Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 18, 1917, Page 1

NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917 16 PAGES—112 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS ich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And fts Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City;s» l;o;:filation. } CANADIANS FORGING == v s s L Stockholm, Aug. 17.—The proceed- ISSUED BY .PRESIDENT OF IN- TWO ARMY DIVISIONS TO BE Condensed Telegrams Platinum was discovered in Alaska Kingdon Gould failed to press his claim for exemption. man and Russian—will be permitted, said Camille Huysmans, international socialist secretary, today. PRESIDENT IS STUDYING 7 POPE’S PEACE PROPOSAL Is Making a Searching Analysis of the Questions Raised. Washington, Aug. 17. — That _the government is determined to give Pope The Germans made ten attempts to take Hill 70 but failed. A Russian submarine sunk a Ger- man vessel in the Gulf of Bothnia. WILL AMOUNT TO BETWEEN '$40,000,000 AND $50,000,000. ings of the international socialist con- ference will be public and the use of TERNATIONAL UNION SENT INSTEAD OF ONE four languages—English, French, Ger- TO HELP WIN THE WAR Jose Gutierrez Guerra former minis- ter of war, was inaugurated president of Bolvia. IN SENATE WAR TAX BILL AT LEAST 38,000 MEN They Have Consolidated and Made Secure Their Re- cent Gains in That Sector Eleven new third secretaries were Bection Increasing Tax on Wines to|There Has Been an Increase of 6,000,- [ appointed in the diplomatic service by | New England Troops Are Said to Have Benedict's peace proposal the most the State Dy t] deliberate and painstaking considera- | Raise $21,000000 Also Was Adoped—| 000 Toms of Anthracite Mined This st Been Selected Because of Their ram Teply, was evi- : s denced again today by developments| Income and War Profits Taxes Are| = Year, Notwithstanding 20,000 Miners | . J: H. P. H"“‘E"ingf::'ad“;w?fl-n'a? High Rating—No Hint as to the Grand 'Rapids died at Grand Rapids, Mich. both at the White House and the state department. . The cabinet, to Come Before the Senate Monday. Have Taken Other Occupations. Time of Departure. HAVE MADE FURTHER PROGRESS TO THE WEST holding its first ses- ~ ston since the note arrived, avolded ; Women in Lenox, Mass, who are The Germans Have Ceased Their Counter Attacks in Effort|stood to feel that there must be a| LY e senate today of many uncon-|for laboring men to “play our part in ; il % visions instead of one, comprising o | tested provisions of the $2,006,000,000 [ the war manfully” with “unstinted The German food dictator, Werr |i0tal Of at least 000 men, probably . to Recapture the Ground Lost to the Anglo-French searching analysis of the questions raised, before such discussion would war tax bill almost cleared the way for the sharp fight which probably will loyalty to these United States” was ssued here tonight in a statement on von Waldow, purposes to expropriate will make up the first contingent of the national guard to go to France. be profitable. this year's crop of tat .| begin Monday over income and war|“Labor Day, 1917” by John P. White, y crop Potatoes. Although no official confi tion » Secretary Lansing and his advisors, i —_ et Sl B s g : 3 | profits taxes. international president of the United % obtainable there were evidences tod Troops Thursdey—German General Staff Claims a|on whom most of the responsivility | PRI SRS quring the day were the | Mine Workors of America. Confiscation of the wine crop is|{hat the composite forty-second dis “Full Vict ” £ the Teut th hA Py tinued their study of the pontiff’s sug- | Wine and motor vehicle schedules. The “The government is demanding co- ;?r:.torgnl‘fio? s b:»'f M?ur!ru Violette, | sion, whose organization recently wa u ictory” for the Teutons, Althoug dmitting | zcstions with every indication that it Tench'Minister of subsistence. announced, will be accommpanied 6 ) probably would be