Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 15, 1917, Page 1

ITALIANS ON CREST OF SAN GABRIELLE It Commands the Plain of Gorizia to the South and the Frigido Valley to the East RESULT OF THREE WEEKS OF BITTER FIGHTING Capture is Considered the Greatest Feat of the Italans Thus Far in the War—Except Along the Casemates Plateau on the Aisne Front There Has Been No Marked Activity on the Other Fronts—Premier Kerensky Has Begun to Re- construct the Russian Government, Some of His Former Ministers Having Opposed the Taking of Drastic Meas- e The erest of Monte San Gabrielle, commanding the plain of Gorizia to the south and southeast and the Fri- gido valley to the east has been cap- tured by the Italians after three weeks of the most bitter fighting, the ltalian embassy at Washington an- nounces. This news of the victory, probably the greatest feat of the Italian arms thus far in the war, precedes the lat- est official report from Rome. Fri- @ay’s statement from the {talian war office says that en Thi the fight- ing on the entirs Austro-Itallan front was impeded by heavy rain. The Italian effort to capture San Gabrielle began after taking of Monte Banto_directly north, by General Ca- dorna’s troops on August 25. Several times the Italians had reached the summit of the great mountain ,so im- portant to their further progress east of Gorizia as well as on the Carso, only to be beaten back again. On the slopes of the rugged rock in the past few weeks has occurred some of the eaviest and most sanguinary fighting of the war, with the Italians hurling themselves forward in de at- tacks and the Austrians holding to the ctrost as desperately. San Gabrielle’s top was occupied by the Italians, the embassy reports, after ihe fortified hill or saddle of Dol and ihe Gargaro basin, the main bulk of San Gabriele, had been taken. The Austrians, however, still cling to some positions on the mountain. In the forest of Tarnovo, east of Monte San Gabriele, the Italians captured posi- tions from the Austrians, after suffer- ing heavy losses. Except along the Casemates Plateau on the Aisne front, there has been no marked activity onthe other fighting fronts. A German attack against French po- sitions on the. Casemates Plateau, Parls reports, was repulsed with heavy losses. = Berlin says German troops penetrated to the second French line and inflicted severe casualties. The British artillery fire in Flanders, Ber- line reports, has increased to drumfire. The political situation-in Russia still is beclouded somewhat. The revolt of General Korniloff apparently has fall- ed dismally but the former command- er-in-chief of the Russian armies has not yet surrendered to the provisional government. General Krymoff com- mander of the Korniloff fo; sent against Petrograd, committed buicide by shooting when informed by Premier Kerensky of the probable fate that awaited him. Premier Kerensky has begun to re- construct the government, some of his former ministers apparently opposing the taking of drastic measures against General Korniloff and his.aides. armiesahParis.hfflat * NETHERLANDS MINISTER . HAS BEEN RECALLED. Chevalier Van Rappard Has Been Here Four Years. ‘Washington, Sept. 14—The Nether- Jands minister to the United States, Chevalier W. L. F. C. Van Rappard, pas beed recalled by his government, nd today he called upon Secretary ing to announce the fact and to ask if Mr. Van Royen, who has been pamed to succeed him, will be ac- teptable to the United States. Chevaller Van Rappard, who has 'n minister here for four years, will transferred to a European post. possibly to a diplogatic position in his wn country. He said the matter of is transferral had been first broached February, but no decision wus ched until recently. Tie hew-min- r. Mr. Van Royen, was formerly Jecretary of legation here and has had much experience in diplomacy. He married Miss Winthrop of Boston. Chevaller Van Rappard said the Iailure of his endeavors to obtain a Eh‘n of foodstuffs for shipment to ollandafhad nothing whatever to do with his recall, and that his successor, who will not errive here for a month »r two, would take up the negotiations Fith the aid of the Dutch mission now In this country. DISPOSED OF WORTHLESS CANCELLED RAM.ROAD BONDS. Confession of a Former Police Magis- trate of Eastwoed, N. Y. Chicago, Sept. 14—Bugene L. Flan- nigan, formerly e police magistrate in [Eastwood, N. Y. confessed today to having disposed of more than $100,000 In worthless cancelled railrcad bonds in Chicago, according to a statemmiat by Assistant State's Attorney Dwight McKay. Flannigan’s _confession fol- lowed the arrest of Thofas TPyble, a real estate