Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 16, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 347 P@PULATION 29,919 - NORWICH, CONN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS ARENBUR . Ibey Are Still Pursuing - GERMAN IN G FALLS:TO VADERS the Russians at Various Places on the Island of Oesél. THE GERMANS ARE AIDED BY TORPEDO BOATS — Attempu by the German Fleet to Entathe Gulf: of Riga Are Meeting ‘With Resistance from the Russian Land Batter- ies and Russian Naval Units—Preparations Apparently Are Being Made Along the Julian Front:of the Austro- Italian Theater for Another Big Battle—There Have % Been No Outstanding Activities on the Other War Fronts :-The German forces which landed on the island of Oesel, at the head of the Galf of Riga, have captured Arenburs, : capital of the island, and are still pur~ the Russians at various places. ing the operations as far as pos- sible are German cruisers and torpedo *Doats, which have shelled coast bat- teries and towns. Attempts by the German fleet to enter the Gulf of Ri- &, or to operate in the waters be- Tween Oesel ‘and Dago Islands, how- ever, are meeting with resistance re- spectively from the Russiasi land bat- teries.and Russian naval units. In the “Jatter region the Germans decclined to ‘mccept’ battle and retired in the face .6 the Russian warships. - As yet no attempts have been made ‘by. the Germans to effect a landing on ‘the coast of Esthonia and harass the right flank ,of the Russian s/my, and neither has' any effort been made to penetrate the Guif of Finland. the wa- ters of which are heavily mined ana will require -intensjve mine sweeping aperations before a maval demonstra- tionycan be made agalnst the import- ant part of Rewal. “In Flanders no military onerations en 2 large scale have been attempted But the big guns_are carrying 'out reciprocal bombardments of great vio- lenceé, like those which alwavs pre- céde the starting of an infantry of- fegsive. The British troons have casried out several succesej:l raids, in “which severe casualties -vere in- flicted on the Germans and prisoners and machine guns were taken — After the lapse of two days the heavy artillery duels have been regumed be- tween:the French and the Germans on the Verdun front, especially to the north of the famous Hill 344. * Also on the Aisne front there is considerable artillery activity. Prepartions_apparently are - being made along the Julian front of the Austro-Italian theatre for another big battle. In the Brestovizza valley and on several other sectors the artillery of both sides is engaged in heavy fighting and _there also have been sharp reconnoitering encounters. In the Brestovizza valley a_strong attack by the Austrians was broken up by the Italian machine gun fire, as like- wise were attempted offensives from the west of Flondar to the head of the Adriatic Sea. The enternte allies in keeping up their harassing tactics against positions held by the Teu- tonic allies, daily throwihs heavy bombardments against them or launch- ing irfantry attasks of considerable proportions. The latest of these lat- ter operations has been carried out by Scottish troops, who raided the vil- lage of Homondos, near Seres, and captured 143 prisomers and three ma- [ chine guns. ,, The British =~ mércantile . cruiser Champagne has been torpedoed and sunk by an enemy svbmarine with a loss of five officers and:51 men. _ Tha British mine sweeping = sloop Bego- nia iz overdue and is Lelieved to have | been lost with her entire:crsw. SECOND LIBERTY LOAN HAS PASSED J800,000,000 MARK Sixteen Per Cent. of the $5.000,000,000 Which is Hoped For. Washington, Oct. 15.—The treasurv department tonight estimated that subscriptions the second Liberty Loan had passedl the $800,000.000 mark, or sixteen per cent. of the $3,000,000,- 600 _hover for. Tnofficial and incomplete * froin eight of the twelve banks, which are known to be less than ‘actual subscriptions, show a grand total of approximately $705,000,- 000. The $800,000.000 estimate which 15 thought to .be Ifberal, it was said, included probable sales in the Min- ‘heapolis district, from which no re- in_ the other three districts for which port has been reccived. and increases no fresh figures are available. “Totals to date” the department’s statement reads, “including official re- pérts from tho Richmond. Si Louls and Dallas districts up to the close of business Saturdav night, follow: New York. $309.000.000, Philadelphia. $80.000,000. Roston, $73.000.000. Cleveland. $72.000.000. Chicago, $60,000,000. v, $5,000.000. 