Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 29, 1917, Page 1

- Noewi VOL. LIX—NO. ‘358 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1917 - '8 PAGES—64 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS ) The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, And Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Connecticut in - Proportion -to the City’s Population. 100,000 ITALIANS TAKEN PRISONERS Austro-Germans Have Shaken the Entire Italian Line From the Julian Alps to the Adriatic Sea MORE THAN 700 GUNS FELL INTO THEIR HANDS Italians Lose Civildale, But They Destroyed All Their Depots and Stores and the Town Was on Fire When the Austro- Germans Entered R—Rome Claims That the Italians Are Retreating to Prepared Positions on the Plains—A Special Meeting of the French Cabinet Has Been Held to Decide Upon the Question of Allied Cooperation on the Italian Front—The British Have Bettered Their Position Along the Ypres-Roulers Railway. B e Austro-German armies under “the command of Emperor Charles, who _has as his chief assistant the brilli- ant Field Marshal Von Mackensen, are shaking the entire Italian line from the Julian Alps region to the Adriatic Sea. Having pressed back the Itallans at several points upon Italian sofl, the combined enemy forces _have ~mnow pushed forward on the Italian left wing and captured Cividale, northeast of Udige, and are nearing the plains beyond. In addition the Austrian town of Gorizia, a point of great strategic value on 'ths Isonzo river, has been retaken from the Italians. 5 According to the latest Berlin offi- cial ‘communication 100,000 Italtans have been made prisoner and more than 700 guns have fallen into Austro-Ger- man hands. The second and third Taltan armies are declared to be in retreat. Rome admits the falling back of the second army, asserting that cowardice similar to that shown by the Russiaws in Galicia was exhibited in the face of the foe, the Italians sur- rendering or retreating without giv- ing battle, permitting the breaking of the left wing and thereby offering easy access to the town of Cividale. Prior to falling back, however, the Ttalians destroved all their depots and stores and Cividale was on fire when the Austro-Germans entered it. Possibly the Italians in this region, ‘who are declared by Rome to be re- treating to prepared positions on the plains, will turn about and meet the enemy in open country fighting. 1t they do not and the enemy is able o keep up westward the fast pace that has been maintained since the com- mencement of the operation, the great- er part of the Italian fcrces slong the northeastern line will be threatened with capture. The situation is so grave that a speclal meeting of the Freneh cabinet has been held far the purpose of deciding upon ths question of co-operatics on the Italian front, The fighting on the western front in Flanders has_dled down to some ex- tent, except for mrtillery dusls, The Brif however, have red thelr positions along the ¥pres.Roulers rafl~ way in small attacks, while the Bel- glans and French have catured several important salients in the region of Dixmude. Along the Alsne front the French ars violently. bombarding the German positions and it i ble that soon again they will deliver an- other of their sharp and deciaive strokes toward Laonm, their objective in the recent fighting. _ An attack by the Germans near the Proidmont farm was repulsed. In the Gulf of Riga and in the region of the head of the Gulf of Finland the Germans for several days have re- mained quiescent, making no endeav- or to land further forces on the main- land, wherp they met with repulse twice last week. No large infantry actions have taken place alonk the Rugsian front. On the contrury there has been a return to the fraternizing berween the Russians end. - Germans which was Toticeable some {ime ago on various sectors, _Near Iloukst and in the region of Krevo such efforts have been noticed. In the former sec- tors scores 4f Russians who had gone out to meet the enemy on a footing of friendship were dispersed by the fire of the Russian artillery. British airmen daily are fiving over points behind the line in Belgium held by the Germans and dropping bombs upon military positions and alrdromes, Hflway junctions have been bombed effectively ang explosives have been loosened several times on the Sparap- pelhoek and Engel airdromes. FELL OR THREW HERSELF IN FRONT OF TRAIN. Probably Fatally Stamford. Estelle Doescher Hurt Stamford, Conn., Oct. Doescher, 27 years old, daughter of r. and Mrs. Charles ' Doescher of onkers, was probably fatally hurt st the railroad station today. She had been taken from the private sana- torium of Dr. Frank H. Barnes bere for an automobile rice and at the sta- tion rell or threw hersclf in front of a moving train. One hand was_cut off nd she was otherwise hurt. She had n under treatment for a nervous trouble for seven weeks, according to . Barnes. She was_ taken to the tamford hospital, where