Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 1, 1916, Page 1

VOL. [VHI.—NO. 263 POPULATION 28,219 - NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1916 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin's Circulation inj‘Nor'wicfi is Double That of Any ‘Other Paper, and_Its 'I'otal_CircuIation is the Largest in connecticut‘ in Proportion tothe City’s Population. RUMANIANS VICTORS IN TRANSYLVANIA Norwegian Steamer Sunk. London, Oct. 31, 442 p. m.—The Norwegian steamers Falkefjell o~ Tordal have been sunk, says - nouncement made by Lloyd~ : . Removals from B-" London, Oct. 27 Asquith told v | today, in reply \ . ~don from Ar- thur Lynch, ¢ the government would introduce & bill providing for the removal from the peerage of “those _remier . commons In the Region of Szurduk Pass the Austro-Germans | memier ot the'hosee ot loris for fn- Were Driven Back From the Frontier .RUSSIASNS TAKE AUSTRO-GERMAN TRENCHES In Galicia the Austro-Germans Have Checked Attacks Below Stanislau and Occupied Russian Positions i nthe Nara- yuvka Region Near Halicz—On the Anglo-French Front in France and Belgium There Has Been Little Except Ar- tillery Work—Serbians Have Made Progress in the Cerna Bend, But Bad Weather Macedonia. | There has been little concentrated | infantry fighting on the Eurcpean bat- | tiefields. | Along the border between Transylva- | nia and Rumania the opposing armies | continue the fray, but with little | change in the situation. | "In the region north and east of | Campulung, Rumania, the fighting goes on, and Bucharest claims the capture | of Mount Rosca at Bratocea and the | repulse of attacks in the Dragoslavle ! sector. Berlin claims the repulse of | Rumanian attacks north of Campulung | and Bucharest says the advance in the Jiul valley, in the region of Vulcan pass, is making progress. Rumanians have gained a vic- tory in the region of Szurduk pass, on the Rumanian-Transylvanian frontier, a wireless message from Bucharest re- ports. © The Rumanians drove the Austro-Germans back from the fron- /stance, German princes, .who are now in arms against the allles.” DEUTSCHLAND AT DOCK, NEW LONDON LEFT BREMEN ON OCTOBER 10 AND MADE TRIP WITHOUT SPECIAL INCIDENT. New London, Conn, Nows 1.—The German merchant submarine Deutschland arrived in the harbor here early this morning. Captain Koenig said the Deutsch- land left Bremen on October 10_and made the trip here without special incident. The entire crew compris- es 25 men. The Deutschland ap- peared in the outer harbor shortly after midnight and proceeded to the dock of the Eastern Forwarding Company. Captain F. Hinsch of the For- warding Company, accompanied by Dr. R. E. Black, the health officer and other officials, met the sub- . The usual quar- e regulations were waived and the Deutschland tied up at the dock near the North German Lloyd steamer Willehad. The Deutschland was said to have a large cargo of chemicals. is Hampering Operations in tier, capturing prisoners and artillely. ‘West of Lutsk, in Volhynia, the Rus- sians have taken Austro-German trenches south of Sviniusky and re- pulsed counter-attacks. On the Shara river, Berlin reports, Russian attacks were repulsed. In Galicia the Austro- Germans have checked attacks below Stanislau and occupied Russian posi- tions in the Narayuvka region near Halicz. On the Anglo-French front in France and Belgium there has been little ex- cept artillery work. The Germans shelled the British front around Ypres and, south ‘of the Ancre, the positions at_Stuff and Schwaben redcubts. Bad weather is hampering operations in Mécedonia, but the Serbians, Paris announces, have made progress in the Cerna bend and the nch have occu- pied a monastery west of Presba lake. Artillery combats have occupied the soldiers on the Austro-Italian front. HUGHES WOULD BE GUIDED BY RULE OF REASON Tells Hoosiers if Elected He Will Se- COAL SCARCE IN NEW YORK AT $1250 A TON. Limitation of Deliveries to One Ton to Avert a Famine. New York, Oct. 31.