Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 24, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 328 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1917 8 PAGES—64 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS LULLIN BATTLES ON ALL WAR FRONTS et ey . Crown Prince Rupprecht Has Ceased His Infantry At- tacks in the Ypres Salient BRITISH RESTING SINCE BATTLE LAST THURSDAY Behind the German Lines—On the Right Bank of the Dvina River, in Russia, the Teutons Have Forced the Russians to Retreat—Northwest of Trent the Italians Have Captured Two Advanced Positions From the Aus- tro-Hungarians. tillery activity is reported violent along the Aisne front and northwest of Ver+ dun in the region of Hill 304, Berlin reports reconnoitering. engagement on this portion of the front, but no action of moment. * Having captured the Jacobstadt bridgehead, south of Riga and forced the Russians to retiré to the ° right bank of the Dvina for some distance north and south of the bridgehead, the Germans have halted their advance here. Petrograd reports the Russians entrenched on the right bank of the Dvina and bombarding the Germans in their. new positigns. ~Towards Riga the Russians in fighting on Saturday advanced and drove back Germai ad- vance guards near the village of Rud- na. General Cadorna, in his report - on operations in the regidn northeast of Gorizia, chronicles the repulse of ad- ditional Austro-Hungarian attacks on the Bainsizza plateau. In the region of Monte Marmolado, northwest of Trent, the Italians, after exploding a mine,” captured two advance positions from the Austro-Hungarians. In none of the battle areas of Eu- rope has there been any marked ac- [tivity In the past twenty-four hours. |A momentary, lull appears to have set- {tied bn the fighting operations in iFlanders, on the Aisne and at Verdun, |in the Riga region and along the Isonzo. |_“Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, ‘finding his efforts to dislodge the British from their recent gains in the Ypres salient ineffectual, has ceased |his_infantry attacks and ' resorted to artillery. The British are fl:‘g‘l}‘ after their effort of Thursday, ha gain- ed all but a few minor posts of the objectives desired and having taken 3.243 prisoners, but their big guns still hammer the German positions and their aviators still harass the airdomes |dumps, cantonments and other mill- k‘ry points behind the German lines. INortheast of Gouamont, between Ar- and St. Quentin, the British carried out a successful raid into the Ger- man trenches. |__Om the rest of the western front the iFrench and Germans have been con- tent to bombard each other. The ar- 4 M’ADOO MAKES APPEAL TO PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES To Aid in Promoting the Second Lib- erty Loan. RANTINGS OF SENATO ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE Denounced the United States Govern- men and the American Press. Toledo, O:, Sept. 23, — Denouncing war in general and the United States democratic government in particular, TUnited States Senator Robert M. La Folletts of Wisconsin addressed a large igathering In the Coliseum this after- noon under the auspices of “The Peo- le’s Church,” made up of docialists Beaded by Protessor Scott Nearing. Mr. La Follette attacked she press, eclaring that American newspapers ‘are for the most part contfoiled by the “war party,” the financial interests of the country. He declared that his remarks in St. Paul this week were misconstrued and |that he was being deliberately mis- iquoted throughout the country. | “I am one citizen of the United Etates who is ready to g0 against the |wall to preserve democracy,” said Sen- ator La Follepe. Mr. La Follette declared shat the president of the United States swayed o to such anextent that !the declaration of was was not the |representative opinion of a democratic government. He advocated war in defense only and in case of aggression to submit the gquestion to the people iof the nation In the form of a refer- endum. In discussing the tax feature in con- nectiop with the prosecution of the ar, the senator asserted that “wealth has won and the people lost.” Senator La Follette stated that he Jroped to be able to serve the people this country from 25 to 30 years {donger and he prayed that his life, /strength and health be spared so that he might fight for the principles of '@emocracy and assure liberty and freedom to posterity. -New York, Sept. 23.