Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 28, 1917, Page 1

Ll ol - Norm VOL. LIX—NO. 332 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, = 1917 12 PAGES—96 COLUMNS 5 PRICE TWO CENTS City’s Population. T:e Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Propfirtion to the GERMANS UNABLE T0 BUDGE THE BRITISH e The English, Scotch and Australian Units Are Holding New Positions FIGHTING IS OF THE MOST VIOLENT CHARACTER The Most Important Point Gained by Field Marshal Haig is the Village of Zonnebeke—Ineffectual Attempts Have Been Made by the German Crown Prince to Break the French Line Along the Aisne Front and in the Verdun Sector—Activity Has Almost Ceased in Northern Russia and in Rumania—The Italians Have Resumed Their In- i $ensive Offensive Against zo Front, - all_the objectives for which | Pield Marshal Haig started his men carly Wednesday morning ia_a new ensive near Ypres securely in their n the English, Scotch and Aus- tralian units are now tenaciously holding them, notwithstandifg fierce German thrusts that time and again bave ineffectually been launched in ts to regain the lost ground. As had been expected, by reason of the contour of the territory over which the battle was waged, the fighting throughout has been of a most violent choracter. Near the Polygon Wood, where the Australians are facing the foe, north and nortl east of St Julien and northwest of ° Zonnebeke the encounters have beea of a sanguinary character, the Ge: mans losing heavily in their cdunter- t attacks. )f all the points of vantage sought for and gained by Field Marshal Haig | the village of Zonnebeke probably was the most important, for six miles farther on lles the Ostend-Lille rail- w the cutting of which by the Bri- i would seriously interfere with | operations between Germany's naval bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge and i the southern part of their line. . Only at two points during the fight- { ing were the Germans able to recap- ture 'lost ground. This was west of ‘ 8t. Julien, where two redoubts again fell Into the hands of the enemy. One i of there had to be relinquished by the British and still remains in Ger- man hands, but from the other the Germans were ecattered pellmejl by a Dritish onslaught. | Thursday was spent by the capture of the new positions in consilidating the Austrians Along the Ison- them preparatory to starting another vigorous_offensive. The German crown prince along the Aisne front and in the Verdun sector has made several attempts to break the front of General Petaim, but as on former occasions, the attacks all were repulsed with heavy casualties. On the greater portion of the line held by the French, artillery duels are in_progress. : On the front in northern Russia and in Rumania the activity of the Germans and Austro-Hungarians has almost ceased except from small out- Post operations and here and there artillery duels of slight proportions. The Germans, however, apparently are reconnoitering in the Baltic Sea, pre- paring for attacks against the Rus- sian fleet. There naval airplanes al- so are taking part in this work, but are flying high and keeping out of the range of the Russian anti-aircraft and coast batteries. - General Cadorna has not his Intensive offensive against Austrians along the Isonzo resumed the front, where only minor engagements have taken place. On_the Carso plateau the Jjusgrians hdve begun again a violent bombardment of Italian posi- tions, but the Italianwhave affective- Iy _countered. e quantities of explosives daily are being dropped by the Italians on the Austrian positions behind the fighting front. In Belgium British and French air- men also are keeping up their raid: against German naval bases, canton- ments ang other important objectives and are scoring hits which give vis- ible indications of great damake. AMERICAN MERCHANT VESSELS ARE TO BE REQUISITIONED All of More Than 2500 Tons Dead i t Weight Capacity. i Washingten, Sept. 27—Every Amer- ! feart merchant vessel of more than 2500 tons dead weight capacity, avail- able for ocean eervice, will be requi- eitioned by the government October 1, the shipping board announced today lin a statement giving the charter f rates at which the vessels will be tak- en over. American ships available for craffic total slightly more than 2, 9 tons, but some of them al- 1eady have been taken over for the army and navy. - ost instances, except where re- for actual government eerv- fce, the snips, it was sald, will be turned back to their owners for oper- ation on zovernment account, subject times to any disposition the g board may divect. rates announced will cut e present charter and ocean rates charged by American vessels for carrying government eup- piies. it is the intention, it is under- €:00d, to apply them later to any for- eign ps chartered in the United Stat oceax 2,001 LEAKS DISCOVERED IN MERIDEN'S BIG RESERVOIR About 5,000 Gallons of Water Are Go- ing to Waste Daily. Meridén, Conn., Sept. 27.