Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 20, 1917, Page 1

BRITISH PRODIGAL WITH AMMUNITION The Ever-Increasing Volume of Shells From British Eig Guns is Causing Germans Concern ARTILLERY FIRE IN FLANDERS STILL INTENSE An Attack on a Larger Scale Than the Usual Daily Raids is Considéred Imminent—On the Trentino Front the| Italians Are Making Raids With Strong Artillery Fire— lflhRMmConfinueThciroflmiveinfhe‘Moun- {fain Region Northwest of Fokshani, Moldavia. Pombarament Sy ths Britieh artil- | German defenses. Hers, too, the ex- $ery of the German Iines in the Ypres Bector, in Flanders, continues most in- tense, but there has been no Infantry ient in force, An attack on a ‘scale than the usual dally raids Probably is imminent. Berlin apparently is much exercised over the ever-increasing volume Ehells from the British big guns. From s Houtholst Wood, northeast Yphes, to the River Lys, on the Bel- o-French ' border, Berlin reports, the ritish fire has been destructive. Fleld Marshal Haig’s artillery increased its volume of fire to drumfire penditure of ammunition is great, es- pecially on the Aisne front and north- east of Verd: The Italians on the Trent ave been more active harrasing the enemy with raids and strong artillery In a forward movement in the Sugana valley, of Trent, the Itallans captured 200 prisoners. Austro-Hungarians attacks on the Bainsizza plateau continue but General Cadorna’s men them for no gains. ‘While the infantry has been virtual- Iy idle on the northern end of the éast- Rumanians continue their offensive in the mountain region northwest of Folshani, Moldavia, near Ocra, the Rumanians height. Berlin reports that the Ruma- nians, at first successful, were driven from the positions, suffering. casual- ties and losing prisoners. ern front, the As on the front in Flanders and Ar- tois, there has been no major opera- ,tion ea the French portion of ‘western front. At several points from the Aisne valley to Lorraine, the - | French have cairied out raids into the TRADING WITH ENEMY BILL IS IN FORM For Final Enactment Not Later Than Next Week. Sept. 19—The istration trading with the enemy bill, Which recently passed both senate and mous votes, was placed [ in form itoday for final enactment not later than next week. The -conferees reached agreement with acceptance of virtu- ally zll important genate amendments, inclvaing those authorizing the pres- 1dent to_embargo imports, giving him broad power over, all foreign ance compaies and placing the enfire administration of the bill within his Amendments were added de- finitely /to limit operation of the bill to_the term of the war. ,Ineluded in the final agreement was pomtoffice ‘mise substitute for Senator amendment regarding publication of war comment in the German langu- age. The substitute provides. that ten days after the bill is enacted the pres- ident shall have power to I foretgn language publications or re- quire submission of translations to the department before publication. There is a provision in the bill for an administrator of seized enemy Ppro- perty and one authorizing the use at rices to be fixed of articles manu- factured from'enemy patents. e T CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ‘DANBURY RAILWAY Stephen Crute, One of the New Own- Now President. PUBLISHERS PROTEST ANY SPECIAL WAR TAX Claim That Such Taxataion Tend to Destroy the -Business. .. New York, Sept. 1 ®ers’ Association of New York city at B meeting today renewed its protest against the imposition of any special Jvar tax upon publishers exclusively. frhe association in its protest says: is not a newspaper in the 'nited States that is not bearing ad- itional burdens of expense by reason of the war and we do not pingle newspaper that is t from the war. Increases in_cir- lation, where they have occurred, do pot at current prices for white paper bring increased profits. “The newspaper publishers recognize the wisdom, the justice and the neces- Bity of imposing heavy tax burdens at this time upon all the able to bear them and the newspaper publishers and desire to pay their full Bhare of all such ¢axes that are fmpos- 4 upon all businesses. “But_the newspaper publishers re- urge that while they are deriving no profit from war, they are necessarily one of the chief agencies of covernment in making successful policies like the conscription act and the liberty loan; ©o-operated with the government and mt great expense to the newpapers and without and advantage to the news- apers except the high satisfaction at all citizons feel in doing effective ‘work for their government. “The policy urged by a few repre- Bentatives