Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 11, 1916, Page 1

Norwich VOL. LVIIL—NO. 245 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1916 TEN PAGES_80 COLUMNS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connectigut in 'FRENCH HAVE BENT BACK GERMAN LINE Capture the Village of Bovent, the Outskirts of Ablain- court and Most of the Chaulnes Wood OVER A FRONT OF ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILES In Transylvania the Germans Are Closely Pressing the Re- treating Rumanians, Who Continue to Fall Back All Along the Line—The Russians Have Been Driven Out of Advanced Positions Northwest of Lutsk—The Towns of Kalendra and Homondos Have Been Taken From the Bulgarians by the British—Only Artillery Bombard- ments Are in Progress on the Austro-Italian Front. The French troops fighting south of the Somme region in France have bent back the German lines consid- erably over a front of about two and a half miles from the village of Bo- vent to the Chaulnes Wood, captur: ing in the operation the village of Bo- vent, the north and west outskirts of Ablaincourt and most of the Chaulnes Wood. Little activity was shown on the British front north of the Somme. In Transylvania the Germans are closely pressing the retreating Ru- manians who eontinue to fall back all {ong the line. In the fighting around Kronstadt 1,175 Rumanians were made prisoners and 25 cannon, including 13 heavy pieces and large quantities of amarunitic.. 1n° store_ vere captured. Tne Gal olan village uf Herbatow, on the Marayuvka river, has been storm- ed by the Germans and to the north, in Volhynia, the Russians have been driven out of advanced positions northwest of Lutsk. Along the Struma river, southwest of Demir-Hissar, in Greek Macedonia, the forces of the Teutonic powers have evacuated the towns of Chavdar Mah, Ormanli and Haznatar. Northwest of Seres the British have taken from the Bulgarian: Homondos. Berlin says that along the Cerna river, where the entente allies have been making progress, all attacks have been repulsed. * The usual artil- lery bombardments are in progress in the_Austro-Italian theatre. Christiania advic8s say that two German submarines operating in the Arctic ocean have been sunk by a Russian torpedo boat which they were atiacking, a wireless station on the Murman coast. FOUR POLICEMEN AND EIGHT STRIKERS SHOT During Riot at Tidewater Oil Co. Plant at Bayonne, N. J. Bayonne, N. J., Oct. 10—Four poilce- men were shot in a baitle late today witt trik'ng employes of the Tide- waty Off compary after they had beer at'c_ked by nob. They re- turne¢ the fire and _.ght of the strik- ers were wounded, four of them so se- riously they may die. None of the po- licemen was dangerously wounded. The strikers, sevoral ~hundred in number, assemb. 1 near the plant of the company and rcsisted the efforts of a score or more policemen to dis- werse them. The officers were under orders not to fire unless fired upon, but when they approached the mob one of its leaders began shooting the Sattle became general. A volley from the policemen’s guns soon dis- persed the strikers. The wounded officers were shot in the arms and legs and three of them continued on duty. Most of the in- Jured rioters were shot in the head. Four of them are not expected to live. All the wounded civilians were taken to_hospitals. The Standard Oil piant, which em- ploys about 3,000 men, closed at noon today, following the company's refu- sal to grant the demands of the men for a wage increase ranzing from 20 to 30 per cent. The entire police force of Bayonne was on guard duty to- night. SEARCH FOR KINGSTONIAN HAS BEEN ABANDONED One of the Vessels Reported Torpedoed Off Nantucket Last Sunday. Newport, R. I, Oct. 10.—The search of the crew of the Kingstonlan, one of the vessels reported torpedoed by a German submarine off Nantucket last Sunday, was abandoned tonight and the twélve torpedo boat destroyers Which have been engaged in this work were ordered to return to port. For the last 48 hours they have concen~ trated their search _systematically, speeding back and forth in the waters within the zono of the submarine's op- eration and it is believed that any small boat drifting with 2 shipwrecked crew must have been sighted, as she ‘would almost certainly fly some sort of distress signal. PUSH IRISH QUESTION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS System of Government at Present “In- consistent. London, Oct. 10.—Irish Nationalists at a meeting today decided to make an effort to have the Irish question discusse din the house of commons as early as possible. John Redmond was requested to give notice of the follow- ing motion and ask facilitles for its discussion: “That the system of government at present maintained in Ireland is in- consistent with the principles for which the allies are fighting tn Eu- Tope and is or has been m:inly re- sponsible for the recent inhappy ovents and for the present state of feoling in that country.” Phearaoaty Vil HUGHES SPOKE IN GREAT ARMORY IN BALTIMORE Where WTlson First Wes Nominated For the Presidency. Belttmore, Mr, Oct. 10.