Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 26, 1917, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 356 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917 Buy a Liberty Bond and Back Up the Boys ANOTHER ATTACK at the Front, Who BY FRENCH TROOPS Forced the Germans to Abandon Monkey Mountain, East of Vauxaillon and Other Points ATTACK THURSDAY WAS ALONG THE ENTIRE LINE {The Latest Drive Has Brought General Petain’s Army With- in Sight of the Important Railway Junction of Laon, the Objective Sought for—In Their Hasty Retreat the Ger- mans Abandoned 120 Guns—In the Austro-Italian Zone the Battle is Growing in Intensity on a 25-Mile Front From Monte Rombon to the Bainsizza, With the Teu- tonic Allies the Aggressors—French Airmen Have Shot Down or Forced to Land German Planes. in*a Damaged Condition 25 The French forces in the Alsne re- gion continue to develop their success of Tuesday, wien they made a rapid advance over a front of about eix miles, capturing important German po- pitions and thousands of prisoners. Following up minor successes Wed- hesday, the French again attacked fhursday along the entire line, forcing the Germans to _abandon Monkey mountain, east of Vauxaillon, the vil- Jage and forest of Hinon, the village of Pargny-Filain, on the extreme east of the line, and numerous fortified farms and other points of vantage. ‘The latest drive of the French brings General Petain’s army within sight of the important railway junction ©f Laon, the objective sought for, which is a Bcant eight miles distant. quantities of war stores were mbandoned by the enemy in their re- treat and additional guns and prison- ers were captured. The number of prisoners taken since the drive began now exceeds 12,000, more than 200 of whom are officers.” Two thousand of the prisoners were captured Thurs- . An indication of the rapidity with Wwhich the drive has been carried ou is the total number of guns the.Ger- mans were forced to leave behind them. These aggregate 120, among them sev- eral howitzers, not to mention several hundred small caliber pieces, like min- nenwerfer and machine guns. On the twenty-five mile front run- ning from Monts Rombon to the Bain- Bizza plateau the battle between_ the ‘Austro-German forces and the Ital- 1ens apparently is srowing in intensi- ty, with the Austro-Germans the ag- rs, but with the Italians stub- ly resisting everywhere. Although the German war office as- perts that gains have been made at ¥arious points along the line, the Ital- lan official communication does not Poncede any losses except on the east ik of the Isonzo south of Monte ombon. To the contrary, this com- munication asserts that on the Bain- sizza plateau, where the Germans had announced successes, and on the west slope of Monte San Gabriele enemy attacks were repulsed and that the Italians even took several hundred Pprisoners. Not alone does the German war of- fice assert that the Italian line barring the way to the valley of the Flitsch basin and to Tolmino was overrun and that positions also were captured on the Bainsizza plateau, but that large quantities of ‘booty were taken by the Anstro-Germans and that more than ten thousand prisoners fell into their ands, including divisional and brigade staffs, ‘While the operations on the Ypres sector of the front in Flanders con- tinue to be carried_out mainly by the artillery, with the British and French guns hurling the greater welght of metal, the Germans have launched an- other_ strong counter-attack south of the Houtholst forest, where the Brit- ish and French armies have joined hands. Again this attack .met with repulse. In intensive air fighting Wednesday night the French airmen shot down or forced to land .. twenty-five German planes. The retirement of the Germans on the northern Russian front continues. ‘The enemy is now back as far as the Rodenpois-Turkaln line, _approaching the Dvina river region. Behind them the Germans are destroying everything on the fifteen mile front over which they are retreatins. On the Gulf of Riga the Germans have attempted a furthar landing on the Werder peninsula in order to ha- rass the Russien right wing, but were stopped by the Russian fire. Possibly in view of the operations of German nuval units at the head of the Gulf of Finland, the ci®™f population is evacu- ating Kromstadt, the great Russian fortress and naval base near Petro- grad. BEC'Y BAKER REVIEWED HARVARD REGIMENT Aighly Pleased With Exhibition of i Military Fitnes: Cambridge .Mass, Oct. 25.