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LVIHL.—NO. 239 POPULAT' 8,219 : NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1916 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS The Bulletin’s Circulation in *3*“ich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proporticn to. the City's Population ; RUMANIANS GAIN IN TRANSYLVANIA What Has Been Achieved by the Rumanians in Bul- garia Remains Uncertain FIGHTING FROM CONSTANZA TO THE DANUBE An Unofficial Despatch From Rome Says That Field Marshal von Mackensen Has Ordered the Evacuation of the Dobrudja Fortresses Recently Captured by the Teutonic Allies—Violent Fighting Has Been in Progress in Rus- sia, West of Lutsk, and in Galicia in the Region of the Zlota Lipa River, With Little Advantage to Either of the Contestants—Heavy Rains Are Interfering With the Activities of the British and French Armies in the Somme Region of France. igh the Rumanians continue to »und against the Austro-Ger- mans at various points in Transyl- ia, the situation in Dobrudja, L has attained added interest e the crossing of the Danube into ulgaria by Rumanian forces, re- mains uncertain. Bucharest says that violent fighting continues all alpng the line south of the railroad running from Constanza to the Danube, with the Teutonic al- lies offering stubborn resistance to the Rumanian and Russian forces. Noth- ing is vouchsafed, however, concerning the troops which invaded Bulgaria. Sofia says that only “several bat- talions” of Rumanians made their way across the river and Berlin _reports the destruction behind them by Ger- man monitors of the pontoon bridges over which they made the passage. An unofficial despatch from Rome sserts that Field Marshal von Mack- nsen has ordered the evacuation of e the Dobrudja fortresses of Silistria and Turtukai recently captured by the allies, in’the fear of their be- sed by the Rumanians. ains are interfering with the British and French mme region of France, but nevertheless Paris records the capture of an important trench north of Rancourt and the taking of udd: tional prisoners, while London says the fighting at Eaucourt I' Abbaye “is proceeding _satisfactorily.” Violent fighting has been gress in Ru Gal in_ pro- la, west of Lutsk, and in in the region of the Zlota Lipa river. In the latter region, nccording to Petrograd, neither the Russians nor the Teutonic allies have been able to gain any marked advantage. West of | Lutsk, according to Petrograd, the de advances but Berlin acks here were repulsed, the Russians suffering ex eptionally heavy casualties. In the attacks, says Berlin, which were preceded ‘by ter- rific ‘bombardments, the Russian guard made seventeen unsuccessful on- slaughts and another division twelve. As regards the fighting in Mace- donia, Sofia admits that the heavy ar- tillery fire of the Serbs in thé region of Kaimakcalm Height caused the Bulgarfans to withdraw to the Mog Le- hica calley in order to avoid unneces- losses, sary but asserts htat entente attacks alsewhere along the front were repulsed. Berlin_records an advance by the Austro-Germans against the British who recently crossed the Struma northwest of Lake Tahinos, while un- official advices from P: say the Bulgerians have abandoned several positions in the Starkov Grob River region and that four towns northwest of Florina in Greece have been occu- pied by the entente allies. In Albania, according to an Athens patch, the Austrian military au- ties have occupied Argyro Cas- tro, having ordered the Greek milifary officials there to evacuate the town. Except for the capture by the Itali- s of two ¥ peaks held ~ by the Austrians and a continuation of the heavy bombardment by the Austrians of the Carso front in the hands of the Italians, there has been little activity in_the 'Austro-Ttalian theatre. The Gree tion continues to de- velop. King Constantine, according to an Athens despatch, has the resig in his hands ion of the msmbhere of the cabinet except those of the premier and the foreizn minister. It is prob- able that the new cabinet wil loon- tain several supporters of Former Premier Venizelos who is in favor of Greece's entry into the war cn the e of the entente allies COUNT VON BERNSTORFF TO CALL ON PRESIDENT WILSON it is Understood He Will Present a Personal Letter From Emperor Will- iam. _Long Branch, N. J., Oct. Count Von Dernstorft, Garman ambassador to th United St~'~= will call on Presi Aent Wilson :t Monday, it was nnounced toni; Zore Mr. Wilson arted on b ern-t o'clock It is understo sador il present to i personal letter from the German e peror replying to auto h messag- s sent by the president to the rule; of everal European nations urging that a getti m »d_be agreed upon for supplies to starving peo- Dle in Poland. It has been been re- ported that the German reply does 6ot tend to bring about an agreement. he entente allies have taken the po- sition that they will allow the ship- ment of supplies to Poland if food al- ready there is not shipped out or tilizea by German and Austrian troops This position has not met with favor from the German and Aus- tro-Hu It gar ments. is probs en ail the re- plies to the president’s letters have been received the correspondence will te made public. The contemplated visit here of Count Von Bernstorff revived reports of possible moves for peace in Europe or of a resumption of Germany's sub- marine warf: Ambassad erard is now on his way home from Ber- lin. So far as could be established here tonight, however, the coming of the German ambassador to Shadow Lawn no connection with either of these reports. OIL IS USELESS AS A PREVENTIVE OF FOG Proven by Experiments of Naval Ves- sels Along New England Coast. Washington, Oct. 3.