Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 4, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 337 Bulletin s POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1917 - TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS . GERMANS REPEAT ~ ATTACKS AT YPRES They Are Making Valiant But, Thus Far, Vain Efforts to Recapture Territory THEY ARE ATTACKING IN LARGE NUMBERS The British Gunners Are Working Havoc Among the Attack- jnanvn—flueSfifli:Nol;:xfimfionoffiszeSet ‘by Field Marshal Haig for Renewal of His Efforts to Press Forward—French Aviators Are Keeping Up Their AuuhonGshmTowmandCifieo,Am@ngThemtbe Town of Baden, Famed as a Health Resort. —— Since the middle of last week the Ger- a comparatively long line of French man armies Halg. As on previous days, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria on Wednesday unleashed large numbers of his troops in an attempt to recapture terrain on the Ypres sector, where the British are gsriously threatening his communi- catfon line with Ostend and the subma- rinb base at eebrugge. Ever-watchful, the gunners of Haig have wrought havoc among the attacking waves and dispersed the Germans with heavy casualties and retained all their posi- tions intact. There is no indication of the time st by Field Marshal Halg for the ro- of efforts to press on toward e Ostend Lillle rallway, but he is steadily keeping up his pounding of the German trenches with his mass- es of artillery of all calibres. Although the German war office as- serts that in Tuesday's fighting along the eastern bank of tHe Meuse in the Verdun sector the Germans captured and cut in Flanders daily have been trying to wrest from the British the territory taken from them in the recent big offensive of Field Marshal trenches, the French official communi- cation makes no mention of this and asserts merely that violent artillery fighting and " spirited patrol engage- ments took place. While British and Fremch airmen continue their bombing operations against Germany’s submarine base at Zeebrugge and points of military im- portance behind the lines, the French aviators are keeping up their attacks on Germay towns and cities in repris- al for the shelling by German afrcraft of the open town of Bar le Duc. More than 15,000 pounds of explosives are reported to have been dropped on num- erous German settlements, among them the famous town of Baden, famed as & health resort. Likewise ‘the Itallans are giving the Austrians little respite from aerial in- cursions, again having dropped tons of projectiles on military objectives at Pola, the great Austrian naval base on the Adriatic, and bombed other points of military advantage. Tn addition. the Italians “have - repulsed - devisively another Austrian attack on the western slopes of Monte San Gabrielle, in the Gorizia scetor. PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY OF PHILADELPHIA POLICE Described at Hearing of Cases Growing Out of Political Feud. Philadelphia, Oct. 3.—The alleged peruitious activity of the police. back- in ed by Mayor Thomas B. Smith, helping Isaac Deutsch to win the coun- cilmanic nomipation in the fifth ward, which resulted in the killing of a po- was liceman and other bloodshed, described in the municipal court at the second day’s hearing of the mayor and R conspiracy to murder, aggravated as- sault and battery and violation of elec- eight other defendants tion laws. ot Fom xfi.m officer om in and if they are beads,” was the order receiv- Polics Lieutenant David Ben- testified. “Bring "Deutsche’s men’ I will excuse them, Carey men Tll send down,” was the further order siven by Bennett, the policemen u‘m.: in’ The penalty for failure to “turn for Deutsch was transfer to another eight police- ne of the offic- ers refused to be transferred. quit and police district, or res! ment told the court. stayed in the ward to help Carey. One transferred man said Bennett told him that “clubs would be trump: in the fifth ward on election day. Ben- nett informed the policemen that he had the backing of the mayor and that ‘whatever he or Deutsche told the po- that ‘mayor made a speech to a delegation of Deutsch men, in which he sald that he wanted order preserved in the ward and that if heads must be clubbed to ‘maintain order the police must club lice to do, they must. . Witnesses also testified them. G 0 bty e iy ; L its_except Mayor Smith and B. Finley for weapons. The court said it was reported one of the men might kave a pistol. All de- ned having any and.none was found. The hearing will be resurded row. COTTONSEED OIL TRADING I8 NOT PROHIBITED/ Report That It Had Been Proved to Be Erronecus. New York, Oct, 3—Edward Flash, resident of the New York cchange, said today that that speculative oil futures on exchange n”."