Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 2, 1917, Page 1

NOPWAC Bulletin VOL. LIX—NO:- 362 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., ' FRIDAY, -NOVEMBER 2, 1917 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS ITALIANS FORM NEW LINE OF DEFENSE General Cadorna’s Army is Drawn Up on the Western Bank of the Tagliamento River i WAITING TO GIVE BATTLE TO TEUTONIC ALLIES The Advance of the Teutons Was Not Quick Enough to En- velope the Italians to Put Them Out of Battle From the Carnic Alps to the Head of the Adriatic Sea—Besides Suffering Terribly From Hardships, the Italians Have Lost 180,000 Men and 1,500 Guns—Rome ' Informs Washington That the Army is Facing a Serious But Not Desperate Situation—Petrograd Reports Another With- drawal of German Troops in the Riga Region—American Transport Finland, Torpedoed, Made Port Under Her Own Steam—Between 40 and 50 Per Cent. of German Submarines Have Been Sunk—Nothing of Moment Has Occurred on the Other Battle Fronts. - The greater part of General Cador-jcial despatches. While serious, the situation on the Italian front is de- scribed as far from desperate; General Cadorna’s army is declared to be practically intact, and complete con- fidence s expressed in his ability with 2id coming from the allies to stop the Auvstro-German _drive. ma’s army apparently has crossed the Taslitmento river and probably now stands on the western bank in a new line of defense waiting to give battle thers to the Teutonic allles. The advance of the enemy, althcugh it bas bocn remarkably fast, was not The cablegrams summarize the sit- quick enough to carry out the purpose | ustion as follows: £ of the miitary commanders of envelop- | Milita i i ing the liahans and putting them out| ncay Situstion Not Despsrate. of battle from the Carnic Alps to the ‘The military situation on the Italian et i e Aotk T front is erious—it is far from being The Italians lost heavily n men and | SSperats. At the present moment. guns captured—the latest German of- | "2Ving recovered from the first sur- B oionti - st that | Prise, it may be stated that our allies - are prepafing to oppose a furious Te- more than 188,003 men and 1,500 guns sistance to the enemy at the point wers taken by the Teutonic allles— > | which, without doubt, General Cadora 2pa also =uffered terribly from hard. |has selected. It is probale that if the $hips due to bad weather and lack of | otreat should continue for a few days food as they made their way across = the country to the Tagliamento, with | 1°385r_the Italian resistance will de- Ihelr rear Fuards everywhere boras-|important river. which descends from ging the enemy. But General Cador- | o Corna Alps, or berhapa, if ~ the gt .a. S morale o ths | Austro-Germans attack in Cernia, it men atill splendid, the success of the | .|| pe on the Pisve river, which flows invaders soon will be made nil ot !;-n‘-;m Made b:‘ :"’?’:}," l}t".:‘ Strength of Army Not Weakened. n e eastern e of e .- “Whatever the nlumber of Italians mento the Tenmfl’i‘c allles have cap-|isken prisoner, the strength of the tured all along the waterway from|,.,my under General Cadorna has not Pizano to Latisana valuable bridge-|peen weakened. It must not be for- head po-mox;- from which to operate| gotten in fact that Italy has under the Ssainst the Mallans on the other side|colors less than three million men. 9f ths stream. No mention has Vet| A; for the guns that the Austro-Ger- been made of any attempts by the en-|mans claim to have _captured, they emy to bridge the utre:\n‘x; mow at full | only represent the production of a few freshet, with pontoons. but doubtless|yeeks of the munitions factories of strong efforts in this direction will be | cur alijes. made as soon as sufficlent artiilery has been mobilized to give effect to| Italian Army is Practically intact. this operation. Should Genera] Cadorna, however, scide to stand and give battle along tbe Tagliamento, choosing the Piave for the big battle that is to come. doubtless the plains of Frulli soon will resound with the hoofbeats of ti/ cavalry and the clash of the sabre and witness the greatest scene Of _open warfare that has taken place during the present hostilities. Already the Jtalian cavalry has been in action to the east of the Tagliamento and has done notable work in harassing the Teutonic allied advance. Ou the battle fronts in France and Reigium, little activity is being dis- plaved, except by the artilleries of the opposing sides, which at various points are carrving out violent reciprocal bombardments. Germans Withdraw From Riga. The Petrograd war office reports an- other withdrawal of the German troops In the Rica resion of the north Rus- n front. The Russians are in con- |may be the last fact with the German rear guards as|war s they retire to prepared positions, and - the significant statement is made by | DOMESTIC CONSUMERS OF the Nussians that there are no great COAL TO BE SUPPLIED FIRST grounds for supposing it will be pos- sible for the retreating elements to be They Have Been Placed Ahead of All Industries. . "The Italian army is practically in- tact. Besides, the French and English are coming to our rescue. It has al- ready been announced that at the be- ginning of the council Sunday even- ing the French ministers were busy determining the extent and nature of the co-operation of the allies on the Italian front. This same question was further considered by the council Monday morning and by the war com- mittee which was held at the Elysee, M. Poincare. presiding. The British government has taken prompt meas- ures to rush aid to the Itallans and all indications are that this French and Dritish aid will come at the hour when the enemy invades the plain of Fre- oule. “Meanwhile, awaiting _development, Italian public opinion realizes thor- cughly the gravity of the hour and is bearing the shock with calmness and firmness. “The Italian press declares that the battle which is about to.take place thrown upon any othe- front. This possibly may indicate that the Rus- sians are carrying out an operation so strong that the Germans will not be able to deplete their forces by send- ing reinforcements to the Italian and western fronts. In Palestine British troops have eaptured the town of Beersheba, a short distance southwest of Jerusalem, &nd made prisoner of 1800 Germans and Arabs. They also took nine guns, puffering slight losses themselves in the operation. The American transport Finland was torpedoed recently while return- Ing to the United States from the war gome. The vessel was damaged but made port under her own steam. Many U-Boats Sunk. Between forty and fifty per cent. of Berman submarines operating in the North Sea, the Arctic and the Atlantic i S Seprnio o the mar xve sunk. according to Sir Erlc ., Ug> mew first lord of the tish admiralty, in a statement to house of commons. The build- of new British tonnagze, he added, the first nine month% of the pres- year was 123 per cent. higher than the corresponding period of last .~ One million tons of shipping been arranged for, he said, and mmors than half of it already was un- ction. The net reduction iritish tonnage since the beginning a0 war was given as 2,500,000 tons. Eric concluded by saying _that = must be made for a long war, as could see no signs of it being a one.. Norway again has protested to Ger- many against the sinking of Norwe- steamships, saying these acts ive made a deep impression upon the Norwegian people. RMEASSURING NEWS COMES FROM ROME. Situation is Serious, But Not Desperate. ‘Washington, Nov. 1. — Regulations designed to resirict the use of coal in industries considered non-essential to the conduet of the war will be put into force soon by the fuel adminis- tration. The plan under considera- tion provides for a classification of in- dustries in the order of their import- ance and the issuance of a general or- ?:r.;% pioal producers directing them ly first manufacturing pla engaged In war work. % Sleats omestic consumers will ahead of all industries. b ik TWELVE BRITISH AVIATORS CONDUCT RAID IN BAVARIA Dropped Bombs on German Muni tions Factories. London, Nov. 1_Another success- fal air raid, carried out by twere British machines, has been made on German munitions factories in Bava- ria, according to an ‘officlal communi- tion issued tonight. The - u(jl?n pros; e communi- “Today another successful rai carried out into Germany. Mt :?:rt:n::ls‘;( dKfil!eflfllt!n (Bavaria) ckes t grot i et cuen. | T e O R L COLD WAVE DAMAGED LOUISIANA SUGAR CROP Planters Will Not Be Able to Furnish More Than Half Amount Promised. New Orleans, Nov. ' 1.—Louisiana planters will not be able to deliver to . the American ‘Sugar Refining Com- pany much more than half of the 100,- 000 tons oi; raw sugar promised at the recent conference at Washington and with it had been hoped to speedily end the sugar shortage in the east. It developed at a conference of the planters and others here today that. the 1ecent cold wave caused a decided shortage in the Louisiana crop. Washington, Nov. 1.—Reassuring. ceme from Rome today in.offi- Cabled Paragraphs ] Turkish Vessels Destroyed. Petrograd, Nov. 1.—In an attack oJ Turkish_vessels at Inada B: Black Sea near the sian _torpedo boats torpedo boat and destro} ish steamers and a naVil battery in the bay, the war office announced to- day. Seventh Austrian War Loan. Amsterdam, Nov. l.