several days before ~ ki el s i L Some Reverses and Claiming No Gains—The Austro-|any concrete step could be expected. o RSIeE Y Span. Celsamaphedl to | New Bostand guaidemen, | No_ New Bedion Bt e e resident Wilson asking him to cx-|BEngland states are among the twent empt New York policemen from the |six having representation in the com rent of official thought manifestly continued to trend toward a convic- posite division. draft. The commander of the tw German Offensive in Moldavia is Slowing Up Owing to TO MAKE ADVERTISING EFFECTIVE s R d R tion that the grand alliance will find ot a » p Mt G B it < 1 an anians. some of the proposals in the Vatican ap! uynemer, the “ace” of the |ls Major Genera arenc trong Resistance of the Russians Bl *, | note very difficult to accept. French army flying corps, has been |nOW acting as commander of the ki % As the declared purpose of the pon- Advertising may be a science if honesty and direct purpose con- named an officer of the Legion of |partment of the northeast and TS - O e e otoiciont concrete ||| stitute a science. Simplicity and timeliners make advertising effec- HonoE. Hithnmad he woUIE ko ¢ P tlve—more effective than art, although art may be made an impres- The Dutch Minister at Be: was | manded by Major Gener: ng failed | Thursday’s fighting as a “full victory” zarded as highly essential that the ex- for the Teutons although admitting act meaning of every phrase be care- Thelr counter-attacks ha Shipping Will be Available. but instructed to protest against the The best time to advertise may be all the time; with_severe losses, the Germans in|lor the Teutons aihough admiting|act ApEioE ol be car s kit st i@ the Ypres a of the, western front | °Je = g no sains.| fully weighed, keepins in_min at 4 4 olation on Aug. 7 of Dutch territorial| A report was current today that suf }:w K ‘“n:“ = "‘mm s o Between JIAoos> and Lens tnm an?:; z? !(he event the United States con- when business is slack advertising should be made most energetic. waters. 1|”nnvr‘.<hipplnz will be available for ve nof umed : pts o recap-|ians are plugging away towar ‘ludes to entertain the proposals. it e s % : ding two divisions within t ture the ground lost to the Anglo-|capture af the last named place. They | will find oitself irrevocably committed The. way to make an advertisement effective is to advertise goods e e L e pde s R P el i }'!:‘m-hh(roons on Thursday. = have consolfifeica anddn;;xad\fle Betis x‘r; the _nsgm!émnns by the construc- the people need at the time of publication. July goods do not fit spider webs woven over the door of |forty-second, and that the it n the northern wing of the Ypres|their recent gains an 2 e | \ions given at present. £ N y s B e g e Ty o A . front, the French, after repulsing|further progress west of Lens The| On the other hand, should the pres- January—prices which have to be asked for are not like bargain ;;’am‘r‘n‘;;gb“"-‘ cotton duck mills at ;&’!X:?’:mh&lryn;"a lm'”‘_}“_" g v g heavy German counter:attacks, on|number of prisoners taken here by the| ident decide not to entertain the peace prices which are as inviting as a personal circular privately ad- ' — composed, for the most part rogi Friday made further cains near the|Canadians now totals 1,120. proposals at this stage, that could not b Beth 5 nte of High rating, and represent Steenbeke River. Elsewhere on this| The German crown prince is not|be done briefly or curtly. Out of defer- dressed. D5, Yon Bethmann-Hollweg, _ the |mente of high rating. and represent e e L T e e e P R Every business needs to advertise as much as it needs a sales- ||| Sfunich to devote all his time to the |of the composite division Change. In addition o their bagz of nd his latest attacks here have falled | enter at some length into the several and fo salesman can ever equal a good advertisement for de- study of art. - Urndxer Eurup!ca‘n St:ndard. more than 1,800 prisoners, the allied|as did