Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 5, 1917, Page 1

: yeplied vigorously VOL. LIX.—NO. 364 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, NOVEMBER® 5, 1917 PRICE TWO CENTS 8 PAGES—64 COLUMNS RUSHING MEN GUNS TO AND AID ITALY Great Britain and France Are to Stand Back of Italy In Her Cri tical Hour CADORNA’S MEN HOLDING ALONG TAGLIAMENTO Leading Military Men of Great Britain and France Are On Their Way to Consult With the Italian Leaders—Premier Lloyd George and Premier Painleve Are to Represent Their Respective Governments — French Along the Ailette Valley Are Keeping Their Outposts in Close Con- tact With the Germans Who Retreated Last Week and Ak Violently Bombarding Their New Positions. oLy @rest Britaln and France truly are Pembing to the =id of Italy in her emtical hour. Not alone have men and guns been sent to the battle front along the Tagliamento river, where the Jtalians are holding the Teutonic allied invaders at bay, but the war brains of Great Britain and France—comprising the elements which have been so suc- cessful in operating aguinst the foe in France and Belgium—are on their way fo Italy to consult with the Italian Jgeders avd evoive plans to change the fder of things as they now stand. Premier Lioya George and General Sir William R. Robertson, chief of the fmperial stalf at British army head- arters, are the leaders of the British deiegation, while Premier Painleve ls he chief representative of the French mission. No dctalls of the plans of the joint mission have been announced But undoubtedly the purpose is to give Italy what she requires in the way of material for an intensive conduct of the war and also to assure her of a great reinforcement in man-power, Suns and ammunition. Meanwhile Gereral Cadorna’s forces are holding the invaders along _the Tugliamento by means of their heavy ertillery and quick firers. On the left wing the Italians have to strong pressure By the Germans and Austro-Hungari- ans, and thus far have held the attack- ing forces for no gains. All alopg the front Italian aviators are soaring the enemy lines, dropping bombs on am- munition depots and troops formations. What_for tho moment would indi- cate a further menace to the Italians s an offensive begun by the enemy in the Trentino region, in the zone of the Giudicaria. Here the enemy has endeavored to break through the ter- ritory west of the northern shores of Iake Garda, but was repulsed after a heavy battle, leaving prisoners in the Fands of the Italians. Recently there have been reports that the Austro-Swiss border has been closed and that the enemy forces in the Trentino region were being rein- forced. A swift drive by the Austro- Germans through the valleys and the mountain passes southward through Erescia would seriously affect the en- tire eastern Itallan front and possibly result in a further important with- drawal of the Italian line. While the British and French forces in Flanders are carrying out minor op- crations, thess being mainly confined to bombardments of German positions and smalil raids into the enemy, the French along the Allette valley are keeping their outposts in close contact with the Germans who retreated last week and also are violently bombard- ing the newly taken positions. On several sectors to the east of this re- gion, especially northwest of Rheims and north of Chaume, in the Verdun sector, the Germans haave essayed several violent infantry attacks, but in each instance met with defeat. In Mesopotamia the British troops orperating against the Turks have driven a sharp salient into the Otto- man line northwest of Bagdad, having forced the enemy to withdraw along the Tigris about twenty miles from Due to the town of Tekrit. The new drive places the apex of the British lire approximately one hundred miles up the Tigris from Bagdad. PRISONERS TURNED LOOSE TO HELP FIGHT A FIR™ That Destroyed a Barn at the Middle- sex County Jail. Madletown, Conn., Nov. 4—Prison- ers in the Afiddlesex county jail in Haddam were turned loose tonight to ald In fighting a fire that destroyed the barn on the jail property, doing damage estimated at $10,000 and causing the loss of three horses, two cows, twelve hogs, poultry and 1,500 bushels of potatoes and other vegeta- bies. It is thought the fire may have been the work of an incendiary as the structure was supposedly unoccunied and without lights in it at the time the biaze broke out. As soon as the fire was discovered Sheriff Bert G. Thompeon, who is also the jailer, let out his prisoners and set them. at work on the blaze. All efforts to save the structure or the stock proved vain, r. The foodstuffs stored in the barn belonged In part to the county home also located in Haddam. ‘This is the second recent mysterious fire in this county in public buildings, the other bei at the state hospital for the Insanc in Middletown, -after ‘which an arrest was made and the suspect