—An appeal by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo to the patriotic societies of the country to aid in promoting the second Liber- ty loan is contained in a letter receiv- ed from him by William H. Taft and made public here tonight by the League to Enforce Peace, of which the former president is the head. Replying, Mr. Taft, in a letter also made public, said the war-was justi- fiable and necessary and that he was appealing to League to Enforce Peace and to its state and county branches for their cq-operation with the fea- eral reserve 'organizations and local re- serve committees to make the second loan a success. - Mr. McAdoo in_his letter wrote in part: “To make this subscription as suc- cussful as the first (and it is import- ant that the American people dem- onstrate that thep are now as whole- hearted in favor of the war as when the campaign for subscriptions to the first loan was closed) it will be nec- essary to have the unstinted support of every organization of whatever ind.” Mr. Taft wrote in his response in part: “The League to Enforce Peace holds that the war in which we are engaged is both justifiiable and necessary apd demands that it shall continue until Prussian militarism is destroyed and a stable peace is established, guaran- teed by a league of nations, such as the president has so admirably and convincingly advocated.” THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AT CAMP DEVENS SUNDAY Crowd Came From All Sections of New Epgland and Northern New York. NO MEETING OF PACIFISTS AT HARTFORD SUNDAY Aver, Mass., Sept. 23.—Thousands of visitors besieged Camp Devens today and witnessed the arrival of more than 2,100 recruits. the last of the 40 per cent. of the draft. The crowds came from all’ sections of New England and northern New York in such numbers that hundreds were unable to get inside the gates. It was after tfall when 690 men from Springfield, Pittsfleld, Lee, West- fleld, Wilbraham and Brookfield ar- rived, and were assigned to the depot brigade. The arrival of the 5T men from Nashua, N. H., who went into _the 303rd Heavy Artillery and seven from Frankfort, N. W., and one man from Little Fails, N. Y., who were assign- ed to the 303rd Infantry completed the forty per cent. The 76th division now has 20,000 selected men here. The first death in the divislon oe- curred today when Private Georse Delzil of Battery B, 302nd Light Field Artillery, fell from a raft in_Robbins Pond, on the outskirts of the can- tonment and was drowned. He was 28 years old and_came here from New- bury, Vt, on Wednasday. The body was ‘recovered by a medical officer. KAISER HAS VISITED THE RUSSIAN FRONT Also Visited the Mausoleum of King Charles and Queen Elizabeth. - Berlin, Sept. 23, via Amsterdam.—An official statement issued today says that Emperor Willlam left on Septem- ber 18 to greet the German troops on the Russian front. After a short vie- it at Budapest he proceeded to Cur- tea de Arges, where he visited the mausoleum of King Charles and Queen Blizabeth. He continued his journey on the 21Ist, leaving Guirgevo and traveling on a Hungarian steamer to Tchernavoda, where he wus met by King Ferdinand and Crown Prince Boris and Prince Cyril. After review- ing a German ?glmm( the party crossea the long bridge from Teclierna- Yoda 1o the railway station on the 1eft, bank of the-Danube. Police Informed Crowd That No Ses- sion Wpuld Be Allowed. Hartford. Conn., Sept. 23.—Although «ity officials had announced that no B:etlng of the People’s Council for 'mocracy and Peace w8uld be allow- ed tonight a crowd assembled in front of Socialist hall where the public meeting of a week ago was stopped. The police on duty there informed the crowd that no sesslon was to be allow- ed and announcement from the hall ‘was sent out that no public rally was contemplated. ‘The crowd dispersed ‘without semblance of trouble. Members of the councfl later declar- @4 that no attempt to hold a meeting tonight had been planned although euch action had been previously an- pounced. They refused totell whether ny further trial to hold such a meet- g was to be made. BERMANS ARE FORCIBLY CONSCRIPTING BELGIANS Between the Ages of 14 and 60 for Work in Factories and Shipyard Havre, Sept. 23—The German mlii- tary authorities at Bruges, Belgium, are forcibly conscripting all the boys and men of that city between the ages of 14 and 60 to work in munition fac- torles and shipyards. The rich and the poor. shopkeepers and workmen, all are being taken. only the school teach- ers, doctors and priests escaping. The Germans virtually conducted raids in the city, according to reports received here, seizing men in their homes, in the streets and in all public places. The provincial committee has been ordered by the Germans to release seventy five per cent. of its staff. Bruges is the capital of the province ot West Flanders, lying fifty-five miles morthwest of Brussels and fourteen Jen sast of Outsad.. The Sopulstion 1934 was about 55,000. The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That Cabled Paragra British Destroyer Torpedoed. London, Sept. 23.