Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 3, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 311 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONNs MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1917 Bulletin - & 8 PAGES—56 COLUMNS : PRICE TWO CENTS Thp' Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Doinble_ That of Ahy Other Paper, And Its Total ‘Circulation’ is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. GERMANS NOW AT THE GATES OF RIGA The Great Port and Arsenal on the Baltic Sea is Being Attacked on Three Sides fiUSSIANS UNABLE TO CHECK GERMAN ADVANCGE A Big Battle is in Progress Some Twenty Miles Southeast of Riga, Where the Germans Have Started a New Offensive —In Southern Moldavia the Russians Have Ceased Their Desertions and Again Are Facing the Enemy—In the Italian Front General Cadorna’s Men Extended Their Gains—In Belgium and France the Big Guns Are Vio- lently Bombarding the German Positions. —— The Germans are knocking virtuallyfcrossed the Dvina river. shaped their eourse northward along ay toward Riga, with the Russians counter-attacking but unable to hold them. Some twenty miles southwest Riga, along the railway from Mitau to the seaport, the Ger- mans have begun a new Here a big battle is in progress, but in whose favor it is going has not been ent by the Russian and Ger- Neither at the gates of Riga, and with the Russians apparently unable to with- stand their advance. The great port-and arscnal on the Baltic and the head of the railway line running to Petrograd is beset on three sides by the enemy—on the west in the Lake Babit region, on the southwest near Mitau, and on th> southeast along the eastern bank of the Dvina river, a scant fifteen miles distant from the city. In the latter region the Germans, after a heavy bombardment, won the Uxkull hridgehead, famed as the scene of .many sanguinary encounters, and made e man official communications. is anything contained in them concern- ing the opgpations near Lake Babit, (Continued on Page Two, Third Col.) the wats ‘Thence the; line runnin; STRIKE AT REPAIR SHCPS OF THE B. & M. ROAD. Arbitration Talked Over at Held Yesterday. ton, Sept. 2.—Officers of the gen- courcil of federated crafts. 3,000 members of which left the rcundhouses #nd repair shops of the Boston and ine railroad two days ago on a strike t a wage advance of eight cents an our, addressed meetings of the strilk- ers in various sections of New England today’. e TWwd suggestions for arbitration made by Charles G. .Vood, commissioner of the state board of conciliat.on and ar- bitration, were talked over at the meet- ings. Later the officers returned to Meeting this city for a session of the general | bership council tomorrow morning, when they | will vote on the two arbitration plans. re was no official indication to night what answers would be given Mr. Wood, who requested a reply not| later than Tuesday noon. A ension was expressed in some quarters that the strike might inter- fere with militagy plans, but Major General Clarence R. Edwards, com- mander of the Twenty-sixth (New England) division, tonight set at rest all fears. He said the military author- ities anticipate no diffieulty in sending troops even if the strike should tie up the whole railroad system. He pointed out that there are thousands of auto- mobiles to serot to as well as the steeet railways. The only branch of @e military that might be affected, General Edwards said, was the quarter- thaster’s corps, which migat be ham- pered somewhat in the movement of materials. JEWISH PEOPLE PLEDGE LOYALTY .TO GOVERNMENT At Joint Convention of Hebrew Socie- t ‘Boston. i Boston, Sept. 2.—Resolutiors pledg- ing to the government in the war the lives and fortunes of 15,000 New Eng- and people of Jewish faith were unanimously adopted today at the opening of the joint annual convention of the Associated Hebrew Associations of New England, the Associated Young Women’s Hebrew Association of New England and the Hebrew Teachers of Massachusetts. A coup of the declara- etions was telegraphed to President ‘Wilson. D — MAN SHOT WHILE RAIDING PEACH ORCHARD On Southington Mountain Near Wa- terbury—Died. of Wounds. Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 2—An un- identified man was shot by James Parnes in the latter’s peaeh orchard on Southington Mountain this morn- ing and died while on the way to the hospital. Barnes, whb was arrested on a coroner’s warrant, and is now ocut on bonds of $1.000, claims that tRe man was stealing peaches and that he carried with him a loaded shotguin. The wound was inflicted by a charge of birdshot which entcred the man’s back. INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST CONFERENCE POSTPONED Committee in Charge’is Encountering Many culties. : \ TLordon, Sept. 2.