—Prevention of fog at sea in’ the vicinity of a vessel cannot be accomplished by the distri- bution of oil on tne surface of the water. Reports of experiments along this line, as recommended by th2 nav- ®l hydrographic office, indic: that able effect on the fog. Four rey fro mnaval vessels along the Main an Massz chusetts coasts and on the Del: war river show oil is useless in the di- minishing or preventing fog. Off Ma- such distribution of ofl had no nogr.;% rous Hook, Pa., where there are a sumber of ofl establishments, the U. 8. S. Millviile on her trial trip ran in- to a dense fog. Her captain reported that there was a thick film ofl on the water for miles around but the ship was fog-bound 12 hours. Imports of Gold. Washington, Oct. 3.—Gold_imported Into the United States from January 1 0 September 22 amounted to $384,- 150,000, the federal reserve board an- nouriced today, while in the same pe- riod the exports were $93,000,000. In the same period last year ,the im- w‘u exceeded the exports by $247,171,4 PREDICTS FOUR WESTERN STATES ARE GOING DRY Optimistic View by the Prohibition Candidate for President. Omaha, Neb., Oct. western states and no state wi 3.—At least fouh going dry this year weaken its dry laws, 1 J. Frank Hanly, the prohibition can didate for president, declared today upon entering Nebraska's hot wet and dry fight. Hanly ed that in the ace of this record Nebraska could ill afford to vote wet not only for her but fof the effect the action d have on the national situation. ._“South Dakota and Montana are go- ing dry,” Hanly ,said. “Utah elect a'dry legislature. Idaho ratify its dry amendment. Washin: ton, Oregor 1 and Colorado will either strefizthen their dry cline. to weaken them. In Califor- the wet and dry forces are en- d in a death sfruggle. Nevada vote on the question next year.” andidate’s optimistic resume of the western situation evoked ap- plause wherever he used it. may RELAXING PRECAUTIONS ON INFANTILE PARALYSIS 25 Health Officers in New York, Bai- timore and Philadelphia Withdrawn ‘Washington, Oct. 3.—Notification by the public health service to state health authorities of children under 16 leaving New York and Baltimore, in- stituted during the infantile paralysis epidemic, was discontinued today and twenty-five health officers who have been fizhting the disease in New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia. were with. drawn. In announcing this action health service authorities let it be known that they considered further efforts on their part unnecessary, but as a precaution three officers in New York and one In Philadelphia will re- main at their posts for the present. The notification system was put in- to effect July 15. Health officials here today said it proved a great ald in preventing spread of the disease. Through it state health authorities were informed of the comingof all children who might have contracted but had not yet developed the disease. NEW YORK’S PERSONAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT Totals $1,100,973,215 — List Includes * 78,459 Persons and Corporations. New York, Oct. 3—The city’s ten- tative personal property assessment for 1917, according to an announce- ment today by the department of taxes and assessments, totals $1,100,973,215. The tentative tax for 1916 was $3,- 700,000,000 but of this enormous total the city succeeded in_collecting on only $376,530,150, the difference hav- ing been sworn off, Although a_shrinkage of the new lst is a foregonc conclusion, accord- ing to tax officials, it is not expected that it will be as pronounced as this year,s because of the lower tentative assessment. The new list includes 75,459 persons ana corporations. laws or| Cabled Paragraphs Japanese Cablnet About to Resign Tokio, Oct. 8—The Nichi Nichi Shimbun in an extra edition an- nounces_that the cabinet of Premier Count Okuma. has decided to resign. The premier 1s said to have stated that he would recommend to the em- peror the appointment of Viscount Ta- kaski Kato as his successor. British Raid Over Belgium. London, Oct. 8, 285 p. m.—British naval aeroplanes yesterday made an- other attack on the German airship sheds in the vicinity of Brussels, ac- cording to a British official statement issued - this afternoon. ~One of the British aeroplanes was lost. MARKED INCREASE IN THE COST OF LIVING Reports Recelved From the Principal Market Centers. Washington, Oct. 3.