Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 7, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 288 s NORWICH, CONN, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7. 1917 & PAGES—64 COLUMNS PR|6E TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circu LENS FALLING THE BRITISH NET The Canadians Moved Forward Slightly to the Wegt and Southwest of the Town Monday NO FIGHTING ON A LARGE SCALE REPORTED Russian Retirement in Bukowina is:Slackening—German At- tacks Against the British Lines at Hollebeke Were Re- pulsed—British Airmen Carried Out Successful Bombing Raids and Other Work—The Changes in the German Imperial Cabinet and the Prussian Ministry Are Not Looked Upon Kindly by the Liberal Press of Germany— New Foreign Secretary is less Submarine Warfare. The Russian retirement in BuKo- wina is slackening somewhat, while the Anglo-French and German armies in Flanders _with more favorable weather, are feeling out each other's strength. On no front was there fighting on a large scale Monday. Further attacks by the Germans against the British lines at Hollebeke, in the Ypres salient between Ypres and Warneton, were repulsed by Field Marshal Haig’s men and the Teutons gained nothing. Crown Prince Rup- precht also met with failure in an as. sault against the British at Westhoel directly west of Ypres. British airmen tock the air Mon day and Field Marshal Haig's late report says they carried out succes ful bombing raids and other work. The latter activity probably was the photographing of the new German Do- sitions and the gaining of other fn- formation in preparation for another effort by the British. Five airplanes of the Teutonic forces were sent down and three others were forced to des- cend out of control. Only one Brit- ish machine Is reported missine. Lens, the coal center north of Ar- Said to be Opposed to Ruth- ras, is siow!: failing into the British net. After their success of Sunday, the Canadians again moved slightly to the west and southwest of the town on Monday. Severs losses were inflicted on the Germans when they attempted to raid north of Arleux, southwest of Lens, and west of Vimy. From St. Quentin to Verdun on the French front artillery duels have been in pro- sress. Apparently the Russians are holding intact their line north of the Dniester and, Berlin reports, they are preparing to give battle to the advancing enemy between the Dniester and the Pruth. Berlin claims no successes north of the Pruth, but the Russians, fighting vigorously are retiring from the Pruth southward to the Rumanian frontler. The changes in the German imper: ial cabinet and the Prussian ministry are not looked upon kindly by the lib- cral press of Germany. Berlin news- papers agree that the old bureaucracy still is in power and that no step in the direction of responsibility to par- liament has been taken. Dr. von Kuehlmann, the new forelgn secretary, is reported to be an opponent of the ruthless submarine warfare. INVESTIGATING CHARGES AGAINST GOV. FERGUSON. Financial Status of Chief Executive of Texas Brought Out. Austin, Tex., Aug. 6.—Deposits of state funds in the Temple State bank, of which Governor James on formerly was president, and in which he is a large stockholder, today occu- pied the attention of the house of rep- resentatives, sitting as committee of the whole 16 investigate charges 100k- ing to the impeachment of chief exscutive. Henry Blum, istant cashier, told how the governor the | secretary of state and tie banking commissioner deposited large the Temple institution, at sun one time | several hundred thousand dollars of state funds being on deposit there. Blum proved a reticent witness. When asked about the payment on Aug. 23, 1916, of 35,606 from the ac count of Mr. Ferguson, as governor, he could remember nothing of it except thet an error had been discovered in the balances. The gov s charged by indictment with embezzling $5,600 on Aug. 23, 1916. W. A. Hanger, counsei for Mr. Fer- guson, asked Blum if the governor in addition to the governor's account did not also have a special account lied affirm- private account. Blum rep atively. “Tll ask you” said Hanger, after suggesting that probably the sum had been charged to the “goverror's fund” by error, “to say what amount the governor had on deposit in his special aocount on Aug “Forty doilars replied Blum wi Counsel for the hou the ~svernor was in his private account on two cents,” Providence, R —The Bel- war mission, ch came here from Boston without Baron Monchaur, its chief, today was officialiy received by state and city officia ter a tion, members statehouse, r San Souci and omed_them, demonetration at the st of the party went t where Acting Govern the governor's staff we Lieuterant General Leclerq respon ed to addresses in behalf of the mis- ston Baron Monchaur is to spend_ eev- eral days with friends on*the Maine coast before rejoining the mission at Washington. BIDS FOR THREE ISSUES WATERBURY CITY BONDS They Aggregate $1,250,000 and Bear 4/ Per Cent. Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 6.— Bids for three issues of city bonds, aggregating $1 250,000, were cpened and awarded by the board of aldermen tonight. The jssues consisted of $600.000 for the new high school, $450,000 water bonds 4 $200,000 sewerage bonds. The interest on all the issues is per cent. and the payments © a long term of years. LESS THAN 5000 MEN NEEDED FOR REGULAR ARMY. Since April 1st 179,350 Men Have En- ted Washington, Aug. 6.—Less than 5,000 men are needed to complete the quota ar 1% extend of all the states for the regular arsy. Recruits accepted Saturday and Sun- aay numbered 1400. The total since April 1 is 179350, leaving 4,3 to be enostac WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD WORKING OUT DETAILS Held Its First Conference With Pres- ident Wilson Yesterday. Washington, Aug. 6—The new war industries board held its first confer- ence with President Wilson today and took up in general the problems it must face in the purchase of war sup- plies for this government and the al- lies. The president indicated his idea of the board’s functions. One of the points decided was that the allies of the United States should be given the same advantages in the purchases of war materials as this country enjoys. The board will meet again tomorrow to discuss its plans in sreater retail. Members of the Scott, Bernard M. Baruch, Frayne, Robert S. Brookings, s. Lovett, Lieutenant Colonel Palmer E. Pierce’ and Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher. Secretary Daniels also at- tended the conference. The question of co-ordinating Amer- can and allied purchases will be one of the first tq be taken up by the hoard: At tomorrrow’s meeting a gen- eral plan probably will be outlined, Allied purchases soon will be made by Bernard Baruch, who is to be des- ignated by the allied governments as their Duving commissioner. At the same time he will be chairman of a purchasing commission for the Amer- ican government to be formed of members of the war board with Her- bert Hoover as a member in charge of food_purchases. Officials believe that ultimately a system may be evolved under which one man will do all the American and allied buying, members of the war board serving as advisors. Legisla- tion would be required, however, be- fore the government deprtments could delegate purchases to any person outside of their organizations. ARIZONA S. F. OF L. SENDS TELEGRAM TO PRESIDENT board are Frank Asking What Action He Intends to Take About Deportation of Members of I W. W. Cliffon, Ariz, Aug. 8.—A telegram to President Wilson asking what ac- tion he intended with reference to the deportation of 1,200 alleged members of the Industrial Workers of the World and their sympathizers from Bisbee, was sent today by the Arizona State Federation of Labor, in convention here. John L. Donnelly, president of the federation, declared’ the deportatio: was a “beckoning finger to revolution Drifting Away from Columbus. San_Antonio, Tex. Aug. 6.—Indus- trial Workers of the World refugees gradually are drifting away from Co- lumbus, N. M. where they recently were deported from Bisbee, Ariz, ace cording to reports to the southern de- partment of the army received here to- day. Of the original 1,200 sent there, approximately 1,000 now have left. They are mot under restraint and are free to go. INCREASED USE OF INLAND WATERWAYS To Carry War Traffic Advocated by Secretary Redfield. s. Washington, Aug. Increased use of inland waterways to carry war trafic was advocated by Secretary Redfield in a_ statemen announcing that Walter Parker, secretary of the New Orlean Association of Commerce, had started a tour of the lower Missis- sippl. Kentucky and Ohio rivers to stir up interest in river frelghy trans- portation. He is a special assBtant to the secreary in this work. § oruich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. L AR Cabled Paragraphs Rebellious Russians Arrested. Petrograd, Aug. 6—The ministry of justice has ordered the arrest of Leon tzky and M. Dunacharsky for the part they played in the uprising here last month. The men are international socialists and leaders in the council of workmen's and soldiers’ delegates. SLACKERS SENTENCED IN U. S. DISTRICT COURT AT HARTFORD. Penalties Rranging from Six Months Down to One Day Were Imposed. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 6.