Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 12, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—nNO. 344 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1917 PAGES—80 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS FLANDERS IMPEDED BY RAIN: Troo B2 Britiéh and French BATTLES ps Stay in Tmnches;-No Attacks by Germans TEUTONS’ ASSAULTS FAIL ON BANK OF MEUSE ’Procpech of Hea.vy‘ Fighting inBununin Seem Good, With the Russians the Aggressors—On the Northern Sector of the Eastern Front Near Riga the Germans Pushed Back the Russians in the Vicinity of the Pskoff High Road— Daily Artillery Duels in Macedonia Presage an Early Al- lied Comparatively little fighting activ- ty is in progress on any of the bat- tle fronts, except in the nature of reciprocal bombardments. In Flan- ders Thursday both French troops kept their trenches, neither essaying attacks nor being forced to sustain counter-offensives against the new positions they hold as a resuit of the drive Tuesday. The big guns on both sides, how- ever, were shelling opposing positions vigorously, those of the allies in werk of ‘destruction and those of the Ger- mans in the nature of disturbers of the peace of the allies in their new trenches. Added rain over this resion centuated the swampy condi ground and it probably will be sev- eral days before the Lritish and the French azain . jointly unieash, their men for another raid against the Teu- tons. Wednesday night the French re- puised a heavy counter-attack ecast of Draeibank. ~The Germans during this time let the British severely alone with their infantry, but hurled mass>s of shells into their Iine west of Pasch- endale. Along the southern front in Franee the Germans again have met witix de. feat in attempts to capture krench po- Offensive on That Region. the 'British and | sitions on the east bank of the Meuse in the Verdun sector. The aftacks, however, were not made in strong force, being more in the nature of trench raiding operations. - The prospects of a return to heavy fighting in Rumania with the Russians the aggressors seem good. On the Rumanian plain and near Braila the Russians have heavily bombarded the Teutonic allied position, while the Germans in reprisal shelled the im- portant Danublan town of Galatz, their shells causing several fires. On the northern . sector of the eastern front near Riga, the Germans, follow- ing a heavy bombardment, pushed back_the Russians in the vicipity of the Pskoff high road. Daily the artfllery duels in Macedo- nia, with the entente forces exerting the greater power, are augmenting, especiaily in the «direction of Doiran and north of Monastir, and it is prob- able that at no late date the predicted allied offensive in shis rezion Wil be- n. ~There have been no rew develop- ments concerning the attempted mu- tiny on German warships at Wil- | helmshaven. Emperor Wiliiam during the political turmoil - that had bcen created by the revelations of disaf- fection in the navy is visiting King Ferdinand- ot Bylgaria. in. Sofia. GREAT DEAL MORE HARD FIGHTING TO BE-DONE Major General British War Office. Declares London, Oct. 11—Major Genesai YFrederick B. Maurice, chief director of military opcrations at the war offica, in his weekiy taik tcday with the As *ociated Press, ‘ter an optimistic re- view of the past week's work on the British front In Flanders, said “We have every right to be confi- dent when we see what our men have done. But the fighting is hard and we do mot think that the present se- ries of battles on the Flanders front is going to end the war. There is a great deal more hard fightinz hefors 1 would say that the importanca of getting the American troops here as quickly as possible and in tpe greatest possible numbers has not been Jdiminished. ““The word ‘steam roller,” which was s0 often used in the early days of the war in connection with the Russian army, is exactly the right word to characterize the British advance in Flanders. It is an advance not rapid but insistent, irresistible. It goes up- hill very slowly, but now it is going downhill and battles are following each other more and more rapidly.’ CONVENTION OF VEGETABLE GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION Profit Sharing Plan Advocated to Meet Labor Problem. Springfield, Mass, Oct. 11—M. L. Marice or| BRITAIN REQUESTED TO RELEASE SWEDISH. MAIL. Bags Seized. Contaired Statistics of Sweden’s Food Supply. 1, Washington. Oct. 11.