her recovery said to be doubtful. Her parents and er sister who were with her at the ime of the accident refused to discuss e case. WPPEAL FOR RELIEF OF ARMENIANS AND SYRIANS President Wilson ‘Addresses Statement to American People. Washinston, Oct. 28—President Wil- #on tonight appealed to the American people again to contribute to the re- ifef of stricken Armenian and Syrian peoples. The situation among more han 32,000,000 destitute survivors of urkish atrocities, he said, is “so dis- tressing as to make a special appeal to the sympathies of all” 28 —Estelle TO SAFEGUARD HEALTH OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ction Taken by the Board of Health of Newport. Newport, R. I, Oct. 28—The board of health of this city has invited the federal public health service to detail s medical officer as sanitary adviser to the board for the duration of the war. The board also has asked the co-operation of the state board of health in its efforts to do everything ible to safeguard the health of Bofdiers and sailors quartered here. ARMED GUARDS INCREASED . AT ALL STOCKYARDS Elevators and Warehouses in Greater "New York. York, Oct. 28—Food Adminis- prator 'Williams announced tonight thet, in compliance with instructions from Herbert C. Hoover, the number of Brmed guards bad been increased in all stockyards, grain elevators and food warehouses in Greater New York. The precaution_was taken because of re- orts which have feached Mr. Hoover trat alien enemies are plotting the destriedion of food supplies. Man Drowned Off Branford. Branford, Conn., Oct. 38.—Stephen was drowned here today when e boat in which he was fishing cap- a short way from shore. Louls ] & companion, was saved by men who rowed out from the shore. #Febo's body was recovered. - SOME OF SUNDAY’S AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. Gov. John G. Townsend of Delawars Injured, Mrs. Townsend Killed. ‘Wilmington, Del, Oct. 28—Gov. John G. Townsend, Jr., was injured 2nd Mrs. Townsend is dead as_the re- sult of an automobile accident late last night. While returning g their home at Selbyville from Newark, where the governor was the speaker at the cor- nerstone laying of a new dormitory for the woman’s ccliege, they encountered 2 storm and suddenly a team loomed up ohead of them. The governor threw on the brakes ot his motor car and it skidded, turning oved twice. The gow ernor was thrown clear and not badly hurt. His wife was pinned under the car and died a few minutes after he had freed her. Boy Killed at Ansonia. Aneonia, Conn., Oct. _28—DMichael Clifford, 7 years old, died today from injuries’ he sustained when he darted into an automotile driven by Samuel Dworken of this place. Th epolice say that the boy was “stealing a ride” on 3 trelley in Bridge street and when ordered off ran into the motor car. His gkull was fractured. Dworkin was not held, although it is alleged_that his car was proceeding on fhe wrong side of the .street. Coromer Mix has ordered an investigation tomorrow. Man Hit in Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 28—FHerman Streicher, aged b6, of this city, was struck by an automobile at the corner of Main and Elm streets this afternoon 2nd so badly hurt that hospital physi- cians hold out little hope of his re- covery. Streicher was crossing the street when an automobile driven by Mrs. Mary Papalis of this city swerved eharply and knocked him to the side- walk against a fire hydrant, crushifz him in a frightful manner, and the force of the blow breaking the hydrant. A HOT DISCUSSION = ENDED IN STABBING /| Vincenzo Ferrico Held at Waterbury for Assault With ‘Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 28—Vincen: zo Ferrico, 33, a factory operative, se- riously stabbed John Jennard twice below the heart with a knife in a Brooklyn stone yard tonight after they had had a hot discussion. Ferrico ran to his home half a mile off and when the house was surrounded took refuge on the roof. After a patrol- man had fired’ one shot Ferrico gave himself up. He was locked up, charg- ed with assault with intent to Kill Jennard received medical attendance at his home. The wounds are seri- ous. Intent to Kill. London, 28.—Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein died at his Lon- don residence this evening after a long illness. Prince Christian was born in 1831 and was married In 1866 to Princess Helena, third daughter of Queen Vic- Cabled Paragraphs Brands U. 8. Naval Program a Bluff Amsterdam, Oct. 28.—A despatch re- getved hero tiom Vienna says that Dr. Dumba, former Austro-Hungarian am- bassador to the United States, in a speech in the reichsrat asserted that the glant naval program of the Unit- od States was mostly bluff. GOVERNMENT DISBURSED $1,000,000,000 DURING OCTOBER An Average Expenditure of Approxl-' matoly $42,600,000 Daily. ‘Washington, Oct, !38.