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alletin VOL. LIX—No. City’s Population. The' Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwi GERMANS HURLING | .==r=- DESPERATE ATTACKS Rt T ot 18 Kl v ’Agmnstthe British Line. Which is Pointing Toward the Ostend-Lillie Railway 336 will be taken to Fort Ga., tonight to be interned with other Ger- man prisoners until after the war. British Casualties for Week 21,179. London, Oct. 3.—The British cas- ualties for the week ending today numl 21,179, aivided as fol- lows: Killed or died of wounds, offi- cers 1; men 3,773. Wounded or mi, , officers 531; men 16,724. Count Czernin, Hase Gone to Budapest. Amsterdam, Oct. 2—Count Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minis- ter, has gone to Budapest, according to Vienna advices, to visit'the Hungarian premier, Dr. Wekerle. It is expected that Count Czernin while there will make an important political speech. THIRD CONTINGENT OF NATIONAL ARMY MEN Will Begin Moving Today to the Si teen Cantonments. ‘Washington, Oct. 3—The third con- tingent of national army men will be- gin moving tomorrow to the sixteen cantonments where approximately half of the 687,000 selected men called out by the president already have been mobilized. Quotas now ready to leave home vary greatly, ranging from 17 to 40, per cent. of the full state quotas, with a general average of between 20 and 25 per cent. . Modification of previous quota plans was necessary becauge of the condi- ditions at the cantonments and the avadlability of equipment. Some can- tonments are much father advanced HOWING EXTREME NERVOUSNES. TEUTONS ARE SHO 3 , S They Are Apprehensive Over the Next Assault of Field Mar. * shal Haig’s Forces—In Storming Masses the Germans | Have Made Valiant Efforts to Dislodge the Enemy, But They Have Been Swept. Back by a Hurricane of Fire— | French and Germans Continue Their Artillery Duels— * On the Northern Front in Russia the Russians Are Keep- ing Up Their Offensive—The British Victory Over the Turks in Mesopotamia is Greater Than at First Re- ix- <« > bt ported. than others and - accommodate a 5 larger percentage of men. | SO 3 Y SR Definite figures still are lacking as to the number of selected men to be transferred to the national guard, avia- tion service, medical corps or other branches of the army that will have to be filled up to war strength. It is certain, however, that the men re- maining at the camps will not be suf- ficient to form the sixteen national army divisions at full strength. . Secretary Baker indicated today -th no decision had been reached as to when a second call will be made. There are many deficlencies to be filled in the first draft, physical examinations of the selected men by army doctors at, the camps having resulted in many re- Jections. HOW RETAIL COAL PRICES ARE TO BE FIXED ed at First Conference of the State Fuel Administrators. ‘Washington, Pct. 2.—{How _retail coal prices are to be fined in all com- munities was explained to the first conference of state fuel administra- tors here today by Federal Adminis- trator Garfield. Under the fuel administration’s re- cent order retailers are permitted to make a margin over cost of not more than 30 per cent. in excess’ of their average margin in 1915 and it is the business of local committees to set that the order is complied with. Dr. Garfleld advised the conference to avoid politics and said that to avold criticism no coal dealer should be ap- pointed on a committee. though one dealer should be named as an ad- visor to each local orzanization. He gave notice that he would handle the problems of each state throush ,the state administrator and would return to them all correspondence addressed to him relating to_their territor: Among state administrators here are: Thomas W. Russell. Connecticut: J. H. Hamlen, Maine: J. J. Storrow, New England: Charles M. Floyd. New Hampshire: George H. Holmes. Rhode Island, and H. J. N. Jones, Vermont. CONSCIENCE OBJECTIORS AT CAMP DEVENS Seven Has Announced a Change of Heart. Ayer, Mass, Oct. 2—John L. Ar- bour of Deerfield, one of seven con- science objectors among the zoldiers of the national army at Camp Devens, today anncunced a change of heart and began the work of training to fight for democracy. Arbour came to the cantonment two weeks ago and was sent to the depot brigade. He donned the army uni- form but refused to drill and was as- signed to kitchen work. Today he called