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CONN., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1917 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. RUSSIANS OFFERING | To German Invaders Who Are Endeavoring to Press Their Way Eastward From the Riga-Divina Line - “DEATH BATTALION” HAS DEFEATED GERMANS - Northeast of Riga the Teutons Have Been Foreed to Retreat South—In Rumania the Russians and Rumanians Again Have Assumed the Offensive—Around Monte San Gabri- elle General Cadorna Continues to Hammer Away at the Austrian Positions, But is Meeting With Strong Resist- ance—Northeast of Verdun the Germans Have; Ceased Their Violent Counter Attacks—Operations in the Mace- donia Zone Are Growing in Importance. . The Russian government again is facing a crisis, but apparently with his usual “blood and iron” ‘methods Premier Kerensky has taken rigorous steps to combat it and to punish se- verely those of the opposition elements who brought it about. On the northern Russian front the Russians are now offering stronsg op- position to the Germans who are en- deavoring to press their advantage farther eastward from the Riza-Dvina lne. Thirty-two miles northeast of Riga, near Segevold, “a death battal- jon” has even defeated the Germans and forced them tc retreat to the south, while along the Burgetks line to the Petroffsk river the. Russian rear guards are giving strong battle to the advanced Teuton contingents, In the Rumanian theatre also the Russians and Rumanians again have assumed the offensive, delivering re- peated attacks with large effectives against Teuton allied positions in the Trotus and -Oituz valleys. The Berlin official report asserts that the com- batants met in hand-to-hand encoun- ters and that the Russo-Rumanian forces were repulsed. Around Monte San Gabrfele General Cadorna_continues .to hammer away | at the Austrlan positions, with the enemy vigorously defending them- selves. No claims to further progress on this sector are made by the Italian official communication, but it is an- nounced that attempts by the Aus- trians in’ counter-attacks to lessen the intensity of the-Italiah offensive have been repulsed. To the south, on the Carso plateau, the artillery duel is still of great proportions. Northeast of Verdun _ghe French troops have consolidated the posi- tions taken from the German crown prince in the Fosses and Caurieres Woods in the fighting of Saturdav night and Sunday, and the Germans, doubtless because wf their enormgus Josses, have ceased for the time-:be- ing their violent counter-attacks. -On the British front the British likewise have ‘consolidated trench-s captured Sunday southeast of Hargi- court. They also are keeping up in varjous sectors their successful trench raiding operations and staving off similar attacks made by the Germans. Daily the operations in the Mace- donian theatre are growing in im- portance. To the north of Lake Malik French' trops have forced the Germans to retreat toward Lake Ochrida. FORTY RUSSIANS DETAINED AT HARBIN, MANOHURIA to Because of Their Efforts Incite Anarchy. Harbin, Menchuria, Aug. 9.—Forty Russian emigrants from America have been arrested and detained here be- cause of their seditious stzlements and efforts to incite anarchy. The detention of these agitators in- dicates a determination on the part of the Petrograd sovernment to check the inflow of undesirables, who are rushing back to Russia. Since the overthrow of the emper- or, a constant stream of agitators -from the United States has been mov- ing along_the Trans-Siberian railway towards Petrograd. . Many of these were irresponsible persons, who have been bitter in their denunciation of America as well as in their criticism of the Russian provisional _govern- g~ ny of the anarchists have ad- dressed soldiers, urging them to throw away their arms, ignore officials ard loot shops. The effect of such agita- tion has been baneful in cities like Harbin. Reports of holdups have been frequent. NEW HAVEN REPUBLICANS HOLD CITY CONVENTION Renominated All Their Officers. Conn., Sept. 10.—At conyention held ly and Town New Haven, the republican city here tonight Mayor ner and the city and town officers © elected o years ago were re-nominated except Sherift 0. W, Kollerstrom, who did not desire to be a candidate again. There were no contests for any offic The nominations follow: For mayor, Samuel Campner; controlier, Frank G. P. Barnes; clerk, A. Oswald Pallman; .tax collector, Edmund L. Babcock; sheriff, Alfred J. Lorenzo; registrar of vital statistics, Robért E. Lee; regis- trar of voters, Louis E K_no'flnl‘eyari town el Frederick E. Whitaker: treasurer, Willlam G. Redfleld; alder- mensat-large, Edmund J. Coffey, E. Franklin Johnson, L. Carey Slaton. Mayor Campner succeeded Frank J. Rice, who died in office. 