Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 9, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 263 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, JuLYy 9, 1917 8 PAGES—64 coLumns PRICE TWO CENTS The Builetm s Circuiation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Populatmn GERMANS ATTACK ON | N MILE FRONT French Check Enemy in Effort to Regain Line of the. Chemin des Dames ; .u- WERE UNABLE TO HOLD SLIGHT GAIN MADE On the Left Bank of the Meuse Northeast of Verdun French Took the Offensive—In Galicia the Russians Have Lengthened Their Attacking Front to Thirty Miles and Are Contending for Halicz, the Key to.Lemberg—British Made a Successful Airplane Raid on German Airdomes, Depots and Troops—Six German Machines Were Driven Down and Eight Birtish Machines Are Reported Missing. he French aszain, ineffectual attacks during the past German crown | Week. German efforts to dislodge the A eain the line| French from their newly won. posi- gain the e tiong were fruitless. Dames. The artillery and infantry fighting r sectors alonz a|in eastern Galicia is spreading. The 2 h s from | Russian attacking front now has Mill to the Froid- | lengthened to thirty miles and fight- were met | ing is in progress around Halicz, the resistance by the | key to Lembers, the capital of Galicia. = avy I | __German efforts to dislodge the Rus- mpletely except on | sians from the positions gained at £ the between | Codov and Koniychy a week ago have mont Here | heen repulsed by General Brussilof’s on a fron v | men. Attacks some miles north and fghting wa {arouna” Brzezany also failed. At after severs nislau. south of Hallez and near Sain sme Huta, south of Stanislau, the Rus- Later in oca) z ans have made attacks but, accord- ments the French r&gaptured more of | ing to Berlin, they resulted in no gal the lost trenches. of ground. East of Cerny, on tha eastern end of | On the British front tn France there the Alsne front, General Petain's men | have been several small raids, but no in an attack were able to enlar o [infantry engagements of importance ground captured on Julv 1 ncar Ail-|In the air, however. there has been les. On the | =reat activity. Brifish airmen broke northeast of V up German airplane squadrons and the offensive n carried out successfully raids against One wa German airdromes, depots and troops. and the ot Six German machines were _driven 304, the dominating down, ten out of control and eight of ‘the M and tish machines are reported as which the German crown prince threw PRESIDENT WILSON GIRECTS | NOISY SCENES IN FRENCH OF EXPORTS CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES Following a Discussion of the Offen- sive of April 16. THE CONTROL Licensing of Shipments to All Coun- tries to Be Required. T Paris, July ®—Noisy scenes attend- Washington. control of exports. ed the public meeting of the chamber provision of the espio of deputies which followed n week of Is tan obe b secret sessions at which were discuss- son July 15, t ed events in connection with the of- fensive April 16. Until _an early req proclamation riring . the of shipments to all cou | hour_this morning the chamber, which most fmpertant ex ¢ ydities. [ began the public sitting _vesterday. in a stateme v | continued the discussion of the reso- proclamation, the 3 | lution proposed as a result of the se- The governgient's 1 . st | cret sessions, although there were fre- to give eonsid ican | quent demands for an adjournment. needs: mext et s f: Premier Ribot closed the debate for the requirements of 1 the government. declartng that the Saetis o smpply t ' »un- | April offensive was costly but that. in- o - o|stead of being a check as asserted by - e it was a real success. Mistakes sea that no sur reach the cen-|undonbtedly had been made, the tral powers. prer id, “but we cannot rob our i turbance r for sending to the United States Accambray caused another @ proaching the hy zovern- ment | The commoa amed in the list |z als of the audacity that gives put under the 1 coke, | vietcyy” et ol e fe. in-| The first disturbance came when M. s g v g fonr | Deschanel declined to read a resolu- s t< and | tion propesed by Deputies Brizon, ; | lanc and Braffin-Dusens. M. Des: a 11 | chanel said the resolution was uincon- i rs: | stitutional and an insult to the gov- | Ao | ernment | { | . e om men whom parliament had removed from their posts and permitting these men to use the United Statesas a . prinz board.” The house hooted the speaker. M. " Viviani, minister of justice and form- nent r premier. who was a member of the - a to the United States indig- 86 denfed the accusation. He Ainelineite e ia had refused to speak to the condit . b | chamber in regard to the American eer w P +.