Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 14, 1917, Page 1

NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1917 97 PERSONS KILLED IN LONDON AIR RAID When East End of London Was Bombarded Yesterday by Fifteen German Airplanes 437 WOUNDED, - 122 WOMEN, 16 CHILDREN Those Killed Were Civilians, Ihcluding Many Children—No Military Damage Was Done—British Aviators Arose ad Attacked the Invaders—Germans Lost Only One Machine—Sixteen Women and 26 Children Among the Killed—A Bomb Struck a Schoolhouse, Killing Ten Child-2n and Injuring Fifty—The East End Stood the . Strain Well and There Was No Great Panic—Business " Was at a Standstill for a Few Minutes and Great Throngs Gathered About the Wrecked Buildings—Raid Occupied Less Thaa Five Minutes. Lon June 13. — In a swift and deadly raid on the city of London to- toll in killed and wounded. ties as officially announced number- wounded. Fifty-five men met death and 223 men were wounded. The German squadron consisted of | tion visited. cifef objective. In ome instance alone ten Germans remained at a great height % and flew swiftly and evidenly the | buildings is man machine has been recorded. Oth- | €scape. ation’ of this. of London seemingly were unable to reach the Germans. While a great many small business houses and the homes of the poor in zathered. damaze, Field _Marshal French, commander of the home de- Cast End Hardest Hit. The cast end of London, khich was the hardest hit by the ralders, is com- parable to New York's East Side, for | 0f_dangers. instantly. much congested area. Much material damage was done In_ this heavily. bombed part of London and many dwellers were killed or WBunded. The total number of these is not yet known, ers were 1o handle their cases. Three patients, including = little boy, died at this in- stitution, and others are in a serious condition. idents of the Fast End. er one or more of them, was not British, as British aircraft were pur- suing the Germans and all were fiy- ing at a great height. Damage Comparatively Slight. who visited one of the causing the wreckage to take fire. were shattered below the knees, an- |sky. while a third was seriously wounded.in | months. the chest sives. objectives. For nearly an hour after the explo- busy carrying away the wounded. Warning Given. As soon as the raiders appeared, | piffs. ‘Wwefs in the vicinity of London. For an hour after the raid the tele- phone system of London was swamped with calls from besiness men who the excitement. row flight raid well and there was no fc such as one might expect to among a|from this Throughout the bombed area there ‘was a steady movement of ambulances day German atrplanes took a heavy [ SoUCGng {ne Injured. While the fam- Other | spread, it is probable that the mone- Places were attacked, but so far as ia| tary loss will not be heavy, for many e of the buildings ed were those known at present by far the heaviest| o6 srma)l’ pusiness men. The raid had losses occurred in Lonfon town itself. | been cver but a thort time when the At a late hour tonight the casual- | king motcred into and through the dis- trict. His prompitude in ths mani- 4 534, including 97 killed and 437 | soieas, ST Beity WHR Ahe e Civilians and Children Killed. The main result of today’s raid, as Stxteen women | in past cases has been the killing of and 26 chfldren were killed and 122 | civilians, including many children. No ‘women and 94 children were wound- | military damage was done as there ed was no military objective in the sec- Cabled Paragraphs Increase in British Imports. Logdon, Jine if_—The m-lrnd of tmal: figures ay show an increase imports of 8,827,706 pounds and a de- crease of 3,587,155 pounds. ORGANIZED LABOR BEHIND THE FOOD CONTROL BiLL Convinced It Will Bring Prices Down Fully 30 Per Cent. Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Ffi;ulaiior; % BRITISH, |SO IS THE COMMISSION HEAD- ED BY JOHN F. STEVENS Pershing and Staff |[American Mission | Condensed Telegrams Arrive in France SALUTED BY FRENCH, BELGIAN AND INDIAN OFFICERS New York Elks subscribed $200,000 to the Liberty Loan. : Is in Petrograd| ... ..o e oo e the food administration throughout Greece. Twenty members of the Chicago American League baseball team are drilling for war. The Prince of Udine has recovered ashington, June 15 — Convinces|LANDED IN BOULOGNE|U. S. RAILROAD MEN [ana ihe ariased! iy 15 X2 Fo Wil that creation of a food administra- tion will bring prices in the United States down fully thirty per cent., or- ganized labor will get squarely behind | Brill the food control bills pending in con- sress and urge their immediate enact- ment. At'a conference tonight with labor leaders and representatives of the I bor group in congress, Herbert C. Hoo- ver promised that the food adminis- tration, when orsanized, would