—Sentences ranging from six months down to gne day were imposed in the United States district court in a special session here today by Judge Edwin S. Thomas on men who failed to register for the se- lective draft on June 5. Anthony Grasnitzki of Bristol was sent to the Windham county jail for six months. ized this case as the most flagrant brought before him. The man de- clared he had rather g0 to jail than fight for the United States. He was born in Russia August Hopke was given four months in jail. He thought because he was an alien tRat he did not need to res! ter. Willlam Zazrikas of Waterbur, coal miner, born in Poland, did not register, bat would now. ' He John Helmi terbury, who had been giyen tunity” to, register but refused, given two months. Sylvester Dowd of New Haven, who failed to report on time but tried to on June 23, was sentenced to one day in jail at New Haven, and the same penalty was meted out to Hamman Memmisco of Waterbury. He waited for the registry officers to come to him. Guiseppi Garcisco of Waterbu sdid he did not believe in war and was sent to jail for one morth. Owen Clarke of Hartford, who said he was ill on June 5, but who failed later to register, was given two months. John Stroneck of Waterbury was in a wood camp and did not know of the araft, he sald. He pleaded not guilty and his case was not disposed of. Two others who pleaded not guilty will be tried later. SOLDIERS MAY VOTE REGARDLESS OF LOCATION If Their Respective States Establish Voting Machinery at Camps Washington, Aug. 16.—American citizen soldiers, whether located in cantonments of the niational armv, mobilization centers of the national guard or even in France with the c peditionary forces, may vote at the fall elections if their respective states establish voting machinery at the camps. Provost Marshal-General _Crowder said tonight that there was no bar to the voting of guardsmen or drafted soldiers so far as the federal goven:- ment was concerned and that the only obstacle would be the absence of state legislation on the subject. Many states have laws in some cases dating back to the Civil War, permit- ting citizens under arms to vote when away from the home precinct. Last fall while the national guard was mob- ilized on the Mexican border other states enacted legislation permitting the troops to cast ballots in ntaional, state and municipal elections. Sub- stantiaily, the same process will be followed this fall, ballots of soldiers from states making the necessary ar- rangement being mailed from the camp or_cantonment. Ever state is the judge of the vot- ing qualifications of its electors, but in the absence of a presidential or con- gressional campaign it is doubtful if many states will care to undertake polling any of their men who may be in France this year. MRS. BIANCA DE SAULLES EXAMINED BY PHYSICIANS To Determine if Her Health is Impaired by Confinement in Jail. Mineola, L. I, Aug. 6.—Three physi- clans late today examined Mrs. Bianca De Saulles, at the request of her at- torney, Henry A. Uterhardt, to de- termine if her health was being im- paired by confinement in the Nassau County jail here, where she is awaiting action by the grand jury on a charge of killing her former husband, John L. De Saulles. The physicians will report the re- sult of their examination tomorrow. it was announced. If it shows the wo- man’'s health to be endangered, Mr. Uterhardt said, he will go immedeiate: ly before theé supreme court in Brooklyn in an effort to have her mitted to bail. Mr. Uterhardt stated that he feared Mrs. De Saulles near a physical anc mental collapse as a result of brooding over separation from her four-year- ing old son, the custody of whom led to the shooting at De Saulles’ summor home on Long Island. The attorney said she was considerably cheored i when he informed her that the boy {at the home of relatives of*his father {at Briarcliff Manor, N. Y. It had been |feared. he said, that the boy had bLeen removed from the state. An effort will be made. the attorney announced, to arrange for the boy to visit his mother. BERLIN PRESS COMMENT ON NEW MINISTERS. No Great Advance Made of Parliamentarism. Direction Amsterdam, Aug. 6.—The comment of the Berlin newspapers on the new appointments of imperial nad Prus- sian ministers take the line that no great advance has been made in the direction of parliamentarism The Tageblatt regards the c¢hanges as unimportant for the development of the empire. The Vossische Zeitung savs the new government is not fo give the impression of being of the parliamentary order. The Volks Zeit- ung comments that the most favoraj ble thing that can be said about the development is that there has been an infusion of fresh blood into the bu- reaucracy DEPUTIES CAPTURED HALF CARLOAD OF DYNAMITE. Believed to Have Been Brought Oklahoma in Scheme of Terrorization. Henryetta, Okla, Aug. 6.