Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 19, 1917, Page 1

= VOL. LIX.—NO. 350 ' POPULATION 29,919 ‘NORWICH. GONN.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1917 12 PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS Buy a Liberty Bond ‘and Back Up the Boys at the Front, Who Are Fighting - RUSSIAN WARSHIPS ARE BOTTLED UP A Cordon of the German War Fleet is Barring Their Egress Either North of South —_— . GERMAND?READNOUGHT SUNK CRUISER SLAVA Moon Island Fell to the Germans and the Russians Took Re- fuge in Moon Island Sound—There Has Been Mutiny in __the German Fleet and Also in the Austrian Fleet in the |: Adriatic Sea—German Sailors at Ostend are Said to ‘Sea Men on Apparently contingents of the Rus- sian fleet—in all about twenty war- ships of various classes—are bottled up in Moon Sound, with a cordon of German-war craft barring their egress northward back into the Gulf of Fin- .land or to the south into the Gulf of Rigd. Brave, but outclassed by reason of superior gun range and heavier ton- | nage, the Russians gave battle to the i Germans and attempted to force back the enemy armada off Oesel Island. Standing far outside the shell zone of | the Russians, however, the guns of !the German 'dreadnopghnts sank _the { battleship Slava—a relic of the days jbefore the Russo-Japanese war—and se badly damaged other units that the | Russian flotilla was forced to seek {refuge in Moon Sound—lying between {DMoon Island and the Esthonia coast. | Immediately seeing their advantage, the Germans, according to the latest {German official communication, began }intensive operations against Moon Isl- {and, hammering its eastern shore bat- jteries until they were silenced and lelso attacking the Russian guns on jthe mainland, putting them out of ac- ‘tion. i Moon Island was captured and the Russians took refuge inside Moon Sound. | _Thereupon the Germans threw war- {ships to the eastern part of Kassar Bay, lying north of Moon Island, bar- Ting exit from the mnorthern entrance to Moon Sound and also rushed con- ‘tingents. to the south of >Moon Islasd. Ipv.remoqh\g the passage to the south 1i 5 ed to advance from the north into BMoon_Sound, but the Russian guns have held them back. Among the Ger- man warships. attacking the old line vessels of the Russian fleet were at Jeast two dreadnoughts of the Grosser Kurfurst type—vessels displacing 25,- 000 tons, as against 13,515 toms for the Slava. A majority of the crew of the Slava was saved by Russian torpedo boats when the vessel took its_final plunge. With' this advantage of the German THave Thrown One of Their Officers Overboard—In a Fight Between Austrians and Germans in the Adaiatic Both Sides Were Kill=d - ———i naval forces over the Russians, how- ever, comes news of fresh disaffec- tion in the German fleet and also of a mutiny in the Austrian fleet in the Adriatic, and of bitter feeling between German and Austrian_seamen in the Adriatic. German sailors at_ Ostend are reported to have declined to go aboard submarines for duty and to have thrown overboard one of their officers. In the Adriatic the Austrian seamen have mutinied owing to ill- treatment by their officers and the bad food served to them. The bitterness of feeling between the Germans and Austrians at Pola, Austria’s naval base in the Adriatic, resulted in a fight in which men on both sides were killed. The trouble was due to the overbearing conduct of the German seamen, who were attach- ed to the submarine fiotilla and it was necessary as a result of the bad blood to change the German base in the Adriatic to a point further south. O land there have been no battles of noteworthy importance. In Bel- ium the British and French guns are still hammering the German positions in front of them, but there has been no_indication either officially or unof- ficially of when a remewed infantry sttack may 'be expected. The French troops ef the southern portion of the line have repulsed somewhat strong Germari attacks in the Verdun sector near - Bezonvaux and_also along the Aisne front on the Vauclerc plateau. On the _other fronts only reconnoit- ering engagements and bombardments are in progress. Intensive air fighting took place on Wednesday between the French and the Germans. Floven German air- planes were driven down by French aviators, making a total of 36 destroy- ed up fo that time this week. The