?’::n forbidden was untrue. He explained that the Tegost a Jr., vice Produce published report in cott was due to the misconstruction lettar he sent to the trade. “My letter to the trade,” he said, “was merely a warning against exces speculation and a plea be confined so far as possible to in- terests directly identified with the tottonseed ofl trade. There is no talk whatever of closing the market which furnishes the only hedging facilities sive outside 4n the country.” YALE MEN ENROLL FOR NAVAL TRAINING COURSE Direction of Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester. Under New Haven, Conn., Oct. 3.—Interest in the announcement of the opening of a naval tra’a-ug course at Yale uni- versity under Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester was so keen today that fifty 2dditional undergraduates enrolled in itlon to the list of two hundred h Prof. Mather A Abbott had in hand prier to the university announce- ment of the appointment of Rear Ad- miral Chester. Senator La Folletts Denounced. I lfs, Tnd, Oct. 3.—Resolu- at Senator Robert M. La Follette denouncing “all acts and vtterances of a disloyal nature” were by the Indiana State Council at its regular meeting to- tions a of the tomor- DECREASE IN LOSS OF 7 BRITISH MERCHANTMEN Eleven Ships of More Than 1600 Tons Were Sunk Last Week. London, Oct. 3—Bleven British mer- chantmen of more than 1600 tons each and two vessels under 1,600 ton: were sunk by ménes or submarines last week, according to the British admiralty statement made public this grening.” The shipping summary fol- lows: Arrivals 2680; sailings 2,742. British merchant vessels sunk by mine or submarine, over 1,600 tons, in- cluding two previously, 11; under 1,600 tons, two. Fishing vessels sunk, none. British merchant vessels unsuccess- fully attacked, Including seven previ- ously, 16. ;5 The above statement of the British admiralty again lowers the aggregate of British merchantmen sunk by mines or submarines during any week since Germany began her intensified sub- marine campaign. As against fifteen vessels sunk the previous week which was the low record since February, only thirteen merchantmen are shown " |to_have been sent to the bottom last week. STATE CONVENTION BAY STATE PROHIBITION PARTY Chester R. Lawrence Won Guberna- tional Nomination. Boston, Oct. 3.—Chester R. Law- rence of this city. candidate of the pro- hibition party for governor last year, was again mominated as the party standard at the state conven- tian Rere today. Matthew Hale, who was nominated by the democratic par- ty for lieutenaint governor and _who as announced his intantion of re- taining alsy his affiliation with_the | progressive party, was named for leu- tenant governor. The platform declared for woman suffrage, the Initlative, referendum and recall, a more equitable adjustmeTit of the faxing system, suppression of gambling in_the 'mecessities of life, aid for needy mothers, extension of saving bank industrial 'insurance, old age pensions and annutties, health in- surance, and the budget system of state finance, and opposed appropria- tions for sectarian and private schools. ACQUITTED QF THE CHARGE OF SMUGGLING Captain Thierichens, Former Com- mander of Prinz Eitel Friodrick. Philadelphia, Oct. 3—Captain Max V. Thierichens, former commander of the seized German commerce ralider, Prinz Eitel Friedrich, was today ac- quitted of the charge of smuggling ashore 19 duftable ship chronometers from the ralder while she was Intern- ed at the Philadelphia navy yard. The government dropped the cases against three co-defendants, Albert K. Fisher, a German, head of a manufacturing concern here that has a government contract; Mrs. Fischer and Henry Rohner, a German-American mgr- chant. DID NOT URGE BOYCOTT OF THE LIBERTY LOAN Mrs. Abby Scott Baker’s Remarks Were Not Correctly Reported. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 5—In a des- tch sent from Baltimore last night rs. 4bby Scott Baker of Washing- ton, an official of the National Wom- en’s Party, was erroneously report- ed as urging women to.boycott the new Liberty loan. Mrs. Baker, who spoke at a meeting of suffragettes which also was addressed by Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer of New York, dealt only with the subject of suffragist picket- ing and did not in her formal remarks, mention the loan. City’s Population. The Bulletin’s ‘Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in Proportion to the PRICE TWO CENTS Cabled Paragraphs Employes Arrest Directors. Kharkov, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 2.