5 INSURANCE BILL WILL PASS IN HOUSE TODAY Only One Amendment of Importance is to be Offered. ‘Washington, Sept. 10.—The soldiers and sallors insurance bill probably will be passed in the house tomorrow un- der a special rule. Debate dragged to- day to such an extent that not an amendment was reported, and tonight when Representative Madden of Illi- nois, republican, objected to meeting early tomorrow, the democrats plan- ned to invoke a special®rule and close all debate. Only oneé major adminis- tration amendment will be offered be- fore the' final vote. Representative Adamson of Georgia will seek at the request of President Wilson to sub- stitute a limit of $10,000, on optional irsurance policies for the $5,000 limit «w on the bill. Speaker Clark and Representative itt of Massechusetts, acting repub- liean leader, spoke on the measure to- ¢+ The speaker indorsed it unequi- vocally, while Mr. Gillette criticized the optional insurance feature. Congressman Mill. Very Weak. Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 10.—Congress- man Ebenezer J. Hill was reported to- 1 ight as resting comfortably, although very weak. He has rallied from his winking spell of yesterday and is mak- ing a fine fight to live although his physician, = Dr. Dexjer Hitchcock, “olds out no hope of recovery. yet. OFFICIAL REPORT COMES - FROM GENERAL PERSHING Of Bombing of an American. Hospital . in France Last Thursday. Washington, Sept. 16.—First -Lieu- tenant Fitzsimmons_of Kansas City, killed when Germaf airmen bombed an American hospital in France last Thursday, was recommended for pro- motion to a captaincy on the day he aied. s Representative Borland of Missouri today introduced a bill empowering the president to enter 'Fitzsimmons’ name on the military records with the promotion he would Mawe received had he lived. He was the first American officer to give his life in the war. Major Pershing’s first veport to the war department on the bombing of the hospital reached the war depart- ment late today. An earlier despatch- from the American military attache at London announced the death ot Lijeutenant Fitzsimmons, but made no mention of three privates mortally wounded at the same time. Genera] Pershing’s message follows: 5 ort following deaths September 5 at base hospital No. 5, France, from wounds caused by bombs during air raidy 11 p. m., September 4: ‘First Lieutenant William T. Fitz- simmons, medicai reserve corps, and Privates (first class) Leslie G. Woods and Rudolph RubMo, Jr.. medical de- partment, and Oscar C. Tugo, medical enlisted reserve corps.” FROST HURTS CORN CROP 2 IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA In Michigan and Wisconsin But Little Damage Was Done. Chicago, Sept. 10.—Damage by frost in Minnesota, Michigan and Wis- consin last night was not disastrous, except as it affected corn in southérn Minnesota, it was said by experts here today. Southern Minnesota of .recent years has increased her corn production, considérably. The crop was three weeks late and the frost three weeks early, and this caught the cereal full of_moisture. Damage to garden truck, it was rs.hl, will not be enough to figure much in Mr. Hoover’s calculations. The po- tato crop, of which both states are heavy producers, is too near matturity to_suffer much. In Michigan the frost extended as far South as Grand Rapids. It was predicted that the frost belt would reach central Illinois tonight, but it was doubted whether it would be of killing severity south of the Great es. The corn market was affected by the prediction of the blight for Illinois and Towa. which are important corn states. May corn, which closed Satur- day ate111 3-4, advanced four cents net on the board of trade today. CREW TAKEN OFF WATERLOGGED VESSEL Brought to an Atlantic Port by an American Steamer. An Atlantic Port, Sept. 16.