Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 20, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 273 SELECTIVE The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Dou DRAFT SYSTEM CHANGED Some Local Boards Failed to Shuffle the Deck of Registration Cards PLAN IS EXPLAINED BY GENERAL CROWDER If the Original Scheme Prevailed Names of Persons Would be Drawn From One Jurisdiction and Not From Another in Order of Examination—The Only Real Change is One Drawing Instead of Two and Ten Hours Will be Re- quired for the Work—Drawing Will Begin at 9:30 Fri- day Morning—Entanglements Straightened Out and the Drawing is Expected to Proceed Smoothly—Local Boards Will Receive Official Books Before Summoning Men for Examination. ‘Washington, July 19.—Because of er- rors in procedure of local boards, par- ticularly in New Jersey, discovered lats today, Provost Marshal-General Crowder abandoneéd the entire elab- orate plan for the war army drawing tomorrow as previously announced. A full drawing of numbers from one to between 10,000 and 11,000 will be made tomorrow instead. More than ten hours will be required to complete the task. The error discovered was the fail- ure of the local boards inwlved to shuffle the registration cards from va- rious registration precincts before they began placing on them the serial numbers required by the regulations. The result in these sections might have been under the original n, to take the entire quota of one of these districts from a single registration precinct. One Drawing Instead of Two. Provost Marshal-General Crowder fssued this statement “Advices received by long distance telephone this afternoon indicate that in certain areas the hoards. in num- bering registration cards, have kept the cards segregated by election dis- tricts and that serial numbers have been assigned to the whole group for a board while the cards were thus se- mreated. If the drawing si conducted as orizinally planned, in groups of one 1housand, the result will be that con- siderable proportions of certain elec- tion districts will be brought up for examination together. “This will result in drafting p from one locality within the j tion of a board before any person is drawn from another locality within the same jurisdiction. rsons ic “For this reason, it has been decid- ad to abandon the drawing by thous- ands and to draw 19,500 numbers, which is in ex ber of cards any board. “The only change in the plan will be that there will be one drawing tead of two. “The advantage wil lbe greater sim- plicity. The disadvantage will be that the drawing will require ten hours to complete.” Errers ess of the h nder the jt hest num- isdiction of in Other States. The New Jersey officer promptly communicated his discovery to the of- ficers of the provost ma eneral. A hasty conference was c behind locked doors and a quick search made in the local board records many states which have be: ed here. A similar situation w und to exist in many pa of country. In some lists colored a white regis- trants had been clas: in separate groups and the -an ac- cordingly. In others, aliens were sep- arated and eiven their own group of serial numbers. White and Black Tangle. It was a hopeless tangle. If the double drawing system were carried out, one election district in any ex- emption division might be swept clean of all its young men to fill the quota, while the other election districts in the same exemption area furnished no men whatever. In other cases it might be necessary to pass upon and exempt a thousand aliens before a single American was called to service. In others a thousand negroes might be taken for examination before a white man was called, or vice versa. Drawing Simple and Sufficient. There was only one way out and the war department promptiy an- nounced that the whole intricate method of drawing devised to save time and labor, would be abandoned in favor of the simple, direct plan of drawing sufficient numbers to fix the place of the last man in the largest exemption districis. That was the original plan and it was intended for weeks to draw in that way, but the enormous amount of labor and the time involved prompted the effort to devise a short cut that would be fair to all. Force Congratulates Self. Officers of General Crowder’s office congratulated themselves tonight that the difficulty in the way of the double drawing was found today rather than after the drawing. It was certain to have been discovered immediately af- terward and then it would have been necessary to declare its resuit can- celled and draw azain. The difficulty that forced abandon- ment of the more elaborate method srew out of the detail of the plan. It vas proposed to list all registrants each district by thousands or frac- of thousands. Men whose serial numbers were in_the three thousands would have been put in one group, those with numbers of less than a thousand in another, those with num- bers in the four thousands in another, and so on. The first drawing would have placed these groups of thousands in the order in which the numbers 0 to 10 were