Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 8, 1917, Page 1

LIX—NO. 289 The Bulletin’s NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1917 8 PAGES— 64 COLUMNS CANADIANS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF LENS Germans Are Endt;,avoring to Keep Them Back by the Use of Cu rtain Fires HOSTILITIES ON WEST FRONT AT A STANDSTILL The Austro-Germans Have Begun in Southern Moldavia a Manoeuvre Which May Endanger the Russo-Rumanian Line Barring the Way to Bessarabia—In Rumania Two Russian Regiments Turned Tractor and Fled, Compelling the Main Forces of the Russians to Retire Several Miles— _Teutons Are Harvesting Crops Left Behind by the Flee- ing Russians—Artillery Duels Continue in Both the Austro-Italian and Macedonian Theatres. g Russian theatre, tho onts are virtually Bombardments. at attained fairly violent i here and there small r0euvres have occurred on ont in Flanders but as yet the jons have not taken on the as ntemplated resumption of ed drive which the bad ast weelk brought to an weather abrupt end. The Canadians aperating against Lens have again made thrusts of a accessful nature into the environs of he slready compassed coal center, ch epparently cannot long with- stand capitulation. By the use of cur- tain fires the Germans are endeavoring 0 keep back further encroachments in- to their terrain herae but even with this fire against them the intrepid Canadi- ans continue almost daily to extend thelr saps and now are firmly ensconc- ed in the south and west outskirts of The aspirations of the German crown prince to win territory against General Petain’s forces on the southern front in France have not yet been achieved. In the Champagne Tegion the French have penetrated German lines at three places and. on the famous Avocourt Wood, Hill 804, sector of the Verdun front have put down with losses an attempt at an attack. Having been enabled, mainly through in the Russian arm: sians out of the greater a and Bukowina, the Aus- tro-Germans now have begun in south- ern Moldavia a manoeuvre the suc- cess of which would be of vast import against the Russo-Rumanian line bar- ring the way to Bessarabla. At Fok- shani the enemy has struck a swift blow at the defenders of the line and forced them across the river Tyriad- esus, thereby threatening the crossin® of the lower Danube still remaining in Rumanian possession. A number of guns of various calibres and 1300 prisoners were taken by the invaders. To the north, along the Bystritza river in Rumania, two Russian regi- ments turned traitor and fled, com- pelling the main forces of the Russians here to retire again several miles. Near Kimpolung, in southern Buko- wina. the Russians gave battle on the heights of Molitz but were defeated and forced to cede terrain. At sev- eral points farther north the Russians are in touch with enemy and ap- parently are more than holding their own, on several sectors having driven back the Teutonic advanced posts. Taking advantage of the retreat of the Russians west of the Zbrocz river, where the disaffection in General Brus- siloff’s army made it virtually a rout, the Austrians and Germans are har- vesting hastily the crops left behind. Artillery duels continue to be the chief factors of warfare in both the Austro-Italian and Macedonian the- atres. Severe fighting is taking place in southwestern German East Africa. As yet it has reached no definite re- sult, although the British have gain- ed some ground. DITIONS NORMAL IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA. Fifty More Draft Resisters Wers Ar- rested Yesterday. Oklanoma City, Okia., Aug. 7.—Con- at a majority of the residents of ! Oklahoma are loyal to the ing to do mili- bite organized resist- £t on the part of a Tuw, ight by Rovernor 'ams in commenting on normal conditions vir- en restored in the coun- o three men have been killed orts of posses to quell oppo- n to the draft not want to send troops in resort,” the the citizens law and order.” resisters were ar- ng two alleged nd a man named ounced that_Roy nd_John Barn- said to be organizers Class union,” were men for whom the govern- ask the death penaity on of treaso INVESTIGATION OF FLOUR MILLING INDUSTRY BEGUN. Arrangements Made to Inspect Books of Grain Commission Firms. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 7.—Arrange- ments were completed late today for an_inspection of the hooks of grain commission firms here as a part of the nvestigation into the flour milling in- dustry beinz made by representatives of the federal trade commimion. The expense involved in the movement of wheat from country elevators to the mills will be determined by examining into freight charges, commissions paid for handling, switching and fompection charges and interest on drafts. Dr. B. O. Merchant, head of the commiesion, und his assistants attend- @ da meéting of millers today, at which they were assured they would be ex- tended every possible assistance. MUNICIPAL MARKET IN SPRINGFIELD A SUCCESS Many of the Froduce Venders Were Sold Out Before 630 a. m. Springficld, Mags., Aug. 7.