—A half carload of dynamite was captured by deputy sheriffs today at Spaulding, seven miles northeast of Sasakwa, as it was being run in on a siding. The explosive was believed to have been brought into the county by memPers of Working Class union to aid their, scheme of terrorization, according to the deputies. s District Attorney ‘Spellacy character- ! 1 a to| Army Open to - RULING BY PROVOST MARSHAL. GENERAL CROWDER MAY NOW VOLUNTEER To be Promptly Accepted for Service Upon Waiving Their Rights of Ex- Nationality—Telegram emption on Sent to Governors. Washington, Aug. 6.—The ranks of the new national army were opened formally today to iriendly aliens as volunteers. A ruling by Provost Marshal-General Crowder communi- cated to the local selection hoards di- rects that all such aliens who waive rights of exemption on nation- © be promptly accepted for service. Crowder sent this tele- j&ram to the governor: Crowder’s Telegram to Governors. Reports reaching this office recent- Iy indicate that in some quarters the Lelief prevails that friendly aliens who have not declared their intention to become citizens, but are ready and willing to serve, are disqualified from entering the military service of the United States and therefore that they must take out first papers before they Dbe accepted. It is to be resret- ted that such a misunderstanding should have arisen. The qualifications for voluntary enlistment in time of war are ro more restricted for service in the new national army than for the regular army Such alien non-de- clarants are virtually volunteers. The selective service act provided for their |rezistration: but it did not regard them as being under any Hability to serve, and it therefore, gave them full liberty to claim exemption when called Dby local boards. ' Now that informa- tion reveals their willingness in large numbers to decline the exemption and to accept service in this war against the common enemy of our civilization, it should be fullv understood that their service is heartily welcomed and they should be atcepted whenever up- on ‘summons they fail to clalm their right of”exemption. The More the Better. “They are assisting the cause of their own country by aiding the Unit- ed States to triumph in the war. The more of them that enter the service the better, for in this way will be re- moved the cause of dissatisfaction heard in some quarters, that although the quota was based on total popu- lation, including aliens, the actual draft reached only citizens and de- clarants. “Local boards are directed to facill- tate in every way the acceptance of friendly alien non-declarants for mil- itary service and thus enable them to do their share tp assist the country which has given them a refuge and an honorable living.” General Crowder's office issued also instructions to guide registered men Who are elther at officers’ training camps or who have applied for admis- sion to the second serfes of these camps, which will open this month. There has been considerable question in the minds of these men as to how they should proceed. Instructions to Local Board: The instructions to local boards di- rect that where a candidate at a training camp is called by his local board for physical examination he may procure a certificate from Dis com- manding officer, showing that he has been examined, and file that with the board Instead of making personal ap- pearance in response to the summons. The board will thereafter treat him as found qualified for service, unless application of exemption is filed sub- sequently in his behalf. It the candidate wins a commission at the camp after he had been called by the board for examination but be- fore he js actually drafted, he is re- quired to furnish a certificate from his commanding officer, showing his appointment. The state adjntant-gen- eral then will credit the board with one dratted man. 1f the candidate is not commission- ed before his local board calls him for military duty, he must report to the board unless the war department shall have ordered him to duty at the train- ing camp, in which event credit will se given the board involved on its quoto in the draft, Where the candidate has been com- missioned before he is called by the Dboard, he is required to file certificates showing his status and also an appli- cation for exemption on the ground | that he is already in the military ser- vice. In that event he is exempted, but does not figure in the credit ac- count of his district. Status of Men Paying Alimony. There was some discussion today as to the status of divorced men who are paving alimony. It has been suggest- ©d that in some cases the former wives of such men are solely dependent up- on the alimony pavments and the re- moval of the men would work hard- | ship upon them. No specific request | for a ruling has been