Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 9, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 238 POPULATF 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917 16 PAGES—120 COLUMNS PRICE TWO 7CEP TS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population BRITISH PREPARING FOR FURTHER ACTION With the Messines-Wytshaete Ridge in Their Pos- session They Have Organized New Ground THROW BACK COUNTER ATTACKS OF GERMANS Crown Prince Rupprecht Has Thrown His Men Against the New British Positions Northwest of Oost Taverne and East of Messines, But They Were Repulsed by the Brit- ish Infantry or Artillery Fire—In Belguim North of Ypres the Belgians and Germans Have Engaged in Violent Artillery Bombardments—No Marked Activity in the Other Theatres of War. The Mess = possession, es-Wyschaete ridge the British on Fri- |ing to the tion, ish have not vet been counted. accord- latest official communica- included in their number are 132 zed the new ground and pre- further action back German counter- officers, many of them belonging to the artillery arm. The British also have collected more than twenty guns. The success of the British attack is admit- ted by the Berlin war office which says that the troops of ‘the Bavarian crown prince were withdrawn to prepared po- sitions to the rear of the original line. In Belgium north of Ypres the Bel- e terrific onslaught of aig’s men Thursday. 0 lost more than 6,- na many more killed or of the mine ex- nd British artillery fire, t Fruitless rates on sugar and Cabled Paragraphs Two Norwegian Steamers Sunk. London, June 8, 5:35_ p. m.—The Norwegian steamers Sunniva _and Skarpens have been sunk by mines in the Atlantic and twenty sailors drowned, according to a statement by he Norwegian foreign office, says an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen today. LEADING MEN OF STATE TO WELCOME GEN. EDWARDS When He Visits Hartford Next Wed- nesday—Large Dinner at Hartford Club. Hartford, Conn, June 8. — When General Clarence B. Edwards, com- manding the Northeastern Department headquarters at Boston, comes to Hartford on Wednesday, June 13, he will be accorded much honor and be met by the leading men of the state. Here is the programme outlined by Major Howard A. Giddings, chairman of the committee in charge of ar- rangements: A large dinner at the Hartford club, Wednesday evening to which will be invited the governor of Connecticut, his staff, and regular army officers on duty here, the Connecticut Coun- ci] of Defense, fleld and commanding officers of the National Guard, mayors of principal Connecticut _cities, offi- cers of the chambers of commerce, public officials and prominent citizens. Arrangements will be made to meet the general and such members of his staff as accompany him at the sta- tion, escorting them to the state cap- itol. Quarters for the party during its stay in Hartford will also be ar- ranged for. WAR TAX BILL STILL BEFORE STATE COMMITTEE of Discussion on Rates Sugar and the Publishers’ Tax. ‘Washington, June 8—Discussion of the publishers’ axes to go into the war tax bill oc- cupied the senate finance committee all of today without either. a decision on A tax upon publishers’ profits as a ubstitute for a- postage increase or “immediate counter-attack. [ gians and Germans have been engaged until Friday, Crown Prince|in violent artillery bombardments, Rupprecht then threw his men for- | Along the Aisne front in the region of | s ward again Messines. Every effort was repulsed |but the French and German artilleries br the Pritish Infantry or artillery |continue their bombardments. There firs has been no marked activity in the All the prisoners made by the Brit- the new British positions hwest of Oost Taverne and east of the Chemin des Dames the crown prince has ceased his attacks, German other theatres of war. BRITISH STEAMER SOUTHLAND TORPEDOED WITHOUT WARNING Eight Men Were Killed—Two Boats Containing 40 Men Are Still Missing Tondon, Pritish stea pool for_ Philadelphia June %, er Son 10.30 _p. m.—The| San Juan, Del thland from Liver- in ballast was Sui 8.—San Salvador, Santa. Tola neighboring town SAN SALVADOR AND OTHER TOWNS DESTROYED BY SHOCK Many Persons Are Homeless, But the Casualties Were Small. , Nicaragua, June and and villages were which destroved in an earthquate commenced at 7 o'clock last night and continued throughout the night, ac- cording to information received here from the president of Nicaragua t mnight. The president’s message says ““Telegraphic communication just re- established with San Salvado, con- Ifirms that earthquakes commenced at o'clock p. m. yesterday (Thursday) and continued all night, accompanied by a heavy rain. ‘torpedoed without warning on June 4. She had six Americans aboard, _ of rd Rigney, of New York city, f& missing. The gun crew on the Eouthland fired ten chots at the submmrine after the first torpedn was fired A second torpedo was fired by the eubmerine and it caused an ex- rlosion in the magazine which killed elght men. Two boats gont ning forty men rest of the grew are =1 _misstne. o San Salvador, Santa Tecla and |telli, minister of posts and telegraphs, of 158 has been landed. = +ion | Féighboring villiges were destroved. |and M. Skobeleff, minister of labor, in As showing the excellent 1n’ondna on !