—Informa- tion was Ziven out today that several Jeaks have been discovered in the new billion gallon reservoir which has been 1= service about a year. The retainer was built at a cost of abou‘ $124,000 and was planned to solve the city’s water supply for some few vears to come. It is estimated that about 5000 gal- lons of water are zoing to waste daily DETAILS ANNOUNCED OF SECOND LIBERTY LOAN Bonds to be Issued in Denominations of $50 and Multiples ‘of $50. ‘Washington, Sept. 27. — Secretary McAdoo tonight announced the details of ‘the second Liberty loan, which will be offered to the public‘October 1* The chief features are: Amount—$3,000,000,000 or more, the excess not to exceed one-half of the amount of over-subscription. Terms of bonds—Maturity 25 years; redeemable at the option of the sec- Tetary of the treasury, in ten years. Denominations of bonds $50 and mul- tiples of $50. 7 Interest rate—Four per cent. paya- ble semi-annually on November 15 and May 15. , Terms of payment—Two per cent. upon application, 18 per_cent. Nov- ember 15, 40 per cent. Decomber 14 and 40 per cent, January 15, 1918. The privilege of converting bonds of this issue into bonds of any suc- ceeding issue bearing a higher inter- est rate than four per cent. during the period of the war is extended and through an arrangement under which bonds will be printed with only four coupons instead of fifty (to be ex- changed at the end of two years for the bonds containing the full number of coupons) deliveries will be prompt. In this manner the fssue of interim certificates will be avoided. - ARCHIBALD CLAIMS HIS SIGNATURE WAS FORGED To Receipt Acknowledging Sum of $5,000 for Propaganda Work. New . York, Sept. 27.—James T. J. Archibaid, a’ writer, made public o day a letfer he had written to George Creeel chairman of the committee on public information at Washington, charging that his signature had been e e e neaiied | forged to a receipt acknowledsing the B e o, aee mmenthte lewn of 35,000} from. the! Gorman e goft soil i is_slowly tearing the |D3SSY in pavment for propaganda s PR work. A copy of the recelpt was DISCOVERY OF VAST DEPOSIT OF PARAFFINE In Chihuahua, Mexico—Traced for More Than Six Miles. 13ton, Sept. 27—Discovery of <it of paraffine in Chihuahua, : American Line, is announced al despatches received here to- from the Mexican government. o bed, enid to be the first discov- ersd on’ this continent, is reported yielding 92 per cent pure mineral. It has been ced for more than six miles TROPICAL HURRICANE IS NEARING NEW ORLEANS Entered the Mouth of the Mis- sissippi River. It Has ew Orleams, La., Sept. £7—Re- Ports received from near the mouth of the Mississippi stated that at 11.30 o'clock tonight the wind had reached @ velocity of 56 miles an hour and the barometer had fallen to 29.58, indicat- ing the tropical hurricane had entered the mouth of the river. It was esti- gnated the storm would be felt in New Orleans by 3 o'clock tomorrow poraing. 4 made public last week by the com- mittee on public information in con- nection _with other revelations deal- ing with German plots and Intrigue in America. PETITION TO INCREASE PAY - OF MERIDEN FIREMEN Was Presented to the Board of Fire Commissioers. Meriden, Conn., Sept. 27.—A petition for an increase in salary for every permanent man in the fire department from the chief down was received to- night by the board of fire commission- ers. It was voted to. postpone action a month. Chief John F. Donovan wants an increase from 4800 to $2,- 000 and the captains, lieutenants, hose- men and laddermen asked for a flat increase of fifty cents a day. The fire department was granted an increase last December. Fined $50 for Abusing a Horse. Middletown, Conn., Sept. 27.—Guido Paletti, of East Hampton, was sen- tenced to two months in jail and fined $50 by Judge John P. Kellogg im the superior court here today after con- viction on a charge of abusing a horse. It was shown that the horse ldl:g after a beating given it by Pa- etel. = Cabled Paragraphs MET AN EMERGENCY When Germany Tried to Get a Foot- hold in South America. Chicago, Sept. 27.—Colonel Roose- | velt today gave his of the se- cret conferences he held wit hthe Ger- man lor in 1902 relating to the occupation of Venezuela by Ger- many, an incident that then thréaten- ed to bring on a war between Ger- many and the United States. Coloenl Roosevelt told the story for the first time, he said, in address at a luncheon here. . “It was about a year after I took office,” Colonel Roosevelt began. “Ger- many. was engaged in_striving to ex- tend her dominion. ~She had in_view certain chosen positions in South América. She almal to turn South ‘America to & German appendage. Ven- ezuela at that time had a dictator. named Castro, commonly known as the ‘monkey of the Andes.' I was determin. ed that Veneziiela should not become a German possession. Germany said it was not to be permanent and did not define what was meant by per- manency. 