Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 30, 1917, Page 1

= VOL. LIX.—NO. 359 5 POPULATION 29,919 - *NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917 TEN PAGES—76 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS ITALIANS FORCED BACK T0 UDINE German and Austro-Hungarian Troops Are Operating Fast in Endeavor to Crush Forces of Gen. Cadorna CEEE R T ITALIAN LEADER REPORTS TEUTONS CHECKED Cadorna Says That All Movements Ordered by the General ; Staff Are Being Carried Out in Regular Order and That the Italians Are Checking Enemy’s Advance Into the Plains—Great Britain and France are Sending Troops to Aid the Italians—The Teutonic Allied Offensive is Said to Have Unified Parties in Italy—Germans Continue to Withdraw From the Russian Front. ~ . { _From the head of the Gulf of Triest morthward along the Isonzo front to beyond Tolmino and thence westward through the Carnic Alps region to the Ploecken Pass, forming the eastern and northeastern boundaries of the Austro-Italian war front, the Germans and Austro-Hungarian troops are op? erating fast and strongly against the Italians in an endeavor to crush the forces of General Cadorna. the enemy, according to the German official communication, is standing before the town of Udine, the former grand headquarters of the Italian army, having driven on past Cividale. In the press westward from Gorizia he has captured the town of Cormons, ten miles southeast of Udine and the entire Italian line southward 1o the head of the Adriatic is reported o be in retreat. In addition to the wedges driven in- to the Italian front on the east and northeast, the Teutonic allies ~have started a third wedge in the north through the Ploecken pass, their hope evidently being to'cut off the retreat of the greater portion of General Ca- dorna’s armies moving west and southwest. The Italian commander- in-chief, however, reports that his men are checking the advance in this region. Bvidently the ‘weakness among the Italians has been entircly overcome, as Cadorna says that ail movements* ordered by the general staff now are being carried out in reg- ular order and thasthe Italians fuifilling thefr duty by keeping i check the enemy’s advance into the plains.” Meantime in order to aid the Ital- ifans in their hour of trouble, Great Britain and France are preparing to lend immediate aid and the possibility is that already troops are being hast- ened across the western Itallan fron- tler and by way of Turin and Milan to the battle front in the east. As a result of the Teutonic allied offensive internal conditions in Italy are declared to have been unified, the preponderating idea of the entire pop- ulation now being to abolish party lines in order to meet the situation in the best interests of the country. Even the cabinet crisis is_expected to be solved with comparatively few changes in portfolios. On the western front in France and Belgium little fighting has taken place except in the nature of bombardments, although on the Verdun front the Ger- mans in an attack near Chaume wood captured a portion of a French trench. Later, however, they were driven ,ouf from the most of it. - On that portion of the line held by the Americans the first German pris- oner taken has died of wounds sus- tained in No Man’s Land when he failed to obey a command to halt. The Americans daily are shelling the Ger- mans, with the Germans answering their fire. Snow has fallen in the region where the Americans are en- trenched. On the Russian front the Germans in_their continued evacuation have withdrawn from the entire Werder peninsule, projecting into Moon Sound n the Gulf of Riga. The possibility is that their ill-success in landing fur- ther forces last week caused the de- cision to withdraw troops. SOUTHERN PINE LUMBER FOR SHIP TIMBERS o Be Furnished as Fast as Needed by Producers. Washington, Oct. 29.—Southern pine e today with shipping board officials &ave assurance that they will furnish ehip timbers for the wooden _ship- building programme as fast as needed by building concerns. The shipping board had threatened to take over and operate lumber mills unless timber Y2 forthcoming in more liberal quan- tities. Delays in delivery of timber, it is declared, have serfously hampered ‘wooden 'shipbuilding operations along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Ship- ping board officlals blame the bulld- Brs, however, as well as the timber roducers. Inexperienced _construc- ors, in many instances, it is declared, have laid down keels for too many ships instead of proceeding with the ronstruction Of a few at a time. This s said to have made it hard for the jumber men to meet their require ments. On the other hand, the lumber pro- ducers, it is claimed, have shipped ma- terial to fill private contducts ahead of government orders because of high- er prices pald. FIRST GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR TAKEN BY AMERICANS Died in an American Field Hospital— Shot in No Man’s Land. With the American Army in France, Oct. 29—(By Tho Associated Press).