Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 3, 1917, Page 1

—— e e A VOL. LIX.—NO. 285 The Bulletin’s Circulation in NORWICH, CONN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1917 TEN PAGES-—74 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Double That of Any Other Papor,‘_A'ild Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut_ in Proportion to the City’s Population. GERMANS REGAIN LOST GROUND UNABLETO They Made Desperate Counter-Attacks Against Sev- eral Sectors Newly-Won by the Entente Allies GREAfEST EFFORT MADE NORTHEAST OF YPRES Crown Prince Rupprecht’s Forces Were Raked Mercilessly in Their Futile Attacks— Have Caused Appreh L aders, as They May Gains Made Tuesday by the Allies ension Among German Military Prove a Menace to the German Holdings in Belgium, Especially Along the Coast—Em- peror William Has Called a Council of War to Meet in Brussels, Evidently to Make an Analytical Survey of the Entente Offensive in Flanders, Which Has Been Held Up by Heavy Rains—In Bukowina and in the Carpathian Region the Russians Are Steadily Falling Back, and Daily Their Situation is Becoming More Acute. the morass & forces and preve " on of offensive Tuesday. th been active in keeping Germans from throwing counter-: ve|hish military and naval leaders in in | Germany, called by Emperor William the |0 meet in Brusseis, has as its ob- jective an analytical survey of the ey | offensive which if it is carred out as the |planned by the allies, would prove a at- | menace to the German holdngs in Bel- gium and especially along the cosat. acks with large forces of men against |5 ' S0 €FF - e & h y was the date set for geveral newly-won eectors of theine conference which was 1o have ont held by the British and French |peen attended by Field Marshal von 1 bringing about a cessa- | Hindenburg, chief of the imperial s bk i . gren;;ral s;a_ft‘ Crown Prince Rupprecht B of Bavaria in command in Flanders, e novineas | the German crown’ price ad others, in- luding Vice Admiral von Capelie, | Minister of the navy, whose naval bas- es on the North Sea would be affected in - - — e {|by a success of the allied arme. As e ounter-offenaive OPerations|ve: nhowever, mothiis, bas. ¢ come His efforts, however. hav. - irough to indicate the trend of the pheEht. the Briter & *|discussion or concerning any decision Py e aking the Hamiers, 27 in-|to counter the allied plans arrived at. e, ng the advancing forces| Daily the situation of the Russians g iy end 1o the at-|on the castern front grows increasingly acks and adding materially to the al-|acute. Across the Zbrocz river in Toady henvy casualiies the Germans | Russia. ‘o the south between . the % g - Dniester and the Pruth rivers, i Buk- D:‘:;:;P“; l‘:: ’Y.dxcfi:‘uo:‘ ooy cither |owina and in the Cll’l‘ll(hll;.l:l region }us‘x Shen ch o ‘cn statements | hordering Rumania, the Russians £38 bn stacica }":""x*; ’X‘:'l 3 |everywhere are steadily falling back. EE ML & By oF i e | So far have the operations of the Teu- be necessary to dissipate th R nic allies been advanced in Buko- & St ihe big T -7;{‘“ he A:u,mx_re‘ ina that seemingly the little Aus- ;Plhmed Gl o peiatt - Jaay beltrian crownland soon will be return- reajiened and to permit the aimen tolcd to the Austrians. Numerous ad- s positi t foe isladitional towns and vantage points ““Although the Teu . lalong the front have been captured by - re still [the Teutons. Berlin asserts that advancing against Galicta. Bukowina dvie frontier, the the western front the nerves of the Ge: whose troops before ha and with great los terrain, gigantic attacks b and French, covered by cou: es of modern artillery of al and ranges. It is assumed that a war counc: ailed apparently from the Pruth to the eastern foot- | Dills of the Kelemen Mountains. a dis- |tance of approximately 100 miles, the Russians are steadily giving grouni. |, Advices reaching Petrograd from the |front are that a retrograd movement | by the Russians has been cut fifteen miles southeast of Riga, the important tussian port and naval base on thes Faltie. Here the Germans have oc- cupied the Ukskull bridgehead, which lthe Russians previously had evacuated. FOOD CONDITIONS IN NEUTRAL COUNTRI A “JOKER” IN SENATE PROHIBITION RESCLUTION? ES Full Information Has Been' Asked hy | Representative Randail Says Prohib the United ?tates. H nists Were Flimflammed. Washington Aug. 2-—Full informa-' ‘Washin i 2 - s i rington, Aug. 2.