Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 14, 1917, Page 1

Bulletin ST VOL. LIX—NO. 294 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1917 8 PAGES—64 COL UMNS The 17 PERSONS KILLE Bulletin’s Circ: !ation in Norwich i IN TROLLEY CRASH On the Shore Line Railway, a Short Distance From North Branford Station UPWARDS OF TWO SCORE WERE INJURED Two Cars of Heavy Construction Crashed Head-On at High Speed—Impact Was so G reat That They Were Locked Together, a Mass of Twisted Steel and Splintered Wood —Many of the Persons Kil “of One Motorman Was F lled Died Instantly—The Body ound on the Top of His Car, Where It Had Been Tossed—Both Cars Were Filled With North Branford, Conn., Aug. 13- Seventeen persons were killed an of two score injured, some fatally, when two trolle s on Shore Line Electric rail- y crashed head-on at high speed nort distance from the loca] statio late today. Both cars of heavy con struction, were running at high spee it is said, and the force of the impa was such as to lock them together, mass of twisted fron and steel an splintered wood. Many of those k ed died instantly and others within short time after. being taken from wreckaze. Most of the Dead Are Women. Both cars were well filled with pas sengers., Most of the dead are womer with a, few_men and some chil 2mong ‘them.. Fow of them have beer identified so far, the injuries being such s to make identification in @ large mumber of cases. As as the bodles were taken out of Treck they wers sent to Branfc morgues by automodiles and m trucks which had been pressed service. The Identified Dead. The 8sad so far identified are Mre.Granniss of Saybrook: E. G Shephard of Guilford and Harry Mor- ris of New, Haven, one of the motor- anen. { Ths identified dead are: Henry D, Mory, New York, summes- 4ng at Madison. Harry Morris, New Haven, motor- man Mrs.” Chapman, Westbrook, wife of Former_Senator Chapman. Mrs. Day, New Haven, identified by "E. G. Stoddard of New Haven. ina Howell, East River. Mrs. Grannids, Saybrook. Shepard, Sachem’s Head. e Cannon,” North Branford. Teonard S. Hotchkiss, New Haven. The injured were rushed by auto- mobile and ambulance to hospitals at New Haven. The Injured. taken to New Haven The njured hospitals are as follows: Harry Welser and _wife, Dorothy Weiser, 1203 Fulton avenus, New York. George Elozvin, 1203 Fultor avenue, New Yor Georze ronchint and wite, inton, Conn iiggins, 91 Garfield place, Anna Harriet Wheeler, Grove Beach, 106 Chapel street, rest ‘AL Kolin, New Haven, Conn. hy Day. New Haven, Tribble, Brookl Jacobs, Guilford. th Granniss. Saybrook. th Chapman, Westbrook. Mrs. Weiser, whose in- ‘ght, has left the hospi- Conn. Crashed Between Two Curve: The lent occurred on a short straight track between two ne car outward bound from New Haven was ronning on its regu- lar echedule. but the westbound car trav to New Haven is said o have r: nd turnout where it should have waited for the eastbound to pass. Tha crew of the eastbound car were Harry Morrs, motorman, and_ Arthur S. Jones of Westbrook, conductor, while the other car was in charge of Motorman Negus of Guil. ford and Conductor Tryon of Ivory- ton Nesus escaped se injury by jumpinz. After the accident He is sald to have admitted that he was drow d that he passed the turn- out hefore he realized it. Just before rounding the 'curve approaching the ecene of the dkcident his car had stopped to take on a passenger, he £2id, and he was gathering speed when the other car appeared ahead so near that it was not possible to avert the collision. Motorman Tossed to Top of Car. When_ the crash came Motorman Morris was ‘tossed to the top of his car, where he lay until his body was removed. The:passengers crushed to- gether with the crumpling and split- ting of the cars had little chance to escape. - Thirteen dead were removed from the wreck and four while still breathing when taken out died within few moments. Among the injured was Leonard S. Hotchkiss of New Haven, whose two sons were killed in the rear-end col- lision of express trains on the New Yorl, New Haven and Hartford rafl- road ‘at North Haven about two years ago. He wi badly injured and died later at the New Haven hospital. A call for assistance sent to Bran- ford and New Hhven brought hundreds of automobiles and other vehicles to the scene as well as a corps of phy- sicians and ambulances from the hos- pitals