Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 18, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 245 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1917 8 PAGES—64 COLS. The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Larges-t in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’; 7P"o‘piul7atio;1 PRICE TW(; (;ENTS RUSSIAN TROOPS T0 RESUME HOSTILITIES Russian Duma Has Pzssed a Resolution Calling for an Immediate Offensive TURN DOWN SEPARATE PEACE WITH GERMANY Only the Artillery Wing; on the Various War Fronts Are Active—Former King Constantine of Greece is Reported to Have Arrived at Messina, Sicily, on His Way to Switzerland—A Reconstruction of the Italian Ministry Has Been Proposed to King Emmanuel by the Premier as. a Result of the Crisis Which Developed Last Week. #we fighting, except by the artillery wings, is taking place on any of the various war fropts. On the front in France heid by the British, aside from the ertillery Quels, there have been only minor operations in the nature of i a continuation of the aerial that has been so pronounced past ~ebice the Germans in a =ized portions of trench- 1e French, but later were £ive back most of them in a k. On_various sectors are in progress. Con- ty continues in Belgium artille; derable ac the sections of Steeustraete and Hetsas, In Macedonia the artillery duels which have been 4n progress for sev- eral weeks are still going on, but the anticipated infantry attacks have not et deveioped. Meantime the entente forces continue to throw troops into essaly, the occupation of various.| towns baving been accomplished with- i ! out untoward incident. French cavalry has now reached Pharsala and Domo- kos, south of Larissa, while Demirli has been occupied by the Britsh. Former King Constantine of Greece is reported to have arrived at Messina, Sicily, on _his way to Switzerland. Although quiet still prevails on the Russian front, there seemingly is an indication that hostilities soon will be- gin again there. The Russian duma at a secret session has passed a reso- lution caliing for an immediate offen- sive and declaring that a separate peace with Germany would be ignoble treason toward Russia’s_allies. A report received in New York from an incoming steamer is that a German submarine has sunk the French steam- er Mississippi off the coast of France. Only one member of the crew perished. A’ reconstruction of the Italian min- istry is reported to have been proposed to King Victor Bmmanuel by the pre- mier as a result of the crisis which developed last week. BELGIUM'S DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN WASHINGTON To Express Gratitude for What the United States Has Done. ‘Washington, June 17.— Belgium’s dplomatic mission came to Washing- ton today to express its gratitude for 21l that the United States has done in the past to relieve the suffering of its people end to discuss with American officiais the reparation that is to be demanded of Germany for her violated faith at the beginning of the war and international crimes which have fol- lowed it ‘The representatives of King Albert, who has clung tenaclously for nearly fhree vears to the lgst free fringe of his country, were received with all the courtesies and probably with Geeper emotions than the official missions of the greater missions who _preceded them. Secretary Lansing, Counsellor Polk and Assistant Secretary Phillips of the state department greeted them at the after which, escortad by two companies of cavalry, they motor- ed to the home of Larz Anderson, for- to Belgium, which is to dquarters. dovie Moncheur, chief of eau of the Belgian for- :nd for eight years minis- is country, is the head of the It is understood he expects 10 confine his efforts in_the United States largely to the ultimate reace gnestions rather than to immediate war needs. In the latter he will find his wishes already met, for the United Etates, soon after its entrance into the war, took over the entire cost of the rellef in Belgium. Bach month the treasury department advances $7,500,. 000 for this purpose. LIBERTY LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS APPROXIMATELY $2,800,000,000. from Nine Federal Districts Still to Come. Washington, June 17.