received, but it {is resardea as probable that 1f the question is raised, the same rule that applies to all other discharges for de- pendents would fit the case. Tt is taking away a bread winner. If the 525 a month which a soldier can spare om his salary will provide ade- quately for his home responsibilities, however, he will not be released from military_service, so each case must be considered on its merits GREEK STEAMSHIP SUNK BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE. Captain and Crew Picked Up by an American Destroyer, New York, Aug. 6—The Greek steamship Carilaos Tricoupls, 2.475 tons gross, owned by the National Steam Navigation company of Greece, Was sunk July 13 by a German sub- marine, according to a cable recelved here today by agents of the line. Cap- tain Goulandris and his crew of 35 were picked up and landed at a British port by an American destroyer. Maritime records show no recemt movements of the vessel and agents of the line say they understand she had been chartered to the British govern- ment. The vessel was built in 1892, in Sunderland and was 300 feet long with 2 40 foat neam. Friendly Aliens| For Draft Resisters Treason Warrants FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PUN- ISH OFFENDERS IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA U. S. District Attorney to Death Penalty be Men Are Determined to Run Down All Leaders Now Hiding in the Hills. Ask That Imposed—Posse Okitahoma City, Okla, Aug. 6— Without waiting for a conclusion of the state’s campaign against organized iresistance to the selective draft in central Oklahoma, the United States government today moved to punish the 200 men under arrest in connection with armed opposition to military ser- vice. Warrants charging treason were served on the prisoners, who were taken to the penitentiary at McAlester, or the jail at Muskogee, to await trial, at which United States District Attor- ney W. P. McGinnis will ask that the death penalty be imposed. Extreme Punishment to Be Asked. Announcement that extreme punish- ment would be asked was expected to aid materially in bringing to terms the few resisters still sheltered in _ the hills. Posses in three counties—Sem- inole; Hughes and Pottawatomie—re- ported tonight hat isolated ‘group: refused to surrender, but that they apparently were discouraged and seek- ing to avold an encounter. Except for the fact that several agitators, re- garded as leaders in the disturbance and dangerous to remain at large, are among those maintaining a show of resistance, the authorities would be inclined to let the bands break up, con- fident that the less important members could be arrested later. To Run Down All Leaders. Determination of the posse men to run down all the leaders was strength- ened today by confiscation of half a freight car of dynamite which had been run on a siding southeast of Sasakwa, in Seminole county. An in- vestigation is being made (o establish ownership. The car was unaccompa- nied. Clashes between the resisters and posses have cost three lives and nu- merous injuries. Two objectors to the draft have been killed and a traveler was shot when he failed to heed a posse’s warning to halt. Who the Agitators Are. Development of the causes of the outbreak, and of the forces behind it, is expected tomorrow when the men in custody are arraigned before a United States commissioner at Mc- Alester. It has been learned that un- rest has existed in the affected dis- trict for more than two years. Agi- tators belonging to the “Working Class union,” the “Jones Family” and similar organizations cultivated dis content due to economic conditions of the poor tenant farmer class and when drawings were made for the national army the outbreak resulted. The prisoners were moved to Mec- Alester and Muskogee from the small jails in the counties where they were arrested because it was feared an at- tempt in force might be made to rescue them. SKIRMISH BETWEEN CITIZENS AND OBJECTORS. William McCuen, a Deputy, Was Wounded Slightly. Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 65— Sherifft Turner, at Holdenville, late tonight reported a skirmish between citizens and objectors, in which Wil- liam McCuen, a deputy, was wounded slightly. Correspondence found at Holdenville included circular letters from the state officers of the Working Class union in- dicating that the membership of the organization might be as high as 2 000. Officers were inclined to believ the number too large for Oklahoma alone. Most of the letters appealed for financial assistance. PRESIDENT URGES HASTE IN_FOOD CONTROL BILL. Had a Long Conference With Senator Lewis, the Democratic Whip. Washington,- Aug. 6. — President Wilson_kad a long conference today with Senator Lewis, the democratic