—The state de- partment, at the reauest of the food administration, has asked the British government to reiease the three bags of Swedish mail seized'at Halifax from the steamer that brought Dr. Lund- berz a member of the Swedish eca- romic mission, to this country. It de- veloped tcday that the pouches are at | the British embassy, held with their seals intact. Food Administrator Hoover explain- ed to the state department that the statistics askod for from the northern European neutrals had been received from every country except Sweden, and that it was impossible to reach a_de- cision regarding exports to these countries until the Swedish fidyres are available. Statistics as to Sweden's trade are in tie mail pouches held by the British. ENORMOUS OUTPUT . OF CANNED PEAS for Extortionate Price: 8ays Government. Trashington, Oct. 11—With the enormous total of nearly 240,000 cans of peas turned out this year, the Food Administration announced today that there is no excuse for the extortion- ate prices being asked in some mar- kets.” It also was disclosed that can- ners who are taking advantage of No Excus Rueteniic of Cleveland, Ohio, address- |2rmy purchases to deliver short to the ing the convention of the Vegetable|trade in an unwarranted manner are Growers' Association of America to-|being investigated. s day on the farm labor problem, advo-| Jobbers and the larger retailers, it cated the profit sharing plan which|was announced, have agreed to handle he has employed successfully. Diy- | canned beans on a reasonable margin idends in proportion to the profits are|over actual cost, and the efforts of the paid_each six months to men in the|Food Administrators are being direct- employ a year or more and after two|ed toward insuring a reasonable price years the men are allowed to invest|to the consumer. 2200 a year in the farm, which sums| Fears that this years crop of peas aiso receive dividends. Mr. Ruetenik |would be below the average of the last said that higher farm wages must be|five years proved groundless, and re- paid to compete with other industries.|turns to the Food Administration R. 'W. De Baun of New Brunswick, N.|show that it actually was nearlly 50 J. spoke on_farm vezetable storage, |per cent. larger than that of 1916, and A. G. B. Bouquet of Corvallis, Ore.. on commercial _drying and evap- orating of vegetadles. FOR RELIEF OF BELGIANS NOT UNDER GERMAN RULE. American Red Cross War Council Has Appropriated $589,930. Washington, Oct. 11.—The American Red Cross war council today appro- priated $589,930 for the relief of Bel- gians not under German rule, the work to be carried out by the new Red Cross Gepartment for Belgium organized un- der the Red Cross commission to France. S Comprehensive plans for relief work have been worke dout as the result 6f conferences between King Kilbert and Major Grayson M. P. Murphy, head of the commission to France. Particular attention is to be given to Belgian children and orphans who have been the chief sufferers during the three years of war. THE DU PONT OFFER FOR AETNA CORP. TURNED DOWN. Court Held That the $1,500,000 Prof- fered Was Inadequate. New York, Oct. 11.—Receivers of the Aeta: plosives company, Inc, were crdered in federal court here today not t- accept an offer made by the E. L 3 u Pont De Nemours company to pur. «_ase the plants of the Aetna corpora- DRAFTED MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO BE HANGED Governor Has Notified a New Britain Draft Board. New York, Oct. 11.—Governor Hol- comb of Connecticut notified a draft board in this city that John D’Ovonzo, who had been ordered to appear for examination here tomorrow, had been sentenced to be hanged in'that state on November 9. D'Ovonzo was con- victed of killing a man at New Brit- ain, Conn. STATEHOUSE BELL RUNG FOR SALE OF BONDS. Governor Holcomb Opened First Pub- lic Sale at Hartford. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 11.—Before a throng that gathered quickly at the call of the old statehouse bell and stood with bared heads while the na- tional airs of the allled nations were played, Governor Holcomb formally opened the Arst public sale of bonds in Hartford for the second Liberty loan at noon today. Trustee of State Training 8chool. New Haven, Conn. Oct. 11. — Dr. George Blumer of New Haven was to- day appointed by Governor Holcomb to the board of trustees of the state training school and hospital at Mans- fleld, to fill the unexpired term of Dr. tion for $1500,000. The court held this amount inadecuste. The Aetna plants have a monthly capacity of 5:000,000 pourds of dyna- mite. 700,000 kegs of black powder and 3009,000 blasting caps. Max Mailhouse of New Haven, which expires July 1, 1920, The price of silver in British Colum- bia has now reached a figure double that of 1918, Cabled Paragraph ‘Kaiser Now_at Sofia. London, Oct. 11.—The German em- peror has arrived at Sofia, according to a Central News despatch from- that e To Form Swedish Cabinet. Stockholm, Oct. 11.