Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 28, 1916, Page 1

5 SR ST 3 Bullet m VOL. LVIIL—NO. 260 POPULATION 28,219 > ‘f“\e - . 16 PAGES — 128 COLUMNS _ PRICE _TWO The Bulletin's Giroulation in Norwich is Dout RUMANIA IN THE GRIP OF INVADING FORCES Struggling Desperately to Ward Off Incessant Attacks of Von Mackensen and Von Falkenhayn HIRSOVA IS NOW THREATENED BY TEUTONS On the Transylvania Front to the North of Predeal the Russo- , Rumanian Forces Have Repulsed Austro-German At-| Who Were Ciose to Villa o - B ‘,fi.«a‘?fi Any’ Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion tothe City's Population. Cabled_Paragraphs Dr. Juan Jose Amezaga Rezign: Montevideo, Uruaguay, Oct. 27.—Dr. Juan Jose Amezaga, minister of com- merce and industry, has resizned. French Arrest Greek Royalist. Athens, Oct. 26, 116 a. m., via Lon- don, Oct. 27, 8.38 p. m—The French authorities here have arrested M. Christocos, who is the head of over 70,000 reservists and royalists through- out Greece. Military Status of Turkey High. Vienna, Wednesday, Oct. 2. (Via Berlin to London, Oct. 27, 6 p. m)— The economic, financlal and military status of Turkey is highly satisfactory and her relations with the central powers are of the greatest friendship, said ~ Halil Bey, Trrkish minister of foreign affairs, 'in an interview with The Assoclated Press representative here today. MEXICAN “JUNTA” IN EXISTENCE AT EL PASO Revolutionists the Past. Composed of Former El i Border Patrol is ‘Extra Vigilant| Chesapeake Bay? EVERY FORD, BRIDGE AND TRAIL 2 BEING GUARDED. CAUSED BY WARNING Statement is Made That the Border is Safer from Bandit Attacks Than at Any Time Since Villa Made His Raid El Paso, Texas, Oct. 27.—Every ford, bridge ang trail along the interna- tional border in this patrol district is being guarded by additional United States troops in compliance with Sec- retary of War Baker's warning to border commanders to be prepared for Deutschland in RUMOR SAYS SHE PASSED IN THE CAPE$ LAST NIGHT. BALTIMORE BOUND 1t is Declared She Sailed from Bremen Two Weeks Eluded All Bri Age and Successfully sh Patrol Boats. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 28—The German under-sea merchantman, according to reports in circulation in Norfolk and Baltimore today and tonight, is due at the Virginia Capes in the next few hours. en route to Baltimore. It is declared she sailed from Bremen two Paso, Texas, Oct. 27.—Before tacks—Stormy Weather is Retarding Operations on the | icaving for New York today on a con- Somme and Macedonian Fronts—There Has Been Little Fighting in the Zone in Russia—Two German Tor- pedo Boat Destroyers Were Sunk in the English Chan- nel in Engagement With Empty Transport. British—The British Lost an Rumania, caught in the grip of two nvading forces of the central powers, is still struggling desperately to ward off the Incessant attacks of Field Mar- shal von MacKensen 2nd General von Falkenhayn. Advancing northward in Dobrudja, von Mackensen's troops have reached a line running from Hirsova, on the Danube, to Casapkeui, on the Black Sea coast, from forty to si miles from where they crossed the Constan- za-Tchernavoda railway line. The capture of Hirsova would give to the Teutonic allies the advantage of hav- Ing little marshy ground to traverse should they attempt to make a cross. ing of the river here into Old Ru- mania, as the loy-lying ground vir- tually” disappears for some distance around Hirsova. General von Falkenhayn continues to make progress in the direction of Campulung, south of Predeal, on the Transylvania front, and Bucharest ad- mits a retirement of the Rumaniin forces in the Jiul valley, which is sit- uated in the Vulcan pass region. The o-Rumanian forces, to the north, repulsed Austro-German attacks, while in the Uzul valley the Ruman- ians continue to advance and in the region of Okna have occupied a height and a village. Inclement weather is hampering the operations on the Somme and Mace- donian fronts and only bombardments have taken place in these regions. An- other attempt by the Germans at an attack west of the Village of Douau- mont in the Verdun region was check- ed by the French curtain of fire. The Germans are stlil heavily bombarding all the newly won positions of the French in this region. On the eastern front in Russia there has been little fighting except in the region of the Shara river, northwest of Pins Near Goldovitchi a Ger- man attack forced the Russians to retire to the eastern bank of the Shara. In an engagement in the English channel between British and German torpedo boat destrovers two German destroyers were sunk, according to London, while the British lost an empty transport. In addition a Brit- ish torpedo boat destroyer is missing and another