dealer, and J. C. Nelson end Mrs. S. F. Ward, all of whom are £aid to have operated with Flannigan. Tyble asserted while in custody that he had been made the victim of worth- less bonds, having purchased some from Flannigan He declared he acted m good faith. Peter Johnson, who is 3aid to have worked with Falnnigan, was arrested yesterday. BAR SILVER PASSES THE DOLLAR MARK. War Conditlons Force Price at New York to $1.005 an Ounce. New York, Sept. 14—Bar silver, which, due to war conditions, has been for_several months rapldly advancing price, today sold at over $1 an ounce. t was quoted at $1.005, which is 4 7-8 tents over yesterda: price. The metal sold at 47 3-4 cents an punce in November of 1914. The ad- vance is due largely to heavy with- frawals of gold from circulation to neet the sitvation which the war has developed. Production has not been increased and the supply from some ¥ources has been curtailed. WATERBURY DEMOCRATS NOMINATE CITY TICKET Mayor Martin Scully Won His Third Nomination. Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 14—Mayor PMartin Scully tonight won his third nomination as the head of the demo- cratic city ticket, getting the delegates from all five wards. ' The rival candi- fiate for the nomination, State Sena- tor John Hurley of the sixteentlr dis- sectred 1,400 votes to 2,109 for ward B preies ::; e Huniey will protested e Hurley laction. . FEDERAL AGENTS IN G. B, MEANS& APARTMENTS. IThey Found a Complets Telephone Listening Device. New York, Sept. 14—Agents of the department of justice took possession late today of the apartment of Gaston B. Means, companion of Mrs. Maude A. King when she met her death at Con- cord, N. C. Secrecy was maintained 28 to the reason for federal interven- tion in the case.and as to the nature of additional papers which were seized. The secret service agents announdced, however, that they haqd found a com- plete telephone listening dewice and a revolver with a supply of cartridges. These articles were taken to the fed- eral building. It was intimated that the documents found had been care- fully hidden in the apartment. One unofficial explanation offered for the appearance of government agents in the case was the fact that the ramifi- cations of the mystery have extended into several states. Another figure who reappeared to- night in District Attorney Swann’s in- vestigation was Henry Deitsch, father- in-law ‘of Afton Means, a brother of Gaston, who went from the Means apartment to the criminal courts building at the request of one of Mr. Swann's assistants. He was accom- panied by two dgtectives. Earlier in the day Mf. Swann an- nounced that facts in his possession tended to show a motive for foul play in the case of Mrs. King and prepara- tions for a crime. “What we know justifies us in pre- paring for the proof of foul play in North Carolina,” Mr. Swann eaid. “We are led to belleve that preparation for e crime was made here and several facts which we have discovered, taken together, indicate a motive. This announcement was made after the original of the alleged second will of James {. King, under which his widow would receive $4,000,000, was delivered to Mr. Swann by ~Carl L. Schurz. Gaston Means claims to_have found this will among Mrs. King’s possessions eleven years afier her husband’s death. Until today it was belleved the will was in a safe depos® vault in Chicago. Schurz was a third party to a contract under which Means was to Tecelve $950,000 from Mrs. King if efforts to have the will probated were successful. e MISS FLANAGAN HAS = RETURNED TO HARTFORD, One of the Suffragists Jailed for Picketing White House. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 14—#Miss Catherine Flanagan of this city, one of the suffragists jailed in Washington tor doing picket duty the White House, returned today undismayed by her 24 days of confinement and her ualet of bread and water. She says ehe still believes in the picket pro- gram and because the Connecticut Woman Suffrage soclety does not she is going to resign as secretary of the local body. SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ™ TO REFORM CONDITIONS In the Foreign Office—Decision After Series of Conferences. Stockholm, Thursday, Sept, 13—The Swedish government has decided to take steps to reform conditions in the foreign office. This follows a series of cabinet meetings, conferences of of- ficials “ with the® king and conversa- tions with Tra Nelson Morris, the American mipister, and the entente ‘ministers. kit s The Bulletin’s Circulation in-Norwich is Double Tha French Minister Requests Explanation. Stockholm, Thursday, Sept. 13.—(De- layed.)