Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 11, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX.—NO. 343 POPRULATION 29,91 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Buy a Liberty Bond and Back Up the Boys at the Front, Who Are F ighting for Your Honor, Your Home and Your Country TROOPS ARE RESTING ONTHE YPRES FRONT 'British and French Armies Are Consolidating Their| FOODSTUFFS CONTROL Gains of Tuesday. E {A HEAVY RAIN FELL "ALL DAY WEDNESDAY {in the Verduri‘Sector German French—The Austrians Attacks Were Repulsed by the Failed in Aumpt to Regain iGround on the Carso Plateau—Artillery and Infantry §Continue Active on the Riga Front in North Russia— ! German Chancellor States Peace is Impossible That Will 4Separate the People From Their Emperor. * As is customary after the attainment pf the objectives of his drives, Field Marshal Haig on Wednesday permitted the British troops in Flandefs to have a breathing spell w? consolidating itheir gains of Tuesday along the Ypres ifront. Likewise the French forces on the British left flank were busily en- gaged in organizing their newly won positions. A heavy rain fell during the day and no attempts st strong attacks iwere made by either side, although at ~various points there were small forays in the nature of line straightening op- erations by the British and French and weak attempts at counter offensive by the Germans. These latter man- oeuvers all were repulsed and the al- fes held the ground they won in Tues- In the Austro-Italian theatre the Austrians also attempted to regain ground agains: the Italians on_ the Carso plateau, but in the furious fight- ing which followed they were worsted, suffering heavy casualties. Along the Bainsizsa plateau lively artillery duels again are in progress. = Considerable activity, both by the artillery end the infantry, continues on the Riga front in the north Russia fight zone. Southeast of the Spitall farm the Germans have violently bom- barded Russian positions. In the mid- dle sector of this front the duels have reached considerable proportions to the north of Lawe Miadziol. Peace is impossible, according to a statement of the ¥ imperial German fcontrol of foodstuffs is extended to day’s offensive. chancellor, so long as Germany’'s an- - Along the right bank of the Meuse | tagonists demand German soil or try ‘4n the Verdun eector the Germans|to separate the people from their em- ‘north of the Bois le Chaume, following | peror. The German forelgn secretary a violent bombardment, attacked the [in an address to the reichstag assert- ‘French line and penetrated it at sev- |ed there was no impediment to peace .eral points, but were kept from pro- | that could not be overcome by negotia- ceeding farther by the fire of General | tions except the demand of France for 'Petain’s artillerists. the return of Alsace-Lorraine. CANADIAN BLACK WATCH NOW AT WATERBURY. Rhey Secured Twenty-three Recruits— | Diplomats from the Thirteen- Nations i Had Audience of 3,000. . at War With etrm-ny. o — 7 ‘Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 10.—Twenty- | New York, Oct. 10.—The ambassa- mmen joined the Canadian- Black | dorg and.the ministers to the United Watcn during the British recruiting [States from thirteen nations at war rally held here tonight at which the | with Germany will be the guests af Fifth Royal Highlanders of Canada|the Southern Commercial congress on paraded. An audience of 3,000 heard |one day during its ninth annual con- the speeches of the regimental officers | vention here next week. On Tuesday on the green. The recruits were put | they will be welcomed to the city by through a preliminary physical exam- [ Mayor John Purroy Mitchel’s commit- ination and will report at the Boston | tee on national defense. The diplomats Meadquarters of the British recruiting | will represent France, Great Britain, \mission for enlistment. The only man | Japan, Russia, , Siam, Cuba, irejected failed because he was almost | China, Panama, Serbia, Belgium and totaliy blind In one eve. He wept bit- | Greece. Besides these, the diplomatic terly when he was turned down be- | representatives of Peru and Uruguay ‘cause a chum whe accompanied him |have been invited. had been accepted. David E. Pt BUSY MONTH FOR THE Me- |Crostie of $9 Cieveiand street, Sprrln:— { STATE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU| fleld, Mass., and Joseph Chevra of ."