—Issuance of the seventh Austrian war loan has been officially announced, according to a Vienna despatch today. The loan comprised a 5 1-2 per cent.; redeem- able state loan and 5 1-2 per cent.; exchequer bonds, repayable August, 1926, both free of taxation. DEFEAT OF GERMANY IS ESSENTIAL FOR PEACE. Executive Committee of Carnegie En- dowment So Declares. New York, Nov. 1—At a meeting of the executlve committee of the Car- negle endowment for _international peace, held here today, at which were present Elihu Root, Nicholas Murray Rutler, Henry S. Pritchett, A. P. Mon- tague,” Austen G. Fox and James Erown Scott, the following declaration was unanimously adopted: “The trustees of the Carnegle em- dowment for international peace, as- sembled in annual meeting at Wash- ington, D. C, on April 19-20 last, adopted the following resolution by unanimous vote: “‘Resolved. That the trustees of the Carnegie endowment for international peace, assembled for their _annual meeting, declare hereby their belief that the most effectual means of pro- moting durable international peace is to prosecute the war against the im- perial German government to final victory for democracy, in_accordance with the policy declared by the presi- dent of the United States. “In view of recent events, empha- sized by the widespread intrigues of the German government to deceive aml mislead the peace-loving people of the world, the executive committee of the peace endowment unanimously reaf- firms this declaration and pledges the Carnegie enduwment for international peace to the loyal support of those courses of ‘action that will assure early, complete and final victory for the arms of the allied forces .The path tc durable international peace, . on which the liberty-loving nations of the vorld would so gladly enter, is now blocked by the blind reliance of Ger- many upon the invincibility of Ger- man military power and upon its ef- fectiveness as an Instrument of inter- rational policy. This reliance must be broken before any other effective steps can be taken to.secure international peace. It can only be broken by de- feat. “The executive committee of the al Carnegie endowment call upon lovers of peace to assist in every pos- sible way in the effective prosecution of the war, which has peace and not. conquest for its aim.” NEW YORK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FAVORS RAILROADS. Passes Resolution Urging Grant of Rate Advances. New York, Nov. 1.—The New York coamber of commerce, after hearing the banker, James Speyer, state that railroad stocks on the New York stock exchange depreciated in value $1,400 - 600,000 between Jan. 1 and Oct. 1 last, ard that of eighteen railroad stocks selling above par when the war broke out only eight had survived shrinkage below that mark, adopted a resolutich urging the interstate cawimerce com mission to grant the roads the rate ad vances they ask for. The resolutions commended that the advances be “commensurate with increased cost of transportation and of capital, as al- ready shown, as well as with further increased costs which are clearly in Trospect.” Mr. Speyer declared that deprecia- tion of values and increasing wages ard cost of material “could eventually lead but to insolvency.” [ Drop in Prices of Vegetables 18 PREDICTED' BY THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION IT WILL BE IMMEDIATE Wholesalers Who Sell to Retailers at More Than a Reasonable Profit Are Liable to Forfeit Their Business. icensesto do ‘Washington, Nov. 1.—An immediate drop in prices of canned vegetables was predicted by the food administra- tion today as a result of putting into operation the license svstem for wholesale dealers. ~ Many canned goods, it was said, were bought by dealers at low prices last spring and can be sold at less than the present market prices. Dealers charging more than a rea- sonable profit or who sell to retaiiers who overcharge are liable to forfeit- ure of thelr license to do business. The food administration. today warn- ed dealers who have not applied for license blanks that they will be charged with violations of the food law. if they continue to sell goods. THIRTY AIRPLANES IN RAID ON ENGLAND. Eight Persons Killed and 21 Injured— Seven Groups in the Attack. London, Nov. 1.—Eight persons were killed and 21 others were injured in the German air raid last night, ac- cording to an official statement issued today by the British war department. The text of Lord French's statement on_casualties says: “Latest police reports state that the total casualtics caused in last night's air_raid in all districts were: Killed, eight; injured, . twenty-one. ‘The materiai damage was very slight and no injury was done to any raval, military or munitions establish- ment. “A large number of our own ma- chines went ap. All of them returned safely. About 30 airplanes in seven groups took part in last night's air raid. Three of them penetrated to London, says ar_official report today. The heavy barrage which was put up to protect the metropolis seemed to disconcert the raiders, who dropped