2000,000.+ 00. retorns reserve s ® San Francisco. $3' Richmond. $21.82 “Atlanta, $9,000.000. St. Loul». $3.786,000. Dallas, $3,175,000. “A flood of small subscrintions in the Boston, Cleveland and Chicago dis- tricts egreatly increased their totsls “Six New Eng'and states reported the following totals: fassachusetts $40.898,000: Rhode Wsland, $10.188,000; Conneccut, $9,- 605,000: Maine. ~ $3,272,000; " New Hampshire, $2,494,000 and Vermont, $1,924,000. HIGH PRAISES FOR LIEUTENANT MARCUS Whe Lost His Life in Explosion on Submarifne A-7 at Manilla Washington, Oct. 15. — The official report of the investigation of the ex- plosion on the submarine A-7 at Man- fla last July which resulted in the déath of her commander, Lieutenant Arnold Marcus, of San Francisco, and several men. praised the conduct of Lieutenant Marcus in the highest terms. . 41t was shown from" the evidence brought before the board,” Secretary Danfels wrote to Lieutenant Mar- widow, “that the conduct of your hnsband was that of a most gallant officer, who, although fatally injured, weithout regard, to self, devoted eVery @ction and thought to the care of his ‘vessel and men. GERMANY HAS EXTENDED | MILITARY SERVICE AGE Ce'ling on Men Who Escaped on Ac- - count of Unfitness. e — Ccpenhagen, Oct. 15.—Germany has > ded military service to men for- en years of age and is calling up o have heretofore escaped 3 rmy_ already includes. a large mber above thé legal limit of 45 vi: s, on the ground that-although no- P above t age could be mobil- ~ca, vet mo requirement existed for the: discharge of a soldier reaching thet age. The new rezutation calls to the col- or" ~" exempt born after September 81570, CANADA TO DEAL DIRECTLY WITH WASHPMNGTON Instead of Through the British Em- bassy—Commissioner Chosen. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 15—The reorgan- ized Canadian government, it became known todav, will be directly repre- sented at Washington by a commris- sioner instead of conducting its .af- fairs_with the United Sfates through the British embassy. J. Hazen, former Canadian commissioner of na- val service and marine and fisheries, \has been chosen for the post. At _present. the British ambassador hardles all Canada’s diplomatic busi- ness for the United States. Formerly communications between Washington and Ottawa had to go Ly way of Lon- don. Recently the channel of com- munication has been made more di- rect, but is still through the PBritish embassy. Affairs “between Canada and the United States have so increas- ed in numbers and importance since war began and especially since the United States entered, that it is now prcposed to carry out the long discus- red plan of naming a Canadian com- missioner for Washington. Mr. Hazen will be assoclated with the British ambassador, but will have considerable opportunity for independ- ent initiative, it is dxplained. He was premier of New Brunswick, is a law- yer by training, was with Prime Min- ister Borden at the last imperial con- ference in London and has had much business with Washington over fish- ery, sealing and marine matters. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT NEAR NORTH HAVEN on account/of military unfitness. | Dr. L. R. Siegal and Charles Malley, Both of Hartford, Injured. Meriden, Conn., Oct. 15—Dr. L. R, Slegal and Charles Malley, both- of Hartford, are in ‘the locai hospital suffering from injuries freceived in an automobile accident on_the Wal- lingford road today nead North Ha- ven. The car which was bound for Hartford skidded, struck a telegraph pole and turned over. Malley is guf- fering from a broken collar bone and internal injuries. Dr. Siegal is not so badly hurt. The latter's brother, who was driving, escaped injury. TO TEST CONNECTICUT BILLBOARD TAX LAW Suit Has Been Brought by the Hart- ford Bill Pesting Company. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 15.—A mo- ltion to dismiss the suit brought by the Hartford Bill Posting company against . Superintendent Thinas. F. Egan of the state. police, who has the enforcement ,of the Connecticut bill- board tax law, was filed in the United States court today and Judge Thothas set October 29 for the hearing. The bil) of complaint is to restrain Super- intendent n from enforcmg the law, it being further set up that the law is unconstitutional. CAPTAIN AND TEN MEN ARE MISSING Of American Steamer Lewis Lucken- bach, Which Wi Torpedoed. ‘Washington, Oct, 15.