all his previous ones. ne | propositions advance g & : 2 WA e forty-second division is be forces captured 24 guns from the Teu- | German effort was on a front of more pendable service. The advertisement that talks is the one that of. An invitation from the Cuban Gov- |mobilized at Mineola, L. L. under tons. |than a mile in the resion of the Cali-| HEARINGS TO DETERMINE fers seasonable zoods at inviting bargains. grnment to send men o Cuba fo rain | new UWuropean standard, shich While admittinz an allied gain along | fornie plateau. It was stopped by the . . or the part of the new national army [quires that the strength of the ir 1 the Yser Canal ani mear Bixschoote | Trench artillery. The French = also A FAIR PRICE FOR COAL The best advertisement any business can have is that its an- was declined. ual infantry ‘regiments be inc ! where the IFrench advanced, Berlin | checked a German attack east of Cer- 4 2 . e A e Whan Conmnaniionts B ra-thEn 00 ree cant He pr laths GOTCIAI At et Gf the Bric|ny. 'The trown prince fook the faifla=| 23U in c:'"” Efesidunt Wilecy 5 E % 5 ST : Washington police took a hand in |necessitates the adition uf some unit Tich attacks were repulsed and that|tive on the right bank of the Meuse| is Giving the Matter His Attention Following is a summary of The Bulletin’s news of the week, destroying the . sufframist’ banmers. |not included in the original order, f Langemarck is still in German hands.| but his attacks were broken up With| .o To L SR e e e ke They tore down two hanners nddress. | Where one company of infantry’ fox This claim of the German general staff | loss. 2 0, . 17.—In s a 5 ed to “Kaiser Wilson.” nstance, was to ve come from an & “denied - oficially in’ Lontol rhic] rh -Germa offensive in | tePudiation by the Illinois coal over- B state two companies have heen cor IQngemarck but also ground hevond | slowing up before the stubborn resist- | X their leaders to accept whatever Sty A 1" 164 153 1003 1320 came to an end. | The employes voted Sary. Thus hundreds of men hav the village. London also officialiy de-|ance of the Russians and Rumanians. | OFiCes Shonld be set by “hief Justic ¥ y, Aug. .o - 2 %o accept a peace apbeeme been transferred to fill up the reg nied that the fizhting front was twen- | The latter are still fighting desperately | O- Carter, 3 e coal ¢ ller, g R Eace a8t ments selected to go. All the other tv_miles long as Rerlin declares in the atea of Fokshan! and the Sereth | oublic hearings to determine a fair Monday, Ang-13.. 148 132 173 483 3 Jizs ational guara divisions “winl e rs aiz - | River ield M Z - ek ¥ Govs £ < = ; . | through a similar process on the porten e Bemtime front In the S pres | sen has made no Tariner appreciapie| smor Lowden at Springneld was re- ||| Tuesday, ~ Aug. 14.. 151 136 190 477 [l e e e ot e it | Fival at divistonal camp area as heing nine miles in length. | progress. Petrograd reports the re. [ 20rted to be conferring ‘?.,‘;";2:;25’.;2; 2o T 9 116 196 502 shore to stop attempts to violate neu- | No Hint as to Time of Departurs The German general staft reports|i#lse of several attacks In this area. | ", “5iate should decide to seize the Wednesday, Aug. 15.. 190 1 2 trality by German agents. No hint has been given as to the P < - St probable time it will require to pre B it initon Tri A 2ol TSy, " ANg. 16,7176 119 240 535 Evening beach parties, at which the | bare tht 42nd for embarkation. As it DANIELS TAKES AGTION SEIZURE /OF-SQNE = ..f seivea the resolutions adopted ~here e e 17 157 115 136 408 tinkle of the ukelele and the mandolin, |is & wholly new organization. it i AGAINST NAVY LEAGUE MINES THREATENED | vesterday at a conference of the zov- Friday, ug. .o 1D > were heard with feminine voices are |logical to assume that it will take [ srnors and state defense councils cf | under the ban at Atlantic City. some time to got, into working shaps i i i | mi ern s i eral e he question of equipment