| missicn until he had been asked to officials. . . |do o by the chiefs of the govern- = = al-|ment for the sake of “the illustrious | representatives of the United States o | as well as France. m fo0d | Panl Painleve, minister of war, dwelt - pon the successes obtained in the ; ¢ - 3 fuele| April offensive, hut did not deny that - e : frm | serious faults were committed THE CRUISER OLYMPIA | ¥ FLOATED AT BLOCK ISLAND o It is to be Quickly Repaired and Re- turned to Duty. c w % "t Washington, July 8—The famous . 5 © old cruiser Olympia, beached recent- p= n Block Island sound after strik- | e incharted rock, was floated yes- | and anchored safely in a shel- position. piscrpERS IN MOBAVIZN GOAL FIELDS| Secretary Daniels in making the an- £ nouncement, sald the department had | de< a Number feared a sudden storm which might | b i mage the vessel, but was now sat =fied that she could be quickly re-! £ e (Daired and returned to duty as the 8.— Aoc.!Nagship of Rear Admiral Wilson, ra i 2% |commanding the Atlantic coast patrol ba oken out ln the Morav against submarines. feds onioaiNg (of | Do No statement was made as to the 7 £ S |2~ lextent or nature of the damagee to the . re a nomber of the f jpopsesslotigl] e - rder| A COUNCIL OF WAR TO conditions. BE HELD IN BERLIN : Generals Hindenbura and Ludendorff . L b i g Are to Confer With Kaiser. RIOTS IN COLOGNE | = . Amsterdam, July 8. — Official an- C « Dye to Reduction in Num ncement in Berlin is made that Hindenburg and General have arrived there General von ser of Meat Cards Issusd. { Ludendorft { von “We_Hague, July for a council of war with the emperor. % . onief manufacturing is further officially announced 3\ ~st Prussia, is under s that after arrival ~ on Saturday following fresh riot nizht, the emperor visited the imperial red yesterday, inz to ’ chancellor, Dr. von Berthmann-Holi- ports received here. threa weg, and received his report. aue 1o the reductio < e | - Ber of meat cards irsued. ! Last weex iield Marshal von Hin ias well as the cost of purchase would Cabled Paragraphs ion Field in France for Americans P.ru, July S.—American troops are beginning work on the first section of the vast aviation training camp. Event- ually this camp will be able to accom- modate several thousand pilots. Airplane Bombs Palace in Peking. London, July S.--Reuter's Peking correspondent reports that the palace there was bombarded by an airplane veseehda; RUSSIAN PREMIER TELLS OF CONDITIONS AT FRONT How America Can Assist in Struggle Against Germany. Petrograd, JYuly 7.—(Delayed). A staff correspondent of The Associated Press was received this morning L Prince Lvoff, premier and minister of the interior, who made 2 statement for the information of America on conditions at the Russian front, meas. ures whereby America can assist in the struggle against German domina- tion; internal and diplomatic problem and’ the influence of the revoluti and the war on world probiems. Prince Lvoff began by declaring his unshaken optimism at Russia n marching toward re-construction, sta- bility and victory. Resarding the war, continucd the minister, say that the last action of our army inspires in me full hope. 1 am convinced that the new advance, even if temporarily stayed, is not vet finished, but a prelude to much great- ©r successes. Krom actual intercourse with delegates from the army and with other observers on the spot. I know that the offensive spirit is spreading. “This is no gradual re-construction of the army, but the first stage of a complete promise of recreation which is almost miraculous, proving, in m judgment, that the troops infect | wwth a genune gevolutonary a: | crusading spirit and the concciousness of a mission to save Russia and in-| fluence world events in the direction desired by all progressive men lv. I am aware that not ev- erything can e done by enthusiasm. I give you frankly the good and the bad side. The z00d side i< the army's supply of munitions and other ne saries in which we are markedl ter off than last vear: in fact anteed for the immediite future. The bad side is the transport difculti m‘ which still are seri The ereation of efficient transport is a problem of vears. ‘Our grea: hope of speedy im- provement lies with the Stevens rai- | road commission (the Americai co mission) from which we expe much.” sked whether the T'nited States could improve Russia’s own man ture of munitions by sending exps Prince Lvoff expressed the opinion that it could not. declarinz that the problem of emploving American aid | ssian workshops was too com- x, but adding that American mu- nitions machinery was highly desir- | able. “With rezard to American help gen- evally,” said ‘the premier, “I lay down no specific programme. 