathian_mountain region. On the Rumanian front the Aus- trians and Germans have been com- pelled to_ evacuate .the Vulcan and avold an extensive started by the in order to cling movement Rumanians. Sofia reports the capture of the Am- zarech-Pervels line in Dobrudja from ns and Rumanians, who rctired northward. 3 Raids by aircraft of the Teutonic allies since Saturday night have re- sulted in the deaths of 139 persons— 74 in England and 65 in Bucharest, Rumania. A large number of persons also were injured in both regions by the explosion of bombs dropped from Zeppelins and aeroplanes. The situation in Greece is still tense. With Former Premier Veni- zelos on his way to the island of Crete, -supposedly to take charge of ins movement which as its object the forcing of the ng and the government to agree to reece’s entry into the war on_the side of the entente s, unofficial advices say the belief is expressed in Athens circles close to the king that he will declare war immediate! an has [ rrectionary EXTORTED ALCCLT $100,000 FROM EDV 1D LAUTERBACH Edward A. Loct, an | or, Pleaded Guilty to Indictment. New York, Sept. 26.—Edward 42 years old, an inventor, accu Bdward Lauterbach, a well known lawyer, of having extorted about $100,000 from him _during the last eightee nyears, pleaded guilty to the indictment against him today. He will be sentenced October 3. The maximum penalty for the fifteen years. Lauterbach went before the August grand jury and said that for nearly two decades he had been victimized by Leet and his wife, who demaned husge sums ,asserting t the crime under “moral obligati ife pro- duced checks showing yments in excess of $50,000 s threaten- ing violence alleged to have been written by Leet. The Leets, it is alleged, came here ago from Scranton, Pa., cighteen years with a letter of introduction to L. bach. They were in f and the lawyer helped them. Lauter- bach called on them frequently and then Leet began making his demands. . Lauterbach was in court to testify against Leet, if necessary. As District Attorney Weller asserted that he had sybponaed a prominent Scran ton attorney and three other residents of that city who were prepared to testify t Leet had victimized them in the same manner he had Lauter- | beah. Lauterbach was In the public eye about two years ago when his name was mentioned in indictments brought 2gainst David the “Wolf of Wall Street,” ing Former Congr A. Mitchell Palmer of Per nia, in an at tempt to swindle Morgan & Co. and the United States Steel Corpora- tion in an plot to influence nst La gislation. - A sociation in an effort to di serving 2 term in the federal prison at tianta, Ga. A I'AINE GAME WARDEN MISSING FOR A WEEK. Had With Him Only Sufficiont Food for Two Days. Maclhlas, Me., Sept. 26.—Search made tod for Frank O. Ellsmore, of Piantation 14. a game warden, who gtarted out for a d: trip up the Machias rivs East was being r a week ago today, and He took with him He has not returned. only sufficient food,for two meals. 1s 50 years of age. is | ser was | ére filed with the New was unsuccessful but he re- ed a censuring. Lamar is nowj t Machias branch of the | MAY B7-MEN WHO ROBBED COLCHESTER OFFICE New York Police Capture Four Men at Point of Revolvers. New York, Sept. 2.—Four men, who, according to the police, are 1wanted in a score of eastern towns, were arrested here tonight, at the point of revolvers in a ferryhouse. | One of them, it was alleged, had a | bottle “of nitro-glycerine, some fuses {and detonating caps. Another, the police asserted, had two bottles of the explosive. | _The prisoners were registered | William Burns, alias “California_Bil Harry Foley, s “Connecticut Black- George Tdward, alias “Portland Fattie” and John Lynn, alias “Paw- tucket Jennie,” The arrest was made after detectives had trailed the men to resorts, where they, it was charged, had purchased nitro glycerine, revol- and_cartridges. 2e police deciared that all of the | prisoners had done time for one thing or another and that “Connecticut ie” had been involved in a hur- y in Bridgeport, - Conn. Recent | burglaries concerning which the au- s say they desire to question the pri cracking at Yeoman which yielded $900 land another at Colchester, Conn.,, which brougjt $1700. | AIRSHIPS KILL SIXTY PERSONS IN BUCHAREST. Work of Scuadron of Aeroplanes of the Teutonic Aliies. st, Sept. 26, via London, 11.51 Xty perons were killed and a number wounded Bucharest Mond; afternoon by bWibs dropped from a squadron of aeroplanes of the Teutonic allies, and five otners were killed Monday night by bombs dropped on the city from a Zeppelin, according to an official communication issued to- day. Two-thirds of the victims are dcelared to have been women and children. large ARGENTINE STEAMERS ARE BRINGING WHEAT TO U. S. Buenos Aires Newsbapers Commer on the First Shipments Here. Buenos Aires, Sept. 26.