was run aground after it had been disabled by a.torpedo. APPEAL FOR THE WIDCWS ' AND ORPHANS IN GERMANY Made by American Relief Committee With Approval of Gerard. New York, Oct. A Thanksgiving ppeal for funds to relieve suffering among the widows and orphans in Germany was issued here today by the American relief committee, backed by the approval of James W. Gerard, United States ambassador to Ger- many, who expressed the belief that a lberal contribution would do much to make for a more friendly feeling between Germany and the United States. “The money will be sent to me through the Ulnited States state de- partment” Mr. Gerard said,. “and I will distribute It in Germany throush the United States ronsuls - there wherever the need is greatest. 1 think all persons who are interested not only In helping the rea! necessities of wid- 'ws and orphans in Germany, but also in_promoting more friendly feelings | throughout the world, ought to help in this work. “There is real nced in Germany for tils work and in distributing the money I shall be careful to let the German public know from whom it comes. Americans have sent much more thoney to other nations than to Germany, but T hope the Germans will come to' realize that the people of America sympathize with the suffer- Ings and needs of the widows and or- phans everywhere and are willing to ameliorate conditions wherever found. “If T am enabled to o back to Ger- many bringing a substantial sum of | money raised by this committee I do a0t know of anything better to aid relations between this country and Germany, and when the Germans see | that the fund has been raised by a committee so distinctly American as this one it cannot but make a most ¢xcellent impression upon the people ere.” such HUGHES AND WILSON WOMEN ARE FRIENDLY Both Factions Prominent in a Street Parade at Topeka, Kas. Topeka, Kas, Oct. 27.—Topeka’s re- ception to the women of the Hughes campaign special today developed into a friendly rivalry between local mem- bers of the Hughes Alliance and the Women's Wilson League. In a street parade which followed the arrival of the train, both factions were promin- ent. “We come here from the east today to ask you to pay a debt you owe us,” said Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott, of New- port, R. I, speaking at a mass meet- ing. My father helped free bleeding Kansas. Out here where you have no Industrial problems, no accumulation of wealth and bitterness as we have in the east, you cannot realize condi- tions. But we do back east and now Is the time we want you to pay the debt of gratitude vou owe us for the blooa we shed for you. BERGEANT AUGUST KASTNER WAS NOT KILLED IN FIGHT He Committed Suicide By Shooting at Port au Prince, Haiti. Sheboygan, Wis, Oct. 27.—Sergeant August Kastner, of the United States marine corps, was not killed in a re- cent fight in Santo Domingo, as was reported in a message received last Wednesday by his relatives here, but committed Buicide, according to a telogram received from the war de. partment today. The telegrame says: iSergeant August Kaster commit- ted suicide by shooting on September 22 at Port au Prince, Haitl, no furth- er particulars received.” “ (Signed.) “GEORGE BARNETT, “Commandant Marine Corpa? { ville). REICHSTAG CONSIDERING A NEW WAR CREDIT Bill for 12,000000,000 Marks Submit ted by Count Von Roedern. Berlin, Oct. 27.—(By wireless to Say- A new war credit bill for 12,- 000,900,000 marks was submitted to the reichstag today by Count von Roedern, secretary of the imperial treasury, who also reviewed the suc- cesses of the German war finances and compared them with the practices fol- lowed by the countries opposed to Ger- many. Count von Roedern stated that the total German war credits up to now amounted to 52,000,000,000 marks. Explaining the practice of the German treasury, th; imperial treasurer said: “On the jasis of the war credit granted br/ parliament in all cases short term treasury bonds, which were regularly consolidated with long term loans in the months of March and September, were issued. The amount of more than 47,000,009,000 marks subscribed to these loans, of which 45,000,000,000 marks already has been pald 'in, ‘Droves the success of this financing policy. The German. nation in 1914 produced from its own * re- sources ~ 4,500,000,000 marks in such loans; in 1975 more than 21,009,000,- 000 marks and in 1916, 21,000,009,000 marks also. “You will remember that the first four loans iere essentially of the same type, carrving 5 per cent. inter- est and having approximately the same price of issue. There having been raised ins this fashion _36,00,000,000 marks in round figures, the question seemed justified as to whether the fifth loan could also be placed under the same conditions.” Count von Roedern sald these ex- pectations had proved correct as the subscriptions to the fifth loan had amounted to 10,652,900,000 marks, He said that the number of subscribers was about 4,000,000 and therefore the fifth war loan must be called a “peo- ple’s loan.” AMERICAN IMMIGRATION IN WESTERN CANADA Has Steadily Increased Since the Out- break of the European War. Montreal, Que, Oct. 27.