Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 25, 1917, Page 1

Bulletin VOL. LIX~NO. NORWICH, SATURDAY, CONN., AUGUST 25, 1917 POPULATION 29,919 PRICE TWO CENTS FOR THE ITALIANS Troops Have Taken Additional Prisoners and War Stores, With Gain of Territory ALL ALONG THE ISONSO AND CARSO FRONTS The French Again Have Hit the Line of the German'Crown Prince and Have Captured the Famous Hill 304—They Penetrated the German Front to a Depth of One and a Quarter Miles — Details of the German Offensive in Northern Russia Are Still Vague—A Stiffening in the Russo-Rumanian Front is Indicated By Failure of the Austro-Germans to Make Further Gains. Cadorna’s army is still hard - the Austrians all along the Isonzo arso fronts of the Austro-Italian 4 aided by the valiant Italian 10 are dropping bombs in bers on concentrations be- emy lines, it has made sress and taken additional nd war stores. the offensive, not a week ustrian officers and _20.000 o sent behind the Italian rs of war and about sixty sus calibre have been cap- addition’ to numerous others the intensive gunfire of 1 sectors to the west the s made semblances of offen- probably hoping to distract the n of the Italian commander-in- the work he now has in seemingly there is little h his army work- othly and the Austrians una- hstand the pressure, he is to vewed from pressing on toward bjective—Triest. peo would rest content with the had made against the Ger- o region of Verdun, Friday em again hit the line of the rman crown prince, and capture the umous Hill 304, the scene of some of st conflicts of the war, the Wood and fortified works be- he Haucourt Wood and Bethin- s penetration of the German was at an average depth of one a quarter miles. Hard fighting continues between the British and the Germans around Lens, : northern France and Ypres in Bel- gl The Canadians have captured 2nd now hold trenches at the south- western edge of Lens on the Monastir Slap heap known as the Green Cras- sier. The position was won after the hardest kind of fighting, being taken and re-taken several times before it rested securely in the possession of the Canadlans. Near Ypres, however, Field Marshal Haig’s forces have met with a slight reverse at the hands of Crown Prince Rupprecht’s army, hav- ing been_compelled to yield ground captured Wednesday along the Ypres- Menin road, in the face of extremely violent attacks carried out by fresh re- serves. The battle is still going on in this region The Berlin war office asserts that in the recent British dffensive 21 “tanks” were destroyed by the German guns and are now lving in front of the op- posing positions in No Man's Land. Some of the crews of the monsters were made prisoners, while others were killed. Details of the German offensive in northern Russia west of Riga are still meagre, but the German war office an- nounces that the German troops have reached the vicinity of the Aa River along the Gulf of Riga. The Petrograd official communication dismisses _the hostllities in this sector with the bare announcement that only fusiliades have taken place. In_Rumania a notable stiffening in the Russo-Rumanian front is observed in the failure of the Austro-Germans to make further gains. Attacks de- livered at several points have been checked by the Russo-Rumanians and at _some places the defenders of the kingdom even have forced the issue, and with some success. Since April 9 the entente allies have made prisoner of 167,780 men of enemy armies. CREATION OF AN ALLIED PURCHASING COMMISSION s Announced Yesterday hy Secre- tary McAdoo. n, Aug. 24—Creation of chasing commission, com- I £ three American officlals, to British, French and Rus- ernment purchases in _the tes was announced by Sec- 0o. All the other allies, ncement said, are expected 1o follow the example of Great Britain, France and Russia and put their pur- c 5 the commission’s hands. s of the commisston are Ber- ruch, Robert S. Lovett, and all members of Toard, created re- n as a part nal defense to ases for the Amer- Brookings, stries some time has acted sing agent of the <hment of the com- nt's anpouncement said, sugh_co-ordin- and_allied pur- result in a more effective combined resources of the Tonited States and foreign = govern- Tmeria in ihe prosecution of the war. nt providing for the s ated with the tat! hy Secretary o instance of Proai- a marks the first step toward_carrving out of seeing that ar supplies at arged the American n 1214 down by the pres- tion with the polley was cd government force its < t osell thelr products allles at prices no higher own government. CHARACTER OF NEWS THAT MAY BE PRINTED arding Troops of 26th Divi Designated by General Edwards. 