Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 26, 1916, Page 1

Bulletin VOL. LVill.—NO. 258 POPULATION 28,219 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 26, 1916 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulistin’s Circulation RUMANIANS ROUTED | BY TEUTONIC ALLIES On the East Transyivania Front They Have Made Further Inroads Into King Ferdinand’s Domain HELD MARSHAL MACKENSEN KEEPING UP DRIVE His Right Wing is Near the North Sea Twelve Miles North of Constanza and the Left Wing is North of Tchernavoda, at the Only Bridge Acrcss the Danube in That Region— In the Region of Verdun the French Have Held Recently Gained Positions Against —Only Minor Operations Have Taken Place on the Fronts in Russia and Macedonia. From three points the Teutonic al- Mes are working with feverish haste in an attempt to encompass Rumania —from the northeastern and eastern borders of Transylvania and through Dobrudja. In the latter region and on the East Transylvania front further progress in their inroads into King Ferdinand's territory has been made. On the northeast Transylvania front, however, In engagements with _the Russians, they have been driven from the heights south of Dorma Watra. Keeping up his drive in Dok Fleld Marshal Von Mackensen brought his line well above the Con- stanza-Tchernavoda railway line, the right wing resting approximately on Tachaul, near the Black Sea, twelve miles north of Constanza and the left north of Tchernavoda, whence runs the only bridge across the Danube in this region. Whether the Rumanfans in their evacuation of Tchernavoda left jntact the fourteen mile bridge, which would be of Immense strategic value to the Teutonic allies In a di- version toward Bucharest, has not been made known, but following military precedent, despite the quickness of | Von Mackensens forward push, it probably was blown up or otherwise badly damaged. Further ground the eastern Counter-Attacks of the Enemy Transylvania front o nthe Rumanian side of the Vulcan and Predal passes has been given up to the Austro- Germans by the Rumanians, but ac- cording to Bucharest the Teutons east of the river Aluta, in Transylvania, have been driven northward, while in the Uzul and Oituz valleys the Ru- manians have made advances. In the region of Verdun, where the French Tuesday made their spectacu- lar drive over a wide front north and northeast of Verdun, they are still holding the ground gained despite vi- cious counter-attack, dellvered par- ticularly in the region of Haudromont and Douaumont ad east of the Fumin Wood and north of Cheonis have gain- ed further ground. More than 4,500 German soldiers have been captured by the French in this region. Elsewhere along the front where the French and British are facing the German in France little actlvity, except by the big guns has been shown. Likewise in the Austro-Ttalian the- atre the artillery is doing the zreater part of the work alopg the entire iine of battle. The northern part of the Carso plateau is under a heavy bom- bardment. [ e +* aragraphs n ~remier Stuergkh’s Funeral. Vienna, Oct. 24, via London, Oct. 25. —The funeral of Count Karl Stuergkh, the late Austrian premier, was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon’ in the Ca- thedral of St. Stephen. Archbishop Pifi officlated. Emperor Francis Jo- seph was represented by Archduke Leopold Salvator. Tonight the body will be taken to Halbenrain, the pre- mier's former home, for burial in the family tomb. VILLA IN ASCENDANCY IN NORTHERN MEXICO. Early Withdrawal of Ame s Tut of the Quest an Troops n. Washingica, Oct. 25—Conditions in northern Mexi~o, revolving on the new ascendancy of Villa as a military lead- er, are commanding more attention than at any other time since the raids American puniiive expedition. Administration officials made no ef- fort tonight to disguise. their opinion that the Mexican-American commis- sion sitting at Atlantic City cannot be expected to arrive at a satlsfactory solution of border problems until the situation in Chshuahua has been clari- fled. Any agreement for the early withdrawal of General Pershing’s forces from Mexico apparently now is considered out of the question. Moreover, the impression stood out clearly from all the views expressed thaz while the present situation exists thdre is little possibility that the forces of regulars or national guardsmen on the border will be reduged. It was indicated that no chances would be taken of another raid into American territory. Coupled with ugly reports which disparage the stability of General Car- ranza’s regime and interpret his re- moval from Mexico City to Queretaro as a sign of the breaking up process which his enemies have repeatedly predicted, the mflitary movements of Villa, now making a formidable cam- paign in Chihuahua, are regardéd here as menacing the de facto government's control of the whole of the northern country. Prominent in the whole situation are apparently well founded but indefinite reports of the connection of the So- called Legalista movement with the whole train of events, which are ex- ected by those familiar with the Mexican situation here develop withi na short time. to DOMINATION BY ALLIES OF RAW MATERIAL Pressages a Commercial After the War. ‘Washington, Oct. 25.