—The international socialist conference which was to have been convened at Stockholm Septem- ler 9 has been postponed, according t~ a Reuter despatch from that city. The committee in charge of the organ- §-~tion has ercountered many difficul- ti~= including the refusal of pass- yorts, and has been obliged ke This Adecision. to FIVE ITALIAN AVIATORS IN FIGHT OVER VIENNA Dropped Pamphlets Telling People of Italian Victory. Turin, Sept. 2—Five Ttalian avia- tors have returned from a successful fiight over Vienna. Leaving the Jialian front the five, machines passed over the Austrian lines unobserved and flew straight to the Austrian cap- ital, where the aviators drdpped pam- phiets the people of the City of the great Itallan victory. which Cross. cne pupils. tional eath. police. Tarbell of Wes Loy noon. rested, and will be given a hearing Thursday. Premi born in Washington, Sept. a Junio The junior director and council. work in states will be under the direc- tion of state committees, Plot Unearthed Petrograd, the high cour: earthed a counter-revolutionary, mon- archistic conspiracy vhich, according to a report presented to the cabinet last night, was to ac- compliesh a coup d' etat by arresting the provisional government. “ests have been made of officers and civilians in Moscow and the provinces £nd some also in Petrograd The names of the arrested pigsons the authorities | jor the present refuse to divulge. sppears that the headquarters of the conspirators was in the villa district outside ..f Petrograd. Kerensky is perconally con- ducting & preliminary inquiry. FOUR MEN KILLED AT AUTOMOBILE MEET | By Frark Knight During a Race at Mexico City, were kilied and automob.le during a 250 kilometre race today. came superintendent of company and from 1896 postmaster. He was actlve in politics and had beén town chairman of the re- He was afMliated with He two publican party. many fratern leaves a wido lat her home here today, aged 87 ye A JUNIOR RED €ROSS IS BEING FORMED To Be Open to All School Children of the United States. Red Cross membership ill be open to all school chil dren of the United States was an- nounced tonight by the American Red It is hoped to assemble 22, 000,000 children into a body: that ma- terfaly will assist in the workwof the main orsanization. : The movement was planned 3 H. N. McCracken, president of Vassar, with the co-operation of many edu- cational authorities. vear will cost 25 cents and mem- the entire student body of a school will be granted upon the depositing of an amount equivalent to the aggregate individual fees of the Membership fol for body will have a na COUNTER:REVOLUTION-A-RY SCHEME IN RUSSIA to nal Government. vi Sept. of scow has the design I ty. Sept. driven by Frank Knigh the killed and injured were struck,| PAY HIGHER INTEREST. v 2 to cross th cl ot e I K ety M T T et e s vause i e e to Investor: OBITUARY. —— e Washington, Sept. 2—Secretary Mec- J. Alien Butler. ° Adoo issued a statement tonight sug- Portland, Conn., Sept. J. ANen |®esting to buyers of Liberty loan Butler, long prominent in the affairs of this towa and a former representative in the legislaturé, died here today after a brief’ iliness. He was s°ricken with pleurisy three days #go duced heart and this in trouble that caused hi: Mr. Butler was 67 years old and was He came 0 Porr'and early in life and later went to Philadelphia, where during tennial ~xhibitio he 'was a sergeant of Returning to Portland, he be- ‘hatham, Conn. the Cen the wate! and oenefit ordens. one son and daughters. nnless their pending demands for Col. Edward DeV. Morrell. her w-~es are granted. The order Philadelphia, Sept. 2—Col. Edwa Sl DeV. Morrell, r.ember of a wealt =— e Philadelphia family. former congr Order of Good Templars. man and former judge advocate it ) Pore sty e o of the Pennsylvaniu uatlonal fuard,|yundred delezates to the tenth annual died vestecday at Colorady Springs. | onvention of the Scandinavian Grand He was widely known in New York | Tmdae of Connectioar. Intermatioan) and New England. Order of Good Temnvlars, are here to- Esther McCullough Tarbell. Titusviile, Pa., Sept. Cuilough Tarbell, the writer and putlicist, die Auto Accident at Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn,, mobile owned by Theodore J. Warner I[laven and driven by his son, . Warner, struck and severely Sept. year ol racy Hanks, a after th Norwulk here tl “The driver of the csr was ar- charged with reckless driving of offensive. —Launching of in Dr. Relief Arrest the Pro- 2.