24_The character of = nublished regarding ~ Twenty-SIxtH divi- licated in a statement by Fawards today. “Now the troor sion was Mrajor Ger that the troops have reached the v: rious camps” sald General Edwards, 1 ees 1o reason for prohibiting pub- Jication of mews of a human interest Tharacter rezardine the camp, pro- iding that no mention is made of the iber of men any command.” General Edwards made it clear that «rhile the previons ban on publication of camp news had been lifted. the press would ba expected to suppress any Information which may in any Tnanner coma into its possession con- ferning the movement of _military forees toward seapoarts or of the as- sembling of military forces at sea- ports from which inference might be Grawn of anv intention to embark for gervice abroad: and any information ©f the assembling of transports or convoys or the embarkation itsel. To Take Up Postage Sections. Tomorrow Senator Simmons, A charge of the Dill, plans to take up the postags tax sections, including the lone-cent increase proposed on letters and the disputed sections affecting sublishers. - WOULD TREBLE INCOME TAXES OF CORPORATIONS War Tax Section Tentatively Agreed Upon in the Senate. Washington, Aug. 24—The senate’s programme in the contest over con- scription of wealth to pay war ex- penses was unexpectedly changed to- day. Consideration of amendments of Senator La Follette and Senator Hol- lis to increase the war tax bills draft on individuals’ incomes went over and the day was spent in debate and ten- tative disposition of aeher provisions. Those advocating higher levies on incomes were not ready to proceed following the senate’s rejection yes- terday of the first La Follette amend- ment to raise the tax rates and fur- ther action on both the income and the war profits sections may be post- poned until next week. An informal agreement to delay consideration of the war profits over the week-end has been reached. The senate tentatively agreed today to the finance committee’s amend- ments trebling corporations’ income taxes hy adding 4 per cent. to their tax rate, the levy bringing about $360.000,000 more revenue. Tentative approval also was given to elimina- tion of the hause retroactive taxes on 1916 incomes, which were estimated to raise $108,000,000. EARLY REGULATION OF THE MEAT INDUSTRY. Hoover Has Gone to Chicago to Con- fer With Meat Packers. ‘Washington, Aug. 24—Farly regula- tion of the meat industry was predict- ed here tonight following the depart- ure of Herbert Hoover, the food ad- ministrator, for Chicago to confer with meat packers and with federal trade commission representatives who are Investigating packing methods. Government supervision of meat packing and distributing concerns,with the institution of a licensing system. it is said, may be the next move of the food administration after it has completed plans for the control of the wheat industry. The trade commission has had its investigators in Chicago for some weeks, and it is believed tonlght is about ready to make a report on its findings. Francis J. Heney, in chorge of the legal end of the investigation, and Thomas R. Robertson, the com- mission’s meat expert, went to Chica- go early in the week. HARTFORD DRAFT MEN TAKE UP MILITARY WORK. About 100 Had Their First Drill the State Armory Last Night, Hartford, Aug. 24—Hartford men called to the army through the draft have begun to take up military worlk. About 100 tonight had their first drill in the state armory under the guid- ance of officers of the Connecticut Home Guard. Marching and facing were gone through and later a spell of guard duty was undertaken. Colonel Charles W. Burpee, commander of the Home Guard, who watched the drill, commended the men on the aptituds with which the embryo soldiers took up their new work. s Moo S It is belisved In Stockholm that the Socialist conference will be postponed. Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. Cabled Paragraphs U. S. Naval Committee at St. Thomas. St. Thomas, V. I, Aug. 24—The United States house of representatives committee of naval affairs, which is on & tour of inspection, arrived here to- day. From St. Thomas the committee will proceed to San Juan, Porto Rico, and Guantnamo, Cuhq MANUFACTURE OF ARMY CLOTHES TO BE SUPERVISED Board of Control Has Been Appointed by Secretary Baker. ‘Washington, Aug. 24—Creation of a board of control immediately for labor standards for the manufacture of army clothes to prevent government work being done under sweatshop methds was announced today by Sec- retary Baker. Louis Kirstein of Bos: ton is chairman. The other members are Mrs. Flor- ence Kelley, general secretary of_ the National Consumers’ League, New York, and Captain Walter E. Kruesi, a reservie officer of the quartermtser's corps. ‘Through this board,” Secretary Baker's statement said, “the quarter- master-general will be enabled to en- force the maintenance of sound indus- trial and sanitary conditions in the manufacture of