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- Bulletin VOL. LIX—NO. 290 The Bulletin’s NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1917 TEN PAGES—74 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Pr])portion to the City’s Population. GERMAN LINES ARE FIRM IN FLANDERS —_ Berlin Says British Attack Was Beaten Back in Hand- to-Hand Fighting INFANTRY FIGHTING, BUT ONLY ON SMALL SCALE The German Crown Prince Has Not Followed Up His At- tacks on the Aisne Front, Where He Was Repulsed West of the Californie Plateau—Russian Troops Are on the Offensive in the Chotin Region on the Russo-Galician Border—They Have Captured Two Villages and a Height—In Central Moldavia the Teutons Continue Their Advance North of Fokshani. Flanders, where the big guns have been booming incessantly since rain stopped the entente offensive move- ment early last week, has again been the scene of infantry fighting but only on _a smalil scale. Near the coast the British have been successful .in a raid into the German lines near Lombaertzyde. Berlin of- feclally describes this operation as an the attack in force, which, it savs, Germans beat off in hand-to-hand fighting. The Teutons also record the the the repulse of iocal attacks by d e- British_in the Bixschoote region, tween Dixmude and Ypres. Along the Aisne front and on the right bank of the Meuse; north of Verdun, violent artillery activity con- tinues on both sides. The German crown prince has not followed up his attacks on the Aisne front where he was repulsed east of Vauxaillon and west of the Californie plateau. Russian troops are on the offensive jn the Chotin region on the Russo- border, northeast of Czerno- wits and have withstood successfully Austro-German thrusts in the resion of Brody, in Galicia northeast of Lem- berg. . The Russian forward movement west of Chotin resulted in the cap- ture of two villages and a helght. The Austro-Germans lost 300 prisoners and four machine guns. The:Teuton's effort near Brody penetrated the Rus- sian lines, but the attackers were thrown back by a counter-attack and the Russian lines restored. A newspaper report from Petrograd says that the Russians have evacuated the fortress of Kamenetz-Podolsk, the capital of Podolia, about 30 rmiles northeast of. Chotin, and the garrison town of Proskurov, on the Bug River, 53 miles north of Kamenetz-Podolsk. Both these places are some distance from the line of the River 2Zbrocz, which has been held in part by the Russians for more than a week, and lie behind the Chotin-Brody line. In ceéntral Moldavia the Teutons continue_their advance north of Fok- shani. Petrograd admits the success of this movement and says the Rus- sians have retired toward the River Sereth. ROOT REPORTS RESULTS OF MISSION TO RUSS Believes That Country Can Be De- pended Upon to Do Its Part in the War. Washington, Aug. 8—Russia, newest of the democracies, grows stronger of heart and purpose daily, and with aid from the United States, can be depended upon to do her part in the great war and emerge a powerful state. This was the message brought to President Wilson and Secretary Lansing today by Elihu Root, and his fellow members of the American mis- eion sent to Russia three months ago. Unqualified encouragement from the United States, moral and financial, ohen necessary, is absolutely essen- tial to keeping life in the new govern- ment, the commission agreed. A separate peace with Germany obvious- iy I8 the greatest fear. Left to fizht along with her present government in control. the president twas told Russia will emerge triumphant and strénz, but if, either by great masses of troops or clever propaganda. Ger- many shonld accomplish the overthrow of the Kerensky government the out- look woula be dark indeed Onty one written report. !t is ur gerstood, was submitfed to Secretary Lansing. It was not made public and may not be. From high sources it is known. however. that the commis- slon was agreed on virtually all essen- tiale. There may have been Aiffer. ences of opinion as to the best method of obtaining results, but the opinion of present conditions and high hopes for the future was unanimous. None was stronger in his conviction that there is the greatest hope for Russia than Mr. Root himself. Though comservative by virtue of long diplo- matic and political experfence, 1t was with aifficulty thet he suppressed his enthustasm. _ Other members of the party who shared his ontimkm and discussed_thelr views were Charies Bdward_Russell. a_former socialist James Duncan. a labor leader, and Major Stanley Washbu long erperfence in Russi latter two azreed that one great