Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 27, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 253 POPULATION 29,918 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1917 - Bulleti 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS the City’s Population The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That't Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to ANADIANS SLOWLY RE ENCIRCLING LENS They Have Occupied the Village of La Coulotte, Situat- ed a Mile to the South > GERMANS ALREADY HAVE CEASED MINING COAL The Germans Have Seemingly Realized That Their Tenure of the Position is Short-Lived—Artillery Duels Have Sup- planted Infantry Activity in the Region Between Soissons and Rheims—The Austrians Have Assumed the Of- fensive Against the Italans—Lively Fighting Continues Between the Russians and Austro-Germans Southwest of Lutsk, in Volhynia. The slow but sure encirclement of between Scsisons and Rheims has given way entirely to artillery duels Lens, the important coal center held Ly the Germans in the department of | in the sector of Moulin de Laffaux Pas de (: is in process of con-|and a continuance by the Germans of summation by the Canadians. Having | the slow demolition of Rheims with already during t present week cap- | gunfire. Monday night saw an en-! tured important vantaze points west | gagement of considerabfe proportions ~and wwest_of the town, a fresh | northwest of the Hurtebise farm, where the French captured German first line trenches and took more than 300 prisconers. Berlin in admitting the gain by the French tempers the German crown prince’s loss somewhat by the assertion that in counter-at- tacks his army recaptured the greater portion of the lost terrain. The Austrians have taken the ini- tiative from the Italians in the Asiago sm the German lines has been the occupation of the Coulotte, situated a mile forces _virtually except on the already have ceased the immediate seeminzly e that their h position short-lived. | rlateau sector of the Austro-Italian he British war office | theatre. Their objective is Monte Or- the oper s around | tigara, but the Italians are valiantly no activity by Fiei{ | holding them back, and according to ‘s men rising in import- | the latest Rome communication have ance at minor patrol sorties, the|inflicted heavy casualties on them. Berlin war offic erts that heavy | The battle was still in progress when artillery duels are in progress at va- | the communication was forwarded. rious points in which enormous quan- Although no big engagement has vet developed lively figshting continues be- tities of ammunition are being used. Reading between the lines of the Ger- | tween the Russians and Austro-Ger- man report, it is apparent that the | mans southwest of Lutsk, in Volhy- Br are the agszressors, and it and between the Stripa and Dnie- ¥ Haig is piving | ster rivers in Galicia. Nothing has t of new thrusts [ come through from either Petrograd a n lines. or Berlin or Vienna to show the ex- activity in the region | tent of these operations. NEW YORK RESERVE BANK TO DISTRIBUTE FEDERAL MONEY Between $80,000,000 and $100,000,000 RUSSIA PREPARED TO FIGHT ON BESIDE AMERICA Assurance Given by Ambassador Bakhmietieff of Russia's Mission. Among Banks of That District. In another| New York, June 26.—The federal re- at the ca serve bank hére received word from ff of Russia's|Secretary of the Treasurer McAdoo, > a sol it was announced today, to distribute among thbe banks of this district be- tween $50,020,000 and $100,900,000 of government money now on deposit, Jargely accruing from liberty oan sub- scriptions. Tt was understood here that similar action would be taken in all the other federal reserve districts. It is by ed that the action of the treasury department will have the ef- people re ion that acco: al- led house. On no frect of easing immediately the string- the war be- ions whic ave pre- reserve been cast market during the past At the reserve bank to- ral unanimous cc rw ieiters to approve na- enule s g and state depositories enclosing e for the amounts to be placed newes i to the credit of the treasurer of the United Siates Liberty Loan deposit account. The deposits are to be made subject to modification and adj ment as soon as the final basis of dis- hed by democr i n people ang tribution of government funds has ir forces ar been determined. Ffeedom. Russi: the world to R Sy SRR DEINGE g o e To make 1] CHARGED WITH KNOWINGLY to have democracy rule ACCEPTING STOLEN MONEY Mrs. Elizabeth Austin Briggs of New York Held for Further Examination GERMAN PLOT TO DESTROY NORWEGIAN STEAMERS A Ton of Explosives Found Conceal- in Artificial Lumps of Coal. 2 New York, June 26.—At the close of hearing in magistrate’s court here today on the charge made by James E. Foye, recently released from a Pennsylvania _prison, that Mrs. Eliza- a ct ristia Norway, June 26.