Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 7, 1916, Page 1

% Norwich Bullety VOL. LVIII.—NO. 242 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916 5 16 PAGES — 128 COLUMNS — PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion tothe City’s Poputation, RUMANIANS DRIVEN FROM TRANSYLVANIA Decisively Defeated by Austro-Hungarian and German Troops Along a DROVE THEM BACK TO The Rumanians Are in Retreat, Pursued by the Teutonic Troops—In Dobrudja Along the Line South of the Con- stanza-Bucharest Railway Have Made Progress in the Center and on Their Left Wing—The Russians Have Ceased Their Attacks Against the Austro-German Lines In Macedonia the Armies Crossed the Struma, Northeast of Saloniki and Have Captured the Town of Nevolyen. Turning again, the Rumanians, who ancing steadily in e Transylvania, Austro-Hungurian German troops have defeated the in- ders decisively along a 50-mile front, North of Fogaras at the junction of the Homorod and Alt rivers, near Rep. the Rumanians are in retreat, pursued by the Teutonic troops. The successful repulse of the invad ers on the southern end of the line w4 in the hands of General Von Falke hayn, former chief e German gen- eral 'staff, and who only last week routed .the Rumanians around Hor- mannstadt_and drove them back to| iheir own frontier. North of Reps the Austro-Hungarians recaptured posi- tions and took more than 200 prisoner: Bucharest admits the Rumanian troops n easterp Transylvania hLave been withdrawn before attacks Dy supers force Tn Bobrudsa heavy fighting continucs along the line south of the Bucharest ra cording pra and Rumanians in the center and on thcir left win While General Brussiloff apparently ceased, at least for the moment, attacks against the, Austro-German ay, hi his lines 1 Volhynia, west of Tiitsk, he continues southward his assauits with great intensity against the positions of tente allies continue to advance. The British trcops which crossed the Struma northeast of Saloniki have taken the tovin of Nevolyen, which wes evacuated its defenders. South of Monasti; roia, violent in the region of the Cerna re- | ported by Paris. The artillery continues active on the Somme front in France, according to Fifty Mile Front THEIR OWN FRONTIER the Russians and Rumanians in Volhynia, West of Lutsk— of the Entente Allies Have the pr eutonic_allies guarding the ap- aches to Lemberg, capital of Gali- cia Althoug the Russian attacks ere held np northeast of Lembers, | those on the southeast of the capital, according to Petrograd, resulted in the taking of positions south of ezany and the capture of 500 prisoners, Ber- lin. however, declares that all Russian attacks in Galicia have bcen repulsed and the Austro-Germans have 200 prisoners from the Rus- taken 1, sians. In Macedonia the armies of the en- the reports from the w: the belligerents, A deiayed report from Constantinople lis of the rout of Russian troops northwest of Hamadan, Persia. Tribes- men in Ispahan, says Constantinople, have risen in revolt and driven the r offices of all ussians from the city. Petrozrad, on the other hand, reports progress for the Russians west and southwest of Trebizond, in Armenia. TO GET FUNDS FROM FEDERAL OFFICEHOLDERS | e | Alleged Plans of the National Demo- cratic Executive Committes New York, Oct. 6.—Carefully pre- pared plans of the National Democratic executive committee to extort a cam- palgn fund of several millions from | federal officerholders in violation of | the spirit of the criminal code and of the civil service act were disclosed at Republican National headquarters to- day. The plans purposed thz raising of this Luze fund for the re-election of President Wilson. The framers of the plan are per- fectly aware of the fact that they are skating on very thin ice and have striven to direct the procedure of their subordinates o as to enable them to effect a substantial vio:ation of the law without being caught. The men who are endeavoring to put the plans in operation holdly confess to the subord- inates upon whom they rely for the actual strong arm work. That they are deliberately seeking to evade the statutory provisions to which, in pub- lic and for the purposes of campaing argument only, they make such pro- fuse profession of devotion. The first drive of the cash collect- ors for the Democratic committee is aimed at postmasters, but it is specif- fcally set for that all other federal ap- pointees as well are expected to con- tribute to the Wilson campaign fund. The amount of the levy upon them is ten per cent. of one year's salary. GREAT BRITAIN EXTENDS EMBARGO ON I%PORTATIONS Cotton Knit Goods in Latest List of Goods Barred. ‘Washington, Oct. 5.