force prices 'to a level at which the small n Assemblage on Quay—Band |Mr. Stevens in Statement Played “The Star Spangled Banner” and the “Marseillaise”—Ovation Ac- corded General Pershing. Boulogne, France, wages must get an increase in DPay [ military expedition. or_go hungry. July 1. French, British, Belgian Tomorrow officials of the American | gian officers and soldiers saluted their|gists of eleven members and was es- Federation of Labor and heads of the | new allied comrades, Big unions will send thousands of let- | National Anthem was played by a 2l | Fuseins vepresentative. ters to local unmions throughout the|jtary band and a guard of honor stood country directing members of trades|ai present arms as the ship bearing unions to urge on thelr congressmen | the American gsieral to the scene of the passage of the food bills before| the war came into dock. General Per-|greet the Americans were David R. June the Plain That His Party There to Needs of the Russian Railroad: 13.—Major American Remedy the Defects and Supply the | o 'R0 the Liberty Loan in five days. Lieut. Josef Schaumburg was shot Made It[down inside the German lines at the the battle of Messines. of the Bethlehem Steel subscribed $4,455,000 to Employ Nearly 400 Americans are still in the Central Empires according to Min- Petrograd, June 13, via London— |ister Morris who is at Stockholm. wage earner can exist. Labor repre-|John J. Pershing, accompanled by his|The American mission headed by Eli- sentatives told Mr. Hoover that un-|staff, today put his foot on French|hu Root, has arrived here. less costs fall the earner of moderate | soil as commander of the The French Minister of Agriculture The American commission, headed |says that there is a big improvement by John K Stevens, arrived in Pe- |in the crops since April 1 to June 1. and In-|irograd today. The commission con- The War Department called for American | corted into the capital by M. Metinsky, | 70,000 recruits for the regular army to Greeted at Station. Some of the labor leaders expressed anxiety as to whether the food bills are drastic enough to accomplish their purpose, but Mr. Hoover assured them that the measures provide power enough to reduce prices. . He asked that labor remain patient until the bills are passed and the food admin- istration is organized. Workmen, he said, had shown their loyalty by sup- pressing disputes between capital and labor and he thought an exercise of patience in the food situation would show a true patriotism. STEAMSHIP MANCHURIA SEVERELY DAMAGED In a Collision With U. S. Monitor rite, on Guard Duty Off New New York, June 13.—The steamship Manchuria was severely damaged in a collision with the United Ststes mon- itor Amphitrite on guard duty, as she was passing quarantine in a heavy fog tonight, With two’ big holes on her port side amidships and down by the stern, it was feared it would be nec- essary to beach the steamer but she was able to return to her dock under her own power. Steaming slowly through the Nar- it was not a case of about fitteen machines, and the down- | accurate dropping of bombs town section of London was their|once the planes were over the city. In the East End, for instance, a bomb Meny bombs fell in the Bast End, | couid not have been dropped without whers buildings were destroyed and | doing damage. The bombs cut a wide others badly damaged and scores of | circular path through the eastern part persons fell victims to the explosions. |of the city and while the raid was children | short-lived a large number of explo- wers killed in a school and fifty were | Sives were dropped in rapid succes- inpured. sion. The course the raiders took can tish alrplanes ascended immedi- | easily be traced by wfely when the signal was given that | buildings which in many cases are hostile machines were coming, but the | close together. In some places a whole block of lacking every Pritish fighters had difficulty in the |and much other damage was done. pursutt, for the loss of only one Ger- | One school in this district had a lucky There are a thousand pupils ers are reported to have been brought | in that school and fifteen minutes af- doten, but there is no official confirm- | ter the little ones returned to the The anti-afreraft guns|Pulldings from recess a bomb felt where hundreds of them had been Transformation in Busy Streets Three hostile 'airplanes appeared e & 3 3 EoBEe stricta wflere‘g“ m: over the busiest part of the downtown scount | section of London at half past eleven Tonoe, snnowiosd that no dasmago. ot | 1115, mOrHIng and “worked @ military or naval nature was done. | The sound of the explosions of bombs in the East End and of antl-aircraft guns from perches around the busi- ness district gave the public warning OVel}::dL\‘d til"lfl‘]c stopped mnibus drivers