—Spring- field’s municipal market opened 8o suc- cessfully this morning that many of the produce venders were sold out be- fort 6.30 o'clock the official hour of opening. The market, established by a special citv council committes and hacked by the.Central Labor Unlon, j= run on *he producer-to-consumer. basts and will for the present be open thres davs a week. Prices today ruled much below those of the retafl pro- aucs stores. F. W. Lathrop of Spripgfield Suicides. New Harmor, Me., Aug. T—Frede- rick W. Lathrop, azed 62, a rea les- tate dealer In Springfield, Mass., com- mitted suicide by hanging today in a garage connected with a summer ho- tel here. Despondency ~ over il health was believed to have caused him to take his own lffe. He had pass- REORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN ARMY UNITS. Continental Uni Been Ordered by the War Department. Washington, Aug. 7.—A reorganiza- tion of American army units, under which the division totalling, 28,000 men, found unwieldy for eervice on Euro- pean battlefields, is abandoned for the continental unit of about 19,000 men, | has been ordered by the war depart- ments. Under the new plan a aivision will include only. #wo4nfantry brigades of two regiments each, in place of three brigades of three regiments each un- der the old system. Many other or- ganization changes are made, includ- ing a material Increase In the artillery and machine gun strength of each di- vision. The cavalry regiment now in- cluded in each division {s detached, a new trench mortar battery is added and the old army corps plan aban- doned after the Civil war is again put in_operation. The sixteen divisions of the national guard as now constituted will be ro- aligned in conformity with the new plan after the guardsmen reach thekr training camps. No chi in camp assignments, it is presumed, would be involved. = The natlohal army will be organized from the stwrt under this plan. S5 far as the regulars are con- cerned, it has been understood that the reorganization already has been carried out for the units now in France. The war department order was an- nounced in a statement issued by the public information committee tonight. TO FORM MORALITY LEAGUE OF AMERICA Grace Humiston Is One of the Incorporators. New York, Aug. 7.—Mrs. Grace Humiston, the lawyer who_solved - the murder of Ruth Cruger by Alfredo Cocchl through finding her body buried In his shop after pollce efforts had fafled, today appeared as one of the incorporators in a petition filed In the supreme court here for the in- corporation of the Morality j.eague of orporad v seague The avowed purposes are to inform the public through the United States as to dangers to women and girls, to report complaints as to conditions and to work for legislation to further the aims of the league. STATES TO CONSIDER THE SEIZURE OF COAL MINES Mrs. Conference of Governors of 16 States to Be Held in Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 7.—Initiative in call- ing a conference of the -governors of sixteen states at Chicago, August 16, for the purpose of taking concerted action to reduce coal prices, even to the extent of seizing tha mines, was taken today by the Iilinois State Coun- cil of Defence. - Contracts for Uniform Cloth. ‘Washington, Aug. 7—Contracts have been let by the navy department for four and one-half million yards of woolen uniform cloth at an aggregate cost of more than $16,000,000. This is the purchase of woolen cloth ever made by: the navy. - < Cabled Paragraphs Kerensky's Health Causes Concern. ‘London, Aug. 7.—The health of Alex- ander F.' Kerensky, Russia’s man of the hour, is a matter of grave concern 10 his friends and associates, according to members of an English delegation ‘which has just returned from Petro- grad. Premier Kerensky's health was Tone t0o good when he took office and the strain since has not only been constant but probably heavier than any other statesman’s in the world to- day. APACHE INDIANS ARE ON THE WARPATH In the Sierra Ancas Mountains, Fifty Miles North of Globs, Ariz. | Globe, Ariz., Aug. 7—Apache Indians in the Sierra Ancas mountains, miles northwest of Globe, are on t¥e warpath, and the two largest asbest mines in the district have suspended operations, according to a telephone message summoning help, receivéd at the sherif’s office here tonight. The manager of one of the mines in- formed Sheriff Tom Armer that lead#rs of the uprising have called out all In- Cian mine workers and that they were completely beyond control. Deputy Sheriff Dan Armer, at the head of a band of mounted rangers, departed for