—Domination by the allied nations of the world's raw Contest Only minor operations have taken place on the fronts in Russia and Macedonia. WILSON NOT CONSISTENT ABOUT EIGHT HOUR DAY. o TR Not Enforce It in the Postoffice Department. New York, Oct. son says the eight senction of society, but force it in the postof where it has the sanction of law. Natfonal Federation of Po Clerks is trying hard to find out why the president perm: ster Gen- eral Burleson to co violation of mw mere! up an apparent ment. Thom:s treasurer of the federa to Mr. Wilson re President Wil- e department, The urged him to do somethi lisf of the overworked postal s reanived nothing but a poli nent of that letter, and nothing bheen done for the men whom he Mr. Flaherty has written ter to President Wilson in which he says that Postmaster General Bur! “has made 1o n effort to cor- rect the abuses to which I c attention, nam. the add of labor force tributors, in violation our eight law, and your own admirabl vantage of confinin eight hours.” Mr. the postal departm been aware of the o of for months, bu: and he ur personal work dav to v adds t officials ¥ on complained failed to the president to ma nvestigat KILLED BY A WILLIMANTIC BOUND PASSENGER TRAIN Woman Struck at the East Natick Grade Crossing. letta, aged ly killed by a W senger t noon at the [ ing. The bod The woman her mother back snatched her away. just as the train MOVE TO TURN CLOCK FORWARD AN HOUR National Convention to be Held in New York in December. New York, December, Oct. 25.—Pre- liminary preparations for a national convention of “turn the clock forward an hour” enthusiasts in this city In December were taken at a meeting here today. Invitatiors will be ex- tended to chambers of commerce, sci- enticfic societies,iabor unions and other organizations to =end representatives and join a national orgzanization. Speakers at the meoting today de- clared the plan would resuit in a sav- ing of one-fourth on gas and electric light bills, conservation of eyesight and more time for outdoor sport and recreation. OBITUARY. Mrs. Helen Litchfield. Hampton, Conn., Oct 25.—Mrs. Helen Litchfield Cleveland, widow of Former Governor Chauncey F. Cleveland, died at her home here today in her %2nd year. Mr. Cleveland w governor of Connecticut in 44 and was in congress from state from 1855 to 1859. Charles N. Hatch. Bridgewater, Conn, O 18 th | the convention of the Protestant Ep: NOT TO SHORTEN THE TE Plan Abandoned by Protestant Epis- copal Convention. St. Louis, Oct. 25.—Efforts to short- en the Ten Commandments had been abandoned at the present sion of copal church, leaders in the conclave announced today. It was rcaid that until the next convention in 1919, at ast, the Decalogue would stand in prayer-book in its present form. mmission appointed to suggest methods of revision of the Book of Common Prayer favored of fivi tion of the reason: commission said today, however, this su on_ would not be p: d. Discussion of other phases of the proposed revision is to | be resumed late today. | In the upper house the election of shops to succeed the late | . George Biller, Jr.,, as bishop Dakota, and the Right Rev. hop of west- Colorado, were on the calendar. At a ] the domes cussed, missionaries from eve tion of the country telling of their experiences. The lower house adopted the report of the joint commission on the lec- tionary. MEXICAN COMMISSICN MAY MEET IN WASHINGTON. | No Agreement Will Be Reached Until Villa Eliminated. Atlantic City, N. J,, Oct. 25.