Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 17, 1917, Page 1

- Bulletin VOL. LIX—NO. 323 POPULATION 29,919 -NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY. SEPTEMBER ‘17, 1917 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total'circulati‘;n is the I.ar‘gest' in Connecticui in Proportion to the City’s Population. HARTFORD POLICE - ARREST PACIFISTS e . Mrs. Annie R. Hale~of New York and Mrs. Alfred E. Whitehead of Hartford Held in $500 Bond; Each i | partment, 1s unknown in Berlin offi- | cial quarters.” Cabled Paragraphs © Central Powers’ Reply Coming. Rome, Saturday, Sept. 16.—T! ply of the central powers to the proposal of Pope Benedict is ex within five or six days, accordin] information obtain®d today at the Vat- ican. s . Unknown in Berlin, of Course. London, Sept. 16.—A semi-official ! Berlin message received at Amster- | dam says a despatch to Reuter’s Lim- ited, reads: “An alleged report by the German minister to Mexico concern- mg the Swedish charge d' affaires published by the American state de- TO CO-ORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF RAILROADS RIOTOUS SCENES AT MEETING IN SOCIALIST HALL | comites es Been Formed b Police Action Was Taken After Mrs. Hale Had Crificézed the President and the War and Condemned Conscription— When the Speaker Was Ordered to Stop There Was an Excited Rush by the Audience for the Platform, Chairs Being Overturned in the Dash Toward the Speaker—Po- lice and Federal Agents at Once Cleared the Hall. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 16.—Riotous scenes marked a meeting at Socialist Hall here today of the Hartford branch “ of the People’s Council of America for Democracy and Peace, culminating in “the arrest of the speaker, Mrs. Annie R. Hale of New York, the chairman, Alfred E. Whitehead, of this city, anil the abrupt ending of the meeting by the police. No serious _trcuble oc- . curred but at one time when the au- thorities stepped in a clash seémed * imminent. Police action was taken , after Mrs. Hale had criticized the president and the war, condemned conscription and declared that the United States had no right to go _abroad to fight Germany because of @ belief that “fifty years hence,” Ger- . many might make war on this coun- try. B A Scene of Confu Long before Chairman opened the meeting the hall was crowded, many _apparently being drawn to it by the agitation of the _past week seeking to forbid it. Fre- Quent cheers and some hisses greejed the epeaker during the part of her speech that she was permitted to de- liver. When she was ordered to stop, there was an excited rush by the au- dience for the platform, chairs being overturned and benches thrust aside in the dash toward the speaker, while cheering, velling and hissing added to the direction. One man _advanced ! down the hall shaking his fist at the , declaring that she had in- ' sulted the president. For a few mo- ments the situation looked serious but the police and federal agents working together kept the situation well in hand and at once cleared the hall.’ Held in $500 Bonds Each. As soon _as this was done, Mrs. Hale and Whitehead, who had been arrested, were taken to police head- quarters, where they were charged with breach of the peace and held for a hearing in $500 bonds each. As they left the hall more cheers and , hisses greeted them, and a large crowd followed them to the police station, but there was no disturbance and the demonstration apparently ended. Police action was taken after a conference between federal agents and local officers at the meeting. Later it was said that the matter had been turned over to the city authorities and it was not expected that a federal charge would be made. Right to “Admonish” the President. The meeting had been announced as in commemoration of the 130th anni- versary of the drawing up of the con- stitution of the United States. , In the course of her address Mrs. Hale said she felt she had a right to “ad- monish” the president out of the Scriptures, because she had worked for his election. Now she did not know whether to apologize for having done so or to be proud of him. One of the best things he had ever said, in her opinion, was his remark about being “too proud to fight” She said she clamed her constitutional right to criticize the president and that be- cause she was his persomal friend she could say what she pleased. She criticized the president for ‘“turning away from the peace vote of the reich- stag,” which she sald represented the German