the Sierra Ancas at 1 o'clock tonight, but they do not expect to arrive before tomorrow morning. A call was issued tonight by the sheriff for cowboys to hold themselves in readiness for duty in event the rangers are unable to quiet the In- dlans, A forest ranger who rode 25 miles over rugged mountain trails to reach a telephone informed Sheriff Armer that forest fires were being started in the vicinity of the mines and that at- tempts to burn mine -buildings were prevented only by prompt action of guards, According to the ranger, two Indus- tiral Workers of the World organizers have been active among the force of 150 Mexicans and Indians ezsployed In the district. The ranger's statement ere corroborated by Manager Tiffany f the mining companies, =A% tele. phoned to the sheriff from Rice, Ariz. More men left Globe tonight by au- tomobile for Rice, where thos « rain_horses for the ride to the mines 10 assist in subduing the uprising and extinguishing the forest fires which the ranger said were gaining consid erable headway. The scene of the up-isng isolated reglon, penetrated only by rough trails and with little wire com- munication. Detalls of the affair have rot been received, but it is evident that the mining companies think the situation has serious possibilities. FAIL TO SETTLE STRIKE OF DANBURY HATTERS Conference Between Manufacturers and Employes Was Fruitless. Danbury, Conh., Aug. 7. The con- ference between the striking hatters of six shaps here and the manufac- turers today ended without "inging about a solution of the difficulty. Fed- eral Mediator Robert M. McWade re- turned to Washington as soon as he was convinced that no agreement be- tween the parties was possible at this time. Tt had heen proposed In the gon- ference, which hegan vesterday, by'the manufacturers that certaln portions of national rules of the hatters’ union be arbitrated. The men absolutely 1efus- ed to consider this, A deadlock re- sulted and the seSsion ended. The strike was started when the men were asked to accept pay on the basis of graded work instead of upon the sell- ing cost of hats. Many shops were at first affected but later all but six reached agreements with the em- ployes. These shops are still closed. | A SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF SALT IN NEWFOUNDLAND Is Causing Much Inconvenience to the Fisheries Interests. ¥, St. John's, N. Aug. A serfous shortage in salt 15 causing much in- convenience to the fisheries interests in Newfoundl Arrangements made some time ago to provide for the needs of the present year have proved inadequate. The government has now commandeered all available stocks of salt in the colony and arranged for their distribution among the fisher- men to the fullest extent possible un- til additiond]l supplies can be obtain- ed from abroad. Two ships laden with this commodity and bound for this port were torpedoed. NEUTRALITY VIOLATORS ARE TO BE DEPORTED Three Central Americans Who Are Now Held at New Orleans. New Orleans, Aug. 7—Federal au- thorities announced today that Gen- eral Maximo B. Rosales, formerly vice president of Honduras; Rimano Diaz Meldonaldo and Pedro Torres Cort- ezor, held here under charges of vio- lating United States neutrality, will be deported. The three Central Americans were suspected of attempt- ing to orzanize here a revolution against Honduras. BOYHOOD HOME OF EUGENE FIELD BURNED House Was One of the Landmarks of Hewfane, Vt. Hewfane, Vt, Aug. 7—The boyhood home of Eugené Field, the poet, in this town was burned Vesterday. _ The house was built by Field's grandfath- er, General Martin Field, and was one of the landmarks of this locality. The villagors had difficulty in saving the town hall and a church where were threatened by the flames. OBITUARY. Horace Gardner Talcott. Manchester, Conn., Aug. 7.—Horace Gardner Talcott, senior member of the firm of Talcott Brothers, manufactur- ers of woolen goods in Talcottville, dieq today. He was 69 vears old and was prepared for Yale at the Phillips Andover academy and was gfaduated from Yale in 1871. He was a_ repre- sentative In the legislature of 1895 and was well known in republican cCecles all over the state. He is an uncle of Charles D. Talcott, a state senator. Thomas F. May. New Milford, Conn, Aug. T—News was received here tonight of the death in Danbury of Thomas F. May, defito- cratic registrar in Bridgewater. He was stricken with a shock in Danbury and died in the hospital there soon after. He was 49 years old and a member of the Biks and Knights of Columbus. A widow and a son survive. Record Prosperity For the Railroads - C. SHOWN IN RETURNS OF COMMISSION FOR MONTH OF JULY For 163 Roads Covered by the Report the Net Revenue Increased Nearly $8,000,000 Over June, 1916, the Previ- ous Record Month. ‘Washington, Aus. T.