—The Ar- gentine steamer Pampa sailed for New York today with a cargo of 4,009 tons of wheat and linseed. Two _other ith wheat will fol- The newspapers direct attention to the fact that this is the first time Ar- gentine wheat has been exported to the United States. Czurduk passes of. the Transylvaniaf o8 )Lp"’i‘\ .a.ned Paragraphs Norwegian Steamer Sunk London, Sept. 26, 10.42 p. m.—The Norwegian steamer Bufjord has been sunk, according to a Liyods despatch from’ Barcelona. ~The crew was land- ed. The Bufjord measurer 1,489 tons, net. « Gerards Are In Copenhagen. Copenhagen, Via London, Sept. 26, 11:37 p. m.—James W. Gerard, Amer ican ambassador to Germany, arrived here this evening from Berlin with Mrs. Gerard, who is to sail Thursday on the steamer Frederick VIII for New York. Mr. Gerard is still await- ing instructions from Washington concerning his vacation, which he hopes to spend in the United States. HUGHES CHALLENGES THE WILSON ADMINISTRATION To Deny That Lind Was Authorized to Say Huerta Would Be Put Out. Cleveland, O., Sept. 26—Charles E. Hughes tonight challenged the admin- istration to deny his charge that John Lind was authorized by President Wilson in 1914 to say to “the minister from a foreign power to Mexico” that Huerra. would be “put out” of the presidency of Mexico if he did not vol- untarily get out. Mr. Hughes issued his challenge in a speech here before an audience in the Central armory. In the same speech Mr. Hughes lauded Myron T. Herrick, sitting on the platform with him, for the manner in which he dis- charged the duties of ambassador to France in the early days of the war and declared that the appointment of a man to succeed Mr. Herrick “in a time of great emergency” would “ever remain a blet on the present adminis- tration.” The nominee’s, speech here tenight was the last of eight delivered on the day of his campaign through _Ohio. Among them was an ad@iress at Toledo beforc employes of a large automobile plant, during which 2 number of the workmen he addressed cheared repeat- edly for Wifson. This meeting closed with a volley of questions from the ¢dge of the crowd, prompted by his at- tack on the administration of the Ad- amson law and by uncomplimentary references to the nominee himself. “What about the Danbury hatters’ case?” was the chief question. One man started it, others took it up and when the nominee closed his speech the words were echoed by many voices. Mr. Hughes heard the commotion and thinking that it came from men on the edge of the crowd that had not heard his reference to the Adamson law, said: £ ‘you will tell my friends over there what I Lave said, I think they will understand my view Later Mr. Hughes said he had not heard the reference to the Danbury hatters’ case. MANSFIELD WINS IN BAY STATE PRIMARIES. Good Sized Plurality Over Cele for Deém. Gubaernatorial Nomination. Boston, Sept. 26.—Early returns from today's state primaries indicate that former State Treasurer Frederick W. Mansfleld has been nominated by the democrats for governor by a good sized plurality over former Adjutant General Charles H, Cole. ‘With about half the election pre- cincts reported at 1180 o'clock to- night, Mansfield had a lead of about 6,000 votes, with a prospect that if the ratio was continued he would roll up a plurality of approximately 13.000. State Auditor Alonzo B. Cook ap- peared to have defeated Joseph B. Brown for the republican nomination for auditor with a plurality that prom- ised to total 10,000. These were the only contests for state offices. The defeat of Cole was a decided upsct from the standpoint of the predictions of many democratic leaders who had_confidently expected his nomination. That Mansfield would have so determined a triumph had not been claimed by even his own cam- paign managers. He had predicted hie support from the workingmen of the m7l cities and in Lawrence he re- ceived 2,576 votes against 718 for Cole. Boston gave him 4,514 over Cole, In many places the polls did not close until 9 or 19 o'clock, and returns were necessarily late. |56 YEAR oLD maN GETS LIFE IMPRISONMENT. | Mike Herman Pileaded Guilty to Mur- der of George Grasci in Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 26.