—American immigration in western Canada has steadily increased since the outbreak | ®SSary of the European war, according to J. | Which was the 1S, Dennis, chief of the department of | General Obregon assured General Car- I natural resources of the Canadian Pa. [ranza that he and all the men who had | cific raflroad, who testifled before the |acco fidential mission for his government, Andres Garela, inspector-general of Carranza consulates in the United States, announced that he has inform- ation that “junta” is in existence in El Paso which has for its purpose the directing of Villa’s movements in the fleld. He said this organization is composed of former revolutionists who have been close to Villa in the past. He added that he has received an unconfirmed report that there are a few Americans implicated in the organization. While he admitted having no definite information as to the possibility of 2 raid on the border by Villa or men in his command, he said he had been informed that such a raid might be made on the horder at some isolated point between El Paso and San Anto- nio. He said he had information that Mexican silver pesos were being pur- chased here and at other points along the border and expressed the opinion that these coins were being smuggled across the border for Villa to pay his men. Mr. Garcia’s departure for New York at thi stime is believed here. to have a direct bearing on the pres- ent situation on the border. He de- clined to make known the purpose of his mission. PRESIDENT WILSON RETURNS HOME FROM "CINCINNATI Shook Hands With Crowds Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl- Long Branch, N dent Wilson returne from his trip to Cincinnati which marked his last appearance in the middie west before the election. He arrived here at 9.45 o'clock and mo- tored directly to Shadow- Jawn. -At R G R ol hands ed through West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. “If you make one speech here vou will carry Pennsylvania,” said a man in the crowd at Philadelphia. “Mavybe I'll carry it anyway,” sponded the president. The president’s speeches here be- tween now and the election will be devoted chiefly to efforts to carry New York and his home state of New Jer- sey. Tomorrow afternoon he will speak at Shadow Lawn to an audi: ence made up mostly of New Yorkers and next Wednesday and Thursday he Oct. 27.—Presi- here tonizht P Marylana re- will deliver addresses in Buffalo and New York. He will make his last speech of the campaign, November 4, at a New Jersey celebration at Shad- ow Lawn. The democratic national committee has made arrangements for the ob- servance of “Woodrow Wilson day” tomorrow in cities, towns and rural communities. For the first time since the campaign opened the presldent has prepared his speech in advance and it is planned to have it read at the various meetings. Democratic leaders sald tonight the meetins at Shadow Lawn will be the most largely attended of the campaign. Delegations of women and of work- Ing children are to be in the audience. CARRANZA ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENCY In Response to Manifesto of New Con- stitutionalist-Liberal Party. Mexico Cil Oct. =.—General Ven: ustiano Carranza formaiy announced his candidacy for the presidency at one o'clock today in response to a manifes- to of the new constisutionalist-liberal party, which urged him to run for the office’ and offered him its layalty and support. Tn his acceptance General Carranza said that if by the vote of the people they make him president he would obey and cause to be obeyed the laws under the constitution. Generals Gonzales and Obregon took the oath of loyalty to General Carran- za. General Gonzales said the acceptance of General Carranza marked the nec- return to copstitutional order natfonal aspiration. anied him_through the revolu- Dominions Royal Trades Commission |tion would serve loyally after the elec- here today. The commission is inquir- ing into the trade conditions of the empire with a view to improving tion. General Bduardo Hay, president of the constitutionalist party, made a Great Britain's world commerce at the | formal speech in which he ‘offered the end of the war. A large number of American settlers became naturalized Canadians, Mr. Dennis said, and take a prominent part in municipal and provincial affairs, but, as a whole, they are not as deep- ly concerned as other Canadians in the world war. MRS. BEUTINGER'S FATE party’s support to General Carranza CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEM.-CAMPAIGN FUND Amount Received Up to October 24 is $1,006,283. New York, Oct, 27.—Clevelana H. Dodge, who = was graduated from IS IN JURY’S HANDS | Princeton with Prestdent Wilson in ‘79, Charged With Murder of Her Hus- band at Caldwell, N. J. Newark, N. J., Oct. 27.--Mrs. Mar- garet C. Beutinger, the ‘woman charged with the murder of heads the list of contributors to the democratic campaign fund, according to a preliminary report which will be filed with the clerk of the house of representatives tomorrow by Wilbur W. Marsh, treasurer of the democratic er hus- | national committee. The report, which band, & prosperous New York coal|was made public tonight, accounts for merchant, at their home at Caldwell, | contributions of $1,006,283, the amount N. the hands her fate rests. The jurors retired at 3 J., on July 11, last, is waiting for | received up to and including October verdict of the jurors in whose | 24. ©Of this sum Mr. Dorge gave $50,- 000. Since then he has contributed an o'clock and |additional $29,000, making the total at midnight, when no verdict had been | $79,000. reached, Judge Martin ordered the Jjurymen locked up for the night. Court |en as 41,882. was adjourned until 10 o'clock tomor- row morning. The number of contributors was giv- ‘The amount received in contributions of less than $100 was $261,846. The contributions from those The defendant was returned to-the |giving more than $100 was $744,436. cell which she has occupled since her | One of the_entries on the list reads: arrest and her ohildren left the court- house in the care of relatives. - “Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. =2.500." in West | Advertising of course portunities which are before them, wise know nothing about. umns: Opportunities Which Are O:herwise Unknown Declaring that advertising is carried on along careful and proper lines is the main factor in the growth of retail business, Advertising Manager Allen of the Christian Science Monitor holds that advertising. is the one recourse of the retailer to raise himself above the mass and cause the reverse of economic trading conditions, and he proceeded to demonstrate to an interested audience by statistics based on ob- servations of a number of stores how adVertising influences sales. In his opinion the advertiser should attempt to promote the spirit of good will to his store through his advertisements. contends, is an important influence upon foreign-born citizens who gain ideas of American ways of living through it. means the education of the people to the op- The paper which goes amongst the largest number is therefore the best and cheapest medium. rendered by The Bulletin throughout Eastern Connecticut. In the past week the following matter has appeared in its col- Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Qct. 21.. 84 1621056 " 13€2 Monday, ©Ocl. 28, 7907 148 227 502 Tuesday, QOct.. 24... 111 139 166 416 Wednesday, Oct. 25.. 91 129 176 396 Thursday, Oct. 26.. 86 115 245 416 Friday, Oct:: 275 98 120 156 374 —~—Totals. 813 - 1996 - 3406 Retall advertising, he many of which they would other- Such service is another Mexican bandit raid on the border. It was announced here today that these precautionary measures were be- ing taken in compliance with the sec- cretary’s orders, although the border is safer from bandit attacks at this time than at any time since Villa started his banditry, it was said. CASE AGAINST HAVERHILL OFFICIALS GOES TO JURY. Instructions Left for a Sealed Verdict This Morning. Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 27.—The case of Mayor Albert L. Bartlett and four other members of the Haverhill city government who were charged with failure to suppress rioting that occur- red in conmection with an anti-Catho- lic lecture in that city April 3 was given to the jury late today. At a late hour the jury was still considering the evidence, and instructions were left for it to report a sealed verdict tomor- row morning. W. U. TELEGRAPH CO. TO ENTER SOUTH AMERICA Engineering Expedition is to Be Sent Out Next Month. New York, Oct. 27.