—Record pros- perity for the railroads is shown in interstate commerce commission re- turns for July. The 153 roads covered by the figures, operating three-fourths of the country's mileage, reported that Their net revenue increased nearly 8,000,000 over June, 1916, the previous record month, and reached a total of $58,253,329. Operating _revenues in- creased more than $38,000,000, totalling $273,867,527, while expenses were a proXimately $30,000,000 higher than a year ago. Greatest Increase in West. The greatest increase is shown by western roads, whose operating reve nues jumped from $94,000,000 to $110.- 000,000. Expenses increased approxi- mately $10,000,000, leaving net revenues from operation of $39,616,950, or about $6,000,000 more than in June, 1916. Showing of Eastern Roads. Eastern roads show an increase in net revenue of approximately $600,000. Operating revenues increased $15,000,: 000, totalling $120,565.262, while ex- penses increased approximately $14,- 400,000. In the southern district operating revenues show an increase of more than $7.000,000, reaching $41,719,588. Expenses increased approximately $6,- 000,000, leaving net revenues $13,494, . approximately $1,000,000 higher than a year ago. Figures for Six Months. Preliminary figures covering the first six_months of 1917 show an excess of $2,500,000 in net revenues over the record figures of a vear ago. This in- crease was in the face of several bad months curing the winter. The returns are interpreted as indicating that -the railroads will exceed in 1917 by many millions the banner figures recorded last year. Total operating revenues of the 153 roads during the first six months were $1,489,245.702, an increase of $163,000,- 200 over the first six months of 1916. Expenses totalling $1.065,281,720 were" approximately $160,500,000 greater than a year ago. O HOLD INQUEST ON DEATH OF J. L. DE SAULLES. by His Former Wife. Mineola, N. Y., Aug. 7.—Preparations were well under way tonight for the snquest which will be conducted here Thursday into the death of John L. De Saulles, famous Yale athlete, who was shot and killed at his Long Island home last Friday night by his former wife, Mrs, Bianca De Saulles, when he re- 1used to turn their younsg son over to ner care. Walter R. Jones, justioe of the peace and acting coroner, announced that he had summoned several witnesses, In- cluding Major Arthur De Saulles, fa- ther of De Saulles, the servants at the Westbury cottage where the shooting occurred, Mrs. De Saulles’ maid, who accompanied her on the trip which ended in the tragedy, apd the chauffeur of the automoblle in which they rode. No move was made today by Henry A. Uterhart, attorney for Mrs. De Saulles, to have her removed to a hos- pital, although physicians who exam- ined her at his request reported that she was on the verge of a mental and rhysical collapse. Sheriff Seaman ad- mitted, however, that she had been transferred from her cell in the county jail to a much larger and more com- fortable room in his own quarters. The door of the room will not be locked and no guard will be placed over her, although the windows of her room afe barred. Efforts by Mr. Uterhart and Mrs. De Saulles to find her son, for whom &he calls almost constantly, have not been successful, it was reported, al- though the belief persists that he is at the home of a relative of his father at Westbury. Major De Saulles, the child's grandfather, said tonight that he was “too sick mentally and physically” to discuss the case. 34,586 ARTICLES FOR SAILORS OF THE NAVY Have Been Sent by New England Wo- men—Mostly Knitted Articles. Poston, Ang. 7—A report just com- pleted by Mrs, William R. Rush, wife of the commandant of the Boston Navy vard, shows that since March 23 New Fngland women have sent to the Navy TLeague distributing station here 34,- 536 articles of various kinds for dis- tribution to saflors of the navy vard and the naval reserve. Mrs. Rush is in charge of the station. The greater proportion of the articles are knitted garments. FIRST DRAFTED MAN TO QUALIFY WAS PROMOTED. arry C. Gilbert of Washington Made Provisional Second Lieutenant. ‘Washington, Aug. 7—Harry C. Gil- bert of this city, the first drafted man to qualify in the national army, has ‘been appointed by President Wilson as a provisional second lieutenant of cavalry and confirmed by the senate. W. H. TAFT STRICKEN WITH STOMACH TROUBLE. Physicians Late Yesterday Announced His Condition as Improved. Clay Center, Kas., Aug. 7—The oon- dition of William H. Taff, who became 11l here last night, was announced by his physicians late today as improved, but it was uncertain whether the for- mer president would be ab®e to resume ‘his speaking tour at Lincoln, Neb., to- morrow. Mr. Taft was stricken sud- denly last night with stomach trouble. in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Pr])}mrtmn to the