—Secre- Rtary of War Baker today reviewed the pHrvard regiment and inspected the trenches in which more than a thou- pand undergraduates are training, and then stood with President A. Lawrence Lowell while Lieutenant Andre Mo- ¥ize, and other French officers put the Wen through a series of war maneuv- ers. The secretary expressed himself greatly pleased with the exhibition f military fitness by the student: “The work the Harvard - unit has done and is doing is o high military value” he said. “It has poured into our army a steady stream of highly qualified men. It has shown that the officer material at Harvard 'is abund- ant and of high quality.” Secretary Baker and President Low- ell were accompanied to Belmont, ‘where the training camp is located, by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Dr. ‘Wilfred T. Grenfell and others. Class- es were suspended and the _entire student body was on hand to receive him. A brief stop was made at the college on the way back to Boston. A NEW ROAD FROM AYER TO CAMP DEVENS Asked fo- i~ o Letter Sent to Secre- tary - oy Charles Gibson. Ayer, Mas:, Oct. 25.—Immediate ac- tion by the war department looking toward the construction of a new road from the railroad station here to Camp Devens is _asked in a letter sent to Becretary Baker by Charles Gibson. a member of the training activities com- mittee. The present dirt road has been forn to dust and holes by the thousands of automobliles which have passed over it since the opening of the cantonment, and motor _drivers have nicknamed it “The Dumps.” Efforts by Major General Hodges to have the town officials put the high- way in good condition have thus far had no result, as it has been found impossible to Teach an agreement on the apportionment of the cost. WORK OF BOY SCOUTS OF NEW ENGLAND They Have Obtained 5745 Liberty Loan Subscriptions. Boston, Oct. 25—Boy Scouts in New England have obtained 5,746 Liberty Loan subscriptions, amounting to $1,- 692,600 in a three-day drive, the general committee rej today. Massachusetts, with 4 307 _subscrip- tions amounting to $1,493,760 led all of the states. Sales by members of the organization in the other states were: Rhode Island, $74.000; Maine, 69,200; “Vermont, $19,500 and New Hampshire 50. There was no report from RIGID CENSORSHIP BY AUSTRIAN AUTHORITIES Has Failed to Prevent Leakage of At- tacks on the Government. Washington, Oct. 25—Sternly re- pressive censorship for the past two weeks by the Austrian authorities has fafled to prevent the leakage of reports to this country by eable of flerce at- tacks upon the government in the reichrath by Czech leaders. One of these, named Zoeclekziceh, bitterly charged Premier Czernin with being the victim of German theorists who looked to wo#a domination, and he declared that Austria might have been saved all of her present misery had not the Germanic race which pre- dominated when the government re- fused Serbia’s preffered concessions. Count Czernin's peace suggestions were declared to have no meaning whatever, and he was reproached for passing over In sllence the practical demands of the entente, especially the guarantees for a general peace based upon the recognition of small nations as free and Independent. | ATTACKED IN HER DINING ROOM AT BRIDGEPORT Daniel Casey Smothered Unconsciousness. Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 25.—Attack- ed in the dining room of her home at 6 o'clock, tonight as she awaited the coming of her husband to supper, Mrs, Daniel Casey of 43 Worth street was beaten and smothered into uncon- sciousness by an unidentified ruffian, who walked in_the front door of the house, leaving his victim gagged and bound hand and foot, while he made off with $38 in cash. Althoush she fought off her assail- ant furiously a blow on the back of her head laid Mrs. Casey low and when she regained her senses she found a couch cover had been wrap- ped several times around her head, almost strangulating her, while her hands and feet were tied with stout ropes. Mr. Casey found his wife in a_serious condition and the fudniture almost{ wrecked from the *struggle ‘when he came home for supper. Mrs. Into PROMOTION OF MAJOR GENERAL BIDDLE PROBABLE. Assistant Cl ief of Staff, to Succeed General Bliss, ‘Washington, Oct. 25—Major General Jo1a Biddle, assigned to the national army, was said in army circles today to be the probable assistant chief of staff to succeed General Bliss, Who became chief upon the retirement of Major General Scott several weeks ago. 'Secretary Baker let it be known recently that he had selected the man for the post, but indicated that he weuld not announce the appointment until the officer arrived in Washing- ton. Cabled Paragraphs King Albert to. Visit Italy. ‘Washington, Oct. 25.—King Albert of Belgium has decided to visit Italy very soon, and will make an inspec- tion of the Italian armies at the front and visit the trenches. - Brazil Votes on War Today. Rio Janeiro, Oct. 25.—Parliament will vote tomorrow on the question of authorizing the government to declare that a state of war exists between Germany and Brazil, ana also on all necessary legislation for the carrying on of war. e THE WAR IS BETWEEN KINGS AND PEOPLES Attorney Gregory So Asserts in Ad- dress at New Haven. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 25.—“Dem- ocracy and the spiritual life of the world hang in the balance on the plains of Flander. We will fight Ger- many there or we will fight her in the streets of New Haven and Washing- ton,” Attorney General Thomas W. Gregory told an audience in a patriotic rally in Woolsey Hall here tonight. He had prefaced this statement by saying that the world war was a fight between kings and peoples. In his address Attorney General Gregory dwelt updn the work of plo- neers in this country who cleared the forests and opened up the waste places. “We have waged no wars of aggression, he said. “We have conquered or op- pressed no nations, and our greatest victorfes have been the victories of peace.” Speaking of Germany, he continued, “Never once have its peo- ple migrated from their own land to that they conquered except as was needed to make its conquests sure. Never once has it developed a great colony. Always it has sprung upon people, weak and defenceless, yet its aqual if not superiors, in refinement, in culture, in government and in civi- lization. I challenge any man to show a single instance where it has re- deemed waste places of the earth, where it has led lower people into higher life, where it has civilized the uncivilized. “To ask whether the United States was justified in entering this war in- dicates profound ignorance or a dis- eased brain. Ninety-five per cent. of the men of the United States will give their lives as freely in 1917 for the liberties we enjoy as did the patriots of 1776. Ninety-five per cent. of the ‘women of this country are willing to wind their hair into bow strings to fight their country’s battles. “Let it never be said that the American people abated one jot or ti- tle of that which would feed, clothe, arm, defend and -succor our soldiers in their hour of peril. “There must be no Valley Forge in Europe. One such monument in our history is enough. “The march of events shows that this is now a war of systems, kings against peoples. If our enemy wins, kings will deminate the world, because no_democraey fights with or for them. * + * Democracy and the spiritual life of the world hang in the balance on the plains of Flanders. “We are coming with hundreds of ships and thousands of aeroplanes; we are coming with infantry, cavalry and crtillery; we are coming with ammu- vition, food, ®othes for the fighters and with surgeons, nurses and medi- cine for the wounded; we are coming with a million, with two million, with five million, with ten million men, if need be. Ave, we have pledged our- selves to see this thing through if it takes the last dollar and the last man. “I call upon you, men and women of New England and Connecticut, to do your part now as in the past.” SPECI ICATION OF WAGES AND HOURS OF LABOR in Government Contracts Urged Upon the War Industries Board. ‘Washington, Oct. 25—Inclusion in all government contracts of clauses speci- fying the hours of labor and wases of employes was stronglg urged upon the war industries board today by Samuel Gompers and th eexecutive committee of the American Federation of Labor. The labor leaders also proposed that labor representatives be placed on all advisory boards and committees as a means of promoting co-operation be- tween the government, employers and workmen for war production. Conterences will continue and mem- bers of the war industries board sald the proposals eventually might be car- ried to President Wilson for considera~ on. “MORAL AND RELIGIOUS RECONSTRUCTION OF WORLD” The Object of the World Sunday ‘School Association. New York, Oct. 25.—“Moral and T ligious reconstruction of the world” from the “Sunday school viewpoint” will be the object of a special commit- tee comprisin _grepresentatives from all the Christian countries of the world, the appointment of which was recommended at a meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of the World Sun- day School association here today. The association has a membership of 35 000,000. Among those attending to- day’s meeting were _rominent Sunday school workers from the United States and Canada. HAS BEEN FREQUENTING FORBIDDEN ZONES Paul Kreuter of Bridgeport Arrested as an Enemy Alien. Bridgeport, Conn.,, Oct. 25.—Because he is alleged to have frequented for- bidden zones in many cities in Con- necticut, without possessing the re- quired government permit, Paul Kreu- ter, a native of Germany and rated as an enemy alien, was arrested by de- tectives here tonight and held with- out bail for United States Marshal Hawley of Hartford. Kreuter, who is 49 vears old, 1§ em- ployed as a traveling representative of the ‘ Bridgeport Musical Institute and his work carried him to all parts of the state, $20,000,000 More For France. ‘Washington, Oct. 25.