— The first German prisoner of war taken by the American expeditionary forces died today in an American field hoepital, having been shot when he encountered an American patrol in No Man’s Land in front of the American trenches. He, with another German, was dis- covered Saturday night by the patrol and was called upon to halt. _The Germans ran, the patrol fired and one of the enemy was hit. The prisoner was treated at a dressing station and removed to a field hospital, where the combined efforts of several surgeons fafleg to save his life. The prisoner was a malfl carrier and Jetters of some value were found on him. He explained his presence near the American trenches, saying he had Jost his way in the dark. He declared that the German soldiers did not know that Americans were on the front in Fm.nce. The officers tell them noth- ng. 2 UNLOADING FACILITIES AT FRENCH PORTS IMPROVED, ‘Will Greatly Aid the Transport of Sup- plies to American Troops. ‘Washington, Gct. 29.—The statement ©of Captain Andre Tardieu, head of the epecial French high commission, that the unloading facflities of French pdrts Fave been so improved as to enable discharge of the carzo of a_5,000-ton ship in elght days is regarded as of tremendous impcrtance to the Ameri- can army transport of supplies to_the troops at the front and to the Red Crose and other agencies sending vast quantities of material to the civil pop- wiation. General Gonzales Has Not Rebelled. Mexico City, Oct. 29.—Gen. Porfirio Gonzales, who recently was reported to have rebelled against the government it Aldamas near the Tamaullpas- euvo Leon boundary, arrived here today. He denled that he had been in gsms against the government. LIBERTY LOAN WELL BEYOND FIVE BILLION Thursday is the Last Day on Which to Make Returns. ‘Washington, Oct. 29. — Liberty loan tabulations were at a standstill at the treasury tonight, awaiting further re- ports the federal reserve banks. On the basis of estimates already in hand officlals are confident that the flood of subscriptions during the clos- ing hours of the campaign Saturday carried the loan well beyond the $5,- 000,000,000 mark, but virtually no fig- ures were received today on which to bass an accurate estimte of the grand otal. The treasury has decided to make no further announcements until Nov. 1, Thursday, by which time the re- serve banks are expected to have their reports somewhere near final shape. After a day of rest yesterday, the banks' officers and employes devoted themselves to tabulating results today and most of them did not even com- municate with Washington. Thursday is the last day on which subscription agencies, including 26,- 000 banks, can make their returns to the federal reserve banks. TC SUPERVISE ALL FLOUR MILLING BUSINESS ‘And All Handlers Doing a Business of Over $100,000 a Year. ® New York, Oct. 29.—Supervision over jobbing departments of flour mils and other wheat flour jobbers, whole- sejers, retailers, brokers, agents, blend- ers and reconditioners, where such businesses are operated as an auxiliary tv a flour milling business, or as part of such a business, is to be exercised Dby the milling, division of the federal food administration, it was announced here today. The action is taken undar the president’s food proclamation of Oct. 8 and applies to handlers of flour and mill products doing a business in excess of $100,000 @ year, who aro in- structed to make, immediate applica- tion for licenses.’ They will receive from the milling division a form of Qquestionaire repuiring a detailed de- pectrbiontior | their relations with the lour mills with which the; o= e y are asso Thereafter. they will be required to make monthly reports to the miling ivision setting forth the volume of business done and profits earned. COSTELLO PLEADED GUILTY TO INSUBORDINATION Courtmartialed For Assaulting poral Krog at Camp Devens. Cor- Ayer, Mass., Oct. 29.—At ths trial by courtmartial here today of Frank Keenan and Nicholas Costello of Bridgeport members of the 304th In- fantry for assault on Corporal Krog two weeks ago Costello pleaded guilty to insubordination and nssault but said he was not guilty of assault with in- tent t)> murder. Keenan will be tried next week. B L WEDDING. T Ryan—Cuyler. Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 29.—Thom- as F. Ryan, New York financier, and Mrs. Cornelius C. Cuyler of New York were married here today in the winter chapel of the Holy Comforter Catholic church, the pastor, the Rev. Thomas A. Rankin, officiating. Der. 1. Alder- man, president of the University ' of Virginia, and Mrs. Alderman, were the only witnesses "Cabled Paragraphs American Saili London, - Oct. sailing ship gross, has been' Y @ sub- marine. She was taken in tow by the submarine after being abandoned by the crew. NATIONAL ARMY MEN - EAGER TO GO TO FRANCE ‘When Given Choice a Majority Select Combatant Branches. Washington, Oct. 29.