Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 10, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 317 The Bulletin’s Circulation in-Norwich - HEAVY FIGHTING IN THE VERDUN SECTOR Germans Are Endeavoring to Retake Losses on the Right Bank of the Heusp i GEN. PETAIN'S FORCES ARE 'HOLDING _FIRM At Some Points French Trenches Were Captured by the Ger- mans, But They Were Later Driven Out—There Has Been a Slackening in« the German Advance in North- ern Russia—The Vanguards of the Germln.and_Ru- sian Cavalry Are Engaged in Fighting—In Rumania the Russians and Rumanians Are Holding Firm Against the Austro-Germans—On the Austro-Italian Front the Bat- tle for Monte San Gabrielle Continues Unabated. Again the French and the Germans are engaged in extremely heavy fight- ing in the Verdun sector, with the Germans trying to recoup their losses of the end of last week on the right bank of the Meuse, but with General Petain’s forces holding them back al- most everywhere and covering the ground with their dead. Over a front of nearly two miles the Germans Sunday morning, after un- suceessful attacks Saturdaj the sector of the Bois de and the Bois des Caurieres, returned to the fray with renewed vigor, especially eround Hill 344 At some points French trenches were captured by the Germans, but from these they later were driven out and the French line was entirely re-established. In the fshting around the Bois des Fosses Baturday night the Germans left near- ly 1,000 dead on the ground before the French positions. At various points on the front held by Fleld Marshal Haig the British troops have delivered successful at- tacks, especially northwest of St Quentin, where German positions 6n a front of several hundred ydrds were captured and _prisoners taken. In Flanders the British guns are still roaring in the mighty bombardment that has been in progress for more than a fortnight, but as yet the in- fantry has not been loosed for the impending dash into the territory. The Berlin war office reports _that northeast of St. Jullen the British delivered an attack Saturday night ut met with repulse. Likewise, says strong British reconnoissanc- es south of La Bassee canal and slong the Scarpe River were without success. The British officlal com- munication makes no mention of the forays. Thers has been a _considerable slackening in the German advance in morthern Russia, due in a large meas- ure to the Russians making stands at peveral points, particularly on the front of the Pskoff railroad line lead- Ing eastward from Riga. Here the vanguards of the German and Rus- sian cavalry are engaged in fighting, the result being that the invaders are held back while the Russians are preparing defenses in which to make a stand. On the upper reaches of the Aa River the Germans have thrown pontoon bridges across the waterway. and are gathering thelr forces for another onslaught. Concentrations of Germans also have been discovered in the regions of Jacobstadt and Dvinsk, probably indicating that Prince Leo- pold of Bavaraia purposes an extensive operation against the Russians in this region. On the lower end of the line in Ru- mania the Russians and Rumanians continue to hold the Austrians and Germans for no gains, nothwithstand- ing violent attacks which have been preceded by heavy artillery fire. Although terriffic storms have broken over the Austro-Italian front, causing the rivers to overflow their banks and turning the plains into quagmires, the heavy battle for Monte San Gabriele continues unabated, with the Italians violently attacking but with the Aus- trians still maintaining the position. On the Carso plateau the battle has again lessened in violence, only ar- tiliery duels and patrol actions taking' place. Unofficial reports are to the effect that the new imperial chancellor has informed the Reichstag main commit- tee that Germany soon would be able to make known her peace terms. The committee of fourteen, members of the reichstag and bundersrath, ap- pointed recently to confer with the governmeit in matters of state, is ex- expected to meet Monday to draft Germany’s repuly to the pape’s peace Pproj Denial has been made by the Swed- ish minister to Argentina that he sent or caused to be sent by members of the legation staff any telegram from the German legation to Germany, ad- vising the sinking of the Argentne ships “without trace being. left” of them. STAMPEDING HORSES KILLED ARTILLERYMAN They Became Frightened at Heavy Gun Firing at Fort Sill, Fort Sill, Okla, Sept. 9.