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VOL. LIX—ND. 310 . The Bulletin’s Cir " GERMANS MAKING - AIRRAIDS ON RIGA They Have Failod in All Their Direct Attacks by Land to Break the NOW PREPARING LAND Rus_sian Line ; [ 4 AND SEA OFFENSIVE ' German Torpeflo Boat Destroyers, Submarines and’' Mine Sweeping Trawlers Are in Waters Neat the Gulf of Riga —Forty Airplanes Have Dmpped Ninety- Bombs on Rus- sian Warships and Harbor Works at Riga—No Material v 3, .= ',FI'IM&A ice. ( Having Cailed in all their direct at- tacks by land to break the Russian front and capture Riga, Russia’s prin- cipal naval base and argenal on the Baltic, the possibility that the Ger- mans are now preparing for an of- fensive by land and sea is forecast in the manoeuvres of their torpedo boat destroyers, submarines and mine- sweeping trawlers in_adjacent waters and in aerial attasks in the Gul of Ri- Ba_itself. Forty airplares of the enemy have winged their flights over the waters of the gulf, dromning bombs. ~ Nine- ty of these missi'es were loosed Thurs- day upon Russizn warships and har- bor works, and raids also were car- riéd out against islands in the gulf. ‘What damage, if any, resulted, is not stated in the Russian official commu- nication. Neither the Russian nor Berlin war offices has announced thé recom- mencement of the infantry activity, in the marshy district west of Riga, where recently the Germans made ad- vances, although Berlin say: that FEDERAL CHILD LABOR LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL Decision of Judge Boyd of Western District of North Carolina. Greensboro, N. C. Aug. 31 —Feder- al Judge Boyd of the western dis- trict of North Carolina, today held the Keating-Owen child labor law uncon- sitmation and enjoined the United States district attorney, William C. Hammer, and his “successors, assist ants, deiipties and agents” from en- forcins in the district the provisions of the act of congress which becomes effective tomorrow. The decision of Judge Boyd came at the conclusion of three days of argu- ment on the constitutionality of the @ct. The case came before the court on injunction proceedings brought in the name of Roland H. Dagenhart and his minor sons, Reuben and John, of Charlotte, who sought to restrin a Charlotte’ cotton mill company from discharging the two boys. . In announcing his decision Judge Boyd said he was gratified by the candor of Professor Thomas I Park- inson of Columbia University, repre- senting the department of justice, who asserted that congress had used its power over interstate commesce for the object of regulation of local con- Gitions within the state and the dis- couragement of child labor. ‘ This ad- mission, said the judge, left the issue clear and brought forward the ques- tion: “Can congress do by indirection that {rhich it undoubtedly cannot do direct- ly 2* “Congress,” he said, ‘can regulate trade among the states, but not the Internal conditions of labor.” Judge Boyd expressed his approval of laws tending to elevate the condi- tion and moral state of all the pew ple and made it clear that his judge- ment on the act was based on his in- terpretation of the constitutional lim- Itations of congressional power. A MILLION DOLLAR HAT MAKING CORPORATION Is to Be Located in Danbury——Incor- poration Papers Filed. Danbury, Conn., Auz ingorporation of a million dollar hat manufacturing corporation to be lo- cated in this city were filed today in ihe office of the secretary of state at Hartforl. The incorporators of the company, which is to be known as The United States Hat company are Frank H. Lee, head of the F. H. Lee Hat company; Harry McLachlan. head of H. McLachlan & company, and W. H. Gteen, head of John W. Green & Son. Each of these concerns declared re- cently for the open shop plan of op- erating their factories. Their combined business equals more than one-third of the entire production of hats in this city. The identity of other persons associated with them in the new en- terprise has not been revealed. Mem- bers of the new corporation sald today that their plans were not yet matured. MERIDEN TO VOTE ON LIQUOR LICENSE OCT. 2 Societies Have a Campaign. Christian Endeavor Been Conductin, Meriden, Conn., Aug. 31.