ordered e ivs Dhe Joor df the city in & |1 pessengars, o alisht. and. Dusee, taxicabs, wagons and lorries were loft astranded in the streets until the dan- ger was past. poShopkoepers and thelr patrons, bar- 2y = ers and their customers, bankers and oty ramen ol alone jiadl reecived |lawyers and thelr clients quietly and s pth | promptly adjourned their business and of the Injured being sent here from |RUrTied to such places of safety as other hospitals which lacked facilities ;‘;fimfie%t:;;'d‘e‘g i Pedestrians Ordered Within Doors. Special constables appeared by the hundred, as if by magic, in every nook A:o!m;rr h:’;nim “::Q dchsdbrlen 'm; and corder of the narrow-laned down- cari o wor ables and | t district and_ordered strians another had already died there. Near- | within doore. a P e Iy all of these Injured persons were res- | that the populace was Kept under cover, as many of the people were A squad of at least five airplanes|more interested in getting a limpse appeared over, the Fast Fnd district |of the battle overhead than In es- although it is impossible to say wheth. | caping danger. Superb View of Raiders. There was no way to keep the crowds off the fiat roofs of the down- town buildings, where presumably the danger of falling shrapnel was great- The Associated Press correspondent, [ est, but where a superb view of the bombarded | raiders could be obtained. From the areas, found that the damage done was | roof of the Associated Press office the comparatively slight and that a ma- |airplanes could be distinctly seen at a jority of the casnalties occurred among | height of at least two miles in the & group gathering for the noon day |triangular formation which is a fa- meal. The bomb fell upon the roof | miliar sight to any one who has vis- of the eating houze, shattering it and |ited the western front. 0 high that they appeared like three The legs of one man In this group | shiny flakes of snow against the bright The anti-aircraft gunners were other's arm was blown off as he was[doing fairly creditable work in this, raising a cup of coffee to his lips,|their first battle practice in many The raiders apparently were The clothing of some of [a Httle too high for the guns, which the wounded was torn In shreds and |nevertheless, were very useful in forc- the faces of nearly all were purple-|ing the enemy to keep at an altitude hued from the effects of the explo- | where it was Impossible to locate any in the busy streets. It was with difficulty, The trio were The flaky smoke from thirty or for- sion at this n'ace the ambulances were |ty shrapnel bursts, sent in repeated salvos from a dozen or more eager guns, hung long in the sky, outlining the three visitors in a frame of white It was plain to see that the coming from the southeast coast, warn- | snarling bursts were too close to the ing was given the schools with the re- | visitors for their comTort, calling forth sult that in many of the suburbs the (a frantic series of machine gun sig- children were dismissed in time to|nals from the squadron leader, direct- reach their homes before the ralders|ing his brood to retreat quickly. Raid Occupied Less Than Five Min- The little squadron’s were only a few instances of any of London, as viewed from below, was the brief period during the height of [like a great hairpin—a straight ar- a wide curve and a straight arrow The whole visi ~ The East Fnd stood the straln of the | this trio occupied less than fve rain. utes and mo other raiders were visible observation point, Three populstion of this class which is large- | times the explosion of bombs sh Iy forelen. = Musiness was at at|the roof, with & ot flight out again. rows because of the fog, the Manchu- ria bumped into. the little monitor. The larger vessel's stern rested squarely” on. the monitor's bow. A patrol boat and a tuz dragsed the monitor_loose, little damaged. The Manchuria was not so fortu- nate. She was shipping water rap- idly and had a bad list. It was de- cided, however, that she would be able fo reach her dock. The Manchuria, of 13,638 tons. is owned by the International Mercan- tile Maring RED CROSS DIVIDENDS TOTALLING ABOUT $2,500,000 Were Declared Yesterday by Eight Corporations in New York City. New York, June 13.