—Charles E. Hughes, spealing in the great armory here where Woodrow Wilson first was nominated for the presidency, tonight assolleé Mr. Wilson's policy as prosi- dent toward the promotion of Ameri- can trade abroad and replied to pub- 4 statements of Dr. Charles -W. t, dent emeritus of Harvard, end the president’s policy. 8ulcide In Middletown Police Gell. i | Seeretary CONFERENCE ON RECENT SUBMARINE ATTACKS No Grounds for Drastic Action by the United States. Long Branch, N. J. Oct. 10.—Presi- dent Wilson and Secretary of State Lansing discussed at Shadow Lawn tonight German submarine attacks on merchantmen Sunday, off the New England coast. The conference lasted until late tonight and will be contin- ued tomorrow mor: ng It was indicated by officials that facis so far collected _hrough govern- mental agencies have disclosed no grounds for drastic action by the Unitad States so ernment beca the attacks themsclves. No evidence has been .cun’ that international law was violated by the German subma- rine or submarines. It was under- stood, however, that the president and Lansing discussed tne wis- dom of pointing out to Germany the inadvisability of operating her subma- rines in close proximity to the terri- torial waters of the United Stalte: There was absolutely no indication that the president and Secretary Lans ing had any ground for thinking Ger- many had violated its promises not to attack merchantmen without warn| and without providing for tne safet of the pa rs and crews. It w stated, that evidence still being collected and that no final decision on this point had been reach- ed. A SUBMARINE SIGHTED JUST SOUTH OF SAVANNAH No American Now Undersea in That Vici Boats ty. Savannah, Ga.,, Oct. 10.—The pres- ence of a submarine of undetermined nationality off Tybee Bar, below. Sa- vannah, today was reporied to docal custom house officials and to the Brit- ish consul here, it was learned to- night. Officials at both the customs house and consulate refused to say where their information came from but each emphasized the statement that it was “entirely unofficial.” No American undersea boats are believed to be in these waters. It was reported in marine circles here tonight that the navy yard at Charleston, S. C, had been advised by wireless of the presence as early as Monday afternoon of a submarine off Tybee Bar. Customs house offi- cials and those of the British consul- ate sald their information was that a submersible was off the bar this morn- ing. Several allied merchant ships are in port here and officers of sev- eral acknowledged that they were “slow in loading,” aithoush all de- clared reports of submarine activities would not prevent their départare. Are BOOTLEGGERS FIGHT WITH A SHERIFF'S POSSE A Woman and a Man Killed Near the Tennessee-Kentucky State Line. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 10.—A fight in the Cumberland mountains near the Kentucky line between alleged boot- leggers and & force under Sheriff Liv- ingston of Fattress county, in which a woman and a man were killed and two other men mortally wounded, was reported today from Jamestown. Mrs. Aln Huddleston and Schuyler Hicks were killed and Allan Huddleston and Clifton Beatty were mortally wounded. Sherman Crabtree, @ deputy, was slightly wounded. —_— CRITICISM OF WILSON ON THE LIQUOR QUESTION Prohibition Presidential Candidate 8ays Its Importance Is Not Recog- nized. Jacksonville, Ills, Oct. 10.—Cricitism of President Wilson for his failure to recognize the liquor question as a na- tional issue marked the addresses of J. Frank Hanly, the prohibition presi- Gontial cancidate, today to southuest: ern Illinols crowds. “President Wileon,” he sald in- his speech here, “thins that a duty on prunes is a national issue, bue he does the towns of Kalendra and | Cabled Paragraphs Shackleton in Valparaiso. Santiago, Chile, Oct. 10.—Lieutenan* Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Anta~ Daclares He Saw o . e = 188 U explorer, returned to Valparais 1 day from Buenos Aires. He * way to Autsralia to take ‘at anexpedition for the » members of his party oss Sea base. Autumn Session of Parliament. London, Oct. 10, 412 p. m—The British parliament assembled today for the autumn session. There are few matters of importance to come before parlisment with the exception of ques- tions pertaining to the war. Financial aspects of the war were referred to by the chancellor of the ex-chequer, Reg- inald McKenna. ABOUT ALLEGED EXTORTION OF WILSON CAMPAIGN FUND. Statement by Chairman Willcox of the Republican National Committee. New York, Oct 10.