—A vote on e liquor license question will be taken at the biennial town election, tAustrian prisoners and five machine ‘west of Monastir. LT e s P PR s in the Other Sectors of the Russian Front—The talians Are Still Making Gains on the Bainsizza Plateau » northwest of Dvinsk, in the region of Illukst, the Russians have taken the offensive and are carrying out raid- ing operations. "he situation on the other sectors of the Russian front has not changed materially. The Italians are still making gains on the Bainsizza plateau north of Gorizia, and also have renewed their offensive to the south on the Carso plateau. More than 600 additional guns have been captured in the Bain- sizza region. South of this region, on the dominating peak of Monto San Gabriele, more ground has been taken. On the Carso plateau the big Caproni airplanes are aiding in the attack. Aside from artillery duels, which are violent at various points along the front held by the British and French troops in Belgium and France, only minor operations are taking place. There has been a return of rather heay fighting on several sectors of the front in Macedonia, _where the French have repulsed Bulgarian at- tacks in the region of Srka di Legen, NEW HAVEN ROAD o ANSWERS' $160,000,000 SUIT Brought by Edwin Adams-and Other Stockholders. New_York, Aug. 31.—An answer to the 160,000,000 restitution suit brought by Edwin Adams and other stockholders of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company was filed today in the federal court by J. P. Morgan, Herbert L. Satterlee, William P. Hamilton and Lewis Cass Ledvard, as executors.of the estate of the 'late J. P. Morgan and Willlam Rockefeller, Charles M. Pratt and Mr. Ledyard as individual defendants, The answer denies- that the New Haven road or its subsidiaries, at any time, directly or indirectly purchased, leased or controlled the Boston and Albany Rallroad company, the Metro- politan or Eastern Steamship com- panies, in which concerns the stock- bolders allege assets of the railroad were squandered. Repiving to assertions of the stock- holders that they, as_directors of the railroad, refused ‘to bring restitution suits against their predecessors on the board of directors, the defendants say they still refuse to bring such pro- ceedings. Recovery of funds would be impossible, they say, and the prose- cution of the suits “would not be for the best interest of the company.” The answer also noints out that prior to June 30, 1915, the board of directors had decided against bring- ing the suits and that the board’s ac- tion was subsequently ratified at the annual meeting of the stockholders by a stock vote of 925,124 to 14,553. The plaintiffs in’ the suit, besides Adams, are. Julius C. Morse, George'| C. Fisk, James F. Fay and Mary M. Clark. FLOUR TO COST $10.75 TO $11 A ‘BARREL According to Statements by Minneapo- ® lis Flour Manufacturers. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 31.—Best grades of flour probably will sell for from $10.75 to $11.00 a barrel as a re- sult of fixing $2.20 as the price of wheat, according to statements by local flour manufacturers today. They 31.—Papers of | were ®nable, however, to make a def- inite estimate, because of lack of in- formation as to the government's re- quirements. Fancy patents are now quoted at $12.25 a barrel. “Until we khow just what is to be required we canmot tell how the fixed wheat price will affect flour,” said Franklin M. Crosby of the Washburn- Crosby company. “It absolutely does not warrant any statement that flour will be $10 a barrel, as reported unless there is to be some governmental change regarding milling standards.” Other millers, including A. C. Lor- ing, ‘president of the Pillsbury Flour Miils company, expressed similar opinions. 4 Doubt, was expressed that a_four- teen ounce loaf of bread could be pro- duced for five cents and still permit of a profit to both manufacturer and baker. STRIKE IN SHIPYARDS AT SEATTLE SETTLED By Officers of the Affiliated Seattle Metal Tra Council. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 31.—A strike of more than 12,000 workers in Seattle shipyards and plants engaged in fabri- Octaper 2, a petition signed by 800 |cating saipbuilding material to enforce voters asking for the submission of the question to a referendum vote having demands for a general i in wages was settled today b% been received this afternoon [the fiftern affiliated Seattle 3 by First Selectman George W. Miller. | trades council. A quiet campaign vear by the Meriden Christian deavor Societies finally resulted in se- curing the necessary number of sig- natures. no-license, was in 1875. on the Ii on was in and resulted: yes 2,860; no 733. The last time Meriden went | extremely Frank Ottanvier, who was slashed from ear to ear in a quarrel with Charles Bruno at Bridgeport, is in an precarious condition at St. The last vote | Vincent’s hospital. Bruno has not been (dead will also have died for 1909 | apprehended. The quarrel arose over |although they know it—Wash- I Branots sloged WS oz . maeee 29,919 NORWICH, ‘CONN., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917 . FOURTEEN PAGES—112 COLS PRICE TWO CENTS Cabled Paragraphs French Minister of Intéfior Resigns,| Paris, Aug. 31.