—With three federal reserve district totais complete and the work of tabulating returns in the other nine nearing its end, indi- cations were tonight that liberty loan subscriptions would total in the final count approximately $2,800,000,000 and that the total would be definitely known, subject to minor revisions, late tomorrow. Final tabulations were reported to- day by the Philadelphia and Cleveland Teserve banks. Aithough Atlanta’s to- tal of $52,500.000 was completed yester- @ay, no official report had been re- ceived ah the treasury today. The YT hiladelphia end Cleveland figures were not announced here, but they were known to approximate in round numbers $323,000,000 and $279,000,000, Fespectively. Treasury officlals are desirous of re- celving official returns at the earliest practicable moment in order that the mammoth task of making allotments #00n may be commenced. To place these figures at their disposal reserve bank forces worked today, in some in- stances, in the hope that the returns would be in the department’s hands not later than tomorrow night. GREEK OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR FIGHTING FRENCH “Troops of a Gresk Garrison Have Been Made Prisoners. London, June 17.—The arrest of Colonel Grivas and other Greek offi- cers concerned in the fisht with the French cavalry patrol which occupied the town of Larissa is reported in a Reuter despatch from Saloniki. The troops of the Greek garrison who at- tempted to escape have been made prisoner (press despatches from Sa- loniki -last week said several French and Greek soldiers had been killed in a fight at Larrissa.) A despatch from Piraeus, the port of Athens, says that the mayor of that city, an adherent of Former Premier Totals Reserve Venizelos who was driven from office at the time of the royalist riots in De- cember, has resumed his duty. Order in Piraeus, as well as in BODY OF RUTH CRUGER FOUND BURIED IN CELLAR. Cocchi Held in $7,500 Bail as a Material Witness. New Coccehi, kept a bicycle repair shop over the cellar where the body of 18 year old Ruth Cruger, murdered Wadleigh High York, June 17.—Mrs. Marie wife of Alfredo Cocchi, who school student, was found vesterday, was held in $7,5600 bail today as a ma- terail witness in the case. 'With the woman also were held Victor Blady, a hauffeur, and Joseph Palumbo, a clerk, toth of whom, the police assert, are friends of Cocchi, whose extradition from Italy is being sought by the au- thorities. While an autopsy was being per- formed today which showed the young woman had died from a skull fracture and a wound on the left side of the body, laborers employed by the polfce to dig in the cekar for further ev dence unearthed the skates Miss Cru- ger had taken to Cocchi’s shop on Feb. 13 to have sharpened. The skates, with a pair of shoes attached, werb bloodstained, and an ice chopper, dug up near where the skates were found, had bioodstains on it also. Dr. Otto H. Schuitze, county medi- cal examiner, who made the autopsy, expressed the opinion that the crime ' was another “ripper” case and as such would have been perpetrated by one man who hardly would have had an accomplice. Many persons who have been exam- ined by the police since the body was found were subpoenaed today to ap- pear before the grand jury tomorrow. FIVE PERSONS SHOT IN BRIDGEPORT LAST NIGHT Two of Them Will Die—Two Shooting Affrays Over Card Games. Bridgeport, Conn., June 17. — Five persons were shot in two affrays here tonight. Two of them will dle. They are Mrs. Teresa Ricclo of 685 Hou- itonic avenue and Daniel Londo of 107 Hallett street. The others shot are Antonio Riccio, husband of the Riceio woman; Louise Datola and Pe- ter Patz. Antonio Capriano is charzed with shooting the Riccios. He is under ar- rest. Sabvelle Lebran and Antonio Goston are held for the shootins of the other three. Both shootings were dis- putes over games of cards. RUSSIA TO SUGGEST A CONFERENCE OF ALLIES For Examination of Treaties—An- nouncement Made by the Cabinet. Petrograd, via London, June 17.— Tha announcement last week that the cabinet bad decided to sugzest a con- ference of the allies for examination of treaties was foliowed today by the publication of the note setn to the other governments in question. The note suggests a conference to revise the agreements existing among the allies as to war aims, with the excep- tion of the London agreement, which provides that none of the signatory Powers shall cox a separate peace. STEAMERS ATTACKED IN SIGHT OF THE SPANISH COAST By German Submarines of the Largest Type—Outside the Zone Blockade. Paris, June 17.—Two French steam- ers arriving at Gibraltar, one from the Mediterranean and the other from the Aflantic, report that they were at- tacked in sight of the Spanish coast and outside the zone blockade declared by Germany by submarines of the laTgest tvpe, says an official statement issued today. Both vessels successful- Iy engaged the submarines and obliged them to abandon the combat. Candidate for President of Uruguay. Montevideo, June 17—The foreign minister, Dr. Brum, announced his candidacy for the presidency dast night. The diplomatic corps gave a dinner to Dr. Brum. = GabledLaryraphs Zeppelin Off Coast of Sweden. ‘Copenhagen, via London, June 17.