—Consul-General Skinner, at London, today notified the department of comimerce that Great Eritain has,extended her embargo against importations into the United Kingdom to include cotton knit zoods. Mr. Skinner’s cablegram said in part: “Proclamation of Octover 3 provides that from and after that date the im- portation into the United Kingdom of the following goods is prohibited: “Aluminum powder, birds (live, oth- er than poultry and game), bone, horn, ivory and cellulold and manufacturers of cotton holsery.” Officials of the department said the term cotton hosiery used in the Eng- lish sense includes not only hoisery as known in this country, but other knit cotton goods. Mr. Skinner said the prohibition was ordered because of “an active campaign of a protective nature” He dded that the embargo against oranges had been lifted. MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND TROOPS COMING HOME Are to Leave Border as Soon as the Georgia Guardsmen Arrive There. Bl Paso, Texas, Oct. 6.—The Fifth, Bighth and Ninth Massachusetts In- fantry, Second Brigade headquarters, three cavalry trobps and a signal corps battalion will leave for home as soon ms the Georgia national guard troops arrive here to relieve them, it was announced today. It is expected the First and Third battalions of Massa- chusetts artillery will leave Tuesday. Troops A, C, and M of the First Rhode Ialand cavalry, expect to leave Providence, R. 1, tomorrow and A, of the Rhode Island Ar- 4 will leave earty next weak.’ WILSON TO MAKE ADDRESS AT SHADOW LAWN TODAY. More Than 2,000 Independents Are Ex- pected to Attend the Meeting. Crestline, (5., Oct. € (On Board Pres- nt Wilson'’s Special). — President on plans to make the second strictly political speech of kis campaign at Shadow Lawn tomorrow afternoon before members of the Woodrow WH- | son Independent league. Returning from Omaha, Neb., he will arrive at Long Branch at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and at once begin preparations for receiving the more than 2,00 inde- pendents expected to attend the mey ing. The president intends “ontinuing the political argument hegun at Shaw- ow Saturday _before the young democratic votess. He is known to believe that the coming election will be decided by independents, and there- fore tomorrow he will make an especial appeal to them.’ In addition to the independents, ‘he meeting tomorrow will be attended by a_ group of pro- gressives led by Hugh Gordon Miller of W York. The president will seek to_show that because of its legislative achievements of the last three ycars the democratic party more than the republican party deserves the support of progressive and independent voters. _ The president is returning to Shadew Lawn convinced that he has a good chance of carrying several middle western states hitherto thought cer- tainly republican. COL. ROOSEVELT TERMED A PESTILENTIAL SCOLD By Ira Landrith, the Prohibition Vice Presidential Candidate. Des Motnes, Towa, Oct., Oct. .—Nec. essity of dry law enrorcement was urged upon Towans today by Ira Land- rith, the prohibition vice presidential candidate, as the special dry train moved eastward through the state. “Long, long ago,” Landrith said here, “when Theodore Roosevelt was yet in office and had not become a noisome, pestilential party scout, ne uttered the immortal truth ‘the worst evil in any community” is unenforced laws. Law enforcement is not a political issue, He who opposes the enforcement of law is not & politician—he is an an- archist.” J. F. Hanly, the presidential candi- date, confined himself to discussing the national issue. Movements of Steamships. Oran, Oct. 4—Arrived: Steamer Pa- tria, New York. Falmouth, Oct 5.—Arrived: Steamer Azcania, Montreal. Liverpool, Oct. 8. —Arrived: Steamer Lapland, New York. Glasgow, Oct. 4.—Salled: Steamer Pretorian, Montreal. New York, Oct. 6.—Arrived, steamer Re d'Italia, Naples. Sailed, steamer deuw Amsterdam, Rotterdam. Siasconset, Mass., Oct. 6.—-Signalled, steamer BSt. Louis, Liverpool for New York, 557 miles east of Sandy Hook at 6.05 p. m. Dock 8 a. m. Sunday. Borceaux, Oct. 1.—Arrived, steamer Chicago, New York. Barn Burned In Litchfield. Litchfleld, Conn., Oct, 6.—Fire of unknown determined origin tonight destroyed the large barn owned by F, U. Newcomb entailing a loss estimat- ed at $8,500. The horses, three auto- mobiles and a number of wagons were saved, TWo years agoe this me a barn on the present pite was I under simfl circumstanoss, | tracts, Cabled Pars=° hs Die Zu! pressed. Berlin, O . p. via Lon- don, Oct ~a. m.