—Most of the young men called for service in the national army want to go to France as lighting men and they want to get there quickly. Tieports from five or six of the big training camps, Secretary Baker an- nounced torizhi, show that when ask- ed what they want to do the great majority of the select men say they don’t care what their job is to be just 5o they get tg France among the first, and ther when given a choice between the combatant and non-combatant branches most of them elect to be Sighters. “The beys at the front and getting ready to go there are all right” is the verdict of the secretary, who re- cently visited several training camps in the east and south. “Our nation need have nothing but mounting pride at the spectacle they present. “In_these camps,” sald Mr. Baker's statement, “each man s asked ‘What do you want to do? I have had reports from five or six of the largest camps and they show that the majority an- swered in effect: I don’t care what I do just so I get to France among_the first’ The next question asked them 15 “What branch of the service do you prefer? Now, one who didn't know America would- expect “them to sav, “Well, I have been working in a store; T have been a hand on a farm;’ ‘T have been a mechanic;’ T have been a clerk;’ T don't know much about guns and cannon, perhaps some one of the non-combatant places is the place where I can render the best service.’ But what is the fact? More than one- third have asked to go into the infan- try service. The. next choice is the light artillery; the next is the heavy artillery service; the next is the avi- ation service. “So that what they asked for in a tremendously predorfinating majority of instances Is, not the non-combatant service for which their previous ex- perience might well qualify them, but the fighting branch, so that they can take the risk of fighting for then country with the real weapons of war. One "day’s _examinaation at Camp Upton, New York, for preference as to branch service, showed, infantry 722; cavalry six, field and heavy artillery 427; coast artillery 52; engineers 183; signal corps and aviation 123; medical corps 53; quartermaster corps 561: ordnance’ 17; machine guns 7; trains 4; veterihary service 1. 'NEW REVOLUTIONARY . MOVEMENT IN MEXICO Reports That Diaz Seeks to Overthrow “Carranza Party. Bl Paso, Texas, Oct. 29.—Reports that have' been reaching the border for more than a month of a new revo- lutionary movement in Mexico head- ed by General Felix Diaz were fol- lowed by the receipt here of what purported to be a copy of a manifesto issued by General Diaz calling for the support of all who are in sympathy with a new movement. The purpose is said to be the overthrow of the so- called “Carrancista party” and the restoration of the constitution of 1857. The manifesto is dated Camp Buena Vista, state of Vera Cruz, September 3, 1917. It calls especially for the support of members of the old federal army which, it says, has not been dis- solved, but was dispersed because of special circumstances. According to weports received here, the newest activities af Diaz and his supporters have been confined to the south of Mexico, or “Cientiefico” wle- ment and the old clerical party lead- ers. Rumors of German influence be- hind this movement have not been confirmed. RECRUITS FLOCKING TO FIRST CONN. INFANTRY Following Announcement That Ameri- can Troops Are in Trenches. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 29. — The news that American troops have open- G fire on the Germans has stimulated enlistments here, is the opinion ®° Major W. A. Mercer, in charge of the Iccal United States recruiting statigh. Today 38 men were accepted for the ermy and sent to army reservation camps. Recruits are also now flock- ing to, join the First Connecticut in- fantry, encamped near the Yale bowl, says Captain James A. Ramsay, in charge of the recruiting here. This state now has furnished 760 more than its ‘quota for the regular army and there is still a call for hundreds of artisans. ALL PACKING PLANTS UNDER FEDERAL CONTROL. After Nov.-1st They Will Be Operated Under License. Chicago, Oct. 29.—Official announce- ment Was made today that every pack- ing plant in the country is under full control by the government and that after the first of November the control will be_ absolute, operation of the plants then being under license. The announcement was coincident with the grand jury drive against high priced milk and was made by Joseph P. Cotton, chief of the meat division of the food administration, and Prof. Charles McCarthy of the University of ‘Wisconsin, personal representative of Food Administrator Hoover, after weeks of the investigation of the Chi- cago packing plants, ‘Within a short time meat price bul- letins will appear with the food admin- istration’s bulletins, BETTING FAVORS HYLAND IN NEW YORK ELECTION Tammany Man is | to 2 Favorite; Was 2 to 5—Mitchel is 2 to 1. New York, Oct. 29.