Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 20, 1916, Page 1

L ulletin VOL. LVII.—NO. 253 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, , 1916 EIGHTEEN PAGES—126 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin's Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Popuiation. FRENCH ARE DRIVING CLOSE TO PERRONL PN An Attack Launched Thursday Has Brought Them Virtually to the West Bank of the Somme VIOLENT GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS REPULSED |/ Heavy Rains Interefere With Activities on the British Front— No Decisi e Result Has Been Achieved by Either the Austro-Germans or the Russians in the Violent Fighting Which Has Been Going on for Several Days in Vol- hynia and Galicia—Rumanians Have Assumed the Of- fensive on Their Own Border—Bulgarians Are Bringing Up Reinforcements in the Vicinity of Monastir. dually the front close: onne, on Somme Riv: Woednesdany's front between F ette, on the w attack launched Thursday warded with further tually brings them to stream. To the north and Sadlliset, where the Irer vanced their llne in the fow days at what the Berlin war office agserts was a cost in o Itles not commen- surato with uin, the have made a violent which was ro rawing Pe the b; *h have that {r lorval fr captured German porit these later wero rotuke o) Thursday on the il exoept for a siigh George's men at Butte ¢ and the repulso of n Cerman e attack, thero comparative qulet pre= valled. Anm yet no d hag been achleved by ro-Ge mans or the Russians | 1 fighting that has beo several daye in Volhy The Petrog mear IKiselin nia, violent allles werc r HUGHES REPEATE STATEMENT ABOUT LUSITANIA ACTION. Repetition {s Called Forth by Utters ance of Becretary McAdoo, Youngstown E. Hughes, reite what he said i night about followed wi tania, ton terance of Secretury declaration that impossible to the & bne_eould mesn “Now . treasury to compl & statement of wh had' the sinking ooe sald, after relierating ve &tated his bo in advanee of what e not have done My he advanee a8 to what 1 we ne weuld know that n fact 1 would have doneé in ihe described svent. 'The eeetetary's remarks show i oan flumiboating way this admin tration's eoneeption of the valus wu?ds; i of apparently seemis impossible to thig nistration that onc ean mean wha say Ahiat is its diffieuity, | With + ilireat of aectlon does not 6 t. meatl anvthing but words, My poeition 18 somewhat 9 mean t I say, a becaiise ihis would have been well known, and ¥e shouid already have had a teputa doh for firm ond vorreet policiek, 1 re= yeat that the Lusitanis would not have seent siink’! BLYDE LINE ETEAMER ARAPHOE is 8AFE Lost Her Rudder 6% Oape Loskout in_Bterm: different. Norfoll, Vo, Ot 8. =Wireless mes- m@es late today frem the Civde lins steamer Apuphoe, 3 hige TLookout | he (dsel safely anshor ! | The stord is abati 8 boast guatd euiteis Semineio -?d BPaiplien dre €A Foute to the aid 3 the Araphoe and should reaeh the fteathef earl tonisht 300D WERK OF VOLUNTEER LIFE SAVING €cfABS Saved Over 300 Lives in New Yerk City During the Bummers More than 500 ¥ Hiembers of the s in s ei-¥ BHFln o SUf F 1518, deeordtos 18 éfiuisdés- e @piic ‘toiilani. Approwimatery 8,000 Giinteers operating ih 81 GHEWs And pry ey 6] & fits V»f’?&- Cg?y’h 4. 85,660 POUNBS MABKEAEL IN TW8 EASTS 6F SEINES Hhilted Brot e| The d | of the toduy was |cords the capture of Russian trenche: the west bank of the repulse with heavy casualties of ssian nttacks near Bubnow. of Zborow 0s have been by the Aus at cks were put allies in wving held the Teutonic Transyl- mountain passes on the arious lared to be pu los, who are 1 ting In the moun enerally spoaking, th in the mituation in Maced, the entent and Teutonic to minor in the n are inglng up onts nnd a large number of mortars, apt Trentino in v vicinity of einforeo- trench on Mount Pasublo, in t reglon, whero the Austria 1eks recaptured posit o Baltans, only . artillery duel: the Auatr ag place in RCOEBEVELT QREETED BY SNOW AND SLEET As He Entered the Wast to Advocate the Elsctieon of Hughos. eng City, Mo, Oct. 10.