—Dia Zukunft of Whi~ + _.ian Harden is the ed- itor, h ‘been suppressed, appar- ently b .Se of an anti-militarist ar- ticle, the contributor of which pictured the horrible side of the.war. TO MEET DEMANDS P OF DAIRYMEN’S LEAGUE Representatives of Distributing Com- panies to Pay Increased Price. New York, Oct. 6.—Representatives of milk distributing companies hand- ling virtually the entire supply of the city except that dispensed by the Bor- den, Sheflield Farms and Mutual-Mc- Dermott companies, agreed at a con- ference late tonight to meet the de- mands of the dairymen’s league for an increased price and six months' con- under certain conditions. The proposed agreement would be predicated on the stipulation that the price be paid without question for the months of October, November and De- cember, but that for January, Feb- ruary and March the surplus mifk they must take from the farmers be paid for on the basis of cheese and butter prices or as much as they can get for it after turning it into butter and cheese. It was explained that the deal- ers in making contracts with farmers agreed to take all the milk produced and felt the producers should share their loss on the part that could not be_ sold. To_adjust future relations between the dealers and the distributors, the conference submitted to the league a proposition providing for a committee of eleven to be appointed as follows: One each by the governor, the may- or, the commissioner of agriculture, the wholesale dealers, the retall deal- ers, the state grange, the New York milk committee, the Wicks investigat- ing committee, the health commission- er of Ne York city and two by the dairymen’s league. The deale stated that they desired the appointments made in this matter so that they can de from a scientific well as a business standpoint the proper price to pay for milk. The findings of the com- mittee would be final. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS TO BUILD A SANATORIUM Have Accepted Gift of Twenty Acres of Land in Brookline, Mass. The cres Boston, Oct. 6, a gift of twenty Brookline on which it is proposed to build a sanatorium to be conducted by the Mother Church was announced acceptance of land in by the Christian Science Board of di- rectors tonight. The step was taken in accordance with the wishes of the founder of the church, Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, who proposed to the directors in 1909 that the Church_should “establish tain a Christian Science resort for the so-called sick” The subject was first broached, ac- cording to u statement by the direct- ors, in correspondence with Mrs:~ Mary- Beecher Longyear, of Brookline, ‘“in regard to the founding by Mrs. Long- year of an institution which Mrs. Ed- dy proposed should be called a s: torium and which should include pro- fons for such instructions in prac- tical methods of caring for those under treatment as is consistent with teachings of Christian Science. A short time ago, the directors an- nounced tonight ed the tract of land in Brookline and was notified that the gift would be accepted. TAGORE, THE HINDU POET FLED TO SANTA BARBARA Hindu Revolutionists Were Piotting to | Assassinate Him. San Francisco, Oct. 6.—Sir 2abin- dranath, Hindu poet and Nobel prize winner. after fleeing from this city before a re- ported plot to assassinate him. He left behind him here two fellow coun- trymen in jail and a cancelled lec- ture engagement. The head of a private detective agency said today that there was a| well founded plot on the part of Hin- du revolutionists to destroy Tagore. The men in jail, charged with battery and assault, are H. Singh Hateshi and Jewan Singh, members of the radical Hindu or Gadar party. In front of the hotel where Sir Rabindranath was staying yesterday they attacked Pro- fessor Singh Mattu, who came from Stockton to invite Tagore to lecture and tore hi swhite turban from his lhead. Detectives believe their real ob- Ject was to reach Tagore. A bodyguard of private and city de- tectives escorted the Hindu poet to a night train and several detectives ac- companied him to Santa Barbara. LAVA IS FLOWING FROM MOUNT LRASON Mass Moving With Clouds of Steam Moving From it. Redding, Calif, Oct. 6.—A great, black strealk, believed to be lava, belch- ed out by Lassen Peak, was visible today stretching down the western slope of the mountain far below tha | timber line. Observers reaching here sald the mass was seen yesterday with clouds of steam rising from it. The sun sinking behind the mountain il- luminated the volcano, revealing the flow of mud or lava in bold relief. WORKING FOR IMPROVED CONDITIONS AT WETHERSFIELD Warden to Ask Appropriation of $35,- 000 for a Recreation Field for Pris- oners. Wethersfleld, Conn., Oct. 6.