need of Russia is publicitv regarding Amer- ica’s Intentions In the war. Mr. Russell went a liitle farther than the others, dcclaring emphatical- I¥ in favor of sendinz American troons to the eastern front immediately. He =214 thelr presence would be of the sreatest value in strengthening the morale of the Russians The military members df the mis- slon. Feeded bv Major General Hugh Scoft. had a thrilling story to tell of experiences on the Russtan firing line They were under fire durinz one of the great offensives launched after the new government took the reins. The mission. headed by Mr. Root called at the White House at four o'clock in the afternoon and remain- #4 with the president about an hour. SomBers of the National Woman! Party made futlle attemnts to use a bammer addressed to Mr. Root. but he entered and left the White House vard by a side gate while the women waited for him out in front. The work of the commission now Is ~irtually ended. Tts members will remain here a few davs and, with he exception of the army offcers, will retura to their homes. PREDICTS AMERICAN TROOPS WILL GO TO RUSSIA ~ator Lewls Says They Will Be Sent to Strengthen Russian Lin Washington, Aug. 8 Predictions that the mext American troops to go abroad wil be sent to strengthen the Tussian lines was made in the senate today by Benator Lewis of Illinofs. “The negt legions of our men to go forth,” he, “will be to Russia to support the loyal Russian armies now fighting under the principles of our making. To these shattered but strug- #ling_people we must go with food And supplies = | also with our men.” NOMINATION OF COLBY CONFIRMED BY SENATE To Be a Member of the Government Shipping Board. Washington, Aug. $—The senate late today confirmed the nomination of Bainbridge Colby of New York, to be a member of the government ship- ping board. The confirmation was voted 34 to 16 after a spirited executive session which lasted nearly an hour. _The opposition was led by Senators Wads- worth and Calder of New York, who are understood to have objected fo Mr. Colby’s political activities. Senator Johnson ‘of California, republican, and Senators Lewis and Fletcher, demo- crats, spoke for confirmation. All the senators known as progres- sives are sald to have voted in favor of Mr. Colby, while the only demo- crats to oppose him, it is understood, were Senators Reed and Hitchcock. Mr. Colby, previously a republican, supported Roosevelt in 1912, and Wil- son in 1916. He siucceeds Captain John B, White, whose resignation as a member of the shipping board was accepted by President Wilson, togeth- er with those of Willlam Denman and Major General Goethals. There still is one vacancy on the board. . ATTORNEY CHARGED WITH RESISTING THE DRAFT Daniel O’Conenll Arrested in San Francisco While Addressing an Au- dience. San Franeisco, Aug. 8.—Daniel O'Connell, an attorney, was arrested here late today on a federal warrant charging resistance of the draft law. The warrant was served while he was addressing a meeting of the “American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace.” The audience hissed the officer who made the arrest. Former United States Senator John D. Works of Los Angeles arose ~and = “This arrest is a disgrace to the American people and is done for the purpose of intimidating thinking peo- Dles Dr. David Starr Jordan .prominent pacifist, was in the audience. IRISH HOME RULE : CONVENTION REASSEMBLES More Sanguine Feeling That Confer- ence Will Have Good Results. Dublin, Aug. $—The Irish Home rule convention reassembled today. Since it adjourned July 2, a more sanguine feeling has develdped that the conference wil have good results. Imporiance is attached here to the interview which Sir Horace Plunkett, the chairman of the conventlon, had with King George, it being taken to indicate the royal interest in the pro- ceedings. _All_the Dublin newspapers today give prominence to a letter from Sin- clair Lisburn, a leading Ulster Union- ist, strongly' favoring a home rule settlement including all of Ireland. SHIPPING PASSING THROUGH DANGER ZONE More Than 225,000 Tons Daily, Cu: toms Officials Say. New York, Aug. 8—To ally alarm that might arise over reports of U- boat activity in Atlantic waters, an authoried statement from the treasury department given out here today by customs officials shows that 111 ves- sels entered American ports during the 24 hour period ending August 5. It is estimated that more than 225,000 tons of shipping is passing through the danger zone daily, headed toward the United States. An official statement showing the number of ships arriving ;;m now be made public here short- Cabled Paragraphs Irish Peasant Post Killed in Battle. London, Aug. 8.