—A British _de- stroyer has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in, the ap- proaches to the channel, according to an_admiralty announcement. There ‘were fifty survivors. CONTEST FOR GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION IN BAY STATE Botween ‘Gov. McCall and Former| Lieut. Gov. Cushing, Republicans. Boston, Sept. 23—The contest be- tween Governor Samuel ‘W. MecCall and Former Lieutenant ‘Governor Grafton D. Cushing for the republican nomination for governor is the feat- ure of the primary election which will be held in this state . Tuesday. The campaign for the most part has been quiet and with thousands of voters ab- sent in some form of war service a light vote was anticipated by party leaders. There are two other contests for places on the republican _ticket. Attorney-general Henry C. Attwill is onposed for renomination by Conrad ‘W. Crooker of Brookline and State Auditor Alonzo W. Cook is opposed by Charles Bruce of Bverett. The only democrat to have his name printed on the official p ballot is Frederick A. Mansfield, for governor who was defeated by gov- ernor McCall last year. The party tailed to place other names on the bal- lott but will nominate its remaining candidates by stickers. ADDITIONAL BURDENS ON BOSTON & MAINE ROAD losed In Annual Report of Tem- porary Receiver James H. Hustis. Boston, Sept. 23.—Additional burdens in operating expenses which have fall- en on the Boston and Main _railroad since the first of the year, fully justi- fled the directors in asking the federal court to take control of the property, James H. Hustis, temporary receiver, told stockholders in his annual report made public today. Operating revenues whicth showed an increase of 34,916,612, or 9.4 ~per cent. over the previous year, were the largest in the history of the Boston & Maine. Operating expenses, however, were increased $6,250,118. ~making a decrease in net operating revenue of $1.333.506. The net income was $1- 880,449, as compared with $4,065691 last year. ‘Wage increases granted largély ef- fective during the last half of the fiscal year, will amount to more than $3,000,- 000 annually. FRANCE IS FACING A SUGARLESS TWO MONTHS Hoover Calls for a Reduction in Con- sumption of Sweets. ‘Washington,' Sept. 23.—Food Admin- istrator Hoover appealed to the Amer- ican people tonight to reduce their consumption of sweets to leave a share for their French allies, who are facing the prospect of two months en- tirely without eugar. Mr. Hoover said: “If our people will reduce by one- third their purchases and consump- tion of candy and of sugar for other uses than preserving fruit. which we do not wish to interfere with, we can save the French situation. “In the interest of the French peo- ple, and of the loyalty we owe them to divide our food in the maintenance of our common cause, I ask the Amer- ican people to do this. It is unthink- able that we refuse their request. NO VOTE ON LICENSE IN MERIDEN THIS YEAR The No-License Forces Have Decided to Drop the Matter. Meriden, Conn,, Sept. 23.—The no- license forces in this ¢ity have decided to drop action for this year on the question of taking a vote on the local liquor question. Following the filing of the petition for a vote, objection was raised by the liquor dealers who claimed the petitfon void in that wrong addresses of the petitioners ‘were given. A committes apointed by the mno- icense forcos to carry out the present programme has béen” discharged, and announcement is made that a perm- anent committee will be appointed to prepare the work for the next elec- tion. BODY OF MRS. BINGHAM HAS BEEN EXHUMED Some of the Vital Organs Were Sent to New York. Louisville, Ky., Sept. 23.—The body of Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, for- merly Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, secret- 1y was exhumed at Wilmington, N. C, shortly after midnight last Tuesday at the instance of Mrs. Bingham’'s rela- tives, an autopsy performed in the presence of a :detective of national reputation and several physicians, some of the vital organs removed and sent to New York and the body pre- sumably re-interred, according to a statement given out here tonight by attorneys for Judge Bingham. X SPAIN IS TO HAVE A FOOD COMMISSION It Will Enter Upon Its Duties About October 1. San Sebastian Spain. Sept. 23— Premier Dato, after a conference with King Alfonso regarding the provision- ing of the country, announced that a decree was in preparation instituting a. food commission which would enter upon its duties October 1. .. The prem- ier added that the alarm manifested in_Caledonia was unjustified. Rumors that there was discord in the cabinet were denied by Premier Dato, who_declared that nothing extraordin- ary had happened. RUSSIA TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MEN IN ARMY To Relieve Demand For Labor and “ Cull Out the Older Men. Petrograd, Sept. 23.—The provision- al government has decided to reduce the number of men in the regular army. This decision was reached for two reasons: First, because the coun- try cannot remain ionger without male labor, and second, b thought desirable to felieve the army of men who are who have been Wi {fighting _capacitz, great. It is belfev have important 1 results by re- ducing the total amount required for soldiers’ dependents. Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Gonnecticuii}in Proportion to the City’s Population. Argentina Gets Germgn ‘Note ARR.IVED JUST AS g PDEPUTIES WERE ABOUT TO VOTE . DISAPPROVES ' LUXBURG A Despatch From Buenos Aires to Reuter’s News Agency Says the Note Has Given Complote Satisfaction to the Argen e Government, Buenos Aires, Argentine, Sept. 23.— Just as the Argentine chamber of deputies early this morning wae pre- paring to vote on the question of breaking diplomatic relations with Germany an * official communication was received from the Berlin foreign office. The note disapproved of the ideas expressed by Count. Von Lux- burg, the German minister here, re- garding Germany’'s “cruiser warfare.” The “cruiser” left some doubt in the minds of government officials as to whether or not Germany iptended to her eubmarine campaign. A declaration of war by Argentina on Germany, however, was postponed by the receipt of the German note. Foreign Minister Pue$rredon later gave out two notes which he had re- celved from Dr. Luis B. Molina, the Argentine minister at Berlin. The first reads: “I confirm my telesram of Septem- ber 21 and am transmitting the exact text of the note from the German gov- ernment in reply to your communica- tion, as you will see, the satisfac- tion cannot be more ample ar definite, This note was delivered personally to me by the imperial chancellor, who has just eturned from Munich and who Trepeated the sentiments of the note in a most_expressive and definite man- ner. There is no doubt, therefore, that the German empire condem s; the conduct of Luxburg, whose opinions were purely personal and it alsapprov- es absolutely. You may be sure the German government will faithfully keep its promises.” The second message received from the Argentine mipister says: “I have to inform you of the un- truth of the report sent out by the en- emies of Germany that the kaiser has sent Luxburg a message approving his conduct and has offered another dip- lomatic post to him. The govern- ment has denied the report by wire- ess.” The chamber of deputies will meet tomorrow afternoon to take nite action on the message from Minister. Molina. Deputies Veyga and frce opposed each other in a dual with swords ta- day as a result of words passed in Saturday's debate in thy chamber on the German situation. Veyga, whose remark caused the challenge, was wounded in the arm. Deputy Arce considers , that his honor has been satisfied. Said To Be Satisfactory. London, Sept. 23—A despatch. from Buenos Alres to Reuter’s Limited savs that Argentina has received a note from Germany which has given com- plete satisfaction to ghe Argentine government. SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE £ OF IRGN WORKERS Thirty - Thousand Are to Return to Work at San Franciseo. San Francisco, Sept. 23.—A tem- porary wage schedule which will per- mit 30,000 iron workers who etruck here last Monday to return to work immediately upon ratification of the agreement by the unions. concerned, pending final adjudication of {heir dif- ferences by the federal board of con- clliation, was signed today at a con- ference between representatives of the men, the employers and federal med- iators. Gavin McNab, a San Francisco at- torney, appointed Friday by President Wilson as a special rapresentative of the federal shipping board to adjust the trouble here, said that a telegram recelved today from the president ap- pealing to “the patriotic co-operation of the workmen and thelr leaders,” was instrumental in effecting the settle- ment. Employers sald they thought it would be possible to resume work Thursday. The walkout has tied up government shipmuilding contracts es- timated at $150,000,000. President. Wilson’s telegram, urging settlement of the shipbuilding strikes on the Pacific coast, was sent also to labor leaders at Seattle and Portland, where similar strikes are threatened. The opinion was expressed by mem- bers of the San Francisco conference that a similar agreement would be made at the northern ports. ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF POLITICIANS IN PHILA. Are to Be Made Today in Connection With Importing Gunmen. Philadelphia, Sept. 23 —Additional arrests in the political feud of the fifth ward which resulted in the killing of 2 policeman and:the assault on two others on primary election day last Wednesday are a matter of. hours, ac- cording to statements tonight by au- thorities working on the case. Two men are held without bail in this city and four are sought in ‘connection with the killing, while Mayor Smith, David Bennett, a police lieutenant and Isasc Deutsch, one of the candidates in the election row, are charged with con- sph to commit aggravated assault murder. Others are expected to be taken iuto custody tonight or to- morrow. FALL DOWN STAIRS FATAL TO PORTLAND MAN George Durrenberger, 69—His Wife Made the Discovery. Portland, Conn., Sept. 23.