~ “The casualties were small. There |arranging the surrender of Kronstadt,) which the submarines recelved, the| ... come fires. which recently declared its indepen- -boat commander, when Informed of| "y, president of Nicaragua has tel- [dence, in agreement with Anatole the nams of the ship, showed sur-|.crapheq the president of Salvador of- | Lamanoff, prsident of -the Kronstadt prie and E e o . fering aid. He has ordered the organ-|council of soldiers and workmen's O A K e ol an " |ization of relief committees to send |delegates. e e e a0 M9fart|helD to the suffering and the home-| The government has decided to in- Lo Rt e e, B ey | e vite the Kronstadt council to desig- Lvo : azewa }_"";h =iy Qa“”“- natfi a candidate fm; t'hfl position e: e James Geogheran, Sala. , civil representative of the governmen ma . ¥ Joln MENIL _erovi- [EMPEROR: WILEIAMS SEEECH at Kronstadt and to proceed with the dence. R *nd Jacob Fouser, Middle- | +o THE BRANDENBURG TROOPS [election of a Kronstadt municipal wn, Pa e counc Tells Them That Peace Will be Dic- Russia’s Provision: . has approved the action of M. Tsere- an advertising ievy was a new pro- posal under consideration. Senator Hardwick appeared agaln to urge his plan of taxing advertising portions of Ppublications. Controverted questions left for final determination, Senator Simmons said tonight, are causing prolonzed aiscus- eion. Therefore, he said, it would be Impossible for the committee to fin- ish_its re-drafting work tomorrow, as had_been expected. With today’s delay and further dis- cussion in prospect, it is believed the bill _cannot be completed before the middle of next week or presented to the senate before-the end of the week, indicating postponement of debate in the senate until the week following. APPROVAL OF ARRANGEMENT OF SURRENDER OF KRONSTADT Government Up- holds Action of Its Ministers. Petrograd,, June 7 ,via London, 8:45 m.—The provisional government The minister of justice has been di- wiLD Was Found in an Uncons tion—Under Suspicious Waterburr, Strong. = west chow, tents of th Tr. Crane, the ehow Crana reported the case to the The latter held S ~hich ha had not completed tonight. | The ease was regarded as somewhat | it will not be cleared | suspicions up untll the coroner which _he came from Pridgewater. Conn., iotned * DIPLOMATIC EXCHANSES BRAZIL AND ENTENTE POWERS Warships of Allies to Freedom of Brazilian Ports. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, ament tion by president t. safety pa EFT CANVASS MAN IS DEAD AT WATERBURY the and Wil do show a r1 o adopt ¢ navigation and revoking the Conn. s found Iving in an un- outside 0w hera tonizht i medical examiner. reached | trust us Condi- reumstances. the from Berlin tod: June % —Austin man_with a wild of When one the ) We await it cal was read and Dr. | Siousl cor- | o~ own his arms. jews the body | Strong and he New Haven only | tomorrow. {any b be Permitted Washington, June 8.—The ac- authorizing the measures for the tated Through Them. ay, mly. enemy will be compelled inamest |men until he is exhausted and lays “You must hasten his When this is accomplished you {have won for the German people the Jun: states and the District of had their returns from Tuesday's war registration complete tonight when the provost marshal-general's office closed showing a combined registration of 2,- Amsterdam, June 8, via London, 4.55 p. m—On the occasion of a demon- stration of new defensive methods on western front, says 2 despatch Emperor William delivered a speech to the Brandenburg troops in which he said: “The enemy is seeking a decision. our n God, who heretofore has gra- protected and aided us. We nlace to sacrifice exhaustion. will { position_which they are entitled to oc- Peace will be dictated through | TOTAL REGISTRATION IS AROUND NINE MILLION. Seventeen States and District of Co- lumbia Have Filed Returns. 8.