—Representative :lo htanL‘E."nAn: food conditions in the | Randall of California the r:mly nrohi- nr‘ben\ \) V‘x:l—nf,_:l‘vrr"' ‘uwuntrle! bition member of congress, issued a [—lsjtpd” B;‘-\: ;N:»Vi, r.w :‘A. s by the | statement today declaring that ‘“‘the n 5 n not handed to theiryfriends of national prohibition have diplomatic r The American for rationing control of ex; termined on afte cefved. The inform: cerns the exact esentatives here, government’s the neutrals through s will be finally replics are ation food needs ty and details of their export and i port trade of the last few years, The intention of th# United Sta to the barest necessitles to prev. American foodstuffs or food they place from reaching Germany. actual food deficiencies be demanded that no American-pi up from America and assuranc is re-exported or used supplant food that is exported o plans de- sought con- of those countries. their food production capaci- s to hold food exports to the neutrals will be made s wiil been flimflammed by the liquor lobby jin the oconstitutional amendment adopted in the serate yesterday.” He added “that a great jollification” was held by liquor representatives in a its re- | | that the six years' clause added on | Senator Harding’s motion was really ... Written by the brewers' attorneys. tes| “The joker is not in the six vear handicap itself,” said Mr. Randall, though that is without a single prece- dent in history. The Harding clause provides that this article ‘shall be in- operative unless ratified within six years’ The impression is that the prohibition amendment would not be come a part of the constitution unless 50 ratified. The fact is, it will be- im- ent niy ro- to wfi{l{:‘;‘kn’l':flap?n’:i“’al’~‘~n;L‘:“N"“;§5 Eh‘:""‘ come a part of the constitution If rati- countries are badly in Norwajy’s case was put before tl government by Dr. Fridtjof head of the Norwegian declared his country, facing starvatis was ready to release a milllon tons shipping In return for the privilege importing food. Norway, Dr sad. needs sugar, will guarantee that none of * hings will be sent to Germany. The Dutch government, too, willing to exchange ships for food, does mot want Dutch ships sent i the submarine zone. thy W.+M. MALTBY SUCCEEDS JUDGE JOSEPH H. TUTTI Gov. Heleomb Appoints His Execu Secretary to Supreme Court Bench. tiartfora, Conn., Aug. 2.—To ceed Judge Joseph H. Tuitle of =rior court Who resigned some ti Goevrnor Marcus F2. Hoico appointed Willlam M. Malt ernor's executive secretary Youth Drowned in Black Pond. ien, Conn., Aus, 2—Frank T aged 16, was drowned t at 3 o'clock in Black Po: ¢ ternoo nd, dai-field, just over the Meriden n lre. He and a compainon had red a rowboat to a raft and we swimming. 4 and Jaraszewski started im out to it he shout k out of sight. “een recovered at a late hour and i need of grains. Nansen, mission who Nansen fats and grain and The boat became un- When_he got out then The body had not cure ratification by the etates will clouded by this uncertain language. his THUNDER SHOWERS BROUGHT RELIEF IN NEW YORK CITY on, of of Sixty-Seven Persons Were Killed by the Heat There Yesterday. ese is but nto New York, Aug. 2.—Thunder show- ers and cooling breezes late today brought relief from the paralyzing heat which has tortured New York for' the past four days. The lower tempera- ture came too late, however, to avert another long list of deaths. The board of health announced that 67 per- sons had been killed by the heat to- day and there were hundreds of pros trations. Dr. Charles F. Boldau, di rector of public health education, de- clareg that most of the 878 deaths which have occurred in the eity since Sunday were caused by the high tem- perature. In addition to the heat victims In New York city, Jersey City reported twelve deaths, Hoboken five and Ja- maica three Parks and beach resorts were again overcrowded and thousands planned to spend another night in the open. LE uc- the me mb by, ar- his $100,000,000 Canadian Notes Floated. New York. Aug. 2—J. Pierpont Morgsan, head of the syndicate which recently jpurchased §100,000,000 Do- minion of Canada two year 5 per cent notes, announced today the note has been successfully fioated. ere to ‘Cabled Paragraphs General Castro in Havan: Havana, Aug. 2.