Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 17, 1918, Page 1

Bufletin Service 'Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 144 POPULATION 29,919 VICH, CONN. . - MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1918 AUSTRIAN TROOPS DELIVER AN ATTACK ON (TALIAN FRONT OF NEARLY 100 MILES In the Initial Struggle the Austrians Succeeded in Capturing Several Positions From the British POSITIONS RECOVERED IN COUNTER-ATTACKS The Allied Troops Are Holding the Enemy and Are Endeavor- ing to Throw Back the Invaders Across the River Piave —Vienna Claims the Capture of 10,000 Italian, English ahd French Soldiers—The Italians Have Taken More Thns,'mPfisonm—TheF'lghfinghianHu Subsided Almost to Sub-Normal—Forces of American Troops Now Are Occupying Sectors in Alsace—In Mace- donia the Bulgarian Troops Have Failed in an Attempt to Penetrate the Allied Lines. The Italian and allied armies are avely sustaining the weight of the Austrian forces which are attacking along the front of the ltalian theatre from the porthfest of the Asiago pla- teau eastward to- the Plave river and thence along that stream to where it joins the headwaters of the Adriatic front of mearly 100 miles. _ ing made extensive preparations for the drive by bringing up strong “inforcements in men and guns, many of them brought from the former bat- tié line in Rumania and Galicia as a resuit of the debacie in the east, lhe ememy is using them without stint in order to debouch from the mountain passes and cross the Piave river and gain the Venetian plains. Austrians Captured Several Posifions. Everywhere the fighting is of an ex- tremely sanguinary chaarcter, especi- ally east of the Asiago plateau, in the Frenta valley and on Monte Grappa. In the initial struggle the enemy suc- ceeded in capturing several front line positions in. the mountain region from the British and also in crossing the Piave. Counter-attacks, however, have restored all the-positions‘in the moun- tains, including territory-to a depth of 1,000 yards along a 2,500 yard front captured from the British. At last ageounts the allied troops everywhere were strongly holding the enemy and Ring Victor Emmanuel's men were gallantly striving to throw back the invaders across the Piave. The Ital- ians have taken more than 3,000 Aus- trian prisoners, among them 59 offi- cers. As yet the Vienna war office has given only brief mention to the battle. saying that the Austrian armies had invaded the Sette Comuni plateau, ly- ing at an altitude of 2400 feet north- west of Asiago, and that up to noon Sunday more than 10,000 Italian, BEng- lish and French soldiers and a con- siderable number of guns had been captured. of Soissons, delivered against the Germans holding territory captured last week. my a week ago was throwing thou- sands upon thousands of men a the allied lines between Montdidier and Noyon, Sunday saw him worn out with his useless cfforts and his forces sad- 1y depleted through men killed and wounde, unwilling or unable further to give battle. village. they regained. the Germans, throughout Sunday “strafed” villages in the rear with their artillery. increase been heavy lied. lines. met with ill success. Fighting in France Simmers Down. With the commencement of the long- expected Austrian offensive, the fight- ing in France has simmered down al- most to sub-normal, except southwest where the French have several. violent attacl Where the en: In the famous St. Mihiel who in their American Troops in Alsace. Probably having in mind President ‘Wilson's promise that the war should not be ended until wrongs of Alsace- Lorraine are righted, forces of Ameri- can troops now are occupying sectors in the picturesque territory of Alsace. They have been there since May 21, and. possibly sensing the importance | of the move; both from the strategic and _meral standpoint, the Germans already have delivered an attack against them. “The American casual- tles were light. Bombardments in Macedoni In Macedonia the operations daily Along the greater patr of the front there have reciprocal bombardments times have. endeavored .to pemetrate the al- All their efforts, however, in importance. and Bulgarian troops several BACCALAUREATE SERMON AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Was Delivered Yesterday by Pri William A. Shanklin. dent Middletown, Conn., June 16.