on his commanding officer, Cap- tain G. L. Weiscopf, and told him that he had decided to be a soldier. Leo H. Minor of South Lancaster, another objector, has been with Ar- bour under Captain Weiscopf’s orders and today the other five were also placed in the same command. They are: John Cory, Jr. of Bristol, R. L: Albert Johnson and Ernest Allen, both of Providence, R. L: Thomas B. Cul- hane, and James J. Culhane, both of Cambridge. TWO INDICTMENTS UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT Were Returned Yesterday by Federal Grand Jury ng in New York. New York, Oct. 2—First indictments here under the criminal section of the espionage act were returned today by the federal grand jury . against Louis C. Fraina, known as a socialist speak- gr, and Edward Ralph Cheyney, son of Professor Cheyney of the Universi- ty of Pennsylvania. - 5 The pair were arrested at a mass meeting here September 27 of “con- scientious objectors,” at which Chey- ney acted as chairman and Fraina was speaker. The government expects an trial of their cases. PROGRESS OF LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK $504000/000 and $60,000,000 Has Been Subscribed. New York, Oct. 2.—More of the ma- chinery for selling the second Liberty loan was put in operation in New York city today and unofficial esti- mates of the amount subscribed in the metropolitan _district during the first two days of the “drive” placed the to- tal between $50,000,000 and $60,000, 000, Campaign managers deciared the addition of amounts subscribed ip outlying portions of the reserve dis- trict, from which reports have not been received, would swell the figure by many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Swedish M ry Has Resigned. Stockholm, Oct. 2—The Swedish ministry has resigned but King Gus- tave requested the ministers to retain their portfolios for the present. That extreme nervousness over ap-|from the ‘great German activity this proaching events pervades the German | time is not far off. 2 fromt in Flanders #s indicated by the | Meanwhile the French ‘and the Ger- re engaged in violent artille infantry ‘attacks the forces’ of Crown |guels a = 4 duels along the Aiene front and the Prince, Rupprecht of Bavaria daily are | Verdun_sector, in_both of which re- throwing against Fie'd Marshal Haig’s | gions General Petain’s armies also army on the Ypres salient. again have been forced to withstand These attacks are being centered |and successfully vicious attacks from upon the apex of Haig’s salient in the | troops of the German crown prince. line which ia pointing dangerously to- | especially near Craonne and Beaumont ward the Ostend-Lille railway, the ul- [and between Hill 344 and Samogneux. timate gaining of which by the Eng- | Near Hill 434 the Germans entered a lish, Scotch and Australian contin- | French position, which later was re- gents would work sad havoc to the ye- | captured in a counter-attack. plenishing with supplies of the Ger-| On the northern front in Russia, in man line to the south from the naval | the region south of Riga, the Russians bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge. are keeping up_their offensive against In storming waves of great stremgth | the Germans. Following up their at- + the Germans have made valiant efforts | tacks of Sunday, in which gains of to wrest from the British positions | from 800 to 1,000 yards were made, the captured from them in the recent of- | Russians again have surged forward fensive, but everywhere, except at two [ and beaten back the enemy for a dis- emall points, they met with decisive | tance of one mile south of the Kronen- repulse under the hurricane of fire | burg-Spital-Grcunduli sector. Qniet ‘whicli swept against them from guns |still prevails on-the eastern front far- of all calibre, strewing the ground |ther south and in Galicia and Ru- with their dead or wounded. Nu- : mania. merous prisoners also have been taken | - Jn Mesopdtamia the British victory by the British and to a man they have over the Turks at Ramadie, west of evinced gratification that they are|Bagdad, was greater than at first re- safe from the inferno of bursting | pdrted. In addition to capturing the shells which the British without cessa- | town, nearly 4,000 Turks were made tion are pouring in upon- the German | prisoner and large numbers of guns holdings. and quantities of war stores were cap- The big guns of the Germans have | tured. Besides heavy casualties were not been idle during the fighting, but | inflicted on the Ottomans. 