—Lance Corporal Francls lLedwidg, a peasant poet of Meath, Ireland, was killed on the bat- tlefront in Flanders, July 31. He was twenty-six years old. SUBMARINES INCREASE WORK OF DESTRUCTION Sunk 21 British Vessels of More Than 1,600 Tons Last Week. London, Aug. §—There was a slight increase in the loss of British mer- chant vessels by submarines or mines during the last week, according to the official summary issued tonight. Twen- ty-one British vessels of more than 1,600 tons and two vessels of less than 1,600 tons were sunk last week. Thir- teen ships were attacked unsuccess- fully. No fishing boats were lost. The weekly statement of the admi- raity follows: “For the weeking ending August 5: “Arrivals of all nationalities oyer 100 tons, 2673: sailings 2796. British _merchantment _ sunk by mine or submarine, over 1,600 tons, 21. includign two the week ending July 29; under 1600 tons, two “Fishiag vessels sunk, one. “British vessels unsuccessfully at- tacked 13, including one the week end- ing July 22 and two the week ending July 29.” The number of vessels over 1,600 tons sunk last weeék is an increase of three over the number sunk in the previous . week, when eighteen were lost through submarines or _mines. There is a decrease of one in the ves- sels of less than 1,600 tons, three hav- ing been reported lost the previous week. The total for the present re- port, 23, is an increase of two over the previous report, and is one less than the number reported lost for the week ending July which was_the Lighest since the week endinz June 24, when 28 were lost. AMERICAN STEAMSHIP NAVAJO BURNED AT SEA Her Naval Guard afld Crew Wasre Safely Landed. ~—The navy de- that the of the ‘Washington, Aug. partment announced toda: American steamship _Navajo, Navaja Steamship Company caught fire at sea and was abandoned. the crew being landed in safety. The iire is supposed to have originated in the stoke hold. Chief Boatswain's Mate Horace Lo- throp Ham, of Berkley Va., comman: ed the guard and the other members with the residences of their next of kin follow: Coxswain Carl Barnett Barefield. Birmingham. Ala; _Seamen _John Francis,Carorll New York city; James Gately. Boston; John Peter Hancock. Newark, N. J.;' Martin Edward Selica, Fitchburg, Mass; Edgar Frederick Raymond. Flushing. N. Y.; Seamen Second Class Albert Lester Herald. Council Bluffs, lowa; Horace Hollida: Winters, Texas; Joseph _Sennabaum, Philadelphia and Howard Risher Smith, Pittsburgh; Gunner’s Mate, third class, William Dibson Newton, Wilmington N. C.;_and Boatswain's Mate, first class, William Harold Moon, Omaha, Neb. ARMED DRAFT RESISTERS GATHER AT SCIPIO, OKLA. To Resist Being Taken Before an Examining Board. Muskogee, Okla., Aug. 8.—A large group of draft resisters, gathered at Seipio. 15 miles north of _McAlester, sent word tonight to R. MecMillan, United States commissioner, that they would resist any effort to take them before an examining board, ac- cording to information received here by the United States Marshal Enlos, from Mr. McMillan. The men are armed, Commissioner McMillan said. FELL OFF LOCOMOTIVE; DIED OF INJURIES Frank J. Connors of Bangor Was Fearfully Mangled. Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 8—While riding behind a locomotive in the yards at Meriden Junction this after- noon, Frank J. Connors, 31, of Banzor, Maineé, .an employe of the New Haven road, accidentally fell off. The four wheels of the engine pass- ed over his body, severing both legs and otherwise fearfully mangiing him. On the way to the Waterbury hospital the surgeon picked up Rev. Thomas Grumbly, assistant pastor of St. Pat- rick’s church. who administered to the dying man.the last rites of the church. Connors died in the hospital about an hour and a half after he was injurad, CARRIER PIGEONS ARE TO BE USED BY AVIATORS To Send Back Information Obtained Behind Enemys’ Line: Boston, Aug. 8.—An appeal to ow: ers of carrier pigeons to send their names to the headquarters of the av— iation section of the signal officers’ reserve corps was made today by Lieutenant Charles J. Glidden, :n charge of recruiting. It was explain- ed that carrler pigeons were being used by aviators in the present war for sending back messages containing information obtained behind the ene- my’s lines and that this method might be adopted to some extent by Ameri- can aviators. WATERBURY MILK PRODUCERS FIX PRICES It is Expected Retail Price Wll he 14c or 15¢ a Quart. ‘Waterbury, Conn. Aug. 8.