Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 21, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVi.—NO. 254 POPULATION 2- ¢ RORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1916 16 PAGES — 128 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwic! . GERMAN ARMIES IN STRONG OFFENSIVE They Are Holding Forces of the Entente Allies Check in Northern Macedonia TEUTONS RECAPTURE TRENCHES FROM BRITISH The Teutonic Forces Have Stormed Russian Positions on the Left Bank of the Narayuvka River, Southeast of Lem- berg, and Have Held Them Against Counter-Attacks— Field Marshal Von Mackensen Has Resumed His Drive Toward the Constanza-Bucharest Railroad in Dobrudja— Violent Fighting Continues in Monte Pasubio Between the Austrian and Italian Troops. In France, in Galicia, and region of Rumania mies of the central powers have suc- stully taken the offensive against their opponents. They are also hold- ing the entente allies in check in northern Macedonia and_are contin- s the fighting on the Transylvania- Rumania frontier. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, assuming_the initiative on the Sommé front in France, has, according to the Berlin war office, recaptured from the British the greater part of the posi- tions won_from the Germans Oct. 1§ between Eaucourt I'Abbaye and Le Barque, between the Pozieres-Ba- paume ‘road and Gueudecourt and to- ward Beaucourt. The Germans. also have successRully withstood British attacks near Courcelette and Le Sars and on the Pozieres-Bapaume road. Paris reports ouly artillery activity on the Somme front, but London chroni- cles the repulse, with heavy casualties in the Dobrudja the ar- of a German attack in the Thiepval region. = On the easfern front the Teutonic forces have stormed Russian positions on the left bank of the Narayuvk river southeast of Lembers and d the conquered ground against counter- attacks. - Fourteen officers and 2,030 men and 11 machine guns were taker: here by Prince Leopold's troop: In Volhynia the fighting continues with varying results, both the Austro- Germans” and the Russians claiming | repulses of attacks on various sectors. North of Kiselin a stubborn battle is being waged, no decision having yet been reported. Field Marshal Ven Mackensen again has resumed his drive toward the Constanza-Bucharest railroad in Do- brudja. While Berlin reports the fighting there as “liveller,” Bucharest admits’ that the Rumanian left wing along the Black sea coast has been thrown- back. Petrograd reports that the Teutonic attacks were repelled with heavy losses and that the battle continues. The Rumanian armies are fighting hard to drive the troops of the cen- tral powers back through the frontier passes into Transylvania. Bucharest reports the beginning of an offensive in the Oitus valley, northeast of Kron- stadt, and the taking of Mount Surul, east of Rothenthurm Pass, south of Hermannstadt. Attacks in the Bran defile and the Trotus, Uzul and Alt valleys were repulsed by the Ruman- fans. While Paris says the Serbians have captured the town of Velyeselo, north of Brod, in the region marked by the bend in' the Cerna river in southern Serbia, Berlin declares the offensive there has come to a halt hefore the stand of the forces of the central pow- ers Violent fighting continues on Monte Pasublo, in the Trentino resion. with Rome abd Vienna.both claiming siight successes. EPISCOPALIANS DISCUSS RECLAMATION OF MASSES “Mistake to Bind Fortunes of Church With Priviliged Class t. Louis, Oct. 20.—Urging that w out affiliating itself with any “poli cal scheme,” the church take a larger interest in the work of improving the masses, leaders of the church spoke at a joint fheeting of rne two houses of th Protestant Episcopal general convention here. They said that by such action, the great mass of labor- ing people, “many of wrom have been estranged, can be won back to the church.’ The Right Rev. Edwin S. Lines, bishop of Newark (New Jersey) said “it's a great mistake to bind the for- tunes of the church with the privil- edged classes. There are many men who tell me they are opposed to so many move- ments in the church, but that is only begause they oppose movements of any kind. “It is a great misfortune to put the fortunes of the church up to the priv- ileged people. In binding the fortunes of the church of England with the rivileged class its hold on the great body of the unrivileged has been lost. A bishop of the English church told me not long ago that uow the priv- ileged people have lost thei: interest in the church and that the unprivil- eged have long ago been lost by the lack of interest taken in them by the chureh. That is why the Church of England is now so weak. Let us bind the church by our interests and our work, with the minds and the hearts and the lives of the great company.ocf the unprivileged and the poor.” Detroit was selected as the neeumg place. NFANTILE PARALYSIS REMAINS A MYSTERIOUS DISEASE Medical Men at a Loss As to How to Handle the Disease. Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 20—Infantile paralysis still remains a mysterious disease to the medical profession, par- ticularly as to its origin and to a great degree in its transmission, ac- cording to medical men who discussed the subject today at the meeting of the American Association for Study and_Prevention of Infant Mortality. Dr. Wade H. Frost, past assistant sur- geon of the United States health ser- vice, Washington, D, C., cited statis- tics of the spread and cnecking of the disease and declared: “We have made no_discovery whatever.” Dr. Henry H. Bracken, secretary of the Minnesota state board of health, sald: “We are at a loss as to how to handle the disease. 300 ELECTORAL VOTES CLAIMED FOR HUGHES By Charles W. Farnham, Manager of the Hughes Tour. New York, Oct. 20—A total of 300 electoral votes assured for Charles E. Hughes with fifty more probable and another 65 possible, was claimed for the republican presidential candidate in a statement issued tonight by Charles W. Farnham, manager of the Hughes campaign tour. There are 531 votes in the electoral college. Mr. Farnham said he based his con- clusions on observations of conditions in all parts of the country. Among the states he in the “sure” col- Enn ‘were Ohlo, New York, [llinois and diana. After_a serles of conferences, Vance McCormick, % national next BRITISH SCHOONER HARD AGROUND OFF WOODMONT Lights of That Town Were Mistaken fof Those of New Haven. Woodmont, Conn., ct. 20.—Mistaking the lights of this town for New Haven harbor, the British schooner Priscilla, hurrying to shore for medical atten- tion for her captain, Robert Newcombe of Parrsboro, N. S, groufided on a sand bar in Long Island Sound near here tonight in.a dense fog. Captain Newcombe, wno is seriously ill of pleurisy, was removed from his vessel by a rescue party sent from this town and =iven medinl attention here. Later, it #as planned to take him to a New Havom hospital. The remainder of the crew was brought ashore also. The schooner grounded about 250 vards from .shore near the summer residence of S. Z Pol, tne tneatrical magnate. She was hard aground at a late hour tonight, with a' high sea runnink. It was planned to attempt to_pull the vessel off at high tide. The Priscilla was loaded with coal and bound from Elizabethport, N. J., to St Stephens, N. B. She is owned in_St. Johns, B. Two of Captain Newcombe's sons are members of the crew. They said their father had been in a dangerous condition ever since they left the Jer- sey coast. 200th ANNIVERSARY OF YALE AT NEW HAVEN Six Thousand Persons Will Take Part in Pageant Today. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 20.—Festivi- ties commemorating the 200th anni- versary of the removal of Yale Col- lege from Saybrook to New Haven commenced tonight with the presenta- tion, in Woolsey Hall, of the Art school masque ““Cupid and Psyche.” The bik event of the celebration oc- cours tomorrow—the pageant. Six thousand persons will take part in the affair, which is to be presented in the Bowl. There will also be a historical meeting, to be followed by an illumi- nation of the New Haven Green. SUBMARINE BREMEN A MONTH OVERDUE American Manager Fears She Has Been Lost With All Her Crew. Baltimore, Oct. 20.—Paul G. Hilken, American manager of the company owning the German merchant subma- rines, today admitted that the Bre- men was a month overdue and that her crew. The Bremen's captain, K. Schwarz- kopt, the First Officer Libermann von Sonnenberg, were officers of the North German_ Lloyd liner Grosser Kurfurst before the Buropean war. ONLY FOUR LIVES WERE LOST WITH THE ALAUNIA, The Remainder of the Crew Was Res- cued—No Passengers Aboard. London, Oct. 19, 6.35 p. m. — The sinking of the .Cunard liner. Alaunia entained only the loss of the lives of four members of the crew, so far as has been ascertained. The remainder of the crew was rescued. It is under- stood that all the passengers were ianded before the vessel met with its mishap. Movements of Steamships. New York, Oct, 20, led, steamer Ville de Tamatave, Marseilles. Ar- rived, steamers it of the Garter, Leghorn; Kotonia, Progreso. * Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Gennecticut in Proportion to the City’s Po_pulation. \v‘abled Paragraphs Swellish Steamer Sunk. London, Oct. 20, 6.5 p. m. — The Swedish steamer Mercur has been sunk by a German submarine. The crew of 15 was taken to Skagen, Denmark, by the submarine. ENGINEER MANSFIELD FOUND NOT GUILTY Enthusiastic Applause Followed Announcement of the Verdict. the (Special to The Bulletin.) Westerly, Oct. 21.