—A Zeppelin was ‘observed about 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon outside the harbor of Cimbrishamn, Sweden. A violent cannonade was directed against the dirigible, which withdrew in a dam- aged condition. Rumors of Revolt in Spain. London, June 17.—Rumors of a seri- ous revolutionary movement in Spain are given prominence in a section of the press. There has been an almost complete absence of news.from the penineula since the appointment of the new ministry. GERMAN GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING A NEW MOVE In Method of Arranging a Separate Peace With Ru: Copenhagen, via London, June 17— The German government which has been endeavoring by means of semi- official communications, statements by the imperial chancellor, Dr. von Beth- mann-Hollweg, concerning peace over- tures, telegrams by Fleld Marshal von Hindenburg to the council of work- men’s and soldiers' deputies, socialist negotlators of the Scheidemann type and in other ways to come to a sep- arate arrangement for peace or an ar- mistice with Russia, is considering a new move, namely, an offer of an ar- mistice for the period of the elections to Russian constitutional convention. The Assoclated Press has this in- formation from a reliable source. The informant, who has just come from Germany, 'says that government agents are desirous of reaching some such ar- rangement, not only as a compliment to the Russian council and to further the growth of pro-German sentiment, but also because Germany desircs to see some stable government establish- ed there, with which it would be pos- sible to enter into negotiations. Fe cited one of the best known German parliamentarians as saying that the present authorities in Russia are not “verhandlungsfaehig,” that is. not capable of negotiating, and that there is little hope of peace so long as the present conditions in Russia_continue. The German newspapers which have arrived thus far print the German so- clalists’ memorandum on peace terms without comment, the Vorwaerts alone accompanying the memorandum with a column explanation of motives and hopes. But many of the papers com- ment on President Wilson's recent speech and his message to Russia, and on the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zei- tung’s semi-official statement thercon, which is treated as an official incita- tion to the Russian authorities to ne- being still in force. nities or annexations. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zei- tung’s words this formula presents no obstacle to peace between Russia and the allied (Teutonic) powers which have never demanded from Russia an- nexations and contributions, of course contains a “joker” in the use of the word “annexations” instead of ‘ces- sions” of territory, the imperial cha cellor’s repeated declarations that the lands wrested from Russia and now occupied by the Teutonic troops should not be allowed to zo back to Russia Dbeinf still in force. EXPERIENCE OF AMERICAN ENLISTED MEN IN FRANCE. Like French Military Rations Better Than American. Paris, June 17.—The American en- listed men who came fo Paris with General Pershing are having experi- ences with foreign habits, languages and rations which indicate what the main body of American troops wili find_when it arrives. With them at the Pepiniere barracks, a huge quadri- across his son's head; causing the boy's ~~feath by, ¢ T s lateral on Place St. Augustin, one of | the central locations of Paris, are | housed troops from all the allied na- | tions, with 60 American troopers, en- | gineers and automobile drivers among | the latest arrivals. The vast central court presents a strange sight in the | mingling of uniforms and flags. Each contingent has its own drills and its own quarters, but when the men are off duty the court is crowded with troops, speaking many languages and attempting to make themse ves understood with signs. The American troops are on French military rations, which they like better than American or British rations, for in addition to an abundance of well cooked food they receive the regular French allowance of wine. The chief novelt- for the Americans is the continental breakfast, restricted to bread and coffee. .Lunch and din- ner are served in courses, with plenty of meat and vegetables. Meatless days do not apply to the military, as the French policy is to limit the restric- tions on meat, sugar, etc., to civilians jin order that ‘the fighting forces may be kept up to the fuli measure of en- ersy. The sleeping quarters are plain and comfortable, with good beds, clean sheets and’ ample sanitary arrange- ments. The Americans are on a regular schedule, with reveille at 6 o'clock in the morning, breakfast at 7, inspection at 8 and the regular