whip, urging haste in the final enact- ment of the food control bill and reve- nue bills, and is understood to have indicated he does not consider the present the time for discussion of peace negotiations with Germany. Senator Lewis would not discuss the latter phase of the case, but it was believed the president indicated that he did not consider Germany’s recent peace feelers to be genuine and that he can be expected to let the country know when he believes the time has come for discussing peace. Senator Lewis declared the president would not | allow the American people to lose any rights or suffer any wrongs which “his diligence could prevent.” The Ilinois senator told the presi- dent he believed congress could ad- | Journ Sept. 1st. | After he left the White House, Sen- ator Lewis said: “The conference was on the general ‘egislative situation. The president | is ‘anxious that everything possible be aone to straighten the war legislation 0 that congress and officials shall get come rest before the December session begins. Particularly does he desire ghat the officers of the senate press to finish the food bill and the reve- nue bill. He wished me to convey his Aesires to the senators.” Asked whether he had discussed peace and international relations, Sen- ator Lewis said “On that subject T do not quote the president but do say for myself that when the true signs of peace, based on the principles for which America went into this war, shall appear, the presi- dent will be the first to ‘treat with them: but when they shall come dis- guised as peace—only to serve the fur- ther cruelties of war—and the be- trayal of America, Woodrow Wllson will be the last to be caught. “The country will hear from the president on peace or war just as soon as truth or any new actual conditions ‘call for him to take congress and the people into his confidence. He will al- low the American people to lose no rights nor suffer any wrongs his dili- anca would prasant, . 7 Condensed Telegrams William De Adder, of Seligman Ariz., caught a snow-white badger. Senators Stone and Reed of - Mis- souri, are under fire for opposing war aims. The Brookiyn Society of Artists has voted to paint for the benefit of the Red Cross. The Dutch cruiser Zeeland is at Cristobal awaiting passage through the Panama Canal. The Long Island Railroad’s report for June shows an increased net in- come of §8,921.31. A big hospital ship w; the rocks “near Halifax”. tients were rescued. wrecked on Ali the pa- The Long Island Railroad has women employed as operators ticket agents, stenographers, ete. It is announced officially that fifteen cases of bubonic plague were discov- ered in Lima Peru, during July. George W. Perkins will be appointel by Mayor Mitchel as Commissioner of Markets for the city of New york. Russia’s national debt, which at th beginning of the war was 9 000,000 rubles. is estimated at 00 0,000,000,000. Missouri's corn crop, estimated at 23000,000 bushels, will be 8000.000 bushels in excess of that of last year Seven sons of the Rev. George Dunbar, a retired clergyman of Bedford, are serving their country the war. 2} in While trying to act as cemakar in a pool room, John Rellontini. of | Brooklyn was shot and seriously wounded. The Canadian Senate second reading the thereby insuring its Parliament. dvanced to conscription ack passage throuzh Mrs. Sva Nephal, of New York, was run down by a taxicab driven by John Martin_of New York, at Fourth Ave nue and 23d Street. New Zealand's war expenditures t> the end of March was $110375.000, nf which $22,500.000 had been paid to the Imperial Government. The British schooner Ada Tow ashore on the west coast of Africa. She sailed from an_American port The Tower registers 528 tons, Baby Jack De Saulles is hidden from his mother. who was driven to the murder of his father by the fear that she would lose her child. The Emergency Fleet Corporation formally _requisitioned _all merchant vessels of more than 3,500 tons now building in American shipyards. Philip O’Brien, 72 years old, a former policeman, is dead at his home in Rockaway Beach from injuries re- ceived when struck by a trolley train. To_establish the eastern lobster on the Pacific Coast, as was done witn the striped bass many vears ago, 5.400 Maine lobsters were liberated off Orcas Island. The Erie Railroad made a plea through A. J. Stone, vice president, to its employes against taking part in what is termed a ‘campalign of mis- representation.” London school teachers, 21.0000, have been presented with copies of President Wilson’s address to Congress embodying his new decla- ration for freedom. numbering Although Colonel Wm. de Hertburn Washington, a collateral descendant of George Washington was the author of a book entitled “Progress and Pros- perity” he died insolvent. A small army of workmen is busy getting the camp on Long Island, near Yaphank, into shape for the army of youths who will occupy it following their selections in the draft. Tuan Chi-Jui, China’s Premier, has Issued a statement declaring himself a strong advocate of a republic, an- nouncing that the government pro- poses to form a new parliament. ive hundred clerks, 400 stenograph- ers, 150 storekeepers, 50 cooks, 100 bakers. 