3 their strength is in no way compara- | British_and French airmen are con- ble to that of the great array that|tinuing their raids against German Haig _has set up for the purpose of | positions behind the lines and the ‘poundi the German entrenchmenss, | French airmen are carrying on further for warding oft attack and for screen- | reprisals against German cities and ing his infantrymen as they surge for- | towns for the bombardment of open ward on new exploits. French settlements. Large quantities As yet there has been no indication | of explosives have been dropped by that the British commander-in-chief | French airmen on Stuttgaart, Frank- has the food situation worked out to | fort-on-Main, Coblenz' and Treves, a point where he is prepared to turn | while in conjunction with British avia- loose his infantry for another smash |tors railway stations, airdromes, mu- across No Man's Land _for further 5 nition depots' and _military _encamp- German-held territory, but doubtless ! ments have been effectively bombed. Expl. BROKE DOWN AT SIGHT OF HER CHILD’S CLOTHING. Mrs. Sarah Ann Wakelin, on Trial for Murder of Daughter. Cambridge, Mass,, Oct. 2.—Mrs. Sa- rah Ann Wakelin, on trial with her husband, Joseph, for manslaughter in connection with the death of their 7 year old daughter, Loretta, broke down When the colthing of the child was ‘brought into the court room as an ex- hibit today. The mother was in tears for some time. A feature of the afternoon testimony was an admission obtained by attorv neye for the defense from Medical Ex- eminer R. D. Perley ~ of Middlesex county that he had made two reports to the district attorney as to the man- ner Loretta met her death. Soon a?- ter the discovery of the child’s body in the woods near her home in Mel- rose in June, 1516, Dr. Perley reported that she died by suffocation following a criminal assault. Another report, filed recently, made no mention of an @ssault. The change of opinion oc- curred, the witness said, after he had consulted Dr. George B. Magrath, medical examiner of Suffolk county. Mies Martha Foster, the child’s teacher, testified that Loretta came to school in the morning without her school books, that she was sent home to get them, that she did not return, and that early in the afternoon the father came 4o the schoolhouse and scolded the witness for sending the child home. Hazel Hoseley and Ruth Gaynor, neighbors of the Wakelin family, tes- tifled to assisting Mr. Wakelin in lis search for the child. They saw the father go into the woods where Loretta was found dead but did not hear him call out for her. PRIVATE FRED POWELL OF MERIDEN POSTED AS DESERTER Has Been M Allen Since STATE SENATOR. FIGURES IN PHILADELPHIA FEUD Edwin H. Vare Named as the Man Higher Up Who Was to Furnish Money. Philadelphia, Oct. 2.—State Senator Edwin H. Vare was today named as the man higher up who was to fur- nish the money to bring gunmen from New York for election work in_the fifth ward here on primary day. Sept. 19 when a policeman was killed. Con- gressman William S. Vare, the sena- tor’s brother, was named as giving as- surance that the money would be forthcoming from Isaac Deutsch, the man who ls aileged to have engaged the gangsters. The Vare brothers, who have made millions in city contracts, were brought into the case through sensa- tional testimony by Samuel G. Ma- loney, at a hearing given to Mayor Thomas B. Smith, and eight others charged with conspiracy to murder and other crimes in connection with the fifth ward killing. Altogether 17 men are under arrest here and in New York in connection with the political eud. One of HINDENBURG’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED IN GERMANY. The Emperor and Imperial Family Sent Greetings to the Field Marshal. Amsterdam, Oct. 2.—TField Marshal Von Hindenburg's 70th birthday was celebrated throughout Germany as a national fete. The emperor and all the imperial family sent greetings to the fleld marshal expressing the hope that an early end of the war would crown his_work. Various cities bestowed their free- dom on him and celebrations were held by the schools, coupled with col- lections for the war loan. The recipient of these demonstra- tions spent the day at headquarters. He was reported to be slightly indis- posed. ing From Fort Ethan Sept. 23. Meriden, Conn.. Oct. 2. — Private Fred Powell of the Meriden Ambu- lance company, now stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, has been absent from his command and post of duty since leptember 23 under mysterious ci cumstances. His khaki uniform has been found on the banks of the Wi- nooski river. The river has been dragged for his body for two days.