—Coincident with the unprecedented increase in the price of domestic coal to $12.50 a ton here today, retail merchants notifled the public that only conseryation of the supply and limitation of:dgliveries to one ton a customer would avert a famine. The soaring prices are due. retailers and wholesalers agreed, to the enor- mous demands of manufacturing plants, which are working either full time, overtime or double time, the shortage of unskilled labor at the mines, the frelght car shortage, the premature #Sconsumption cf the reserve stock and the utilization of domestic coal for manufacturing purposes. “There is no definite retail price,” sald Commissioner Alfred Rice of the Coal Merchants' association in a statement. “Retajlers who have a re- serve supply may be able to rezulate prices, but those whe are forced to buy their stock at ctirrent prices will have to shift the increase, whatewer it may to the consumer.” xperts denied speculators were cor- nering the market. Prices will con- tinue to soar. they predicted. while the existing industrial conditions prevail. Only 20 per cent. of the coal produced 1s affected by ‘he increase, they con- tend, as the other 80 per cent. has al- ready been sold under yearly con- Records show increases of 190 to 200 per cent. in the wholcsale prices since August. Whereas domestic coal sold at from 35 to $5.65 a gross ton, 1. 0. b, tidewater, in August. the cur- rent prices are from $8 to $8.25. These prices do not include lighterage and delivery charges. 8IX DRIFT NET BOATS LOST WITH TRANSPORT QUEEN Lord Balford Admits Fact House of Commons. London, Oct. 31, 4 p. m.—The loss of ‘six drift net boats, in addition to the sinking of the transport Queen and the torpedo boat destroyer Flirt, in the recent raid by German subma- rines in the English channel, was ad- mitted by A. J. Balifour, first lord of the admiralty, in the house of com- mons today. In answering a number of questions concerning the raid on the channel transport service the first lord said that while the raiders had all the advantages that raiders pos- sess in choosing the moment of the attack In this case it certainly failed. The only cross-channel steamer to be attacked Mr. Balfour said was the empty passenger vessel Queen and she would have been saved, he added, had the captain realized that she would float six hours after the attack. The torpedo boat destroyer Flirt, he sald, was surprised in the darkness by German destroyers which fired on her at close range and sanw her. The destroyer Nubian, torpedoed while at- tacking the German squadron, could have been brought to hLarbor, the first lord asserted, but for the gale. He belleved that the Nubian can be sal- vaged. He then admitted that six drift net boats had been lost. ““There is groundgfor thinking,” Mr. Balfour declared, “that two German torpedo boat destroyers, after being hit during the action, struck mines and were blown up and probably sunk” in the Reports of Riots in Russia. Berlin, Oct. 31. — “Reports from Stockholm declare that very serious riots have occurred at Moscow, Kiev ‘and other towns in the Volga district of Russia,” says the Overseas News Agency. “At Moscow empty meat shops were stormed and two persons were kille dby the police during a riot before a sugar shop at Kiev.” ¥ New Russian Short Term Loan. lect a Capable Cabinet. SALOONS IN VIRGINIA Evansville, Ind., Oct. 31.—Charles E. CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT. Hughes tonight told an audience in the school stadium here of the policies he Fntire Southeastern Section of United States is Now “Dry.” intends to follow if elected president. Mr. Hughes declared that he would, Cabled_Paragraphs |Six Americans . Lost With Marina TELEGRAM RECEIVED BY AMER- ICAN CONSUL FROST 2 AMERICANS INJURED Consul Frost Has Arranged to Take the Depositions of Tewnty-eight American Survivors Who Have Proceeded to Dublin. London, Oct. 31, 941 p. m. — Six Amcericans _were killed in_ the sink- ing of the British steamer Marina, ac- cording to a telegram received by American Consul Frost at Queens- town, says the Press Asociation. The telegram declared that fifty-one Amer- icans had ben saved. The Americans reported killed, the Pres Asociation says, were two men named Brown two named Thomas and one named Middléton and one named Robertson. Men named Miller and Dayvis, it is added, were injured. Consul Frost has arranged to take the depositions of twenty-eight Ameri- can survivors, who have proceeded to Dublin. Thirty-four additional survi- vors, including fifteen Americans, are expected to arrive at Cork tonight. An Exchange Telegraph despatch from Skibbereen, whgre some of the survivors of the Marina have arrived, by two submarines. Two Torpedoes Fired at Marina. Dublin, Oct. 31, 11.50 p. m., via Lon- don, Nov. 1, 3.05 a. m- 'he sufferers declared that two torpedoes were fired at the Marina and that the submarine watched the boats containing the sur- vivors for half an hour without offer- ing assistance, in a statement to The Associated Press. GROWTH OF BANKS UNDER THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT Resources in Connecticut Have In- creased $117,000,000—29 Per Cent. ‘Washington, Oct. 31.