at New Haven. As fast as the infured could be taken from the wreckaze they were placed in ambu- lances or automobiles if not too se- verely Lurt and hurried,fo the hospi- tals, ‘ Narrow Escape. One of the passengers who escaped with a cut on the head told of his es- cape from more serious harm. He paid he knew that his car which was bound for New Haven should pass the pastbound .car at the turnout and mso- Passengers, Mostly Women and Children. his seat at the front of the car walked to the rear to learn the it possible. As he reached the of the car the crash came and ie was thrown te the ground but way from the car. Another victim, 1 young girl who was badly injured, eszed her rescuers piteously to tr: nd find her mother. Conductor and Motorman Held, Deputy Coroner Kenneth Wynne of New Haven visited the scene of the wreck and later began a preliminary quiry, ordering <Conductor Tryon ind Motorman Negus held for inter- rogation. In Remote Territory. The place of the wreck was remote from the travelled thoroughfares used ¥ automokiles travelling east and west through the shore town: 1t was just east of Totoket Mountain on which are the trap rock quarries. The Shore Line track over a right of way kes a cross-country detour from the East Haven thoroughfare to a point where the highway is crossed in North Bradford. Where the tracks cross the highway there is a waiting shed digni- fied as a station. To the west of this shed is a curve to the south and just bevond another curve with inclination to the north making in effect a double curve. It was on the approximate center of the straightaway between the two that the collision _took Dlace. ViNelther car was forced off the track. The heavy cars drove into cach other, the splinters being interwoven and only the extreme ends of either being left intact. Conductor Tryon of the westbound caresaid that when the crash came, the rear end of his car was left intact. Injured Taken to New Haven. Immediately after the collision men nearby rushed to telephones and got word to Branford and very soon auto- mobiles with men to aid in the work of rescue were arriving. The first thing done was to get out the infured and they were sent to New Haven in ma- chines as soon as any was available. . Soon automobiles from. the hosrvials in New Haven came and took other injured. Some of the ambulances made more than one trip over the road. The bodies of thirteen persons who had been killed outright were laid upon the grass and_ covered with whatever material was handy. Four other per- sons were taken out but they died in a few minutes. Many of the victims were fearfully mangled especially about the head and upper parts of the body. Seemingly, there were no vic- tims who had limbs broken. Dr. Gav- lord, the medical examiner quickly on thescene, gave directions to have th bodies taken to Branford as there are accommodations _in North Brapford Deputy Coroner Wynne upon his arri- val gave instructions that search be made for the missing members of the two crews. The body of motorman Harry Morris of the eastbound car had been ‘taken frém the roof of one of the cars. Dusk began to settle and on the highway automobiles were streaming to the place, their headlights giving a weird aspect to the locality chiefly be- cause the air was full of dust churn- ed up by the machines. Automobile trucks_called into use wers carrving away bodies which had been wrapped in sheets and blankets. Most of them were dyed In_crimson. Dr..Gaylord gave pernilsston for the removal to his summer home nearby of the body of J. H. Cannon. Four other bodies were sent to Griswold's undertaking rooms in Branford, and twelve to those of Mr. Clancy. As the evening _passed, identifications were made. Deputy Coroner Wynne held a preliminary hearing with Motorman Negus and Conductor Tryon presnt, both of thse men having been found among the spectators. Dr. Gavlord viewed the bodies and 2s fast as each was claimed, he issued permission_for its removal, undertak- ers from New Haven and Guilford Laving come for certain ones. Dr. Gaylord said during the eve- ring that this wreck was probably the worst which had occurged on a trol- lev line in this section. His final checKing up of the list showed #>ven- teen dead. At 11 p. m. ten bodies had been definitely identified, leaving four at Mr. Clancy’s and thres at Mr. Gris- Wwold’s to be claimed, but of these one was undoubtedly that of Mrs. Shepard, whose husband also was killed. Found Wife’s Body. A soldier, Private Mimfl, of Leete's Tsiand, who had missed his wife, found the body at Mr. Clancy’s gnd at the same time fomnd that of a cousin, An- tonio di Nardi, of Boston, who had come for a visit. There were many Inquiries as to missing persons and many sought to find friends or relatives. Of twe four bodies-at Mr. Clancy’s three were of women, and one a man; at Mr. Gris- wold's, the three were of women. Taft Continues to Improve. Clay Ceater, Kas., ‘Aug. 13.