people, adding that had this government received this vote as it should, the world would now be very near peace. The president, she said, had not answered any peace proposals until one had been made by “the great- est - of all epiritual autocrats in Christendom-—the pope.” War Stupid and Sinful. “War,” she declared, “is born of cowardice and based on craven imasg- inings. An individual is made fo kill another individual with whom he has no quarrel in a conflict brought about by the trader behind thelines. It is stupid and shameful and it is time for the world to make common cause to end this travesty. It is about time fér e people to tell their rulers to etand Ao e ake the world safe for democracy. Government must have a re-birth.” Said-Kaiser Feared Attack. Referring to Germany, she said that “the kaiser was frightened of being attacked when-he went into Belgium, but that does not justify this country in going over to fight Germany be- cause of a belief that fifty years hence Germany may make war on <country.” - Germany, she asserted, is not try- ing to Germanize the world, and said that although Germany had France absolutely beaten in 1370 yet that country has continued to live its life and prosper. At this polnt the police took a hand, Earlier there had been a conference |, between them and the federal agents, out it was explained later that at that ime it was decided “for the sake of svidence” to permit the speaker to - tinue for a while longer. An of- stenographer took the speech for ithorities. Cutburst from the Audience. others plunged into the work of clear- ing the hall, which they accomplished in_ short order. Two soldiers and a couple of United States sailors were in the hall but took no part in the disturbance. At police headquarters it is under- stood Mrs. Hale was subjected to' close Qquestioning. Carried a Huge Red Flag. Before the meeting William E. O’Brien, a member of -the Hartford branch,’ carried a' huge red flag into the hall which he placed on the wall beside the American flag already In place. It was allowed to remain and still draped its folds over the wall after the doors had been closed. Professor Henry W. L. Dana of Columbia University was to have spoken at the meeting also. When the meeting was announced a week ago the city authorities and Governor Holcomb were asked to pre- vent it. The governor is said to have expressed the opinion that no meet- ing-should be held if it gave occasion for criticism of the government or president, but said he would leave the matter with the city authorities. Act- ing Mayor Walter B. Schutz did not issue an order forbidding the gather- ing but made it known that any action or speech derogatory to the govern- ment would cause it to be stopped. Chairman Whitehead announced last night that nothing of that character was contemplated. 3 Bail Furnished. Late tonight bail for Wr. White- head was furnished y Abraham Ber- man and_ for Mrs. Hale by Maurice Tucker. Neither would make a state- ment after their release from the lock- up. SUBPOENA SERVED ON GASTON MEANS To Appear at Coroner's Rehearing on Death of Mrs. Maude A. King. Congorn, N. C., Sept. 16.—Subpoenas have been served on Gaston Means and |2 number of others, sumnroning them to appear "September 24th, as witnesses in the coroner’s rehearing in connec- tion with the mysterious death near here on August 29 of Mrs. Maude A. King. Among. those. subpoenaed are Mrs. Mazie C. Melvin, sister of the dead woman, and all the members of the automobile party with Mrs. King on the evening she was fatally shot, com- posed besides Gaston Means, of W. S. Bingham, now at Richfield, N. C.; Afton Means, brother of the forrfer manager of Mrs. King's affairs, and knest Eury, the negro chauffeur. arles S. Dry, a farmer living near the scene of the killing, and his wife, also have been summoned. NEW WAGE SCHEDULES FOR NAVY YARDS AND ARSENALS To Become Effective as Soon as New Payrolls Can be Prepared. Washington, Sept. 16.—Completion of new wage schedules for all navy yards and arsenals was announced to. day by the special joint war-navy-la- bor committee. The revision, which becomes effective as soon as new pay- rolls can be prepared, is said to make an average increase In maximum rates of nearly: ten per cent., and much greater advances in the scale ;%1;. the lowest grades of skilled la- 3 . The committee examined local rates and was guided to a great extent by the aim to make the rates as nearly uniform in all sections of the coun. try as circumstances would allow. GERMAN SOCIETIES TO AID LIBERTY LOAN d that they themselves will | Affiliate Themselves With the Foreign ssociation. Language New York, Sept. 16.