is now in the jail awaiting FUND FOR WAR CAMP : COMMUNITY RECREATION s to be Started This Week—New En- gland’s Allotment is $4,000,000. Boston, Nov. 4—A fiving start in P2 cumpaisn the coming week for war camp community recreation fund was made today. It was an- mounced at the New England head- quarters that 375,000 of the $200,000 this city has been asked to raise, already been subscribed. To New England has been assizned ihe raisinz of $700.000 of the $4,000,- 000 it 1 ned to raise throughout the cour:-y to provide American sol- diers w! 17, stimulating _en- ‘vironment csachusetts has been asked to $498,000: Maine $40;- 000: New it hire $32,000; Rhode {ae\;nd 355,000 and Connecticut $157,- The Connecticut campaign will be rected by a committee made up of ©fficials from the different chambers ©f commerce throughout the state. SPAIN IS TO MAINTAIN ABSOLUTE NEUTRALITY nnouncement Has Been Made by the New Premie: Madrid, Nov. 4—Count Manuel Gar- #fa Prieto de Alheumas, the new Span. fsh premier, in a statement today de- elared the rew government would fol- Jow the same policy of absolute neu- frality as the previous governments. The premier, it developed today, will fake over the portfolio of foreizn af- fairs, Senor Alvaredo quished it having relin- PREVENTING SALE OF LIQUOR TO CAMP DEVENS SOLDIERS R Squad of Drafted Meh therities at Lowell ., Mass, Nov. 4—A squad of men from Camp Devens was @rdered to Lowell yesterday to assist $he authorities in preventing the sale Mquor to soldiers tonight. The de- will act under orders of Colonel Estes, commander of military &nd polics at the cantonment ‘.EELGIAN WOMEN AND GIRLS UNDER FIRE They Are Being Compelled to Build Concrete Dugouts. British Front in Belgium, Nov. 4— (By the Associated Press). Belgian women and girls are being compelled to build concrete dugouts under artl- lery fire. The statement that this form of slavery has actually been practiced is recorded In the diary of a German soldier who was recently cap- tured. He belonged to a landwehr division and was personally in charge of a large number of these unfortu- nate Belgians, who were daily herded together and taken to a zone near the German lines to perform manual labor of the hardest kind in constant dan- ger of death. An illustration of the German dis- regard for the laws of war and hu- manity occurred the other night near Houtholst Forest. The British heard cries of “stretcher bearers” from No Man’s Land. It naturally was as- sumed that a wounded man was call- ing for help and Red Cross bearers rushed out through the darkness to render assistance. They were shot down by German snipers, who used this ruse to entice them into the oven. There have been many other cases recently in which German snipers have shot down Red Cross workers delib- erately despite the fact that German Red Cross workers have been permit- ted to work unmolested. NEW POLISH CABINET HAS BEEN FORMED Rozadowski Minister of Justice. Rozadowsl Minister of Justaice. Berlin, Nov. 4, via London—The Posen correspondent of the Essen Gen eral Anzeiger says that the new Pol- ish cabinet has been formed as fol- lows: Premier, Count Tarnowskl von Tar- now; minister of war, General Roza- dowski; minister of justice, Professor Cabled Paragraphs Lufbery “Gets” Another German plan Paris, Noy. 4—Lieutenant Raoul Lufbery, of Wallingford, Conn., mem- ber of the Lafayette fiving squadron, has brought down his fifteenth Ger- man airplane, according to yester- day’s Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune. This, adds the newspaper, makes Lufbery’s offictal count twelve, the bringing down of three machines he sccounted for not having been Te- ported by the official observers. THREE U. 8. SOLDIERS KILLED, FIVE WOUNDED, 12 CAPTURED They Were Cut Off From Main Body by Heavy Bombardment. Washington, Nov. 3.—Thres Ameri- can soldiers killed, five wounded, twelve captured in German raid. American infantry were in ocoup: tion of a small salient for instruction when cut off from the main body by heavy bombardment from German ar- tillery. General Pershing reports the capture of one prisoner. Enemy losses are not known, says the despatch. NAVAL ACTIVITY IN THE GULF OF TRIEST. Italians Have Taken Naval Strategic Point of Grado. Italian Headquarters in Northern Italy, Saturday, Nov. 3—(By The As- sociated Press).