drawn. The second draw- ing would then have fixed the order of liability of the individuals in each of the thousands as between them- Selves, a thousand numbers being drawn to that end. Result of Drawing. The result would then have been that if the three thousand group were first drawn in the little lottery, all the men bearing serial numbers in the three thousands would have been cal- (Continued on Page Three) TWO STATE REFORMATORY INMATES SHOT BY GUARD. One is Probably Mortally Weunded, the Other Slightly. Oheshire, Conn., July —Two_in- mates of the state ref: ory here were shot tonight by a guard while at- tempting to escape from the institu- tion. One of them, Micl ck, is understood _to have I seriously wounded. The other, a man named Graha: d to ¥ been only slightly hurt, the bullet from the guard’s gun just graz him The men. le their way undis 7 quarters to the stockade and we empting to scale it when seen b guard. When they saw that they had been discovered, despite a warning from the guard to hait, v madé a despera attempt to cHmb over the fe guard then fired and Gerack fel bullet wound in the side. Graham gave up when the bullet g two men were taken back to ti oners’ quarters and a ph ician called. An examination said ave shown that Gerack’'s wound was very serious and it was decided to notify Coroner Mix at New Haven. The coroner is expected here tomorrow morning. Seeking French Recruits. Foston, uly 19.J—British recruiting headquarters here announced today s Abbe Doyon, chaplain in the twenty-second battalion of the Cana- ci~n overseas forces, would arrive ¥ == shortly for the purpose of mak- in- a tour of New England cities in ¥ i-h there is a large French-Cana- Gian population. Accompanied by 1i-tanant Pierre Chevalier of the e=me Lattalion, he will seek recruits for the Canadian army. Leather for England. T.ondon, July 19.—Robert P. Skinner, the American consul general here, to- «a - completed an arrangement where- 1w American manufactured leather € porters may send to the United Kingdom 25 per cent. of the quantity eont in the year as 1916. The im- pertation of manufactured leather 4 bad for some time n prohibited. RESTORING PUBLIC ORDER IN CITY OF PETRCGRAD. Special Commission Will Work With the Commandant. Petrograd, July 19.—Owing to the urgent necessity of restoring public order and settling important questions the provisional government has decid- ed, in agreement with the executive committee of the workmen's and sol- diers’ delegates, to create a special commission which will be in constant touch with the commandant of the Petrograd district. The commission comprises M. Sko- beleff, minister of labor, and Licuten- ant Lebedoff, director of the ministry of marine, representing the gover: ment, and M. Gotz, representing the workmen's and soldiers’ delegates. The staff of the Petrograd military district has received from all the units a declaration of readiness to support the government in its efforts to restore order. The staff is convinced that the trouble may be regarded as ended. BENZINE TANK EXPLODES IN NAUGATUCK LAST NIGHT. An Automobile Top Department is Con- siderably Damaged. £ 3y Naugatuck, Conn., July 19.—A ben- zine explosion from an unknown cause set the automobile top department of the Goodrich Metallic Rubber Shoe company afire late tonight. Patritk White, night watchman, was severely burned in an attempt to put out the fire. The benzine was stored in a 40- gallon tank which was almost full. The fire department put out the blaze after two hours of fighting and after consid- erable damage had resuited. Menu Change Delayed. Chicago, July 19.—Dining car sup- erintendents who met here today de- cided to await the passage of the food control bill before putting into effect economies in menus. Mr. Hoover re- cently suggested certain economies but it was decided -that it would be better to await definite instructions after llovd control has become a matter of aw, 7] NORWICH, CONN., PRICE TWO CENTS Cabled Paragraphs Sinn Fein Plant Seized. Limerick, Ireland, July 19.—The Sinn Fein organ Factionist, which has been appearing for some months, was sup- -plr:zsed today. The police seized the plant. Increase in Be: Savings. Berlin, Tuesday, July 17, via Lon- don, July 19.—Savings deposits in Ber- lin ‘banks increased 10,000,000 marks last month. There are now 850,000 de- positors, with total deposits of 422 000,000 marks. Success in East Africa. London, July 19.—Describing opera- tions from July 11 to 15, an official statement from headquarters in East Africa reports the continued success of the encircling movement of columns working southward of Kilwa against enemy forces established on the line of Itshikale-Utigerl. SIXTEEN SUFFRAGETTES PARDONED BY PRESIDENT Protested Only Against the Trials During Detention. Washington, July 19.