—Marked in- crease in the cost of living in shown in the rising tendency of prices of foodstuffs on October 1, reports of which are just being received at the department of agriculture from the principal market centers. ‘With flour selling higher than at any time since the Civil war, due princi- pally to the shortage of the wheat crop, this year, the cost of potatoes has mounted for like reason. Meat continues to advance with prices al- most 24 per cent. over a year ago. But- ter, eggs and cheese all are selling higher than last year and beans show and increase of more than 70 per cent. because of the short crop. Onions are more than 50 per cent. higher and cabbages more than 40 per cent. high- er. Butter was selling about 12 per cent. higher than a year ago, according to “he Jatest statistics available today at the department of agriculture. The price was one cent a pound higher than it had been in the last eight years at_this time of the year. Eggs were selling five cents a doz- en higher than last year but was low- er for the period than in several of the last eight years. Potatoes were selling 116 per cent. higher than a vear ago. Cheese showed an incerease in price of more than 25 per cent. over a year ago and was higher than it had been in_the last eight yewrs. Hogs were selling 25 per cent. high- er than a year ago, beef cattle more than 7 per cent. higher, veal calves more than 10 per cent. higher; sheep more than 8 ped cent. higher and lambs more than 20 per cent. higher. RESIGNATION OF GREEK CABINET IN HANDS OF KING Effort Will be Made to Give the New Ministry a National Character. Athens, Noon, via London, 10:25 p. .—The resignations of all the cabinet ministers except the premier, Nikolas | Kalogeropoulos, and the minister of, foreign affairs, Alexandre Carapanos, are now in the hands of the king. The| cabinet will be arranged probably so that several supporters of M. Venize- los, the former premier, will hold port- folios, thus giving the new ministry a national character. Orders have been issued to the roy- alist newspapers to cease attacking M. Venizelos in view of the co-operation of his adherents with the new yovern- ment. ENGLAND SEIZES GOLD FROM AN AMERICAN Naturalized Citizen Reports $10,000 Taken from Him at Kirkwall. New York, Oct. 3.—Hans Lagerslof, an American citizen of Swedish par- entage, who arrived today on the Swedish-American line _steamship Stockholm, from Gothenbers and Kirkwall, Teported that on the out- ward passage of the steamship he had been held at Kirkwall by the British port authorities and $10,000 in goid which he carried was Seized. Lagerslof said that the gold was taken from him on the suspicign that he was bringing it to Germany. Al- though finally permitted to return to this country, Lagersiof declared that his money Has not been restored to m. FRANCE ENROLLING YOUNG MEN OF THE CLASS OF 1918 Action Taken Preapratory to Their Being Called to the Colors. Paris, Oct. 3, 5:15 p. m—A memo- randum attached to a bill introduced in the chamber of deputies by the minister of war, General Roques, au- thorizing the enrollment of the young men of the class of 1918 preparatory of their being called to the colors, ex- plains that the military instruction of the class of 1917 is about completed. The youths of the class of 97 were enrolled upon their reaching the age of 18. When the members of the class of 1918 are enrolled they will be six months older than the preceding class and will not be actually incorporated into the army until later, when parlia- ment passes a special law. GIRL KIDNAPPED FOUR YEARS AGO 18 RETURNED Indianapolis Child' Had Been Left in Canada by a Woman. Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 3.—A hunt for Lorine Merriman, § years old, kid- napped from the home of her aunt, Mrs. Luelle Overman, here four years ago, which extended twice across the continent, ended today when the girl was returned to Indianapolis from Grand Forks, B. C. Advertisements for Katherine Winters, of Newcastle, Ind., who has been missing since 1913, led ‘to the finding of the Merriman child in the Canadian home. The child had been left in Canada by a woman who for a time paid for her board. The woman is supposed to have been the girl's mother. Taft to Leoture at Wesleyan. Middletown, Conn, Oct. 8.—Former President Willlam H. Taft will lec- ture In Memorial Chapel, Wesleyan university, on Oct. 10, it was an- nounced today. His subject will be Our World Relations. Mr. Taft re- ceived an honorary degree from Wes- leyan at the inauguration of President William Arnold Shanklin, 417 Arrestes for Counterfeiting Last Year. ‘Washington, Oct. 30.