—The attorney of | un- | of Many ar- t ! Four persons three injured by un All 10 1900 was —Esther Mc- mother of Ida M. 2.—An_auto- nstorff Gets Iron Cross. Berlin, Sept. 2.—Count- von Bern- storff, -German ambassador to the United States, received from Em. peror William at great headquarters yesterday the civilian iron cross. .~ . % Kept Band Playing During Battle. Rome, Sept. 2.—Arthur Toscanini, the noted Italian conductor, for many years up to 1915 musical director at the Metropolitan Opera House, in New York, has been decorated by the Ital- ian government for great bravery un- der fire. Signor Toscanini, the ac- counts from the front disciose, kept his military band playing during the battle of Monte Santo in the present offensive on the Italian front, the sol- diers storming the positions of the enemy tothe strains of this martial music, GERMANS ARE DECEIVED ABOUT AMERICAN TROOPS. Led to Believe the Latter Will Nfl’ * Participate in War. Parts, Sept. 2—"It is a pity that so ‘much blood has been shed in vain.” A German officer tzken prisoner in the recert French advance north of Verdun s thus quoted in the Echo de la Rochelle. and a_staff officer who in- terrogated the German is given as au- thority for the interview. The Ger- man rendered homage to the heroic courage of the French soldiers, but| tried to discourage the idea that help would be forthcoming from the United States. “Why delude yourselves with chimer- ical hopes and thus prolong ‘the mur- derous struggle?” he wen: on. “You expect irresistible aid from the United States. They promise it, but they will never give it. We know perfectly in Germany what to expect as to the in- tentions of President Wilson. He is playing with you: he will. temporize withoyt ever going whole-heartedly into_the conflict. “When you ate hopelessly beaten he will be the arbiter of the situation and wil! impose a peace that wi'l be advan-+ tageous to no one but the United States of America. ' He will never compromise the Stars and Stripes in an adventure on your front.” rench officers vainly informed the prisoner that thousands of American soldiers have landed in France and England; had marched through the streets of Paris and Londcn; that a division of American troops was pre- paring for service at the front; that other ~contingents, more important, would arrive before the end of the vear, and that the United States was arming millions of men. “Those are only adroit manoeuvres designed to keep up the,snirits of the combatants,” replied the prisoner. The French offiter then sa‘ “We will convince you; you ehall be conducte? before General Pershing. the commander-in-chief cf the American ‘expediticnary forces in France, now here on the Vordun front. You can question him yourseif and vou wiil learn whether it is thc German people or us wiic are being deceived by those who govern.” When .he escort came to conduct the prisoner before General Pershing, big tears rolled down his cheeks and he remarked: > “Since that is the case, i: is all over. We are lost.” Y g r GERMAN AIR RAID | ON COAST OF ENGLAND Casualties Are Believed to Be Small— East Kent Bombed. London, Sept. -A German air raid on the coast of England tonight was announced by the official bureau. Bombs were dropped as the airpianes crossed East Kent. The text of the statement reads “Hosti'e airplanes crossed the East Kent coast at 11.15 o'clock tonight. They. flew seawards a few minutes la- ter. A few bombs were dropped. The 'r‘asua!ti(‘s are believed to be small.” ESSEX MAN KILIID b BY A TROLLEY CAR. Alfred Larsen, 3s, Stepoed.in Front of Car at Saybrook 4 Sayvbroo! Conn. Sept. 2.—Alfred Larsen, 63 years old, stepped in front of a troiley car of the Shore Line Electric companv here tonight and was almost instantly killed. l.arsen came down a bank near the old ferry land- ing and evidently did not see the fast moving car approaching. Little is known of nim except that he lived in Essex. Medical Examiner Graniss viewed the body. No one was held. tI LIBERTY BONDS .MAY hands of the first issue tha‘ they might hold their interim certifizates advan- tageously until Oct. 1 in view of the possibility of the 2 1-2 per cent. bonds a'ready 1ssued being given the nrivilege of conversion into subseauent issues bearing a higher rate of interest. METAL WORKERS AT PORTLAND VOTE STRIKE Unless Their Pending Demands Higher Wages Are Granted. For r Portland, Me., Sepnt. 2.