and senators in congress to fmpose a snecial tax on publishers, the zone system or other- Yrise. will tend to destroy the business compensating advan- tage to the government in taxes. ‘Washington, Louse by una that they have Danbury, Conn., Sept. 19—A change in the ownership and management of the Danbury and Bethel Street Rail- Way and the Bridgeport and Danbury Electric Railway Companies was an- nounced here today. S. W. C. Jones of Greenwich, who held a controlling Interest in properties, and John Saunders of this city, president and general manager, Tetired, Stephen Crute of New YW cne of the new owners, Sanders as president, and George H. Klinzing of Danbury becomin, tary and treasurer in place of ‘The lines are in-this city and be- tween Danbury and Bethel and ten miles of track between Bridgeport and Long Hill 16 CARS TRANSPORTED RHODE ISLAND TROOPS How Connecticut’s Quota is to be Dis- taxed without AN AMERICAN SCHOONER SEIZED IN THE GULF ed, Charged With Aiding the Enemy. A Gult Port, Sept. 19.—Selzure of the American schooner Goldfleld near this port and the subsequent arrest of its crew on charges of aiding ‘the ene- my was made by agents of the federal vernment today, it became known re tonight. All members of the crew Wwith the exception of the skipper, are said to be Spaniards. reports the vessel supplying oil to Crew Arrest According. to ‘was suspected of German submarinés while enroute from a southern Euro- pean port to this port. The Goldfield ran aground off this port late last week. into this harbor last Sunday after federal agents, Jearned of her presence in American waters. A preliminary examination of the crew followed. the results of which were not disclosed. mal charge of “aiding the enemy” was made against the crew. AN UNKNOWN LITHUANIAN KILLED IN WATERBURY Was Shot T She was towed it was said,| - Ayer, Mass., Sept. 19.—A troop train of sixtéen cars from Rhode Island and special coaches attached to regular express trains from Maine, Hampshire and Vermont today brought members of the new national| army to Camp Devena. ‘With the exception of the Hampshire delega®on, Late today a for- the arrivals per cent. of drafted men from the several states. Hampshire will send her forty per cent. in dally detachments during™e remainder of the week. Tomorrow Connecticut’s 4,000 men is due. hree Times—Two Were Seen Running From Stene. Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 19.—An un- known Lithuanian was shot times and killed near Belleview Dam here this afternoon. nearby say they heard three sots an two men running Woods from' the scene shortly after- They will be dis- tributed among the 302nd Light Field Artillery, the 304th Infantry Regiment, the 301st and 303rd Machine Gun Bat- Second and Third People living talions and the Battalion, Depot Brigade. HOOVER SAYS STARVATION WILL WIN THE WAR Food More Important Than States nd Strategy. Atlantic City, N. J.,, Sept. 19—Her- bert C. Hoover, the food administra- tor, speaking on the world food situa- tlon tonight, at the war convention of the Chamber of Commerce United States, declared that starva- tion would win the war and the side best able to organize its resources for conservation ‘would come out victorious. i “The food situation of America and the allles is such,” said Mr. Hoover, “that the neutral countries of northern TEurope cannot hope to get food from the Unfted States uniess they to fur nish " oYuivalent service | 2 directions e common pool agains Germany.’ The dead man was of rather large fld, with light hair and _mustache d about 35 years old. clus they have is that the nan’s coat bears the tag of a local MAYOR MITCHEL LEADING IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ¥ote From 1,060 Districts Stood Mit- chel 18,483, Bennett 17,344, New York, Sept, 19~—~With returns fFeceived at 11.30 o'clock tonight from 1,080 out of 2,060 districts in the re- publican primary election, John Par- candidate for foy Mitchel, . who iz seeking the jomination, was 1,120 votes iead of Bennett, his repub ‘The vote was, Mitchel 18,- ; Bennett 17,344 er |bar of deputies. There is strong pub- Ca Confi Paris, —Confidence in Painleve ministry was voted by chamber of deputies tonight by 378 1. The socialists abstained from ing. R T RS TROLLEY FARES ARE 3 TO BE INCREASED From Five to Six Cents on All Lines October 1at. New Haven, Conil., Increase in trolley fares The announcement says that the ad- vance is made necessary by the in- creased cost of performing transpor- tation service and the upkeep. Books of seventeen tickets will be sold - for a dollar by the company to relievd passengers of the necessity of