—Sixteen wo- ment sent to the workhouse for their part in the tumultous suffragist dem- onstration last Saturday at the White House accepted pa-dons from Presi- dent Wilson today and were released after serving two days of their six- ty_day term. The prisoners left the workhouse apparently without very much re- gret despite their previous declara- tions that they desired to serve out their time without appeal or clem- ency. These assertions had led to an announcement by the department of justice pointing out that a pardon need not be accepted unless the pris- oners desire it. When the time for departure came, however, the women's only protest was against the trials they underwent during their deten- tion. At headquarters of the Woman's Party the sixteen were received as martyrs and at a dinner given there in their honor plans were made for continuing the White House picketing of which Saturday’s _demonstration was a part. A deflant statement is- sued at the Leadquarters said the campaign to impress President Wil- son and the country by parading be- fore the White House gates would go on_without change. The president acted after the hus bands of several of the prisoners had interceded in_their favor and after he had been told that some of them had small children at_home needing their care. Some of Mr. Wilson's friends declared this element undoubtedly had heen the determining influence with Vim. Others suggested that he act- #d in the hope that pardons would minimize pubiicity, an avowed part of the women’s campalgning. suffragists insisted he had become convinced that the country was arous- ed_over ‘the workhouse sentences. Every party to the incident, how- ever, was left to its own speculations on the subject. Secretary Tumulty sald issuance of the pardonrs would have to speak for itself and all other officials in a position to know the pres- ident’s thoughts on the subject were silent. “The president’s action in no way affects the general suffrage situation,” said the Woman’s party statement. “Picketing will be resumed very soon and with the utmost vigor.” No date has been set for the next demonstration but it probably will be Saturday. HEAD OF RUSSIAN | FIGHTING SOCIALISTS Eugene Azef, is Interned With Others in Berlin. Copenhagen, July 19.—Berlin news- papers received here report that Fu- gene Azef, who eight vears ago was the head of the Russian fighting so- cialists, is among the Russian civilians interned in Berlin. Azef fled from Paris after Vladimir Bourtzeff, a Rus- sian revolutionist, had charged him with being a police spy, in order to es- cape the vengeance of the revolution- ists and became a wanderer, travelling under various names. When the war broke out Azef was in Germany and was interned, according to the report. Later he fell sick and was removed to a hospital and finally appealed to the Russian prisoners of war commit- tee for assistance. Azef at the time the disclosures were made against him was reported to have played the double role of Rus- sian socialits and spy for the Russian secret police for eight years. He is said to have facilitated the arrest of hundreds of revolutionists, disclosed dozens of plots against high officials and even to have been the organizer of assassinations. Among the high personages whom Bourtzeff charged met death as a result of his machina- tions were Frand Duke Sergius and M. Von Plehve, Russian minister of the interior. MORE MEXICAN BORDER TROUBLE MATERIALIZES There Was Fighting Between Ameri- can and Mexican Soldiers, Thursday. Mission, Texas, July 19.—American and Mexican soldiers are fighting across the Rio Grande at Ojo de Aguas, an outpost on the border eight miles west of Mission, according to tele- phonic advices here. Every availa- ble automobile in Mission has been pressed into service to transport sol- diers to the scene. Troops at McAl- len and other nearby towns are report- ed being hurried to Ojo de Aguas. Approximately 500 shots were ex- changed across the Rio Grande today at Ojo de Aguas, eight miles southwest of Mission, between a small American border patrol and a number of uniden- tified Mexicans. There were no Ameri- can casualties, but latest reports say two or three Mexicans were seen to fall during the engagement, which started at 11 o'clock this morning and ceased at 5 o'clock, when the Mexicans withdrew. Gareci Menocal Dead. Havana, July 19.—Gustavo Garcia Menocal, brother of President Meno- cal and representative in consress from the province of Matanzas, died at his home near Havana last mid- night after severa] montis’ iliness. He bore the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Cuban war of independence. Coal Traffic Incre: Washington, July 19.