—General Cipriano Castro, former president of Venezuela, accompanied by Colonel Maldonado, arrived her etoday on board a Span- ish steamer. Secret service men met the steamer and Informed Castro that he would not be permitted to land. ORDER IS BEING RESTORED IN THE RUSSIAN ARMIES Of the Southwestern Front—They are Now Making Some Resistanc i Petrograd, Aug. 2—That “some de- sree of order and discipline is be- ing restored in the armies of the southwestern front, as indicated by recent official communications which show that gesistance Is beinz made along the Zbrocz River of Husiatyn, is borne out by telegrams from army officers to the war department and by newspaper despatches. Civilian Commissioner Gobecha, one of sever- al sent some time ago by the zovern- ment to visit the various armies and endeavor to restore order, has sent the following message from the south- western front: “I am happy _to report that army of Generl Kornilofl, namely, the Eleventh, which recently ran away, is now brilliantly repulsing the enemy in desperate fichting near Husiatyn The Seventh also has made heroic counter-attacks. There is a marked change in the spirit of the which gives rise to the hope that the: will fulfill their Guty toward the rev olution It is also reported that certain un- its of the Fifth army, which refused to obey commands to advance quickly have been surrounded and disarmed by_loval troops. The appointment of General Korn- iloff as commander-in-chief hecause of his recognized courage and ability is applauded in military circles. Gen eral Brusiloff, who has becomc ex- tremely pessimistic toward the mili- | tary_situation. was nevertheless urged by Premier Kerensky to withhold his resiznation. at least until improve- ment had been achieved. but without avail. General Korniloff's appoint- ment was then approved by the pre- mier. General Korniloff has recom- mended General Techeremisouf, the hero of Halicz succeed as com- mander of the front the to southwest PROHIBITION, AMENDMENT HUNG UP IN THE HOUSE Prohibiticn Leaders—Will Not Come Up Until Regular Session. By Washington, Aug. hibition by constitutional was hung up in the house today by prohibition leaders themselves. The resolution to submit the pro- posal to the states, passed vesterday by the senate, was put out of the pro- gram for the present session and will not come up until the regular session in_December. Plans to reconvene the democratic caucus and reverse its decision to con- sider only war legislation were aban- doned because it was believed delay jng action until the next session will | help the prohibition cause. 2.JNational pro- amendment the | MEXICO PUTTING DOWN GERMAN PROPAGANDA. | Fact Published by the Semi-Offici Mexican News Bureau. Washington, Aus. ~ The semi- official Mexidan news bureau today published the following to show that German propaganda is being put down | by the Mexican government: “It recently came to the knowledge of the officials that a shipment of sev- eral hundred cases of arms and am- munition had been made to the port of | Salina Cruz, on the Pacific side of the Tsthmus of Tehuantaper, and consign- ed to certain private parties who were suspected of being engaged In pro- | German intrigue’ in the state of Chia pas. The shipment was orderd to be | seized, which was done immediately | {upon its arrival, | VIGILANCE comgiTTEES TO TRACE SLACKERS. | They Are to Be Formed by the Na- | tional Security League. i I 1 ‘ew York, Aug. 2—The National Se- | curity league announced today it had taken steps 10 promote the formatfon over the country of ‘“vigilance to track down .slackers under the draft law. The league has osked the heads of the principal de- i fense socleties and political organiza- j tions in this city to join In the forma- jtion of such a committee, and has re- { quested the chairmen of each of its 280 | branches throughout the country to | take similar action. 2 | iali | committees” Washington hotel last night and that | a well defined rumor had sprung up THREE MEN OUT OF 97 REGISTRANTS ACCEPTED In Twe Districts in New Bedford— 49 Exemption Claims. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 2.