—King Gustave has charged M .Widen, president of the second chamber of. parliament, with the task for forming a cabinet. GOVERNMENT WILL' HELP RAILROADS Policy Seems to be No Longer to Cor- rect and Punish. ‘Washington, Oct. 11—A change in the relationship between the Federal government and the railroads of the United States is expected. Construc- tion co-operation on the part of the government with the carriers of the nation, with the great trunk systems Icading from the interior to the At- lantic seaboard will be the new ad- ministration policy. This fact is recognized now by the railroad managers who within _five months have been coming into closer touch with the leaders of government activities. High officials of the government are convinced that the time has arrived for some pronouncement of the inten- tlon of the government to serve as the friend and coadjutor rather than the critic_and correction officer for the transportation corporation, Senator Newlands of Nevada, the chairman of the senate committée on Interstate. Commerce, said, in a recent interview: “We have passed that period in the relations of the ‘government and the raflways when the activities of the government shall be directed to puni- Uve and correctional action. The things which the government set out to do more than ten vears ago in, the way of regulating the rallroads of the United States have been accomplished. The time is now at hand when the aititude of the government must and will become one of constructive cocj- eration.” SALE OF LIBERTY BONDS IN' NEW ENGLAND Connecticut and Rhode Island Have Reached 16 Per Cent. of Totals. Boston, Oct. 11-—Massachusetts in- vestors have thus far subscribed for less thin 9 per cent of the state’ maximum allotment of Liberty bonds,’ while Ccnnecticut and Rhode Island have each reached about 16 per cent of their totals, according to tabula- tions made at the federgl reserve bank here. Togay's total for the entire New England district for the 24 hours end- ing at 9 a. m. was $6,749,000, making. the whole amount subscribed in the @irtrict thus far officially tabulaf $48,629,000. In Hartford the women's booth opered today and received subscrip- tions of $260,000 and the Society for Savings ‘of Hartford. and the Hart- ford-Aetna National Bank have. sub- scribed for $500,000 each, all these be- ing too late for the official daily re- port. Some of the totals of New England cities included in the official tabula- tion are: Toston $16.815.000. - Hartford £2,226.000. Springfield $1,889,000. New Dedford $1,209,000. Portland, - Me.. $900,000. New Haven $801,000. Lowell, $740,000. CANADIAN BLACK WATCH RECRUITS AT NEW HAVEN Abodt Fifty Men of British Extraction Enrolled. New Haven, Conn., Oect. 11.—The visit here today of the Canadian Black Watch detail, touring the state seek- ing recruits for the Canadian army, wound up with a rousing meeting in Woolsey Hall, Yale University. About fty men of British extraction, .most- 1y Scots, enrolled as willing to serve ir_the war against Germany. Mayor Samuel Campner presided at the night session and speeches were made by Professcr Henry W. Farnam of Yale and Lieutenant Colonel Wil- lioms and Colonel Dennis of the vis- iting warriors. Colonel Dennis made perhaps the biggest hit of the even- ing, when he said that in the United States there was a world series on that no one knew who was going to win, but that “on the other side there was a_world series on that we knew who was going to win After the meeting was out, the kilt- ed fighters were seen about the streets telling little knots of men all about the sensations of “going over the top. Tomorrcw the Watch will go to Bridgeport and will be escorted to the railroad station by the local Home Guard and the Second Company, Foot Guards. DECISION RESERVED IN CASE OF JESUS MARTINEZ Mexican Vice Consul Who Refused to, Appear Before Exemption Board. New York,-Oct. 11—United States Commissioner Hitchcock reserved d cision today in the case of Jesus Mar- tinez, Mexican vice consul in this city, who refused to appear before a local exemption board when summon- ed for examination for service in the pational army. A letter written by Juan T. Burns, Mexican consul. ques- tioning the right of the government to call for military service a representa- tive of a foreign government, was in- troduced in evidence at the hearing. An assistant United States district attorney declared the matter could have been avolded had Martines filled out exemption papers showins he was an allen representing a foreign .gov- ernment. WITHDREW REQUEST FOR LEAVE OF ABSENCE Rev. T. B. Powell of Center Congreg: tional Church, Meriden. Meriden, Conn,, Oct. 11—The Center. Congregational church held a meet- ing tonight to take action on the re- Qquest of the pastor, Rev. Thomas B. Powoll, to be granted a vear's leave of absence to engage in Y. M. C. A. work in France. The pastor with- drew his request because of the desire on the part of the majority of the parishioners that he remain in Meri- den. In the superior court at New Haven, Waiter Dillard, a negro, pleaded gullty to a charge of manslaughter, and was sentcnced to ten to fifteen years in prison. He killed another nezro in g fight at Derby. - To Regulate the Baking Industry PROMISE MADE BY FOOD ADMIN- JSTRATOR HOOVER HAVE BREAD STANDARD Control of Production and Distribution Will be Put Into Operat y as Experiments Now Under Way Are Completed. i Washington. Oct. 11.