—Storms w and sleet grected the wpeclal ying 'Theodore Roosevelt tonight he entered the west to udvocate the | ‘tion of Charles ghes for | presiaent. enly Kn rear mlatform specch made at Jefferson City, Mo, Where Mr, Roosevelt spoke for flve minutes. He called attention to the Lusitania inecident and declared “the orime was the result of foreign= erd being of the opinlon that Ameri- [€ans did not mean what they said. d they were right” he concluded, Beveral men formenly allied with Colonel Nooseveit in the progressive pHEly met the special here, Willlam Allen Whits, one of the patrty, board- ed the train and rode with Mr. Roose- vell 48 far as Empotia, RKas. My, Roosevelt promises to ninke o sghort stay in Emporin 8iX MINERS ENTOMBED BY EXPLOBION OF DusST | 1A Mine Near Fairment, W, Va~—Res. suers Werking Decperately, Fairmont, W. Va, O6t. 10.~Hix men are lnown t0 have been entombed nd uine others ire missing as a resuli of explosion of esal dust in mine No. of the Jamigen Coal and Coke com- pany at Haraclkviile, near here, today. The intetior of the mine as well us the tipple and other buildings were wreeked by the blast, Altheugh %00 Ben are tonigh: werking desperately to clear away the debrig ofielals of the esmpany believe it will be noon tomorroW befure resecuers can enter tho workings. A Jescue 6af fram the Pitteburgh station of the bureau of mines arrived tenight, About 250 men are ordinarily em- ploved in the mine, but owing to & shoriage of ears they Were not works- ing today. 3 WORGESTER MAN PATALLY 8LASHED BY A RAZOR prieidbrdiin Assailant Alse Badly Out Woman With the 8ame Instrument, VWoreester, Muass, 0ot 18.-=James Mekeiny was slashed to death with & 1aser and Mrs, ton Was Eo Badly eut with the same wi n to= 4y that her name is on the @anger- 6us list in City lw%glm. The police are seasching for Willlam Dorter as egs nian Whe slashed the souple. All the barties are eolored and asserding tg the stery learned by the polies this afternaen Went to the Areh street houss, where the Pattens lived and tried to get the Patten Feturn #0 iive with him. [ 3 Bf the waman, grter mafle his eseape. S6URT SUSTAINS EXCEPTIONS IN THE MOHR TRIAL, BGase of Negrees Brewn and 8pellman Gses ts Rhede lsland Buprema Gourt, [oremiasl Providenee, Oet. 18, —The exeeptions with madincanions takeh b okhod and | howevor, controvorts this by the ose fon thai the ermans are engaged | Bue- | onia, | ¢ successes | | to | o T 095 Cat o * “aragraphs o3 P };é _ss On American Companies ¢~ ion, Oct. 20.—The Daily Tele- N .ph says the loss on the Alaunia’s .argo falls heavily on American insur- ance companies, as the amount placed with the British underwriters was very small, being chiefly comprised in covering butter valued at 40,000 pounds sterling. STATE LAWS FOR PHYSICAL AND MILITARY TRAINING Advocated at Meeting of University of New York. Albany, N. Y, Oct. 19.—Two new state laws providing for physical and / iraining of school children vraised highly by cpeakers at the opening session of the fifty-second uyocadon of the University of the New York' today. Irving of Yale Unlyersity declared he belleved the laws would tend make the next generation stronger the presen var is really face Fisher anticipate that we shall see a cecrier and clearer interest In Life and race conservation than ever oxisted before, The gigantic cxperiment of aicoholic prohibition in Russia, with its wonderfully good and D results, {s an immedlate product of product thus 1o me to be the passage c and Slater acts in thi for the obligatory militar; school children. “I am in favor of these ot acts from many points of view, but that on which I would place stress at present i point of view of the physical dc nent of the child, This physic clopment in an intex: rt sk of preparing good r s much more. We real men behind the guns a real man and a real woman in every other relatlon in life. | SECRET HISTORY CHICAGO | POLICE DEPARTMENT the op- 1 de- of our Is Being Divulged in Heating of Gharges Agalnet lts Chief. Chicago, Oct, 10. history of the Chicaso ment _wae i to | Oleon's court, Hoy peliing jof I e Healey, cl enforeing Judg: arncy Chlefl with vie | we e eflect lotly eiffor the qulet, dee al o irion said, o " | tain { make hewever, no viola- orde were t olosing merely v Lin — POTASH DEPOSITE IN CUBA ARE COF LITTLE VALUE Samples S8how No More Potash Thar Normally Found in Limestone. The potash de- > been found in have praved to be of little value, nccording Mundo. The paper pays that Montoulien, the mining er pointed by President Menoval to vestigate the beds, hus reported that 80 camples Bhow no mere potash than i normully found in ln mote o 1 with silicate sflpate and plutonic rocka, Bome samples are &sald to have shown 16 per vent. of potash moluble in water but this beeni the result of nceidental concen- tration by he chemist, e Ame lepation has asked for a vopy of Monte Vs report which will hen completed, that the have u It is Armour Intereats no 61 ono whoere the IS of Chic ) thousand acres of the L potash was found, CAUGHT BETWEEN GRAVEL VAND EXPRESS GARS Jamee Atwell, 28, Was Instantly Killed at Lewiston, Me, Lewiston, Me, Oct. 16.