also en Representatives of the League Barred |By Officials of the States of Missouri| middle western states urging fedoral < = = it Ot a sailing date From Naval Stations and Ships. and Kansas. action to fix prices. ~Samuel Insall, BOlAlS i ¢ oo v sioninre - JORO 773 1938 3725 Sl"{';f*?';ryg Baker wrote the mayors |ters into the fixing of a mailing dats ' % - shairman of the conference, received Ary sberifs nest traltung camyps Inat|THe semb considerations apply a Washington, Aug. 1 unofcial| St Louis Aus. 17Seizure of Mis. fololwing telegram from President L L o iaihal plan b o Al outle ik connection betwecn tht navy and the !souri coal mines and prosecution o s - < i 3 e D ey foros Navy League was severad today by or- | Missouri coal dealers on charges of( ~Telesram recelved =Can assure vou N Yook ditict donit Bomrduivwill 13 e it have oiovided: for. two atvl der of Secretary Daniels as a result of [violating the anti-trust law of _the [ ‘hat the matter ls receiving the most|, . isions of the finance committee | operation—organized effort between | propose that medical students accept- |sions made up on the composite plan the recent action of the league head- |state was threatened by Attorney Gen- | Areful consideration and evervthing |jeyying between $40,002,000 and $50,- | emplover and emplove—to meet theled under the draft can he permitted |Approximately forty states make uj e g S e tral McAllister In-a formal statement | 5 _ (" \faver of the Illinols state | 600,000 on owners of motor vehicles in- | & L e e ents o&r.|to continue at school, subject to call. |the plans toward forming the 42nd an B IO Etul explaston st Mare < 7 il of defense, reviewine the price | Stead of $68,000,00 on manufacturers e said. he eyes b vor! 26th, and supplemental di nal o influence of labor interests tuciind Seom the GO o) fon il Snrmab i, lon in_opening the hearinz be- |29 BIAPOCEC e the increased rates on | efficiently the government's demands |and her two daughters and son loft |an sxpedition that represented e The secretary gave notice to the pub- |ence, said the power of the state|fore Judse Carter presented statistical | S50V S50 '10 Taise | $21.000,000 | will be met. Chile on board the steamship Palena | state. lie that no representatives of the league | should be used for public protection e nt oricenava | against $6,000,000 under the house B d Prodacti for New York by way of the Panama S would be admitted hercafter to ny |and that he would probably recommend _3)fm"‘;'f‘“v‘~lv‘-r}\m.v that present prices are | 2EF 2 ncre;se Pro uc&ja;{ = Canal. CEOERAL CONTROL OF naval station or ship. and that nothing |[to the governor that the state take sible. No Increase of Inheritance Tax. “In the anthracite coal fields, where shntever W0 be acce , lover 2 y Missouri coa Ly 3 recognition of the union was gained f i B 4 ficered and managed. : A BRANFORD CONSTABLE | Cent tax upon gross sales of many| substituted for the nine. With a|the French War Council, that he per- | Food Bill Gives President Power to Thousands of womtn throughout the | Topeka, s., Aug. 17.—Upon his i ity Dslartiroy (arx‘t‘lq(l:sl‘—;';";“tj’ e ,\‘h}:?rtf)gp of unwar3|5 of zo{mn miners | sonally opposed the Stockholm Fix Prices. ountry are knitting sweaters. wrist- [return today from Chicago, where ne i 750, also were formally - | who have =one to the munition plants, | gorey e i $5ts wnd other articles Yor sailors un. [ s e ot L“,z" v:l“ :"“k;‘hw:h Brass | fnated, the mew automobile and other | {o subway work in New York and oth- | {7¢"C R ey T v der the auspices of the Navy League. |called to discuss the coal situation, Mo SEorp e oM. reduced excise taxes being substituted.