—William Howard Taft today continled his rapid improvement from an attack of intes- tinal indigestion, according to his phy- sician, who declared his patient would be able to leave here by Wednesday, providing no complications arise. Tha former president was stricken last Tuesday while on e lecture tour. ; Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Larg;st in Connecticut in Proportion -PP.ICE T'«‘/;',‘ CEN to the City’s Population. ed i’aragraphs ; Farm Pests Cost Yearly. London, Aug. 12—Estimates place the losses to the nation caused by farm pests—the rathouse, hedge sparrow and wood pigeon—at $200,000,000 an- nually, or about $5 to each person. LIBERTY BONDS ARE : NOW SELLING AT PAR For the First Time Since the Third Day’s Trading in Them. New York, Aug. 13.—Liberty bonds, for the. first time since the second od third day’s trading in them on_the stock exchange, sold at par today. Last week they sold as low as 99.53, which represented a depreciation of $4.80 per $1,000. Today’s inquiry for the Liberty 3 1-2's, the steady accumulation of which was the feature of the bond market, was accompanied by rumors that the next government war loan would be issued at not less than 4 per cent, which would automatically, under the law governing the present issue, advance its interest rate to the same figure. The bonds today sold from 99.68 to par, and closed at 99.94. PLANS FOR CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION OF WHEAT Have Been Completed by the Food Administration. ‘Washington, Aug. 13—Plans for con- troliing the distribution of wheat and for regulating the manufacture and sale of flour wero completed today by the_food administration. Creation of a wheat control board will be announced as soon as Presi- dent Wilson has approved its peison- nel. This board, comprising officials of the food administration and lead- ing men from the grain and milling industries, will be made responsible for putting into effect measures a nounced last night by the food admin- istration. Regulations governing the control of wheat from the time it leaves the pro- ducer until it reaches the baker wiil £o into effect September 1. To elimi- nate speculation all eievators and mills of more than 100 parrels daijy capacity will be required to take ou® a government license. Licenses will be granted to flour mills only on condition that they charge a fair and reasonable price for their product. As soon as the wheat and flour industries have been put un- der regulation the food adm wistra- tion plans to- extend its control to bakeries, hoping to reduce the price now paid for bread. There is no pres- ent plan to put cereals other than wheat under immediate control, al- though sugar soon may be under 5ov- ernment supervision. RESULT OF ENTENTZ AIR RAID ON FRANKFORT. Four Persons Were Killed and Several Others Injured. Amsterddm, Aug. ~—An entente ajrplane on Sunday passed over Frankfort-on-the-Main and _droppes everal bombs in the crowded streets, according to a despatch received here ay from the German city. Four | pe were killed and several others were wounded. On Saturday Frankfort was raided by a number of entente airmen who dropped several bombs. No one was killed. A few inmates of a hospital were injured slightly. One of the aviators dropped five bombs in a wood west of Frankfort without causing any damage. An official despatch issued by the French war Gepartment on Sunday said that two French aviators flew to Frankfort-on-the-Main on Saturday and dropped bombs on the cijy. The statement added that the ra was was made in retaliation for the Ger- man bombardment of Nancy and the segion porth of. Paris. WAR COMMISSION IS NMEETING DAILY IN CHINA. Rumored That War on Germany Wi Be Declared Soon. Peking, Friday, Aug. 10—(Delayed). —It was rumored after today's cabinet