—The Waterbury milk producers’ association at a meeting in Watertown town hall this evening set a price of § cents a quart on their product to all dealers to begin August 15. The price has been six and three-quarters cents. The retail price is_expected to be 14 or 15 cents. Sixty dealers representing practically all of those supplying Waterbury were at the meeting. CANADIAN CONSCRIPTION BILL HAS PASSED To Become Effective Upon Royal As- sent and Government Proclamation. Ottawa, Aug. 8—The Canadian con- scrition bill successfully passed the last legislative stage tonight when it received third reading in the senate. It becomes effective after the formal- ities of royal assent and government proclamation. B ‘end that no raw Administration’s - War Price Policy PUBLIC TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST PROFITEERING. SEVEN NEGATIVE VOTES Allied Governments Are to Get Their War Supplies at the Same Price as United States—Prices Now Out of Ail Proportion to Cost of Production, the Administration Finds. Washington, Aus. 8—Definite assur- ance that the American public will be protected against profiteering and that the allied government will get their war supplies at the same price as the United States is contained in an- nouncement of the administration’s war price policy. The pronouncement was made by the new war industries board, formed last week as a part of the council of defense, to have full change of the government's war pur- chases. It made clear ‘he administra- tion’s determination that there shall be no exorbitant war profits, and at the same time stated the government's intention to see that industry receives fair prices for its products. Prices now charged for materials necessary to the industrial life of the nation are out of all proportion, the statement said, to the cost of produc- tion. “Unconscionable profits,” it is declared, are made on national re- sources entering into the manufacture of articles consumed by the public. Preparing for Drastic Action. Already the administration is pre- paring for drastic action to reduce prices if negotiations with manufac- turers fail to produce results. Robert S. Lovett of the war board, who made public the statement, de- clared the government was ready for such a contingency and felt confident it could meet the situation. If possi- Dble, he said, it hoped to accomplish results without resort to legislation. In the senate today Senator Pome- rene introduced a bill to authorize the presiden: to fix the prices of iron ors, iron, steel and their products, and to regulate their production and sale through the federal trade commis- sion. Full power to control the sale and’ distribution of foods, feeds and fuel was given to the government to- day in the final passage of the food control bill. Costs Must Be Equalized. The administration’s attitude in de- manding that American manufacturers sell to the allies at the same price as this government is that since there is a common purpose and since the allies are buying their supplies with Ameri- can money, justice requires that costs be_equalized. Two restrictions, However, will be enforced in selling to the allies. Oma is that the allies themselves mustuap- ply the eame rule in selling to each other and to the United States, and the other is that the arrangement must e limited to articles actually used for war purposes. Officials hold that the last restriction Is necessary as a_vio- iation to American indust and in- materials shall be so0ld abroad at low prices to be made up into manufactured goods and sold back into the United States in compe- tition with American dealers. The requirement that the allied gov- ernments force their own producers to sell to other governments at the same prices charged at home is to prote=t (his government and at the same ttme to establish a system to prevent any of the allied nations from profiting at the expense of its associates., Beiieve Manufacturers Will Accept. The war board believes that Ameri- can manufacturers will accept the suggestion concerning prices to the al- lies without the use of force. Tt faals that the knowledge the government al- ready has power or can procite it from congress will be_sufficient to persuade producers to foflow the board’s sug- gestions. The subject of prices to the public presents a harder problem, but admin- istration leaders hold that the reduc- tion of prices charged the government itself in tend will tend to lower prices generally. ALFRED G. VANDERBILT ESTATE TOTALS $17,360,522 Chief Beneficiary is His Widow, Who is to Receive $5,100,930. New York, Aug. $—Appraisal of the estate of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who