—Dis- con of 1t piot to destroy|peth Austin Brizgs, now the wife of rwegian explosives, un- | an attorney, had accepted from him Sartied | week, has appalled|a gift of $21,000 of money she knew the whole r The newspapers | he had stolen, the judge declared a ' on of all the facts in | “prima facie case” had been estab- the C the steps which are be- shed against the accused. He held taken 1tion In an to bring the matter to the of the German government. a ton of explosives has been her for a further examination. Foye, the complaining witness, told of obtaining $100,000 by means of discovered, concealed in artificial | forgery so that he might enjoy the lumps of coal, which presumably were | night life of the city with = Mrs. to be placed in ships’ bunkers, and inl Briggs. He gave $20,000 to his wife bombs fitted with the most ingenious | but she made restitution when she mechanism. It has explos found the money had been stolen. When he told Mrs. Briges of the gift, he testified, she declared he should eloped that a trunk full of as brought to Christiania in Febru: by a courfer of the Ger-|give her an equal amount and that man fore office, whose official seal | four days later he presented her with was on The trunk was|$21,000. Foye has asserted that he addressed t rman embassy here | met Mrs. Briggs, who then was a und according to internal usage, it was | widow, through a firtation. admitted witho! AMERICAN LOANS TO ALLIES PASS EBILLION DOLLAR MARK Yesterday $15.000,000 Was Advanced to Great Britain and $10,000,000 to examination. 90 STICKS OF DYNAMITE PACKED IN A BEER CASE Found Half Buried 300 Yards From Camp of First Minn. Infantry. Fort Snelling, June 26. Ninety France. i == sticks of dynamite packed in a beer Washington, June 26. — American [case were found half buried 300 loans to the allies passed the billion | yards from the camp of the First Min- dollar mark today when the treasurer [nesota Infantry by guards Sunday placed $15,000,000 to the credit of |night, it was learned today. The dis- Great Britain and $10,000,000 to | covery was made after two sentries had challenged a man crawling o n France’s account. Credits to He fled. Credits to all the allies to meet their expenditures in this country now total $1,002.000,000, of which Great Britain has received $550,000,000 ani France his hands and knees. Six Conspiracy Indictments in Detroit. Detroit, Mich., June 26.—Six persons were indicted this afternoon by a fed- eral grand jury here. The charges included conspiracy against the gov- ernment, failure to register and dis- tribution of anti-draft literature. The persons indicted are residents of De- troit, Lansing, Jackson and Port Hu- ron, Mich. Food Prices Drop in Bridgeport. Pridgeport, Conn., June 26—Flour dropped today from $16 to $14 a barrel in this city. Vegetables and can- ned goods shared in the reduction trade. Wholesalers declare there will be a general slump in food prices in a few days. SPECIAL® RIFLE MAKING ,MACHINERY NEEDED AT ONCE To Cost $3,500,000, if Army is to Be Equipped For Speedy Service Abroad. Washington, June 26.—Special rifle making mwchinery costing $9,500,000 must be obtained at once by the gov- ernment if the new army is to be properly_equipped for speedy service abroad, Secretary Baker today advised the house. A bill to make the ap- propriation probably will be introduc- ed immediately. Cabled Paragraphs Resigned Austrian Premier in Mili- tary Service. Amsterdam, June 26.—The Nieues ‘Weiner Tageblatt says that Count Clammartinic, who recently resigned as Austrian premier, has returned to the military service and received an appointment of colonel. He will be- come military governor of Montene- gro. SCATHING DENUNCIATION OF BRITISH MILITARY OPERATIONS Made By Commission Which Investi- gated the Mesopotamia Expedition. London, June 26—The most scath- ing and outspoken official report of the investigation of any military op- erations since the war began, not even excluding the report on the ili-fated Dardanelles expedition, was made public in a Blue Book issued to- nigat. This was the report of the commission which has been investi- gating the Mesopotamia expedition. Put briefly, the report finds that the expedition was a justifiiable mil- itary enterprise, but was undertaken “with insufficfent forces and inade- quate preparation,” and that its initial failure, with the ioss of Kut, -was due to lack of foresight, mistakes and mis- calculations. The report frankly de- clares that the shortcomings revealed reflect discredit upon the organizing aptitude of>all concerned, and appor- tions_the chief responsibility on Gen- eral Nixon, the former commander of the Britisk torces in Mesopotamia and upon the viceroy of India, Lord Hard- inge, and the commander-in-chief in India, General Sir Beauchamp Duff. J. Austen