Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 13, 1917, Page 1

¢ i H * side of the war also is the action of the / Argentine government in sending pass- tion. e by Germany of the minister's ¥ VOL. LIX.—NO. 320 POPULATION 29,919 : NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1917 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circu!ation in Norwich is SPIRIT OF UNREST IS GROWING IN RUSSIA At Moscow Martial Law Has Been Detlared and Gov- ernment Forces Are Preserving Order THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT IS OPTIMISTIC Late Reports From Petrograd Say That Korniloff’s March on Petrograd Has Been Checked—Monte San Gabrielle, in the Austro-Italian Theatre, Has Been the Scene of Another Vicious Attack by the Austrians, But Their Ef- forts Met With No Success—On the Other Battlefronts the Military Activity is Far Below That of Past Weeks. action. and it is said will withdraw her minister from Berlin if acquiesc- ence is not forthcoming. Meanwhile the British minister at Stockholm has visited the Swedish foreign office and expressed amazement over the American state department's charges against the Swedish govern- ment and the fact that Sweden has not given Great Britain any explana- tion of why coded messages to Ger- many were permitted to pass through its legation, at Buenos Aires. Late reports from Buenos Aires say that the German legation and German newspaper buildings have been attack- ed by mobs carrying out an anti- German demonstration. g On the battle fronts the military ac- tivity generally is far below that of past weeks. On the line in France and Belgium, only artillery duels and comparatively small operations by the infantry are being carried out. Some further advances have been made by the French in Champagne néar St. Souplet, where General Petain won three lines of trenches. Dfonte San Gabrielle, in the Austro- Italian theatre, has been the scene of another vicious attack by the Austri- ans in an endeavor/ tb dislodge the Italians_from recently captured posi- tions. Their effors met with no suc- cess. #o In the battle of Riga; according to the German war office, 8,900 Russians were made prisoner ana 325 guns and large quantities-of war stores were captured. The fighting on this front has now dwindled to skirmishes be- tween reconnoitering detachments. While optimism seems to prevail “In fhe provisional government in Russia that a successful issue of the counter- revolution started by General Korni- loff soon will be returned in favor of Premier Kerensky, the situation still remains acute. All the despatches from Petgrograd at present are ema- nating from the provisional govern- ment or supporters of Kerensky. Later reports from Petrograd are to the effect that Korniloff's march on Petrograd has been checked and that even his retreat has been cut off by forces faithful to the provisional gov- ernment; also that there have been further defections from the ranks of Korniloff. and that a great majority of the commanders at the front are still adhering to the government. A state- ment issued by the vice premier sald the country undoubtedly with Ke- rensky “who is defending the revolu- tion against General Korniloff, the de- fender of the reactionaries.” Meanwhile the spirit of unrest seems to have invaded Moscow, where mar- tial law has been declared and gov- ernment forces are maintaining order. One of the bright spots in the sit. uation is the offer of the central com- mittee of the constitutional democraic party to aid in the re-construction. of the cabinet 5o as to avold civil war. Of great interest on the political ports to the German minister for his connection with despatches sent to Germany through the Swedish lega- Argentina has requested a dis- PACIFISTS TO ATTEMPT TO HOLD MEETING IN HARTFORD Squad of Police Will be Ready to Quell Any Disturbance. Harfford, Conn, Sept. ‘12.—Local 'members of the People'’s Council 'of America for Democracy and Peace to- night, after a meeting featured by wrangles among themselves, voted to attempt to hold a pubdic meeting Sun- day night in the Theatre. This action was taken in spite of the fact that the manager of the theatre had told a committee of the council that he would not permit the meeting in his property. He had previously agreed to rent the theatre to the council but later rescinded this action. Many of those at tonight’s meeting tried to have the Sunday rally held in Socialist ball, ‘where the session of tonight took place but the majority was for holding the theatre manager to his agreement. Besides members of the council there were present tonight a squad of po- EIGHT SURVI\IORS OF STEAMSHIP VERDI ARRIVE. Torpedo Struck Amidships and Killed Six Men. An Aflantic Port, Sept. 12.