1 permitted John Hay to write a number of notes and then I sent for the German ambassador and said to him: E ““This Venezuela business has been going on long enough and I cannot af- ford to let it get to the point where it will cause trouble for this country.” “At the time England was backing Germany, and, while T had both against me, I paid little attention to England. It was the last flicker of England’s antagonism to the United States. “T called the attention of the ambas- sador to the f#ct that Germany had a squadron of warships near Vene- 7uela, threatening the mouth of the proposed Isthmian canal. I demand- ed a statement of what. Germany meant by temporary possession, say- ing I did not propose to have any 99 veaf leases. “The ambassador told me he did not feel he was at liberty to discuss such an important question. That confer- ence wound up with the following ulti- matum: - ““Tell your government that in ten days it must arbitrate the matter or I will send Dewey down there. “ T cannot send such a message, Mr. President; T do not think you realize what it means, the ambassador re- plied. ““You think it means war? ¥ asked. “T do not want to say what I think’ was the reply. ““f it means war, the one spot where us’ I replied, and then I showed by Taps our rommanding_position. “When he retired I sent word to Dewer to be ready to sail on an hour’s notice., About a eek later, the am- bassador_called on me and admitted that he Lad not dared send the mes- sage. 5 “I then told him that T wouid. order Dewev to sail in 48 hours. He told me it would be an awful thing for this country. ““Yes, hut it will be more awful for your country.’ T replied. nside of 36 hours he came back +miling and said he had received in- structions from the German govern- ment that they would arbitrate” PENNETT 1S LEADING : MITCHELL BY 388 Brings Action to Stay Certification of Mitchel’s Nomigation. New York, Sept. 27.—On application of Willlam M. Bennett, candidate for the mavoralty nomination against Mayor John Purroy Mitchel in the re- publican primaries here last week, Supreme Court Justice Goff foday is- sued an order staving the. board of elections from certifying to the secre- tary of statée the name of Mr. Mitchel as the republican candidate for mayor. Justice Goff announced that he would hear motions on the order Monday. The unofficial recount of the Ballots showed Bennett leading Mayor Mitchel tonight by 383, with the votes in sev- eral districts vet to Be inspected. The first official canvass by the board of elections gave the mavor a lead of 335. District Attorney Swann announc- ed that there will be a grand jury in- vestigation of alleged irregularities in certain election districts and that he had issued subpoenas for election offi- clals. In his petition for an order restrain- ing certification of Mr. Mitchel's name as the nominee, Mr. Bennet: stated that he wished to prevent the mayor’s name from being printed as the repub- lean candidate on the ballots that will be sent to New York ‘city soldiers in France. WOMEN TO® CONDUCT A LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN With the Object of Making One-third of the Sales, — ‘Washington, Sept. 27.—One-third of the sales in the coming Liberty loan campaign Is the task set for the wo- men of the country by-the Women's Liberty Loan Committee, which began a two days' session here today with more than 100 delegates from all sec- tions in_attendance. Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, chairman, pre- sided, and Mrs. Antolnette Funk, of Chicago, announced the great share of the work undertaken amid enthu- siastic applause. OBITUARY. Ma E. Joyce. Boston, Sejt. 27—Martin E. Joyce of this city, supreme chief ranger of the Irish National Foresters, died to- day of Injuries caused by a fall. Dur- ing his five years' service as supreme ranger he had become widely known through his activity in building up the organization, Harbored Female for Improper Pur- poses, New Haven, Conn, Sept. 27.—Judge Donald T. Warner today sentenced Bruno Borgla and Giuseppl Tripodi, both of Derby, to twelve to seventeen years in prison on the charge of har- boring a female for improper pur- poses. The men wWere arrested in a recent raid and pleaded guilty. th Legs Cut Off. Torrington, Conn., Sept. 27.—Tim- othy White, of Wihsted, a car Inspec. tor, fell from a switch engine in the freight yard here’today and both of his legs Were cut off when the engine prob- ‘went over him. Prompt first ably, saved his Hfe for at the that the- Calls on Gongress to Expel La Follette PRESIDENT MURRAY OF COLUM- BIA UNIVERSITY AT BANKERS’ MEETING Al- Declares Congress is Remiss lowing the Wisconsin Man to Make War Upon the Nation in the Halls of Congress. Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 27.