-—George Durrenberger, 69 Years old, was found early today ‘dead at the foot of a fiight of stairs in his home in Glider- sleeve. His skull was fractured and he had other injuries caused by his falling down stairs during the night, Hie wife, who Wag in another part-of the house, heard the afll but thought nothing of it until later, when she found him dead. He was a foreman in the Charles L. plant and a ‘skilled wo The local medical examiner the death caused by accidental means. - Sunday Session ~on War Tax Bill A COMPROMISE PROPOSAL ON EX- CESS PROFITS RATES 7 DETAILS NOT GIVEN OUT Second Class Mail Rates Agreement Provides Sephrate Zone for Adverti 28—A Sunday session of the senate and house con- ferees on the war tax bill resulted in the drafting of a compromise propos- al on excess profits rates and exemp- tions which may lead to a report with- ‘Washington Sept. in a few days. Details of the proposal were not made public but it came from house conferees who have held out for higher rates than those - proposed by the senate and is understood to pro- vide for important concessions by both sides. : Senate Members in Separate Session. The senate members considered the question in separate session and de- cided to weigh it overnight and report their conclusions tomorrow . Exemption of all contributions to charitable and educational institutions from the income tax was ome of the most important steps taken today. This_ will_affect almost every college and foundatlon in the country. Tax on Beer and Whiskey. Save for elimination of the Gore amendment designed to levy a prohab- tive tax on grain to be used for mak- ing. beverage liquors, the senate beer and liquor rates probably will stand. This would mean a. tax of $2.75 per bar- rel on beer and $3.20 per gallon on whiskey. Second Cl.ss Mail Rates. It became known today that the sec- ond class mail rates agreement pro- vides sephrate zones for advertising and reading matter at widely different rates. to go into effect from _three months to two vears after enactment of the bill into law. The rate on ad- vertising uitimatel- would range from between one and two cents a pound in the first zone to about ten cents in the last. The rate on reading matter would be slightly in excess of the pres- ent one cemt rate a pound in the first zone of 250 miles, and the extreme zone rate would be less than six cents. Country weeklies. farm and _religious and similar publications ‘would be ex- empt from the advertising rate. “RAINBOW DIVISION” . OF NATIONAL GUARDSMEN Were Review by Secretary Baker at Camp_Mills. Camp Mills, Mineola, N. Y., Sept. 23, —The “Rainbow Division” made up of national guardsmen from 27 states, was review by Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker. here today. For one hour and twenty-three min- utes Mr. Baker, flanked by Major General Bliss, the new chief of staff of the army, Major General W. A. Mann, commander of the division, and Major General McArthur, stood and watched 27,000 men march past. It was the first time Mr. Baker ever had seen a division of United States sol- diers on review and he was highly en- thusiastic, particularly over the splen-! did appearance the well-set up men made. “It is the most impressive sight I Mave ever witnessed,” said Mr. Baker. “The troops are in admirable condi- tion and the highest of spirits. The country is to be congratulated on this manifestation of strength and unity. This division, drawn from all parts of the country, represents in a significant way the national enterprise in which the country is engaged. I have warm- Iy congreatulated Major General Mann on the excellent condition and_ the showing made by the men of the Rain- bow Division.” NO CHANGES T6 BE MADE IN RUSSIAN NAVY Because of Numerous Changes in Commanders of the Army. Petrograd, Sept. 23.—In view of ‘the numerous changes in the high com- mand of the Russian army due to the Korniloff revolt the minister of ma- rine today announced that no changes would be made in the navy and that all the chiefs would be retained in their posts. The union for national defense has issued an appeal calling on the pop- ulation to form special “committees of national defense” in all important towns. ‘The military section of the council of soldiers and workmen's delegates has issued a proclamation to all the military committees at the front di- recting them to co-operate fully and cordially with their officers and the high commana. SAVINGS CERTIFICATES s FOR SALE SOON They WIll Be lssued in Denominations as Low as Five Dollars. ‘Washington, Sept. 23.