—A naval bulletin last cight referred to intense activity in the Gulf of Triest. In this connection it may be pointed out that while at- tention is chiefly fxed on the two land ronts, in Venetia and the Trentino, yet the authorities are not overlooking tie Tict that the navy has a sea front or. the Adriatic which many experts believe is the key to the whole situa- tion at the Austro-Italian war theatre. This front has undergone a sweeping ckange within the last few days, as ihe withdrawal of the Italian army to the new front west of the Tagliamento river brings the enemy into a long stretch of the upper Adriatic extending along the Gulf of Triest from Monfal- cone to_the mouth of the Tagliamento. The Italian navy in the Adriatic, tnder command of the Duke of the Abruzzi, had brilliantly taken the im- portant naval strategic point of Grado and its vast lagoon, thus,effecting oc- cupation by the Italian naval forces of the entire gulf front for 25 miles ur to Monfalcone, whence they looked cut upon Trivst as the great prize of the upper Adriatic, only a few miles away. These facts give significance to the Present intense activity in this quar- ter on the upper Adriatic, as it has been suggested that the naval front may yet become the turning point in the present Titanic - struggle. The raval authorities believe the entente would do Wwell to consider quickly and thoroughly the naval possibilities of the Adriatic, as it is maintained that 1 toffers one of the surest fields for the entente to deal a decisive blow. The basis for this is that Austria cannot possibly receive naval rein- forcements from Germany, as all the sea Toutes are controlled by the en- tente, whereas these routes are open to, permit the entente to assemble a fieet which would make the reduction © fthe Austrian fleet a certainty. The chief reliance of the Austrian ravy is in keeping its big ships under cover, and thus far no important unit Pas Been destroved. yet with the en- tente fleets reinforcing the Italian fleet in the Adriatic, naval experts say that kydro-airplanes could drive the Aus- trian ships from their hiding and bring them within range of the combined entente fleets. Once the Austrian fleet is destroyed, it is pointed out, Austrian mastery of the Adriatic disappears, as the whole range of the coast. including Triest, would be under control of the Italian and other entente flects. FRENCH ARE FOLLOWING THE RETREATING GERMANS. Moving Wi h Caution to Avoid Traps Set by Germans. On the French Front in Franch, Nov. 4—(By The Associated Press)—The French advance in pursuit of the Ger- mans beyond the Chemin des Dames has attained an average of a mile and 2 half, the southern bank of the Adlette, being repassed everywhere. Altogether since yesterdav about eighteen square miles of territory have fallen into French hands, the progress being necessarily slow, owing to the uncer- tainty as to where the Germans will wake a stand. l?ny points in the line were bom- barded by the German big guns during 'the French advance, especially in the neighborhood of Ailles, where numer- ous mustard-gas shells somewhat de- layed the progress of the French troops. ‘The French are displaying the great- est prudence in their movements in consequence of the frequency of the j caverns on all sides in the hills. As a result of this caution the troops while going forward discovered a num- ber of trap: In Cerny a steel helmet hung on a pole was found on examina- tion to have an electric wire connec- tion running into a mine which would explode in the event of the helmet being snatched away. At the present moment the French Pacific Shipyards MADE BY SHIPBUILING LABOR ADJUSTMENT BOARD 10 to 30 P. C. INCREASE The Minimum Scale Rates Are Retro- active, Going Back the Pugid Sound District to August 1—Must be Put Into Effect Before Nov. 12. San Francisco, Nov. 4.—Uniform minimum wage scales for the Paci- fic coast shipbuilding vards, a guide for all shipyards in the country, were announced today by the United States shipbuilding labor adjustment board. The decision effects an increase of from ten to thirty per cent. over the old scale here, although its uniformity makes it lower in some localities than the temporary scale now in force. Methods. The decision, the first to be handed down by the board, declares that em- ployes ~ “discrimination, _interfer:ng With the defense of the nation in time of war against so-called ‘unfair’ meth- ods, would be intolerable. There won't be many ships built under this scale,” declared M. J. Maguire, a union conferee representing the metal trades craftsmen of the bay district. “I be- lieve the entire shipbullding crafts of the Pacific coast will appeal to Wilson against the decision. Based on Increased Cost of Living. The scales are based upon the in- crease in the cost of living since the beginning of the war, it was stated Seventy-five thousand men must be employed in the Pacific coast ship- yards to carry out the government programme, the board decided. That means 30,000 skilled mechanics more than employed now. The board will urge the department of labor to ex- tend the federal employment service in California, Oregon and Washinsion to supplement the trade unions un- able to supply skilled workmen. “The shipbullding labor adjustment board is a war board,” the decision states. “The owners of the shipyards are, for the duration of the war, merely agents of the government. Em. ployers and employes must realize the war has changed their relation to each other. ~The government is insistent that ships it requires must be built and built promptly. It is equally in- sistent that standards of living must be preserved. 