—Unless an agreement on_an adeguate and amicable pian of border corirol is en- tered into by the Mexican-American joint commission within a few days, it appeared a virtual certainty today t a serious effort would be made to e the conference transferred to ington. That an agreement will not be reached before General Carranza has demonstrated his ability to eliminate Villa and his followers is admitted by those in touch with the commissioners. Mexicans were still without defi- te news of the progress of the cam- paign against Villa, but they contin- ued to profess a belief in the success of General Trevino's operations about Chihuahua. The removal of General Carranza and General Obregon from Mexico City to Queretaro was explained by the Mexid to the American commis- ins sioners as having to do merely with the constitutional convention which will convene there Nov. 20. They pointed . out that by official decree Queretaro was made the capital almost a year ago and that it remains the capital, while Mexico City has been merely the temporary capital in the past few months. TO HAVE MEETING OF DAIRYMEN AT HARTFORD To Avert Further Trouble About the Supply of Milk. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 25—In view of the unsettled conditions in this state over the milk question, the state board of agriculture has called a conference to be held at the capitol on November 1. Prominent dairymen and officials of the Milk Dealers’ Associa- tion have been invited to attedn and the board hopes that some satisfac- tory arrangement can be made to avert further trouble. Charles N. Hatch, postmaster of t town for twenty vears and more re cently vice president and gencral man. ager of the First National Bank at New Milford, died here today after ort iliness, aged 53. His wife sur- Movements of Steamships. New York, Oct. 25.—Sailed: Steam- ers Canopic, Naples; Kroonland, Liv- erpool. Cadiz, Oct. 22.—Arrived: Antonlo Lopez, New York, Steamer materials, which are essential to American manufactures, has been proved conclusively to officials here by the completion today of a compre- hensive summary of British irade poli- s to imports into this country As a result, the recent Paris cconomic rence Of the entems powers ie regarded here with far greater disqulet than before. The proposed commercial war after the war, at first viewed skeptically as outlinin policies, which could not sur- vive the heat of war or the operation of perennial economic forces, is looked upon as a more practical proposition in the light of the investi on. Conse- quently. an earnest study of the facts available js being made and every ef- fort exthded to supplement the in- formation now at hand. Every indication since the confer- ence has tended to d ease the feeling | that its provisions could not be car- | ried through. Since then, it is pointed out, the blac s been en- forced by F e time has been accepted in principle by all the allies. What is more, the agreement made then for the economic unity between the governments shown by repo new coming in to be out throngh mutual excluding other countric nefits, though not necessarily as illegally discriminator nited States so long s confined to war purposes WHEAT NOW UP TO THE 1838 PRICES High Level of “Leiter Corner” Touch- ed on Chicago Mariet. Chicazo, Oct. 15.—Wheat for M delivery today cold at $1.55 per bushel, the top price of the ‘L corner” o 1898, and, with that on, the in 28 yeilis. broke reaching level. Cash ' corn pri dvanced to the highest since thi il 0ld No. 2 yellow sold at low at 99, Chicago, Oct. 25.—Wheat buying to- day, which wa on an immen. received its chief i £ ports that the drousht d gentina had assumed the p of a disaster, and was contir grow worse. The extreme rise above the lowest point of yesterday’s trading was 12 5-8 cents. At th it’ was an- nounced that foreigners had not only stopped, buying, but had turned to tLe selling side of the market. PROPER TEMPERATURE‘IS IMPORTANT TO BEST WORK Thermomoter Should Register Be- tween 50 and 65 Degrees. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 25.—Proper temperature is important to the best work of humans, according to Profes- sor C. E. A. Winslow, professor of public health of Yale University, and chairman of the New York state com- mission on ventilation, who spoke here today at the annual convention of the American public health association. To do the most work in the smallest period of time a person must be in an atmosphere in which the thermometer registers between 59 nd 65 degrees, declared Professor Winslow. TWENTY MEN EXECUTED IN MEXICO CITY For Participating in Robbing Freight Consignments. Laredo, Texas, Oct. 25.—Twenty men, principally warehouse men, have been executed in Mexico City during the past week for participating in robbing frelght consignments through fraudulent bills of lading, according to reliable information received here to- day. Robbery of freight cars has been so frequent recently on the constitu- tionalist lines that merchants have virtually abandoned shipments, it was said. 0l1d Noah was not a promoter, but he managed to float a lot of stock. which resulted in the despatch of the ! Hughes Answers 5 Great Questions TO AUDIENCE IN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, BROOKLYN FIRST ONE IS DIGNITY The Others Include Preparedness, Ef- fective International Organization, Visible Authority, and Strength of Our Army and Navy. New York, Oct. 25.