—Every town and city in the country will have on sale soon a share of the two billion dollars worth of war savings certifi- cates just authorized by congress. Secretary McAdoo announced tonight that the certificates, in denominations as low as five dollars, bearing four per cent interest and maguring in five years, will be issued in blocks from time to time, beginming as quickly as plans can be completed. The treasury, sub-treasuries, inter- nal revenue, customs and postoffiees and other agencies will be designated to make checks. _ SWEDEN ON VERGE OF A MINISTERIAL CRISIS Three Causes of Which One is the ‘Buencs Aires Telegrams. London, Sept. 28.—Advices received here today indicate that Sweden is on the verge of a ministerial crisis. The causes are three-fold, namely, the elections, the results . of the Buenos Alres Mmy.mnnl, and the fact that has not yet given a satisfactory answer to Sweden's de- 'mand for a full explanation of the 'Count Von Luxburg affair. r Copdensed Telegrams Mulvane, Kans., offer -$1,000,000 to the man that gets the Kaiser. Germany suppressed the newspaper Germania, a leading Catholic organ. Women of New York State who have enrolled in the cause of suffrage total 106,503. General Alexieff resigned his post chief of the general staff under Pre mier Kerensky. The King of Bavi has sent to neutral countries pearls valued at 3215 00! for sale. Nine persons were killed and many injured in an explosion in a munition factory in Ireland. . The Kaiser passed through Budapest on his way to Sofla, the Bulgarian capital, to settle a dispute. The Greek Government will rebuild the city of Salonica, which was balf destroyed by fire August 18. New York University will admit women to a preparatory medical course for the first time In its history. James N. Moyle, of Salt Lake City, was named as assistant secretary. of 1 :he Treasury to succeed Byron New- on. The British steamer Vienna, chart- ered by the French line, was sunk on its way to New York from Brest, France. Fire believed to be of incendiary origin was discovered in the freight steamship Tasmahia at her dock in an American port. Ernest Pagani, the ture hero, known ‘Maciste " was killed fighting for Italy. He starred in “Cabiria” and “The Warrior.” Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the Secretary of State, accepted the sec- retaryship of the Natienal Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage. ant moving pic- The Navy Department’s inve ation into the mysteripus balloons flying over parts of thé Maine coast reveal they were only paper balloons. ? President Ellen F. Penditon ol Wellesley College announced that 1612 young women had registered for |. the new term beginning today. Forty drafted men were assaulted and attempts to restrain them form leaving ‘the Williamsburg district for Camp Upton were made by a mob. Calvin MoNab was appointed President Wilson to settle the strike of iron workers on_the Pacific Coast. McNab is a San Francisco lawyer. A protest against drafting farm laborers for the army will be laid be- fore the President on Monday by p del- egation of farmers and representatives. 3 The Borden Farm Products Co. will close 20 of their 223 creameries Octob- er 1 because the increased price for milk has reduced %he volume of sales. President Menocal declared Cuba will be ready. to offer during the com- ing vear a sugar crop greater than any ~vet produced by any single country. The municipality of Berlin announc- es that the cattle merchants have dis- cofitinued the supply of meat. Ber- lin gets only one-sixth of the supply needed. The first section of the American Field Service, attached to the Amer- ican Ambulance Service, left Paris on cars furnished by the citizens of Port- land, Ore. Senator Calder of New York intro- duced a new bill to naturalize more than 600,000 aliens in three months who, have signified their intention to become citizens. The Food Administration announc ed that Miss Lucinda. Prince, of B ton, was made executive seeretar: charge of the conservation instruction in stores in Massachusetts. The Food Administration Grain Cor- poration took over for the use of the Belgian Relief Commission 100,000,600 bushels of wheat held by neutrals at Baltimore, awaiting license. According to a Mexican newspapyr, unless the Cananea Consolidated Cop- per Co. resumes operations within the next month, the Mexican Government will take over the property. When selected men from Pennsyl- vania_with religious ‘scruples against wearing the uniform of the -United States were taken to Camp Meade, Md.. they were forcibly dressed . The steamers Great Northern and [Northern Pacific_of the Great North- ern Steamship Co., were taken over by the Government for war uses. asked to resign from the faculty of the ' British aviators in France in many attacks have swooped down so low that sometimes the wheels of their for three bandits who held up a northbound Mobile & Ohio passenger train. The bandits were after a pack- age containing $12.000, but it had been deposited in a bank. Benjamin H. Wi thes Guy B. Waite, concrete material manufacturer, was held up at East 35th Street, New York, by four robbers and demanded to turn over the $1,300 payroll, but instead he made a plucky fight and beat off the robbers. BIG YIELD OF POTATOES IN MASSACHUSETTS Food Administration Estimates Crop at 5,025,000 Bushels. Boston, Sept. 28.