— (By A. P)—Employes of the electric light company today arrested the di- Tectors and managers. . After a meet- ing at which a proposal to deal out summary justicé to the prisoners was repected. it was decided to hold them, until high wages had been granted. TO SEND PROOF OF GUILT OF BOLO PASHA. State Attorney General Lewis of New York Has Documentary Evidence. New York. Oct. 3—Proof that Ger- man money was furnished in this coun- try by Count Von Bernstorff to Bolo under arrest in Paris is a spy, will be forwarded tomorrow to - the French government, it was announced here tonight by Mertin E. Ledls, state attorney general. The attorney general, who inve; gated Bolo Pasha's activities hure a: the request of Ambassador d&sérand, £ald that it wa sa prelinmary report submitted by him to tde ambassador at Washingtofl last week which . re- sulted in the arresf of Bolo Pasha in Paris. “The conclasjons will be substan- tiated by a fnass of documentary evi- dence,” ifie attorney general's state- ment said, “including photographic re- prod:étions of the checks, bank records and” other proofs of the disposition of Yfie German money furnished Bol> Pasha in this country by ex-Ambassa- dor Bernstorfr.” Bolo Pasha, who was in the United States between Feb. 22 and March 17, 1916, came here, according to Mr. Lew- is, to arrange for the transfer of Ger- man money to Parls through New York banking institutions to further peace propaganda in France. He suc- ceeded in getting at least $1,600,000 over to the French capital through J. P. Morgan & company and other bank ing institutions. the attorney general's investigation disclosed. Part of _ this money, it was_revealed, went to Sena- tor Charles Humbert, owner of Le Journal, a Paris newspaper, which, howeven, according to cable despatch- es, he refunded after becoming suspi- cious of Bolo. Examination of the accounts of Bolo Pasha in the banks of G. Amsnick & company, the Royal Bank of Canada (New York pranch), and J. P. Morgan & company revealed, Mr. Lewis stated, that $1,683,500 had been deposited to the credit of the alleged spy. The money orlginally had been on deposit to the credit of the Deutsche- hank of Berlin, with the National Park bank and the Guaranty Trust company here, and was transferred from thess banks to Amsnick & company and later to the Royal Bank of Canada. The transfer of the money, it Was al- leged, was made on order of Hugo Schmidt, a_director of the Deutsche- bank, now in this city. JAPANESE MISSION " VISITED COL. ROOSEVELT Arrived at Oyster Bay in Automobile Decorated With Japanese Fiags. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Oct. 3.—With the exception of Viscount Ishii, who js at Atlantic City recovering from a severe cold, members of the Japanese com- mission paid a visit to Colonel Roose- velt at his home here today. The party arrived in automobiles decorated with Japanese flags. Dur- ing luncheon Colonel Roosevelt pro- posed toasts to_the emperor of Japan and President Wilson. Vice Admiral Takeshita, who was the naval attache of the Japanese embassy when Col- onel Roosevelt was president, then toasted the host. In discussing their former associations, the vice admiral made inquiry_about the colonel’s sons, Archie and Quentin, who were small toys during his diplomatic service in the United States and who are now with the American expeditionary forces in France. g Accompanying the party were Cap- tain Phillips. U. S. N, who was In command of the Mayflower at the time of the Russo-Japanese peace ne- gotiations, and Brigadier _General Irons, U.'S. A, who was at Santiago with ' Colonel Rooseveit. GERMANY EXAGGERATING EFFECTIVENESS OF U-BOATS Londen Says the Toll is About Ywo- Thirds of That Claimed by the Ger- man London, Oct. 3.—The total of all loss- es to world’s shipping since Germany's ruthless U-boat war went into .effect ageregate about two-thirds of those claimed by the Germans in.a state- ment issued September 1. At the time the Germans alleged that an average of 900,000 tons had been sunk morkh- Iy for seven months. & The actual totals of tonnage sunk compiled here show tha+ not even dur- ing the most successful month for the U-boats—April—have the figures reached any such proportions, while the August Josses dropped to almost Lhalf the April figure. OPPOSITION TO PLAN OF NEW HAVEN ROAD Whereby Goods Would Be Accepted For Shipment Only on Certain Days, Boston, Oct. 3. — Opposition to_the “shipping day” plan of the New York New Haven and Hartford and the Boston and Albany raflroads, kheredy g0ods would be accepted in Boston for shipment only on certain days for cer- tain localities in this state was volced at the conference of shippers and rail- road men at the chamber of com- merce today. Representatives of wholesale grocers and fruit and pro- Guce dealers asserted that the plan would come near driving some mer- chants out of business. TWO TROLLEY COLLISIONS IN EARLY MORNING FOG Both on the Line Between Water- bury and Cheshire. ‘Waterbury, Conn, Oct. 3.—There were two tail-end collisions of trol- ley cars in the fog this morning, both ocenrring between this city = and Cheshire. ~Windows and fenders of one of the cars were broken and Con- Guctor Holden was cut on the hand by fiying glass. No one else was in- Jjured. Milk Price Fell in Waterbury. Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 3.