—Another loan of '$20,000,000 was made to France to- day, bringing total credits extended by the United States to allied nations to $2,826,400,000. Brazilian Steamship Torpedoed. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 25.—The Braxilian steamship Macao, formerly a Gorman steamer, has been torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. * Twenty-four men were rescued. The captain was made prisoner, _, - Wilson Endorses . - Woman Suffrage IMMEDIATE ISSUE EVERY STATE AS AN PLEDGES HIS SUPPORT Addressed a Delegation of 100 Leaders of the New York Suffrage Party Who Called at the White House. ‘Washington, Oct. 25.—President Wil- son today gave full endorsement to Wwoman suffrage as an immediate issue in every state. Addressing a delegation of 100 lead- ers of the New York state suffrage party who called at the White House to obtain an expression In support of the campaign In that state, :He presi- dent in emphatic terms declared that woman suffrage is one of the funda- mental questions of democracy whose proper settlement is demanded by the issues of the war. He praised the spir- it capacity and ‘vision of American Wwomen in the war. “I believe,” he sald, “that just be- cause we are quickened by the ques- tions of this war we ought to be quickened to give this uestion of wo- man suffrage our immcdiate corsider- ation.” . Pledged Hearty Support. Speaking as ‘one of the spokesmen of a great party,” the president pledg- ed his hearty support and gided: “I want to speak for myself and say that it seems to me that this is the time for the states of this union to take this action.” Explaining his leaning toward suffrage as a state rather than as a national issue, he sal 1 perhaps may be touched a little too much by the traditions of our politics—traditions which lay such Qquestions almost entirely upon the states—but I want to see communities declare themselves quickened at this time and show the conscquences of the quickening.” The address, deliversd in the (East room of the White House, in re- sponse to remarks by Mrs. Norman De R. Whitehouse, was as follows: President Wilson’s Address. “It is wtih great pleasure that I re- ceive You. T esteem it a privilege to do =o. T know the difficulties which you have been working under in New York state, so clearly set forth by Mrs. Whitehouse, but i my judgment those difficulties cannot be used as an excuse by the leadeis of any par- ty or by the voters of any party for neglecting the questions which you are. Pressing upon them. ‘Because. after all, the whole world now is witness- ing a struggle between two ideals of government. It is a_struggle which goes deeper, and touches more of the foundations of the original life of the men than of any struggle that has ¢ver taken place before, and no settl Tent of the questions that lie on the urface can satisfy a situation which fequires that the questions which lie underneath and at the foundation chonld also be settled and settled right. I am free to say that I think the question of woman suffrage is one of of those questions which lie at the foundntion. Desendence Upon Women. “Tt is almost absurd to say that the country depends gpon the women for a large part of the Inspiration of its life. That is too obvious to say, but it is now depending upon the women al- so for suggestions of service, which have been rendered in abundance and with the distinction of originality. T, therefore, am very glad to add my voice to those which are urzing the people of the great state of New York to set a great example bv voting for woman suffrage. It would be a pleas- ure if T might utter that advice in their presence. Tnasmuch as T am hound too close to my duties here to make that possible, T am zlad to have the priv- ilege to ask you to convey that mes- sage to them. Time For States to Take Action. “As one of the spokeOsman of a great party, T would e nothing less than oheving the mandates of that party if 1 gave my hearty support to the question of woman suffrage which you represent. But I do not want to speak merely as one of the spokesmen ©f a party. T want to speak for my- self and say that it seems to me that this is the time for tho states of this union to take this action. 