—zhere were oyer three hundred in the court room at 120 this (Saturday) morning awaiting the return of the verdict in the trial of Engineer Charles H. Mansfield, En- gineer of the Gilt Edge express, who has been on trial for several weeks on a charge of manslaughter as a_ result of the wreck at Bradford station on April 17, when five persons were killed, when Judge Rathbun sent for the jur: to come /ito-the courtroom. Reques came back for a further wait of five minutes and the request was granted. After being out for seven hours and twenty-five minutes the jury returned to their seats in the jury box. Clerk Caswell asked the customary question concerning two counts for manslaught- er and Foreman Brown in 2 stentorian volce said “not guilty.” Immediately there was enthusiastic applause fol- lowing the announcement of the ver- dict. gineenilowrkh, now is the time for al Mansfield had a banquet after the verdict. WHEAT CONTINUES TO RISE IN PRICE High Water Mark Set in 1898 is Threatenea. Chicago, Oct. 20.—Wheat continued to break records on the board of trade today and for the sccond time this week seemed to threaten the high water mark set in 1898 when Joseph Leiter c~nered tye market. Wheat for delivery next December sold at one time at $1.71 2-4 and although the closing price was two cents under this figure the tense situation was not re- lieved. Another advance in_ the price of flour was reported at Minneapolis and according to a despatea from Colum- bus, Ohio, the National Master Ba ers’ Association announceg that 185 bakers failed during the three sum- mer months because of the high price of_flour. In Chicago B. H. Dahlheimer, presi- dent of the Master Bakers' Association of Chicago, announced that the as- sociation will meet Monday to star campaign through obtoin an embarzo on the export of wheat and flour until the domestic sit- uation is relieved. Six members of the association tried to obtain an audience with President Wilson on the subject yester but the president could not find time to see them _Mr. Dahlheimer said that at the Présent rate Chicago,. which was re- ‘cently called upon to pay six cents for the traditional lizhtweight five cent loaf, would have to support a further raise. STREET LIGHTS IN HALIFAX ORDERED TURNED CFF. Whether a Zeppelin or Submarine At tack is Feared is Unknown. Halifax, N. S, Oct. 20.—All lights, except a few shaded ones in the west and north ends, have again been o | dered turned off in the streets of this city at night, and all blinds must be drawn, according to orders just sent out from milita v headquarters, Whether a visit from trans- Atlantic Zeppeiin or an attack from {the sea by enemy war craft is feared is not known. “The lights will be turned out cause the naval and military ties feel that it is necessary,” is the only statement made by headquarters. Citizens who have fretted over the necessity of makins their way through dimly lit strects were cheered when city "officials announced on Tuesday that the lights would soon be turned on again, but later the milltary au- thorities made it known that the re- sumption of street Jighting was to b only temporary and that it was for the be- authori- i purpose of testing the visibility of the lights from the sea, the basin and the haxibor. To an inquiry as to why the order of “lights out” did not apply to St John, N. B., as well as to this city, the reply was made at military head- quarters: “Oh, well, you know John is not as important as Hali JUMPED ON AUTOMOBILE WILSON WAS RIDING Pittsburgh Machinist Heid for Exami- nation Regarding His Sanity. IN Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 20.—Richard Cullen, aged 22, a machinist, who was taken into custody after attempting to tomobile ' in which Presmlent Wilson was riding here today, was examined by physicians this afternoon and or- dered sent to the city home at May- iew for further observation regard- he feared she had been lost with allf ing his sanity. Cullen denied that he intended harming the president. say- ing he was not satisfled with the ad- ministration’s foreign policies and just wanted to talk to him, A bottle of liquid in a bag carried by Cullen was found to contain medicine, according to the police. A knife with a blade five inches long and several wood chis- els were also in the bag. Cullen has been attending night school at a local technical institute, working during the day for a steel company. $80,000 A MONTH FOR MONTENEGRO GOVERNMENT. King Nicholas Has Asked London for a Larger Allowance. Berlin, Oct. 20 (By Wireless to Say- ville) —*“The Berner Bund reports that King Nicholas of Montenegro has re- celved