—Private Joseph Lawrence, of Cincinnati, Ohio, E battery, Bighth fleld artillery, was instantly idlled yesterday when sixty horses, frightened at the heavy gun- firing, stampeded. Eleven soldiers were injured. Privates Peter Dyle, Malby, Pa, and Ray Davis, Converse, . C, 'are not expected to survive in- ternal injuries. Private Lawrence was knocked down by the horses and the wheels of 2 heavily Joaded artillery caisson pass- e1 over his body. Among the others injured are Daniel Riordan, New York, 2nd George Scarpanita, Lodi, N. J. The gun crews of the battery had Tut their pleces in position and kad Tetired with their horses to a point several hundred yards from their bat- tery. Another battery a short distance away was hidden by a clump of bushes and its presence was unknown to the men. When the hidden battery began firing the horses became frightened and ran. The men, who were taken off their guard, wers tramped under the horses’ hoofs and crushed by the heavy caissons and_ limbers. A report was made to General Cox Snow, post commandant, who ordered an investigation. 60,000 VISITORS AT CAMP DEVENS YESTERDAY Many of the New Soldiers Acted as Traffic Policemen. Ayer, Mass, Sept. 8—Today was tors’ at Camp Devens, the national y cantonment, and it was estimated that more than 60,000 peo- ple motored or strolled about the camp ground. Many of the members of the new national armv quartered here turnéd trafic pclicemen. They kept the thousands of automobiles moving in a seemingly endless procession over the cantonment roads and no accidents marred the day. Accompanied by their soldfer-rel- atives, the visitors were allowed to in- spect ‘the camp commissary and _té look into the soldiers’ barracks but they were not permitted to enter the buildings. 15,000 GALLONS OF SCOTCH WHISKEY RUSHED ASHORE To Get It Cleared Before Import Em- bargo Became Effective. An Atlantlc Seaport, Sept. 9.—] teen thousand gallons of Scotch whis- key, the last that can be imported be- foré the food conservation law goes into effect, arrived here yesterday on board a British steamship. The con- signees’ agents put in a busy day getting the wi ashore in order that it might be cleared through the custom house before midnight. NEW YORK STATE TO CELEBRATE LOYALTY WEEK Prominent Speakers to Travel Through the .Sixty Counties. New York, Sept. 9.—Projects for the celebration of Loyalty Week through- out the state were completed yester- day by Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken, president of Vassar college and chief of the division of instruction of the State Council of National Defence. During the weeék beginning on Sep- tember 17 ten teams of prominent speakers will travel through the 60 counties of the state and at mass meetings to be assembled at each county seat tell the people just why America entered the war, what she is fighting for and what moves will be taken toward the establishment of a league of nations at the end of the war. The celebration will be held under the direct supervision of the adjutant general and has been sanctioned by Governor Whitman. The idea of hav- ing a last patriotic rally, to show that the people of the state are thoroughly ey wit i Soe ot of G vernment, was formulated by Dr. McCracken. - The chairman of each county committee throughout the state was notified to be in readiness to meet a delegation that would see him and make arrangements for a mass meeting during that week. STRIKE ON R. I, M, K. & T. AND M. P. RAILROADS 7,000 Freight Handlers and Checking Clerks to be Called Out. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 9—A_strike order issued here late today calls up- on 7,000 freight handlers and check- ing clerks of the Rock Island, Missou- rl, Kansas and Texas, and Missourl Pacific railroads to quit work tomor- row. The call for a strike of raflroad frelght handlers and checking clerks is said to be extension of the strike ‘of express company employes here Which began sever8! dayvs ago. The walkout tomorrow will mean practically a complete frelght and ex- press tieup, not only in Kansas City but eventually in Kansas City's trade territory, labor officials asserted. One hundred ‘and eighty unloaded express cars are in the yards here tonight. 8IX PERSONS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT. Machine Was Struck by Fast Train on Lehigh Valley Road. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 9.—Six per- o oro ilied t6day when an auto- mobile struck by a fast train on the Lehigh Valley raiiroad at Haslit , one mile wost of the vil- 1age 'of Rush. The dead are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gelsler and their chil- dren, J 16; Edwin, 13; There- a, 18, and Mrs. George Heidt, 36. POPULATION 29,919 8 PAGES— 64 COLUMNS at of Any Other Paper,’And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticui in Proportion to -the City’s Population. Cabled Paragraphs Russian Minister of Food Has Re- signed. Petrograd, Sept. 9.—The Bourse Ga- zette reports that M. Pieschehonoft, the minister of food and supplies, has resigned owing to the increasing dif- ficulties of the situation. Dutch Cabinet to be Reorganized. Amsterdam, Sept. 9.