—Mem- bers of the American Bankers' As- sociation launched into vehement ex- ressions of approval when Nicholas Rfarray Butler, president of Columbia University, addressing the “changing world,” congress exercise its right to expel United La Follette. Suspicion, Cowardice “We are repelling American people and institutions of two kinds,” Dr. Butler said. “We are fighting across the sea and we are fighting evil-minded suspicion, cow- ardice and treason which have raised their hands at home. Our soldiers can fight the soldiers of the enemy. You have got to fisht sedition and treason here.” “Have the American. people lost their capacity for corporate indigna- tion?” he asked. Arraigned La Follette. “There is a provision in the con- stitution_providing that congress may expel a member by a two-thirds vote. What are they thinking 8f to sit there and permit_themselves to be contam- inated by.Senator Robert M. La Fol- lette?” Cries of approval came from every side as Dr. Butler proceeded. . “Gentlemen, you might just s well put_poison into the food of every boy that goes to his transport as to per- mit this man to make war upon the nation in the halls of congress. Calls Upon Senators to Act. “I am a native son of New Jersey, which has two patriotic sons in the senate. 1 call upon them to take the Tead. T am a citizen of New York. New York has twa, patriotic sons in the sonate. T call upon them to take up the challenge. No single act would g0 so far to shorten the war.” ‘Again_the audience applauded. “Hundreds of millions of dollars are being expended and thcusands of lives are being lost because we sit by in- dignant and supine,” Dr. Butler de- clared. Speaking of peace, Dr. Butler de- clared: “Any human being who asks for peace on any other terms than uncon- ditional surrender is asking another and still greater war. Peace will come only when the supreme confi- dence the Germans have in their in- strumen: of armor, and their world dominating aims are brought to de. feat. That is the only road to peace. FEELING IN WISCONSIN LAGAINST LA FOLLETTE them today on demanded that constitutional States Senator and Treason. attacks upon League of Municipali Expulsion From the Senat Racine, Wis.,, Sept. 27.—The League of Wiscqnsin Municipalities in its Session here today adopted resolu- tions, at the close of Theodore Roose- velt’s denunciation of Senator Robert M. La Follette, demanding that the TUnited States senate expel the Wis- consin senator from that body. The huge audience which . packed the auditorium greeted Colonel Roosevelt's vitriolic utterances against Senator La Follette’s reported “at- tempt to condone” the sinking of the Lusitania and its conseauent. loss of lives of women and . children, with loud applause and cries of “That's right; that's right.” Colonel Roosevelt eald that he fully appreciated the loyalty of Wisconsin and scored those who discriminate against a man because of his birth, as Gn-American. There was the closest tttentlon When the speaker compared Senator La Follette to the Copper- ieads of the Civil War. Reverting to the quoted remarks of the senator concerning the Lusitania, the colonel pictured the scene in tha morgue at Vueenstown where dead mothers lay with dead babes in their arms and concluded: “And a senator of the United States tries to condone this infancy.’ ‘There were crles of “‘shame, shame,” from all over the hall. When the coi- onel spoke of “Huns within our gates” being the most einister of our ene- mies, and numbered Mr. LaFollette among them, there was more applause and cries of “That's right” ACCUSED OF TRYING TO BUY HIS EXEMPTION William H. Roberts of Bridgeport Sent $150 in Letter. ‘Bridgeport, Conn. rant charging Willlam H. Roberts of this city with having attempted to bribe the draft board was issued to- day by United States District Attor- ney Thomas J. Spellacy. Roberts is accused of having attempted to buy his exemption by offering Dr. Ed- ward H. Smith $150. He is alleged to have sent the money In a letter in which was_enclosed his personal ca: on the back of which was writte am sorry that I could not get this to you sooner.” Dr. Smith reported it to the draft board, who caused Rob- erts to be arrested. CHARGED WITH BEING A DANGEROUS ALIEN of Bridgeport Taken Into Custody. Charles Ruds Bridgeport. Conn., Sept. 27.—Charles Ruder of this city was arrested tonight by federal agents on a warrant issued by the department of justice, charging Ruder with being a dangreous alien. According to the authorities here, Ruder is said to have admitted"that on April 2 he attempted to cut the feed wires of the New Haven railroad in Fairfleld in order to cripple the rafl- road and thus help his country. He was locked up in the county jail and beld without bail until he can be in- ternea at Elis Island. ‘ War Tax Bill Has Been Gompleted liT WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE HOUSE TODAY WILL BE LAW NEXT WEEK Additional Taxes of Between $250,000,- 000 and $300,000,000 Over th& Senate Bill, Which Totalled $2,416,000,000 Were Added by the Conferees. ‘Washington. Sept. 27.—The war tax bill, increased to raise about $2,700.