meeting that a declaration of war against Germany would be made next Monday A war commission of fifty, composed chiefly of high departmental officials, under ghe chairmanship of Lutseng Siang, former minister of foreign af- fairs, is meeting daily and conferdng with the president concerning plans for China’s participation in the war. The Chinese newspapers say China undoubtedly will senc troops to Bu- rope. They favor this idea and de- clare that Chinese soldiers would prove effective fighters if they were properly equipped. A GENERAL SYMPATHETIC STRIKE ON IN SPAIN Men Quit Quietlv and There Has Been No Disorder. Madrid, Aug. 13—The strike begun on Friday night by the railroad em- ployes became general early today when the masons, printers, carpenters and other workmen quit work. As the men received their orders to lay down their tools they went quietly home and no incidents so far have been reported. Some of the strikers declared that the zeneral strike would last only 24 hours and that the movement was one in_sympathy with the railroad men. Shops are open as usual and the population is indifferent. BOMB WAS PLACED TO DESTROY RESERVOIR At Ogden, Utah—Found by While Fuse Was Burni Police g. Ogden, Utah, Aug. 13—Placed so ihat it would have destroyed the em- bapkment of Ogden city reservoir, thus allowing the impounded water to rush Cown upon the city, a dynamite bomb with two feet of ils four foot fuse al- ready burned, was found tonight by the police. HAD A RUNNING FIGHT WITH BURGLAR. Experience of Proprietor of a Grocery Store In Danbury. Danbury, Conn., Aug. 13—A burglar discovered in the grocery store of Carming Barbarite on Main street early today fired three shots at the proprietor of the place, who attempted to capture him, and a running revolver fight ensued, while Barbarite pursued the man. No one was injured. The burglar escaped. Kaiser'sTelegram l toPresident Wilson WHY BELGIUM’S NEUTRALITY WAS VIOLATED EARLY WAR EVENTS Was Given to Ambassador Gerard in the Emperor’s Own Handwriting— Made Public Officially by the State Department Yesterday. Berlin, Aug. 13, via Amsterdam— The semi-official Norddeutsche Allge- meine Zeitung denies the existence of the telegram alleged by James W. Gerard, the former American ambas- sador at Berlin; to have been sent by Emperor William to President Wil- son in August, 1914, when the Ger- man emperor is quoted as having as- serted that Belgium’s neutrality “had to be violated Ly Germany on stra- tegical grounds.” The alieged tele- gram, which has reached Berlin by Way of Switzerland, has the emperor saying that King Georse sent him word through the emperor's brother, Prince Henry, that Great Britain would remain’ neutral if war broke (Continued on Page Three) MISSION OF FRIENDSHIP SaRIVES FROM JAPAN. count Ishii, Head of the Mis: Announces Purpose in Speech. n, iz, 13.—A Japurd e Umited States arrived proclaimed that its members came officially “as comrades in a gigantic struggle which involves the liberties and the sacred rights of manking ‘e are Bere” declared Viscount K. ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, respongng to an ad- A Pacific Port, mission- to the herg today and dsess of welcome from the mayor, “as the representatives ef Japan, on a mission of friendship and good wi We come as allies in a common cause. Tonight he adverted to this nation’s war_policy and its meaning to Japan. Ve are particularly glad to be here just at this time,” he said, “when all America is showing courage, patriot- ism, energy and whole-hearted zeal. Naturally, Japan is interested in your preparations. We are glad to see them. Not a sensible person in Japan sees anvthing in your preparations but great benefit to both countries in the future. “We have always had the fundamental justice, sound sense and broad_vision of Americans. Wa are glad of your preparations on land and sea because we believe they mean an_earlier peace. Breckenridze Long, third istant cecretary of state, and Gavin McNab, an attorney sent from Washington with representatives of the army and navy, boarded the liner bringing the miesion _as she made port with the Rising Sun flag of Japan at her fora| peak in honor of her distinguished passengers. confidence in A DAY OF POLITICAL EXCITEMENT IN LONDON George Nicoll Barnes Takes Hender- son’s Place in War Cabinet. London, Auz. 13.