| Later it was reported he was seen on the streets of Burlington, Vt. in el- an_attire. At noon today he was posted as a deserter and liable to the death penaity. UNITED STATES DOLLAR WORTH $1.33 IN CHINA Off 17 Centc Since Aug. 3—Normal Rate There is $2.25 Silver. B The American quoted here worth $1.33, silver, in Chinese coin. This is a drop of 17 cents since August 3. The nor- mal rate is about $2.35, silver. early FRAUD AT NEW YORK 3 REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES Attorney Expects to Obtaln Twenty-Eight Indictments. New York, Oct. -With expectation of obtaining 28 indictments of election officials at the republican primaries September 19, at which Willilam M. Bennett won over Mayor Mitchel aft- er a recount, the district attorney to- day placed before the grand jury evi- dence of alleged fraud in tally sheets subpoenaed from the board of elec- tions. It was said that sufficient evi- dence of fraud was discovered in dis- crepancies in these sheets to war- rant indictments without calling wit- nesses. It was announced at the district at- torney’s office that the jury probably would be sheard from tomorrow or Thursday. N Between Distri Amo; dollar participated in by but few members, all and features of th eevolution of the bill. ABOUT 300 MEN IN Held on Various Charges Associated bundred men in the government’s ca- pacity here on various charges asso- ciated with the war, Marshal James M. Power in Brooklyn found today that all the jails within he had no place to confine 46 more prisoners turned over to him after thev were arraigned this afternoon before United States Judge Chatfiel charge of selling liquor to_men of the pational army near Camp Yaphank, N. ings. CALL FOR ARRATE;I'WENT Was Made in Superior Court at San of Alexander Berkman, anarchist lead- er, at present in New York, on three charges of murder in connection with a preparedness day bomb explosion, was called for in superior court here today. October 9. because of the absence of the defendant. today York saying Berkman’s hearing on ex- tradition proceedings had been indef- initely postponed. $10,000,000 FOR PAYMENT For Enlisted Men in Active Service in would be given veterans of the war with Germany by a measure offered by Representative Crisp of Georgia. COLD STORAGE FOOD With Date of Its Refrigeration—Law food products held in cold storage in Illinois must be plainly tagged stamped with the date of their refrig- eration. will prevent long frozen fowls months old_»7gs from masquerading as NN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1917 14 PAGES—98 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Ready to be Signed LEVIES TXAES OF MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF BILLIONS LONGUNDERDISCUSSION The Administration's Sailors and Sol- diers’ Insurance Bill Will be Brought Up in the Senate Today—Adjourn- ment Looked for Early Next Week. A Washington, Oct. 2.—Congress fin- ished its work on the great war tax bill late today when the senate, fol- lowing the example set yesterday by the house, adopted the conference re- port without a roll call. More than two and a half billion dollars of new taxes are levied by the measure, which has been In the making since last April. As goon as the bill is engrossed and signed tomorrow by Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark, it will be sent to President Wilson, who is ex- pected to sign it immediately. discussion today was brief, t ‘© fwhom realized the futility of oppo- sition. Most of the criticism was upon the second class postage increases. _Hopes for Early Adjournment. ‘The speedy action on the conference report raised members’ hopes for ad- Journment of the war session by Sat- urday or not later than next week. ‘The administration sailors’ and sol- diers’ insurance bill, which has passed the house, will be brought up tomor- row in the eenate. Its disposal in a tew days is anticipated. ‘The .only other measure the leaders expect to put through before adjournment is the eight billion dollar deficiency appro- priation bill, whose conferees expect to agree tomorrow and secure