—The world has at hand at last the means to give the vision of lasting peace prac- al form. said President William A. Shanklin of Weslevan university in his baccalaureate sermon today to the se- nior class. Dr. Shanklin, who has just returned from six months' work among the American troops in France and England, spoke on'‘The Promise of the Coming Days.” The world has hai many visions of lasting peace, he said, but we now see clearly that endur- ing peace will come only with the vic- tory of the fprees of right and liberty over those of might and military des- potism. Tt will_ be fhe opportunity of the nlightened , France. Great Britain, Italy and the United States to ‘Washn., was effected in a only after three shois had been fired. Government agents form a nucleus of a league of peace destined to replace the alliance of war. This is the mission of the states al- lied in the cause of right. May Amer- ica earn her place in this confederation by giving her means and her men to her last dollar, her last man and her last drop of biood. if need be, for the victory which is. indispensable. “The perversion of the moral de- velopment of Europe by the mental and material was the fundamental cause of the great war. In the develon- ment and inevitable confusion of the revolutionary influences of discoveries in the physical sciepces came the strugele between the two tvpes of thought—the ome continuinz to leok for guidance and support of God, as He is revealed in Jesus Christ. the other solely to the trained mind, with the latter morality losing- its control of conscience.” TUrging upon the members of the class the preservation of high stand- ards of living he “The imperative heed of this dark day and of the coming days of recon- struction is of men, the urgency of whose spirit leads them to consecration duty. service.” MONARCHISTIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN FINLAND Proposal Has Been Referred to the Constitution Committee. Stockholm, June 16—The official Finnish news bureau reports that the government proposal of putting into effect a monarchic form of sovern- ment has been referred to the con- stitution committee and probably will not be taken up until after a general election is held. The old Finne and Swedes and some of the young Finns are monarchists, while the Agrarians and z majority of the Young Finns are republicans and demand a*new election or a ref- erendum. The Dagens Nyheter says the gov- srnment is convinced that it would be impossible to get & majority for a monarchy at the present time. “The want time for campaign- ing among the peéople,” the newspaper “and it etill is & long way to a kingdom in Finiand." . O’LEARY IS BEING HNRRIED ACORSS THE CONTINENT Arrest Was Effected After Three Shots Had Been Fired. of the arrest. The enti matiter, Sty they said, had been carried on with- Pegtland, Oregon, June 16.—Jeremiah | out their knowledge. A. O’Leary, president of the American Truth Society, sought since May 7 last in every corner of the United States escape on the eve of his trial on a charge of pub- iishing seditious articles, and who was arrested last Thursday a from Portland, Oregon, is now being hurried across the continent to New York under heavy guard. O'Leary's arrest took place at Sara. of here, ‘manner following his sensational fifteen miles north dramatic with posse made the arrest, a officials or_state authorities. News of the capture leaked out when a man who had participated came to the office of Sheriff Bert Biesocker at Vancouver, Washn., and told about it. This witness, according to J. J. John- son, deputy sheriff of Vancouver, said a man had taken the clicken ranch to operate it a few weeks ago and had hired the witness to work for him. A few days ago, the narrator said, the owner told him he was called east and that his brother-in-law would take charge. The brother-in-law arrived and he was the man arrested later as O'Leary. Thursday afternoon the new- comer was underneath an automobile repairing it when eleven men broke | from the woods about the cabin and advarked, Several shots were fired but whether O'Leary did any of the shoot ing could not be learned. Soon O’'Leary ‘was handcuffed and taken away. HAS INVITED AMERICAN AND GERMAN SOCIALISTS TO CONFER Trolestra, the Dutch So- Pieter Jells cialist Leader. Amsterdam, June 16.—Vienna news- papers received here say that Pieter Jelles Trolestra, the Dutch socialist England short- Iy to attend the annual conference of the British labor congress. has invit- ed Austrian ‘and German socialists to leader, who is going té confer with him before he departs. The newspapers add that the Aus- tro-German socialists’ have selected |tions in Germany. Karl Seitz: and” Wilhelm FEllenbogen, e A S AL members of the German social de- OBITUARY mocracy in Austria. for this purpose and’that they are leaving immediately for The Hague. Tornado in Georg Macon, Ga., June 16.