—MMike Herman, 66 years old, pleaded guilty in and T of murder in the second desrce was sentenced by Judge Joseph Tuttle to life imprisonment. The court appeared reluctant to im- pose the sentence and repeatedly a: ed whether Herman understood wi the effect of his plea would be. Her man insisted through his attorney and through the court interpreter that he ullty, that he shot Geo: Grasei in a_saloon row in this city last May and ‘that he was ready to take his pun- ishment. He pleaded only to be allow- ed to see his sick wife for a few min- utes, and after sentence was pro- nounced it was said that this request would be granted before Herman goes to Wethersfield prison. BILL FOR SALE OF THE DANISH WEST INDIES Now Before Joint Committee of Both Houses of Danish Parliament. Copenhagen, via London, Sept. 26, 9.40 p. m—AS a result of interviews had by The Associated Press with rep- resentatives of the various parties, it is believed that the sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States will be settled without a resort to a general election on the basis of the govern- ment bill which has now passed all stages and been sent to a joint com- mittee of both houses of parliament. Jt is apparent that everybody in the rigsdag s tired of the question, HARTFORD UNION BARBERS HAVE VOTED TO STRIKE To Quit Work Monday Unless Demand for More Pay Grantad. 1t Hartford, Conn., Sept. 26.—The Hartford barbers’ union tontght voted to strike Monday morning at 8 o’clock unless demands for increased pay-are granted. The demands inciude a min. imum weekly salary of $13 and a graduated scale up to $21. The men also demand a percentage of the pro- fits after a certain amount has been taken in by the shop. The barbers state that they will not accede to the demands. the superior court today to a charze Execution of 500 ~ Villa Adherents REPORT TO GENERAL BELL SINCE CHIHUAHUA FIGHT MANY TAKEN PRISONERS A Prominent Mexican Refugee In- Bell That He Saw Villa Personally and That the Ban- dit Walked With a Crutch. formed General El Paso, Texas, Sept. 26—Wholesale executions are taking place in Chihua- hua City, following the Villa attack, it was announced at military headquart- ers here today. 500 Villa Men Executed. Five hundred Villa_ adherents have been executed since the fight, the re- port to General George Bell, Jr., states and many other prisoners have been taken. Skirmish South of Juarez. General Bell also has a report of a| skirmish at Arena, ten miles south of Juarez, Sunday night. He says wounded Carranza soldiers have been brought back to Juarez from: that station. The Carranza officials in Ju- arez insist that these soldiers weré brought from Chihuahua City follow- ing the fight with Villa forces. A repori from Chihuahua that Gen- eral Matias Ramos had returned to that state capital with only thirt; five meft of his original force of also was received by General Bell. Villa Executed Only Twe. A prominent Mexican who was taken prisoner by Villa at Chihuahua C and subsequently released reached the border today and reported to military authorities that Villa had execnted only two of the 308 prisoners taken during the Chihuahua battle. One of these was chauffeur for General Tre- vino. He gave the others the choice of returning to Chiuahua City or joining him. Thirty-six_ returned and the re- mainder joined Villa. Saw Villa Personally The Mexican refugee was one of these and says he saw Villa personally and that the bandit leader walked with a crutch because of a bullet wound in the leg and that he carried bhis cruich on his saddle on the march 50 MEXICANS SUGGEST REVISION OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY LAW To Discourage America Participat- ing in Mexican Factional Conflicts = i New London, Conn., Sept. | vision of American neutrality with. a view.-to. disevuraging Auneri cans from “participation 1 Mexican factional conflicts, was suzeested at the conference of the Me n-Amer- lcan joint comm n tod: It was indicated that Mexico would be able to deal more effectively w rebels | and outlaws if the neutrality laws were amended so as t it an offense for an Ameri to participate in a movement against a government with which the United States is at peace. The discussion of the neutrality laws of both countries was incident | to consideration of sugzested for co-operation in maintaining along the border. The Mexicans charged that the in- adequacy of the Ame n laws made propogatior cies on American soil lished order in Me: eration of neutrality plans peace law was confined to those of the United St however, The American