up to the present time 380,000 a month for expenses of the Montenegrin army and government administration,” says the Overseas News agency. “This subsldy was considered insufficient by the king, who asked London for more. The British government demanded that King Nicholas give an account of the expenses. The king was offended by this demand and, it is said, will send a Montenegrin prince to Petrograd and endeavor to demiate the controversy between the Montenegrin royal family and the economical allie: The American schooner Cora F. '(':-u:y. fmm‘ New York for Rio de aneiro, went aground near Bahia, Brazil. jump on the running board of an au-| | | | ! | | i [Sept. Exports Show High Record $612,847,957 ZWORTH OF GOODS SENT ABROAD. IMPORTS FALLING OFF Total Value of Exports of the Twelve Months Ending With Was $4,971,945,883, Exceeding Pre- vious Year by $1,749,811,699. September ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—American ex- ports made a new record during Sep- tember, when st worth of goods were sent abroad. The exports were greater than ever before in one month and exceeded the previous rec- ord, made in August last, by about Two Armed British Transports Sunk STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE GERMAN ADMIRALTY i l | IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Steamer Crosshill, with Horses and Serbian Grooms, and the Steamer Sedek, Which Was Heavily Laden, Were Vict s of German Submarine Berfin, Oct. 20—(By _wireless to Sayville). The armed British trans- ports Crossbill and Sedek were sunk in the Mediterranean by German sub- marines last week, says an official statement issued by the German ad- miraity. On October 16 a German Those who have gone through about those which were successful that city declared that the way then advertise it. That is excellent advice and i ut! tell his city—honestly, ing the results. umns of The Bulleti 45,000 people daily. , which goes Those who have made certain experiments do Louis, man, who In telling about w] for a city prosperous was to first take a complete inventory of its stock and should take to heart, for publicity in the development of business was ed before it was applied to city development. about his business in the same way that a resident would boost persistently and intelligently. a city and it pavs in the increasing of trade. And the more to whom the story can be told the better will be That can be accomplished by As Good For Business as For a City the mill know how to give advice. not hesitate to tell and that is the case with the St. hat St. Louisians were doing for to advance and become it is a tip which every business man A merchant should It pays in develop- using the advertising col- into the homes and comes before The following is the summary of the matter appearing in The Bulletin's columns during the past week: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Ot g s 7S 180 10225 11 % Monday, Ot 1o 118 126 217 461 Tuesday, Octs 17, 400 140 159 399 Wednesday, Oct. 19.. .86 157 234 474 Thursday, Oct 19, 96 159 244 499 Friday, Oct. 20y. 116 158 178 452 Lol oo o s 591 920° 20517 “3562 $3,000,000. In announcing these sta- | tistics today, the department of com- merce pointéd out that the American export trade was approaching the $5,- 000,000,000 a vear mark. The total of exports for the twelve months ending with September was $4,971,945,853 ex- eding that of the same period the vear before by $1,749,811,69 Imports fell off sharply from the to- tals of previous months, totalling $164,128.604 for September or less by 000,000 than those of August. They were larger by $18,000,000, however, than the average for the correspond- ing month during the past five years. For the year ending with Septemrber imports ~ agsregated $2,207,766,567 against $1,681,298,913 1 vear, and an annual average of $1,725,000,000 for 1911-1915 AMERICAN SCHOONER WAS ON ENGLISH BLACKLIST Richard W. Clark, Recently Seized in Iceland Waters. New Bedford, American recently in Ice Mass., Oct. 30.—The schooner Ricpard W. C reported seized by the British and waters, was on the English because she had tried to get cargo of herring to Germany, ac- ing to Captain J. C. Olsen of this . who has just returned from Ice- where he was master of the American schooner Frank W. Benedict. Captain Olsen charged that British warships _encroached ,upon the three mile limit of Iceland and blockaded the ports of the Darish possession. Numbers of vessels which tried to leave the island with herring oil while Captain Olsen was there were turned back by British warships, he alleged. American vessels, he said, have not been allowed t load herring for Nor- way and their masters have been forc- ed to sign papers to the effect that they will not sell their catches in Nor- way and certain other countries. On foggy nights, he id, British warships anchored acro: the channel so no ships could get by them. He claimed to have seen between 800,900 and one million barrels of her- ring rottinz in Iceland ports, British agents purchasing them to keep them blackiis a from eventually being shipped into Germany. OBITUARY, Mrs. Louisa Moshier. East Lyme, Conn, Oct. 20.