—The state food ad- ministration _estimates _that Massa- chusetts will produce 5,025,000 bush- els of potatoes this year, more than double last years crop. Plans are being made for the proper grading and storage of potatoes not Immediately placed on the market, and dealers are co-operating to encourage a. larger use of the vegetables in the homes. fice for authorization to spend $50,000 by_this man. Instructors who find themselves in| b1 Boxes Taken from the Garden. sympathy with Germany, German| «Fifty-one boxes were taken from philosophy or German “kultur” were{the ground in the garden. Fifty of. Kansas State Manpal Training Norm- | with- trinitrotoluene saturated -with al School. _ mononitrotoluene, among the most e pewerful _explosives known, one-fifth machines touch the helmets of the|tions of the microbes of ahthrax and German troops. but their machine guns | glanders. 1t hore a seal showing it spatter death all over. came from the German consulate at Bt Kronstadt, Hungary, and inside was Armed posses are ing the po-|found a typewritten note in German, lice and sheriff’s deputies in searching | saying: for one day here would be desirable panied his letter with documents contents. neutrality and keeping up nermal re- lations personnel of the German iegatio; duced clandestinely considerable qua “Shamefully Abused and Exploited” the Protection DIABOLICAL PLOT OF GERMAN DIPLOMATS the United States in Bucharest REVELATIONS MADE PUB LIC BY SEC’Y LANSIN After the American Govemme;lt Had Taken Charge of Ger many’s Affairs at the Rumanian Capital, Quantities ¢ Powerful Explosivés for Bomb Plots and Deadly fi croches to be Used in Destroying Horses and Cattle Were Secreted in the German Legation—Doubtless t} Explosives and Microbes Were Brought There by a Dip- lomatic Courier—Fifty-one Boxes Were Found Buried in the Gardén of the German Legation. Washington, Sept. 23.—How Ger- many “shamefully abused and exploit- ed” the protection of the United States by secreting in the German legaticn t Bucharest, after the American gov.- ernment had taken charge of Ger- many’s affairs at the Rumanian capi- tal, quantities of powerful explosives for bomb plots and deadly microbes with instructions for their us~ in ds- stroying horses and cattle was re- vealed today by Secretary Lansing. It was another of the serics of Mr. Lansing’s _disclosures of Gerraan in- trigue, made public without ccmment in the same manner as the Von Lux- hurg telegrams which have brought Argentini on the verge of war with Germany, the Von Eckhardt letter from Mexico City and the Von Bern- storff telegram asking the forcign of- to_influence conare: The latest story is told in a report to the state deuartment from Willlam Whiting Andrews, secretary of the le- gation. at Bucharest, and a letter from FForeign Minister Porumbaru, of Ru- mania. Boxes Found Buried. Parcels and. boxes taken into .the German consulate at.Bucharest with display of great precaution arou the suspicions cf the Ruma ernment. On August 27, 1916, the eve- ning prior to the date of Rumania's declaration of war, some of the cases were taken to the German legation, located in a different building from the consulate. Convinced that the boxes were not taken away from the legation by the German diplomatic mission on its departure from Bu- charest, the Rumanian authorities Ja ter ordered the police to find and ex amine their contents. The police communicated with American Minis- ter Vopicka, then in charge of German interests, who reluctantly assigned Secretary Andrews to observe the search. The boxes were found buried in_the garden of the German legation. Mr. Andrews reportsays: Boxes of Microbes. “Upon mgy return from the examina- tion fhich‘resulted in the discovery of the explosives and of the box of mi- crobes, both of which the lezation ser- vants ‘admitted having placed in the garden, the former confidential Agdwt of the German minister, Dr. Bernhardt, who had been left with the legation at the German minister's request to assist In the jeare of German inter- csts, admitted his knowledge of the explosives placed in the garden: told me that more were in the garden, than had been found: that a stili larger quantity had been burfed in the house of the legation; and that stili worse than this boxes of microbes were con- tained in the legation and insinuated that they would have heen found even in the cabinets of dossiers which I had_sealed. ¥Dr. Bernhardt also ‘stated that all these objects had been brouzht to the German legation after our legation had accepted the protection of Ger- interests which agreed with the man statement of the servants. A similar confession was made to the minister “The protection of the United States was in this manner shamefully abused and_exploited. 