—An at- tempt by local milk dealers, to ob- tain fifteen cents a quart for milk has failed and foday the price fell to four- teen cents. The raise from 12 to 15 cents was made early last month. Congress Will AdjournThis Week HAS BEEN IN EXTRAORDINARY P SESSION SINCE APRIL 2 s S BOTH HOUSES READY They Will Send Committees to Prési- dent Wilson 5 Inquire if He Wishes Any Other Matters Disposed of. - ‘Washington, Oct. 3.—Congress will end its extraordinary war. session, which began April 2, Saturday or pos- sibly Friday. Agreement of the senate today to take a final vote late tomorrow on the administration soldiers and sail- ors’ insurance bill and the adoption, with récord-breaking speed, of. the con- ference report on the war deficiency appropriation bill paved the way for adjournment until the regular Decem- ber session. Arrangements For Final Formalities. Arrangements for the final formal- ities were made by Senator Martin and Representative Kitchin, majori- ty leaders. Representative Kitchin prepared to introduce in the house to- mofrow a resolution proposing ad- ournment at five, o'clock Saturday. Such speed was made on legislation in the senate late in the day, however, that Senator Martin said tonight it migit be possible to finish Friday in- stead. Vote on Insurance Bill Today. Little time is expected to be re- quired for conferees’ agreement _on the Insurance measure after the final vote in the senmate tomorrow _and prompt approval by the house of the defieiency appropriation final draft al- so_is scheduled. Before adjonrning both houses will send a_committee to wait upon e resi- dent Wilson to inquire formally if the executive wishes any other matters disposed of, but so many members_ of both bodies alrbady have left the city snd the demand for immedfate ad- journment is so®insistent that the programme for a get-away not later than Saturday is regarded as certain to be carried cut. GREAT BRITAIN'S EMBARGO ON EXPORTS Declared After Careful Consid- eration by Allied Statesmen. Washington, Oot. 3.—Gredt Britain’s embargo on the export of all supplies to the northern European . neutral countries, just announced, was de- clared after every phase of its possi- ble effect was gone over in confer- ences between American and allied statesmen. Z American officials, ‘it was learned today, initiated the discussions and in- sisted that the British step be taken to make sure that there be no nulli- fication of the purposes the United States government had in view In putting into operation its own em- bargo. The step indicated that the allies have united in a decision that the neu- trals must cut off the shipment of all supplies to Germany. American offi- clals and some of the allies hereto- fore have hesitated as just how far to go in demanding cessation of trade between the neutrals and Germany. At one time it appeared they would ask £o more than that neither goods nor materials supplanted by allied com- ‘modities be sold to Germany by the neutrals. The new policy can be accomplished through rigid embargoes applied by all the allies. The neutrals cannot ex- ist without British and American sup- plies, and within the next two or three months all of them are expected to declare flat embargoes on the ex- port of their commodities to all coun- tries. This will hit England as well as Germany, but the British, who can draw on the United States, are in a position to do without neutral goods, while Germiny, cut off from the rest of the world, cannot exist, officials here eay, if neutral shipments cease. To those familiar with the military an deconomic sitvation in Germany. the new policy indicates that the allied governments have come to the con- clusion that by making every use.of economic weapons the war will be ended much more quickly than by mili- tary supremacy alone. NEW YORK SUBSCRIPTIONS BEYOND $100,000,000 MARK A Monster Parade and Pageant Planned For “Liberty Loan Day.” Was is New York, Oct. 3.—Subscriptions to the second Liberty loan in the New York federal reserve district have gone far beyond the $100,000,000 mark, the campaign committee announced to- night. The unofficial total at 3 o'clock this afternoon was $105,345,550, and this did not include hundreds of small smbscriptions.. | To spur ®orkers to'still greater ac- tivity, -the committee tonight inform- ed them the average daily subscrip- tions are below the mark which it will be necessary to maintain until Octob-, er 27, when it is planned to close the “drive” for the $1,500,000,000 sale which the district has been allotted. Heralded by a proclamation by Pres- ident Wilson designating the day “Lib- erty Loan Day,” a monster parade and pageant is being planned for Wednes day, October 24. - Aaditional large subscriptions - an- nounced today_include: The Corn Ex- change_bank, $10.000,000; First Na- tional Bank of New York city, $5,000,- 600; ITmporters and. Traders National bank, $2,171,000; Refining Company_ $2,000,000; Bankers Trust Company, $1,721.000, and the