—A ports are meagre. Eabtetsrapl e | ainst sector, where the Americans took over their first sector of the battle front, the Ger- mans have delivered a stroke and were rewarded by being able to gain the Shortly afterwards, however, were expelled and the position Prisoners were taken from | anger few miles strong it was learn- ed here tonight. O'Leary’s witereabouts had been made known to the federal by a man who had worked with him on a little chicken ranch that O’Leary had tenanted. To this man the fugitive revealed his identity. eral authorities acted promptly and without enlisting aid from the county . The fed- tornado swept across the Tibbetvillet section of Dooley County, Ga., late today, kill- ing a child and probably injuring a score of other persons. Owing to in- terrupted wire communication) re- Cabled Paragraphs Earthquake in British West Indies. St. Vincent, British West = Indies, June 16.—A severe and protracted ecarthquake shock was felt here Sat- urday mornin American Officials in Rome. Rome, June 16.—Colonel Parsons and other American officials who arrived in Rome with ambulances for the American army were presented by Ambassador Page to General Giuseppe Zupelli, minister of war. The minis- ter congratulated the Americans on their arrival, which he said was time- ly owing to the commencement of the Austrian offensive. TRIPLE EXECUTION THIS MORNING AT WETHERSFIELD Murderers of Morris Goldstein, a Tail- or, in West Haven. Hartford, Conn.,, June 17.—Carmine Lanzillo, Carmine Pisaniello, both of New Haven, and Francesco Dusso of New York, were hanged in the state| prison at Wethersfield early today for the murder of -Morris Goldstein a tailor, in West Haven on the night of | November 27. 1916. This was the first triple execution in the state. The first man was led into the death chamber at 12:05:55-a. m. and the third man was pronounced dead at 12:48:40. They were executed in the order | named. Gol@stein. for whose murder the three men paid their lives, was way- laid and killed as the result of a plot wo others to rob him, and the vie- vas hit over the head with a 'n when he re- sisted the attack which was m; the street near his home. The other men concerned are Lu zillo, brother of Carmine and under life sentence at the prison, and Carmine Battiata, who is servinz a sentence of from three to fifteen vears for his mart in the crime. was a former member of a national guard company of New Haven and served with that orzanization durinz the Mexican border trouble. RESPONSIBLE FOR ARREST OF JEREMIAH O'LEARY Samuel F. Stin Caretaker at Ranch Near Portland, Ore. Portland, Oregon, June 16.—Samuel Stine, caretaker at.a ranch near Sara, Washn,, a few miles from here, is responsible for the arrest there of eremiah O'Leary of New 'Y on charges of violating the espionage act, according to information gath- ered today from neighbors whp nessed the arrest last Thursday. - ‘Lear¥y fiow is en route to New York heavy guard. , it was asserted, gained O'- Leary's confidence, learned his iden- tity and reported to the sheriff at Vancouver, Washn., who in turn, com- a municated with the New York fed- eral authorities. Accordinz to the neighbors, the farm on which O'Leary was found was purchased on May 16 by a man who gave his name as Thomas J. Corbitt and _who brought O’Leary to Sara about May He said-O'Leary was his brother ; and that he had come to the farm to recuperate from a severe illne: Federal authorities here said toda they knew nothinz of O'Leary whereabouts until publication of new. AIMS OF GOVERNMENT RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION Outlined in Statement Made Public by Director General McAdoo. Washington, June 16—In a state- ment of policy made public today, Di- rector General McAdoo declared the railroad administration’s aims in or- der of importance are to win the war by moving troops and war materials promptly, to give efficient service to the public, to promote sympathy and understanding between the railroad jmanagements, employes and patrons, and to apply sound business policies to_railway operation. He said he hoped future develop- ment would “humanize the science of railroading and negative the idea that corporations have no sou COLLISION ON THE CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND RAILWAY About a Half Outside of Danbury —One Man Slightly Hurt. Danbury, Conn., June 16.—Traffic on the Central New England Railway be- tween this city and Poughkeepsie, N. collison of freight a mile outside of Danbury. was slightly hurt. One man the caboose. ford was held up. transferred around the obstruction. HAS REMITTED $100,000 TO can Chapter in Switzerland. Berne, June 16.—Charles P. Bennett, Cross in Switzerland, has Charles Planz. New Milford, Conn., June vears oid. Pershing formed by the three men executed and | Y., was tied up today by a rear end trains about half Half a dozen cars and the caboose of the first train were | derailed while the colliding engine was swung at right angles to the tracks and its tender was wedged tightly into Freight traffic bound by that route for New Haven, Waterbury and Hart- Passengers were THE SWISS RED CROSS Charles P. Bennett, Head of Ameri- | representative of the American Red remitted $100,000 to the Swiss Red Cross as an appreciation on the part of America for the work Switzerland has done for the victims of the war, especially the ‘wounded prisoners of the entente na- 16— Charles Planz, for thirty vears a con- stable here and by reason of his long casualty list contained 119 Two Mo Vessels Sunk 0ff the Coast CREWS ‘OF BOTH WERE PICKED up WERE NORWEGIAN SHIPS The Sailing Ship Kringsjaa and the Bark Samoa—The Latter Was Das- troyed By Shellfire, Ninety Miles Off Verginia Coast. Washington, June 16.