adop- tion of their report with perfunctory debate. As_finally drafted, after one of th2 longest and most strenuous struggles in congressional history, the revenue bill, which was passed by the house May 23 and by the senate after a month’s debate, Sept. 10, draws prin- cipally upon incomes and war excess profits. As passed by the house, It totalled $1,868,000.000. and the senate raised it to $2,416,000,000. The con- ferees’ draft increased the total assess- ment. by about $750,000.000 over the house and $128,000,000 above the sen- ate. Some of Its Provisions. The bill now is estimated to raise about $850,000,000 from incomes, cor porate and individual. and about on billion dollars from war excess profit; Othrer—major le tes-amre $30.000: tobacco, about $275,000,000 on liquors, $70,000,000 on first class mail $40,000,- 000 on automobiles, $77,500,000 on freight transportation, $60,000.000 on passenger transpgrtation, $32,000000 from stamp taxes and $6,000,000 from amusement admissions. ~ Elimination of consumption taxes on sug:r. tea. coffee and gas. electrical telephone service, together with house taxes on 1916 incomes and a general 10 per cent. tariff levy, were CUSTODY IN NEW YORK With the War—J All New York, Oct. 2—With about three Full. United States his jurisdiction were filled and that failed to furnish bail. The 46 on a ., and were held for further hear- OF ALEXANDER BERKMAN Francisco Yesterday. San Francisco, Oct. 2—Arraisnment The case was continued until District Attorney Charles H. Fickert received a telegram from New OF FAMILY ALLOWANCES ,the Army, Navy or Marine Corps. Oct. ‘Washington, ~—An appropria- tion of $10,000,000 for the payment of family allowances for enlisted men in active service in the arm marine corps is proposed troduced by Representative Raker of California. navy and a bill in- | c Preferential civil . service status MUST BE MARKED Effective in Il Yesterday. Chicago, Oct. 2.—Beginning _today, or The law, known as the II- inois cold storage act, effective today, and “fresh from the farm. Fire in British Munitions Factory. London, Oct. 2.—A serious fire, and explosion has occurred in _a munitions factory in the north of Englend, ac- cording to an official report. damage was dcne to the factory, but thus far there have been no deaths. A number of the workers were In- Jured. Much By Mrs. Abby Scott B ington, an official of the man’s Par cott the loan. She said she had three sons in the service of the government but that made no difference. REVIVAL OF GRADE Is Planne tary- Baker already ha department’s program, which provision for the titie general to be held by the officer serving as chief of staff and the making of several lleu- tenant generals to command corps un- der general Pershing, military committee, and that legisla- tion carrying it pressed for prompt passage when con- gress reconvenes Andrew Courtney Campbell, Campbell, corporal disappeared Monday reconnoitering expedition in his air- craft. escadrille, machine the same day that Campbell | disappeared. Unofficial He Was Placed on Trial in Philadel- Bufralo, Charles ‘Henry bishop of the Philippines, was elected | yesterday by the premature discharge bishop of the Buffalo diocese at the [of a hand grenade at practice. diocesan convention here today. Two ' poral Hart's father lives at Oxford, N.|by a vote of the Australian pasiia- ' ballots were taken. et t of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Lérgest‘ in Connecticut in Proportion to the Great War Tax Bill (Wagelncreasefor Mine Workers PROVIDED OPERATORS MAY ADD IT TO PRICE OF COAL AGRl".MNi T REACHED Miners Are Seeking a Contract for Insist| Two Years, But Operators That Sixty Days After the End of the War. Agreement Terminate "Washington, Oct. 2.—The wage in- creases were granted by the operators contingent on their absorption in high coal prices, which they expect the fuel administration to give on pres- entation next week of their cost pro- duction figures. Differ on Length of, Contract. ‘The miners are sceklélg a contract for two years, but the operators insist on a provision for its termination 60 days after the end of the war. Miners’ representatives would not yield on this point. visions ‘will be inserted in the contract said they Pro- tonight oprevent either side from breaking it for any cause. This was demanded by the operators because the miners i asking the present increases are ig- noring a contract signed last