| ers called to the colors, coal produc Former UnitaaiStatas ;Sanator 0D et oot A Toda:'s rotice means that these will | Governor Capper issued a statement o - The senate also accepted the finance| tion increased 6,000,000 tons for the | vy, Icerm of Tndinna. and. democratic coal > Today, ~cepted unless ~tendered |all coal producers in Kansas calling | Dranford Conn. Aug. 17—While | committee's action in striking out the| first seven months of the vear. In the | noininee for vice president in 1908, dled mm]m-vnfi:u;’ ay when P thro - ageney oth than the |them to Topeka Monday, August 20, |Constable William McKee of this town | ,ouse provision for additional taxa- | organized bituminous coal regions and | ny asheville, N C. last night. e was |00 turned his pers hrou & . 2 R 5 » | was taking Charles Crowley, a prisoner | i} T tes desteTEd 't se > well-orsd o at Ast D , last night as | .he subject and heard present ers of the league. to discuss the coal situation. e = orle T | tion of inheritances. desizned to raise|in all other well-organized industries | og years o1, e RuDJest erinaccn Should this conference fail, the gov- | P2Und over to the superio urt on a|<gan0,000. New Engldad senaiors pro- [ where employer and employve are pos y =3 2 erators’ ~ an ners’ e ernor has asserted that the ‘state will |Charse of highway robbery. to the {oiied that Interitances are a prime|sessed of each other's confidence like | Gompanies A, G and H, the machine | (¢ Situation. The interests BANISHED FROM FRANCE; Seek to take over the coal production |COUNLY, jail in New Haven this after- | source of local and state taxation and | increases of production have resulted. | zun’ company. and the hospital de. | e oW Wil b e o RETURNED WITH U. S. ARMY. |of Kansas mines. hoon. Be was attadked Witk .r=28 | shguwld mot be interfered With, by the This efficient result is a complete | fanhmont af the 112th Resiment, 167t el treny comion, .. TH U S. 2 knuckles and the prisoner and the as- [ 2 000 TOL 0T oL answer to those who would destroy | fermmert of the LI2th Rerument 00| just investigated production « : $arry Kurz, in American Army Uni- ailant escaped. The officer was sitting | "0, 10 dment to the automobile | without reason the ideal conditions | [rmited Statos. IBrovislgnes ol Shes Do, eantegl bl L e Sk s |MEN WANTEDIGOR on the rear seat of a trolley car and | scufion susgested by Senator Knox, |and working agreements of labor. En- e SiiAE) theTprsgasat IO 3 Ax O - an bs R T nd. - or each value cars cosf ! that sl ed by 6 SO | 4o e O e L o ave w & part of |50 v B ot Paris, Augz. 17.—The American army o were struck him, injuring his eyes and < : L Ry T tRe b ahEckle “the Drdducers. of. the | L < s t ©f | requisition all coal produced i} uniform made its appearance in the App(l;ca(lion; S:nuld h’: SenLt t: Coast | cutting his face but he was not rend- | MOre than *‘;;m_“;_,p";he i s et e T pioducery | their war experience. Johns-sopicin | {70 Sho public are expected o be pit correctional court in Paris yesterday, uard Academy, New London. ered unconscious. While he was being | $eCtion now p R s niversity has opened a sch ar- |17 to operation almost immediately when Harr Kurz, described as a “dos | G Tl _|struck the prisoner jumpea from um;go\_;“fi;‘{*’“;;;’;"éxg,“uj;{?e‘}\_ ¥ ommes o Must Play Part Manfully. ry on the work. "Fhe trade commissions T (o sor of letters of a w York univers Yew York, Aug. —A_call for a|car and was followed by the ilant gos 3 5 i e EAO hountiof L eveey trade = 2 learned tonight, will say that at pre tv.” was charged with beinz in France, | limited number of native-born Amer- | The constable got off the car and | PUrPoses el gl i e s B George B. .C:Verney, zeneral superin- | 4t prices conl operators, Jobbers and although he had been expelled in June, | icans between the ages of 18 and 35 |pulled his revolver but a fellow pas- Taxes on Motor Vehicles. o e ey Al eatnrtinted lo¥- [tendent of water companiss of the | oiafera are reaping exorhitant profit 3915, because his parents were Austri- | vears for service in the United States |senger got in the way and he was not » g o aff S to Khies =2 Ameri- | Pennsylvania Railroad, died suddenly | (ST, 210 FRP BE, 0000 gl oy 5 Motor cycles $2.50. Automobiles|ca. Observance of contracts should at his home Cheyney, Pa. His - ens. coast guard was sent out by the re- |able to shoot. Both men got away.