6,000,000 Tons in 1918. “The nationsl programme requires an increase in the output of ships from 750,000 tons turned out in 1915, to 6,000,000 tons in 1918. This neces- sitates introduction wherever possible of the two and three shift systems. Immediate steps to bring about ‘his change must be taken by shipyard owners.” . All_members of the board léft for the east late today. Representatives of the craftsmen met in secret session discussing the decision. The decision of the board was reported to be unfavorable to them. - Members of the two employers as. soclation refused to comment on the decision. No statement would be giv- en out, they said, until after meetings to be held tomorrow. Scale Rates Are Retroactive. _ The scale rates are retroactive, go- ihg back in the Puget Sound district to August 1. They must be put into effect on or before Monday, Nov. 12, the board ordered, and back pay must be paid within two weeks from that time. Rates of wages now being paid in excess of the minimum rates fixed are to be in no wise altered. An eight hour day was fixed for the San Francisco and Portland district. SON SOF ITALY IN g STATE CONVENTION Passed Resolution Askijng President Wilson to Declare War. on Austria Not to Tolerate Unfail Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 4.—The state convention of the lodges of Sons of Italy in session here todag plegzed themselves and their order to pur- chase German or Austrian goods now and after the war. About 75 dele- gates, from all over the state, were present. The following state officers were_elected: Grand venerabili, Cher Dr. Nicola Mariani of New Haven: assistant venerabili, Luigi Lerzi, of Waterbury: ex-venerabili, Enrico Plc- arelli of Waterbury; cratore, Antonio Pisani, New Haven: recording secre- tary, Aurelic Manzini, Bridgeport: fi- nancial secretary, Tomaso Tella. of Stamford; treasurer, Gabriel Caris. simi, Waterbury: trustees: Maria Zito Piecitelli, New Haven: Giorzio A. Mazzacane, New Haven: Glovasni Ruggiero. New London: Vincenrn Si- ottl, Waterbury and Francesco “'ras- sa_of Bridgeport. The convention also adopted a res- olution asking President Wilson to declare war against Austria and to publish propaganda against buving German and Austrian merchandise. Graczewski; minister of public in- struction, Herr Karki; minister of the army, Count Heinrich Postrowskl and minister of agricuiture, Anton Kie- nacki. Warsaw newspapers, however, state that the regency council has been of- ficially informed by the German au- thorities in occupation of Poland that they will not concur in Count Tar- nowski’s candidature for the Polish premiership. SHOT ONE WOMAN DEAD, AND WOUNDED ANOTHER Result of a Quarrel Sunday in a Ho- tel in Boston. Boston, Nov. 4—DMiss Jennle Lane of the Charlestown district, this city, was killed and Mrs. Bertha Parls of the Roxbury district, - dangerously wounded by revolver shots in a hotel room which they occupied here today. Frank H. qud:urg of Newburyport s under arrest, charged with the g econt cccording to. the police, Bradbury said the Lane woman was engaged to marry him. It is alleged that the shooting resulted from a quarrel. e British Captures at Beersheba. London, Nov. 4—The British army in Palestine captured fifteen guns in the recent attack which resuited in the taking of Beersheba, it was offi- cially announced today. This state- ment says: ‘Fifteen guns were cap- tured at Beersheba. Prisoners to number of 444, including Hnofle:th:, wara eantuzed at cccupy every crest and possess all the observatories atove Craonne, Ailles, Cerny nad Courtecon, while 50 far as can be made out the Germans have established their line on the other side of the Aillette valley, whence a show- er of bullets from numerous machine guns comes on occasionally. They de- stroyed every bridge over the Allette they retired. The German evacuation was discov. ered on Friday by a patrol of chas- seurs. During the preceding night any movement from the direction of the French lines brought a salvo of bullets, but toward dawn, when the chasseurs were making a daring patrol, they found onme of the German ' fromt trenches empty and immediately gave ke alarm. WATERBURY POLICE BREAK UP ANTI-DRAFT MEETING Shout- —_— Vincent Youse Arrested For “To Hell With America.” ‘Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 4.