Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 27, 1916, Page 1

VOL. LVill—NO. 259 POPULATION 28,219 = NORWICH, CONN. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1916 TEN. PAGES—80 COLUMNS i The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich ;s Dt_lublo That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. TEUTONS ADVANCING ON RUMANIAN FRON Pestrograd Reports That the Drive by Marshal Von fMackensen is Losing Force RUMANIANS BLEW UP BIG BRIDGE OVER DANUBE Along the Transylvan}a Front the Rumanians and Austro- Germans Are Engaged in Hard Fighting at Various Points —Counter-Attacks Delivered by the Germans Against Newly Won French Positions Were Futile—Two Vil- lages on the Macedonian Front Have Been Captured by the French—British Mine Sweeper Genista Has Been Sunk, With Loss of All Her Officers and 73 of Her Crew of 85 Men. Except for the announcement that Rumanians before their retreat Tchernavoda ble wup the big dge spanning the Danube River, an obstacle in the way of the advance of the Teutonic allies from Dobrudja into Old Ku- mania, if such a move was intended by them, little fresh knowledge of ihe real situation in that secor of the world’s war has been vouchsafed by either ths Rumanian or Teutonic al- lied war chancelleries. According to Petrograd e force of the vioient blows which Fie'd harshal von Mackensen had been delivering in his rapid drive northward in Dob- rudja has slacekened somewhat, al- though Berlin asserts that the Teu- tonic allies are still making progress against the Rumanians and Russians. Along the Transylvania fr-at the Rumanians and Austro-Germans, are still engaged in hard fighting at vari- ous points. Berlin reports that in the Trotus valley, south of Parioituz, and on the roads to Sinaya and Campu- lung the allies of ‘the central powers have met with further success. On the other hand Bucharest asserth that the Austro-Germans have been driven from the entire western frontier of Mol- davia, northern Ruamnia, -uffering heavy casualties and that in the Uzul by thereby placing and Oituz valleys the Rumanian arms e also been successful. Again the Germans have delivered counter-attacks four in number — zainst the newly won French posi- tions at Douaumont, in the region of Verdun, but like all of their efforts since the drive of Tuesday they were successfully withstood. Similarly a violent atack against the British in the Stuff trench, north of the famous Stuff redoubt near Thiepval, was put down, the Germans suffering consider- able casualties and the loss of forty- one men made prisoners. Elsewhere on the front there were only artillery duels. In the wooded region of the Carpath- ian mountains the Germans essayed assaults against the Russians, but ac- cording to the Petrograd war office their efforts failed. In Volhynia to the west of Lutsk the Russians, without previous artillery preparation, at- tempted to storm with infantry a German position. The German' artill- ery, however, broke up the sortie. Two villages southwest of Lake Doiran, on the Macedonian front— Golobrda and Laisitsa tured by the French. Elsewhere In this theatre the fighting is being done mainly by the artillery, although there is still activity in the Cerna river re- gion. 19 PERSONS PERISHED Which Destroyed St. Elizabeth’s Hos. pital, Farnham, Quebec. Farnham, Quebec, Oct. 26.—Nine- teen persons—five children, eight women and six men—wers believed iate tonight to have lost their lives iL the fire which destroyed St. Eliza- beth’s hospital early today. There were 218 persons in the hospital, of whom 113 were children, 36 aged women and the others servants and assistants to the Grey Nun: The fire, the cause of which has not been determined, still smouldercd «t midnight, making it impossible to ascertaln accurately how ‘many of the mates of the hospital had perished. rhe propérty damage was estimatcd t $135,000, partly covered by insur- ance, One reason for the difficulty in de finitely establishing the loss of life it was said, was that the majority o the inmates of the hospital were with- ives or friends. Those who ed are believed to have been en- ombed by tons of debr n investigation as to the cause of the fire disclosed that a blaze started a chimney of the hospital Tuesda; igl It the theory of the authori ties that this smouldered and broke out again last nights Many of the nuns, it was said ris ed their Jives in efforts to save pa- tients and_children entrapped in the hospital. Fanned by a strong breeze, the flames, unchecked by the small jets of water the firemen were able to throw on them. =went throush the ouilding with lightning speed, cutting off the inmates iu the various depart- ments, The electrics went out soon after started and the nuns and oth- er rescuers had to work in the dark. Men who went into the building said thev had to ca out patients with others hanging onto them. A number of the rescuers were lost in the dark- ness and had narrow escapes. One nun, single-handed, have saved lives of 45 children. She 0d on a balcony on the third floor on which the children had been cut oft nd handed them to the firemen on ladders below. is said_to SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION TO BE HELD IN TOKIO Association Represents 304,000 Schools, ‘With 31,000,000 Members. New York, Oct. 26.