1In this instance, at least, the German government cannot have recourse to its usual system of denial. them contained each a cartridge filled of each being sufficient to tear up a railroad track. In the other box were bottles of liquid found to be cultiva- | Microbes for Cattle. Enclosed four phials for horses and four for cattle. To be emploved as_formerly arranged. Each phial is sufficient for 200 head. To be intr duced, if ossible, directly into the ar mals’ throats; if not, into their fodder. Please make a little report on the | success obtained there; in casa of 00d results the presence of Mr. Kostoff Foreign Minister Porumbaru accom- to prove the origin of the boxes and their Violated All Rules of Neutrality. “It has been possible to prove in an indisputable way,” he said, “that he- fore our declaration of war to Aus- tria-Hungary, when observing strict the , vio- with the German empi lating all rules of neutrality and al duties of diplomatic missions, intro- tities of a nextremely powerful e: plosive and cultivations of microbes destined to affect domestic animals and in conseguence susceptible of pro- voking terrible epidemics a the human populatior “There can hardly b about the way by which stances were introduced into Rur ian territory; the very strinment p lice measures at all ir 3 taken by the .—mm Rumar ment since the hutbreak and continually made str prove sufficiently that th A _microbes cannot have r untry otherwise than by dipiom courier. For Use in Time of Peace, )n the other hand doubt of the final portation into Rumania a &pout the use to which t signed. The explosives and the crobes were destined to b Rumania, very probably in peace. From all this it in time of peace mem man leégation, covered by munity, prepared ¥ concer t Rulgarian legation t} the territory of a neutr ly state of practices a 4 they perpe the safety of this state 1 agal the lives of its subjects “The royal government makes duty to protest against these crim practices and especially against t use of the microbes, an illegal we and certainly worse than poi: use of which was formally by the fourth convention of 7 as well as against this the duties and of the lova international law impo matic missions as an ex privileges which are them.” PRELIMINARY HEARING OF GASTON MEANS TODAY Charged With the Murder Maude A. King. of Mn Concord, N. C. Sept, 2 tions went rapidiy forward tc the preliminary hearing tomc Gaston B. Means, in jail here, charg ed with the murder of Mrs. Maude A King near here August 29 Tnst Federal and state officials, inc Solicitor Hayden Clement, 7o state, Assistant _ District Dooling of New York, and C. brose of the federal depariment Justice, were closeted almost the ent afternoon Wwith a_ corps of erir perts here from New York and g0, the wealthy widow having resid in both places. After the all_were reticent Steps they might take row's hearing before Police M. A. G. Palmer were as car ed as had been their,deci Iy announced yesterday, 1 ] a_second coroner's inguest bu swear out a warrant ch - 3 with murder and thus b fore a police magistrate Willlam H. Burmeister, attached the office of Coroner Hoffman at Cht cago, who caused hody M. King to be disinterred, arrivedy toda for the hearing. Mr. BurmeiSter was said. made an extended ton of the course the bullet {c is relied upon by the state a the witnesses to prove that let could not have heen disch Mr. King’s hand. Means testifie the first inquest: that Mr 1f. the dentally shot her: the back of her GERMAN RECREATION PARK NEAR MERIDEN DESPOILED It is Regarded ms a Registration of Anti-German Feeling Meriden Conn believed to be registration German feeling was brought to today when it was discovered tha redations have been committed at Ly Park, the private recreation Lyra Singing located just outside the city limits. T discovery was made this morning the president and anotehr member ¢ the president and another ‘member « The bowling alley is demolished ar the buliding badly wrecked. Windc in the large mssembly hall have be broken and the woodwork marred throughout the hall. Al benches, tables and outhouses in (1 park are now in kindling wood. 1 aications that the work was ¢ with an axe. Sept. 23.—What of the German HOW GERMAN RED DYE HAS INCREASED IN VALUE A Barrel, Bought Three Years A t For $89, Sold For $5,000 Lincoln N. H. Sept. 23.—A ba of German fed dyve, hidden awa the stock room of o local paper ¢ pany s its pyrchase three v ago for $89 while war conditions boo ed its_value, has' been sold to New York concern for $5000, it * came known today. The paper co pany’s plant recently was sold and the new owners found the long neglected barrel, and put it on the market.