Chamberlain, secretary for India, and_General Barrow, military secretary of the India office in London and the war committee of the cabi- net itself, also share the responsi- bilit With regard to the government’s military and naval advisors, the re- port says they approved the advance, but the papers submitted suggest that their approval was reluctant and per- haps partly induced by the natural de- sire not to disappoint the hopes of advantaze to the general situation which the government entertained. They appeared to have antlcipated no diffiiculty in an advance on Bagdad, but only in holding it. The report largely attributes the shortcomings to the policy of indis- criminating retrenchment pursued for some years before the war by the In- dia government under instructions from the home government. Trans- port and medical services are indi- cated as the weakest spots in the ex- pedition, the lack of transport as preventing reinforcements from. reach- ing Kut in time. For “the lamentable breakdown” of the technical services, the responsi- bility is attributed to Surgeon Gener- al H. G. Hathaway. who “showed s $lar unfitness for the high adminis tive office he held.” In a general review of the opera- tions under adverse conditions, the report 2 “In _our judgment no praise can be too high for the gallantry and spirit shown by officers and men of all ranks of the British and Indian armies under this accumulation of difficul- ties.” The report recommends as most de- sirable that the governing “hinery of the Indian army should be so re- formed as to enable it to he a help and not a drag on the fighting ca- racity of the armies it controls amd that the aim of administrative reform in Tndia, certainly in the military de- partments. should be the devolution of responsibility and duties from the over-centralized bureaucracy of the supreme government at Simla. In a wood, parate report Josiah C. Wedg- commander in the roval naval reserve, recommends putting the In- dian army under control of the war office at London. EMMA GOLDMAN AND BERKMAN FAILED TO REGISTER Miss Goldman Claims Residence in Connecticut, Berkman in California. New York, June 26—Emma Gold- man and Alexander Berkman, anar- ch failed to register today under | state military census. Their attorney informed Director Goodrich that Miss Goldman claims residence in__ Con- necticut _and Berkman in California. They will be required to submit affi davits today setting forth their claims, Mr. Goodrich sald. EMBEZZLED ABOUT $600,000 FROM PENNSYLVANIA CO. Jesse Williamson, 2d, Pleaded Guilty in Court at Philadelphia. Philadelphia, June 26.—Jesse Will- iamson, 2nd, today pleaded guilty in court here 'to the embezzlement of about $600,000 from the Pennsylvania company for the insurance of lives and granting of annuities and its cli- ents while serving as secretary of the company. Sentence deferred. Exchange Professorships. These exchange professorships _are growine more common. Witness Pro- fessor Root in Russia, Professor Pershing in France and Professor Northcliffe _in _the United States. —Chicago Herald Will Know the Worst. Experts are at work on the coal operators’ books, and we soon shall know how large a subscription will have to be raised to keep them from starving to death this summer. —In- dianapolis News. Looks That Way. From the length of time it takes some of the states to make thelr reg- istration reports, one would think that the registrars had to travel by a stagecoach.—Washington . Herald. Plenty of Adventure. Men who like adventure need nat lack it in this war. TFrance wants a thousand air adventurers right away. —Rochester Herald. Danger Too Great. It's dollars to doughnuts that if the Kaiser ever does yleld to that long- ing for a place in the trenches he won’t pick out a berth on the West- ern front—Savannah News. Not Culture. Abstinence from work and waste of money is not culture. Even a hobo refrains from toil and squanders what he panhandles.—Houston Post. General Sir Francis Llovd has been paying a visit to the French front. He went first to Reims and thén on to the Craonne sector and afterwards he visited the battlefields at Verdun. No Distilling of Spirits During War DECISION BY SENATE AGRICUL- TURE COMMITTEE BAN ON IMPORTATIONS The Question of Permitting the Making of Beer and Wine is Placed in Pres- ident Wilsons Hands—Also Seizure of ing Purposes. iquor for Re-di ‘Washington, June 26.