Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 17, 1916, Page 1

Norwich Bulletin VOL. LVIIL.—NO. 250 o POPULATION 2?‘{@ NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1916 g TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is © RUMANIAN LINE IS NOW HOLDING FIRM In the Alt Region, in Transylania, They Have Captured Several Positions HARD FIGHTING GOING ON WEST OF LUTSK Neither the Austro-Germans Nor Russians Have Been Able to Gain an Advantage in Galicia—Several Small Successes for the Germanic Allies Have Been Attained in the Car- pathians—Big Guns on Both Sides Are Busy on the Somme Front in France—On the Macedonian Front the British Troops Have Reached the Village of Bursuk. While both the Vienna and Berlin war offices announce me; 2 _con- tinuation of the fighting on the Tran- sylvania front between the Austro- German forces and the Rumanians, the Rumanian army headquarters re- ports that in the Alt River region the troops ¢of King Ferdinand have oc- 4 several positions neld by the Teutonic allies. On all the other sec- tors of this front, ding to Buch- t, attacks were repulsed by the| except in tae ere the Rumar to withdraw w led buth. Hard fighting is going on from the west of Lutsk, through Gg to the Carpathian Mountains. In Volhynia, despite fierce attacks by both sides, te. Pet- e Gali- cia, where battles have taken place along the Tarnopol-Krause Railway cast of Lemberg and nortn of Stanis< lau. there seeminzly a s is rograd_reports that n Saveral small successes for the Aus- ro-Germans have been attained in the Carpathians. The big guns on both sides of the Somme front in France did the greater part of the work Monday. South of the river, however, a small wood be- tween Genermont and Ablaincourt and 110 and three guns fell in- to the of the French. A vio- lent counter-attack by the Germans st of Berny en Santerre was re- by the French. <m the Macedonian front the Brit- ish troops have reached the village of Bursuk, eight miles southwest of Demir-His: Along_ the Cerna River and north of Nidje Mountains forces of the entente allied troops at- tacked the Teutonic afies, but were repulsed. The provisional government of Greece formed on the island of Crete s been formally recognized by the entente powers. HUGHES RESENTS “INVISIBLE COVERNMENT” INTIMATIONS. Told Audience There Was No Invisible Government While He Was Gov-.| ernor, Charle charge that the been York 1 be said,” | e pres- f unofti- rious influ- good hu- vigorou: t before for the £ | damson law, declari \ n-American’ and absolutely without justification ever to surrender either legislative or executive po demand of force, either by labor,” and_declared that people of this country sh the administrat!on for its surrender to torce.” President shackled bu | hall on the here, was ans tion that there had been | tion of the anti-trust ac i 10minee assertion that ‘amazed at any such m as there had been put forward The administration’s Mexican policy | ov was cited as answer to the declara- | tion that the country had been kept out of war. The charge that a vote for Hughes meant a vote for war was characterized as “a monstr What Mr. Hughes characterized as the administration’s “weak and cil- lating policy” was attacked. “Some one told me toda: Mr. Hughes said, “and it seems at times to be the case, that the motto of the present administration is that lem avoided is a The nominee faced a house that gave him a three-minute cheer of Every seat was taken and standing room in the rear was crowded many deep, lerfes at the far end of were at times confusion and inter: i ich the nominee tcok, in one attemp: to heckle all of the In the gal- the hall there hall 95 PER CENT. PROGRESSIVES BACK IN REPUBLICAN FOLD. Estimate Made at Me<ting of Repub- lican State Central Committee. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 16.—At a meet- ing of the in central commit- tee here tod ports w ade members frora sections s | as to the pre of the sn. statement issucd to the ss after the meetin id that $5 cent. of the in 1912 now back in Vicdn election will be el ¢ than even the paL at the ticket majority t} had hithefto expected VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL SPOKE IN COLUMEBUS|C 16 undergo: 1861, party \lignment, merican a re- as in and ney i by with social 13 the great ob- t Thomas R. Mar- here tonizht, t the Frar Club. did not pro- to President seech Jose to offer | for ty stockholder of the ton and Maine 1road, shall be allowed to intervene in the. receiver- ity stockholder, to file a - petition to intervene and set October 30 as a date for a hearing. Judge James W. | Rer of Concord, N. H., is one of the | papers were filed. RECEIVERSHIP PROCEEDINGS OF BOSTON & MAINE Question Whether Minority Stock- holder Will Be Allowed to Ins:rvene 3oston, Oct. Franc: 16.