—An invitation of the Japanese to hold the next conven- tion of the World's Sunday School as- sociation in Tokio, has been accepted, it was announced today by the world’s committee which hald a meeting here. The convention will be held after the close of the war. The invitation was brought by B. Okura in a message from the Japanese committee of which Mar- quls Okuma, former premier of Japan, is chairman. Thomas Robinson Ferens, member of the British parllament, was elected president of the asosclation, succeeding the late Sir Robert Laidlaw of Lon- don. The association, it is said, repre- sents 304,000 Sunday schools in all countries and has a membership of 31,- 000,000. Tt was announced that the organiza. tion is carrying out plans for sending a million new testaments to the soldiers in the trenches, hospitals and prison camps, to be contributed by American Sundax School children. Movement of Steamships. Genoa, Oct. 24—Arrrwed: Steamer Regina d'Ttalia, New York. New York, Oct. 26.—Sailed, steamer Fnited Statés, Copenhagen. STEEL MILLS FACE A SERIOUS SITUATION. | Furnace Coke Has Increased in Price from $4 a Ton to $7.75. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 26.—Steel mills as well as other manufacturing plants throughout the Pittsburgh district face a serious situstio ntoday as a result of an advance of nearly 100 per cent. within the last two weeks in the price of furnace coke, together with a jump in the price of coal. If the cost of.) fuel goes much higher it was declared possible that some furnaces would be banked for the present, hecause the orice of pig iron has not kept pace with the advance in coie. Furnace coke ten days ago sold in the Jocal market at from $3.50 to $4 a ton. This weck it sold at $7.50 to 75 4 ton, and yesterday dealers de- manded $8 for the best grade. FEqual- ly abnormal conditions prevail in the iocal coal market. Scarcity of labor and car shortage is given as the cause for the advance in the price of coal and coke. In the Connellsville district the pro- duction of coke last week amounted to 398,096 tons, a reduction of 6,000 tons compared with the previous week. This was the lowest tonnage since Sept. 16 last. Shipments ageregated 11,362 cars, carrying 397,600 tons. NORTH AND EAST ARE THE “WET” SECTIONS Prohibition Presidential Nominee Des. inates Them as the “Bad Lands.” Norwich, N. Y., Oct. 26.—The “Bad Lands” of this country are no longet located in the new west but have been rolled in liquor barrels to the old northeast, Ira Landrith, the prohibi- tlonist vice presidential nomines to- day told New York crowds when the “dry” special train again entered the state from Pennsylvania. “The very frontlers of civilization,” he said. “have been rolled in rum bar- rels from the wild and wooly west, now dry and law-abiding, to the Dead.. Wwoods "and Dodge cities, the Lead- villes and the Buttes, the Cripple Creeks and the Boises of Pennsylya- nia, Ohlo, Illinols, New York, New Jersey and the land of the Pilzrim fathers “With the south practically dry an the west hastening to becoms Broni. bition territory, the north and east face a new menace 1o its boasted in- tellectual, moral, political and com- mercial supremacy, for among people of the same races sobriety spells effi- clency.” —_— COPELAND TESTIFIES IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Did Not Shoot Black andDid Not Know Who Shoot Him. Galveston, Texas, Oct. 26.—John Copeland this afternoon took the stand in his own defense at his trial here on charges in connection with the killing of Willlam Blas an anti-Catholic lec_ turer. Copeland identified one of the circulars circulated by Black in Mar- shall, contalning an aileged oath of the Knights of Columbus and testified it was false. The defegse before Copeland took the stand had delved injo the past life of Black with the intentfon, it announc- ed, of trying to show that it adver- tising himself as “an ex-priest” he had not told the truth, Copeland tewifi®d that he, John Rog- ers and George Rye#n went to see Black together. He testified he went to pro. test against Black delivering his sched- uled lecture against convent life. He declared he did not shoot Black and did not know who &id shoot. w2 e R B | Testified have been cap- | Cabled Paragraphs New Canal in Swaden Op- d. Berlin, Oct. 26.—(By oD to SayvileD—The new ™ 2% nal in Sweden has b~ a,‘.-t“ ing Gustave, says qiS News Agency. ™ o tes commu- nicatior. _c Lake and the North s¢ sears were spent mn its consty 5 Four Vesels Sunk. London, Oct. 26, 4.30 p. m.—Lloys an- nounces that the following vessels have been sunk: “The Norweglan steam- er Venus II, of 784 tons gross. The Danish Ulf, 1,313 tons gross; the Bel- glan steamer Comtesse de Flandre, 1,- 810 tons gross, and the British schooner Tweed, 200 tons gross. MAYOR OF HAVERHILL ON WITNESS STAND. His Defense of to Prevent Charges Rioting. of Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 26.