German war office asserts that thir- teen French machines were sent to earth: Numerous alr raids also have been carried out by French aviators against German_ positions behind the lines, while Nancy again has been bombed by the Germans. LIBERTY LOAN NEARIRG TWO BILLI®N MARK. Government After Pro-German Work- ers Who Are Opposing It. ‘Wasehington, Oct. 18—The govern- ment today set in motion the machin- ery to apprehend and punish pro- * German workers who have started an orzanized campaign in more than a dozen states to defeat the Liberty loan. The nation's answer to the abortive efforts of the pro-German campaizn was the greatest single day’s subscrip- tions since the campaign started. Of- ficials estimate that nearly $1,750,000;- 600 of the loan has been subscribed and heavy sales are reported in -prospect for the closing days of the drive. Reports to the treasury from many sections indicate that the alleged plot has not only failed but has resulted in stimulating subscriptions where the conspirators were most active. The official_figures follow: Boston, $95.000,000; New York, $389,390,000; Philadelphia, $26,345,000; Cleveland, $95,300,000; Richmond, $34,470,000; At. lanta, $8,669,050; Chicago, $91,279,000; St. Louis, $7,354,350; Minneapolis, $2 500,000; Kansas City, $7,197,000: Dal- las, $6,330,000; San Francisco, $39,040,- 130. s - NAVY DEPARTMENT CABLED FOR DETAMLS Between U-Boat and an Destroyer. Of Encou-i-~- Amz. Washington. Oct. 18.—The navy de- partment cabled Admiral Sims today for a detailed account of the encoun- ter Oct: 16 between ‘a submarine and an American destroyer in which the latter received the first hit scored by the Germans against an American warship. The brief statement given out last night contained all the information that has reached the department, with the exception of the name of the ves- sel, withheld for military reasons. From the fact that the destroyer was able to make port with only one killed and five slightly wounded, offi- cers here bélieve that the torpedo probably struck her far forward, so that the narrow forward bulkhead held and kept out the sca. The construction of these vessels is so light that if one were hit amidships she probably would break in two. PITTSFIELD, MASS. EXCEEDS LIBERTY LOAN ALLOTMENT Concerted Campaign Closed Night With $4,815,501, Pittfleld, Mass., Oct. 18.—Fire alarm and church bells announced tonight that the Pittstield district had exceed- ed its maximum allotment of $3,880,000 in Liberty bonds subscription. A con- certed campaign closed tonight with subscriptions cf $4,815.500. The mini- mum allotment was $2,336,000. Last ADOLPH GERMER, SOCIALIST, ACQUITTED AT GRAND RAPIDS. Chicago Mar and Ten Other Socialists Were Accused of Conspiracy. Grand Rapids, _Mich., Oct. 18.— Adolph Germer of Chicago, executive secretary of the national socialist par- ty, and ten other persons were ac- quitted by a jury in the United States district court here this evening of charges of conspiracy against the se- lective draft. : All the deferdants were tried to- gether. » With the exception of Germer all were residents of this city. Nine of them were members of the socialist party. ; The charge against them was the preparation and circulation of sitera- ture which the government held was intended to induce youmg. men not to register. The jury in its verdict de- clared that this was not the purpose of the literature and that there had been no conspiracy. oo CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY Louis C Fraina and Ralph E. Cheney of New York. New York, Oct. 18.—Louis C. Fraina and Ralph E, Cheney, members of a conscientious objectors society, were today convicted on a charge of con- spiring to induce others to evade and obstruct the selective draft act. They are liable to imprisonment for two Vears with fines of $10,000. Cheney is a son of Professor Ed- .ward Cheney of the University of Pennsylvania. Fraina is a Russian. They were arrested by federal author- ities at a meeting here September 27, where, it is charged, Cheney acted as chairman and Fraina made an alleged seditious address. They will be sen- tenced Monday. TEN STRIKING MINERS ARRESTED IN INDIANA Charged With “Holding Up the Pro- duction of Coal.” Indiana, Pa. Oct. 18.