—Red Cross div- idends totalling approximately $2,500,- 000 were declared today by eight cor- porations at special meetings of their directors in this cit and elsewhere, it [ shing stood on the quarterdeck sur-|Francis, the American ambassador, Seward | rounded by 46 American staff officers, | the staffs of the embassy and of the with 59 military clerks.and 67 Amer- | American consulate, and N. V. Nekra- ican- enlisted men forming the back- |Soff, minister of ways and communi- was announced _tonight by Prosser of the Red Cross war finance committee. New Glory for Old Glory New glory for Old Glory! New glory for Old Glory, which never went to war ¢ But for a cause worth fighting for, a cause of honor high, A cause to make men gladly fight and heroes gladly die! New glory for Old Glory, the Flag of all the free, The Flag which all the world must hail the Flag of Liberty, The emblem of men’ Which rises now to higher hights, the hope of all the worid!. The guiding stars for all mankind are The highest courage Time has known The purest hopes of men inspired are ms for all the world on honor’s highest hight; The Flag which stands for human right and not for human greed; The Flag which heroes follow at the call of human n The Flag which stands for justice and for broad humanity— New glory for Old Glory, the Flag of all the free! And now it (By LEE SHIPPEY) New glory near and far! noblest aims since first it was unfurled, its field of blue, in its scarlet hu its stainless white, d; The companies and ihe amounts of [ ground. the ‘'special dividends which are de- signed for contributions to the Red cross were: Utah Copper Company §812.00; the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company $300,000; Chino Copper Company 348,- 000; Ray Consolidated Copper Com- pany $315,000; Butte and Mining Company $116,000: Nemours E. 1. duPont de American Company $400,000 Shoe Company $50,000. Brake dends, with that declared yesterday by | into the stirring the United States Steel bring the grand total of Red Cross div- | and General idends up to $8,294,694. SUBMARINE RAMMED AND o SUNK BY AMERICAN STEAMER. Two U-Boats Had Attacked the Amer- ican Merchantman. An Atlantic Port, June 13.—Destruc- tion of a German submarine by an American steamship was reported by the merchantman upon her arrival to- day in an American harbor. Her offi- cers refused to discuss the encounter except to say that by agile manoeu- vring the steamship managed to ram and eink the U-boat shortly after two of the underwater boats had attacked the merchantman, one from efther side. The steamship 10st a blade from her propeller. An_American citizen who arrived in the United States on June 4 announced he had been informed by one of the steamship’s officers, at a British port, that two torpedoes, aimed from two directions, each struck the steamship a glancing bfow while the vessel was on her last eastward voyage. No men- tion was made by the American trav- eler of the sinking of a U-boat. STRIKE AT ATWOOD MACHINE CO. PLANT, STONINGTON. | public. General Pershing inspected | par to $42,503,000, hwu obtained In S the guard of honor, composed of veter- | the court here More Than 300 Employes Walked Out |ar terrioriale, many of whom ' have | Samuel Har to Enforce Wage Demands. Stonington, Conn., June 13.—More than 300 employes of the Atwood Ma- chine company walked out on strike today. She strikers want an eight- hour day at their present day wage scale and ask time and one-half for overtime and double time for Sun- diys. The Atwood company has been rushed for months and recently bullt a substantial addition in which ma- chinery has just been installed. NO NOTEWORTHY BATTLES ON THE WAR FRONTS But the British Troops Continue Their Raiding Operations. On none of the war fronts has there Pershing were England; to the pier. declared man day Brilliant Assemblage on Quay. On the quay was a brilliant assem- | mission’s aim was to assist the Rus- blage of French officers and officials. |sian people and the Russian govern- Standing or clinging to vantage points | ment, especially in railroad affairs, by everywhere about the maritime sta-|placing at Russla's disposal Amer tion and on the landing stage were |ca’s technical skill and industrial re- Superior | thosands of soldiers, most of them |sources. Atlantic, | British, efther going on leave toward Gulf and West Indies Lines $150,000; | England or retyrning to the trench- e g lark tet a “Th s the gangplark was let down “The | jaot 15 to hel o - These divi- |Star Spangled Banner was changed | Xaaingt Germany. The commisci Marsefllaise” and | wilj establish general relations with Corporation, [ Rene Besnard, under-secretary of war | {he Russian Zovernment and also nas, commander ofpecially with the railroad and war the northern district of France, went | Ropartments. aboard to extend official were General Dumas said: Welcomed in the Name of Humanity. “We know you have come to see the b3 ‘ £ war right through and we welcome you | fra nessecn mratomor oy ars RoE o ahe pume lof civilization and Iu-|her ready to facllitate the supply to Among those who greeted General | con) neral Pelletier, who ! will be permanenfly attached to’ Gen: eral Pershing during the war; Colonel Daru, militaty governor of Boulogne, | Siderable length the Russian railroads a grandson of Napoleonic General Da ru, who at the beginning of