—Growth of the country’s banking resources since passage of the federal reserve act is put at six and one half billion dollars in a statement issued today by the comptroller of the treasury. The re- cord is declared to be without a paral- lel in the history of this or other country. The figures cover the period from Richmond, Va., Oct. 31.—Virginia, the eighteenth state to ban the sale of in- toxicating beverages, closed all saloons at midnight tcnight, completing a dry area in the gou " ington to JacKsonville to ‘the east and’ from Washington fo New Orleans to the west. Although a large part of the Old Dominion previously had been voted dry in local option ‘elections, the new state law closed more than 800 sa- loons, mostly in Richmond, Norfolk, Newport News. Lynchburg. Petershursg, Roanoke and Bristol. The law is one of the most drastic ever passed by a state legislature. Along with the prohibition measure and to insure its enforcement, the legis. lature passed a bill which prowided that ouster proceedings may be brought against state or municipal authorities who show a laxity in putting it, or any other measure, into effect. In addition, a commissioner was provided to see that the law was observed. RIGHTS OF STATES IN MOTOR LICENSE TAXES Is Being Tested in a Case Now Before the Supreme Court. to begin, select the ablest cabinet the country could afford, would protect American rights, with respect to life; property and commerce throughout the aworld, would be. guide; rule. reason in investigating grievances, would endeavor to safeguard Ameri- can enterprises through a protective tariff and would give the United States “straight business government, im- partial, fair, efficient.” The nominee declared that he believ- ed ir the “leadership of the executive” in shaping legislation and through it his éuty “so far as he can by his recommcndation and his powerful in- fluence” to promote the passage of beneficient laws. After saying he would select an able cabinet, he referred to a “little word of pleasantry” from the “spokesman of the opposing party,” saving that in oftect members of republican cabinets could not be called to mind. “I want to say in answer to that sug- gestion.” Mr. Hughes declared, “that the cabinet of this administration nev- er_will be forgotten.” Mr. Hughes was due to speak at 8 o'clock but did not reach the stadium til after 9 and began his speech at 9.30. A torchlight parade that was 45 min- utes in passing, detalned him. The nominee rode to the stadium between cheering crowas that stood many deep in the streets, block after block. Dur- ing his address he was frequently halted by salvos of cheering. The meeting was in the open air and tte nominee did not speak long, for his voice was fraved by the day’s ex- ertions. Unknown to him, another au- dience was waiting in a nearby hall, due to an eleventh hour slip in ar- rangements. Mr. Hughes did not ad- dress the second gudience, some of whom had waited several hours, but drove directly to his hotel after leav- ing the stadium and the audience disbanded before he learned of the in- cident. Mr. Hughes's speech here marked the end of his paien of his two days’ tour of the state. It was a day of crowds and noisy welcomes. g “Going through the state of Indi- ana” he told the audience here to- night. “I have met the most hearty greetings and to me it is a prophesy Washington, Oct. 31.—Constitution- ality of New Jersey automobile license tax laws, involving taxation powers of states and traffic privileges of non- resident motorists, was arzued late tbday before the supreme court in a suit in which the American Automo- bile Association and National Automo- bile Chamber of Commerce were rep- resented by counsel. Whether states have authority to raise through motor license taxes road maintenance revenues, and whether automobile pleasure touring is inter- state “commerce” were said to be new and undetermined Questions present- ed. The case came up upon an appeal by Frank J. Kane of New York, from conviction of motoring in New Jersey without paying the registration license. The New Jersey court upheld the state laws, declaring that the license taxes though designed to raise revenues, were not unconstitutional, nor, as to non-residents, a state interference with interstate commerce. SIGHTLESS WILL BE THE CHIEF BENEFICIARIES Under Will of William Bell Wait, Ed- ucator of the Blind. New York, Oct. 31.