—Inmates of the state prison here will be allow- ed to subscribe for daily newspapers, a privilege hitherto denied, it was an- nounced tonight by Warden Garner. The warden aiso announced that he in- tends to ask the incoming genoral as- sembly to appropriate $35,000 to be :.;dd for the purchase of a recreation eld. ALLEGED COMBINATION OF MASTER BAKERS Sald to Have Threatened Vielence Against Independent Bakers, New ¥eorl, Oet, 8—Cemplaints that master bakers in compination have in- oreased the price of bread one cent a loaf and have threatened o use vip- lence egainst independent s whe refuse to jein them will be Investi- gatad hy District Attorney Swann, he announced today, Mere than 100 su of | the | Mrs. Lonzyear offer- | afe in Santa Barbara today | Is Gerard on a Mission of Peace? NEW YORK EVENING POST SO ANNOUNCES WILSON AS MEDIATOR Says That the Ambassador Will Lay the Kaiser’s Request Before Pre dent Wilson Within a Week—State Department Not Informed. New York, Oct. 6.—The New York Evening Post today publishes a story saying that it has been learned from a trustworthy source that Ambassador James W. Gerard, now in his way back from Grmany, will lay before Presi- dent Wilson a request that the pres Big Increase in Our Export Trade BALANCE IN EIGHT MONTHS OF $1,730,000,000 IN OUR FAVOR BRITAIN GETS ONE-THIRD Total Exports For Past Eight Months Amounted to $3,435,699,212—Exports. to Germany and Austria Have Al- most Ceased. ‘Washington, Oct. 6.—The enormous extent of the increase in the export trade of the United States is displayed in statistics issued today by the de- partment of commerce. Total exports to the various countries for the first eight months of the calendar vyear verdict is the same. various newspapers in the state ment for investment taxes. The success, advertise. Newspaper publicity doesn’t what it has done for the state tr advertisers. Use The Bulletin public of Eastern Connecticut. discriminate, and Further Proof of What Advertising Will Do Once again State Treasurer Chamberlain has had occasion to test the value of newspaper advertising and as on his previous trial his He says the treasury department returns sincere thanks to the that advertising and the lists now on file at the close of busine: of September, which is the last day for the list to be filed, far ex- ceed in number ani amount thvse accepted in “The force employed by the treasury ceipts and recording them is much larger than in any previous vear, || Put owing to the exceedingly great number of I several weeks to mail receipts to all. this department to the press of the state, I wish to say, ‘It pays to have published the has been an s on advertise- immense the 30th revious years. department in writing re- filed, it will take Again tendering the thanks of it treats all alike and asury department it will do for all get your message to the reading | The following is the summary of the matter which appeared in i The Bulletin during the past week: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total ill Saturday, Sept. 30.. 134 182 1198 1514 || Monday, Gickaas i 10 181 293 614 || Tuesday, Oct. 5r ol 168 201 492 il] Wednesday, Oct. 4.. 148 203 212 533 Thursday, Ocdliz8. 437 182 290 609 Friday,.. [0, BETEAET T 185 205 502 | SFOLAS s orviecs inieviess 764 1101 2399 4264 i dent use his good services in suing for Deace with the allies. “Germany has definitely decided to {apply to President Wilson,” the arti- cle reads, “to use his good offices in | suing for peace with the allies. This was learned today from sources in a position to have absolutely trustwor- | thy information on these mateers. | “It is_understood t sador | James W. Gerard, who is on his way over here will lay the kaises’s request before sident Wilson within a w K. * % s s eIt is a fact, however ; tively it may have been denied offici ly, that the possibility of President Wilson acting as mediator has been discussed by German _officials with Ambassador Gerard. It Is therefore by no means surprising that the re- ports now take definite shape in con- nection with Mr. Gerard's trip to this Ambassador Gerard is on board the amship Frederik VII, due in New ork about Tuesday next. KNOWLEDGE DISCLAIMED BY STATE DEPARTMENT No Preparations for the Discussion of Peace Have Been Made. ‘Washinston, Oct. 6—If Ambassador Gerard is returning to the United States on any mission other than to spend a belated vacation, officials of the state department disclalm any knowledge of it The statement has been authorized that no preparations