—Three officers and five men, ali Americans, who were members of the crew of the Lemport and Holt line steamship Verdi, sunk by a German submarine off the Irish coast Aug. 22, arrived here touay on an Americin passenger iner. According to J. M. Lindesay of Brooklyn, who was chief offcer of the ship, the Verdl was attacked at 12.40 p. m, without warning, the torpedo hitting :he ship amidships and killing six men of her engine rcom force. Finding his =bip In a sinking condi- tion, tho captain ordered his men to the boats. In a short while the sub- marine, which had kept submerged, came up about e mile distant and fired fifteen -ehells at the sinking Verdi, completinz her destructior “We wera about 170 miles from the |lice ready to quell any disturbance and Irish coast when we were sunk,” Lin- [also there were on hand federal agents desay said, “and by hoistiLg sails we [who watched the proceedings closely. managed to make it in 58 hours, land- ing on_a rocky shore. There were about 2.000 tons of frozen beef on board the Verdi” KERENSKY’S GOVERNMENT IS GAINING STRENGTH According to Reports That Have Reached Washington. The session was presided over by Al- fred G. Whitehead, chairman of the rally committee. The local chairman, Willlam C. O’Brien, although present, did not taken the chair. At the meeting Edwin Perkins Clarke, Hart- ford agent of the state free employ- ment bureau, resigned his membership without stating any reason. Federal officers stated after tonight's meeting that the council would not be allowed to hold its Sundayrally and no matter where it is attempted it will be suppressed. The city authori- ties are ready also to prevent the ses- sion. There was no interference with to- nights meeing and no one made any demonstration at the gathering. CANADIAN DYNAMITER A REFUSED TO TESTIFY Becauss of Fear He, His Wie agd Chiliren Would Be Murgered. Montreal, Sept. £2—A solemn. pact, sworn to by the men who dynamited the home of Lord Athels.an, puhblisher of the Montreal Star, that any of them Who gave information of théir doings to the police would be murdered,. was given by J. A. Tremblay as his reason for his refusal to testify tcday when called as & witness in court. Tremblay, who is charged with stealing the dynamite which was used to blow up the Athelstan home, was asked to give evidence against Elie Lalumiere, the anti-conscriptionist leader, accused a3 one of the plotters @gainst the publisher's H%e and that Of other notables. On Tia refusal to answer ouestions, Tremblay was sent togail for cight daya. = He claimed that if he gave evidence he and his vrife and children would be murdered by the dynamiters still at liberty. The crown counsel asked Trembiay to repeat.the confession he had made previously in the detective's office, but he refused. BODY CF DRAFTED MAN FOUND IN THE WOODS. iana Farmer Fled to Escape ‘Be. ing Sent to Camp. - :&x:ynzton la., (Sept. I2—Wilam , 2 young farmer, one of the “Numbeés 258 men” in tho craft, who fied to the woods and swamps of Bt. Tammany parish last Friday to escape Washington, Bept. 12. Reports reaching hers today indicating that Premier Kerensky's provisional gov- ernment was gaining strength In its struggie to prevent General Kornfloft from seizing the government, failed to raise the hopes of Russia’s friends to any great extent. Although accep#iing the govern- ment’s - optimistic announcement that Kornllof’'s followers were fed, and that some of his soldiers marching to Petrograd had offered to arrest their leader, officials and diplomats said it was difficult to judge the strength of the revolt. Thev were impressed that even should this uprising be quelled promptly, the interests secretly sup- porting Kornjloffs attempted coup would remain as danger sources for Russia’s future unity. The state department today was still without a report from Ambassa- dor Francis concerning the Korniloft movement and at the Russian embas- £y it was said despatches gave no clear explanation of the crisis. FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS OF GASTON B. MEANS Agent of Mrs. Maud A. a Wealthy Widow. ew York, Sept. 12—Documentary evidence showing that the financial transactions of Gaston B. Means ran into a_ fortune, was discovered here today by Assistant District Attorney Dooling in his investigation into the mysterious death ateConford, N. H., of Mrs. Maud A. King, the wealthy widow for whom Means acted as bus- iness agent. The documents Dooling says he fcund In a trunk in Means’ apartment included a formal agreement entered into by Mrs. King with Means under which he was to receive $950,000 if certain funds were recovered for her from the estate of her late husband, James C. King. A third party #o this As Business King, szreement was Carl L, Schurs, who |being to camp, was found dead was to receive five per cent. of What~ |early today with a bullet through the ever sum was recovered. The fortune [heart. The authorittes belleve he shot. was to be obtained if an effort to|aimself. have probated a new »{ Mr. King was rered will B Queen Eleahore of Buigaria is Dead. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 12, via Lon- don.—Queen Bleanore of Bulgaria died bere this afternoon. She had been ill for some time and recently King Fer- dinand and Crown Prince Boris and Prince Cyril were summoned to her bedside. Ukrainians Warned Against Korniloff. Petrograd, Sept. 12.—(Biritish Ad- miralty Per Wireless Press). M. Bo- logoff, representative of Ukrainian central committee in the war minis- try has issued a warning to Ukrain- ians against the movement of General Korniloff and stating that all who do not remain steadfast to the provis. ional government will be considered traitors. Budapest to Have Peace Meeting. London, Sept. 12—A meeting called on the Initiative of a number of po- Mtical leaders and ecclesiastical au- thoritles ig to be held in Budapest on Sept. 28 for the purpose of expressing the view that the time has come for peace negotiadons, says a despatc] from the Hungariarn _capital today transmitted by the Cefitral News cor- respondent in Amsterdam. UNANIV.OUS APPROVAL OF WAR CREDITS BILL Voted Yesterday by Senate Finance Committe Washington, Sept. 12—Unanimots approval’ of the war credits bill passed last week by the house was voted late today by the senate finance committee after it had added several minor amendments after but fwo days' con- sideration. Tomorrow the measure will be pre- sented to the senate, to lie over umtil Friday. It is expected to pass, with Iittle discussion, not later than Satur- day. Issuance of $7,858,945,460 worth of convertible 4 per cent. bonds, sub- ject to income surtaxes and excess or war protits taxes, and of $2,000,000,000 each of certificates of indebtedness and war savings certificates are authorized by_the Lill. ‘0f the bonds authorized, $4,000,000,- 000 are for further loans to the allie: $3.000,000.000 to supplant the 3 1-2 per cent. Liherty bonds recentiy authorized for sucn loans, and the remaining $538,945,460 for conversion of miscel- laneous’ outstanding bonde. Virtually no opposition to the bill is expected in the senate, although some further minor amendments are to be Pproposed. < Important changes of the finance committee were in the allowances for floating {he securities. The house ex- pense allowance ot one-seventh of one per cent. of the bonds and war savings certificates was increased to one-fourth of one per cent., and the house allow- ance of one-tenth of one per cent. for the indebtedness certificates was cut in half. Another amendment seeks definitely t oestablish trat the eeven billion dol- lar bond issue i in addition to bonds heretofore authorized. Was YOUNG BELGIANS ARE BEING CLOSELY WATCHED By German Military Autho ities—Seize / Woolen Goods. ‘Washirgton, Sept. 12.—German mili- tary authoritiés in Belglum have taken steps to keep a closer watch on young Belgians and also selze woolen £oods of_the population. The Belglan legation has word that the Germans posted noticce in Bru: cels at ‘he beginning of August eay- ing all voung men of 17 years of age and over must submit to control of the German commanding officer. Parents and dircctors of educational Institu- tions are held responsible for the en- forcement of the order. The order, it was stated at the legation was for_the purpose of preventing the young Bel- glans from es-aping from tie country. In some inetances parenc have been severely punished when young men have escaped. Another notice compels the: Belgians to declsre to the authorities within eight days all quantities of woolen goods, such as raw wool, mattresses, clothing, etc., owned by every family. Selzure of such articles by the Ger- mans, as was done earlier in the war, is feared. RESIGN FROM WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSQCIATION. Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn and Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett of Hartford. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 12.—Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn of Hartford, pres- ident of the Connecticut Woman Suf- frage association, is going to quit that organization next week, and so is Mrs. M. Toscsn Bennett, also of this city, ireasurer of the state assocfation and president of the Hartford Baual Fran- chise 1 . Their resignations are because the ptatr oengatazinol is not aggressive enough and they believe in the principles of the woman's party, to- which many Oonnecticut suffragists are opposed. Miss Bmily Plerson of ‘Oromwell, state organizer for the Con- xcucut ‘Woraan Suffrage asseciation r severai years, tendered Wer resig- nation about 2 month ago to ally her- self with the woman's party. It is ex- pected tlat there will be further de- fections from the state associationm ranks within the next few weeks, emong -he mthat of Miss Catherine Flanagan of Hartford headquarters, secretary of the association, who was released Tuesday from tte Occoquan, Va., workhouse after serving a term for_ picketing for the woman's party in Washington. STRIKE AT PLANT OF MAXIM MUNITIONS CO. Machinists and Toolmakers -Demand Reinstatement of Ferzman. Derby, Conn., Sept. 13.