carry- ing the small coin required for the| additional fare. The announcement follows: “Effective’ October 1, 1917, of fare will be increased to six cents. To relieve passengers of the necessity, of carrying the coins necessitated by this change in fare, 17 tickets will be s0ld for one dollar at the local office. “This increase is necessary because of the alarming Increase in the cost of performing » transportation service as well as by the need for iricreased revenue to enmable the company to finance the increasing demands for improvements of all kind: “The cost of performing street car service has been increasing for a long time and with the tremendous in- creases in the cost of all fuel, mate- rlals and supplies, used in the opera- tion and upkeep of the property at this time, the income ig not sufficient to meet the needs and® obligations of the company and sufficient funds to enable the officers to finance the growing requirements for improve- ments of all classes, the heaviest of which is the requirement of the state and various ‘municipalities for new pavement LQOSS OF BRITISH SHIPS LAST WEEK Eight Over 1,600 Tons and Twenty Ships of Less Tonnag London, Sept. 19.—British merchant ships of 1,600 tons and over sunk by mine or submarines during the past week numbered eight, according to the admiralty report tonight. Twenty ships under 1,600 tons were also sunk and one fishing vessel. The summary: Arrivals 2,605; sallings 2,737. British merchant, ships’ over 1,600 tons sunk, eight, under 1,600 tons, in- cluding nine previously. twenty. British merchant vessels unsuccess. fully attacked, six. Fishing vessels sunk, one. The number of vessels of more than 1,600 tons is the smallest sunk by mines or submarines in one week since Germany began her intensified sub- marine campaign last February, but the number under 1,600 tons is the largest for any week, but onme, since mid-February. The total number of ships sunk is the largest aince the week ending June 24. The admiraity statement for the week ending Sep- tember 9 showed twelve British ves- sels of over 1,600 tons sunk by mines or submarines. That was the lowesl mark since the week ending March 10, when thirteen vessels of that category were lost. The great numMer of ves- sels under 1,600 tons was in the week ending May 5, when 22 went down. e $65,000 FUND TO PURCHASE BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS the Object of a Meeting Held in Hartford Yesterday. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 19 — About 150 persons attended the meetin, held today in the hall of the House of Representatives in the capitol to organize a movement to raise $65,000 the state's quota of the milllon dol- lar fund to be raised for the pur- chase of books for tue soldiers at the camps and at the front. The meeting was addressed by Governdr Holcomb and by J. Randolph Coolidge of. Boston, a member of the National ‘War . Library = Councll. ~Secretary Charles D. Hine of the State Board of Bducation, who is the director of the movement for this state, presided. The following were appointed a com- mittee on, resolutions: State Librarian G. S. Godard, G. J. Fogel of Torring- ton, Miss Rockweil of New Britain, Mrs. C. H. Bissell of Southington, and F. W. Edgerton of New London. TO RAISE $3,750,000 -~ ENTERTAINMENT FUND For Men in the Army and Navy—En- dorsed by President Wilson. ‘Washington, Sept. _ 19.—President Wilson_endorsed and Secretaries Ba- ker and Daniels jointly authorized to- day a national campalgn to raise about $3,750,000 to provide entertain- ment for the men of the new army and navy in the cities and towns near the training camps. The campaign will be directed by fhe war camp com- munity recreation fund committee, composed of prominent men in differ- ent parts of the country. So far as possible, the campaign will be conducted through local committees and to every city and town in the United States with a population of 2,500 or more will be assigned its quo- ta. Upon President Wilson’s sugges- tion, a special appeal for assistance will' be made to local chambers of commerce, i GEN. KORNILOFF TO BE TRIED BY COURTMARTIAL It Has Been Agreed That the Tri Shall be Held at the Front. Petrograd, Sept. 19.—General Korni- loff, leader Of the recent revolt, it has been decided definitely, will be tried by courtmartial with a jury. At the instance of the coudcil of workmen's and soldiers’ delesates the government has agreed that the trial shall be held at the front instead of in Petrograd ARGENTINE SENATE VOTES TO BREAK WITH GERMANY Resolution Now Goes to the Chamber of Deput ‘Buenos. Aires, Sept. 19.