—Regarding the attempt of Vance C. Me®ormick, chair- man of the democratic-national com- mittee, to repudiate the scheme, as it developed in Texas, for the extortion of a huge Wilson campaign fund from postmasters and other federal officeholders, Chairman Willlam R. Willcox of the republican national com- mittee had this to say today: McCormick vents his fury on the head of the unfortunate gentleman from Texas whese letter to the county chairman he ostentatiously repudiates that he maintains complete silence on the numerous evidences of similar activity in other parts of the country. He says that he publishes the Texas letter because he wanis the public to understand that neither the president nor he countenances for one instant any such method of raising funds, But several such raethods of raising funds have been empioyed by democratic or- ganizations in widely separated parts| of the country for some time. * * * If Mr. McCorimick is really sincere in ki condemr:ation of any such method of raising funds, he has plenty of work to do inhis 1aried capacity as cha T putting . stop to the activities of his subordinates. For the democrat- ic bagmen are busy in widely scattered parts of the country and the strong- arm method is specially favored by them.” SHIPPING AGENTS AR GIVEN ANOTHER SCARE. Tugboat Cap n Reports U-Boat Be- tween Boston Light and Minot's Light. Boston, Oct. 10.-—Shipping agents here who have been holding their ves- in_ por account of (ierman submarine ac s off the New Eng- land coast rec 1 another alarm to- day when . oat caps reported ¢ he saw bling a [ between and » light ear morning. The object so distant and the light so poor that the cuptain was say positively that he had hmar hoat irspecto: . and the steam- to whom he made his inclined report wer: to the opinion that the failure f other incoming boats to note the presence of a strans ger in these waters cast doubt on the accur=cy of his observation. It was pointed out, n the other bhand, hat the rongh sea last nigh may ve led a subma ne commander to ‘seek quicter iwate The point where the toswboat cantain saw the supposed U-Doat is wall within the three-mile limit. The tieup of shipping bound from this port from Burope was still notic able today, aithough no definite word of the wihereabou! raider has been rec pedoin: Sunday. of the German sea ived since the tor- of vessels off Nantucket last A CATHOLIC CHURCH DAMAGED BY EXPLOSION St. Stephen’s Framingham, Damaged, Probably by a Dynamite Bomb. Framingham, Mass, Oct. 10.—St. Stephen's Roman Catholic church was damaged tonight by an cxplosion be- lieved to have been caused by a dyna- mite bomb. large hole was torn in the foundation , bricks and mortar were thrown across the vestry and other rooms in the basement, the plastering of the walls of the main au- ditorium was shattered and all the windows in the strutcure were broken, No one was injured, although Rtev. Father Thomas C. Garrahan, the as- sistant pastor, and a number of teach- ers of the Sunday school were in the building. They were showered with dust from the falling plaster but es- caped harm. An investigation indicated that the explosive was placed on the outside of the building near a door leading to the vestry. Rev. Father John F. Heffernan, tor of the church, said to suggest any motive on the property. He had received no lh;‘e};.nenlng letters ,he said. e property loss is estimate $15,000. S 1 pas- he was unable for the attack KING OF WURTTEMBERG HOPES FOR SPEEDY PEACE Desire Expressed in Telegram to the German Chancalior. London, Oct. 10, 4.22 . _m.—The hobe of King Willlam of Warttes berg, for “a speedy and honorable peace” is expressed in a telegram fram the king to the German chancel. lor, Dr. Von Beethmann-Hollweg, as quoted in & Reuter despatch from Am- sterdam. The king’s message, sent in response to the chancellor's congratu. lations on the 25th anniversary of his ascension to the throne, is quoted as follows: “May God give a speedy and hon- orable peace which will guarantee us further progress, may He guide Your Excellency, in_whose wise leadership I firmly trust™ | bis ship before she was — SUBMARINES ABLE TO CONDUCT CRUISER WARFARE. Berlin Deutsche Tageszeitung Discloses New Light on Eurcpean Conflict. Amsterdam, Oct. 10, via London, 3.25 . m~—A Berlin despatch quotes 'the tsche Tageszeitung as saying it considers the significance of the U-53's visit to America to be that it has proved German submarines ars able to conduct successful cruiser werfare in the vicinity of the American coast, The newspaper belleves German operations in place In a new CAPTAIN GROTNESS OF NOR- WEGIAN TANKER KUNDSEN. ALL WERE OF SAME TYPE While Standing on the Deck of the U-58, Captain Grotness Saw the Conning Towers of Two Other Sub- mersibles About Four Miles Distant. New York, Oct. 10.