the last century prepared for an invasion or|Proved technlcal equipment Russna's Commandant B. Thouseller of Marshal Joffre's staff, the British ad- | Chief systems in the world miral. Captain Carl Boyd, military at- tache of the American embassy; the French Admiral and Marquis Pierre de Chambrun, who was a member of the g;:; French mission to the United | Would Prevent Disbursing a Dividend |acre tract of the water front at Cape Gigantic Roar From Soldiers. = There was perfect silence when Gen- eral Pershing descended the gangway | quiring the directorate of the Dela- Then there came a gigan- | ware and Hudson company to show tic roar from the soldiers on the pier, [ cause next Monday why it should not which extended gradually along the|be restrained from disbursing a divi- |a resolution. harbor until it reached the streets of [ dend of 2 1-4 per cen! the town where it was taken up by the | 21, on the capital stocl nly a few words Dumas, accompanied by | With a Passenger Steamer Off the o Pacific Coast—No Casualties. On the trip General Per- fhihe was accorded an ovation 1Y th®| guard cutter MeCulloch, which, aa an touched by the reception. e T et Fo Pt iaors "ron | colliston with the passenger steamer General Pershing and his party. Soremor, ot Bolat: Argustio appeared Werner Horn Found Guilty in Federal | to the Governor. Court. Boston, June 18—Werner Horn, who | wy.o Governor was expected to reach in the H H £55 cations in the Russian cabinet. In a statement made immediately his ar- rival, Mr. Stevens said that the com- Commission is Strictly Offic; “The commission is_strictly official, said Mr. Stevens. “Its primary ob- The commission As soon as we have sreetings. | formed judgment as to the special de- exchanged. | fects and needs of the Russian roads, We shall enter into negotiations with a special technical commission in the United States with the aim at the Russia of war materials and iron and Have Examined Railroads. “Having already examined at con- we have a high opinion of the merits of the railroad personnmel. With im- proved technical equipment Russna's RESTRAINING ORDER ON of 2 1-4 Per Cent. New York, June 18.—An order re- payable June , amounting at seen fighting on every part of the front | alleges that the payment of divi- [Was and whose breasts glittered with | dends ordered by the directors would medals and war crosses. Ovation Accorded Gen. Pershing. While the train which was to_take | COAST GUARD CUTTER General Pegshing to Paris was being made up, the American with his ataff and French officials, drove in Boulogne. impair the capital of the company. M’CULLOCH S8UNK IN COLLISION commander San Francisco, June 18.—The coast deeply | American gunboat, paticipated In the battle of Manila bay, was sunk In today. The McCulloch’s crew numbered about 65 officers and men was transferred reported. The accidant occurred In a dense fog. Tandwans, ws found_ gullty e | @ Port late tonisht. federal @muw‘u a charge of Tt now appears that the Spanish steamer Patricio was not sunk as was te hull of the steamer was At the Nikolai station awaiting to | presented Rear-Admiral Benson of the United States Navy with the Lactare medal. of 150 men and 75 many or in any of countries. cided to register. DELAWARE & HUDSON |authorizing the She wa released, after an in & fill it up to the required war streng:h. Notre Dame University, of Indiana, An American hospital medical unit, nurses, arrived in a French town. The unit is from Chicago. There are 4,622,000 aliens in the United States who wese born in Ger- German allies Without conscri men with de- pendent families the United States will have at least 3,000,000 from which it can pick its army. The Patterson Forge company’s fac- tory on East Main street, Bridgeport, was almost totally destroyed early last night with a loss of $15,000. ns in Utak refused to register. After going on the war path they They made a pris- oner of the acting Indian agent. Eleven large cargo ships arrived in an Atlantic port within the last day or two. Six of them were under the American flag, and four British. Edward Collins, charged with pinch- ing the cheek of Mrs. Anna Keller, of New York, when collecting a bill, was beaten by her husband and arrested. Contracts for cotton on future de- livery were advanced to 25 cents a pound in the wildest opening of the New York “pit” experienced this year. Adjutant Roaul Lufberry of the La- fayette Escadrille had a narrow es- cape’ of death last Thursday in an aerial battle. His battleplane was riddled. The Newfoundland legislature, now in session, is expected to enact a law permitting export to the United States of a considerable quantity of pulp wood The Senate adopted the conference report of the Gregory espionage bill commonly called the spy bill. The bill now goes to the President