—The captain of the American steamer Lewis Lucken- bach, torpedoed_by, a submarine, and uine of ‘the crew and sailor of the naval guard are mis , accordiftg to today’s advices fo the navy depart- ment. Twenty-six of the crew and sixtcen of the guard have been landed. The missing gunner is John McNeill, wkose iather lives in Plajnsyjlle, Mass, ' tc study Maeedonia arel’ Cabled Paragraphs Uruguay Favorable to Allies, Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. 15.—. presidential Becree tmsuea e governments of - \British Cruieer Sunk, London, Oct. 15—The British arm- ed mercantile cruiser Champ been sunk, the statement to- e BIG BREAK IN UNITED STATES STEEL COMMON It Carrled Down With It Other Ac- tive Securities. New York, Oct. 15.—United States m Sroke_ throneh oo roke through par, ;carrying down with it other active Securities on the stock exchange at a cost of 3 to 8 points in price. The movement was a repetition of the extensive liquidation of last week. Measures reported to have been adopted by powerful financial interests to stabilize prices appeared. to be of little. avall. United States Steel sold at 99 $-4, or ‘within a fraction of is low record of the year. . Steel declined to 99 1-8 in the last hour, rebounded to par and 3-4 and loss 7-8 _total sales, estimated at 1,- 000,000 shares. Other leading stocks also were. close to lowest prices at the weak finish. SANK LIFEBOATS OF TORPEDOED ITALIAN STEAMER In Which Were a Number of Greek Officials From Turkey. Athens, Oct. 15—A painful jm- pression has been created here by the torpedoing of the Ttalian steamer Bori, on which were a number of Greek of- ficials from. Turkey, whose names do not appear on the list of fifty sur- vivors who were landed at Corfu. One hundred and ‘twenty are said to hav been landed on the Gallipoli peninsula (Turkish territory). , According to advices reaching here, ithe lifebcats of -the Bari were sunk /by the Germans, who torpedoed the teamer. There have been no previous ad- ivices of the sinking of the Bari. The loniy steamer of that name lMsted in #available records is a small one of 24 . tons gross which was farmally- nown as the Liburno and was built Tat Fiume in 1873, {GERMANY STRONG IN MEN, cording to' E. Bunster, a Chilsan Gonsul ta Denmark:— Hartford, . Conn.. Oct. 15—E. Bun- ster, a Chilean consul to Denmark, who is here for a month’s rest, said in an_interview today. that he thought Germany was still sttong in men, food ~—i———= | and munitions, &nd that the end of the war. was far off. He arrived here last night on his way home from Co; hagen and expects to reach Chile some months hence. . Y In speaking of the American em- bargo on supplies to Furopean neu- trals,. the consul expressed the idea that Denmark might be “forced into {the arme of Germany, as has been Belgium and th¢ Balkan states.” He also said .that the war had worked a great change in Chile, where manu- fitacturing plants had grown, since. the iswar started, { the nitrate exports had exceeded all from 2,800 8,000, ‘and hoped-for records. ARTFORD TO' HAVE A '\ HEARING ON TROLLEY FARES Hartford. Conn., Oct. 15.—The com- mon .council passe da resolution to- night \directing the corporation coun- sel to petition the public utilities com- missior; for a hearing upon the rea-; sonablegass of six cent trolley fares and to demand the reduction to five cents for] lines in the citv and to ad- joining tbwns. It also passed a res- olution cilling for the drawing up of a petitionyasking the next legislature to” pass aiaw requiring hearing be- | fore any public utility shall be al- lowed to railse any fare, rate or change in the state.. - _ GOVERNOR HOLCOMB - GOING TO REW YORK Is to. Attend the Conference of Gov- ernors Today. Hartford, Ccnn., Oct. 15.—Governor Holcomi' will go to New York- to- morrow 2o attend a conference of southern governors with governors from New Engiand and other states. On Wednesday at the invitation of Governor McCall of Massachusetts he will attend a conference in Boston.of governors of New England states, at, which the coal situation in New Eng- lana will be discussed. GUILTY OF KIDNAPPING BABY LLOYD KEET Claude WPiersol Sentenced to 35 Years’ Imprisonment. Marshfleld, Mo.. Oct. 15—Claude Plersol was found guilty of Kidnapping Lloyd Keet by the jury at 10.25 o’clock tonight. He was sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonmrent. OBITUARY. ', Don M. Dickinson. Detroit,) Mich., Oct. 15.