—German's sea wolves have sunk two more neutral vessels in American waters. The latest victims —of the raiders which first made their appearance off the: Atlantic coast some three weeks ago are the sailing ship Kringsjae and the bark Samoa, both Norwegian. The crew of the former has been picked up by ‘an American warship which is bringing them to an Atlantic port, and #hat of the latter was landed tonight at Norfolk. 90 Miles Off Virginia Coast, Both vessels were sent down 90 miles off the Virginia coast. The Samoa was by shellfire at 8 o'clock Friday the navy department an- v, but the time and man= ner of the sinking of the Kringsjaa had not heen reported to the department late tonight. . _Its announcement concerning the Krinsjaa said: United States man-o-war_ has picked up all of the survivors of the bark Kringsjaa. which sunk about 90 miles off the Virginia coas are being brought to an Atla B Although the report to the depart- ment might indicate that some of the crew of the Kringsiaa had been killed officials believed that as they had dona before, the Germans permitted all aboard the sail'ng ship to take to the hoats before sinking the vessel. The Same Submarine. Since the Kringsjaa was sent down in the same zeneral locality as the Sa- moa, it yeis believed tonight that the same submarine had accounted for the two ships. Tt also was regarded as certain that the same submarine un- successfully attacked the British steamer Keeaum off the Virginia capes last Thursday evening. The Kringsjaa brings the total vessels sunk by of the German U-boats off the American coast to twenty, six of which were Norwegian, four steam- ers and two sailing craft. The Kringsjaa was of 1 and the Samoa of 1051 ton: COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT AT TRINITY COLLEGE net tons Delievered Address Under the Campus | Elms at Sunday Service Hartford Conn., ~ June persons- umder the campus elms at Trinity College at the Sunday ser- }vices of ‘the commencement exercises here today that the censorship, “un pleasant as.it has been at times, should be extended to put a stop to “grandiloquent statements” of what Americans were going to do in the war. He urged that words be trans- lated into deeds and declared that the Gettysburg speech had been made, possible only by the men who had fought there. He charged that the boast that America would have 20000 airplanes by this spring with Persh- ing's men had stimulated Germany to build and not to_brag. He urged Americans not to deceive themselves with the notion that they had done their duty. just begun for America. Profiteering, he said had been wiped out ninety per |cent. of it at least had stopped when the United States became an active belligerent. Nearly all profiteering, he said, had taken place “during the years of our ignoble neutrality.” Colonel Roosevelt sharply attacked all pacifists, I W. W.s, Bolshevists and sentimen- talists. He favored the deportation of non-alien anarchists. “I have been accused of liking to preach,” he declared. I do. My text for today will be from First Kings xx:il_in_which the King Isarael told Ben-Hadad: ‘Let not him thdt girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.” GERMAN SHOCK TROOPS ATTACK AMERICAN LINE | Got Into the Village of Xivray—Later Were Driven Out. | _ With the American Army in France, June 16.—(By A. P.)—About 600 Ger- man shock troops attacked the Am- erican first line positions at the vil- lage of Xivray, in the Toul. sector, early this morning. Some of the enemy got into Xivray but were soon driven |out. At other points the Germans were badly beaten. The attack began at three o'clock violent bombardment of the front line, in the rear. The Germans advanced swiftly to the attack, but were met by a heavy fire. Those who penetrat- jed Xivray were forced speedily to withdraw and elsewhere the enemy ‘was completeiy repulsed in hard fight- ing lasting more than two hours. According to reports the objective of the ememy to take American pri- soners. This object failed, as no Am- erican is reported missing. The Ger- mans. evidently angered by the fail- ure of the attack, continued an inter- mittent shelling of the village in the rear throughout Sunday. Sofme these points were not less than eight miles behind the line. that entered Xivray. Thére was severe fighting with bayonets and clubbed . |rifies. The Germans left nine dead in the streets, taken, two of them officers, whom was wounded. The priSoners came from the thirty sixth Landwehr. troops of the Twenty Second Regi- ment, Eighth Bavarian Reserve, also participated in'the attack. AMERICANS REPULSED on rican Sec Sunday . Morning. service known as the ‘“unofficial | — kead” of the local police force, died at| With the American Army in France, ‘his home today of shock. He was 65|June 16.