—Twenty-two German, one Austrian and one Turk- ish socleties affiliated themselves with the Foreign Language Organization. of the Liberty Loan committee of the sec- cnd federal reserve district at a meet- ing here today. The committee will this | conduct a campaign for the sale of liberty bonds in the district which in- cludes all of New York state and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut. —_— OBITUARY. William F. Stone. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 16.—William Stone, for seventeen years collec- tor of the port of Baltimore and ser- geant-at-arms of the last three re- publican national conventions, died here today following a surgical opera- tion. Mr. Stone was a native of Mary- land and in his sixty-second year. At republican conventions Mr. Stone made a record for efficiency. He had The order to stop the meeting was |been re-elected for a fourth term—an ke siznal dience, which surged toward the for the outburst from the [unusual honor. Soon after he left public office he ‘atform while Chairman Whitehead | made a connection with the Western < nly endeavored to make himself | National bank and at the time of his - +d above the tumult, urging every- |death was a vice president of that in- e to keep calm and cool. The of- stitution. Mr. Stone was weil known cers thrust themselves into the jam [to all the national leaders of the ro- nd while one or two took positions pulican party eside the speaker and chairman, the|of many of them. the Railroad War Board. New York, Sept. 16.—Announcement was made today by the railroad war board that a committee had been formed to co-ordinate the activities of the railroads, the war department, the shipping board, the fiod administra- tion and the war commissions of Great Britain_and of other foreign governments that come to the United States to purchase supplies for the allies. The purpose of the new com- mittee is to prevent congestion of traffic at American seaports and to minimize the danger of export traffic being piled upon seaport lines, The committee will be known as the co-ordinating committee on exporta- tion. Itswill embrace a representative of each of the organizations named above. Charles M. Shaeffer, chairman of the commission on’car service, has been made chairman of the co-ofdi- nating committee,. the other members of which, thus far chosen. are E. Lev- el. chairman of the traffic executive board of the allied governments: J. G. Rogers. general agent of the Ameri. can Rallway _ Association military headquarters: R. B. Stevens, commis- sioner, or D. L. Ewing, director of traffic, United States shipping board; Colonel Chauncey B. Baker, embark- azion section, United States army; C. B. Buxton, United States food ad- ministration, and D. W. Cooke, Red Cross war board. It is probable that representatives of the American navy and the British admiralty also will become ‘members of the committee. STATEMENT BY FOREIGN = MINISTER OF ARGENTIN. Says Expulsion of Count Luxburg Has Not Closed the Incident. Buenos Aires, Sept. 16.—Foreign Minister Pueyrredon informed the As- sociated Presstoday that he fied that the éxpulsion of Count Lux- burg, the German minister to Argen- tina, has not eclosed the incident growing out of the telegrams the min- ister sent to Berlin through the Swed- ish legation here. The minister said he would not grant the request of the senate to explain the situation at & se- cret session tomorrow, as the govrn- ment thinks it would be imprudent to discuss the matter as it now stands. The minister explained also that he discussed the recent German negotia- tions.at a supposedly secret session of the senate and that Count Luxburg cabled his remarks to Berlin a few days later. kg Minister Pueyrredon declared that the Argentine government intends to act energetically, but not preciptately, upholding the honor of the republic and to_close the present incident favorably. ‘The Argentine government has sent cablegrams to Dr. Luis B. Molina, the minister at Berlin, concerning the ne- gotlations but no official response has yet been received. The foreign min- ister believes the delay is due to dif- ficulties of transmission. _Argentine has received no request from Ger- many for a safe conduct for Count Luxburg. TRIAL OF GENERAL SOUKHOMLINOFF DELAYED Soldiers Broke Windows Because Trial Was Being Prolonged. Petrograd, Sept. 