—A threat of tar and feathers, delivered over the telephone by some person unknown, was _.the first intimation that Mayor L. Bartlett of Haverhill had of the riot in that city on the night of April 3, according to his statement on the witness stand late today. “Mayor Bart- lett and four other members of the Haverhill city government are onatrial on charges of failure to suppress the riot, which followed an attempt of Thomas E. Leyden to deliver an anti- Catholic lecture. The mayor testified that he had just returned from a public school enter- tainment when the telephone bell rang and a man’s volce said: “There's a riot at city hall, and we are thinking of coming up to tar and feather you.” Then the telephone hung up. The executive was the only witness for the defense. After a few witnesses in rebuttal are heard and arguments re made tomorrow, the case will go to_the jury. Mayor Bartlett related at length the efforts he made to suppress the d turbance. After recelving the tar awé feathers threat, he testified, he tele- phoned Alderman White in response to a messaze that the alderman had left - with the ‘s housckeeper. Mayor Bartlett said he gave Alderman White authorit; militia company if the situation war- ranted. Mayvor Bartlett testified that later he hurried to city hall, where the crowd cheered him. He urged them to £o to their homes. He saw no vio- lence committed. Afterward he learn- receiver was ed t Leyden was in the city hall, he said, and fe > that the crowd would “rush” the Duilding, he went out on the steps and read the riot ac When the local company arrived May- or Bartlett said he mapped out what measures the guardsmen shculd take to clear the streets. CONVENTION OF AMEREAN ROARD FOREIGN MISSIONS. 800 Delegates in Attendance at Toledo —Dr. Ussher Speaks This Morning. Toledo, 0. Oct. 26.—Addresses by missionaries, a business session, with election of officers and miscellaneous business, will occupy the third day of the convention of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions here today. More than 300 delegates are in attendance. During the afternoon there will be a separate meeting for women. Miss Ellen Stone and other woman mis- sionaries will speak. War and the work in Turkey will be discussed at the morning session by four men, Rev. C. T. Riggs of Con- stantinople, who was born of mis- sionary parents in Marsovan, Dr. A. R. Hoover, ten years a medical mis- sionary at Talas, Dr. C. E. Clark of Siyas ‘and Rev. K. N. Chambers of Adana, who has been 37 years in Tur- key. Bulgaria's Future will be dis- }cussed by Rev. T. T. Holway of Sofl Missionaries from = Africa also w speak. Tonight the president’s annual ad- dress will be given by Dr. E. O. Moore of Cambridge. Four mission converts, one each from Africa, Peking, Madura and Turkey, will tell 'what the Ameri- can board has done for their people. Five student volunteers also will give brief addresses and will be consecrat- ed to their work in the foreign field. The meeting will close on Friday morning with addresses about condi- tions under the Russian flag by Dr. Clarence Ugsher, who has just passed through the typhus epidemic and sicge at Van, Turkey, and Rev. Robert Sta- pleton of Brazoom, who went to Turkey n 1897. BROOKLYN EAGLE CELEBRATED ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY Episodes of "Its History Were Portray- ed in a Pageant. New Yorlk, -Oct. 26.—The Brooklyn Daily Eagle celebrated tits seventy- fifth anniversary at the academy of music, Brooklyn, tonight with a pa- geant, episodes of which portrayed events of outsfanding interest in the Eagle's history. Colonel William Hester, president of the Hagle com- pany, was a central figure In the cele- bration, leading the veterans of the pa- per to the statge of the academy where medals were presented to them. Colonel Hester began work for the Eagle as & typesetter in 1852. Letters of congratulation upon lts seventy-fifth birthday were received by tbe Eagle from President Wilson, William H. Taft, Charles E. Hughes, Governor Whitman, Secretary McAdoo, Lord Northcliffe and many other not-. ed men, BIRTH CONTROL ADVOCATES ARRESTED IN NEW YORK Charged With Imparting Information Prohibited by Law. New York, Oct. 26.