—~Don M. Dickinson. postmaster general under President Cleveland, died at his home in_Trenton, a suburb, . today. Mr. Dickinsan was 71 years old. Ffe had beenyin poor health for three vears. For years\Dickinson was a leader in democratic poMtics. He was a Jawyer and served the United States govern- ment in taking \charge of several cases of international' importance. About ten ago Mr. Dickinson's heaith broke' down and his condition made it necessary ' for him to spend several months at a sanatorium. At that time the heiss of a large estate. of which he was |the trustee, sought to have him dej . After leaving the sanatorium Mr Dickinson appear- ed in court sand defended himself against the claim df incompetency. His physical condition, however, remained weakened, and during the last few years of his life-he had lived practi- cally in mlr!finent. devoting himself and iterary work. FOOD AND MUNITIONS |, Mobilization of All Gold Reserves URGED IN CALL ISSUED BY PRES- IDENT WILSON. ALL ‘BANKS ARENOTIFIED To Render the Finan Condition of the Country as Nearly Impregnable as Human Skilf Can Make It. g3 ‘Washington, Oct. 15. President Wilson tonight sounded a call for the mobilization of all the naticn’s gold reserves under the supervision of the tederal reserve board. In a statement made public through the board, the president called upon eligible non-member state banks and trust companies to join the federal reserve system without further delay that thev may “contribute their share™ to the consolidated gold reserves of the country and aid more effectively in “a vigorous prosecution and successful termination of the war.” Scores of such institutions <have flocked to the system within the past three weeks, among them some _of the largest trust comnanies of New York, Philadelphia and other citles. The movement to the federal reserve aystem has lacked only a final impell- Ing force to assume the proportions of a landslide. Within less than three weeks, resources of such institutions in the system have risen from $1.200,- 000,000 to more than $2,600,000,000. To Control Entire Gold Reserve. Liberty - loan finanting, the result- ant activity in the money markets, the effect of the governmeni's huge financial transactions upon the bond markets and the stock exchanges of the country have mad= it imperative, [In the view of the administration, for the federal resserve board to control not a major portion of the gold reserve cf the country, but the entire amount. The recant embargo on gold exports has made it highly desirable that this as speedily’ as control be acq: possible. ‘With the board in active, daily con- trol of the country’s huge store of zold, at present more than $3,000,000,- .| watching every avenue through which it may be lessened, and vigi- lant in its supervision:of the coun- try’s banking activities, officials be- lieve that the. financial position of the country may be rendered 88 near- 1y " fmpreanaple ' as _humag ekill -can | make it. ¥ 5 At present the board- conirols nctivitles of institntions representing only one-half of the coutry’s total banking resources. About Sixteen Billion Dollars. The Jatest report of the comptrol- ler of the currency places at geveral millions above sixteen billion @ollars the resources of the banks within the system. Since that report was fis- acquisition of new members. |, There are, however. between 8,000 'and 9,000 eligible banks and trust companies, with resources estimated at from-twelve to sixteen billion dol- lars, whose activities are entirely be- yond: the control of thé federal gov- ernment. being governed only by state laws. The president addressed him- self of these institutions. BOMB SUSPECT ARRESTED IN NEW YORK. CITY Was Carrying’ What Was Apparently a Bomb Aboard a Ship. New York, Oct. 15.