—Seventeen Columbia o B et o e Pnitng| 439,256 compared with their census States and the entente nations is be- | eligible estimate of 2,703,727. ing followed with representatives by ai plomatic exchanges of the entente At this rate something over 85 per cent. of the census estimates has been registered and if the other thirty-one ports with its imposed RUMOR OF RESIGNATION OF As Leader of Canadian Liberal Party at a Caucus Yesterday. e SIR Wi utrality. ng to the time lim- ILFRED LAURIER be around nine million or 1,264,000 be- low the census figures. THREE ANTI-CONSCRIPTION INDICTMENTS AT COLUMBUS, O. Men Taken Into Custody While Dis- tributing Anti-Draft Literature. Our rected to appoint immediately a mixed commission, including representatives of soldiers’ and workmen's delegates at Kronstadt, to inquire into the cases of persons arrested in that city. Those held for trial by the commission will be sent to Petrograd and the others will be liberated. AUTOMOBILE WENT OVER AN EMBANKMENT Miss Irene Flynn of Waterbury Prob- ably Fatally Injured. Watertown, Conn., June 8.—Miss Irene Flynn of Waterbury, a school teacher at Oakville, was probably fat- ally injured and Miss Violet Bussemay of Oakville and Miss Mabel Casey of Waterbury, also school teachers at Oakville, were less seriously hurt when the automobile in which they were riding went over an embankment here late today and landed upside down in the cellar of a partly demolished barn with the occupants underneath. They were removed to a hospital at ‘Waterbury, where it was said Miss Flynn_would probably mnot recover. Miss Casey has a fractured arm, Miss Bussemay was only lightly hurt and left the hospital after being treated. The car belonged to Miss Bussemay Miss Flynn, it was said, was driving and in seeking to avoid collision with another car ran too near the edge of the embankment. SCHOONER ASHORE ON WEST SIDE OF BLOCK ISLAND. Passengers and Crew Rescued by Coast i Guardsmen and Fishermen. Block Island, R. June 8.—Al the passengers and crew of the schooner Ruth, bound from the Cape Verde Isl- ands for New Bedford, Mass., were rescued by coast guardsmen and fisher- men this afternoon when the vessel - Columbus, O., June §—Three Co-|went ashore In a heavy fog on the Toronto, June £—A despatch to the | lumbus men late today were indicted | west side of this island. The schooner Toronto T m from Ottawa today |py the federal grand jury on charges | carried 72 Bravas as passengers. She says that at the Liberal caucus this|of having conspired to defeat con-|was 59 days out from Cape Verde. mornt: r Wilfred Laurier resigned |scription. They are Ammon Hennacy, | ' On account of the heavy sea. no ef- he leads The opposition 20 further comment. Tiondon, Americans Danieis. The other members of the|London, has been appointed commer- crew including several Americans, |cial adviser to the Danish legation were landed. 1, Washingteb, -, " o June 8, were killed when the Brit- ish steamer Manchester Miller, loaded was torpedoed June 5. The 15 ‘were Firomen Ashley and p of the party. Denial by Sir Wilfred. Ottawa, June 8—Sir Wilfrid Laurier, upon being shown t gram despatch nation in the Liberal leader would make erature. e Toronto Tele- ouncing his resiz- caucus today, Bristol, Conn. 2s not discussed tents. 500 p. m—Two seriously hurt. ed. Jun heavy thunder storm here barn belonging to Richard N. Quinion on the outskirts of the city was struck by Lightning and burned with its con- The loss was placed at $2,500. ‘Walter Quinion, 2 son, was rendered temporarily unconscious by the bolt which struck the barn, but was not Cecil Bailey and Harry Townsley, who were apprehended while printing and distributing anti-conscription lit- Barn Struck by Lightning and Burn- e 8—During a today a M. Boggild, Danish consul-general in fort to haul the schooner off was pos- sible tonight. Both masts had fallen and indications were that the vessel would break up. Slackers Not Permitted to Enlist. Goethals’Accusers Wheat Crop Far Are Dismissed AS VOLUNTARY EMPLOYES OF FLEET CORPORATION EUSTIS GOT $1.00 A YEAR L Discharging the Genera! Goethals in Men Issued a Memorandum Declar- ing Their Usefulness W. and Clark Issue Statements. at an End —Eusti ‘Washington, June 8.—Charges by F. A. Bustis, assistant general manager of the government's emergency fleet corporation, and F. Huntington Clarke, his assistant, that Major General Goethals is deliberately blocking the wooden shipbuilding program resulted today In the dismissal of both as voi- unteer employes of the corporation. General Goethals, general manager of the corporation, in a memorandum to Chairman Denman of the shipping Below Ordinary TOTAL YIELD IS ESTIMATED AT 656,000,000 BUSHELS cruited up to its full war strength. NEED RIGID ECONOMY more betting until the war is over. Indications Are That the Crop of Rye Will Exceed the Record by Four g reports the sale of $300,000 liberts Million Bushels—Heavy Crop of | FePOTt s Barley is Forecast. Ohts a0 Decey 5 A nurse unit from Baltimore arrived in New York, where they will leave for the front. Washington, June S.