—During the fiscal year ended June 30, according to a treasury department report made putlic today, there were 417 arrests of supposed counterfeiters, of whom 229 were convicted and 19 acquitted; 114 cases are pending, and 55 were lost in athar wavs More Troopsto Leave Border FIRST CONNECTICUT AMBULANCE CO. AMONG THEM TROOP M, R. I. CAVALRY All National Guard Troops Mobilization Camps Are to be Sent to the Border to Relieve Those Now There. Now in Washington, Oct. 3. national guard organizations will be sent to their home station for mus- tering out as soon as the Michigan contingent which has been ordered south, reaches the border: The First Kansas Infantry; M, Rhode Island Cavalry; Troop A, Massachusetts Cavalry; Company A, Pennsylvania Engineers: the New Jer- sey Signal company; First Connecti- cut Ambulance company; New Jersey First Ambulance company and First Field Hospital. Secretary Baker said all national guard troops now in _mobilization camps would be sent to the border “in the immediate future” and in each in- stance organizations on the border would be returned totheir home sta- tions upon the arrival of new units. The sccretary’s statement was the first announcement that the war de- partment had adopted a policy calling for border service for all the national guardsmen before they are mustered out. It has been understood for sev- eral weeks, however, that this course would be pursued. Department officials expect the last of the units to be moving toward the border within the next week or ten days. Troop HOLLAND IS CARING FOR GERMAN CHILDREN Dutch Nation is Confronted With Neuthadity Puzzle Thereby. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 3.—In the Amsterdamener, Professor Van Hamel, the distinguished authority on law, describes the bringing of some thousands of German children to Holland as the latest moral puzzle that confronts the Dutch national. He says it would indeed be a terrifying pros- pect if Holland, in ord the imputation of unm to provide lodging for some hundreds of thousands of German women and children. He continues: “To act in such ways as a restaurant for Ger- many, who is suffering under the starvation-war, could not easily be considered as In accord with our striving after unimpeachable neutr.. ty. It would exposec us immediately of itself to scarcity of food, and mcre- oveer pretty certainly put a stop to imports from the Allies. While the Allies render possible imports for our own internal consumption it would be tog much of a good thing to permit all Germany to come here and eat in Hol- land. ‘But still there is a great difference between such a case and the simple fact that a couple of thousand hungry and underfed German children are weil treated here, for a short time. It must be remembered, however, that there exists a great difference between friendly philanthropy and organized evasion of the starvation policy of the Allies. For the present we see in the entire plan and solely the first (friendly phi- lanthropy) and we expect too that it shall continue such.” NAVAL LESSONS TAUGHT ¢ BY THE EUROPEAN WAR Are Being Well Analyzed by United States Naval Constructors San Francisco, Oct. 3.—Lessons of the FEuropean war, espétially those taught by submarines and torpedo at- tack, have been so well analyzed by United States naval constructors that the new oil and electric superdread- nought California will be able to make port in spite of numerous and severe torpedo wounds, say navy engineers. The 1,022 bluejackets who will man the battleship under 58 officers, how- ever, probably will divide their, ad- miration between this, her dozen fourteen inch guns, and some of the many electrical devices, such as the electric potato peeler in the galley, the. electric-driven ice-cream freezer, or the electric dish-washing machine ‘with a capacity of 1,000 dishes an hour. Use of electricity on the California begins with her main engines, driven by motors supplied. with current by generators turned by steam turbines of 28,000 horsepower. There will be practically no work done on shipboard directly by steam, and the “black gang” of tradition, instead of heaving tons of coal per hour into ever ‘hungry furnaces, will manipulate levers con- trolling ofl-burners under the hoilers. These latter will be the usual water tube type, but new methods of instal- lation have been devised for practic- fally all the California’s engine and boiler-room equipment, it is said. It is understood that the new tor- pedo and mine-proof construction is gained by an improved method of bulkhead building. The bulkheads are to be of steel, but less rigid than the ordinary types, and resistance is sald to have been increased 25 to 30 per cent. A clipper bow, Instead of the con- ventional navy ram, will distinguish the California, and she will have two gage masts bearing fire control plat- orms. REDUCTION OF THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN BEER Advocated at Convention of the Mas- ter Brewers’ Association. Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 3—A reduction in the amount of alcohol in beer was advocated by speakers at the annual convention of the Master Brewers' as- sociation, which ended here today. Hugh 8. Fox, secretary of the United States Brewers' asosciation said the solution of the while liquor problem would be prohibition of the sale of spirituous liquors anq license for the sale of beers and light wines low in elcohol. & George J. Meyer of Buffalo announc- 'ed two scholarships of $250 each for college students who include in their studies something relating to _ the brewing of beer. William F. Cart- hause of St. Louis, was elected presi- dant of the association. The following |. For Armenian and Syrian Relief CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED YESTER- DAY $5,000,000 IS WANTED An Exhaustive Summary of the Situa- tion Will be Sent to Ministers of 120,000 Churches all Over the Coun- try. ‘Washington, Oct. 3.