—The Argen- tine senate by & vote of 23 to 1 today declared for the g Off of rela- tions with Germany. The resolution now goes to the cham- The He feeling in favor of its sage. - 4 2 The Government Has Offered seemed near an agreement work on _the might be resumed within a few days. with Samuel Gomper: cials of the American Fed#ration of Labor. A Policeman. Wa tello, questioned them for an hour and later Announced that both men had con-| GanoTe belng subjected to indefinite fossed they or Jersey City with nineteen others and brought here today to vote. identification. men brought to the citv with Mascia and Costello wore similar rihbons, Joaded - revolver. shells, Costello carried a blackjack. Mascia, according to the pplice, was under the influence of a drug. of trouble which began w] about thirty thugs attack®d the Finletter club, the republican orgam- zation headquarfers in the fifth ward and shot up the place. Six men were gent to the hospital. Carey’s friends declare this was a pre-arranged affair organized bv the opposition for pur- Poses of intimidation. ONLY A RUBBER BAND No Trace of Missing Fortune of the IN THE .« SHIPARDS ON ; PACIFIC COAST —_— THE NEW PLAN IS PROPOSED — \-hry Half of Any Wage Increase for Com- panies Not Making More Than Ten Per Cent. Profit. y e ‘Washington, Sept. 19—The govern- ment today opened a way for ‘public sentiment of strikes' in Pacific coast ship yards by -offering’ to pay- half of any wage increases for companies making not more than 10 per cent pro- fit on commandeered ships. Sam Francisco builders, in whose plants & strike of iron workers is in p: agreed to consider the workers de- mands for more pay, on the shipping board's cost sharing proposal prospects for- settling the strike reported bright. Hurley of the board post- poned indefinitely a trip to the coast on which he had intended to start to- night. Agents of the board and of the department of labor in-San Fran- clsco reported that the employers that ships commandesred. Hurley Conferred With Gompers.” Mr. Hurley conferred, again today and other offi- Tomorrow he will give atte: tion to the strikers at Seattle, Port- land and other Pacific coast points, and indications were that they maht be settled on the basis of’the propo- sal made to San Francisco builders. The shipping board’s action is con- sidered significant, inasmuch as it in- dicates belief that the workers’ mand for higher pay should be grant- ed. The board also emphasizes its de- termination not to Jet any difficuliles prevent the speed big shipbuilding de- prosecutiom of its ‘amme. —eeeery—- . GUNMEN IMPORTED FOR PHILADELPHIA ELECTIONY “Shot and. Killed During a Political Riot. . Philadelphia. Sept. 19.—This city is The murder. that of .a police- . was a_bitter. polf fimht - faction ward, which ‘Today the primary election was held Carey, holding ‘a_city office, and He was struck ‘was attacked. Po- of the vice Mascia placed a revolver against his abdomen and fired. Ep- pley dled later in a hoapital. dcathbed e identified Mascia as his assailant. On his Mascja was arrested. with John Cos- so of Jersev City. The police were hired in New York Mascia is charzed with murder and Costello with being an accessory to the crime. the shooting, but witnesses say he is the guilty man.’ a small plece of white ribbon in_the Mascia denied that he did Both prisoners wore It is smaid the -other A with two exploded was -found on Mascia. while Today's rioting was ‘the culmination last _micht IN SAFE DEPOSIT BOX Late Mrs. Maud A. King. New York, Sept. 19—A solitary rub- ber band was the only article found in a safe deposit box in a national bank here which was expected to dis- Slose some of the missing fortune of Mrs. aud - Y ‘wealthy | FOOD AM ‘widow who was mYsteriously shot and & %iro Fow BEERCAN Concord, N. C. when the Killed at Fox wilh opened today in the presence of representatives attorney’s office, the police depart- ment and others. from the district Assistant District Attorney Dooling. C., Friday, taking with him e has obtained here King mystery for use of the He said re- SKELETON UNEARTHED In a Garden in Bridgeport—Patice' Are || ynn Investigating. - - Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 19.