round of duties Wwith taps at 10 p. m. IMMEDIATE INDEPENDENCE FOR IRELAND ASKED FOR In Resolutions Adopted at a Mass Meeting in Boston. Boston, June 17—Immediate inde- { pendence for Ireland was asked for in Iresolutions adopted at an Irsh mass |meeting here tonight. The resolutions ! said in part: . “Resolved, that we as citizens of Boston in meeting assembled, do here- by declare that it is our belief that the only proper solution of the Irish question is the immediate granting of independence to Ireiand: that Ire- land is a distinct and separatc na- tion deprived of her rights by Eng- land, held in subjection against the wishes of her people by force alon that England’s sole claim to govern Ireland is the right of conquest and that she has forfeited even that right by_centuries of misgovernment.” Mayor Curley was the chief speaker. AUTOMOBILE STRUCK BY AN ELECTRIC CAR Adelbert Ricker, 12 Years Oid, Was Killed at Oaklawn, R. Providence, R. I, June 17.—Adelbert Ricker, 12 years old, was killed, his fa- ther, Walter Ricker, had both ankles broken and two other persons were slightly injured when an electric car struck an automobile in which the Ricker family was riding at Oaklawn tonight. . Ricker was pirined down TwoPersonsKilled inaZeppelin Raid SATURDAY NIGHT ON COAST TOWNS OF ENGLAND. SIXTEEN WERE INJURED A Large Number of Houses Were Damaged—One of the Zeppelins W: Brought Down in Flames by a Pilot of the Royal Flying Corps. London, June 17.—T1wo persons were killed and sixteen injured in last night's air raid, during which a Zep- pelin was brousht down. The follow- ing official report of the rald was given out here today: Dropped Six Bombs. ¢ “Last night's air raid was _carried out by two enemy airships. One air- ship crosseq the Kentish coast at about 2 a. m. and dropped six hombs on a coast town. According to the last police reports two persons were killed, sixteen were injured and a large number of houses were damag- ed. Raider Heavily Shelled. “The second raider attacked the east coast town of West Anglia, at about 230 a. m. She was heavily shelled by guns of the anti-aircraft defense and driven off. It is probable that she was damaged by gunfire. Shortly afterwards this raider, after dropping a number of bombs T open places, was engaged and brought down in flames by a pilot of the royal fiving corps. The airship was destroyed. There were no casualties or damages in West Anglia™ Thousands Saw Zeppelin Destroyed. A despatch from an east coast town says that thousands or persons wit- nessed the destruction of the Zeppe- lin. The attack by anti-aircraft guns on the dirizible lasted fully half an hour and people issued from their houses half d:»ssed to watch the event. When the black object drift- ing across the sky from the southeast to the northwest was seen to burst in fiames, the spectators cheered tumultuously. All of the Crew Were Killed. The dirigible dropped in a field of corn, far from an habitarion and was completely destroved. All of the crew were killed and their bodies badly charred. Some of the men appeared to have jumped from the doomed air- ship. British Airman Unhurt. The British airman who attacked the Zeppelin descended unburt. A. cording to the story of an inspector who witnessed the affair, searchlights enabled him to follow the movements of the Zeppelin and the attacking air- man. The Zeppelin twisted and turn- ed in a nattempt to beat the airplane the machine gun fire of the heard off and dirigible was distinctly. WAR THEME OF PRESIDENT HADLEY'S BACCALAUREATE Impresses Upon the Graduating Class the Need of Self-sacrifice, New Haven, Conn., June 17.—A war for a great cause was declared to be an act of consecration, by President Arthur T. Hadley in his baccalaureate sermon, delivered to the graduating class in Woolsey Hall, today. His text was John xx:20, and he said in part: The life of the community de- mands the sacrifice of the individual life. This is the doctrine of the gos- pel: this is the teaching of history. A selfish nation is to all intents and purpose a dead nation. Athens. Rome, Byzantium, Florence have in turn i lustrated this truth. Selfish sacrifice is a_political necessity no less than an Christian_precept In closing President Hadley said Gentlemen of the Graduating Class: Never was the call for self sacrifice in behalf of an unselfish ideal more urgent and more universal than it is today. Those of us who go to the front are called to face hardship and death. Those of us who stay at home have to do double duty, for themselves and for those in the fleld. In a great war, none s exempt from the burden. To bring such a war to a successful conclusion the commonwealth as a whole must be imbued not only with a spirit of patriotism but with a spir't of self-effacement. Tt is this national spirit, even more than technical effi- ciency or military skill, that has given to Germany its strength. To cope with that spirit we must evoke a similar spirit of self-sacrifice among our own people. WINTER SCHOOL VACATION INSTEAD OF SUMMER Under Consideration by Bridgeport School Authorities—To Save Coal. Bridgeport, Conn., June 17.