—The greatest American relief campaizn to be under- taken since organization of the Bel- glan Relief Commission was launched foday by the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief. An ex- haustive summary of the whole Ar- menian and Syrian situation was made public and will be sent to ministers of 120.000 churches all over the coun- try and to many leading citizens and relief organizations. A fund of $5,000,- 000 is called for to relieve 1,000,000 destitute, exiled and starving Armen- ians and Syrians scattered broadcast over Turkey, Persia, Syria and Pales- tine. The appeal declares that _of nearly two million Armenians origi- nally in their native country, three- quarters of a million have becn mas- sacred or have died of wounds, dis- ease or exhaustion since the war be- gan. Turkey Has Consented. The state department, through ur- gent negotiations, recently secured Turkey's consent to extension of American relief, provided it is distrib- uted jointly by the American Red Cross ‘and the Turkish Red Crescent. Today it was announced that the al- lied blockade had been lifted to al- low passage of the supplies. October 21 and 22 have been set aside by pro- clamation by President Wilson as re- lief days and the appeal being sent broadcast by the committee calls for sermon in every pulpit of the country and articles in every newspaper. Some Armenians Cannot be Reached. Some of the Armenians cannot be réached at present, since Turkey's consent has not been extended as yet to Armenia proper. Many thousands will be found in Persia, however, and in the sections recently conquered by the Russians, as well as in Syria. In this latter section, the appeal declares, the situation has been made even more terrible by restrictions of the allied blockade and the scarcity of Turkish railroads, by the exportation of sup plies for the Turkish armies and by the destruction of other supplies by & virulent locust scourge. People Eating Grass and Locusts “People were found eating grass, herbs and locusts,” said the committee In describing its investigation of con- ditions there, “and in desperate cases dead animals and human bodies are reported to have been eaten. In some cases men were lined up so that several could be shot with one bullet in order not to waste ammu- nition. A mother said that not a girl above 12 (and some younger) in the village of (—) escaped violation. The people kill and -eat street dogs. A short time ago they killed and ate a dying man. Daughters Outraged, Then Killed. “Of 450 from one village only one woman lives; she saw her husband and three sons tied together and shot with one bullet to save ammunitiow. She saw her daughters outraged and then killed. She was carried away by a Kurd, but aped by night, raked and after terrible suffering fell in with some refugees. “In the literal sense of the word, 100,000 to 120,000 Armenians arrived at Btchmiadzin, stripped even of their outer garments. There 11,000 people dled and 40,000 more in the country. Hundreds Dying of Starvation. “In_ Aleppo relief funds are so in- adequate that many exiles in the des- titute places have only grass to eat and they are dying of starvation by the hundred. Erzrook seems to have been dealt with most savagely. Less than 200 Armenians out of 20,000 have escaped death or deportation. “Of the first caravan of 600 people sent from Deir Zor to Ana the Arabs killed 500 on the way. In a native letter from Haleb last week the num- ber of orphans at that place was es- timated at 25,000. Some of the vil- lages lost more than one-third of their population.” ENORMOUS TRANSACTION OF NEW YORK CLEARING HOUSE Average Daily for the Year Up Sept. 2 Amounted to $512,510,308. New York, Oct. 3—Total transac- tions of the New York Clearing House for the year ended September 30 exceeded 155,000,000 dollars, break- ing all previous records, according to the annual report made public today. Total transactions since the organiza- tion of the clearing house nearly six- ty-three years ago were nearly three trillions of dollars. The year's transactions, compared with the previous year, were as fol- lows: to 1915-16 1914-15 Exch'ges $147,180,709,461 $90,842,707,724 Balances _ 8,561,624,447 = 5,340,346,740 Totals 155,742,333,908 96,183,554,464 Total transactions since organiza- tion are: Exchanges $2,747,057,458,238 Balances . __131,699,611,455 Total . $2,878,757,069,693 The average daily transactions for the year amounted to $512,10,308. On September 2 transactions reached a total of $1,112,282,206, the largest on record for one day. The clearing house association is now composed of 29 national banks 16 state banks and 16 trust com- panies. The federal reserve bank of New York and the Assistant Treasur- er of the United States also make their exchanges at the clearing house, as well as 21 non-member banks, and trust companies. f Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank, was re-elected president of the association today and William Sherrer manager. Movements of Steamships. Liverpool, Sept. 29.