- 000,000 federal revenue in addition to $1,333,000,000 secured under existing law, was completed late today by the senate and house conferees. ‘While the action was officially sald to be tentative, virtually only formal approval of the new draft remains to be voted. Presentation of the confer- ence report to the house late tomor- row is planned. It will.be considered first by the house and the cnactment of the bill into law next week is thought to be assured. Additional Taxe: Additional taxes of between $250,- 000,000 and $300,000;,000 over the sen- ate bill, which totalled $2,416,000,000, were added by the conferees. Senate levies of $1,060,000,000 on war excess profits and $842,200,000 on in- comes were substantlaily unchanged. A minimum exemption of seven per cent. on invested corporate canital Is said to be provided, with medified al- lowances for intangible assets. The only change in the senate in- come tax section was to re-arranze and harmonize a few graduated sur- taxes on incomes over $50,000. Nor- mal taxes on individuals and corpor- ations and the lowered individual ex- emptions as revised in the senate were approved. 7 Liquor and Tobacco Unchanged. Liquor and tobacco sections of the senate draft also were virtually un- changed. Siight decrease in revenues from whiskey and manufactired to- bacco probably will result. Of the $250,000,000 to $300,000,000 additional agreed to by the conferees, about one-third was placed upon postase. Luxuries and Amusements. Another large increase ordered was in passenger transportation and Pull- man accommodation taxes. Amuse- ment admissions also bear a consid- erable increase. The senate provis- ion exempting from taxation motion pleture theatres charging 25 cents or less was changed and provision made ‘or exempting only much cheaper theatres. The exact exemptions have not been disclosed. Revenues from automobiles, patent medicines, ~Derfumes and ggsmetice, cther manufactures also woutd bd in- creased by the conferees agrcement. The _one cent stamp tax cn bank checks. eliminated In the senate and estimated to raise $10,000,000. is re- ported to have been restored to the . House Provisions Abandoned. Among important house provisions abandoned were the retroactive tax on 1916 incomes estimated to raise $108,000,000; for a general 10 per cent’ .tariff levy, estimated to raise $200,000.000 and consumption taxes on gas,’ electric and local telephone ser- vice, estimated to bring in $30,000.000. Another important action under- stood to have been taken was restora- tion of the special tax of 16 rer cent. ©on munitions manufactures, estimated to raise $29,000,000. Official announcement of the prin- cipal features of the conferees’ work probably will be made_tomorrow by Senator Simmons and Representative Kitchin. BITUMINOUS COAL MINERS AND OPERATORS DEADLOCKED Pending an Announcement From Fuel Administrator Garfield. Washiagton, Sept. 27.<Coal miners and operators discussing union de- mands for 25 per cent. more pay in the bituminous flelds of Illinois, In- diana, Ohio and westeen Pennsylvania, tonight reached a deadlock which an parently will not be broken pending an announcement from Dr. H. §, Gar- field. the fuel administrator,as to whether there is to be an upward re- vision of the government fixed prices. The joint scale sub-committee of miners and_operators spent the day in a vain attempt to reach an agree- ment on the miners’ proposal that the operators grant an increase which then might be used as the basis of an appeal to the government for hizher selling prices. The operators declined to_consider this proposition. announc- ing their bellef that it would look like conspiracy between miners and oper- ators to force higher coal prices. The committees will continue their discussion tomorrow. STATE POLICE RECOVER . TWO REVOLVERS Used by the Murderers of Rafaele Simonelli at New Britain. New Britain, Conn., Sept. 27.—The two revolvers used in he murder of Rafaele Simonelli here Tuesday night 'were recovered today by state police after the hiding place of one had been revealed by Steve Dugone, one of the men held for the murder. John Di- vanzo, the other principal, took the of- flcers to the spot where he had hidden his gune The first gun was found near the town farm and the second in Pit- kin Lane. The two men were also taken over the route of their flight after the shooting and the police say they told many details of the crime. The police say that Dugone late sfo: day acknoweldged that he fired ond of the shots that killed Simonelli. The calibre of the revolvers recovered to- day correspond with the calibre of the bullets taken from the slain man's head. Divanzo and Dugone were taken back to the Hartford jail tonight and it is eaid that they will be brought be- fore the grand jury tomorrow. They may be tried at this term of the su- perlor court. Break in Russian Cabinet. Petrograd, Sept. 27.