Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 18, 1917, Page 1

\ VOL. LIX—NO. 349 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Buy a Liberty Bond and. Back Up the Boys at the Front, Who Are Fighting for Your Honor, Your Home 7é1n<d 7Your Coun—t;y GERMANS POSSESS ISLAND OF QESEL : Fl'he Russian ‘Fdrces/ Still There Are Cut Off From Com- munication With Petrograd | { NAVAL BATTLES CONTINUE IN ADJACENT WATERS v Preparing for a Big 3: L I R ‘The “Germans are entirely in pos- #ession of the island of Oesel, at the, head of the Gulf of Riga, and the Rus- sian forces still there are cut off from communication with Petrograd. Small naval engagements continue in adja- <ent waters, and German craft ar@ carrying out reconnoissances over the islands in the Gulf of Riga and over the mainland to the east. Pernau, an important gulf port north of Riga and due east of Oesel Island, hag been mbed by German naval airships. The Berlin war office _announces that large quantities of booty were captured on Oesel and that more than 1,000 prisoners were tmken by the ermans Wednesday. On the mainlagnrd south of Riga there bas been considerable activity by the Germans, who at one point endeav- ojed to throw pontoon_bridges over the Dviga river. The Russian artil- Mery, however, prevented the bridging “of the stream. A report which, if true, probably cates that the Germans are pre- paring for a big naval demonstration nst the Russians In the Baltic, comes_from Malmo, in southern Swe- den. Tt says a large number of Ger- man war craft were observed Monday and Tuesday and that the belief pre- valils they were reinforcements for the German Baltic fleet. As yot the expected renewal of the REE OF FAMILY INJURED WHEN AUTO OVERTURNED Wheel Caught in Trolley Track at Southport and Upset the Car. Fairfleld, Conn., Oct. 17.—An auto- mobile driven by Gustav Brush in ‘which were Mrs. Brush and two small <hildren, overturned in Southport this evening, throwing out all its occu- ants. Mrs. Brush's arm was broken, er husband sustained three fractured Tibs and the youngest child a broken hip. A wheel catching in a trolley track caused the upset. { _The family was on its way from Newark to Bridgeport to take up res- idence in the latter city. The injured persons were given grst aid and the car was rizhted and driven with its cwners to their new home in Bridge- port. SEVERAL SOLDIERS KILLED IN HONDURAS | { e | While Quelling a Riot of Stri i Workers. | ing Dock A Gulf Port, Oct. 17.—Troops werc employed to queH rioting of striking dock workers at several ports in Hon- duras recently and in a fight between strikers and soldiers at La Ceiba, a number on both sides were killed and wounded, according to passengers ar- riving here today on as steamer from the Central American republic. ‘The passengers also brought uncon- firmed reports that six Américans had been killed by natives near Cuero. The local Honduras consulate admits re- ceiving unoffcial reports that Amer- icans had been killed. NEW YORK GUARDSMEN IN RAILROAD ACCIDENT Cre Is Known to Have Been Killed and a Dozen Others Injured. Spartanburg, S. C., Oct. 17.—Two imen, one a New York national guards- lrmm, are known to have been killed and ‘a dozen others injured in a rear- end collision tonight on the Piedmont and Ncrthern Electric this city lthe New * ing. Eizi | movea to line between C~mp Wadsworth, where onal guard is train- ~i soldiers were re- camp hospital. [ MILK TO COST 14 CENTS A QUART IN BOSTON 1 fabetuedt i | Producers to Receive 80 Cents For Ten-Quart Cans. | Plainfield, Conn., Oct. 17—Local milk producers were notified _ today that Boston buyers had granted them an increase to eighty cents for ten- quart cans of milk. This came about through the Massachusetts food com- [ml&!loner aliowing Boston dealers to | [ get 14 cents a qart in retail trade. Re- cently local producers threatened to strike if they were not pald more. STATE POLICEMAN HURLEY HAS RESIGNED ;h to Become a County Detective—To Run Down Ci nal - Cases. , . Hartford. Conn.. Oct. 17.—State Po- | liceman Robert lurley today resigned tas such to become county detective. | lis new position calls for service in | ai dof Prosecuting Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. in running down evidence in criminal case: = Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan Dead. Suffern. N. V., Oct. 17.