Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 25, 1917, Page 1

Bulletin VOL. LIX—NO. 329 PTEMBER 25, 1917 8 PAGES— 64 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS 2 7 RN VIOLENT ATTACKS OF GERMANS REPULSED Assaults Were Made Against the New French Posi tions Northeast of Verdun s L BERMAN LOSSES HEAVY AND NO GAIN MADE The French Did Not Wait for the German Crown Prince’s Forces¥o Reach Their Trenches, But Went Out to , Meef Them—Crown Prince Failed in Two Later Attacks rof the'Eastern Front the Russians Continue Their Ef- . Worts foDrive the Enemy Toward the Dvina in the ERegion Southeast of Riga. s Violent attacks by the soldiers of On the Aisne front there has been only the German crown prince against the |artillery activity except for the Te- new French positions northeast of Ver- [ puise by the French of a German sur- dun on Monday were checked with |prise attack north of Braye en Laon- heavy losses by General Petain's men |nis. and the Germans gained nothing. The assaults began with an attack Fn a front of about a mile and a quar- In Flanders there has been no great infantry activity, although the oppos- ing artilleries stiil are busy. The Ger- man fire is reported heavy on both banks of the Scarpe, east of Arras, around Lens and northeast of Ypres. On the Riga-Dvinsk sector of the eastern front, the Russians continue their efforts to drive the Germans back toward the Dvina in the region im- mediately southeast of Riga. Petro- grad reports the capture of a Gerp man defensive position in the sector of Silzeme. In further comment upon ter north of the Bois le Chaume. Only in the center of the assaulting lime i were the Germans able to reach the French positiops, the artlllery dispers- ving them elsewhere. The French fought vallantly and remained mas- sters of the situation after inflicting fheavy losses on the Germans. ! Simultaneously the German crown iprince threw forward two secondary 'ltlxcilnx forces, one north of Bezon- |vaux, south of the Bois le Chaume and ithe other southcast of Beaumont, nerthwest of the wood. Here the {French did not_wait for the Germans 1to reach their trenches, but went out {to ‘mrcet the attackers, who were idriven back with losse i Later in the day the crown prince rled two new attacks against the le Chaume, only to meet fur- ther failure. Again the French drove ithe Germans back with casualties and, /in sadition, captured fifty prisoners. .ll.onnouzns EXPERIENCED ~.* ANOTHER AIR RAID| . The Senate Members are Ready to Accept a Compromise Plan. ‘Washington, Sept. 24—Although on the verge of a complete agreement on the war tax bill many times today, the senate and house conferees again failed to get together and adjourned until tomorrow with the hope of con- cluding their long struggle then. Continued disputes over war excess taxetion and a few dinor matters blocked the agreement expected today by many of the conferees. The senate members were reported ready to ac- cept the compromise plan of gradu- ated war excess profits rates proposed by the house representatives when further dispute arose over renewed at- tempts to prove a filat exemption of i!m?er cent of invested corporate cap- It is generally agreed that any agregment on war excess profits will not materially change the senate's proposed gross-levy of $1,060,000,000. FOURTH SERIES OF TREASURY CERTIFICATES Was Offered to the Pyblic Yesterday by the Treasury Department. ‘Washington, Sept. 24—The fourth series of short time treasury certifi- issued in antic- Liberty bond i sue was offered to the public today by the treasury department. The issue, $400,000,000, is larger than any yet of- fered by the department, and bears interest at a higher rate, four per cent, as authorized in the war credits law signed today. Previous issues have not borne higher than 3§ 1-2 per cent interest. The total of certificates in advance of the second liberty bond issue now amounts to $1,250,000,000. the booty taken at Jacobstadt last week, Berin officially makes the state- ment that quantities of provisions, in- gluding bread and flour, were captured re. There ‘have been no further infan- so. Northwest of Trent in the region of Marmolada, the Austro-Hungarians have falled in an attempt to dislodge the Itallans from their recently won galns. . CONFEREES AT VARIANCE 'Germans Dropped Bombs on the Resi- 3 . dential Districts. ( London, Sept. 24._There belng per- fect weather Monday night for air Joperations, Londoners expected a visit from German aircraft and their ex. ipectations were fulfilled. Shortly af- jter 8 o'clock guns were heard firing ‘in the suburbs and the metropolis had la repetition of the experience to which {1t Bas become accustomed. Between 8 and 9 o'clock the noise of battle was heardsthroughout the city. Anti-aircraft guns were being fired from numerous points and bombs yeould be heard droppig. Searchlights plaved over the city and the rocket- jlike bursts of shrapnel