—A day of great rolitical excitement in London con- cluded tonight with the announcement that George Nicoll Barnes, minister of pensions, had been appointed to re- place Arthur Henderson as labor member of the war cabinet. The ap- pointment, according to a semi-official statement, has the approval of all the other labor members of the govern- ment. Thus the crisis which seemed to threaten the existence of the gov- ernment was at least temporarily solved, and unless unexpected devel- opments occur there will peal to the country. The government announced to par- liament today that the ministers had decided not to erant passports to dele- sates to the Stockholm international socialist congress, thereby falilng in line with other ailied governments in this respect. It is not doubted that this decision will be accepted by the major section of the country and by the newspapers. Mr. Henderson jr. the house of com- mons today made an impassioned defence of his position in the conflict that has arisen between himself and be no ap- Prime Minister Liovd George. He en- tered into great detail on the recent events. but still left much mystery regarding his relations with the pre- mier since his return from Russia Mr. Henderson's supporters _contend that the entire misunderstanding has arisen through the government hav- ing previouslv failed to take a dects- ive line on the Stockholm conference. They say that had the decision an- nounced today been formulated a week ago the entire crisis would have been avoided. COLBY SWORN IN AS MEMBER SHIPPING BOARD. Board Took Up Subject of Contracts for Shipbuilding Plants. ‘Washfngton, 13 —Bainbridee Aug. Colby of N&w York was sworn in ta- day as a member of the shipping board to succeed John D. White of Kansas City, whose resignation was accepted by President Wilson along with those of Chairman Denman and Vice Chair- man Brent. There remains another vacancy on the board, which It is un- derstood, will be filled by the appoint- ment of a_man from the Pacific coast. The board took up today the subject of contracts for construction of two government-owned shipbuilding phats to turn out fabricated steel ships. The contracts will be let soon. MOB CAPTURED STREET CAR AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL. Five Hundred Troops Called Out to Protect Car Barns. Springfield, Tils., Aug. 13—Flve hun- dred troops of the Ninth Regiment, I. N. G., were ordered out tonight to protect the street car barns from sev- eral hundred strike sympathizers. The mob captured a street car and turn- ed it loose, fired on cars and repulsed a force of deputie Details of Call of ‘Draft Army Forces THIRTY PER CENT. TO BE CALLED SEPTEMBER 5TH TO: BE 3 INCREMENTS Second Thirty Per Cent. Will Go Sept. 16th—The Third 30 Per Cent. Sept. 30—The Remaining 10 Per GCent. Soon After Sept. 30. ‘Washington, Aug. 13.—The entiro 687,000 men composing the first in- crement of the army drast forces will be under training early in October Under orders issued today, the first thirty percent. of the quota of each district will begin_entrainment for cantonments Sept. 5; the next 30 per cent. September 15, and _another 30 per cent. September 30. The remain- ing 10 per cent. will be mobilized as soon after that date as possible. : Three Increments. The plan to assemble’ the new forces in three increments distributed the task of furnishing supplies and equipment through September. It will also prevent serious shoriages in any camp and will give the new officers from the training camps time to fa- miliarize themselves with their duties gradually before responsibility for a great body of men falls on them. The order issued today means that about 12,000 men will reach each of the sixteen cantonments soon after September 5. They will first be exam- ined physically by army doctors and finally accepted or rejected. Présumably the first increment wi have been organized into skeleton companies, ‘battalions or regiments | before the second arrives. The new- comers can be quickly absorbed in that case and the third lot can be taken into the war machinery with even less disturbance when it reports fifteen .days later. In farming communities local hoards w will arrange the lists of those to fill the first increment with Jocal crob conditions in mind. Harvestine is i progress in many sections. fred men engazed in that work and who otherwise would go with the first third of the