—Mrs. Thom- es F. Ryan, wife of the financier, died £t her home here tonight after a brief _ Siiness. Perna{#fPortant Gulf Port North of Riga, Has Been Bombed by German Naval Airships—On the Mainland the Dvina River—Germans Naval Demonstration Against Encounters in i t offenstve by the British and nch trops in Belgium has not even- tuated. Heavy bombardments and reconnolitering = encounters still pre- vell There have been only bombardments on the southern front in France and in the Austro-Italian theatre, where from the Isonzo_ front to the sea the Austrians and Italians are heavily each other. There has been a noticeabls return of bombing operations by the British airmen in Belglum and across the line in Germany and by the Germans against French positions. British avi- ators have dropped tons of bombs on PBruges and also have loosed explosives on-a factory near Saarbrucken, Ger- many, while the Germans have bomb- ed Nancy and Dunkirk, at the former place killing ten persons and wound- ing forty. The Italian parliament has just con- vened and probably will discuss in secret session rioting which occurred in Turin in August as a result of food shortage and political dscontent and also the genmeral food crisis thrpughout Italy. In the Turin riots, news of which has been received for the first time, large numbers of per- sons are said to have been killed, ma- chine guns and bombs dropped from sirplanes being used to put down the diserder. GREATEST. ORDER EVER PLACED FOR ARMY SHOES Seven Million Pairs at an Aggregate Cost of $32,550,000. Washington, Oct. 17.—The greatest order ever placed for army shoes has been given by the war department through contracts just completed, call- ing for 7,000,000 pairs at an_agsre- gregate cost of $33,550,000. This en- ormous order has been distributed among many factories throughout the country. Through the council of national de- fense the government itself and not the contractors, fixed the price at $4.64 per pair. Even under this restriction; Quarter- master General Sharp was agreeably surprised to find the bids submitted at the price named by the government were for a quantity fifteen per cent. in e¥cess of that named in the adver- tisements. ‘The war department, looking to the needs of the future, will also close contracts for this additional 15 per cent. Deliveries are to begin in January. ITALIAN PARLIAMENT HAS RESUMED SESSIONS Will Discuss Riots in Turin Due to Insufficient Bread. Turin, Oct, 17.—The Italian parlia- ment has_re-opened its sessions at Rome under peculiar circumstances, two facts being so prominent as even to make a ministerial crisis possible. Owing to their nature they.will prob- ably be discussed only in secret ses- sions. One has to do with serious riots which occurred in Turin the lat- ter part of August, due in part to the delay in providing the town with suf- ficient bread, and in part, to political discontent. The other question concerns the general food crisis throughout Italy, which led to the resignation of the food controller, Giuseppe Canepa, whose place has been taken by Gen- eral Alfieri. EIGHT HOUR DAY ON GRAND TRUNK SYSTEM Be Granted the Engincers and Firemen on All Its Lines. To Montreal, Oct. 17.—The Grand Trunk Railways system has agreed, it was authoritatively stated today, fo grant the engineers and firemep on ait its lines the benefit of the Adamscn eight hour day law as it obtains in the United States. The engineers and fire- men employed in the company’s lines in the United States have been work- ing under the Adamson measure since it became law. An official statement from the com- pany in reference to the changes Is expected shortly. Officials of the com- pany and the men’s union have been in conference here over the working hours and pay fer some days. KILLED BY GILT EDGE EXPRESS AT CEDAR HILL Avery E. Ford, Supreme President of the Fraternal Benefit League. New Haven, Conn., ‘Oct, 17.