—Louis. J. Malvy, minister of the interior in the French cabinet, has resigned. REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN HOUSE TO 'RENEW FIGHT e For the Creation of a Congressional War Expenditure Committee. ‘Washington, Aug. 31. — Coincident with the voting of a favorable mpar! publican leaders in the house an- | nounced they would renew their figsht for the creation of a congressional war expenditures committee. The proposed expenditures commit- tee amendment, offered by Represen- tative Moore of Pennsylvania, - was voted down along party linesn com- mittee, but several democrats express- ed their approva] of it and repubii- cans were hopeful tonight that when it - reaches the floll)r some democratic support_will develop. Ro effort has been mede In drafting the amendment to meet the objection of President Wilson that a similar provision proposed during the food control bill debate would embarrass him in the condnct of the war. Instead of authorizing a committee to “study problems arising from the war,” llke the former proposal, the new draft would provide for a com- mittee “to co-operate with the pres- dent in promoting efficiency and pre- venting waste and extravagance in the conduct of the war.” Another provision designed to fore- stall charges that the move is politi ca] would permit seven® dwt?!xnd six republicans to compose the com- mittee personnel. The committee would hold investigations at will and be given an initial appropriation of $100,000. Republicans also will seek to amend a provision of the bill making the $7,- 538,945,460 of bonds authorized con- vertible at possible higher interest rates later, and another to permit the expenditures of approximately $20,- 000,000 in floating the issues. They voted for these provisions today to make the report unanimous, but re- served the right to offer amendments later, The convertibility proposal probably will cause a hard fl%ht su%):ome ‘Iienllt- ts may join with republicans in it. gp‘:osifi;: o the plan finally ordered :gponed was so_strong in committee day that Chairman Kitchin and Representative Hull of Tennessee, con- ferred with Secretary McAdoo in a fu- tile effort to effect a compromise on it. Contention is made by opponents of the plan that if some limit is not placed on the convertibility of bonds the. government soon will be paying a wholly unwarranted rate of interest for loans. NO RADICAL REDUCTION N PRICE CF BREAD. Hpover Says a 16 Ounca Loaf Will * Cost Ten Cents, .. .. . Washi gton, Aug. 31.—Prospectg of an early agr:d radical reduction in bread prices . apparently vanished tonight when ‘Herbert Hoover, the food admin- istrator, announced that -he best the public may expect is a sixteen ounce loaf for ten cents or possibly eight cents. The eight cent loaf of sixteen ounces is possible, Mr. Hoover said, only if bakers, retailers and consumers unite to eliminate wasteful ~distribution methods and co-operate to obtain a star.dardized loaf. The price of family flour, Mr. Hoover said, should be reduced at the present price of wheat at least two or three dollars w barrel. Bakers of flour, how- ever, wili sell little cheaper than at present. v C. I Corby, who is serving for the bakers of the country as a voluntary aide to Hoover, said tonight that a sixteen cunce loaf for ten cents would represent a slight reduction in pres- ent prices. Standardization, he said, would bz hard to bring about, since varying costs in ingredients have made it necessary to increase or reduce the size of rhe loaf. HARTFORD POLICEMEN WILL ° APPEAR AS PRISONERS Charged With Implication in Dillon & Douglass Embezziement. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 31.—The po- lice board here today ended its in- quiry into the alleged complicity of policemen to embezzlements at . the Dillon & Douglass store and Chief Farrell tonight is quoted as saying that some of the policemen will ap- pear as prisoners in court when the trial of seven men is started Thurs- day next. The chief would not dis- close how many policemen are involv- ed although it has been stated that three had been implicated by Henry Myers, a former watchman at the store, who is one of those already un- der arrest. In the police court today Lewellyn Reed, accused of systematic theft of automobile tires from the ‘Hartford Rubber Works, was held for trial on Tuesday next. He was arrested Tues- day and put on probation and it is al- leged that later he sold some of the tires said to have been stolen. PACIFIST ORATORS GET THIRTY DAYS IN JAIL Were Arrested for Making Pacifist in Hartferd. Speeches Hartford, Conn. Aug. 31.