—Early regula. tion of the baking industry was prom- ired tonight hy Focd Administrator Hoover. Production and Distribution. Plans to control bread production and distribution already are under consideration and will be put into op- eration as sqgn as bread-making ex- periments now being conducted in scveral cities are completed. Munici- pal bread depots will be provided if it is found that retailers cannot bz controlled under a voluntary arrange- ment. The baking industry was left out of the general food control te be put into effect November 1. Before taking any steps to deal with the in- dustry, the food administration wishes, first, to standardize baking flour: sec- cnd, to standardize bread ingredients, and third, tp standardize either 'the size of the loaf or the price, Ta Establish Standard Eread. The breaq content will be establish- ed on the basis of facts disclosed in the experiments under way. It _is hoped to establish a standard bread, containing the same amount always of lard. milk and other ingredients. Flour will be standardized through the co-ogeration of millers. In further standardization the frod administra- tion still is in doubt as ‘o whether it will be best to establish a d: ite sized loaf or to establish a definite price with the size as a variant. Prices Can Be Kent Down. If the size of the loaf is standard- ized, Mr. Hoover helieved prices can be kept down through competition and if the price cn the other hand is sta- bilized he believes competition will to some extent keep the size of the. loaf from being reduced. MAXIMUM PRICES FIXED ' . FOR STEEL PRODUCTS Agreement Between War iIng ies ‘——MMMM”# ashington, Oct. 11—An agreefnent | tween the war industries board and | steel manufacturers fixing maximum prices” for steel products about one- third under existing market prices, was approved today by President Wil- son. Price agreed upon, with Pittsburgh, Pa., and Youngstown, Ohio, as basis, are: blooms and billets (four by four or larger) $47.50 gross ton: billets (under fowr by four) $51; slabs, 35 sheet bars $51. Prices with Pittsburgh as base are: Stecl bars (three to five) $3.25 per hundred pounds: steel bars (five to eight) $2.50; steel bars (eight to ten) $3775- steel bars (over ten) $4: skelp (gooved) §2.90: skelp (universal) $3.15; skelp (sheared) $3.25. PROVISION PRICES DROP SHARPLY AT CHICAGO Porle Prizes $225 a Barrel Less Than on Previous Day. Chicago, Oct. 11—For the third suc- cessive day the provision market this morning underwent setbacks i{h price that were sharp to a degree seldom cqualled. In addition to previous breaks, pork today dropped more than $2.25 a barrel. Lard and ribs fell $1.50 or more a hundred pounds. Urgent liquidation by holders and nearly complete lack of demand made extreme weakness _inevitabie. ~The chief impetus to sell apparently came from government éfforts to compel cheaper prices for food. January delivery, the most active option, tumbled as low as $40.95 for pork, as against $43.30 at yesterday's finish. MILITANT PICKETS OF WOMAN'S PARTY WARNED That Insubordination Will Mean Sol- itary Confinement in Jai ‘Washington, Oct. 11—With a warn- ing to the militant pickets of the ‘Woman’s Party, now in the Occoquan ‘workhouse, that unless they “obey the rules of the institution.and discon- tinue their acts of insubordination and rioting” they will be transferred tothe jail and kept in solitary confinement, the local government today restored to duty the superintendent of the work- house, who had temporarily been re- lieved while charges made by the ‘women were being investigated. TWO GIRL COMPANIONS ' FOR FINLEY J. SHEPARD, JR. Lecal Adop- Annourced. New York, Oct. 11.—Finley J. Shep- ard ‘announced tonight that he and Mrs. Shepard, formerly Miss Helen Gould, had legally adopted two little girls who have been living with them for more than a vear as companions for Finley J. Shepard, Jr., who was adopted in June, 191 OBITUARY Announcement of Thei tion Assaciate Justice John Henry Hardy. Arlington, Mass., Oct. 11—Associate Justice John Henry Hardy of _the Massachusetts superior court died at is home here last night. He was ricken with pneumonia three days ago. Judge Hardy. who wa$ born in Hol- lis, N. H, in 1847, served in a New Hampshire regiment in the Civil war and was graduated from Dartmouth college in 1870. He praaticed law in Beston for many vears and served on the Boston municipal bench. He was appointed to the superior bench by Governor Wolcott in 1396, Reichstag Has Adjourned. Amsterdam, Oct. 1!