army clothing, to inspect factories, sanitary conditions in the manvfacture of army clothing, to inspect factories, to see that prop- er standards are established on gov- ernment work, to pass upon the in- dustrials standards maintained by bidders in army clothing and act so that just comditions prevail “The government capnot permit its work to be done under sweatshop con- ditions and it cannot allow the evils widely complained of to go uncorrect- ed. Only through the establishment of such a body as the board of con- trol now created will the government be assured that army clothing is man- ed under recognized industrial s and in an atmosphere of ¢ill between manufacturers and This alone will assure fit good operatives. clothing and its prompt gelivery for army needs.” Secretary Baker said he did not an- ticipate any serious delay in the de- livery of army clothing as a result of the new plan. Some maufacturers had indicated, he sald, that there would be a slight loss of time due to the standardization process but not enough to be of any importance. The secretary thought the net re- sult of the plan would be to expedite production, since new facilities wowld be openea to the department in this way and the danger of labor trougles reduced. 5 ANXIETY FELT FOR A BOSTON VESSEL. The Timandra Left Norfolk March 6th For Buenos Aires. Boston, Aug. 24.—Anxiety for the fate of the Boston full-rigged ship Timandra, Captain Richard Lee, his wife and nineteen members of the crew was expressed tonight by the Ex- port Lumber company, owners of the ship. The Timandra left Norfolk on March § for Buenos Aires with a cargo of coal and, according to the owners, has not been reported since. Rumors that the German raider Seeadler had been captured and that her crew was being brought to an At- lantic port caused the lumber company officials tonight to request the state department to inquire into the fate he Timandra and her crew and to find ou whether the ship was a victim of the raider. A FAMOUS PIECE OF GREEK STATUARY RECOVERED. “The Head of Hygieia,” Was Stolen Last December. Washington, Aug. 24—The secret service has recovered a famous piece of Greek statuary, “The Head of Hy- gieia,” stolen last December from the museum at Tegea, Greece. Mr. Vouros, charge of the Greek le- gation here, who some@months ago sought assistance of the United States in tracing and finding the statute, to- day was notified that it had been found in the possession of a woman in New York and would be turned over to him for return to Greece. The statue is the work of the sculp- tor Scopas, and is believed to have formed part of the decorations of the temple of Athena at Tegea. CLEARED EAST AFRICAN COAST OF MINES. Indian Patrol Boats—Were Sown by a German Raider. An_Atlantic Port, Aug. 24—Indian patrol boats have cleared the shipping route along the East African coast of mines sown by the crew of a German raider, according to _information brought to port tonight by a British steamer from Calcutta. Wireless re- ports reached the steamer that the crew of the raider captured a British tramp steamer and converted her into a mine-layer. The Indian patrol boats picked up 26 mines but not before at least one large British steamer was sunk. WHAT TWO MORE YEARS OF WAR WOULD DO. Would Reduce the Entire World to the Same Shortage of Food as Now Ex- ists in Germany. ‘Washington, Aug. 24—Two more years of war will reduce the entire world to the same shortage of food as now exists in Germany, according to scientists in that country, who have compiled statistics to support their statement. Acting on this statement, the Ger- man government is urging its people to continue the war two years more, declaring that if it is done, Germany cannot be defeated, because the coun- tries at war with her will not endure the hardships which the Germans are willing to undergo. ANACONDA CO. TO SHUT DOWN MONTANA PROPERTIES. Because of Strike of Smelter Men— 15,000 Men Affected. Butte. Mont, Aug. 24—Because of the strike of 'smelter men at the Washoe works at Anaconda, the Ana- conda, the Anaconda Copper Mining company today announced another shutdown of its properties in Mon- tana. All the mines of the company will be closed, together with the smelt- ers at Anacénda and Great Falls. Other mines that depend upon smelt- grs sleo will be_compelled to cease operations. Approximately 15,000 men Will be directly affected. -+ ChargesofMurder For Negro Soldiers BLANKET CHARGES AGAINST 34 OF 24th INFANTRY FOR RIOT AT HOUSTON The State is Striving to Retain Custody of Soldiers Rather Than Turn Them Over to the Army For Punishment. Houston, Tex., Aug. 24—Blanket charges of murder were filed tonight by District Attorney Jonn Crocker against 34 negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth infantry, held in the county jail as a resalt of