—The sightless will be the chief beneficiaries under the will, filed here today, of William Bell Wait, educator of the blind. The free use of his thirteen inventions for embossed writing, described in the document as “for the purpose of re- ducing the cost, increasing the dura- tonight rst day’'s cam- steadily forward to victory on seventh of November.” the WHY' FREE CONDUCT WAS GIVEN TO CAPTAIN 30Y-ED Lord Robert Cecil Says It Was Out of Deference to Wish of the U. S. London, Oct. 31, 3.20 p. m.—In the house of commons today Carlyon W, Bellairs asked Lord Robert Cecil, war trade minister, the reasons why the foreign office had granted a free con- duct to Captain Carl Boy-Ed, rormerly German naval attache at Washington, at the time his withdrawal was re- quested by the American government. Mr. Bellairs also asked whether Lord Robert was aware that Captain Boy Bd was “the head of an organization engaged in forgery, murder and arson in the United States,” and was now “organizing occasional U-boat opera- tions off the American coast from Lu- beck. Lord Robert replied that the safe conduct had been given io Captain Boy-Ed in deference to the oNicially~ expresscd wish of the United States government. The British Bovernment felt that the captain’s capacity for in- juring the interests of this country Wwast at least not greater in (Germany than in the United States. The gov- ernment had no reason to regret this view. Regarding Mr. Bellairs’ guery in re- gard to Captain Boy-Ed's Tivities, Lord Robert said bility and enlarging the amount and scope of literature for the blind in the New York point system” are “given and dedicated to the public.” Mr. Wait, one-time principal of the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind, devoted the greater part of his life to perfecting devices for raised writing to enable the blind to read by touch. His books are left by the will to the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. MAIL FOR PANAMA, SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA To Be Handled by U. S. Postal Au- thorities in the Zone. ‘Washington, Oct. 3 United States mails for Panama and South and Cen- tral America, via the canal zone, here- after will be handled by United States postal authorities in the zone, instead of by British packet agents, Postmas- ter General Burleson announced today. For many years mails despatched via and an assurance that we are going| July 1913, a few months before the act {was passed, to July, 1916, including | nearly all of the first two years of the European war. -~ Fhe-total resource increase . the south” for $302,000,000; iddle” states $1,481,000,000; western state s $895,- 000,00; Pacific states $325,000,000; in- sular possessions $40,000,000. Among the New England states Massachusetts was first with $429,000,- 000 or 23 per cent, followed by Con- necticut with $117,000,000 or 23 per cent; Rhode Island $36,500,000, or 14 per cent. New York’s increase was $2,046,000,- 600, or 41 per cent; Pennsylvania $467,000,000 or 17 per cent.; New Jer- sey $130,000,000 or 17 per cent. Mary- land $65,000,000 or 17 per cent. All states of the union except three, show great increases in deposits. The exceptions are Alabama, Missippi and Oregon. The four states showing the highest average increase in reposits are Oklahoma, 54 per cent.- Arizona 53 per cent; North Dakota 52 per cent. and Wyoming 49 per cent. A STRONGER NAVY AND CONSULAR SERVICE EXTENSION Is Urged by the American Manufac- turers’ Export Association. New York, Oct. 31.—A stronger navy and the extension of the system of consular service abroad were urged upon congress in a resolution adopted today by the American Manufacturers’ Export Association, in convention here. The principal of the policy of retalia- tion by nations after the war was condemned in the resolution, which expressed the association’s belief “that in the formulation of commercial trea- ties we should insist upon due regard for our rights and our opportunities, thus assuring our commercial and fi- nancial interests full protection to their rights abroad.’ All “patriotic American manufactur- ers” were urged cooperate ‘in up: building the navy “by giving the gov ernment the first call upon the per- sonnel of their staffs and the material resources of the nation. The country's prosperi nd its for- eign trade progress “depend largely upon the uninterrupted course of our foreign commerce and its protection and preservation,” it was asserted and an appropriation of $1,000,000 was urged for foreign trade protection by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. - A permanent policy to be carried out ‘regardl of changes oc- curing in _the administration of our domestic affairs,” was emphasized. A TELEGRAPH MESSAGE ABOUT 50,000 WORDS LONG Preparatory to Taking Vote of Min- nesota Guardsmen on Border. Mercedes, Texas, Oct. 31.—A tele- graph message said to be about 50,000 words' long, claimed to be the longest telegram ever handled by a telegraph company, has been going from Llano Grande, 'Texas, where Minnesota guardsmen ars encamped. to St. Paul, Minn., sinca Sunday night and is not yet finished. Two operators are sending the name and address of every member of the Minnesota. guard on the border, with other information desired by the state of Minnesota in its preparation of a ballot to be sent to Llano Grande on which the guardsmen will vote in the national election. Boy Shot for Stealing Apples. Bridgeport, Conn.. Oct 31.—Stephen Kepase, 14 years old of tmis city, was shot and seriously wounded in Fair- field today, by a man from whose or- chard, it is alleged, he was taking ap- ples without permission. disappeared after the shooting and says that the steamer was attacked| M’Lean-Cummings Political Debate AUDITORIUM AT WATERBURY FILLED TO CAPACITY BOTH MEN CHEERED McLean Severely Criticized the Adam- son Act—Cummings Dwelt on Merits of Federal Resrve Act—No Decision by Agreement. Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 3L.—A joint debate on the issues of the campaign— a novelty in Connecticut politics— was held here tonight between United States Senator George P. McLean, re- publican candidate for re-election, and Homer S. Cummings of Stamofrd, his democratic opponent. A crowd of up- wards of 4,000 packed the auditorium, where the debate was held and ac- corded each speaker hearty applause. Many were unable to gain admittance. In the audience were delegates from out of town, including a representation of Mr. Cummings’ friends in_ Stam- ford, and nearly all the members of the democratic state central commit- tee. No Decision by Agreement. The crowd listened to the arguments attentively and'there were only a few interruptions. Once when = Senator McLean mentioned Theodore Roose- velt's name, there were some hisses and later a heckler asked Mr. Cum- mings a question. Mayor Martin Scully presided. By agreement, no de- cision was given. The farmer McLean Picks Out Vital Issues. Senator McLean spoke first for half an hour, Mr. Cummings being the challenger. He gave as vital issues in the campaign: Preservation of our industrial independence; protection of the American laborer and American prosperity by protective tariffs; pre- serving the liberty of the American citizen and his ifnalienable right to bargain_collectively or singyl with his felow citizens wthout legal restrction or compulsion. He said he believed in a strong and virile national spirit and a navy and coast defenses “that wil lat all times able to prevent the placing of a hostile foot on American soil, a navy that can and will successfully defend the peace and prosperity of the American peo- ple and the rights of American citizens wherever they may be. He devoted considerable attention to a criticism of the Adamson act. Un- der the head of preparedness he said: “We have kept out of the war in Eu- rope just as easily as we have avoid- ed falling into the big dipper or drown- ing in the Milky Way.” » - ‘Cummings -‘Alfotted an Hour. Mr. Cummnigs, who was allotted an hour to speak, attacked Senator Mc- Lean's arguments in detail and criti- cised him because he had not a word {of praise or any sympathy for any of President Wilson’s act. He said the senator had totally ignored the pro- gram of progressive legislation of the administration and enumerated the acts passed. Praised Federal Reserve Act. The Federal reserve act, he said, was thae most important legislative act of reparedness, Mr. Cummings maintained that the democrats had done more in two years than the re- publican party had done in its life- He defended what he called the ies” of the president and had war praise for President Wil- son_generall. Mr. Cummings said, speaking of the tariff issue, that there had been no Condensed Telegrams Panama Canal to date ‘has cost $406,661,000. John Sebastian Little, formerly gov- ernor of Arkansas, dead. The French Line steamship Espagne left Bordeaux for New York. Exports from the port of New York last week, amounted to $86,460,834. President Wilson will make thres speeches in New York City Thursday. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago last week totaled 45,254,- 000 pounds. William Lemuel Skidmore, once mil- itary secretary to Governor Edward D. Morgan, is dead. General Feng Kwo-Chan ed vice-president of the public by Parliament. The Doheny Pacefic Petroleum Co. ‘was incorporated at Sacramento, Cal., with a capital of $1,000,000. ‘was elect- ‘hinese Re- Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has ordered several thousand fulip bulbs set out in the White House gardens. General Bertholet of the French army has been appointed commander in chief of the Rumanian army. The Chicago & Northwesetrn Rail- way has ordered 77 large locomotives from the American Locomotive Co. William Lang of Trumansburg, N. Y., was instantly killed when hit by a train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Women of the country contributed $101,944' to_the campaign fund of the National Hughes Alliance Women'’s Committee. Michael Polke, of Philadelphia, was killed when he walked out of the third story window of his home while asleep. Private Lee Furtic of Troop A, North Carolina Cavalry, was killed in his tent by the accidental discharge of his pistol. The power and electrical depart- ments of the plant of the Standard Steel Car Co at Butler, Pa., was de- stroyed by fire. The body of a six-months’ old girl baby, its head battered, was found in a vacant lot at Prevost and Freeman street, Greenpoint. Brigadier General W. M. Crozier, chief of ordnance, United States army, arrived at San Antonio, Texas, on an inspection tour of the border. Two persons were burned to death and three others injured when their automobile overturned and the gaso- line tank exploded near Kent, Ohio. Jacob Kaiser, n wealthy grain deal- er, was burned to death in a fire which a barn and three large ries on His farm at Coiumbus, O. The American Defense Society an- nounced a campaign to hurry through the three-year naval building pro- gram with an appropriation of $313,- 300,000. Andrew Carnegie has purchased from S. P. Shotter, of Savannah, Ga., the Shadow Brook estate in Lenox, Mass., and will occupy it as a summer home. v While examining a new automati revoviver, given him as a birthday present, Thomas Fenton, of Humphrey, N. Y., accidentally shot and killed himself. Donald Scoops, a one-armed Beloit College student, 1aceived notice that he had been awarded a Carnegie med- al and $2,000 for saving two girls from drowning. [— ) The $1500,000 steam yacht Cyprus, panics except in republican adminis- trations or under republican legisla- tion. A man in the crowd, at this re- mark, called out: “What about in 18377 That is beyond my time,” Mr. Cum- mings replied amid laughter. Senator McLean, in his rebuttal speech of half an hour, admitted that the federal reserve act was better than the old system, but claimed that the republicans had preposed 300 amend- ments to it. Clasped Hands. At the close of the debate, Senator McLean and Mr. Cummings clasped hands, while the audience cheered loudly. FISHING SCHOONER SUNK OFF CASTLE ISLAND In Heavy Fog Collided With Steamer Camden—Cook Drowned. Boston, Oct. 31.—The fishing schoon- er Arthur James of Gloucester was sunk in a heavy fog off Castle Island tonight in collision with the steamer Camden, bound from this port to Rockland, Maine. Mulasker Hager, of Round Bay, N. S, a cook on the schooner, is believed to have been drowned. The other members of the crew climbed into a small boat and were picked up. Passengers on the Camden were somewhat alarmed when the collision occurreq but they were soon quieted and the steamer made her way back to the dock. Her bow plates were bent in and after an examination it was decided to_ cancel her trip. The 150 pasengers disembarked. Captain John Matheson, the master and principal owner of the schooner, broke what Is believed to have been the world’s record for a mackerel catch when he brought the vessel in one day last week with 120,000 pounds on board. Members of the crew re- ceived 0 each as their share of that one catch, and their total for the week was $490. BRYAN REFUSES TO TALK ON LUSITANIA NOTE POSTSCRIPT Declares That President Wilson is the Person to Answer. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 81.—W. J. Brvan refused again today to discuss asser- tions made by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, regarding the postseript to ihe Lusitania note. He reiterated _his statements of yesterday to the effect that the affair is purely a cabinet one and that President Wiison is the ner- son to answer. Further than this he refused to talk about the Incident. owned by D. €. Jackling, of San Fanrcisco, narrowly escaped being wrecked in the Hell Gate whirlpool when her steering gear broke. The Navy Department has awarded contracts for twenty-six 16-inch guns. Thirteen went to the Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co. at $116,000 each and 13 to ‘thhe Bethlehem Steel Co. at $116,900 each. Unable to obtain medical aid to pre- vent hemorrhage after having been shot in the leg while duck hunting, William Prudy Shannon, of New York, died at the home of his’ uncle at Long sland. John de Angelius, 20 years old, of Bridgeport, was almost instantly killed Tuesday afternoon when he was run over by a motortruck at Housatonic and North avenues. His skull was fractured. _A call for a special meeting of the National Council of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States in Washington on November 17 and 18 has been announced from the Cham- ber’s headquarters. The establishment of a direct steam- ship service between St. Nazaire, France and Halifax, during the winter months and beginning November 5, ‘Wwas announced by the Marine Naviga- tion Co., of London. A collection of the personal belong- ings of Major General .wton from the time he enlisted as a volunteer in 1886 until he fell in the Philippines in 1899 has been placed in the National Museum at Washington. Louise Menchini, aged 17, who was struck by Pclice Commissioner J. A. Murray’s automobile last Sunday in New Haven, died last night in a hos- pital from her injuries. The auto was driven by Mr. Murray’s son. Miss Chang daughter of Gen. Chang Ts-ping, a member of the Chinese general staff, was dangerously injured in an aeroplane accident at the first public exhibition of the army aviation corps, held“at Nanyuan, near Peking. Lieut.-Gen. von Stein, commander of the 14th Reserve Army Corps, was appointed Minister of War by _the Kaiser, succeeding Lieut. Gen. Wild von Hohenhorn, who will take com- mand of an army group on the Anglo- French fi Earthquake Recorded. Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. 3l.—An quake of considerable intensity was Lodge Hammers on Weak Postscripi PLACES BLAME FOR STATEMENT ON BRECKINRIDGE ANOTHER NOTE HINTED Proposition to Arbitrate the Loss of Life on the Lusitania Was to be Em- ‘bodied in a Note to Gerard and Not to be a Postscript. North Adams, Mass., Oct. 31. — The alleged weakening postscript to the Lusitania note to Germany regarding “strict accountability,” was again re- ferred to by Senator Lodge at a po- litical meeting here tonight. “The president of the United States has denied that there was any post- script to the Lusitania note ana we are all bound of course to accept the president’s denfal just as he makes it,” said Senator Lodge. Would Not Bring Unfounded Charge. “I need hardly say,” he added, “that I would not willingly bring an un- founded charge against anyone high or low and if misied into doing so I should be quick to retract it. The president makes one mistake. The statement which he characterizes as untrue, that there was such a post- script, was not mine, but was made by Mr. Breckinridge, a former assist- ant secretary of war, according to the evidence of two independent witnesses, both gentlemen of high character, re- sponsibility and veracity, and Mr. Breckinridge was in a position to know if, as he is reported to have said, he had seen the postscript. Bea#ing in mind the public and hitherto uncon~ troverted fact that Mr. Bryan had ine formed the Austro-Hungarian ambas- sador that the “strict accountability” note of May 15th meant mothing, which fact was at once cabled by the