—Absolute pro- hibition of. the manufacture of dis- tilled epirits during the war and placing in_the president's hands the question of permitting the 'making of beer and wine was agreed upon by a senate agriculture sub-committee iate today in framing a substitute for the prohibition feature of the house food control bill. It was also decided to forbid impor- tatlons of distilled spirits and to au- thorize the president to seize liquor now held in bond if needed for re- distilling purposes. PRODUCTION COSTS OF STEEL AND LUHBER Are tc Be Investigated by the Federal Trade Commi n. 26. Wilson has directed the President federal trade commission to make an investigation into production costs of steel and lumber, the two principal materials that will be required for the great merchant fleet to be built for the gov- ernment. It is assumed that prices fixed py the commijssion as fair will govern in contracts for ships as well as for other government work requir- ing use of thees materials. President Wilson’s action gives sup- port to a demand, gathering weight since the war began, that the govern- ment obtain lower prices on war ma- terials. Already the trade commis- sion has been asked by Secretary Daniels to ascertain the costs of all basic materials used by the navy. The movement for lower prices is reflected in a proposed rearrangement of committees of the council of na- tional defense to provide for a buying commissioner who would co-ordinate government purchases and in an in- vestigation by the senate interstate commerce committee to determine if government control of raw materials, including price fixing, is necessary. Many officials of the government are loath to see commandeering resorted to generally to obtain reasonable prices Washington, June on government purchases and they be- : lieve a new purchasing system under the defense council would solve many of_the problems now faced. Protection for the private purchaser is said to be one of the aims of Presi- dent Wilson, who believes there will grow out of the trade commission’s in- vestigations some means of reducing costs to the general public as welt as the government. A statement issued today by Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the navy de- partment's bureau of construction and repair, sald the steel manufacturers were Iiving up to their agreement with the navy and were concentrating on government shipments. THE CRUGER NEW YORK POLICE INVESTIGATION. Charges of Negligence to Be Brought Against Detective Lagarenne, ew York, June 26.—After a grilling ss examination of Detective Ser- geant John Lagarenne regarding his search for Ruth Cruger, murdered high school student, in which many damag- ing admissions were made, Leonard M. Wallstein, who is conducting Mayor Mitchel's investigation into the police handling of the case, announced to- |night that he would ask Police Com- missioner Wood to place the detective on trial on charges of “gross and wil- ful negligence.” To-many of the commissioner’s questions Lagarenne made no reply and to others he used the evasions *T don’t recal “I can’t answer” and “I am not sure. Asked if he had been working on the theory that Miss Cruger was a run- girl, Lagarenne replied: “I be- she might have been enticed line of inquiry did you pur- sue other than the theory that she was a runaway girl?” asked Commis- sioner Wallstein. “No other,” the detective answered. Lagarenne testified that after Miss Helen Cruger had told him she had found Alfredo Cocchi’'s motorcycle shop closed on several visits to the place, even then his suspicions were not aroused. It was in the cellar of Coc- Chi's shop that Miss Cruger’s body was found. “Did this not create some suspicion in your mind as to Cocchi’s gui't in causing Miss Cruger’s disappearance?” the detective was asked. iNo,” he replied. “Why didn't #t?” demanded. ‘‘Because Cocchi had been frank in his statements to me and because he had appeared to be willing to answer all questions. “Did you believe Cocchi talked with vou?” “T did,” was the answer. Lagarenne sald he didn't recail whether Henry D. Cruger, the murder- ed girl’s father, had told him he be- lieved his daughter had met with foul play in ‘Cocchi’s shop. He said he had made a thorough search of the place and could find nothing that might have been used to kill the girl. After de scribing his search of the shop. La- garenne was, asked whv he did not ask Cocchi to remove the tool bench which covered the hole where Miss Cruger was buried. “I don’t know,” he said. ‘“Was it because you were afraid to the commissioner when he ask Cocchi?” the commissioner in- quired. “No. Because T was not suspicious,” replied the detective. Tagarenne said he reported to De- tective Captain Cooper his investiga- tion of Coecchi's character, but when asked why he had not informed Cooper of Miss Helen Cruger’s suspicions he made no answer. Keepina - p Their Courage. Germany seems to be bidding\ for air reprisals—possib'y in the hope of stimulating war sentiment at home.— Chicago Herald. Virulent Poison in Andrews’ Body ACCORDING TO TESTIMONY OF DR. ARTHUR J. WOLFF, — HAD BODY EXHUMED In Trial of Mrs Gilligan Hartford Medical Expert Testified That There Was No Sign That the Death of An- drews Was Caused by Disease. Hartford, Conn. June 26.