—The German reichstag, according to a _despatch from Berlin. adjourned today until December 5. . Buy a Liberty Bond and Back Up the ’Boys"at the vlF rént, Who Are Fighting for Your Honor, Your Home and Your Country LaFollette Scores Press Reports GIVES TRANSCRIPT -OF SPEECH TO SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS TO BE HELD Senator Asserts That His Remarks About the Lusitania Were Extemp- oraneous, in Anmswer to Questions From the Audience. ‘Washington, Oct. 11—Senator La Follette today presented to the sen- ute cemmittee investigating his St. Paul speech his transcript of the ad- dress, accompanied by a letter de- rouncing press .repofts as grossly false. . g The committee also received other transcripts of the speech froth the Minnesota public_welfare commission, which made the first request for Sen- ator La Iollette’s expuision. The committee considered the speeches and will meet again tomor- row to determine whether hearing will be held. > La Follette Denies Reports. In his letter to the committee to- day Senator La Follette denied re- poits that he said his country had no grievance for war and asked for an cpportunity to examine witnesses be- fore the committee and to present his own testimony regarding any state- ments of fact questioned. Transcripts Do Not Diffe Chairman Pomerene waid there was substantially no _difference between the transcripts of the cpeech: as sub- mitted Dby Senator La Iollette and those of the Minnesota commfssion. This virtually concludes rhe first phase of the investigation and leaves the accuracy of statements of fact to the future field of inquiry. .* Spoke Extemporancously. Senater La Follette’s letter said he spoke ~ extemporaneously because di- gressions and questions’ from the au- dience caused him to abandon his notes. “There were two interruptions from the audience,” said La Follette, “not shown in the official transcript. /One is the guestion ‘How obout the Lus- itania? Of course. All that I said upon that subject was said because -of this interruption.” The Lusitania statement Was that Former Secretary Bryan knew the rounds of ammunition aboard and. urged Pres:. ident Wilson to prevent the vessel from sailing. DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW WAR MOTOR TRUCK Reveals an Accomplishment Highly Pleasing 'to the Government. ‘Washington, Oct. 11—Details of the development of the government's new ‘war motortruck,. announced by the council of pational defence, ‘reveal an accomplishment that officials declare is second only to the production of the Liberty aviation motor. ‘Two of the trucks have just been completed—one at Lima, Ohio, and the other at Rochester, N. Y.—and now are on_their way to Washington for inspection at the war department. They are of three tons capacity, al- though engineers who helped in_ their development say they can carry if necessary five tons. . The truck is of standardized con- struction and i parts will be made in probably sixty factories through- out the country. The nation’s best automobile engineers worked together on its design and ak it stands, the truck is declared to be the best ever produced in any country. later the government plans to produce also standardized trucks of one and one- half tons and three-quarter tons ca- pacity. The government's first order calls for 10,000 of the new trucks. Within a few months, if they are needed, the conutry can ‘turn out, it was sald today, 8,000 a moath. BRITISH AVIATORS BOMB GERMAN DEFENCES Attack Stads Roulers, Courtrai and Other Places. London, Oct. 11—An official state- ment on aerial operations, issued last night, reads: “On Tuesday there was little ‘flying except on the battle front, where a great deal of work was done in spite of a strong gale and thick clouds. The enemy’s new gun posi- tions and other suitable targets were reported by airplanes to our artillery, which dealt with them, “Touch was kept with our infantry all day and the enemy troops harassed by machine gun fire at ev- ery opportunity. =5 A ton of bombs was dropped on Staden during the day. At night two tons were dropped on the Roulers, Courtrai, Menin and Ledeghem sta- tions. A direct hit was obtained on a hostile train, causing a number of explosions. g “In_the air fighting four German machines were brought down and two were driven down out of control. Two of ours are missin, CENTRAL, POWERS DIPLOMATS ARRIVE AT PACIFIC PORT Government Officials Have Boarded the Vessel—Information Withheld were A Pacific Port, Oct. 11.