was lost on the Lusitania May 7, 1915, filed today in the surrogate's court here, shows a total of $17,360,522. The chief beneficiary is his widow, Mrs. Margaret Emerson Vanderbllt, Wwho is to receive $5.100,930. Willtam H. Vanderbilt, his son, is given pow- er of appointment in & trust fund of $4,612.086; a life interest in $400,000 and the medal which congress voted to Cornelius Vanderbilt. _George Vanderbilt and Alfred G. Vanderbilt, sons, are each given the interest on $2,553,204 untl thev are 21 years of age, a part of the prin- cipal to be paid every five yvears until each is 35. Other legacies provide for amounts from $500,000 to Mr. Van- derbilt’s brother, Reginald C. Van- derbilt, to a Year's salary for each person who had been in his employ five years. The largest item of deduction from the total assets is $2,000,000 lert to Mrs. Vanderbilt in accordance with a pre-nuptial agreement. BLOW TO PROHIBITION FORCES IN VIRGINIA of Westmorland Davi Regarded as Victory for “Wet: Richmond, Va., Aug. S8—Returns from yesterday's democratic guber- national primary continue to indicate the nomination of Westmorland Davis, the Londoun county farmer and law- ver, who ran independently and in op- position to J. Taylor Eliyson, the dem- ocratic organization candidate. Davis is opposed to the prohibition constitutional amendment and his choice is regarded as a blow to the prohibition forces, which made the state dry last November. Prohibition- ists attribute Davis’ victory to a split in the dry vote between Eilyson and John G. Pollard, who also sought the nomination which is equivalent , to electiop s el iR Food Control Bill Passed by Senate PRESIDENT’S SIGNATURE WiLL | E MAKE IT A LAW NO EXORBITANT PROFITS Conference Report on the First Ad- ministration Bill Was Also Approved —It Provides for Food Survey and Makes an Appropriation to Stimulate Production. Washington, Aus. 8—The food bill passed through the last stage, of legis- lative enactment at 4 o'clock 'this aft- ernoon, when it was finally adopted by . " S th esenate in form previously approved | Secretary Redfield ordered all ves by “the house. . President . Wilson's | 518 leaving oa S R T provisions for a round trip. e e neResinat hoicontersncel | A band: of -Villa. troops’ were re- 4 i ported within a short _distance of Reagmocrats—Hardwick, Hollle and)(jinaga, opposite Presidio, Texas. Republicans—France, Gronna, La| A yiolont earthquake caused Follette and Penrose. Immediately after the final vote on the control bill the senate by a viva cove vote, also approved the confer- ence report on the first administration food bill, providing for a sood survey and an appropriation to stimulate pro- duction. To Become Laws Friday. Both bills are to become laws Fri- day with President Wilson's approval. Senate and house leaders tonight made plans to that end, the delay be- ing caused by adjournment of t house until Friday and necessity for the signing of the bills in open ses- sion by the presiding officers of both houses. The senate recessed tonight until Friday so that after Speaker | Clark signs the bills upon re-conven- Ing of the house they may then be signed by the senate’s presiding officer and immediately sent to the White House. Prompt Appointment of Hoover. Prompt appointment of Herbert Hoover as food administrator and im- mediate operation under the legisla- tion is expected to follow. In addi- tion to its comprehensive provisions for control of food, fuel, fertilizer and farm equipment, the control bill_car- ries drastic prohibition features. Thir- ty days after it is approved it will be unlawful to use foodstuffs in the man- ufacture of distilled beverages or to import distilled spirits for beverage purposes, and the president will be empowered to commandeer for mili- tary purposes, distflled liquors now held in bond and to regulate or re- strict the use of foods in the manu- facture of wine and beer. Gors and Sherman Paired. The final vote in the senate was secured by unanimous agreement to dispose of the bill late today and aft- er four davs discussion of the con- ference report. In addition to the seven senators votine against the bill Senator Gore, chairman of the senate agriculture committee, and Senator Sherman, republicans, were paired and aid not vote. FOUND WIFE IN BED WITH SKULL CRUSHED Val N. Brandon, 21, Employe at Naval Station at Annapol| Annapolis, Mr., Aug. 8.