—According to the Neueste Nachrichten of - Leipsic, important changes in the cabinet are expected soon. The new men, it is indicated, will be selected with a view }um acceptability to the reich- — FOUR AMERICANS WERE KILLED IN AIR. RAID Hospital Report to” Come, in received the following report from the military attache of the American em- bassy at London: “British war office reports the death of First Lieutenant Willlam T. Fitz- simmons, Medical. Officers’ Reserve Corps, as a result of an air raid. He was on duty with Base Hospital No. 5, attached to the British forces.” Lieutenant Fitzsimmons was killed Thursday, when German aviators bombed hospitals behind the lines in ce. The report of the death of Lieuten- ant Fitzsimmons contalned the first mews the war department had received about the attack upon the hospitals. No.mention was made in the message of other Americans reported killed in press cable messages. Lieutenant Fitzsimmons joined the army medical forces at Kansas City, his home, last May, and recently was attached ‘to the British forces. He was just twenty vears of age and a sraduate of Kansas University. Short- ly_before entering the army he had returned home after spending a year doing hospital work in France, Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, yesterday asked Major General Persh- ine for details about the Kkilllng of other American ‘medical officers in_the air attack in which Lieutenants Fitz- simmons was killed. "At the same time the state department asked the Amer- ican embassy in London for details. Up to a late hour last night the offi- cials had nothing more than news- Paper reports of thé killing. List of Killed Received in Boston. Boston, Mass., Sept. 9.—The Boston Traveler publishes a despatch from Paris which gives this list of killed in the Prussian raid on an American base hospital in France: First Lieutenant Willlam T. Fita- simmons, Kansas City, adjutant to the colonel commanding the Harvard hos- pital. Private Leslie G. Woods, of Strea- tor, Tl - Rudolph Rubino. Jr., of New York. Oscar Clifford Tugo, of Boston. In addition to those killed, six pri- vates and one nurse-were wounded. A NEW CABINET CRISIS IN RUSSIA Result of Opposition to the Minister of Supplies. Petrograd, Sept. the opposition of the constitutional democratic ministers to the food pro- gramme of M. Pieschehonoff, minister of supplies, ana also the land policy of H. Tchernoff, minister of asricul- ture, as well as to the attitude of a majority of the cabinet towards TUkraine. The constitutional democrats de- manded the postponement of consider- ation of M. Piescheronoff's programme until the controversy over the land policy was settled. This the minis- ter of supplies declared to be impossi-: ble in view of the urgency of the question. The constitutional demo- crats then required essential changes in the proposed measures, which M. Pieschehonoff, with the support of all the soclalist ‘ministers. refused to make On the constitutional ministers announcing that they might resign, M. Pieschehonoff, in order to prevent a most serious situation, resigned him- self and persisted, despite Premier Kerensky’s appeal, absenting himself from the night session of the cabinet. STATE POLICE RAID AT STAFFORD SPRINGS Bartender and 14 Other Men Arrested in Crystal Lake House. Stafford Springs, Conn., Sept. 9.— State Pclice raided the Crystal Lake House here today and arrested the bartender and fourteen other men. The A new cabl; crisis has broken out as a result Denial Made by Swedish Minister FROM BUENOS AIRES Declares He Has Not Sent Any Tele- \ grams for German Legation—Says the News is a Disagreeable Surprise. Buenos Alres, Sept. 9.—THe Swedish minister at Argentina, Baron Lowen, today denied that despatches in cipher had beea sent to Berlin by the Ger- man cha.ge through the.Swedish lega- tion at Buenos Aires. He declared: “I have not sent, or caused to be sent by :he legation under my charge, any telegram from the German lega- tion. - The news is a great and dis- agreeablo surprise. I have cabled to government to clear up matters. In the' United States they are very excitably” Principal Topic of Conversation. The official announcement issued by the sta*e department at Washingtesl, and communications from Coun® Lux- burg, German charge at Buenos Alres, had becn sent to the Berlin foreign office through the Swedish . legation here in <ipher caused a sensation and was the principal topic of discussion throughout the day. That the situa- tion is considered serious was evi- denced hy the fact that the populace, usually gay on Sunday, were remark- ably quiet and sober-faced. Dancing giris, waving Argentine flags.and be- decked with American and British flags, were greeted with eilence at the socicty matinec after being wildly ap- plauded all week. Will Be Considered Today. The guvernment offices have been closed since Frid#y evening. but when the officials return from the week end tomorrow the revelations from Wash- ington will be the first matter consid- ered. ' The president of .tie republic has 'already called upon the foreign minister for explanations. Every paper t says that the report was so sensational trat it could nat be belfeved except for the fact that it had been made public by the state department of such a great country as the United States. 