1 perhaps may be touched a little too much by the traditions of our politics-—tradi- tions which lay such questions almost entirely upon the states. But T want to see communitles dectare themselves quickened at this time and show the consequence of the quickening. * * * The_suffrage delegation returned to New York tonight confident that the president’s enthusiasti> endorsement would have its affect at the election November 6. Special significance was placed by many of the New York delezation on the fact that the president’s advocacy of suffrage had not been affected by the tactics of militant suffragists of the woman's party. The recent defeat of suffrage in Maine was ascribed by some Workers as due to unfavorable impression created by the so-called pickets. - 3 Officials of the National American Woman Suffrage assoctation declared tonight their future plans will be de- termined largely by the New York re- sults. If suffrage cardes, they said. suffrage campaigns will be started within the next vear in many states. If New York' and Ohlo, where there also is to be a vote next month, de- feat suffrage, efforts may be centered on the federal amendment, pending be- fore congress. A programmé will be detemined at the convention here De- cember 12th. MANY VESSELS ASHORE ON REVERE BEACH A Two-Masted Schooner and Nearly a Dozen Power Boats, Boston, Oct. 25—Two_two-masted pleasure ‘schooner Viola I, owned by Alden A. Mills, and_ neariy a dozen Dower boats, were ashore today along Revere Beach where they were wash- ed up by the gale during the night. The Viola was torn from her moor- ingy off Nahant Point and carried across the bay, striking on-the sands between Point of Pines and Oak Is- land. Most of the other craft had been moored in the vicinity of the Point of Pines Yacht Club. Are Fighting for Your Honor, Your Home and Your Country Privations That Germany Faces DIET MAINSTAY OF THIS WINTER TURNIP SHORTAGE OF LEATHER Shoes to be Made With Wooden Soles and Cloth Uppers—Women Must Skimp Their Skirts—Fuel Unsolved. Copenhagen, Oct. 25.—Some of the prospects which the German people are called upon to face the cominz winter_are officially announced in to- day’s German newspapers as follows: Dearth of Leatheér. ‘There is only enough shoe leather for the use of miners, fishermen, ca- nal workers and a few allied trades. The manufacture- of leather foot- wear for the rest of the population will socn be suspended. They will have to get along with wooden soles and cloth uppers. Big Shortage in Vegetables. There is a big shortage in vegetables and no hope of any material improve- ment in the fresh vegetable supply. The turnip must again be one of the mainstays of German diet this win- ter, although to a less degree than last year. Fuel Problem Unsolved. The fuel problem has not been snlv- ed, despite all the efforts made for its solution, and the city populations may expect to notice the result of this fact keenly from time to time. The coal commissioner prophesies that the pinch will be felt here and there within the next few days. The rail- way administration of Saxony an- nounced that railway travel will not be allowed without special permis- sion. Soldiers In the home camps are limited in their week-end furloughs and Saturday and Sunday trips of mothers and sweethearts to see the boys in camp are stopped in order to cut down railway travel. The Prus- sian railways will probably suit. Less Cloth for Women's Skirt: Finally, after the fashion plates for winter are out, the savernment has decreed that women's skirts must be made with a reduced amount of ma- terial, which will necessitate their being made both shorter and tighter. follow WHILE AIDING ONE MAN HE KILLED ANOTHER. Sad Experience of State Senator Henry H. Lyman of Middletown. Middletown, Conn. Oct. 25.—State Senator Henry H. Lyman of this city, while carrying a man hurt in a hunt- ing accident, ran down another in his automobile this evening who died of his injuries soon after. RXgrard Doo- ley, 57 years old, was the victim of the' second accident. He was struck by the senator's car as the senator crossed to the left side of the road to avoid the glare of a passing'car Doo- ley died while he was being hurrled to the hospital. The other injured man is Raymond Fowler of Middlefield, who accidental- Iy shot himeelf in the hip while hunt- ing near Senator Lyman’s home. He stumbled in somg brush and his shot- gun was discharged. Men in the vicin- ity sought the senator’s aid to get him to the hospital. Senator Lyman was rot held, but will appear at a coroner’s hearing tomorrow. MEETING OF CONNECTICUT MAYORS' ASSOCIATION Held in Meriden—Ernest Rogers of New London Elected President. Meriden, Conn., Oct. 25.—The Con- necticut Mayors' aseociation held its annual meeting here today, when tho following officers were elected: Presi- dent, Ernest Rogers of New London; vice president. Dr. Joseph A. Cooke of this city: secretary-treasurer, Dr. J. M. Coburn of Norwalk; executive com- mittee, Harold M. Meech of Middle- town, George A. Quigley of New Brit< ain and James Gray of Bristol. Fol- lowing the luncheon, the mayors were addressed by George B. Chandler, com- pensation commissioner, of Rocky Hill, 2nd Edward F. Cole of try Ritometer company of New York city, expert on water supply systems. TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF WORLD SUGAR SHORTAGE The Object of Conferences Now Being Held in New York. New York, Oct. 25.