| M o Ay i T s e een ae | N bome I Chinay @dding to the costs in many Kurz caid #hat when he returned to | cruiting officer here today. Appli-|It is thought that the man who at-|COStng under $200, 15 fly cost[ithe alin Of every member 88 3ot | deathiwas due to heasi 5 gt ’ i France with a number of army arvia- | cants, upon acceptance, will be sent | tacked McKee was one of three others | ing betwe $750 and $1,000, $10, with | our part in the war manfully and welli| Regular army soldiers will make up | . OPerators and miners who oppose tors he told his major that he had been | to the coast guard academy at New lwho are alleged to have held up and | ing e 30 an 3150 o ta 33,000 | Every legitimate endeavor should Dt | ne it o5 dicisiong and the Nations | Fovernment price fixing in the . expelled. but that the major_replied: | ondon, Conn.. for training as electri- | robbed a Branford man on the night of | $5 additional for AR e A o exorcised before a tie-up in any trade | Gnay B o T 20 taTe | (hat prices will be pushed down to toc “We wiil see about that." Kurz was | cians and subSequent service as radie|July 21. The case asainst Crowley |and $10 for each $500 above $3.000. | BXCrES [Guard will be numbered from 26 ¢0 75, | gy 4 level put thelr case before the sentenced to a month’s imprisonment, | Operator: The term of enlistment iS d been postponed several times un- The tax v:ased 1_::]0:\“_ olx;: gl o Mo matier: Bow' atMioult it sony | P ‘“»'d”r n"";lw ns b to the 91st. | president today through Fra As he has been in jail 38 days since he | one vear. ‘er; officer was also au- 1til today while the police were search- | Price “:“‘k‘d;‘r::‘:‘qg Al Up | seem or how exacting the task, labor | U o o0 oM 0T T Peabody, chairman of the coal prod cas ad - | thorized to enlist linemerr for the [ N e 3 r each year’s Bk = 2 s Tota | = 5 tion cor tee of the council 2 ;:"::estod. he will be released to- | '] . mh_phoml Sorl‘me i A 2T the other men wantd. to a evossgllowance of fifty percent. n}:mv _sxrn& to p;'e rx\e m;dct 1?‘:*”'” | Senator Mevyers introduced a bill an- ‘:n;; d(\;"‘r‘:l:-( - (ww Sodnsi ot 8 3 zuard. Men who have been called for | LIGHTNING KNOCKED THREE . The proposed spectal tax on pub- B e Whien ths Sumain taiis ag | TOPHiating $1.000.000 to purchase seed | 4on,"of the United Mine Wo t the draft are not eligible but regis- ishers’ incomes and e increas 2 ls on | wheat for sale to indigent homestead- [ (700,20 iy o MiGe, "of a eotution of DRAFT EXAMINED MEN el Rl T Tar ko enis GUARDSMEN UNCONSCIOUS |sccond class postage rates were de- ’Krl"eh‘;vxfll;‘rd‘; ot “fy!’,"”st'.’,‘:as':}“'i‘.!":.‘" and farme ticost: | Tt wae we- | e e SAaE. & VOIUIERTY — bated at length today but action was Vs shot | ferred to the appropriations committee. | Lonoement be made between nperat BARRED FROM NATIONAL GUARD | ment, it was announced. But Those Who Have Not Been Cailed for Examination May Enlist. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 17.—Late today the United States recruiting offi- cer here was notified by telegraph that the order to allow the enlistment of drafted men who had been examined by ecemption boards in the national guard had been suspended. The original or- der issued earlier in the day allowed of the recruiting of men of draft ages who had been either examired or call- #d for examination. Now neither of these classes volunteer in state or- ganizations. The new order. however. mllows of recruiting of men of draft eges who have not been examined or called for examination BPECIAL INSURANCE RATE FOR ‘EMERGENCY FLEET Given by Large Number of Com- paries on Builders’ Risk. A number of large insur companies writing builders’ k on vessels under con- mtruction have offered a