30 butchers, 200 teamsters and 400 skilled laborers are wanted at once for the United States army. More than seventy per cent of the men examined in New York Saturddy for the draft army passed the physic al examination. Of £,500 men examin- ed more than 4,300 met the require- ments. The Bronx Board of Trade protestea against the custom of “storing” ele- vated railway cars during “non-rush” hours on the extension of the Second and Third Avenue Lines in RBergen Avenue. Justice Wi am J. Carr, of the Ap- pellate Division of the Supreme Court, died at his summer home at Gooa ‘Ground, L. I. He served in rious court capacities for upward 20 years va of Kaylestrat Meirenchuk, 31 years old, was sent to the workhouse for 60 dave for tearing down an American flag draped about a stand at a Russian Protestant prayer meeting in Avanue A, New York Legislation to enable aliens who are in the military forces of the United States to obtain their final citizenship papers without personal application to the courts is proposed in a House bill introduced by Hulbert of New York. The sinking of the barge Norman, with a cargo of 1,500 tons of coal con signed to Boston, which occurred off Chatham Saturday, was reported terday on-the arrival of the tug which had the Norman in tow. Her crew of three men were saved. Louis Watson, an army cook at- tached to the Sixth company, United States Coast artillery. statibned af Fort Hancock. vester: shot and killed Mrs. Anna Willia widow in her apartment, and then turned the revolver on himself. Physicians be- lieve he will Gie. Jealousy in said to have been the ca First Fifty Men Claimed Exemptlon. Denver, Col, Aug. 6.—Of the first 50 men examined todav under the select- ive draft law in Denver, all claimed exemption. The' boards decline to give out figures on the number who had messad tha Rbvsical esamination. BITTER DEBATE ON FOOD CONTROL BILL Sharp Clash Between Senator Chamberlain, Adminis- tration Manager, and Senator Gore REPUBLICANS READY FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION Most of the Debate Was Occupied by Democratic Senator Opposing Approval of the Conference Report—Striking Out of Provision for a Congressional Committee 1« Supervise War Expenditures a Bone of Contention Administration Leaders and Some of the Chief Officia Say the Bill Will be Disposed of Tomorrow ference Reports on the Priority Shipment Bill and th Bill Increasing the Membership of the Interstate Con merce Commission Adopted by the Senate Washington, Aug. 6.—Resumption of A Both Ready for President’s Signature. nd senate debate today on the conference | Lincoln with u cong report of the administration focd con- | tee on the condu trol bill was marked by bitter exchange |4 warning of w between those advocating and those | be expected fr opposing the legi. tion After a day's | committee discussion of the bill as finally drafted | Senator W by the conferees, administration lead- | congressiona : eis and some of the chief opponents | Civil war had excee saia it would be disposed of \Wednes- | attempted Senator Chamberlain, the adminis- Most of toda tration manager, and Senator Gore, | scratic se who has been prominent in the oppo- | proval of the conf sition, clashed sharply during the de- | republicans we bate, after Senator Reed had made |to be & au another speech of more than three | favorable act ours, attackl rcasure and Her- LA fffl"‘ C. u«,(’.‘\flfmf\fle.? Sinator Gore | PRIORTY SHIPMENT BIL imputed that the senate conferees had SIGNAT vielded the senate judgment to that READY FOR s Chamberiain, declared that consistent of the president, Senator in a vehement speech, the Oklahoma senator had Iy obstructed the food bill and also other administration measures. ‘[ had rather be charged with fol- lowing in the footsteps of the distin- guished president of the United States in the conduct of the war,” said the Oregon senator, “crawling, if you please, on my knees, and licking #he dust from his feet, as has been sug- gested here! than to stand in opposi- tion to him and to be concerting, to be conspiring with and treating with the enemies of the president.” Senator Gore denled obstructing the bill, or, as Senator Chamrebrain haa suggested, the army draft law. Senator Holils, who served promi- nently in drafting the so-called “lead- ers'’ compromise” bill in