—Ten striking miners of the Armerford Coal company were arrested today by the sheriff of Indiana county and troopers of the state constabulary technically charged with “holding up the production of coal,” according to ingformation which reached here this afternoon from Armerford, Pa. OBITUARY. LR Dr. James H. Darling. Oct. 18.—Dr. 3 more than 40 years a practicing physician here and dean of the medical profession in_the town of Enfleld, dled at his home here today, aged 80 years. . He was born at Cambridge, Vt.” During the Civil war he served as assistant surgeon in the Fast Gulf squadron of the federgh navy., z Cabled Paragraphs French Lost Two Merchantmen. Paris, Oct. 18.—One merchantman of more than 1,600 tons and one of less than that size, were sunk by subma- rines or mines in the week ended Oc- tober 14. Arrivals at French ports numbered 855 and clearances 849. Five vesselS were attacked unsuccessfully. Losses to Italian Shipping. ; Rome, Oct. 18—The losses to Ital- jan shipping through submarines for the week ending October 14 on_all seas were four steamers over 1500 tons. One packet boat and one sall- ing vessel escaped attacks. NEW YOKK SCHOOL CHILDREN RIOTOUS. Invistigating “Strong Sinister Influ- ence” Back of the Strike. New York, Oct. 18—Full investigar tion of what he termed the “strong sinister influenge” back of the strike of school children of this city against the so-called Gary system will be made by the board of education, ac- cording to_an announcement made to- night by President William G. Will cox after he had received reports of rioting during the day in which crowds of pupils stoned school buildings in Harlem and the [Bronx. The Gary system has been made a political issue in the municipal campaign. It has been endorsed by Mayor Mitchel and Is opposed by John F. Hylan, the demo- cratic_candidate Parents of the children received the opportunity tonight to astate their grievances before the members of the ‘board of educaticn at several meetings held in the affected districts. Moving TR depicting various phases of Gary plan were shown at the meet- ings. . Two of ten boys arrested during the rioting today were fined and"the others were paroled for examination Monday. PROBABLY FATALLY SHOT BY DROPPING REVOLVER. Mrs. Elbridge G. Barrett of Walling- ford Was Handing It to Her Husband. ‘Wallingford, Conn., Oct. 18.—While packing up household gobds prepara- tory to remaval to New York, Mrs. Elbridge G. Barrett was accidentally shot here this afternoon and is now in the New Haven hospital, where her recovery 18 not expected. The injury was _received when the woman in handing a pistol to her husband let it fall and the weapon was discharged. ‘A bullet entered the left side of her neck and passed through to the right sEe, causing almost complete paraly- sis. Mrs. Barrett is 45 years old and the wife of. a_chauffeur employed by Mrs. L. B. Potter of New York, who has a summer home here. The Barretts were getting ready to return to New York with Mrs. Potter. AMMONIA TANK EXPLODED = IN NEW YORK CITY Every Ocoupant of a-40:Family Apart. ment House Was Overcome. ¢ New York, Oct. 18—Virtually every occupant of a forty-family apartment house, many residents of djoining dwellings and several fizemen and po- licemen were overcome by ammonia umes here tonizht when an ammonia tank exploded in the basement of the building. One man is missing and the condition of scme of those over- come is reported to be critical. The tank was the property of the owner of a confeétionery store on the .ground floor of the apartment house. The store was wrecked. The force of the explosion was so great that sev- cral customers in the store were hurl- ed into the street, TAMMANY LEADER’S | FORECAST OF ELECTION Says Contest Lies Between Hylan and Hillquit. New York, Oct. 18.—Charles F. Mur- phy, leader of Tammany Hall, declared tonight after receiving reports from the leaders of every assembly district in the greater city that the contest for mayor lies between John F. Hy- lan, the democratic candidate, and Morris_Hillquit, the socialist nominee. Mr. Murphy said the reports, which were based on_ careful canvasses, showed a very heavy trend of votes to Mr. Hillquit not only on the East Side but in all other sections of the city. RECRUITING IN MERIDEN FOR PROPOSED POLISH ARMY. Any Alien of the Polish Race Between 18 and 40 is Eligible. Meriden, Conn., Oct. 18.