“Voodbur,' ‘were among those recruit. st 2,555 Men and 1,281 Women Applied for Work. COMMISSIONER SCOVILLE.| Hartford, Conn., Oct. 10.—The report i — of Commissioner William S. Hyde !He Made No Prophecy Concerning |shows that the free employment bu- Buture Pride of Polation réau of Connacticut had & much busier plsrid month in_September than they did in New Britaln, Conn., Oct. 10.—Robert | August. During the past month 2,555 Ecoville, federal food commissioner for | men and 1,281 women applied for work ‘Connecticut, denied before the Ness|and there wers 3,004 applications for !Britain common council tonight hav- | male help and 1,332 for female work- /ing made any prophesy tomcerning the | ©TS. For men there were 1,728 placed, 'future price of potatoes, as he had been | 1.103 women. Male applicants in- quoted in the press. creased 7.5 and female applieants 4.6 | In his statement to the New Britain | Per cent. during September. The council Mr. Scoville made it clear that [Number who secured work increased 'the future’ price of potatoes (o Con- €4 per cent. cticut is entirely problematical, e ceNeither myselftnog George M. Lan- | MERIDEN IS FORMING ere, chairman of the committee on ::0;:":‘{?91:’ ‘;‘Z eomerrlstkfm o e A TRAFFIC BUREAU ; cticut state council of defense, il Ties St ary el of detense, | To Deal| With ::;-;::.Tnnmmeion R?uihfllt!es in future potato prices,” T. ' Meriden, Conn., Oct. 10.—The rail- Scoville told the New Britain road transportation problems in this couneil. NATION. N city have been considered important SIMSIL. EOuNCH. BE enough to warrant the formation today CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES [cf a_ traffic' bureau with e charter —_— membership of 26 shippers, represent- In Session at Columbus—Rev. Horace | ing the manufacturing and business Day of Bridgeport Moderator. ! interests of the city. The new organ- ization has for its object “to facilitate Columbus, O, Oct. 10.—Within five | the movement of all freight in and out ‘minutes after the seventh convention | 9f }ieriden and to assist all members of the national council of the Congre- | 3 he chamber of commerce in this gational ~hurches of the United States | 4irection”’ had been - 1 to order here today.|a SECOND ALIEN ENEMY Rev. Hor: pastor of the United DISCOVERED AT CAMP DEVENS Congres church of Bridgeport, Conn.. wss - ~cted moderator to suc- ceed Il. M. [cardsley of Kansas City,|Joseph Krepilofsky, of Stonington, a Mo. Ship Carpenter. "TWO MEN BOU Ayer, Mass. Oct 10—Eight thousand FOR RCBBERY ESCAPE|New England men of the army .will be sent to Camp Gordon, “They Were Beipg Taken to Jail at Atlanta, Ga., according to information received tonight by Major Harry F. TO BE GUESTS OF SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONGRESS. Bangor, Maine. Tecelved Bancor, Me. Oct. 10—Martin D.| It 7728 annouzsed that a second en- ‘Btafford, alias Jackson, of Chmbridge, | ™Y 2lien. had been red in cofn for robbery of a elothing store, {","',:;iy”;,“é’mmn“ gg:n”hle»?:' Mass, and Edgar Stafford of Boston, carpenter who 1s sald to mave serven | en bound over at Lin-|iyy years in the Prusstas ‘escaped tonicht. They were belng|goo JooT® 10 fhe Pruscian Guard at brought to jail here with the other|.ien reported, was also a Stoningfon risoners. F. H. Smith, alias Miller, of Brestue Tale, ard W B T o resident. Tord, Conn. . POLISH RECRUITS FOR OBITUARY. THE CANADIAN ARMY. John Clason. Between 50 and 75 Will Entrain - at Stamford, Conn., Oct. 10.—John Bridgeport Today. Clason, a farmer, who in 1892 gave dflp_ the bulk of his possessions (about Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 10.