—The question as to V. Streeter of Med- wh ship proceeds now pending against the road was taken under advisement to- day by Judze James M. Morton, Jr., in the federal district court, after ar- guments by counsel. The court also allowed Conrad W. Crooker, counsel for Charles M. Greene, another minor- trustees of the John H. Pearson Trust, an edu and charitable founda- ed the court that he ntervene as the holder | of stock of the Concord road, a subsidary that he| d take the mattes up when the d seek to 500 share: Montreal and line. Judge Morton announced favor of the petition ta P. French, counsel for Arguing in inter s Boston aine were guilty of n not defending the om the receiversatp proceedings | t the stockholders should be allowed to .mase that defense. CAPT. SHEPHERD HAS BEEN WOUNDED FIVE TIMES. United States Army Officer Who Joined English Army. Former Ala., Oct, 16.—Capt. E. former United States . assigned duty as in- th the Alabama National resigned and joined the my when th ewar broke out, has been wounded five times and now is a paptain and brevet major in the distinguished service order of Great Sritain. A letter from Col. R. E. Brook-Lyth of the North Staffordshire regiment, to which Captain Shepherd was as- slgned when the war broke out, carries this informuation to Montgomery friends of Captain Shepherd. Captain Shepherd was wounded four times at Ypres and other points on the western front and W severely wounded in the Dardanelles. He w blind and paralyzed for months from these wounds, but has regained his | sight and has been sent to the British battalion in Mesopotamia. CONSFIR;TOR IN ASSASSINATION | OF ARCHDUKE FERDINAND DEAD | Nedjo Kerovic Died in a Military Prison—Was Serving 20 Years Sen- tence. Berlin, Oct. 16, by Wireless to Sa- ille.—Nedjo Kerovic, one of the con- irator: n the assassination of rciduke Francis Ferdinand, heir-ap- parent to the Austrian throne, in 1914, has died in a military prison, says a report from Serajevo, Bosnia, given out by the Overseas News Agency. Three of the conspirators in the as- sassination of the archduke were cx- ted in February, 1915, and Jakov Zilovic and Nedjo Kerovic were sen- tenced to imprisonment for life, but it was later commuted to twenty years. Prin the actual assassin, to twenty years in CARRANZA'S FAMILY NOT IN FLIGHT, SAYS LANSING. Declares Family is Merely Going to Saltilio or Queretaro. Washington, Oct. 16.—The reported flight of the members of General Car- family from Mexico C ited today by Secretary Lan- ng, who =aid the state department on ad t the family was going eith Saitillo, their old home, Cabled Paragraphs Selling Polar Bear Meat. Berlin, Oct. 17.—The flesh of polar bears is being soid in \eisswasser, in Oberlausitz, at 1 1-2 marks the pound. It finds a ready sale and is declared to be tasty and nourishing. Swedish Premier to Resign. Copenhagen, via London, Oct. 17. The Politiken says that M. Ha marskjold, the Swedish premier, will resign and that he will be succeeded by K. A. Wallenbers, minister of for- eign affairs. Gerard to Confer With President. Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 16.—It was announced toddy that James W, Ger- ard, American ambassador to ® Ger- many, who returned to this_country last week, will confer with President ‘Wilson here next Monday. RABBI WISE LEADS THE WILSON VOLUNTEERS Unwilling to Accept Leadership of “Barnes, Roosevelt, Penrose and Perkins.’ Long Branch, N. J, Oct. 16.—Presi- dent Wilson today told a delegation of independents comprising the Wilson Volunteers that the democratic party Is the only instrumentality now at hand for the enactment of ‘“genuine, humane, just and progressive legisla- tion.” The members of the delegation came here to tell the president they planned to campaign for him_ “from the Bat- tery to Buffalo,” in New York state, because they felt he had given the nation *“a square deal’”” Led by Amos Pinchot, and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise of New York, the del- egation remained with the president more than an hour. The president talked with the delegation in the re- ception room of his summer residence, Shadow Lawn. The president declared the time has come for America to “unite her pro- gressive forces.” He said the leaders of the opposition want only these three things: “The scalp of the pres- cnt comptroller of the currency,” John Skelton Williams: to get control of the banking system of the country and to put the army and navy of the United States back of their financial enter- prises in Mexico and throughout the world. Rabbi Wise, in a brief speech, de- clared the visitors were supporting Mr. Wilson because they were unwill- ing to accept the leadership of Messrs. Barnes, Roosevelt, Penrose and Perkins.” He praised the pre: dent for the appointment of Justices Brandeis and Clarke to the United States supreme court. CRAFTSMEN ON WESTERN RAILROADS MAKE DEMANDS Ask Wage Increase of Three Cents an Hour and Eight Hour Day. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 16.—A wage increase of three cents an hour and a demand for the eight h day throughout the six allied erafts- of railroad shopmen of seventcen western railroads was agreed upon at a con- ference of the shopmen here today. The crafts prepared an ultimatum out- lining their demands which will be presented immediately to the railroads interested. The findings of today’s conference were the result of a recent meeting here when the demands of the drafts- men were refused by the railroads. At that time a demand for a five-cent an hour increase was presented by the shopmen. The railroads also de red their willingness at that time to allow | the eight-hour day for all stationary work, but declared a nine-hour sched- ule was necessary for repairs on roll- ing stock which would take the men out-on the line. UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR WRECK OF BLOOMERSDIJK Coast Guard Cutter Returns Without Finding Any Trace. Boston, Oct. 16.—After an unsuc- cessful search for the wreck of the Dutch steamship Bloomersdijk, torpe- doed by a German submarine in the raid off Nantucket, Oct. 8, the coast guard cutter Androscoggin returned here today. The Bloomersdijk had been reported a menace to shipping from three to five miles from Nantucket South Shoals lightship. Lieutenant Moloy, commanding the Androscoggin, reported that he had been able to find no trace of the wreck. CULEBRA ISLAND NAVAL STATION DESTROYED By Hurricane Which Swept Porto Ri- can Coast Last Week. Washington, Oct. 16.—The Culebra island naval station off the Porto Ri- can coast, was almost completely de- stroyed last week by the hurricane which swept that vicinity. The sta- tion had been practically abandoned by the navy and only a few nouses and supplies, used by the marines who practice advance base manoeuvers there were left. A dispatch to the navy department today said these properties had been blown to pieces. CABINET MEMBERS START CON CAMPAIGN TOURS. Secretaries McAdoo, Baker and Dan- iels to Make Speeches. Washington, Oct. 16.—Most members of President Wilson" abinet will be actively in the campaign for his re-election from now until shortly before election. Secretaries McAdoo, Baker and Dan- iels left Washington today to begin speaking tours that will take them into many states and offer opportuni- ties for many speeches. Secretary Houston expects to_leave later in the week for a New England campaign trip, and Postmaster General Burleson will depart about the same time for the middle west, Other members prob- ably will participate in the campaign before the end of October. f the Movements of Steamships. Liverpool, Oct. 15.—Arrived: Steam- er Finland, New York. Montreal, Oct. 16.—Arrived: Steam- er Pretorian, Glasgow. London, Oct. 16.—Arrived: Steamer Andania, New York. Gibraltar, Oct. 8.—Sailed: Steamer Toannia, (from Piraeus) New York. Naples, Oct. 9.—Saile Steamer Guiseppe Verdi, New York. Rotterdam, Oct. 14—Sailed: Steam- er Noordam, New York. New York, Oct. 16.—A; ved: Wilson, eveent t has sreated in America an atmosphere of nonesty ang fair play.” or to Queretaro, the provisional capi- tal and the seat of the national con- vention set for Oct. 21. steamer_ Orduna, Liverpool. New York, Oct. 16.—Sailed: Steam- er Alliance, Philadelphia. NON-PARTISAN MOVEMENT A CESS IN EMPIRE STATE PASSED 100,000 MARK Claim is Made That Hughes Will Re- ceive 90 Per Cent. of the Prograssive Vote, Besides Votes of Many Demo- crats. New York, Oot, 16.—The largest en- rollment ever obtained by & non- partisan movement has been reached by the Hughes alliance in the state of New York, which has now passed the 100,000 mark, it was announced today by Harold G- Aron, secretary of the organization. This is the development in less than three months’ activity, beginning when a group of 25 men sat at the Hotel Astor on July 19th to take the first steps in its organization. This tremendous enrollment has been achieved by personal solicitation only, by ‘“next man” work, and it has set an army of earnest men at work to carry New York state for Hughes. The enrollment of 100,000 progressives, democrats and independents in the Hughes alliance is the answer as to whom will carry the state, said Mr. Aron. Progressives for Hughes. “Tt will go for him at least 100,000. Governor Hughes will receive the Sup- port of fully S0 per cent. of the pro- gressive vote of the state. He will also receive the votes of a consider- able number of democrats who are disgusted with the present administ tion and who, without surrendering their party allegiance, are supporting . Hughes.” Maryland Sure for Hughes. a doubtful M Maryland is no lorn 4 state, but will go for Hughes, a defection of at least 5,000 from Wilson, was the news brought