—All work- men in Portland shipbuvilding varis af- filiated vAth the metal trades counecil were ordered at a mesatine of that bodv todav to strike September Tth, dav. The grand lodge desree wn< con- ferred on twentv-one candidates, Grand Chief. Temnlar Joseph T and- kirst of Bridzeport presided. Officers. the closing d s. | will be elected tomorrow, Turks Driving the Russians. London, Sept. 2.—A Turkish official communication dated Jast Saturday and received this evening claims that tae Cabled Paragraphs | Pacifists Held in Chjcago SESSIONS HElD UNDER PROTEC- TION OF POLICE FORMALLY O'RGANIEED Mayor Thompson Defied Governor’s Order—Four Companies of National Guard Sent to Prevent Moetings, Arrived Late—Clash in Authority. Chicago, Sept. 2.—After being driven from thr states, the People’s Council of America_ for Democracy and the Terms of Peace perfected a formal ' Meeting |Youthful Burglars at _Ma_nchester M'DE RAIDS ON STORES FOR EIGHT NIGHTS THREE UNDER ARREST . The Boys Were Traced by Means of a Letter Written Criticising Laxity on the Part of the Pol turning the Thiev: e in Not Cap- s Manchester, Conn., Sept. 2.—The burglars who for eight nights made raids on stores in the center of the city have been captured, according to ILABOR DAY There is nothing the flag represents better than labor. Labor day is truly flag-day in America. Without Labor nothing prospers! Labor is the guard of Virfue, the producer of Wealth, and the father of+Genius. Carlyle told the World sacredness in work!— there was “nobleness and The true epic of manhood is not arms, but tools!” Labor is rest from the sorrows that greet us; From all the petty vexatiens that meet us; From the sin-premptings that assail us; From the world sirens th: at lure us to ill. * When labor is busy the world prospers! When labor loafs want menaces the world. From labor health; from health contentment springs. Labor represents purpose; and Purpose underlies char- acter, culture and attainment of every sort. " 'Let the flag wave for Labor day! " For labor is the divine law of our existence! A W. P. from Mayor William Hale Thompson, which were in defiance of Governor Frank O. Lowden. ¥our companies of mmtional guardsmen, rushed from the state capital on a special train, to pre- vent the meeting, arrived after it had adjourned, its purpcse accomplished. Clash in Authority. The clash in authority between Mayor Thompson and Governor Low- den came as the result of -he action of the police in breaking up the pacifist meeting yesterday on ord:rs from the governor. When the mayor, at his summer home at Lake. Forest, heard of it, he declared that the governor had exceeded his authority and immediate- ly instructed Chief of Police Schuettier to perm:t the meeting and to give the delegates protection. When the pacifists heard of the may- or's action this morning preparations were made to Lold the meeting, which had been prevented in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, and had been forbidde1 as unpatriotic and disloyal by the governor of Illinois. Patrolmen on Guard. Assure? of protection, the delegates gathered shortly after noon at the West Side Auditorium. Patroimen were cn guard inside and outside the building and more were held near by to suppress any disorder Nearby strects were déserted as the delegates were called to order by Seymour Sted- man, former socialisi candidate for governor of Illinois, as temporary chairman. In the meantime Governor Lowden had been notified of the defiance of his orders and immediately. called Adjutant General Dickson of Illinois into confer- ence. It was found that as most of the Illinois rational guardsmen had been federalized, the goveraor had no troops at his dirposal in the Chicago district. An effor: was made to reach Major General Carter, commander of the cen- tral department, to d>btaln his permis- sion to use federal troops, but he could not be fcund in time. Governor Sent Troops. As Governor Lowden considered im- mediate action necessary, four com- panies of the Ninth regiment of the Tllinois national guard who had not been federalized were assembled at Springfield and started for Chicago on a special traia at 3.58 o’clock with or- ders to make the run in four hours. Adjutan - General Dickson, who accom- panied the troops, had orders to break up the meeting at once upon his arrival in Chicago despite the action of the police and mayor. National Executive Committee. The pacifists appointed a national executive committee as follows: Sey- mour Stedman of Chicago; J. D. Works, former United States senator, Los An- gelgs: James H. Maurer, Reading, Pa. member of the Pennsylvania