bombs indiscciminately as they ap- proached. Several of these fell upon open spaces, severely shaking little suburban settlements where there was little or no protection from bombs or the shower of shrapnel. _ As the Germans crossed the coast in relays theibarrage rose.as each re- lay made its appearance. After the experience of former raids, the public now takes to cover as soon as the warning of an enemy approach is glven, with the result that before the guns ‘set up their curtain of shrapnsl the streets were deserted except for a few policemen. Some persons found Frotection in the subways or the more strong buildings, but a majority of them Jast night seemed to prefer the safety of thelr own homes. ‘When the bugles sounded “All clear!” there was ro crowding intc the streets but ad- vantage was taken of the letdown in tense situation for the populace to make up for lost sleep. HENRY' D. PATTON INDICTED FOR INTIMIDATING VOTERS Campaign Manager of. T. W. Whitle, a Candidate for President of - the Bronx. New York, Nov. 1--Henry D. Pat- ton, campaign manager for Thomas W.’ Whitle, a candidate for borough president of the Bronx, was indicted EMBARGO IS HOLDING UP SUPPLY OF BEET SUGAR According to the President of the by a Bronx county grand jury here tonight for alleged “duress and intimi- dation of Voters,” after the grand jury had heard evidence that he provided blanket paster ballots to New York National Refining Company. soldiers at Spartanburg, S. C. which are alleged to have contained the name of John Purroy Mitchel as the repub- New York, Nov. 1.—A large supply of beet sugar from the wakt is being held up because of embargo and rail- road congestion, according to James . Post, president of the National Re- fining company and *chairman of the American refiners’ committee of the federal food administration. Commenting on the sugar situation today, Mr. Post warned that conserva- tion of the supply is a necessity—"a ratriotic duty”—but said he beiic#-d rellef will soon be had. With favor- able weather, he declared, the Cuba sugar crop will be in the refineries by Deec. 1. Porto Rico_will supply 300,000 tons and Cuba 3,250,000 tons—two- thirds of this amount for the United States and one-third for the entente allied powers, he said. SUPPLY OF FUEL OIL FOR THE BRITISH NAVY Was Subject of a Conference Held in Washington Yesterday. ‘Washington, Nov. 1—The question| of increasing the supply of tuel ofl for the PBritish nagvy was taken, up again today at a conference between British government representatives, oil pro- ducers and shipping board officials. TrLe British needs were presented af an earlier conference, when the ship- ping board was asked to supply addi- tional ships for fuel transportation. No decision was reported today. REORGANIZATION OF ‘THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRT To be Discussed by Manufacturers and War Industries' Board. Washington, Nov. 1.—Reorganization of the automobile industry to aid in the prosecution of the war, which will bo discussed_tomorrow by thé manu- facturers, and the war industries board of the council of national de- fense, has met with such general ap- proval from the manufacturers that no difficulty seems to stand in the way of a working agreement. S BANK ROBBERS USED CASHIER AS A SHIELD Got Away With $8,000 From Bank of Glenwood, Ark. Glenwood, Ark, Nov. 1-—Five men held up the Bank of Glenwood today and escaped in an automobile with (5 000. They carried off the cashier, E. Hallmen, using him as a shield they backed into their motor To Buy in Trainload Lots and Sell to lican _nominee for mayor of this city. Mr. Whitle is the candidate of the “Non-Partisan Business Men's League.” ‘William M. Bennett, the republican candidate for mayor, was a witness before the grand jury and submitted a ballot which he ‘said had been sent him from Spartanburg. This bailot bore the emblem of the republican party’ and the title “Republican” at its had, under which thg name of Mayor Mitchel appeared as a candidate for mayor. Patton was afraigned and released on his own recognizance. He told the court that the name of Mayor Mitchel hed been printed on the fusion ballot and that when corrections were mide for the republican ballot, the name of Mr. Bennett, through an i{nadvertence, was not substituted. The grand jury will continue the investigation. NEW YORK CITY IS TO DEAL IN FOOD AND FUEL .—John Mitchell, oner, late today to New Yerk city authorities to buy and sell food and fuel. The materials will be immedi- ately bought in trainload lots and sold to retail dealers. . » The * permission was granted in a resolution adopted by the commissiog in which it was stated the action was necessary because “the city of New York has certified to the existence of an actual and anticipated emergency on account of & ivation of neces- saries by reason of excessive charges and otherwise” . 