to Hughes alliance headquarters today by Gen. N. Winslow Williams of Bal- timore. General Williams has been a life- long democrat and served four years as secretary of state of Maryland. In 1912 he supported Colonel Roosevelt and served as progressive national committeeman from his state, fISSILE THROWN AT “DRY” SPECIAL TRAIN Vice Presidential Candidate Was Showered With Broken Glass. Detroit, Mich.,, Oct. missile, probably a_stone, ¢ ‘nst_the rear window of the “dry” special train observation window just outside Fort Wayne, Ind., tonight, showering broken plate glass over Ira Landrith, the prohibitionist vice presidential candidate, and other members of the party, but injuring no one. For a time it was believed that the train_had been fired upon. Landrith and Mrs. Oliver W. Stewart, of Chi- cago, and Judge Frank BE. Herrick, of Wheaton, Ills, thought they ehard a report of a gun and the hole left in the window appeared as if it might have been made by a bullet. Finding of a stone on the observation platform later and failure to find a bullet caused the shooting theory to be vir- tually abandoned. ier in the day, at Greensburs, ., a man had velled from the c that Landrith “ought to die.” Wayne, Landrith saw _several ‘ « men peering at him through the window of his_compartment said: “There he decided tonight and one of them stone theory. J. presidential nominee, who was in a drawing room of the observation car when it was struck, was convinced that on stone had been hurled. Landrith was sitting with back to the window when it was struck. Suddenly Mrs. Stewart, who was fac- g the window, saw a man step out into the track behind the movin Almost simultancously a r heard and someth Dprob: a piece of jagzed plate gl the size of a nickel, later found 15 feet from the two passengers, whizzed past their cars. * A shower of fine tell. A SHORTAGE OF COAL IS FORECAST FOR NEW YORK Dealers’ Bins Are Betng Depleted and Shipments are Delayed. New York, Oct. 16.—A shortage of coal is in prospect for this ci this winter, according to the dealers, who re_ their bins are being depleted, B! shipments delayed and that the outlook for immediate or eventual re- ief is poor. The shortage applies to hard and soft coal. Failure to receive the usual amount of coal is attributed to a scarcity of labor at the mines and lack of cars for transportation, due to the move- ment of war munitions and other ht for export. Prices to New York ve and nut coal from $7 Dealers declare that with seasonable weather, $9 coal is not too high to expect at Christmas. W. Frank Persons, airector of the general_work of the Charity Organi- zation Society, asserted in a state- ment today that a man who earns $22.75 a week now has the same pur- chasing power n= a man who earned $17 a week in 1911 useholders STRIKE VOTE TAKEN BY CANADIAN RAILWAY MEN. Announcement Made That 90 Per Cent. Favors Strike. Winnipeg, Man, Oct. 16.—Officials of the Order of Railway - Conductors and of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen announced here today that 90 per cent. of the ballots recently cast by trainmen of the Canadian Pacific’ railway, who are demanding certain concessions in the way of working hours and dutles, support the recommendation of an _investigating committee favoring a strike. While union officials claim that they can tie up the system from coast to coast, both sides admit that there are good prospects of an agreement, ne- gotiations for which are now under way. Only conductors and yardmen are directly affected, but it is. understood engineers and firemen have pledged } 29.40. .'in a northwesterly direction. their support. BY MINORITY REPORT AT P. GENERAL CONVENTION ELIMINATES WORD OBEY The House of Deputies Referred Back to the Commission on Prayerbooks All Proposed Changes in the Mar- riage Ceremony. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 16.—Elimination of the word “obey” in the promise of the woman in the marriage service was recommended in a minority re- port of the joint commission on com- mon prayer submitted to the house of deputies of the Protestant Episcopal general convention here today. The house of deputies referred baclk to the commission on prayer book all proposed changes in the marriage ceremony, in_the catechism and in the institution of clergymen. These questions cannot come before the general convention asain for three years. Minority Recommendation. The minority report recommended that the present injunction beginning “Wilt thou obey him and serve him” be changed to “Wilt thou love him, comfort him, honor and keep him, in sickness and in health; and forsaking all others, keep theé only unto him hall live.” report suggested also so long as ve The minority the om n the words "and with all my worldly goods I thee endow” in the serv An argument advanced was that the expression “endow” is