—. ‘E. Ford, of this city, for gvg .A_n‘;e gl half years supreme president of the Fraternal Benefit League, was killed Lere tonight by a train. e was com- ing here from New York on the “Gilt Edge” express due about 7 o’clock and when the train was held up at the Cedar Hill station he stepped off, ap- parently intending to go to the street and get a trolley car, He stepped In the way of a train bound east anad was instantly killed. He widow- leaves a |tinue for the remainder of the time allowed for subscriptions., - ' Cabled Paragraphs Fleot of German Warshipe Sighted. Co Oct. 17—The National STATEWIDE PATRIOTIC RALLY IN HARTFORD Hartford, Conn, Oct. 17—Great en- thusiasm was shown at the patriotic statewide rally held this afternoon in ;w%m&mmvflm doubled effort to of the new Flberty bon person in the country was soon to_ the rule. ¢ The meeting was held for the pose of putting before a large ber of persons engaged in bond conservation work the potent argu- ments used by those similarly engag- ed under federal auspices. The speakers were Frederick C. agsistant to Food Commissioner Hoov- er, Rabbi Stephen 5. Wise, of New York, Countess Laura De ~Gozdawa Turczynogics, of Poland, and Bd- ward P. Jones, of Windsor, president of the Connscticut Chamber of Com- merce, who presided. Mr. Walcott dealt largely with the food situation and declared: “It won’t belong until we are on & weekly schedule of a meatless, wheat- less and fatless day each week.” He urged that’everyone conserve in all table supplies, saying ‘that food was the ammunition that would win the war and that without it the cause was lost. . Mr. Walcott was in Belglum with Mr. Hoover and spoke of his first ex- perience with the Prussian system. He said that the German methods as outlined by one high in the service of the German government, was of 8o bloodthirsty a nature as to make him feel as “though a strong man' had slapped him in the face.” He told of the German invasion of Belgium leav- ing fifteen million __ starving and destitute people. He described the German system of warfare and said “not only for America but for the whole world, if it costs everything in n;ed world, this system must be stop- Rabbl Wise made an appeal for sup- port of the bond issue so eloquent that Le was frequently interrupted with applause. Countess De Gozdawa Turczynowicz told of her experiences when the Ger- mans overran Poland. She described Von Hindenburg as the most repulsive man she ever saw. She told of being made to wait upon his table when he made his headquarters at her home and described his actions toward other women and girls. She gave as her opinion that his methods of warfare were largely due to his course of liv- ing. At the end of her speech the count- ess was presented with a bouquet of red and white roses, the national col- ors of Poland. Chairman Jones in opening the meet- ing outlined the programme for the patriotic mass meetings planned to be held for the naxt week in all the lars- er citles and towns of the state. An interesting feature of the meet- ing wds the singing of a chorus of 400 voices from the Hartford Public High School. _This chorus was trained es- pectally for meetings of this sort. Tn response to a letter sent to Car: dinal Gibbons for a word of inspira- tion the following message was re- ceived and read at the meeting: “Gentlemen: T have been asked to send a short message relative to the campaign now. being conducted for the success of the second Liberty loan. I cannot add anything to what T have said that will express stronger my in- terest in the sale of the bonds but to wish you a success that will carry you ] E to the state of Connecticut. “Very faithfully “J. CARD GI NS.” TROUBLE OVER OFFICIAL BALLOT IN MASSACHUSETTS. |over her beat, for at top speed these Democratic Cardidate for Governor Wants His Name Placed Ahead of Governor McCall’s. Boston. Oct. 17.—Chief Justice Rugg of the supreme court announced today that the full bench tomorrow would hear argument on a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Frederick W. Mansfield, democratic candidate for governor, to compel the secretary of state to put his name on the official bailot ahead of the nams of Governor McCall, the republican nominee. In making his report to the full bench today, Judge Crosby of the su- preme court, who yesterday held & hearing on the petition, said: “I find that the surname of Samuel W. McCall has always been spelled McCail and never has been spelled MackCall and_that the surname of Frederick 'W. Mansfield has been spell- ed Mansfleld. Upon these facts so far as it is a question of facts I find that the name of Frederick 'W. Mansfield should precede that of Samuel W. Mc- Call in the arrangement of names in alphabetical order upon the ballot of candidates for governor. “I reserve all questions of law aris- ing upon the record for the determina- tion of the full court, such disposition of the case lo be made as that court shall direct. American Aviator Killed in France. Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 17.—Sam- uel 'W. Skinner, a Harvard graduate, attached to the French aviation corps, has been killed on the western front, according to a telegram received here today by his aunt, Mrs. B. F. Thomas. No details were given. Skinner's home was in Cincinnati. Fwenty-eight Germans Indicted. ‘Sioux Falls, 8. D, Oct. 17—Indict- ments ag: of Hutchinson county, South Dakota, | They thing it probable that the Usboat, far above the amount that is allotted [CTUising iIn search of merchant’ vic- | official | criticism, their action represents, I inst twenty-eight Germans|came today from the ILiberty U. S. Destroyer ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND FIVE WOUNDED VESSEL' MAKES PORT Gunner’s Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram of Pratt City, Ala, Was Blown Overboard—His Body Was Not Re- 'Washington, Oet. 17~—An American destroyer on patrel duty in the war zone was by an enemy gub- marine and had one n yesterday killed and five wounded. She = T e managed age. \ _ Few Detalls Given. Vice Admiral Sime cabled a brief re- pert of the ircident to the navy de- partment late today. He gave few de- tails, but it is assumed there was no ght and that the U-boat m‘l::r escape after launching a o = out showing herself. Gunner’s Mate Ingram Killed. Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram was the man killed. He was blown overboard by the explosion and his body was not recovered. Ingram’s mother, Mrs. Betty Ingram, lives at Pratt City, Ala. Name of Destroyer Withheld. In accordance with the policy of secrecy concerning American naval operations, the department did not divulge the name of the destroyer or the exact place of the encounter. None of Wounded Seriously Hurt. None of the wounded was seriously kurt. They are Herman H. Pankratz, gunner's mate, 'St. Louis; Willlam E. Merritt, seaman, New York cit: Frank W.. Kruse, fireman, Toledo: Patrick Rutledge, oiler, New York city, and William Seimer, fireman, Dundas, Minn. First U. 8. Warship Hit. This is the first time an American warship has been hit by the enemy since the war began. Destroyers con- voying troops and merchantmen have engaged submarines and are belleved to have accounted for some of them, and the ships patrolling the European shipping lanes undoubtedly have had many an encounter of which nothing has been heard, but until vesterday n}:.m: had been touched by & hostile shot. Armed Merchantmen Not So Fortu- nate. Naval gun crews on armed Amer- ican merchantmen have not bee so fortunate. Many of them have had to abandon their charges and take to the boats, usually after an unwarned torpedo attack, and one officer and thirteen men have lost their lives, while four men now are in German prison camps. Navy Has Lost One Officer and 16 Men In all, the navy host lost one officer men—the only men of = fighting forces actually killed in action. ‘Lieuterant Clarence C. Thomas, commanding the gun crew of the tank steamer Vacuum. and four of his men were the first on the navy's casualty list. In addition to the men lost on merchantmen and Gunner’s Mate In- gram, two naval Aiers have tost their lives at the French front. Probably Taken Unawares. Naval officers do not doubt that the torpedoed destroyer was taken una- wares by the submarine and had no chance to bring her guns Into play. tims, stumbled upon the patrolling destroyer and was fortunate enough to get into position to launch a tor- pedo and dive to safety without ever showing more than her periscope. It is believed, too. that the destroy- er must have been steaming slowly craft present an almost unhittable tar- get for the submarine. HOW PRESIDENT REGARDS SUFFRAG!STS PICKETS in a Letter Sent to Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. New York, Oct. 17.