—Three men out of 97 registrants thus far examined by the draft board in dis- | trict two in this city have been ac- cepted for military duty, it was an- nounced today. Fifty-two passed vhysical examinations but 49 of the number have exemption claims pend- ling. Of the others 26 were rejected by the examining physicians and 19 were aliens. LIGHTNING KILLS MAN AT NEW PRESTON. Bolt Welded His Gold Watch Chain Into a Solid Bar. New Preston, Conn., Aug. 2—While seeking shelter under a tree during an electric storm here today, George M. Dyckman of Waifield, N. Y., was struck end killed by lightning. ~He was a milk inspector for a New York cor- poration and visited the Goodhue farm in the course of his business. The bolt stripped him of his clothing and welded a gold watch chain into a solid bar. The body was taken to New Milford. Twe Drownings at Hartford. Hartford, Conn., AUgE. 2. — Two drownings occurred here today. P. Vazil Koville lost his life while bath- ing in the Connecticut river near the railroad bridge and an unidentified man was drowned in East Hartford. Neither body was recovered. Skull Fractured by Auto, {free people. CHARLES, SON OF Harry Witz, Pilot, Also Wa: They Were on an Exhi Machine Collapsed When son of Julius 1 mayor of Cincinnati, mann, formar airplane in which he lapsed in Great South bay Witz piiot of the machine, led. station at ba machine flights. They and gave was thrown falling. water, seat, out, in went down with the bodies. machine dropped. iieischmaun’s father ha: his summer home near New Conn., several weeks, communicate with him nsuccessful. Young few days ago, Connecticut home last week. ENGAGEMENT WAS Brooklyn, N. Y. Fleischmann. ding had been set. nursing. BLUNT STATEMENT Y Las just reached here. We seem of profiteering firmative. 2 nation fear least, after all 1ipping back SEi o . leading-string: We are stil] “We call for the benefit of the coun- sels of a dozen ‘workingmen, but the tive machine, and a that a bureaucrat better than an ordinary us be a free people, free on paper.” BAKER DENIES DISASTER Occurrence Would Country. Washington, Aug. met by news ofany withheld from the public. given to pleted, maind of the forces Involved. “Let me repeat reached us fear at this time’ TRESTLE OF RAILROAD and Railroad Officil Winthrop, Mass., Aus. Beach station. late last Saturday night. Hartford, Conn, Aug. 2.—Peter An- Zoni, 44 years old, was run into here today by an automobile driven by Joseph Coulten. His skull was frag- tured. Coulten is being held by . police under $500 bonds. the men had disappeared. been placed on the bridge. Fleischmann a Hydroplane Victim FO MAYOR OF CINCINNATI. 'AT GREAT SOUTH BAY Ki ion Flight— It Risen to a Height of 100 Feet. New York, Aus. 2.—Charles Fleifich- sleiscnmann, w. stantly killed tonight when the hydro- was flying co. also was Ileischmann, who was a member of the First battalion, aviation corps, had = e with Witz, who owned | exhibition had risen to a height of about 100 feet when the machine was seen to turn over and kleischmann Witz, wio was strapped to his | plane. Persons on board a power boat wit- nessed the accident and recovered the It was said that the noise of an explosion was heard just before the been but efforts tonight were Fleischmann, whose enzagement was announced a visited at his mother's Only Son of Julius L. Fleischmann Cineinnatl, O. Aug. 2 Charles | on hand. which would be reached oniy > = by a floor tax. The rates are: Sugar, Fleischmann, who fell to his death | )%, 7 1007 000, 500 o0 0%, 800 M ea om a hydro-aeroplane in Great|. " .. 2nd cocoa. 2 to 5 cent Lim- | South Fay tonignt was the only son | ieq amounts in the hands of sma | mayor of Cincinnati and president of SERaT (N SUBHN fescem L the Fleischmann Yeast Company. He Monthly Payments. was 22 yvears old and enlisted in the . % B aviation section of the signal corps| Jmportant administrative provisions o e meelka ke affecting income and war profits ap- the committee au- ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK To Florence McGregor Sheldon of | New London, Conn.. Aug. 2.—Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. Sheidon of Brook- [ {of, I 2® Iyn, Y. announced here last weeK | ™ \nother new clause authorizes pay- the cngagement Of yinelr dauzhter.