—America’s 1917 wheat crop, as forecast today by the department of agriculture, will fall far below normal despite a prospect for a more than ordinary yield of spring wheat. A total yield estimated at 655,000,000 bushels will give the country 16,000 600 more bushels than last year's crop, but with the heavy demands from abroad and virtually no reserve J. Murray Allison, former It raised 3,000,000 fighting men It persuaded over 1,000,000 Such is not surp umns. tin’s columns: Advertising Necessary In All Things Just to show what advertising has done for England In the war, of London Times points out that It raised billions of dollars in loans floated in England. It raised millions in private donations for the various war chari- ties, the majority of which were run by advertising men. It discovered to the authorities over edze of trades made the skilled munition workers. women to offer their country the labor of their hands to release the male workers for other duties. It taught the people of Great Britain to work harder and to pro- duce more, to give up their useless to consume less petrol, less rubber. sing in any way, for advertising has an unques- tioned pulling force and it is doing for has heen doing for England and other countries for war preparations. Build vour business stronger by using The Bulletin's advertising col- In the past week the following store, it will not meet war needs un- | tering. He is 23 years oid. President Menocal of Cuba urges miiitary service for all Cubans be- under the voluntary system. 1,000,000 men whose knowl- luxuries when it was necessary business every day what it t i mattér has appeared in The Bulle- I Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total All employes of the Pennsylvania Saturday, June 2... 163 155 1019 1337 |||zliccas who enmitsted ror wa? ‘wers Monday),/Y June 4' Gl 120 o 448 ‘z”:::z” passes b-, th mpany to ride | Tuesday, ~June 5... 148 44C. 214 508 ||[;,T4e hovs passed the bill permiting Wednesday, June 6... 159 110 ' 179 448 [f[used by the army "throughout the Thursday, June 7... 143 167 210 520 The steam yacht Isabel May. costi g e 38 y 8 $1.000,000, owhed by Tonn N w1y o Friday, June 8... 140 119 181 440 Téledo, Onio, was turnea over th the e Sy vernment. Fotals ....... 853 823 2025 3701 All the agencies of the government t board, announced that he was dis- charging the engineers who conceived the wooden shipbuilding plan because their usefulness was at an end. Mr. Clark went out of government service today, but the status of Mr. Eustis, who, in addition to his con- nection with the fleet corporation, is a special agent of the shipping board, is in doubt. Members of the board said he had not been asked to leave the board’s employ and indicated that no announcement would be made on the subject for the present. Loath to Force Eustis to Resign. Some members of the board strongly in favor of building all the wooden ships the country can pro- duce ,and they are loath, it is said, to force "the resignatfon of Mr. Busti for championing the cause of wooden construction. Chairman Denman said the board had not decided its attitude concerning retaining Mr. Eustis as an employe. 3 Mr. Eustis’ was emploved by the board at a ealary of one dollar a year as a epecial agent and when the fleet corporation was formed with General Goethals at its head he was assizned as the general's aid. Goethals Declined to Talk. General Goethals declined today to make any statement concerning the controversy. Mr, Eustis and Mr. Clark found copies of his memorandum to Mr. Denman on their desks when they arrived at the offices of the fleet cor- poration this morning. The memoran- dum branded as false statements by the two engineers regarding General Goethals’ _attitude towards wooden shipbuilding and called attention to Mr. Denman’s support of lump sum contracts presoribed by the .general. The engineers deciare shipbuilders will not construct vessels under this form of contract and that General Goethals has turned down contracts calling for a_cost plus 10 per cent. profit basis after he once had approved that plan. Statements by Eustis and Clark. Both Bustis and Clark issued state- ments during the day denying the gen- eral's assertion as to misstatements, and replying to his charges of disloy- alty by saying they felt it was their Quty to inform the countrv that ships can be built it the government wants them. The englneers added to their state- ments of last night by _criticizing General Goethals for declining to let contracts for the Hough model of wooden ship. They produced letters from department of labor officials to show that this type can be more cheap- Iv and more quickly built than the Ferris model adopted by General Goethals. The Ferris model was con- celved by Theodore E. Ferris, a ma- rine architect, now emploved by the fleet corporation. ~The Hough model are New York, June 8.