—Machinist 4nd toolmakers employed at the Maxim Munitions corporation struck today. The mer clajmed about one hundred quit work, but the company officials say not mere than sixty walked olt. The men ask that Edwaid Paige, a foreman, édsctarged yesteraay, be re- instated and that a working agree- ment_between them apd th@ corpora- tion be lived up to. The corporation officials explain that Paige's conduct of his department was no* eatisfactory to the company and that that was the reason for his discharge. They deny existence of any working ent between the employes and the com- Ppany. 2 The goncera 18 on a war cont for the, n government, and it is _th that unless the trowble 1s_adj soon other depart- Plant-may e affected. ments of the WILL BE EXPOSED IN GREEK WHITE BOOK IT IS FOR PARLIAMENT Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Politus Tells of What Aspirations Greece is| tablish a Definite Air Supremacy 3 Over the German Airmen France. Athens, Aug. 15—Mail) ter of foreign affairs, M. Folitis, was Lusy putting the finishing touches on the White Book which is to reveal to the Greck patliament the extent to which King Constantine was under. German influence, when a_staff corre- spondent of The Associated Press call- ed on him today by appointment. A Record of Perfidy. T b cons o perfidy.” the minister said, on slancing over proof shuets of the White Book. M. Politis expressed satisfaction at turning away from trese Garker chap- ters of the war to the manv large prob- Jems affecting the Balkans which he feels must be worked out finally when the enteate nations come together at the close of the war. Greece’s Aspirations. . Asked what aspirations Greece was likely to have before the peace con- gress, M. Politis said: “There are several questions relat- ing to the near east which Greece wishes to see regulated. Most im- portant of these is the guaranty of protection to Greeks livine in Turkey and Asla Minor, where we have over three million Greeks engaged in peace- ful occupatiors, but constantly under the menace of fearful atrocities. Germans Worge Than tlie Tarks. “In this work of cruelty we have proof that the Germans have been worse than the Turks. It is against such wholesale barbarity trhat we will ask the powers to establish some form of guarant; The minister spoke of the recent Balkan confer:nce at Paris as highly satisfactory in its results. “It is s a Sea power of. the eastern Mediterranean and the Adriatic that Greece has its chief feld of activity,” was sugsested to the minister. “Not in the Adriatic,” he said, “for our interests in Epirus and the Island the In tho tor, stru for o and has the of Corfu are south of the Strait of Otranto leading to the Adriatic. It is Italy which has the chief interest in that locality. < o7 Acgean’Sea a Greel. Sea. “It is In the eastern Mediterranean and chiefly in the Aegean cea that our fleld of influence lies,” the minister went on. “The Aegean we consider a Greek sea, and. here Grack influence prevails through all the islands, down to_Asia Minor. “As Greece Is the allied couritry nearest to Turkey, what is her atti- tude towards the Dardanelles and Con- stantinople?” the ministér was asked. Drive Turks from Dardanelles. “Above all” he said, “it is our de- sire_to sce the Dardanellex freed from its Turkish forts and its hindrance. to natural world traffic, and to have it become a link in the world’s commerce the same as Suez or the Straits of |Gibraltar, or_the great American -en- ‘terprise, the Panama canal, linking fhe Atlantic and Pacific. The peace terms laid down by the allles in Lhelr reply to President Wilson required the with- drawal of the Turk from Europe and recognized Russia’s aspimetions at Constantnople and the straits. ‘'Whether the new Russla would stili desire a ‘erritorial status at Constanti- nople, T do not know. But certainly a united Russia would expect some| permanent means by which its vast empire shall kave an outlet from the Black eea to the ocean.” Asked if h ethought a pence confer- ence was within reasonable sight, the minister sald he would not venture a prediction. He had bet or that sub- Ject once and lost. 2 America Assures Victory. “But there is one very definite thing settled as to that peace,” said the min- ister, “and that js that the entrance of the United States intv the war alongside of Great Britalr aessures a victorfous peace for the entente. allies. If there was any doubt about it before all doubt ended, in my judgment, when those two colossal powers united for a common purpose. It'is America that has assured the victory of the entente allfes.” COST OF PRODUCTION CF MILK IN ' NEW ENGLAND. Committee of Boston Chamber of Com- merce Finds It is Six Cents. Boston, Sept. 12.