—Reports the railroad war board show thal June the country’s roads moved 323 cars of bituminous coal, an crease of 26 per cent. over June of last The | German Censors |Partisan Lines Are Very Rigid| IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR’S AD- DRESS HELD FROM WORLD RESUME OF THE WAR Germans Have Accepted Gage of Bat- tle From Russians and Win Over a Large Territory — Picked German Troops Mowed Down in Unsyccess- ful Attempts to Break French Line— Ru: jan Disturbances Well in Hand. Apparently the censorship in Ger- many is being rigidly enforced. Not even an inkling of the address which the new imperial chancelior was to have delivered to the reichstag Thi," day afternoon at 3 o'clock. for which the world is waiting as an indication of what his stand in the war is to be, has yet reached the outlying coun- tries, with all of which telegraphic transmission with the United States is open. In Eastern Galicia. Having brought up heavy reinforce. ments all along the line, the Ger. mans and Austro-Hungarians in east. ern Galicia have started what appar- ently is a tremendous offensive against the Russians. From Brody, near the northeastern border of Galela, south- ward to below Kalusz, the operations are in full swing, but have not yet de- veloped to an extent where particu- lars of the battles in their entirety are available, The Germans Accept. The latest German official communi- cation” announced that the Germane have accepted the gage of battle thrust upon them by the Russians and in a counter-attack on the line guard- ing Lemberg from the east have de- feated the Russians over a wide front near Zlochoff, which lies on the Tar- nopol-Lemberg railway line forty miles distant from the capital. To the north, in Volhynia, and still | farther north on the varfous sectors to the Baltic sea, especially around Smorgon and Dvinsk, heavy artillery duels are being fought. Near Lutsk, in the famous Volhynian fortress tri- angle, the Germans report the cap- ture of many Russian prisoners. French Line Attack. Apparently the Germans are intent on breaking the French line in the gion between Soissons and Rheims, having delivered another tremendous assault from northeast of Craonne to east of Hurtebise. Into the tray were thrown picked troops, who were mown down everywhere, and the attack, like others that had preceded it, failed. Near St. Juentin, where for some time the situation has been caim, the Germans also delivered attacks on a front of about half a mile. Here they succeeded on the French first line po- sitions, only to be expelled from them in a counter-attack. Artillery Duels Prevail. » There has been no diminution in the artillery duels between the British nd Germans in northern Belgium, or in the ceaseless small attacks the Eritish bave been making against Ger- man trenches for many days. Around Monchy-le-Preux these Infantry at- tacks have resulted in the British re- zaining all the ground they lost to the Germans east of Arras July 11. Despite terrific heat the British forces operating against the Turks have made a twelve-mile advance up the Euphrates, while in the Caucasus region the Russians have carried out successful raids against the Otto- mans Russian Disturbances. The latest reports from Petrograd indicate that the disturbances of the past few days have been quelled and that the situation is now well in hand. The streets of the capital are being patroiled by Cossacks and other mounted troops. One report is to the leffect that there has been a discus- on in an extraordinary cabinet coun- cil of a proposal to transfer the seat of the provisional government to Mos- cow. Michaelis Heard From. Early this (Friday) morning cable- gram from Copenhagen, by Associated Press, says: “Dr. Michaells, the new imperial German chancellor, in his ad- dress to the reichstag Thursday af- ternoon declared his adhesion to Ger- many's submarine campaign asserting it to be a lawful measure, justifiably adopted and adapted for shortening the w Emma May Appeal. Washington, July 19. Associate Justice Brandeis today zranted Em- ma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, now serving sentences In federal pen- itentiaries for conspiracy to impede the working of the army draft law, permission to appeal their cases to the supreme court from the district court in New York. He also granted such permission to Morris Becker and Louis Kramer, convicted on similar charges. These are the first cases involving the draft law to reach the supreme court. Movies for Alask ‘Washington, July 19.—Motion pic- tures sent by the government to Alas- ka last year have met with so much popular favor among the natives that Fisheries Agent Fassett, in charge of the station at St. Paul Island recom- mends that a new set be sent for the coming winter. Government officials are planning to send them. Comedy, news, and educational subjects are the most popular. Lady on the Board. Greenwich, Conn.,, July 19.—An- nouncement is made here that Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton has been ap- pointed a member of the publicity committee of the Connecticut Coun- cil of Defense by George B. Chandler, chairman of the committee. She is secretary of the women's committee of the Council of Defense and has been acting chairman of the publicity board of the women’'s committee. Rioters Heard in Bunch. Globe, Ariz., July 19.—Fifty men charged with rioting here July 4 were given preliminary hearing today be- fore a justice of the peace. The court delz:ed separate trials to the defend- ants. e Are Eradicated IN ADMINISTRATION FOOD CON- TROL BILL IN DISCUSSION GOVERNMENT CONTROL Is Limited to Food, Feeds and Fuel Kerosene and Gasolene and Adminis- trative Authority is Vested in Trio of Salaried Commissioners, Instead of a Single Individual—Senator Hollis Criticised and Hoover, Too. , July 19.