|ment of income and war excess profits Florence McGregor Sheldon, ~to Mr. | rasae G0 MICRE G008 T A v the No date for the wed- Miss Sheidon is a graduate of Brooklyn Heights seminary and has just completed a course at | the Brooklyn hospital for Red Cross BURGOMASTER OF BERLIN On the Situation in Germany—Criti- | calculating tax exemptions of those cises Burcaucracy. claiming that their pre-war profits were sub-normal. TUnder the plan if Amsterdam. Auz. 2 Purgomaster |the secretary of the treasury should | Reicke. of Berlin hits out with re-| find exemption claims are justified. | arkable bluntness in passine judg- | those claiming exemption would be ! ment on the internal situation of | entitled to that allowed to new cor- Germany in an article in Monday's | Torations not in existence before the war. whose income and profits tax Berliner Zeitung am Mittag. Replving to a auestion as to whether Germany after | OF individuals engaged in the same (irea vears of war was able to resie. | @eneral line of trade or business. | ter gal internall as well as ex- P ternally, Berlin’s chief magistrate | TRANSPORT RUNS ON sava: “The answer is but a hesitating af- to have become hucksters. Those who are not corrupted by the | Mammon chase are haunted with a the country. into the rut of official- fcent e are not really a word is quietly passed from the gov-|and full speed astern wes> too late ernment table: ‘These fellows cannot{So great was the headway that the | e told all. Just treat them like chil- | steamer plunged headlonz on a rockv dren.’ . shore, the bow resting on rocks which “What is wanted is a parilament | penetrated the hull while the stern that. has nower, not a mere lexisla- [ hune in thirtv feet of water. =overnment of men whn are not educated to helieve necessarilv mortal. but not merely TO ANY AMERICAN FORCE Repeats Pledge That News of Such an Be Given to —Untraceable rumors that some disaster had been the American forces brought from Secretary Baker today a denial and reiteration of the promise that misfortune would not be “T have no hesitancy in saying,” sald Secretary Paker, In a statement, not a syllable has reached the war de- partment which would lead us to be- lieve that any misfortune har attended our forces on land or sea, and I can re- iterate the pledge made some time ago that any such word will be instantly the country, subject only the qualification that any military move- ments in process at the time to com- S0 as not to imperil the re- that no word has which would justify any BRIDGE TAMPERED WITH Over Crystal Cove Bay, Mass.—Police s Investigating 2—The po- lice and officials.of the Boston, vere Beach and Lynn railroad are in- vestigating an apparant attempt to damage a trestle of the rallroad over Crystal Cove Bay, near the Winthrop Men in a smal] boat were seen_tampering with the trestle The police were notified, but when they arrived 13 found that three wooden braces had been removed, and marks on several others seemed to indicate preparations | for their destruction. A guard has New Tax on Sugar Coffee, Tea, Cocoa DECIDED ON BY THE SENATE| FINANCE COMMITTEE | 'IN THE WAR TAX BILL| d— | “Floor” Taxes Upon Large Accumu- lated Stocks—Limited Amounts the Hands of Small Dealers Are to be Exempt—Other Changes Made. in Had| Washinston, Aug. 2.—Reduction from | 15 to 10 per cent. in the proposed tax on undivided surplus of corporations, | joint stock companies and associations, afld imposition of new “floor” taxes | pon large accumulated stocks of si- | ar coffes, tea and cocoa, were steps | cecided on today by the senate finance | { committee in revising the war tax bill. | It is planned to complete the bill Sat- urday and begin senate debate next week Surtax on Corporate Income: The levy on undistributed surpius irtually is a surtax on corporate in- comes, which now pay only a flat tax although individual incomes are sur- taxed. Reduction of the rate to 10 per cent. followed the committee's recent | decision to treble the normal corpora- | tion tax, raising £162,000,000 more from that source. Floor Tax on Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Coco: The new floor tax on sugar, coffee, tea and cocoa is at the same rates as are prescribed in the bill for consump- tion taxes on these products. The provision was added to subject to ta tion large stocks of these commod ies imported in anticipation of the proposed consumption taxes. Some dealers are said to have a year's supply as in- Harry Shore, hallow at ondon, to i provéd todav by thorize the treasury department to permit or require monthly installment payment of such taxes between March and June 25 or each vear, when thay | are pavable. Many corporations have requested the monthly installment pay- ment privilege because of their neces- sity to borrow large sums frequently for bulk payment required under ex- new treasury short term certificates of indebtedness. Farmers Not to Be Exempted. A motion by Senator Gore to exempt farmers from the new war excess prof- its tax on individuals in trade or bus- iness was rejected by the committee. A new clause added to the war prof- its section provides a new standard for which would he based upon that of companies ROCKS AT HALIFAX Had 546 Wounded Soldiers on Board— All Were Saved. is| Halifax, N. S, Aug. 2.