—A\man, appar- ently a German, employed in repair work on a United States nava! vessel here, ‘'was arrested for carrying what was apparently a_bomb aboard the ship here today. The arrest was made by a master of arms, who searched {the man as he came to work. The bomb was described as about six inches ‘long, with a fuse and cap. "Two pleces of paper containing Ger- man writing also were found on the risoner when he was searched. The vessel was formerly a German iner, one of the German ships seized hen the United -States entered the 'war and was being repaired at a rooklyn. drydock. The man was given into the custody f United States officers and taken jaway. No information was given out .: ::; what disposition was to be made m. XTENSICN OF TIME FOR b THE NEW HAVEN ROAD (ln Which to. Sell Its Holdings in the Boston and Maine Road. New York, Oct. 15.—Judge Julius M. Mayer, in an order made today In the federal district court upon the petifion of Marcus P. Knowlton and | the other trustees appointed finder the dissolution decree of October 17, 1914, in the government's action against the New York, New Haven land Hartford Railroad, extended the ime for the road to sell its share of the preferred and common stock of he Boston and Maine rallrobd untll iJamuary 1, 1919. The date previously et was January 1, 1918. SCHUYLER MERRITT OF . STAMFORD NOMINATED or Congress by Republicans of the Fourth Cbngressional District. \Bridgeport, Conn.. Oct. 15.—Schuyler Mezritt of Stamford was nominated for congress by the republicans of the fourth congressional district in con- vention hero today. Resolutions on the jdeath of Congressman Hill were adopged, #'copy of which is to be for- warded to Mr. HiII's family. ‘The democrats will name their can- didate tomorrow and the election to choose the successor to Mr. Hill will be held November 6. PROBITION AMENDMENT HAS BIG MAJORITY IN IOWA It Prohibls the Manufacture and Sale of : Liquor in the State. Des Moines, Jowa, Oct. 15.—With a ‘majority estimated at 30,000 to 35,000 Iowa voters today decided to prohibit the manufncture and_sale of liquor in this state by constitutional amend- ment. ‘The state has been dry by statutory provision for two years. The amendment becomes effective im- mediately. $ o sued, however, nearly $1.500,200,000 in i {y” lxm&me- have been added through the | the governor said: Powder Explosion Felt 20 Miles AT DU PONT WORKS AT GIBBS- TOWN, N. J. TWO WORKMEN KILLEDI A Third Man is Missing, a Fourth Se- riously Injured—Shattered Windows in Surrounding Towns. Philadelphia, Oct. 15.—An explosion in the nitro starch dry house at the| Du Pont powder works at Gibbstown, | N. J., resulted ir the instant death of two workmen. A third man % miss- ing and is probably dead. The bodies were blown to pleces. Another man was seriously injured. The destroved building was a_small one-story struc- ture isolated from the rest of the plant, -and the force consisted of the four men mentioned. Nothing Suspicious. There was no other damage. The Du Pont company says there is noth- ing euspicious about the explosion. Because of the teryific force of the | explosion alarming reports as to its extent were in circulation. Almostl everybody in Philadelphia, 20 miles distant, felt it, and surrounding towns in° New Jersey reported ° shattered windows and other {ll effects of the impact. Consequently, the news that there had not been a great disaster came as a relief. UP TO NEWSPAPERS TO . DECIDE WHAT TO PRINT They Are Allowed by the Censorhip Ruling to Use Discretion. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 15. “There’ has been no request for censorship on news given out at this office,” said Buy a Liberty. Bond and Back Up-the Boys at the Front, Who Are Fighting for Your Honor, Your Home and Your Country Gondensed Telegrams In Yokohama there are only 209 pri- te'and business automabiles. . great fire is raging at the petrole- un® oil wells at Baku, Russia. The Cuban Red Cross has work' of equipping 100 -bed units. Germa begun, the hospital offering: Denmark a sup- ply of poxtnel in exchange for needed articles. Proparationsfor the draft for the Natfonal army of Porto: Rico are be- ing pushed. B idgeport will not permit the Peo- ple’s peace council to hold a meeting in that city. Announcement was made that Japan ‘would build . 