—Mrs. Louisa Moshier, 101 years old, the old- est resident in this section died Thurs- day and will be buried® Saturday aft- ernoon in Waterford. She leaves two sons, Albert Stark of Bristol and Ben. jamin Judd of New London. She was married three times. Willard 8. Plumb. Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 3).—Willard S. Plumb, 59 vears old, secretary and treasurer of the City Savings Bank, died tonight at his home here after a. lingering sickness. He had been em- ployed in the bank for 22 years and for the last 12 years held the office of treasurer. He was prominent in many ways in_business circles and held a membership in several prominent clubs. He is survived by his wife and two brothers. Snow, Cold in Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind.,, Oct. 20.—The first snow of the season fell in Indiana to- day, accompanied by a big drop in temperature and a high wind which damaged wire communications. Tem- peratures below freezing were predict- ed for tonight over virtually the entire state. submarine, it is added, shelled factor- ies and the road near Catanzaro, in Calabria, Italy, The report, dated yesterday, “German submarines sank in Mediterranean the following ships: say “October _4—the 3 transport steamer Franc 18,150 tons; October 11, the armed British transport steamer Crosshill, 500 tons, with horses and Serbian grooms: Oct. 15, the armed British transport steam- er Sedek, 4,600 tons, which was deeply iden. The Crosshill and Sedek were bound for Saloniki. “On October 16 a German submarine successfully shelled factories and rail- road works near Catanzaro, in Cala- bria.” The sinking of the transport Fran- conia, a former Cunard linecr, s reported in an official statement is- ued by the British admiralty on Oct. The Franconia carried no troops and twelve of her crew of 202 were reported missing. The British steamer 400 feet lo barton in 1910. She was owned gow and was last reported ne Liverpool for an unnamed des- tination on September 20. The steamer Sedel referred to in the official statement probably is the British steamer Sebek, of 4,601 gro tons and owned in_Liverpool. Sebek was built in West Hartlepool in 1909 and was 385 feet in length. Crosshill_was and was built in Dum- in SEC’Y BAKER CRITICIZED NOMINEE C. E. HUGHES Declares, He is Conducting a Campaign on Irrelevant Issues. Flint, Mich., Oct. 20.—Secretary of War Newton D. Baker, in a speech rere_tonight, criticized Charles E. Hughes, republican presidential nomi- nee, charging him with conducting a campaign of suppression and raising irrelevant issu fe not only has said nothing vital, informing or help- ful,” declared Mr. Baker, “but the peo- ple have ceased to expect anvthing like that of him.” He alluded to the allega‘ion that he had compared the soldiecs of the American _revolution with Mexicans, denying press reports of his speech and sayinz that he had praised the continental soldiers and their leader. The secretary of war defended Pres- ident Wilson'’s administration and praised the Adamson law. and the farm credits act. swering the charge that the of the Adamson law was a der.” he said: “No man can conscientiously do anything wrons while he is president of the United States. The office makes the man who occupies it a pa- triot.” eicht hour day An- PINCHOT SAY'S OUTLOOK IS FAVORABLE FOR HUGHES. Declares Pennsylvania Will Return an Old-Time Republican Majority. Chicago, Oct. 20—Gifford Pinchot, former progressive party leader of Pennsylvania, who' is supporting Hughes and Fairbanks, advised Man- ager Hert at western republican head- quarters that the outlook throughout the east is favorable to the republican national ticket. Mr. Pinchot is on.his way west to make speeches in North Dakota, Oregon, California and vi- zona. Pennsylvania_ will return one of i old-time republican majotities, Ping Condensed Telegrams Total registration at Yale is 3,305, as compared with 3,260 last year. The Maxwell Motor Co. will build a plant at Windsor, Ont., at a cost of $60,000. Part of the Virgina Smelting Co. plant at Norfolk, Va., was destroyed by fire. Three unfinished frame buildings in St. Lawrence Avenue, the Bronx, were destroyed by fire. The Northern Ohio Electric Corpor- ation of New York, was incorporated with a capital stock of $6,375,000. Virginia patriotic societies are cel- ebrating the 113th anniversary of the surrender of Cornwallis at Ygrktown. John Abt, an emplaye of a baking company at New Haven, was award- ed $482.22 compensation’ for the loss of two fingers. The coast guard cutter Tampa has been ordered out from Charleston, S. C.," to hunt the derelict American schooner Dunn. e Striking employes of the Bayonne, N. J., plant of the Standard Oil Co. were advised by Federal mediators to return to work. Six master mechanics from Mexico arrived at San Antonio, Tex., en route to Columbus, Ohio, to buy rolling stock for the National Railways. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows an increase of 29.250. 000 francs in zold and a decrase of 3,726,000 francs in _silver. An increase in wages of two and one-half cents an hour granted to shopmen employed by the CI Eastern Illinois Railroae Co. Z F H ES [ S T 3 H 3 & B a8 g 5 8 ) who killed himself Augu: ing from the tower the building, left an estate of $3,000. The Federal Grand Jury at- Cleve- land returned two indictment's azainst the Pennsylvania Raiiroad Co., charg- ing violations of the Eikius’ rebuto act. Attacked with' heart disease, dining in a 2 State Militia, pital. of anced State Superintendent Works Wortherspoon ann navigation on the New nals would end for Nov. 30. Publio state the season on Homer S. Cummings of Stamford, democratic candidate for United States enator, was the principal speaker at a democratic rally held in Waterbury last night. James Francis Burke, representative in congress, appealed to Attorney- General Gregory at Washington to in- vestigate the northern Ohio dairymen’s organization. Northwestern Train No. 111, Mil- waukee to Ashland, jumped the rails near Milwaukee and piunged into a ditch, killing Engineer Iitzgerald and Fireman Perchain. A bill that will make the parents of a child born out of wedlock husband and wife as soon as the child is born will be backed by the Illinois KEqual Suffrage Association. Commander Evangeline Booth, head of the Salvation Army in America, is suffering from a severe attack of neu- ritis, which has compelled her to abandon a lecturing tour. The delegates from the Danish West Indies on their way to Copeihagen to urge the sale of the islands to_the United States, left San Juan for New York, after a week’s delay. George F. Wilkens, cashier of the Englewood Golf club, of New Jersey, who embezzled about $1,000 and went west, received a sentence of ten months in the* county jail. Because a mischievous boy greased the rungs of'a ladder in the munici pal playground in Yonkers, Natal Farrell, ten years old, is in St. Joseph hospital with concussion of the brain. ie The corporation of Armour & Co., has paid the secretary of state of Il- linois a fee of $50,000 for a certifi- cate authorizing an increase in the capital stock from $§20,000,009 to $100,- 000,000. Unofficial reports from Mexico say that General Ozuna, with a force of 00 cavalry, 12 machine guns and o pleces of artillery, is ‘engaging Villa_in a battle between Santa Ysabel and San Andres. The Presbyterian Synod of New York state, which is holding its annuai meeting at Newburgh, N. Y., accepted the invitation to meet next vear in the First Presbyterian church, at Wa- tertown, N. Y. The battleship Nebraska, returning from Vera Cruz to Hampton Roads and Boston, reported to the navy de- partment that it had passed through the West Indian hurricane in the Gulf, and was undamaged. The Clyde liner Araphoe, which lost a rudder off Cape Lookout yesterday, Friday night wirelessed that she was out of danger and was being towed slow to Norfolk by the coast guard cdtters Seminole and Tampa. Nine persons were injured when a wooden car of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Railway Co., was caught between steel cars of the New York & Queens Railway Co. near the Long Island City and Queensboro bridge. Secretary Daniels, recommended to President Wilson the appointment of officers of the Marine corps as briga- dier-generals in that branch of the service in accordance with the pro- visions of recently enacted nava] ap- propriation bill. SUNDAY SCHOOLS APPEALED TO FOR ARMENIAN RELIEF, An Offering is Asked for This Cau on' Sunday. ’ New * York, Oct. 20.—The 170,000 Sunday schools in America, represent- ing a Sunday school membership of 17,000,000, are appealed to by the World’s and International Sunday School associotions to join in _th movement endorséd by President Wil- son and the fedeval council of churches on behalf of the starving and dying Armenian children, by taking an offering for this cause on next Sun- *<ay, Oct. 22. | Gaston, U. $. TROOPS AND MEXIGANS IN CLASH Fought for Forty-five Minutes Near San Jose, in the Big Bend Country NO LOSES\WERE SUFFERED BY THE AMERICANS Battle Started When a Band of About Thirty Mexicans Open- ed Fire on a Detachment of 23 Men of the Sixth Cavalry and Texas Cavalrymen—Both Sides Fought in Skirmish Formation From Covered Positions on Either Side of the Rio Grande—Whether the Mexicans Were de Troops or Members of a Bandit Band is Not Known. Facto San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 20.