—Goyernment expenditures of one billion dollars is the record which the month of Octo- Der has established® at the treasury department, The total, which includes loans to the sllies, may excesd even this huge sum, posstbly by $100,000,000, Thtis far {f stands at $985,342.387, with yesterday's spending not inolud- ed, For the twenty-threa warking days thus far counted, it shows ave- rage expenditures of approximately 943,600,000 daily, or almost $30,000 a minutes day and night. Fxpenditures for last Yridey, the latost record pub- lished, were 348,075,048, but this was an unusual day, though not a re ord, A twe billlon dollar month offalals assert, is net far off, It may be reached with the retirement of short time {reasury eertificates—ta be met out of Liberty bend recelpts by mid- winter, Expenditures for the fiseal year thus far have reached the fatal af $3,44 659,704, of whieh $1,770,700,000 is rep- resented by leans to the allies, These loans and the interest upen them are to be repaid te the government by the barrewers and, therefors, de noet represent actual expense te the Amer- lean peeple, * Oetober's 'volume of funds paid eut is made up as fallews; fer the arm and navy, the ghipplng, the aiveraft proguction beard, the feed. adminis- tratien, the maintenanee ef demestio governimenta) machinery and all ather fedoral” government activities, $195.- Interest on mhert time eertlfienten of indebtedness end .nterest enthe publio debt 93,454,704, For maintenanes of the Panama Ca- nal $1,588,002, For redemption of gestifientes of in- debtedness {ssued in anteipation ef Liherty bond reeeipts of the secends insue, 183,084,803, For bonds, 'interest bearing notes ana certifieates retired, 3200, For the redemption of ene year tresury notes, $5,057,000, Tor the yetirement of national bank and federal reserve bank notes $1,872,- For Joans ta the allies $444,200,000. Total $085,349,387, During the correspending perled of iast year, before Ameriea's entry into the war, ‘the total was $81,026,886, The total expenditures of the eurrent fisoal yoar to date 3$3,446,080,704, eompared with $381,238,313 during the_same per- 1od last year, o . Because of the 1 Bus of ahort time certificates of- Indebtedness this month, the government's receipts have been greater than its expenditures and total $1,000,064,807, This (s almest twenty times the amoun:, 854,651,908, recelvea during the correspending per. 1o Jast year. A SWEEPING TRANSFER OF MEN AT CAMP DEVENS To Be Made Before the End ef the Present Week. B Ayer, Mass., Oct. 28—Six thousand men of New England’s natlonal army division will be wearing new Insisnia before the end of the present “week, according to a reorganization plan an- nounced at Camp Devens today. A skeeping transfer of the men in the cantonment will bring about the change. jfany men of the infantry are to chigwe thelr blue hat cords for the red of the artillery; and men of the artillery are to be shifted to don the blue of the infantry or the insignia of. the signal corps. The transfers are the result of tabu- Jations of the physical qualidcations, mental capacities and zenera! individ- ual fitness a° the men for different branches of the service, gauged by ob- servation of their officers during tae first weeks of their training. Thelr mechanical ability also plays an im- portant part in thelr sefection for the transfer to other units. The shiftiug of the men, while it will disorganize the strictly community makeup *of the regiments and bat- talions, will go far towards improving the efficiency of the ontire division I1F the expectations of army authorities are_realized. The first actual battle formation manoeuvres will take plage this week when on “Hill 76, so narmed in honor of the division’s nymber in the army, men of the 302nd Infantry will shir- mish over shell craters and shell holes, through barbed wire entanzlements, and then into bayonet hand-to-hand fighting- with sapling dummies, all of their cwn making. The men of Major Barlow’s battalion of that regiment have themselves con- structed the fighting area on the 65 foot hill_opposite tho cantonmerit's athletic bowl, according to the latest plans of actual battlefields in Europe. Total Sales of German Plan for Bonds Unknown| Invasion of Brazil AMOUNT IS STILL A MATTER OF SPECULATION FINAL REPORTS DELAYED It Is Belleved That 8 Will Ap- = proximate $5,000,000,000—Exact Fig- ures Will Net be Known for Several Days. ‘Washington, Oct, 23, — The total amount subscribed to the sesond Lib- erty loan, the treasury department an- nounced ‘tenight, is still “a matter of speculatien,” “Bevera] days probably Wwill elapse hefore tha full ewtent of the nation's eubseriptions is aseer- tained, The department was witheut figures tenight showing any change in the es- timated totals, other than in the New York alstriet, New York’s maximum of §1,500,000,000, reperted last night to have "been exceeded, it was =ald to- night, might be increased by later re- turns to as much as $1,750,000,000, Pre- vieus estimates had placed the total o ApSesimately | J-E0.005008 on $100,000,000 less than tenight's estl- mate, ank