the senate, announced that he would vote against the conference report because of elim- ination of his amendment designed to exempt labor unions from the pro- visions of the bill, Recession of the eenate conferees on the provision for a congressional com- mittee to supervise war expenditures, stricken out largely because of the president’s strong opposition, was de- nounced by fended by Woicott. Senator Willlams declared that there ie either more intended than is app ent in the language of the proposal to create the joint committee on war ex- penditures or it is unnecessar enator Hardwick and de- ators Williams and Sen: “If it has any ulterior purpose, what is it?" he demanded. ‘It may be to display suspicion and create lack of trust in the executive whose duty it is to carry on the war.” The Mississippi senator declared that were he the presiden: and such g committee were uthorized by congress he would veto the measure and tell them he was re- sponsible to the people who elected him and that he regarded such an act as lack of confidence. He pointed out that congress already has power to in- vestigate every item of expenditi gz Bill Increasing Membership of Commission Also Passe Washing ports on the pri the bill increasin the Inters! from seven today b acted, and the president to Siiise Power Given President Under the pri is empowered Interstate Commerce such persons as he that preference be g carriers in the transpor: commodities as he ma to the natlonal defense made for the main roads of a centra ton, such as board, to car priority orders Interference Obstruction or § orderly movement eign comme: alty of fine a there is a prov bill_shall be modify that anti-trust law strike peacefy demands. Increases The Interstate sion, under the nine members, into as many deemed necessar ministrative w to orde is Forb 1 in 1. C. Commiss ings relating to the reaso. rates or alleged discr a ever, not less r ree must participate hearings five m increase in railroad £ allowed to become =fr. January 1, 1920, wit been approve CONFERENCE OF DANBURY HATTERS AND EMPLOYERS Brought About by Federal Mediator— May Adjust Differences. Danbury, Conn., Aug. f.—Possibility of ending the labor difficulties be tween the hat manufacturers of this city and their men loomed up today as a result of a joint session of rephe- sentatives of emplo; and workm The conference was brought about by Robert M. McWade, a_federal media- tor, sent here from Washington Mr. McWade has been here since Saturday endeavoring to get the em- ployers and men together, and late to- day succeeded in this effort. Some of the hatters’ union and representatives of the six shops who had declared their intention of dealing only through a strictly local organization of their men met_and formed a tentative basis for further conferences. Reaching that nt, adjournment was taken until tomorrow morning In bringing the parties together, Mr. McWade appealed to the patriotism of ach, deploring the situation or dead lock or strike at this time when the country needed the labors of all to further the national effort to win the war. 201 CASES OF DIPHTHERIA REPORTED AT NEWPORT Sale of lce Cream Has Been Prohibi- ted as a Precaution. Newport, R. I, Aug. 6—The sale cf ice cream was prohibited throughout the city today as one step in the ef- tort to stamp out the epidemic of diphtheria which has prevailed for | six_days g Thirty-eizht new cases were report ed today, making the total 201 $800,000 TO MEET SANITARY REQUIREMENTS Has Been Appropriated by the Amer- *ican Red Cross for Cantonment Washington, Aug. 6—The American Red Cross has appropriated $500,000 to meet sanitary emorgencies in the civilian areas surrounding army cin- tonments. The work will be done by a newly created bureau of sanitary service with Dr. W. H. Frost, sur- geon of the public health service, as)$750,000, the cost of constru director. v e I A NEW HIGH RECORD FOR MONEY IN CIRCL An Increase of 22 Per Cent. Within Year—Per Capita Now $46.5 Washington, Aug. f culation in United States . new high record Aug that date was $4 54,4 crease of nearly 23 " year. This not he treasury, w total up to $5,513,20 The per capita was $46.53 he AVIATOR WELLS KILLED AT HUNTIN y Blows from the Prope Start It by Hand ¥ New York, Aug training witk flying corps patrol blows from the proj afrplane when hand upon the f 4 starter to work. T are thought to h them, fracturing ng his arm Wells, who be married tormerly in the American for. of Vera Cruz. i Brookiyn COLLIER COST $750,000 SOLD FOR $2.000,000 The Deepwater, Said to Be the Largest of Its Type & = water, 8aid to be t * this type constructed merchan: marine, has bee Ameérican and lialian Steam pany by Darrow Mann & this city, it was announced price was $2,000,100, as co aral vears as~