30 ready next yeer. President Wilson is name board i n a few days. submarines the personnel of ‘the to be expected to aircraft Mrs. Wililam Jermings Brykn made two speech frage in New York city. in fawor of woman lut7 The German administration \at” War- saw issued a denial of statements that a famine existed in Poland. Elias Howaysk, aged patriarch of the Syrian Christian tribe of Maron- ites, was exiled from Turkey. In a colllsion between two motor cars in Brooklyn a woman was killed and flve persons were injured. German_troops fore parade in front of the were disarmed be- kaises for fear of an attempt at violence. General Provost Marshal dental announced that all above the first year are exempt from | the draft. Crowder students Argentime police were forced to draw their sabres in a demonsts ration of Germans and Spaniards in~- favor of neutrality. Denver will place shesp parks. the purpose being to in all its have the Governor Marous H. Holcomb late to-s|city do its “bit” in aiding the national day in reply to New York newspaper criticism for making known a cable- gram from Colonel Ernest L. Isbell announcing the safe arrival 102nd regiment abroad. anything s given out it is up to the newspapers to decide whether they are allowed by censorship ruiing. to publish the news or not. food supply. Evidence to prove a nation wide plot ties at Chicago. of the by milk producers to_raise tif® price of “Whenever | milk was presented fo federal authori- Tom Longboat, a noted American In- They have |dian runner, was killed in action with their list of printed rules. When they |a Canadian regiment in which he was get a plece of news it is up to the newspapcrs to determine whether it comes within thelr province to sup- press it or nat. If they-find that that particular bit ot news should be cen- ey have the discretion. - TR e running it in their column The governor denied that he has ever heard from Mr. Creel, head of the war publicity board, in regard to any objections to his course. Speak- ing of the published statement, he had brought the matter to the aften- tion of the war department, showing that he was “doubtful of thé proprie- of making public the cablegram, “This -is entirely erroneous and has absolutely no basis in fact at all 1 have not communicated with'the war department officials in regard to this matter ‘and consequently have never received “communication fromp them in return.” - Earlier in the day the governor had also made denial of the statement in the New York Times that he had written to Mr. Creel concerning the matter. STATE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION i IN SESSION AT SUFFIELD Rev. George B. Marston of Stonington Eilected President. ] Suffield, Conn., Oct. 15.—The State| Baptist association opened its 94th | annual session here this afternoon. In connection with the convention was held the 34th anniversary meeting of the Ministers’ association. At the first session of the main con- vention the nominating committee presented the names of the following officers who were elected: President, Rev. Georgo B. Maston, of Stonin ton: secretary, Rev. Earl W. Darrow, West Hartford: trustees, Reverends H. B. Sloat of Waterbury, John R. Brown J. Essayists, Revs, Harrison Thompson, South Norwall Edgar Hyde, of Middletown. Alter- nates, Revs. David S. Kloush, New Haven; Buftt N. Timbie, Meriden. of Bridgeport. IT IS FEARED THAT AVIATOR CAMPBELL HAS BEEN KILLED Kenilworth, Ills, Man Was a Mem- ber of the Lafayette Squadron. Somewhere on the French Front, Oct. 15.—By the Associated‘ Press. Sergeant Andrew Courtney Campbell of Kenilworth, Ills, a member of the Lafayette squadron, who was on Oc. tcber 1 reported missing is now be- lieved by his comrades to have been killed. A French pilot in a neigh- boring squadron reported that he had seen a biplane of the type the ser- zeant was flying as it fell in a spin- Il:ing nose dive Inside the German nes. A MILFORD cow X HAS HYDROPHOBIA Frothed at the Mouth and Snapped at| Folks. Milford, Conn., Oct. 15— The un- usual spectacle of'a cow with hypro- rhobia has occurred here. The ani- mal was the property of William O’'Hara. Friday last it began to froth at the mouth and developed the habit of snapping at folks. On Sat- urday its owner called in Dr. Martin of Pridgeport, who said the cow had hydrophobia. ~ The animal was _at once shot and Commissioner of Do- mestic Animais Whitlesey was noti- fled. ORDER ISSUED BY FUEL ADMINISTRATOR RUSSELL About Maximum Price to be Charged by Coal Dealers. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 15.