—The average cosf of producing a of milk on a New the and less voce cles, ter gland farm is.six cents,. and the e e i down o Box costs From soven to elght cents, ing to a report ;ssued tonight by the commit-" tee of agriculture of the Boston Cham- ber of Commerce tonight. The com- mittee has just completed an extensive not. s of the milk situation in co- person_vlolating the provisic operadion with' the agricoltural col- |of Section shall - on_convietion Jeges, state boards of agriculture and |thereof be hed the committes on public safety in New England. "Fhe Teport is baced on &n inspdbtion of 850 farms, represcnting. 15,000 cowuf or more than forty on quarts o milk a year. It was found that feed pu by farmers for cattle in- creased in cost approxtmately 175 per, cent. in a year. . E AUTO THIEF GETS ONE YEAR IN REFORMATORY, John Murphy Whose Testimony Helped to Convict a Weaithy Man. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 12.—Joseph Murphy, self-confessed' auto thief, whose testimony convicted a wealthy garage owner of Portland, Maine, named Snow, on the charge of recef: ing stolen automobiles, was given & sentence of one vear in the reforma- tory today in the cremenila superior gourt. Murphy =was arrested in Bridgeport on a charge of_automol stealing and was taken to Portland.as a witness at the trial of Snow. The State of Maine granted Murphy im- ‘munity for the services maereg‘ 2ol J Burpee led Mu: for his action in assisting. justice an: for his truthfulness. - casesweresdisposed WilH on n}cu of Record Pqfidinus Gratify HAS GREAT POWER, SPEED AND ‘Washington, Sept. motor, which the United States is relying to establish definfte air supremacy over France, has passed its final test and is a complete and gratifying success, ‘ment, ican motordom had contributed secrets and achievements to the gov- ermment to of American “Probably the war has produced no greater single achievement,” the state- ment _says, time the story of the design and con- added a thrilling chapter to Ameri- “ecretary “now the main reliance of the Unitcd States in the rapid production of large numbers of high power battleplanes about more than a score of engineers, who pooled their skill and trade secrets in ever, already ‘been made toward organi- zation of the Industry for the manu- facture of the new machines and de- liveries will begin in a comparatively short _timq Becretary Baker's statem.cnt follows: “The Unifed States aviation engine’ TRADING-WITH-ENEMY Many Amendments to the Measure as Washington, Sept. 12.—The adminis- trading- tration ‘which passed the house without a dis- senting vote last July, was passed by amendments, including one glving the president power to embargo imports comment in the German language un- by a translation in English. Other important provisions interdict commerce between Americans Germans. or the latter's ali’es, give the president bro@q powers to regulate op- erations of enemy insurance companies in this country and exteud esplonage powers. The added today at the administration’s re- quest, would- extend present presiden- tial powers over exporttrace to im- parts as well. The bill passed the senate after two days of debate, heard by an average of less than adozen-membors, without a roll call and virtually without ob- Jection. The amendment restricting publica- tions In German, adopted by a viva King and is subject to elimination in O heat Guring _the deny r! e pendency of the it state of war and until peace clared by dent, 4¢. or m Or cause to be ‘b~ S‘_lfl printed or pul of the Untied States, or of any nation 'with which Germany 1s at war, its poli- or condvct of the/war, or of any mat- or publts in e etk translation of the same in man Jangus . ge which does not conform to the provisions of this section shall shall be unlawful for any person to transpot, carry or otherwise publish or_distribute the FEDERAL REGULATION Washington, Sept. ey aoiil b tho mest Bovs ok the control will be drawn up shortly. The cers, bertng about a e to to take e the mulrject t of Any Other Paper, And lts Total Circulation is the I—.argest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. ing Success SERVICE ABILITY .