—Captal; Ralph Bradley, his mate and twopue;-l men, comprising the crew of the Brit- ish echooner J. A. Holmss, reported yesterday as drifted ashore off Barne- gat, N. J, were brought here today by ‘an American steamer which took them off thelr waterloggea vessel in heavy weather. The men will be sent lfio their homes by the British consul ere. The J. A. Holmes was bound from Amberst, N. S, to Cuba with lumber. She was bullt’ in Mears, Mich., fifty years ag> and was long in service on the . Great Lakes. She was recently brought down by Nova_Scotia men for whom she was making her first trip. |line where high speed .is maintained, * “The Shore Line Elzctric company ls An Atlantic Port, Sept. lu—News of the sinking of the Italian warship Umberto I by striking a mine while convbying merchant vessels through the Med.terrarean sea was brought to an Atlantic port by a Norwegian steamship today. Fifty of the crew perished, according to ‘the story told here. The Umberto I was a converted merthantman. . UTILITIES REPORT ON NORTH BRANFORD ACCIDENT Motorman Negus and Conductor Tryoe Held, Primarily Responsik Hartford, Conn, Sept. 10.—The re- port of the public utlities_commission on the collision on the Suore Line trolley line at No:rth Branford on Aug. 13, when nine:een lost their lives, and thirty-five -were injured, holds Motor- man Wesley Negus and Conductor William J. Tryon primarily responsible for the accident, and the Shore Line company responsible seconcarily | for not seeirg that its mem lived up to the safety rules of the corupany. The commission makes four rccommenda- tions looking to ensure grenter safety on the line, and in event or the com- pany refusing to put them into opera- tion will order the officials to Ishow cause wiy a mandate compelling the adoption of the recommendations should not be made. The company”is given until Sept. 18 to answer in re- gard to the proposal for betterments. The_report, written by John F. Trumbull, after reciting inci- dents leading up fo the crash, such as drowsiness of Motorman Negus and the fact that Conductor Tryon was asleep for some time befo-e the crash, finds_that tha men had wormed nor- mal hours up_to forty-eight hours be- fore the wreck and had worked" over- time after that period. Ha found that the motorman had fastened down a safety device cn his controller and had passed tre Madison station as well as the one at North Branford. He rec- ommendcd that hereaftes *Le company inquire deeper into the condition of car crews before sending them out on their runs. The recommendations made by the engineer »nd endorsed by the com- mission tollow: z 1—Trst an automatic block signal system be installcd on all parts of the especialiy Tiaven and Guilfor between New oved méthods of distributing 2—Imj orders to crews for the incvement of cars. 3—Printed working time tables for the employes. 4-—Rules compelling employes to ex- change signals Engincer Trumbull also urged in his report that the company take means to see that no motorman tampers with the safety device qn his controller. C.mmissioners - ifigrins and Elwell, in endorsing the recommendations of Engineer Trumbull, appendsd this or- der: . directed by thig commissi'n_to r ¥ Berore the 18th day of Sep! 2 1917, whether it" will accepi and adopt any or all of the suggesticns herein contained. an* if so. when the same will be adonted and put in force; and If any of the said suggestions are mot to be so adopted. said company is or- dered and directed to,®how cause on or before the said date wiy an order should not be issued by 1ie commis- sion making the same effcctive.” "ANARCHIST BERKMAN RELEASED, REARRESTED Out on $25,000 Cash Bond, He Now Faces Murder Charge. New York, Sept. 10. — Alexander Berkman, the anarchist convicted of conspiracy against the selective draft law,, released here today on furnish- ing a $25,000 cash appeal bond, was immediately re-arrested on a warrant issued by the San Francisco authori- ties accusing him of murder in con- nection with 4#he preparedness day explosior in ‘that city last year. The warrant upon wh.ch Berkman was arrested was issued by the super-' jor court of the city of San Francisco and charged three individual murder counts. Berkman is accused, with others, of having been in a conspiracy July 22, 1916, which caused the deaths of Myrtle Irene Van Lee, Hattie Knapp and Rubin J. Vaughn, . As Berkman left the federal build- ing in police custody he was greeted by Emma Goldman, Mary Ellen Fitz- gerald and Morris Hillquit, who ac- companied him to police headquarters. Berkman was then taken to a police court for arraignment, but, the- court having adjourned, he was locked up for the night. Louis Kramer and Morris Berger, also convicted and sentenced for vio- lating thie selective draft law, offered Dail on their appeal at-the same time a6 Berkman. Their bail was refused oy Judge Maver, as the property of- fered was located in_ another judicial district. Kramer and Berger will be tgken &ack to the federal