4 At the present time there are no responsible officials at the German le- gation. Count Luxburg has been tak- ing a vacation in the Andes foothills since the arrival of the American fleet at Buenos Aives, and so far has not responded to a telegraphic request of The AsscciateC Press to make a_state- mente e TELEGRAMS SENT BY SWDISH LEGATION Text Given Out by the State Depart- ment Saturday. ‘Washington, Sept. 9.—The following statement concerning the Swedish- German disclosures was made today at the state department: “The Department of State has se- cured, certain telegrams from Count Luxburg, German charge de’affaires at Buenos, Avres. to the foreign of- fice at Berlin, which T regret to say were despatched from Buenos Ayres by the Swedish legation as their own official messages, addressed to the Stockholm foreign office. “The following are translations of the text: “May 19, 1917. No. 32. This govern- ment has now released German and Austrian ships on_which hitherto a guard had been placed. In conseq- uence of the settlement of the Monte (Protegido) case fhere has been a great change in public feeling. Gov- ernment will in future clear only Argentine ships as far as Las Pal- mas. - I beg that_thé small steamers Oran and Guazo, 3lst of Januarv (meaning which saifed 31st), 300 tons, which are (now) nearing Mor- | deaux with a view to change the flag, mav be spared If possible. or else sunk without a trace being left (‘spurlor versenkt'.) “(Signed.) LUXBURG. ““July 3, 1917. No. 59. “I learn from a reliable source that the acting minister for foreign af- fairs, who is a notorious ass and An- glophile, declared in a secret session of the senate that Argentire would de- mand from Berlin a promise not to sink more Argentine ships. If not bartender was charged with illegally [ agreed to, relations would be broken selling intoxicants and the others with | off. I recommend refusal and if nec- frequenting a place where such illicit | cessary calling in the mefiation of m Condensed Tglegrams Silver bullion was quoted at 95 5.8 cents an ounce, one cent higher. PeaceTerms Fro Germany Soon ACCORDING TO GERMAN CHAN- * CELLOR MICHAELIS The first frost of the season at cen- tral and northern Vermont was re- ported. Supreme Court Justice Mullan re- fused to incorporate the order of the Golden Cross. The soldiers of the 165th ‘were pald $115,000 in gold at camp at Mineola. The Boston & M employing women to fill men’s places who are going to war. Infantry their NO DECISION AS YET Thus far Unable to Make Final Ar- rangements Regarding Condntions and the Question of Alsace- Lorra‘ln.. the same America will receive despite the amount of Dutch bulbs system of license exports. A ‘case of spinal meningitis exists in the camp of 10,000 Missouri Na- London, Sept. 9.—Germany _ will : ahortiy e :fine to DRI m{‘ peace | tional Guardsmen at Nevada, Mo. terms, according to Dr. Georg Michae- | xooching of German language in the lis, the German chancellor. Dr. Mi-| ., 28¢Tne 50 Cormar [0 T, was chaelis in an interview said he had so_informed_the reichstag main com- mittee, an Exghange Telegraph des- patch from Copénhagen today states. barred by the Board of Education. Machinists who went out on strike at the Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. The main committee, Dr. Michaelis : said in the interview, “had tried to | ten Weeks ago, went back to worlk. make final arrangements regarding| , representative who vacates his peace conditions and the question of Alsace-Lorraine, but no decisién has yet been taken, The question, however, was eagerly discussed and Germany will =oon be able to publish her peace terms. ELEVENTH ¥ICTQRY OF AVIATOR LUFBERY Sighted His Fos at Height of About 6,000 Foet. e Paris, Sept. 9.—Describing the elev- enth victory won over an enemy rha- chine by Lieutenant Raou] Lufbery of the Lafayette escadrille, the Her- ald today says Lufbery sighted his foe as he was cruising at a height of about 6,000 feet. He had a.two-min- ute rapid exchange of shots above the German second line near V—, and then the American got his chance to let drive a successful shot. He followed the enemy machine as it fell and saw it striké the earth in a mass of flame. WHOLESALE ARRESTS OF" AUTOISTS AT WATERBURY Forty-one Notified to Appear in the City Court Today. Waterbury, Conn. Sept. 3. —Forty- one, automobile drivers have been no- tificd_to appear in the city court here tomorrow to answer charges of violat- ing the motor vehicle law and city ordinances. Most of the arrests” are for parking machines near hydrants. seat and goes to war loses his seat and his pay, according to a House ruling. The 40 per cent of the drafted men who move South, beginning Sept. 19, will go in daily contingents