—Efforts to solve the problems resulting from the world sugar shortage took definite form to- day at the beginning of conferences by the international sugar committee, headed by George M. Rolph, chief of the sugar division of the federal food administration, and the American sugar refiners’ committee, of which James H. Post is chairman. Both Mr. Rolph and Mr. Post issued statements after the meetings in which they said only questions were discussed. The conferences will be continued several days. ORDER FOR 868,000,000 " THREE CENT STAMPS Has Been Placed With the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. ‘Washington, Oct. 25—The postoffice department has placed an initlal order with the bureau of _engraving and printing_for 868,000,000 three cent stamps in anticipation of the new pos- ta® rates which become effective Nov. 2. Requisition also has been made for three cent stamped envelopes and two cent postal cards. Holdup at Thompsonville. Thompsonville, Conn., Oct. 25— James Wile, clerk in a waiting room restaurant, was held up at the point of a pistol here tonfght and the till of the place was robbed of $50. Both the local police and the Massachusetts state police are investigating as the restaurant was on the state line. Michaelis May Remain in Powe Amsterdam, Oct. 25.—Despatches from Berlin say that the German qrp- peror _does mot consider the resigna- tion of Dr. Michaelis as chancellor necessary and that therefore Michaeli> probably will remain in power. Condensed Telegrams France will shortly issue a new loan. zerland will issue immediately ,000 bronze 5 centime pieces. S\ 5,00 German towns along the Rhine arc preparing to resist reprisal air raids. King George and Queen Mary visited the American Officers’ Club in London U. S. Government ordered 42 addi- tional gasoline locomotives for trench ‘work. . Every coal e in lllinois is work- ing with full forces, all strikes having been settled. in the United States Food _price: 47 per cent. since war have advance was declared. Rochester is the first oity in New Hampshire to oversubscribe its Lib- erty Loan allotment. The Episcopal Church Pension Fund Committee will invest $500,000 of the fund in Liberty bonds. Ex-Gov. William C. McDonald New Mexico was appointed - food ministrator for that State. of ad- Henry Clews, New York financier, predicted that Liberty bonds will soon be selling in Berlin at par. The 236th McLean Highlanders, re- cruited largely in the United States, were reviewed in Montreal. The British merchant cruiser Orams was torpedoed and sunk, it was of- ficially announced in London. Contracts for 10,000 heavy duty war trucks will be placed by Not. 1 by the Quartermaster’s Department. Potatoes are selling at $1.60 a bushel at Riverhead, N. Y. with many buyers refusing to jpay more than $1.50. A memorial to Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, was unveiled at Brantford, Canada. Charged with trading with the ene- my Pierre Lenoir and William De- souches were arrested in Paris. Reports of the death of Samuel W. Skinner, American aviator in French service, were confirmed in Paris. Pacific coast candy makers pledged themselves to aid the food administra- tion’s sugar conservallion campaign. Lieut. Thomas Arnold, nephew of Mrs. Humphrey “Ward, the famous writer, was killed in action in France. Soldiers of the Rainbow Division ericamped at Mineola, L. I, suffered great hardships in a wind and rain storm. - Embargoes on nerthbound thafiic, ex- cepting certain articles will be estab- lished today by the Morgan Steamship ne. A $5,000 Liberty bond is being raffl- ed on the floor of the New York Cot- ton Exchange, with chances seiling at $50 each. Ashore at Fox Point, near Milwau- kee the steamer Roman was refloated. She was bound from South Chicago to Escanaba. Four ambulances for service in France will be purchased with a fund raised by the Women's Western Golf Association. Seventeen “troublesome” Mexicans, including three former generals, were deported from Mexico and are now at Laredo, Tex. Walter J. Johnson, ator near Belleville .Iil., suffering a broken leg. was wrecked. a' student avi fell 600 feet, The machine Approximately 300 strikes, involving 1,000,000 men have been settled by De- partment of Labor mediators since war was declared. Due to the embargo on the export of eggs, the egg supply of the Unied States at present is 15 per cent. greater than last year. “Germany is approaching internal collapse,” Pleasant A. Stovall, Ameri- can Minister to Switzerland announc- ed in Washington. Polish organizations observing the 100th anniversary. of the death of Kosiusko. Polish patriot at Moscow, honored the American flag. A movement to organize in the American Red Cross all the Americans living outside the United States will be started by the Red Cross. Charged with embezzling more than $39 000 William P. Horn. cashier_of the First