—James At- well, 26, empl 1 by the Gentt Du- reait of Bfficlenecy, Hyracus: N. Y when and an wee ingtanily kllled eaught between a gravel express cur the 1 & Watervil the campany's car 1 twheels of the mravel ear mplitting ¢ switeh was responsible for the ncel- dent, OBITUARY, Frederick Q. Alldis. Torrington, Conn, Oct. 18.—Fred~ erielkk @, Alldls, uged 72, formerly post master of Torrington una prominent in the state legislature in the mession of 1011, and later custodiun of the house, dled last night at Nowark, N, J, after an illneee of uhout a year, Mayer GCharles Wiiliam Whipple. Bummit, N, J. 0Oc 19.~~Major Churles Willilam Whipple, who wus chief ordnance ofilcor of the exped tlon to the Philippincs in 1898, ai at his heme here Wednesdny. Major Whramu wai born at Portsmough, N. H,, Bept, 28, 1846, and was the zon Major Ceneral A. W. Whipple was killed at the battle of lorevillo, Ho was retire army ¥eb., 2, 1601, Prof. David Nelson Camp. New Britain, Conn, Oot. 10.—Prof. David Nelson Camp, affectionately known as “New Britain’s grand old man” and for many years ong of the most prominent educators in Connec- ticut, dled at his home tonight, aged # yoars. Ho had been In poor health for the past few weeks, but previously he_had been remarkably vigorous. Profogsor Comp was state superin- tendent of schools from 185C to 1808; Was one of the filrgt principals of the Now Britain State Normal school, and was w formor professor at St. John's college, Annapolis, Md, He was the irgt secretary of the State Touchers’ asgoclation, organized in 1848, He was second mayor of this city and always maintained o deep interest in elvic affairs. He represented the town in the genoral assembly in 1539- 96, Ho was president of the Skinner modifications Y | Chuck company, a director of the New gufibei for the neage, ©Geail Vietor | Britain Nationdl bank and chairmen oivn and Fi : Bpellman, during |of the Now Britain institute, He was g:a‘lv mg OF the mleder of D, laotve in Congregational affaire and ag!‘s_ . Mohf, were allowed teday | was senior deacon of the South church. bg 5 as superior | Profeasor Camp secured his early g&gfl &l miw'i* }n ROW g: !h: education tgy hprlvm:e t&noring.! Yale FEe ve him @ honorary degree of mas- weelks Befere the vase 18 heard of arts in 1853 Huglenvel his _daughter, Miw, G. O, Rogers. Several of Gunard Liner’s Grew Lost WHEN ALAUNIA WAS SUNK BY A MINE. IN ENGLISH CHANNEL Passengers Had Debarked at Falmouth and the Ship Was Bound from That Port to London—Was One of the Newer Vessels of Cunard Line. New York, Oct. 19.—The Cunard liner Alaunia, which sailed from this port October 7, was sunk by a mine in the English Channel today and some of her crew may have been lost, accord- ing to cable advices to the local Cun- ard officials. The Alaunifa met her e while proceeding to London from ‘nlmouth, where on Tuesday the of- flelals said, she landed all of her 243 including twenty-one c who salled on her from New York. Captain H. M. Benison and the ma- fority of the crew of 250 were saved, according to the advices, but some of them were reported myssing. All Passengers Safe. Definite word was received Wednes- lay, it was announced, of the landing »f the passengers at Falmouth the day hefore, removing all doubt as to their 1fety, Moreover, no bhookings, it was stated, were made for London by the steamer and all passengers were told that they would have to complete their yurney from Falmouth to London by all, Struck a Mine. The cablegram telling of the vessel's as gead: “Alaunia “hannel this ng the forenoon. - of crew saved. struck mine in English morning. Sunk dur Benison and major. Several missing.” Through & stenographer’s error the ext ng flrst made public made the hird gentence read: and majority crew aking {t appear that the pas- heen in jeopardy, but this was later corrected. One of the Newer Vessels. The Alaunin, one of tho newer ves- of the Cunard hne, sailed from arrived at Newport and mus ve passed Nantucket at about the me timo the U-63 the next morning began her operations in that vicinity nst Britlsh shipping. Incldent- the Cunarder was armed for de- cnse against submarines. Cunard War’s Supplies. The Alaunja carrfed cargo of be- woen 10,000 and 12,000 tons of mer- handise Including war muppliss, bu o munitions, Among the items listed were rubber nd copper goods, hemicals, Thg main part of her cax. to be discharged at London, nly & small portion having been put off at Falmouth, Bullt in 1918, the ship was 6520 feet ong with a gross tonnage of 13,405. WARNINGS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO MARINERS Of Presence of Mines in Course Taken by the Alaunia. Washington, Oct. 10.