—Mrs. Margaret Sanger, the birth control advocate, and her "assistant, Miss Fannie Mindell, were arrested here today on warrants charging them with imperting infor- mation prohibited by law at a birth- control clinic, sald to be the first in- stituted in the United States, which it is alleged they were conducting in the congested Brownsville section of Brooklyn. A woman detective posed as a woman secking information at the alleged clinic, where she found 20 other women waiting in an outer office. Mrs. Sanger denounced the detec- tive when the latter revealed her iden- tity and it was necessary for men offi- cers to carry Mrs. Sanger to a police wagon. - And a man’s past may bea wretch- ed prophet of his future. . Jou to call out the local | Villa is Getting - Aid From the U. S. SECRETRY BAKER HAS DEFINITE INFORMATION TO ATTACK AMERICANS Generals Funston and Pershing Have Been Informed and All Are American Forces in Readiness—Plot Fostered by Enemies of Administra- tion. Washington, Oct. 62. — Secretary Baker announced lite today that the war department had received definite information that enemies of the gov- ernment’s poiicy toward Mexico, in connection with Viila or other bandits, had arranged for a spectacular attack on American troops on the border, to be made before the election, to create sentiment against the administration. Full particulars of the pian, the sec- retary eaid, had -been forwarded to Generals Funston and Pershing and all the American forces are in readi- ness for the attack. Mr. Baker issued this statement: “The war department has received definite _information, confirmed from other sources, that enemies of the ad- ministration’s policy toward Mexico, in connection with Villa or other ban- dits in Mesico, have arranged a spec- tacular attack, to be made upon some part of the American forces or upon some American community on the border, between now and the date of the election, for the purpose of turn- ing the tide of sentiment against the policy which the administration has adopted for the protection of the bor- der. “It is siguificant in this connection that both the state and war depart- ments were advised that the bandit forces operating at the present time in Mexico are being paid in silver coin. “Full particulars have been trans- mitted to General Funston and Gen- eral Pershing. All American forces are, therefore, forewardend and In readiness for such an attack.” Intimations of Attack. For some days vague intimations that an attack of some sort. along the border might be in prospect have been reaching the siate department. Up to today they have been so indefinite, it is understood, that officials were not inclined to treat them seriously. There were no clues on which to start an investigation. Villa Supplied With Money- It has been know nfor some_time, also, that Villa, or whoever the bandit chieftain may be who is operating agajnst Carranza garrisons under that name, has ha¢ a considerable supply both-of silver money and ammunition, smuggled over the border from the United States. The reference in Sec retary Baker's statement to the fact that Mexican bandits are known to have been paid recently in silver thought to have heen founded upon those reports. President Wilson Silent. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. —Secre- tary Baker's statement was shown to President Wilson here tonight, but ke would make no comment. SUBMARINE WARFARE IS DISCUSSED IN PARLIAMENT. Recent Activity of the U-53 Was Re- ferred To. London, Oct. 26, 5.02 p, m.—The ac- tivities of the German submarine U- near the American coast and the gen- eral question of the relations of the United States to submarine warfare are matters to be considered between the American and German govern- ments, said Foreign Secretary Grey in the house of lords today. He depre- cated discussion of these questions and said it was for the American gov- crnment to decide on the policy and action required by the circumstances of the case. Baron Beresford stated ‘hat the ac- tion of American ships did notyappear to be quite within the bounds ‘0f neu- trality and that he thought the British were bound to take notice of this fact. The submarine question was brought forward by Lord Sydenham, who asked if the particulurs of the sinking of the British steamer Stephano and the oth- ers had been received, and whether the circumstances were in accordance with the German pledge to the United States. He referred to “the activities of the U-53 under the very eves of the American navy,” and to the declara- tion of President Wilson which had re- sulted in the German pledge. Lord Sydenham_declared: “Even before the exploits of U-58 that pledge was torn to shreds. Yet the government of the United States has made no suggestion what- ever that the sinking of neutral ships Zoes on almost every day. The Nor- weglans have lost eighteen vessels in this one month, and what must small neutrals think of their powerful repre- sentative?” the TO PENALIZE IMPORTS OF BRITISH GOODS In Accordance With Recently Passed Legislation. Washington, Oct. 26—Investigation was started by the treasury depart- ment to determine what kinds of raw materials imported from the PEritish empire should be subjetc to thrice the regular customs duties in accordance with the recently passed legislation penalizing the importation of goods under restrictions upon other dcalings of_the importers. Publication today of results of an Investigation at the same department showing that Great Britain has bullt up a series of contracts to which im- porters of many of her raw materials must submit created great surprise in both treasury and other official circles, not only because