—A radi- cal change in the school vear, due to difficulty in getting coal, is under con- sideration by the local public school authoritles, it was learned today. The proposal is to close the schools during the winter months and to keep them open during the summer. By trancfer- rinz the long vacation from the hot to the cold months, it is pointed out, the necessity of heating the buildings dur- ing the latter period will be avoided, and the health of the children he much better conserved than would be the case in winter in buidings wkich might lack proper heating because of <coal scarcity. While the regular summer vacation will begin this month, the change, it is said, my be made next winter. Train Injuries Fata Hartford, Conn., June 17. — James Murphy, 88, of Winchendon, Mass., died at a local hospital tonight from injuries received last night When he and a companion, James Doyle, 40, of this city, were struck by a train near the Union station. Bach of the in- jured men had both legs severed above the knees. Doyle’s condition is said to be serious tonight. Major James Bourke Suicides. ‘Washington, June 17.—Major James Bourke of the army medical corps, shot and killed himself at his home here tonight. He had been suffering from a mental breakdown. Major Bourke was born in lowa and was a graduate of Rush Medical College and the army ‘and navy medical school. Big French Freight Ship Torpedoed THE MISSISSIPPI SUNK OFF THE COAST OF FRANCE. ONE MAN DROWNED British Rescued 47 Officers and Sea- men From Open Boats and Landed Them at Fayal, Azores—Refused to Disclose Details. New York, June 17.—News of the destruction of the big French freight freight steamship Mississippi by a German submarine, with a losee of one of the merchantman's crew, was brought here today by officers of a British freight vessel which arrived from a French port. Rescued From Open Boats. The Mississippi, of 6,677 tons was torpedoed and sunk about 145 miles out from the port of Brest, France, on June 2, according to officers of the British ‘ship which rescued 47 officers and seamen from open boats. They had been afloat only a short time. One Sailor Drowned. The Pritish officers refused to di close details of the sinking. The only sailor lost was drowned while the crew was taking to the hoats. The British ship landed the survivoss at Fayal, Azore The Mississippi, owned by the Gen- eral Trans-Atlantic Steamship com- pany of Havre, was last reported in marine records as having arrived at New Orleans on March 31 from Havre. She was in regular trade between those two ports. PRESIDENT FAUNCE DELIVERS BACCALAUREATE AT BROWN Treats of New Thoughts and Ideals Arising Out of World War. Providence, R. I, June 17.—"“The old world—the worid of the Romanoffs and the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzol- lerns—is topjling into the dust” sa:d President W. H. P. Faunce of Brown University in_his baccalaureate se mon today. “What are the new thoughts and ideals arising out of the welter? “In the new earth for which we look, the individual man is to have a vast- ly larger horizon—call it world-con- sciousness or the international mind, or world-citizenship, or what you will Ve have been little Americans; we may as well confess it, but we shall never retreat into our provincialism again. “In’ the new earth society is to be more closely knit and the nation is to have more immediate control.of every citizen. The socialization of our ideal and methods is advancing apace. Ev- ery citizen is finding a new joy iIn being of some specific to the coun- try at large. “We cannot talk of patriotism unless we are willing to come to the support of the nation with purse as well as rifle, with honest tax bills as well as flags over the front door. We cannot tallc of food production while we con- inte to pour hundreds of millions of bushels of grain annually into the {breweries and shrink from the war prohibition into which long azo led the way.. We must drop our sec- tarianism and party distinctions. Fac- tion now is treason and bickering is betraval of the cause. “In” the new earth right thinking is to be the basis of right action. If we could cure the world of war we must drive straight at the causes of war—false ideas and ideals. It is se ideals inculcated in every school Germany for fiftv vears that hav wrought this tragedy. We are at war against a moral insanity which