represent tives have held to the arsument that Mexico should so govern her frontier to make unnecessary the presence of an American army on the north side of the boundary line, and tion was directed fto ‘the which the Mexican neutrai their enforcement was a The American comm: mitted a list of border by the war department. commissioners countered by the pr entation of another list specifying in- stances where American soldiers or civilians had crossed the boundary into Mexico. This list also contained instances where Mexican natlonals were sald to have lost their lives and property on American - soil. FORTY MEN LOCKED IN REFRIGERATOR CARS North Citizens of Yakima, Wash., Wanted to Ship Them From Town North Yakima, Washn., Sept. 26.— Forty men, the majority of whom : reported to be members of teh dustrial Workers of the World, were. locked in refrigerator cars here today by 150 citizens who were armed with baseball bats and axe handles. The men were marched to the cars by the armed citizens who intended shipping them out of town, but the raiiroad re- fused to handle the cars. The citizens then decided to take the men to the county il. The men were freed and marched back into town aain, under guard. Ten alleged leaders had been arrested previously. MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE Informal Talks on State Campaign— Speakers’ Bureau Discussed. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 26.—Con- trary to expectations, the democratic state central committee did not name presidential _electors today. Tt is understood that a list of names was presented to the committee and that the selections will be made within a few days. he committee’s time was taken up with informal talks on the state campaign and a discussion of the work of the speakers’ bureau. CLOSE CONTEST IN NEW JERSEY PRIMARY Martine and Wescott Nearly Tied for for Senatorial Nomination. Trenton, N. J., Sept. 27.—Returns received from 80 districts out of 1,793 in the state gave Martine 1,031 votes and Wescott 1,109 in the democratic contest for United States senator. in the republican contest for sena- tor Freliffghuysen received 5,963 votes in_141 districts and Murphy 4.873. Walter E..Edge had receivea 4,790 votes in 141 districts in the republi- can contest for the gubernatorial nomination while Austen Colgate had 8.750 and George L. Record 1.155. Ship Foundered in Lake Ontario FOUR OF CREW TAKEN FROM IM- PROVISED RAFT TWO MEN ARE MISSING Captain Tells of Thrilling Experiences of Party on the Raft—Many Times During the Twenty Hours All Were in Danger of Drowning. Oswego, N. Y., Sept. 26.—Four mem- bers of the crew of the steamer Rober- val of Ottawa, which foundered yes- terday in Lake Ontario, nine miles from here, were picked up late today en an improvised raft, after being buf- feted by the sea for twenty hours without food. Two others reported missing were seen in a yawl forty miles from here, near the Canadian shore, it was reported tonight. This would indicate that no lives were lost in the disaster. Four Rescued From Raft. The four rescued from the raft were Peter Eligh, captain of the Roberval; Deia Parent, cook; Joseph Parrisien, mate; and Marcel Semmonaiu, fireman. They declared that Henry Sequin, another fireman, and Theodore Leroy, a deckhand, who probably were saved in the yawl, were washed over board from the Roberval with a deckload of lumber. Philip Trotier, chief engineer; Ovila Sequin, an assistant to Trotier, and Edward Legault ,wheelsman, who took to a lifeboat and reached here early today, had reported that the rest of the crew probably had been drowned. On Improvised Raft Captain Eligh, describing tonight the plight in which he, Miss Parent, Par- risien and Semonnaiu found them- selves ,after being separated from the others ‘of the crew, said they impro- vised their raft from lumber remain- ing on deck nad then cast adrift. They did not see the Roberval sink, he said, although it appeared to them impossible for her to remain afloat much longer. A search of Lake Onta- rio for 100 miles east and west of Os- wego since the arrival of the first three members of the crew this morn- ing failed to show any trace of the vy sel. All In Danger of Drowning. Captain Eligh told a thrilling story of the experience of himseif and the others on the improvised raft. Many times last night, he said, all were in danger of drowning, as it was with dif- ficulty that they succeeded in keeping the raft together. Their rescue was effected thirty miles northeast of here by guards of the Big Sandy life sav- ing station. Captain John J. O'Hagay of the steamship Oceanica, arriving tonight, reported passing two men in the yawl. The little craft corresponded to des- criptions of the one carried by the Roberval, it was said. GUARDSMEN CORRESPONDENT DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED Charged Officers With Neglecting Men | in Letters to Holyoke Paper. Columbus, N. M., Sept. 26.