furnished an ,interestinz spectacle. ! The purpose of the Germans appar- |ently was the Indiscriminate slaugh- lter of the civilian population. As far \@s investigations of The Associated \Press up to 2 o'clock this morning ‘were abls to discover, the casualties were few. ‘The Germans 4id not attack any :points of military importance, but {@ropped their bombs as usual. on the iresidential districts, mostly upon the !dwellings of the poorer classes, If 2 panic might be expected anywhere | while the noise of battle was proceed- ing it would be in the crowded thea- tres, but the performances in the ma- Jority of the playvhouses proceeded :without a break. The second night of |the grand opera in Drury Lane was fon and the programme was carried through to the end, only a few people {leaving the house. In one theatre, ‘where an American play was being presented, the andience applauded the actors enthusiastically and the com- pany responded by giving cheerful Iround of applause on the stage for ‘the audience. Many persons living in the neigh- borhood of the underground railways took refuge in the stations. The work of the police, firemen, civil constables and Red Cross, as well as the wom- en’s auxiMaries, was prompt. The latest reports indicate that the Germans came in three squadrons. The first warning was given in the utlying districts at 7.20 o'clock and the police announced “all clear” about PRELIMINARY HEARING OF GASTON B. MEANS CASE State Rested Its Case Without Giving Any Hint of Motive. Concord, N. C., Sept. 24—The state Tested its case at the preliminary hearing here ‘today of Gaston B. Means, on a warrant charging him with the murder of Mrs, Maude A. King, without giving any hint of a possible motive. It confined itself to an effort to show ‘“probable cause” which would be sufficient to bind Meeans over to the grand jury. An adjournment until tomorrow was taken immediately after the state fin- ished presenting witnesses, the de- fense requiring time to confer on he evidence. - SENATE PASSES TRADING ‘WITH THE ENEMY BILL Dissenting Votes—Prompt n Expected in House. ~ton, Sept. 24—After briet debat senate today adopted the conference report o the trading with the enemy bill, with only six negative votes. ~ Tha house is expected to ac- cept the report tomorrow and send the measure to the president for his signature. Discussion today centered upon an amendment added by the conferees prohibiting the publication or distrib tion by any means of matter made non-mallable by the espionage act. The provision is designed to suppress en- tirely eeditious publcations barred from the malls, but still circulating by express or otherwise. Senators Norris and Cummins pro- tested vigorously against the action of the conferees, declaring it would per- [mit the postmaster-general to put out of business arbitrarily any newspaper \or magazine without giving reasons. nators King, Ransdell, Fletcher and Vardaman upheld the provision, in- sisting that publications viclating the espionage act ehould not be permitted to_circulate. The bill, which passed both houses with littie opposition, forbids trading |by Americans with enemies or allies |or enemies, provides for a custodian of enemy funds, for regulation of for- elgn insurance companies, for licens- foreign language nefspapers, for censorship of all foreign communica- tions and authorizes the president to imports. . - ARGENTINA HAS ORDERED ITS NAVY MOBILIZED Also Unusual Military Activ- ity in the Republic. ‘Buenos Aires, Sept. 24—Mobilization of the Argentine navy has been or- dered at a rendezvous 37 kilometres from Buenos Aires. There is also un- usual military activity in the repub- Mc. Although this is ostensibly due to the general etrike, a high official sald today that the general staff has its eyes open to “other necessitles.” S e CREDITS TO THE ALLIES NOW $2,426,400,000 Government Advanced $35,000,000 to Great Britain Yesterday. We ‘aghington, Sept. 24—The govern- ment today advanced $35,000,000 to Great Britain, bringing the total ad- vanced to that country thus far up to $1,190,000,000 and the total of all credits to- There OVER'WAR ‘PROFITS/] allies up to-$2,426,400,000. i.r‘dhw-.l otal Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the City’s Population. Cabled Paragraphs Guatemala Suppresses German Paper. Guatemala City, Guatemala, Sept. 2: The German daily newspaper Eco Al- emand, published in Spanish, which has been active in its hostility to the entente, has been suppressed. GERMAN WAR OF CONQUEST i ‘WAS PREDICTED IN 1898 By Captain Von Goetz of the German Imperial Navy. Washington, Sept. 24—Predictions that Germany would wage a war for world conquest in_about fifteen_years was made to the late Admiral Dewey at Manila in 1898 by Captain Goetz of the German imperial navy, Sen- ator Lewis today told the senate. Quoting a report from Admiral Dew- ey to the navy department, the Illinols sonator said that Von Goetz told the