the rioting last night which ended with the death of 17 persons, four of them city police officers. This was the first move indicative of an_attempt by the state to retain cus- tody of the soldiers rather than turn them over to tiw: army for punish- ment. Fear of Further Trouble Abated. Tear of further clashes between white men anl negroes abated tonight when it was learned that orders had been received for the immediate re- moval from Houston of the negro sol- diers of the Twenty-fourth infantry, who last night precipitated a riot, which resulted in the death of 17 per- sons, the wounding of more than a Texas Governor Out of Office INPEACHMENT CHARGES ALLEGE OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT TO BE TRIED BY SENATE Lieutenant-Governor Hobby Automati: cally Takes Office—The Trial is to Begin' Next Wednesday: Austin, Tex, Atg. 24—James . Fergusori was Suspended fiem the of- flce of governer of Texas tomight when sthe board of nine managers named by the house of representatives presented to the senate 21 articles cf impeach- ment alleging official misconduct. W. P. Hobby, lieutenant governor, automatically succeeded to the gover- norship, pendg.g disposition of the charges in tne senate. The senate formally designated next Wednesday as the time for beginning the trial. TO SUPERVISE WORK a OF WOMAN'S COMMITTEE Temporary Chairman for Some of the Local Committees Chosen. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 24—Tempor- ary chairmen for some of the local committees of the Woman's commit- [ He TesT oF The test of advertising great stores leaves no doubt that profitable. are the largest advertisers. The newspaper advertisement never bores: because it excites an cause it presents an opportunity satisfactory price. The test of an adverti depends upon the intesrit truth it contains. hold trade. The following summary of the week’s news discloses the variety of information The Bulletin supplies in a week Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Aug. 18.. 146 133 1167 1446 Monday, Aug. 20.. 166 134 216 516 Tuesday, Ang. 21.. 155 123 230 508 Wednesday, Aug. 22.. 156 122 142 42 Thursday, Aug. 23.. 176 135 244 555¢ Friday, Aug. 24.. 155 111 203 469 758. 2202 - 3914 TFotals ooe.us s its resu results are satisfactory. that the automobile manufacturers more ing space in a single vear leaves no doubt that it was found to be The stores which are disposing of most goods everywhere at the opportune moment and at a sement depends upon lts quality—its quali of the writer—its final worth An advertisement without a true tone may catch, but it cannot ADVERTISING and the space used by the The fact than trebled their advertis sells goods hecause it appeals and interest which does not flas: be- upon the score and the terrorization of the com- munity. Of the 125 negro soldiers in- volved in the riot, all but eight have been accounted for, while military and civilian patrols tonizht are searching the district for the fugitiv Major General George Bell, Jr., will arrive tomorrow to take charge of the situation, relieving Brigadier General John A. Hulen, appointed commander by Governor James E. Ferguson when the state executive declared the city and county under martial law. Riot Climax of Minor Troubles. The riot was a climax of minor troubles between the city police and the negro military police who were guarding Camp Logan, the mobiliza- fion camp for the Illinols National guard. The rioting started about 9 lock, Stealing company ammuni- tidn, about 125 of the negroes seized their rifics and left the camp, starting toward the city, shooting indiscrim- inately. Savageness Displayed by Negroes. Indignation over the outbreak was particularly expressed because of the savageness displayed by the negroes toward the white police officers who were slain ana whose bodies in near- 1y every instance had been hacked witn bayonets. Among the Illinois guards men also much feeling was evident because of the mutilation of Captain Josph_Mattes, one of the first to be Slain by the rioters. Because of this feeling, General Hulen »t noon ordered the public morgues in which bodies were held to close their doors to all except imme- diate relatives of the victims. Funeral arrangements for the vie- tims of the riots were made during the afternoon. The four police officers who died fightinz will be give na public funeral Sunday afternoon. Story of the Rioting. An affidavit before military authori- tles by Lerov Pinkett, private in I company of the Twenty-fourth regi- ment, which participated in the riot- ing, giving what he said was a com- plete story of the trouble, was made this afternoon. It is as follows: “Yesterday about 3 p. m we heard that Corporal Baltimore of our com- pany had been shot by special paolice officers (white _officers who rode horses). All the boys