Officlals Resting. Reserve bank efficials and local eem- mittees, working until after midnight iast night all over the country, rested teday, It was virtually the first breathing spell they had taken sinee the campalgn began, Few districts even reported te the treasury and the assum ¥ien was that they wquld take thelr time In transmitting the fing Fhey have till next Thursday te mal the complete report, - “Returns peeelved a; the treasury teday gave little Indieailen as te the final recult,” the department announc- ed tenight, “On the face of peturns it eannet be sald whether ths eale ex- eeeded 35,000,000000, Convictien is general, however, thit It prahali: ap- preximated the maximum tetal, Manks, of eeurse, have made no efferts te tab- ulate all thelr returss and mey not de e until the final day fer reperting, November 1, Obvieusly, great chang- es may be made in the total between now and Thursday, Rvery Distriet Beyond Minimum: © “It peems certain that every Alstrict bas_gene wel! past its minimum and that weveral will exceed their maxi- mum sufficientiy to earry the weaker districts te the high murk in the gen- eral total, “New Vork, Chi e T e Atreng in the lnte returns. How far Now York will g6 over its maximum is a matter of conjecture. Some think that the excess may reach $250,000,000, Chicage distriet chalrmen have be- gun to feel that thelr total may reach the maximum of $700.000,000, Every message today from Chicago showed new increnses, “Heads of othen districts rose Infre, quently trom thelr avalanche of re- turns long enough to ask (hat final judgmert not be passed upon them for @ fow duvs unul ail wales have been theroughly canvassed. Chicago and Kaneas City, The Chicago and Kansas Clty dfs- triots ment tne nearest gaaplete to- tals yet recelved. | “‘Bvery state in our district has exceeded its minimum allotmont,” the Minneapolis district reported. ‘Many townships have sold bonds to every family, Large manufacturing estab- lishments have sold bends to every employe. Some of the former most rabid German gympatluzers, including ministers, were now staunch support- ers of the government and for the last week have heen saollciting sales.’ Final Reports Delayed. “At last reports virtually every part of the San Francisco district had pass- ed its minimum and many had gone beyond their maximum. Messages from the Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louls and Richmond districts tol1 of great dis- plays of enthusiasm on the last day of the sale, but added that many reports on_final totals were badly deloyed. “Indians have subscribed $3.266.750, according to the latest reports by Cato Sells, commissioner of Indian affairs. “Figures now in show :2-: the army has subscribed somethind over $82.- 000,000. About $50,000,000 has been ai- loted iby_soldlers, to the fedcral bank at New York. General Pershing ca- bled that $5,784,600 has been subscrib- ed by the American expeditionary forc- es in France.” PRESIDENT WILSON 18 GATHERING TESTIMONY From Prominent Americans Recently Returned From Europe. Washington, Oct. 28—From a num- ber of prominent Americans recently HEAD OF PEOPLE’'S CHURCH SEIZED AT NEWPORT, KY. Shoved Into an Auto, Handcuffed and Driven Away. Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 28 —Herbert S. Bigelow, head of the People’s Church and prominent as a member and lead- ér of the Paople's Council, whose pacifist utterances brought about the raiding by federal authorities re- cently, was seized tonight in front of the 0dd Fellows’ hall in Newnort, Ky., across the river from here, shoved in- to a waiting automobile, = handcuffed and driven quickly away. Bigelow was to address a meeting of socialists today. Ase he stepped from his.automobile in front of the hall, four men rushed up, inquired as to his name, and before his friends could interfere, was _being speeded away. At a late hour tonight Bigelow could not be located. He was spirit- ed away so quickly that it was im- possible to ascertain whether he was under formal arrest. or was the vic- tim of a kidnapping plot. Federal authorities declined to comment. Lo- cal pclice profess they know nothing concerning the affair. Socialist leaders appealed to Newport, Covington and Cincinnati police to assist in locating their Ieader. Bigelow has been prominent in Ohlo politics for several Vears and in 1912 was president of the Ohio constitu- tional convention. Three Massachusetts firms were awarded contracts for 150,000 pairs of shoes for the navy. returned from European war fronts President Wilson is _gathering _first hand testimony concerning conditions there and among civilian populations of America’s allies. Men Wwho ha: made observations within the last few Weeks across the water have been wel- come visitors to the White House, where they have been plied with ques- tious by the president. So far the answers almost universal- 1y have been that the great mass of civilians of ¥ranche, England, Russia, Italy nd other allies want no cessa- tion of the war until Germany’s men- acc 1s removed. Peace agitation, food riots and. cther seeming indications of ‘diesatisfaction, reported occasionally by cable from allied countries, said to be caused by only small portions of the peoples, rep:#:sent the spirit of the nations no more than cases of draft resistance represent America’s ideas. BRIDGEPORT WOMAN SUICIDES IN MAINE. The Body of Mrs. Mabel Orters Found in Lake Sebasticook. Newport, Me., Oct. 28.