—Sailed: steamer Northland, Montreal. The Difference. Campaign text-books differ from the others in_that whereas the ordinary kind is the beginning of studious labor, the campaign variety is the end of labored study. — Milwaukeeyears ago. Condensed Telegrams Exports of explosives during _the month of August totaled $74,777,977. Col. Lukoff has been appointed chief of the general staff of the Bulgarian army. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week totaled 45,163,- 000 pounds. . Shipments of cotton from Galveston to foreign countries last month were 180,600 bales. Six hundred workers emploved at the De Nobili Cigar Co. at Brooklyn, went on strike. Six new cases of infantile paralysis ‘were reported yesterday to the state board of health. . The Western Power Co., of Canada, Ltd., was incorporated with a capital stock of $10,000,000. During September, United States mints coined 35,268,000 pieces of metal, valued at $2,067,380. An unidentified man was killed by a New York Central train in the tunnel under Sing Sing prison. Sable deer Reginald _Douglas, of Au Forks, N. Y., was killed while shooting in the Adirondacks. The Paraguayan railways complete- ly suspended operations because of disorders in the railway strike. Three hundred and fifty-four retir- ed Minnesota school teachers got their first pension from the state fund. The exports of copper in September amounted to 29,803 tons, compared with 14,827 tons in September, 1915. The state board of pharmacy ex- amined 20 applicants for state certifi- cates to preatice pharmacy yesterday. Four persons were injured: when a car in Manhattan Street jumped the switch and crashed into a Broadway car. Peter Morrell, of Williamsburg, was shot and seriously wounded by an un- identified man who had been concealed in a doorway. Archie Roosevelt, son of the Colonel was fined $25 at Mineola for driving his car 35 miles an hour on the Jericho Turnpike. Dr. Joseph Byrne, a professor _in Fordham University, arrived at New York on the steamer Philadelphia atfer a visit to Ireland. Antonio Federici was placed on trial in Newark, N. J., charged with having shot and 'killed Patrolman Robert J. Shannon, at Cedar Grove, on Dec. 17, last. Manton W. Wyvall, a representative of the State department, returned to New York, on the American liner Fin- land from a special mission to Eng- land. One man and seven horses were burned to death in a fire which de- stroved the stable of William Mathew- son at Pawtucket, N. Y., at a loss of $10,000. Billy Sunday is coming to convert New York city in April, May and June, 1917. The tabernacle will *be erected on the old Yankee baseball grounds. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. announced that it had extended the leaves of absence of its employes at the Mexican border tull pa; until Nov. 1 with Among the incorporation papers filed in the state secretary’s office were Winona Mills Hosiery corporation, $200,000; Behn Brothers, Greenwich, $500,000. Reports made public at the War Department show that it cbst $25,000 last month to recruit 372 men in New York for the National Guard in the Federal Service. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion has suspended until Dec. 29, a proposed increase of 50 per cent in rates on iron and steel articles for export through Pacific terminals. In a letter to Louis Macon, of Switzerland president of the league of neutral countries, Theodore Roosevelt applauds the league’s recent denunci- ation of the invasion of Belgium. General Funston notified the War- Department that the three regiments of Pennsylvania Infantry to be re- turned from the border to home sta- tions were First, Third and Tenth. The first ambulance for carrying in- fantile paralysis victims to hospitals for treatment was put into service in New York. It was purchased by the Woman's American Supply League. Charles C. Dickinson, a former of- ficlal in the Carnegie Trust Co., died insolvent. The report of Appraiser Ludden shows that Dickinson had as- sets of $40,038 and liabilities of of $413,043. Infantile paralysis caused 150 deaths in Massachusetts during the months of July, August and September, ac- cording to statistics compiled by tlie state department of health. Alfred Schaller of Torrington plead- ed guilty of assault with intent to kill his wife in the superior court ves- terday and Judge Bennett sentenced him to the state prison for from two to four years. The body of Mrs. Sophie Lamb, who had been missing from the Brooklyn State Hospital for the Insane for more than a month, was found in the brush on the Winthop Street side of the hos- pital grounds. While driving a motorcycle 1o which was attached a sidecar, Victor Hack- er, of Lititz, Pa., lost control of the machine and it overturned, killing Norman Nicall, one of the occupants of the sidecar. Gifts varying from $2 to $7,000 reaching a total