1t will be simplest to say that all conceivabie American aid is wanted in every do- main. But the key fo the solution of all our military and economic diffi- culties which much transport amelioration, is impossible to do in SENATE VOTES TO STOP DISTILLING OF LIQUORS Auto Accident on The Golumbia Road ABOUT THREE MILES NORTH OF WILLIMANTIC FOUR PERSONS INJURED | Steering Mechanism Failed While Turning a Curve—Car Went Up an Embankment and Overturned—All the Injured Are of Hartford. Willimantic, Conn.. July S—Four persons were ‘injured, one of them fa- tally. when the steering gear of their automobile mave way this afternoon while the machine was rounding a! curve on Columbia road. three mies north of here. The car climbed a ten- foot embankment and then turned ove landing hottomside up. Miss Mary King of Hartford, who was riding in the tonneau. was pinned beneatn the machine. She is now in St. Josep hospital. this city, with a fractured | skull. Her recovery is not expected. Painful Cuts and Abrasions. C. H. Bride, owner of the car, his wife and son, all of Hartford, were the other occupanis. They were thrown clear of the overturned machine and painful cuts and abrasions to faces-and hands. Steering Mechanism Failed. ording to Bride, he Ead noticed Ity action in the steering mech- m ‘while turning a_ curve a few mi‘es hefore the accident. The steer- ing gear felt loose and the car did not respond as it should. On the straight- away. however. he had no difficuity in guiding it and concluded that the steering apparatus was working effi- ciently On the ne espond to tu | up e emb: ANOTHER HALF BILLION DOLLARS FOR SHIPSUILDING suffered their t curve the car did not ns of the wheel and went kment. Will be Asked of Congress Immediate- Iy by the Administration. Washington, July S—Another ap- propriation of half_a million dollars for shipbuilding probabiy will be ask- ed of conzress immediately by the administration. Contracts already let and about to he closed have absorbed the first $500.000,000. President Wilson'’s approval for the programme is yet to he obtained but understood he is in full sympa- thy with board First estimates of 3,000,000 tons con- struction within. 18 months will be far exceeded. it was learned tonizht, if the plans of the <hipping hoard and Major General Goethals are carried cut. The present aim is to build lea 100.000 tons dead shipping in addition to vessels a inder construction for private count which will be taken over overnment. ALLIED AIRMEN MADE the officials of the shipping To Prohibit Impertation and to Com- mandeer Stocks in Bond. i Washington, Tu senate | went on esterday in favor of | “bone dry” national prohibition during the war, so far as whiskev and other distilled beverazes are concerned. | Lignor lemisiation was written into the food control bill in one of the sen- | ate's bitterest contosts which would | strike at consumption of distilled in- toxicants hy commandeerin& stocks in bhond in zddition to absolutely prohih- | iting their manufacture or importa- toin. The beer and wine industries | would be left undisturbed Tn lieu of the section of the house | bill_to prohibit the manufacture of foodstuffs into beverages of any de- seription, the senate substituted by a vote of 45 to 27 a provision prohibiti manufacture and importation of tilled beverages au war, added. 65 to 12, a further clanse di- recting the president to take over all distilled spirits in government bonded warehouses and pay for it on the basis of cost plus ten per cent While the final prohibition legisla- | tion will be evolved in conference he- tween the two houses, it is gener: regarded as possible that the will accept the senate's g and ange after a fight in behalf of the orizinal see- tion: The senate production would lmit Htasan hefore the T Zoes intn effect, | Stocks. of distillea in “bond were estimated last ni between | 200,000,000 and 300,000,000 gatlons and the annual normal consuraption . & 2D U000 walions: ;Do proaees this | Endrmoue. qaantity 6 Tauoe, ot what| fa Joft of it after withdrawals In an- ticipation of “the lemislation: It 1s ‘ea- timted that the movernment would | have to spend from 1300,000.000 to $1,- 000.000,000, The probable Tos in_ fed- eral revenue is placed at from $200 000,000 to $400,000.000, although this.