—Betting odds on Judge John F. Hylan's chances for clection in the mayoralty campaign lengthened slightly today, when a curb broker announced the placing of $15, 000 of Tammany money at odds of 1 to 2 on their candidate against Mayor Mitchel. _Odds on Hylan have been 2 to 5. The Mitchel odds remained at 2 to 1 against the mayor. Morris_Hillquith, the soclalist can- didate, was quoted at § to 1 against, and the odds against ex-Senator Wil jam M. Bennett were 8 to 1. There was little betting on either Hillquit or Ben- nett. |Steamer Bearing Solons Attacked BY A U-BOAT OFF THE COAST OF WALES FORCED TO SUBMERGE Gunners of the Steamer Opened Fire ner for Senators Immediately—I and Representatives at Athenian “Club. London, Oct. 20.—The steamer on which were United States Senators John D. Kendrick of Wyoming, and Willlam S. Kenyon of Towa, and Rep- resentatives John J. Rogers of Massa- chusetts and James S. Parker, of New York, was attacked by a German sub- marine off the coast of Wales Satur- day. The gunners on the steamer opened fire immediately and the sub- marine submerged before having time to launch a torpedo. At a dinner given at the Athenaeum club tonight by the lord high chan- cellor, Sir R. B. Finlay, in honor of the American senators «nd representa- tives, the chancellor confirmed the re- port of the attack on the liner. FRENCH PRESS REGRETS ACTION AGAINST DAUDET Government is Accused of Attempting to Sidetrack Inquiry Into German Intrigu Parls, Oct. 29.—The police search for evidence concerning a supposs1 Royal- ist plot was continued today. Leon Daurler, editor of the Royalist organ, L'Action Francaise, whose offices were searched yesterday, was not permitted to leave his house this morning, and a policeman was posted at the door to see (hat he did not receipe reporters, a host of whom were there. In the resi- dences of M. Daudet and Charles Maurras, co-director of ‘the newspa- per. further documents and miscella- neous weapons were found. M. Daudet rediculed the whole affair, saying all he could do was to thank the government for giving his news- paper and himeelf such a splendid free advertisement. Public opinion, as voic- ed in the press, deprecates tho govern- ent's action, regarding it as ill-ad- vised, Inasmuch as it lends exagger- ated importance to the Royalist agi- tation. Gustave Herve, in La Vie- toire, says: “It is at a_moment when cvery one is astonished that the traitors and agents of Germany have not vet been judged and shrot that the government attacks one of. those who dsnounced them. It attacks him, not for the pre- cise and real offence of spreading alarmist reports concerning M. Mal- vy (former minister of the interior, who was charged by M. Daudet with pro-German activigles), but for 1 do not know what ridiculous plot against the state.” Former Premier Clemencean says in his newspaper, L'Homme Inchaine, that he thoroughly agrees prosecution of slandersrs, but con- demns what he calls “manoeuvres to divert or delay operations, winther le- gal- or political, whose inspiration it is not difficult to discover.” EMPEROR CHARLES HAS CONGRATULATED KAISER | ©On the Capture of the Ital 2 lale. n Town of Amsterdam, Oct. 29.—A deapateh re- ceived here from Vienna says Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary has con- gratulated Emperor William on _the capture of the Italian town of Civi- dale by the German troops and has thanked the emperor for placing at his disposal “ a number of your splendid divisions. “The attacking energy of your troops,” said the message of the Aus- trian monarch, “proved, as ever, to be unconquerable* Emperor William in reply sent the following telegram to Emperor Charles: “The operations so successfully be- gun under your command against the Italian army give promise of progress. I rejoice that beside your well-tried Isonzo fighters the German troops in comradeship of arms have beaten our disloyal former ally. Congratulations on the capture of Gdrizia and the Carso plateau. Forward with God.” MEANS CHARGED WITH . MURDER OF MRS. KING Has Been in Jail at Concord, N. C., Since Sept. 21. Concord, N. C., Oct. 29.—The grand Jury today presented a bill of indict- ment charging Gaston D. Means with the murder of Mrs. Maud A King of New York and Chicago who, was shot near here August 2. Means who was Mrs. King's business agent has been in jaii here since September 21, when he was bound over to the grand jury. Means and Mrs. King were said to have been preparing shortly before her death to file a seconq will of her hus- Dband, the late J. A. King of Chicago, which wauld give her son $2,000,000 af present held in trust. BILL POSTING CASE HEARD BY JUDGE THOMAS, All the Arguments Made and De cision is Reserved. New Haven, Conn., Oct, 29.