2 > ‘The city was granted the right “to ‘exertise the power of participating in the saleof food and fuel with muniel- pal funds and on municipal credit and provide storage for and mell the same to the inhabitants in such manner and through such agencles as it may determine.” . G The resolution provided thdt the city make to the commission month- 1y, or oftener, if required, reports cov.- ering its operations in both food and fuel “in such form as may be pre- scribed.” Private W. J. Johnson Dies ‘Washington, Nov. 1.—The war de- partment was notifled tod: byGa;‘ eral Pershing of the death of Private 3. Johnson, try, on Oct . es.” His. Johnson, France three negro soldiers of Fourth Infantey wers placed on coart. martial trial_hes of mutiny, Houston on the night of August 23. The members of the regiment were on kept rising. One said, Le ymunitfon. Ao e sald, “then firing, broke 100se.” He estl Norway Sends Gurt Note to Germany ABOUT SINKING OF NORWEGIAN STEAMSHIPS P NOTE HAS FINAL RING Says Norwegian Government Will Not Again State Its Views, as to Viola- tion of Principles of Freedom on the High Seas. London, Nov. 1.—An Exchange Tel- egraph dispatch from Copenhagen says Norway has presented a note to Germany ®n’ connection with the sink- ing of the Norwegian steamships in the convoy of the Norwegian steain- ships in the convoy of neutral mer- chantmen which were attacked by German cruisers in the North Sea last month. The note calls attention to the fact that a year ago, after the sinking of Norwegian steamships in the Polar seas, Germany was notified that the Norweézian people would con- sider any new case of the kind a vio- lation of the laws of neutrality. The Norwezian minister at Berlin today handed the German minister of foreign affairs the following note: “Norwegian Note to Germany. “According to the Information so iar received, it must be regarded as authenticated that certain ships of the German navy in the. North Sea on October 17, after sinking escorting British vessels, sank also a number of neutral merchant ships, among which were severai Norwesian ships, without taking any steps either to at- tempt to save the crews or give them time to save themselves. This con- duct on the part of the German war- ships was the cause of a sreat num- ber of Norwesian sailors being killed or wounded by shell fire or losing their lives by drowning. Will Not State Its Views Again. “The Norwegian government will not again state its views, as it has already done so om several occasions, as to the violation of the principles of the freedom of the high seas In- curred by the proclamation of large tracts of the ocean as a war zoneand by the sinking of neutral merchant ships not carrying contraband. “It is owing to_various measures of this kind that Norwegian ships, as well as those of other neutral coun- tries, have been compelled, in order to procure for” Norway her essential im- ports, to seek protection in the past, as they will in the future, by allow- ing themseives to be convoyed by warships belonging to Germany's. ene- mies. Substance of Previcus Note. “The Norwegian government bears in mind that in the memorandum ad- dressed to the German government on October 20, 1916, occasioned by the sinking of Norwegian ships in the ice- old sea by German submarines, it ‘callea attention to the fact that the Norwegian nation considered in the iight of a violation of the laws of hu- anity the last fresh case in which the death of Norwegian sailors was caused or lheir lives or health ex- posed to danger, and on that occasion the Norwtgian sovernment once agair requested the German government to take measures so that the command- erse of German submarines should not expose the lives of Norwegian sallors to danger, whether by negligence or error of judgment. Has Made Profound Impre: “It has made a profound impression on the Norwegian people that notonly have German submarines continued to sink peaceful neutral merchant ships, paying no attention to the fate of their crews, but that even German warships adopted the same tactics. The Nor- weglan government decided to send this note in order to bring to the at- tention of the German government the impressian these acts have made upon the Nerwegian people.” NEGRO SOLDIERS ARE BEING COURTMARTIALED Members of the 24th Infantry WHo Shot' Up Houston, Tex. San Antornio, Texas, Nov. 1.