—The Dutch steamer Oranje arrived today from jnal Enlisted Reserved Corps left west- Condensed Tel_egr'ams All rum in Great Britain was nuedl by the Government. Liberty yesterday. loan total wnhrhul"’y'l - reached $1,043,500 Brig. Gen. Hiram Chittenden, U. S. A., retired, died Seattle, Wash. Governor Williams of Oklahoma qrd ered a ban on all roping contests. The First 'Forest Regiment, U. S. Engineers, arrived safely in France. Sixteen army chaplains were as- signed to Ntaional Army cantonments. Fire caused damage of $1,000000 in the business section of Guayaquil, Ecuador. Police Commissioner Woods of New York promoted 35 policemen to the grade of sergeant. Poultry will be the next food article to be placed under control by Food Administrator Hoover. Joseph Van Diviucet, student aviat- or at San Diego, Cal, was arrested there as an alien enemy. Fourteen candy manufacturers , in Cleveland will cut down on their dut- put in order to conserve sugar. Drastic limitation of traffic has be- gun on the German State Railways as the result of fuel shortage. Eggs in cold storage in the United States on Oct. 1 totalled 250,000 more than on the corresponding day last year. Members of the 319th Infantry, Na- ional Army, at Camp Lee, Va.; pledged themselves to buy $500,000 Liberty Bongs. More han 325 members of the Sig- ern New York towns for Camp Jack- son, S. C. William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, addressed 30000 troops at Camp Lewis. Wash., on the second Liberty Loan. A telegram of congratulation on his promotion to the rank of general was received by General Pershing from Marshal Joffre. Wine makers of Mount Penn and Stony Creek, Pa., report that the vines are not yielding a normal crop of rapes this year. Effective Oct. 15, wages of the em- ployes of the refineries of he Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey will be ad- vanced 10 per cent. A. H. Wiggin, chairman of the Board of thes Chase National Bank of New York was appointed fuel administrator for New York State. A wage increase of 10 per, cent. was granted the employes of thé Westing- house Electric & Manufacturing Co., taking effect Oct. 16. Newark, N. J., will hereafter be governed by five commissioners. The commissioners will be elected in a special electiori in five week: Engineers attending the 15th meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in St. Louis, left to inspect the Joplin zinc mining district. Articles of incorporation were filed at Dover, Del. by the, Seelle Tractor Co., capital $11000.000, to manufacture farm and sugar mill machinery. Four men were ed and one is seriously injured as the result of a flareup in the mixing room of the Fiberloid Co., at Springfield, Mass. The Uruguayan charge d’affairs in Berlin has notified the German foreign office_that relations between Uruguay and Germany have been scvered. The American Red Cross is still short about $31,000,000 of the $100 - 000,000 funa for which a nation-wide campaign was launched on June 18. G. McGee, aviation instructor; was killed when his machine plunged ino Lake St. Clair, Mich. McGee was in- structor at Selfridge Aviation Field. Wallace N. Royef was seriously burned when he set fire to his bed In a rooming house at Altoona, Pa. by aropping a lighted cigarette as he feil asleep. Major Henry 8. Wyngat, U. S. A. retired, was_detailed as_commandan of the Officers’ Reserve Carps at Wes. leyan University, succeeding Cap. Her- bert N. Royden. Orders for 4,800 additional narrow guage cars have been placed with American manufacturer by the Gov- ernment for use on the military rail- road in France. - “Chief Sanitary Inspector Ball Chicago announced = that rats spreading disease and destroying about $4,500,000 worth of foodstuffs in ward®. houses there annually. Eleven silver gilt, 50 silver and 76 bronze mex were awarded men and ‘women workers in the American Hos- pital at Neuilly, France, by the French Army Medical Service. One hundred soldiers were detailed by General Bell, commading the Na- tional Army camp at Yaphank, L. I. to aid in New York city’s Liberty Bond campaign for two da: Gen. Pershing reported the deaths of Private Willlam J. Sanders, medical corps who died of natural causes, And Sergt Patrick Cassidy, infantry, killed by falling from a train. President Machado of Portugal, with a group of Portuguese officials en route to France to visit the Portuguese the Orient with a large number of German and Austrian _ diplonfats aboard, it was reported. Government officials, headed by secret service men, Loarded the vessel. No mail was al- lowed to land and all information was withheld. None of the passengers was permitted to leave the steamer. SECOND LIBERTY LOAN - NOW AGGREGATES $325465,000 Official Reports From 11 of the 12 Federal Reserve Bank: Washington, Oct. 11. — Official re- ports from eleven of the twelve fed- eral reserve banks show that at the close of business last night subscrip- ar mythere, were entertained by King Alfonso of Spain at San Sebastian. Attorney Gencral Gregory notified Secretary of War Baker that in his opinion the agreement entered into by the Wright-Martin and Curtiss Aero- plane companies for the interchange of patents is legal. Charles Swemly, charged with being a deserter from the National Army was jailled at York Pa. Fear that officss seeking him for an unpaid board bill would locate him caused him to re- frain from registering. Four masked robbers held up at Ho- boken, N. J. yesterday two Adams of| are | DEUTSCH, FINLEY AND Philadelphia, Oct. 11.