—The Western Union Telegraph eompany announced tonight that it is planning to enter South America on a big scale and that an_engineering expedition will be sent out next month to make explorations. The company expects to work in co- operation with the department of state and with the American International corporation, provided _the reported submitted by the expedition to the boards of directors of the two com- panies meets with approval. Continuation of the Hayana cable direct to Buenos Aires is one of the plans being considered. TO PROTEST MINING OF SWEDISH TERRITORIAL WATERS Swedish Government Has Instructed Its Minister at Petrograd. Berlin, Oct. 27-- ‘The Swedish gov- ernment has instructed its minister at Petrograd to protest immediately against the Russian intention to pla mines in Swedish territorial ‘waters, says the Overseas News Agency. “The minister also was_instructed to an- nounce that the Swedish government in due time will bring forward all claims for damages caused by such mines, “This step resuted from the order recently issued by the Russian gov- ernment for the placing of mines in particular sections of the Gulf of Bothnia. PERUVIANS REVIVE MEMORY OF GUILLERMO BILLINGHURST Former President Who Died While in Exile in Chile. Peru, Oct. 27.—The body of Guillermo Billinghurst, the former president of Peru, was deposited in a mausoleum in a cemetery here today. The funeral parade resulted in im- posing manifestations by all classes of Peruvians. President Pardo, min- isters, senators, deputies and = other officials assisted in the funeral cere- monies at the cathedral. Former President Billinghurst died C., |at Iquique, Chile, in June, 1915, after lhavhu'kvn exiled from Peru. weeks ago and successfully eluded all Britisk patrol boats safely. It was reported tonight that Deutschland passed in the capes short- ly after nightfall and proceeded up the bay, but this could not be confirmed. the | WINTER QUARTERS FOR TPROOPS ON BORDER By Mi ion Dollars Made Available War Department. San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 27.—More than a million’ dollars has been made available by the war department for providing winter quarters for troops on the border. Southern department headquarters was advised to this ef- fect today and ordered to proceed with vork at once. Cantonments are to be erected for troops of the regural army engaged in border dutp and provision has been made for framing and flooring the tents of the national guard troops. In authorizing the expenditure the war department acted on recommenda- tions submitted by General Funston. Cantonments will be built at border points where regular troops are now on_duty. The expenditures provided for by the appropriation aggregate $1,140,000. OFFICERS CONECTICUT PRISON ASSOCIATION Alfred Coit of New London One of the Vice Presidents Hartford, Conn, Oct. 27.—Professor William B. Bailey of Yale University was elected president of the Connec- ticut Prison Association at its annual meeting here today. The following vice president were chosen: George B. Chandler, Rocky Hill; Albert McC. Matthewson, New Haven; John H. Light, South Norwalk; Alfred Coit, New London; Elisha J. Steele, Tor- rington; Stetson K. Ryan, Middletown; Edgar M. Warner, Putnam; Freeman F._Patten, Stafford Srings. W. E. Stanton of this city was elect- ed treasurer and C. M. Thompson of Hartford secretary. SEVEN MEN INJURED BY A POWDER “FLARE-UP” Three Probably Fatally and Others Less Seriously. Four Haskell, N. J.. Oct. 28.—Three men were probably fatally burned and four others less seriously injured by a pow- der “flare-up” at the Haskell plant of the E. I. Dupont De Nemours Powder company here late today. The “flare” was caused by the ignition of a bag of powder which fell under the wheels of a tram car and set fire to the load on the car. A screening caught fire and wes destroved, but the property loss was small. Reichstag Votes Budget Committes With Power. London, Oct. 27, 1059 p. m. — The German reichstag by a vote of 302 to 31 authorized the budget committee to meet during the adjournment of the reichstag for a discussion of Ger- many’s foreign policy and the war, says Reuter’s Amsterdam correspondent. Big Day at Shadow Lawn. New York, Oct. 27—Nine special trains will e provided to carry sup- porters of the present administration from this city to Long Branch, N. J., tomorrow for the celebration of “New Condensed Telegrams Leading brands of flour advanced 30c to $10.20 a barrel at Chicago. Melbourne H. Hardwick, a landscape printer of international reputation, is ead. The Schenectady llluminating Co. has increased its capital from $3,000,- 090 to $5,000,000. Battery B, First Field Artillery, N. Y. N. G, arrived at New York from the Mexican border. The Dominion government will per- mit building _of merchant ships in Canada for Norway. Lee S. Burridge, inventor and avia- tor, who died on May 4, 1915, left an estate valued at $93,929. Fort Sam Houston is to have a gar- age large enough to house more than 800 large motor trucks. Cottonseed was quoted at $60 a ton on the Memphis Cotton Exchange, the highest price ever known. The sub-treasury received $2,500,000 in gold coin from Canada for the ac- count of J. P. Morgan & Co. The Commercial Cable Co. an- nounced that cable communication with Manaos has been restored. In the three months ended Sept. 30, the revenue receipts of the state of New York amounted to $10,503,429. The annual convention of the Na- tional Foreign Trades Council will be held in Pittsburgh, Jan. 25-27, 1917. Amerio: 1916 Christmas ship, for the relief of Syrian and Armenian war victims will leave New York, Dec. 1. Seven hundred men employed in the shops of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad, threaten to strike. Detectives at_ St. Louis recovered $13,000 of the $32,000 stolen from a Burroughs Adding Machine Co., pay- master in Detroit, Aug. 4. The cornerstone of Princeton’s new half-million dollar dining hall was Iaid. It is the gift of Mrs. Russel Sage and other friends of the university. The weekly statement of the Bank of France shows an increase of 3,619,- 000 francs in gold holdings and a de- crease of 513,000 francs in silver. The German steel syndicate reports that the output of steel in Germany last month was 1,493,000 tons, compar- ed with 1,414,000 tons in August. of the Interstate ion for railroad re- 15, of new automatic equipment has been is- The annual Commerce Commi ports by January block signal sued. call Dr. Irigoyen, new radical president of Argentina, is arranging to shelter the destitute of Buenos Aires in pub- lic. buildirgs. food himself. John Sundquist, who killed Daniel Shannon of New Jersey, pleaded guilty |m second degree murder and was sen- tenced to from twenty to thirty years in state prison. The en e hamlet of Gecrgia, eight | miles west of Gloversville, N. Y., was threatened by a fire which wiped out the hotel, grist mill and eight of the fifteen dwellings Four men were injured when an au- tomobile In_which they were riding skidded at Nelson and Peterson av- enues, Jersey City, and dropped down a 25-foot embankment. Pope Benedict has sent to Cardinal Gibbons a contribution of 10,000 francs {to head a list of contributions in the United States for assistance of the children of Belgium. Dr. C. Lincoln Forbush, a prominent Philadelphia physician was appointed special assistant to the American em- bassy at Berlin, as medical inspector of prison camps in Germany. Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antartic ex- plorer, arrived at Panama on his way to New Zealand to head another relief expedition to save his men who are marooned on the shores of Ross Sea. Two hundred barbers from all sec- tions of Staten Island served a strike ultimatum to their employers. If their demtnd for an increase in wages is not met this morning, they will go on a strike. William C. Ashbridge, who with Walter C. Thompson, an alleger forger, escaped from the Camden, N. J., coun- ty jail after killing one guard and wounding another, was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, an actress. ; The Public Employment Bureau ot New York city reported that 2,163 ap- plications for work wehe made during the month of September. Positions were found for 2,053 # the unemploy- ed, two-thirds of which will be per- Michigan railroad firemen and en- gineers have voted to ring their en- gine bells on entering every station until their train pulls out as 2 demon- stration for President Wilson. They will explain they are “rinking the bell for Wilson $7,500,000 BRAZILIAN TRACTION LIGHT AND POWER BONDS Purchased By William A. Read & Co. of New York. New York, Oct. 27—William A. Read and company announces today the purchase of $7,500,000 three year six perecent. gold notes of the Brazilian Traction, Light and Power company, which operates public utilities in the cities of Rio de Janeiro ard Sao Paulo, Brazil. This is the first financing of this character undertaken bp American bankers, London having been the cen- ter, prior to the war, for the float- ing of such enterprises. BERLIN CLAIMS VICTORY IN ENGLISH CHANNEL 14 Ships Either Sunk or Damaged by German Torpedo Boat Squadron. Berlin, Oct. 27, via London, Oct. 28, 12564 . m—At least eleven outpost steamers and two or three torpedo boat destropers or topredo boats were sunk or damaged by a German tor- pedo squadron Thursday night in the English channel between Folkestone and Boulogne, according to an official York day” at Shadow Lawn. Presi- dent Wilson will address the visitors at his summer home, communication issyed = here. The German torpedo flotilla returned safely to its base without any loss. 29 # He will pay-for their| In HUGHES RENDS WILSON'S SAYS U. S. LACKS INDUSTRIAL PREPAR‘EDNESS an Address at Rochester, N. Y., the Republican Presidential Nominee Cited Statistics to Disprove President Wilson’s Claim That Everything Exported From the United States: to Supply Armies Does Not Total One Per Cent. of the Total American Commerce—Administration Revenue Bill Would Provide No Protection to American Work- men. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 37.—Charles B Hughes _tonight repiied to state- ments in President Wilson'’s Cincin- nati speech concerning preparations to meet commercial competition after the war. Mr. Hughes told an audience here that the administration’s views re- minded him of its views on prepared- ness in December, 1914, which were afterwards changed; that he comsid- ered the anti-dumping provision of the revenue bill, intended to meet the situation, as “farcical” and “worse than useless” to protect American workmen, and that even if the per- centage of exports of commodities to supply armies was small, it required but very littie “to contract or destroy the prosperity of the®county.” Hughes Cheered Repeatedly. The nominee addressed an audience that cheered him repeatedly. He told them that as he had been while gov- ernor of New York he was now, and should be in the future; that he. was willing to stand or fall by what he believed to be right. “It_was said in December, 1914 Mr. Hughes asserted, “that America was ready; that any suggesticn to the contrary was thoughtless. But, in truth, America was far from ready. It is now said, with reference to the commercial rivalry, that America is ready. 1 think, in truth, that Amer- ica is far from readv, and that we shall not be ready until we have a clearer notion of what we may ex- pect.” Statistics of Exports. Mr. Hughes cited statistics of im- ports in answer ‘to the president's declaration that everything exported from the Unitzd Statés to supply ar- mies does not total 1 per cent. of the total of American -commerce. After stating the increases in chemicals, brass, breadstuffs, iron and steel, cot- ton and other commodities, Mr. Hughes declared that exports of ex plosives, including cartridges, had in- creased from $5,000,000 to $467,000,000 in one year, with an increase in total xports | of $2,000,000. The nominee sald he was “amazed at the sugges- tion” that it was such a small per- centage that “it could hardly affect the great remaining percentage.” “Why, if you had the greatest dis- tress in this country,” Mr. Hughes said “you would still have a tremendous volume of commerce and trade. It does not take much to contract the pros- perity of this country, to destyoy the prosperity of this country. The great percentage of our exchanges and of our commerce would continue, even if we_were in very serious straits “When you infuse this abnormal de- mand to which I have referred you ° have given a stimulus which undoubt. edly is felt throughout the country; and when you have a policy carried into_effect, such as was involved in the Underwood bill, the contraction re- sulting from that policy, although per- haps a small percentage, was enough to send hundreds and thousands of workingmen into the streets. . Protection ofy Industries. “Let us not deceive ourselves. Let us take account of what is necessary for the proection of our industry, and let us have it understood that we are doing it, not to give benefits to a few, but to provide a basis for prosperity tor the many. “It is eald, after scoffing at the sug- gestion_that is made with respect to competition with ap energized Europe —after suggesting that America 18 able to take care of itself, impiving, of course, with the. present govern- mental policies—after saying there is no such thing, then it is said, well, we have made provision with respect to it in our anti-dumpmg clause in our revenue bili. And anybody that is go- ing to threaten American industry and anybody who will in any way inter- fere with our conditions here may ‘have to pay a few thousand dollars’ fine or go to_jail” : That, Mr. Hughes said, reminded him of the ‘story of the man charged with the theft of a.copper kettle who was ready with two defenses—first, that he never saw the kettle and never stole it, and, second, that the kettle had & hole in' it, anyway. WATCHING MOVEMENT OF NEGROES TO NORTHERN CITIES Legal Officers Hope to Check Possible Election Frauds. Washington, Oct. 27.—Both the de- partment of justice and the depart- ment of labor are watching closely the migration of southern negroes to northern industrial centers. The le- gal officers - hope to checic possible election frauds, while the Jabor au- thorities are interested primarily in preventing their federal employment service from being used to further mi- gration schems ‘ Attorney General Gregory, in addi- tion to general instructions recently given to federal district attorneys in advance of the elections, has ordered a special inquiry into complaints that negroes_are being sent in considerable numbers to doubtful states -under promises of work at high wages. Dis trict Attorney Miller at Louisville has been ordered to report the names, towns and destinations of all negroes or any other possible voters going from Kentucky, Alabgma or any other part of the south, passing through Louisville in suspicious numbers. Other district attorneys in the south and in middle west states are under- stood to be under similar instructions. SCHOONER CATAWAMTEAK BEARS A CHARMED LIFE Old Coaster Has Been Apparently Wrecked Many Times. Chatham, Mass., Oct. 27.