| depend entirely upon how me.ch liquor was withdrawn tax-paid hefore the commandeering. ALLOWANCES FOR MEN IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. Discussed at Meeting of the Counsel For National Defense. New York, Jul: legis- lation covering separation allowances | for dependents of men in the military and naval service, compensation for injured soldiers and sailors and pen sions for widows and dependents was discussed here today at a conference called by Samuel Gompers, chairman of the eommittee on Jabor, of the Coun- cil of National Defense. The final draft of the proposed leg- Council of National Defense to be of- fered for congressional enactment in about ten davs. August Belmont suggested a plan of insurance which would give the disa- bled soidier a Jump sum instead of a monthly allowance, thus enabling him to start in business for himself or finish his education which might have been interrupted by the war. This idea was supported by Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engincers. Mr. Gompers expressed himself quite clerely as to his belief in the gov ernment, assuming the cost of allow ances, compensation and _ pension a denburg and General von Ludendorft owds and many 0 made a visit to Austrian headquarters. soldiers charged the Bersons were injured. i 4 : ; ' without depending upon suppert from other sources. ithe raiders approached Karlsruhe | the_Tur | son-in-. FLIGHT OVER COLOGNE. They Approached Karlsruhe. But Were Driven Cff. Amsterdam, July 5.—On Friday night ed airmen flew over the fc region of Cologne, but no bombs we; dropped, according. to a semi-offick statement received here from Berlin. Ludwigshafen and itn environs were ttacked by the airmen, but the ma- terial damage there wae very slight and no persons were injured. On their return, the statement adds, but fire. Then were driven off by artillery they dropped bombs on Treves with- it effect in the open country. Others caused damage to buildings and one child w Frenchman, was forced = kil'ed and a man injured. A the statement concludes, to land near Saarburz. in the Rhine province, by fire from anti- aircraft zu The two occupants of the machine were made p: TURKISH ARMY SAID TO BE IN SERIOUS PLIGHT Caused by Ravages of Epidemics and Lack of Food. Salo July S—Accordinz to reli- able advices from Asia Minor, the Turkish army is in the most serious plight of any period of the war on ac- count of the depletion of man power from the ravazes of epidemics and from actual starvation as a result of failure of the commissariat. All f the gerdarmerle are being mobilized to fll the gaps. Tt is said the svread of mutinies amonz Arab and Kurd troops has be- come so alarming that Enver Pasha. sh war minister, is rushing in an effort to cope to Mesopotamia with them. MOTOR CAR STRUCK BY A ROCKY POINT TROLLEY Three Persons Critically Hurt—Car Was Dragged Fifty Feet. Warwick, R. I, July S.—Three per- sons were criticaily hurt and a f badly hurt when a motor car in w. they were riding was struck and dras £ed Afty feet bv a Rocky Point bound irolley car this afternoon at the Shawomet grade crossing. Jir. and Mrs. Alfred E. Balkcom and law. Allan F. Grantg of Paw- tucket, are’ expected to die at a Prov- idence” hospital from skull fractures. \irs. Grant was not seriously hurt While .driving across the tracks Mr. Grant stalled his engine in front of the incoming car, rth MAINE TO ENFORCE THE PROHIBITION LAW Jail Sentences Are to be Imposed on All Persons Convicted. Augusta, Me., July 8.—The imposi- tion of jail sentences upon person convicted of selling liquor, without the alternative of a fine, and the re- moval of county attorneys for failure to prosecute offenders, are the prin- cipal features of an act providing for a more rigid enforcement of the pro- hibition law _which went into effect vesterday. The act also authorizes the forfeiture of vehicles used in the transportation of intoxicants, and in- junction proceedings against owners of buildings in which liquors are sold. ! dealer. and { Russian troops Aviator's Goolness Saved His Life A WING OF AIRPLANE BROKE WHEN A MILE HIGH ONE CHANCE IN MILLION Sergeant Andrew Campbell of the in Lafayette Squadrilla Succeeded Volplaning to Safety on the ing Wing. French