—The in= junction brought against Chief of State Police Egan by the Hartford Posting Advertising company to prevent en- forcement of the Hcense law on bill posting companies was heard by Judge Edwin S, Thomas in the United States district court here today. All the ar- guments were made and Judge Thomas reserved decislon. The posting com- pany, through its counsel, arzued that the license law passed by the last leg- islature is unconstitutional. DECREASE IN DIVIDENDS OF BOSTON ELEVATED ROAD This Year 3 1-2 Per Cent.—Previous to 1916, 6 Per Cont. Was Paid. Boston, Oct. 29.—Directors of the ‘Boston Blevated Railway company, which operates the elevated, subway and most of the surface car system i Boston, today passed the regular quarterly dividerd. Stockholders this year have received 3 1-2 per cent. in dividends. Previous to 1916, 6 per cent. had been pgid for wany yeexs, with the ! To Take Custody of EnemLPropeny UNDER PROVISIONS OF TRADING- WITH-THE-ENEMY LAW ARRANGEMENTS MADE First Receipt Was a Draft for $100,000, Which Was Invested Liberty Bonds—Ultimate Disposition R With Congress. ‘Washington, ORt. 20.—Arrangements were made today at a conference be- tween President Wilson and A. Mit- chell Palmer, custodian of enemy property to put into complete opera- tion the provisions of the trading with the enemy law for custody of prop- erty 4n this country, of citizens of Germany and of countries allied with Germany. Receipt of enemy property already has begun, the first receipts being a draft for $100,000 voluntarily tendered the custodian, who promptly invested in Liberty bonds. . Preparing to Enforce the Law. Mr. Palmer said after the confers ence with the president that he was preparing to enforce the law as it stands for takinz over property of citizens of nations allied with Ger- many as well as that of Germans. He explained] that the president might uspend the law’s operations as to property of Turkish, Bulgarian, Aus- trian and other allied citizens whose nations are not at war with the Unit- ed States, aithouzsh that question has not been discussed. B Ultimate disposition of _property taken over by his office, Mr. Palmer explained, rests with congress. which must decide whether it shall be con- fiscated or merely held in trust during the war by the custodian as a trus- ce. COMMANDER LUCKNER OF SEEADLER CAPTURED Islands by Figian Constab- ulary, September 1. Off the A Pacific Port, Oct. 29.—Count Von Luckner, commander of the German raider Seeadler, was caytured Septem- ber 21 off the Fiji Isiands by Fijian constabulary, according 10 wird brought b va steamer arriving today from a trans-Pacific port. Five German members of the Secad- ler's crew were taken with their com- mander. officers of the arrfving ves- sel said. The Germans were In an armed-launch and were pursued by the constabulary, who were absard the steamer Amra. This report of the capture of the Germans confirms a message to this effect received some time ago from Australia. Just what became of others of the Seeadler’s crew is nol known. One report was that they were at sea in a commandeerad vessel. The Seeadler, wrecked on the Mohe- pa Islards in the South Pacific some months ago, sank three American ves- sels during her cruise in the Pacific. Previously, in the Aflantic. she put an end to sixteen vessels of various types. News of the destructior of the Seead- ler was announced in Washinzton Oct. 4. GRADE CROSSING ACCIDENT AT WINDSOR LOCKS s A. Price of Dorchester Killed When Auto Was Struck: Windsor Locks, Conn, Oct. 20— Pliss A. Price of Dorchester, Mass., was killed here tonight when'a train hit an automobile he was driving across an unprotected railroad cross- ing. He was on his way to Boston from Bridgeport, where he had just Fought the car- he was in. His wife was driving behind him in another motor car in which the two had made the trip to Bridgeport earlier in the day. Mrs. Price was 5o overcome that ! she insisted on proceeding home, and her car was taken in charge by a passing autoist who volunteered to drive to Dorchester. From license cards found on_his body it would appear that Mr. Price was an automobile dealer and lived at 477 Columbla avenue, Dorchester. His skull was crushed and death was instant. BISHOP BREWSTER'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED With Special Services at Trinity Epis- copal Church, New Haven. New Haven, Conn., Oct. 29.—The twentieth anniversary of the conse- cration of Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brew- ster, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Connecticut, was observed today with_special services at Trinity Epis- copal church here. Bishop Brewster preached the sermon at the servires which began the observance, dwelling on the work of the clergy which he said was one of self-sacrifice. ‘Exercises were held during the af- ternoon at the parish house and to- night the Church Club of Connecticut will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Bishop Brewster's coming to Connec- ticut, with a banquet. About fifty clergymen of the dio- cese were present, including S: n Bishop E. C. Acheson of Middletown, Rev. Henry S. Harte, archdeacon of Hartford, Rev. Charles A. Marks of Wilton, Rev. Samuel R. Colladay of Hartford and Rev. Stephen F. Sher- man, Jr, of Bridgeport. FIRST DAY’S CAMPAIGN FOR FOOD PLEDGE CARDS Indicates a Huge Enroliment of Amer- ican Families. Washington, Oct. 29.