—Captain Grot- ness of the Norwegian tanik steamer Chr Knudsen, one of the vesseis tor- pedoed off Nantucket lightship Sun- day, officially reported to his agents in New York today his belief that three submarines were operating in the lightship's vieinity. Two Warning Shots Fired., * Captain Grotness in his report said that he was overhauled by ghe sub- marine U-53 and ordered to stop short. ly after 7.3) a. m., two warning shots being fired across the bows. The U- boatsthen drew alongside and Captain L::n)u:nss was instructed to come aboard and bring his papers, which he id. Saw Three Submarines. It was while standing on the deck of the U-53 that he saw, according to his report, the conning towers or the two other submarines about four miles distant. The conning towers, he said, were the same type as the conning tower of the boat he was on. The sub- marines he saw were moving in a northeasterly direction. About 150 Shots Fired. The cargo of oil, aboard the Chr Knudsen was consigned to London. The U-boat commander, however, did not .take any of it, as has been re- ported, Caplain Grotness said, The crew were allowed about a half hour to take to their boats before the sub- marine opened fire on the ship with her deck gun. About 150 shots were fired, most of which hit, but owing to her divided tank construction the ship did not sink. Finally, the U-boat dis- charged a torpedo into her and she blew up. Rapid Submersion. Another point brought out in the report of Captain Grotness was the ‘s.hr)n space of time required for the U-53 to submerge. He reported that while she was shelling the ship a tor- pedo boat destroyer came nto Sight, The submarine commander evidentiy thought it might pe an enemy war ves- sel, for he immediately submerged, sinking out of sight in thirty seconds. As soon as the destroyer came close enough for the American flag to be recognized he came up again, popping up out of the water like a cork. Allowed Time to Leave Ship. Captain Gunther Mahr, master of the Holland-America line steamship Bloomersdijk, one of Sunday’s sub- marine victims, arrived here today from Newport and reported to Gen: eral Manager William Van Doorn. Captain Mahr said that he was allow ed sufficient time to get away from sunk. He added that it was his first officer who went to the submarine with the ship'e papers and while there the officer identified the captain as Commander Rose. The number on the U-boat had been painted out, he said. Only one submarine was seen by the men on the Bloomersdijk. Easier Feeling Among Shipping Men. The absence of any news indicating the presence of submarines off the merican coast since the sighting of a U-boat by the officers of the Greek liner Patris, early Monday morning, created an easier feeling among shir Ping men today, which was strength- ened by reports that warships of the entente allies were now cruising in the vicinity of the sea lane where the six ships were sunk. Adriatic to Sail Thursday. Announcement was made that the White Star liner Adriatic, with pas- sengers and freight, would now sail as scheduled, at noon Thursday. It was also announced that the Atlantic Transport line freighter Minnehaha would depart tomorrow night or early Thursday morning. TAFT ADDRESSES STUDENTS OF WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Made a Plea For Support of League to Enforce Peace. Middletown, Conn., Oct. 10.—Former President William H. Taft was given an enthusiastic reception in Memo- rial chapel, Wesleyan university, by the student body tonight when he lec- tured on “Our World Relations,” and made a plea for support of the League to Enforce Peace, of which he is the permanent president. President Will. iam Arnold Shanklin of Wesleyan is president of the Connecticut branch of the league. Governor Marcus H. Holcomb was present. ANOTHER PRODIGIOUS TELEGRAPHIC ACHIEVEMENT One Operator Sends Baseball News to 400 Offices Over 26,000 Mile Circ: New York, Oct. 10. its membership today’s baseball game between Brooklyn and Boston, ~The Associated Press exceeded the tole- graphic feat performed on the Boston®| Brooklyn game of vesterday by con necting eighteen circuits so that one operator sending from the park delve ered the description play to 400 of- fices. This involved a total of 26,000 miles of telegraph wires, all operated and controlled by the sender at the baseball park = Thero was Instanta- neous delivery from Bangor, Maine, to Tampa, Fla.; San Diego, Callf., to Spo- kane, Washn, and to every leased Wwire point in' The Assoclated Press, between these four corners. okttt i TWO HUNDRED YOUNG WOMEN IN QUARANTINE Because of a Case of Infantile Par- alysis at Simmons College. women Mvink In reporting to 10—Two hundred young In the North Hall, a dormitory of Simmons coll were e s e s a case of infantile par. alvels. Miss" Bhimanot e, of Wauren, Ohlo, a student in that dormi- tory, was found to be ill of the disease and was removed to the hospital. Ofi- clals of the £ojjege, which has 1000 dents, sald would probably. not_be closed. Proportion to the City’s Population. Submarine Policy Outlined 1o Allies REGARDING BELLIGERENT BOATS IN NEUTRAL PORTS WILL ACT IMPARTIALLY Reserves Liberty of Action in Treat- ment of Either War or Merchant Submarines In American Waters— Neutrals Must Not be Molested. Washington, Oct. 10.