—The newspapers today announced the resignation of ‘M. L Trestchenko, minister of foreign af- fairs in the new cabinet of five. Condensed Telegrams Tobacco sent to American soldiers will enter France free of duty. if ships pS. Bermuda offers vegetabl are sent to carry away the t has been appointed in the British army. Kermit Roos honorary capt: Wage demands of the ‘coal mine were rejected by the bituminous op- evators. Britain’s total war expenditures from Aug. 4, 1914, to Aug. 4. 1917, are $23,- 080,000,000. Gold coin to the amount of $500,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for Canada. The French steamer Admiral de Ker- saint, 5570 tons, was sunk in Spanish waters Sept. 14. General F. A. Maxwell, V. a member of the late ari Indian staff, was killed in action. Senator Calder presened to President Wilson a petition urging that drafted married men be not called into mili- tary service. The Senate Military Affairs Commit- tee voted for the promotion of Col. Reichman to be a _brigadier-general. The vote was 8§ to 2. The Serbian Premier, M. Pachitch, gave a dinner in honof of the Ameri can Red Cross Mission to Serbia upon their arrival at Corfu. Government built homes for muni- tion workers, to overcome disgraceful housing conditions in congested and in- dustrial centers are proposed. General Soukhomiloff, formerly Rus- sian Minister of War, was sentenced to hard labor for life after conviction of the charge of high treason. An announcement that a reward of $50 will be paid for the capture of a natlonal army slacker is expected from Provost-Marshal General Crowder. The Cotton Manufacturers Assoc ation notified the Fall River Textile Council there will be a_general shut- down of mills from Oct. 11 to Oct. 15. For sinking a submarine in the Med- iterranean on June 12, sailors of the steamer Meaford will each get a share in the $500 prize awarded by Canada. Since the war France has developed 37 aerial “aces” now living. who bagged 393 aeroplanes. FEleven dead or missing, have downed thelr time. . 91 in jeut. Alfredo Cruz Camarao, of the Brazilian navy. detailed to the Ameri- can navy for instruction, was killed by a swinging bag, which knocked him into a lighter. Food Administrator Hoover an- nounced he would issue a call for a conference of international sug: - com- missioners at Washington to reach a decision on prices. The biggest strike in the history of the Australian commonwealth was set- tledy It began Aug. 2. and involved railroads, docks. mines and seamen and other industries. Mrs. Stanley M. Fi United States engineer, lost her life during a hurricane off the isiand of Haiti. The incident was reported on the arrival of an American ship. povick, wife of a Colonel Roosevelt observing a young soldier with a medal on his tupic in a crowd he was addressing at Camp Grant, Chicago, jumped out. grabbed his hand, and congratulated him. The Peruvian Government has in- structed the Peruvian Minister at Ber- lin that eight days will be given to the German Government for satisfaetion of the sinking of the Peruvian bark Lorton. The Greek Parliamentary Commis- sion, investigating charges against the Skouloudis, and the Lambros Cabinet, is revealing scandalous facts regard- ing their relations, with German propa- ganda. & The American Federation of Labor has sent an appeal to all striking navy yard workers in Norfolk to return to work. pending an investigation and a readjustment of the increase of wages. Daniel O’Connell, an attorney and five others. were convicted by a jury in a United States District Court at San Francisco for hampering the se- lective draft law. Their sentence will be pronounced next Saturday. Harry D. Wilson, Louisiana, com- missioner of asriculture, sent out a call for a conference of Southern cot- ton growers to meet at New Orleans Oct. 2. to discuss the advisability of cotton at a minimum price of 30 cents a pound. The reasons for the bombing of Hol- land by German aviators was explain- ed to be the necessity of getting rid of the bombs suspended under their machine. Instead of dropping the bombs on German _soil they circle around Holland and drop them, Twenty-two German prisoners, in- cluding Captain Muller. who com- manded the cruiser Emden, disappear- ed through a tunnel from a British internment camp at Kegworth. Not- tingha. Nine of the prisoners were re- captured, including Captain Muller . HOUSE COLLECTING DATA FOR PEACE CONFERENCE At Request of President Wilson—Has No Immediate Significance. New York, Sept. 27.