—Scattering re- turns on the first day’s campaign for food pledge cards indicate that the hope of the food administration for a huge enrollment of the American fam- files in a food conservation army will B officiall rted 72,000 pleds lowa cf ly repo; 2 ge cards ‘signed during the day with many sections still to be heard from. Indiana, the only other state to make an official announcement, reported over 67,000 signatures. The total number of .signed pledges now stands at 2185704, including cards in the possession of the food administration as .a result of the in- formal campaign carried on early in the summer by women's organizations, schools and_other : Condensed Telegrams President Wilson issued an app to the people to contribute to the Sy ian relief fund. Germans set on fire and destroyed the German gunboat Eber at the Port of Bahia, Brazil. Navy department officials announced a plan to double the size of the Wash- ington Navy Yard. The “awkward squad” is now a reg- ular part of the activities of Mouh Holyoke college girls. Philadelphia wa severe thunder storms. out for many hours. struck with two Lights were Bituminous coal be raised 45 cents a ton more owing to the in- crease in wages of miners. Cornell University’s Liberty Loan subscriputions were $370,000. The professors alone pledged $234,550. Reports from 133 storage warehou: to Federal officials show 61,834,763 1z of frozen and cured fish on Oct. 15. Pen, Paint and Pretzels, the Tufts college dramatic society, is planning to furnish entertainment to men in army service. Two members of a Boston draft ex- emption board have donated their sal- aries to the rellef fund of Company B of the 301st infantry. Tom Longboat, twice reported killed in France, has written a letter to his former Marathon manager stating he was much alive. Food Controller Hana of Canada an- nounced that the sugar shortage was real and unless the situation improves drastic steps will be taken. On board a British steamer arriving at an Atlantic port were a scors of American ambulance drivers to enlist in other branches of the service. Official notice of the death of An- drew Courtney Campbell a young Chi- cagoan in the French flying corps was received by his parents in Chicago. Englewood, N. J., raised $2,092,250 for the second Liberty Loan. ‘The over-subscripion was more than 100 per cent. There were 2,759 subscrib- ers. Johd R. Oldficld, 59, manager of the Lawrence, Mass., opera house, and long identified with theatrical interests in New England, died suddenly of heart disease. If arrangements under way are com- pleted the Army and Navy football elevens will _play at the Polo Grounds in the last week of November for the Red Cros: Mrs. Henry Wittenbrock, who whs istruck by an automobile 'driven by some unknown person, died of her in- Juries in the Stamford hospital late yenterday. Soveral persons were killed in a rear-end collision between a Missouri, Kansas and Texas passenger train and a freight train, five miles south of Austin, Tex. M ers, N. pital ot threw herself In front locomotive. William H. Dinsen, American league umpire, is confined to hié bed at Syra- cuse, from a painful wound caused by the accidental discharging of his gun while hunting. The Liberty loan committee of the Philadelphia = resefve district an- nounced yesterday thdt the subscrip- tions in the district would amount to at least $380,000,000. Tarrytown has a suffrage war. The antis strung a banner across Broadway with the words “Vote no” and in the night it disappeared. The antis offer a reward of $100. Estelle Bescher, 27, of Yonk- Y. died at the Stamford hos- injurfes suffered when sho of an electric The fight at Chicago between pro- ducers and distributors of milk on one side and consumers on the other, on the .matter of prices, continues with slight gains for the consumers. Michael J. O'Donnell and Harry Mauer enlisted men on the transport Antilles which was sunk by a U-boat, are in a Red Cross hospital in France. Both men lived in Richmond Hill. In a collision with the running gear of an ascending aeroplane Private Jo- seph Hayes, 25 years old of the New York Third Aero Squadron, was in- stantly killed at Camp Donephan, Okla. Gen. Alexis Brusiloff, former com- mander-in-chief of the Russian armies and General Nicholas Rusky, member of the Supreme Military Council, condemned the anarchy in the Russian armies. The Red Cross committee announc- ed that Louis J. Horowitz, president of the Thompson-Starrett company of New York, has been appointed direct- or .of the foreign relief of the Amer- ican Red Cross. Offitial tabulstion of the New York federal reserve district's subscriptions to the second Liberty loan yesterday brought the figures close to the maxi- mum_of $1,500,000,000, a total of $1,- 410,152,500 having been reached. Holland will suffer intensely this ‘winter. owing to the coal famine. Ger- many is Holland's only supplier. For every 20 tons of coal taken from Ger- many Holland has to send a man to the Teuton mines to work, owing to shortage of labor. William Jennings Bryan in a speech at Camp Wadsworth to the soldiers, told them to always keep in mind the Christian ideal when they go over to fight and never let their sense of hu- manity to be obscured by their de- termination to win the battle. GERMAN AND HINDU PLOTTERS S8ENTENCED. Jacobsen, Wehde and Boehm to Pay $10,000 Each and to Serve Two Years. Chicago, Oct. 29.