—Charts com- plled by the navy hydrographic office from announcements of tho British admiralty showing the latest mined areas reveal a number of eoxtensive flelds .where mines have been sown, javing only a tortuous channel, the course of which 18 known only to ad- miraity officers, from Falmouth to London, Wuarnings of these arcas have been given to mariners, ndvising them to obtain special pilots from the ad= miralty wervice to insure safe navize- tlon, With these precautions to safeguard shipping, navy officlals horo flnd it difficult to understand how the Alaunia could have heen sunk oxcept by a mine which had broken from anchor= go or one dropped by an enemy mine ayer, I The United States and Groat Britain perfected an agreoment at the begin- ning of the war wherecby the arets of mine flelds would be announcec to mariners and other precautions taken to protect slipping. In order to keep the channels open to navigution ad- iralty vessels constantly are employ- ed In sweeping operations both along the coasts and at the entrance of com- merelal ports, ORDERS FOR MORE THAN 200 AEROPLANES Have Been Placed by War Depart- ment for Aviation Expansion. Washington, Oct. 18.—Orders _for more than 200 aeroplanes have been placed by the war depurtment as the first step in expansion of the aviation zervice under the army reorganization act and contracts for about 100 addl- tional machines of various types prob- ably will be awarded in the near fu- ture. In most cases delivery within a short perfod is stipulated. Nearly 100 of the planes already or- dered are of a special school type for use at the regular army training school at San Diego, Cal, and the national guard schools at Mineola, N. Y., and Chicego. The others are of reconnaissance, pursuit and battle types. The machines, orders for which were distributed among several com- panies, are to develop a power ranging from 80 to 200 horse power. Signal corps officers said tonight that with this increased equipment in immedtate prospect an enlistment cam- paign would begin within a few days for aviators. “MILLION DOLLAR DA AT METHODIST CONVENTION Conference Secretaries of W. H. M. S. Reporting Pledges. Columbus, O. Oct. 19.—This was “Million Dollar Day” at the national convention of the Methodists’ Wom- en’'s Home Missionary Society meeting here. Conference secretaries were re- porting their pledges for missionary work and the goal for this year is $1,- 000,000 Pledges are approximately ten per cent. higher than last year and indi- cations are the goal will be reached, it was stated. A children’s pageant will feature to- morrow’s session. on the day the German submarine | Condensed Telegrams The fourteenth annual Jovian con- vention opened at Indianapolis. E. L. Doheny announced that he will build and equip a radium institute at/ Los Angeles. The first squadron Cavalry, left Richmond, Mexican border. of Virginian Va., for the Nearly every building in the village o White Rock, Me., was destroyed by fire at a loss of $40,000. Mrs. Emma J. Stephens of New York was elected national president of the Patriotic Order of America. Harry Somers, of Roodhouse, I, was kiiled, when two Chicago Al- & ton freight trains collided. p F. W. Weitzel of Washington, was indicted on 29 counts in the United States Court at Covington, Ky. Prince Boncompagni of Italy, ob- tained a license to wed Margaret Freston Draper, of Washington. Dealers in Providence have r the retail price of all domestic sizes of anthracite coal one dollar a to George Albert Smith, of City, Utah, was elected president of {the International Irrigations Congress. William Lloyd Bowron, the first member of Lodge No. 1 of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks is dead. T. C. Brown, student at the Wright School, Garden City, was seriously in- jured by