—A recruit- ing center for the proposed Polish army in France was opened in this city today and 40 recruits were se- cured. Meriden recruiting officers will accept recruits from Meriden, Walling- ford,” Southington, Middletown and New Britain. Any alien of the Polish race between the ages of 18 and 40 is eligible. The physical, examination of recruits will start next Sunday. Fal- con hall is the recruiting depot and Ignace Marianski has been appointed recruiting officer. ADAMS EXPRESS EMPLOYES ARRESTED AT HARTFORD William White and Alfred G. Kann Charged With Theft of $200 Each Hartford, Conn., Oct. 18.—Wiljam White, a night messenger and Alfred G. Kann, a clerk, both employed by the Adams Express company _here, were arrested today, charged with the theft of $200 each from the company. The. police say that the prisoners ad- mit_the charge and also the theft of goods from the company. White worked on a train running between here and New York and Kann was in the local office. They will be given a hearing in the police court tomor- row. BANDITS ACTIVE IN CHIHUAHUA STATE Loot- Roving the Country, Robbing, ing and Killing. Juarez, Mexico, Oct. 18.—Bandit ac- tivities are becoming more numerous in the northern part of Chihuahua state. Armed bands of from fifty to one hundred are roving the country, robbing, looting and killing, while sev- eral large bands are operating be- tween here and Chihuahua City. Troops have been sent from here to cope with them. ?(:r Your Hog |Hoover Says Food |Government is to Priceled Drop| Protect Bankers SAYS CORNER HAS BEEN TURNED IN HIGH COST ON ALL THE ESSENTIALS Thus Far Retail Prices Have Not Come Down to Conform to Wholesale Re- ductions—Calls for Cooperation of ~ All Concerned. ‘Weshington, Oct. 18—Food Adminis- trator Hoover announced today that, subject to co-operation from the farm- ers and retailers, the corner has now been turned in high prices for food. He said retail prices had not come down to conform to wholesale reduc- tions and that was a matter for pub- lic sentiment to correct. 3 The administrator’s statement fol- ows: “The food administration considers that, subject to co-operation from the farmers and the retailers, the corner has now been turned in high prices, and that most of the essetial com- modities should one after another con- tinue to show reductions between now and the end of the year. The food ad- ministration has not control of either the grower or his organizations nor of the great majority of retailers. The foundations have been laid for regula- tion of the intermediate trades, and where these regulations have come in- to force and the trades are co-operat- ing nely, considerable results are evi- dent in the wholesale prices. Decline in Price of Flour. “The current prices at which flour is being sold at the mill door in jute bags vary somewhat with the locali- ty and freight charges on wheat. To- ledo showing the lowest prices at $10 for first patent, and $9.70 for second patent, the highest being Buffalo at $10.70 'for first patent and $10.70 for second patent; Minneapolis being $10.60 for first patent and $10.46° for second patent. This shows a large reduc- tion under August prices. “The regulations on the distribution of wheat and the manufacture of flour were put into force the middle of September. “The average retail price on first patents in 796 cities on October 13 was $13.77, or from $1.50 to $2.00 per bar- rel higher than is warranted by the price being made by the millers. In other words, the retail price has not wholly responded to the reductions made by the millers. Great Harvest of Beans. “The bean harvest this year is es- timated by the department of agricul- ture at approximately 7,000,000 bush- els in_excess of last year, or nearly double an 8u] e ations”In prominent bean producing states are holding beans for from 13 1-2 to 15 cents per pound as against an average price realized by the grower last year of 8 cents per pound. There has been 100 per cent. increase in the Manchurian bean crop and it is now estimated at 2,000,000 tons. Owing to shipping shortage practically the only outlet is to the United States and these beans will flow into the American market from December on much below the prices now being demanded - for American beans. 40 Per Cent. Decrease in Price of Corn- meal. “The corn harvest this year is 600- 000 000 to 700,000 000 bushels over last year. and will be generally available about the end of November. The (Continued on Page Two, Sixth Col.) NO FURTHER NEED TO EAT SPARINGLY OF POTATOES Increase of 100,000,000 Bushels Over Last Year is Reported. An New York, Oct. 18.