—Edward M. Appell and Willlam C. O’Brien, soap box orators who were arrested on Thursday night for attempting to make pacifist speeches, were today sentenced to thirty days fn jail by Judge F. A. Pallotti in the police court here. In addition Appell was given five days more for contempt because he repeatedly tried to address the court_during the trial. CONFESSED THE MURDER OF EIGHT PERSONS L. George J. Kelly, an Itinerant Cler- gyman at Villisca. Des Moines, Towa, Aug. 31.—H. M. Havner, attorney-general of Iowa, to- night announced-that he had received verification_of the report that L. George J. Kelly, an itinerant clergy- man, had confessed to the murder of eight persons at Villisca, Iowa, in 1912, in conrection with which he has been under indictment since last spring. ed for Freedom. With a right decision the German Strike of Boston & Maing Employes ' AND ' MACHINISTS HELPERS BOILERMAKERS OUT Men Have Asked for an Increase in Pay of Eight Cents an Hour—Strike Order Has Affected Many Shops in Two States. —_— Boston, Aug. 31.—Failure to reach an agreement over shop corditions and = system todav. Accord- ing to the company officials more than 2,600 machinists, helpers and‘ boiler- makers went out, while a statement issued by union leaders tonight placed the number at 3,800. | The strike order affected all shops— the largest being located at Billerica and Fitchburg, in this stite, Concord, N. H,, and Lyndonville, Vt. In the Hands of Federal Court. The men asked for an increase in pay of eight cents an hour. This was OVER 2,500 QUIT womc'l La Follette To Speak Today lIN FAVOR OF HIGHER TAXATION - OF WAR PROFITS VOTING BEGINS TODAY All Ready for Vote on Senator John- son’s. Amendment Providing a Gross Levy of 80 Per Cent—Many Sena- tors Absent. i Washington, Aug. 31.—Voting prob- ably will begin in thessenate tomor- row on the war profits section of the war tax bill ' The situation clarified so rapidly to- day following yesterdely’s abandon- ment of cloture plans and agreement for final dispositi®n of the measure that just before suspending toddy ail was ready for a vote on the first of the amendments to the war profits section—the proposal of Senator John- son of California, providing a gross levy of 80 per cent. Absence of a score of senators not expecting that the voting would begin so early, pre- vented an immediate test of strength. Senator La Follette expects to make ing business. they can sell their goods cheaper. of increasing their business. therewith that makes it invaluable. ‘week is summarized below: Balletin Increased Trade Reduces the Expense It is a strange view which some They will claim that because they do not advertise that They might as well try to entice trade by claiming that it costs too mucii to maintain a store and that henceforth they will put a pack on their back and take their goods from house to iouse in order to reduce expenses. The fact of the matter is that the maintenance of a store, the hiring of clerks and the advertising of their goods are all doné for the purpose A merchant might as well try tc get along . without any ofie of his fixed expenses and think that he is helping his trade as to get the idea that he can dispense with advertising and at- tract more business, or do business on lower prices. The fact is that advertising draws business and it is the increased amount of business which results from such expense as is connected people take of the expense of do- And the man in business in this vicinity can do no better than to use the advertising columns of The Bulletin to get in touch with the peoplé who buy. ‘What The Bulletin furnishes for the benefit of its readers in the past Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, Aug. 25.. 142 145 1114 1401 Monday, Aug. 27.. 190 122 265 577 Tuesday, Aug. 28.. 175 135 220 530 Wednesday, Aug. 29.. 154 142 184 480 Thursday, Aug. 30.. 144 152 234 530 Friaay, . Aug. 31.. 106. 128 224 458 TS .. cusi-ia. O1F 824 2241 3976 refused on the ground that the railroad was in the hands of *he federal court under receivership proceedings and that it could not incar additional ex- pense of $900,000 vearly. An increase of three cents an hour was offered to the men, the company contending that this, with a two cent Increase effective last January, made a highe: scale than that paid on the'New York, New.Haven arfl Hartford raiiroad. Recommended a Compromise. In an effort to bring about an.under- standing, a representative of the fed- eral department of labor was asked to come here, and after an Investigation he recommended a compromise increase of six'cents an hour. This offer the union representatives agreed to sybmit to the men for action, but upon the company officials’ assertion that this scale was impossible the strike was called. PACIFISTS BARRED FROM % MEETING IN MILWAUKEE Convention Scheduled for Today—No Place to Meet. Chicago, Aug. 31.