of the extent of the. allied domination of American trade revealed, but because attention was called to the applicability of paragraph 802 of the revenue bill, which appar- ently had escaped notice. Trensury officlals did not conceal their concern over the unexpected in- formation and indicated that as far as they knew the legislation would be applicable immediately. Indeed, they said its provicions are mandatory and not discretionary, as with the other retaliatory acts. Plan to Tunnel English Ghannel MATTER TO BE TAKEN UP BY THE BRITISH WAR COMMITTEE TO COST $80,000,000 France Has Taken All Necessary Steps to Enter Into Negotiations With England for a Joint Construction of the Tunnel—Plans Have Been Out- lined. London, Oct. 26, 6:09 p. m—Full re- consideration of the question of the advisability of constructing a tunnel under the English Channel® to con- nect England and France was prom- ised today by Premier Asquith in ro- ceiving a_deputation in favor of the project. He said the matter would be taken up either by the war committes or the committee on imperial defence. Would Aid Troop Transportation. The premier admitted that before the war the balance of opinion had been against the project, but said that the experience of the war undoubted- ly was a new factor of immeasurcable importance in enabling statesmen and naval and military experts to judge of the value of a tunnel. $e added that such a tunnel as the deputation pro- posed would have put the country in a better position for transporting the expeditionary force and for the general purposes of the war, “l will see,’ ' added the premier, “that the time will be found for a full review of the whole question in view of that experience.” Late in August of this vear it was announced in Paris that France had taken all the necessary steps to enter into negotiations with England for the Jjoint_construction of a_tunnel under the English Channel. Plans for the tunnel were outlined at that time by M. Sartiaux, chief engineer of the Nord Railway Company. He suid the tunnel would cost 16,000,000 pounds and that if it was apportioned equally between England and France two days' war time expenditure of both coun- tries would more thn cover ‘the cost M. Sartiaux said that it was proposed ot make two tunnels and that the pos- session of such a tunnel at the cut- break of the war would have been of great use to both France and England. DRAMATIC STORY OF ABUSE BY MRS. M. C. BEATINGER On Trial for the Murder of Her Hus- band—Her Five Children Present Newark, N. J, Oct. 26.—With her five young children seated only a few feet from the jury boX, Mrs. Marga- ret Claire Beautinger, testified today in her own deiense in her trial for the murder of her husband, Cristof, a New York coal merchant, fold 4 di matic story of abuse which she de- clared was responsible for the tragedy. She began her narrative calmly bat became hysterical after telling of the events which precipitated the shoof ing in the Beutinger home at Caldwel, N3 carly on the morning of July 11 as After Beutinger had gone to her room twice the morning he was W led, she said, she took from a oureau drawer a revolver she admitted she had purchased the day before. She mtended to frighten Beutinger with the revolver, she added. He returned to her room for third time and threatened, she clared, that he would kil her. “I told him I was going 1o set an- other divorce,” said Mrs. Beutirger, who already had testified she was married to Beutinger in 1906 and stb- sequently divorced him, but re-mar- ried him in 1915. “Then he rusied toward me with his hand upraised and a glazed look in his bulging eyes. 1 screamed and continued (o scream while I reached under the pillow and got the revolver. Then I shot. “Little Marie and Marzaret (two of the Beutinger children) crept up to me and as they clung to me I moved around the foot of the bed with the revolver pointed in front of me. so that 1 would not hit them. I nointed it toward the window where my hus- band had stood. Then I sank on the bed and little Marie got a wet towal and bathed my head. Then the ser- vants came.” Mrs. Beutinger said that when her husband rushed toward her she thought he was going to strangle her. “When you fired the first shot, was it accidental, or did you fire at your husband, thinking your lite was in danger?” asked counsel. “I think it was both,” she replled “Of course, my life was in danger.” Mrs. Beutinger told of interceding on one occasion with the secretary of war for her husband, who had been a clerk in the army quartermaster's de- tie de- partment in the Philippines but was dismissed. Askey why she ha pealed to the secretary of war, she said a charge of graft had been made against Beutinger. RELATION OF UNITED STATES TO THE EUROPEAN WAR Treated of by President Wilson in His Address at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, 0. Oct. 26.