for the discussion of peace through diplomatic channels have been made and that all information gathered here seems to indicate that such a move | would be inadvisable as well as futile. There have been various reports of plans of President Wilson to deal with this matter directly instead of through the state department. Count Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, has engaged to call on the president at Shadow Lawn next Monday afternoon. He is expected to | present an autograph letter from the German emperor replying to the pres- ident’s personal appeal for co-operation of European rulers in Polish relief work. It is not known whether the ambassador will discuss any other sub- Ject. Officials of the German embassy re- celved the story with the emphatic statement that they knew beyond doubt that it was not true THREE ITALIANS ABDUCT A WOMAN IN NEW BRITAIN. Mrs. Annle Petrowska Fought Desper- ately Against Odds. East Hartford, Conn., Oct, 6~The abduojlon of Mrs, Annls Petrowska of New Pritaln at the point of a revelver by three unknown Ifallans was re- ported te the local polige tonight, The woman, aocompanied by her mather and cousin, Adum Meska, of Hariford, arriyed hers on a power poat from Port.u.n% late this ternoan, | As the stepped_aghere, aeccording to fi::l’c’-. three Haliana ’smg !gw he- hind bushos and seised Mirs, Petrow- ska. One Iralian was gymed with a revolver and the pthers knives, Petrowska ;gmflngn m\mga but was overpe: apd Ma ¥ his memr-vggve "“"{’}‘5% or ra,ar;:- fibfl- As sanp ag the irl .ppeared th the woman Meska ran f LA et wl\cgnen-&émhfibfif n- e ' were in many cases millions of dollars greater than those of the entire fiscal year of 1914 and very large increases are shown in percentages. Exports to Greece Increased 2,200 Per Cent. Greece Exports to months leaped for the efght 00 per cent. compared to the fiscal year 1914; to Russia 960 per cent; to Norway 340 per cent.; to France 240 per cent.; to Denmark 140 per cent.; to Italy 129 per cent.; to the United Kingdom 103 per cent.; to Sweden S4 per cent.: to Cuba per. cent. and to Japan per cent. Total Exports $3,435,969,212. This vast export trade shows an ap- parent trade bala for the eight months of $1,730,000,000 in favor of the United States and department officials predict that.-by the end of the year it will exceed $2,500,000,000. The total exports amounted to $3,435,969,212 an increase of $1,205,882,010 over the same eight months a year ago. One-third to United Kingdom. ‘The largest gain was in exports to the United Kingdom, which took near- ly one-third of all goods exported from the United States in that period. They amounted to $1,207,751,939, showing an increase of $554,000,000, over tne same eight months last yvear, and $713,000,- 000 more than the entire fiscal year of 1914, Little Trade With Germany. Exports to Germany and Australia have almost ceased. Decreases for the eight months when compared with the same period last vear were shown in exports to Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, but the totals, except for The Netheriands, exceed those of the fiscal year 1914 DISCHARGE OF RECEIVER OF 1. M. MARINE CO. A. S. Franklin Received $163,500 For His Services. New York, Oct. 6—With the di: charge here today by the federal di: trict court of Philip A. S. Frankiin as receiver of the International Mercan- tile Marine Company, it was said that the way is now clear for a reorzani- zation of the corporation. The refit- ting of new steamers and the pur- chase_of portion of the fleet of the Pa. cific Mall Steamship company, -which enabled the company to participate largely iIn the increased commerce due to the war, were sald by the court to have “resulted in profits hitherto un- known with receivership proceedings.” Mr, Franklin, who was appointed re. celver in April, 1915, when, according to the court, “the task was a thank- less and unpromising one” will re- celve $163,500 for his services, Heavy Tell of Neutral Shipping. London, Oct, 8.—Further evidence of the heavy toll neutral shipping is pay- ing in the world war is contained in a statement diven eut ltoflay by the British government showing that nine~ teen such Vassel%hfiv'e ‘betn sunk “by enemy mines” between June 1 and Eept, 24, During the same period, says the statement, sixteen entente allied vessels also were sunit, Fleet Tender Dixle Floated, Newpert News, Va., Oet. §.