penitentiary at Atlanta tomorrow. JAPANESE MISSION IS TO TOUR THE EAST Leave Washington Saturday Morning For Five Day Trip. Washington, Sept. 10. — Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mission, today arranged to receive a delegation of New York citizens - Wednesday morning, who will ask the mission to visit New York. Saturday morning the mission will leave on a five day trip_through the east, visiting Phila- delphia Saturday afternoon, Newport, R. 1, Sunday and Monday, Boston on Tuesday and Wednesday .and return-- ing to Washington Thursday. Viscount Ishii resumed his confer- ences with Secretary Lansing today. It is understood that the conversation was confined to a general discussion of war co-operation between Japan and the United States. These confer- ences will be continued daily, while other members of the mission are in consultation with various officials of the government. ARRIVAL OF MOTHER OF MRS.-DE SAULLES Visited Her Daughter, Who in Mineola, N. Y. New York, Sept. 10.—Mrs. Bianca Errazuriz, mother of Mrs. Bianca De Saulles, who is in, jail at Mineola, N. Y., charged with the murder-of her divorced husband, John L. De Saulles, ived here today from Valparaiso, hile, and went direct to her daughter. Mrs. Errazuriz was_accompanied by another daughter, Miss Amalia Er- razuriz, and a son, Guillermo Erra- zuriz. will in Jail Engineer | SenateHasPassed |Phila. Tageblatt . lhe‘W_a_rTax Bill Office Raided LARGEST SINGLE TAX IN AMERI- | FEDERAL AGENTS CONFISCATE CAN HISTORY FILES AND DOCUMENTS TOTAL OF $2,400,000,000| ARRESTED THE EDITOR The Vct; Was 69 to 4, Senators Borah, Gronna, La Follette and Norris Vot- ing Against the M. ure—Bill as I¢ Came From House Called for $f,- 867,870,000. The Publication Had Informed Ger- mans in This Country How to Evade the Postal Laws and Forward Let- ters to Germany—Had Ridiculed the Draft. Philadelphia, Sejt. 10.—In a raid on the Philadelphia Tageblatt, a long es- tablished German language morning newspaper, which is charged with having attacked government war pol- icies' for several months past, federay agents tonight arrested the editor and business manager and confiscated large .quantpties of. correspondence, files and documents. The prisoners who are charged with violating theg esplonage act, are Dr. Martin Darkow, editor, and_Herman Lemke, business manager. Warrants also have been is- sued for the president, treasurer, edi- tor-in-chief and an editorial writer. Charged With Making False Reports. The government agents in one war- rant charge certain members of the staff with “wilfully making and con- veying false reports and statements with the intent to promote the suc- cess of the enemies of the United States, while the United States is at war with the imperial German gov- ernment.” - > A second warrant charges the staff with using the mails for the same “Washington, Sept. 10.—The, war tax bill—the largest single taxation meas- ure in American history—was passed tonight by the senate. It.provides for a levy somewhat under $2,400,000,000, as compared with $1,867,870,000, pro- posed in the bill as it passed the house May 23.. The vote was 69 to 4, Senators Bo- rah, Gronna, La Follette and Norris being recorded in opposition. Goes to House Today. : The bill, nearly four months in the making, will be returned to the house tomorrow and then goes to conference, with enactment within two weeks probable. Senators Simmons, Stone and Williams, democrats, and Penrose 'and Lodge, republicans, of the finance committee, were appointed the sen- ate’s conferees. Of the $2,400,000,000 new taxes pro- vided for in the tax bill for the dura- tion of the war, $842,200,000 is to be taken from incomes, corporate and in- dividual, and $1,060,000,000 from war profits. 4 - In tonight's clean up, the prineipal eleventh hoyr actions of the senate | purpose. were eumm*1 n of all provisions for | 'According to government officers taxing publishers and increasing sec- | under Spetial Agent Frank Garbarino, who conducted the raid, the Tageblatt on Saturday published statements. in- structing Germans in this country how to evade the postal laws and forward letters to Germany. In these state- ments, government officers say, a man ond class periodical postage rates and all consumption taxes on sugar, tea, coffee and cocoa, the latter reducing the bill $86,000,000. The senate also struck out the clause proposing repeal of the “drawback” or re-export allow- ance given sugar refiners and defeated | described as “H. Isselhurst, care of proposals to add inheritance