American naval officer that Germany would capture Paris as the first step to subjugating England. The taking of New York and 'Washington was to fol- low in order that Germany might se- cure an enormous cash indemnity. The wiping out of the Monroe Doc- trine afid the control of South Amer- ica by Germany also were predicted by the German officer, declared Senator Lewis, who was discussing peace ne- gotiations. For some reason the government had not given the report wide cir- culation, Senator Lewis continued, but in the fdce of it now, “any senator who speaks here or elsewhere against any measure of his country lends himself to the enemy.” Characterizing- the German reply to Pope Benedict's peace note as “Prus- sian peace hypocrisy” and an affront both to the pope and President Wil- son, Senator Lewis scored what he termed “laggards in patriotism” and those who argue, against the war. ADMONISHES BANKERS TO BE PRACTICAL AND PATRIOTIC P. W. Goebel, President of the Ameri- can Bankers’ Association. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 24 —Ad- dressing the agricultural committee of the American Bankers' association here today, P. W. Goebel, Kansas City, president of the association, told the delegates the bankers of the country must be practical and patriotic, be true to their convictions and make it fmpossible for any onme to say that American banks profited by the war. Mr. Goebel urged closer co-opera tion with ‘the farfmers. The agricul turists, he said, should prepare inven- tories and be able to make credit state- ments. Joseph Hirch, San Antonio. Texas, chairman of the committee, urged the bankers to aid farmers in stimulat- ing livestock production. PROTESTS ACTION OF GERMAN CROWN PRINCE] in lnviting Singers to Proceed to His Headquarters by Special Train. London, Sept. 24—Bavarian social- ist newspapers are quoted by the Ex- change Telegraph Amsterdam corres- pordent as protesting against the ac- tlon of the German crown prince.in inviting a nuraber of singers from the Munich opara to proceed 1o his head- quarters by a special train. The newspaper critics characterize this proceeding as scandalous at a time when the railway congestion Is So great that even foodstuffs cannot be transported. Two of the newspa- pers, it is added, have been suppress- & for publishing the attacks upon the crown ‘prince. J. E. WIGGINS CHARGED WITH SERIES OF CRIMES Head of Working Class Union Alleged is in J in Seattle. Seattle, Wn.. Sept. 24—J. E. Wig- gins, alleged head of the Working Class Union, an anti-draft organiza- tion, that caused much trouble in Oklahoma and_who has been in the city jafl here since last Thursday, is charged with a series of crimes ~ in despatches received by federal officials here today.. It is allezed that he dy- namited the water and sewer mains at Henrietta, Okla., last spring and later set fire to a schoolhouse near Henrietta and that he armed negroes and others near Dewar and Kusa, OKla., and urged them to obstruct the draft’ law. ‘Wigzins was a water stxteen days at the cantonment at Camp Lewis, Amer- ican Lake, Washington, and his cop- duct while so employed is being ifi- vestigated. . MILK PRODUCERS FIX FLAT PRICE OF 8 CENTS Vote Taken at Meeting of Connneticut - Milk Producers’ Association. ‘Meriden, Conn., Sept. 24—At the ad- Jjourned meeting of the Connecticut Milk Producers’ Association held here this evening, it was unanimously voted that a flat price of eight cents be in effect until November 1 on a quart of milk delivered to the business center. The state association also placed it- self on record to assume no responsi- bility and to give no support to local associations ' who exceed the price standard set by the state associatfon. Thomas Holt of Southington, presi- dent of the state association, stated that the price suggested to the local association for the next two morths is euch that the retafler can sell milk for 12 1-2 cents a quart and still make a fair margin of profit. PRESIDENT SENDS LETTER TO CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS Thanking Them for Their ‘Message of Greeting and Sympathy. Boston, Sept. 24—Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark, president of the: United So- clety of Christian Endeavor, today Te- ceived a letter from President Wilson thanking the trustees of the soclety for a message of greeting and sym- pathy eent because of the. great bur- dens he Is bearing.at this time. THo message ocarried assurance of the prayers of Endeavorers that the pres- ident might be able to bear these bur- dens. President Wilson's letter to Dr. Clark said: “May I not thank you for your kind letter and through you the trustees of the United Society of Christian En- deavor for the very generous greeting enclosed in the letter. They have touched and cheered and encouraged me deeply.” William E. Plumm. of Portland, Me., has been appointed acting grand - of the Grand Lodge of Odd 5,000 MenStrikeat Norfolk Navy Yard PENDING AN AGREEMENT ON A NEW WAGE SCALE A VIRTUAL SUSPENSION Secretary Daniels is Confident That an Adjustment Will be Arranged With- _in a Day or Two Whereby the Men Will Return to. Work. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 24—Approxi- mately 5,000 men employed at the navy yard here struck today pending an agreement on a new wage scale. ‘Work in navy departments of the plant was said to have been virtually suspended. The navy department was advised today by the commandant of the Nor- folk navy yard that about 50 per cent of the men employed at the plant had ‘walked out because of a viage dis- ent. The situation is being handled by officers at thé yard and Secretary Daniels is confident i1t an adjustment will be arranged within a day or two whereby the men will return to work. g MAXIMILIAN HARDEN ON ~ GERMAN REPLY TO POPE Says It is the First Visible Attempt to Escape the Autocratic Circle. Berlin, Sept. 23, via London, Sept. 24—1Tn response to a request for his opinion of the German reply to the pope’s peace note, Maximslian Har- den, editor of Die Zukunft. in a state- ment to The Associated Press today prefaced his remarks with the remark that every nation and every govern- ment it more or less tradition-bound, none probably with tighter cords than Germany. The tradition, he saik heavily impedes any effort to break through the terrifying charmed circle with which the war's afflictions en- compass_them. “The German reply,” said Herr Far- den, “Is the first visible attempt to escape from this charmed _circla, whose final obliteration is a prelimin- ary condition to an endurins peace.” Herr Harden proreeded to declare that the note reflects the honest and sincere will of the majority of the people as unequivocally expressed in the reichstag resolution, addms: “So far as lies in our power we want_to stop the war and prevent the possibility of new wars by the culti- vation of a new spirit. which will so icompletely impreznate fmternasicBhl intercourses with ethical feeling th: never again shall humanity behold the day when force will strangie right. “If 1 were President Wilson.” he added, “and in bounden knowledge realizéd that the gap between the hos- tile camps was no lonzer wide enough to justify a continuation of the car- nage, on any pretext I would tomor- row attempt to force a shogt armistice before the American and German sol- diers meet on the batflefield “The purpose of this brief respite must be to establish whether, at last) the conscience of mankind everywhere has been aroused and whether an un- derstandine is possible which will lead to the birth of a new Spirft. bringing us deliverance from the misery that now runs red with blood.” INTENSE CONCENTRATION OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY War Materials Are to Be Given Pre- ference in Transportation. ‘Washington, Sept. 24—More intense concentration of American industry on war work was foreshadowed tonight in an order issued by the priority com- mittee of war industries board direct- ing that in all cases preference in orders for iron and steel and their products be given to concerns turning out materials actually necessary for the war’s conduct. Through its power to control trans- portation, the priority committee will exercise a general supervision over the placing of contracts for the gov- ernment, the allies and the public is- suing certificates on which orders may be_ filled. Similar control over other industries may be assumed later. Twenty-five thousand copies of the order_were sent today to manufactur- ing plants throughout the country, re- questing them to observe the commit- tee’s regulations. In event they are not observed the committee will ex- ergjse its full authority and hold up railroad shipments wherever neces- sary. Profound changes in the industrial fabric are foreseen by officials respon- sible for putting the order intp ef- fect. Manufacturers of articles class- ed as luxuries will be the first to feel its operation and as the government's requirements grow, non-essential in- dustries using iron and steel may be eliminated entirely. The order _was signed by Robert S. Lovett, as_chair- man of the committee with the ap- proval of the secretaries of war and the navy. _ AGRICULTURE IN IS RELATION TO THE WAR Topig Before Session of American Bankers’ ‘Association. * Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 24.—Agri- culture in its relation to the war and the part bankers should play in aiding America to feed its allles were the Chief topics today before the prelim- inary sessions of the American Bank- ers Association. The general con- vention formally will open tomorrow. The feature today was a meeting of the agricultural commission at which the food problem in its relation to fi- nance was discussed by several speak- ers. P. 