—The body of Mrs. Mabel Orters of Bridgeport, Conn.,, who has been missing _since Oct. 12, was found in Sebasticook lake night. In a pocket was a note indicating that she contemplated sui- cide because of grief over the death of her husband. Mrs. Orters was 45 years of age. She had been visiting friends in Bangor just before her dis- appearance. Ithaca, N. Y., s to devote part of !its energy to raising hoss. REVEALED IN TRANSLATION OF LUXBURG DESPATCHES, A SENSATION CREATED Newspapers of Rio Janeiro Demand Publication of the Despitches, Which Have Been Sent to Washington for Translation.- Buenos Alres, Oot. 28.—A sensation has been occasioned hore by the pub- lication of despatches from Rio Janel- ro asserting that the Brasilian forelgn | minister has made it known that translation of despatches sent Count Luxxbitg, through the medium of the Bwedish legation, whils the count was German minister to Ar- gentina, has revealed & project for a German Invasion of Southern Brazil. Government Critloized. The newspapers here demand that the gevernment publish the Luxburg despatches or else authorize their pub- Lcatien by a foreign government, (The despatches were sent to Washington for trunslation and the “forsign gov- ernment” referred to evidently is the United Btafee.) The Argentinian gov- groment is being criticized for its si- ence. It was reperted unofficially last Feb- ruary that bands of armed Germans, presumully sailors interned In Argen- tlng, hud crossed the Prazilian border, Carreira de Ireitas, u Brasilian ex- deputy, at that time denounced eper- ations ‘carried on in southern Braell, where there Is a large German ele- ment, In connection with the Hamburg eolorization cempany. Tt was report- ed that this company purposed to col- oniss a section of southern Brazil, ad- mitiing only Germans, In April it wes reperted that Germans In seuth- era Brezil were cencentrating and that a German insurreetion was Dbeing planned. - PRAYER.FOR SucCESS OF NATION'S ARMS Were 8ald In Churches and Hom Threughout U. 8. Yesterday. Washingten, Oct, 23—In churches And hemes threughout the country to- day Amerieans, led by their nresident, bawed In gelemn prayer for success thely ‘s arms. It wan the destgnated by a since ‘the United Btates entered the war, On_warships and at “aval shore sta- tlons the day was also observed with memerial services for the 8 sallers lost -in the sinking of the American transport Antilles, At Central Presbyterian church here the president and Mrs. Wilson heard the ov, Pr, James II. Taylor utter th ipplication: lemomboring alwavs the teachings of Chriat, we must belleve that our oauro at this time is just, ‘We pra; theerfore, O God, that the Iberty an demoovaey with ‘which our nation is bleseed shall be shared with peoples lean fortunate, oven at the cost of the blood of our sons, May. tho time come apeedily when nations, great and small, powerful or wealk, may be free te work out thelr ideals without threats or menace. May we be part of Thy agency. Thy agency on earth to bring theso blessings to the world.” BIDDLE APPOINTED ASBISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF Post Has Been Vacant Since Gen. Bliss Was Mades Chief of Staff. Washington, Oct. 28, — Secretary Baker tonight announced the apnoint- ment of Major General John H. Biddle, as assistant chief of staff, a post va- cant since General Bliss succeeded Major General Scott as chief of staf. General Biddle has a reputation for executive ability. As a colonol he or- zanizéd and commanded an.ensgineer regiment which was umong the first ops sent abroad in the war. ecretary Baker made it plain re- cently tho* he did not regard the se- lection of an assistant chief of staft as a vreliminary to the naming of a new enlef of staff to succeed General Bliss when the Jatter reaches,retire- mient awe December 31 My Eaker said that the matter of naming a new chief of staff was not now under consideration and that when it did become necessary. every effort will he made to select the men best fitted for the post, regardless of any auestion or precedent. GEN| TWO GUNNER'S MATES LOST + BY CAPSIZING OF BARGE They Were Attached to Deep Sea Div- ing Force of the Navy. An Atlantic Port, Oct. 28—Two war- rant officers attached to a_ deep sea diving force of the United States navy lost their lives by the capsizing of a barge in a_storm early vesterday. Thev were Rudolph Zugehor, son of B. C. Zugehor of Webster, N. Y., and Charles Henry Blinn of Minneapolis. Both were gunner's mates, second