National Bank of Easton, Pa., was arrested in Philadelphia. . Accused of murder, Thomas Conway was placed on trial. convicted., and sentenced to die, in a trial lasting less ! than seven hours at Camden, N. J. Returned to New Bedford, Mass., after a l4-month whaling voyage to Desolation Island, the bark Charles W. Morgan reported losing four men on the trip. The Boy Scouts’ Liberty loan cam- prign at Naugatuck closed yesterday with a total of $96,900 subscribed by 520 persons. The day’s total was $72,- 250, eubscribed by 153 persons. Frederick von Besthoven, an Oregon national, guard private at Camp Greene at Charlotte, N. C., was shot and mortally wounded when he broke away from military police serving a warrant on him on a business street. Trial of Col John T. McGraw, form- er West Virginia member of the dem- ocratic national committee, who is charged with embezzlement in connec- tion with the failure of a bank at Grafton. W. Va, was postponed at Elkins until November 8. NEW ASSISTANT STATE SCHOOL INSPECTOR. Alfred S. Mayhew Resigns as Principal of Wallingford High School. Wallingford, Conn., Oct. 25.—Alfred 8. Mayhew, principal of the high school here, tendered his resignation tonight to take a position as an assistant state school inspector under Secretary Charles D. Hine His resignation be- comes effective on Nov. b5. Action on this matter will be taken at the next meeting of the school board. ‘Washington, Oct. 25.—Liberty loan totals flashed past the $3,000 000,000 mark today apd headed for the $5,- 000,000,000 maximum with every indi- cation that by continuation 'of the re- lentless campaign, the latter fizure would be realized when the bocks close Saturday. ‘Although unofficial eatimates from the twelve federal reserve ricts” do not total the figure, officials tonight ex pressed the conviction that subscr/- tions weve pas “Vietory for the second Liberty Loan is in sight,” Secretamy McAdoo an- nounced ‘tonight upon his retyrn_hom from a transcontinental tour in beha of the loan, “but it has not yet been achieved.” Compiled from estimates submitted by local committees and federal re- serve bank headquarters, the fotal un- official estimate of subscriptions, as announced tonight by the was_$3,230,000,000. This garded by many officials as servative. Unofficial reports turned into the federa increased approximately ovemnight and totalled, with San cisco's work yet unrecorded, $2.02 300, The totals of the official returns and estimates follow: of subscriptions 1 reserve banks | $400,000,000 1ran- Boston ... $237,998,000 - §890,000,000 ‘New York 89,606,000 1,095,000.000 Philadelphia 63,190,000 280,000,000 Cleveland 234,170,000 890,000,000 Richmond £8.754.000 130.000,000 Atlanta. 16,618,000 60,000,000 Chicago .. 230416000 425,000,000 St. Louls .. 65550,000 135.000,000 Minneapolis 80,250,000 170,000,000 Kansas City 35024000 120,000,000 Dallas . 24,818,000 15,000,000 San Fran'co 73,247,360 190,000,000 Totals ..$2,025,543,3¢0 $3.200.000,000 District Official. _ Fstimated. The returns which make this total of estimated subscriptions are unof- ficlal and may be increased, says the treasury department statement, “but the most diligent labor between now and Saturday night, the close of the drive, is necessary and is being urg- ed upon all Liberty Loan committees throughout the country that a. great over-subscription may be reported.” PATRIOTIC PAGEANT IN NEW YORK CITY Inspiring Spectacle When™ 20,000 Magzhers Paraded up Fifth Avenue. New York, Oct. 25—Fifth avenue through which many patri have passed since the joined the entente allic was the scene today of . ing spectacle when 20,000 march aded from Washington square to C: tral Park in a demonstration d to typify New York's enthuria the Liberty loan. Headed by Armored “Tank.” Headed by an arm 1 “tamk T from theé Pritish. fighting manned by the crew which had the Iptest engine of war over tlefields of France, the parade ed fo the sheep meadow in Cer Park wkhile airplane hovert the line of march dropped tho Liberty loan “bombs” upon th in the streets and upon housetops. U-Buy-a-Bond.” The celebration when the marchers spectators in the shoep m. Witness the re-christening of the man submarine “UC-5 Ruy-A-Bond” after the the German empire hadl from the wireless staff of the and the colors of Great Pritain America run up, Secretary of the vy Daniels fieliverea an address Which he referred to. the count naval activities. Secretary Daniels Speaks. reached joined the a standard been low “We have re-christened thi today.” Mr. Danlels said, “bi were to attend the christening cf ship the navy launches for the T year ‘I would attend-a _christer every day. America Is mobilized Sstrengthen the navy, our first arm defence. We are now building many destroyers as the facilities our_country will permit.” “The significance of this occasi world-wide,” he contirued