—President Wil- son, in a letter to Mrs. Carrie Chap- man Catt, president of the National Woman Suffrage Association, made public here tonight, expressed the hope that voters would not be Influ- enced by the actions of the so-called | pickets in Washington. The letter, dated October 13, follows: “My Dear Mrs. Catt: May I not ex-| press to you my very deep interest in the campaign in New York for the adoption of ‘womean suffrage, and may I not say that I hope no voter will be influenced in his decision with regard to this great matter by anything the so-called pickets may have done In ‘Washington ? However fustly they may have laid themselves open to serious Disclosed am sure, so small a fraction of the women of the country who are urging the adoption of woman suffrage that it would be most unfair and argue & narrow view to allow their actions to prejudice the cause itsélf. L am very anxious to see the great state of New York set a great example in this mat- " “Coraially and stncerely -yours, B “WOODROW WILSON.” LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN MAKES .BETTER SHOWING About $1,500,000,060, or Half the Mini mum Quota, Subsoribed. ‘Washington, Oct. 17.—Better news loan Subscriptions, the treas- campalign. who were arrested iast August, were |ury officials announced tonight, prob- returned today. The accused are al- leged to have attempted to hinder the operation of the selective draft law. Liberty Bond Drive at Yal New Haven, Conn, Oct. 17.—The first day of the Liberty bond drive at Yale resulted in subscriptions amount- ing to $21,950. On the list of those buying the bonds were 17 faculty mem. bers, 33 students and 28 empioyes about the campus. The drive will con- ably exceed $1,250,000,000 and may reach $1,600,000,000, or half the mini- mum quota set for the country at the beginning of the campaign. “So satisfactory were official and unofficial reports received today that high hopes are now entertained that the $5,000,000,000 mark may be achiev- ed,” says the treasury announcement. b ventatd®s First Train Over Quebec Bridge. Quebec, Oct. 17.—The first train to- day crossed the recently completed Quebec bridge. It wasa special con- » [lteining guests of the builders. -~ ¢ . U-Boat Torpedoed |Escaped From a German Gamp WILLOT C. SMITH OF NORWALK HAD BEEN INTERNED FEW DETAILS ARE GIVEN He Says American Prisoners in Ger- Many Would Starve But for Food Sent Them by the Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. ‘Washington, Oct, ¥T—Minister Mor- ris at Stockholm cabled the state de- partment today news of the arrival there of Willot Charles Smith of Nor- walk, Conn., who escaped from a German internment camp at Kiel and brought word that American prisoners in Germany would stave but for food TE T e ST Was on Steamer Esmeralda. Smith was a Horseman on the British steamer Esmeralda, captured by the German raider Moewe, and was carried into Germany just before the United States broke diplomatic relations. No details concerning his escape were given by the minister. The Daily Portion. “Smith stated.” said a state depart- ment statement announcing the escape, “that without the food packages sent by the Y. M. C. A. and the Red Cross, prisoners would not be able to live, as the daily food ration consists af a slice of black, sour bread and a drink of cold coffee for breakfast, and for dinner and supper about a pint and a half of warm ‘soup, apparently consist- ing of water and turnips. I. C. C. DIVIDES ITSELF INTO THREE SECTIONS So As to Hasten Work on Its Ever- Growling Docket. Washington, Oct. 17.—Under authori-, ty recently granted by congress, the Interstate Commerce Commission to- day divided jtself into three sections to facilitate the work of disposing of its_ever-growing docket. o The first division, consisting of Com- missioners McChord, Meyer and Ait- chinson, will be charged with the con- Quct of the work of the bureau of val- uation, “other than considering and deciding proceedings. relatinz to the valuation of carriers property. Division No. 2, consisting of Com- missioners Clark, Daniels and Wooley, is charged with action upor ceptain e applititions and Tequests pension, the transportation of explo. sives and dangerous articles and tariffs carrving_released rates. Commissioners Harlan, Hall and Anderson, constituting the third di- vision, are charged with disposition of all boar of review cases which have been submitted “and_those not here- afetr orally argued before the com- mission or any division thereof.” Al three divisions will alternate ini hearing cases set for argument, each division hearing arguments- for one month. GERMAN WITNE;S FOR i THE GOVERNMENT Tells About Attempt to Start a Re- bellion in India. Chicago, Oct. 17.