a relic of old English law, under which the dower rights of women were guar- anteed and that today the question in- volved is a civil one to be taken for granted. It also was proposed to ex- punge the exI on “as Isaac and Rebecca, lived thfully together,’” etc., and merely say “living faithfully together.” Many regard the reference to those Biblical personases as out of date and declare that there is no reason why wac and his wife should be regarded as models when there were many oth- er husbands and wives equally faith- ful. Changes Suggested by Majority. Numbers of changes were suggested i nthe majority report. Among them were the shortening of the Ten Commandments as read in the communion service; the elimina- tion of a specific prayer for Jews and Turks, it being argued that the pres- ent prayer for Jews and Turks in con- nection with infidels is disrespectful and inaccurate ‘because it is clear Mohammedans are meant instead of TOrRET T g g Pension System for Clergymen. Establishment of a pension system for Protestant Bpiscopal clergymen seems assured, The Right Rev. W liam Lawrence, bishop of Massachu- setts, announced at a joint session of the two_houses of the convention. Bishop Lawrence, who is leading a church campaign to raise $5.000,000 as a reserve for a pension tem for the clergy, said two-thirds of this amount had been given in cash or in pledges of unquestioned validity. The bishop added that he believed that every clergyman retiring after March 1, 1917, would be assured of a pension and that the widows and orphans of the clersy would benefit from the fund. The proposed pension is 3600 a year for each minister, the present average salary of the clergy- men being estimated at $1200 a year. MANUFACTURE OF PAPER FROM HEMP HURDS| Says to Be Possible by Specialists of Department of Agriculture. ‘Washington, Oct. 16—Specialists of | the department of Agriculture are con. ! vinced that a satisfactory quality of book paper can be made from hemp, hurds, the waste stalk fragments pro- duced in preparing hemp fiber for the market. A report on the subject issued to- day, says that commercial tests made in cooperation with a paper manufac- turere demonstrated that hurds can be reduced chemically to paper stock by the soda process under practices only slightly different from those emplyyed for the manufacture ot pulp from pop- lar wood. Somewhat more bleach as well as beating was necessary. At present about five thousand tons of hurds are produced from hemp grown in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin and California. This is not sufficient the report states to justify the erection of a pulp mill or the transportation to ting mills, but the view is ex- ed that the time may come, ving to the increasing cost of wood pulp and the increasing acreage of hemp grown in this country, when the use of hurds in the paper making in- dustry will be profitable. TROOP MOVEMENTS IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST VILLA Arrivals at El Paso Say Action is on Large Scale. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 16.—Arrivals from Mexico report large troop move- ments out of Chihuahua City in the campaign against Villa, whose parti- sans are sald to be in control of Na- miquipa, which was held by the Amer- ican punitive expedition until its lines were shortened during the rainy sea- son. A former follower of the bandit Zala- sar who had just obtained his release from the penitentiary at Chihuahua City, said here today that the execu- tion of Villa sympathizers took place before the window of his cell and that from five to twenty prisoners had been shot to death where daily since Sept. 16, when Villa made his surprise at. tack on Chihuahua City. HURRICANE MOVING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO Warned by the Wea- ther Bureau. Washington, Oct. 16.—Shipping was warned again today by the weather bureau against a hurricane moving across the Gulf of Mexico. The dis- turbance was central tonight off the northwest coast of the Yucatan penin- sula with a wind velocity of 74 miles an hour. The barometer reading was The storm continues to move Shipping Ag Condensed Telegrams Seventy-five thousand _tailors New York threaten to strike. in The Philippine Congress was inaugu- rated in the presence of 20,000 persons. The American steamship Sacramen- to has been removed from the British blacklist. Eighteen hundred employes of the Standard Oil Co,, in Linden, N. J., went on strike. The Michigan coal miners’ strike, which involved about 3,000 men, has been settled. Harris Wolff, who died at Battle Creek, Mich., left an estate of more than $250,000. Tarrytown, N. Y., is facing a gaso- line famine because of the strike at Bayonne, N. J. Mrs. FranCisco Villa, wife of the Mexican badit leader sailed from Ha- vana for New Orleans. Major William A. A. Guthrie, the