—Testi- mony that there was nothing about the ‘exhumed body of Franklin R. Andrews to indicate that death was due to disease but that there was de- tected the presence of a virulent pois- on which the prosecution claims was ministered to him by Mrs. Amy E. Archer Gilligan at_the Archer home in Windsor was offered by the state today in the trial of the woman for the alleged murder of Andrews. This testimony was given by Dr. Arthur J. Wolff, city bacteriologist of Hart- ford, former member of the state obard of health and one of the chief wit- nesses fo- tle state. Performed ‘Autopsy. Dr. Wolff performed the autopsy on the body of Andrews in the tool house at the cemetery in Cheshire after it had been exhumed on the night of May 2, 1916. Reading from or refer- ring frequently to a well filled note- book Dr. Wolff during the _-several hours he was on the stand described in minute detail the various steps in conrection with the autopsy, the oper- ation itself ara Eis examination of the vital crga-.s cf th.: cea¢ man. No Sign of Disease As a resul: of this autopsy he testi- fied that there was found “absolutely no sign of ike deaih of that person having been caused by disease.” The body, he sajd. wvas in a perfect state of preservation, the ahsence of decom- position considering that it had been !buried *wo years, being remarkable. ‘The action on the human body of a paison such as the state claims was glven Andrews by the accused would be in the nature of a preservative. He lalso spoke of a “peculiar and pene- trating odor which diffused through the room” during the opera- tion. He said it was caused by the presence of this virile poison in the body. Described Tests. The witness also described at length the ‘ests and examinations he had ~ made of the vital organs of An- =, during which he said he found rresence of this same pntson. erge card to which was affixed " rumber of glass tubes classed as “mirrors” and bearing a line to the effect that they contained ‘“arsenious from the body of Franklin R. Arndrews was offered in evidence by the state. One end of each tube was td on the inside with a bluish k sihstance, the poison, and each labelled to show the particular or- gan Srom which it was removed. Dr. TWolff was permitted to make his long statement with little interruption. Mrs. Gallican Purchased Poison. Testimony was also introduced the effect that on ifay 26, 1914, to four days before Andrews died, Mrs. Gilli- gan purchased tws sunces of the pois- on at a drug miors Windsor. Earlier in the d Captain Robert T. Hurley of the state police had testi- fied to his part in the night trip from Hartford to the Cheshirs cemeiery and of assisting at the autopsy. He also told of visits to the jail to see| Mrs. Gilligan after her arrest and of an interview with her. His testi- mony was marked by a heated ex- change between himself and Benedict M. Holden of consel for the defense. A new figure at the defence's end of the counsel table today was Pro- fessor Stanley Benedict, a chemist of Cornell university. He sat with Dr. Otto F. Schultze, a medical expert of New York, employed by the defense. Both followed the testimony of Dr. Wolff with close attention. e e DELEGATES APPOINTED TO ORATORICAL TRAINING CAMP. Representatives from Seventeen States Are to Assemble at Chautauqua, N. Y. New York, June 26.—Seventeen gov- ernors have appointed delegates from the state councils of defense to attend the “oratorical Plattsburgh” at Chau- tauqua, N. Y, in July, it was an- nounced here tonight by the National Security league, which is promoting a plan to arouse the people of the coun- try to the meanings of the war by a nation-wide speechmaking campaign. The delegates will hold several ses- sions during the week at Chautauqua and draw up a scheme for co-ordina- tion of patriotic educational work. Connecticut has appointed a delegate. ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ SUFFERING FROM DIABETES. Has Been Germany’s Chief Advocate of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. Geneva, June 26.—Admirai Alfred von Tirpitz, former German minister of marine, has arrived at St. Blaise, in the Black Forest. He is suffering seriously from diabetes. Grand Admiral von Tirpitz has been Germany's chief advocate of unre- stricted submarine warfare. He had much to do with the building of Ger- many’s great fleet and is known as “the father of the German navy.” He retired as minister of the navy in March, 1916, ill health being given as the reason. - $100,000,000 FOR RED CROSS HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED. Chairman of the Fund Thanks Mi of Contributors. ‘Washington, June 28—The nations contributions to the Red in re- sponse to the call for the $100,000,000 war fund, were estimated at $100,000,- 000 tonight by Henry P. Davison, the chairman of the Red Cross war fund. He