a fifteen foot fall in a prac- tice flight. Eight Forses, four mules and 300 chickens perished in a $§10,000 fire on the farm of William Y. Holt, at Flem- ington, N. J. Three women were injured in a colllsion of automobiles in Central Park on the West Drive at Seveaty- fourth street, New York. John D. Rockefeller arrived at Tar- rytown, N. Y., from Cleveland in a special car with a retinue of twenty- six servants. An order prohibiting the sale of more than one clgar daily to the same customer will be issued in a few days by Hungary. Lena Benafiglior 13, was taken to jall charged with kiiling her f: ho slept at Keily Hiil, near burg, W. Va. Clarks- Beginning a_direct steamship ser- rice between Philadelphia and South America the steamship Carolyn sailed with & capacity cargo. Many Germans, interned In Aus- tralla since the outbreak of hostilities in Hurope, arrived at Honoluly, route to the United States. Fred Wilson, 26 years oid, kicked en food supplies and | in.theshead walleplaying tootbaud a ow days ago, died at Minneapolis, Minn, without Tegaining conscious- ness, Prominent men and women from oth the North and South were present 1at the dedication of the monument to Robert E. Lee on Gettysburg Battle- tield, Three men were severely injured by the falling of a steam shovel used in the construction of a new building at Lexington avenue and Seventy-second street. Gov. Whitman granted permission to John Toomey, & conviot, to atiend his mother’s funeral in Geneva, N. Y. Toomey ls serving ten years for man- slaughter. The present directors of the Ameri- can locomotive compuny have been sustained in thelr management of the corporation by a vote of 285,000 shares against 75,000, Not a single death from Infantile paralysis in_ the entire city was re- ported by New York health authori- tles Thursday yo¢ the first time since the last week in June. Jugtice J. Addison Young signed an order granting a final decree of di- vorce to Mrs, Marie M. Harkness from Harry 8. Harkness, the wealthy sportsman, and aviator. killed 0 was trolley crashed Clarence J. Burk was irctantl when an automobile in which {1 riding skidded across the tracks in Darby, Pa., and against a telephone pole. The Paris Figaro states the Duke of Orleans, pretender to the French throne, is to seek a Papal anullment of his marriage to the Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria. Plum rudtfinn and mince pies in On- [tario will be minus brandy sauce this yvear. The Ontario License Board has ruled use of liquors for this purpose violates the prohibition act. A munitions factory and the 89th street ferry terminus were threatened |by the flames which destroyed two brick factory buildings in Brooklyn, causing damage estimated at $35,000. An unidentified man, apparently about 50 years old, was struck and killed_on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad about half a mile east of the Milford station by an east bound express. The United States Public Health Service announced the beginning of strict quarantine measures to prevent the spread of cholera, which {s now prevalent in parts of Asia, to the TUnited States. The Central Railroad of New Jorsey will apply for an _injunction in the Federal Court on Monday to prevent Jersey City from enforcing an_ordi- hance prohibiting the storage of high explostves In Jersey City. Brooklyn ministers are determined to have Billy: Sunday conduct a cam- paign In their borough. An invita. tion signed by 400 preachers and lay- men of Brooklyn some time ago will be sent to the Evangelist. Lyman Hall, born in Wallingford in 1724, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was honored by his na- tive town with the unveiling of a me- morial boulder, and the laying of the cornerstone of the Lyman Hall high school. The International Milk Dealers at the close of their convention at Springfield, Mass., voted to establish in ‘Washington a research to work in eollaboration with national research bureaus to investigate scientific dis- ‘tribution-of milk, “ (By a Staff Correspondent) The most disastrous fire ever in the town of Westerly, and which threat- ened the more populous section of the village of Watch Hill occured Thurs- day night and but for the timely ar- rival and excellent service of the La- France pumper of the Mystic fire de- partment al the buildings in Bay street would probably have been des- troyed. Fire Spread Rapidly. The fire started near