—Th Sweden called today at the foreign of- fice to request an explanation: of the pay a visit to the be the Rt. Hon. Sir George Houstoun Reld, former high commissioner for Australia and now membeg, of parlia- ment for St. George's, Square. TO CHECK EXPORT OF COAL TO CANADA Large Amounts Have Been Passing ‘Washington, Sept. Through Great Lakes Ports. 14. — Conftinued export of coal to Canada in large amounts through great lakes ports at the expemse of the northwestern states will be checked immediately by the fuel administration. Dr. H. A. Garfield, the fuel admin- istrator, today requested the exports administrative board to permit mo more coal o be shipped from _the country. except under license restric- tions and asked that no licenses be granted unless they are approved the fuel administration. Coal tofore, along with other here- American products, has gone to Canada under blanket licenses issued by collectors of customs. “The Garfield tonight, cut off Canadian exports, this supervision it will uel administration,” said Dr. “does ‘not intend to but with be .able to equalize the distribution of coal and see that the northwest and Canada both get their fair shares.” Complaints coming to Dr. Garfield that much of the coal going to the of of by on as. lakes was not reaching western states prompted an investiga- tion which revealed that a great part the north- it was reaching Canada. While Canada has been piling a reserve store coal, the northwest is threatened with a shortase this winter, which, it is declared, may force industries to close down. to traffic only a few weeks longer and unless an ample supply is provided by ships, will be impossible to transport enough The lakes will be open the northwest will suffer. It rail with railway systems over- taxed by the movement of- war sup- PHes as they are now. In other parts of the country, the situation, while not so serious as- in the northwest, is concern. draw their coal supply. from the West Virginia_fields by water transporta- tion. frofx Hampton Roads, have nct thus far received as much coal as usual at this time of the year. ure of coastwise shipping by the gov. ernment has made more difficult the Droblem of supplying these states. + The coal situation $tates may force a curtailment, of ex- ports to other countries ada. considering seriously cutting off that is going to German-owned p lic utilitv concerns in South America, ‘which the state department suspects of furnishing much of the money that is being spent for propaganda on the North and South American continents. If shipments to these concerns ame stopped, American governments will he forced to take over the utilities, which wonld put an end in large measure to the expenditure of their profits for propa- zanda. giving Dr. Garfield New PEngland states which Seiz- in_the United > besides Can- At present the government is al it is declared the South — SWEDISH MINISTER DECLINED TO COMMENT Disclosure of Swedish Lsgation in Mexico. ‘Edgartown, Mass., Sept. 14—W. A. F. Ekengren, the Swedish minister to the TUnited States, today on the disclosure by the state department that the Germans had been using the Swedish legation in Mexico declined to comment well as that in Argentina for the transmission of information to. Berlin. “Folke Cronholm, mentioned by the state department,” he said, “was dis- missed from the service some time ago and I do not think he will ever return to it. But what happens in Mexico and what happens in Argentina con- cern those legations rather than ours at_Washington.” When whether, #s a_result of the statement issued by ‘would probably return to Washington soon, he replied: “Four weeks ago I cabled my gov- ernment asking for permission to take a vacation, of which I was sorely in need. weeks ago I joined my family heré. the minister was asked Secretary Laneing, he This permission came and two 1 expect to stay until the first of Octo- ber, had. lutely all business of This is the firet vacation I have in which I have dropped abso- the legation. Heretofore 1 have had some of the business sent me by mail so I could atténd to it personally, but this vear I have left matters entirely in " the hands of Baron Akerhielm, the coun- sellor of the legation. touch altogether with affair: I 'am out of - MAY BLOCK VOTE ON Liquor Dealers Claim the LICENSE IN MERIDEN Petition Filed is Illegal. Meriden, Conn., Sept. 14.