—The Liberty the airplane engine upon Germans aver the battleflelds of Baker announced today. a fifteen hundred word announce- Baker told how all best brains and business of Amer- its ce the Liberty mo- to carry the thousands es over Germany. A Great Achievement. which and relates for the first ction of the new motor, which has engine: records. er says the motor is service In the war. Great Speed, Minimum Weight. n_power, speed and service ability minimum weight,” he continues, “the new engine .invites comparison with the best that the European war produced. The engine was brought through the cooperation - of war emergency.” For obvious reasons specifications of the motor details of its perform- ance under test and made for its production in quantities arrangements withheld. In conclusion, how- Mr, Baker said: “Progress has Secretary Baker’s Statement. passed its final tests. They were successful and gratifying. The new (Continued on Page Nin: Sixth Col.) BILL PASSED BY SENATE It Passed the House -with-the-enemy bill, senate late today with many prohibiting publication , of war accompanied in a parallel column and important embargo amendment, vote, was offered by Senator It provides: be concluded and the fact de- ton of the presi- Be unlawful for any per- assocfption to print or the German ,_any respecting the ernment intermational relations, the state relaung. thereto, without printing a column parallel t a true and complete e English or publication In the Ger- be cdmitted to the maile, and it same, Y A fine of not ment for than ode year, or the court, be fined and imprisoned. OF MEAT PACKING Be the Next Move of the Food Administration. % 12—Government packing in- ‘meat administration. A yolunt offe; the packers o accepted and a plan Condensed Telegrams g from Secretary Wilson is recove an attack of ptomaine poison. Russia’s women soldiers pledged their aid to Premier Kerensky. Five women were wounded by bombs dropped on a hospital at Dunkirk. The Senate passed the bill repatri- ating all Americans in the Allies’ armies. The United States Government has loaned $55,000,000 more to the Italian Government. Count von Bernstorff, appointed Am- bassador to Turkey from Germany, ar- rived at Constantinople. General Thomas J. Stewart, admin- istrative head of the . Pennsylvania National Guard, is dead. American residents - in China are organizing for war relief among our American troops in France. Grain supervisors of Canada, have fixed the price of wheat at $2.20, cor- responding to the American price. The American flag was _unfurled over Verdun. It was the gift of a promineént American Red Cross worker. Germany is refusing to give Holland coal. The belief is that Germany wants to force Holland to give her a loan. The Canadian fish eating campaign in Canada is causing exports of fish from the United States in great quan- tities. A bill proposing prohibition in the Hawallan Islands was introduced by Senator Shafroth and referred to com- mittee. Loft thieves stole $35000 worth of silks and dresses in course of manu- facture from a West 31st Street loft, New York. Six hundred employes of Armour & Co., and 400 from the Morris plant Joined the other striking packers ig Kansas City. Just after being accepted for the draft army, Stanley Zabrosky, 27 years old. was killed by a train at Shamokin, Pa. Furth extensive bombing raids have been ‘carried out by the British naval air servicc on varfous objectives, chiefly in Belzium. A list given out by Sing Sing pri- son attendants disclosed that Cnarles Gondorf, millionaire wiretapper, is the inmate fire marshal. William Rodgers Beal, son of the at- torney for the Carnegie Steel Co., was killed in France, according to word received in Pittsburgh. P. White, president of the Unit- ed Mine Workers, accepted the invita- tion of Fuel Administrator Garfleld to | act as one of his advisers. Only 18 men of New York's 5 per cent did not respond to the call to go to Yaphank cantonment. They will have to face military trial. The Spanish_steamer Jover Serra was seized by Deputy Sheriff Walter J. Ryan and a squad of men from the Sheriff's office in Brooklyn. Mayor Mollman of East St. Louis will not quit as some business men advised him. He is under indictment in con- nection with the race riots. The Brazilian Congress approved of the measure approving a loan of 76,- 000,000, pesos to pay an American loan of $11,400,000, which expires Sept. 13. Pleasant A. Stovall, the American minister to Switzerland, al the desire of his povernment, will sLortly leave Berne for a brief visit to Washington. An order for $200,000 worth of wood- en huts for American soldiers was placed with a Swiss contracting com- pany by American military authorities. The Belgian steamship Eburoon, from an American port for Rotterdam, with provisions for the Belgian Relef Com- mission is stranded off the Newfound- land coast. The Food Administration called a conference of apple growers, shippers’ association and box manufacturers at Portland, Ore., to discuss the apple crop conservation. To find a place where they may hold a public mass meeting is a_difficult problem for the Hartford branch of the People’s Council of America for Democracy and Peace. The Lake Shore Railway Co. op- ‘erating a traction