—The adminis- | 'Washing tration fo control dill today ap- proached final form in the senate. Making rapid progress under a limited debatte agreement, the senate approved, 80 to 16, an amendment drafted at joint conferences of democratic and republi- can leaders to limit government con- trol to food, feeds and fuel, including kerosene and gasoline, and to vest the administrative authority in three sal- aried members instead of a single in- dividual. Ailthough the action was tentative, and will be subject to reconsideration before Saturday’s final vote on the bill, it is expected by leaders to stand and to be accepted by the house in confer- ence. The vote was regarded as fore- casting general support of other bi- partisan proposals awaiting action. Tomorrow the senate expects to dis- pose of the modified federal licensing section and that fixing a minimum price for wheat. A price of $2 per bushel at primary markets is expected to have the support of a large group of senators. Partisan lines were erased in today's debate and voting, which brought to a head in sharp clashes the controver- sies which haye engrossed the senate for a month. The name of Herbert Hoover frequently was brought into the discussion, and although the senate voted for a food commission instead of a single administrator, it rejected by overwhelming viva voce votes amendments by Senator Reed, who has assailed Mr. Hoover bitterly, designed to prevent him from serving. Senator Reed was vigorously criticized by Sen- ators Hollls, Williams and others fot his attacks upon Mr. Hoover. Amendment Written In. ‘The amendment lmiting the neces- series for government control and pro- viding for the food board was written into the bill after many futile attempts were made to name other articles for government regulation. ‘The sixteen senators voting against accepting the substitute were Borah. Cummins, France, Gronna, Hitchcock, Husting, Jones of Washington, Kel- iogg, La Follette, MoNary, Nelson, Nor- ris, Reed, Sherman, Sutherland and Townsend. An amendment by Senator Kenyon seeking to include iron ore and its products, including steel, farm imple- ments and tools and binding twine, was rejected, 44 to 2! Th esenate also rejected by identical votes of 50 to 27 amendments by Senator Newlands to add iron, steel, copper and aluminum and its products, and by Senator Borah to add fertilizers and their in- gredients. Senator Husting's amend- ment to give the president power any time to place additional products under federal control was rejected, 58 to 15. Hoover is Criticized. During a recurrence of the contro- versy over Herbert Hoover's appoint- ment an amendment under which Mr. Hoover would be specifically designated as food administrator was introduced by Senator Jones of Washington, who declared the food control fight had centered around Mr. Hoover and that the senate “should definitely decide if it wants him appointed.” Senator Knox protestel that by naming a man the senate would be as- suming the functions of the president, contrary to the constitution. Senator Jomes then withdrew his amendment, but Senator Shafroth re-offered it with Mr. Hoover's name stricken out. Speeches supporting it were made by Senator Borah and others, but it was voted down, 63 to 10. FIRST CONNECTICUT IS ORDERED TO NEW HAVEN. The Command Will Encamp Near Yale Armory Next Monday. Hartford, Conn., July 19.—The First Connecticut infantry, numbering, offi- cers and mer, 1,603, will leave Hartford next Monday for New Haven, where it is to go into camp near the Yale ar- mory, it was announced tonight. The length of its stay is not definitely known, but it was said it would be a week or two, depending on the time necessary to get the southern training camp in shape to receive them. On Saturday of this week the supply company, with detachments of the ma- chine gun company, headquarters com- pany and sanitary corps, will leave for New Haven with their equipment of horses, mules and wagons, making the journey overland. The Merchant Merine. Boston, July 19.—Henry Howard, ai- rector of recruiting for the United States shipping board, announced to- day that the first classes in naviga- tion at the free schools at Greenport, L. I, New Bedford and several Maine ports had completed their course and would be examined next Monday be- fore boards of steamboat inspectors. Tt was prMdicted that within 30 days 125 men would have qualified for Ii- censes as officers for the American merchant marine. Reply to Brandegee. ‘Washington, July 19.—In response to Senator Brandegee's resolution calling for an explanation of the cen- sus bureau’s population estimates to establish quotas for the forthcoming army draft, Secretary Redfield today submitted a report to the senate show- ing that the estimates were based up- on actual registration figures in each state and sub-division. Potash from Kelp, San Francisco, July 19.