Gity’é Population. Wilson Tackles the Ylar Prices PAYS VISIT TO FEDERAD TRADE COMMISSION TO ASCERTAIN COSTS If Producers and Manufacturers D mand Unreasonable Prices the Gov- ernment Power to Commandeer Will Be Invoked. Aug. 7—President his attention today to war prices and paid a personal visit to the federal trade commission to urge expedition of in- vestigations to ascertain the costs of producing materials required by the government. To Announce Definite Policies. Announcement of a definite policy respecting war purchases and prices will be made soon. War profits will be kept at a minimum and if produs ors and manufacturers evince an great unwillingness to supply the country’s war needs at reasonabie prices the government's power to commandeer materials will be in- voked. The administration’s hope is, however, that this will never become necessary. Protection of Public. The higgest problem now occupy- ing officials studying the subject of war prices is protection for the gen- eral public. The administration intends that the allies shall share with this gov- ernment in reduced costs for supplies. ‘Washington, Wilson_turned the subject of The American government, if nezo- tiations with producers fail to pro- duce desired results, can go into the market and buy for its associates. To Keep Prices Down. Heavy government purchases will tend to raise prices to private con- sumers and this presents an obstacle that is causing concern. If there is any way to accomplish it, the ad- ministration desires to keep prices generally down without resort to leg- islation. Some officials believe this may be done in an indirect way when the new war industries board begins to decide priority of manufacture and shipment of goods. The war board will meet again to- morrow and probably will make known a buying policy so far as Qquestions of priority and procedure are concerned. PERATE GOVERNMENT OWNED MERCHANT SHIPS Department Will Be Created Soon by the Shipping Board, Washington, Aug. 7—An operating department will be created soon by the shipping board to operate all gov- ernment-owned merchant ships. The hoard has hopes to obtain the serv- ice of one of the country’s foremost shipping experts as director. The head of the new department will have under him a large staff. At one time an operating _corporation similar to the emergency fleet corpor- ation was contemplated, but this plan has been abandoned. The operating department probably will be under a committee whose membership would comprise two or more members of the board and Rear Admiral Capps, manager of the fleet corporation. The board still has under consider- ation its plan for requisitioning Amer- ican ship now on the seas. An an- nouncement will be made as soon as lemal technicalities have been straightened out. PATROL OF LAFAYETTE IN BATTLE ESCADRILLE Four Engaged Six German Aviators Six Miles Within the German Lines. Paris, Aug. 7—A patrol of the Laf- ayette escadrile composed of Adju- tant Lufbery, Lovell, Willis and Par- sons enzaged six German aviators six miles within the German lines in B glum on Sunday. The air battle was progressing favorably for the Amer- icans when six cther German aviators joined in, forcing the Americans to withdraw before the superiority of numbers. Although they had been fighting some little time, the quartette got away without receiving a bullet hole. = A German aviator who had been at- tacked by Lufbrey was seen glidinz down_ with his propellor stopped. It is belleved a bullet disabled his mo- tor. $300,000,000 TREASURY o CERTIFICATES OVERSUBSCRIBED To Be Redeemed Out of Proceeds | from Second Liberty Loan. Washington, Aug. 7—The treasury’s offer of $300,000,00 in certificates of indebtedness maturing Nov. 15, first financing under the projected second cffering of Liberty bonds, was largely oversubscribed when subscriptions closed at 3 p. m. todey. The total oversubscription had not been tabulated tonight because of de- | lay in receiving final returns from | federal reserve bank cities in the west. The certificates bear interest at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent. and will be re- deemed out of proceeds obtained from the second offering of Liberty bonds. It is understood that New York aver- subscrtbed its quota of certificates heavily. £ TO BUILD $1,000,000 AIRCRAFT FACTORY AT LEAGUE ISLAND It is to Be Completed Within 100 Days —T%Pnduu 1,000 Planes Annually. ‘Washington, Aug. 7—Construction of an aircraft factory at the Leaguo Island navy yard, Philadelphia, to cost approximately $1,000,000 and to be completed in 100 days was ordered today by Secretary Danlels. The plant ‘will empioy 2,000 workers and will be capeble of producing 1,000 small Planes yearly. Barn Burned by Lightning. Cheshire, Conn., Aug. 7.