line between Cleve- land and Toledo, will have-to stop op- eration of the line if it does not re- ceive a supply of coal. Five hundred thousand manuals on the making of surgical dressings are being sent out from national head- quarters to Red Cross chapters throughout the country. Seven United States army officers, promoted to majors or lieutenant col- onels, returned from the American training camp in France. They will train the new national army. All the foreign countries allied with the United States will probably agree to a plan by which their nationals of military age will be enrolled in the army under the, selective draft. Additional unofficial returns recetvetl on the MVaine woman's svffrage vote increased the totals to 19,428 in favor and 36,713 against the ~proposition, with 75 rmall placds not reported. Ardelegation of operators from Ken- tucky and Tennessee made protests against the fixing of the coal prices of the states which they are representing to the Federal Trade Commission. Mary Katani, 3 years old, is in a critical condition at a Hw ho: pital with a fractured skull as a re- sult of heing struck by am automobile driven by Judge Henry Stoddard of New Haven. Damage estimated at about $75,000 resulted from the burning of the Waterside Mineral Grinding mills at Stamford, together witty conelderable machinery and stock. Tre cause is not known. A feder: ' without power posed in a bill by aircraft board to co-ordi- constructfon, bul Bonator Basomact ot exas passed the semste and now Zoes to the house. . it e \ e i e e A R Bl e Buenos Alres, Sept. 12-—The down- town section of the city was the scene of the wildest demonstrations, in | which thousands’of Argentineans took part. Many of thosc in the mobs car- ried firebrands and as a result scores of buildings were set on fire. Several blocks of German business houses in the Calle 25 de Mayo were, destroyed. Among the structures attacked were the German Club, onc of the finest edifices in the city, and the building of a German daily, La Union. As ast as the fires in these buiidings were extinguished, they were started again. Mounted patrols and the -en- tire fire department kept rushing from one part of the city to duother, in an attempt to quell the riots and put down the flames. In several instances police who were attempting to shoot at those wielding torches, were set upon by the crowds and disarmed. Bxtraordinary precautions have been taken by the authorities to pr tect Count Luxburg, the German min- ister, when he arrives here tomorrow morning to receive his passports. PASSPORTS DELIVERED TO COUNT LUXBURG His Whereahouts is Still Unknows T the German Gowernment. Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 12 The Argentine government at noon fo- day sent to the German legation pass- ports to be delivered to Count Lux- burg, the German charge d' afaires in Buenios Alres. The whereabouts of Count Luxburg is still unknown to the Argentine government. The Argentine foreign office today sent a communication to the German foreign ministry demanding an ex- plaantion of Count Luxbyrg's action in sending the secret code messages to Berlin through the Swedish lega- tion. The* Passport lssued. The . passport issued to Count Von Luxburg reads: “Considering that His Excellency, Count Karl Von Luxburs, envoy ex- ANTLGERMAN RIOTS IN BUENOS AIRES The German Club and a German Newspaper Building : Were Set on Fire IMMENSE CROWDS JOINED IN DEMONSTRATION Despite the Strong Mounted Guard a Mob Broke All the Windows in the Offices of the Newspaper La Union—— Argentina: Has Sent to the German Legation Passports for Count Luxburg, the German Ambassador, and Has Demanded an Explanation' of the Kaiser's Government of Recent Dispatches Sent by Luxburg Regarding the Sinking of Argentine Ships. traordinary and minister p tlary of the German empire ing "the Argentine Republic, t thorities ‘of the republic here requested to protect him In his pa age to the frontier. “Given at Buenos 12, 11917, ““Valid to the frontier (Signed) “Pueyrreden, Minister of fairs and Worship.” The government has issued orders to the policeand the provincial o ernments to protect Count Von Lux- burg and his staff en route, out breaks of the indignant .popul feared. The foreign office expresses lief that Count Von Luxburs \reach here tomorrow morning. ARGENTINA’S COURSE enipoten- Aires, Septe Foreign "Af- Germany Sends About the Action of Minister Luxburg. Washington, Sept. 12—Argentina course for the remainder of iF probably will be determined many’s answer to the dem. from Buenos Aires that government disavow the minister in advising the sinkin, Argentine ships “without leaving trace” and calling the Argentine eign minister “a notorious as Whether Germany will force South American country into the of her enemles is a question of mo; immediate interest here than