—Between g#fi.flflo) for the founding of the Stam- |50 and 75 Polish recruits will entrain 'ord hospital, dled today on the farm [tomrorrow morning for Canada. They He |will go to Niagara-on-the-Lake to where he was born 92 years ago. train in the British military camp tha? had been active up to several months RgoO. has been established there. It is ex- Clason. besides having held a num- | pected that another bunch of men will ber of local offices, including that of |ieave for there in a few days, as there judge of probate, represented the town jare many applicants. nthe general assembly in 1864, 1871 1874 and 8175. He was known locally | New Britain—The New Britain Pa- #s-a philanthropist and his gifts to the | per Box Company is planning to build hospital, the library and in other di- < Fections were from his earnings, E Jever; married. . gF I= tensety b:lcg:nfldin‘ lntthe Tear e of property ai corner-of Staunley, and Seymour. - o Cabled Paragraphs 200 Deaths in Vodka Factory Fire. Petrograd, Oct. 10—A special des- patch to the Novoe Vremya from XKiev says that at Bralloff, in the gov- ernment of Podolsk, 200 persons have Von Bernstorff is Further Exposed BY TIQRE! TELEGRAMS MADE PUBLIC YESTERDAY set fire to a thousana gallons of spirits in the cellar, where they were trapped by the flames. . PROCLAMATION FOR . BY STATE DEPARTMENT . They Concerned the Destruction of Canadian R#filways and Bridges and Interruption of Munition Factories in the United States—How $50,000 to be Issued Last Night by President Wilson —Effective November 1, ‘Washington, Oct. 10.—Government take in virtually all' the essential ‘arti- cles of diet by a proclamation issued tonight Ly President Wilson directing the_food administration to license aft- er November 1 the manufacture, stor- (Continued on Page 'I_'wo._Slxfl! Col.) NINETEEN' BRITISH MERCANT SHIPS SUNK LAST WEEK. Fourteen Over 1,600 Tons, Two Under 1,600, and Three Fishing Vessels London, Oct. 10.—British merchant vessels over 1,600 tons sunk by mine or submarine in the past week num- ber.14, according to the official state- ment of the British admiralty tonight. Two vessels under 1,600 tons and three fishing vessels also were sunk. The summary: Arrivals, 2,519; sailings, 2,632. British merchant veesels over 1,600 tons sunk by mine or submarine, in- cluding one previously, 14; under 1,600 . tons, including one previously, two. Fishing vessels sunk, three. ‘British vessels unsuccessfully at- tacked, including three previously, flve. to Influencé Congress Was Used. Washington, Oct. 10 — Secretary Lansing drew upon his collection of secret German diplomatic correspond- upon what the Ge foreign office and general staff were doing in this country while nominally at peace with the United States. He gave to the public, without com- ‘ment as usual, three brief cablegrams, (Continued on Page Two, Third Col. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO BLOW UP' SHIP Three Men Arrested in New York by Members of “Bomb Squad” New York, Oct. 10.—Three men charged with conspiring to blow up ships in New York harbor in 1916 were arrested here tonight by members of the “bomb squad.” The prisoners are Eugene Riester, 32 years old, a restaurant proprietor; Josaph Zeffert, 37 years old, a printer, and Walter Uhde, 30 years old, a lithographer. Uhde never has been naturalized. The others are American citizens. The conspiracy in which the three men were involved, according to the police, ‘was responsible for the de- struction by bombs and fires of $5,00,- 000 worth of ships and cargoes. “The chief conspirators,” said Cap- tain Tunney of the bomb squed, “were Dr. Karl Schimmel, who scaped to Buenos Aires and later made his way to Rotterdam; Captain Franz Von Rintelen, already convicted of con- spiracy; Captain Otto Wolpert, super- intendent of the Atlas line pler, who is now under $25,000 bail; Captain Sern- berg, an aide of Von Rintelen, who es- caped; Walter T. Scheele, a chemist, and the three men under arrest. “At a meeting held in March 1915, $20,000 was appropriated fo be aivid- ed between Schimmel and Wolpert for distribution among others in the con- spiracy. At a subsequent meeting the placing of bom as discussnd. Ries- ter was chosen to