April. Coal mine wage scales throughout the country are based on the central fleld scale, and if today’s agreement is ratified wages will be raised accord- ingly in other districts. Price. fleld are Operators Ask to Incre: Operators of the central asking the fuel administration for in- creases of about 50 cents a ton in the prices fixed for coal at the mines in a_ recent order by President Wilson. Many mines, they insist, will be forced 10 shut down unless prices are revised” Already Dr. Garfield, the fuel admin- istrator, has granted increases in out- lying districts, where for the most part coal veins are thin, making the cost of operation high. WOMEN URGED TO BOYCOTT LIBERTY LOAN r, an Official of the Women’s National Party. Oct. 2. Baltimore, Mrs,, Henry O. Havemeyer. of New York, a member of the advisory council of the tional Women’s Party, in an address before a meeting of ‘150 suffragists here today, appealed to the suffragists, not to lift a finger in aid of the Lib- erty loan. not served on the committee of women Na- She declared she would work for it, although she had ~toured the country for the first Liberty loan. The suffragists present greeted her with applause and most of them de- clared they were ready to follow her advice. Mrs. Abby Scott Baker of Wash- Vational Wo- urged the women to boy- OF FULL GENERAL by the War Department for Major General Pershing. Washington, Oct. 2.—Revival of the grade of full general is planned by the war departmgnt rank for Majo: General John J. Per- shing, commanding the American ex- peditionary forces in France. to provide suitable tonight that Secre- submitted -the includes It was learned te the senate into effect is to be in December. AN AMERICAN AVIATOR MISSING IN FRANCE Jr., of Kenilworth, llis. Paris, Oct. 2.—Andrew Courtney Jr.. of Kenilworth, Ills., a the Lafayette escadrille, while on a in His_fat is not known. Sergeant Henry Sweet Jones of the downed his first German Corporal Campbell joined the Fran- co-American flying corps in the sum- mer of 1916 and frequently has been mentioned in news despatches for his intrepid daring. cently French war cross. BOSTON HAS TAKEN ITS It was reported re- that he had.been awarded the SHARE OF LIBERTY BONDS. Figures Indicate $5,000,000 Subscriptions in Two Days. oston, Oct. 2.-+Unofficial figures mpiled tonight indicated that in this city $5,000,000 worth of Liberty bonds had been subscribed for in the two days of the campal subscription record $1,000,000. corporation of Hopedale. CAPT. THIERICHENS IS to date. One was for (odl{‘ It was from the Draper CHARGSD WITH SMUGGLING Yesterday. Philadelphia, Oct. 2.—Captain Max | jtary affairs of the Red Cross. V. Thicrichens, former commander of the German seized commerce raider Prinz Eital Friedrich, who yesterday |chartering commission was completed was found guilty of violating the Mann | with the appointment, of J. D. Smull of White slave act. was placed on trial | New York as a member. today in the federal court on the|members of the commission are Weld- charge of smuggling ashore 19 dutiable)ing Ring, chairman and Daniel Bacon, ship chronometers from while she was interned at the Phila- delphia navy yard. the railder Episcopal Bishop of Buffalo. N. Y. Oct. 2—Rt. Brent, now Episcopal Rev. i missioner for the American Red Cross Condensed 'i'eleg,rams Meatless days have been abolished in France. President Wilson signed the Aircraft Production Bill France’s moratorium has been ex- tended three months. All interim dividends were passed :y the Grand Trunk Railway of Cana- 4 - S. R. Goodling, of Idaho, pointed fuel administrator state. was ap- for that A peace demonstration, accompan- ied by rioting, is reported from Essen, Germany. American soldiers “over there” will have a real old-fashioned Thanksgiv- ing dinner. All transports bound for France are to carry accumulated mail for the sol- diers at the front. % Two high naval officers inspected the American destroyer flotilla now in ser- vice in British waters. Drafted men at Camp Upton, Yap- hank, L. I, will be put to work to prepare parade grounds. Byron A. Newton was sworn in as collector of the port of New York, succeeding Dudley Field Malone. Railroads in Argentine have been taken over there by the government as a result of the general strike there. upon the Congressional leaders passage of the soldiers’ and sailors’ insurance bill. Representative Jeanette Rankin ap- pealed to President Wilson to aid