'W. Goebel, president of the association, urged closer co-operation between the bankers and farmers, while Dr. Raymond Pearson of Iowa, assistant secretary of - agriculture, called_upon farmers and bankers to unite “in a flying wedge against mid- dlemen.” Other speakers included Frank D. Hallett, Winsted, Conn. Meridenites to Protest Trolley Fare Meriden, Conn., Sept. 24.—At a spe- cial meeting of the city council to- night Mayor Cooke was empowered tc_appoint a committee of five to at- tend a hearing before the public utili- ties cosimission protesting against the increase in trolley fares in Meriden from five to six cents. I.W.W. Revolution That Miscarried BROUGHT OUT IN TESTIMONY AT ENID, OKLA. NATION-WIDE IN SCOPE e They Planned July 27 to Burn Small Cities, Shoot Officers of the Govern- ment and Demoralize Communication —Trial of Anti-Draft Men. Enid, Okla., Sept. 24—A revolution of two million malcontents, nation- wide in scope, backed by the I W. W. and forty-eight affillated organiza- tions,, including the Working Class Union, in which it was planned to ap- ply the torch to small cities, shoot of- ficers of the government and demoral- ize communication was planned for July 27 last, according to the testi- mony of Wili Hoover, state witness in the ‘trial of eleven alleged anti-draft asitators from central Oklahoma. To Capture Small Towns. ‘The Industrial Workers of the World ‘were to launch meetings of the Friend- ship Local, in an open cornfield near Sasakawa, according to Hoover's testi- mony. At a prearranged time the W. C. U. was to capture small towns, take charge of banks, burn bridges and cut telegraph wires while the 1. W. W. W. cared for the larger cities in a like manner. Hoover further restified that Mumson asserted, President Wilson and Governor Williams of Oklahoma would have such a large forceé of sol- diers for personal protection and on the Mexican border that none would be available to send against the rebels. Rifles Would Be Availabl Members, he said, were told by H. C. Spence, accused state secretary of the W. C. U., thay two carloads of rifles would be available when needed and that the W. C. U. had as_much right to conscript recruits for # revolytion as the government had to draft men in the trenches in France. At this meet- ing early in July appgopriations were made for tke purchase of 100 pounds of dynamite, Hoover declared. STEEL MAGNATE SATISFIED WITH PRICES AS FIXED Elbert H. Gary, President of the Amer- can Iron and Steel Institute. New York, Sept. 24 —Elbert H. Ga- ry, as president of ‘the American Iron and Steel Institute, issued the follow- ing statement here today in regard to the prices .gor. stec] agreed upon be- ween the government and manufac- turerss: . __“The base prices for iron ore, pig iron and the leading steel productions in which the government Is especially interested, as fixed by the president, while much lower than the prevail- ing market prices and considerably be- low the expectations of the manufac- turers. on the whole taking evervthing into _consideration. T belleve are fair and reasonable and come within the conditions named by the president in his_proclamation fissued last June. “These prices were 'probab’y made in accordance with the recommenda- tion 6f the war industries board, who gave a patient hearing to .the _stee. represetatives and made an exhaus- tive study of the whole subject. “While the manufacturers may feel a sense of disappointment they never- theless appreciate the courteous and frank treatment on the part of the board and they will cheerfully as- quiesce and do’ everything possible to maintain produbtion to the maximum 50 long as the war continues, and they will not Jecrease the wages of their workmen under present conditions.” URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL FAVORABLY REPORTED The Largest Approptiation Measure Ever Presented to Any Nation. Washington, Sept. 24—Increased to almost eight billion dollars, the urgest deficlency bill, said to be the largest appropriation ‘measure ever presented in any nation, was favorably reported to the senate today by the appropria- tlons committee. Senator Martin gave notice that it would be called up to- morrow. Speedy passage was fore- casted by the leaders. = The committee added $779,600.000 to the bill as it passed the house last week, most of the increase heing for the army and namy. _As revised, the bill totals $7,992,364,000. including act- ual appropriations of $5,606,906,000 and aaditional authorizations of $2,385.455, A new clause added by the senate committee to the house item of $6,000,- 000 for registration and selection of the men for the national army under the draft act would limit expenditur to the one million men now authoriz. ed by law. In approving the house appropria- tlons of $225,000,000 for construction of torpedo boat destrovers, the commit- tee inserted a clause authorizing the president to také over land, buildings and other construction facilities that may be required. HARTFORD TO HAVE A MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM —_— Gift of Mrs. Appleton R. Hilly Memory of Her Father. Hartford, Conn., lept. 24—An- nouncement was made Ly that Mrs. Appleton R. Hillyer, of this city, is to build and present to Hartford a municipal auditorium. ‘The bulilding will be known as Horace Bushnell Hall In memory of the father of Mrs. Hillyer, a notable preacher. The site selected for the hall is at Capitol Ave- nue and Trinity street. It is planned that it seat 4,000 persons and will be equipped with a great organ. ‘The date for the dedication of the hall has not been set and will not be of any eventuaid: The hall will be under the control of trustees to be named later. This board of trustees will be self-perpetu- ating. “Prugsian Peace Hypocrisy.” ‘Washingtan, Sept. 24—Discussing peace negotiations in the -senate to- day, Senator Lewis of Tilinois charac terized the German reply to_the pope’ note as ‘“Prussian peace hypocrisy,"” and an affront to-President Wilson. s Condensed Telegrams Philip Laszlo, a popular Hungarian painter and well-known in America, is interned in England. American soldiers on leave from the French army will rest in a famous re- sort in the EFrench Alps. The stocks of hogs In Germany are being greatly reduced to conserve the grain supply of the nation. Karl Armgaard Graves, the “Interna- tional spy” will be interned at Fort Leavenworth for the duration of the war. A second peace offer from the Pope is expeeted when all the replies from the Allies and Central Powers, are re- ceived. Secretary Baker announced that the United States army trucks will be used to meet the . fleld transportation problem. 3 Stray dogs will be sent to New Hav- en. where the new gases made by the government for use against Germany will be tried on them. . h 45 per cent. of the first army in barracks at Camp Devens, the wori of training began yesterday under full pressure. Theodore Roosevelt has started his newspaper career and spent Sunday morning at his desk in the office of the Kansas City Star. British _warships bombarded the German naval works at Ostend with satisfactory results, according to the British Admiralty report. Less than one-half of one per cent. of American shipping which crossed the barred zone was attacked success- fully by German submarines. Steel helmets for American troops are being manufactured at the Ber- wick plant of the American Car & Foundry Co., at Berwick, Pa. Two historians of the war were ap- pointed: Col. C. C. McCullough, Jr.. of the medical corps, and Capt. Arthur Sweetser, of the signal corps. Five American regiments were des- ignated to receive regimental flags do- jnated by descendants of Frenchmen who fought in the Revolution. The lower portions of Presidio, Tex, was flooded, and several adohe hous- es collapsed. High water from the Rio Grande invaded the town. Camp Upton, now has a postoffice of its awn. Mail sent to soldiers should be addressed to Camp Upton and not to the Yaphank postoffice. George Clemenceau, former Premier of France, writing about the American troops’ declared that they were superb and marvelled at their ardor. It was announced yesterday that the idle cotton mill at Packerville of Brau- mell Brothers of New York had been s0id to a firm of dye makers. Lieut. William Thaw of Pittsburgh, attacked seven ~German airplanes alone when two of his companions were In danger of being attacked from behind. Captain George R. H. Buffington, for fifteen vears manager of the Fall River Evening Herald, died at his summer home a¢ Craigville, near Fall River. The Postmaster at Philadelphia re- ceived instructions from the FPostof- fice Department to bar second-class mail privileges the Philadelphia Tageblatt. James H. Moyle, of Salt Lake City, Utah. was nominated to be assistant secretary of the treasury, and John B. Eiliott to be collector of customs at Los Angeles. Mr. Salaskin, the new director in the ministry of education in Petrograd, announced plans for reform in higher, intermediate and elementary educa- tional methods. Alvah C. Dinkey, Jr., son of Alvah C. Dinkey. president of the Midvale Stéel Co., will have to join the army. His claim to exemption, which was based on industrial grounds, was rejected. to Mrs. Geerge Q. Horwitz, mayor of Moorehaven, Fla. and major. on the staff of the governor of Florida, was married to Captain John J. O'Brien. The bridegroom started on his way to France. - William Blette, of Woonsocket was arrested on a charge of failing to present himself on September 19 for service in the National Army. He was sent to Fort Greble, Newport, a military prisoner. Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavari commander of the German army on he northern end of the’western front, issued an order that the first Amer- ican officer coptured should be taken imediately to his quarters. Fred Schlichting, 25 years old, was arrested by Sergeant Louis Mollard, a United States army recruiting officer, for urging a chowd. which Mollard was addressing, not to enlist. He was fined 10 by Magistrate Nolan. Enrollment at Wesleyan University, which opened for the new year on Thursday last, shows at this time 57 nicrs, 69 juniors, 80 sophomores and 146 freshmen. The freshman class is now exactly the size of the one a year ago. Frank X. Noschang, of Indianapolis, Ind., general president of the Journey- man Barbers International Union of America, spoke before the fifteenth annual state convention of the State Barbers Association at Waterbury on sanitary rules. Philip Fahick of Hartford and Alex | Truslow, James Usha, Martin Zlouzak and Maxim_Ali, of Waterbury, were arrested at Waterbury for alleged fail- ure to register for _the draft. All claimed _either that they had lost their biue tickets or had left them at home. Percy De Willoughby, who, posing as a British army officer, was received into the homes of many of the best families in New York and Boston and was later convicted on a charge of passing worthless checks, is now li— brarian of the Charles Street jail, Boston - 5 At a special meeting-of the board of aldermen at New Haven last night a committee ' of . five was nmamed to take up the matter of the proposed raise to six cents of trolley fares. The committee wil hold its first public hearing on the matter Thursday night. t e OFFICIAL VERSION OF ~ KORNILOFF REVOLT Blame is Placed Upon Viadimir Lvoff, the Duma Mem- ber Who Informed Premier Kerensky MADE DEMAND KORNILOFF BE MADE DICTATOR The Revolutionists Would Have Enforced Death Penal Widened the Territory Considered the Theatre of War and Enforced Martial Law in Petrograd—Since the Re- volt Was Put Down Numerous Changes Have Been Made in Commanders, as the Troops Lacked Confidence » in Them—The Army Has Been Thoroughly Reorganized. Washington, Sept. 24—An official | judicial Inquiry s under w - explanation of the Kornileff revolt, is- |termine how this demand cair sued here today by the Russian em- | brought and to determine t bassy, tends to confirm accounts pub- lished in Petrograd, laying blame for the trouble ypon Vladimir Lvoff, the duma member who_informed Premier of the measure. Troops Lacked Confidence. “After the quell sovernment faced g of the revolt Kerensky that Korniloff demanded i hat Bo be s dianor uation, caused by the fact tha troops’ had a lack of confider Since the revolt was put down, ac- cording to the embassy, a thorough |thelr commanders and viewed many reorganization has become ncc .| e withs suspicion,. T} T because the troops lacked confidence |Many changes in command a In their commanders, and changes are | Manded a thorough reorsanization arm; being made in administrative and army positions which will result i the greatest benefit. A statement issued by the embassy says: Plans of General Korniloff. “The plans advocated by General Korniloff were under consideration and _most of them had been adopted by the provisional government on the morning of September 8 and three re- maining measures were adopted. but had not been put ino operation. These measures were: the enforccment of the death penaity in the rear of the army; the widening of the territory to be'considered as the theatre of war S0 as to enforce military law: and the enforcement of martial law in: Petro- grad. “The practice of the soldiers’ con mittees In judging on their owr count the connection of manders with the Kornilof? had to be stopped by the go as the government prefers to mine the culpability of the off itself. The present situation s allow the government to enfor ulations made before the K volt. Changes are being mad ministrative and army positions w will be of greatest benefits.” Death Penalty is Being Enforceda An embassy official said ti penalty for offenses in the the army is being enforced. In regard to the report that the Bolsheviki g in the Petrograd council of work and soldiers had put through a r lution against the government, it saidgthat at the last council ¢ f membership ‘of 5500 only 400 rep: al Demanded Dictatorship. On the morning of September § it was decided by the provisional agree- ment to adopt these measures, but that evening Viadimir Lvoff came from [sentafives were pre that tr General Korniloff with a flat demand | Polsheviki group were able to c that dictatorship be vested in him. Athe meeting. ELIHU ROOT'S OPPOSITION TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE INSURANCE BILL IS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE Senator Smoot Presented a Substitute for the Optional Clause. ed In Emphatic Terms at a Mass Meeting in Utica. Utica, N. Y. Sept. 24— made known his opposition to v suffrage in emphatic utterance mass meeting here tor presided, _ presenting Mr Ta Wadsworth,. Jr,, president of the ) tional Association Opposed to Woma Suffrage, and_ Mrs. Grace Duff Goodwin of Connecticut. Mr. Root declared “it is unfor Washington, Sept. 24.