special rate for the emergency fleet corporation, ac- cording to W. Fl. La Boyteaux, chair- New York man of the corporation’s committee. The special rate, he ex plained, is contingent on local state agents and brokers eliminating their commissions and upon the policies be- ing written in the home offices of the warious (cmpanies, the companies de- insurance |- EXEMPTION APPEAL BOARDS URGED TO MAKE HASTE In a Telegram Sent by Crowder Governors of States. ! Washington, Aug. today by Provost Crowder in a telegram declaring delays that men with exemption claims unde- cided would escape the Sept. 5 call to the colors at the expense of others who Every district must furnish 30 per cent. of its quota on the first call, and unl nors have waived exempt of all belonging in in his proper order. 1 t —Prompt action iby exemption zppeal boards was urged At the Bay State Rifle Wakefield, Mass. efield, Mass., Aug. 17. — Three members of a national guard regiment were knocked unconscious by light- ning during an electrical storm at the Bay State Rifle Range tonight. Private Charles Keddy and Bartholomew Fin- nerty, with Dr. A. B. Hoffman of the medical corps, were hurled to the Range at to Marshal General | ground together as they were seeking to the gover- | shelter in a tent. All were removed would mean | to a_hospital, where it was stated they ion this ss the claims contingent have been decided men further down the line making no _cl to be moved up into the vacancies. Tho government deSires that every man go will TWO OF BARNET BAFF MURDERERS SENTENCED, One to Be Electrocuted—Other Sent to Sing Sing Prison for Twenty Years. New York, Aug. convicted of the murder in Barnet Daff, a prominent poultry deal- er, was sentenced electrocuted at Sing Sing priZon dur- ing the week of Oct. 1. Abraham Graff, tried jointly with Cohen and convicted Aucting from the premium a sum equal | of first degree manslaughter, was given 17. “here Joseph Cohen, 1914 today to have would recover. The storm flooded the tents, where two hundred men twere encamped, soaking everyone to the skin. OBITUARY Hillard N. Judge. Winsted, Conn., Aug. 17.—Hillard M. Judge, 73 years old. of New York ty, who had been a patlent at the Litchfield County hospital here for the past two weeks, died suddenly today. While on a motor trip to Colebrook a tire blew out and Mr. Judge got out for a walk. He was found dead in the road soon after by the chauffeur. Medical Examiner Hulbert pronounced death due to heart disease. Mrs. Catherine Brown. Greenwich, Conn., Aug. 17. — Mrs. of | Catherine Brown, widow of Lucius Brown, died here today. She was a be | descendant of Jonathan Gillette, one of the settlers of Windsor and of Gov- ernor Bradford. Her only surviving child is the wife of John Rodemyer, a well known editor in this state. She fo that ¢urrendered oy the lccal agents [a sentence of ten to twenty years in|was born in Canaan, where interment or brokers. Lot Sing Sing. will take place Sundav. deferred, probably until next weelk. INCH OF RAIN FELL IN HALF HOUR During a Particularly Heavy Thunder | Storm at Bridgepert. Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 17.—Over an inch of rain fell in half an hour to- night in a particularly severe thunder storm. Two houses were struck by lightning and the streets were flooded. Over 500 telephones were put out of commission and lights were out in part of the city. At Fairfield a barn of Oliver Turner was destroyed by fire following a bolt. The loss is $5,000. Thomas Hughes of Fairfield was run over by a fireman responding to the fire in Fairfield and is dying of his in- juries at the Bridgeport hospital. Wal- lace Graveson. the freman, is under arrest for reckless driving. ALLIES ARE TO JOINTLY DISCUSS PEACE PROPOSALS. Lord Cecil Roberts Informs The As- I sociated Press. London, Aug. 17.