—Suspect- ing that those assembled were to talk lice anti-draft or sedition, ihe night broke up a meeting in its ception at a Lithuanian hall. The po- lice had not given a permit for the meeting_and when they told Vincent 24, an employe of the Water- that the gather- e broken up, he “To hell with America,” and was arrested. Frank Alia was ar- You: bury Clock Company, ing would have to b shoute rested for_ protesting Youse's arrest and Paul Max and Petro Skrazia for alleged breach of the peace andrdrunk- | ennasa_Thasa ‘was_no fustbax trouwhia. CATHOLICS TO OPPOSE THE ANTI-AID AMENDMENT Election in Massachuse At State SONS OF ITALY IN Boston, Nov. 4—Catholic _citizens were again urged in an address by Cardinal O’Connell today not to lend their support to the proposed “anti- aid” amendment to the state consti- tution which is to be voted on at the election next Tuesday. The measure would forbid the appropriation of state money for sectarian institutions. Asserting that the’amendment was to Catholich, the cordinal re- an insult ferred to and now let me say it has stated so clearly that any man o-l!{rhls o clearest light poured on the whole sit- persists in advocating the pass- the amendment or votes for it himeelf, is guilty of an action of which grace Tris aotion. will work out an ‘tnest of X an E culable wrong which one day he will himself” a Catholic after uat ing let ue hope, he may have some day to repent. But the th Tue.” ‘Waterbury. g Saembers here today, headed by President The ad the Eagles Initiats 128.- ‘B esfor |8 Men Perish in it Conn., Nov. 4.—The lo- Eagles initiated 123 new state ol!eua P he‘Comwr tending the ceremony. Porrington degres team conduot- initasiam Salvation Mission WHEN IT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT PATERSON, N. J. TEN MEN WERE INJURED Rapid Spread of the Flames Made Use ible of the Only Fire Escape Impo —Several Elderly Victims Are Be- |autos. The loss is estimated at $2 000. lieved to Have Been Suffocated. . - Arthur Williams, New York food ad- ministrtor, announced that the food ol e Paterson, N. J., Nov. 4. — Nineteen | campaign pledge passed the 250,000 * been” fr mark. bodies have been taken from the ruins of the Salvation Army rescue mission in this city which was destroyed by fire early today. Ten men are in hos- vitals with probably fatal injuries and many others were less seriously hurt n leaping from windows of the burn- ing structure. Identification Impossible. Identification of all who were killed will be impossible, the police believe, 25 the records of the institution were lost in the fire. There were 35 me: asleep in the mission when the flames started in an old frame building ad- joining the mair structure, used for storing magazines and newspapers. Arrival of fire apparatus was delaved through confusion in turning in a proper alarm, and the entire building was ablaze when the firemen reached Cut. Off from Fire Escape. Rapid spread of the flames made use of the only fire escape on the building impossible and the lodgers, many of whom were old and crippled. were driven to windocws from which they leaped before firemen could catch them in nets. Several of the elderly victims are believed to have been suffocated in their sleep and others who tried to reach the street by the front entranec so impeded each other in their flight at they choked the passageway, where bodles were found huddled in a heap. Eight of Dead ‘Identified. Eight of the dead thus far have Ween :dentified. Tt was reported tonight that about ten of the aged lodgers are miss- irg, but as the cellar of the mission is flooded with four feet of water search for additional bodles is being retarded. The police declare the building com- plled fully with the fire laws and at- cributed the quick spread of the flames to stacks of kindling wood stored in the rear yard, not far from the store- reom contalning bundlcs of old news- papers, which burned rapidly. REPRISALS AGAINST GERMAN AGGRESSION Recommended to Congress by Presi- dent Braz of Bra: Rio Janeiro, Nov. 4—All the meas- ures recommended to the congress by President Braz as reprisals against German aggressions have been azreed to by the committee of the chamber of deputies. These included annulment of contracts to German subjects; con- trol of German banks and the event- ual annulment of their licenses; ex- tension of these measures to German commercial firms; prohibition of the transfer of ownership of Gerrian prop- erties, and the internment of German suspects. In addition the committee also authorizes the sgovernment to nullity all contracts with German: At another meeting tomorrow furth- er measures will be adopted by the committee. Great Britain, according to the news- paper A Noite, has offered to supply Brazil with all indispensable products. such as coal. She has also offered the nation- the use of personal property, real estate and_capitol which the British own in Brazil, the newspaper states. 5420 HARVARD MEN ARE ENGAGED IN WAR SERVICE Nearly 2000 Are in the Army and 713 in the Navy. Cambridge, Mass., Noc. 4. — Five thousand, four hundred and twenty- nine Harvard men are engaged in war service of some sort, according to an official university publication just is- sued. Nearly 2,000 are in the arms and 713 in the navy. Officers’ training corps and other military bodles have nearly a thousand more while there are 122 in foreign armies and 420 in the ambulance service. Four hundred and ninety-eight are serving on.na- tional or state war committees and 229 are engaged in Red Cross field ‘work. Of the university teaching staff. 