—Judge Landis in the United States district court today Am; prison sentences and fines on the men recently convicted of conspiring to foment rebellion in India. Guetav H. Jacobsen, leader of the con- epiracy; Albert Wehde and George Faul ‘Boehm were sentenced to two years' imprisonment and fined $18,000 each. They are Germans. Heramba Lal Gupta, a Hindu, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $200. The sentences were pronounced after motions for & new trial had been de- TAFT GIVES KEYNOTE “SAVEFOOD” DRIVE Opened Conservation Campaign in Bridgeport With . Speech That Will be Part of National Propaganda WE MUST REDUCE CONSUMPTION, AVOID WASTE Impresses Upon His Hearers That Our Soldiers Abroad Must d Have the Food That Will Bear Transportation and Con- tains the Most Nourishment, Such as Wheat, Beef and Mutton, Sugar and the Fats of Pork, Butter and Dairy Products—Corn, POL‘!QOGI, Vegetables, Fruits, Fish and Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 29.—Former President William Ii. Tuft sounded the keynote of the food congervation cam- paign in this state herc tonight in an address that later will be utilized as art of the ni.onal propaganda in “Save Food” drives eisewhere. In pounding home his argument to save waste and for economy in the use of meat, wheat and fats, he sald: “This conservation of food I re- duction in its consumption and avoil ance of waste, congr s not yet made compulsory in the individual. Congress has not entrusted any offi- cial of the government to limit what Eggs Are Recommended for Home Consumption. you and I eat, but in the exigency ot war, this may become necessary. It has become necessary In Germany, in Irance and in England and in othe countrics, Other government truste to the patriotic, voluntary action of the people in securing the neces omy in the consumption of food she not do this. 1t It we then n sor »s need by wdopte Plea For Conservation, After dealing with the (Continued on Page Two, 5th. Col.) RETAIL PROFITEERING, TO BE MADE IMPOSSIBLE. To Cut Off Supplics to Those Not Sat- isfied With Reasonable Profit. Washington, Oct. 29.—Profiteering by retail dealers in foodstuffs will be made impossible after Nov. 1. the food administration announced 'today, un- der a plan to cut off supplies to those pot satisfied with reasonable margins. Manufacturers, wholesalers and other handlers of foods, whose businesses will go under license, will not be per- mitted to sell to distributors who seek undue profits. This plan, food administration offi- cials belleve, will glve the government entire control of retall prices. Whole- salers and others who continue to sell to retailers after they are forbidden to do so0 by the fcod administration wiil be denied the right to scll goods under license. Authority for extending control fo the retafler is cited in the announce- ment as follows: The sm i retaflers of fcod, of whom there are scveral hun- dred thousand In the country, while exempt from the licensing provisions, are nevertheless subject to other pro- Visions of the food control act. Bvery retailer, as well as every other handler of food, is forbidden under the law to make dny unreasonable charie, to hoard, to monopolize, waste or destroy food, ‘or to conspire with anyone to restrict the production, distribution or supply, or exact excessive prices on any nécessitics. There arc no penal- ties provided, but the food adminis- tration hopes that the arrantement of restricting supplies to violators of the low will be of some effect, for the r tafler will find Fimself unable to buy roods from any wholesaler or manu- facturer. Federal food administrators in a1 the states will be directed to send & the food administration the names of retailers asking excessive profits, NORWAY’S CLAIM IS BEING CONSIDERED That Treaty Forbids Seizure of Ships Under Construction Here. . ‘Washington, Oct. 29.