—The text of theAmerican memorandum replying to that of the allied governments regard- ing treatment of belligerent subma- rines in neutral ports, s as follows: The government of the United Sttes has received the identic memoranda. of the governments of France, Great Britain, Russia and Japan, in which neutral governments are exhorted “to take eflicacious measures tending to prevent belligerent submarines, re- gardless of their use, to avall them- selves of neutral waters, roadsteads and harbors.” What Allies Contend. These governments point out the facility possessed by such craft to avoid supervision or surveillance or determination of their natfonal char- acter and thelr power “to do inju that is inherent in their very nature 2s well as the “additional facilities" afforded by having at their disposal places where thev can rest and re- Plenish their supplies. Apparently on these grounds, the al- lied governments hold that “submarine vessels must be excluded from the benefit of the rules heretofore accept- ed under international law regardin the admission and sojourn of war and merchant vessels in neutral twaters, rondsteads or barbors; any submarine of a bellizerent that once enters a neutral harbor must be held there” and, therefore, the allied governments “warn neutral powers of the great danger to neutral submarines attend- ing the navigation of waters visited by the submarines of belligerents.” Danger to Neutral Submarines. In reply the government of the Unit- ed States must express its surprise that there appears to be an endeavor of the allied powers to determine the rule of action governing what they regard as “a novel situation” in re- spect to the use of submarines in time of war and to enforce acceptance of that rule, at least in part, by warn- ing reutral powers of the great danzer to their submarines in waters that may be visited by belligerent subma- rines. - In the opinion-of- the government of the Tnited States the allled powers have not set forth any circumstances, nor is the government of the United States at present aware of any cir- cumsiznces. concerning the use of war | or m®chant submarines which would render the existing rules of interna- tlonal Juw inapplicable to them. Reserves Liberty of Action, Tn view of this fact ond of the no- tica and warning of the allied pow- ers announced in theif memorahda un- der acknowledgment it is incumbent uron the government of the United | tates tc notify the governments of | France, Great Britain, Russia and Jozpan, that, so far as the treatment of either war or merchant submarines in American waters is_ concerned, the government of the United States re- serves its liberty of action in all re- spects and will treat such vessels as, in 1 opinion, becomes the action of a power which may be said to have taken the first steps toward es- tablishing the principles of neutrality and which for over a century has maintaineq those principles in the tra ditional spirit and with the ‘high sense | of impartiality in which they ‘were conceived. Must Distinguish Between Enemy and Neutral. In order, however, that there should be no misunderstanding as to the at- | titude of the United States, the gov- ernment of the United States an- nounces to the allied powers that it holds it to be the duty of belligerent powers to distingulsh between subma- rincs of neutral and belligerent nation- ality. and that responsibility for any confiict that may arise between bellig- erent warships and neutral submarines on account of the neglect of a bellig- erent to so distinguish between these classes of submarines, must rest en. tirely upon the negligent power. SAYS AMERICAN TROOPS MUST BE WITHDRAWN Before Any Other Question Affecting Mexico Can Be Taken Up. San_Antonio, Tex., Oct. 19.—Colonel Barragan, chief of staff to First Chief Carranza, s today that an agree- ment tQ wilngraw American troops from Mexico must be signed, and a definite date for withdrawai must be ®et, before any other questions affect- ing Mexico can be successfully taken up by the Mexican-American commis- sion at Atlantic City. Colonel Barragan will accompany Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassa- dor-designate o the United States, to Washington when the latter passes through here tonight on the return trip to his post after conferring with Car- ranza. JUDGE EASES HIS MIND WHILE PASSING SENTENCE Tells of Exorbitant Taxicab Fares and Hotel Charges as He Penalizes 8mugglers. New York, Oct. 10.—In passing sen- tence today on Hans Bdward Thomp- son and Fred Uffelman, who were found gullty recently of conspireey to smuggle jewelry valued at $15,000 in- to the United States, Judze Sheppard of Florida sitting on speclal assisn- ment in the federal district court here today said that if he were in New York for ten years he thought he might “almost be tempted to beat Un- cle Sam himself.” “This is not a place calculated to breed good morals,” declarea Judge Sheppard. “The way a man is held up in New York city for taxicab fares and hotel charges, I can hardly blame him for trying to put one over once in & while.” The men were sentenced to serve 13 | months each in the federal peniten- > Hiary ut Atiaats, Ge. 3 jdert estate at Oyster Bay, L. L, Condensed Telegrams The whole Greek fleet has now join- ed the revolutionary movement. Eleven persons were killed and fif- teen 1njured in a railway collision near Berlin. Sir Ernest Schackleton, the Antarc- tic explorer, left Buenos Aires for Val- paraiso. Tank wagon prices on gasoli dropped to 20 cents a gaion at Chey- enne, Wyo. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week toiaied 4v,- 072,000 pounds. A bid of $4,600 for a membership on the New York Coifee and Sugar Ex- change was made. L. C. Helwig, governor of the Danish ‘West Indies, arrived at New York, on his way to Denmark. The Commercial Cable Co., an- pounced that cable communication Manaos has been restored. The Second Massachusetts Infantry passed through El Paso from Colum- bus, N. M., on its way Lome. Twenty-two horses were suffccated when fire destroyed the stabies of Berstein & Laske, of Ne York. Antonio Federici, convicted of killing Robeft J. Shannon of iast Orange, N. J., was sentenced to life imprisonment. Marshall Count Terauchi, the new Japanese Premier, has completed his Cabingt with Motono as Foreign Min- ister. Fifty-six passengers of the torpedo- ed Red Cross liner Stephano arrived at the Grand Ceatral - Station, New Yorik. William G. Masters, a chauffeun, was sentenced to serve three months at the workhouse for driving an automobile while intoxicated. Mlle Mesiwecews, the new star of the Diaghileff Ballet Russe, sailed for New York on the steamship United States from Christiania. Seventeen more of the police force of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., resigned bLecausc they were called upon to police the cars during the trolley strike. Mrs. Min Brown, of Newark, re- ceived a cable announming that her son, Frank Leslie Brown, 18 years was killed ‘“somewhere in Krance, Sept. 16 Charles H. Fowler was sentenced ‘to from one and a half to ten years in Sing Sing. He was convicted of col- |lecting money for a fake tubsrculosis sanitarium. All first class mail and parcel post from the Danish-American liner Frederick VIIL, from Copeniagen for New York, was removed at Kirkwall by the British. Three men were killed and seven injured in a coilision between two freight trains of the Cleveland, Cin- cinnati, Chicago St. Louis Railway at Fernback, Ohio. a Lithuanian, 24 years old, committed suicide by hang- ing Saturday at Ansonia. He used a leather belt and a necktle in order to strangle himself. The Department of Commerce re- ports the total gold imports into this country for the year ended June 30, 1916, at $494,-009,301, compaved with $171,568,755 in 1915. Bob Tecarr, pitching for the Cath- olic Club, a semi-professional team of Tarrytown, made a peculiar record. He struck out 22 men. The first 14 strikeouts were in succession. Police Headquarterse were notified that two prisoners in the garb of sail- ors and wearing caps with the name of the steamship Baltic has escaped from the penittentiary of Riker's Is- land. Three race horses and an automo- bile belonging to Frederick Coudert, were destroyed in a fire on the Cou- the damage is estimated at more than $10,000. The Navy Department began prepa- ration to establish a patrol of war- ships along the North Atlantic Coast to make certain that American neu- trality is not violated by the German submarine raids on Allied shipping. Three children of Richard Giltner, a farmer living near Connellsville, Pa., were today burned to death, their mother was perhaps fatally injured and Giltner almost died from inhaling smoke. HOW CIVILIAN SOLDIERS SHOULD SEEK REIMBURSEMENT Application Should Be Made Direct to Auditor of War Department. Washington, Oct. 10.—The war de- partment announced today that it was prepared to receive applications for reimbursoment of civilians who attend- ed authorized military training camps during the present vear. Congress appropriated $2,000,000 for this pur- pose. The announcement.says appli- cations should be made direct to the auditor of the department and that the cost of transportation to and from the camps nad of uniforms and sub- sistence during the training will be re- funded. It also was announced that in mak- ing payments to dependent families of national guardsmen and regulars dis- bursements in the case of each soldier would be determined by the amount he contributed to the support of his fam- ily prior to his call into federal ser- vice. The stalement says application for payments should be made to the depot quartermaster here direct and concluded with this warning: “Setilement will not be hurried by the employment of anyone to look after e claim.” NEW HIGH RECORDS FOR PRICES OF COTTON Caused by More Optimistic View of g Conditions. New York, Oct. 10.