class. With a_ companion, Gunner's Mate Michaels, they went on a deep sea div- ing barge In tow of a warship when a heavy sea raised by a sudden squall overturned the barge. _The warship lowered boats in the midst of the tem- pest and succeeded in rescuing Mi- chaels but the other men were drown- ed. Zugehor was 23 years of age. Blinn was 24. The barge was saved. MUST ANSWER INDICTMENT CHARGING CONSPIRACY Francis_Mille W. W, Who Was Arrested at Providence. Providence, R. I, Oct. 28—Francis Miler, arrested here in the recent roundup of members of the Industrial Workers of the World, yesterday agreed to jreturn next. Tuesday to Chicago, to answer a federal indict- ruent charging cy against the United' States. Counsel for Miller, who had opposed an order of removal, stated that the prisoner was unable to furnish $20,000 bail demanded by Federal Commissioner Healy. Condensed Telegrams The United.States Emergency Fleet Corporation is being reorganized. J. F. Childs of Honolulu was appoint- ea Food Administrator for Hawali. An Italian steamer arrived at.an At- lantic port with 4,000- tons of Spanish onions. Express companies will aid Commis- sloner Hoover by expediting food ship- ments. Ahe Erie, Oswego, Seneca and Ca- yuga canals will be closed at midnight on November 15. Prosident Wilson will go to Prince- | ton to vote in the New Jersey state legislative elections. The Anaconda Copper Co., has se- cured the Orphan Boy mine, and will soon sink a shaft there. Seventy-two locomotives were turn- ed out last week by tbe Baldwin Loco- motive Works, a new record. The limited woman’s suffrage law was_held unconstitutional in Indiana by the Indiana Supreme Court. All railroads were asked to move re- frigerator cars northwest immediately to move perishable foodstuffs. Anthracite operators named A. S. Learoyd. of New York as their repre- sentative in the Fuel Administration. When the Kaiser left Constantinople on his last visit he invited the Sultan of Turkey to visit Berlin in November. The ‘State Arsenal In New York city 1s to be abandoned, the property sold and a new arsenal erected in Albany. Tumulty reiterated that 1llson would take no part| elections in New Seorstar; Presidcht Wi in the municipal York. Two of Germany’s latest guns were captured by the French in thelr cap- ture of Gobinaux. The guns were un- charged. The plant of the Canadian Explosives Co. near Montreal was blown up. It is not known yet if there were any easualties, Through trains will be run Nov. 25 on the New Haven and Pennsylvania Rallroads from Boston to St. Louls by the Hell Gate bridge. President Wilsen's. daughter, Miss Margaret Wilson, sang at Windsor Hall, Montreal {n aid of the Red Cross Booclety of Canada. The American Girls' Ald has ship- ped.since its organization 9,460 cases of clothing and other relief supplies to the war sufferers in France. 3 - Asamew fall of fifteen inches was reperted in Bliss, Wyoming Co., New York. Bean and potato crops are though to have been destroyed. Montclain, N. J., Boy 8couts appear- ed in New York with a home-made tank mounted on an automobile. The boys were selling Liberty Bonds, The German Government has sanc- tioned visits of the Y. M. C. A. secre taries to camps where Americans may be in terned during the period of the war, Mexico la sending & commission to Washiniton to try to arrange a steady supply of corn and American gold for Mexico in return for silver conces- slons, Perry C. Hays, of Mendon, Ohio., one of the Consular Service men of the United Statos, declared that the Chil- ean army 1s pro-German and the navy pro-Ally, The exeoutive council of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor has decided | to participate in an international con- ference of workmen and Soclalists of all countries. When William J. Bryan 3 fused permission to speak at Camp Sheridan on woman _suffrage, " he | spoke on patriotism to western Penn- sylvania troop: Two Mount Holyoke College girls have completed a month's service as apprentice drivers on a milw wagon at South Hadley, Mass. They have prov- ed very efficient. According to evidence -gathered at Vancouver army camp, mules have been stabbed and bread was found poisoned. German sples are thought to be at work again. Abe L. Cugorman, Minesota secre- tary of the Socialist party, was sen- tenced to three years in the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary for influenc- ing men to evade the @iraft law. was re- The French Cabinet was upheld by a small véte. On Oct. 31 Premier Painleve’s Ministry obtained 346 fav- orable votes and on Oct. 25 obtained only 288, little more than one-half. Col. Dan T. Moore, of the 310th Fleld Artillery Regiment at Camp Meade, Maryland. is the man who struck the blow that resulted in the blinding of one eye 6f Theodore Roose- velt. The seventsen Mexicans, who were ordered deported from Mexico and re- ported as having been unable to enter the United States, were able to enter this cuntry aftér a few hurs of for- malities. Stamford police are searching for clues that will lead to the identity of a driver of an automobile that ran down and seriously hurt Mrs. Henry Wittenbrock yesterday and then drove away without offering assistance. Recruiting officers for Paderewskl’s Polish army recelved applications for enlistment in_the army from thirty young Poles of Waterbury at the con- clusion of a mass meeting there vesterday_afternoon . NEW YORK OVERSUBSCRIBES MAXIMUM ALLOTMENT Final Returns in From Only a Small Part of the District. New York, Oct. 28.