National_Surtty Company. $1,000,000; WNassau National bank, $400,000. VOLUNTOWN WOMAN ARRESTED IN PROVIDENCE Charged With Shooting a Bellboy at the Hotel Allen. Providence, R. I, Oct. ,3—Ovid Rickey, 24, a bellboy at the Hotel Al- len, was shot following a quarrel on the sidewalk -in frong of ‘the hotel to- day, and Mrs. Ge) ide Downing, 23, wife of Jeremiah Downing, a well-to- do resident of Voluntown, Corn., is un- der drrest, charged with' assauit. Mrs. Downing told the police she shot Rickey because he had ruined her life. the 'American Sugar| Senate Passed the War Deficiency Bill GREATEST OF THE KIND IN THE HISTORY OF ANY NATION IT CARRIES $7,753,434,410, Conference Report Was Adopted With- in Less Than Three Minutes—Today the House is Expected. to Adopt It. ‘Washington, Oct. . — Within less than three minutes today the senate adopted the confercnce report on the war urgent deficiency appropriation bill, carrying $7,737,434,410 in cash ana authorized contracts. = Tomorrow the Touse is expected to adopt it and send it to President Wilson. ' The Greatest of Its Kind. The measure is said to be the great- est of the kind in the history of any government. It emerged this after- roon from conference between the two houses in which jtems involving over $780,000,000 has been in dispite and went through the senate in record- breaking time without the formality of. a roll call. The bill carries $5,355,976,016.93 of direct appropriation and authorizes the government to enter into contracts for $2,401,458,393.50 more, almost en- trely for 'war purposes, incinding the ravy’s great destroyer programme. Items of the Bill. In conference subsistence of the army, for which the house had voted $175,000,000 and the senate $321,000,000, was’ provided for in a compromise of $250,000,000. For army transportation, for which the house had voted $350,- 000,000 and the senate $413,000,000, the conferees substitutad $375,000,000." For regular quartermaster supplies $125,- 000,000 was agreed to after the house had voted $100,000,000 and the sen- afe $163,600,000. TRIAL OF 13 NEGROES OH'ARGED WITH MURDER Outcome of Race Riot in East St. Louis Last July. Belleville, Tils, Oct. 3.—Testiony as to events leading to the murder of Detective Coppedge and _ Policeman ‘Wodley of East St. Louis ear'v on the morning of July 2. which in t-#n pre- cipitated the rioting that reached a climax_in_the slaving of negroes in East St. Louis that night, was given at the trial of thirteen nesrocs charg- ed with the murder of the police offi- cers. ‘Eqward Wilson.-a negro ice and coal | dealer, identified the thirteen negro de- fendants as having been in a_sather- ing of negroes atsll o'clock: before ‘the policemen were killed. Four of them, he named as having been armed. One of these. he said, was Othaniel Peebles. He said that Peebles - was bleeding about the nose, having been hit by a stray bullet fired by the white raid- ers. Mrs. Barbara Stapp, a white woman, | testified that she saw an automobils | passing through the negro district and its occupants firing aimlessly. She did not see the men and did not know whether they were white. She also said she saw automobile passing through the negro district and its occupants firing aimlessly. She @id ndt see the men and did not know whether they were white. She also said she saw automobile loands of negroes after 9 p. m. going towards the home of L. N. Bundy, ne- Zro dentist, with guns and rifies. She heard the church bells ring and saw a dpzen automobiles loaded with ne- groes start from points near Bun- ay’s home. MISSING WOMAN RETURNS AFTER 20 YEARS' ABSENCE Mrs. Chester Sampson Had Boan[ Mourned as Dead. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 3.—After ha: ing been mourned as dead by _ her family for twenty years, Julia Scan- ion, mow Mrs. Chester Sampson, is back in Connecticut and will soon hold 2 Teunion with members of her fam- Ily. . She has already met one broth- er here, Patrick Scanlon, and will go to_Thompsonville to greet the others: Mrs. Sampson is now a resident of Detroit and is the mother of two chil- dren. A score of vears ago she disap- peared from Winsted, then the home of her parents, and until recently none of her relatives had heard from her. When shc left home ponds and rivers were dragged, it being supposed that e had been drowned. No trace of her being found and no werd coming from her, it at last was thoyght that she had perished by some accident. A short time ago the remark of a waiter in Detroit that he knew a wait- er in Hartford by the name of Patrick Scanlon gave Mrs. Sampson a clue to her relatives. She wrote her broth- er and then came east. She had written to her people sevefal times after leaving home but because they had moved from the old home the let- ters nqver reached them. She ays she left-home because she desired to make her own way in the world. GOETHALS TO ENGAGE IN MANUFACTURE OF AIRPLANES Has Been Elected President of the Weright-Martin Aircraft Corporation. New York, Oct. Oct. .