—The gov- ernment . will establish within two weeks in California a large plant for the manufacture of potash and iodine, according to announcement today by J. W, Jorrentine, scientist of the de- partment of iculture. The potash ‘will be made kelp harvested in the Pacific ocean. at of Any Other Paper, and its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population Condensed Telegrams Constantinople has a store for wo- men only. Silver bullion was quoted at 80 1-4 cents an ounce, off 3-8. Regular army recruits accepted o; Thursday totaled 1,276. v » President Menocal commuted the sentences of Cuban rebels to life im- prisonment. A German newspaper reports a great explosion at the Wilhelm Wet- fenbach factory. New Jersey was added to the list of states whose quota for the regular army has been filled. Vice Admiral Delbono was appointed as Minister of the Italian Marine to succeed Vice Admiral Arturo Triangi. British armed motor detachments axe z?k.lxg;lr:;rt in the Russian offen- sive in cia and are dol service. e According to a report from Dussel- dorf 185 Germans have received sen- tences averaging 18 months for the food riots. All anthracite mining properties and collieries of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. were sold to M. A. Banna & Co., of Cleveland. William Dickson, of Montclair, pres- ident of the Edge Prison Inquiry Com- mission ,resigned on account of bus- iness demands. Three Germans are being held in Kansas towns charged with conspira- Cy to scatter germs through the me- dlum of court plater. Abraham Newman, proprietor = , prietor of ‘The Trenches,” a saloon in Brooklyn, was held in 1,000 bail for selling beer to sailors in uniform. Magazines and newspapers bearing a one-cent stamp may be posted, un- wrapped and unaddressed, for Ameri- can sailors in Burope. First Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt of the aviation section of Signal Corps Reserve, was ordered into active s vice at Fort Wood, Y. The Prince of Udine who was the head of the TItalian Mission to the United States will resume his duties as a captain in the navy. The torpedo boat destroyer Stockt. latest addition to the Uhited . States Navy, was launched from the Cramps’ shipyard on the Delaware. It was announced at the office of the adjutant general at Albany that the draft chances of those registered In New York are about 14 to 1. Secretary Baker accompanied by a party of army officials arrived at Hampton Roads to inspect military establishments in the vjcinity. Mayor Mitchell reappointed Joseph J. Corrigan and Norman J. Marsh as city magistrates for terms of 10 years at the annual salary of $7,000. The Lafayette Escadrills, France's famous fighting squadron of American airmen, will be placed under the com- mand of Major-General Pershing. Cornelius us Vanderbilt, Jr, son of Colonel Vanderbilt of the 22nd Regi- ment of engineers ,has enlisted in the United States army as a private. Opposition from a small group of senators of both parties upset plans for having the Senate pass, after a brief debate, the $640,000,000 aviation bill. Sister Campbell, a nurse of South Orange, N. J., and Private Castle, an invalid soldier were drowned by the upsetting of a boat at Ganaque, Ont. Bathing girls will be delted by the Atlantic City censor. Four officials were designated to set on bathing suits. Barelimbed girls come under the ban. Men between the ages of 18 and 25| and who have a college education or equal are sought by the Department of A;'l:ulon of the British recruiting mis- sion. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America declared that if a $1 in- crease in wages was not given to them about 25,000 workers would go on strike. The tax on pulque and Teachique al- coholic drinks made from manguey cactus, great quantities of which are consumed in Mexico, has been raised 25 per cent. Rioter exploded bombs under tram | trains in Lisbon and caused injury to a number of people. There was spir- ited fighting between the police and malcontents. Plans are under way for the forma- | tion of a regiment of Moros iIn the Philippines in the hope that it will be atttached to the expeditionary Ameri- can forces in France. The British steamship Cranmore re- ported to be sunk by a German sub- marine was saved by an American destroyer which was convoying her | through the danger zone. Henry L. Bell, well known polo play- er of Meadow Brook, was sumoned to Washington to join the quartermaster's corps. He will have the rank of cap- tain and pass upon horses needed in the service. Tompkins, the Murderer. Johnstown, Pa., July 19.—George C. Tompkins of Philadelphia, held in con- nectiqn with the shooting to death of Edmund 1. Humphries, prominent coal operator, his wife, Mrs. Carrle Hum- phries, and_their fifteen-year-old son, Schools in Caves, Teachgrs Masked TERRBLE CONDITIONS EXISTING IN FRENCH SCHOOL CHILDREN PRESIDENT JOHN FINLEY T s of Things He Saw in France— Teachers Incapacitated for Battle by Reason of Wounds Return to Schools —United States Should Take Time to Prepare Against Efficiency Ex- haustion. New York, with puplls masks, a ridden F July 19.