—Mayor Thom- as B. Smith was today held in §10,000 bail by Judge Brown in the municipal court to await the action of the grand jury on six charges growing out of the murder by imported gunmen of a policeman in the fifth ward here on primary election day. The gunmen arc alleged to havé been brought here to intimidate voters and workers op- posed to the faction favored by Mayer Smith and his political associates, The charges against the mayor in- ciude mjisbehavior in office; contempt of court in refusing to produce cer- tain documentary evidence, violation of the Shern election law forbidding participation in politics by city em- ployes, conspiracy to commit assault and battery, conspiracy to commit ag- gravated assault and battery and con- spiracy to commit murder. . Three other principal defendants, Isaac_Deutsch, common councillor and defeated candidate for the nomination | to select council; William E. Finley, | mencantile appraiser and executive director of the republican city com- mittee, and David Bennett, a_police lieutenant in the fifth ward, were also heid under $10,000 bail each cn the four last named charges and five po- licemen under Bennett, co-defendants, were each held in $5,000 bail. Five Policemen Under Lieutenant Bennett Are Each Held i $5,000 Bail—The Charges Against Mayor Thomas B. Smith Include Misbehavior in Office, Contempt of Court and Conspiracy to Murder—Counsel for Defense Avoid- ed Commitment of Defendants by Instituting Habeas Corpus Proceeding—All of the Accused Are Out on Bail. istrate, MAYOROFPHILA.HELD FOR GRANDJURY In $10,000 Bail on Six Charges Growing Out of Murder by Imported Gunmen BENNETT ALSO HELD The .defense, contending tha Brown, sitting as a_committin had no . jurisdiction ing the case, refused to enter fore that court, but did sc court, where nine writs of habea: ¢ pus were granted on the petition counzel to releasc the defendant “fllegal bonding.” The writs < made returnable October aquestion of Judge Br tion will be arzuecd. in the same sum for at_this broceeding. 2 th By instituting the habeas proceedings, counsel for the def avoided the commitment of the « fendants by Judge Brown in default of bail in the tribunal over which h presides. A New. York bonding company er the may tered security for State Senator Edwin IH. Vare becar Finley’s bondsman. All other ants, including Michael Suliivan wavied a hearing before Judge I and was held under $5000 bail f court charged with < murder, also secured bondsmen livan, an operative of a private de tive ‘agency, who is aleged to brought the gunmen herc from N York, is one of the principal witx for the commonwealth TRIPLE SHOOTING IN WEST SPRINGFIELD Two of the Victims Dead—Ths Third in a Critical Condition. Springfield. Mass,, Oct. 11.—Clement Martini of Union street, West, Spring-| Geld, and his daughter, Mrs. Della Rose Gallarani, are dead, and Mrs. Garnalla Martini, the wife of Clement Martini, is in a eritical condition in a hospital here-as the result of a shoot- ing in the Martini home early today. The West Springfield police have sent a call to police departments through- out the state to watch for Fred Gal- fari, whom they belleve to have dono the’ shooting. Gallarani’s wife Ame- iia, who is & distant relative of Clo- ment Martini, is missing and the po- lice believe Gallarani has carried her away. Mrs. Amelia Gallarani had notd iivea with her husband for several vears but had made her home with the Martinis. The story of the affair as learned by the poilce is that Gallarani went to the Martini home about 2 o'elocl this morning, forced an entrance and snct Martini, his wife and daughter. Martini dled instantly and his daugh- ter aied an hour later in a local hos~ pital, The police say that about threo Mmonths ago -Gallarani came to the Martini_home and forcibly took his wife away In an automobile, keeping her several days. She escaped and re- turned to the Martinis. An automo- bile was heard in the vicinity at tho time of the shooting, so the police be- lieve one may have been used o Spir- it Mrs. Gallarani away. i The West Springfield police hhve had a_warrant for Gallarani since April for assault and robbery. He is 26 years old. Mrs. Garnella Martini said in the hospiial. this morning that two men were concerned in the shoot- ing, She did mot recognize the second man. JOSEPH .WAKELIN FOUND GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER 7- On Account of the Death of year-old Daughter — Mr Acquitted. Wake ,Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 11.