16—The trial of General Soukhomlinoff, the former war minister, for treason was interrupted today by the breaking of windows in the courtroom, followed by the ap- pearance of delegations from three companies of a regimci# which was waiting outside. The delsgation de- clared that the Soukhomlinoff case was the. simplest of issuf* and that it was plain the court was deliberately pro- ionging the trial. It demanded that the defendants (who include Souk- homlinoff’s wife) should be handed over to the regiment which would set- tle the case forthwith. The demand was refused, whereupon the delegates demanded that the defendants be placed on a strict prison regime and deprived of al comforts. The court decided to transfer Souk- homlinoff from the hotel where he has been confined to the Fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul PRESIDENT WILSON HAS RETURNED TO WASHINGTON He and Mrs. Wilson Were Given Hearty Greeting. ‘Washington, Sept. 16.—President Wilson returned to Washington from New York by train tonight, ending the longest stay away from his desk since last fall when Germany was observing FLer submarine pledges. He and Mrs. Wilson were given a hearty greeting by a crowd gathered at the station. There had been no announcement concerning the president’s movements since yvesterday and in view of uncon- firmed reports of submarines off the coast the possibility that he might re- turn on the yacht Mayflower was dis- cussed by the public here with no 1it- tle apprehension. It was even sug- gested that a wireless message from a spy telling of the president's cruise on the Mayflower might have reached a U-boat in the Atlantic and brought here in to the coast in search of big- ger game than merchant ships. SWITCHMEN AT KANSAS ) CITY RETURN TO WORK They Strugk in Sympathy With ' Freight Handlers. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 16.—Switch- men of three railroads here who struck yesterday in connection with the strike of local freight handlers and checkers, late tonight returned to work following conferences with John Ban- non of St. Louis, vice president of the Brotherhood of Raflway Trainmen. It was announced there would be no general strike of switchmen in con- nection _with the freight workers strike. Switchmen of sixteen railroads and was a close friend |here have been unofficially invited to participate in the walkout. [FOR A is satis-- ancisco Today MEMBERS OF SAN FRANCISCO TRADES COUNCIL WAGE INCREASE Men Are Employed Mainly on Gov- ernment Shipbuilding—Unable to Ar- rive at a Satisfactory Settlement of the Issue. San Francisco, Calif, Sept. 16.— Twenty-four thousand members of the San Francisco Iron Trades Council, employed mainly on government ship- building contracts, tonight, will strike tomorrow for an increase in wages. The strike call re- sulted from the failure of a serles of conferences today between the lead- ers of the workmen and the representa- tives of the employers to arrive at a satisfactory. settlement of the issue. A final attempt to prevent the strike was made at a meeting proposed by James L. Ackerson, representing the federal shipping board. Mr. Ackerson suggested that a set- tlement might .be arranged through conferences with government officials conducting sim: negotiations _with the Seattle shipbuilding strike and that the strike’ be postponed pending the outcome of these conferences. Postponement Impossible. R. W. Burton, president of the iron trades council, said a postponement of the ordered walkout was impossi- ble. E Announced vlans for the strike call upon all men .t oreport for work as usual and at nine o’clock to walk out if no agreement has been reached. oBth sides said tonight the promulgation of a mew agreement was impossible be- fore that tim i The working agreement of unions affiliated with the Iron Trades Council expired last night. The men demand a minimum .-age of $6 a day, an ad- vance of fifty per cent. JAPANESE MISSION AT NEWPORT SUNDAY Did Homage at the Grave of Commo- dore Matthew Galbraith Perry. Newport, R. I, Sept., Sept. 16.