—Parts of a human skeleton including Jiie skull, were unearthed today by = as A. Knigh and his davghter, Mrs. Jennie A. Wil- | Lynn, Mass., cox, both of whom were digging in a garden in the rear of their ‘The bones and skull were badly brok- |return to work en and decomposed and efforts to as-| certain the sex were found impossi- ble by the medical examiner, Dr. Fltzgerald. mains had been buried af k t¥_years. The police are in t, a retired business man, ‘Thome. The latter stated THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1917 CONFEREES ARE WRANGLING OVER TWO SECTIONS Delay is Caused by Divergent Views Over Second Class Mail Rates and Excess Profits—Expert Called Be- fore Committee. ‘Washington, Sept. 19—Wrangles be- tween conferees on the war tax bill today over second class mail rates and ‘®xcess profits, and the fact that news 9f, he secret, conferances has been ou progress so mate- rially that & to both houses this week seemed doubtful. Heated Debate on Zone System. Refusal of senate conferees to ap- prove finally the tentative agreement to pt & limited zome system on second elass rates developed a situa- tion that still was causing heated de- bate at adjournment tonight. The excess profits section recetved Ettle erattion during the day and that.was far from encouraging. AR expert, called before the commit- tee at the request of senate leaders, assailed both the senate and house proposals as unworkable in their pres- ent form and suggested material changes in them even before ar at- tempt was, made to reach a compro- mise, e “Leak” Causing Worry. The “leak” feature of the confer- ences is causing some of the conferees much - wogry and others an equal amount of amusement. Resolutions pledging secrecy, solemnly adopted at the outsét of the conferences, have been strengthened so that apy con- fepee who gives out information re- garding the deliberations now is sub- ject to exclusion from further cén- ferences. SWEDEN IS RETICENT Regret of Admiral Lindman is Taken in Good Faith. ‘Washington, Sept. 9—Sweden’s of- ficlal reticence concerning the ex- posures made by Secretary Lansing on the part of her diplomatic agents have taken in transmitting German aroused by murder and riot today in|me e e the fifth ward, known as the “bloody messages -egarded here largely as fife man, by a man_deciared to he a gun- man’ imported from. Jersey 'Ci the outcome between two fival for’ the. control of skirts the river front. a cloak to cover what must neces- sartly be an embarrassing internel re- farm. - Officials of the state department to- day made no effort to conceal the fact that the United States is disposed to mocept. the unofficial- wtatements of TegTet and indignation rom Admiral Lindman, minister of foreign affairs for the naming of candidates. James|at Stockiiolm, as ‘a true indication of Isaac Deutsch were the opponents for the nomination for select. councilman from the ward, on the republican tick- et. Farly in the day . Carey. while attacked by a man alleged to be Jacob i . Mascia of Jersey City. T from beh“ll‘l’ with a flnd‘bfl‘_‘-:lg.:g: same time J. H. Maurey, an grea district attorney, o o liceman_George squad, went to_ their rescue and, it 18| will be afforded the same facilities for the Swedish people’s attitude. Cablegrams from London have quot- ed a epokesman of the British gov- ernment as saying that the same ad- minister would be regarded there as Until * admission of a measure of guilt is made, however, and promises care In the fufure are appears improbable that diplomatic glven, it Swedish the transmission of their despatches. Although .the American government has not placed any restrictions on the Swedish legation here, there is dail: evidence that code messages sent to and “from Stockholm through cable stations in the control of Great ‘Bri- celay. PACIFISTS DISCHARGED IN . HARTFORD POLICE COURT Have Decided to Hold. Another M. ing Next Sunday Night, Hartford, Conn. Sept. 19.—Follow- g _the discharge in _the police court here today of the two People’s Council of Democracy and Peace speakers, the executive committee- of the council held a meeting tonight and decided to hold another public meeting Sunday night. The meeting will be in Social- ist Hall, where the mession imterrupt- d by the police last Sunday afternoon was held. No announcement as to who would be the speakers was made tonight. HEARINGS CLOSED ON p DEFECTIVE CARTRIDGES 8,000,000 Primers Condemned Since the Defect Was Discovered. ‘Washinzton, Sept. 19.—Hearings were closed today by the special house com- | mittee investigating the manufacture ‘of defective cartridges at the Frank- [ford arsenal. Major J. E. Monroe, chief inspector of the plant, told the committee that 8,000,000 primers had been condemned since .o defect was first discovered and that with a new formula, menufacture of primers would e resumed as soon as additional dry- house facilities were completed. PRISONERS IN GERMANY . Weeks—Ten Pounds Each ‘Washington, Sept. 19.