—Joseph Ric@arer, a German witness for the government, | testified today at the trial of the con- | spiracy case against Gustav H. Jacob- son, George Panl Boehm and Heramba Lalgupta, charged with attempting to foment rebellion in India. Riederer said he torked for a switchboard company and was first Ip- proached by a fellow workman. “He asked me if I wanted to serve my country, and I said I loved my fatherland and that I would do any- thing I could to help,” related the wit- ness. “He sent me to Jacobson, and Jacobson eald that a revolution was being _prepared in India and Slam. He said 1, being a German reservist and officer, would be a good man to join others who, he sdid, were already training soldiers in the Orlent. I agreed and quit my job to take part ir_the plans.” Riederer sald he attended several meetings of the erstwhile American embargo conference, a pro-German or- | ganization. and at one of them met Fleramba Lalgupta. Willlam Jarrasch testified that dur- ing his assoclation with Jacobson he had two jobs, one as socfety editor of the Staats Zeltung of Chicago and the other as bartender in a State street saloon. Jarrasch, a reservist, sald that Ja- cobson was to have sent him to the far east as a drillmaster. He resigned his newspaper job, he said. The plot dragged and ‘n order to live he took the bartender job. Jarrasch is now a sergeant in the 1224 Field artillery, stationed at FlosRfon, Tex. BIG STRIKE OF COAL MINERS N ILLINOIS. 106 of the 324 Large Mines Were Shut Down Yesterday. Springfleld, 11, Oct. 17—One hun- dred and_eix of the 824 large coal mines in Tlinois were shut down today by reason of the strike of miners for increased wagee, according to Francis McLaughlin, secretary of the Illinois Coal Operafors’ essoctation. The nor- Condensed Telegrams Kaiser Wilhelm will visit Constanti- nople. Haiwaii has taken $1,515,000 in Lib- erty Bonds. Mexico has placed an embargo on the export of sugar. y Japan will fix the price of rice, grains, cotton, cloth and other articles. The Troy (N. Y.) Gas Co. Increas- %flltu capital from $3,000,000 to $5,000,- . . Frank N. James, 65, a retired busi- iness man, is champion knitter of Chicago. Contracts for 640 engines and 9,000 cars for French railroads were let in France. 3 According to Tokio authorities the number of enemy subjects residing in Japan is 719. John D. Rockefeller characterizes the Liberty loan as “best investmen a man can make, American, a German language paper published in St. Louls, printed first; page news in English. The Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing is turning out 25,000,000 of the new | three-cent stamps dally. Premier Kerensky, of Russia has so far recovered from his recent illness' that he is able to travel. H The War Department announced that Sheffield Ala. was chosen as a site for one of the nitrate plants. The French vessel Midje was sunk in the Mediterranean with a loss of 200 lives mostly of Algerian troops. “ Philadelphia bakers received 9,006 barrels of flour at prices from 76 cents to 1,25 under present market prices. An explosion on board a patrol boat off the Bastern coast were reported. One sailor was brought ashore dead. Mile. Viruboya who w: called the female Rasputin was sent back to Pertograd from Finland with other exiles. A service flag at the New York Po- lice Headquarters showed that 39 New York city policemen are serving their country. England will reduce her wheat con- sumption during the coming year to less than half the normal figures before the war. . Charles Gordon of Philadelphi was the lone survivor of a recent torpedoed steamer sunk withou warning. British newspapers which published a statement that Lloyd George left London when an air ¥s'. was ing made, were forced to apologize. Chancellor Bonar Law declared that Great Britain will bombard German towns as far as the military needs re- lease the necessities of the machines. Frank