—Announce- ment was made today that a steamer with 546 wounded soldiers on board, had stranded in the harbor mouth vesterday during a fog. The ship was steaming at nearly full speed when land was sighted and orders to stop in Mine sweepers were sent fo the rescue and all of the wourded sol-} diers were safely transferred to the pier hospital in Halifax harbor. Attemp made to float the steamer at high tide last night wére unavail- inz and wreckers are continuirig their | efforts. It is stated that the strazd- ed. ship is lving easilv In a sheltered position and is in no Immediate dang- er. The crew remain on board. GENERAL DIMITRIEFF HAS RESIGNED HIS COMMAND Of the Russian Troops on the Riga Front—General Parsky to Succeed| Him. knows Lot Petrograd, Aug. 2.—General Radko Dimitrieff, commander of the Russian troops on the Riga front. has resigend his command of the Twelfth army. General Parsky will succeed him. that General Dimitrieff, who is a Bulga- rian, at the beginning of the war rep-| resented his coutry as minister to Russia. Immediately on the outbreak of hostilities he telegraphed his res- ignation to Sofia. and tendered his ser- vices o the Russian war office. His tender was gladly accepted. In Bulgaria Dimitrieff, who is as much of a politician as a soldier, was known as “Bulgaria’s Little Napo- leon.” X BODY OF AN OPERA SINGER WASHED ASHORE. Mi: Had Been Mi Baldwin, Mich., Aug. 2—The body of Miss Evangeline Barron, aged 29. Chicago opera singer, was washed ashore today not far from the hotel where she had been staying here. She Pad been missing since Tuesday, when an_empty boat, containing only her purse. drifted ashore near a danger- ous Jedge in Star lake. Tuesday af- ternoon the lake was unusually rough and Miss Barron is said to have been unable to swim and a novice at hand- g _boats. The coroner's jury re- turned a verdict of accidental death. Evangeline Barron of Chicago ng Since Tuesday. Re- was teau of the personal guards of Jefferson | Davis, is dead at the age of 83, at| | Richmond, Va. America’s ambulance service in | Condensed Telegrams One man in every six waived claim of exemption in Cleveland. Italy will soon appoint a permanent war mission to the United States. Amsterdam reports that 200 Germans in Antwerp refused to go to the front. A heavy rainstorm which lasted fivs hours broke the heat spell in Balti- more. Boston is following the advice of Herbert Hoover in starving the garb- age can. Six patients of an insane asylum at Trenton, N. J., escaped. Two were re- captured. Gold to the amount of $400,000 was th. San Francisco by shipped to Sub-Treasury According to reports to the Hus Ministry of Supplies the out'ook crops is bright. Postmaster Patten of New York has permitted the mall carriers to work in their shirt sleeves. Company D. 22d Erngineers, left for Spartanburg, 8. C.. to help make ready the big cantonment. Ford Automobile 735,000 autos during vear ended Tuesda Co. the The American steamship Montano | was sunk by a submarine. Tweny- two of the crew were saved Jerry J. Cohan, father of George M. | Cohan the actor, died at his home in| Monrce, Orange County. N. Thomzs A. men from the plant at Orange on account of the intense heat. N. Mayor Mitchel returned to his office | in the City Hall and said hjs vacaticn was over except for a few trips B home Justice of the Psace Garrett A gar shot_and killed at_his in Himrods Yates County, N. Y An unidentified ice come by the heat at terday and died a few man was over- | Waterbury yes- v hoars later. General Pershing arrived at the American training camp., accomp- anjed by three French generals Oscar Price, auditor for the Dept. was appointed director the next Liberty Loan. of the Interior. of publicity for Heavy rains greatly improved the growing crops in lowa the Dakotas, central and western Kansals and Ne- braska Kingdon Gould of Lakewood, N. J., will be called to Toms River for phys- ical examinatjon Monday. He is in the first draft. | William Tyson, of Nashville, Ga., a young farmer killed his bride and himself in fear that he would have to g0 to war. Richard M. Jone: ator and for 42 of Penn Charter school, Philadelphia. a widely known ears headmaster | is dead at| Lieutenant James R. Dickinson, one | France is in the thickest of the fight In July there were seven Americans killed by shell fir Joseph E. Corrigan, city magistra and Mrs. Margaret Faith Robinzon Haggin were married at the bride's | home at St. Leo, Fla. Bread cards will be introduced in France on Saturday ch adult_ will receive 500 grams of bread dally Children under 7 will receive 300 | grams. of Washington, son . Charles Smith, 6f George Otis Smith. director of the Tnited States Geological Survey. was drowned in Clough Pond, at London, N. H. Both steel and wooden ships must be built and built immediately, Rear-Ad- miral Capps, crairman of the emer- gency fleet, told shiphuilders at Wast ington. The third drowning in as many days took piace at Litchfield yesterday when | John Sepleski was tipped out of his| Pond. The body was | boat Be: recovered The Amercan. Consulate at Havana s sending pictures to newspapers in Cuba and to movie houses to aid in search for the missing school teache; Ruth Armstrong. The House of Commons will take a test vote on which will decide the par- ticipation of British laboratories in the | Russian-called _international Socalsts' | conference at Stockholm. The Ninth Regiment of Mass. hal a demonstration of war methods under | the direction of Canadians. Trenches | constructed by the guardsmen wera | blown up by the Canadians. German aliens interned at Angel Is- land, San Francisco. were refused the use of signal flags for amusement pi poses through an order {su the commandant of the island. Police Sergeant Vost fired a shot at | a cat In The Bronx that was affected | by the heat. The bullet killed the cat. | then grazed the cheek of Mrs. Nellje Bonder who was across the street. Major John B. Rose, of Newburgh, N. Y. was commissioned a colgnel hy Governor Whitman and was authoriz ed to raise an army of depot units to guard the length of the New York aqueduct. Philadelphia thought she was golnz to furnjsh Uncle Sam with at least one Adonis when conscript examiners pronounced Michael Minnick phys ally perfect. But Michael is an Aus trian subject. Mrs. William L.| Osborne Osborne, of Wilmette, a suburb of Chicago has r ceived notice of her appointment as an ensign in the United States navy. being one of the two women to hold such commissions in the United States. Superintendent of Schools Stanley H. Holmes, of New Britain, was ap- pointed chairman of a committee of the Connecticut State Council of De- Edjson sent home 3.000 | c Hartford. Conn., Aug 2.-—Among_the decisions handed down by the (‘on necticut supreme court today was one | finding_no error in the decision of [ Judge Milton A. Shumway in the = {of Cohn ana Roth of this city. aga the Hartford Bricklayers, Plaste and Masons Union and its affiliated bodies and the Hartford Building Trades Alliance. Conspiracy was al leged following a strike of men em ployed by the Cohn & Roth company who are building contractors. It was |alleged that the unions involved por suaded workmen of other trades to fust to work on buildings being con cted by them A restraining order was asked by the | Cohn & Roth Company and this was refused by Judge Shumway. The su- | preme court decision affirms that no conspiracy as alleged was proven. PRESIDENT TO COMMANDEER SHIPS Shipping Board Probably Will Announce Programme Within a Few Days T0 DIRECT TRADE ROUT The Ocean-Going Vessels Com: Back to Their Owners for Actual Operation Off Steel Exports to Japan Unless Japanese Vessels ES AND LOWER RATES mandeered Are to be Turmed will Diverted to War Uses.—The British and American Ge erments Have About Reached an Agreement for a Joint Control of All the World’s Tonnage. The to impera- Atla in Washington, Aug tive need of ships tic service was disc | e dications that the shipping hoard is preparing io commandeer all Amer- | can tonnage and in an order issued| by President Wilson which has th effect of cutting off sieel exports to Japan unless Japanese vessels are di- | verted to war us | The shipping board probably will | announce a commandeering pro-| gramme within a dags. It owill| all for the requisitioning of ships un- | der anthority recent iven to the presideni by congress and probably will nciude arrangements for turn- ing the vessels back to thelr owners for actual operation. The govern- ment, it is sald, has no desjre to op- erate the vessels itself, but through itrol of charters can divert trade | putes and at the same time can low freight r stwise tonn and vessels