taxes. the German Aid- Soclety, Stockholm, La Follette’s Bill Killed, Sweden,” was given as the official who would see that communications addressed to German _destinations would arrive unsuspected by Ameri- can or allied censors. The newspaper and business files, In a last effort of the high tax group to increase taxes, the senate rejected, 65 to 15, the La Follette slibstitute bill to raise $3,500,000,000 more taxes. Those supporting it were Borah, | aorres - 3 pondence and other matter seiz- Brady, Gore, Gronna, Hardwick, Hol- | cqFiisRoacEnee 2A¢ other maticr selz- s, Husting, Johnson (California), eral building for examination. Men For Whom Warrants Are Out. The men for whom warrants were issued, including the prisoners, ac- cording to government agents, are all members of the Philadélphia Tage- blatt - Publishing Association. This company publishes, in addition to the daily paper, the Philadelphia Sontags- blatt, which is the Sunday edition. All the employes 6f the plant, about twenty, have been served with sub- poenas to appear before the federal grand jury. Since America’s entry into the war the Tageblatt has published daily edi- toria] attacks on President Wilson and the government's war policies, gov- ernment officers said. The draft was ridfculed and men were urged to re- sist its enforcement, it is alleged. SWEDEN WILL HAVE TO DEFINE HER POSITION Allies Determined Germany Shall Not Get Supplies From Neutral Washington, Sept. 10.—While -the American government awaited de- velopments today following _Secretary Lansing’s disclosures regarding _the transmission of official German des- patches by the Swedish charge at Beenos Alres, Washington officials and foreign diplomatists turned their at- tention to a study of their possible significance. Two facts stood out clearly in the minds of most observers. Sweden will be compelled to make definite ber position as a neutral and the exposure may be taken as Indi- cating more exacting the intention of the allies to see that Germany shall receiving aid from all _ the ern European neuitral countries. Publication of the facts, although disclosing nothing the government's exports administrative board has not known for some time, reveals to the public that this government is fully cognizant of ald which Sweden has been rendering the central powers, and ‘tends to cement opinion in sup- port of the absolute embargo, put into effect against Sweden, along with the other neutris, six weeks ago. It has already been declarcd definitely that no foodstuffs or other supplies will be permitted to go to the neutrals for at 'least six weeks to give this govern- ment an opportunity to establish pre- cisely their trade relations with Ger- many. % Sweden, as well as the other neu- trals, has contended it has this right to export to Germany any commodi- ties produced at home, even ‘though the goods are replaced by commodities impofted from the TUnited States. Some American officials say the war would be ended within six months if Swedish irgn exports to Germany were stopped. he Swedes, it is declared, have. decreased their supply of food- stuffs by taking from the food pro- ducing Industries vast nnmbers of men and placing them in the iron mines and the munitions factories which have sprung up since the war begnn. - NORWALK REPUBLICANS IN CONVENTION 756 HOURS Deadlocked Over Nomination Mayor—Harstrom Renominated. Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 10.—After a deadlock lasting 75 and a half hours, the republican city convention here tonight- renominated Mayor Carl A. Harstrom to succeed himself. He had been opposed in the conwention by Juége William F. Tammany and the votes had stood since Friday at 12 ending the time whent$-GToB’ each. When midnight approached, ending the time when a nomination could be made, the Tammany forces withdrew one vote frem their man and gave Mayor Harstrom the nomin- ation to ensure a republican ticket. A segment of the republicans from the second _district, formerly South Nor- walk, formed a caucus and placed Judge Tammany in nomination as an Jones (Washington), Kenyon, La Fol. lette, McNary, Norris, Reed and Vard- aman. A parliamentary snarl and a deter- mined fight on the second class post- age provisions today furnished the most _excitement.’ After. the McKellar substitute zone postage increase pr 2 s ament beyond three hundred miles, had been rejected, 40 to 34, Senator Hardwick’'s substitute zone plan, applicable to ad- vertising portions ofly, was beaten, 48 to 20. g Senator McKellar attempted to offer another substitute with a maximum rate of four cents a pound instead of six cents but Senator Saulsbury, pre- siding, held that the house zone pro- vision had never been formally elimi- nated. Then the senate made sure of its determination to eliminate all post- age increases and special levies on publishers by adopting Senator Weeks" motion to strike out the entire housc clause, 59 to 9. - Postal Features of Bill. The only postage features left in the bill are provisions for free transporta- tion of letters from American soldiers abroad and for one cent stamp tax on parcel post packages, raising about $4.000,000. The consumption taxes of kalf cent a pound on sugar, two cents on coffee, five cents on tea, three cents on cocoa and from one to two cents a gallon on molasses went out by over- whelming majorities. _GENERAL SCOTT CLOSE TO RETIREMENT AGE Causing SPecu Will be Retained in Active Service Washington, Sept. 10.—With Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, reaching retirement age this month, speculation has begun at the war department as, to whether he will be retained on active service un- der the wartime emergency provisions of the law and continue in office. Secretary Baker declined today to say what course he contemplated. There are indications, however, that General Scott will pass on to the re- tired list, although We may be asked to continue on active duty and under- take some special work. In this event, Major General Tasker H. Bliss, assist. ant chief of staff and acting head of the army when General Scott was with the Root commission in Russia, mey be appoitned chief of staff, al- though he, too, will reach the retire- ment age in a few months and prob- ably would be succeeded by a young- er officer. General Scott has not resumed all of his duties as chief of staff since his return from Petrograd. General Bliss continues to exercise most of the functions of the office, possibly be- cause there are many aspects of the expansion of the army with which General Scott must familiarize him- self again because of his long ab- | sence.” It is known that General Scott would welcome an active command in the field. On account of his distinguish- ed services gn many occasions and the known high regard for him entertain- ed by President Wilson and Secretary Baker, it appears probable that an cffort will be made to gratify his wishes should it be determined to re- lieve him of his staff post, The pressure upon the chief of staft will become increasingly heavy as thi American forces abroad are enlarzed .and when they are holding a portion of the western front great physical vigor will be required to endure the strain, E. J. CHAMBERLIN RETIRES FROM C. V. RAILROCAD Howard G. Kelly is’' to Succeed Him ‘as Head of the Directorate. St. Albans, Vt, Sept. 10.—The res- ignation of Edson J. Chamberlin, of Montreal, as chairman of the boarl ot directors of the Central Vermont rail. road was accepted at a special meet- ing of the directors today. Howard G: For Kelly, recently elected president of | independent. the Grand Trunk. railroad system in| Thé democrats tonight nominated Canada,’ was' elected to succeed Mr. | Formeri€ongressman Jeremiah Don- Chamberlin. ovan’ for mayor. Condensed Taiegrams, Only three Italian vi s were sunk during the week ended September 2. Grisis in Russian Internal Affairs GENERAL KORNILOFF FORCED TO GIVE UP HIS OFFICE Packing interests agreed to co-oper- ate w‘tg Food Administrator Hoover. A food crisis is reported in Petrograd and Moscow. Only a ten-day supply is on hand. THe Canadian casuaity list contained names of six Americans killed apd seven wounded. Fall River reports sales. of print cloths of 60,000 pieces, of which 10,000 pleces were “spo Gold to the amount of $100,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for shipment to spain. The American - Chemical society opened its 65th annual convention at Cambridge yesterday. Two out of 13 samples of court- plaster purchased at Washington con- tained lockjaw germ: BY PREMIER KERENSKY Korniloff Had . Demanded From the -Premier &' Virtual Dictatorship—Ai{ Odds With Provisional ‘Over Discipline in Army Cause of Government His Removal. Washington, Sept. 10:—The crisis precipitated by the forced resignation of General Korniloff as commander-in- chief of Russian armjes is regarded here as possibly the most serious of many in that country’s six month’s ex- istence as a democracy. Korniloff Demanded Dictatorship. The open fashion in which the de- posed cpmmander demanded from Premier Kerefisky