—Fach Amer- ann:\:;xeod today he would go'to Con-|ican prisoner of war held in Germany cord, N. the @ocuments in “the North Carolina authorities. the case will not be presented to the |was announced today that the food grand jury here until after the opened “inquest at Concord. PARTS OF A HUMAN i will receive every two weeks through the American Red Cross committee in Switzerland threp “food kits” cotnain- ing from nine to ten pounds each. It division of the surgeon-general's office has a table_of food for each “kit” so ‘that sufclent nutri- ment be sent to take care of a may prisoner until the next mwe ar- Tives for him. - SHOE FACTORIES START NEXT MONDAY Thousand Workers Have Been Out Since April 18. Sept. 19—Twelve thousand workers in_twenty ghoe fac- torfes, closed here stce April 18, wil day. - Announce- ‘was made at the Tweiye .|many a loan in return for coal. ABOUT GERMAN MESSAGES,| representatives’ calléd to serve in the Canadian army. Condensed Telegrams The sanitary policewomen in Cleve- land, O., will wear trousers. An additional 100,000 men may be arafted to fil the slgnal corps. Holland has refused to grant Ger- At the request of Spain, Germany will free the Burgomaster of Brus- sels. W h Surgeon-General Braisted reports 500d health for the navy ashore and afloat. The first public market conducted in Waterbury 'will be opened Saturday night. The Japanese financial minister is- sued an order prohibiting the export of gold. In the last eight months automobiles valued at $800,000 were stolen in Pittshurgh. / Acgording to a Christiania dispatch two Norwegian steamers were sunk by submarines. King George was cheered by Ameri- can seamen on an American patrol ship in the Clyde. Two German steamers are now ‘be- ing put into use in Brazil to carry f00d for the Allies. Governor Holcomb_will review the Home Guard of the Fifth district, Wa- terbury, October 7th. More than 7 0,000 French women are now serving in the Red Cross am- bulances and hospitals. Apermit to build an annex cpsting $1,600,000 was granted to the Black- stone Hotel in Chicago: During the last.two weeks of August in the fighting around Lens, Canadian casualties totalled 7.586 men. All the American sailors captured on the torpedoed American steamer Campana have been accounted for. The new clock for the New York City Hall cupola will be much smaller in diameter and will be 11 feet lower. President Wilson nominated Dan- iel H. C. Roper of South Carolina to be commissioner of internal revenue. Six million dollars’ worth of silk from Japan arrived at Chicago in 22 goecigl cars on the St. Paul Railroad. The B h schooner Cora M., lum- ber laden, was wrecked off Monroe Point in a 60-mile gale, hear Chatham, Mass. In an Allied air raid on the Belgian town of Roulers a bomb fell an gbuild- ing and killed or wounded 900 Gérmam{ troops. Corporal Harold Willis, an American aviator in France who disappeared after an aerial raid on,Aug. 19, is a prisoner,, The Edinburgh town council unan- imously decided to confer the freedom of the city of Edinburgh on Ambassa- dor Page. Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the Shipping board, appealed to Gompers to stop the strikes in shipyards on the Pacific Coast. 2 Harry Dwight Nims, a lawyer of New York, has been appointed an as- sistant to Dr. H. A. Garfield, the fuel administrator. Captain Robertson, a Canadian of- ficer of the British Roval Flying Corps, was shot down. while flying over the German lines last July. He was up 13,000 feet. High Minister W. A. Holman, of New South Wales, declared that Australia will not give up the German prov- inces of New Guinea, regardless of peace terms. T Albert Champion, a French soldier, who after three trials escaped from the Germans, declared that_ over 5.000 allied soldiers have died in the German concentration camp at Cassel. Fio Angelo di Pasquale, 25, an em- plo; of the West Brass Mill of the American Brass company, Waterbury. stabbed Angelo Grampoli twice in the breast in the casting room last night. Albert Metin, the French blockade minister, arrived at London from Paris with a number of experts to consult with the British Government on clos- er coordination In the blockade. Gotthold Prusse, one of the design- rs of the German submarine Deutseh- land, who came to Baltimore on the first’ trip of the Deutschland. hanged himself in the Baltimore city jail Cleopatra’s Needle presented to the British Government erected in 1878 in London, and a companion to the one in Central Park, New York, narrowly es- caped damasge in a recent German air raid. Unmarried men and childless widow- ers from 20 to 34 years old will be The men will report in October and 100000 of these reporting will be se- Each WIll Receive One Every Twe| forcing' many