—Major Gen: eral George W. Goethals, who resigned some time ago as general manager of | the United States emergency fleet cor- poration, will devote himself to the manufactyre of airplanes for use in the war. Announcement ‘of his elec- tion as president of the Wright-Mar- tin aircraft corporation was made here today. TROLLEY SERVICE IN WATERBURY CURTAILED Impossible to Man Enough Cars to Care For the Traffic. Waterbury, Conn., Oct. ~ 3—Trolley service in Waterbury has been cur- tailed by six cars in morning and night rugh periods, since the fare raise to six cents. local company officials admitted tonight. The draft will take crews of four cars_tpmorrow and the company hopes 1o sécure 10 or 15 men within the next ten days. It is impossible to _ man enough ‘cars to care for the traffic, it wasexnlained. Condensed Telegranis Bolo Pasha, under arrest as a spy in" Paris, has gone on'a hunger strike. are turning out Series tickets in Chi- Countorf bogus World cago. rs. President Wilson signed a bill opén- ing certain potash lands for develop- |. ment. s, A X A Bri on “accomp- | anied by military officers, arrived an Atlantic port. 3 British forces in Mesopotamia,.which captured Ramadle, took neariy 4000 Turkish prisoner ¥ President Menocal of Cuba signed a special decree creating a -Council of National Defense. More than 2,000 tons of foodstuffs were destroyed by fire In a store- a o iBtonktii Collectively With Labor Demands—Speci J. Ogden Armour denied a report that Armour & Co, was planning to enter the retail busine: Out of 8,155 drafted .men examined §5 at Camp Jackson Columbia, S. C., ¥ . there have been 788 rejections. , Washinston, Oct. 3—The govern- failed to prevent ma L ment is. working to.develop some com- 3 j 5 nition in most cas: Herbert Tree, was killed in action. labor unrest wkich threatens to ham-|meet the increased S per war nmguctlon. It is cdoncerned Not Working ing [ l, Mrs. John | Over the pr3nounced upward move- olgali] L o e e, John | faept of wagper dlaproportionats stor | Condinuads eqidans when she stepped in front of a train. | various industries, and the dificulty of [ &nd employers were no stabilizing conditions without doing or employers. their advisers of t Franci injustice to workers h » boarding house 1. Danbury.yester- | or Indicely necessary for the prosecu- | Samental solutfon, tion of the war, and the output of war materials Is curtailed by strikes, ex- traordinary movement of workers from one industry to another or from plant to plant, and other unsettled condi- tions. On the recommendations of the commiksion headed by Secretary Wil- son of, the department of labor, which jeft today for the west, will largely British government American officials, Baker, Secretary W day. The nomination of Charles R. Page of Californja as a member of the ship- ping board was confirmed by the sen- ate. labor committee, a turter, special assi Baker for labor retary of the new commission. Arrivals of foreign steamers at Bal- Septemb: otalle despite the government pers, chairman of the [SYSTEM TO DEAL WITH LABOR UNREST The Government is Working to Develop Some Compre- hensive Method to Meet the Situation - IS CONCERNED OVER UPWARD TREND OF WAGES ‘The Object is to Stabilize Conditions Without Doing Injustice to Workers or Employers—One Plan to Encourage Em- ployers to Form Associations by Industry Groups to Deal al Study is Be- ing Made of the British Government’s Methods. any walkouts or higher pa in Harmony. not official council he ok for a more fur With this end methods by includir flson, Samr deften. nd Felix Fra stant to justmente labor investigatin spvernient's cdurse will be: American labor = conditions, off Miss Jessie Spahr, of Princeton N. The ‘Government’s- Cours Hore ana L pivios aobtial wtiintion J. was awarded the prize of 3200 for| T extend to a number of Industries | the following British practice the best entrance ‘examination record | having war contracts the present svs- | Centralization of administration =% BmithiColleage 1> & tem of wage adjustment boards whic [all labor matters affecting war £ S : have been created for cantonment con- | duction in a eingle government Proceedings brought against the|giruction for the shipbuilding, long- | partment. Great Lakes Towing Co.. the alleged|choremen’s work and army and na Entrusting of mediation of troul “Towing Trust,” were dropped on mo- tion of the Governntent. A charter was granted at Dover, clothing production. To increase the number of war de- partment contracts containing clauses providing that in case of suspension branch. ization of labor no reaching the etrike Government promotion of the org w_unorganized a Del.. for the Foreign Transport of work: by, strikes, tho secretary of|of employers by industries Mercantile Corporation, With $27500,- [war shall settle the disputes. collective asrcements