a virtual dictator- ship, and the adherence to his plans or Deputy Lvoff, with his following of the duma, and powerful member of the intellectual and military classes, indicate that the Korniloff forces feel sure they ean succeed. Unless the differences can be com- posed, it is feared Russia may sink deeper into .political disorganization and fall prey either to German con- querors or the threatened monarchial reaction. Discipline Chief Point at lssue. Without official despatches explain- ing in full the tangled situation, it is understood here the chief point at is- sue is the organization of the army along strict disciplinary lines, including the death penalty for soldiers violating orders, advocated persistently by Gen- eral Korniloff. Although Premier Ke- rensky has declared hmiself for the Korniloff progranime, the provisional government has exercised a check on the death sentence through government reviewing commissioners at the front. Apparently General Korniloff des- paired of improving the situation by carrying out his frequent threats to resign, and finally .. becarde satisfied that his influence was sufficiently powerful enough to wrest the entire government from the provisional cabi- net. Speaker Clark appointed the mem- bers of the special House committee to investigate defective ammunition. Secretary of Labor-Wilson will send a mediator to assist in the strike of packing house employes in Omaha. Shipments of fresh and cured meats from Chicago during the week ended September § were 42,488,000 pounds. According to a report in London the seventh German war loan will be op- ened for subscription SBeptember 19th. The Kaiser has dropped from im- perial favor Herr Ballin because of his criticism of the Government's poli- cy. The German General Staff will pub- lish a series of monographs on the big battles of the war and the cam- paigns. Great Britain has advised the United States that President Wilson’s reply to the Pope is in effect Great Britain’s reply. - . The first contingent of New York city’s quota of 38500 men for the na- tional army, left for Camp Upton yes- terday. An increase of 10 per cent in wages was granted to 15,000 employes of six_textile plants in the vicinity of Passaic, N. J. It was reported at Copenhagen that Lenine, the Russian radical propa- gandist, is attending the Stockholm conference incognito. © Martial Law In Petrograd. The provisional government’s decla- (Continued on 'Page Six, 5th Col.) Mayor Mollman and his seoretary were indicted in connection with the Grand Jury inquiry into the recent race riots in East St. Louis. PRESIDENT. WILSON HAD B AN IDEAL _HOLIDAY Played Golf With His Son-in-Law and Motored to Salem. Mrs. R.-Livingston Beackman, wife of the governor of Rhode Island. has introduced a new fad. wears the s of the Allfes in' & bidcelet. The price of $2.20 a bushel for wheat, fixed by President Wilson, will be maintained despite protests from farm- ing interests that the figure is too low: Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 10.—Presi- dent Wilsen, who is takirs; a brief cruise on the presidential yacht May flower, had an ideal holiday toda. The weather was clear with a warm sun and a bracing breeze from the northwest when the president and Mrs. Wilson came ashore here in a launch and joined Colonel and Mr: E. M. House, whose summer home nearby at Magnolia. Mr. Wilson brought his golf sticks to try out the coursse of the Essex County Country club at Manchester, and motored to the links. Governor Arthur Capper of Kansas predicted national prohibition within five years while delivering an address in Grace Methodist church, New York. Plans for a replica of Monte Carlo, to be constructed on ap island opposite Atlantic City, are being formed. New York capitalists are behind the enter- prise. Dr. Adler, assassin of the Austrian | ‘"3,! 0 ) e president, had a round of nine Premier, Stuergkh. condemned to_dle | qoi¢ PIEMARTC Pod, @ TOURS Of Mo was spared by Bmperor Charles. Sen- | NOl68 with Randolh =“ucker. . the tenge was commuted to 18 years penal servitude. The Federal Grand Jury in Brooklyn issued indictments against 13 Belgians, all accused of trying to smuggle rub- ber to Germany by way of the steam- Wallace, a friend of the House fam- ily. The score was not announc- ed. There was no gallery except the members of the party. After golf the president and Mrs. Wilson had lunch at. the House sum- mer home and there the president met ship Gothland. newspaper correspondents for a few 5 minutes. With Colonel House he A fund for