—Private Hugh of Company D, Second ts Infantry, was senten six mbonths hard Iz in the disciplinary barracks at Fort Lea- venworth, together with a dishonora- ble discharge from the service. Clark shortly after his arrival at the border wrote letters to a newspaper at Holyoke, Mass.,, from which Com- pany D came, charging his company officers with neglecting the men and his captain with appropriating com- pany funds. These letters weoze pub- hed. Clark admitted tirefr author- ship and adhered to the charses. He was tried by a general courtmartial for conduct unbecoming a soldier. The guardsman’s sentence was ap- proved by the war department. PRESIDENT WILSON MA; MAKE SPEECHES IN NEW YCRK. Told That It is Imperative That the Democrats Carry New York. Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 26.—As a result of a conference here tonight be- tween President Wilson 1 Samuel Seabu for governor cf dent is ex] speeche v, demo can New York, the pre; cted to make one or more in New York within the next few weeks. No fipal arrangements bave been made, but Judge Seabury remained at Shadow I over night and will di further the New Yor political situation with Mr. Wilson in the morning. ent has been told thaot it ive that the democrats ca , and it is said concentrated s will be made to present the democratic case to New York voters. KAISER SENDS LETTER OF THANKS TO SHIPYARDS For Speed Shown in Repairs of Ships Damaged in Jutland Battle. , 9.00 a. m, via Lon- don, 11.45 p. The emperor has is- sued a circular letter of thanks to the German shipyards which have al- ready completed repairs on the ships damaged in the Jutland battle. In his letter the emperor says: “In a surprisingly short time the armor has been repaired, new guns have been mounted and apparatus and instruments have been supplemented, so that the fleet was already able weeks aso again to undertake battle.” MEMORIAL ADDRESSED TO KING CONSTANTINE Demanding That Greece Abandon Its Neutraiity in the War. Berlin, Sept. London, Sept. 26, 11.10 p. m.—General Constantine Moschopoulos, chief of staff of the Greek army, and 500 officers have signed a memorial addressed to the g demanding that Greece aban- don its neutrality in the war. Earlier reports that General Moschopoulos had resigned, according to the Reuter des- patch from Athens, conveying the above information, were premature. Cook on Scott Tug Drowned. 0Old Saybrook, Conn., Sept. 26.—A Japanese cook on the tug T. A. Scott Jr., of New London, fell overboard at Saybrook Point today and was drown- ed. The body had not been recovered at a late hour tonight. > Condensed Telegrams have Female relatives of Germans been ordered to leave Belgium. The September rookies at Platts- bul:s, N. Y., started on their 100-mile ‘hike. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week totaled 40,06 000 pounds. Anna Madden, six years old, died yesterday of infantile paralysis at Manchester. + = Germany has give niron crosses to 8,000 Jews and 2,000 have won the Legion of Honor. Brigade headquarters and the First North Carolina Infantry left Morehead, N. C., for El Paso. A Chicago Board of Trade member ship was sold for $6,150, an increase of $25, a new high price. Automobiles have killed 1,040 per- sons and injured more than 8,000 in American cities this year. Texas rice crop for this season is estimated at 2,500,000 bags, valued at $10,000,000, a new record. The explosion of a bomb badly damaged a large State Street moving picture theatre at Chicago. The Eastern Steel Co. has completed plans for the construction of sevgral new mills at Pottsville, Pa. A statement filed by Governor-elect Milliken of Maine, showed that his campaign expenses were $155. Arthur Wilcox was instantly killed by the explosion of a steam boiler on his farm near Little Falls, N. Y. In the past week the British armies on all fronts lost 6,283 officers and men killed, of whom 408 were officers. A Federal Grand Jury will inv. gate the action of wholesale bak: in raising the price of bread at Chicago. Percy D. Cave, who escaped from a privaté sanitarjum in Harrison, A last Wednesday, was found in Katonah, Philip C. Wadsworth, indicted in Georgia for alleged mali frauds, was arrested by the federal authorities in a Providence hotel. The Holland-American Line freight- er Amsteldyk arrived at New York from Rotterdam with a cargo of 14,000 bales of bulbs. Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, chaplain, and Major Kevin, surgeon of the 23rd Regiment of Brooklyn, returned to New York from Texas. Auto bandits blew the entire front jout of the building in which the post office is located at North Girard, 16 miles west of Erie, Pa. Many financiers, composing the ad- American Bankers' Association annu- al convention, arrived at Kansas City. Large quantities of basswood are being cut off the hills and mountains of Fayette County, Pa. and are being shipped to New England paper mills. A score or more passengers were in- jured when a Seaboard Air Line pas- senger train crashed into a_ coal train standing on a siding near Norfolk, Va. Dr. Bernard Glueck, of Washington, who has been conducting the psycho- {pathic clinic in Sing Sing prison, to act as physician and surgeon the prison. of Former Congressman Thomas Reilily of Meriden was nominated congress by the democrats of the thir congressional district in convention at New Haven. William Thorne of Riverside, a woodchepper, who was found in the woods there suffering from a gash i the head, died at the hospital at Greenwich yesterda: Two bricklayers narrowly escaped death when a massive brick wall ich they had been erecting at E: Eighth Street, New York, suddenly toppled over on them. Secretary Daniels ordered a board of inquiry to convene at the Philadel phia Navy Yard to investigate the plosion of a twelve-inch gun on battleship Mich n last week. Richard El charged with counts, &y e P state prison from three to ten by Judge Jj. H. Reed in the sup court at New Haven. the Massachusetts, assault on ten v sentenced to *he rears ior Examination of Hughey Doughtery at the Pennsylvania State Hospital for the Insane, where he was taken after a mental breakdown, shows that the condition of the famous minstrel is practicallly hopeless. Mothers of 300 children who attend School No. 10, of Poughkeepsie, N. | Y., went on strike and refused to per- mit their children to report for re- opening of school, declaring the build- ing unsafe and unsanitary. The yellow fever commission of the Rockefeller Foundation arrived at New York on board the steamship Brazos from San Juan, after two months’ west coast of South Africa. All guns and movable machinery above water has been stripped from the wreck of the armored cruiser Memphis in Santo Domingo harbor, and will be brought to the United States by the transport Prairie. Baron Alkerhialm, the new Swedish charge d'affaires, arrived in Whshing- ton and paid his respects to State De- partment officials. The Baron was de- clared to be the best dressed man in ‘Washington by those who saw him. Three hundred and eight secretaries of Chambers of Commerce from all over the United States arrived at Cleve- land for the opening of the conven- tion of the National association of commercial organization secretaries. General Funston wired the War De- partment he has ordered the court- martial of Corporal Rogers, Troop B., 2nd seven members of a_ patrol _of Texas cavalry who crossed the Rio Grande_into . Mexico without authori- ty, on Thursday. Ambulance company No. 1 and Troop B, Rhode Island cavalry, arrived at Davisville Tuesday from mp Persh. ing, El Paso. They immediately de- trained and marched to the mobiliza- tion camp at Quonset, where they will remain until mustered out. + mines, vance guard of the delegates of the| study of sanitary conditions along the | -The Bulletin’s Girculation in Norwich is Double That »f Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Pmportion to the (;ity’s Population COMBLES FALLS TO Big Sympathetic Strike Starts Today LABOR LEADERS SAY THAT 250,- 000 WORKERS WILL WALK OUT 450,000 BY END OF WEEK Members of Legislature Have Drafted an Act With Severe Penalties on Either Side Which Wuuld_ Refuse tc Arbitrate. New York, Sept. 26. — With nouncement by labor lea. proximately 250,000 union work. various 1ra_do.