possible; an. 000 to build and operate ships. To enforce agreements with indus- | heavy tax levies on war profits, w tries for whose products standard | some observers consider a onrime cau Comm onsr Woods has ked the prices are fixed, not to reduce wages. | of labor unres:t New York police to help ' care for To encourage employers to, form as- ‘The defense council's labor commit members of the department who have|gociations by industry groups to deal | tee, headed by Samuel Gompers, will co-operate in any movement to stabll- gone into the. national service. collectively with labor demands. and To press Informally for adjustment of ‘disasreements hefore they reach the ize labor coniition: pected, officials sa Stocks of meats at the _principal but cannot be ex to prevent strikes western packing - _points . decreased e stage, under the implled pres-|or force mediation except hy its & 63576 000 pounds during September. ire of the go,\‘remmcnl'u war power j eral advocacy of industrial peace Lard decreased 3,194,000. pounds. . td.eommandeer ‘and operste plants. |war pollcy. Efforts of the sub-com et es already. are in éffect | mittee on concillation, of which Great difficulty in shi United, States the earl crop of Bermuda is apticipated owing to the shortage of ocean tonnage. ¢ Dbesw: pract ing - to thel,n o smalf scale, having been develop- vesetable [ oq gradually to deal with specific labor problems as the yarose. They have - . limited by the fact nite government a Everitt Macy is chairman have been that it lacks de uthority A VERDICT OF $100,000 IN BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT In Favor of Mrs. Wilheimina: Meyer-' Mayo—No Defense Made. Six sons of Mr. and Mrs. MaGua-an of Chicago are now in some branch of the national service. Four other sons are kept at home only by their age. Food prices in Argentina were treblsd when stevedores joined the general strike. Great suffering is be- ing caused among the poorer classes. Pa., mills of the Aetna Explosives Co. which have been run- ning_on part time for the past six months, will soon resume on full time. Offic: | Estimates partment New York, Oct. 3—A verdict of| Washington, $100,000 in favor of Mrs. Wilhelmina Meyer-Mayo in her breach of prom- ise sult asking $250,000 from Virein- fus St. Julian Mayo, a wealthy radia- tor manufacturer of New Haven, Conn.. was handed down by a su- preme court jury here laté today “The elderly” defendant did not even take the stand in the case, which, colled today, was disposed of In less than four hours. The jury rendercd — *|ita verdict after hearing the complain- An airplane will be sent to thefant's side and only a piea by counsel| . training camp at Plattsburgh for the |in behalf of Mayo. trench war manoevvres there next| Mrs. Meyer-Mayo's complaint was week. Three anti-aircraft gums are|that after marrying Mayo in 1904, expected, also. she discovered later, through notoriety given to Mayo's marital relations a The National Geographic -Society’s [ vear or two aso, that he had been pre- expedition to Mt. Katmal returned to{viously married to Florence Weeks of Seattle reporting that the mountain |Scranton, Pa. The latter obtained a probably will not be actlve again in|divorce frcm him, leavinz him free thousahds of years. g tc re-wed the complainant legally, but Frederick G. Fisher and Francisco this- Mrs. Meyer-Mayo claimed, he re- fused to do, saying that he was obli- Ortigas of the _ Philippine _Islands, were nominated. by President Wilson to gated to a woman in Brookiyn by wliom he had three children. be associate justices of the Philiy- pine supreme court. Emporium, senate finance revenue expected tion follow: Incomes, $851,000,000. Excess profits, tilled spirits, Restified _spiri Fermented Wines, rups, A bill restoring the rights of steve- dores under the worlmen's compen- sation act which was declared illegal by the Supreme Court was passed by the Senate. . soft ettes, Tobacco, 33 Snuff, $1,800,000. Cigarette Freight Passenger 060, Pipe Seats and Telegraph $7,000,000. Insurance, Automobiies 000,000 Musical instrume cords, etc., $3,000, Motion picture f Jewelry, $4,500,00 Sporting goods, Pleasure boat Proprietary medi Perfumery and c Chewing & Cameras, $750,00 Amusgment adm| Club dues, $1,500 Stamp taxes, and parcel post, Tnheritance taxes Virgin Island pr First class mail Second class Munitions manuf 000,000 Total, angl t $5,000 and James W. Osborne, Mavo's attorney, admitted the breach of promise, but #0ld that Mrs. Mever-Mayo knew Mavo had ‘been vreviously married when she marrled him, that his client had |re miven her $25,000 and that he felt she was amply provided for. Sccretary Daniels commended for gallantry in saving persons from drowning S an Arthur O. Radecliffe, of Brownsvi 1. and Fireman James 'R. McGregor of Lee, Mass. VICE ’RESIDENT.OF cuBA 1S VISITING IN NEW YORK. General Nunez Will Rsview ths Red Cross Parade There Today. Estimating