am- basador to Berlin, it seemed to me that Mr. Dreckinridge’s statement as testi- fied to by two independent. witnesses ought properly to be laid before the public Arbitration Was Suggested. “The president, it will also be ob- served, says that the clause proposing arbitration ‘was suggested’ and after consideration he rejected it. This suggestion rejected by the president covered the exact proposition said by Mr. Breckindidge to have been em- bodied in the postscript and may have been what Mr. Preckindirge had in mind when talking to Dr. Bailey and Mr. Jeffries about the postscript which was rejected without having been re- ferred to the cabinet, and it may alss have been the reason for Mr, Bryan's statement —+0 “the ~Augtro- :‘lmbusudor that ‘the note meant noth- ng.’ Statement By Charles Warren. “I would also call your attention to a satement by Mr. Charles Warren, a_republican presidential _elector of New Jersey, who states that he was told by a member of President Wil- son’s official family that the proposi- tion to arbitrate the loss of life on the Lusitania was to be embodied in a note to Ambasador Gerard and was not to be a postscript to the ‘strict ac._ countability note.* He states further what Mr. Tumulty did to prevent such action, and Mr. Tumulty, when Mr. Warren’s statement was brought to his attentVon, said that he apprised the president that there was a proposition for arbitration from a member of the cabinet. I mention this only because the president and Mr. Tulmylty both agree that there was a proposition for arbitrating the loss of American lives on the Lusitania to accompany the ‘strict_accountability’ note which was suggested by some one, ccasidered by the president and by him rejected. Refers to Sinking of Marina. “As I have previously pointed out, the suggestion for a proposition of ar- bitration to accompany the ‘strict ac- countability’ note, whether as a post- script or as a separate note, and the methods of its suggestion, considera- tion and rejection are only of interest as throwing lights on the manner in which our foreign relations have been dealt with by this administration. This question of the arbitration proposition does not in the least alter the essen- tial fact that the ‘strict accountabili- ty’ note meant nothing, as Mr. Bryan deciared to the Austro-Hungarian am- bassador and as events since that time have painfully demonstrated. The ut- ter emptiness of the note of May 15th | with its threat of ‘strict accountabili- ty’ and ‘omit no word o ract’ has been strikingly shown once more within 48 hours, if press reports are to be be- lieved, by the destruction of the livas of Americans rightfully on board tls steamship Marina, which was blown vp by 2 submarine. OBITUARY. Charles Taze Russell. Canadian, Texas, Oct. 31.—Charles Taze Russell, known as “Pastor” Rus- sell, an independent minister, editor of The Water Tower and prominent author of studies on the scriptures, died at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon on an Atchison, Topeka and Sante Fe train en route from Los Angeles to New York. Heart disease was given as_the cause. Pastor Russell complained of feeling ill after leaving Los Angeles, his sec- retary said, and gradually grew worse. The end came while the train was stopped at Pampa, Texas, near here. The. body is being sent to Kansas City, Mo. Pastor Russell was born in Pitts- burgh, Pa., February 16, 1852. He was president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the International Bible “Students’ Associa- tion of London ond the People’s Pul- pit Agsociation of New York. COPELAND JURY I8 HOPELESSLY DIVIDED Out Since Saturday, But Judge Re- fuses to Dischar ge Panel. Galveston, Texas, Oct. 1.—The jury in the case of John Co} charged 1 recorded on the seismograph at Can- has mok oo o isius college here today. The dis- turbance bezan at 10.43 a. m. and con- tinued until 11.25 a. m. The indica- the isthmus have been sent in care of the British agent, by whom they were forwarded to dJestinations, settlement for the conveyance from Panama being London, Oct. 31, 4.10 p. sian imperifal ukase autl sue of a short term lgan of 3,000,000, 900 rubles, says a Reuter despatch reason to doubt that all Mr., Bellairs says about Captain Boy-BEd is true. Some of it is officially known to be true, but I do not think anything would be discharged. 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