—The more op- timistic view of shipping conditions led to a very shamp advance in the cotton m#rket today and prices not only recovered yesterday's loss but made new high records for the season. January delivery sold at more than 2 per bale above yesterday's last price. The market closed steady, 27 to 87 points higher. JAPANESE ARE PEACEFULLY INCLINED Count Seiki Terauchi, the New Premier, Allays Fears . of the Japanese Public ASSURES THEM THAT HE WILL NOT WAVE SWORD Declares Japan Will Not Take Any Aggressive Step Toward | the United States or Any Other Country “So Long as Japan’s Vital Interests and Dignity Are Not Infringed”— Asserts That No New Steps Will be Undertaken in Re- gard to the So-Called American Problems, Including Im- migration—Guarantees That America’s Interests in China Will Not be Harmed. (Copyrighter 1916 by the Assoclated Press.) Tokio, Oct. 10.—The f of a sec- tion of the Japanese public which have found an echo in the United States and China, that the commg into power of the new ministry may be tanta- mount to war were discussed frank- ly today by Premier Count Seiki Te- rauchi, in giving to The Associated Press the first statement he has made in regard to the foreign policy of his administration. The premier gave ex- pression in a sentence to the spirit which he declared would animate his dealings with other nations. It was the assertion that Japan would not take aggressive steps toward the Unit- ed States or any other country “so long as Japan's vital interests and dignity are not infringed.” Shall Not “Wave the Sword.” “Any idea that I shall ‘wave the sword’ while I am' prime minister of Japan is based on, a false comprehen- sion of my career and a complete mis- conception of the Japanese empire, its past and its hopes ana ideals for the future” he said. The dramatic summons to the premiership of Fleld Marshal Terau- chi, Japan's dominating military fig- ure, ‘has excited a discussion over- shadowed by no single event in mod- ern Jupanese history. In view of the world-wide interest in tne significance of his appointment and the misgivings it apparently has caused, the premier, who has had the reputation of tac. turnity, consented to break his si- lence and give to the world through the Associated Press a general idea of his purposes and policies. During the interview he conversed readily in French and then in Japanese. The field marshal wore the gray uni- form of his rank. His ngnt arm, shat- tered by a bullet in the Saigo rebel- lion of 1877, hung powerless by his side. His rugged face, stern in re pose, relaxed with a smile as he sal Friendly Feeling For America. “T'ell the American people that my earnest and constant enaeavor shall be to promote the friendly ties which have bound Japan and America for half a century. “Your people know my administra- tive record in Korea. Because I am a successful soldier, shall that pre- vent my being a prudent minister of state? Say it, repeat it, that I come as a statesman who is seeking the lasting interests of my people, not as a militarist seeking glorification by the sword.” Not Responsible For Intorview The premier disclined, responsi- bility for the interview in New York with Baron SaRatani, who was quoted as saying that the repeal of American laws regarded by the Japanese as dis- | criminatory against them was a_mat- ter of “justice and necessity.” He de- clored emphatically that as premier he would undertake no new steps in re gard to the so-called American prol lems, including immigration. In_this respéct, he said, he would follow close- ly the policies of the outgoing cabi- net. Policy Toward China. “What will be Japan's policy to- wards China?’ the correspondent ask- ed. “As the ministry was organized only vesterday, I have not discussed China Wwith my associates,” he replied. “How- ever, speaking generally, Japan's am- Bition is to have China benefit, like Japan, from the fruits of world civil- ization and world progress. The Jap- anese and Chinese people have sprung from the same stock. Our future des- tiny is a common destiny that is his- torically involved.” Though he was unable to dwell on a detalleq programme, the premier continued, he could affirm that Amer- ican’s interests in China would _be harmed in nowise by Japan, which had no intentlon of violating China’s sov- ereignty or preventing Interested na- tions from having equal opportuni- ties. "People talk of closing the door,” he sald. “That is a complete non pos- sumus. “So long as Japan's vital intreests and dignity are not infringed, Japan will take no aggressive step agaimst any nation, especially America.’” “Will the Japanese alliance with Russia_be the basis of policy in the Orfent?" he was asked. Alliances With Great Britain and Russia. 