—Local recruit- ing offiders in all branches of the ser- vice received orders from Washington today to refuse hereafter to accept for enlistment all men who had failed to Tegister and to turn them over to the civil authorities. Rumania is Sending a M n. ‘Washinston, June 8—Rumania is sending an official war mission to the United States. The personnel is not vet known here, but it 1s understood to be:both a formal and a working mission. It is due here in about three manien, . was produced on the Pacific coast. The engineers quoted from a letter by Mr. Ferris approving a modified plan of the Hough type. One of the department of labor let- ters was from Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of the department. It said the cost plus percentage contract un- doubtedly would work better from the standpoint of getting labor. Clark’s Reply to Dismissal. Mr. Clark’s reply to General Goethals® dismissal sai “There are two charges, one of dis- loalty. 1 feel that loyalty is to the pAeuetrs. not to any ane man, The weoden ships contracted for. i ‘ing 60 wooden ships. less the country. rigid economy. Big Yield of Spring Wheat. The department forecast a spring crop of 283,000,000 bushels, a big vield, but estimates of winter wheat production give a_crop of only 373,- 000,000 bushels, 7,000,000 more than was forecast from the May 1 condi- practices the most |; t tion, but still far from the normal| Colonel Frank M. Hume of the Sec- yield. ond regiment, susta, Me.. urged all Herbert C. Hoover, who will be food | Young men fo “Geat the drafi” and administrator under the food control bill pending in congress, estimates the allies’ needs this vear at one bil- lion bushels of grain, most of it to come from the United States and Can- ada. The short wheat crop means this country will have 10 cut its wheat consumption if it exports any whe: since the United States itself nor- mally uses more than 600,000,000 bushels, At the beginning of 1916 there were 164,000.000 bushels on t t hand carried over from the previous| The roems. of. the New York syear’s record chop. Flower Mission. will be open every g Monday and Thursday to distribute Good Showing of Rye. flowers, fruit, and delicacies to the siclk Some relief is seen in the better |paor. showing this vear in the forecasts = of rye, which will be a record crop, onts and barley. A large corn crop |t also undoubtedly will be grown n re- sponse to the repeated requests from |t zovernment officials for increases pro- duction. Spring wheat, the . June report shows, was planted on an area almost | as large as that of 1915 when a record crop of 352,000,000 bushels was grown condition 'of that crop on June 1 s almost two points below the ten year average, indicating a production of only 283,000,000 bushels. With fa- |- vorable growing conditions, the pro- | duction may reach greater proportions |4, by harvest time. Indications are for a crop of oats third in size in the country’s history, and for a crop of rve exceeding_the record by four million bushels. Bar- |; ley also will be a heavy crop, prob- ably third in size In history. t 1 Public Bequests of Nelson J. Welton. Waterbury, Conn., June 8. — Many public bequests are contained in the | Hans Sunzer. the l-te Swiss minister, will of Nelson J. Welton, which was |to see that the food will not bha eur- filed for probate today. He leaves his|!"ilad scriously from the United residerice on Hillside avenue, his libra- | States. ry and works of art and also $50,000 : —_ to St. Margaret's school for girls, of | Michael Foy, aged 53. was Killed which he was a trustee for 23 years. at a foundrv in Ansonia vesterday Earthquake in Mexico City. Mexico City, June 8—An earthshock | - was plainly felt here yesterday at 6.20. The movement was east and west and was probably the same disturbance as that experienced in San Salvador. i country has a right to know that they can have the ships if they want them. ““As to the charge of misstatement of facts, every statement I made can be verified, and I trust a full investi- gation can be made. When the gen- eral says that 1 misstated the facts he is saying something that is not true. I want the country to know that it can have the ships, and it can have them. T am afraid it will wake up too late.” The fleet corporation, it became known today, has just arranged for lumber on the Pacific coast for build- This with