—The Japanese mission to the United States came here today to do homage at the grave of Commodore Matthew Gal- braith Perry, who opened the door of the island empire to the influences of western civilization sixty vears ago. The mission, headed lane .of apprentice seamen and naval reserves at present arms, while a band from the training station pla ed the Japanese national hymn. great crowd of sailors, soldiers and civilians bared their heads in silence as Viseount Ishii stepped forth and placed on the tomb of the commo- dore a large wreath made up in the colors of Japan, with white lilies and red gladiolas. Retiring a few paces the viscount bowed profoundly before the tomb and resumed his place in the semi-cir- cle formed by other members of the mission and naval officers. One by one each member of the mission step- ped forward silently and bow: low before the grave. As the last one paid his tribute, Bishop James De ‘Wolf Perry, of the Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island, offered a brief pray- er. Then the entire assembly stood at attention while the band once more played the Japanese national anthem and the Star Spangled Banner. The ceremony was simple and im- pressiv The only address was by It was given when the Bishop Perry. mission had filed by the spot where the commodore lies buried. ARGENTINA SHUTS OFF GERMAN WIRELESS MESSAGES Has Withwrawn Permission ‘Granted to a German Wireless Company. Buenos Aires, Sept. 16.—The gov- ernment has withdrawn permission granted to a German wireless company to attempt to receive wireless mes- sages from the German station at Na- uen. German wireless service con- of messages from the semi-official Overseas News Agency, which was sent to this country through the Sayville station before the entrance of the United States into the war, is distributed from Nauen. It has been reported on several occa- sions since the United States and Ger- many severed relations that informa- tion was being sent to Germany by wireless from South America. STABBING AT FAMILY [ PARTY IN MERIDEN One of the Worst Cases Ever Brought to the Attention of the Police. Meriden, Conn., Sept. 16.—Ome of the worst cases of a victim of stab- bing ever brought into the local po- lice station occupied the attention of police and hospital at 2 o’clock this morning. George Papallo, the victim, was stabbed with a dangerous weapon in the “scalp, his left ear was pierced, the back of his neck, his breast and back were all badly cut. He suffered terribly from loss of blood but late today the attending physician said he believed the man would recover. Joseph Charo, Tony Montolona of this city and Dominick D’Agostino of New York eity were all arrested on the charge of assault with intent to kill Papallo. The fight occurred at a family party at midnight aSturday. PRESIDENT’S DECISION ON SHIPPING THIS WEEK Whether Navy Department or Ship- ping Board Shall Operate Mer- chant Ships. ‘The sisting _largely Washington, Sept. 16.—President Wilson will dcide, probably this week. whether the navy department or the shipping board shall operate merchant ships built or commandeered by the board and used in carrying supplies to American troops in France. The navy department desires to ‘operate and man the vessels but members of the shipping board are just in their stand that both should be left to the board. g Ao it was announced by Wiscount Ishii, entered the cemetery through a A ikeat [Russia Has Been Madqiliep_ublic PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY PRO- VISIONAL GOVERNMENT . DATED SEPTEMBER 14TH Proclamation Declares That General Korniloff’s Which Has Been Quelled, Threatened the Fate of the Fatherland. - Rebellion, Petrograd, Saturday, Sept. 15.—Rus- sia has been proclaimed a republic. The provisional government tonight issued the proclamation, dated Sept. 14. The Proclamation. The proclamation follows: “Generel Kerniloff's rebellion has heen quelled. But great is the con- fusion caused thereby and again great is the danger threatening the fate of the fatherland, and 1ts freedom. “Holding it necessary to put an end to the external state’s organization, vnanimous and rapturous apuroval of the republic idea expressed at the Moscow conference, the provisional government declares that the consti- tutional organization according to which the Russian state is ruled is a republic organization ad it hereby pro- claims the Rusgsian republic. “(Signen “Minister and president, Kerensky “Minister of Justice, Yaroudni.” remembering the The title “Minister and President” affixed to Premier Kerensky's signa- ture to the proclamation probably re- fers to his position as president of the ministry, rather than of- the republic. OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION BY RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT Affairs of State Entrusted to Members of the Cabinet. Five Petrograd, Sept. 16. — The provi- sional government announced today indefiniteness