—The fleet tender Dixie, which went aground pear g‘hlmble Shagls light, Chesape: bay, ui the heayy fog of last night, was floated at jigh “Haa today, | Fug nayy tugs pu the tender off the har @ tawed her inta Hampton Roads. preliminary examination &m&* ne Condensed Telegrams Mayor Mitchel left for the Adiron- dacks. Two thousand hod carriers of Brook- Iyn went on strike, Subscriptions were opened to the second French war loan, The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad is facing serious shortage .of freight cars. The Greek government has suspend- ed payments because of a shortage of money. Frederick Davidson, wzs drowned while ba tie City. of Pittsburgh, hing at Atla Nicolas Matienzo will be Foreign minister in the cabinet of President- elect Irigoyen. A proclamation designating October 9 as Fire Prevention day, was issued by Governor Whitm: The strike of longshoremen on Puget Sound, which had been in effect since last June, has been settled. Flavelles Limited, one of the largest produce and cold storage plants in Canada, was destroved by fire. Charles E. Hughes will commence his third western tour next Monday with a noonday ‘meeting at Newark, o Julius Baxt, of New York, died in Mount Sinai hospital of injuries re- ceived when he was struck by an au- tomobile. A charter has been filed at Dover, Del., for the International Steel and Rolling Mills, with a capital stock of $2,500,000. Three persons were severely cut and bruised in thé collision of two automo- biles on Freshkill Road, Green Ridge, Staten Island. The stockholders of the Tire and Rubber company, have voted to increase the capital stock from $500,000 to $1,000,000. Boots and shoes in Petrograd have become s6 expensive that the Russian Zovernment has put a minimum price of $12 on all footgear. Reduction of transocntinental freight rates by the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and Western Pacific were announc- ed effective, November 24. The weekly statem of the Bank of France shows an increase of 965,000 francs in gold and a decrease of 1,735,000 francs in silver. Gov. Major of Missouri directed the work of 200 prisoners from the state penitentiary on a ten-mile stretch of iroad near Jefferson City, Mo, Tully, s2id to be the Sldest Presbyterian minister in active seryice in this antry, died at his home at Media, near Philadelphia. The Rev. Davi A barn, garage and employe’s room- ing quarters on the estate of H. S. Shonnard of Oyster I L. I, was de- stroyed by fire at a loss of $50,900. An order was placed by the Western Maryland Railway company with the Pullman company for 2,000 steel hop- per cars at a cost of about $3,000,000. The American Stecl & Wire Co. completed a deal by which its fleet of steel river barges were sold for $200,- 000 to the Aluminum Co. of Ameri The American Game Protective ciation decided to urge the Ci berlain-Hayden bill, now beft gres: , to protect big game in the west. Homer Cummings of Stamford, dem- ocratic candidate for United State senator, will begin next week an au tomobile campaign tour of the state | Thomas J. Costello of Springfield was elected president of the New Eng- land Postmasters Association at the annual convention in Springfield Fri- day. Sir Ernest Shackleton arrived at Buenos Afres, from Santiago, where he went to thank the Chilian government for a: ance in the rescue of mem- bers of his party from Elephant Isl- and Dominick Gigise, convicted of first degree murder, in Schuylkill County, | Pa., and sentenced to be electrocuted, has asked the board of pardons to commute his sentence to life imprison- ment. Two men were killed, an engineer was scalded and many passengers were injured when the Mercantile Expre: on the Pennsylvania crashed into the rear of a stock train in Lewiston, Pa., vards. Frank McDonald confessed he and his brother wrecked a Michizan Cen- tral train at Bridgeport, Ontarlo, on 30, 1911, killing the fireman and engineer and severely injuring several others. Leo Patterson, superintendent of the Tllinois Powder Co. plant, near Graf- ton, I, and two laborers were killed whén three carloads of dynamite standing on a spur near the piant ex- ploded. Departmental commanders were or- dered by the war department to dis- patch militia organizations still in state mobilization camps to the bor- der as soon as they can arrange trans- portation facilities. Professor Jesse Benedict Carter, di- rector of the American Academy in Rome, has been appointed by Lucien Poineare, French director of public in- struction, to deliver lectures at 12 pro- vincial universities in France. Hans Edward Thompson and Fred Uffelman were found gullty in the United Btates district court of con- spiring to defraud the government out of customs revenue on jewelry made in Germany and smuggléd in by way of Denmark. TWO MORE ARRESTS IN CHICAGO BLACKMAILING Edward Denahus and James D. Kirk~ land to Be Taken Into Custody. Chicago, Oct, 8.