—Charles E. Hughes tonight told an audience in the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, why, in his opinion, the young men of the nation should support the republican ticket at the next election. Five chief reasons were cited, in answer to the question: “What sort of country does Young America, vibrant with patriotism, de- sire?” Questions Answered. Mr. Hughes answered the question, in part, as follows: “First, he wants a country respected throughout the world. He wants a country which respeets the dignity of its citizenship. “Second, Young America must de- sire & country that is preparsd for every emergency. “Third, Young America, looking ahead, must desire that when peace is once more restored we shall contrib- ute to its maintenance by doing our proper share to secure a practicable and effective international organiza- tion in the_interests of peace. “Fourth, Young America wants gov- ernment in the open by visible con- stitutional instrdments, not by unoffi clal spokesmen or invisible authority. He also wants a government not sec- tional but truly national. “Fifth, Young America wants indus- n’s Administration In citing his second reason, Mr. Hughes assailed the ‘adnministration for lack of preparedness, referred to “manifest defects” in the army rcor- ganization ‘bill, declared that the navy department had “incapable leadership” and touched upon a recommendation by Secretary Garrison in June, 1914, that the regular army be filled to_its “full strength,” a recommendation, Mr. Hughes said, that had been ignored. T am informed upon competent thority,” Mr. Hughes said, there been the addition to the reg army then desired by Sec rison, it would not have bes Assailed Wilso! sary to nd our national guard to the borde In discussing the administration’s alleged failure to prepare, Mr. Hughes said: : “Would Not Change, Its Attitude. “The president informed congress in adminis- December, 1914, that the ation would not change i because some Amo: It ws been mis that rformed; n had not bee: tional defense. This four months after the outbreak of the European war and nearly eight months after Vera Cruz. | “se Garrison mende: his r ending June ing orzanization’ ‘which { azgregate mobile force my should be filica rength.’ This, he 25,000 men th: i t 1a author > officers. 1 u mm-ndation w med upon t had there stand xih e phs nc national been necessary to uard to the border. Businesslike Action Demanded. s needed on the pa wasno exhi nd our of ‘ner but the bu action demanded |by the con the times. One of the ver: sng men the pres- 1 him left cab- be for pol ; review t { its man le D he army re- fest de- n have the a or- ab- 5 tizen rese wined and controlled hority. In the admini navy department we have had in- capable leadership. The young men of the count: to take a spec propose to have adequate preparedness and the efficien of administration which is its indispensable condition.” il JAPAN NOW CONTROLS THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Her Paper Manufacturers Able to Un- derbid American Manufacturers. New York, Oct. .—Japanese paper manufacturesr are able to -purchase their raw material in Canada and un- derbid American _manufacturers on the finished product, according to James A. Emery, general counsel of the national association of manufac- turers, who spoke hefore the National Machine Tool Builders’ association at the closing session of its 15th annual convention here today. He made the statement while urging American bus- iness men to turn their attention from Europe to the orient. . “Japan is now refinancing herself by selling munitions to Russia,” Mr. Emery said. “Japan now controls the western ocean. Her commercial fleet dominates that sea.” NORWAY TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN SHIP BUILDING To Stop Placing of Orders for Ships Intended to Fly Norwegian Flag New York, Oct. 25.