of thel Condensed Telegrams The August cotton consumption was 591351 bales. One Liberty bond was sold on the New York Stock Exchange at par. The War and Navy Departments will ask Congress for $283,000,000 more for artillery. ministry, called the Minister of Mis- sions Abroad. . A daughter was born at Kiel to Prince Adalbert, the German Emper- or's third sqn. The War Department expects large deliveries of new Liberty motors for airplanes this winter, The bank of Elmore, Okla, was robbed by six masked bandits for the sixth time in six years. Bread is going to be cheaper. This is official; although the size 'of the loaf was not determined. The reserve officers who are ending their training at Cambridge held their last sham battle at Waverly. the was A dispatch from London says the American steamer Wilmore sunk by a German submarine. The Federal Food Commission hand- ed over 80,000 barrels of flour intend- ed for Norway to New York bakers. Two Amcricans, an aviator of the Lafayette Escadriile, and an ambu- lance driver, were killed in France. Strikers who were exempt from tlie draft on industrial grounds in the Se- attle shipyards will now be drafted. Francis Ouimet, holder of many golf titles and one of the best players in the country, was certified for the draft army. Thirty men from the Columbus, N. M., camp of men deported from Bisbee The new French Cabinet has a new | Ariz, last July, were arrested in Douglas. The Canadian casualty list con- tained the names of two Americans killed in action, one missing, and one wounded. Uruguayan ma s boarded all the German ships in the Montevideo har bor to prevent the crews from sink- that all the affairs of state had been entrusted to five members of the cab- inet. The following official commu- nication was issued: “Pending the definite constitution of a cabinet and in view of the present extraordinary circumstances, all affairs of state have been entrusted to M. Kerensky, premier; M. Terestchenko, minister of foreign affairs; General Verkhovsky, minister of war; Admiral Verdervski, minister of marine, and M. Nikitin, minister of posts and tele- graphs.” DEFECTIVE MECHANISM OF A GERMAN TORPEDO Prevented Disaster to a Large Amer- ican Steamship. An Atlantic Port, Sept. 16.-—The de- fective mechanism of a German tor- pedo discharged by an invisible sub- marine is said to have prevented dis- aster to a large American steamship ‘which arrived here today from a Brit- ish port. According to several of the one hundred passengers on board the liner, a submarine attack was made on the steamship the second day out, shortly after 11 a. m. The wake of the torpedo was gbserved by lookouts and an im- mediately sharp change in course of the steamer was ordered by the cap- tain. The torpedo when about 100 yards away from the steamer, sudden- ly leaped from the water and, on re- turning to the water, headed in a new direction which carried it past the stern of the vessel by twenty yards. No submarine was sighted, but the liner fired one shot from a stern gun at an object which might have been a -periscope. There were no indica- tions that this shot was effective and the liner increased her speed and hur- ried away. FOUR MEN SHOT AS % - THEY SAT AT CAMPFIRE Result of Feud Between Farmers and Fox Hunters in, West Fairmont, W. Va. Sept. 16.—As a result of a feud said to have existed tor some time between farmers and fox hunters in the vicinity of Riv- esville and Lowesville near here, Har- vey Hayhurst and Albert Thord are dead and Charles Musgrove and James Hayhurst are suffering from gunshot wounds. As the four men were seated around a fox hunters’ campfire early today they were fired upon from close range. Three brothers, John, William and Charles Keyser, prominent farmers of Lowesville, were arrested late today and charged with the shooting. It is said that crops on the farm of the Keyser brothers were burned recently and the authorities believe that the shooting was an act of retaliation. BELGIANS LIVING ON HALF RATIONS and Those Forced to Work in Min Factories For the Germans. An Atlantic Port, Sept. 16.—The food situation is becoming o . desperate that Belgians forced to work in mines and factories for the Germans are liv- ing on less than half rations, accord- ing to reports brought here today by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Norton of Chi- cago, who arrived on an American steamship, Mr. and Mrs. Norton for the past three years have been engaged in re- lief work among Belgian refugees in France and also among Belgian sol- diers and their families. J. H. Hale Rallying. Hartford, Conn. Sept. 16.