oldest lawyer in point of service in North Carolina, is dead. Alexander Preston, a social leader of Baltimore, died from burns caused by smoking a cigarette in bed. Fire destroyed the large plant of tlie Price_Fireproofing Co., of Poughkeep- sie, N. Y., at a loss of $200,000. The United States Co., at Canton, Ohio, was sold to Hornblower & Weeks, of New York for $16,000,000. Fire destroyed 4,000 acres of timber land with six cranberry bogs and barns near Bamber, N. J, at a loss of $i00,- 000. Norfelk’s City market, a wooden structure, occupying a whole block in the down town section, was destroved by fire. Official mail from Gen. Pershing’s Norman Prince, the American aviat- or who was wounded recently in France while flying for the allies, died of his injuries. headquarters in Mexico to the army base at Columbus, N. M, is carried by aeroplanes. - The William Tod Co., of Young: town, O., received an order from tre Al- lies for eight-inch forgings amounting to $2,0000,000. . E. A. Maher, vice-president of the Third Avenue Railway system of New York, opened an office at Baltimore, to enroll strikebrekers. Timothy Murray was instantly kilied by the explosion of a dynamite blast at Mill River, Mass. James Karges, of Staten Island, was severely injured when he was thrown froman: autemobile at. the -Cromwell ‘Avenue turn.on.the Richmond Koad. The surface elevated and subway lines of New York City carried 9 889 more passengers in the year er June 30, 1916 than during the previous year. The Chicago earned for the y $6,325,000, an increase of cording to a report night. and Alton railroad 1 ended June 30 last 079,000, ac- made public last Thousands of school Children wit- nessed the successful launching of the freight steamship Mantua, which will ply between Atlantic ports and the West Indies. Twelve leaders of the negro em- ployes in the Canal Zone, who are on a strike for higher wasges, were ar- rested, charged with violation of the intimidation laws. Four persons were killed, two being burned to death, when a New York Central train smashed an automobile, causing the gasoline tank to explode, near Columbus, Ohio. An anonymous donor. gave 325000 to. the American Committee for Ar- menian and Syrian Relief. This is the second gift from the same man. Re- cently he sent $16,000. Wesley McCartney, a gunners’ mate on the submarine C-5, was killed by the explosion of fumes in an empty gasoline tank on the boat while she was in drydock ot Cristobal. William Chester Silbermann of New York was sentenced by the Correction- al Court at Paris to serve five vears in prison and to pay a fine of $125, on a charge of trading with the enemy. Forty-five members of the 14th and 7Tist regiments, just returned from the border, are carriers of the paratyphoid fever bacillus, according to min: tions made by the New York Depart- ment. Police are guarding the Custom House at Boston, as a result of a let- ter received by Edmund Billinzs, col- lector of the port of Boston, in which a threat was made to blow up the structure. The high cost of the necessities of life is causing death and tragedies worse than death in New York’'s east side, according to Superintendent Har- ry Schlacht, of the East Side Protec- tive Association. King Haakon has approved an or- dinance forbidding submarines of bel- ligerent powers from traversing Nor- wegian waters except in emergencies, when they must remain on the surface and fly the national flag. The Aero Club of America announc- ed that it will award medals to the three students of a selected number of institutions for the best essays on air craft subjects. Students of 100 col- leges and miliary schools are eligible. Belle Greene, for many years in charge of the Morgan Library, sailed for England. She will act as _ex- pert for J. P. Morgan, now in Lon- don, who intends to purchase a large collection of books and .rare manu- scripts. Presiden Wilson, Vice President Marshal, former President Theodore Rosevelf and Willlam Howard Taft and Governor Whitman and his staff, have been Invited to attend the 150th anniversary services on October 30 in St. Paul's Chapel, New York Explosion On an ltalian Battleship. Berlin, Oct. 16.—The Az Est reports that an explosion _occurred on the Italian battleship Regina Margherita while she was in port at Spezia, Italy, .'says the Overseas News Agency. That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Gonnecticut in Proportion tothe City’s Population. Hughes Alliance |New Wording of Showing Strength) Marriage Service Tale of Vicious Resorts in Chicage CHARGES MADE AGAINST CHIEF OF POLE HEALEY BLACK AND TAN CAFES Rev. Myron B. Adams Declares Police Chief Snubbed Him When Complaini -l Was Made of Pernicious Saloons— Hearing in Progress. Chicago, Oct. 16.