—A barn owned by Mrs. Lizzie Armstead was destroyed here today by fire resulting from a stroke of lightning. The loss 10 building, hay and contents is esti- mated at $2,500. stroyed. No livestock was de- ' may be issued about October 1. vanced to the Italian Government. " Condensed Telegrams bond issue he new Liberty Loan Another loan of $10,000,000 was ad- America has 800,000 men ready for service on the battlefields of Europe. Philippines to- Foreign trade of the during the fiscal year just closed taled $122,700,000. Jules Destree, Social Charleroi, was.appointe ister at Petrograd. t _deputy from Belgian Min- Gold to the amount of $720,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury. The destination was withheld. Returns examined prior.to August 1 indicate a yield of $11,897,000 from in- come taxes in Massachusetts. Managers are planning to employ women bakers in Washington and the vicinity owing to labor shortage. The Standard Oil Co., of New York has advanced the price of gasolene and kerosene for export 1-Zc a gallon. Children in Chicago schools will he allowed to tear out a page in their readers which eulogizes the kaiser. Maurice Kauffman, a prominen Pittsburgh merchant, died suddenly at a hotel at Lancaster, Pa., of heart fail- ure. The first detachment of 150 women sailors is forming at Petrograd, pre- paratory to going to the Murman coast. The Federal Reserve Board reports that the navy would abandon con- struction of submarine chasers in favor | of destroyers. President Wilson summoned tne, “War Purchase Board” of the National Defence Council, to outline his polizy of war buying. Dr. Bertha S. Park, of Denver, com- mited suicide in the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, by swallowing nitroglyeerine and chloroform. “Put the good old silver dollar into | circulation” is what officers of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland urge banks to do. Of 33 interned deserters, mostly Ger- | mans and Russians, who esca from Bergen, Norway, camp, all four were captured. I. W. W. members held a meeting at Crosby, Minn., and the Cuyuna range was flooded with handbills call- ing the men to strike. The Japanese Admiralty announced that Japan’s help on the Mediterran- ean was not needed and Japan would| take no further steps Preliminary report of a merchant ship wh: a periscope off New Yor by the Navy department om the master thinks he saw was received Five persons were killed in a coli- sion of two passenger trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St ul Rail- road in the yards at Milwaukee, Three additional bodies have been recovered from the No. 7 mine of t West Kentucky Coal company, in which an explosion took place Satur- | day. The Southern Pacific Railroad working “tramp traps” in the sha open freight cars. The doors mysteriously and the tramp is made prisoner. Theodore Sch: injured in the explosion on the [~ States submarine A vite. P. 1, died. This deaths of the cre a in, chief electrician, ited All employers in Cleveland must em ploy only men who are citizens and men who are willing to fight for their country. A city-wide search will &in for draft siackers. Shipments of fresh and cured meats | from Chicago last week were 30 455,000 pounds against 44 052 000 pounds in the previous week, and 42,813.000 In the same week last year. Mrs. Laura Edmonds Gilmore, 97, widow of the late James Robert Gil- more, a Boston author, who wrote un- der the pen name of Edmonds Kirke, died at Glens Falls, N. Y. An official statement from Berlin was received at Copenhagen stating that Germany’s losses in submarines was about three boats a month be- tween February and August. The Rome Municipal _ Council | changed the name of the “Street of Quirinal” to the “Street of’the Twen- ty-fourth of May” in commemoration of the Italian declaration of war. While working in a sand pit at Windsor, laborers dug up the skele- ton of a woman. It had evidently been burned many vears. It did not dis- close any evidence of foul play. The heavy demand for small coins has the mint at Philadelphia working at full capacity. The daily produc- tion is 350000 dimes _quarters and halves, and 150000 nickels and cents. Inciuding the immediate imports of ®old from Canada the general stock of the vellow metal is $3.104,409,708. This compares with $1,890,678,304 at the cor- responding date in 1314, an increase of $1,213.731 309. Dr. Michael J. Thornton, assistant medical superintendent of the Belle- vue Hospital. was commissioned a cap- tain, and 112 other physicians were commissioned lieutenants in the medic- al section of the army. . A flat decfaration in favor of mun cipal ognership and operation of all public utilities including traction, gas, electricity and telephone, is the out- standing feature of the Tammany platform adopted last night. Charges against five members of the 12th and 69th regiments, who were ac- cused of