of 6,000 men. Long prison terms for five dealers of narvcqtics marked the Federal cam- paign against the drug traffic in New York. The American Red Cross Commis- sion was received at the Carso front by General Porro, the second in com- mand. 7 The Imperial Bank of Germany in the last week was compelled ito issue 359,000,000 marks more in paper ‘money. Gold to the amount of$830,000 was transferred from the Sub Treasury by wire to San Francisco for shipment to Japan. he entire wheat crop of the coun- tr;r Ie Torecasted at 668,000,000 bush- els, a gain of 28,000,000 bushels over last year. Plans for temporary housing of 20,- 000 troops at Newport News, Va. and the same number at Tenafly, N. J., were adopted. Soldiers in Italy in their spare time manufacture brushes and boots which have greatly reduced the high cost of supplies for the army. Russian gunboats and torpedo boats qon::;ed agen.mlhlpn and floating de- cos out-of Riga before the Germang ‘the Baitic city. were received at Laredo, TeRX.,Pz;:;l a body: of 100 Carranza troops were annihilated by a body of bandits near Villa Garcia. feelings might undergo a radical change. The 18] Bngland Mwfit the war that Ger- many was obtaining much information of military movements which could not be secured through ordinary spies, the spy industry in fact having been pretty well stamped out here for more than a year past after a few lessons taught by several executions in the Tower of London. ‘The belief that Lord Kitchener's death when. the Hampshire went down was the result of information transmitted to Germany of his departure has been persistent with many and it has been at least the foundation that his plans were known and discussed at dinner tables in high society before he started. Compliments to American Diplomacy. Compliments to American diplomacy for the skill displayed in securing the messages are a part of all the com- ment on the affair. Incidentally there is much discussion as to whether, in view of the British and Argemtine ex- periences with Sweden, the right of sending code messages should be giv- en to neutral diplomats during the war. ‘This identical question arose in Japan during the Russo-Japanese war, has bee# current In | Lo Brooklyn will have a separate sup- ervision ot its health affairs and an expanded departmental unit of admin- istration to take charge there. Mrs. James A. Wendell, wife of Dep- uty State Comptroller Wendell was run down and killed by an_automobile on Madison Avenue, New York. Twelve girl students of Vassar have raised enough potatoes on the college gardens to feed 1,100. The total bush- els of potatoes raised were 4,400. enty-eight secretaries and three| women dantben workers sailed trom an Atlantic port to engage in Y. M. C. A. ‘work among American troops abroad. American army officer was Kill- od omd Tee membors of his staft were wounded in a deliberate bombardment by @erman aviators on an American when Germany sent a military mission | pyspital. headed by a Hohenzollern prince to —_ the Japanese army. The ~ mission| Three German airplanes wero claimed that international courtesy |prought down by the Allies on the and the princely rank of its chief re-|yverqun and Champange fronts. duired that its correspondence berwelve were forced to land in a dam- transmitted_without censorship. This |,geq condition. claim was granted, but against the Henri ‘Franklin-Bouillon, a French deputy who is about to return home, was the guest of honor at a luncheon given by James M. Beck at the Bank- ers’ Club, New York. A $20,000,000 corporation to operate e etar S Francisco and the Orient was formed by seven Japanese Who ammased fortunes in the shipping boom in the Far East. Judgment of most of the officers at the front, who thouzht that no uncen- sored correspondence should go from the army in the fleld and some of whom suspected that even if the prince was not virtually an observer for Russia, his reports would reach Russia by way of Berlin. SWEDISH MINISTER KNEW NOTHING OF DESPATCHES. Is to Leave His Summer Home and he Seventh Regiment of the New Yorl Notlonal Guard now federalized sales ‘were made, Court was held in the barroom and the case of the bar- tender was postponed -and the alleged frequenters were each fined $4 and as- sessed costs of $19 each. VOTE ON SUFFRAGE +__*IN MAINE TODAY Suffragists Are Mopeful of a Favorite Verdict. Portland, Maine, Sept. 9.—Saffrgists and those opposed to giving the wo- men of Majne the voting right, having presented their claims fully and earn- estly during a six months campaign, tonight awaited hopefully the verdict of the ballots at a specal state elec- tion to be held tomorrow. Hartford Man Suicides. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 9.—Mayer Kramer, 35 years old, died tonight in St. Francis hospital of the effects of' poison which he took Saturday. He was_married and the father of two children. His family is Ignorant of the motive that caused him to take Return to Washington. Edgartown, Mass., Sept. 9.