—Arrests of Edward “Doc” Dotohue, allegea member of the so-called $1,000,000 blackmail syndi- cate, and a man known as " Kirkland” was ordere@ today In con- nectien with the alleged fleecing of Marathon | ames D, BRITISH STEAMER THERE WAS NO LOSS OF Sinking Ship. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 6.—The British steamer Hawkhead at anchor in Hampton Roads off Sewell’s Point, was run down and sunk about § o'clock to- night by the Chesapeake Steamship Bay Line steamer City of bound outward from this port ltimore, with a number of pas- The City of Norfolk was imaged about the bow but was no loss of life as far as The collision occurred dur- fos. company Nortoll, for I a hea Captain Hand and the crew of the Hawlkhead were taken off by boats lowered by the City of Norfolk, the river steamer Pocahontas and other craft. Fifteen minutes after beinz struck the British ship had settled in_thirty feet of water. Nearly one hundred passengers on the City of Norfolk were at dinner {when' the crash came. There was excitement but the officers soon succeeded in restoring order. The Po- cahontas came alonsside the City of rfolk and the passengers were transferred to the river craft, but they RUN DOWN, SUNK Steamer Hawkhead Was at Anchor in Hampton Roa.d; ] When the Crash Came LIFE AS FAR AS KNCWN Chesapeake Steamship Liner City of Norfolk, Outward Bound From Baltimore With a Number of Passengers, Runs British Vessel Down During a Heavy Fog—Nearly 100 Passengers on the City of Norfolk Were at Dinner When the Crash Came and There Was Great Excitement— The Bow of the City of Norfolk Was Badly Damaged— Captain and Crew of the Hawkhead Were Taken Off the remained there only a short time, be- ing put aboard a bay liner of the Bal- timore Steam Packet company, which took most of them on to Baltimore. About fifteen of the passengers de- cided to return to Norfolk. Although the City of Norfolk’s bow was carried away for ten feet, the collision bulkheads held and she turn- ed about and steamed slowly back ta this port, being assisted by tugs. The City of Norfolk was proceed- ing to Ola Point at slow speed be- cause of the ‘fog, but she struck the Hawkhead with great force, tearing a big hole in her side near the stern. The British ship was anchored oft the Sewell’s Point pier of the Virginia rail- road, awaiting a berth there. She arrived Oct. 2 from Savona. All Passengers Saved. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 6.—President Key <Compton of the Chesapeake Steamship company said tonight that there were between 75 and 80 passen- gers on the City of Norfolk and that all had been saved. EIGHT HOUR LAW IS ATTACKED BY TAFT Addressed Thousands of Persons at the Coliseum, Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 6.—The cight hour law recently enacted by congress was attacked by William H. Taft to- night when he addressed thousands of persons at the Coliseum, discussing the development of const. utional gov- crnment of the state. Mr. Taft's speech was a part of the County Day amme in connection with In- centennial celebration and non-political in character, gave him épportunity to find flaws in the government’s course of action with- out naming persons and parties speci- fically. In tracing the development from the whil o0ld Northwest Territorial days, he showed that through constitutional limitations placed on the conduct of men, society as a whole had been pro- tectéd against those who would seek to turn all things to their service or benefit. He said that these limitations di@ not restrict the liberty of men, but that they did prevent the exercise of license as distinguished from lib- ert Mr. Taft declared that the law for- bids the formation of combinations for oppression. - But he sajd, there has developed in this countly a tendemcy in high quarters to, disregard consti- tutional limitations and to overlook certain classes of acts provided a po- litical advantage could be gained. He rezarded the eight hour law as such and said: s is the most moteworthy in- £ a group whose labor was that society may live, re- ing to perform its function in the social imachinery.” E. HUGHES VISITED HIS BOYHOOD HOME Second Time He Had Seen the Old Home in 42 Years. c. Montclair, N. J., Hughes spent an hour this afternoon visiting his boyhood kome in Newark, J.. where his father was minister Baptist church from 1869 to 1874. It was the second time Mr. Hughes had seen his childhood home in forty- two He was accompanied by Mrs. Hug whom he introduced to several old-time friends. The house in which the republican presidential nominee lived in.his youth is now unoccupied. Mr. Hughes ap- peared much interested, asking many Guestions of the residents in the neigh- borhood who flocked to see him. of es, LAUNCH RAMMED BY A FIFTEEN FOOT SWORDFISH Big Hole Made Below the Water Line —Fish Shot and Hauled Aboard. Galveston, Texas, Oct. 6.