—Taking ad- vantage of a strenuous . .isit to Cin- cinnati to discuss the relation of the United States to the European war, President Wilson today declared that “this is the last war that involves the world that the United States can keep out of.” He gave as his reason his belief that “the business of neutrality is over” and that “war now has such a scale that the position of neutrals sooner or later becomes intolerable.” He added that the nations of the world must get together and say' “No body can hereafter be neutral as re- spects the disturbance of the world's peace for an object which the world’s opinion cannot sanction.” After denying the republican claim that the business prosperity ~of the United States during the last two years has been due to trade created by the war, the president ridiculed predic- tions that after the war Europe will overwhelm this nation by its economic strength and “dump” in the United States goods now being stored up for a_purpose. He asserted tha texports of everything that goes to supply armies makes only 1 per cent. of the total of Amarican sommerce. Condensed Telegrams Judge Elmer B. Adams of died of paralysis. There have been 1,797,522 casualties in the Russian army since 'June 4 The French steamer Rochembeau arrived at New York from Bordeau. The threatened strike on the Cana- dian Pacific Railway was declared off. Exports from New York in the week ended Oct. 21, totalled $51,023,- 835. Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding left an estate worth more than $125,- 000. . The Taylor Instrument Co., of Ro- chester, has increased its capital from $35,000 to $2,500,000. Teachers in the Pittsburgh schools have asked for an increase in salary of from $50 to $100 a year. The new floating station _house, quarters for harbor precinct B, was launched in Harlem river. The forty-seventh annual meeting of the American Medical Editors As- sociation opened in New York. Gold coin to the amount of $100,000 was withdrawn from the sub-Treasury for shipment to South America. W. Elmer Payntar, a real dealer of Long Island City, was rested charged with larceny of $30,000. Charles F. estate Stielow was_sentenced by the Court of Appeals to die in Sing the Sing prison in week beginning Dec. 11. riously injured as a result of a gzas ex- plosion in the Lyttle Colliery near Pottsville, Pa. E. E. Calvin, president of the Union Pacific Railroad Co., has been eclected president of the St. Joseph & Grand island Railway Co. . Morris_Lieberman, a wholesale milk dealer, of New York, was convicted in the Court of Special Sessions of bav- ing adulterated milk. The Second battalion of the First Field Artillery ,comprising the New York city batteries, probably will leave for New York Friday. The three-story colonial residence on Hayfield farm in Faiifax county, Va., built in 1772 by George Washington, was destroyed by fi The New York Central Railroad has commenced_the construction of a foot bridge 800 feet long, over its tracks in the Utica, N. Y., yards. Stocks of merchandise remaining in bonded warehouses at the Port of New York on Oct. 1, were $T7i 5,408, against $67,022,144 on Oct. 1, 1915. Two hundred and fifty members of the junior police of the Fifteenth cinct weré reviewed by Commissi ‘Woods in the second annual parade. Three women, a man and a_baby were killed when their automobile in which they were riding was hit by an interurban car near South Bend, Ind. Capt. Thomas S. Marvel, former head of the Marvel Shipbuilding Co., which built the Hendrik Hudson and many other Hudson river steamers, is dead. Surrogate Fowler has appointed George Brokaw Compton to hear tes- timony and report fhat part of the Hetty Green estate is taxable under New York laws. Woman suffrage was indorsed in res- olutions adopted at a session of the 13th biennial convention of the Inter- national Ladies'’ Garment Workers' Union at Philadelphia. Patrolman Dennis McElroy of the Second Precinct of Yonkers, N. Y., was killed by a jitney automobile operating between Yonkers and Mount Vernon in the absence of trolleys. Henry G. Adams, chief of the elec- tion bureau in the Secretary of State’s office left for Texas to take charge of the ballotting of New York soldiers who are engaged in border dut: John Sullivan, of Hoboken, N. J., was arrested in Bayofine on a charge of trocious assault in connection with the shooting of Special Policeman Amos Harker in the recent oil strike. Col. Doubert, of the Italian general staff, has been sentenced to one year in_prison for publishing an article criticising the management of the Isonzo campaign by the Duke D’Aosta. Twe persons were seriously injured and 20 others cut by flyigg glass in a collision at Twenty-third Street and Fourth Avenue between an easthound crosstown car and a southbound Madi- son Avenue car. BRIDGEPORT GETS $2,000,000 GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. Bridgeport Projectile Co. to Make Guns and Ammunition. Bridgeport, Conn, Oct. 26.