re- vives the code of the Assyrians and converts it into the preceptions of re- liglon. We are against that code and all its horrid progeny “The new ecarth is to mean inevi- tably a league of nations against any one government that shall relapse into ancient cruelty and cease to care for righteousness. The class day exercises Monday wil] be concluded by a solemn pledge of alliance by the class to the United States beneath an illuminated fiag on the middle campus. In place of the formal dinner of past years an in- formal “alumni night” at the Provi- dence Art club wiil follow the indi- #idual class reunions Tuesday. It is hoped that many seniors who have enlisted _may be present. Ex-Secre- tary of War Lindley M. Garrison, Pro- fessor Stephen Leacock of McGill uni- versity, Herbert C. Hoover, Govern R. Livingston Beeckman of Rhod-~ Is- land and President Faunce are expect- ed to speak at the after-dinner ex cises on commencement day AMERICAN MISSION TO MEET RUSSIAN CABINET MINISTERS Devoted Saturday to Informal Confer. ences With Prominent Russians. Petrograd, June 16, via London, June —Members of the American com- mission devoted Saturday to Informal | conferences with prominent Russlans. ‘Elihu Root, head of the mission, met A‘exander 'J. Guchkoff, chief or the munitions bureau. Ambassador Fran- cis is arranging other small dinners and luncheons to enable the members of the American mission to meet the Russian cabinet ministers. The Amer- icans are arranging for visits to Mos- cow, Kiev and Odessa and possibly to Rumania. Rear Admiral Glennon and other naval officers will visit the Rus- sian naval centers independent of the commission’s movements. Major Gen- eral Scott and the officers of his staff will make independent visits to mili- tary places. Indications are that the commission will remain in Russia three or four weeks. TWO PRIVATES ACCIDENTALLY " KILLED IN MASSACHUSETTS One Struck by a Locomotive, the Oth- erby Discharge of His Rifle. Springfield, Mass, June 17.—Two privates of the Massachusetts Natlon- al Guard, doing duty as bridge guards were_killed accidentally today. Bar- rett Lindsay, on duty at Chester, was struck by a’ wild locomotive when he tepped out of the way of a freight train and Leon C. Clifford of Green- field, while on guard at a bridge in that town, was killed by the accidental discharge of his rifle. Condensed Telegrams | THREATENING SITUATION IN SPAIN Laurence Perin, clubman of Balti- more, shot himself at the Hotel Belvi- ere. More than 100,000 prisoners were taken by the British during the last month. Chief Justice Albert Savage of the Supreme Judicial Court at Auburn, Me,, is dead. Yaphank, an army Long Island, recently hold 30,000 men. ntonment on chosen, will Paraguay and Uruguay announced an embargo on their wheat and Hour from their borders. Brigadier-General Edwin Hine tend- ered his_resignation to Governer Edge of New Jersey. One hundred Yale students will join the officers’ reserve corps at Cam- bridge, Mass., on June 26. for proficiency in is the plan of the alumni of Francis Xavier College in Brooklyn. Liberty bonds philosophy St J. Ogden Armour of Chicago bas subscribed $500,000 to the $100,000,000 war fund sought by the American Red Cros: . The Bergen County N. J., Fair Asso- ciation will hold its annual fair at Hohokus this year, despite war con- ditions. The Senate of Uruguay decided that if American warships visit Uruguayan ports they will be treated as non- belligerents. The Japanese steamer Tansan Maru, which left Boston May 9 for Manchest- er, England, has been sunk by a Ger man submarine. Federal subpoenas were icsued for the managers of the produce depart- ments of all the large packing con- cerns In Chicago. Government employes were given r first Saturday half holiday of the About 40,000 em- ployes are affected The British armed merchant cruis- er Avenger was sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea. Al were saved but one. A German U-boat kidnapped two wo- men from a British vessel after hav- ing sunk the boat the captain's wife ard fourteen year old daught William A. Kennedy, member of the money exchange of Kennedy, Mitchell & Co., was indicted on a charge of grand larceny in the first degree. Capt. Percy Spencer de Willoughby Ypres hero, and Miss Alice Rogers Huter, were married at Fort Niagara, where he is an aviation instructor. Frank Collins and Sabootor Nasgo, who escaped from the county jail at Greenfield, Mass., Wednesday, were captured near Bernardston Safurday. Aetna Fx- Birmingham, an explosion. and one in- The press room of the plosives Co., at North Ala.. was demolished by Two negroes were killed jured. The College of the City of New York will send an ambulance unit to France within two weeks The alurani