—The Unit- ed States Engincering launch Nueces was rammed by a fifteen foot swoard- L yesterday while in the inter-costal between Caney Creek and the zos river, according to Captain George Prendergast, commodore of the engineers’ dredging fleet, who was on the launch when the attack occurrd. A big hole was made in the Uueces below the water line, but she was kept afloat The fish was shot and hauled aboard. The sword measured five feet in lenkth, Captain Prendergast said. DECISION OF INTEREST IN PROBATE CASE Husbands Cannot Derive Support From Estate of Wives Pending Set- tlement, Hartford, Conn, Oct. 8—Husbands cannot derive support from the estates of thelr deceased wives durlng the gettlement of thome estates and the probate courts have no power to make such allowances to surviving husbands, according to a decision handed down in the supreme court today in the case of Willlma L. Rourke's appeal :%fl.:’y a real estate dealer, out of S8 Feleotria oy - porennt) from the probate court of the district of New Haven, _Thers were no._other decisions, SENATOR SHERMAN CHALLENGES GOMPERS TO PUBLIC DEBATE Challenge Urges That the Debate be Held in Chicago or Springfield, Il Springfleld, T, Oct. 6.—United States Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Tlinois, has been challenged to meet in public debate Samuel Gomp- ers, president of the American Fed-, eration of Labor, whom Senator She man recently attacked in the senate. The challenge was sent to Sherman on behalf of the lllinois Federation of | Labor and the Chicago Federation of | Labor. In his speech in the senate, Senator | Sherman is quoted as sayin “Gird up your loins, Mr. Gompers, and answer me as a man.” i The challenge urges the debate be! held in Chicago or Springfield not later than Oct. 12. ALLEGED MISBEHAVIOR OF RUMANIAN TROOPS Butchered Inhabitants and Set Build- ings on Fire in Recently Ocouj Villages. Berlin, Oct. 4—(By wireless to Say-. ville). A further report of alleged, misbehavior on the part of Rumanian troops who crossed the Danube into Bulgaria recently is contained in tha official statement given out in Eofia yesterday. “The statement says: “Rumanian troops butchered,and at- tackd the population and set buildings on fire in the recently occupied vil- lages. These are infamoys deeds for a nation which pretends to be civil-. ized.” The above was not contained in the Bulgarian official statement of October 5 received by cable by way of London. RESIGNATION OF CHINESE MINISTER NOT ACCEPTED President Li Yuag-Hung Says Koo's Services Are Indispensable. Pekin, Oct. 6.—President Li Yuan- Hung has cabled Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Chinese minister to the United States, refusing to accept his resig- nation from that post, declaring in the message that the preservation of friendly relaions between the United States and China is now of the great. est importance and that Dr. Koo' services are indispensable. He i urged to reconsider the matter. Pekin advices of September 28 stat- ed #nat Dr. Koo's resignation as min- ister to the United States had been received at the Chinese foreign office and that it had not been accepted. Il health was given as the reason for the resignation. CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING MURDER OF HIS STEPFATHER Alfred J .Basso of Torrington Accused of Putting Poison in Tea. Torrington, Conn., Oct. 6.—Alfred J. Basso, 20 years old, was arrested to= . night on_a charge of attempting to murder his stepfather, Philip Mele, by | putting a powerful poison in a cup of ' tea he was about to drink. According ot the police, the youth has confessed. No motive for the act is known and the police believe that he is mentally - deranged. When Mele sat down to a meal to- day he noticed a pungent odor in his cup of tea and did not drink f Further investigation disclosed that large quantity of a poisonous acid had been mixed with the beverage. = A STRIKE TIES UP SHIPPING AT SAN JUAN Harbor and Dock Laborers and Cart- men Demand Higher Wages. Sam Juan, Porto Rico, Oct. 6—Ship- ping here is tied up by a strike of one thousand harbor and dock ]Bm‘ who were joined today by the cartmen. ' ‘All demand higher wages. H Violence followed efforts to workmen here from other places. most of the mported workers ined the strikers