—Work on the administration soldiers' and sailors’ Insurance bill recently passed by the house, was begun today by a senate finance sub-committee, Senator Smoot presented a substitute for the optional insurance clause which would give members of the military forces free government insurance of $2,000 during service, with insurance up fo the $10,- 000 1imit provided in the bill for men |that the subject should be thrust upo disabled or otherwise uninsurable at|us now at a time when all the end of the war. The latter poli- |for their country require all th ergy and strength and enthu cies would be at.the rates provided by the bill, but would be carried by |and heart and soul for the service c private insurance companies, the gov- |their country in the peril that cor ernment paying the difference. One |fronts it effect would be to avoid establishment [ Mrs. Goodwln's réference t 1 of a permanent federal insurance de- [Root's mission to Ru caused partment. demonstration that _interrupted No action was taken today on the|for some moments. She had ju e substitute which is said to be ap-[marked that women opposed to the proved by private insurance compan-|vote were unwillingly forced to fes. The sub-committee hopes to re- [“We have no business in the world port the bill to the full finance com- [be here. The suffragists teil womer mittee Wednesday or Thursday. they should have the vote because Ryssia has given it.~ Poor, blind F MARSHAL VON HINDENBURG sla, which owes an incllculal to the gentleman back of me.” T TO_BE MADE A PRINCE | tjowed the demonstmtion On His Sevéntieth .Birthday, October P o PP 2—Schools to. Observe It. PHILADELPHIA CITY & MAGISTRATES INVOLVE London, Sept. 24—Emperor William has decided that on October 2, seventieth birthday of Field s Von Hindenburg, addresses shall deilvered in all the schools In Concessions Made by Gunmen Wh Killed Policeman Eppley. be in Ger- many by the teachers, who will point Philddelphia, Sept. 24.—Warrants is- sued today f the arrest of s out to thelr pupils the value of the | FL e S e fleld marshal to the fatherland, says|inTAmed persons charsed wiil cor an Exchange Telegraph despatch from | PG 5 the murder of T Amsterdam, Money is to be collected | mPPICY #Nd assault on eitizens from the scholars on that day for the Hindenburg fund for the hick and wounded. It is sald, adds the correspondent, that Emperor William will grant Field Marshal Von Hindenburg the ti- tle of prince. not been served up to a I night. District Attorney Rotar clared, however, that he expected t men to be taken into custody wit a short time. Warrants al issued for the arrest of James ¢ on the charge of murder in_connection with the political feud, and 100 POUNDS OF DYNAMITE Sullivan, who is wanted for conspi- cy to murder, but the r FOUND AT WINDSOR | ot", e beo nabie o serve them. Clark and nnected agency h a On the Premises of a Resident of Ger- |13 @ resident of this man_Lineage. New York detective Windsor, Conn., Sept. 24—The fina- | P"anch, ofice here. @ iective Ing of 100° pounds of Aynamite on the | reny wald tonight that the imio premises of a resident here of Ger-|yVolunteered by the two prie man lineage has caused an Investiga- | custody here, Jacob Mascia anc tion to be started. The explosive was | Costelly, virtually was & confeomior sent from New Britain and was to be | The city magistrates are sald to be in- used to blow up tree stumps, its pres- | yolved n the neiconcrs Lintements ent owner alleges. This man lives near railroad tracks leading to Aver, | SUGGESTION ABOUT THE Mass., in one direction, and toward New York state military cantonments HOME GUARD UNIFORMS in the other dlrection. No arrest has — Made by General Johnston to Gov. Beeckman of Rhode Island. been made but United States District Attorney Spellacy has been notified of the circumstances. NINE PERSONS KILLED BY A HURRICANE Which Struck the Island of Jamaica Boston, Sept. 24.—A gadier General John reply to an inquiry from Beeckman of Rhode Isiand regardin uniforms for state guard organization letter from Bri- A. Joh G was made public today at the hea Yesterday. quarters of the northeast der - Copies were sent also to other Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 24—Nine| England governors. The lettcr persons were killed and much property | “In the absence of leg. th damage was caused at Port Antonio|to wear uniforms resembling the in the hurricane which etruck the is- [ United States army uniform : land of Jamalca yesterday. The vus. [worn by home guard orea toms house there was destroved and a | should be such in appearance large hotel was amaged badly. Coast- {cannot re: ¢ g z ar a_distance of the Unites ing vessels at various points around the island were injured by the wind. marine corps Demal Pasha, the Turkish minister | Appended to the letter is a sug of marine, has arrived at Berlin on his ! tion that forestry zreen or blue way to inspect the German fleet and be chosen as the color of home guard naval works. uniforms.