—Sixty- the Twenty- re today on charges murder and _rioting in guard Auty at Camp Logan, Houston, St the time of the riot, during which twenty-two persons were killed. Majar K. G. Snow testified that the negroes became incensed at a report that Corporal Charles W. Baltimore, a negro, bad been killed in an alterca- tion with Fouston pelice. The major sald he had advised them that Baiti- more had not been killed and also had warned them against any acts of re- sentment. The major said his warning follow- ed a visit to the chief of police, who told him Baltimore had been arrest- ed with a neero woman and had been roughly handled, but not shot. “I told them they were sticking their necl in ropes, the major added, “and to put their guns down. But all 1 said was unavailing—their anger 's kill him," but another sald, ‘No we won't do that T thought they meant me. Twenty or thirty of the negroes had guns pointed at him, ~Major Snow said, and seeing he could do nothing, he “dodged between some tents.” At Company I supply tént he saw many negroes helping . themselves -to _rifles Then one shot was ted that between 1,000 and 1,200 shots were fired. It was too dark_to_recognize any of them then, but he kept trying to persuade them to’ stop firing. et I e MORE APPOINTMENTS * OF FUEL COMMITTEES Henry T. Burr, Frank Lanrabee and John F. Bush Selected for Willi- mantic. ¢ 1—~Thomas ‘administrator Hartford, Conn., Nov. W. Russell, federal fuel Condensed Telegrams called at General Alvaro Obregon the White House. Virginia_will elect all its state of- ficers on Tuesday. Nine thousand Texas oil workers in the Gulf coast oil fields are on strike. President Wilson received Gen. Ob- regon, former Mexican Minister of War. Increased wages have been granted firemen and egineers of the Grand Trunk Railway. Export of refined sugar to neutral countries was prohibited by the Cub- an Government. . Arti of incorporation were filed at Albany by the Standard Afrcraft Corporation, with $5,000 000 capital. Directors of the Northern National Bank of Philadelphia _declared a semi annual dividend of 5 per cent. i in Argentina have raised a fund of 250,000 to help expel the en- emy from their newly won positions. Field Marshal von Hindenburg had trees named after him among the other ceremonies of his seventieth birthday. Precautions at every munition and grain dock in the country were re- doubled following the Baltimore fire. Joaquin Sanchez Toca, former pres- ident of the Spanish Senate, abandon- ed his attempt to form a new Cabinet. According to a Russian newspaper, the death sentences of the rebsls will not be carried out until further no- tice. < Sergeant David McKay Peterson of the Lafayette flying squadron had nine air fights in two hours of patrol flight. An abnormal fall of rain in Natal, South Africa, ended in a storm in which more than 1,000 natives lost their lives. President Valdes of Panama issued a decree prohibiting the exportation of wheat and flour under penalty of heavy fine. Through the National Council of De- fense a contract was awarded for the supply of 15,000 pairs of boots to the Belgian army. Gustav Hindenburg, first cousin of he German Field. Marshal von Hin- denburg is the owner of $25000 of Liberty Bonds. Joseph J. Morse, republican ' regis- trar of voters in the town of Berlin for the past 30 years, died Wednesday of heart disease. The stained gl windows of the Cologne Cathedral are being replaced with plain glass ' in preparation for another air raid. A fully equipped ambulance will be sent to General Cadorna’s army at once. The ambulance is the gift of 30000 Italian-Americans. Automobile manufacturers are hav- ing difficuity in getting enough steel for. their needs due to heavy steel orders by the Government. Mayor Curley of Boston was pre- sented with a bear cub, mascot of the MacLean Kilties. The bear will not be allowed to enter France. A Federal Grand Jury found Joseph Newman, an importer and exporter, and two employes guilty of shipping rubber to Norway as baggage. ' The most important guestion in the Philippine Congress in the present ses- sion is the importation of Chinese la- bor to till thousands of idle fields. Telegraphers of the Rock lIsland have been awarded more pay and bet- ter working hours by the Board of Arbitration congidering the strike. Charles G. Dubois, controller of the the American Telegraph & Telephone Co. “was appointed controller of the Red Cross to serve in Washington. Edward R.sGrabow, manager of the passenger department of the United Fruit Co., was made a member of the hotel section of the Food Administra- tion. Military work will have a preference over athletics this year at Princeton. Under new rules just announced three days a week will be allowed for ath- letics. Roy B. Roach, a private in Co. B, Second Infantry, Alabama National Guard. was sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas for striking an officer. Herr Braun, the under-secretary. of the German Food Deparment, told the delegates of workmen that the fourth winer's supply of corn and potatoes had been secured. The Italian army will triumph against its Austro-German foes, Count di Cellere, Italian Ambassador at ‘Washington, declared in a message to America’s. Italian population.. Marine workers in the Port of New | York were warned by their leaders not to quit work until the National Com- mittee had opportunity to adjust mat- ters with the Federal Board. - A general increase of $5 a thous- and in prices the government is pay- ing for shipbuilding lumber was an- nounced by the shipping board. The new price will average about $40 a thousand. 