Ami of Saratoga, member of the Naval Reserve, died as Dayton of injuries received when he fell 1,500 feet in an aeroplane at the aviation field. The Standard Oil company of New York annoi d an advance points in refined i m in for export, making the price 10.46 per gallon. taken has 000,000 The Central Leather Co. an order of more than § for | soles for the Russian = government. iasney will be paid in American dollars. Chariez J. Vopicka, American Min- ister to Rumania, has made several several visits to the Rumanian front urging the 70,000 Russians to continue fighting. . The London taxicab drivers decided upon a strike next Monday owing to the refusal of the Home Secretary to sanction an increase of 50 per cent. in fares. Surgeon-General Braisted reported to Secretary Daniels that typhold fever and other contagious diseases have been practically eliminated from the navy. Jeremiah A. O’Leary’s newspaper, called Bull has suspended publication, in view of the fact that Postmaster- General Burleson has excluded it from the mails. Gerald Walsh, motorman Boston elevated train that on the plunged through an open draw in November, 1916, killing 15 people, was exonerated from blame. The Produce Merchants’ Association of Montreal petitioned the Dominion Government to prohibit exports to the United States of milk, cream and condensed milk. Governor Whiman pardoned An- tony Coles a New York negro, con- victed of manslaughter. The life sen- tence of Joseph Lamarco of Buffalo was commuted to end in 1919. Flour mills at Minreapolis are run- ring on a 60 per cent. basis under orders of the milling di n_of tne Federal Food Administration. Fastern millers are faced with a shortage. \ Marshal Hindenburg and General Ludendorff received leaders of the German trades unions who complained of the regulations issued by the army heads, limiting freedom of action. The American Meat Packers’ Assocl- mal output of these 324 mines, he stated, was 76,000.000 tons a year, With one-third idle, TMinois production is being curtailed some £0,000 tons a day. These figures, Mr. McLaughlin said. do not include the several hundred mdl ller mines, many of which were 1dle. ARGENTINE TRAINMEN ation in convention at Chicago pleadg- ed that soldiers and sailors fighting for the flag shall have “the best meat produced in this country or any other.” Wages of employes of the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. were increas- e five per cent.. effective at once. In addition $150,000 in Liberty Bonds will be distributed to employes as premi- REPUSE TO WORK. They Are Causing Paralysis of Ocean and River Traffio. Buenos Atres, Oct. 17—Despite the recent presidential decree announcing the end of the rallroad strike and the agreement by the companies to in- crease wages 10 per cent., the majority of the strikers are refusing to resume work. The strike has lasted nearly a month and its effects have been aggravated by the simultaneous paralysis of ocean and river traffic and the destruction of telegraph lines, causing many points to be completely isolated. S ums. Edward P. Gharrity of Beloit, Wi a mémber of the Washington Amer can Basebail club and Miss Margaret Donahue of New London were mar- ried at St. Joseph’s church, New Lon- don, yesterday morning. The couple received gifts from Clark Griffith and ‘Walter Johnson. “Wets” Leading in lowa. Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 17.—Com- plete unoficial returns from Monday's vote on an amendment to the Iowa constitution providing state-wide proliibition tonight showed the ‘wets" lcading by only 8 7Svotes. Threat to Gompel Praduction of Coal WARNING SENT TO MINE WORK- ERS OF ILLINOIS BY DOCTOR GARFIELD Manufacturing Concerns and Private Industries in Various Parts of the State Appeal for Re’lief From Coal Shortage. Springfleld, ML, Oct, 17—With one- third of the big mines in Illinois idle and several hundred smaller shafts closed, the high tide of the coal miners’ strike to force immediate increase in wages, operators believed, had not been reached tonight. All miners’ officlals were at Jolfet attending the Federation of Labor con- vention, and it was expected here that many more mines would be shut down tomorrow, despite the warning of Dr. Garfield, ‘fuel administrator, that he would “‘use