district quota, will he pgescd over to the second or third be necessary. Discharges for Dependency. Reviewing the question of discharge for dependent relatives, Provost Mar- shal-general Crowder issued a supple mental ruling today holding that per- <ons should not be discharged hecause of_dependents resident abroad “The object of the law permitting persons to be discharged provided he has a person falling within any of the classes of dependets, dependent upon him, was to prevent such dependents becominz a charge upon the can_people,” the ruling says. pendent residing abroad could not be- come such d charge. Persons claim- ing discharge because of such a de- pendent cannot properly be discharg- a on sround that such discharge is advisable within the meaning of the act of congress.” That _conscientious objectors to war are not to be excused entirely from serving the country was made clear in another ruling by the provost mar- shal, holding that such persons should be sent to the mobilization camps. It is presumed they will serve in the quartermaster’s corps, the medical corps or other units not emploved in actual combat Government Employes. Only in rare cases are railwa clerks to be exempged. Today the postoffice departmen? announced that published reports of blanket exemp- tion for this class of postal employes were based on a misinterpretation of the department order covering postal exemptions. Only scheme clerks, chief clerks and assistant chief clerks of the rallway service will be siven exemp- tions, and most of them are above military age. The postoffice department announced also that it would certify exemptions for postoffice inspectors but not for postmasters. Postmasters of the first, second and third classes, however, are exempted specifically under the law. No Draft Men for Navy. It developed today that the navy department, misunderstanding the war department ruling as to voluntary en- listment of registered men, had in- structed its recruiting officers to ac- cept registrants into the navy even if they had been called before their lo- cal selection boards for examination The mistake qnickly was corrected, recruiting stations being told by tele- graph that no man called for exami- nation under the draft law could be accepted into any branch of the mili- tary or naval service as a voluntary recruit. Until called, however, regi trants are free to enter tne army, navy or_marine corps. Plans to provide publicity facilities at camps of the national army and the national guard to be left entirely at the discretion of the camp com- manders, who will be authorized to permit hewspaper correspondents to establish offices within the camp lim- its and to maintain private telegraph or telegraph lines there if deem-d | advisable, No such privileges will be granted, however, until the camps ac tually are estabiished and the com- manders on the ground. mail AUSTIN "STACK, IRISH VOLUNTEER, A‘RRESTEDl While Awaiting Arrival of Newly Elected Sinn Fein Member of Parl, ment. Dublin, Aug. 13.—Austin Stack, a member of the Tralee Irish Volunteers, who_was sentenced to penal servitude for life for complicity in the Irish re- bellion of April, 1916, but wsa subse- quently was released under an amnes- ty, was rearrested last night in the crowd which was awaiting the arrival here of Willlam Cosgrave, the newly elected Sinn Fein member of parla- ment_for Kilkenny. It is understood that Stack was arrested in connection with the celebration in Tralee on the ! anniversary of the execution of Sir Roger Casement. Condensed Telegrams Employes of Federal Reserve Banks will not be exempt from the draft. Gold to the amount of $600,000 was shipped to Spain from the Sub-Treas- ury. Yeggmen were foiled in their plot to blow open a safe at the Florin, Pa., postoffic The Shipbuilding Board will ask Congress for an additional $500,000,000 this week. Victor Adler, leader of the German Socialists in Austria, is seriously ill at Copenhagen. Former Premier Tisza of Hungary has been appointed colonel and has left for the front. The volcano which early in June laid waste the region around the Salvadore capital continues to spout. The Government of Saxony decided upon two meatless weeks, one in Sep- tember and one in October. The German military authorities are levying more taxes upon the property and fortunes of the Belgians. Henry Endicott, Massachusetts