—Advices receiv- ed here by ship brokers and local rep- resentatives of Norwegian steamship lines indicate that a law prohibiting the placing of orders for new tonnage intended to fly the Norwegian flag, with foreign ship yards, is contem- plated by the Norwegian government. These ~reports have reached the consul-general of Norway and a ca- ble asking for information despatched by him Tuesday had not been replied x: by his government up to late to- V. New British Loan of $300,000,000 MAI?E BY BANKING HOUSE OF J. P. MORGAN & CO. BEARS 5%, P. C. INTEREST May Cause Cessation of Inflow of Gold Into This Country Which Was Endangering Inflation and Fictitious Values. New York, Oct. 25. — Officlal an- nouncement was made today by J. P. Morgan and company that a new Brit. ish loan by American bankers, aggre- gating $300,000,000 had been arranged. It will bear interest at 5 1-2 per cent. and is payable in two instaliments, one of three years and one of five years. Easy Money Market. An interesting feature of the loan is, &ccording to the firm’s announcement, that, because of the easy money mar- | ket here, it was arranged in advance | of the tims contemplated by the Brit- | Ish government. Another is that it| 15 expected io cause for a time at least a cessation of the enormous in- flow of gold to this country, which is sald to have caused apprehension in banking circies of late because of the danger of inflation and fictitious values. J. P. Morgan sailed for England re- cently to arrange for the loan and is still there. Favorable Time For Loan. “A new British government loan of- fering,” says the firm's statement, “had not been iz contemplation at the present time, but the prevailing ease of money and the difficulty which the| banks are having in ntably em- pioying their funds. have led us to in- dicate to the Pritish government that the rresent is a favorable time for it, establishing additional credits in America, even though such credits may not be immediately required. Accord- ingly the PBritish treasury has today zccepted the views of the American bonkers and has authorized them to proceed. Influx of Gold Continues. “The Dritish treasury has of late| rencwed its shipments of gold to this country vpon a large scale. This con- tinued influx of the metal has caused | ~-me concern in the banking commu- nity and it is helieved that the suance of the proposed loan will tend to cause at least a temporary cessa-| tion in gold imports.” 1l de have not yet been ar- | ranged, but the notes to be issued will be “amply secured by high grade col- lateral” The two installments will be $150,000,000 each. PROMINENT DEMOCRAT IN HUGHES ALLIANCE. William B. Anderson, a Leading Mem- ber of the New York Bar. New York, Oct —William B. An-! derson, of the most prominent| New York bar, and a| sas enrolied in the letter | Anderson | mocratic r Bryan r: r W said, “that | ive and ther est preps a man of of with a mind sinele fo co good, but| rather of an king the easiest | way icultie raid to decide | offend one body of citi- | yther, a man unable to make | and making e: and viewin of ot con! tion efly from their wtion to at the last comes tive proof ¥ save the own prop: v bad enough, over some millions of % to other people under ances is not the type that I ve learned to adm any honest man nor do I belicve t t even among those who benefited by his act will respect him for it. His tempt to_di the real nature of | his_act by with the words ‘eight hour wholly unworthy = BIBS FOR FOUR NEW BATTLESHIPS OPENED Prices Ranged From $10,060,000 to $11,475,000. Washington, Oct. 25—Bids for the | four new batileships, Colorado, Mary- land, Washington and West Virginia, were opened today at the navy de- partment. While all of the tenders show the heavy increase in prices due to the abnormal conditions of the ship- building industry, they were within the department’s limit of cost and it is virtually certain that all four ships will be awarded to private concerns and that the government itself will not construct any of these craft or of the twenty destroyers for which offers also were received. Prices for the battleships quoted ranged from $10,060,000 to $11,475,000 as against the department's limit for hull and machinery of $11,500,000. A study of the bids is now M progress and awards will be made only after a careful review of the modifications proposed by every bidder has been made. It is believed, however, that the Fore River Shipbuilding ’Com- pany, Quincy, Mass., will get two of the big ships and the Newport News Ship and Drydock Company the other two. None of the bidders offered figures for the steam electric drive system of propulsion preferred by the navy de- partment. Offers jin this ‘connection provided only for jthe construction of the ship, the government to supply the driving machinery. For this reason guotations on alect{ir,.drive ships were approxi- of his intell mately 00,000 lower than similar fig- ures forjall steam-drive. Indications are that the electric- drive ships will be ordered. Under the appropriation act the department has fupids available to complete them under tpday’s bids. |ports the exports | weel Condensed Telegrams Three thousand barbers in Harlem went on