stealing an automobile from Miss Alice White, were dismissed by Magistrate Groehl in the West Side Court. Miss White refused to press the charges. Changes in the law so that men con- victed of minor offenses could be en- listed in the military service were ad- vocated yesterday by Katherine Be- 725,000 MEN ARE NOW UNDER ARMS To be Supplemented Within a Few Weeks by 687,000 Raised Under Seletive Draft EXCLUSIVE OF THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS About 500,000 of the Men Drafted Will Compose the T} Great Element of the War Army—The Remainder Go to Fill Up the Regulars and the Guard and Their ® serves—The Final Set of Regulations, Governir Mobilization of the Men Selected, Will be Promulgate This Weel—A Recruit Depot to be Established in Frar From Which Regiments at the Front Will be Kept | —Surplus of Drafted Men May be Used as Recruit Re voir, Aug. T Crowder and b the finul mulgated Washington shal-General are at work ulations to be p week to complete organiation of selective draft war army govern actual mobiliation clected tatements Issued partment sho place the total et of will men of t war preliminary Today's half the are w fact men it home, an showed that . that only 725,000 Men Now Under Arms. :jlvran rees £ These figures mean that approxi he recruit mately 000 men are now under|the regula ms exclusive of the and mar- | tomorrow or ne Xt few weeks by b raised [ When this oF the selective draft bill. Of the |Ment of t ' r number 500,000 will ' compose bled- 2 third great element of the war In addl d malnder will 86 to A1 up the resu- | cess. all men w show how the drafted are to Stegngth e, Fce ment received countless appiica. | monil tions from men certa cailed in | issued . irm or branch of the serti TEL e probable that some cffort bt thage | 28 Pomiins. meet _the draged | e esta men in this 1s possible | FeRime 1 when they are mobi It can only | flled ur , be done to a limited extent, as the| The ¢ statement, are practically in & rec Recruiting for National Guard. i uiting for the natio: [ rd nggest K. OF C. TO RAISE NO TRACE OF BODY 1$3,000,000 WAR FUND. OF ALICE Decision Reached by Supreme Council | St. Johnsbury 8 Year O in Session at Chicago. | Believed to Have Ee Chicago, Aug A war tuna_of| st xc of Columbus for recreational s|any t tor men In the army and navy i the nstead of the $1,000,000 1t w Leved to ha tion hera today [Fo% Recreational camps will be main- | Uo cantonments, at all national guard | <ome t camps and at the thirty or more army | rio » It also was announced today th the government has given notice that } ties will g0 to France as chaplains with . pregp General Pershing’s army will et FIRST OF FLEE rank of first licatenan: radition STANDARDIZED fo thie mumber, the Knights of Co- | Jumbus will support 209 T < Will be Put Into Se the colors. | R g | The supreme council voted to discontinue durin nducted by the judice mously the work c committ The 'entire work of the order and its members might be devoted to patri otie work. The councll pledzed self LIGHTNING FIRED A BARN AT SCUTHBURY. It Was Destroyed With Thirty Tons of Hay—Livestock Was Saved. outhbury, Conn., Aug. 7.—F yndor cording The fir DIPHTHERIA EPIVEMIC NEWPORT Only 25 lightning today de I E part of its tons of hay driven into the barn wit »ad when the lightning stru ceeded in getting his heavy downpour of rain house, which was across the road from the barn. A number of telephone wires running from Danbury to Waterbury and from New York state were down by the fire. The barn is estimated at about t IMMUNITY OF HOSPITAL SHIPS FROM ATTACK Negotiations Are in Progross to Re- move Menace by Submarines. London, . Aug. 7—The Eveninz Standard says it has high authority for siating that negotlations are in progress, with every expectation of success, toward obiaining immunity for hospital ships from submarine at- tacks. According to a despatch from Madrid it has been ar a2t Spanish naval officer’ will o & every hospital ship to ruarantee the ship is used only for the trans- port of sick and wounde Policemen and Firemen Not Exempt. of a New Ca Yesterday—Tota UNDEF SENATE TO VOTE ON New York. Aug. 7.—Police Commis- sioner Woods _today received from ment Davis, chairman of the New York city parole commission, and Bur- dette G. Lewis, commissioner of the departmant of correction. - Secretary of War Baker an unofficial stateman of opinion that members of the police and fire departmepnts are not exempt from the draft FOOD CONTROL A Formal Agreeme Unanimous Consent Washington, Aug control bill, reached a forr mous consent t at 4 o'clock on which was app week MONEY SENT FROM CLEVELAND TC Through the Swiss Federal Agents Cleveland, agents were tc ports that t 1 money s being sent Cleveland to Germa Swiss government. Fed wish to learn whethe money is reaching the arnmant. German