association has agreed to pay half the expeses. Ernesto Palmacci Mass., was held by United tes Commissioner Hayes in $5,000 honds for a hearing later on a charge of fall- ing to register. of Cambridge, Adjt. Raoul Lufberry of the Lafay ette Escadrille winged his eleventh German airplane in n single handed fight azainst five boches, according to word received in Paris. battalions of picked tele- telegraph experts will be formed by the American Telegraph & Telephone Co.. to join® the United States army signal corps. Some of the London papers say that Lord Rothermore , brother of Lord ortheliffe, has refuséd the food con- trollership. He is the fourth man to refuse the thankless post Leo W. Levin, of The Bronx, was sent to the workhouse for 20 days by Magistrate Fuchs in the West Farms Police Court for calling the United States bluejackets and marines a lot of bums. Fourteen phone and is Demitrios V. Kalwicl peanut stand at was killed Saturday, when he struck by an automobile that threw him under the wheels of a passing mo- tor truck pushing pringfield, Mass. as The Appellate on of the New York Supreme Court disbarred At- torneys Harrison B. Hoyt. Herbert Reeves and Max Brown. The court uspended Attorney John M. Coleman for six months. Supreme Court Justice John Proctor “larke. presiding Justice of the Appel- te Division, New York, swore in five new lawyers in soldiers' uniforms. The men have been candidates for of- ficers’ commissions at Plattsburg. The engagement of Miss Marion Cleveland voungest daughter of Grov- er Cleveland to William Dell of New York was announced at Princeton, N T.. by Mrs. Thomas Preston, ' Jr. who was the wife of th late president. Charles H. Evans of Rochester, N. Y., machinists’s mate, second class, Naval Reserve, was seriously injured in a collision between the patrol boat W. C. T. U. and the steamer Old Colony of the Nantas ch Line in the fog near Hull. The War Department awarded. a contract to a New York firm for the construction of a large hydrogen gen- erator gas plant for manufacturing gas for dirigibles at the Government aviation experimental station at New- port News. Official despatches received at Washinston Sunday from Rome an- nounced the landing of an Italifn contingent consisting of carbineers ana bersaglieri at Port Said to assist the allied armies in Palestine. Fire early Sunday morning destroy- ed a large barn belonging to Edward H. Rider near the Danbury fai grounds, resulting in a loss estimated at $6,000, partly covered by insurance. Several head of cattle, an automobile and two wagons were destroyed. Inhabitants of Catalonia Are Aroused Against the . Spanish Government ARE AGITATING FOR COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE One Faction Declares That It Will Obey No Law Not Passed by Catalonians for Catalonia—An Acute Problem for the New Ministry to Face—Export Trade is Stagnated Owing to Submarine Operations—Supply of Coal is so man Espionage. Paris, June — Some light is thrown on the present situation in Spain, which has been the cause of misgivings recently, by a special cor- responderit of the Petit Parisien, who has been making an investigation thereon. He wires rhe summar of the situation which made the position of the late cabinet untenable and pre- sents a nacute problem for the new ministry. “First of all, the situation is ecriti- cal in Catalonia (a district of about | 12,400 square miles in the northeast | of Spain with a population of near- 1y 2,000,000, whose capttal Is Barce- lona). The inhabitants are aroused 2gainst the anish government and are agitating insistently for com- plete independence. ~ One faction openly declares in a Barcelona news- paper that it will chey no law not passed by Catalonians for Cataloni- ans and demands independence at a price. ‘Aside from this local situation, the correspondent finds t the economic state of affairs in general demands speedy action by the cabinet. Strikes Short That it is Almost Impossible to Operate Trains External Situation is Made More Troublesome by Ger are (an imminent, fmportant dist ern Spain on the F may break out tomcrrow under discus#on b ploye nd most of workers. The vanced 15 to three months longer cndure “The that it train owing to sultfng in “Finally ation, whic ed as grave f pa d correspondent mor expe supply ¢ troublesome German ‘manophile wounded and & pride. Notwithstanding these diffie the corresponde BACCALAUREATE SERMON AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. What We Are hting For Dwelt | Upon by President Lowell. Cambridge, Mass., June 17.