said let’s get the mar that shot Baltimore. It was get- ting late and we stood retreat at 6 oclock and then I heard Sergeant Henry of our company say ‘Well, don't stand around like that. If you are go- ing to do anything, g0 ahead and do it “After that I eaw some of the boys slip over to Company K and I heard them say. they had stolen the ammu- nition. Then Captain Snow called the men out In line. He asked what we were doing and ordered a search made for the ammunition and also ordered that our rifles be taken up. Rushed' the Supply Camp, _ ‘“Another sergeant, I forget his name, tee of the Connecticut Council of De- fense were named M today Belknap Beach, as_folows for Hartford: o2 Miss Rebecca Elliott, Pomfret; Jirs. Joseph A. Alsop, Avon; Mrs. Joseph- e Dodge, Weatogue: Mrs. O. H tt, Washington; Mrs. Emma_ Bush, New Fairfield; Mrs. Rienza Robinson, Danielson: Miss Hasting, Stratford ‘rank Palmer, Fitchville, Newton, Suffield. Mrs. nd pointees will supervise the work of the woman's committee in the home districts. took up our rifles from onr tents. In| this same talk Captain Snow told us | that Baltimore was not in the wrong that the policeman was in the wrons I heard him say that. A big fellow in our company named Frank Johnson then came running down tnc company street hollering ‘Get your roifles, boys.’ We all made a rush for the suppiy camp and got rifles and we went (o] a large ammunition box and got am- munition. Sergeant Henry was the| leader. Fifty Shots Fired at One Man. Corporal Wheatley, Corporal Brown, | rporal Moore, Corporal Snodsrass | and Corporal Tillman and about 100 | privates were in the crowd that had | sone and started off toward town. I| Was in the crowd. I had my gun and my ammunition. We done some shoot- ing as we left the camp. I shot about | five times. I did not know a girl got shot. I did not see an ambulance. We went down the shell road that goes to the Fourth ward. We met an aut mobile with a white man in it. They | stopped him snd Sergeant Henry woid | the man to ge tout of his car, but he | did not ge tout, and all the soldiers | that were in front ehot the man. 1| judge that about 50 shots were fired at him. I was toward the back and did not fire a shot here. Then we marched | on up the road and as I passed the car I heard the white man in the car groan, but we did not stop. Then we met som. officers in a car coming from the Fourth ward and the sergeant made them get out and told them to leave their car. We did not do any shooting here. Then we met two men in a buggy which looked like Mexicans but we did not shoot them. Then we =ot to the dirt road and started to She sraveyard on San Filipe street and right at the graveyard they started shooting. Sergeant Hemy was in front and he hollered to everybody to lay down. T#ey afi laid down but myself and two more fellows and we ran down the side street. As we ran 1 heard shooting that sounded like all of them shooting together 1 tried to get back to the camp but was afraid and stayed in the woods all night and was arrested this morning after day- break, when I tried to get back to camp.” Condensed Telegrams The Russian elections was postponed until November 25. A French soldier was sentenced to die for striking an officer. Gold to the amount of $700,000, so far this week, has been exported. President Wilson and Samuel Gomp- ers discussed the rights of labor. The Leyland liner Devonian, which left an Atlantic port July 28, was sunk. The United States decided to meet every demand for supplies and men for Russia. Federal agents are preparing to re- sume their campaign to round up agi- tators and slacker National Guard troops which were to train at Palo Alto, Cal., were shifted to North Carolina. Six Italians all coming to this coun- try from Sarno, were held in $2,500 bail each as blackmail band It was reported in Chicago that anti- American propaganda is being carried all over the State of lowa. James W. Gerard is being guarded by private detectives because he has ceived a threatening letter The plant of the Eastern Film Co,, at Providence, R. I, was burned. The loss is estimated at $100,000 The officers and men of the First| Regiment of the Polish Legion, of the German army, resigned in a body. Duncan B. McMillan, head of the Crocker Land expedition, is expected to arrive at St. Johns next Sun Lieut. Arnold Henkle, of the 24th | German Engineers, escaped from the | detention camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. After the American troops in Fra have their first whiff of deadly g they will be shown the horror of liqu fire. James Wingate was elected grand master of the New York Odd Fellows at the onnual meeting in New York city. Philadelphia policemen who volun- teer or are drafted for war service will find theif positions open when th return. A British war ship