—Consideration is being given by the state department to Norway's claim that ships under construeten In this country for Nor- wegians are cxempted from seizure by the United States government by the terms of the cla_ treaty between the United Stutes and the dual monarchy of Norway and Sweden signed in 1827 Some cfficials think, however, that the contention falls flat because the pro- vistons of the treaty cited apply to vessels of Norwegian regiwer, whereas a ship building on the stocks is not un- der any flag_or subject to treaty stipu- lations regarding shipping. Vessels bufiding in American yards for Nor- wegians already have been command- esred alons with all others under con- structicn, whother for Americans or for citizens of any other countr: STRIKE OF UNION PRESS FEEDERS IN NEW YORK. Employers Are to Appeal to State Supreme Court for an Injunction. New York, Oct. 29. Employers whose printing establishments were tkrown out of operation by a strike of union press feeders today will appeal to a state supreme court justice in an effort to enjoin the strikers, it was an- pounced tonight after a meeting of the association of employing printers. Whatever legal proceedings they may Institute will be based, it was said, on the contention that members of the union have signed a contract which is effective until Oct. 1, 1919. The press feeders’ walkout automat- feally threw out of work pressmen in virtually every establishment in the city, according to union leaders. GERMAN AIR RAID OF ENGLAND FRUSTRATED. None of the Airplanes Were Able to Pass the Outer Defenses. London, Oct. 29—Hostile airylanes endeavored to carry out a raid tonight on the southeast counties of England, but none of the mwas able to pass (he outer defenses, according to an official communication issued late tonight by Field Marshal Viscount French, com- mander in chief of the home forces. The statement of Viscount French fol- ows: 2 ‘{Hostile airplanes attempted to raid the southeast counties tonight. Our airplanes went up and the guns and lights wer ein action. No hostile air- planes succeeded in passing the outer defenses.” BERLIN’S REPORT OF INVASION OF ITALY Asserts That the Entire Italian Isonzo Collapsed. Berlin, Oct. 29, Austro-German tr ern Italy are standing ! where, the Ttalian headquar been located, according to today's iicadquarters announcement The third Ttallan army mad resistance to_the advancing forces from Wippach to the This army Is now In retreat ’ Adriatie const Gormons has been captured and tt Austro-German troops are approaching the frontier of the Italian coast re mion The number of prizoners is Incr I e Ttalian front Is vielding north of the brond scctor which was ploroe i, the Teutonle attack, the weakenlr extending as far as Ploacken Pase The entire Ttalian Isonzo front ha collapsed, the statement add mecond lialian army is retreating t rds the Tagliamento. All t »d Te covered with columns in disorder retreat, the crowds comprising hoth so'dlers and civil populat The 'Austro-German Tsonzo front are com oral Otto Von Beulow, anded it Is announced MAURICE P. ERADFORD PLEADED NOT GUILTY. Charged With Murder of Miss Alice B. Richards at Laconia, N. H. Laconia, N. H., Oc adford 'pleaded not gullty nd of insanity when he w r gned In the superlor court here tc day, charged with the murder of Alice B. Richards, a teacher i ©chool for fecble minded, on June 28 The court ordered him to the etate hospital at Concord for observa tion gro Bradford, a phy: director at th echool, Jnvited Miss Richards and tw other ‘teachers to his cottage on the 8school grounds, At the cottaze Bradford, on the pre- tense of showing his guests a trice bound them with ropes and then beat them with a club. Miss Richards dled injurie later ag a result of her DARKENING OF BROADWAY'S FAMED ELECTRIC SIGNS Is Being Discuseed, for the Purpose of Saving Coal. Washington, Oct, Broadway's far-fame ctric to save coal for war purposes, w cussed at a hearing given represe tives of the Broadway assoclat New York today by the fuel tration. The conference was the oi a series that will be_ held here tuke up measures designed to prevent waste of the ccuntry's fuel supply A compromise proposal, it was tonight, probably will be made ef- fective, under which lights on New York's great thoroughfare will not be turned on until § o'clock p. m. this winter, instead of at 4.30 o'clock or § o'clock, as formerly, HERBERT S. BIGELOW SUFFERS NERVOUS SHOCK satd Following Horsewhipping Received Near Florence, Ky. Oct. 29.—He socialist, head of People’s Church of Cincinnati an raember of the People’s Council, who s horsewhipped near Florence, Ky ght by a band of men robed in Ku Klux fashion “in the name of the women and_ children of Delgium,” one of the leaders termed it, was night suifering severely from nerv shock as well as from the bruises a lacerations inflicted Cincinnati, O. bert Bigelow, pacifis BRITISH PARLIAMENT THANKS NAVY AND ARMY Adopted Resolution Presented by Premier Lloyd George. Londo arliament _today adopted presenied Premicr Llovd ¢ ex ng the thanks of the parliament to the navy ang the army, including the overseas troops ard th¢ mercantile mar r their services in the war and to the women in the medical and other aux fliary services and further expressing spathy to the relatives and friends those viho have given their lives for their country,