117 are devoting their time to war work for the government while another hundred are engaged in national scr- vice while continuing thelr classes here. AMERIC5N AVIATOR EVERETT BUCKLEY NOT KILLED Illincis Man Was Taken Prisoner on ' September 5. Parls, Nov. 4—French and Ameri- cans, members of the Lafayette fying corps, ave rejoicing over the news just received that Corporal BEverett Buckley of Kilburne, Ills, was not killed, as reported, on September 5, but {s a prisoner In Germany. The report states that Corporal Buckley was attacked and taken prisoner by the Germans. Buckley held a brilliant record as a pliot and during the recent Verdun of- fensive he made five trips into the en- emy country in a single day. gt e DEALERS IN FOODSTUFFS TOLD TO TAKE INVENTORY Preparatory to Making a Detailed Re- port to Food Administration. Washington, Nov. 4. — Dealers _in | fooastutts who were licensed Novem- ber 1 were advised by the food ad- ministration today to immediately take an inven of their stock prepara- 7 led revort to the admin- istration. by 1. report are .- Forms now in the hands of mate the total corn pack 11,000,000 cases. were the Allies at their demand. Condensed Telegrams Federal mediators settled the strikes | of 6000 copper mine: in Arizona. Food Administration officials of 1917 All German ships in Chinese harb: confiscated and turned over King Alfonso entrusted Directors of the Standard Oil Co. Nes erly dividend of $3 a share. Fire destroyed the garage of Cahilli Del.. with Bros., of Wilmington, The Retail Liquor Dealers’ Associ- ation announced = that it expects close all cabarets in Philadelphia Dec. 1. Harry S. Harkness. one of Amer wealthiest sportsmen was married Mrs. Florence Gaines. to The American Military Hospital { Pavis has sen: an appeal to Americans for Christmas gifts for 600 woun. soldiers. A careful lookout is being kept a_suspicious looking schooner sighted off the Atlantic coast flying the Amer- ican flag. esti- Marquis Manuel Garcia Prieto with the task of forming a coalition cabinet. York declared the regular quart- secretly Steuber at | ors to of Mr. Storrow Can Now Borrow to by a’s ing Became Effective. in ded Hartford, Conn., Nov. 4—James .| Storrow, New England fuel admiuis- for | trator, is sending to the fuel adminis- trators of all the copies of an_orde authorizin; and supply limited quan of coal SUPPLIED WITH COAI Fuel Administrator Storrow is Authorized to Obt Limited Quantities to Meet Emergencies Any Needed Industry—New England Will Not De Much Benefit of Price Fixing, as Practically All Her ( Contracts at the Mines Had Been Made Before The steamers . Fathomer and Path- finder of the Department of Comemrce to meet immediate emersencies. A | | of this order has been received | copy will be turned over by the Navy De- | po ‘Thomas . Russell, federal fuel partment. administrator for Connecticut and tie The tomb of the former king of Ha- waii was broken open and the silver crown and jewels and other emblems were stolen. Food Administrator Hoover, war Arthur Willlams, New stock yards. Grocery stores in Freeport were can- vassed by a housewife for ingredients to make mincemeat—not a currant in any of them. Herbert H. Wilmot, member of Com- pany A, 302d Machine Gun Battal was killed by an automobile truck at Camp Devens. The kaiser has ordered the raising of flags and firing of salutes in honor of the victories of the German armies against the Italians. Miners on strike at Bellaire, O., were or forfeit their union memberships by the Unit- ordered to return to work ed Mine Workers of America. The October Grand Jury urges impeachment of Mayor Smith. Philadelphia and the removal of rector of Public Safety Wilson. The National Acmy Devens, Mass, will have a taste real trench-life when they are put to the trenches for 72 hours’ duty. Frank A. Scott, who, resigned chairman of the War Industries Board, was warned by his physician to give up all work for an indéfinite period. Without warning an order for closing of 270 out of the 338 saloons of Hoboken, N. J. was issued by Assistant Attorney General Steelman. Retai city will be from two to three agree to sell it without profit. Twenty-six social York adminis- trator, of a plot to destroy animals in men at Camp prices of milk in New York cents less a quart before next week. Grocers charging a ts were sentenced to serve prison terms from one year Chairman of the coal committee of ihe Connecticut _state ccuncil of defense This order does not give the fuel ad- ministrator autocratic power to coal, but it does enable him to things to bring about a hetter tribution of coal for emersency poses. The executive order fixing the price of coal