v we saw the German flag come in it ce independence America, but from the submari clevated the flag of liberty, not only for the world.” Airplanes and Biplanes. A huge Caproni airplane, dri Licutenant Resnati, of th Italian Flying corps, passengers and a s driven by Lieuten: the city from Mi cling over the city hall and the & scrappers of lower Maniattan at such low altitude as almost the roofs, darted northward ing the crowds gatherad in meadow with Liberty loan 1 ; edy Faldiot and_nft and carrying VICTORY FOR LIBERTY LOAN IS NOWIN SIGHT There is Every Indication That the $5,000,000,000 Maximum Will be Realized When the Books Close SUBSCRIPTIONS HAVE PASSED $3,000,000,000 Unofl;cial Estimate Last Night by Treasury Was $3,200,000,- 000, a Sum Regarded by the Officials as Very Conserva tive—Fifth Avenue, New York, Was the Scene of a Patrictic, Pageant Yesterday, in Which 20,000 Persons Participated, to Typify New York’s Enthusiasm for the Liberty Locan—A Huge Caproni Airplane and a Scout Bi- plane Bombed the Crowd With Liberty Loan Bombs. Ger. MORALS OF SOLDIERS MUST BE PROTECTED Secretary, Baker Speaks on So: Evil at Boston City Club. Boston, Oct. 25—Unless a network of protection is spread around the soldiers in communities adjoining the war camps, the whole moral life of this nation will be lowered and there will be a wide extension of social dis- cases, sald Secretary Baker of the war department in an address at the City Club today. The secretary spoke be- fore the Boston campaign committee of the war camp community tion fund which is shortly to drive for $200,000 of New quota of $700,000 for the fund. “We cannot afford any such tremen- dous and calamitous national waste and extravagance as to take a million young men out of their homes in this country and corrupt them, and when the war is over send them back home less fine than they were when they came to us” said Secretary Baker. “Every now and then we hear—I don’t know anything about the truth of lt— that our adversary in this war has been sending germs around to inocu- late the people with discase, and using that as a means of warfare. “But we may do it If we are not carcful. If we take a million young sland’s men out of their homes and simply throw them together haphazard and glve them no consideration, leaving them to find their way in these un- tried problems, and then when ‘this war is over scatter those young men over the country with all the thinzs they have learned and ought not to bave learned, we shall have lowered the whole level of the moral lifc of this nation in a way that wo cannot afford to do. As a consequence Of that, there is thrown upon our cities and’ villages, thrown upon our ordi- nary citizens, the great task of mak- ing the environgent of the military camps wholesomé and stimulating.” RHODE ISLAND WOMEN HARVESTING CORN CROP Enter the of Shortage Ids Becaus of Farm Help. Newport, R. I, Oct. 25.—~Because of he shortage of farm help, women went to work in the flelds today in an effort to save a big corn crop which is threatened with destruction unless quickly harvested. The wives, daugh- ters and servants of farmers at James- town, Middletown, Portsmouth and elsewhere, took the places of men us- ually employed in husking time. CHANCE GIVEN MEN SUBJECT TO SRCOND CALL in the A Study for Work Signal Corps. To Men st national Washington, Oct. 2 the second call to the arc to be given an opportuni for work in the army The new feder education announced today cperation with the war departme planned to use ¢hool the country that ca this work and volt would be assigned to towns or districts. Radio and teles taught in night cou been sent to all citizen fied to serve as teachers and to have the scheols in operation in rear future. The first call is training of 150,000 operators. NEW ENGLAND GOVERNORS be nteer se t to the th De WANT COL. ROOSEVELT To Recruit to War Strength Their pleted National Guard. Boston, Oct —A request Colonel 'Theodore Roosevelt b thorized to recruit to war ngth skeletonized division of New kn national guard it field will be laid_before partment at Washinston Governor Mot and the other New England statc of the guardsmen have Ly transfers to other divisio officers, the governor said, wo come Colonel Roosevelt's taining more men The coal situation In New Fr and the plans to make Boston age and shippine port for war plies also will be taken up with clals. men, in camp the w TALK ON WORK OF WOMAN'S COMMITTEE Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees to F. of W. C. at Woodbury. By Woodbury, Conn., Oct. 25.—F Feports of activitics during six months were given by r tives of the 86 member clubs mid-year session of the State eration of Women's Clubs here toc Miss Caroline Ruutz-Recs, chairn of the Woman's Committed of state council of defense. gave & on the work of the committee. s tha talk