handle the bombs and pay eut the money. At this meet- ing Wolpert supplied a list of 30 ves- sels in New Work harbor. < “The third conference was held the night before the LuSitania sailed wnd Riester, in . cofwliance with orders from Schimmel and Wolpert, gave out bombs to two men, one of them, Uhde, to be placed on vessels in this har- bor. “After the Lusitania sailed Schim- mel boasted that he had ‘covered’ the Lusitania with nine ‘cigars’ the word used by the conspirarors for bombs. The bombs were timed by attaching an aluminum cap to a chamber contain- ing sulphuric acid. The explosion oc- curred when the ocap was eaten through the acid.” TROLLEYS IN COLLISION NEAR WATERBURY. Several Passengers Were Seriously In- jurgd—Fronte of Cars Smashed. ‘Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 10. — The head-on collision of two trollev cars on the Waterbury and Milldale Tramwaye company (the Green line) at the Mill Plain schoolhouse, near here, at 9.30 tonight, resulted in the complete smashing of the fronts of both cars and serious injuries to several passen- gers. The cars were clipping_along ‘The above report shows an increase of three vessels of more than 1,600 tons over the admiralty’s weekly re- port of last week, but the figures ars the same as those of the previous week with regard to vessels in the smaller category. ANNUAL CONVENTION OF KING'S DAUGHTERS Mrs. William H. Dawley Elected Pres- ident, Mrs. Lewis O. Potter, Secre- tary. Danbury, Conn., Oct. 10—The an- nual convention of the King’s Daugl ters began here today and will con- clude tomorrow. The opening session was presided over by Mrs. Leslie E. Blackburn of Thomaston, the vice president. Mrs. Roland Hill, of this city, welcomed the hundred delegates Harriet Eaton of Hartford. - At the business session in the after- noon reports showing a_ prosperous year with a growing membership were read by the following officers: Presi- dent, Mrs. Willlam H. Dawley, of Norwich; Mrs. Lewis O. Potter, Nor- wich, secretary; and Mrs. 1da J. Lyon, New London, treasurer. Committee repirts were also heard. In the evening the meeting was pre- sided over by the president and the principal speaker was Miss Clara Morehouse, general secretary of the national organization. Election of of- ficers will be held tomorrow. BRITISH REPRISALS ON GERMANY SOON. Bombing of Towns and Villages Will Be in Full Swing Before Long. London, Oct. 10—Sir Auckland Geddes, minister of national service, in a speech delivered at Nottingham last night, predicted that grim work of bombing German towns and villages would be in full swing “before many moons have elapsed.” He said he wished it had been possible to avold inflicting that last punishment on women_and innocent children in Ger- many, but that the brutal spirit ruling Germany made it inevitable. This decision had been reached, the speaker added, reluctantly and not in any spirit of vengeance but in pursu- ance of the inexorable law which life lays on every man, “Thou shalt protect thy women and children or perish.” RHODE ISLAND SHOWING in opposite directions between Water- ‘bury and Milldala and one crew or the STRONG IN LOAN CAMPAIGN. | gther neglected to turn a twitch. All ls Leading New England States in|f0F ©f the trolleymen concerned de nied responsibility. Percentage of Quota. o = ‘The person most badly hurt was . Mrs. James S. Martin, 24, of-149 Bris- Boston, Oct.” 10.—Rhode Island heads | tol street, Southington, who suffered the list of New England states in the | cuts and a bruised shoulder and inter- percentage of its maximum quota for |nal injury. She will livc. She was e second Liberty loan subscribed for { taken by auto ambulance to her home. thus far. Others injured were: Mrs. James Figures announced tonight by the | Sullivan of Plainville. two teeth knock- committee of the First federal reserve | ed out and spraimed right leg; Miss district, supplementing the totals pub- | Agnes McGrath, Southington, cuts lished for subscriptions to the close |and internal Injuries; Burton TaZlor, of business Tuesday night, showed |Sguthington, cut shoulder; Fred “’il- that Rhode Island had raised 14.4 per | oW, Meriden road, injured left chest. cent of its quota. Connecticut stood |hip and leg, and Motorman J. K. second with 9.3 per cent., and the other ; Badger, injured right shoulder. Bad- New England states as follows: Ver- | gor and Mrs. Sullivan are in St. Mary’s mont 85, Massachusetts 7.4, Maine 6.4, | hospital. New Hampshire 4.5. WAKELIN CASE MAY FOUR STEAMERS FIGHT THREE SUBMARINES. GO TO JURY TODAY 3 Testimony Was Completed in Man-|/talian and American Ships Have slaughter Case Yesterday. Dxush VRn:Chmem i theteruer Cambridge, Mass.,, Oct. 10—Testi- mony was completed today in the trial of Joseph and Sarah Wakelin of Mei- | {er of an Italian stéamer whic harrived rose, who are charge with killing their | here yes rted that with an- little Gaughter Loretta and it is ex.|Other Italian steamer and two Amawd- pected that the case will be turned|can s on Sept .17 they were over to the jury some time tomee. |@ttacked in the Mediternanean by three row. German or Austrian submarines. In the attack the submarines were ariven off with probably the loss of cne. The captain said a shot pierced the conning tower of orie o fthe enemy boats. The four ships, he said, kept up a delivery of shell and the subma- rines disappeared. He sald a number of torpedoes disc! at the mer- chent ships went wide of their mark. HOUSE CONFERS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS About Collections of Data to Be Used in Peace Negotiations. - ‘Washington, - Oct. 10—Systematic collection of economic, historical, po- jitical and other information on Eu- ropean conditions to be used event ally in peace negotiations, was_di cussed today by Colonel E. M. House with President Wilson, Secretary Lian sing and other government officials. Some announcement is expected soon concerning the organization of a staff | | An Atlantic Port, Oct. 10—TNe mas- Davls Died of Gunshot Wounds. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 10—Adjutant General Henry P. McCain tod;ly in- formed relatives here of the death from gunshot wounds of George H. viston ™ of - the. expeditlonary. foresy sion _ of e expedit! fore: under . General Pershing in Franoe:. Sergeant Dawis, who was the son of C. C. Dawvis, formerly, of Pittsburgh, now of Easton, Marylgnd, died October 6. No other details were given. Sergeant Stock Exchange to Close Saturday. New York, Oct. 10.—The governors of the stock exchange today voted to close the exchange on Saturday, Oct. 13, the day following Columbus day. class on the student gove board }of experts which Colonel House will at Trinity Catholic College, Washing- | gather to assist him and the various ton, D. C. This is the hono fications into which the work will “which can _be awarded.to _be divided. ence again today to shed further light| Condensed Telegrams’ Canada’s first increment of- drafted men 1vrlll be called to the colors on Workmen in factories in Bridgeport mk-belng paid as high as $70 weel isted as dead in the latest Canadian casualty list issued. h steamer Tamaqua, re- oed, arrived at an At- New loans of $40,000,000 each were made by the United States to England and France. A A charter was filed at Albany, N. Y., by the Cassady Oil Corporation; cap- ital, $1,500,000. Three pounds of dynamite were found in an aereaway of the Philadel- phia City Hall. - Thirty persons wers injured, four seriously, in a rear-end collision . in The Bronx subway. New York’s State Food Commission, headed by John Mitchell ,met at Al- bany for organization. Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, will carry his claim for exemption from the draft to President Wilson. The 19th annual convention of the International Circulation Managers’, Association opened at Atlanta, Ga. Articles of incorporation- were filed at Dover, Del, by the Aeonite Rub- ber Corporation, capital $5,000,000. Anton Kutzik, aged 38, bet a friend he could drink a quart of whiskey. He VV‘OHl the bet but died later in a hos- pital. All cold storage warehouses in Lon- don are now filled to capacity with foodstuffs. This has reduced food prices. ‘ Seven cotton mills at Lowell, Mass., granted a wage increase of 10 per cent. to their 20 000 employes, effective Oct. 15. Recruiting officers in Boston issued a call for several hundred mechanics. clerks and stenographers for the Sig- nal Corps. Retiring directors were re-clected at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Union Pacific Railroad, held in Salt Lake. Speculation in hogs is to be stopped soon by the Food Administration. the industry being placed under Govern- ment license. Robert H. Large, coal traffic manag- er of the Pennsylvania Railroad. died at a Philadelphia hospital, following an operation. 5 A commission headéd by Percy Daniels arrived in the United States from Bngland to purchase leather for Great Britain. * Insurance on Norwegian cargoes in the North Sea has been reduced from 8 to 7 per cent.. submarine danger having decreased. Three hundred additional dock work- ers in New York City went o nstrike, making a total of 1,800 longshoremen now out ont on strik All but eight members of the Sche- nectady, N. Y., fire department will resign on Oct. 15 unless desired pay increases are granted. Guillermo Meizuiero former governor of Oaxaca, Mexico, and leader of the Felicista rebels in that state, surrend- ered to Carranzisto forces. Bolling H. Rice retired cotton dealer and father of Grantland Rice, New York newspaper man, died at his home at Nashville, Tenn., aged 62. Major Geith McLeod, representing the aircraft boord, left Washington for Seattle to help the settlement of labor disputes on the Pacific Coast. American troops In France held a fleld day, regiments, battalions, com- panies and men being pitted against each other in the exercises of war. A young buck deer was caught by his horns in a tennis net stretched across a court at Mays Landing. N. Residents cut the net and released J. him. William J. Bryan delivered a speech regarding the Liberty Loan at Omaha. Neb. Mr. Bryan will deliver several ?ther speeches in the interest of the oan. American Ambassador Sharp, at Paris, reported to the State Depart- ment that homesickness has become rare in the American army camps in France. Members of the State Farm Bureau of Utah, totalling l.:?mxim&wly 10.000 farmers. telegraphed assurances of their support to Food Commissioner Hoover. The soldier vote after the war will be dominant in all' war countries ‘wehere democracy prevails, Lord Northcliffe declared in on address in Montreal. ¥ Closing of the Havemeyer refinery of the American Sugar Refining Co. in Brooklyn threw 2,000 employes out of work. Lack of raw materigls caused the shutdown. AmbroseMonell, president of the In- ternational Nickel Cp., resigned to ac- cept a commission as colonel on the staff of Gen Foulois of the American aviation forces in France. Heriry Harris, a teamster, was ar- rested at Camp Funston, an., charged ‘with being an I. W. W. organizer, striv- ing to stir up discontent among ‘workers of the cantonment. Every boy and @irl graduate from public or parochial schools in Chilli- cothe, Ohio, will receive a 50 Liberty Bond by Col. Richarl Enderlin, shoe ‘manufacturer of Chillicothe. For the first time In X _ years, troopers of the Sixth U. 8. Cavalry will sleep under a roof when they reach Fort Sam Houston on Nov. 10. They have been on border patrol for six years. ‘Washington Apples Going to Australi: ‘Wenatches, Wash.,, Oct. 10 (Spcial) —An order has been received here by J. H. Dengel for a shipment of 50,000 boxes &f Jonathans and King Davids to Australia to leave here at once. CREWS OF GERMAN FLEET START MUTINY The Captain of the Battleship Westfalen Was Thrown : Overhoard and Drowned MARINES REFUSED TO FIRE OCN MUTINEERS Crew of the Warship Nurnberg Attempted to Take the Ship to Norway, With the Intenticn of Being Interned, But the Vessel Was Overtaken by Destroyers and Forced to Sur- render—Kaiser Had Ordered One Rebellious Sailor in Every Seven be Shot, But the Chancellor Modified the Ordéer—Only Three Were Shot, Heavy Sentences Being Imposed on the Others. Amsterdam, Oct. 10.