—The body of Mrs. Littie May Haislup Brandon as found on her bed by her husband, Val N. Brandon, when he returned to his home this afternoon from work at the naval experiment station. Her skull had been crushed and there were also indications that an attempt to strangle her had been made. There was no sign of a struggle and no outcries were heard by the neigh- bors during the day. No motive for the crime has been ascertained. Brandon, who is about 21 years of age came 'to Annapolis recently from Vsashington. K. OF C. TO ERECT RECREATION BUILDINGS At Each Army Camp and Cantonment —James Flaherty Supreme Knight. Chicago. Aug. 8.—Erection of recre- ation buildings at each army camp and cantonment will be begun at once hy the Knights of Columbus under super- vision of a special committee consist- ing of P. P. Callahan, _Louisvyill chairman; J. J. McGraw, Ponca Cily Okla., and the directors of the council it was decided today at the annual meeting of the supreme council. Head- quarters of the $3 000,000 war fund will be_in Washington. The thirty-sixth annual meeting will be held in Buffalo August, 1918. James Flaherty of Philadelphia was elected supreme knight for 1918. GERMAN AMBASSADOR HAD A SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE d by Discovery Made in Rome. Sensation Ca Rome, Aug. .—The sensation of the day here Is the discovery of a secret subterranean passage from the villa of Hoses, the residence of Prince von Buelow, the former German ambassa- dor, to the Hotel Eden, the former proprietor of which was a German. Tt is Deljeved the passage was used to facilitate secret meetings between the diplomat and persons In varibus walks of life, as well as insure secrecy to the ambassador's zuests when the occa- sion required. An investigation which promises interesting disclosures fn under wa: LIEUT. EMIL EYRING COMMANDS SUBMARINE Was Second Officer on Merchant Sub- mersible Deutschland. Baltimore, Md.. Aug. 8.—Lieutenant Emil Eyring, who was second officer on the submarine Deutschland, com- manded to Captain Paul Koenig, is now commander of a German war sub- marine, according to_ information re- celved this week. This information is verified by the commanders of the Norwegian steamers Hanseat and Ell- en which were torpedoed near the Azores. and whose crew s _were brought to an Atlantic port French seamer Monday with the crews of four other vessels same vicinity. French and English. to Java to tound a colony there. opened a branch at Buenos Aires, . .gentine. | Germany. a Shakes Jewish refugees’ camp ated from the University er Hutalaff, of New York to Russia, to Condensed Telegrams in plain Siam is only receiving cabl A deputation of Dutch Jews will g0 The First National Bank of Boston ittle negro republic frica declared = war Marshal Darrach, widely known earean reciter, is dead Enfield Conn., as | at Miss Rose Kaplan, head nurse of ‘he in Alexandria. dead. Egypt, Scarcity of male telegraph operator: is compelling the Associated Press 1o employ women. A strike of railway and street rail way employes in Sydney New South Wales, affects 200000 men. sreat damage in the southern portion of the North Island of New ealand The new war industries board went to work on its big job of purchasing for the United States and the Allies. Thirty nine student aviators gradu- of Tlinols 1 up to nearly 100 This brings the tot Four hundred and fifty men the ©ld Dominion Copper Co., returned to the st work, although ke is not re- scinded. The Lynn shoe unions will vote Fri- day whether 1o allow a joint council to make an agreement with the manu- facturers. Judge Martin T. Manton, in the United States Federal Court in Ne York sentenced two slackers to serve 60 days in jail. John V. Newlin of Whiteford, Pa., was killed and Julia Allen of Ne: York, was wounded while on ambu lance duty in France. Charges of manipulation of finances of Jersey City were made hefore the Joint Committee of the Legistuizre on Judiciary at Trenton. Represergative Morgan introduced a bill in the "House, which exempts 2n- listed men from being sued in a United States Court for debt. Senator Wadsworth of New York in- troduced a bill which permits anv postmaster to receive mail for soldiers at the front without postage. President Wilson’s appeal to wives and gardeners to save food .is declar ed most important as crops are e ceedingly good and time is short. According to a report by Dr. C. B, | Abeglen. of Colfax. Wash. only 13 Per cent. of the school children of the United States have perfect evesight. Henry P. Davison and William Taft. of the Red Cross Committee will be recognized as major generals in the army should they cross the Atlantic. The Federal Trade Commission’s re- port of the cost of copper productio in the United States will be transmit ted to President Wilson within two weeks. Captain Charles Plunkett and Lient. Commander William W. Galbraith are at Cape May examining the site for a submarine base and an aviation school. The cotton crop including the seed for the year ending July 31 was valued at $1412280035. 