con- tracts let with the Southern Pine as- sociation makes a total of about 200 B 1 totals 105,937 m chased $5,000,080 of liberty bonds. and iron one-hal were shipped to the trenches by French food commission. scribed for liberty bonds. Brooklyn, was Indicted tween the ages of 21 liberty Germans of the middle west. tion of from its treasury vention purchase $5,000 worth of liberty bonds, be held to -discuss increased gra unaccounted for since the levee on the Fabius river went out at Taylor, Mo. reserve officers’ training corps will huy a machine gun for use in instruction. sion of all of North Is who refused to reg registration are at work on the problem to reduc quate supply. of Cleveland. She added 367 names o the =o-iety Lieutenant Schaefer, a German avi- ator, enemy machine: join the colors no- Field of Jersey William R. Codington raised $50,000 for men’s hospital for foreign service. ment of Commerce to name a commit- States. n the Connecticut river 4ast niht bv Robert Hey of Brockwav. The fish was said to be the larcest In years army hecanse a Rel Runprecht was in Mons when the al- when he was thrown eivhtesn fact to fivine a pullev costabulary In wild tribes of the Philippines are now appearine at the constabulary stations Jander Waldo. #ranh of the will of his imele. Charles . Rhinelander. undor which the resi- Ane of '$1.500,000 will o to charitahle institntions agraph invalid. ‘weavers Velvet company, here, 250 in number, went on strike here today to enforce a demand for a 16 per cent. inwease in wages. Condensed Telegrams Canada has decided to adopt day- ight saving. Regular army recruiting since April W. A. Clark, former senator, pur- New York’s negro regiment is re- After Aug. 1 Canada wili have no Italy will cut its consumption of coal as a war measure. The Bank of San Juan, Porto Rico, ty thousand pounds of peanuts the nd four hundred employes al Electric company sub- Gene Herman Lavinne, a school teacher in for not re a 30. Two subscriptions of $25,000 each for loan bonds have come from The Holstein-Freisian Club associa- America subscribed $100,000 for liberty bonds. The Foresters of America, in con- at_Albany, N. Y., decided to An interstate cereal conference will at Kansas City June 12 to 14 production. More than a score of persons are Students of Harvard’s first battalion A bill ‘introduced n the house an- horizes the pre: ent to take posses- nd in San Diezo harbor. The eleven. Ute Indians of Colorado ister under the se- have submitted to ective draft law he price of coal and to insure an ade- lelanthe Hayes, telenh one operator, s the champion Red Cross recruiter was killed battle in Englishman. He had brought down 30 w ih an Edge named William J. City, a trustee of the ment ' fund to succeed Governor eachers' ref Miss Kathleen Burke roturned from he Pacific const — whero she has the Scottish Wo- The American Iron and Steel Insti- ute has been asked by the Depart- ec to allot pig tin in the United A 450 pound sturgeon was causht aken from the Connecticut. The New Jersev Hours commission roted to allow state emploves in mil- tary service or to he called out later, o receivs the difference between thelr pay and their working pay, The citv ~f Mons was fired 2100000 | ian paper published in Tolland, announced ‘hat Crown Prince ied airmen were bombarding the cf! nn %o send A m Stotes headed hy Switzerland is a; fon to the Unite he floor hr hel & while n some shaftine. was fractured. encared in His Teull Former members of the mountain the Tneoret and other n_ remotn nlacos and offering their ervices to the United States. Former Police Commissioner Rhina- of New York lost his ult. contestine the seventh para- HORRORS OF PRISON AT KRONSTAD Inspected by Associated Press Correspondent Befor Secessionists Surrenderec R A HALLS OF PRISON ARE OVERRUN WITH In the Naval Preliminary Prison Former Ad Confined in Cells With Ordinary Sailors No Chairs or Other Furniture, Except Beds and Tables—The Sailors Had No Bedding at All; the O None Except Their Owns Rugs or Overcoats | Slept Without Undressing on the Exposed Crossw Iron Slats—Admiral Kurosh, the Hero of Three ¥ Was in a Solitary Confinement Cell Six Feet Squa Nine Feet High. ni Kronstadt, Thursday, via London, June 8, 2:15 p. act of the executive body of the Kron- stadt secessionists before surrendering to the Petrograd government was to permit the Associated Press corre- spondent to inspect the prison in which are confined the army and navy officers suspected of actively thizing with the autoc horrors of these pri and partly imaginary ringing for the last ten days fore no independent inspection been allowed. In the naval prelimina officers confined are in halls, mixed with ordinary sailors in the third of these halls with onvicted of murder and theft June 7, m.