was adopted for the purpose of preventing speculation in that nec- essary commodity. New England was not in a position to derive much bene- fit from it, however, because prac- tically all of her coal contracts at the mines had been made before this or- der became effective. Most of the soft coal for New England comes by wa- ter from Norfollk and Newport News. 1t is contracted for far in advance of the need of it in order to be forward- ed when shipping conditions are fa- vorable. Thus contracts for this win- ter's coal were made last spring and even as far back as a year ago. Because of the uncertain conditions do dis- pur- ned ion, NEW ENGLAND TO BE TO BRING ABOUT BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF COA a Carload Lot to Help Price surrounding the « price paid at the all buyers from th $ siderably in excess of t Ly the executive or Ler. Many had cont a_price around who had quan cost that sum and were wi lieve incidental cases price paid plus a_comum cents a ton and t charges. The executive r fc a price higher than $2.45 this_situation was made Garfleld, he saw that the Jobbers ¥ order was working a hardship in dividual cases in E n hence the new order which sets Storrow as his personal represent. in_New BEngland. Mr. Storrow can now borrow a load lot to help out some nee dustry and pledge Dr. Gar cial credit that it will be retur can also waive the price-fix of the original order an contract on the price paid ber, plus a reasonable commi such coal has actually been ur into the dealer’s yard it may strued under the order govern tail dealers and if the coa while in cars or barzes t a must be based on the der relating to jobbers. EASTERN RAILROADS TO BE GIVEN HEARING TODAY the| At Reopening of the 15 Per Cent. In- Di- crease Rate C: Washington, Nov. 4—Eastern ‘rall- Yoad representatives will appear be- fore the Interstate Commerce Com- mission tomorrow at the reopening of the 15 per cent. Increase rate case to argue that unless they are granted more general raises than the commis- sion allowed In the case last June they - |cannot properly accommodate war trafic. | The case wns reopened by the | the commission virtually on its own iniative after the eastern carriers had notifled the commission several weeks ago that rate Increases would be Sought at a later date. Although the hearings will be only systems east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio river, the action of the commission will have o bearing on rates throughout the country and Fepresentatives of southern and west- ern roads will be represented at the of in- as the 24 | hearings. and a day to two years for conspiring | PSarings, e 2 gs probably will con {0 obstruct the dratt at Sioux Falls, 8. | yume about two weeks and the com- 5 mission expects to dispose of the cas: i before thie end of the year. Testimony Articles of incorporation were flled ||y expected to be comparatively brief. at Albany, N. Y.. by the O'Neil Iron Work of Buffalo. to operate sugar cane MRS. CORA BELLE WHITE BRINGS SUIT FOR $60,000 mills. The company has $400,000 cap- ital. The Kaiser relieved Dr. Michaelis of all his offices of Chancellor. Prus- sian Premier and Foreign Minister. He received the Red Eagle from the Kalser. Men liable to the draft who are on strike from the Fore River shipbuild- ing works at Quincy, Mass., will have their exemptions cancelled unless they return to work. General Aureliano Blanquet, minister of war in the Huerta Cabinet. joined the Felix Diaz movement in Puebla. with a force recruited from the old Federal group. Effective immediately, ~a general wage increase of 10 per cent. was awarded employes of the Sydney, N. S. steel plant of the Dpminions Iron & Steel Corporation. Mrs. Mary Somers, of Manchester, N. H., charged with Killing her husband, pleaded guilty to 'second degree man. slaughter and was released under & suspended sentence. One lone Italian outpost held ont for three days against Mackensen’s armies after being cut off. It was provisionea by aviators, who dropped bread and other food over the lines. A Socialist mesting called for the purpose of ratifying the candidacy of Morris Hillquit for nfayor of New York was barred from the hall by the proprietor at the request of the police. Mayor Curley of Boston announced he had removed Corporation Counsel John A. Sullivan from office. . The Against the Estate of the Late George R K. Halladay of Suffield. Suffield, Gonn., Nov. 4—Mrs. Belle White, sult against the estate of the George K. Halladay for $60,000 alleg- Ing that that amount is due her under an agreement made in writinz by Mr. Mrs. White affirms that Halladay. the agreement was flled with the will made by Mr. Halladay although not a part_of it nor a codicil. Her broth- ers, Henry W. Phelps of this place and Eenjamin J. Phelps, of Highbridge, N. 3. are executors of the will Mrs. White is _the divorced wife of E. M. White of Suffield wy whom she