2 The French Government has ordered a special medal for the commemora- |.tion- of the bi-centenary of the found- ing of New Orleans. A large bronze copy of the medal will be sent through the American BEmbassy to New Or- leans. The body of a colored man killed by a trolley car near Maltby Lakes on the Derby line of the Connecticut com- pany Wednesday night has been iden- tified as that of Jacob Glover, 60 years old, of this city. He was a veteran of the Civil war. ANOTHER KEROSENE STOVE FIRE AT CAMP DEVENS Officers’ Quarters of the 303rd Field Artillery ‘Was Burned. Nov. RSOF STOCK GOVERN EXCHANGE ARE ALERT | They Have Taken Action to Prevent “Vicious” Shor Selling in the Stock Market - FORESTALLS WORK OF GERMAN PROPAGANDI This Measure of Safeguard is Taken Because of the Protracte Decline in Market Quotations Caused by Short Sellin ‘Which May Have Been Promoted From German Sources —Resclution Adopted Requires All Members to Furni at Noon Every Day Complete Details Regarding Stocks Borrowed or Loaned. or Borrowed for Customers, I cluding Names. New York, Nov. 1 ~Measures to pre- | selling from German i vent “vicious” short selling in the|said that there was n ; stock market, attributed in some quar- | place a ban upon legitimate shor fers to German interests as part of an | ing, but that the committec crsanized propaganda fo create’ pes- | vested with full auth t member wh be open to criticism, whi far as the publi of offenders Lowest Levels in 25 The fall in stocks be; mconthe ago, but the sev have occurred, it was noted street today, Since the a of the Italian reverses a fc These daily declines d _stocks down in simism, were taken today by the board o’ governors of the stock exchange. The action comes as the culmination of a protracted decline in market Guotations, recently of extreme vio- lence, for which short selling, whether {actually from German rources or from unscrupulous traders -taking advan- tage of conditions, has been held In a iarge measure responsible. Stocks Tumbled Three to Ten Points. against any may Years. have many ins Today, with so-called bear drives|jowest levels in from. fi of this nature in evidence, stocks tum- | yiure. i i bled three to ten points, and at tWe|Y“If was pointed out in some quar ciose of the market the board of BOV- | hat the New York stock ex €rnors made an announcement. This was that a resolution had been adop! €d requiring ail members of the ex- chapge to furnish at noon every day, |x(\r the inspection of the committee ot business conduct, complete details regarding stocks borrowed and loarsd now being the foremost se . ket in the world, the stocks would be an object man purpose would naturall accomplish. Working in Harmony With Govern or borrowed for customers, including ment, 1:2mes. ~Stock borrowing belng the | The spokesmar for the governors basis of short selling, the committee | the exchange indicated tr will be thus enabled to determine whether future transactions on the short side are of legitimate character. Selling from German Interests. The board of governors had no other official statement to make on the riatter than anrouncement’of the new regulations, but a spokesman for the board intimated that the market had been depressed by “vicious selling or change “was working in comp! mony with the government,” what way the federa} taken the question change was not disc] Some observers have cred decision of the government t of German-owned property reason for the more recent eelling of this kind would of bear operatlions, it w bre not FIVE MEMBERS OF CABINET ENDORSE WOMAN SUFFRAGE GOVERNCR GRANTS A REPRIEVE TO MRS. GILLIGAN Extracts of Endorsements Made Pub- H lic By Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse. Until the Supreme Court Shall Rassed Upon Her Appeal. New York, Nov. 1.—Flve members| Hartford, Conn, Nov. 1.—It 2 of President’ Wilson's cabinet endors- [nounced tonight by Governor ed woman suffrage in statements | H. Holcomb that he had sranted g made public here today by Mrs. Nor- [brieve to Mrs. Amy Archer-Gil who was under sentence to be hange on.Tuesday next. Th: man_de R. Whitehouse, chairman of the New York state woman sufirage party. Following are extracts from |until the supreme court shall ha the statements: had an opportunity to. pass 01 Josephus Daniels, secretary of the |appeal, the preliminary steps tow which have been taken by Benedict M. Holden. Mr terday called attention to th that appeal had not been b because a_ finding of facts had Holden y navy: “The mothers of men train their boys for citizens, and if they are to be trusted with the early education 2nd shaping of the character of the boys, is there any reason on earth why they should not be trusted with the|made by Judge Gardiner Greer wha bailot?” tried the case. Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the| Today: it develoned th interior: “I see no reason to fear wo- |Ments _for the appeal T been printed and the gov the reprieve that this ma and the case be presented preme court. The papers in man suffrsge. It has not worked dis- aster in California. As a matter of political philosophy, suffrage cannot be put aside and as a matter of wise policl it is not to be denied will_cover 1,700 printea pages, Daniel F. Houston, secretary of ag-|¢stimated, and upon thess riculture: “The patriotism, self-con-|Greene will base his finding trol and intelfigent action of women in the present emergency lend addi- tional support to the argument and should Gispel and doubts fair minded men may have entertained as to the wisdom of enfranchising them: William G, McAdoo, secretary of the treasury: “The time has come when suffrage should be given to the women of America. It should be given promptly; it should be given ungrodg- ingly; it should be given gladly. The women of the United States have in every way since the war. broke out, EMPEROR WILLIAM HAS RECEIVED COUNT HERTLING Cologne Gazette Says Latter Has Ac- cepted the Chancellorship. Amsterdam, Nov. 1.—Accord: despitches received here from the Cologne Gazette says K William received Count this afternoon and that Von Hertli T b accepted the imperial chancellor T of cafeager Jiafed for the|angine office of premier of Pross William C. Redfield, secretary of [Dr. Karl Heifferich, secretary of t commerce: T am an earnest beleves | interior and vice chancellor, and Von Waldow, president of the man food regulation Loard, have signed. Friedrich Von Paper, pr o sive member of the reichstas the despatch, is to be appointed chancellor and Herr Friedbers, leader of the National Liberty party, will be given the post of viee president o the Prussian ministry. The Cologne Gazette says the resig nation of Vice Admiral Von Capell as minister of the navy has not bee accepted. in suffrage for women... There are large sections of our public affairs in whish women—merely because they are women—are experts. The cause of education is one of these matters; another is the whole question of deal- ing with the liquor traffic in all its forms; so also are questions of child labor 2nd of women in .industry.” PREMIER KERENSKY SAYS RUSSIA 1S WORN OUT Says That Other Allies Should Now Shoulder the Burden of the War. Petrograd, Nov. 1.—Russia entered the war early and she is now worn cut by the strain, Premier Kerensky told The Assoclated Pres: He said that Russia claims as her-right that the other allies now should shoulder the burden of the war. Premier Kerensky declared thaj Russian public opinion was agitate by the question “Where is the British fleet now that the'German fleet is out in the Baltic? ‘ OBITUARY. Alva H. Tillinghast. -~ - Hartford, Conn, Nov. .l-—Alva K, ‘Tillinghast, a retired grocer, died here today at the age of 85. Until about eight years ago when he retired, he was one of the best known . grocers of this city. He was in business here for more than half a century. Waterbury Man Suicides in Meriden. Meriden, Conn., Nov. — Thomas Sullivan, a resident of Waterbury, committed suicide this afternoon at 3 o'clock by jumping from a third story ‘window of the Meriden tuberculosis sanitorfum. He was instantly kille having sustained a fracture at the base of the skull. He was a patient in the and had been at the institution since July, 1914. He was 50 years old and single. WAR TRADE BOARD CURTAILS CORN EXPOF* Prohibition Order Except in Spec is to be ‘Enforced I Cases. ‘Washington, Nov. 1.—The war tra: board tonight issued an order hibiting the export of corn excep special cases where satisfactory dence. of the necessity of -ex has been submitted. “Thig is due to the late arrival of the new corn harvest,” said the board's announcement, “and eéxporterse have been warned not to make any ments or any contracts for shipment unless licenses for export previously have been secured. In the past exporters have shipments and then attempted the fact that they were . paying d murrage as a reason for —releasing such shipments, This reason can no longer obtain and henceforth export licenses will be refused if shipments of corn are made previous to he: licenses.’ ortin; maad German Warship Sunk. Copenhagen, Nov. 1. — A Germas ‘warship has been sunk-in the Sound according to a despatch to the N. tionel Tidende from Malmoe, Sweden. It is reported that the vessel mtru 2 mine <«