the re-establishment of | T, ¢ 1o photographed. Then, 46,000 homes in the devastated district of France recovered from the Germans was organized by H. B. Shaw, general manager of the Union Bank of Cana- da. accompanied by his hosts and the usual guard of secret service service men he and Mrs. Wilson had a two hours’ automobile outing along the North Shore. The party attracted no more atten- tion than hundreds of other tourists, not even the policemen along the way recognizing the president until he got involved in traffic blocks, where the activity of the secret service escort drew the notice of the officers. Going to Salem, the president visited the old Witch house and the House of According to a Federal authority who had been investigating 1. W. W. treason. for the last few months, the plotted mutiny on an American oil tank was inspired by 1. W. W. agitat- ors. Francis Ducharme, of East Hamp- ton, was electrocuted in the state pris- on at Boston at 12.13 a. m, today for | Seven Gables, familiar through Haw- the murder of three-year-old Ellen |thorne’s novel. Later other points Kaezar at Chicopee, on October 21,]O0f picturesque and historic interest 1916. 7 along the coast were visited. J Throughout the day the president With the distribution of 2,067,726 | was allowed to take his outin un- bottles and 1,296,021 glasses of pas- | hampered by crowds. The largest teurized milk in 12 months, Nathan | ®athering to greet him was on his re- Straus rounded out the 25th year of jturn from the afternoon automobile his work of saving babies’ lives in[ride, when a few hundred fishermen New York. and®summer. residents waited a‘ the wharf. They gave him a hearty Robin J. Flynn, of San Francisco, a [ cheer as he walked down the landit driver in Section 1 of the American|and he responded with smiles and Ambulance Corps in France was cited for bravery. He carried two wounded men in an ambulance after the top had been shot away by the enemy. REPRESTNTATIVE LONDON’S PEACE SPEECH APPLAUDED Explained Present European Situation, } as He Sees It. The War Commission of 50 promi- nent Chinise headed by Lu Cheng Hzi- ang, advised the Government to join the Entente Allies and sign the Lon- don agreement against a separate peace and the Paris economic compact. Only 13,000 tons of coal were in the bins of the public school at Boston when they opened their doors to 100,- Washington, Sept. 10.—Representa- tive London of New York. t1¢€ sociaitst thember of congress, spoke on peace in the house todav. He declared hope for the end of the war was be- coming brighter, and won applause from both sides of the chamber with 000 pupils for the new s/fool year 3 yesterday. School authorities said | his explanation of the present Eprop- that the supply would last but ten|ean situation as he sees it. weeks. After paying a tribute to President —_— Wllson's recent renly to the pope's MAINE DEFEATS EQUAL peace proposals. Mr. London said it gave great encouragement to those SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN | who desire peace. ~ Tie dominant declarations of the president, that Returns Thus far Show 17,035 in Fa- vor and 31,807 Opposed. Portland, Maine, Sept. 10.—Equal suffrage for Maine women was defeat- ed two to one at the special election there will be no dismemberment of the central powers and no economical warfare after the war of bullets, tre of the utmost significance he insist- ed, because these tvw steps have been considered part of the war plans of the today. according to newspaper retnrns | aliies. tonight from two-thirds of the state.| Reports that' the reichstag is to The total for 438 out of 635 election | draft the German peace terms, M. precincts, including all citles was 17.- | London declared to be a good sign. 035 in favor and 31,807 opposed. The “A well defined expression in the total vote of the citles was: yes 7,444 no 15597. The towns report stood Yes 9,5691; no 16,210. reichstag for peace,” he said, “is. an assurance that the desire for peace be comes “irresistible, and the very fact that in Essen, where the Krupp fa fory is located, 8,000 workers held To Form French Ministry. / Paris, Sept. 10.—Paul Painleve. the minister of war, informed President a meeting at which they adopted unani- mously a resolution in favor of the reichstag resolution, shows that the government in Germany does not dare “to prevent, the people from discussing interhationhl aquestions.” Poincexe tonight that he had accepted the task of forming a ministry. to. re- place that headed by Alexandre Ri- ot. 5k % v