—The Mer- iden Liquor Dealers’ association of this city are contemplating registering objection to a vote on license in the biennial town election. the It alleges that petition filed by the no-license ad- vocates on August 31 is illegal. Fallure to secure the street addresses of pe- titfoners in conformity with the last official voting lst, the signatures of non-residents and the appearance of names_incorrectly spelled are some of the the objections which it is alleged make petition illegal. . OPPOSITION WILL SUPPORT . THE HUNGARIAN PREMI In All Policies Necessary for the Con- uance of the war. : London, Sept. 14.—Count Tisza has informed ' the Hungarian houe that the opposition would support Premier Wekerle_in all policies necessary for the. continuance of the war, says a Central News despatch from Amster- dam today. The bringing about of peace, he trusted, would be promoted by ail means in the government's power, but he considered it served no useful purpose to assert this again and again. That was a sign of weakness, he added, while .the central powers in United States will Hanover 16 PAGES—116 COLUMNS PRICE .-TWO CENTS A Troop Train LAST NIGHT go Junction, Ohio, ports received here. on ithe train which is proceeding Pittsburgh. Information as to the identity of the or the destination of _the train was withheld by railroad officials be- trooj cause of miiltary regulations. It was said that the train was fired upon_ while moving at aerapid rate through Mingo Junction, but that no was reached, the wounded men being cared medical The information that stop was made until shis_city for by ‘the detachment of troops aboard. NEAR MINGO. JUNCTION OHIO, 4 SOLDIERS WOUNDED The Wounded Men Remaiped on the Train, Which is Proceeding to Pitts- burgh—Iidentity of Troops Withheld. Steubenyillé, Ohio, Sept. 17.—A troop train was fird upon tonight near Min- according to re- Four soldiers are Said td have been wounded, one se- riously. ~The wounded men remained Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. ~ Was Fired Upon| $. S. Minnehaha BIG ATLANTIC TRANSPORT LINER ‘WAS TORPEDOED CREW 110 OF SAVED The Minnehaha Was Returning to New York After Having Delivered a Large Cargo of Munitions in England. New York, Sept. 14—Corifirmation of the destruction by a German sub- marine of the big Atlantic transport liner Minnehaha. with.loss of life, was received by the Iine late today from its offices in England. The cable mes- sage said that 43 members of the crew perished and 110 were saved. -Chief Office” Albany, O. A. Mills, purser, Dr. &. J. Barrett, surgeon, three officersiand three engineers were among those who lost their lives. Captain Frank Claret, the Minnehaha's commander,.and First Officer Pierce were saved The cable message did not disclose the date or circumstances of the sink- ing. #Unofficial reports of her loss, which became known Wednesday, said to understanding what a thorough product. He is’a strong advocate of ing that advertisement he said: and I'll stake my reputation on 000,000 we've reached with this most valuable to the advertiser. member it. P The summary of the reading follows: 2 What Everyone Should Know Convinced of the far reaching effect of the daily newspaper and for reaching the people, an advertising manager for an automobile concern spent $30,000 in one day in setting forth the merits of his supplicated every reader that can be reached through all other medi- ums—and added 5,000,000 more to them. No single medium could pos- sibly reach more than 2,000,000 and I know of no other class of 'pub- lication that, for the same expenditure, could reach half of the 10,- This advertising manager had learned the lesson that many have not and that is that it is the paper which has the circulation which is letin renders and those who have anything to sell would do well to re- Baulletin Telegraph Local General -Total ] Satyrday, Sept. 8.. 140 174 1293 1607 Monday, Sept. 10., 184 59 235 610 Tuesday, Sept. 11.. 132 136 171 439 Wednesday, Sept. 12.. 144 150 170 464 Thursday, Sept. 13.. 162 g 210 499 Priday, Sept. 14.. 157 126 227 510 TOBLS oic s oo ere mrmiot L TBD 904 2306 4129 and satistactory means it furnishes newspaper advertising and concern- “I'm a firm believér in the -dailies, that ad making good. I believe we've ad. That is the service which The Bul- matter in The Bulletin the past week four soldiers were shot road detectives here by officers charge of the train. fired according to advices here. shots. attack is said to have occurred. KORNILOFF SYMPATHIZERS bel General. Mohilev, tion received here. has been occupled by being arrested. been frustrated. ence. ment_troops. pathizers had been arrested, destroyed. NO FOUL PLAY IN DEATH OF MRS. Investigation of Pol All Suspicion. Fall River, Mass., Sept. 14—An in- vestigation by the police into the sud- den death of Mrs. Dunning, widow of cleared away all suspicion of four play. Med- ical Examiner Thomas F. Gunning