the roof of the southeast corner of the New Watch Hill House d was presumely caused by the crossing of two street wires I that enter the big wooden huilding at | that point. The fire crept alonz the jroof to the cupola and in quick time the building was in a s oi flumes and which conti d un it b ed itself completely out. _ The hotel | bullding belor tate and is leased } 1. Strong Gale Blowing. A strong gele pr 1 ac the time and the fire comm ted with the large cottage of William T. Hastings of Yonkers, N. Y. This cottage was occupled. Mrs. Hastings recently su fered « shock and is in a serious con- dition. She was removed to the pri- vate hospital of Dr. John Champlin, | This cottage was completely burned but somo of the contents were saved. Watch Hill Seemed Doomed. The-swhole “sedtion “was % mao lively sparks and.it.sesmed.as if the whole hill was docmed. Ths cottage of Miss Julia Bush of Troy, N. Y. located near the Hastings cottage was completely stroyed. Colonial Hotel Burned. The roof of the Colonial liotel next took fire and with its contents was completely destroyed. This building was owned by Walter P of Wes- teriy. Then the fire flends leaped to the Columbla IHouse ax as burned down to the first his building was also owned by Walter Price, s of FIRE LOSS AT WATCH HILL ABOUT $250,000 Flames in Strong Gale Threatened the Most Populous Section of Famous Summer Resort WATCH HILL HOUSE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYEL Two Other Hotels, the Colonial House and the Columbiz House and Two Cottages Are a Mass of Ruins—Firemen Worked Hard to Save the Spark-Showered Buildings in Bay Street—Heavy Rain Finally Completely Extinguigh: ed the Flames—Two Mystic Men Received Serious Burn: While Working on the Engine. Water Was Low. The Rhode Island Ones of Westerly and the Peleg S. Barber Hose Co. of the Hoxie Co. of Mystic ass the Watch Hill fire department in fighting the flames. The water pressure was low and several had but little effect until the arrival of the Mystic pumper. This machine made the run from Mystic to Watch Hill in 22 minutes and immediately took station in Bay street and dropped suction in the bay and in short order three powerful streams were avail- able. Sparks Fell in Showers. At this time the Colonial Hotel was burning the other four buildings be- ing completely destroyed. The sparks Wi in showers over the build- ings in Bay street. The Narragan- sett Hotel was in danger but was saved by a well directed stream. Heavy Rainfall Aided. Then the firemen directed their at- tention to_sav. the spark covered bLuildings in Bay street and after a vigorous fight succeeded. By eleven o'clock the fire was under control and aided by a heavy rainfall the’ destruc- tion of other buildings was averted. The total loss is estimated at $225,000. Two Men Seriously Burned. Luke McKenon and Ernest Bliven of the Mystic company were seriously burned while at work on the engine. They were pouriug gasoline in the tank whenz-Hyte: ignited the fluid and immediately .the two young men were a mass of flame. Mr. Mc- Kenon jumped overboard and so do- ing received a cut in the head by con- tact with a rock, while the flames on Mr. Bliven were smothered. Both young men were severely burned about the face and hands. Five Buildings a Mass of Ruins. The Mystic machine returned home !just before midnight and soon there- after the other fire companies were dismissed. The heavy rain completely ex ished the flames and the five buildings are a mass of ruins. ESCAPED SING SING CONVICT SHOT BY PRISON GUARD When He Disregarded Their Order to Throw Up His Hands Tarrytown, N. Y, Oct. 19.—Marquis Crtis, one of the six inmates of ing Sing prison who ped today in a prison automoblle truck, was shot and wounded tonight when suards from Sing Sing who were searching for the conyicts came upon him on the rail- road tr: near the country cstpte of John D. Rockefeller at Pocantico Hills, near here. Curtis had been command- ed by the guards to throw up his hands but apparently was searching for a revolver when he was shot. Even after he had been wounded, it was sald he showed fight and guards who overpowered him found in his Dos- session a revolver fully loaded. Curtis was serving a life term at Sing Sing. He was in clvilian clothes when caught. The authorities learned that he and the other escaped convicts had purchased food from a grocery store in the neighborhood earlier in the evening. Curtls, however, refused to divuige the hiding place of his com- panions. In the belief that they had taken to the woods nearby, the guards continued searching there. Curtis was turned over to three of the prison guards and hyrried back to Sing Sing in an automobile. CHICAGO BAKERS TO APPEAL TO PRESIDENT To Take Steps to Meet the Advanc- ing Price of Flour, Chicaga, Oct. 19.