'The prices th are higher than they, were in 47 vi previous. Continued decrease in profits of ex press companies is shown in statistics for April. A falling off of more than 60 per cent. from the figures of 1916 is shown. The war expenditures of Canada for one day are $850,080. This sum in- cludes the upkeep of Canada’s troops in France for which Canada owes Britain $272,000,000. The New York highway law re- quiring every auto owner to be li- censed, which went into effect Ausust 1. found its first violator in Bernard Middleman, who was fined $25. The German submarine U-30, ac- companfed by two Dutch torpedo boats, entered the waterways of the fishing town of Maasauis. The U-boat is waiting for good weather it Is un- derstood The Y. M. C. A. shipment of tobacco for the soldiers in France was lost on the steamship Kansas, which was tor- pedoed. The Red Cross committee will send a second cargo of ten tons to France as soon as possible. Thirty-five Melokanas, members of a Russian religlous sect colonized at Glendale, were sentenced to one year in prison by Judge Sawtelle at Phoen!x Ariz.. for failure to obey the president’s proclamation requiring aliens to regis- ter under the selecteiv draft law. The National Russian Brotherhood, which began a two-davs’ session af Harrisburg, Pa. decided to send Paul Dezvonzak. of Mayfield Pa. and Pet- establish a paper in Russia “to tell the Russians more of world democracy. Louis Gussell, 48, of the Lakewood road, near Waterbury. died vesterday afternoon of the effects of poison. Brooding over his arrest on Monday he is said to have acted strangely un- til Tuesday night. when he took the poison. His friends think he may have taken the poison by accident. SILVER AT HIGHEST PRICE IN ALMOST THIRTY YEARS Quotataion in the New York Market is 82 1-2 Cents an Ounce In the Bar. New York, Aug. 8.—Bar silver rose Washington, Aug, $—More tha 200,000 men of the seiective d forces wil be called to the colors S tember 1 to o imfmediately to th divisional training cantonments. T will bring the strength of the Unite States army on that date up to virt ally 1,000,000 men, Telegram Sent to Governors. Brigadier General Crowder marstal-gencral, despatched lowing telegram to the gover the states today cautioning hem thir make certain t the first one of their quota of the first increment of registered men is ready on time “New ulations governing mobili zation and the certiiication of me from district boards to adjutan y eral will be mailed to you on Ausus 9. In the meantime, locul board should certigy to district boards dail those who' have been called and wh have not been exempted or discharged cither because they failed to file any claim or because their claim has bren decided adversely One-third From Each State. trict compliance with this rule necessary, since on September 1 the war department will call for not to e ceed one-third of the quota from state to be entrained for mobiliz amps between September 1 and Sep- tember 5. Unless we wish to be put in a position of not furnishing men us fast as the war department is ready to receive them, each state shou.d have accumulated by September 1 a minimum of one-third of its quota not exempted or discharged. This can only be attained if local boards certi- fy these lists up with great expedi- tion. Genera] Crowder als6 sent this ad- ditional caution to examining physi- cians of the local boards Caution to Physicians. urgeon General advises order to prevent the terrib; which result from the Introd to the army of that dread dise of the eves known as trachoma, the lid; of every recruit be everted to inat the abscnce of this disease and th any border line or suspicious cases be referred to an opthalmic surgeon es- pecially qualified in this line.” The messages were followed 1p by a new ruling r ding exemptions be- cause of dependents which is expect ed to decrease considerably the loss of men from the military service for this reason. Boards are authorized hereafter to deny exemptions to mar- ried_men whose W re solelv de- pendent upon th t where the parents or other atives of either wife or husband are wiling to asl the burden of her support dur his absence. The same course be followed where any drafted employers ngree to continue his as a patriotic duty third supplemental ruling pro- vides that where a_man has supported his dependents by his own labor on land which he owns and the boards find