—"We are not fighting that any nation may re- cover territory or exact an indemnity,” President T.owe'l of Harvard university | told the members of the senlor class in his baccalaureate sermon toda But we are fighting to strike down the ter- ror of military aggression. We are fighting for rightcousness, not from | malice towards the people of any na- | tion.” Of the graduating c bers, only 150 were pr of them wore cap a khaki uniform. are scattered among th tary training camps or European battleflelds. Referring to men who are training | | | ss of 425 mem- and most gown over a The others of the ¢ arious m are duty become officers, President Lowell said “Study to be fully competent, to b a grade above the one you hold. A fragment of a flying shel, a stray bul let from a machine gun may take away your superior officer, and the responsi- | bility may fall uon you | “What is the reason for this call, both for the strong and the weak? Just for German theorists and military men. No one eise wanted it at the outset, | and no one wants it now. Horrible as war is, it is better than submission submission to the trampling of a neutral nation, dropping bombs on fenseless cities and towns and the ab duction of men and, far worse, of | young women. To submit to #uch things is to abandon all self-respect of any ration. It is a confession of unfitness to take an honorabie part in life of any kind. We must fizht that such things may never be done again. “We have waited until we have heard clearly the sound of the ‘going in the tops of the mulberry trees’ and then bestirred ourselves, believing that | it is not a call to hatred, but to the detense of our heritage and civilization | and to the achievement of a st where such wars shall be no more The text of the sermon w uel 5: 24 s 11 Sam- TAFT OPENED RED CROSS CAMPAIGN AT BRISTOL He Appealed to His Auditors to Give Freely—Reviewed Incidents Leading to War. Bristol, onn.. June 17 Former President Taft op-°ned the Red Cross campaign here tcnight with a speech in which he appeiled to his aud to give freely in order that the cf quota of $25,000 might be exceeded before the end of the week's cam- paign. Mr. Taft reviewed the inci- dents which led up to the declaration of war against Germany and referred declaring tha be accomplished programme of to a permanent the latter could by carrving out President Wilson e the FRENCH SCIENTIFIC MISSION TO THE UNITED STATES Italy and England to Participate With It in Studying Problems. Paris, June 17.—Italy has England in deciding to partiel joined ate in the French scientific mission to the United States, which was created on the initiative 'of Paul Painleve, min- ister of war, by the ministries of w: marine and’ armament. The Itali delegate will be Professor Abett leutenant In the Italian army mission will study in concert American authorities and experts sclentific _problems concerning conduct of the war. The with the the DROWNED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SWIM PEQUONNOCK RIVER Hugh Devaney, an Emgloye of a Coal Yard at Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Conn., June 17.—While attempting to swim ‘the Pequonnoc river at its widest point on n wager, Hugh Devaney, an employe of a coal yard here, was drowned this morning. Devaney had reached the middle of the river and evidently struck cold water when he called for assistance, but sank before it reached him, His body was recovered. { Tcheldse, HOOVER TO ASK AID OF NATION'S HOUSEW In Fight for Elimination of Wasts Foodstuffs. Hoover outiined’ tonight enlisting the nation's o actual members of tF tration and appealed to ther him in the fight r el'minats waste. The we wi poas luring a period s July 1 to July 1 Tenes ntx rection of Pres rected him to - o 7ation of the - Volunteer effort A requested says his statem man in the United minintrati 1 various classes of me also_volunteer i “We must fice for._our : racy. Many m many will rem world's food the maj en of fe transpo; ROBERT GRIMM, 8WI8S IS EXPELLED Pan-Russian Action of Provisiona Congress H Petrograd London, June pan-Russian of workm upon whic destiny of nternationa was to ra provisional socialist por th ed to Russia mmedia elected T 2 h whi cong delegates of 640 to ing the ac Skobelefr. cabinet, wr tivitles and for his exp action perf Russi st int the dectsto Jish the Grimm affair GENERAL CHANG HS 3 NOW DICTATOR OF C Th the ponded the Calling = Insurgents Are at Tien Tsin Peking, Frid ‘ Chang Hsun is now 1. Yuan g x m than a fig ead calling a convent o f government headed and premie General Chang Hsun's motives ar obscure, b e tempting to f f leaders of amt agreement f ¢ e pire. He - the ! form a_cabinet ting that a pre vielonal co to tha - sia be established that a - n of war against Germany then be made. Southern leaders aswert pres dent signed the mandate for dise tion of parllament under pressure They say they will fight for mainte nance of constitutional rights