—J. H. Hale, member of the public utilities commission, who has been ill at his home in Glastonbury for several weeks tonight is rallying from a sinking spell that came earlier in the day. He is now in a critical condition but hope of his recovery has not been aban- doned. Three Berlin Newspapers Suspended. Copenhagen, Sept. 16.—Publication of three Berlin newspapers, the Tages Zeitung, Boersen Zeitung and Frei- sinnige Zeitung, has been stopped by the military censor. . ing them. Contracts for six new gun plants within two weeks will be announced as placed by the ordnance department of the army. & Joe Walsey, a cowboy, is reported to have discovered, in an out-of-the-way spot near Phoenix, Ariz., $400,000 in Spanish coin. Secretary M¢Adoo of the Treasury announced that as little as possible advertising for the next Liberty bonds will be made. - With the exception of skilled me- chanics the navy will need no more recruits for about three months. Re- cruits total 200,000. Because one of his employes makes “excellent macaroni,” a Wilkes-Barre baker asked that the man be exempted from military service. General increases in pay, to be ef- rective Oct. 1 in all navy yards, will be announced today. Assistant Sec- retary Roosevelt said. This is what the Japanese call the “golden age of Japan” when many companies and individuals and Japan herself are getting rich. The lifeboats which held the crews of the schooner Jane Williams, sunk by a German submarine, were at- tacked by shell fire also. General Pershing announc: that the American troops will use the French guns because they are a bet- ter make than the American. Many lives were lost and heavy damage done to buildings, including the American Consulate, when a ty- phoon swept over Amoy, China. John Orotolo, a barber of Fort Lee, N. J,, was killed when both bar- rels of a shotgun went off. Orotolo was a political power among the Ital- ians. Members of the congregations of va- rious churches in St. Paul were in- vited by their ministers to bring their knitting to church and work for the Red Cross. Mrs. Mildred McLean Dewey, wi- dow of Admiral Dewey, accepted an invitation to serve as honorary chair- man of the comforts committee of the Navy League. George Grafiades, a Greek steamship agent, and Michael Spanokos, were arraigned in Philadelphia in connec- tion with a reported attempt to bribe a draft offictal. A training school for captains and officers of merchant ships, including a captured German submarine and a special rigged steamer, was establish- ed at a British port. The first Ne wYork man to die in the Yaphank training camp was Harry E. Flynn. He was a member of Truck No. 7 in the New York Fire Depart- ment before being drafted. The Emergency Fleet Corporation let contracts for 50 standardized steel merchant ships. The ships will be built at Hog Isiand, Pa., at a Govern- ment ownel ship yard. Shore leave, which Americans below the rank of warrant officers, as well as British sailors, were deprived of for three days, was recommended by per- mission of the naval authorities. Federal Judge Hand in New York, upheld Postmaster General Burleson in barring the Setember issue of The Masses from the mails He dismissed an injunction suit brought by the pub- lication. The Swedish steamer Carlsolm, which arrived at an Atlantic port re- centl yto load cargo for Sweden and was prevented by the embargo, salil- ed for another American port to take coal for Chili. England’s “Summer Time” Ended. London, Sept. 16.—England’s “sum- mMer time” ended officially at 3 o'clock this morning, when all' clocks were set back one hour and the country re~ turned to the observance of normal Greenwichi time. « Russians Repal German Atiacks ON RIGA-BSOKOFF ROAD, 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIGA |ITALIANS MAKE GAINS In Champagne and, in the Verdun Re- gion, in France, the German Crown Prince Has Made Incffectual At- tacks Against the French Lines. Increased activity is noticeable on the various fizhting fronts, especially Riga and on the Isonzo. ubbor: Lattle is in progress near the Zege- vold farm, on the Riga-Pskoff roid thirty miles northeast of Riga. Wheth- cr the action is a_ German attempt {n force or only a feint is uncertain ‘etrograd, however, reports that the are valiantly repelling & It was In this rezion that t #sians on Thursday made a con- siderable advance only to be driven back again Friday to their former