—Colonel E. M. House, who has represented President Wilson unofficially on several raissions, admitted tonight that he had been re- quested by the president to aid in col- lecting data to be presented at the peace conference at the close of the war. “The announcement that the presi- dent has asked me to aid him in his work _carries with it no _immediate significance,” said Colonel House. “For more than two years all of the Burope- an belligerents have been gathering data to be laid on the table at the peace conference. The United States is belated in taking up its activitles along this line. “T shall work with the state depart- Lined the Route of March New York, Sept. 27—Japan's imper- ial. mission to the United States was welcomed ceremoniously late today to the metropoiis of the western world. While the official greeting given Vis- count Ishii and his associates was clothed in all the dignity to which they were entitled as the envoys of a great nation, they soon were made to feel ‘there was something more than formal courtesy back of the hospital- ity extended to them. The route of the visitor§ from the Battery, where they landed, to Cens tral Park, was blazed. with Nipponese banners. Probably the most impressive part in_the reception was played by tho 165th United States Infantry, better known as the “Fighting 69th, New York” The 3750 sun-bronzed na- national guardsmen, part of the “Rain- bow division" soon to sail for France, stood rigidly at attention along the east side of Fifth Avenue as the cay- alcade of automobiles moved slowly past. The Japanese stopped at the Union League Club and there they peviewed the infantrymen on their way back to Camp Mills at Mineola, where they.are in training. “They are fighting men,” said Vis- count Ishii to Mayor Mitchell as'the regiment went by. The Japanese were met at the Bat- tery by a committee of distinguished citizens who escorted them to the city hall where they were formally wel- comed to New York by Mayor Mit- chell and Elbert H. Gary, whose guests they will be while in the city. Mounted police and Squadron A acted as a guard of honor. Inside the court of honor at ( Hall were six companies of Un States regulars, 6,000 school children, JAPANESE MISSION IN NEW YOR They Were Met at the Battery by a Committee of Distinguished Citizens WERE FORMALLY WELCOMED BY MAYOR MITCHEL The Route of the Visitors From the Battery to Central Park Was Ablaze With Japanese Flags—200,000 Persons From the Battery to City Hall Park and as Many M:)re Were Packed Around the Parl:— An Impressive Part of the Reception Was the Review of “ the “Fighting 69th”, New York. 1,000 junior naval and marine scout 400 Boy Scouts, three companies the depot battalion of the Sevent Regiment, two compfpies of s and a battalion of the naval rese The police estimated that 200,000 pe sons lined Broadway from the Ba tery to City Hall and as many fwere packed around City Hall The throngs were equally dens other streets through which the sion passed. In his address of welcome Mayor Mitchell declared “New Yo: with authority and in the tone million citizens,” In extendir greeting to the mission. “Jar the United Statbs are ailies,” he “bound together by the ties of a mon interest, inspired by a lofty id of international justice, actuated E the same purpose to secur nations, small and great, the opr tunity to pursue their destin solve thelr own domestic probler under the genius of self-imposed in- stitutions of government In, responding, Viscount Ishil sa “Your great Goddess of I given us the challenge a ed us as friends. And of our dreams, which 1 youngsters into" students tists or taught our men the w of finance *and trade: the city today is the very core of the crea world, has paused for a pracious hour to welcome us and 4o us honor “We are proud and deeply of the meaning of this re this welcome. We shall use the free dom you have given us with care and we shall hope to hold its rights a privileges always to commemora this day of great rejoicing and vast importance in the history of o two nations.” as trained ou INQUIRING INTO -WHETHER MONEY INFLUENCED CONGRESS The Object of a Resolution %o be In- troduced in the House. Washington, Sejt. 27.—Inquiry by a house committee into whetner CGer- man money had been used to irfluence congress probably will be proposed tomorrow in a resolution sponsored by the rules committée and supported by the democratie leaders.= Demands for an exhaustive imguiry overwhelmed the house both sides today while the rules com mittee in executive session was con sidering whether to report faverably one of the geveral resolutions intro- duced since Secretary Lansing made public Count Von Bernstorf’s message to Berlin_asking authority ‘to spend $50,000 {nfinencing consress, as it had heen done before. In a speech ‘to the rules committea, Representative Heflin _of Alabama, whose declaration on the floor of the house that he could name members who acted suspiciously is lorgely re- sponsible for the agitation, urged that the question of whether German mon- ey had been used be investigated first and_that his statements be looked in to incidentally. All efforts of com- mitteemen to get Mr. Heflin to name some of the men he had in mind fail- ed, but he reiterated his willingness to mame them if a committee wore appointed by the democratic caucus. Mr. Heflin added zest to his remarks by bringing the name of Senator La Follette and Representatives Tiritton and Mason of Illinois, and Represen- tative Baer of North Dakota, In con- nection with certain legislation and propaganda which he declared he did not_consider loyal, and by Indlcating to Representative Norton that he wanted to “question” him later. He dld not say that any of these men were included in his list of “thirteen or_fourteen.” Representative Doolittle of Kansas, whose inquiry resolution, glichtly amended, probably will he adopted, told the rules committee the state de- partment was not opposed to an In- vestigation. \ 4 INDIGNATION MEETING HELD IN PHILADELPHIA| Intolerable Conditions in ical Life There. Because of Pol Philadelphia, Sept. 27.