strike. The Sub-Treasury transferred $1,000- 000 to San Francisco. The price of bread was advanced to 6 cents a loaf by large baking concerns in Washington. Secretary of State Lansing returned to his desk after a week's vacation in! Watertown, N. Y. Prof. Randall Spaul: years superintendent of New Jersey, is dead. ng for many schools of Victor Emmanuel Chapman, son of John Chapman, killed at Verdun, left an estate of $500,000. The unidentified body of a woman about thirty-five was found iIn the East River off Coeties Slip. Uniformed policemen of Pittshurgh must hereafter saiute the stars and stripes when ever seen on parade William M. Chase, long regarded as one of the foremost artists of the country, died in New York in his 68th year. The Yokohama branch of the Deutsche-Asiatishche Bank has been closed by order of the Jaapnese Gov- ernment. James Hughes, a sales agent for a real estate firm at Elmont was killed by | a trolley car bound from Hempstead to | Jamaica. The British and German govern- ments have agreed to exchange all interned prisoners over the age of forty-five Two men were killed when .the I. Angeles Limited on the Union Pa side-swiped a freight train near B nell, Neb. Joseph Salerno, aged 25, murdered | his wife, Bridgetta, aged 24, by cutting her throat with a razor at their home | in Plainville. Because of a strained spine, Helon Keller, the blind girl has been obliged to cancel all her lecture engagements | for the season. Joseph Soldogin, of Yonkers, was killed and six men severly injured in an automobile crash on Warburton Av- enue, Yonkers. Mrs. E. W. Benjai burned to death in a fire stroved the Northfield Northfield, Vt. , of Boston, was that de- House, at Gold to the amount of $5,500,000 was | received from Canada and devosited at the Assay office for the account of J. P. Morgan & Co. members of the crew of the | Naval in Norwich is Double That of Anv “ther Paper, and lts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. Willehad Sending Rzdio Messages? GERMAN STEAMER NOW TIED UP AT NEW LONDON PROOF FROM LONDON Federal That North German Lloyd Liner Has Not Left Her Dock and That Her Wireless Inquiry Shows Equipment is Sealed. London, Oct. 25, 610 p. m.—The following two letters, intercepted on their way to Germany, were made vublic here today. The first one, from Max ——, 461 Bast Bighth street, South Boston, addressed to his broth- er, said: Messages Sent “Dear Gustav:—The Willehad sailed today. I am to stay here till the end of the war. The Willehad will act within the American three mile limit as a telegraph station for submarines. She has four months’ provisions aboar The tain of vho econd letter was from the cap- the Willehad, named Jachens, wrote from New ster in Germany, g: “I rejoice I am now here as captain of the Wille. had. The Koln still lies at Boston. I am here with the Willehad on a spe- cial mission. “Later you will hear more from me. T rejoice that I have done some- thing for the Fatherland and that I | still have more to, do.” The North German Lloyd steamship Willehad, which took refuge in Bos- ton soon after the beginning of the war, was taken to New London on August. last under command of Captain Jachens and was tied up at the pier of the Bastern Forwarding Company. | VARIOUS RUMORS ABOUT THE SHIP AT NEW LONDON Officers Discredit Reports of Steamer Using Wireless Equipment Oct. 25.—There have been various rumors about the mission of the Willehad at New London, but government oflicials here after inves- tigation have accepted as true the story that she ventured to sea from | Boston and braved the allied cruiser { patrol off the coast for fifty miles to ct as “mother ship” for German mer- hant submarines expected to arrive {at the Connecticut port. Inquiry has developed that the Wil- dock at New since arriving thers and I ‘Washington, Norwegian steamer Snestad, the sink- SToes el 3 LE ing~of whi¢h was. reported in London The. L{;:X‘:’m;;n:a}sné':c?iannz;ia;‘eail“ despatches, were Americans. FA o ouicatiiwrte i dor s nn i h - < q1v | dect to internment and is free to leave The French government officially | 3o 10 "DIe7eec® o *Ton 2 ass Amerioan designated a commission for develop- | 32, 5.5, D07 2° OTE. 8% For that ing the use of agricultural machinery | o aid e among the farmers of Fr | e R TIALAr b e T Boston. Alexander Brown, well-known polo player, fell w into the Delaware at Essington, Philadelphia and was drowned. More than two score persons were | | more or less injured in’'a >nd col- ision of trol at Pine's Bridge between Seymour and Be Falls. ony Cam Comm oner 1 of Immigration, announced the | ment of Labor would open an for women and steamer Ecdward Hines