legisla ture; Prof. Stott Nearing of Toledo; Jacob Panken of New York; Morris Hillquit, New York; Prof. H. W. L. Dana, Columbia univarsity; M. A. Too- hy, Toledo; Mrs. W. 1. Thomas, Chica- 2o, national secretary of the Woman's Turks have driven the Russians out of a Mcrivan, Persia. . William R. Hearst will not run for mayor of New York. * Peace Party; George Roewer, Boston; Frank Sttvens, Arden, Del.: Leila Faye Secor, New York; Rebecca Shelly, New York: Eiizabeth , New York, and Dr. HL W. Waltz Clevelands Three boys, Maurice 16 and 17 years the police here. and Henry Roulet, old, respectively, and Ward Dougan, 13, are the culprits, say the police. They were arrested Saturday night and the Dougan boy confessed at 3 o'clock this morning after the lads had been questioned all night by the po- lice. Ransacked Well Lighted Stores. The Roulet boys are brothers and with Dougan took turns break- |ing into stores while the othsrs stood guard. Although they had pass keys and a burglar's kit, entrance to stores was made < hiefly by way of door tran. soms. The places ransacked were | weil lighted stores and for some time had been protected by extra police details. The police say the boys were traced by means of a letter they wrote to the authorities criticising laxity on the part of the police in not capturing the thieves. They will be taken before the po- iice court tomorrow. | tn CAPTAIN HANS ROSE IS SINKING MERCHANTMEN Submarine Commander Who Appear- ed off Newport in October, 1916. Amsterdam, Sept. 2. — Lieutenant Captain Hans Rose, the submarine commander. who after a seventeen day voyage appeared in German submarine U-53 at Newport in October, 1916, sub- sequéntly returning across the Atlan- tic, is at present busy sinking mer- chantmen, according to advices from Berlin. The German semi-official news agency appends to this announcement a note saying that the United States authorities considlered the U-53's dou- ble trip so improbable that the experts declared in congress in February, 1917, that the submarine was unmistakably accompanied by a provisioning ship which had remained undiscovered. “This incredulity of the Americans,” adds the agency. “Is the more com- prehensive, seeing it had to be admit- ted by the American naval authorities on the same occasion that the best performance of an American, subma- rine at that time covered only ten Gays.” RAILROADS REGULATE SHIPPING OF COTTON —_—. of Because of Tremendous Pressure /# Government Busines: New York, Sept. 2—An order pro- hibiting the shipping_ of cotton in quantities less than 65 bales per car and dequiring as many more to be loaded as the size of the car furnished will ‘permit, has been issued by the railroads war board. Notice has been sent to buyvers of cotton with a re- quest that they place. orders on a basis of not less than 65 bales or mul- tiples thereof. The movement of the cotton crop scheduled to begin at a ttme when “a combination of government and com- mercial business will be bringing tre- mendous pressure to bear upon the railroads,” was given as the reason or the order in a statement issued by ax ison, ‘chairman of the Condensed Telegrams The Spanish rice crop willvneed ‘15,- 000 men to harvest it. A The French League in America was incorporated in New York Twelve sailing vessels and stamers are overdue at a Pacific port. British dead -and wounded {for the month of August total 60,00C men. The fixing of' wheat at $220 as a basic price will not bring backdthe five cent loaf. Thh central powers have dedided to put Polish troops in the field'yagainst. the allies. Charles F. M Chicago Board of Trade, is di age of 63. errill. secretary |of the t the The Canadian government willl buy the Canadian Northern Transconti- nental raiiroad. General Pershing’s headquarterstwill be moved nearer to the American training camps. President Wilson’s stand for agreal peace which will do away with wariwasg lauded in Paris. Several thousand girls workims in the paper box industry went on: strike; in various cities. Charles H. Conklin, a railroad:con-4 ductor bf Decatur, Ill, has played$100,-. 