—W. A. F. Ekengren,Swe lish iitniste 10 this coun- try, dis~'aimed tonight all. knowledge cof the despatch of German official tele- grams through the Swedish legation at Guenos Aires and the Stockholm for- <ign office, as revealed bv the state- ment issaed by Secretary Lansing ves- Spain. “(Signed.) LUXBURG. “ “Without showing any tendency to make concessions, postpone renlv to Argentine note until receipt of fur- ther reports. A change of ministry Is probable. As regards Argentine steam- ers, T recommend either compelling them to turn back, sinking them with- out. leaving any traces or letting them | tordsy. Mr. Fengren ta at mieSeicn through. are all_quite small. |mer restdence here. “(Sfenea LUXBURG.” « | “I aid not know anything about this whatever until I read it in the news- papers teday,” said Minister Ekengren. “It is all entirely new to me. The Swedish legation here has nothing to Jo with the business of the iegation in Argentina, and none of the despatches 1eferred to in Mr. Lansing s’ statement ONE OF THE GBEATEST SENSATIONS OF THE WAR The Swedish Government Ha: Rated Strongly Pro-German. went through our hands. As 1 have London, Sept. 9.—The Washington |already said, I have knowledge of state department’s revelation that a |this matter except from fhe newspapers and therefore can make o comment on "The mintster plans to leave ‘Washington within a day or two. STATEMENT BY SWEDISH CHARGE D’AFFAIRES. Swedish diplomat in Argentina_acted as an intermediary for transferring German messages to Berlin has creat- ed one of the greatest international sensations of the war. The develop- ‘ment itself is not, however, a great surprise, the chief surprise being that the American officlals were able to ob.-. for his life. tain the messages as they did the Zimmerman note last winter regarding German overtures to Mexico. Conscientious Objectors Dispersed. New York, Sept. 9.—United States ated Strongly Pro-Ge: Marshal McCarthy and o squad of " it e deputies dispersed nearly 1,000.‘“con-| The Swedish government, with the scientious objectors” to the selective|monarchy, the aristocracy and the draft who were attending a mass|army officers, has beem rated strongly meeting.in an East Broadway hall, | Pro- throughout the war, and Emma Goldman was to have been one [ Queen Victoria In several public ut- of the speakers. terances has proclaimed her German sentiments as strongly as any Ger- man oould. The people, on the other hand, are reported as lean- declares that | ing strongly against Germany in the Germany camnot offer peace until | more recent stages of the war, par- overtures are forthcoming from _the | ticularly since the unrestricted subma- allies. Considering what is taking | rine campaign began. Sweden’s lean- place on the various war fronts, this | ing towards Germany was considered a fellow Mike l!,pufiln&t,on some very | natural complement towards her old chesty” airs~4lhnsas Journal. fear of the Russlan autocracy, but the entente held the hope that| Putting Up a Bluff. Chancellor Michaelis German aviators resumed dropping| when the cause for that distrust was poisoned candy in France. removed Swedish. by the revolution Declares He Has Not Been Correctly Quoted in the Papers. New York, Sept. &—Baron Akerheilm, charge daffalres of the Swedish lega- 1i%8a hore ‘Sodny from Washingegn, fas ved here m Washington, has requested Tha Associated ana-; to make public the following statement: “The statement I made yesterday to a representative of the press has not been qu:te correctly reproduced in the papers. “The main point, as far as Sweden 1s concerned, has been entirely lost. “I especially wished to have pointed ont that when I saw the. secretary of state Saturday I was told that the that were fo This is sufficient proof that the Swedigh minister-resi- -dent aid not know their contents. mped at Van Cortland ParkS Fus ordered to. entrain next Wedes- day for Camp Wadsworth. i i In- A Russian representative of the ternational Harvester Co. who arrived at $an Francisco, exprassed the be- lief that the present Russian Govern- ment will prove permanent. he strike of longshoremen, which begnn & week ago at the coal pockets of the Portland, Me., terminal com- pany, has been settled and the men will return to work today. uty Assistant District Attorney NQD\:‘:ISI\Y Levy handed his resignation to District Attorney Swann, to take effect Oct. 1. He passed examina- tions as an American aviator. he high cost of labor and ma- kcl.";nlu hl.?le faced the Government with a possibile curtailment of the ‘work on the Alaskan railroad or an ultimate in- crease in the costs of the road. Representative Borland, 74, of Mis- sourt introduced a bill in the House requiring all clubs and associations so- liciting funds for soldiers and sailors to obtain government licenses. Health Commissioner Robertson of Chicago requested the