for his signature. Harold Hogan, a brakeman on the Lackawanna Railroad was Killed when & milk train crashed into the rear of a freight train at Fourth Street, Har- rison, N. J. German language instructions were abandoned -except to students of chem- istry for the period of the war by the faculty of Case School of Applied Sci- ence in Cleveland. , An experimental hydroplane postal route connecting France with Corsica, with stations at Marseilles, Toulon and Ajaccio, is being considered by the Minister of Commerc: A Florida family has three sons en- listed in the regular army, aviation corps and the officers’ training camp. Mother and daughters are preparing to join the Red Cross. A new submarine chaser which ar- rived in France created a sensation because of its radical departure from preconceived ideas of shipbuilding was described by Le Journal “Nick” a member of the I. W. W. was shot at Virginia, Minn. when he attempted to escape from of- ficers who had placed him under ar- rest on a charge of failing to register. Boy Scouts of Weterbury Wednesday obtained 781 subscriptions aggregating $79,100, bringing up the total subscrip- tions for three days to $159,350. Wa- terbury’s complete liberty loan total 5o far is $7,319,350, Representative Bacharach, of New Jersey, introduced in the House a_bill Secretary of the Navy to _expend $175,000 in acquiring a 57 May, for a naval air station. Whether the Unied States army has adopted the British Enfield rifie is what Senator Reed Smoot wants to find out. He asked this question in Senator Poindexter held up consideration of the resolution. A seven hundred-pound halibut, said today by |by fishermen to be one of the largest Halperin, a stockholder, who |every caught in New England waters, brought into Boston by the schooner Fva Avina. It was hooked fifty miles northeast of Thatcher's Is- land and brought $50. HELD IN CONNECTION WITH HUSBAND'S DEATH Mrs. Mary Monahan of New Haven Under $5,000 Bonds New Haven, Conn,, June 13.—John T. Monahan, whose wife, Mrs. Mary Monahan, was taken into custody early this morning by order of Coroner Ell Mix and who is being held under $,- 000 bonds, died tonight at a local hos- pital under what are alleged to be sus- picious circumsiances. An autopsy No casualtles were| wyjj be performed on the body tomor- row morning. Monahan.is the woman’s third hus- band and a brother of her secong hus. band, Joseph Monahan. Her first hus- band, John Pallman, died in 1906. Joseph Monahan died in 1909. In 1913 Mrs. Monahan was arrested in connection with the death of a niece. HOPETOEXCEED $2, Heard From—New York Returned Subscriptions Washington, June 13.—Treasury of- ficials announced today that the Lib- erty loan apparently was short $432,- 000,000 of full subscription Tuesday night, two and one-half days before the closing of the books. ouncement was based on actual returns forwarded by banks and trust companies to the twelve reserve banks, accompanied by the two per cent. of subscriptions required. Thous- ands of banks and trust. companies have not been heard from since the loan was first offcred, except for state- ments that they were working to make the big issue a success. A tremendous eleventh hour drive throughout tie nation, officials h will bring the final count of doll well beyond the $2,000,000,000 mar The only tangible evidence on which to base an estimate, however, are the returns from the reserve banks as of the close of business last night. These show total actual subscriptions of $1,- 00,000. New York Exceeds Allottment, New York is the only district which has returned subscriptions higher than its allottment. Not only has New York exceeded the minimum. it has topped the maximum of $750,000,000 by $8,000,000. Analysis of these figures discloses sw York the country had failed up to last night 0,000,000 to take its minimum all nt of $1,400,000,00% of the bonds, the other — $600,070 000 minimum being allotted to New York Thus while the New York Adiserfct has over-subscribed its minimum allos- pparent] by exactly. $ 000,000,000 MARK Tuesday Night the Liberty Loan Apparently W: Short $432,000,000 TREMENDOUS DRIVE IS NOW BEING MAL Throusads of Banks and Trust Companies Have Not B is the Only District That Higher Than Its Allotr Oversubscription Amounting to About 25 Per ( The Closing Hour of Noon Friday is Not to be Exter —Applications Must be in at That Time Accompar Two Per Cent. of the Amount of Subscription ment by aps the rest of th parently h its minimum. No Extension of The closing 1s not to be spread rumor closing hour of the sec each reserve to all ba Assistar a_telegram to all r emphasized t points, the ot Instructions cond—Apr companied b amount of “Third—A panies receiving a to reach reser livery b graph pe when so re on_time. “Fourth—Apy { mail delivery noon, June 1 houid be s promptly the treasur et e ¢ to transmit possible to you and be separately may be dir the treasury GERMAN SUBMARINES ARE MORE EFFECTIVE Sank 22 British Merchantmen of More Than 1,600 Tons Last Week. London, June 13, 7.45 p. m.