—For more than sixty vears the schooner Cata- wamteak has been known to New ‘England mariners as the “cat of the coastwise fleet” because of the many times she has been apparently wreck- ed only to gain a new lease of life. Today the old coaster stranded on Shovelful Shoals, on_ the brink of the grave of many good ships and, once again, cheated the keepers of Davy Jones’ locker. “She’s a charmed boat,” her skipper said to Captain Ellis of the Monomoy Point coast guards when the latter helped the Catawamteak off the shoals with a kedge anchor. The schooner continued her voyage with stone from Stonington, Maine, to New York with no damage to show for her latest ex- perience. 2 MEXICO HAS PLACED U. S. IN CLASS WITH CHINESE Roosevelt Blames the Wilson Adminis- tration Therefor. Ohio, Oct. 27.—“The presi- the United States must not moral pigtail,” said Colonel Roosevelt in a rear-platform speech this afternoon. “Mexico,” he said, “has placed Americans in the same class with the Chinese. Mexico has killed one German, one Englishman, no Frenchmen, no Japanese, five hun- dred Ameri€ans and three hundred Chinese. The attitude of the national administration is more apt to produce war with Mexico than to keep us out of war.” Toledo, dent wear a Movements of Steamships. Christiansand, Oct. 27.—Arrived: steamer Helig Olav, New York. Genoa, Oct. 15.—Arrived: steamer Duca Degli Abruzzi, New York. Gothemburg, Oct. 27. — Arrived: steamer_Stockholm, New York. BAKER SILENT ABOUT PROPOSED ATTACK ON AMERICAN TROOPS But Admits That No Americans Wers Involved in the Plot. Washington, _Oct. 27.—Secretary Baker left for Wilmington, O., tonight to_continue his campaign _speaking without revealing either the sources or the exact nature of the information which impelled the war department yesterday to issue a statement say- ing it had knowledge that an attack on the border or on#émerican troops in Mexlco is being planned by ene- mies of the administration’s polcy toward Mexico. It was learned, however, that the suspicion was aroyged here 'some days ago and that reports of an alleged conspiracy appearing in certain Amer- ican newspapers were transmitted to the border for investigation. Agents of the department of justice and of the treasury department are supposed to have made the inquiry, although there are intimations that General Funston also was. advised as a matter of information. Reports reaching Washington yesterday less than an hour before Mr. Baker left for West Virginia to deliver a campaign address, led the war secretary to confer with Secretary Lansing at the state depart- ment and issue the statement. Suggestions that the statement was so worded as virtually to charge American political opponents of the administration with “conspiring_with the bandits led both Secretary Baker and Secretary Lansing today to re- iterate the latter's statement of last night that there was no intention to do such a thing. Boh said it was im- possible to_conceive that any Amer- ican could be involved in such an en- terprise and that Mexicans now in the United States were responsible for the plot, wishing to ebzroll the United Stafes and Mexico to the end that the de facto government might be over- thrown. 128 FRENCH AEROPLANES HAVE ARRIVED IN RUMANIA For Reconnaissance Work on the Transylvanfa and Dobrudja Fronts. London, Oct. 27, 6.25 p. m._—“One hundred and twenty-eight _ French aeroplanes have arrived in Rumania for reconnaissance work _ on the Transylvania and Dobrudja fronts,” says a_despatch to the wireless press. Four _ English aeroplanes arrived . at the Rumanian capital vesterday from Imbros, an island of the Greclan arch- ipelago. Flying from the island of Imbros across central Bulgaria to Bucharest in a straight line, fhe English ma- chines traveled 300 miles. OBITUARY. William C, Myers. Philadelphia, Oct. 27.—Willlam C. Myers, lieutenant of engineers-in the United States coast guard _service, who was awarded a medal of honor by congress for service in the Philippines under Admiral Dewey, Adied at his home here today from heart disease. He wag 57 vears of age and was a member of the crew of the cutter Me: Cullough which went ahead of Admiral Dewey’s fleet and located the position of the mines in Manila harbor,