Front in France. July 8. (By The ciated fPress Sergeant Andrew Camobell won in a fight with death with the chances a million to e m while fiying with the Lafavette squadrilla yesterday after- noon. The lower left wing of his air- piane broke out when he was soaring a mile high. Oniv his complete pres- ence of mind and coolness saved him. Volplaned Some Distance. Campbell threw all the controls on the other side and voiplaned some listance in order io detach the float- ing remmants of. the Uroken wing which were beating nst the body of the machine and threatening to dislocate every'h “When he had succeeded he i siowly on the beet field with- The slightest have meant remaining wing out_injury to h: turn in the air death. Fine Spectacle of Fraternity. This accident was preceded by the ceremony of the presentation of an American flas 10 the squadrilla by an employe of the trecsury department at Washington. irench and American aviators frem several squadrillas were araded on the flvin: grounds for the -em. which was a fine spectacle of the fraternity of the two countries. Promoted for Bravery. Before the Corporats Campbell, Bridgman. Hewitt, Hinkle 7d Drexel were promoted to ser- Zeants for bravery during recent op- erations. They, with others have been operating alonz the whole front where thev drove off dozens of an fizhting machines during German offensive last week 17 Air Duels in One Week, In the week from June 24 to June they fought 17 air duels and as the result of their reconnaissance furnished the first most valuable in- formation. Lufbery and_Willis had four engagements each: Bizelow and Lowell two each: Thaw. Haviland, 5 Hall and the French lien- Soubiran, tenant De Maisson-Ronuga one each ceremon: the MEDIATORS NAMED FOR DANBURY HATTING STRIKE| By Mayor Sunderland in Effort to Ar- ' range a Settlemant. 8 —Mayor An- named the to act as a nge a settle- ting _strike. Danb thony five med! board in ry, Conn., July inder:and tonizht tors who are an effort to arr ment of the Danbury ha Attorney William E. Bur port was appointed chairman of mmittee, and the others. all of Da iry, are Thomas C. Millard, pres dent’ of the Danbury National bank: Arthur Tweedy, president of the Twee- dy Silk mi John MeCarthy. Martin Griffin, president of National ban! the City THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE POSTPONED Deferred From September 2 Until November 18. New York, July 8—The American Jewish Conference which was to have been held in Washington September 2 has been postponed to November 18 lit was announced here tonight. The administrative committee of which Cutler of Providence, has been empower- committee to Colonel Harry R. 1. is chairman, ed by the executive change the date BERLIN ANNOUNCES GAIN MADE BY THE RUSSIANS In a Renewal of Their Attack South of Halicz. In a re- Berlin, July S. via London. newal of their attack at Stanislau south of Haicz, the key to Lembers, have gained ground This is announced in the supplement- ary statement issued from headquarters, OBITUARY. Henry Field. New York, July 8—Henry grandson of the late Marshal Field, Chicago merchant and financier. deid late today at the Presbyterian hospi- tal in this city, where he was operat- ed on for an abscess on ome of his lungs. As one of the heirs to the estate of Marshall Fieid, famous merchant of hicago, Henry Field was accounted one of the richest young men of Amer- ica. He wae married last February to Miss Nancy Kean Perkins. daughter of one of the famous Langhorne sisters of Virginia, her aunts being Mrs. Wil- lam Waldorf Astor, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Mrs. Paul Phipps and Mrs. Robert Brand of London, formerly Mrs, Field, Reginaid Brooks. Henry Field wae the second son of Marshall Field 11, who died in 190 His mother, later Mrs. Maidwin Drum- mond of London, died in 190S. Henry Fieli was educated abroad. like his brother, Ma Field I, and his sister Gwendo At the outbreak of the European war Henry served for a time in France as an ambulance driver. Under the terms of the will of the original Marshal Field, who died in 1806, various bequests were made, af- ter which it was ordered that the re- mainder of the estate should be held in_trust for 40 vears, then to be di- vided between Marshall Field ITI and Henry Field, 60 per cent. to the former and 40 per cent. to the latter. In the event of the death of either the will provided the surviving brother should receive the wnole estate, and by the death of his brother today Marshall