tak- American o be put supplies to en off Sonth to carrying would neutral prob Hot iy to v tonnage for food shipments. pending in _congress, b, FHolland amount | return for allled in A resoli- draw £ tion administration officizls, would vessels of foreign registry to ply be-| tween American ports. The Pritish and American govern- ments have abont reached an agree- ment for a joint control of all the world's tonna board's a ) ment. 1 irrs br ngen b British ¥ every plying the ring Jay export steel led used atrih o ¥ heen hipy freight no p fix comp! it thes SPECIAL COURSE FOR QUARTERMASTER'S CORPS Is to Bs Given at Camp Soon to Be Established. Washington, Aug. re men of the quartermaster's corps he war armies are to be given a spe- al course of training at a quager- master's camp soon to be established. Somewhere between 10,000 and 20.000 privates will be enrolled. presumably from among the men brought into ser- vice under the selective draft. T officers, 3.200 in number, will be se- of personnel nz camps. lected entirely from the the present officers’ trai The site of the quartermaster's camp and the detailed plans for selectin; enlisted personnel of the corps rem to be determined. A tract of about | 2,000 acres will be needed. The war department expects to announce the lceation soon An official announcemhent today made 1t ‘clear that the only way (o com missions In the quartermaster's corps i through the officers' training camps. | catlons for such commissions been considered since applica- tions for the first series of officers | camps opened in Apr DECISION FAVORS HARTFORD BUILDING TRADES ALLIANCE Handed Down by the Connecticut Su- preme Court Yesterday. DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING AND WIND AT MERIDEN. | Fruit Trees, Corn and Various Other Plants Were Levelled. Meriden, Conn. Aug. 2.—Lightning and wind raised havoc hera this even ing during a rainstorm which lasted 45 minutes. “A barn was struck by light- | ning and badly damaged by the fire which followed. Two dwellings alsh were struck by lightning but no seri- ous damage resulted. Fruit trees, corn and various other plants were leveled to the ground by the storm High tension wires were down nearly every section of the clty The large municipal flag was torn from its wire and ail that remains of it 1= a small section of the field with Ave lonely stars, PLACES FOR ALL MEN _ TRAINED AT PLATTSBURGH in If They Fail to Win Commission, They Will Get Non-Com. Appoint- ments. Plattsburgh, N. Y. Ang. 2- Instruc tions were received at the officers traing camp here today from the de partment of the east to notify men who fail tp win recommendations for commissions that they wil be sure of appointment as non-commissioned of ficers if they wii enter the new na- tional army. Expansion of th~ regu- lar army has resulted in a shortage of sergeants and corporals and 3,000 of them will be needed in the national army. They will not be required to fenise to be organized to care for the interests of aliens resident in this state. report at divisional headquarters un- til September 1. FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS LOCAL EXEMPTION About When Marriags Does Immunity from Conscript Washington, Aug. 2.—Lo a were formally instr 1 Marshal Gene wd they may wel 1 registrant r he examination, does not cre of dependency tif: from conscript The selective service law 1 fnatructions o Aepende charges a ais may r he for create it well hold imma mmated for mi h a “It s rds will exe in cases w unsevripul lated the A FURIOUS ELECTRIC STORM AT 0,000 Tobacco Plants Stripped Damage Estimated at § Windsor, C estimated at a aone th furions 1 h he str to escaped w Plants ground " vering w Tt was rey crop 1 Wind " 5 id the plant in S the storm covered In Windsor and South Wina !lightning put the « out of busine . trafe. In South Wir fired and destr . the hailstorm ¥ . enced in 21 TO IGNORE INTERNATION SOCIALIST Cc ENCE No Member of the Brit Sobe ment Will Atten ndon, Aug. 2—It 4 iy by Atiltie 5 cellor of the excheqtie of commons today the government we While the governm " upon its f attend e cided srantin dividuals B considerat t VEGETABLE CROPS GERMANY DA IN a Hurricane Sunday Crops Wers By Beaten A Amst orrespor ports that many s hurricane on damage In the many. Many ed, thousands ed, field and garden produc . where suffered enormously, oere crops were beaten down and destr ed and fruit trees were torn up. rdam lent o a