—The awarding today by the United States government of a $2,000,000 contract for guns_and ammunition to the Bridze- port Projectile company will mean, ac- cording to plans announced tonight by President W. H. Knight, that work will .start immediately on the erection of a big addition to the alrcady large plant here. The contract calls for 146 five-inch guns fqr the navy at a cost of $9,500 each, and for about $600,000 worth of steel shells for the army. *The company, only about two ycars old, already has the largest steel shell plant in the country, but no facilities for making guns. A’ two-story build- Ling, 300 by 120 feet, will be built un- der’ rush conditions for this work, and when the gun plant: is completed, President Knight said, it will be the third largest of its kind in the United States. The company has been working day and night, turning out shells, and a short time ago, when the Mexican con- ditions were threatening, the _entire output was offered to the United States government, contracts already in force to be discarded or delayed. The new electric clock on Boston's new custom house is one of the largest all electrical installations in the coun- try. The dlal is 21 feet in diameter and the longest hand is 13 feet 6 inches Two men are dying and six are se- | dence the Nominee Was terests. Boston, Oct. 26—Charles E. Hughes tonight told an audience which filled Boston's big arena that he proposed to be an American president, if elected, unswerved by any suggestion of for- eign influence. “And I provose,” he added, “that if A am elected we shall have the abliest cebinet that this country can sup- 1y Pir. Hughes also declared that he would maintain American rights and that he had “absolutely no patience whatever with the idea that an Ameri- can citizen, following his lawful pur- suits in any part of the world should De left unprotecied by the country from which he came.” 3 “I am amazed,” Mr. Hughes said “that it is suggested that a proper at. titudes is that the policy or protection shouwdd not be maintained because it threatens our peace. 4 “Is it possible that any such notion should obtain in the shadow of Bunk- er Hill?” he asked. Audience Waved Flags. audience rose to its feet and The HUGHES WOULD PROTECT AMERIBAK? Tells Boston Audience What He Proposes to if Elected President WGULD NOT BE SWAYED BY FOREIGN |NFLUEN(EE' Big Street Parade in Hartfofd in Honor of Hughes—In p.wg Welcomed by an Enormous Crowd—During His Address in Boston Mr. Hughes Efi tively Squelched a Heckler by Telling Him What His Policy Would be Toward Mexico and Europe—If Elected He Will Have an American Administration With Ex clusively American Policies, Devoted to American [n- waving thousands of American flags, shouted in answer: Mr. Hughes had prepared his speech in advence and while he adhered ta it in substance he made radical condi= tions of its phraseology. He reached the city after two addresses at Hart- ford and Providence, untired and ap- parently in good spirits. The big au- dience gave him a five minute cheer when he entered the hall and time aft- er time interrupted him with applause and cheers. Hecklers sought to question him on various topics and one man who per- sisted finally made himself heard, amid great confusion. In doing so the heckler had the aid of the nu:unoo.d‘ who sought to quiet the crowd and' urged that the questioner be allowed t0 proceed. “}hat specific policy will you taks in Mexico?' the heckler shouted. “What specific policy will you take in (Continued on Page Two) CHICAGO WOMEN CHEER FOR ROOSEVELT When He Told Them He Would Fight to Protect Them. Chicago, Oct. 23—Chicagc women cheered Colonel Roosevelt today when he appealed to them not to be influ- enced by the plea that President Wil- son had “kept the nation out of war.” ‘When he told them that he would fight at the drop of the hat if necessary to stop the murder of yomen and chil- dren, they met the ahncuncement with a chorus of arplause that delayed the speaker and he waited while they rose #ha waved handkerchiefs and flags. The colonel closed his western tour here today with two speeches, the first exclusively to women, with not more than a scant score of policemen and reporters in the auditorium. He had been asked, he said, to appeal espe- cially to the women who had been in- fluenced by the peace slogan, but he | had decided to make, he declared, ex- actly the same appeal he would have to men. “I am not going to speak,” he said, “to what I might call the early Vie- torian aunt. There was no attempt at heckling, the only interruption, except for words of approval, being after he had told of women and children kiiled in Mexico, and said he would have gone to war if to avoid that, several voices What about Hughes?” Mr. Hughes can he trusted to keep his word.” answered Colonel Roosevelt. “When he says that he would not sub- mit to such Geeds as the sinking of the Lusitania or the killing of our cit- izens in Mexico, he means what he RUMANIA SUBJECT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Military Situation is Engaging the At- tention of the Allies. London, Oct. 26, 4.17 p. m.