superintendent of schools to close all kindergartens on account of a threatened epidemic of infamtile paralysis. Eleven new cases were reported in 24 hours. fficers and two of the crew of an’ ‘aroad. merchant. Ship are. under arrest at Fort du Pont Del, charged With having interfered with captain and gun crew and the master of the ship while in the submarine zone. After a meeting of the Mexican Cabinet orders were sent to governors of all states that many industries, in- cluding cotton factories, are regarded public utilities. Should the owners retuse to reopen, the government will take over and operate the plants. B e i S S e S S Bl — PRESIDENT WILSON AT GLOUCESTER With Mrs. Wilson Made Trip From New York on the Presidential Yacht Mayflower HIS ARRIVAL A SURPRISE TO SUMMER COLONY With Colonel and Mrs. E. H. House, President and Mrs. Wil- son Motored Along the North Shore for Two Hours— Colonel House Assured All Inquirers That the Visit Was Purely Social-—The Party Passed Through the Main Streets of the City Almost Unrecognized—The President is Taking a Few Days’ Rest, But is Keeping in Touc With His Executive Offices by Wireless. cret service men who came with the president took the third The party went through the Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 9. — Presi- dent and Mrs. Wilson made an unex- pected call.at this port today on board the presidential yacht Mayflower, mo- tored along the picturesque North shore for two hours with Colonel and Mrs. E. M. House and tonight dined on board the yacht with Colonel and Mrs. House as guests. Colonel House, Wwho has a summer home at Coolidge Point, Magnolia, assured all inquirers that ‘the visit of the president was purely social and had no connection with “any international question, While the Mayflower was familiar in these waters during the adminis- tration of President Taft, this is its first visit here with President Wilson on board, and his arrival was a sur- prise to the North Shore summer col- ony. The yacht slipped into the har- bor this afternoon and dropped an- chor at a point opposite the estate of John Hays \Hammond. In a few minutes President and Mrs. Wilson came ashore. Colonel House and Mrs. House were on hand to greet them. There was no other persons in the vicinity except the caretaker of the wharf, who started in astonish- ment as he recognized the president. Three automoblles were in readiness at the landing, two of them belonging to Colonel House and the other to a Boston business man. After chatting on the wharf for a few minutes, Pres- ident and Mrs. Wilson mot into one car, Colonel and Mrs. House entered the second machine and the three se- were 50 surprised that there W, most no demonstration. The cars disappeared to the/ south- west along the North Shore bcjulevard and were gone for two hoursj When they returned they found the panding where the launch was tied up sitill de- Mr. and Mrs. Wilson at once boarded launch and were taken out Mayflower. The ‘laurfch put the landing for Colonel a House, who said that_they w to_dine with the president. Shortly after Colonel and Mrs. House boarded the presidential yacht three officers from the Mayflower came ashore. Two of them strplled up to the telegraph office to file | despatches, while the third inquired /how far it was to the residence of Colonel House. He was told it was only (a few min- utes run in a. machine and the car in which the secret service men har accompanied the presidential parthy was placed at his disposal. The Mayflower came here from Ner York, where President snd Mrs. Wil son boarded her vesterday morning. 1 was said then that the president had planned to take a criise of a fev days in order to et a rest, keeping | touch with his executive offices by wireless. to back to d Mrs. re going serted except for the mret».kf-r PREMIER RIBOT FAILS TO, FORM: NEW MINISTRY RUMORED OUTLINE OF GERMANY’S PEACE TERMS Regarded by Entente Embassies and Neutrals as a “Feeler.” Members of Socialist Party Refused to Collaborate With Him, Paris, Sept. 9.—Premier Ribot late ‘Washington, Sept. 9. What pur this evening gave up the task of en ported to be an outlir of Germany' deavoring to re-form his ministry peace terms has been circulated amon: cwing to the refusal of the members | diplomats here within the last t of the soclalist party to collaborate | weeks, but bas been regarded by th with him. enténte embassies and most of tI A settlement of the ministerlal crisis | neutrals as a “feeler.” The origin of by the formation of a new ministry | the so-called terms was not disclos under M, Ribot had been expected to- | ed hut they are sald to have he night. M. Ribot, with this idea In| written by Foreizn Secret Ver view, got to work early this morning and by noon had had conferences with Minister gf Marine Chaumet. Minis- ter of War Painléve and Minister of Munitions Thomas, all of whom it was asserted, seemed likely to retain their old