has i ne off it sevent: men of the ¢ tire ¢ rgo. other children were struck way horse. sister of Fo Madero, ia. of Miss Angela N tonio, Rickard D. Jones, aged 50, of Chi- of injuries received when he was struck by a bicycle. The Department of Commerce re- of cotton for the 21 at 211,676 bales, d- ended Oct. against 167,516 bales in the correspo ing week last year. The Rochester & Pittsburgh & Iron C preparing to enter against against 2,500 miners for dam- ages as a seven mines by strikes. Prof. Howard L. McBain of Colum- bia University and Alfred C. We: mann of Forest Hills, L. I, were ap- pointed members of the Board of Ed- ucation by Mayor Mitchell. Coal Mail advices from Horta Island, off Fayal, Azores, reports that the New York schoolship Westport is in barbor there, having lost her propellor by the breaking of the talil shaft. Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Ma- lines, Belgium, isssued a pastoral let- ter condemning Armenian massacres and German opposition to America’s plans for the feeding of Poland. One person was killed and four jured as the result of an automobile accident when the car in which they were riding went over an embank- ment near Parkersburg, W. Va. Flour is being sold at Charleston, W. Va., at $11 a barrel, the highest price_asked since a short time after the Civil war. An advance of fifty cents was announced this week. A private funeral for Thomas Wal- ker (‘J’Lu'ter of Troop B, Fifth militia cavalry, who died at the base hospital in Nogales, Ariz. was held at the home of his parents in Hartford. Acting Secretary Roosevelt serit a letter of commendation to Commander Kenneth M. Bendett, of the U. S. 8. Castine, who saved his vessel of the Dominican coast from destruction by a tidal wave on Sept. 1, when the cruiser Memphis was wrecked. A spinster may imagine that mar- riages are arranged in heaven, but a married woman knows better. his hydro-aeroplane | nits | result of the shut-down of | officers thought tonight that mission™ referred to in redited to Captain Jachens, evidently was the task of caring for { the ant submarines and their ptain Hins the liner h did at ¥ Neckar. Thi that ar attempt on the 't to act as telesraph 1 the three-mile limit 1 prompt action by the hile operations out- territorial wate wo | lied « I quick attention from al- | EFFORTS TO LOCATE MAX WIELTSCH FAILED Author of Letter Seized by the British Government, ton, Oct. 2 s formerly a fireman on the Ge amer Willchad, now at onn., boarded until Eighth street, Soutr Wieltsch, inter- the address en in a_letter epted or wa; to Germany and made public in London today. Wiel- - ltsch left South ¥ n to go to work machinist at I'ore River Ship. 1ir corporation piant Quiney, ut on account of an injury to one of s < been mont or more. has of employment thor of the letter unsuccessful. ’T\VO VO.UT\E WOMEN | KILLED IN A FIRE. i Ateza i Made by Police and Firemen in New York. Sensational Rescues | New York, Oct, 26—Two young women were killed in a four-alarm fire which wrecked a seven-story loft and factory building in East Houston street tonight, causing property damage esti- mated at about $100,000." Several other persons who were in the building when the fire started had not been accounted | for e tonig: Sensational scues were made by the police and firemen of a score of men and women trapped on the roof of the burning builaing. A number of persons, several of them firemen, were overcome by smoke or cut by flying glass. A few minutes after the apparatus reached the Houston street fire flames were seen shooting from the fifth and sixth floors of another building in Green street, fuur blocks away. Four alarms were agaln sounded and virtu- ally all the fire apparatus in the lower part of Manhattan was called out. The streets in that section of the city are lined with factory and loft buildings, as well as tenement houses. Five years ago, within half a dozen blocks of tonight’s fires, occurred the Triangle Waist company tragedy, in which 147 persons, mostly young girls, lost their lves- According to the police, the two known victims of the Houston street fire tonight were killed in jumping from the roof of the burning building to a tenement house adjoining, a fall of two storles. Firemen were trying to rescue them when they leaped. Two persons, one a fireman, were injured in the Green street fire, but not seriously. The damage was esti- mated at $20,000. Police reserves from several sta- tlons were called out to keep the crowds of excited Hast Side residents in check. Many of them recalled the Triangle disaster and the police had difficulty in keeping them from break- ing through the fire lines. = A