—The govern- ment forecast of the first war crop of potatoes is 452,000,000 bushels, an in- crease of 100,000,000 bushels over last year, according to an announcement of L. D. Sweet, head of the potato di- vision of the United States food ad- ministration, here tonight, The government, Mr. Sweet said, looked forward eagerly to an increase in the potato crop because it was only through such a happy result that the shipment of meat and wheat to the entente allies could be accelerated. “It is no longer necessarv to eat sparingly of potatoes,” Mr. Sweet con- cluded. ““Not only is ‘there a sufficien- cy of that food, but also enough for next season’s seed supply.” 58 GERMAN MECHANIO; ARRESTED IN HOBOKEJ In Rounding of Enemy Aliens at River and Harbor Terminals. New York, Oct. 18.—Federal author- ities arrested 58 German mechanics at the Tietjen Lang drydocks at Hobo- ken today. Several other suspects were gathered in during the day inl the vicinity of piers in Manhattan and all the prisoners were’ sent to Ellis Island. The raids were a continuation of the determined effort by the agents of the navy and the immigration depart- ment to round up enemy aliens em- ployed at river and harbor terminals and to hunt down the persons sus- Tected of being enemy aliens, respon- sible for recent waterfront fires at the port of New York. DISTRIBUTING BALLOTS TO ARMY AND NAVY MEN ABROAD Commission From New York State Has Arrived in London. London, Oct. 18.—The commission which_will take the vote of citizens of New York state who are now in the army and navy in Europe has arrived in London and will begin immediately the work of establishing headquarters for the distribution of ballots to the men in the army camps and on the high seas. This is the first time in the history of the United States that an attempt has been made to take the vote of men outside the country’s territorial limits. Miners Vote to Return to Work. Clinton, Ind., Oct. 18.—Miners of the Clinton field in mass meeting today voted by a large majority to return to work tomorrow. The meeting was at- tended by 2,000 me~ -by assisting the gove: FROM INTIMIDATIPN BY DISLOY- AL DEPOSITORS THREATS BEEN MADE Calls Upon Bankers to Report Custom- ers Who Have Withdrawn Deposits Because Bank Subscribed to the Liberty Loan. Washington, Oct. 18.—Secretary Mc- Adoo today issued a statement re- questing bankers tol report to him the names of any pehsons attempting to intimidate them in connection with making subscriptions to the Liberty loan and promising that prosecutions to the full extent of the law would follow. The secretary’s tement was prompted by reports from various parts of the country that depositors have threatened banks with withdraw- als if they subscribed to the loan. It follows: Bankers Have Been Threatened. “From several sections of the coun- try bankers have reported to me that some of their customers have threat- ened to withdraw deposits if their banks subscribed to the Liberty loan. Such attempts at -intimidation are made by disloyal and traitorous per- sons and are serious offenses against the law for which stern punishment should be inflicted. Will Get Limit of Law. “I earnestly request any banks, state or national, against ~ which _such threats have been made to report im- mediately by telegram or letter to the secretary of the treasury, Washing- ton, the names and addresses of the person or persons guilty of such dis- loyal and traitorous actions and I shall see to it that they are dealt with to the limit of the law. “I also request such HWanks to in- form me immediately if any deposits are withdrawn because they subscrib- ed to the Liberty loan, giving me the name of the person or persons who have made such withdrawals, “Every bank in the United States subscribing to the bonds of the Unit- ed States government will be protect- ed with .all the power and resources of the government. No bank shall be punished for doing its patriotic duty ment to, prose- cute the war to a swift and victorious conclusion.” \URGED TO RELIEVE COAL SHORTAGE IN NEW ENGLAND Resolutions Adopted at Conference of New England Govérriors. Boston, Oct. 18.