said late today. The investigation was be- Zun after Jessie Malcolm, a maid em- Mrs. Teported that she had been awakened by the strong odor of gas and had found Dr. Hill uncon- scious in a gas-filled room adfoining her office, while Mrs. Dunning lay dead gas Something went wrong with the heater and the rs. Her death was due to natural causes the medical examiner Robert Dunning, an_artist, Dr. Leroy C. sister, ployed Hill, Dunnin upstairs. ® Dr. Hill had tried to light a heater in her own room. physiclan was overcome. The however, did not penetrdte to Dunping’s room. sald. | # Exports of Amer Railroad detectives and city police were rushed to the scene of the re- ported attack, but were unable to learn anything as to the identity or where- about of the persons who fired the A colony of several hundred foreigr- ers, the majority of them steel work- ers, resides-near the place where the PLACED finsn ARREST Staff Headgquarters is Besieged by Re- Petrograd, Friday, Sept. 14—(Noon). the staff ' headquarters, has Dbeen-declared by General Korniloff in a state of siege, according to informa- Orsha_Junction, a point eighty miles to the northward, government. trops and all officers and soldiers ar- riving there bound for the morth are| A request by Korniloff to send pro- visions to Mohilev has been Sty and an effort by Korniloff to commu- nicate by telephone with Moscow has One of Korniloff's stafr officers arrested at Orsha said Korniloff_daily was expecting the ar- riva] of General Alexieff for a confer- Pskoff is in the hands of govern- Reports recelved from Moscow and Odessa says that many Korniloff sym- inciud- ing officers of the army and the fleet. Quantities of proclamations relating to the uprising have been seized and A despatch from Minsk says that forty officers on their wa¥ to the front have been arrested ahd orders from Korniloff found on them. DUNNING e Cleared Away a plate in the fact were in a position to win through. 'fiscal year totaled 521,44,390 pounds. as given rail- |the Minnehaha was sunk a week ago in Seven shots were today, .a short distance off the coast of Ircland. She was struck, it was id_near the engine room on the starboard side, the explosion killing a number of the crew outright. Others were reported to have been drowned in getting away in boats. The Min- nehaha was returning to this part after having delivered a huge cargo of munitions in England. STEEL ROLLERS EAFFTNG ABOUT $10,000 A YEAR. Several Workingmen in Youngstown Paid at Rate of $300 a Month. Youngstown, O. Sept. 14.—Several rollers in steel mills here are earning as much as $800 a monfh or at a rate of approximately $10,000 a year as a result of increases granted in a recent agreement with Amalgamated associa- tion workers, acebrding to managers of the plants. Heaters, roughers and other skilled workers are able to make $12 to $15 daily. The new wage scale is based on the selling price of steel. This has almost doubled the wages given for some classes of Work, manutacturers® say. LOSSES OF NORWAY™S COMMERCIAL FLEET More Than One-Third Has Been De- . stroyed by Germany. Philadelphia, Sept. 14—More than one-third _of = Norway's _commercial fleet has heen destroyed by Germany and present prosects indicate that if the present situation continues long the remainder will be sent to the bottom, according to Dr. Fridtjof Ne of the orwegian mission now in this coun- He was one of the principal speakers at tonights n of the national conference on the world's supply being held here under #he gu- spices of the American Academy of litical and Social Science. Rev. David W. Hearn. Newton. Mass., Sept. 14.—Rev. David W. Hearn, president of St. Francis Xavier coilege, New York. from 1900 to 1907, dled here today after a year's illness ' He was born in Boston, studied at Boston coll and late rwas its vice president. He was vice president of St. Francis Xavier college two years before being named president. . Walter F. Medding. Malden, Mass., Sept. 14.—Walter F. Medding, for 37 years paymaster at the local plant of the Boston Rubber Shoe company, died at his home early today. In 1915 Mr. Medding was grand commander of Wassache- setts and Rhod® Island grand com- mandery, Knights Templar, and held membership in & number of fraternal orders. He was B4 years oid. Root Heads Nat. Security League. New York, Sept. 14.—Blihu Root has accepted the honorary presidency of the National Security League, suc- ceding the late Joseph H. Choate, it was announced here tonight. 