whatever powers are neces- sary to compel production of coal to meet the country’s needs.” Manufacturing concerns and private individuals appealed to Governor Low- den to bring about relief of coal short- ares in various parts of the state, but the governer referred the partles to the federal authorities, who have the full control of the coal situatfon, GARFIELD SENT SHARP TELEGRAM TO MINERS e Tells Them the Government Will Stop the Strikes of Coal Miners. Washington, Oct. 17. Whatever powers necessary will be employed by the federal government to stop the miners in the middle st and prevent interruption of the nation's fuel production. This warning was ygiven today by Fuel Administrator Garfield in a sharp telegram to miners and operators In the flelds involved, reminding them of thelr pledge not to allow the output of coal g0 be dimiaished and declaring that any attempt to “ring pressure to hear upon him to force a revision of coal prices would result in nostpone- ment of a decision on that question. trikes of coal w TUATION AROUND . THE GULF OF RIGA Russian Army is In a More Favorable Position. Petrograd, Oct. 17.—Regarding the situatfon in and around the Gulf of Riga, the semi-official news agency to- day ‘issued the following summary of conditions there as coming from & competent naval authority: “While our fleet in the zone of op- erations i3 being pressed by German forces four times its strength, our army finds itself in a more favorabls position, the strength of the German troops ianded being insizmificant. Tagga Bay, the only place where re- inforcements can be disembarked, 18 exposed to the northerly gales which , have been blowing for two davs. The transport of our reinforcements to the island of Oesel, however, does not de- pend upon weather condftions. “This explains the persistent ef- forts of German_destroyers to peme- trate as far as Moon Sound, thereby threatening our communications and the enemy’'s desperate ajtacks against the troops defending these communica- tions. The matter should be settled before leng, s we are hastening the despatch of reinforcements for =& counter-attack which #§ imminent.” FIRST LIEUT. GRAHAM SEVERELY WOUNDED. Was With British Medical Officers’ Reserve Corpe. Washington, Oct. 17—First Lieut, A. Graham, medical officers’ reserve corps, attached to the British forces, has been severely wounded in the thighs | by gunshot. General Pershing eo ad- vised the war department today with- out giving detalls. Lieutenant Gra- ham’s next of\kin is Mrs. Willlam J. Graham, 163 Park avenus, Patreon, 1 Ideutenant Graham was shot while serving at the front, as is assumed here, he was the first American of the expeditionary forces to be wounded on the firing line. One American officer was killed and several enlisted men of the medical department wounded in the recent bombing of a_ hospital be- nind the front. They also were at- tached to the British forces, General Pershing also advised the department that Private Joseph A Ziemkowski of the infantry, died Oct. 15 from natiftal causes. His next of kin was Mrs. Mary Zlemkowwki, Manistee, Mich JESUS MARTINEZ HELD UNDER $5,000 BOND Mexican Vice Consul in New York Charged With Ostructing Draft. New Yoyk, Oct. 17.—Jesus_Martinez, Mexican vige sonsul in New York, who is charged ‘with “defying _and ob- obstructing the selective draft law,” was_held here under his former bond of $5,000 by United States Commission- er Hitchcock today to await the action of the federal grand jury. Martinez registered in compliance with the law but refused to present himself for e: amination when notified to ‘do so by a local exemption board. He based his refusal on the ground that he w. the representative of a foreign govern- ment. ENROLLMENT AT STORRS A SHOWS AN INCREASE Gain Ali in Freshmen—80 Per Cent. Decrease in Upper Classes. \ Storrs, Conp., Oct. 17.—The Con- necticut Agricultural College formally opened today with an enrollment of 175 as against 150 last year. The In- crease was due to the advent of 103 freshmen of whom there were but 54 in 1916, The upper classes this year show a large loss, 80 per cent. of which is due to the students being en- gaged In war service. It is expedted that about thirty more stwdents will enter the college beforo the final en- rollment iy m up. ”