gave the German raider Seeadler, once the Moltke, a great surprise and sunk her in the Atlantic. Adolph Germer, national secretary of the Socialist party, was held in Chica- go on a charge of making disloyal ut- terances. Russel Alexander Williams, one of the crew of the Montano, was buried in England after the sea had given up his body. Hiram Johnson. de- Exemption was denied to Johnson, Jr., son of Senator His claim was based on his w pendency Five French ships of more than 1,600 tons and four under that total were sunk by submarines in the week ended August Charged with conspiracy to violate | the draft law, Dr. Seligman, a draft hoard member in Brooklyn, was held | in $5,000 bail. Among the 600 prisoners captured on | Dead Man Hill was the nephew of ex- ‘Ambassador Bernstorff, Count Eugene Bernstorff. All knowledge of the arrest German spy with a code boolk, in port R. I, was denied by th Department. dman buving Swedish Mi country may United bargo is a from the stop | tates if the United States’ em- | not modified { J. C. Forsythe, president of the Cen- tral Pennsylvania Coal Operators, savs they will not sell one pound of coal at the rate President Wilson fixed. The steamship Campano was sunk by a submarine not because of the gun being outranged but because of siow speed, Real-Admiral Benson said The Belgian n, having com- pleted their official business, saw the tvpe of men to be sent to France, ! when reviewing the Seventh Regiment of New York. The American airmen in France are continually gaining new honors. Ser-| geants Andrew Campbell of Chicago and J. P. Doolittle of New York re- ceived the French War Cros Meadowland ip the northern section of Fartford has been asquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad to enlarge its freight vard.| Deeds recorded today show the trans- | fer of 12.3% acres in Meadow Road to the company. The highway department of the e is hard hit by the enlistment of ts clerks, draftsmen and inspectors. So far sixteen of these have resigned | to serve In the armed forces of the country. All will he reinstated when rvices end. their war s Contracts for printing for the state aufomobile department were awarded today for the ensuing vear as follow: R. H. Cunningham. Stamford. $185.1 Mattituck Press, Incorporated, Wate bury. $679.55; Ryder Printing House, Incorporated. New Haven. $719.03; Clinton Manufacturing company, Hart- ford $386: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Hartford, $390. MAN HELD AT BRISTOL FOR NEW YORK POLICE Jacob Wallachopski is Charged With Grand Larceny. Bristol, Conn., Aug. 24—Jacob Wal- lachopski was arrested -by the local police tonight and is held for the New Yori police, who hold a warrant charging him with grand larceny. Chief Inspector Faurot of New York sent word here that the man wanted might be here and he was quickly run down. He had lived here under a different name but the police say he admitted his identity when arrested. LaFollette Working on Amendments. Senator La Follette is working on his remaining amendments to_increase individual income taxes. The pro- New Russian Has Been For a Month. be al strate would not be an important Democracy Washi Aug, 24.—The United loss. A German ad States re-aflirmed to its faith in |Erad from Riga would the new Russian democracy and gave | Miaoom Saat of ihe o concrete evidence of ‘the confidence whom the allies are loaning another hundred million dol- [tain a firm r lars to the provisional government the efty looke mouncement of the loan came [sians as the nat from' the treasury soon after Secretary ntry Lansi it the state department had | In additfen to lenied formally that reports from |tary Lansinz m Russia were unfavorable and declared | had just sent . that on the contrary confidential des- | ticff replyir patches to the government were the |ance from basis for his belief that the adminis- | tenko, on Au, tion at Petrograd was sirengthen- | behalf of P its position expression of sympa ‘I regard the government of Russia |for the Russian g stronger today than it has been for | The secret t month,” Mr. Lansing said. “I mean |out the dey g in_general, both from political and |Russia upon military point§ of view. This opinion |the government i5 based upon reports more or less |timistic views n confidential that we have been get- |there. He explair ting.” tion in quest So far as the military situation is provisional zover concerned, the secretary indicated | public at all that he feit little concern over the ad. | Much of the mone vance upon Riga by the Germans, re- | Russit's credit, * calling that the place had been evac- |loans from the uated five times during the war, Ma- 000,000, prot jor General Scott, chief of staff, who |diately for sur was a member of the Root commis- |which mu. T sion, agreed that the capture of Riga |are to arrive \ortharn ports APPOINTED PROFESSOR OF MILITARY SCIENCE AT YALE Captain Winfield 8. Overton, a Grad- uate of West Point. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 24Tt was announced today Secretary Anson Phelps Stokes, of Yale universit®, thut Captain Winfield Overton, United States army, had been appointed by | the war department as professor of military science and tactics at the university. Captain Overton is a graduate of West Point in the clas of 1897 and was commandant at the Harvard camp during the pa m r. He takes the place of Lieuten ant Colonel Danford, who has becn called to more active service with the army. It was also made known that arrangements have been made for two resident Canadian officers at Yale coming year, Captain Alan (. Blanc and Lieutenant Raymond H. Massey bhoth University of Toronto men and members of the Canadian Field Ar- ach ha stern T in tille and In’ addition, Profe Reed of the departm E Professor Joshua of the department of both facuity member at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, taking inten- sive training. Professor Reed was a member of the Yale battery and ervice. e on the w 1ls0 experience had experi pean front aining sor 1 Diies | Edwa of Irving mathemat who are DENIAL MADE BY COL. CARL REICHMANN That He Ever Said the Draft Law Would Create Civil War. | Washingion, Aug. 24.—Colonel Carl R e oeon ok brigadier general has been held up. fically denfed hefore a senate mil ¢ sub-committee today that he had sald the army dvaft law woul unpopular as to cause a civil or that German submarine wa was_justified under international law or that American should not be sent to France. Regarding the charge that @efended German air ralds on England and particularly one in which children in a_ schoolhouse were killed, Colonel Reichmann explained that in a discu sion of the ralds he asked a com parion officer whether English raids on Zeebrugge were any Justifiew. The colonel said he helievea from | both a military and a personal stand point troops should be sent to France and that neither his German parent- age nor the residence of two sisters in Germany would influence nis conduet | if he should be placed in charge of troops on the firing line. He was as anxious to help win the war for America, he declared, as any | other American officer. The committee, which is sitting in executive session, expects to call sev- eral witnesses named by Colonel | Refchmann and by Senator Poindexter | as well as persons who have wr letters to the committee regardir cause, ever be fare troops he had g the Death of Victor H. Russell. Greenwich, Conn.. Aug. H. Russell, 64 years of age, di home in 'Glenville today. ile special messenger to Senator Georg McLean when the latter was governo: of the state. For many years he w chief engineer of the Greenwich fire pose to raise about $600,000,000 and - $505,000,000, respectively, instead of At Wilmington, Del., 1,000 shipyard 0. the = ‘workers went on strike. 20, PV . .‘,:;“'{Z?u;"“ Boniaupder 3 peda department and wos active in politics. His brother, Joseph E. Russell was for many years judge of prohate here. leaves a widow apd one daughter. He ed as rezimental serzeant major at the military training camp in Toby- Fanna last summer. Under the leadership of these five [t men, and with the assistance of the non-commissioned officer assigned b the government to take charze of the new Yale artillery armory. the work of the reserve officers’ training corps will be continued under the rules laid down by General Orders No. nder | which military work at Yale is offi- | clally recognized. HEARINGS ON SERVIC WAR Completed by Housq Does Not Affect C Washington, A rs' war Ins vleted by a he and an effort w Tuesday 1 n. optional Ins Who want ing_ pensl. prolonged save tion, althou t r M. E. Wills, field, 1 ré the old p v CHEAPER COAL F( AMERICAN H( will Be One of th New Fuel Ad Dr. 1, trol of It the 1 A red find_he Ea il tions will ready t td bro e day. will prices h ing contracts ur the contracts are for a . and Mobhers and the system t tail prices are f c F TAX SINGLE MEN AND CHILDLESS In Australian—Procoe Bring H ot Aug. 24 single men and Australia, the proce bring home soldiers « was announced toda fan finaneial minister despatch received from Reuter’s agency here, Melb ANOTHER LOAN 1S MADE TO RUSSIA 'E'vidence That the United States Has Faith in the $100,000,000 TO PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT Much of the Money Will Be Spent Immediately For Supplies ,and Equipment Which Must Be Shipped Quickly if They Are to Arrive Before the Closing of the Northern Ports By Ice—Secretary Lansing Has But Little Concern Over the Advance on Riga By the Germans, as That Place Has Been Evacuated Five Times During the War— Regard the Government of Russia as Stronger Today Than it