43 Lives Lost With | Condensed Telegrams The removal of the Belgian civilian Population continues. The war department wants 600 chap~ lains for. the national army going to France. s According to a Berlin report, German aviators never intentionally attacked allied hospit#ls. A The Jersey troops named to o to Anniston are delayed owing to the lack of Pullman cars. The value of exportd in the seven months ended July have reached a to- tal of $1,007,065,190. The war department announced that the natioflal guard units will be divided at little as possible. The German Hildesheim Zeitung de- clares President Wilson as the “most honest of all enemies. Former Gov. James F. Fielder of Jersey City was named as New Jersey. state food administrator. The 12th infantry regiments of fed- eralized New York-troops will leave their armory for camp today. A large German airplane was “direct- Iy hit” in a rald over Zeebrugge, ac- cording to the Britfsh admiraity. Portugal avas declared in a state of of siege, according to a telegram at Madrid, due to the general strike. The allied military conference which was to have been held in Paris this month was postponed until October. - count Reading, Lord Chief Justice of Ensland, and Secretary McAdoo were in conference for half an hour. Twenty-four alleged I. W. W. mem- bers arrived at Douglas, Ariz., on their way from Columbus, N. M., to Bisbee. The department of agriculture an- nounced that the government will not take food supplies held by housewives. More than twice the amount of de- stroyers in the United States navy are being built in-the United States ship- yards. Four hundred million Red Cross Christmas seals will be made this year to be sold throughuot the United States. A Burglars blew the safe in the post- office at Avon, near Rochesier, N. Y., and escaped with $500 ip cash and stamps. The United States employment office at Buffalo issued a cgll for 2,000 work- ers to save the peach crop of western New York. Frank van Tassel, a Branch county, Mich., farmer, who shot and .killed Sherift Ralston, was killed by a posse of farmers. & England, France and ‘taly will train American ‘aviators, due to the tempo- rary lack of machines and facilities n this country. : Sam Cates, a negro, charged with having annoyved a white girl in Fng- land, Ark. was taken from a sheriff and shot to death. . The average freight rate per ton per mile received by the railways of the United States in 1916 was 7.16 mills, the lowest on record. President Wilson is expected: to an- nounce the appointment of the collector of the port of New York, to succeed Dudley Field Malone. Secretary Lansing received the spe- cial Guatemalan mission which is in Washington to discuss questions growing out of the war. Negoti ions to provide a credit of $75,000,000 for imperial government purchases of meats, bacons, ete., in Canada are now im progress. Spanish _naval officers, under the new agreement between England, France and Germany, will control the hospital ships at Toulon, France. Bruce Smith, a Chicago banker, was named as manager of the central di- vision of the Red Cross In place of A. H. Sprague, Jr., who resigned to enter the army. ’ Lieut. Walter Hoehndorf was acci- dentally killed on the western front. He was Germany’s best aviator, after Boelke and Immelmann, both of whom were killed. At a meeting of the four lodges of machinists at Bridgeport last evening, a committee was instructed, upon vote, to meet Monday night to set a date for the general strike. : After cutting all the wires leading from Sullivan, Mo. 55 miles southeast of St. Louis; four auto bandits locked up the town marshal while they robbed the bank and postoffice, The Austro-Hungarian war office announced that the Itaiian losses on the Isonzo battle front in the latest battle totaled 230,000 m.w, including 20,000 prisoners captured. British corporations which have loaned $110,000,000 on southern cotton and farmlands ars asking for pavment, which may embarrass farmers g they can transfer their loans. An invitation to congress to send a delegation to visit England and the British fighting forces on the frout was received by Vice President Mar- shall from Lord Chancellor Finlay and J. W. Lowther, speaker of the house of commons. i PATRIOTIC RALLY BY NAT. SECURITY LEAGUE. Root and Samuel Among the Speakers. Elihu Gompers Chicago, Sept. 14—Treason to America in the war was defined by Elihu Root and labor was pledged by Samuel Gompers to fight until world terrorism had been overthrown at a patriotic rally held here tonight by the National Security league for the announced purpose; of vindicating Chicago of alleged intimations of un- patriotism. ‘The men who are epeaking and writing and printing arguments against the war and against every- thing that is being done to carry on the war are rendering more effective service to Germany than they ever could render in the fleld with arms In their hands,” declared the formér sec- retary of state amid cheers. BRITISH SUGGESS AGAINST U-BOAT Q > Dgscriptions, of Eight Encounters in Which Eight Ge ; man Submarin es Were Sunk COVERS WHOLE GROUND OF ANTI-U BOAT WAF An Auxiliary Cruiser, a Seaplane, Two Armed Merchantmen and a British Submarine Figured in the Engagements— ~ Detailed Descriptions of the Eight Battles Are Given, the Surrender Signal. London, Sept. 14.