—Resolutions calling upon all citizeng to unite in the “redemption of the ®ity” and de- manding the impeachment or resig- nation of any public official shown by the pending Investigation of the po- litical feud, which resulted in the kill- ing of a policeman by alleged New York gunmen, to have been neglectful of duty were adopted at a mass meet- ing at the Academy of M ic here tonight. The meeting was called to protect against “the Intolerabla conditfons in our political life as evidenced by fifth _ward murder” Former N Rudolph Blankenburg and other p inent men In city affairs were speak- ers. A committee to be known as the town meeting committee was :ippoint- ed to promote the organization of an independdnt city and county part The principal development toda in the investigation of fhe case by the police and district attorney’s office win a statement by District Attorney Ro- tan that additional arrdsts involving men_“higher up than police officials” are to be made and that evs phase of the ‘“conspiracy” is know to his ment, ‘already. interested in endeavors along this line gathering material which will be valuable at some future time.” No conterences with representatives of governments now engaged in prepa- ration of data are phnned, ‘Colonel House said. office. ‘Word reached the district attorney’s office tonight of the arrest in New York “of another of the alleged gun men, Lorenzo Gumina, known In_the Itglian quarter of that city as “Kid $100,000,000 S TO BE EXPENDED AT FORE RIVER By the Government on the Great Des- troyer Plant. Washington, Sept. 27—l 000,000 will be expended by ernment on the great destroy to be built for the Fore River S Building Corporation and on destro lers which the Quincy w onstruct. When the work is completed, the destroye plant will be the largest in the Ur ted States. More detrovers will b built for this country than are n concern owned by any other nation In world and the Fore River yards w build more of the ships than any ot! er concern—possibly more than & other companies combined Secretary of the Navy Danlels 1 the authority for these stateme In an interview today he eaid that least fifty destrovers and iprobabl more will be built by the Quincy plant The contract, he said, haa been dr and will be 'signed as soon as $350,000,000 naval construction bil He sald t wa possible the bill would be enacted t afternoon and if this action were ta en the contract would be signed before night. passes Congress. TO STOP SALE CF LIQUOR TO MEN AT CAMP DEVENS Vigorous Measures Taken by the Mil itary and Civil Authorities. Ayer, Mas: ept. 27—Vigorou measures to stamp’ out the selling intoxicating liquor to soldiers of the new natlonal army were taken & military and civil authorities at Cam Devens today. Two civillans into custody by agents of the dep ment of justice were arralgned c charges of lllegal liquor selling an sent to East Cambridge jail to a hearing. ¥our men were tonight by Justice Department agent on similar charges and two soldiers were locked up in the guardhouse by the military authorities Rev. Edward Flynn, New Lon don, Conn., the first regimental chap lain’ to reach the camp, arrived today He joined the 301st Infantry Reg! ment as a second lieutenant One hundred men from the canton today to the Twen e t went to the talion, sta- ment were transferred 26th divisio, U. S. Army of them from Connect 302nd Machine Gun tioned at Niantle, Conn. COURTMARTIAL AT U. S. MILITARY ACADEMY Twelve Upper Classmen are Charged With Hazing Two Fourth Class- men. West Point, N. Y., Sept. 27—Court martial was in progress at the Uni ted States military academy here to- day in the cases of ewelve cadets, up per classmen, charged with & two fourth classmen. The allcg victims of a practice long sinc thought to have been abolished from the academy, Worth E. Shoultz, of Maryland, and Joseph A. Cranstor Jr, of Kansas, are said to ha compelled to stand, stripped to th walist, on thelr tiptoes and with chins and heads thrown back forty-fi minutes until they fainted Among those charged with the a lesed hazing ls FEugene E. Vidal of South Dalkota, star quarterbaek o the West Point football team. Captain Lewis K. Underhill Is act ing as judge advocate and twelve other army officers are members of the court. The findings will not be published until the hearings are com- pleted. . ' )