—The sub- ject of Rumania was brought up again in the house of commons today when Premier Asquith said taat “the military situation of Rumania was engaging the most anxious attention not only of this government but of those of our allies.” “They have taken and are taking now,” he added, “every posstble stey to support our gallant comrades in Ru- | mania in the splendid struggle they are making. I hope we shall not take un- duly pessimistic views. In Russia, France, England and Italy there have been and there are concerted measures in which each of us is doing all in his power to support Rumania n her struggle for independence.” RENEWED EXCITEMENT ON COTTON MARKET Sharp Opening Followed by Rally— March, However, Breaks Later. New York, Oct. 26.—The disturbing influence ®of yesterday’s sensational break was sgown in the renewed ner- vousness and citement on the cot- ton merket this morning. A sharp opening occurred on an accumulation of overnight selling orders, which was followed by a rally to 19.26 for March, or about $2 per bale from the low point of yesterday afternoon. This advance encountered a renewal of gen_ eral liguidation, however, and March broke to 18.31, or about $1.70 per bale under last night's closing figures. ASQUITH REFUSES TO HAVE EXECUTED REBELS EXHUMED Nationalists Asks Britain to Allow Bodies to Be Removed to Consecrat. | ed Ground. London, Oct. 26.—Laurence Ginnell, nationalist member of parliament for North West Mecath, asked Premier As- quith in the house of commons today whether in the interest of reconcilation the British government would accede to the desire of the Irish people of all classes and allow the remains of the men_executed last May at the time of the Dublin revolt to be yemoved from the places in which they now lie and be buried in consecrated ground AUTOS TO BLAME FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS? Assertion Made at Convention of Public Health Association. Cincinnati. O., Oct. 25.—Automobiles, not germs, are to blame for the epi- demic of infantile paralysis that has swept over the country, according to the assertion made by Dr. Thomas Fi Harrington, deputy commiesioner of( labor of Massachusetts, in an address before the -annual -convention hers~of the American Public Health associa- tion. “Infantile paralysis is due to chem- ical agents, namely, gases and fumes given off in the atmasphere by the Combustion of oils and fluids used in automobiles,” Dr. Harrington declared. “Cases of gas and fume poisoning and cases of infantile paralysis agree in every essential “In infantile paralysis we are deal= ing with a chemical agent and not a micro-organism. Infants and old per- sons are more susceptible to the mala- dy. Although infertile paralysis has heen epidemic for years, its prevalence in epldemic form dates from the intro- duction and wide use of the automo- bile.” CHIEF OF DIVISION OF MILITIA AFFAIRS. Brigadier-General W. A. Mann Sue- ceeds General Mills. Washington, Cst. 26.—Brigadier Gen eral William A. Mann commanding the: army division with headquarters at La-, redo, Texas, was today selected for{ chief of the division of military af-} fairs, in the war department, vacant by the death of Major General Albert. L. Mills. He will assume his duties: at_once. | The selection of General Mann is un- derstood to have been pased on the; recommendations of his fellow general officers. He has a high reputation for executive ability and capadty for h: work, which will be needed in worlkin out the details of the mew fede national guard system. General Mann is a native of Penn sylvania and was graduated West Point in 1875. He is an infan- try officer and his active service in- cludes participation in numerous In- dian campaigns, the Spanish-Americ war, where he saw service in Cuba ant the Philippine Island insurrection an duty on the general staff and in wa rcollege. - MATRIMONIAL TROUBLES ° OF V. ST. JULIAN MAYO Must Tell of His Career or Face Im- prisonment for Contempt. New York, Oct. 26—Virginius St Julian Mayo, manufacturer of radiat- ors and aeroplanes in this city and New Hven, Conn., must bare his mat-; rinmonial career, now the subject of litigation, irrespective of whether not it may tend to convict him bigamy, according to a decision of th supreme court here today. Failing do this, Mayo will face imprisonment: for confempt. The court order today was issued in’ connection with the suit broi against Mayo by Mrs. Wilhelmina.. Meyer for $250,000 damages alleged to have been suffered by her because Mayo went through a marriage cere- mony with her when she charged he already had a wife. WEALTH POURING INTO AROOSTOOK COUNTY FARMERS They Are Receiving About $2,000,000 a | Month From Potatoes. 1 Caribou, Maine, Oct. 26.—Two mil- lions dollars a month is .pouring into the coffers of the Aroostook county | farmers by the sale of this year's crop of potatoes, according to an estimate made public today. About 100 car- loads a day are leaving the county. | Not only was the potato crop ome. of the best on record, owing to a_ vield and favorable weather for vesting, but prices are said to be highest ever paid in the county at this time of year.