—Denied the privi- lege of meeting in Minneapoiis and having been forcibly ejected from Hudson, Wis., officials of the People’s Council of America for Peace and Democracy announced here tonight that they did not know where their convention scheduled for tomorrow will be held. They denied Milwaukee had been chosen, though Morris Hill- Qquit_so announced in New York to- night. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 31.—Governor Philipp tonight wired Shertff McMa- nus that should delegates of the Peo- ple’s Council of America for Democ- racy and Peace arrive in Milwaukee they be informed that it is his wish that no meeting be held. The sheriff was told to “telephone for tions” after this was done SINGLE CONTROL OF TUGS AND BARGES instrue- Recommended by the New England Coal Company. Boston, Aug. 31.—A plan to place under one directing head the control and operation of all the tugs and barges in the New Bngland coal ser- vice was laid before the fedéral ship- ping board by the New England Coal company today. Within a reasonable time the committee pointed out, this single control should add 25 per cent. at least to carrying capacity. There would be an important gain in longer unbroken voyages; tugs would be used to capacity; smaller tugs would be used on the protected trips while the ocean-going tugs could be saved fod outside work. All Game Wardens Reappointed. Hartford, Conn., Aug. terms of all the game wardens in the state and of the protectors will expire tonight. There eight ‘wardens, one for , and they ‘have all been 31.—The |a: tomorrow a lengthy war profits speech hut Senator Borah, a leader of the group demanding higher taxation, said tonight this would not interfere with prompt action on the Johnson amend- ment. Spokesmen Were Divided. .Spokesmen for those favoring and opposing higher profits rates divided today’s debate. Senators Harding and Smoot urged retention of the finance committee’s provision, while Senators Hollis and Gronna urged much greater levies. 4The attendance wds small, but half .a dozen senators remaining on the floor at times. Senators Harding and Smoot warn. ed that much higher taxation of war profits probably would result seriously to business. Semators Hols and Gronna contended that the bulk of the war’s expenses should be obtained from war profits. Senator Hoilis op- posed consumption taxes proposed and insistec that the bill be increased to $3,000,000,000 by levying upon war profits. By a strategic move the senators making the fight for a higher rate on war profits got Senator Johnson's amendment placed In position for the first vote. The plan of the high tax group is to offer Senator Johnson's maximum levy provision first and if defeated, to follow with other proposi- tions to secure acceptance of the high- est possible rate. MAINE CENTRAL HAS RAISED PASSENGER RATES One-half Cent a M Traffic. Portlard, ‘Me., Aug. 31.—The Maine Central railroad announced tonight for Interstate that an increase of ome-quarter cent a mile in its passenger rates for inter- state trafifc and traffic within New Hampshire, Vermont would become effective tomorrow. The new ratc is 2 1-2 cents a mile for mileage books and approximately 2 3-4 cents for tickets. As a similar pr posed increase in this state was sus- pended until Dec. 1 by the Maine pub- iic_utilities commission, the new rates will not apply at present originating and term this eta’ at the rate of 2 1-2 cents. RIFLES. CARTRIDGES AND DYNAMITE -FOUND IN HOUSE Of an Anti-Conscriptionist by Police Montreal. at i 1,609 rifles, and Canada to traffic inaiing within e Because of this condition two forms of mileage books will be issued, one at the rate of 2 1-4 cents and the other Montreal, Aug. 31.—The finding of of cart, Condense Tg.!egrams 4 The Kansas corn crop may total 110,000,000 bushels, Bar silver touched another high rec- ord price in London at 46d. The American schooner Laura C. Anderson was sunk by bombs. The flour output of Minneapolis last week was increased 29,505 barrels. An X-ray school for reserve officers in the medical corps was opened at Boston. * i Many persons were injured in a fire which broke out in Kazan, 430 miles east of Moscow. Another $915,000,000 for the shipping board’s building programme was asked of congress. Justin N. Study, for 22 years sup- srintendent of Fort Wayne schools, died of heart disease. Argentina will not ask for the re- newal of the $11,000,000 American loan which expires Sept. 15. German newspapers are ‘celebrating the victories of the soldiers of the country over the Russians. Announcement was made by. the treasury that the final payments on Liberty Loan bonds were made. Lieutenant