< would quit thelr}\;‘;i t‘:‘; tomorrow ‘in aid of the striking war men in this city, it was believed to- ight {har the effort to tie up virtual- ly all industries in Greater New York bad reached an acute stage. The union officials declared an additional 100,000 workers would strike Thursday another 100,000 Friday, making a *o- tal of 450,000 out by the end of the week. 371,000 Ready to Strike. It was asserted that 6,000 brewery an. ders that ap- workers, 115,000 employes in buildin trades and .000 members of the United Hebrew Trades were in foor of a sympathetic strike. ' Teamsters Ready to Quit. Twelve thousand teamsters also were reported ready to quit wo s Thursday or Frid A mce!i;‘; rnf the executive council of the building thades was called for Thursday fo taks fina‘ly action, after the busin, agents in Ma attan and the B > B vpt- ed for the stril:ef T 2al vek Mayor Talks With Labor Leaders. Mayor Mitchel, whose efforts to Rr\l_fl(‘ the differences between the striking car men and the transit com~ banies have failed repeatedly, sum- moned the labor leaders before him :o- day. He id he desired to be m- formed directly as to what might be expected tomorrow. The wnion offi- cials, he announced, told him they ¢~ pected 200,000 workers to strike “as 4 starter.” Strikers Distribute Pamphlets. After a meeting of the joint labor conference committee, strikers were supplied with pamphlets for distribu- throughout the city in which at- were ‘made on the so-calle Morgan and Rockefeller interests, "_Ruckefn“nr, Morgan and their as- sociates control the transit of the city of New York” the pamphlets read, “and they also control the railroad. industries and public utilities throughout the country well as most of the banks and ne rly all the mone; Arbitration Act Drafted. Members of the legislature from this city, who called on Governor Whitman late today and urged him to convanc the legislature in extraordinary ses- deal with the strike situation, ted a draft of a proposed ar- bitration act. The governor, although to calling the legislature together at this time, studied the proposed law fully and .said he believed there s “room” for it on the statute v Eooks. The fine act outlined would previde a 000 ang revocation of the li- of of a corporation which breaks agreement to arbitrate and a fine #ainst the union breaking such reement where the public interest ‘s affected or likely to be affected. State Industrial Commission May Act. It was expected tonight that the tate industrial commission would some action with regard to ihe sirike, following the receipt by it of an informal report from the state bu- reau of mediation and arbitration in which the differepces of the worker: and the tra n companies are re- viewed. PROTEST FRCM AMERICAN MINING COMPANIES IN MEXICO Askina for Relief from Gowernmental Obstruction of the Industry. New York, Sept. 26.—Six Amefican mining companies with M can pro- perties having a total capitalization of more than $350,000,000 today des- patched to Franklin K. Lane, chair- man of the American division of the Mexican-American commission in ses- jon at New London, Conn. a joint protest concerning governmental oh- truction of industry in the southern u‘])uhllcbund asking for relief as soon sible. tement, which was prepared William Loeb, Jr., a director of American Smelting and Refining company, sqgigned by officials of fif- teen other companies, complained of the ‘“confiscatory nature” of the taxa- tion decrees of General Carranza. Practicalty the entire mining dustry of Mexico, it is ascertained, had been crippled by the imposition of inordinately high taxes on mined ore. OBITUARY. Hugh Young. Thompsonville, Conn., Sept. 26.— Hugh Young, jidge of the Enfield town court, died at his home today of paralvtic shock suffered yesterday in the court room while he was await- ing the opening of court. He was for many years a guide at the capitol in Hartford, and repre- sented his town in the general as- sembly. Judge Young ‘was serving his second term on the town court bench. He was 62 years old and is survived by his wife and a son. Vice Admiral Concas y Palau. Paris, Sept. 26, 9 p. m—The death is announced 1in a despatch from Madrid of Vice Admiral Concas y Pa- lau, whb was the arbitrator appointed by, King Alfonso of Spain in connec- tion with the settlement of disputes between Panama and the United States over land in the canal zone. He re- cently returned to Madrid from Pana- ma, and had intended to resume his duties in Panama in January. Admiral Concas was minister of ma- rine in the Moret y Prendergast cabi- net in 1906. He was a captain in the Spanish-American war and bore a prominent part in the fighting at San- tiago, iny ch he was in command of the cruiser la. Therese. Argentine’s War Minister Resigns. Bueros, Aires, Sept. 26.—The Ar- gentine minister of war, General A. P. Allaria, has resigned owing to a disagreement with a decision of the president regarding the promotion of ceveral senerals.