—A mutiny among the crews of four battleships of the German fleet has occurred at Wil- helmshaven. One of these battleships was the Westfalen, whose captain was thrown overboard ani drowned. The crews landed. Marines refused to fire on them, whereupon soldiers surround- ed the sailors, who surrendered. A mutiny is also reported to have occurred on the German - warship Nurnberg, which was at sea. The men seized the officers and proceeded in the direction of Norway, with the in- tention of being interned. The Nurn- berg was overtaken by destroyers and forced to surrender. Emperor William went to Wilhelms- haven and ordered that one out of cvery seven mutineers be shot. Chan- cellor Michaelis protested, with the re- sult that only three were shot. Heavy sentences were imposed on the others. Emperor William’s visit to Wilhelms- haven, In company with Chancellor Michaelis, was made after the mutiny had been suppressed. The chancellor'’s objections to the emperor’s grd2r that one mutineer in every seven be shot was on the ground that he could not assume nuch respon- sibility before the reichstag. One of the reasons for the mutiny was bad and inadequate food. The Westfalen is a battlestip of 18,600 toms, built In 1906. 'he Nurn- berg is a new vessel and t Tisted in the latest naval records to reach this country. She ls a namesake of the cruiser Nurnberg of Admiral von Spee’s Pacific squadron, which was sunk at the time the squadron ‘was de- stroyed by the PBritish in the battle off the Falkland Islands in Dccember of 1914. SPEECH IN REICHSTAG ABOUT PLOT IN NAVY Regarding the Punishments Inflicted on the Men. Amsterdam, Oct. 10.—In a speech in the reichstag regarding the plot dls- covered in the German navy, Wilhelm Dittman, socialist member, said the punishments inflicted on men in the I navy for the mutiny at Wilhelmshaven amounted coliectively to two hundred vears’ penal servitude and that several men had been condemned to death, AN AMERICAN CITIZEN ~ TELLS OF MUTINY Men Threw Guns Overkoard and As- saulted Officers. Berne, Oct. 10—A naturalized American citizen of German birth who escaped {o Switzerland from a Ger- man seaport in order to escape mili- tary service, declared to The Asso- ciated Press today that the events to which Admiral Von Capelle referred yesterday In the reichstag include the sailor organizations on many ships, which dismounted and threw guns overboard, assaulted officers and re fused (v obey orders. The mutinesrs, |he said, were quickly checked and a majority of them shot, He asserted the dissatistaction in the navy had been in nowise subdued. He added that the movement was not limited to the navy, but that it flour- ishes in certain reglments, in which mutinies have occurred. CAPTAIN BOEHM IS IN A BRITISH INTERNMENT CAMP. Was Taken Ofi a Dutch Steamer at Falmouth. New York. Oct. 10.—Captain Hans Boehm, mentioned in the German for- eign office telegrams made public by the state department, was taken by British officers off the Dutch steamer Zeelandia at Falmouth, bound from Spain for Holland. It was stated that Boehm, who was traveling under an American_passport, issued in the name of Jelks Leroy Thrasher of Quitman, Ga., at first stoutlv iaintained that Thrasher was his name. Later, how- ever, he admitted his identity According to the story he told at that time, Boehm. aftor service in the German army, went to the United States, where he was employed in the German_secret service. Thrasher, whom Boehm claimed to be in his application for an American rassport, was a Georgian who came to New York several years ago to en- gage in the theatrical business Boehm. after his arrest, was placed in an internment camp. ITINERANT EVANGELIST SHOCTS UP COURTROOM At Hammond, Ind.—Kills Man,Wounds a Woman—Is Then Shot Dead. Hammond, Ind., Oct. 10.