Francis MclLaren, an aviator and member of parliament, was killed while flying in England. Isaac Fromme, protege of Richard Croker, and ex-register of New York, is' dead at the age of 68 years. The New York State Industrial com=- mission announced that 1,000 farm hands wefe needed to harvest the crops. : The United States Geological Sur- Vvey annbunces that $141,543,300 worth gglsgold and silver was produced in Hospital internes and medical stu- dents who were more than a year at college will be exempt from the se- lective draft. The first of the British standardized merchant steamers was commissioned after making several successful trials. Department of justice agents ar- rested three more men in Yonkers on the charge of supplying liquor to sol- diers in uniform. Mrs. Sarah Proctor Morris, mother of Clara Morris, the actress, died of paralysis at Tuckahoe, N. Y. She was 94 years old. Mr. Kirkoff, a Bulgarian socialist, in an interview said he believed the Maximalist faction in Russia is at- tempting another revolt. The French administration gives notice of great delay on ail telegraph- ic communications owing to cuntin- uation of a storm. Three French vessels over 1,600 tons and one less than 1,600 tons were sunk by submarines and mines the week ending Aus. 26. . Allen Blount, a boy from St. Louis in the French Foreign Legion cap- tured 30 German prisoners alone and will get the War Cross. Claiming his wife and baby are de- pendent on his gained for Bryant Washburn, moving picture star, ex- emption from military service. Seven tomato pickers were killed and two others were seriously injured at a Pennsylvania Railroad crossing near Alberdee: The Russian Provisional government authorized the admission of women to all forms of state service on the same conditions ar men. The Drama League of America of- fers prizes of $500, $250, and $100 for the three best patriotic pla suitable for performance by amateurs Gen. Pablo Gonzales left Mexico City for the United States to arrange for the shipment of arms and ammu- nition long held by the embargp. Officials of the American Railways association announced the troops will have Pullman trains whenever possi- ble for transportation to camps. The opinion of Roger C. Sullivan, democratic leader and former candi- date for the United States senate from Illinois, is that the war will not last through December. The number of cattle in Sweden was reduced 15 per cent. by the food shortage. The government licensed the exportation of 5,000 head of cattle to Ireland and Norway. The Lyons, France, police arrested Raymond Robillot, 17 years old, on_the charge of having attacked O. L. Mec- Lellan, formerly a Louisiana senator, who was shot Tuesday. Directors of the National Association of Coal Operators conferred with Dr. H. A. Garfield, the fuel administrator, regarding his arrangements for con- trol of the coal industry. The Mexican silver dollar, valued at about 50 cents in American money, has risen to a new standard becanse of the soaring price of silver, and is valued at about 71 1-2 cents. Henry F. Gilli, celebrated years ago as a feunder of the American exchange “SESURY ‘AoIny 130 01 PaIIAJSUBN SEM OUM ‘POOM IBIBUSH-10fBIY SPIVOONS OH 'V 'S ‘0 AUl _JO UOISIAID UJ0ISBOUINOS OU3 JO puTmwios ax®} 01 “D 'S ‘UOISALIRUD B POAliIE UBANQ "4 "M [e@ouSH-sofEly oM 01 way1 Ind 01 POUSIM SONLIOUINE Oyl usym sune uondwexe epeur JouFeap oorod oyl Ul 1YSNE) OIM DPUB OIouX “nIeg up Me] iom AIoSMdwoo Y3 ur. 49381604 03 Po|iE; oYM S491PI 00T OU.L ‘soswosp J0 Uopwondwiod ® o 3I0X MON Ul POID ‘390 PUTIS JO UOXY -vd pue ispelded ‘seuruy ‘odoinsy ur William A. Kennedy, head of the banking firm of Kennedy, Mitchell & Co., who was recently arrested at Vigo, Spain, after being indicted for grand larceny, arrived at New York Yesterday on a Spanish steamship. Overton Howard, a lawyer, his brother, Thomas P. Howard, a bank. examiner, and their brother-in- law, a Mr. Bagby, were killed when their automobile was struck by an. electric car near Ashland, Va. IT WILL CLOSE NOV. 1 n in i orwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. Next Liberty Loan Campaign Oct.| SET TENTATIVELY BY STATE DEPARTMENT TIME Indications Are That the Next Offer- ing - Will Approximate $83,000,000,00¢ —Question of Advertising Under Consideration. Washington, Aug. 31.