food administrator declares that the wheat- less week” will be a success. William Cosgave, a Sinn a seat in the House of C Kilkenny by a vote of The Y .M. C. A. in France has issucd appeals for 30,000 books to stock the reading rooms at the American camps. Miss Louis Drew, only daughtor of John Drew, the actor. been married to Jack Devereaux. the motion picture star v ner, won mmons from to 380. Demos Vassos and his brother Nich- olas, Greek chefs from New York, have been pronounced lepers by Syracuse health officers. The Japanese naval attache at Lon- don announced that more Japanese warships had joined the allied forces in European water. Large numbers of pamphlets are he- ing distributed among Polish workmen and German soldiers declaring the in- Qependence of Poland. Senator Myers of Montana intro- duced a resolutfon asking the President to set a day for praver throughout the nation for the soldiers Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, again is in control of that newspaper, having won his fight in the court. The Berlin Bundersrath passed a law prohibiting Germans from malking payments of debts to citizens or resi- dents of the United States Seven-year-old Edith Green, of No. 1415 Wilkins Avenne, The Bronx was struck and killed by an automobile at 162d Street and Riverside Drive g announced defi- nitely that the Government would not give passports to Americans to attend the peace conference at Stockholm Secretary Lani Through the intervention of King Alfonso a_Swedish woman, Mme. Kei- mellon, who was condemned to death by the Germans. has been pardoned President Poincare received the American Tubereulo Commission. consisting of Drs. Livingston Ferrand James Alex Miller and Homer Folks. Great indignation was aroused in Norway over the seizing of the Nor- wegian steamship Thorum inside the three-mile limit by a German subma- rine. Francis Ouimet, amateur golf cham- poin who has passed a physical ex- amination for the national army. says he will not ask exemption from the draft. The American Red Cross has estab- lished a fresh air farm near Paris for the benefit of 400 children who have been driven from their homes by German pofson gas. Stephen Crowley, 30, foreman for a construction company of New York engaged In building a factory at Bris- tol, fell four stories to his death at the factory building yesterday, dying with- ing a few minutes. In one of the longest baseball games of the season in any league this vear, Lincoln. Neb.. defeated Joplin, 2 to 1, in 21 innings in the Western League at Lincoln, Gregory of Joplin, pitched the full game, allowing only seven hits. hits. An automobile, running at 80 miles an hour along the boulevard in Hilsen, Mass. smashed into a tree and one man was Killed, a young woman is dy- ing and another young woman and two young men are suffering from se- vere injuries. Thomas J. McKeon, a laborer, who is alleged to have said he would kil himself before fighting for England, while expressing willingness to put on Uncle Sam’s uniform at any time, was arrested at Poston for failure to appear for examination. He was held for a hearing later. LENS CENTER OF ACTIVITY ON THE BRITISH FRONT. Canadian Lines Are Gradually Tight- ening About the Town. British Front in France and Bel- Aug. 13—(By The Associated —Leéns was the center of tI main activity on the British front last night. The @ermans continued to ex- 1 ibit signs. of apprehension in a heavy hombardment of the back approaches near Vimy and west and northwest of the city. The Canadian lines have been grad- ually tightening about this important French mining center and the Canadi- ans now hold strong positions in the western environs. This apparently has been disturbing to the Germans, who have placed a high value on the geten- tion of Lens because of its erable position in the Pas re Calals coal flelds. Yesterday was another big day for the British air service. A large num- Ler of battles were fofgbt over this One Teuton Airplane Missing. Berlin, Aug. 13, via London—An official statement issued by the Ger- man war office today says that of the Teuton airplanes which bombarded Southend and Margate, the southeast coast resorts of England, on Sunday, one is missing. front, with the honors decidedly in favor of the British. At lease six en- emy planes were destroyed and nine other machines were brougnt down out of_control. In the