po- sition. Italians Advance Lines. On the Bainsizza plateau northeast of Goriz: and in the region of Monte San Gabriele, the Italians on Satur day adwvanced their lines on the scutheastern edge. In the operation Ceneral Cadorna’s men captured more than 400 prisoners and some machine suns. In Champagne and in the Verdun region the German crown prince has made ineffectual attacks against the French lines. Northwest of Rheims the French repulsed a strong German attack in the region of Loivre. North- ast of Verdun, on the right bank of the Meuse, the French fire drove back the Germans who essayed an attack ncrth of the Caurieres Wood. British Raid German Lines. British troops In a successful raid into the German lines near Cherlsy, scutheast of Arras, wrecked dugouts and defenses. Berlin officially . sees this effort as an attack in force and announces its repulse _with heavy losses. 1In Flanders, Berlin admits the success of a local British attack on the Ypres-Menin road. A German attack against Inverness Copse in the same region was repelled by the Brit- ish, who also checked an attempt to advance north of Langemarck. $46,600,000 IN CONTRACTS FOR BRIDGEPORT SHOPS From the United States Government —Great E of Prosperity. Bridgeport, Conn., Sep:. 16.—Con- tracts totalling $46,600,000 have re- cently been received from the United States government by the factories of this ~ city making war materials, and Insure an even greater era of pros- perity for this city than ever before. The Lake Torpedo Company has re- celved a contract asgregatiing $16,- 000,000 for the construction of twenty submarines to be finished in two and a half years. The Bullard Machine company’s contract just signed totals 7,5600,000. Of this $2,500,000 is for the construction of a factory in Falr- fleld for the making of war materials which 1s being bullt in conjunction with the government, and an order for $5,000,000 artillery and parts. The Locomobile company has received an order for 1,700 automobile trucks to be completed by June 1,.1918, totall- ing $7,000,000. To the Union Metallic Cartridge company the government has awarded an additional contract for 100,000,000 Sprinsfield cartridges .30 worth $5080,000. The Bridgeport Projectile company has a contract for $4,500,000 for three-inch shells and five-inch guns; the Housatonic Ship Building company a contract for ten ‘wooden ships of 3,000 tons each, to- ialling $3,100,000. The Bridgeport Brass company has a contract for $500,000 in parts of guns with other similar contracts to follow. Other shops- of this city have sub-contracts for war work estimated at $3,000,000. ARGENTINE NOTE TO GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE Announcing That Count Luxburg Has Ceased to be Persona Gra London, Sept. 16.—The Argentine minister handed a note to the Ger- man foreign office yesterday In the name of his government announcing that Count Luxburg had ceased to be persona grata as the German minister at Buenos Aires and consequently had been handed his passports, ac- cording to a Reuter despatgh from Amsterdam quoting a Berli tele- gram. The minister made it plain, howeyer, that this measure -was .di- rected exclusively against Count Lux- burg personally. LETTERS PATENT DECREEING A NEW POLISH STATE By the Imperial German and Austro- Hungarian Governments. Berlin, Sept. 16, via London.—The imperial German and Austro-Hunga- rian lettcrs patent decreeing a new Polish state were communicated to the people of Poland by Governor-General Von Beseler in an audience at the royal palace at noon yesterday. The form of government centemplated for the new state is a_constitutional mon- archy based on uhiversal direct suf- frage. A CANADIAN FLIGHT CADET KILLED SATURDAY When His Airpiane Took a Nose Dive From aJHeight of 150 Feet. Sept. 16 —Flight Camp Borden, Ont. Cadet Whetrick, royal flying corps, of Buffalo, N. Y., was killed yesterday, it was announced today when his air- plane took a nose dive from a height of 150 feet. Whetrick had descended from a greater height to hear instruc- tions that were being shouted to him by another aviator. He shut off his engine and could not start it again when he attempted to ascend it lors Escaped Interned German S Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 16.—Three interned German sailors escaped from the Fort Oglethorpe prison camp last night during a violent hail storm. They are Gustav Hartwig who escaped sev- eral weeks ago and was captured at Trenton. Ga.; Paul Nieman and Carl Hentchell. -