that elect: signs in New York alone take .10 000 -tons of coal a day..A. J. Vasey, publisher of a coal Journal. urked that the United States prohibit larger signs. New York, Oct Nunez, vice president of rived here’ from Havana -ves o Was announced by, the R>public Cuba’ News bureau here toliy. He will be one of those wh> reviiw ihe Red Cross nurses’ parade heie tomo: row and after attending oflier public fuctions during the cominy fortnight he plans to return to Cubi by way of Washington. General Nunez's visit to this country: Is not ofti-ial WAGE SCALES FOR NAVY YARD EMPLOYES. Agreement Reached Between Navy Department and Trades Unions. The degree of doctor of laws was conferred by the University -of Ro- | chester N. Y., upon Lord: Northcliffe, and William R. Riddell, justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. Canada. ot Sheriff’s posses are scouring the country about Pensacola. Fla., for ‘William and Robert Blackwell, ‘under sentence of death. Who escaped from prison during last week’s hurricane. Two_thousand workmen at the Avi- ation Training Camp at Lake Charles. EXAMINI La., who went on strike Sunday. re. turned, having been granted wege in- creases and revised working sched- ules. Is Mdde in the D Washington, Oc to examine for mil registered for the a vet called was kil at least, today, wh increase of 26| washington, Oct. 3.—-An agreement members of the|,, ‘yape scales virtually was reached today between the navy department and the president of the International Trades union, representing navy yard employes. . While figures have n been finally decided, it was announced officially that the conference had reached a_point where the trade union men expected to slgn up tomorrow for the enguing year. The effect of the scale under consid- eration will be to increase the cost of navy vard labor to the government more than 10 per cent. over the scalo for 1917, which explred Sept. 24. Demanding a pay. per cent. the 7000 International Brotherhood of - Co-op- erative Potters. in Canada. and this country have voted to go on strike on Oct. 11. Drafted men who are to leave Bo: ton this week for Camp Devens, Aver; Mass.. will be given dental treatment free of charge by members of _the Preparedness League of American Dentists. " The American Mercantile bank of Caracas, of Hartford, has filed arti cles of incorporation with the secre- fary ‘of stats, showins. a capstal of Rl $2000,000 and’ beginning business: on | WABASH PASSENGER 8300,000. A fee of $1,000 was paid the| . TRAIN. WENT INTO DITCH te. s In the Outskirts of Toledo—8ix Per- OBITUARY. ) s Were Injured. Henry Kohn. Toledo, 0., Oct. 3. . Hartford, Conm., Oct’ 3. — "Henfy[injured, -one fatally, when Wabash Kohn, for 50 years a jeweler in Hart- |passenc = trafa No. 58, bound from ford and widely known in his line in|Fort Wayne, Ind, fo Toledo left the Now “Bagland and the eal, dled at[track and went into a ten foot ditch his home here today after an fllmess|in the outskirts of the city at eight of tWo years. He was a native ofo'clock tonig'/. The wreck was caus- Their report will Bohamia and 78 vears of aze. ed.by a broken rail Tow by the house. bill was the pros defiafency on which the senate. This plan was provost marshal ge der that every r know whether he vice and ff so the liability. The war for expressions of nified disapproval. Secretary Baker the department cision appropriaticn thereby expressed In passing the house included the ix persons were number soon to be Octfl estimates of treasury committee bill during the first year of it individual liquors, liquors, etc., drin papers, transportation, $77 Express packazes transportation, lines transporta berths, including $29,000,000. senate conferecs eliminated priation for the purpose frem t governors of states, and only had T in the matter until congress acted upon the to Aefray the senate added an amendment lllln[ the men to be examined |REVENUE oF waR TAX DURING THE FIRST YEAR of Treasury De Experts. 2—Final offict department and experts from the and corporate, $1,000,000. $135,000,000. §46,00,000 $7,000,000,00 nksh, 000,~ 0. $100,000 500,000. $10,500,000. on, $£500,000 9,000, messages, 84 clephone 000. motoreycles, $40 ents, phonograph 000. films 0. $2,000,000. $1,200.000 $500,000 $2,400,00 $1 100,000 0. issions, $50,000,000 000, hlaying card $3,000,000 aucts, $20,000 matter, $70.000,000. I matter. $6,000.000 acturers’ tax, $25,= 54,870,000, INO PROVISION FOR NG DRAFT MEN ency Bill Passed by Congress. 3.—~The ary proposal service all me army draft and cd for the present hen the house and conference re mptly accepted sugzested by the neral's office in or istered man m was. liable for se actual order of h department asked opinfons from. the two sig that ae ntly hed no and_would proposed and sald exponkes its wili deficiency appropr bill, the ation and lim- to the The con- needed ferees eliminated the wholl provision be adoptéd gomor - sy