—Amer- ican troops and Mexicans clashed near San Jose, in the big Bend country vesterday . afternoon, according to a report received [¢] Al Funston early tonight Colonel Joseph commander of the The fight lasted for 45 minutes. losses were sufiered by and information is la loss among the Mexicans. Colonel Gaston's repurt sald that a band of about thirty Mexicans opened | fire on a detachment composed of twenty-three men of the Sixth Cav- alry and Texas nationai guard ca; squadron, cszaged in patrol < tween Presidio and Ruidosa. district. No L ant Cudington, of the Texas squadron, commanding the troops, ordered his men to return the fire, A vigorous exchange of shots con- tinued for 45 minutes, the Americans and Mexicans firing in skirmish for- mation from covered positions on cither side of the Rio Grande. In- formation from Colonet Gaston did not indicate that the United States troops crossed in pursuit of the Mexicans. After the fight Lieutenant Cudington returned to Ruidosa, with his com- mand. - \Whether the Mexicans were de facto government troops or members of a bandit band, was not known by Gen- eral Funston tonight. e is awaiting a detailed report on the action. Colonel Gaston reported that Major A. V. P. Anderson of the Sixth Cav- alry has gone to San Jose to inves- tizate the incident. Colonel Riojos, commander .of the Carranza garrison at Ojinaga, has gone to the sceme of the fight for UMr same purpose, ac- cording to Colonel Gaston. SAID TO BE A PARTY OF DRUNKEN MEXICANS Washington OTficials Attach Little Significance to the Incident. Washington, Oct. 20.—General Fun- ston, veporting. tonight on the ex- change of shots across the border at San Jose, said that iate reports reach- £ him indicated the American troops were fired upon . “by drunken Mexi- cans.” The despatch made no mention of firing by the American troopers and said there were no casualties on either side. Officials here were inclined to attach little significance to the inei- dent, believing that an irresponsible band had blundered upon the detach- ment of Americans and had withdrawn after firing a few desultory shots. There was nothing in General Fun- ston’s despatch, it was sadi, to indi- cate a prolonged engagement. VANDERBILTS SUE TO RECOVER $150,000. INSURANCE MONEY On Life of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, a Lusitania Victim. New York, Oct. 20.—Suit to recover $150,000 insurance money on the life of Alfred Gwynne Vancerbilt, rown- cd when the. Lusitania was torpedoed, was begun here today against the Travelers _Insurance = Company by Frederick W. and Reginald C. Vander- bilt and the other executors of the will. The company’s attorney said the claim was being contesred because the policy did not cover war risks. The plaintiffs allege that Mr. Vanderbilt's death was brought about ‘“solely through external, violent and acciden- tal means in that he was accidentally drowned.” The complain sets forth that the policy, guarantecing a payment of $50,000, was taken out m 1913 and that the amount of the prospective benefit was increased to $150,000 by a “rider” shortly before Mr. Vanderbilt drowned. was, HUGHES COMING TO NEW ENGLAND NEXT WEEK Will Later Make a Trip to Indiana and Ohio. N New York, Oct. 20—Charles E Hughes, republican presidential nomi- nee, left this city topight for Mont- clair, N. J,, after conferring with Wil- liam R. Willcox, chairman cof the re- publican national committes, on plans for the candidate’s final campaign trip to the middle west. Mr. Hughes also talked with President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University and Herbert Parsons. ‘The candidate will rest at Montelair for three or four days and will see no visitors, it was stated. An occa- sional game of golf is pected to be his chief recreation during his short holiday. Tentative plans have been made for Mr. Hughes to speak in New England following his speech in Brook! next ‘Wednesday night, after which he will spend three or four days here before starting for Indiana and Ohio. MURDER OF LAWYER D. L. DILLWORTH UNSOLVED Jury Finds He Came to Death by Hands of Persons Unknown. New York, Oct, 20.