that the land could be rented to advantage £o as to continue the sup- port for the wife derived from the rental, exemption for the man may be denied Telearam Sent to Governors. that ra tion ir t sume ing to The telegram to the governors fol- lows: “Under presidential regulations, the term ‘dependent for support’ has given ise to several further questions of principle effecting large numbers of persons. “The general basis for ruling upon such questions should be the spir and purpose of the act in providir for such discharze, wherever the terms of the act and of the regula- conclusion president to tions are not in themselve: The act authorizes the discharge wherever the parties draft ed are ‘n a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for sup- port which renders their exclusion or discharge advisable Such_de ency ordinarilv ren- ders discharge advisable, because since the drafted person loses his civil income and thus loses his means of support, the wife is left without sup- port, and this lack of support is the effect which the act aims to avold But wherever such effect does not in fact follow, and the wife Is not left without reasonably adequate support, but will recefve such support from other sources, there is no real depend- ency rendering Alscharge advisable. Classes of Dependents. “The following classes of cases are within this ruling A—Wife and childres ~Where the parents or other rel- atives of the wife or husband are able, ready and willing to provide adequate support for her (and cnildren, if any) during the absence of the husband. “2—Where the wife owns land which has produced income by the husband’s labor, But which could with reasonable certainty be rented, during his ab- sence, to other persons &0 as to pro- duce an adequate support. “3—Where there exists some ar- rangement by wlhich the salary or wage of the husband is continued, in whole or part, by third persons, beink employers or insurers or others, and such portion of the salary or wage, either alone or with an allotment of his soldier's pay, or with other definite 2 time among all the Regulations Cover Ever The mobiliz red the vrm T! distr new the blank telegr report the time o camp comman 1, hours from destina regarded as © ty of the arm traine Provision is made vacancie district ward be reje on final examin such notified The quota « regarded thorities r that the fu have arrived HOW THE DRAFT EX 900,000 MEN TO BE CALLED SEPT.| That Number of Selective Draft Forces to Go Immedi- ately to Training Cantonments WILL BRING STRENGTH OF ARMY TO 1,000,000 On September 1 the War Department Will Call for Not to F ceed One-Third of the Quota From Each State to be Er trained for Mobilization Camps Between September and 5—Governors Have Been Notified by Provost Mar shal-General Crowder—New Regulations Mochilization Are to be Mailed Today—Additional Ca tion Issued to Examining Physicians of Local Boards AMS ARE PROGRESSIN in First C Of 750 Men bury 124 Were A Waterbury, Conn 750 me mi 124 were accepted w claims up till tonig this district’s first draft alstrict's qu the other t ppear for Twenty Passed at Milfora, C A examined twe: who pa wero and ha mon ing depen d tailed 209 Enrolled at Hartford, ¢ A has now enrol the selective passed without disqualificatios T enrolled in tt . 1,000 more amination CROWD AT FUNERA OF JOHN L Twelve Policemen Kept in Front of the ew York for John L. De S thiete, who w former wife De Saulles he such a la sons gathered necessary t fron tof the Dean Freder the Chur Bethleh parents Rishop clated Dudlel Field V port of New wards, collector of William F. man of the Natic mittee, and R Gomez of the Chile , Pa., wh Jivea TO RAISE RATES OF BURGLARY Because of the Burglaries in New York, Aug Underwriters' nounced that it has ca to consider the (ue rates on the ground income, will furnish a reasonably ade- Qquate support. “B—Other dependents. —Wherein one of the foregoing to a new record of 82 1-2 cents an ounce in the market today, the high- almost thirty years. The movement for the metal in the London market. ways a reasonably adequate suppect is provided for a widowed mother, in- by a|est quotation, according to dealers, in|firm parents or orphan child under 16 years, of a son, brother or father call- sunk in thel was concurrent with a new maximum!ed into service. “Under presidential regulations pro- rates are inadequate large number of bu in the last six months New companies, many of which are have suffered heavy los v are members of one of the ass 1 The superintendeflt of one of :ne est estimated the claims sne from burglaries here aggregated $500.000. x m . in