000 games of solitaire. Two Americans held at Antwerp were_ released through efforts of the U. S! state department. A Vienna despatch announces that]] Emperor Charles is filling che vacanciesd] in the Austrian cabinet. The Belgian relief ship Elizabeth von Belge, en route to New Orleans, is aground at Key West, Fla. The draft army will have at least nine rhouths’ training on American: soil before starting for France:. The British navy department an- rounces that no Americaa destroyer | was lost in Edropean waters. A despatch from Toronto said that 200,000 ounces of silver were,sold there on Thursday at‘95 cents an ounce., Sugar refiners in New York were asked to sell cane refined sugar at 7.25 cents, about the same as beet sugar. Enemy submarines and torpedo boats were seen around the Gulf of Riga and Rhuminn trawlers are operating against them. Many Canadians living in the north- ern part of New York stats have pre- ferred to fight with llle United States forces. Germany’s - women, suffering from short rations and great losses, are be- ginning to rebel at the continuance of the war. More than 2,500 employes of the Bos- ton and Maine railroad are gon strike to obtain better working conditions and higher wages. The 550 reserve officers training at Cambridge, Mass, will stay a week longér. They are unaer the training of French officers. The ' Austrian budget for 1916-17 shows a deficit of 344,000,000 crowns, compared with 49,000.000 crowns in the preceding year. Frank Moss, who was named as the candidate for district attorney on the William M. Bennett municipal ticket, declined to run. . New York city officials in the naval or military service of the country will continue to receive the difference in pay from the city. Twenty-four more newly wedded men fit for service were ordered to report after appealing their cases to the pro- vost marshal's agents. New taxes on oils, minerals, alco- holic beverages, tobacco and matches will vield to the Mexican government 20,000,000 pesos yearly. A troop of cavalry and three officers and 98 men from Louisiana marched mto Camp Mills as 7,000 men therc were getting their pey. Edwin Bjorkm: announced that Norway is more overrun with German spies than the United States and has suffered more from them. George Roussos, the new Greek min- ister. announced that the Greek army would be ready to take its place on the battlefield in three months. Meyer Brauberg, a college student of New York, convicted of violating the draft law, was granted permission to appeal his case to the supreme court. A stronger and more intense U-boat warfare may be carried out against the United States. as we/l as England, due to President Wilson’s reply to the pope. It has been decided to abandon the deepest cil wel! in the world. The well is located at Candor, near Washington, Pa., and was drilled to a depth of 7,245 feet. Government and railroad detectives are investigating the disappearance of a sack of mail consigned to another bank by the Hillsdale bank of Hillsdale, Mich. Emigration from Sweden in 1916 ex- ceeded tre 1915 figures by 3,000. Efforts to discourage emigration are being made and have been made for some vears. A peace meeting advertised to be held under the auspices of the People's council at Gary, Ind., did not take place because the chief promoter, James H. Dolson, was taken into custody. A man named Voss was the first in ‘Wisconsin to give serious trouble in re- sisting the draft. He attacked the sheriff with an axe and a representa- tive of the department of justice with a gun. Minister Aliotti, of Italy, has asked the foreign office to transfer the Austrian concession at Tientsin to Tidly in recognition of Italy’s war ser- vices. He also has asked for the em- ployment of Italians to roplace . mans in the salt administration and to indemnify the Jlosses sufered ?:mm in the bombardment of July Trial of Ex-Russian Minister of War { SOUKHOMLINOFF CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON BY DUMA. PRESIDENT . Denounced Responsible for Enor- s Suffered During Rus- sian Retreat—The Army Was Com- pelled to Fight Without Arms. mous Lo JFetrograd, Sept. 1 (Delaytd).—At Saturday’'s hearing in the trial of M. Soukhomlinoff, former minister of war, and his wife. who are charged re- spectively with high treason and with complicity in the crime, a startling denunciation of M. Soukhomlinoff was made by M. Rodzianko, president of the Duma, whose testimony amounted to a direct accusation against the for- mer war minister. s M. Rodzianko testified that long be- fore the war M. Soukhomlinoff’s actiy- ity alarmed the Duma. When the situation at the front became threat- ening owing to lack of ammunition* and the Duma appealed to the work- ers, M. Soukhomlinoff at first feign- ed great interest, but soon began tc oppose the efforts of the deputies fo @ betterment of conditions. This ag- gravated the situation of the army, which found itself compelled to fight without arms. In March Former Grand Duke Nicholas declared that a continuation of the war under these conditions was becoming impossible. Appealed to Former Czar. “I then went to Galicia,” sajd M. Rodzianko. “I affirm that the re- sponsibility for the enormous losses we suffered during the retreat falls entirely upon Soukhomlinoff. A com- mittee of defence established Souk- homlinoff’s culpability. 