automobiles lected. Michael Stakovich, governor-general of Finland, has resigned. N. V. Nek- rasoff, who has occupied a prominent place’ in several cabinets since the Tevolution, has been named to suc- ceed him. The price of gasolene in Havana is into re- tirement, and’ more than 1,000 have done so already. The price has jump- ed from 47 cents to $1 and In some places it has reached $1.20. Mustav Abrain, an Albanian, Mike Luke and Antonio Rinaldf all emploved at the Chase Rolling Mills,. Water- bury, were arrested last nigh ed with failing to register. claimed they had registered but that did not bave their papers with To Agitate Early Peace, “Copenhagen, Sept. 19—Count _Mi- chael Karolyl, president of the Hun- garian Independence party, according to'a Budapest despatch, declared at a meeting vesterday that he would agi. tate for an early peace between the warring. countries. He said he had been invited to participate in a peace conference at'Berne on October 15 and would leave for Switzerland, despite the violent attacks which probably would be directed against Mim. MOBILIZATION OF NATIONAL ARMY Was Carried Forward Yesterday Smoothly and With a Show of Enthusiasm MEN FED AND SilEI.TERED WITHOUT DIFFICULT Every Essential for the Health and Comfort.of the Men Has Been Provided for—Regular Army Officers Believe the New National Army Will Become, as a Fighting Force " the Finest Body of Troops in the World—Secretary Bak ’ er Has Asked for an Additional Appropriation of $287, 416,000 to Provide Equ ipment for a Total Force of 2,300,000 Men. Washington, Sept. 19.—While mobil- ization of the first major increment of the national army was proceeding to- day throughou* Baker and the chiefs of the war department appeared before the senate apprapriation ‘committee to present re- quests for an additional with which to pravide equipment for a total force of 2,300,000 men. Included among the “items is ordnance equipment for the next 400,- 000 men of the national though the 300,000 or more men on the move today toward the training can- tonments are only half of the first call. Despatches from all country indicated that was being carried forward and amid scenes of popular enthusi- The national army miven a tremendous send-off as they trooped to their trains led by the local board officials, who found them quali- fied to join the rank visional camps to fill to fighting strength, The organizatic of the companies, battalions, o rother units of the national self cannot be transfer has been made. Pending the time when the fi; forces of the n&tional army take shape, it is not essentis uniform equipment every man assembled Preliminary instruction of a soldier, 10 stand and deportment of & ed fighting man, $287,416,000 alk and the b mobilization the voung reserve who are to command units tional army are not Foi additio after their graduation |cers' training camps, attached to national guard u ers are at service schools prepar become instructors t machine gun companies, talions and all clalized arms of the Regular officers mand regiments are, looked upon comrades who rems of the nation’s Almost the entire 45 per cent. of the first call force of 687,000 under mulitary men will be and training by Saturday. Every essential for the health and comfort of the men has been provided be fed and sheltered without difficulty and their arms, uni- forms and all the balance of their war equipment will .be ready for them as rapidly as they are ready to :se it. There are busy days ahead at the cantonments. men be examined by military doctors and finally accepted for army but they must be organized immediar ly_into provisional companies for ad- ministrative purposes and to possible their final assignments to the infantry, cavalry or artillery or to the special corps of the army. ifications ‘of e ©d and bis ultimate duty practicable will bear some relations to the training he has received life and his own All this will take time, Time also will be required to determine men of the national army are to be transterred to the national guard .di- of the natio among these officers that training the absolutely an inspiring one to a man develop from day to day al army men are all neatly They have no old theories all the vim of their youth immediate into the lessons of today from the I h man are to be not- Freedom from old prejudices or from set some . guard many other things are also side of the new army many officers’ who believe it as a fighting force. body of troops In the world organizations, inclinations JAPANESE MISSION VISITS CAMP DEVENS STILL OFFICERS OF CONN. WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASS'N. Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. nish Terms. Military Members Commented on the Good Spirits of the Men. Mrs. Hepburn, | Flanagan Consent to Boston, Sept. 19 sion today saw | *he making. their New England tour they { through forty miles of pea | tryside to the national army ment at Aver, where a great mili has sprung up in the woods and pastures. At the rallroad station reaching the camp, were seen rolling in with the first rivals of the 40 per cent Thomas N. Hepburn and Mrs. Toscan Bennett are still president and treas- urer respectively of the Connseticut | ‘Woman ,Suffrage association; the fact' that recently they tendered to" be effective to- ‘When the executive board of the organization met today to consider the resignations, unanimously, and Mrs. Ernest Thomp- son Seton of Greenwich was elected to fill the expired portion of Mrs. burn’s term. Mrs. Seton however that' she would be unable to do so because she is engaged in gov- ernment work at Washington. board thereupon made unani- mous_request to both Mri and Mrs. Bennett that they their offices for the remainder of both agreed to do so. Dissatisfaction with policy of. the organization, as not being aggressive enough and because the sentiment dis- approved of the suffrage picketting in ‘Washington was given as the reason for the tendering of the resignations. Miss Catherine Flanagan, one of the suffragist pickets who -was sent jail ‘in Washington, also resigned as district secretary. to_remain in office for the present. Fach of the three resigned officers it plain that they would hold their old offices only until the annual meeting of the state association which be held in Hartford some time during the week beginning November their resignations, both were long troop train quota of the card inscribed “From Berlin Berlin, Germany. their ~suitcases, and cheering t sight of the long column of autom® Diles marked with the Rising Sun of members of the mission commiented the good spirits of the men just ca from_ their homes. A ‘troop of reular cavairy cl over the road ahead to_the headauarters Ceneral Harry commander of the new. led Viscount Ishii, head of the missior and Ambassador ‘Sato to his car and cscofted the visitors en a tour She later agreed The visitors showed the keenes in the great bleted structures from barracks to frigerating plant. professional approval who stood at salute, and noted the re markable improvement two weeks training had wrought in compared with the “rookies” arriving today. FEDERAL EMPLOYES PLEDGE SUPPORT TO PRESIDENT Also Endorsed the Nolan SIX MONTHS IN JAIL Sept . 10—"Tedeyal anre FOR POSING AS A PHYSICIAN in convention to form a na- adopted resolutions to- day pledging their unanimous port to the president and congress in the present crisis. Endorsement was given the minimum wage scale. tions endorsed woman suffrage, granting of equal pay to women doing the work of men, legislation looking to a scientific and equitable re-class- ification of all government employes, 8, satisfactory retirement measure and the extension of free public education into the higher,_schools. Tonight the Washington local eral employes union tendered a ban- quet to the delegates, including Secretary Wilson and pther departmentalofficial: V<ashington, tional union, Sentence Imposed on John J. Cohen Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 20 yearg old, New Haven was given six months in ing as a physician and collecting fee totalling about $20 from two port residents. counts and given each count. Other resolu- fail for pos He was tried Cohen claimed in one in stance that he was a “Dr. would obtain exemption for a draf man on the grounds of defective the speakers NEW, LONDON STATE PIER IS A GOO Will. Return to the State in 1918 Eight Per Cent on $1,000,000. Hartford, Conn. entine Chappell of New London, chair man of the State Commisston. on Ri Harbors _and ford today safd the state pler at London would return atate eight dollar investment. comptroller the 37,616 in receipts over expenditures for quarter ending June 30 more than $5,000 in hand for the pres ent quarter. net the state $42,000 o INVESTMENT OLD UNDER LICENSING SYSTEM Controlled by the Federal Ress Board—$1,000,000 to South America New York, Sept. 19—The first ex- ports of gold from New York uder the licensing system controlléd by the federal reserve board were announced today. There was withdrawn from the sub-treasury. $1,000,000 in bars for consignment to_ South America, and an additional $260,000 in coin, the des- nation of which was Dot revealed. 0 system became effective om Sep- tember 10. EXPORTING G Heo said onp lease gvould