—(By the Associated Press). names. 16.—Colonel | wit- | Theodore Roosevelt told a throns of The war had | in the morning after an extremely| American batteries and villages far of The American troops- engaged at close quarters the small German force and_six prisoners were one of They said that some A GERMAN ATTACK the American Sector in Alsace American’ machine gunners and rifie nien. repulsed a German attack on the Army Motor Truck “Fell Through Bridge FELL IN RIVER 18 MILES NORTH- WEST OF ATLANTA, GA. FOUR SOLDIERS KILLED Seventeen Men Were Seriously In- jured—The Truck Dropped About Forty Feet and Most of the Men Were Pinned Under It. Atlanta, Ga., June 16.—Four sol- diers were killed and seventeen oth- ers were serlously injured today when an army motor truck fell throuzh a bridge into the Etowah river, in Cher- okee county. 18 miles northwest of At- lanta. All the men were from Camp Gordon. The Men Killed. The men killed were Smith, New York city. Ernest Rheinsmith. Trenton. N. I.1 A. L. Masguise, address undeter- mined. Harold Secor, Watertown, N. J. Four Perhaps Fatally Hurt. Three of the injured are believed to be fatally hurt. They are: Sergeant Harry E. Burton, New York city: Corporal E. F. Brindley, address un- determined; Private A. J. Tripp, of Richmondville, k.2 Samuel. L. Fell About Forty Feet. The . soldiers, accompanied by fed- eral agents, were en route to the northern part of the county to round up draft evaders. When the truck reached the middle of the bridge, which ‘was a wooden structure, the supports gave way. The truck fell about forty feet and most of the men were pinned under it. There was only about four feet of water in the river. Work of Rescue. Federal authorities and civilians who were ridinz in automobiles behind the truck rescued the injured men and re covered the dead bodi The seri- ously injured were placed in automo- biies and taken to a hospital at Ma- rietta, near this city. GOVERNMENT'S FINANCIAL POLICY FOR FOUR MONTHS Fourth Liberty Loan to Be Floated | Probably in October. Washington. June 16.—The zovern- ment’s financial programme for the t four months, was disclosed today | Secretary McAdoo's announcement that in preparation for the fourth I iberty loan to be floated probably ir October, about $6,000,000 certificates indebtedness will be issued They I be offered in blocks of $750,000,- 000 each, every two weeks beginning June 25, verv natighal bank and trust com pany is asked to assist the govern ment by subscribimu~five per cent. of its gross resources monthly. The cer- tificates will bear 4 1-2 per cent. in- terest like those preceding the th Liberty Joan, and will have varying periods, none exceeding four tion, an_undetermined quan- tity—perhaps $2.000 000,000—of tax certificates will be issued during the symmer for use in paying taxes a year from now. The announcement of this pro- gramme indicated that the fourth Tiberty loan will be for at least $6.- 000,000,000, the exact amount depend- ing on government expenditures in the next few months. The treasury already has estimated these roughly at about $12.000.000.000, between July 1 and next Januer: The sale of certificates under the plan in effect during the past year amounts virtually to borrowing in ad- vance from banks on projected pop- vlar war loans on tax collections, and periodically refunding these short term oblizations in lone term Liberty bonds. Depository banks make 2 1-2 per cent. net, the difference between the 4 1-2 per cent. interest paid by the government. and the 2 per cent. collected for deposits. The future financial programme was announced at this time to enable Lanks to prepare for the government demands. STEAMSHIP OUTRACED A GERMAN SUBMARINE In a Three Hour Stern Chase Off the Virginia Coast. An Atflantic Port, June 16—In a three hour stern chase off the Virginia coast, a steamship from _South American ports outraced a German Submarine early Friday morning, ac- cording to officers and passengers of the vessel, which docked here today. A ligkt, close to the water, was sighted in waters near where the Nor- wegian bark Samoa was sunk by a Teuton invader six hours iater, as an- rounced today by the navy depart- ment. The ship turned about, and with_her engzines driving at full speed, headed toward mid-ocean while the low-lying lisht followed The liner’s captain. confident that the pursuing craft was a U-boat, 0d- dered all phssengers on deck and ‘boats were swung overside and the women and children grouped near them. For three hours, the passengers said, the unseen ship, with its singl lighe, trailed the speeding liner. When dropped steadily astern and finally disappeared, the captain zigzagzed his vessel back to its formr course. Aboard the steamship was an at- tache of the American transvort ser- vice who was on the New York and Porto Rican liner Brazos when that vessel received a wireless call for help from her companion ship, the Carolina, which was sunk June 2 by a submarine. The Brazos. he declared, put on full steam, draftinz every-bod- fed man in the ship's company for furnace room duty, and raced for a Porto Rican port. A RECORD PRODUCTION OF BITUMINOUS COAL Was Made During the Week Ending June 8. Washington, June 16.—Miners re- sponded to the nation's war needs with a record production of -bitumi- nous coal during the week ending June S. The fuel administration 2 nounced tonight that a total of 1 465,000 tons was mined, or approx issued in Germany. by the War Department. 577 year. in York street, Dublin and arrested 30 | for driliing. 1 taken control of all gasoline in Porto equipped them with life belts. The | Condensed Teiegrams Beginining today shoe cards will be A weekly review will be published | Cotton consump! n for May was 288 bales against 615,412 bales last The police raided workmen's club Baron Rhondda is highly praised by the British press for his services as food controlier. The Swedish steamship Dora was sunk without warning. Nine of the crew are missing. In reprisal for the shelling of life- boats of a sinking ship, Dutch fisher- man aviators in Holland. A rush to volunteer for the Fire De- partment Auxiliary in New York brought enroliment to 1,000. Differences between the steamship companies and the port laborers caus- ed suspension of work in Callao, Peru, International difficulties have arisen over the drafting of unwilling neutrals, several of whom have been killed in action. The Insular Fuel Commission has | Rico and has fixed the maximum price | at 55 cents a gallon. i Secretary McAdoo will remain away | from Washington all summer, trans- | acting_government business by wire from Sulphur Springs. | The commision of 21 Mexican news- | paper editors who have been in New | York for several days, left New York | vesterday for Boston | The annual baccalaureate sermon byl President A. Lawrence Lowell, of | Harvard College, was delivered in Ap- | pleton Chapel yesterday. A rehearing of the United Shoe Ma- | chinery case was asked of the Supreme | Court by licitor-General Davis of | the Department of Justice. | . The New York Central obtained a| judgment of $581,000 in its claim of | 2,805,000 for land in Buffalo appro- | priated for the Barge Canal. Joseph R. Taylo of the Grand| Rapids Press was clected president of the International Circulation Manage: Association at Washingten, Gen, Guillaumont formar commander | of the French forces at Salonika si appointed commander of the armies of | Paris and military governor. i Nearly 100 French “blue devils,” who jhave been guests of the city of Bos ton aiding in the sale of war savings stamps, left Boston for Canada. | Austria is offering $5 per execution | to hangmen who carry out military | sentences, and failing to get volunteers, | ]‘hrl:l!len‘» to conscript executioners. Two hundred million dollars has been {spent in Cuba by Germans for propa- ganda or in investments, according to a U. S. Army officer just returnad. Three thousand bales of German Government-owned cotton was auc- tioned on the New York Exchange, bringing 28.75 to 32.12 cents a pound. Wage increases, ing from last Monday, were announced today by the ‘Woonsocket Rubber Company, for.1,500 operatives here and 800 at Millville, R. i Herman Jungbluth, a German was arrested in Atlantic City under the Espionage act. Drawings of munition plants were said to be in his posses- sion. ed Rufus W. Sprague, Jr., of New York to take immediate charge carrying out enemy regulations at the Port of New York. Capt. rson and Lieut. Rousseau, French avidtors, flying from France to England, were killed when their air- plane turned over 200 yards from the landing station. The War Department asked _the Mayor of Newark, N. J., to round up stray dogs for the department, so that they may be used in experimenting with a new gas. Miss Rebecca Chase of Bristol, R. 1., was commissioned as a pilot and as- sistant engineer of the ferry and mail “Harvest,” plying between Bristol and Prudence Island. Two hundred small factories were forced to close in Chicago during the week because of the withholding of steel from factories not engaged in Government work. Four women were fined from $50 to $100 each for talking in German over the telephone in violation of Gov. Harding's proclamatipn, in Davenport, Iowa. The money went