gave out e statement thanking the millions of Cu...ioutors, saying that the money would be expended with publicity and they would take | the country into their confidence. Pri- marily the fund will be devoted to the relief of American soldiers and sailors, secondarfiy to the relief of allies. itself | flour was paid by Condensed Telegrams. Russia is in urgent need of locomo- tives. One big Danbury hat firm now has an “open shop”. Warsaw schools were closed by a strike. of students. Machine guns were turned on Sinn Fein rioters at Cork. Thirty were wounded. Germans who fled from the Unitea States to Mexico are meeting with a chilly reception. Chicago Chinese opened new tong headquarters by singing “The Star Spangled Banner.” Brig.Gen. J. E. B. Seely, ex-minister of war of Great Britain, has been Wounded in France. The New Bedford & Boston Steam- ship Co. has been incorporated with a capital of $1,000,000. An unidentified ma leapéd from Manhattan Bridge near the Manhattan end and was drowned. Capt. Volney O. Chase, an of Admirai Benson, died suddenly at his home in Washington. cost to date fortifications Panama Canal has $418,000,000. Extensive are being constructe Katherine Stinson, 19-year-old avi- ator, arrived in Washington with Red Cross funds from Albany. The Duke of Teck has changed his title and in the future will be known as the Marquis of Cambridge. Lester H. Woolsey of New York will be confirmed by the senate as so- ileitor of the Department of State. The directors of the Ford Motor Co. decided to present Ford ambulances to the Red Cross valued at $500,000. Shep Trent, a negro of Punta Gorda, Fla., was shot to death by a mob for an attempt of assault on a woman Chicago’s council committee has in- vited Mayor Thompson to explain his recent conduct in the school board row. John P. Futrelle, son of the author who lost his life on the - Titanic, has been appointed a cadet in the. naval 'academy. Two hundred dollars for a barrel of a wealthy Greek, showing how acute the food shortage is in Athens. The New York Public Service Com- mission ordered electric light rates re- duced to 17 cents per Kkilowatt hour after July 17. The Chicago city council accepted $200,000 cash for giving permission to the Automatic Telephone Co. to junk its properties. Brooklyn friends of the Supreme Court Justice James C. Cropsey de- mand that he announce his candidacy for the mayoralty. Systematic distribution of cloth, boots, soap and petroleum at .cost price was ordered by the Russian Pro- vistonal Government. The Serbian ministry resigned. new Cabinet will be formed, with ola P. Pahsitch as premier and ister of foreign affa min- Former King Constantine of Greece has bought the Chateau Chartreuse, near Thun, Switzerland, from the German baron von Gedlitz. Marta Wittkowska, prima donna, was denied citizenship papers at Syr- acuse. he was told by the court to get married as the only solution. W. H. Rogers, Federal mediator, arrived in Butte from Washington. He will go into conference with the con- tending sides of the miners’ strike. German newspapers are complaining to Chancellor von Hollweg for his de- cision permitting the use of only 44 per cent. of their former paper supply. George Hoch, a Coney lIsland hotel proprietor, was held in $5,000 bail on a charge of abusing and insulting men in U. S. uniform. Hoch is of German birth. Since the beginning of March, 1915, the British Government has purchased meat, cheese, wool and scheelite from New Zealand producers to the value of $121,046,280. The record of tr: performances on the railroads of New York State in May shows that 68,182 trains were run, of which 83.8 per cent. were on time at the terminal The city of Leipzig has purchased a three-fourths' interest in the Leipzig- Hochlitzer coal mine for the purpose of assuring an uninterrupted supply of fuel for its municipal power plant The British Commissioon, headed by Lord Newton, arrived at The Hague to discuss with the German delegates, headed by General Fried- rich, the question of war prisoners. A full supply of ponchos, blankets and overcoats for Bridgeport com- panies of the Home Guard was receiv- ed yesterday on a rush order sent yes- terday, and is ready for distribution among the men Ross A. Gammon, of New York, en- tered suit in Lancaster, Pa., to recover $53,385 damages from the Watson Manufacturing Co. for alleged violation of a contract to furmish 2.700,000 two- day old chicks within a prescribed pe- riod. The New York, New Ha Hartford railroad was fined $ federal court at Providenoe vesterday for failure to properly feed and water several carloads of hogs while in tran- sit from De Witt, N. Y, to Provi- dence. Joseph Kannia, member of the 49th Overseas Tioneer Regiment, who has been seriously wounded and is now in a base hospital in France, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Anion