the ¢ come of Sweden’s part in trs the German messages. By ficials it is regarded that Berlin will fail to take adv promptly of the loophole left gentina’s offer to maintain a quo in return for repudiation minister's action. Acceptance would be- regarded as tantamount to fixing Argen part in the war, since sinking of ships is improbable with only a ligible number of trans-Atlantic sels flying the Argentine flag. the Berlin action of for /MARKED DECREASE IN LOSS OF BRITISH SHIPPING. Twelve Vessels of More Than 1,600 Tons Last Week. London, Sept. 12—A very marked decrease in the destruction of British merchant vessels by mines or subma- rines is indicated In the weekly aa- miralty statement jssued thin evening. Twelve vessels of more than 1,600 tons and six less than 1,600 tons were sent to the bottom, as compared with twenty in the iarge and three in the emall category sunk the previous week. Tonight's statement shows that four fishing vessels also were lost. The summary: Arrivals, 2,744; sallings 2,865 British merchant vessels sunk by mine or submarine of over 1,600 tons, including one previously, twelve; un- der 1,600 tons, including one previous- 1y, six. British merchant unsuccessffully, viously twelve. British fishing vessels, sunk, four. The above admiralty statement shows the smallest number of large British vessels sunk by mines or sub- marines since Germany last Fcbruary began her intensified submarine cam- raign. The previous low record was for the week of March 11, when 13 vessels of over 1,600 tons were lost. vessels attacked including three pre- PRESIDENT’S YAEHT LEAVES OLD LYME President Called on Professor Vree- land and Miss Florence~Griswold. Old Lyme, Conn., Sept. 13—The presidential 'yacht Mayflower with President Wilson and _ Mrs. Wilson aboard, salled from hefe late this af- ternoon after the president had been ashore for a short visit. While here he called upon Professor M. Vreeland of Princeton University and also went to the home of Miss Florence Gri wold, the headquarters of the artists’ colony. ELDERLY WOMAN SEVERELY ,BEATEN AT GREENWICH By Man to Whom She Had ven Food—Posse Searching for the Brute. Greenwich, Conn, Sept. 12.—Mrs. Daniel Peck, a widow, 76 vears old, was severely beaten by a man today who said he was Martin Rogers of An- sonia after she had given food that he asked for. He came to Mrs. Peck’s home in the morning and after being fed attacked her and ran away. To- night a posse headed by Police Chief Andrew Talbot captured the man six miles from the town. He is being held pepding the outcome of Mrs. Peck's injuries. The woman is in the hospital and her recovery is doubtful STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER KERENSKY Declaring Faith in All Ranks of the Army and the Fleet. Petrograd, Sept. 12.—(British miralty Per Wireless Press) following statement which Ad- Th ed “Kerensky, prime minister and commander-in-chief,” was ziven out here today: “By the armed forces of Rus: declare my complete faith in all r of the army and the fleet, in the erals, admirals, ‘soldiers sailors who have borne upon shoulders the heavy trial of the days. ‘The half year's experiment of fre existence could not fail to con everyone that all the extreme tional demands not instantly c out, wheresoever such demands have come from, duly cause dist ance to the country. Let everyone remember whatsoever he might I general or soldler, In the ranks, t the slightest disobedience to author irra- ity _will henceforth be punished. “It is time to cease playing w the country’s fate. Let all Rus; who strive to save the revolution and to achieve freedom and a removal o the common order of government t derstand and become imbued with t conviction that in this moment all ou ideas and strength should be directed first of all toward the defense of the fatherland from the external ememy who is alming, to subjuzate it." MAN SHOT WHILE « TRYING TO STOP THIEF William Deady of Waterbury Has an Even Chance for Recovery. Waterbury, Conn., Sept Deady, 45. foreman for the Lumber Company. was shot in abdomen this afternoon while try to stop an Italian who, it is said stolen money from a fellow country mén. and is at St. Mary's Hospital ir a critical condition. He has an even chance for recovery. Deady is a wi dower with ten children. one being in the army. The pdlice are searching for the italian who is about 21 years old and known only as Pats; wil WORK OF SALVATION ARMY IN “FRANCE Have Gone to the Front After Three ) Weeks of Training. New York, Sept. 12.—Advices re- ceived today at the national head- quarters of the Salvation Army state that, after @ period of three we intensive tralning, the first ation Army section with the peditionary forces in France ‘August 29 ordered to ent diately for the front. A se of Salvation Army war wo 300n sall from tha Unitad S American ex was ¢