—Thomas W. Russell, fuel administrator for Connecticut and chairman of the coal committee of the stats council of de- fense today issued an order that the maximum price charged by dealers in this" state for coal must immediately be made to conform to the terms of the order issued by the federal ad- ministrator on October 1. a lance corporal. More_ than 16,000 hotels and restau- rants jin Cuu&h-.v- reduced the con- sumption of bacon b1 per beef 40 per cent. Champ Clark call from Secretary him to speak in the middle west. Clark will do c Camp Syracu army expansion post in the States, will soon be abando troops are to be sent south. cent. and received an urgent MecAdoo asking Mr. , the largest regular United ned. The Yale has taken another step“to aid the government 4n its miltary pro- gram by the establishment of an aero- nautical school at New Haven. A conscigntious objector at Yaplank sent to Secretary Baker month’s pay. his first The man wrote that he had earned it but could not accept it. General Pershing h ond telegram to the a nt his sec- epartment a that infantry troops should be excel- lent marksmen before abroad. American women rel can officers, soldiers and all with the American being expedition sent ed to Ameri- connected in France, are not to be allowed to go- to France. Food Admi through churches. Sunday food saving cards wi tributed. William Major Genera i trator Hoover devised ia scheme to reach 57,000,000 Americans At all services on i1l be dis- L. Sibert, second in command to Geeral Pershing in France, is slated to become a lieu- tenant general in the rapidly expand- ing American arm: One hundred cars of coal consigned to lake ports for northwest were ordered seiz mayor of Akron. relieve the fuel shortage. shipment to the ed by the The coal was sold to Mayor Schrantz of Canton, Ohio, confiscated 1000 tons of co: the Central Power comj furnishes electricity for the owned by . which city. The coal will be sold at $5.80 a ton. A call for expert mechanics for the aviation corps was issued by the New York army mechanics are needed to aeronautical office. The keep the planes in condition in France. Major General George O. Squier, chief signal officer of the army, sent a telegram to New York recruiting sta- tions appealing for recruits for the sig- nal corps in the aviation section. reported Officlal figures at the October meeting of the corporation of Yale university yesterday showed the enrollment of students for the year to. be 2,122 as against 3,262 lasi t year. The Chilean forelgn minister wrote to Uruguay that Chile highly appreci- ates the motives which prompted the government of Uruguay In its severing of diplomatic relations with Germany. Miss lsabel Ely Lord, director of the School of Household Science of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, chief of the home economic the food conservation divisis food administration. 16 lda Ginsberg, struck last night, driven by J. F. and died later of her hurts Hartford hospital. Haas is Hartford resident. years old, wi by an automobile at Hartford and Arts, was made section of on of the Haas, Jr., in the also a The council of national defence has appointed a committee of four to make an immediate investigation of the housing situation at munition plants and recommend government aid to provide quarters should it necessary. be found A fire in a barn at the hospital for t mid- the insane at Middletown, night, barn was used for storage wagons and implements, which were saved. There picion that tha blaze was of origin. did about $5,000 damage. The of farm many of i1s a sus- incendiary Female German Spy Shotin Paris MAT! HARI, DUTCH DANCER AND ADVENTURESS. HAD A VARIED CAREER She Was Convicted of Conveying to Germans the Seoret of the Construc- tion of ghl Entente “Tanks.” Paris, Oct. 15.—Mata Hari, the Dutch dancer and adventuress, who two months ago was found guilty by a courtmartial on the charge of espion- age, was shot at down this morning. ‘Mata Hari, otherwise known as Marguerite Gertrude Zelle, was taken in an automobile from St. Lazaire prison to the parade ground at Vin- cennes, where her execution took place. Two Sisters of Charity and a priest accompanied her. Gave Information to Enemy. Mlle. Mata Hari wfs, according to unofficial press despatches, accused of conveying to the Germans the secret of the construction of the eritente “tanks,” this resulting in the enemy rushing work on a special gas to com- bat their operations. She was said to have left Parig last spring and to have fpent some time in the English town where the first “tanks” were being made, afterwards traveling back and forth between England and Holland and later golng to Spain, where she aroused suspicion by assoclating with a man whom