of $40,000 were an- nounced by the Trustees of Columbia University. The largest gift from an anonymous doner toward the main- tenance of the legislative drafting re- search bureau. The_ Independent, which six months ago absorbed Harper's Weekly, an- nounced Jast night that it had pur- chased the Countryside Magazine known as Suburban Life, until two It will be continued as & monthly. publication. STREET CARS COLLIDE IN CLEVELAND 3 Collision Occurred On the West Third Street Bridge, Causing It to Collapse CARS DROPPED 30 FEET TO RAILROAD TRACKS Two Bodies Have Been Recovered and Several Other Dead Are Believe;'l to be in the Wreckage—More Than Thirty Are in Hospitals—There Were Forty Persons on One Car an;l Twenty on the Other—The Accident Was Caused by a Car Crowded With Women Shoppers Breaking Away From the Motorman on a Hill Approach- ing the Bridge—The Runaway Car Jumped the Track and Crashed Into a Car Coming in an Opposite Direction. Cleveland, O., Oct. 3—Two persons were killed and more than thirty in- jured as the toll of a bridge tragedy here early this evening when two street cars collided on the West Third street bridge, causing it to collapse. The cars dropped thirty feet to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks, where they almost rolled into the Cuyahoga river There were forty persons on one car and twenty on the other. It was at first believed that the death list would reach fifty, but later it was found that while dozens were hurt only a few had been killed. The accident occurred when a south- bound Scranten road car carrying home a_crowd of women shoppers in the rush hour broke away from the motorman on a hil: approaching the bridge and tore down upon the north approach to thé bridge just as a north- bound car reacned the same point. The runaway car jumped the track and struck the northbound car. The com- bined weight of the two cars and the shock of the collision made the wood- en bridge sag. Then it gave way. Edna Waddington, a telephone oper- ator employed by the Erie Railroad company, saw the accident from where she sat at_her switchboard and turned in a_call for ambulances, doctors and the fire department. Hundreds within earshot of the scene heard the shrieks and cries of pain and terror as the cars carried their burden, for the most part women, e ot The wo1 ‘ollwe. Those who h g wqusy n- jured extricuted themselyes and then gave aid to those less fortunate. It was not long before thirty had been taken out and carried to hospitals. Some are probably fatally injured and the death list will undoubtedly be ewelled from this source. The portion of the bridge which fell is Just nort: of the river. It is twen= ty-five years old. The main part of the structure was washed away in the 1912 flood and was replaced the same year by another wooden bridge bought In Detroit and brought here. Mavor Harry L. Davis and Public Utilities Director Thomas . Farrell promised to conduct a strict inquiry in an effort to place the responsibility for the disaster. Motorman H. T. Daniel of the south- bound runaway car escaped serious in- jury, but his conductor is dead. Daniel said the brakes of his car failed to work and it dashed down the hill, out upon the bridge, jumped the track and crashed into the other car. “I felt the bridge tremble wnen the cars came together ana oown cars fell with the bridge,” said Daniel. The southbound car was smashed flat by the force of the crash. How anyone escaped from it alive is almost beyond comprehension. No part of its framework is left intact. The nortn- bound car was badly damaged. The dead whose bodies have been recovered include Otto Dorchert, con- ductor of the southbound car, O. O’Keefe, motorman of the northbound car, and two unidentified women. A aelivery wagon and horse, manned by a driver, which was on the col- lapsed portion of the bridge, also went down with the structure. The fate of the driver could not be learned. Delay in searching the wreckage was occasioned by the fear that removal of the debris might cause the remain- der of the bridge, which is greatly weakened, to fall. The entire bridge is 300 feet long. Baltimore and Ohlo raflway and all street car traffic operating over the structure is at a standstill. COLONEL ROOSEVELT AND W. H. TAFT SHOOK HANDS. Each Said “How Do You Do?” Bowed and Passed On. New York, Oct. 3—Theodore Roose- velt and William H. Taft clasped hands for a moment tonight at the Union League club’s reception to Charles E. Hughes. “How do you do? “How do you do? plied. Fach bowed, and Mr. Roosevelt passed on to shake hands with other guests, leaving Mr. Taft to greet those who followed. A few minutes later Mr. Roosevelt took his place in the receiving line. He stood between Mr. Hughes and Chauncey M. Dopew. Just (e other side of Mr. Depew stood Mr. Taft. Thus, standing in ‘he same receiving line, they shook hands with the hun- dreds of club members and their guests who filed post during the evening. They did not meet again, howeve or exchange any other word than the commonplaces ¢f greeting. “We shook hands,” Mr. Taft said afterwards, “just like any gentlemen would shake hands. Colonel Roosevelt declined to com- ment on the meeting. After the handshaking was over and the library was cleared, Elihu_ Root, president of the club, escorted Mr. Hughes through a flag-araped corridor to a small platform in the main club- room. Bencath a life-size picture of Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Root again in- torduced the nominee, and Mr. Hughes made a brief address. Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Taft were calied on by Mr. Root, and each re- sponded with: a short talk. ‘The meeting between Colonel Roose- velt and Mr. Taft was the first since April 13, 1915, at New Haven, Conn., when both were pallbearers at the fu- neral of Thomas R. Lounsbury, long- time professor of English at Yale uni versity and a close friend of *both. On that occasion they merely shook hands, excharging no word. said Mr. Taft. Mr. Roosevelt re- MILITARY AERONAUTICS ARE CONDUCTED WITH ENERGY Invesetigation Failed to Substantiate Allegations of Inefficiency. ‘Washington, Oct. .—The special war department board, which investigated military aeronautics reported today that its inquiry not only failed entire- ly to substantiate allegations of in- efficiency on the part of army officers, but clearly established that develop- ment of this branch.of the service is belng conducted with energy and fore- sight. 2 A war department statement on the report replied to criticisms against the service which took the form of inspired editorials appearing in the metropolitan press and in sfatements signed by Mr. Henry Woodhouse and Mr. Alan R. Hawley, both of the Aero “lub of America, and declared that “as far as this branch is concerned, the nation can view the future with con- fidence and serenity.” WAl of Seth Low. New York, Oct. 8.—The will of Seth Low, twice mayor of Brooklyn, once mayor of Greater New York, which was filed in White Plains to- day, leaves the bulk of an estate es- timated at more than $4,000,000 to his widow, Annie W. S. Low. A number of bequests are made to relatives, friends and employes xS NEK YORK GETTING ONLY HALF USUAL SUPPLY OF MILK Thorough Investigation to be Under- taken at Once by a Commission. New York, Oct. 3—Thorough inves- tigation of 'the controversy between the Dairymen’s League and the milk distributors of New York which re- sulted today in a shortage of nearly 50 per cent. in the city’s normal supply, will be undertaken at once by a_com- mission to be appointed by Mayor Mitchel, it was announced after a conference late today. At the conferences were the mayor, District Attorney Swann, membgrs of the Dairymen's League and represen- tatives of the large distribufing com- panies. Mayor Mitchel said he had sent for the members of the league, as well as representatives of the dis- tributing firms, “to see if there is any basis upon which their contiroversy might be settled” His conference with the distributors preceded that with the producers. Another confer- ence with the distributors will be held tomorrow. The mayor said the dis- tributors expressed a fear that they might be violating the Donnelly Act, an anti-trust measure, if they agreed upon a fixed price for milk such as is being sought by the producers. Dis- trict’ Attorney Swann asserted, how- ever, that he did not believe the Don- nelly act would apply in case the dealers accepted the price scale set by the producers. $50,000 DAMAGE LUMBER FIRE AT SALEM, MASS. Help Was Called From Other Places as a Heavier Loss Was Feared. Salem, Mass., Oct. 3—Fire damaged the extensive lumber plant of N. P. Gifford and Sons to the extent of $50,0000 today. The plant is located on Bridge street, near the tracks of the Boston & Maine Rallroad and as there are many wooden structures in the district, a_heavier loss was feared at first, and help was called from other places. OBITUARY. Colonel Robert C. McKinney. Greenwich, Conn., Oct. 3.—Colonel Robert C. McKinney, chairman of the board of dircctors of Niles, Brement and Pond company, New York machin- ists, died at his home at Belle Ha- ven today after a long illness, aged 64. He was president of the New York Ma- chinery club ang a_member of other prominent- metropolitan organizations. He was a colonel on tha staff of Gov- ernor Bushnell of Ohio. Rev. Dr. John Peter Jones. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 3.—Rev. Dr. John Peter Jones. for 38 years a_ Con- gregational missionary in India, & lecturer, and author of works on re- ligious subjects, died tonight after a long illness, aged 69. His best known work is “Christa of the Christ,” which is used as a text book in_colleges. He is survived by his wife, four daught. ers and a son, the latter being Pro- fessor Edward F. Jones of Northwest- ern University. Killed By an Auto Truck. Stamford, Conn.,, Oct. 3. — While walking toward his home on the Bos- ton post road, tong:ht, John Jessup, aged 40, was struck by an auto truck and instantly lulled. The driver, John J. Smith of New Rochelle, N. Y., was held by the police. ‘There are 400 cases of typhoid feve: in Harrisburg. Pa. ESh D i B s o S SR A A 2 [ SR