1 then appeal- ed to the former czar and persuaded him to convoke the Duma and dismiss Soukhomliyoff.” Professd Paul N, Milukoff, former foreign mirister, gave his impressions of an interview Soukhomlinoff had with_the cabinet and the president of the Duma. He said the overwhelming conviction of all present was that Soukhomlinoff both before and dur- ing the war decelved the Russian peo- ple by declaring the army was in good shape. M. Gutchkoff, president of the third Duma, read a statement to the effect that as early as 1908 the Duma real- ized that Russia was on the eve of important events, for all Russian mil- itary attaches.,a"res concerning the Austro-German war preparations. The members of the Duma believed that if Soukhomlinoff remained Russia would be taken by surprise. Entered War Without Preparation. In conclusion M. Gutchkoff said Russia entered the war withcut the least preparation and that the fault was solely Soukhomlinoff’s. Director Slaboshevitch of the Malt- zeff ammunition works testified that in October, 1914, when talk became general concerning lack of ammuni- tion at the front, the directors of the plant authorized Manager Mamantoff to present a proposed artillery de- partment, for supplying shells and shrapnel. Mamantoff went tp the war department and was told that no shells were needed. Slaboshevitch said that conditiorfs became steadily worse and that the following February he again approached the war department of- fering to accent an order for shells. He sent his card to General Stoslovsky and it was returned with a note wri ten by General Stoslovsky, statl that no ammunition was needed. Af- ted this last repulse Slaboshevitch testified that the Maltzeff directors did not annoy the government further. Eventually an order for small shells svas given, but not from M. Soukhom- linoff’s department. Blocked Munitions. Similar testimony was given by Managing Director Brustorm of 3 Jarge factory manufacturing shells. He testified that he went to the artiilery department which refused his offer, less than two months later, Brustorm testified, the manufacturers of am- munition were invited to attend a con- ference at which Soukhomlinoff pre- sided as minister of war. The for- mer minister, he said, made a speeck appealing to’ the manufacturers’ pa- triotism and setting_forth the greal reed of all shorts. Brustorm obtain- ed an_order for a, half million light shells “n_October, 1915, he said, and the board of directors volunteered to make another half million but were told that they were not needed. General Batog, now military prose- cutor of the south Russia front and holding a similar position at Kieff be- fore the war, testified that Former Minister Soukhomilnoff interested himself actively in endeavoring to protect different persons, especially officers who were accused of being German spies. General Loukomsky testified that the former war minis- ter complained to him before the war of his poverty. General Loukomsky said that he met the accused again after his Gismissal near the end of 1915. At that time, he said, Souk- homlinoff appeared cheerful and told the witness he had made speculations cn the Bourse and was well provided with mone A GERMAN ARMED TRAWLER FLEET DEFEATED Off the Jutland Coast in the North Ses —Four 'Shi Ran Ashore. Copenhagen, Sept. 2.—Thne demoral- ized remnants of the German armed trawler fieet that was attacked and de- feated by a British destroyer force yes- terday off the Jutland coast in the North sea, made off to the southward, sending wireless messages for assist- ance as they ram. A detachmént of German light naval forces, accompa- nied by hydroplanes and submarines, arrived too late to save the four trawlers that had be:n run ashore. In the course of the encounter that en- sned a . German hydroplane was brought down and a companion crafi wae seen to dive into the water, pre- sumably to rescue the survivors. The German armed trawler fleet, con- fident in its protection by Zeppelin ob- servation and the proximity of a sup- porting squadron, has of late worked in the boldest fashion in sweeping the seas clear on the route for submarines and has been extending its ephere of operatifns northward. Yesterday's ex- by | perience saams likely to make the Ger. mans more cautious and to that extent interfers the eul campalga.