in settling the Butte copper mining strike. A further credit of $50,000,000 mak- ing $1,240,000,000 in all, was extended to Great Britain by the United States. Bradley M. Thompson, professor of law at the University of Michigan since 1887, died at Ann Arbor, aged 83. Work was_resumned with full crews in the San Francisco shipyards, all striking metal workers having return- ed. Japan issued an imperial decree for- bidding the selling, mortgaging or chartering of Japanese ships to for- eigners. Bartenders at Lawrence, Mass. went on strike in sympathy with brewery workers, who are on strike for wage increases. During the nine months ended Sept. 30 automobiles cause the death of €25 persons of streets and highways of New York. Charged with the murder of their seven-year-old daughter, Joseph and Sarah Wakelin were placed on trial in Cambridge ,Mass. Establishment of vocational schools to train shipbuilders was discussed by New England shipyard officials at their meeting.in Boston. * Having been closed since the advent of the boll weevil, several years ago the Natchez, Miss.. cotton mills will shortly be reopened. Brooklyn’s “Red-Legged Devils” the 14th Infantry entrained for Spartan- burg, S. C., after being held for -three days by lack of car: Announcement was made that 281 interned German sailors will be trans- ferred from Boston to the detention camp at Hot Springs. Collection and delivery of all mail and parcel post matter in Boston has been taken over from private con- tractors by the government. The nomination of J. Franklin Fort of New Jersey as a member of the federal trade commisgsion was con- firmed yesterday by the senate. Charles P. Taft son of former Pres- idents and Mrs. William H. Taft, will be married on Saturday to Miss Elean- or Chase, of Waterbury, Conn. J. Ogden Armour, the Chicago pack- ler .predicts the end of the war by spring with more uniform business and prosperity following the war. In a 400-mile flight from Turin to Rome Sergeant Stoppani, of the Royal Italian Flylng Corps, maintained an average speed of 140 miles an hour. A resolution favoring an American conference to discuss common and economic commercial interests was in- troduced in the Argentine chamber. Detroi the most dangerous city lin the United States to live in, accord- |ing to a statement issued by H. L. Brownell, of the Detroit Safety League. More than 1,000 longshoremen em- {ployed by the Boston & Maine and Boston and Albany railroads, at oston, went on strike for more pay and an eight-hour day. Robert Warm, a cavalryman at Fort Ethan Allen was sentenced to from 10 to 14 years imprisonment after being convicted of the murder of 14- vear-old Jennie Hemingway. Minister Michailovitch, Serbian Min- ister to the United States, issu a statement in which he characterized as a menace the presence in America of Bulgarian Minister Panaretoff. Emperor and Empress William of Germany are reported to have placed a large number of valuable jewels at the disposal of the Reichsbank to help reduce the war debt of Germany. Major James H. Perkins, former ex- ecutive manager of the National City Bank. New York, was appointed com- in France. He has been directing mil- Organization of the shipping board’'s The other both of New York. Corporal E. F. Hart Killed. Washington, Oct. 2.—General Per- shing cabled the war department today Corporal Ernest F. Hart, signal corps, was killed behind ‘the front in France Cor- ‘| two vears. Democrats Win in New Haven DAVID E. FITZGERALD ELECTED MAYOR BY PLURALITY OF 2,675 i = Board of Aldermen Will be Democratic 14 to 7—Town Clerk F. E. Whittaker, Defeated, Had Held That Office for Twelve Years. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 3.—Thg democrats of this city today reversed the resuit of two vears ago and swept out of office every republican office holder except the registrar of voters, who has to be elected. David B, Fitz. gerald, lawyer and chalrman of the democrati state ‘committee, was ! mayor by a plurality of 2,878 amuel Campner, who took of- after the death of Mayor Frank Rice. The board of aldermen will democratic, 14 to 7. Fitzgerald in with m ten ward aldermen tice. J. be took {and four at large members. A fea- ture of the landsilde was the defeat of Frederick E. Whitaker, for town k. He had held that office for twelve years, at one election being the only republican to win. John E. Doughan, a member of the democratic | e committee, beat Whitaker by tout 100, the lowest of any demo- atic plurality. Republican Mayors Since 1910. 