the French secret service long suspected, When she reappeared in Paris she was arrefited, a contrib- uting circumstance, it appears, being the fact that she was seen there with a young British officer attached to the “tank” service. Her conviction was affirmed by a revision court and on Sept, 28 the supreme court conflrmed the prewlous findings. Consplcuous in Paris. Mata Hari. or to give her full name, Marguerite Zelle Mati Hara, had been a conspicyous figure on the. stage in Paris and other European cities, where she is said to have captivated men in high places. She was not beautiful, but magnetic. Compelled to Leave India. Barly in_ her career she was com- pelled “to leave British India, where she had married a British officer, on account of the suspicious death of her son. She made her way to Holland and thence to Paris, where she quickly became part of the great night life of that city. She met many men, one of whom was a wealthy German, a high official of the Berlin government. He bought a home f8r her at Nieully-sur- Seine and furnished it in a style most truly representative ‘of Oriental splen- dor. Tiring of her Teuton admirer, she hypnotized a high French ofcial, who lavished wealth on her and set her up in a_magnificent chateau in Tou- raine. Finally she. returned to her former lover, with whom, it is believed, she was living when war broke out. She was a woman eminently qualified to act as a secret agent for Germany. As a Dutch subject she was at ‘liberty to travel anywhere, and it seems cer- tain that she had the facilities for ob- taining information which #ould have been impossible for Germany to obtain elsewhere. Esplonage was a life which appealed to her. Her greatest deflght was In exercising her influence to. con- trol persons with whom she came in contact, and her influence was almost miraculous, Her conetant companion was a_German woman, her maid, who, she always called Anna. BETHLEHEM S'fé!iL VCO;;. TO d CONSOLIDATE SHIPYARDS In Order to Co-ordinats and Expediate the Output. New York, Oct. 15.—Consolidation of the operation of all the various the shipbullding vards controlled by Bethlehem Steel Corporation under a new corporation to be known as the Bethlehem Shipbullding Corporation, Ltd., in order to co-ordinate and ex- pedite work on the Increased voluma of govrnment shipbuilding demands, was announced here today. The new company will be capitaliz- ¢4 at $12,600,000, all the stock to be owned by the Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration or its subsidiaries, with the exception of directors’ qualifying shares. The president will be E. G Grace and the vice president in charge of sales and operations will be J. W. Powell, now president of the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Mass., included in the merger. The other companies invoived are the Union Iron Works Company and the Union Iron Works Drydocks Company, San Francisco: Harlan and Hallings- worth Corporation, 'Wilmington, Del.; Samuel L. Moore and Sons Corpora- tion, Elizabeth, N. J., and the Ship- yard at Sparrow’s Point, Md., now op- orated by the Bethlehem Steel Com- ny. “There will be no radical departure at this time from the present operat- ing methods at these plants except that the sales, purchases, accounting, collections, and payments for all ship- building operations will hereafter be made or done at or from Bethlehem,” it was announced: H. & Snyder, vice president of the Bethlehem Steel, will be vice presi- Gent in charge of finances of the new corporation and of the steel companies as well. MONSTER DEMONSTRATION FOR PEACE IN BAVARIA At Opening of German Socialist Con- ference. London, Oct. 15.—A monster demon- stration in favor of “peace by under- standing” marked the opening of the German soclalist conference :a Wuers burg, ‘Bavaria, according to an Ex- change Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen today: s Philipp Scheldemann, the majority socialist leader In the reichstag, spepk- ing to the huge audience, declared that all conditions of life warranted the attitude the socialists were taking to- wards the war. . 5 Allies to Hold Conference in Paris. ‘Washington, Oct. 15. Secretary Lansing said etoday that consfdera- tion was bein, having the United States representa- tives at the coming Parls conference of the allies. He indicated that no definite concluaion had been reached. given to the question of ' ¥