—The open: of the noxt Liberty loan campaign has been set tentatively by the treasury department for October 1. Subscrip- tion booke wiil close November 1, un- less the programme s altered. The amount, the Interest rate, the denominations of the bonds and other details will be announced after con- gress disposes of the pending bond Will Approximate $3,000;000,000. . Indications are that the next offer- ing will approximate $3,000,000,000. ‘Whether #t will be advertised by government through paid newspaper space is under consideration, but Sec- retary McAdoo said tonight the cost of such an undertaking wouM exceed the appropriation now for the purpose. He added 'that 'fhere would be no action until more lighe had been received as to the cost of an effective advertising campaign and until congress had decided what amount will be allowed for advertising tol{] future issues. nder the war revenue bill, passed last April, $7,000.000 was made avail- able for expenses of floating $5,000,- 000,000 in bonds and $2,000,00,000 in short time certificates of indehted- ness. It is reported that about half already has been disbursed in conmec. tion with the flotation of the $2,000,- 000,000 liberty bonds first offered and the certificates of indebtedness put out in_advance of the loan, In announcing the tentative program for the second campaign, Mr. McAdoo appealed to Liberty Loan committees to perfect their organizations and pre- pare for the next campaign by getting in touch with the various federal re- serve banks. Matter of Advertising. The secretary’s statement regarding newspaper advertising said: “There seems to be an impression that the treasury department in the first Liberty Loan campaign applied for free advertising, or paid for ad- vertising in some papers and not in others. ~That is entirely _erroneous. The treasury department did not ask newspaper publishers for free adver- tising, because 1 realizg that the newspapers’ only profitable commodity is advertising space and that there are many papers which are not able to give free advertising, especially in view of the high cost of print paper. Newspapers Were Loyal “Newspapers and press associations loyally co-operated with the govern- ment in the firsf Liberty loan. News and editorial columns were devoted most genmerously to the issue. They carried ts message into every homs . and deserve great praise for their ser- vice of patriotism. The people of. the country want to know the financial needs of the government and the de- tails of the fssues of bonds. That s news. This information was given to them in the most comprehensive form possible, and the newspapers and pres: associations have the satisfaction of knowing that they contributed im- measurably to the success of the loan. Success_could not have beeh accom- plished without their aid and co-oper- ation. I have no doubt that the gov- ernment will have the same genuine supportdfrom them in their news and editorfal columns in connectign with -the_second lssue, ‘A Serious Problem. “The question of paid advertising presents a serious problem for the government. The value of such ad- vertising cannot be doubted, amd if the operation could be governed by the same considerations as those which determine the action of private en- terprises, it would be much simplified. A private enterprise may advertise in a selected pumber of mediums most useful for its purposes and may con- trol its expenditures for that purpose without any limitation except its own desires or ability to pay. If the gov- ernment engages in such a campaign it must advertise in every newspaper and periodical in America without dis- crimination; all must have equal treatment, and should have equal treatment.”, BOOKS STOLEN REPRESENTED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS Testimony in Trial of Towle and Hyde at Meriden. Meriden, Conn,, Aug. 31.—William H. Pooley secretary of the J. D. Bergen and Captain Robert Hurley e state police were the witnesses heard today in the case against John F. Towle and Ralph K. Hyde, charged with theft of valuable papers from the J. D. Bergen company. Pooiey told of the bribe offer he had received from Towle through Frederick L. Thieme for the giving over of certain valuable books and papers of the company. He caid he passed this information to Mrs. Waiter H. Bradley, treasurer of the concern. He estimated that the books stolen represefited thousands of doliars in la- bor. Captain Hurley admitted that he had in his possession papers be- longing to Towle and Attorney Jacob Goodhart for the defense argued that the state should file them. It was finally agreed to haye the private pa- pers returned to Tdwle, the state to be permitted to hold the evidence in the other papers. The hearing was adjourned to September 10, REVISING THE FEDERAL | CONSTITUTION OF URUGUAY Commission Has Adopted a Resolu- tion Separating Church and State Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 31—The commissfon which is revising the fed- eral constitution has adopted a clause S ine e chueis aoa uinie 18R confiscation of church property also is provided for. AR LT 0 congress r re becoming ..