—The last Hereto- had th ¢ prison our_sepa majority ve Mol ferfluous. T he i itors correspondent met and interviewed | !0 Admiral Kurosh, former commander |*10We at Kronstadt; Admiral Sapsai, co o mander of the instruction co 5, General Tergyeft. The officers’ uni forms had been stripped of signia of their rank. In app they were dirty; pale and unshaven but | not emaciated. Halls Incredibly Overcrowded. The halls are incredibly overcrowd ‘ ed. There is an average of but onc foot of space between the beds. There are no chairs or other furniture except small tables. The officers sit and eat on the beds. The common sailors are supplied with no bedding whatever a the officers, except in cases wh they have their own rugs or over- coats, sleep without undressing on_the exposed. crosswork of Two officers sleep on the bare table. In some cases there are thin layers of | dirty straw on the beds. | Solitary Confinement Cells. dding The fifth section of this jail - | the exec sists entirely of solitary confinement | month. cells six feet square and nine feet high. |oners m |fore not the s Stories of i The i,.‘,,‘ untru tries bhad len whatever | them a of the The cells are unventilated, windowless dimly lighted through a barred aperture in the door. These holes are remnants of the casements of tl dismantled fort. In one of the cells is Admiral Kurosh, the hero of thre wars. He Is in bad health. In anoth- er is First Rank Almquist, who wa PERSHING AND PARTY FEMALE REGIN T AT A BRITISH PORT BEING ENLISTED eived With Full Military Honors— [They Are to Fight Had Uneventful Voyage. Under the Same C London, June S, 407 p. m—Headed | Petrograa by Major General John J. Pershing, |p. m its commander, the first representa- |the Petro tives of the American army that is to |have entercd enter the European war disembarked |of a this morning at a British port after |raised | an uneventful vovage of ten days on 5 board the White Star liner Haltic The party was received with full mili tary honors and immediately entrain ed ‘for London, where it arrived this |, afternoon and was welcomed by the Earl of Derby, the minister of war, Viscount French, commander of British home forces, and the can officials. General Pershing's per and the members of the who will perform the work _for the first fightin ber 57 officers and are by a squad of some fifty privates a large civillan clericai force. The American residents of T.ondon and varfous British organizations have prepared an extensive progra: of entertainment for the American party, but it is doubtful if much of Ameri stafr seneral staff preliminary force num- accompanied and it will be earricd out as Genera] Pe shing before being informed of plans, expressed a desire that ther be a minimum of anything in the na ture of a celebration of a social char acter. The entire contingent devoted itself to the hardest kind of work of an organizing nature throughout the journey and the whole atmosphere of the contingent s that of men em- barking on a grave enterprise with the deepest zation of its diffi- culties and ands. Among those (aking an active part on the various committ of enter- nment for the American nts are *Mrs. John Astor, Whitelaw Reid, ~ Mrs. W. Wilton Fhipps, Mrs. R. Craig McKerrow and Washington Wood, Almerio Paget and L. W. Blackwell. CONNECTICUT LACKS QUOTA IN REGULAR ARMY Enlistments Since April Were 833— | Apportionment 2,228, New Haven, Conn. June . Regu- lar army enlistments in the Conne:ti- cut district since April 1 were $33, it was_announced tonight by Mafor W A. Mercer, commandant of the dis- trict. As the war department desi the full quota of the regular army completed by June 30, and Connecti- cut's apportionment of this total is 2,228 men, it is pointed out, it leaves 1,397 men to be obtained Ly the end of the month, or a daily average of 92 accepted applicants. Under war department orders, further announced, applicants {or Lord Northeliffe, at the British ed the position of he it is en war missio Waldo claimed this par- Strike of Weavers at Stoninoton Stonington, Conn., June 8.—All the in employ of thé American listment, between 'the age of 21 and [sucession to Arthur 31 will be required to show their reg- |return to his dutl istration cards. fice Child Scalded to Death. coordinate the vario Britis ] New Britain, Conn., June 8.—Clara |sions and act in concert with ihe Mercugliano, aged 4, was scalded to[sions of the entente allies and death at her parents’ home in Plain- [the American and Canadian gover ments. He has made many visits | ville this morning. The child fell the United States and Canada. into a tub of boiling water.