—The allled govern- ments will _discus: jointly the peace proposals of Pope Benedict and a reply| will be issued in due course. Rord Rob- ert Cecil told The Associated Press to- night. Whether the reply will be a Joint note or, as suggested in some quarters, through the medium of the United States, or by some other man- ner. will ba decided later. . and shell shall be heard no more, the reconstruction begins to rehabilitate the shattered areas of the world to 2 normal state, let it be said of or- zanized labor that every measure of Industrial democracy enjoyed when we started out to make the ‘world safe for democracy’ has been main- ‘ained. No Reason for Pessimism, “There is no sound reason for pes- simism in the ranks of labor, if we wre awake to opportunities. The fear- ful and hesitant will find comfort in giving their unbounded loyal support. So, on Labor day, 1917, let us cement our hopes out of mutual interest and nope for world-wide uplift—world- wide peace, the expressed aim of the war.’ " ARE ALLIED AVIATORS LOOKING FOR KAISER? Dropped Bombs on Homburg, Where He Has a Residence. Copenhagen, Aug. 17.—Allied aviators recently dropped bombs on the bathing place of Homburg, while the German emporer was staying there, according to a traveler who has arrived here from Germany. The traveler, who was at Frankfort-on-the-Main when it was attacked by French airplanes two weeks ago, says It was reported there that the same aviators had dropped the bombs on Homburg. One of the emperor's two headquarters is said to be in Homburg. The traveler says that the first bomb dropped on Frankfort destroyed & numbar a2 bouses. tonio Rojas, a Mexican non com nest Mettale stom house Al missioned officer, and T of the c an emplove Nogales, Sonora, were arrested at Tueson, Ar for an alleged 360,000 shortage. Fire said to have been caused by the soldering furnace of a tinker who had heen working on the roof. last night destroyed the Dome building at the state fair grounds at Springfield, T, valued ut $150,000. Nearly 1,200 “war gardens” are he- inz cultivated on vacant land of the Pennsylvania Railroad east of Pitts- burgh by employes. The value of the crops raised will exceed a quarter of a million dollars. Ernesto G. Perez, sub-secretary of Mexico sent _instructions to the Mexican Ambassador, Mr. Bonillas, jat Washington, to investigate alleg- ed reports that Mexicans are being | forcea into the American army. | _Under a decision of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York bequests of $872,000 to religious organizations by the late Henry Dex- ter are not payable until the death of Miss Clariss Treadwell Dexter. Federal Conciliator McWade arrived at Bridzeport yesterday and called a conference of the shop committee of the striking Lake Torpedo company machinists. The shop committee dis- cussed possible terms of settlement with Conciliator McWade, who will in- terview the company and learn their and no move be made towards enfor and the government miners of et of bill the drastic provisions BRITISH WAR CABINET PRAISES AMERICAN TROOPS Foreign Minister Balfour Writes Am- bassador Page. Washiagton, Amg. 17.—British ¢ign Minister A. J. Balfour, who eently visited the United State: nead of the British mission, following letter to American Ambas dor Page at Liondon after the parade of American troops there which wa reviewed by King George “The war cabinet, who have just wit nessed the march past of the 17 ed States of America troops, desire t express their admiration of the mag aificent sight and their deep gratifica tion at this striking symbol of Ameri can power.” & PREDICTS EGGS WILL A COST A DOLLAR A DOZEN, Secretary Wheeler of Massachusetts Board of Agriculture. h eg Boston, Aug, 17.—Strictly fre at a dollar a dozen this fall was t prediction today by Secretary Wilfred Wheeler of the state board of agricul ture. Bggs will be very scarce, he said, unless grain prices drop after the fall harvest. The wholesale killing of poultry ras begun because of existing high prices, Secretary Wheeler report-