course of last week's air fighting one brilliant young Britisher accounted for his fortleth machine TEUTONS VICTORS IN SOUTHERN MOLDAVI Force Russians and Rumanians to Giv shani-Narazchti Railway Line ENTENTE TROOPS ARE RESTING IN FLAND French Troops Repulsed German Efforts to Recapt Lost South of Ailles—To the East of Ailles ti Took the Offensive and Succeeded in Making Advance—Two More American Vessels Have Be by Mines and Submarines—Five Americans teen Others Were Killed When the British Ste of Athens Struck a Mine. Infantry fighting secinlly on n I the west front ind e and rot been marked during in drive again the manians | the Ar apparent! for furth rmans c twent Russians and In Flanders German troops in preparation ictivity. The G t the Dritish hold nt ent east of Ypres Tkem and Hollebel it additional P front. By widening t four hos 5%, ut the salient, 1Fleld Di north southw tre effor night and ied to rec French threw positions and to to the Frene ba ‘DREQVD! NT WAR TAX DEBATE 70O w CLOSE IN SENATE TODAY Senator Reed Made Another Attack | Witnessed En on Herbert C. Hoover, Train Chalrman Simmons, fi only two more senators had their intention of spea Le would move to ta p the com- |yitn mittee amendments on a heard | nators Pe ar Lo TRbE, | e repubiic members of th mmit tee, spoke at length durin support of the bill, which ed had been revised in a spirit enator Penrose sald had voted against the ures since the present came into power because , departure in the fi United States of lar the tariff as the source of revenug an:l resorting to_direct taxatior t uation is different now ar e Amer fcan government has ne hesitated to raise revenue by direct taxation loans when requested to do sc A P have been he day in partisan | the o state of w ) W The Pennsvlvania senator sharply | criticized the administration for | & =y = lay in settling controversies with man- | ARRESTED F ufacturers declaring relentless prese OF HI cution of the war was being heid and that an element of uncertaint w0 the amount of revenue to he rived had been injected Into eration of the tax bill enator McCumber of at least four years of $40,000,000. He said just the beginning of the which must be levied, that the future generations i the greater part of the « present one will supply the supply them with the materials v will be necessary to crush German a tocracy. Ernest Stilke of Hartf Offered $1,000 ¢ predicte Hartfor and exp During the debate Senator Reed made another attack upon Herbert ( Hoover, asserting that the food ad I of t ana bread ministrator's paln to control wheat, statemeny flour wa the decree of a dictator ! st | tione factn REVOLVER SHOTS CAUSED T Agacs A FLURRY IN WALL STREET |who are | Service Agents Fired Alleged Swindler. Secret at an|sUFFRAGISTS New York from a window of this afternoon by in pursuit of an alleged sv A At Whits House Mrs. Wilson ated a flurry among hundred Washing “ destrians. The chase followe - | trom the sational escape in which tne man |attemptea Jeaped from a second story wind | themse a court yard. He was intercepted he ran into the street, but fought ¢ perately until he was subdued The fugitive gave the name of cus Gonzalez, but said it was fictit It is alleged he tried to cash a | draft on a Parls bank for $15,000, and ward, only * according to the government author- | printed by ; itles elghteen counterfeit 1,000 fianc|and mavy d r notes were found in possession. | and Mra. W Secret sorvice men had been wat Myer o attan ing for the man since last Thursday | cises and ghe o when he is alleged to have cashed a|camp there fraudulent draft. On his appearance | as the sec in the bank today he was arrested, |emiled and but while being questioned in the ] ler's office he darted throuzh a door- [COMMISSIONS AW way and into an annex of the bank CONNECT Knocking men and women aside, he = ran up the steps to the second At Officers’ R e Tra vard 1o and leaped from an open wind secret service men fired tw. him as he ran up the court ward Wall Strect and other officers caught the fugitive before he could mingle with the®qrowd in the street A German Airplane Interned. o Amsterdam, Aug. 13.—A German airplane with two occupants landed 1 1 yesterday at Oostburg, a Dutch town |regular near the Belgian border fifteen miles Secon. nt, fi northeast of Pruges.. The occupants |ficers’ 1 of the machine were interned Fox, Jr. C n