—The national fuel administrator and the priority board were urged to relieve promptly the se- rious coal shortage in New Englan sravely affecting important war con- tracts, in resolutions adopted today by a conference here of New England sovernors, senators, congressmen and public safety committees. The resolutions, which were read by Senator Lodge, safd: “Whereas, the New England states are now face to Mce with a serious shortage of coal which, unless reme- died, will soon cause not only a severe reduction _of industrial production, gravely affecting important war con- tracts, but may fead to an arrest of manufacturing as well as to great suf- fering among the people. “Therefore, be it resolved, that this conference will do all in its power to aid the fuel administrator of the Unit- ed States and the priority board in their earnest efforts to perform the difficult and responsible duties with which they are charged and would re- spectfully urge upon their attention the peril of the coal situation in New England and earnestly request the fuel administrator and the priority board to do all in their power to give to New England as soon as possible the necessary and most urgent relief in regard to coal, demanded@ by pres- ent conditions. SALES OF LIBERTY LOAN BONDS IN NEW ENGLAND Grand' Total in"the First Federal Dis- trict is Now $115,385,000. - Boston, Oct. 18.—Liberty loan sub- scriptions reported. by banks in this city in the 24 hours ending at 9 a. m. today amounted to $10,762,000, accord- ing to the announcement of the New England loan committee tonight. This brought the city’s total up to $43,514,- 000, while the grand total in the first federal reserve district was $115.355,- 000. Totals to date for some of the cities included in the committee’s tab- ulation were: Hartford, Conn., $6,631,000; New Bedford $2,994,000: Worcester $2,932, 000; Springfield $2,633,000; New Ha- ven, Conn., $2,383,000; Waterbury, Conn., $1,650,000. RED CROSS THEATRICAL DAY POSTPONED So as Not to Interfere With the Lib- erty Loan Campaign. ‘Washington, Oct. 18.—So that it may not interfere with the second Liberty loan campaign, Red Cross theatrical dny has been postponed from October 26 to December 7. In making this announcement today the Red Cross war council sald the en- tire receipts of many theatres throughout the country as well as the salaries of many actors for that day will be contributed to the Red Cross war fund, through the efforts of a committee headed by A. L. Erlanger, of New York. NEWARK BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL ORDERS STRIKE Of Workmen Engaged in Construction of a Submarine Plant. Newark, N. J., Oct. 18—Orders for a general strike of building trades work- ers engaged in construction work at the plant of the Submarine Boat cor- poration at the Port Newark terminal were issued here today by the build- ing trades council. The Lackawanna Bridge company has the contract for construction of the plant and the ug- ion's demands are for recognition of the union and a standard wage scale. our Home and Your Country Condensed Telegrams Germany is working for a separate peace with Balkan nations. Motor fines in Manhattan for Sep- tember reached a total of $18,168. On Monday and Tuesday French aviators destroyed 26 German air- planes. Unless the coal strike is settled in 10 days, business in Chicago will be paralyzed. A new war credit of 10,000,000 marks will be submitted to the Reichstag in December. An order for 45 passenger cars was received by the Pullman Co. from the Illinois Central. General Manuel Mestas was ap- pointed Governor of the lower half of lower California. Members of the Seattle Metal Trades Council voted as a unit to call off the shipbuilding strike. : . All registered negroes will be drafted the same day in New York. Tuesday, Oct. 30, is the day. Edward D. Floyd, well-known in the steel trade, died at his home at West- field, N. J., aged 51. It is believed Washington the second draft call will be in middle of the winter. The Canadian casualty list contained the names of one American killed in action ad two wounded. Sir Eric Geddes, the First Admiralty Lord in Britain, will shortly fake a statement of his policy. Fire destroyed the flour milling plant of the Acme-Evans Co. at Indianapolis, causing a loss of $100,000. that the Harold H. Bird, of Stoughton, Mass., traveled 2,400 miles from South Amer- ica to answer the draft call. Harry B. Jones of Penn Yan, was granted