—Rev. Myron E. Adams, pastor of the Nignt Church and a member of a voluntary vice in- vestigating committee, testified with William P. O'Brien, suspended police captain, today that Chief of Police Healey and other city officials knew of vicious resorts in the district in which O’'Brien was in command. Much of the day was occupied with descriptions of revelries in the num- erous cafes that had sprung up in the territory south of the former segregat- ed district and which was inhabited by a large percentage of negroes. Among the objectionable developments of the last year, it was said, were the so- called “black and tan” cafes where whites and blacks mingled together. Captain O'Brien told of going tc Mayor Thompson’s office to complain of one Mike the Greek, whose activi- ties became so bold, he said that mer were solicited in passing his cigai store on their way to church. Charl Fitzmorris, the mayor’s secretary, had referred him to Chief Healey, he said Later, he declared, he had been snub- bed in the chief's office and saloons had been permitted to constinue in spite of his notifving the police o their character. FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR NOROTON SOLDIERS’ HOME Government Answers That Continue to Contribute. 1t Wil Hartford, Conn., Oct. 16.—Govern- or Holcomb has received a communi- cation from the federal government stating that answers to questions in relation to maintenance of the sol- diers’ home at Noroton are satisfac- tory and that the government will con- tinue to contribute to the support of the home. Some time since a communication was received from Washington rela- tive to the aid which was given out of the national treasury and asking questions concerning it. Some of those officially connected with the manage- ment of the home feared the Washinz- ton authoritiesswerewnet-satisfied with the conditions at ihe homewgnd that there was a. possibility that aid would be withdrawn. The government con- tribues in he neighborhood of $35,000 toward the maintenance of the insti- tution. Ten years ago the annual con- tribution from Washington was a lit- tle over $50,000. Since the recent investigation of the management of the home thers have been substantial improvements intro- duced and the inmates seem to be more contented. An effort will be made at the incoming session of the seneral assembly to obtain an ap- propriation for the erecticn Jof a ;‘:‘;Ipé‘l that can be used as a meeting all. TWO-THIRDS OF $5,000,000 EPISCOPAL FUND RAISED, Pension System to Be Inaugurated Next Year. St. Louis, Oct. 16.—That the Epis- copal church is the only communion in this country, if not in the world, hav- ing a thoroughly scientific pension sy tem for its ministers, is due primarily to the sound judgment of Bishop Law- rence. He reported to the general con- vention todar as the leader of the campaign to raise $5,000,000 as a re- serve to make possible the inaugura- ton of the system next year. He was glven an enthusiastic reception by bishops, clergy and laity, besides the hundreds of visitors who had, come to hear his statement. He said that since the campaign be- gan, last February, two-thirds of the $5,000,000 had either been given in cash or in pledges of unquestionable finan- cial validity. GENERAL PERSHING ORDERS ~ REORGANIZATION OF LINES. Cavalry Patrolling South, East and West of Colonia Dublan. El Paso, Tex, Oct. 16.—American cavalry columns are patrolling south, cast and west of Colonia Dublan, field headquarters of the punitive expedi- tion, for the first time since the Car- rizal clash, according to trustworthy advices brought to the border today. The Americans are reported to have established an outpost.20 miles south of El Valle for the purpose, it is eaid, of preventing surprise attacks on small American detachments by Villa bands reported several days ago as being in the vicinity of Namiquipa- Other reliable reports state that General Pershing, commander of the punitive expedition, has ordered a re- organization of his present lines. “SUFFERING FROM PROSPERITY NOT ENJOYING IT" Statement by Allan L. Benson, Social- t Candidate for President. Fresno, Calf., Oct. 16.-—Allan L. Ben- son, soclalist candidate for president, spoke at the municipal auditorium here tonight and in discussing what he termed the “boasted prosperity of the nation” the nominee said: ‘“We are not enjoying prosperity but suffering from it. Mr. Wilson says the wealth of the country has in- creased by forty-one billion dollars. But both Wilson and Hughes know that the working class made that wealth and lost it. They can't make this an lssue, because both represent the class that got the wealth.” Mrs. Bstelle Peck Suicides. New Haven, ‘Conn., Oot. 16. — Mrs. Bstelle Peck, wife of Dr. Louis Peck, a Bridgeport dentist, committed sui- cide at her home here today by gas asphyxiation. She had been despon- dent for some time. Mrs. Peck was 47 vears old and leaves her husband and a daughter.