portfolios. During the affernoon M. Ribot had further conferences with Kuehlmann_before his visit to Vienn which sincd has been pointed to strengthening the probability that they bear evidences of authenticity. Briefly, the so-called terms were ¢ follows: Restoratin of Belgium and norther France, t6 be paid for out of the sal cther persons in an endeavor to har- | of Garmany's | colonies. to | Great monize the situation, but apparently | Tiitain. WALEIE Do Alcsace and Torraine to be independ ent states. (High Irench officials re NO CHANCE FOR RECOVERY cently have stated anew the-determ D ination of France to be satisfled wit OF 'CONGRESSMAN HILL | 't ing less thun the rocovery of he lost provinces.) Physician Says He Might Live for a Triest to be a “free port.” Day or Two Longer. Serbin and Rumania to be restored Norwalk, Conm. Sept. 9.—Another | and Serbia to have a port on the Adri 4 & = her | atie. rally, following aimost complete col- | 2t s AR lapse, this evening gave hone to his [ ,,The Falkan duestion and the status family and physician that Represen- tative Ebenezer J. Hill might live for a day or two longer. Early this even- tiation. Disarmament and international po- lice. ing the congressman was so weak that | 10 i it was feared that the enc nad come | (fHIOT OF he, seas, with | Grend but a strong rally followed. His fam- Channel until the projected mm'fv i ily physician, Dr. Dexter ,Hitcheock, said later his pafient is suffering no pain. His nervous and physical syvs- tems are in collapse. built between Dover and Calias. This outline of terms, circulated without definite stamp of official au- o thority, it will be noted b in Mr. Hill is now extremely woak ' . many respecis a resemblance to the Andl enhject o Trayent and sudfeh | mausuhl-thnor of tio pedos: prosemls changes and unless* a permanent bet- terment comes, his doctor says recov- ery can be hardly expected. of Pope Beredict. \By some diplomats such an outline is regarded Aas presenting somethir suscentibly of discussion, Tt is dis- cussed merely as a possibi wth out having vet navanced fully into the range of probability. COLLISION AUTOS IN ! ON BETHLEHEM ROAD HERD OF 14 HOLSTEIN CATTLE BROUGHT $4,100 Said to be the Highest Price Ever Mrs. Ruth Bennett of Bethlehem Was Seriously Injured. Waterbury, Conn.. Sept. 9.—Mrs. Ruth Bennett of Bethlehem is in a lo. cal hospital with a possibly fractur- Y ed skull and numemustbruhes as the Paid in Massachusetts. result of a collisien between two au- Bedf v g 3 s tomobiles on the Bethlehem road to- | yarey W, Keves ot Foxsenmy night. = The hubs on the front left| rajser of Holstein catile, bought for wheels of the cars caught as they at- | {A5°T, O Holstein cattle, housht fc tempted to pass each other and that in which Mrs. Bennett was riding was badly smashed, landing botiom side up in the road. Edward P. Crane, the driver of the car, escaped injury. The driver of the other machine was Will- iam Raker of Meriden. o RS T TRAINS IN COLLISION JUST OUTSIDE DANBURY Traffic Was Tjed Up for Five Hours— No One Was Hurt. of a herd of fourteen recistersd g tie of that breed, to be placed on the farm connected with the state hospi- tal for the insane at Concord. The herd, sold by a local breeder, brought the sum of $4100, said to be the high est price ever paid for that number of Holstein cattle in this state. MIDDLETOWN HONORS HENRY CLAY WORK Author of the Civil War Song, March- ing Through Georgia. Danbury, Conn., Sept, 9.—A passen- ger train from New Haven on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad ran into the rear of a freizht train just outside this city this morn- ing, derailing the caboose and one car of the freight and tied up traffic for five hours. No one was hurt. It was said that the accident was due to a flagman failing to signal the passen- ger train. Middletown, Conn., Sept. 9.—A mo ument to the memory of Henry Cla Work, a_native of Middletown, author of the Civil war song, Marching Through Georgia, and compeser of other well known songs, was dedic here vesterday. The memorial, ere ed by public subscription, is a mas- ive ten ton boulder of granite, sur- mounted by a bronze bust of Work Formal presentatiorf was made by former Governor Frank B. Weeks, Ma- Petrograd, Sept. 9.—Irkutsk news-|vor Harold M. Meech accepting the papers received here say that the lo-|memorial for the city. cal council of workmen's and solders’ ol \ delogates have appointed two agents for duty at the railroad station to in- spect American Red Cross _frains bound east under the belief that the Have Appointed Two Agent: The body of George. Wozniak of{ Meriden was found ~yvesterday after- noon in an open Iot on the farm of Norman Peck in Kensinzton. Wozniak former Emperor Nicholas in the com- pany of @ ‘mythical Amemcan mis-| ha left his home for o wal this noon| sion” s being smugsied out of Si-|and died from natural causes. He was! beria.” 40 vears old and single. ¥ el / /