—Indications that the $1,600,000,000 maximum Liberty loan allotment of the New York fed- eral reserve dlstrict has been heavily over-subscribed, grew today when it was found that up to early evening $1,335,705,850 had been actually re- ceived at the federal reserve bank ‘with final returns in from only a small part of the district. ASKS CO-OPERATION IN CONSERVING FOOD President Wilson Calls Upon Every Home and" Eating Place to Pledge Its Support INAUGURATES THE FA MILY ENROLLMENT WEEK Everybody in the Country Will be Asked to Become a Mem- ber of the Food Administration—People Requested to Economize in the Use of Food, so as to Insure an Ade- quate Supply Both for Our Own Soldiers and for the Civil Population and the Armies of the Allies—By so Doing May Olztain and Establish Reasonable Prices at % Home. Washington, Oct. 28. — President (world now dependent upon us we Wilson in a statement today urged [shall not only be able to wccomplish every home and public eating place |our obligations to them, but we sha in the United States to pledge its sup- |cbtain and establish reasona prices port to the food administration and tojat home. To provide an adec compiy with its raquests. His appeal|supply of food, both for our own marked ‘the inwugiration ‘of = family |dlers on the other xide of the seas enrollment week, during Which evarss |and for the civil populations and the body in the country Wil be asked to|armies of the allics 1s one of our firs Lecome a member of the food admin-|and foremost obligations; for we istration in order to assure nation-|are to maintain their constancy 1 wide co-operation in food conserva- |this struggle for the independ of tion. all nations we must first maintain The president said that in no other |their health and strength. The o way thap through this co-operation of the pm;&e can the ration accomplish its objeck in the.war. The statement follows: “The chiéf part of the burden of finding food supplies for the peopics associated with us In war falls for the present upon American people and the drain upon suppiies on such a_scale nccessarily affects the prices of our necesseric- of life. ur country, however, s blessed with an abundince or ioodstuffs and if our people will economize in their use of food, providently confining themselves to the quantities Tequired for the maintenance of health and strength; it they will eliminate waste; and if they will make use of those commodities of which we have o sur- Dlus and thus free for export a larger proportion of those required by the lution of our food problems, therefore, is dependent upon the individual ser vice of every man, woman and child in the United States. The great vol- untary effort in this direction wihich nas been initiated and organized by the food administration under a rection offers an opportunity of ser- vice in the war which Is open to ev- ery individual and by which every ir dividual may serve botl his own peo ple and the peoples of the world “We cannot accomplish our ob Jects in this great war without sac rifice and devotion and in no direc- tion can that sacrifice and devotion be shown more than b: ch home and public eating place‘in the countr pledging its support to the food ad ministration and complying with its requests. “WOODROW WILSON.” SECRETARY M'ADOO STRONG FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Acserts His Belief That Women Are Qualified for the Bafiot. Washington, Oct, 28.—Secretary Mc- Ao tonight issued a statement as- serung his belief that ~ women are qualified for the ballot and expressing the hope that they would get it in New York. Mr. McAGeo eaid: ““The time has come when suffrage should be glven to the women of America. It should be given promptly; it should be given ungrudgingly; it should be given gladly. The women of the United States have in every way, especially since this war has broken out, shown themselves qualified for tie right of suffr; “When America emerges from &}is war, as she will, with enhanced pres- tige’ and responsibilities to the whole wcrld, women and men alike must, upon a perfect eqyality, so far as their civil status is concerned, work out the momentous problems of the future as equal partners. “It 1s my earnest hope that the great state of New York will take the lead among the states of the east in doing justice to its women. The constitu- | tional amendment to be voted upon XNov. 6 should be adopted. 