7 Haven has had republican may- ce 1910, when Frank J. Rise was first elected. He succeeded him- self in each election after that until 1915. He died last year and Mr, Campner, then acting mayor during the mayor’s illness, was made, by ape- cial act of the legislature, the mayor. He was then under the legal age pre- scribed for a mayor here and the spe- cial act was hurriedly passed that he might continue in office. City Clerk A. Oswald Pallman was defeated after having held that place for three terms. Most of the other republican candidates were on their first terms. There Was a Hot Campaign. The campaign here was waged en- ergetically from the date of the nom- inations, the dewnocrats making a par- ticularly hot fight. The influx of men from other places to the munitions plants here has lately increased the democratic vote as was shown in the presidential battle of last year. The democratic ticket this year was essentially. a new one, only three, Ar- thur D. Mullen, controller; Henry Fresenius, treasurer and William H, Hackett, 'collector, having held city offices before, all being -ousted from those places in the republican land- siide of 1915, The Vote in Detall. The vote in detail folfows: Mayor, David E. Fitzgerald, demo- crat, 11,537; Samuel Campner, repub- lican, 8,862, Controller, Arthur D. Mullen, demo- crat, 11,076; F. G. P. Barnes, repub- lican, 9,324, . Clerk, Frank C. Miles, democrat, 10,804; A, O. Pallman, republican, 9, Collector, Willlam H. Hackett, d, 11,158; Edmund L. Babecock, r, 9,275. Sheriff, ¥Frank Palmieri, r, 11,074; A, J. Lorenzo, r, 9,342, Town Clerk, John E. Doughan, d, 10.598; F. B. Whitaker, r, 9,812, Registrar of vital statics, Andrew f,fie?llen, d, 10,862; Robert E. Lee, r, Reglstrar of voters, Edward P. Keat- ing, "d, 10,915; Louis Knollmover, r, 9,612. Aldermen-at-large, Edmund J. Cof- fey, r, 9,462; E. F. Johnson, r, 9,475; L, ‘Carey Slaton, r, 9,414; Donald A. Adams, T, 9,501; Thomas Ryan, d, 1 936; Dr. A, H. Devereaux, 4, Francis P. Kiernan, d, 10,833; ick G. Crabb, d, 11,052 Of the aldermen-at-large the two republicans elected are Donald A. Adams and E. F. Johnson. A CLEAN REPUBLICAN VICTOBY IN WATERBURY For Mayor Willlam H. Sandland Had a Majority of 637 Votes Over Mayor Scully. 16,9507 Frede Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 2.—Willlam H. Sandland, former oity clerk of Wa- terbury, the republican candidate for mayor, has been elected mayor of the city by a majority of 637 votes over the present incumbent, Martin Scul- ly, who is about to complete his sec- ond term In the office. He polled 4,- 933 votes to Scully's 4,296, ‘With Mayor-elect Sandland every republican on the ticket has been car- ried into office, some of them with majorities exceeding those of the may- oralty candidate. As a result of the election the po- sition of the two parties in the board of aldefmen will be exactly the re- verse of what it has been for the past In place of six republi- cans and nine democrats, there will be nine republicans and six demo- crats. In short, the board will large- ly be composed of new material. Of- ficials in the city hall who were fast becoming veterans in the service of the city for their length of service went down to defeat along' with the rest of the democratic ticket. Among them are William F. Moher, who has serv- ed three terms as city clerk; Bdward F. Moran, city treasurer who has serv- ed two terms: Michael D. Russell, who has filled the important office of con- troller for about ten years, and City Sheriff Matthew J. Smith, whose length of service parallels that of "Mr. Russell. James R. Lawlor, who has been tax collector for a number of vears, also loses his position in the general landslide. Thelr places will be tayen, in the case of the oity clerk- ship, by Charles B. Tomkinson, who has 'been assistant city clerk for the past two years; Robert E. Hannegan will take the place of treasurer Mo- ran; Elmer E. Parker will replace Mr. Russell as controller; Robhert [} Stond will be ruccessor to Matthew J. Smith in the oce of city sheriff and Frederick C. Bauby will become tax collector in place of Mr. Lawlor. One democrat, John J. Walsh, has been elected to the board of education, but his vote ran behind the republican elected to the board, Herbert E. Holmes, and Robert B, Platt by nearly 800 votes. B Daylight saving has been rescinded