exemption from the draft be- cause of a dependent grandmother. The U. S. Steel Corporation subscrib- ed an additional $15 000,000 to the Lib- erty Loan, making $25,000,000 in all. Application for admittance to the Federal Reserve System was filed by the Girard Trust Co. of Philadelphia. ‘A powerful new wirele: station, which will rank with the one at Ar- lington, Va., will be erected at Annap- olis. Russia regards the Kaiser's peace offer as “hypocritical, enigmatic and even contrary to the Reichstag reso- lutions.” - Secretary of the Navy Danicls ap- pointed 950 enlisted men of the navy to be temporary warrant officers for the war. A Harvard-Yale military review, in place of the ‘annual football game in the Yale Bowl in November, is being considered. The steamer Themis, of 7,402 tons, was sunk by a German submarine, It was the largest ship flying the Norwegian flag. An intimation that the Government might conscript money was seen in Secretary McAdoo's parting message to San Diegans mentary group was formed in Italy, consisting of 40 mem- bers, partisans of Giolitti, who was op- posed to the war. The Philippine Congress opened. Its first act was the passage of a resolu- tion endorsing the cause of the United States in the war. Internal revenue agents reported that evasions by the munitions makers of the special 12 1-2 per cent. tax, to- tal $17,500,000 so far. William Marshall, aged 27, was shot and killed in the Ramapo mountains, by David Holdrum of Darlington, who mistook him for a deer. The Duke of Connaught, former gov- ernor-general of Canada, has consented to become the head of the American Officers’ Club in London. Demands for silver have been in cerased so greatly that all the mints in the country are working on a 24- hour basfs for the first time. Members of the Harvard Reserve Offisers’ Training Corps, who have had a year's training, will serve as in- structors at the army camps. - Importers in Canada say that if there is no relief in the embargo on corn from the United States within ten days the supply will be exhausted. A monument erected by the state of Ohio to Ohio troops, who fought at Lookout Mountain, was dedicated. The monument is near Chattanooga. General Guerko, former commander of the Russian troops on the south- western Russian front, has arrived in Epgland. e came aboard a British a.fiip, having embarked at Archangel. The New York Cotton Exchange will close at noon on Wednesday, October 24, Liberty Loan day. The stock ex- change has already taken similar ac- tion. The Daughters of the American Revolution, through the nationalboard of management, announced that $100,- 000 would be invested by the organi- zation in Liberty bonds. Convicted at Cambridge, Mass., of manslaughter for killing his _young daughter, Joseph Wallelin, a farmer, was sentenced to serve between three and five years in prison. Secretary Lane returned to Wash- ington tonight suffering from a deep cold, having turned back at Trenton, N. J., and cancelling an engagement t\? B‘t(ldres.s‘a Liberty loan rally at New ork. Lonard M. Reno, of Chicago, attach- ed to a French Bscadrille, who was mourned as dead throughout France, crawled from the wreckage of his ma- chine and had a hard time convincing his friends that he was not really dead. Helaire Carriers, sentenced to be hanged at Baton Rouge, La. today for the murder in July, 1916, of Sher- iff Marion Swords of St, Landry par- ish, late last night, cut his throat with a safety razor blade and is in a seri- ous condition from loss of blood. Plotted Murders and Kidnapping TESTIMONY GIVEN BY A HINDU PRIEST IN CHICAGO NDIA REVOLUTION CASE Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic Ex- plorer and a Crew of 19 8 Among Those Marked for As: lors tion. Chicago, Oct. 18—Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Arctic explorer, and a crew of nineteen sailors were among those marked for assassination by 4he lead- ers directing the _alleged plot to foment a revolution in India to em- barrass Great Britain during the war, according to testimony given by Su- kupar Chatterji, a Hindu oriest, in Judge Landis’ court at today's session of the trial of Gustaw H. Jacobsen, wealthy Chicago real estate dealer, and his three co-defendants, charged with the conspiracy. Wholesale Murders Planned. Wholesale murder end the kid- napping of numerous persons was part of the programme