—Stories of some recent successes of the British navy against German submarines were given to-the public tonight in a series of brief descriptions of eight encounters in Which eight, and possibly nine, U-boats were accounted for. These eight sea battle pictures were selected so as to cover virtually the whole ground of anti-submarine activities, In one case there was a battle be- tween an auxiliary cruiser and a sub- ntarine, in another an engagement be- tween a seaplane and a submarine then a battle between two submarines in which the British submarine cap- tain proved himself the better man, and finally two tales of successes of armed merchantmen = against the enemy. First Shot Hit Two Periscopes. : “From one of our auxiliary forces a torpedo was seen ap- proaching on the starboard beam. It Jjumped out of the water when a hun- dred yards off and struck the cngine room flooding several compartments. “Soon after a periscope was observed just before the port beam. - It turned towards the ship but quickly disap- peared. Again it appeared and was followed this time by the conning tower. Fire was opened and the first shot hit the base of the conning tower and removed ~the two periscopes. Many other hits were obtained and the submarine quickly assumed a list to port and several men came out of the hatch. EY ) 4 Two Survivors Picked Up. “The U-boat wallowed along for a space with the stern aimost submerged and oil squirting from its side and the crew came on deck and waved their hands. At this sign of surrender ‘Cease firing' was ordered, whereupon the enemy started fo make off at a fair speed, hoping to disappear in the midst. Fire again was epened. a loud explosion took place forward and ‘a failing over on IMs side, the enem sank, the last thing seen being hi sharp bow, end up. Two survivors were picked up.” Dropped Explosive. Second: “One of our small craft hted .an enemy submarine at a dis- tance of 10,000 yards. her course and five minutes later the enemy stopped and then proceeded towards her. Suddenly he\submerged and. shortly after, a periscope appear- ed close on the starboard bow for a few seconds and then disappeared. The helm was ported and when over the place where the periscope was seen an explosive charged was dropped. “The ship circled and dropped an- other charge. The explosion of this charge was followed after two or three seconds by another much more violent explosion. The water becafne black over a large area and a considerable quantity of thick oil and flotsam came to the surface.” Encounter Between Submarine: Third: “One of our submarines sighted an enemy submarine on the With Convincing Evidence That the Submarines We ' Destroyed—One Tried to Escape After She Had Given She maintained | —— starboard bow and dived ing him through a peri: minutes lost sight o him came to the surfice again and saw the enemy on the starboar two or three miles away “Our boat dived to at enemy altered his cours was lost to view. Our course tered in the hope of cutt and, eventually, he again was n ‘the port bow. Our again altered and whe na position was obeained a torp fired. A few seconds later the was seen with his stern out o; smdke hanging around conning tower nalf submerged. A ute or two later he disappeared Seaplane Attacked U-Boat. Fourth: “A seaplane proceed: attack a nenemy submarine w observed manouvering into position fire a torpedo at a pass ship. Before the se: over the submarine ti [ merged, but three bombs wer D on the position where he diSippe but op fa or: o Five minutes later a large was noticed where the bomb w dropped. “This could be best compared to ruge bubble rising some distance a the level of the sea and-distir ible for a minute or more. The no further sign of the subma Oil and Bubbles Came to Surface. Fiftll: “A patrol noticed a wal with a considerable amou foam iraveling parallel with her c short distance away. She cr wake and dropped an explosive ot over it. Almost immediately a secor after it had nd charge was dropped exploded another explosion toc Oil and bubbles came to t and on this spot a further char exploded. “Two more patrol craft the scene and discharged charges. Oil | was still rising after an interval o | twelve hou! Sighted Enemy Submarine. Sixth: “One of our mnhv: hearing gunfire, steered for sition 'and soon sighted an ubmarine on her bow. Fire was oper ed and a hit was obtained. A larg explosion resulted but effect quickly disappeared, to reveal no s of the enemy.” Seventh: " “Two submarines a_defensively armed mercha The first submarine fired close range. which missed ship sank her by gunfire. T submarine then attacked the th gunfire, but was damaged and driven off. Eighth: “A defensively armed mer chant vessel encountered a submarine which endeavored to attack at close range. ‘The ship opened firc, hitting the submarine twice and ca disappear vertically. The sea apy ed to boll for a considerable time ter t PREMIER KERENSKY IN A DIFFICULT POSITION e Situation Complicated by Attitude of Petrograd Deputies. Petrograd, Sept. 14, 5.50 p. m.—The cabinet crisis continued all day. The evening _newspapers _assert _that Premier Kerensky is in # very difficult position and that his resignation is not_excluded from the possibilitiss. The_situation is complicated by the attitude of the Petrograd council of deputles in which, at last night's meet- ing, the Bolshevikis for the first time gained am overwhelming majority of 279 against 150 In favor of the extreme radical position, which declares that not only the social democrats but all the representatives of property owned classes must be excluded from pow- “Fi'his programme also demanded an immediate_declaration of a democratic republic, the abelition of private prop- erty, working class control over pro- duction, confiscation of war _profits, the “merciless taxation of capital, an immediate invitation to the warring states to conclue peace,” etc. FIVE TAGEBLATT OFFICERS UNDER $10,000 BAIL EACH To Awsit Action of the Grand Jury on Espionage Charge. Foiadeiphia, Sept. 14.—Five of the wix officers of the Philadelphia Tage- Diat , arrested In a government raid last Monday on the newspuper plant, were JSeld pnder $10,000 bail each by a Uni States commissioner today to await the action of the gramfl jury on < ‘of violating the espionage act. Waldeirsar 4ifredo of the editorlal staff was @ scharged. All witnesses have been oedered to appear before the grand Jury. The evidence brought out foday, amang other charges, tended to show that) the paper misquoted and Afstorted for the alleged purpose of favoring), the German cause. officialy inform- piloff has not yet thful to him are battalions” an' mber of detach- DENIAL BY GERMAN MINISTER TO MEXICO That He® Ever Recommended Anyone for a Decoration. Mexico City, Sept. 14—From state- ments made fthis evening by men in high official circles, made after the; read the statement by Secertary o State Lansing of relations betweer Henrich con_ Eckhardt, the German minister to Mexico, and Folke Cr holm, former Swedish charge d'affai at f#e Mexico capital, the conclusior seemed to have been reached that | was not the Mexican government business to take action in the matter This view was voiced by Luis ( brera, former minister of finance and a leader in congress, who said he di not_think it was necessary for Mex to take official cognizance of the niat ter by action or declaration. Senor Cabrera said he thought improbable that any action or nouncement from the foreign office or the executive would be forthcomins. Herr von Eckhardt today denied himself to all visitors. e has made no statement beyond his declaration of last night that the matter did not in terest him and tHat he had never rec- ommended anyone for a decoration. M Cronholm s in hiding, but it believed to be in the city. STATE CONVENTION YOUNG PEOPLE’S CHRISTIAN UNION Opened at Danbury—Tendered a Ban- quet by Local Union. Danbury, Conn., Sept. 14.—The twen- tieth annua] state convention of the Young People’ Christian Unlon of the Universaiist church opened hafe to day. The delegates were welcomed in an address by Miss Bessig Plerce, president of tize local unlon. Response was made by Frank W. Rogers of New Haven, the state president. Tho afternoon_session consisted of devo- tional services led by Joseph S. G. Bol- ton of New Haven and the reading of a paper_on “Disinterested Service by the Rev. T. H, Saunders of Meri- den, Tonight the delegates were tend- ered a banquet by the local union President Frank W. Rogers was toast- master and_the chief speaker was Miss Catherine Yerrington, of _ Arlington Mass., a member of the national board Business sessions will bg held tomor- row. Since the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Germany only 100 Americans are left in that conntry. Berlin holds half this total