—Schools in caves, nd teachers wearin extremes to which wa rance has gone to ensure ild “that heritage the prophecy of an end ne i nation,” says an official report to regents of the University of the Stats of New York by John Finley, p dent of the University of the & e of New York, and state commis: education, who recently returned from an educational mission In France during which he studied the effect of the war ‘on the French school system While France has restricted the use of food, fuel and light; has discourag ed travel; has mobilized every able- bodied men for defense, she has not a moment forgotten her future defense, said President Finley. Women by thousands have taken the places of men teachers called to the front, many of whom, finally incapacitated for bat- tle by wounds, have again returned to teach. President Finley the advice of especially sought France in meeting like conditions here. The advice, summed up, is, he said. “Do not let the needs of the hour, however heavily they fall upon the men and women of the day, permit ne glect of the defenses of tomorrow. Sac rice everything to bequeath the spirit that has made the institutions which we would preserve and enlarge in our children.” President Finley urged that the United States take time to prepare against such exhaustion of our tech- nical skill and professional equipmer as would “deprive those who must face man's scientific savagery of man's highest mini; While in France, President Finle: took steps to bring about a closer co- operation between the universities of that country and the United States. Two movements towards this end are now under way, one of which would es- tablish American fellowships in French universities and the other provides a place where French and American students in Paris can come into closer social relation APPEAL IS MADE TO AMERICAN WOMEN To Assist Commercial Canners in Pre- serving Foodstuffs. York, July n women New Americ 19.— aid commercial canners by factories preserving foods sufficient the nation's soldie issued tonight by president _of the league. anizations Heath The ca industry nin in some 1 of the country is seriously help to pack the food of r harvest erious food losses extra workers are secured No greater patriotic ice car rendered than for housewives to supply the need of lahor. Our well our allies Is goin, tities of canned food with canners and packers in your 1 cality and do your bi desired money received for wages can be used tor Red Cross work or for any other patriotic movement.” VESSELS OF TWENTY KNOTS SAFE FROM SUBMARINES It Is Essential That All New Vessals Have Speed. July 19. Danger from ually nil it the can attain a speed an hour, according to charts displa it oa shipbuilding conference held here today under the 1spices of the Chamber of Commerce of the stute of New York. The figures were shown to lend emphasis to a de mand that the ship construction c t sy be settled immediately s that the ve: Is built, either of stee or wood, be so constructed that t can make at least 16 knots an hou The chart showed that 100 per ¢ of vessels with a speed of five kn or less which have been attacked submarines have been sun + centage of losses decreases the speed of the ship incre 16 knots an hour the percentage su has been about 25 “If the present rate of sinkings is maintained without the full force of our industrial efforts there can be o one conclusion and that is that shall lose the wa declared E. H Outerbridge, president of the cham- ber, in outlining the seriousness of the submarine campaign. Government Insurance. ‘Washington, July 19.—The advisory committee for aeronautics has asked the secretaries of war, the navy and Edmund 1. Humphries, Jr., on a coun- try road near Carrolifown, this coun- ty, last Sunday, confessed to the three murders today, according to announce- ment by the police. London Royal Marriage. London, July 19.—The Marquis of Carisbrooke, who was Prince Alexan- Ger of Battenburg until King George abolished German titles in the royal family, was married today in_ the chapel of St. James Palace to Lady Irene Denison, daughter of the Warl of l.ondesborough. The king, queen and other members of the royal fam- ily attended the weddin Fast Yacht For Patrol. Stamford, Conn., July 19.—A vyacht 71 feet over-all and with an estimated speed of 30 miles an hour was turned over by the builders to Raphael Pulit- zer of New York today, who expects to make use of it in the coast patrol. the treasury and the congression. military and naval committees to con- sider the advisability of governme: insurance of aviators in co-operation with insurance companies. A general plan for insuring sailors and soldiers is now being worked out by treasury officials, Attack in Dutch Waters. The Hague, July 19.—An official an nouncement issued by the navy d. partment tonight savs the British a tack on German steamers, July 16, oc- curred within Dutch territorfal wa- ters, Pardoned by President. Washington, July 19. President Wilson today issued pardons for the sixteen suffragists who are serving sixty day sentence in the work house n at Occoquan, Va., for picketing front of the White House.