outlined, the wit- ness testified. This part of the plot, Chatterji said, was revealed to him in Manila by George Paul Boehm, one of the defend- ants. To Kill Captain Cook and Crew. “Boehm said tbat he had planned to kill Captain Cook and his crew who were to make an expedition in the vi- cinity of the Himalaya Mountains," said the witness. “Boehm was to as- sume the name of Captain Cook and the otker men in our party were to as- sume the names of tHe other sailors who were to be killed. I protested. It was Boehm’s plan to‘go through In- dia under the guise of an explorer and foment a revolution umong the na- tives against Great Britain.” Plans For Plot Discussed. The witness came to- this country in 1912 to study journalism but later was indliced to take part in the alleged plot by Gupta, one of the defendants. He told of meetings held in San Fran- cisco in 1915, at which plans for the alleged plot were discissed, and of going to Manila with the alleged con- spirators. The witness later was ar- rested wigh others and brought back to this country for trial. On cross examination Chatterji ad- mitted he had been imprisoned for six months in solitary confinement in In- dia before he confessed and ‘was brought here. Captain Thomas J. Tunney of the neutrality, bureau of investigation of the New Yorlk police department, testi- fled to an alleged confession made to him by Heramba Lal' Gupta, in New York, March 10, 1917, and his testi- mony was corroborated by George C. Bennett, a New York detective ger- geant. Von Papen Paid Him. “He told me that Captain Von Pa- pen, the military attache of the Ger- man embgssy in the United States, paid him between $15,000 and $16,000 in a suite of offices in lower Broad- way,” said Captain Tunney. ‘He sald he received the money in six or seven payments and it was to be used In making a trip to &e Orient. He sald later he went to China and Japan and purchased firearms and ammunition for use in the revolution in India. Gup- ta told me that Von Papen said he would buy additional firearms and am- munition in the United States and ship it to the Orient by wav of the South Seas. Gupta told jne he re- turned to this country in June, 19186, after having been followed by datec- tives all over China and Japan. He said that while in Japan he was given protection on one occasion in the home of a. high public official. “He told the headquarters of the conspiracy was in Berlin.” e TOOK $12,000 IN CURRENCY FROM EXPRESS MESSENGER Sheriffs’ Posses in Tennessee Are Searching for Two Armed Men. Dryersburg, Tenn., Oct. 18.—Sheriffs posses from several Tennessee coun- ties tonight were smearching for two armed men who held up an_express messenger aboard a Chicago, Memphis and Gulf Railroad train near here to- right and escaped with about $12,000 in currency. At a late hour no trace of the men had been found. According to the express messenger the men appeared in the car when the train was nearing Ridgley, a sta- tion ten miles from here, overpowered and bound and gagged him an® se- cured the keys to the safe in the car. They stuffed thelr pockets with sev- eral packages of currency and leaped from the train, leaving $10,000 in sil- ver in the safe. The money had been shipjed from a Memphis bank to banks in Ridgley and Tiptonville, Tenn. It was believed that the men boarded the train at Miston, a station between Dyersburg and Ridgley. The rchbery was not discovered until the train reached the latter place. REPORTED INDICTMENT OF SENATOR R. F. PETTIGREW Arrest Not to be Made Until He Re- covers From lliness. Sioux Falls, 8. D, Oct. 18.—Federal officials were silent today in regard to the reported indictment of Former United States Senatod R. F. Petti- grew of South Dakota, under the es- pionage act. In some quarters it was intimated that should Pettigrew have been in- dicted the arrest would not be made until he recovers from an _lliness which caused him to go to a hospital in Chicago. The former senator is 69 years old. TO SUPPRESS DISORDERS IN RUSSIA WITHOUT MERCY Resolution Adopted by Workmen's and Soldiers’ Deputies. Potrograd, Oct. 18.—The executivy council of the workmen’s and soldiers' deputies Ires adopted a resolution that in view of the disorders throughout the country, which seriously menacs the cause of liberty, all local groups are urged to suppress such disorders without mercy, even by armed force.