—Recent advances in the prices of wheat and flour prompted B. H. Dahlheimer, president of the Master Bakers Association of Chicago, to make an effort today to present an appeal to President Wilson to take steps to meet the crisis which the bakers say will follow. Mpr, Dahl- heimer and several members of the lo- cal association tried to see the presi- dent at his hotel but were denied ad- ml;tance. Later Mr. Dahlhelmer said: “The president’s attendants refused to let me see President Whson un therefore I shall present the prote: to our congressman, Martin B. Mad- den. Something should be done to meet the advancing prices of wheat and flour, as it involves a Ligher prico for bread as an inevitable conse- quence.” TWO STORMS SWEPT OVER UNITED STATES From the Gulf and One Out of the® Canadian Northwest. Washington, Oct. 19.—Both of the storms that swept States yesterday, one from the Gulf and one out of the Canadian north- west, had spread out and almost dis- appeared tonight after unbalancing temperatures throughout most of the country. Throughout fhe east it was uni- formly wezmer than normal by 10 to 14 degrees today, while the central west and mountain country felt their first real winter weather, = One into the United/] RANCHMEN AND SHERIFFS LOCOKING FOR TRAIN ROBBERS, Believe They Have Them Surrounded in a Ravine. Bliss, Okla.,, Oct, 19.—Ranchmen from several counties, reinforced by numer- ous deputy sheriffs, waited today for some sign from the ravine where it is believed the men who last night rob= bed the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe express train took refuge. Prepa- rations for a siege had been made, but it was expected that the robbers, in the hope of liberty, would make a dash and precipitate a fight. Perry Norman, express messenger, was killed by the robbers when he showed fight. The express safe was demolished by an overcharge of ex- plosive, so that much of its contents Wwas destroyed., Rumors said the ban. dits obtained a loot of §10,000, Dbut this was based on conjecture, Six men participated in tho robbery, flagging the train at a desolate spot north of Bliss on the 101 ranch. Tho robbers worked brisky, two guardin the traln crew, who had been (mfeg to uncouple the engine, express and mail cars and run them a short dis- tance down the track, two others standing sentinel on the rear car, while the remaining two attended to the treasure safe. Their work completed, the outlaws fled in nutomobiles, News of the robbery was not re- celved until the train reached Bliss, although the shooting of Norman at- tracted the attention of ranchmen, Who immediately took up the trall of the bandits. It was because of this that they wero locuted 0 saon after the robbery. LA WARSHIPS WERE NOT ASKED TO MOVE Official Announcement in Washington Denies Statement in British Parlia- ment. Washington, Oct. 19.—It was an- nounced officially that the comploto information on hand now contained no evidence that American destroyers nad been requested to move so that the U-boat could destroy a ship with- out accident. The attention given that report in the debate Tuesday in Brit- ish parliament caused surprise here as offielals attach little importance to it one way or the other. It {s polnted out that the destroyers were on hand purely for humanitarian purposes and that so long as international law was belng observed it was but an aet of courtesy for the German commander to give notice that he intended to alnk the vessel. Franklin D. Roosevelt, acting secre- tary of the navy in the absence of Jo- sephus Danlels, Is quoted by a news service here as saying In a written statement: “It can be stated definitzly, that tho destroyers of the United States navy which went to the vicinity of the Nantucket Shoals Light vessel Sun- day, Oct. 8 in response to §. O, S. calls, did not in any way violate thelr duty of neutrality in regard to the vessels sunk or the passengers and crews thereof. The action of the navy was in absolute accordance with in- ternational law and the dictates of hu- manity.”