Field TII is said to have becvome the wealthiest young man in the world. Both voung men were delicate in child- hood and plans for the residuary es- tate created by Marshall Field were made in_a_codicil to his will after the| ceath of his only eon, two boys. on of Bridge- | coal | German | father of the Condensed Telegrams Frau Kupfer, the notorious swindler serve of Germany, was sentenced to two and a half vears in prison. The “jackies” at the Great Training Camp must give up cigarettes under training rules. An' expedition of 4,700 troops from Canada and a unit of 1'. S. Foresters arrived at an English port safely. The first new rye of this season re- ceived at the Chzmber of Commerce. Baltimore, was sold at $2.50 a bushel. Major Raynal Bolling arrived at Paris on a special mission from the War Department of the United States. The Congress of Workmen and Sol- diers in. Russia adopted a resolution condemning the anti-Jewish agitation Police and Hussars at Amsterdam charged a crowd of striking munition workers, killing one and wounding ten. William Berri, owner of the Rrook Iyn Standard Union, who died last April, left an estate valued at §1,384 kG A fire broke out in the forward part of a ship at Bordeaux among moving picture films and damaged the ship badly. Naval patrol boats continued their search for submarines in Hampton Roads which were reported in the waters. Men who appear before the exemp- tion board. to evade conscription, will have to do so without the services of a lawyer. Willie Ritchie, former puglisit and lightweight cihampion of the worl enlisted as a private in the signal ser vice corps. A strike in Hamburg, Germany, one man was killed and eleven wounded by the soldiers. The men worked in mu- nition factories. A carrier pigeon arrived Antonio. completing a_ 1,500 from Winnipes. The flight hours, 42 minutes miie took During May Canadian banks opened 40 branches and closed three. The to- tal number of branches is 3,407, of which 3,23 are in Canadia. Herbert C. Hoover, federal food ad- ministrator. requested that stockades Dbe built around the zrain elevators as a protection against enemies New Jersey will have a large crop due to the ample rain and warmth and conditions of the crops are im- proving throughout the State. C. A. Richard of New York was appointed by Secretary Redfield as |chief of the Burean of %xport and Li- enses. Richards is an exporter. Federal authorities obtained war- rants for the arrest of 26 men in the | Greater Boston district for railure to | vegister for conscription on June & Chairman Dent of the House Mili- tary Committee introduced the Ad ministration Bill authorizing the es tablishing of a gigantic aeral corps The War Department has started to pick out officers for the regular army it is expected that 50000 will receive temporary commissions in fhe new army. The United States Rubber Co.. of Bridgeport, has taken over the Mil- |fora Straw Hat Works at Miiford for the manufacture of sas masks for the army. Robert A. Gardener, formerly am- nai golf champion, has aj admittance to the _second nati for ateur plied Texas Federal Judge Grubb dismissed four individuals and seven co ations o trial on charges of violating the Sher man anti-trust law in fixing the prices of coal William Holmes who commanded the 5th Australian Division at Ga poli was killed by a German shell last Monday while on a visit to the western battle front. A series of one-day county conven- itions is to be held in eastern Massa- chusetts by the Special Aid society for American _Preparedness , begin- ning on July 12. The United States Department of Labor confirmed despatches from Ari- zona that ex-Governor H d been appointed one of the me in th mine labor trouble. Bases for training of aviation, artil- lery, infantry and medical units have been opened in France and have started the training of a portion of Persing’s “Sammies’ Every member of the Grand Army of the Republic in Massachuseits is to be asked to fill age and his qualifications for of some sort during the war. stroyers at cost plus ten per cent Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway, announced that not one person was killed out of the 18,000, 000 who rode on the Southern Railroad during the fiscal vear ended June 20. | — | An order for 1,000 freight cars has | been placed by the Canadian Govern- | ment Railways with the National Steel ar Co., at Hamilton, Ont. These cars ill be used chiefly to haul the grow- ing grain crop. Capt. R. R. Carter, known to