1& New York sets such an example to the country of just and progressive ac- tion, 1t will not be long before women realize the benefits of full citizenship in every state of- the. union.” AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE FIRED THEIR FIRST SHOT s Look for a Great Display When They “Go Over the Top. London, Oct. 28.—News that the American’ troops have fired their first shot of the war on the western front took the place of honor jn the Sunday Al ‘| papers with the first American offi- cial statement from Paris. The an- nouncement was received with great enthusiasm by the American congress. men who are here. They said it would carry ' profound satisfaction to the people of America. Telling of' the event, the correspondent of the Weelk- ly Despatch says: “The allles are extremely . fortunate in having American troops take a place in the line at a comparatively quiet time of the year. During the winter they will have ample opportu- nity of mastering the intricacies of trench warfare which never can be taught satisfactorily behind the lines. Within four or five months they should become seasoned troops and the aliles confidently look to a great display ‘when they ‘go over the top.'” PARIS ELATED OVER ENTRY OF U, 8. TROOPS TO TRENCHES Fact Was Featured in All the Morn- ing Newspaper Paris, Oct. 28.—The first American communication announcing the pres- ence of American troops in the trench- es on the battle front, to which For- eign Minister Barthou made reference Thursday night, 18 printed prominent. iy in all the morning newspapers to- day. The newspapers in editorial ar- ticles express joy over the announce- ment. Director of Mint Baker Injured. "Washington, Oct. 28.—Raymond T. Baker, director of the mint, is suffer ing from painful injurles received last night when his automobile skidded and ruck a lamp post. Severe bruises about the chest and head probably will | keep him away from his office for sev- eral weeks. Mr. Baker was on his way to call at Secretary Tumulty's home when the accident happened and he was carried there for first aid treatment. OPTIONS TAKEN ON SUGAR BY FOOD ADMINISTRATOR. Held in This Country Awaiting Ship- ment to Neutral Countries. Washington, Oct. 28.—Options been taken by the food admini have ation upon all the sugar belonging to neu tral countries held in this country awaiting export. This was disclosed tonight In a statement by the admin istration denying published reports that it was trring to force the neu- trals, unable io get export licenses, to sell their sugar as a loss. The op: tions are at the prices pald the neutrals. No figures were given, but the administration said that with tariff duty added the average price would be 50 cents a hundred higher than the price it has undertaken to maintain for the benefit of the Amor ican consuming pubiic. There is no indication of an intention to permit the cost to the public to be increased, so probably few of the options will be exercised for dcmestic uses The administration emphatically de- ried that it had placed any restriction upon the sale of sugar by neutrals to American manufacturers. The only purpose in limiting such sale to m ufacturers, the statement said, was t avoid disturbing the general market and thus eliminate the necessity of corsumers paying more than the basi fixed by the government. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS FIRED ON BY RUSSIAN ARTILLERY For Fraternizing With Germans—Of- ficial Announcement Made. Petrograd, Oct. 28.—(Pritish Admi- ralty Per Wireless Press). Russian soldiers who fratcrnized with Ger mans were fired on by Russian art lery vesterday, says today's officia communication. The announcement follows: “On all fronts there were fusillad and reconnoitering operations “In the region of Iiliukst severml scores of our men fraternized wit the Germans. The troops so engaged were dispersed by our artillery fire The Germans also attempted to fra ternize in the region of Krevo and near the village of Larovo, southeast of Baranovichi. “In_the Baltic' Sea, the. Gulf of Finland, there wer operations. On the Riga coast t situation is unchanged. OBSERVANCE OF FOUNDERS' DAY AT WHEATON COLLEGE In the re: A New Chapel, Like Old Meeting House, Was Dedicated. Norton, Mass., Oct. 28.—The ded! cation of a new chapel, bullt the lines of the traditional New land meetinghouse, Marked the servance of Founders' Day at Wh ton Collegp vesterday. Governor M Call, Ralph Adams Cram cf Bosto; architect of the chapel, and President Samuel Valentine Cole of the college delivered addresses. PREMIER KERENSKY HAS GONE TO THE FRONT. War Minister Begins Reorganization of the Russian Army. Petrograd, Oct. 25— Premier Keren sky has gornie to the front. The news papers today publlsh a note to the effect that the war minister has begun the elaboration of a scheme for rworganization or part of the army the basis of separate natlonalities As the result of the continuance of disorders, martial law has been pro- mluimed 1n many cities and towns the on