—Joseph ‘Walkelin of Melrose was tonight found guilty of manslaughter on account of the death of his daughter Loretta, 7 years of age. His wife, Sarah, who also had been on trial with him on the same charge, was acquitted. The jury deliberated= nearly eight hours. ~Mys. WakKelin, who has been out on bail, wept as she heard the ver- aict but her husband received it with the calmness that has marked his de- meanor since he was placed on trial in the Middlesex county superior court October 1. Sentence will be pro- nounced Tuesday morning. The. max- imum penalty for manslaughter in this state is twenty years imprisonment. Wakelin and his wife were origi- nally indicted for murder but when they were placed on trial, District At- torney Nathan W. Tufts had the charge changed to manslaughter. The ended that when Loretta or as she was called, was sent home from school on the morning of June 1, 1916, for a book she had for- gotten,’ she 'objected to returning to school and that in a fit of anger Wake- lin seized her more forcibly than he intended and choked her to death. Then, in order to divert suspicion, ac- cording to the state's allegation, he mutilated the child’s body and con- cealed it in the woods near his home in Melrose for thespurpose of making it appear that his daughter had been the victim of a degenerate. A COMPANY OF GIRLS TO AID IN WAR WORK Hag Been Formed in Lowell, Ma: Drill One Night a Week. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 11.—The com- pany of girls to aid in war work or- ganized by Miss Emma Leclair of this city held its first meeting last night and adopted the name of Lowell Mili- tia_Girls. The young women plan to arill at the armory one night a week tions to the second Liberty loan ag- gregating $325,465,000 had been record- ed. No report had come tonight from the Minneapolis bank. sk !ported to amount to $6,000. Express company employes, shot one of them, Ernest Hecker, a clerk, the back, and escaped with money ry vnder the instruction of a military in|officer and to aid_In recruiting and |morning to the queen. Red Cross work. The question of an _uniform was not decided. EXISTENCE OF A GENERAL COAL SHORTAGE ADMITTED Due to Increase in Manufacturing and Transportation. Washington, Oct. 11.—Existence a general coal shortage was admitte tonight by the geologlcal survey wh attributes the situation t failure of producers to do thelr but to the unprecedented demand “The tremendous increase in 1 facturing and transportation ac this year,” said a statement issue “has ‘created a demand for soft in excess of any in the past, an i crease in demand that is difficult to measure in terms of terms, b is certainly more than th cent, by which production creased. To meet this d operators have been.minir rate never before equalle A serious coal shortage exists Ohio, fuel administration officials we told today by a delegation of consu ers headed by Attorney General Joseph McGhee, who came to Washington to protest agatnst lifting the embargo or coal shipments tg Canada. Of the 20 towns in the sfate reporting not to ti n pes mand coal at a mc than 100, the delegation reported, a without coal and unable to obtai supplies because virtually all c mined in the state is going thro lake ports to the northw and t Canada, Dr. Garfleld tonlght te Ohio coal operators reque to furnish sufficient fuel to r emergency. AGREEMENT REACHED FOR AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION. It Has the Legal Approval of Attorney General Gregory. Washington, Oct. 11.—L has been giv the agreement be the aircraft production b airplame manufacturers’ A clearing away a possible stacle to the government's aircraft program. Attorney Gen Gregory has held, it was learned t day, that the pafent pooling plar prevent patent litigatic late the Sherman anti-t The effect of the opinion all the work done by the air duction board and the mittée for aeronautics employment of the entir ducing capacity of the big job. Provislon is made for ments at $200 a machine, to about one-fifth of the sum a patent holders beforc the plan wa worked out. Cost to the United & government is reduced one-half by arrangement. CONVICTED OF VIOLATION OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT ves not vio 15t law raft pro advisory cor and ins t airplane p: royalty pay- Daniel H. Wallace of Davenport, la, Gets 20 Year Sentence. Davenpert, Towa, Dct. 11.—Dan H. Wallace, recently convicted of vio lation of the espionage act, was s tenced in®federal court this morni by Judge J. Wade, to_twenty in the penitentiary. Wallace, w claimed to have been a deserter from the British army, was arrested du a lecture tour in which he had a tacked the selective draft law and other - war measures of the Unit States. . COUNT VON LUJBURG IS TO BE INTERNED He ‘Has Been Brought to Buenos Aires Under Guard. Buenos Afres, Oct. 11 Von Luxburg, the former German ister who was arrested in tho crn part of Buenos Alres provi was brought here today under guard on the way to the detention camp on the island of Martin New Minister to Netherlands. Amsterdam, Oct. 11~—The American minister to The Netherlands, John W Garrett, presented his credentlals this Mr.' Garrett succeeds Dr. Henry Van Dyke at The Netherlands post.