mil- lions of tourists as the commander of the-Maid of the Mist, the sight-seeing vessel which ventures close to the famous cataracts at Niagara Falls, has retired after 32 years of active service. The Canadian Hous adopted_the resolution of Commons offered by Sir Robert Borden, the Premier, passing 1o second reading the bill for compulsors scenes ch military _service. [ixciting marked the taking of the vote, stood 118 for conscription and against. Grain Elevator Burned. New Bedford, Mass. July S—Fire troyed a zrain elevator owned by Diendonne Harbeck and the large ice ouses of the New Bedford Ice com- ny today. The loss was $40,000. { officers’ training camp at Leon Springs, | n a card giving his | The Bath Iron Works was advised by the navy department that it hed | been awarded a contract for the con- struction of four torpedo boat de- GERMAN EMPIRE ON EVE OF UPHEAVAL Developments Point to a Significant Realignment of Various Factions There BIG ELECTORAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORMS The Old Guard is Unable to Suppress the Movement the Reichstag Factions Remained in Session in Individua Groups Until Late Friday: Night-—Abseiice of ihe 1 perial Chancellor Caused General Comment Will Marik the Opeing of Whiat Prowiiess 105 ths Most Memorable Parliamentary Session in the History of the All Today German - Empire. , Saturday. July 7. via London, | TENSION BETWEEN REICHST July 8.—Unless al preser AND THE GOVERNMENT fail in the next few days empire is on the eve of a Affairs in Germany Must Be Subject if not historical, parii ! | to a Thorough Ove " heaval. Developments ' ’ 4 realisnment of n favo arm [ tary reforms, In | e m \ithough n committee and the constitutiona omea " ess comments this mornine perm the inference that discussions « t vital st ts of zovernmenial poli frequently reached the boiling . ¢ th | That they have been of cant import is indicated clearly | o sudden decision to postpone the Sa day plenary session which was to have |a - marked the opening of (h ] . bate and the expecied speeth of 7herger. r of the celor von Hethmann- Hollwe The as the m r absence of the chancellor from the | ne o X sions of the main and corstitutional | way f commitiees in the last few d . $ caused general comment in par st the tary circies a exceptional in w of | duny's ae the confidential choracter of the dis Herr ' cussions onday will mark the inaugur f of what prom ) b most b memorabl amentn ns in the history of the emp v The chancelor wa . i when the committees 0 | e , o'clock. Al the reichst ediict session in idual gr mist last ni ‘The nz Am Mittaz = ta m deputation of six members . ' | social democratic (£ 1 the stag called on_Chancello, ¥ mann-Hol ate Friday for the rrat of impressing ravit " equi deciar ment prepared en peace nesotiatior basis of the st The dep mediate intr and elector pointment ties te Represen peop erals a chance! tus g ition a f leading rei tarial and m 1t o were in conference ISSUES ORDER TO GE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS PERSHING DENOUNCED BY SOCIALISTS At the Municipal Convention Party in New York Advises Uniform Court Frenc of the | Ne sailors ana “cowards’ cipal conven ty here today dent Wiison democratic | use of the r rowdies by stand of the orri the com of the passport conferer Frank a fo An@ia proclaimed that “no one ean calt him | self a scocialist who would hesitate - | to_prefer the stripes to a uniform The campaizn committee w ! fu for “who British Airplanes. 8 riatelias “airdome. necording to| CHINESE IMPERIALIST |official announcement 1 he admira FORCES WEF T taday. Al heavily actacked by | = p ; Rockefeller 78 Years Old. | s Y. July John D th bi s t Tarrytown, > h,m-wvwm celebrated his day quietly at Focantico Scaiaving his time chisfly. 1 nowspap nd wallk about his es- | tate. Many econgratulatory telegram. were received from friends. Destroyed German Torpedo Boat [ T Nurin Bed, accordive 1o a Tagie | ane Ve ¥y fortnight ¥ Pay for Charlie Chaplin. | New York, July 8. harlie (haplin, | moving picture comedian, has heen S o signed by the First National Exhibit- | Feneta ore’ circuit for a series of leght pic- ’ it tures for which he will receive $1.075,- | ing much resistar Desert 000, according to an “official announce - y the ment” given out here tonignt isin and the Major General Ricordi of Verona |turing ihe principal roads and - was killed while leading his brigade | wava entering the city from (he = in the recent attack on Carso cast, southwest and north