5 “Japan, true to her obligations, naturally will be bound in her future policies by her alllances with Great| Britain and Russia,” he responded ' “but that does not imply disregard of| fostering amity with others, notably| America, whose friendship and co-| operation we have every reason to| cherish. The empire faces a situa-: tion which demands stremous 20 unified_exertions to secure reforms the national life, to nourfsh the streneth of her resources and to place the nation on an unshakable founda- tion of secure and lasting peace in the Far East. Our supreme efforts aby should be to maintain faith with for- eign powers and to be strictly falr anq upright. Japan's progress as a world power, which is inevitable, must! be marked with prudence and caution, especially in the period of world cris- 18" : No More Activity in War. The premier sald he saw no_ lkel- hood of more activie participation in the war by Japan. _He ridiculed sus- picious that Japan had designs in re- gard to the Philippines, saying that if eny power were to be there he was glad 1f should be America. Concerning the contention that the cabinet was reactionary and that its creation was opposed to the rights of the people, the premier said, with mfli. brevity: “My appointment is in exact accord- ance with the provisions of the Japan- ese constitution.” i Constructive Programme. “Not_revolutionary, nor aggressive, not militarystic, but constructive— that is my programme,” declared the premier in conclusion. BRITAIN IS RETICENT ON NEW SUBMARINE ACTIVITY. Departments of Government Are Refraining from Comment. All * London, Oct. 10.—All departments of the British government are maintain- ing a poiicy of refraining from com- ment on the Ameri attitude toward the German submarine activities off the American coast. ‘Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador, had a conference with Viscount Grey, the Eritish secretary for foreign affairs, this afternoon, but the | purpose of the ambassador's visit was to discuss questions which President Wilson and Secretary Lansing had discussed with Mr. Page before the ambassador left the United States. The submarine question was not a part of the program and was not raised, unless by the foreign secretary. The submarine campaign continues to be the chief topic in the English newspapers. The fact that the United States had protested against the patrol of British cruisers near the American coast was not genecrally known here until the German submarine visit raised discussion of the whole ques- | ton. aval writers now maintain that the Washington government having pro- tested against the presence of British cruisers on the American coast, can- not fairly countenance this submarine campaign, which they hold constitutes far greater cause for complaint and protest than any which could “have been based on British naval move- ments. . SUBMARINE ACTIVITIES IN ENGLISH CHANNEL German Submersible Sinks Seven Merchantmen Within Five Days. Amsterdam, Oct. 10, via London, 3.10 p. m.—A German submarine operating in the English channel between Sept, 30 and Oct. 5, says a telegram recelved here today from Berlin, destroyved seven merchantmen belonging to hos- tile countries and three neutral steam- ers. The ships of the entente aliies registered a gross tonnage of 4,031 while the tonnage of the neutral steamers was 2,357. Another submarine on Oct. 4, the message says, sank three English trawlers off the east coast of Enge FIVE AROOSTOOK POTATO SHIPPERS FOUND GUILTY eis 1 Under Sherman Act of Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade. Boston, Oct. 10.—Five officials of the Aroostook (Maine) Potato Ship- pers Association were today found gullty under the Sherman act of spiracy in restraint of trade. Sen- tence was deferred. The defendants are: Carl C. King, of Caribou, Maine, president of the association; John M. Hovey of Mars Hill, Maine, secretary; Clarence H. Powers of Maple Grove, Maine, member of a so-called listing | commlttee; Edward H. Doyle, New York agent; and H. W. Sylvester, Boston agent, During the trial the government in- troduced evidence to show that the defendants had blacklisted dealers in potatoes who failed to conduct their business in accorance with the wishes of the association and that they also opened a secondary boycott ssainst persons who traded with blacklisted individuals. The defense claimed immunity un- der the Clayton amendment to the Sherman anti-trust act, on the ground the organization was an agricultural assoclation and exempt from prosecu- tion. ——— FIRE IN MAIN HALL OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. Dome Destroyed—Students Aided in Subduing the Flames. Madison, Wis, Oct. 10.—Fire in_the main hall of the University of Wis- consin today destroyed the dome of the structure and for a time threatened fo consume the entire: building. Stu- dents aided in bringing the fire under control. Members of the faculty estimated the. loss at not more than $10,000. Movements of Steamships. Rotterdam, Oct. 9, —Arrived: Steam- er_Noordam, New York. London,_ Oct. 9.—Arrived: Steamer Ascania, Montreal. 2 New Yori, 10.—Satled: Steam- er_Antonio Lopez, Cadir, f Christiania, Oct. 3.—Arrived: Steam- er_Bergensfjord, New York. ‘ Leghorn, Oot. 5.—Arrive Italla, New York. Bordeaux, Oct. 9.—Arrived: Steam- Rochamboav. New York, 4