—The weekly shipping report issued by the admiralty today states that twenty- two British merchantmen of more than 1,600 tons were sunk. Ten mer- chantmen of less than that tonnage lso were sunk, together with six fish- ing vesseys. A summary of the re- port follow: Arrivals 2,767; sailings 2,822, British merchant ships over 1,600 tons sunk by mine or submarine, n- cluding one previously, 22; under 1,600 tons, including one previously, 10. British merchant ships unsuccess- fully attacked, including seven pre- By shing vessels sunk 6. This week’s figures show a consid- erable increase In submarine acti ity as compared with recent weeks. Last Wednesday's statement reported a total of only 23 vessels sunk, against the 38 now announced. The aggregate is the largest of any for a month past. Last week only fifteen vesr>ls of more than 1,600 tons were sunk and three or less’ than that tonnage. The figures of submarine sinkings began to show a falling off early in May from the heavy totals of April, when during one week, that _which ended April 22, forty vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sunk and fifteen of smaller tonnage. During the week ended May 6, the total of the larger merchantmen sént to the bottom fell to 24. For each of the three follow- ing weeks the total of vessels of the larger class stood at eighteen, while the number of smaller craft sunk each week was covered by single fizures Last week the minimum for the en- tire period since February was struck. NEW ENGLAND ADDS $21,500,000 TO LIBERTY LOAN. Subscriptions Are Coming In at a Lively Rate. Boston, June 13—New England speeded up its efforts in behalf of the liberty loan today, adding $2,500,000 to its aggregate subscriptions. With a day and a half in which to complete ite minimum ailotment of $240,000,000, this section up to the close of regular business today had contributed $174,- 600,000 Subscriptions were said to be coming in at a lively rate and banks were kept open tonight and will be open to- morrow_night to care for all applica- tions. Varlous forms of eleventh hour rallies were planned to make the clos- ing hours productive of substantial ad- ditions to the total. A block of $1,000,- 000 worth of bonds is expected to be disposed of at a sale on Boston Com- mon tomorrow. CHINESE PARLIAMENT IS TO BE DISSOLVED. Mandate Has Been Signed by Acting Premier Chiang Chao Chung. Peking, China, June 13.—The presi- dential mandate’ dissolving pavliament hag been signed by Chiang Chao Chung as acting premier, he having accom- panied the post which Dr. Ting Fang, former ambassador to the United States, resigned. It is believed that the dissolution of parliament will bring about civil war, as the leaders in the southern provinces have told President Li Yuang Hung that they no longer recognize his authority despite the fact that the president has issued a long mandate attempting to justify his ac- tion in esuing the dlesolution mandate. Chiang Chao Chung was chief of po- lice in Peking before —accepting , the JAPAN SURPRISED BY AMERICAN NOTE T 1€ Is Regarded as Special Position T Tokio, S, The Am China exp sensions i n cere desire litieal co-ordina ablished, ca ‘s position The feeling a circles 1s that th have heen better t changing views especially Japan, w as rigldly adh t interferenc fairs, The newspape the United S ence and w it is probabl curson of e Officials_here tha tthe Chinese tied by a comprom BIG FIRE ON TH BROOKLYN WATE Two Men Dead, Two Dy teen Others Seriously . New York, June dead, two are = in hospitals se ly twenty others a result of a fir story bullding the ~Americ: pany on the Proc tonight. The explosion of a Five hundred r the buflding wh hours after t of the men wer: Marahial : Brophy at least twenty has the upper floors ing and tha {to nfty The buflding, which in the great plant of t pany, covered mediately after flames whic alarms were o the apparatus Brooklyn and severs Manhattan toget THREE BILLION WAR BUDGET FIl Amount is Greater of the C Washingtor billion_ dollar o v over the last t day and went t his signature It appropriates the greate voted at one time ] body. Its amount is total cost of GUARDSMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED AT NEW BRITAIM When Motorcycle He Was Riding 8k ded and Hit a Dog. New Britain, ¢ June Ventres, a priv in ¥ First Connect infantry - ously injured this morning w motorcycle he was riding hit a skidded and threw him against a He is In the hospital and it is belleve his skul; 1 5 fractured. The ac occurred as he was turning on wr Hill. Ventres' home is in