Kannia, of Mil- ford, and enlisted in Canada a year ago." Twenty-four traction operating trolley cars over the ter part of New York State, outside of New York city, yesterday petitioned the Pubic Service Commission for per- mission to raise fares from five to .six cents. The one important city ex- cepted is Buffalo. companies U.S.CruiserAshore 0ff Block Island OLYMPIA, DEWEY’'S FLAGSHIP AT BATTLE OF MANILLA IS BADLY DAMAGED Crew Abandons Ship on Orders—Ons Man Was Killed by ayFalling Hatch —It is Supposed the Vessel Grounded in a Heavy Fog—Was Coast Patrol. Block Island, R. I e 26 - United_States cruiser Olympia miral Dewey's flagship at the of Manila, ran ashore in the fo Block Island early today. The ser was reported in a A pos with considerable water in her b Chief Machinis Mate William Babb lost his life when he w the head by a faling hatch fatalities were reported. Exact Position Not Learned. The Olympia put out yester target practice and it is suppc struck during the thick fog stretched fat out from shore of her exact position could learned here. Was Coast Patrol. The Olympia was recently as the flagship of the t patr ass of the second na division p diately after she had flashe: of her accident memb fleet were going to her i it was found that the famous ol ship was in no immediate dar t breaking up. Chief Machinist's Mate Bat killed as he was coming up His next of kin is his mothe Sarah Babb, who lives at Reading CREW OF OLYMPIA ABANDONED THE SHIF Had Been Ordered to—Were Brough to Newport Naval Station Newport, R. I, June 26.—The of the cruiser Olympia which went the rocks off Block Island abandoned the ship on orders were brought to the naval stat here today. Other warships standing by her. She r to be badly damaged VERDICT OF $15,000,000 FOR UNITED FRUIT CO In Suit of the Bluefield Steamship Co. (Ltd.) of Louisiana. Philadelphia, June 26.—Rerutring a verdict in United States district cow in favor of the United Fruit company in the $15,000,000 suit of the Bluefleld Steamship company, Limited, of Louisiana, under the Sherman trust act, Judge Wolley in the T States circuit court of appe today ruled that “a party to spiracy against the trust laws redress against the other par agreement if it is injuréd or loss by the actions of its co-c tors “In sustaining its averment that defendant was an unlawful combir tion in restraint of trade and ar lawful combinatio: sald the c r opinion, “the plaintiff showed was itself a party to that combl and a part of the monopoly. The suit was based on th that the United Fruit com ed stock control of the company soon after it beg: bueines in the banana regions « Bl 1 Nicaragua, eventually leading t dissolution of the plaintiff's bust Treble damages were claimed ter the anti-trust law. steam OPERATORS TO PRODUCE COAL AT FAIR PRICES 400 Representing the Great Fields of Both Bituminous and Anthracite 26.-—F Washington, June 2 our coal operators, representing t fields of both bituminous and ant cite, pledged themselves here toda sell their product as a fair able price to be fixed, with tr proval of the defense o ‘ committee, by specia! committees even producers from each coal mining state These special authorlzed to confer with council's committee “to the en production be stimulated and plar perfected to provide adequa of distribution.” The operators’ action in the fo a formal reeolution adopted an plause came at the close of an conference which opened with es_by Secretaries Lane John T. Fort of the fed. mission and Assistant Attor eral Lewis, all of whom frankly ed the producers that themselves established price and proper reguls try their output would by the government The meeting was called by the de fense council’'s committee for a ai sion of methods of reducing the of coal both to the governm A the general public and was presided over by Frank S. Peabody of Chi chairman of the committee. Wh was in progress the senate Inters commerce committee, beginning ar quiry into the cost of production of raw materials, was holding hearing with coal operators and mir as witnesses. committees unless the a fair tion of taken ASKING FOR FREEDOM 3 OF CONSCIENCE IN RUSSIA. Eill Submitted to Provisional Govern- ment by Ministry of Interior. Petrograd, June 26.—The ministry of the interfor has submitted to the pro- visional government a bill establishing freedom of conscience, in which it is proclaimed that possession of ciil and polifical rights no longer depends on religion. For a change of religlon of- ficial permission will not be needed. Up to 9 vears of age a child’s re- ligion is determined by its parents; if there is disagreement, the child takes the mother's religion. Over 9 years of age, the religion carffiot be changel without the consent of the child itself. Over 17 years, religion can'be changed without the parents’ or guaran’s con- sent.