was paid a considerable sum as ali- monp whewn hre won her Cne of her counsel is A. T. Hartford. rtained b the executors. $225,000. The sult is returnable court. FUSION OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES IN ITALY Been Effected to D From ltalian Soi Hay Rome, Nov. mother sojl, apparently, high officials, has peace, for the present at least. Nora of 'Suffleld, has brought late divorce. B . of Hugh M. Alcorn has been The cstate of Mr. Halladay is said to be worth to the December term of the superior e Teutons —The gravity of the situation and the fuslon of all parties into one national entity determined at all odds to drive the enemy from the according to reached ~even the Vatican, where it is realized it is ad- visable to abandon any efforts toward | Christmas package mayor asserts Sullivan and a chairman of a commission attempted to “fram him* Mark Ei of Internal Revenue between 5000 and 6, yachts and boats in New York have failed to pay the war lue on. these Vessls and the beats are liable to be seized. : Rock Franesour, of Manchester, H., charged with the death of his four- for | teen-year-old son. Wilfred.. To- sulted from a severe gullty to second d and was given a sen! to five years, mation has the United Talay to Gasmans. or, United ‘States oolector announced that _ which ‘beating. pleaded o e Thres from In the arrest of Ernest Lohendorff, at El Paso, Texas, government agents Mflw “been _ transmitted between The leaders in the Catholic party have made declarations of their sup- port to united Italy In the supreme struggle ‘and it is sald. In official quarters that the Vatican has been in- formed that for the moment any atti- CAMPAIGN CLOSED FOR MASSACHUSETTS ELECT Little Evidence of Any Great Intere Among the Voters. Boston, Nov. election campaign, usual on account of war issues, had virtua with a little evidence that any interest had been aroused among voters. The ballot next Tues contain five tickets, nomi publicans, democrats, pr soclalists and socialist lak Governor McCall, renominat republicans, took no part in t paign except to speak at ly In this eity last n W. Mansfleld, his den ent, whom he defeated 4—The annual made some extensive speaking through tle state, inwhich he h tacked especiall vthe sovernor tacked especially the zovernor A feature of the campaign w choice of Matthew Hale, pre tate chairman, as candidat tenant governor by the ¢ progressive and prohibit CHRISTMAS CHEER FOR OUR TROOPS IN FRANC Will Be Dispensed in the Y. M. C Huts—To Have Christmas Trees. Americun Training Camp in Frane Nov. 4—(By The Associated Pre The American soldiers ir be treated to a genuin: American Christmas ir A., or “Rea Triangle” huts. be celebrattions with Chr not only at the base ca American training zone hind the trenches from Amerfcan boys are now Germans. France will supply hut and the' Y. M. C. ran the ¥ TE tree for ever with th . A pected help from homs, will ag ift for every soldier m ments of the troops \oi ble to guarantee ti dresscd presents son to whom they case, but the “Red Triang ization as the Y. M. C. A. is now ing called here, intends that man shall be remembered whetk addressed t personally from home Is delivered VON HERTLING CONFERS WITH MILITARY LEAD In the Presence of Several Leading Parlimentarians. London, Nov. 4—Count George Vor Hertling, the new German _imper chancellor, conferred on Sat with General Von Ludendorff, ch the general staff, and Field Mars Von Hindenburg in the presence several leading parliamentarians, ac- cording to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen today. Chancellor Von Hertiing's negotia- tiens with regard to the entry of par- liamentarians into the cabinet, adds the correspondent, Will have to await his_return from Bavaris, about the middle of the present month. According to an Amsterdam despateh of [tude which might be considered to run counter to the national aspirations would be most unwelcome. CHOATE SCHOOL POTATO | CROP ABOUT 2,000 BUSHELS War Garden Was Planted and Culti- ‘vated by Students. rd, Conn, Nov. 4. — The 00l potato crop is now all harvested and about 2, Wal Choate practically ‘warden planted and cultivated by stu- dents at the school. a_harvester, the profits from the sale *lho is now. studying music in Boston. of the ke N0 bushels will be the resuit of the After paying for of the crop will be devated to some ‘war cause to be determined by & vote to Reuter’s Limited, Count Von Hert- ling will make his first appearan before the reichstag on November 22. AERIAL POSTAL SERVICE FOR TROOPS IN FRANCE or- Is Planned by the Muniocipal Post ficials_at Lyons. ‘Washington, Nov. 4—Asrial post service between the American tro in France and their British French comrades, with an extens to Algeria and Morocco, is planned the municipal post ofclals at L: A cablegram received here savs commission has been appointed study the question of routes and sail o Mol gy S