—Dwight L. Dill- worth, a lawyer, who was murdered in Van Cortlandt Park on the night of Sept. 3, “came to his death by the hands Of a person or persons un- known,” according to the verdict of al coroner’s jury here today. The chief witness at the inquest was Miss Mary McNiff, who was riding with Dill- worth in his automobile when he’ was slain. She repeated her story of her companion being shot by men who rose from the bushes beside a dri way and held up the car in the semi- darkness. A YOUNG BANK CLERK SHOT BY A WOMAN ing the Youth, She Then Took Her Own Life. Seattle, Wash, Pratt, an 13-vea nadian Bank of Commerce. wa and killed _today in the bank by Edwin C. Sobel, aze 0, who then shot and killed herself. Sobel w the wife of an advertising agent Seattle, who formerly was pubiicher of the Western Motor ¢ 1 One report as to the moiiva shooting was that Mrs. Sobel hal ac- cused Pratt of telling her husband stories reflecting upon her character. After b $1,100 for Conscience Fund. Washington, Oct. 20—The treasury conscience fund was enriched today by a $1,100 contribution from an unknown person im New York city, who sent a thousand dollar bill and a one hun- dred dollar bill. lautomobiles will cost extra. The Carranza idea is to make a hop, skip and jump into the banking business.—Atlanta Constitution. WILSON CHARGED WITH SHOWING DISCRIMINATION Charles Sumner Bird in Address to Ne- gro Audience at Boston. SIS PRI P L e Charles _Sumner candidate for gov- n address to a ne- gro audience tonight, asserted that President Wilson had shown ‘“unjust and shameful discrimination” against negroes. He gaid that before his elec- tion the president assured a delega- tion of negroes that under his admin- istration no discrimination by the na- tional government would be made against a man because of his color or race. “Soon_after the president entered the White House,” said Mr. Bird, “the segregation of colored men and wom- en employed in the government de- partments was demanded by the democrats of the south. The demand was put_into action with the knowl- edge .and_consent of President Wil- son. In the treasury, state, war, navy and other departments more than 2,- 000 faithful and efficient nezro work- ers were humiliated and insulted and hundreds lost their positions. “On September 1, 1914, President Wilson, by an executive order, made every applicant under the civil ser- vice furnish with his application & true photograph of himself. The ob- vious purpose of this order was to in- form the appointing officer of the race of the applicant. T} effect of this order was to close the tloor of the gov~ ernment service to every man and woman of colored parentage. “I am the son of an abolitionist. I would be’ recreant to the memory of " my father and to the host of great souls who half a century aso were en- gaged in the battle for human ‘free- dom, if today I failed in courage to protest at the inhuman treatment of the negro by Mr. Wilson during his entire term of office.” e EPISCOPALIANS ARE TO MEET NEXT IN DETROIT n Approved a Plan of Pen- sions for Clergy. Boston, Oct. Bird, progressive ernor in 1913, in Conven St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 20.—Detroit will be meeting place of the 1919 trienntal convention of the Prytestant Episcopal church, if the house of deputies of the convention, in session here, concurs with the house of bishops in its selec~ tion, made late today. The house of bishops also submitted to the lower house for approval the re- election of Bishop Arthur Selden Liloyd of New York as president of the board of missions and of George Gordon King of Newport, R. L, as treasurer. This board is generally considered the most important in the church. The convention today approved a plan of pensions for the clergy, when the house of deputies concurred with the house of bishops in adopting a plan whereby each parish in the church Is taxed for the support of the pension_fund, 7.4 per cent. of the an- nual salary paid its pastor. The plan, as adopted, provides for clergymen who have reached the age of 63 a min- imum pension of $600, one-half the average annual salary of the clergy and for a maximum of $2,000 yeariy. It was stated that there are 3181 cleray- men in the church who will profit by the plan, providing the initial 35,000,000 for the support of the fund, is raised: Bishop Willlam Lawrence, of Massa- chusetts, announced that two-thirds of this amount has been obt: ed. FILM COMPANIES MUST PAY FOR USE OF NEW YORK PARKS A Regular Schedule of Prices Has Been Fixed by Park Board. New York, Oct. 20.—Scenery in New York city's parks hereafter will cost motion picture companies a stated sum per picture, based upon the num=- ber of actors employed. Horses and A reg- ular schedule of prices was fixed by the park board. The fee will same no matter what park s used. Permits are good for one day only and a guarantee must be given that public Will not be inconvenienced. 5 . be the