—Drawing two revolvers, Oscar Landmeisser, en itinerant evangelist, shot Fred Bayne of Indiana Harbor to death in a crowded courtroom here today and seriously wounded two other persons. The evangelist was then shot and seriously wounded by two court at- taches. Landmeisser, who had been lectur- ing in Hammond and Indiana Harbor on the white slave evil, was on_trial cn charges preferred by Adeline Hartman, 18 years old, of Hammond. Bayne, her sweetheart, was in the wit- ness chair when suddenly Landmeisser drew two .revolvers and shot Bayne through the heart. A _second shot struck Mrs. Myrtle Peffer, Ham- mond’s policewoman, over the heart. It_is said she will recover. Landmeisser was shot down by James Prost. a court baliliff, and Charles Whittaker, a deputy sheriff. e — ITALY TO REFUSE TO SURRENDER COCCHI Italy Refuses to Grant Extradition of Murderer of Ruth Cruger. Rome, Oct. 10—Aftér long consider- ation, the Itallan government has de- cided not to grant the extradition of Alfredo_Cocchi, who killed Ruth Cru- ger In“New York. The Itakian government expressed regret that it is unable to meet the wishes of the American authorities. Emmanuel Fino, who has been acting as representative of the New York dis- tict attorney, is ®ow endeavoring to arrange the sending of Cocchi to the United States under arrest to give testimony in regard to his reportes as- sociations with members of the New: York police department. Because of the provistons of the Ttalian penal code and the lack of proof that Cocchi was an American citizen, it was indicated shortly after his ar- rest last summer that his extradition probably could not be brought about. DIFFICULTIES ENCOLNTERED IN BATTLES IN FLANDERS Entente Forces Held Back by Almost Bottomless Mud. British Front In France and Bel- gium, Oct. 10—(By the Assaciated Press)—The British and French arm- ies, who yesterday made such a spec- tacular assault over the Flanders bog lands against fhe German defences east and northeast of Ypres, were digging themselves in today along a line that represents an important gain. But the never-ending reaches of al- most bottomless mud had during the past twenty-four hours robbed Field Marshal Halg’s men of some of the laurels which they had won In such remarkable manner. The - French line was still nestled firmly almost at the edge of the great Houtholst Forest and the Poflus had even improved their line somewhat during the night. On their immediate right the British also were established in positions some 2,000 yards in ad- vance of their jumping oc place of yesterday. They had surged forward to a line mbout 500 yards cast of the Poelsapelle-Houtholst highway and had maintained themselves in the face of several vigorous enemy counter- attacks. COLUMBIA STUDENTS FOUGHT ONE ANOTHER When They Assembled to Discuss missal of Two Professors. New York, Oct. 10.—Columbia uni- versity students fought one another in front of the library steps today when they assembled to discuss the action of the trustees recently in dismissing two professors for their utterances in connection with the war. Groups calling themselves “rebels’ and “lovalists” engaged In a free-for- all battle in which faces were scratch- ed and clothing torn. Several hundred women were among the 1,000 students who had assembled. The meeting had been advertised “ns a protest against the suppression of academic freedom by, the trustees.” When the battle was over 2nd speak- ing began several students charged that the meeting originated not with the students themselves but with per- sons not connected with the university. The_professors dismissed last week were J. McKeen Cattell and Henry W. L. Dana. STOCK MARKET WAS NEAR PANIC CONDITIONS Heavy Los: Recorded In Many Lines —Some Prices Below 1914 Low Rec- ord. New Pork, Oct. 10—The stock mar- ket early today developed a decided downward tendency. This was follow- ed early in the afternoon by conditions bordering on panic. The report of yn filled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation showed for the fifth successive month losses totalling .two and a quarter million tons. This was the big factor. United States Steel common stock was off to 102 by two o'clock. Many other lines, inciwding Consoldated and People’s Gas, smelt- ers, many railroad and copper issues showed declines of two to ten points. Some of the figures reached were low- er than the previous low war figures of Dec. 24, 1914.