to the Red Cross. | Major Roger Wolcott, in charge of the army draft in Massachusetts_ap- pealed to mill and factory ownersand the police of the various cities and towns, for assistance in rounding up slackers. Frank Michalski, 40 years old, was Ikilled at Cromwell, Conn., Saturday night in a collision between the cyele he was riding and a motorcycle driven by Walter Thorell, alsq of Cromwell. Sepator Fall, of New York, offered an amendment to the army appropria- tion bill which would pr e for the Secretary of War to raise an army of 3.000,000 by draft during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, The Public Service Commission of Massachusetts, refused a request of the Bay State Street Railway Com- pany for a general fare increase, but announced its willingness to approve a new schedule providing for a zone system. Four Austrians and one German, members of regular army forces sta- tioned at the harbor forts, in Boston, who had taken no steps to become American citizens, were sent to Fort Oglethrope, Ga., to be interned for the duration of the war. Americans Lose Observation Balloon: With the American Army in France, June 15—(By The Associated Press). An observation balloon was shot down this' morning by a shell from a Ger- ing. American sector in Alsace this morn- mately the weekly. output for which st has been striving. man gun. . There were no casualties as @ reewit of the incident. EIGHT PAGES—64 COLUMNS ! brought | ment w Y |able - extent--in—suppressing ‘them The Department of Justice appoint- | PRICE TWO CENTS AMERICAN CASUALTIES NOW TOTAL During the Week NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES, 3,192 [ESRE S S The Wounded Total 4,547—346 Are Missing in Action, In. cluding All the Men Held More Than 800,000 Soldiers Sent Overseas Only 291 Were Lost Through Operations of German Submarines —The Comparatively Small Number of Men Dying From Wounds Indicates the Efficiency of the Ambulance and Hospital Systems. —_— Washington, June 16—Seven hun-| dred and seventy casualties reported among the American cxpeditionary forces during the week ending today the total since American troops troops first landed in France nearly a year azo to 8085. ° The second weekly summary of cas- uaities issued today by the war ae- vartment, ghows that the total num- Fer of deaths from all causes is 3.19: hile 4,547 men have been wounded in action and 346 are missing in action, including all men held prisoners in Germany. The Summary. summ: which includes to- list, -follows e led_in action cea) 1,172, Died of w Died of disea 34, Died of accident and other causes 422 The | (incluling 291 at| Wounded in action 3,547 H Missing in action (including prison- ers) 346, Ending June 16 Prisoners in Genmny—W'l!h oa:rmal casualties reported to date'§,- 5. More Than 800,000 Overseas. With more than 800,000 soldiers sent overseas, officials pointed to the smail number,’ 291, lost through operations of German submiarines as showinz the effectiveness of the convoy sys- tem. The men lost were on the tor- pedied British steamers Tuscania and Molday The former was taking troops from America to England and the latter from England to France.. Small Number Dying From Wounds. The comparatively small number of men dyving from wounds is pointed to as indicating the efficiency of the am= bulance and hospital systems, whiie the fact that only 1234 men have diéd of disease is accepted as proof -of tiie excellent pysical condition of Amer ica’s fighting men. High Percentage Return to Duty. Another satisfying consideration is that of the wounded men a very high percentage return to duty at the front in less than six weeks. PRESIDENT HADLEY DELIVERS |FIFTY SEVEN NAMES IN = BACCALAUREATE SERMON ARMY CASUALTY LIST. Points Out Lessons We Have Been|Twenty-scven Men Were Killed in Taught by the War. Action—Thirteen Died of Wounds: New Haven, Conn., June 16 Washington, June 15.—The - drmiy ica has risen to the defense casualty list today contained 57 names; tian ideals, President Arthur T. Had- | divided as follows: Killed in action, iey said in his baccalaureate sermon today to the senior classes of versity. d, he uni- “We have been taught,” he “to. believe in the Christian vir- of sympathy and courtesy and ithfulness. A great mation. which we have hitherto respected. claims the vight to ignore such obligations- in time of war, and to build -up other standards of character and achieve- hich must result to a consid- in | times of peace. The very essence of | Christianity, as we have understood it. is threatened, and threatened by a people. whose: discipline and endurance and technical intelligence however is highly developed “America_has risen to the defense of these Christian ideals. largely forgotten our commercial ambitions and political rivalries. are prepared to squander our treas- t the things that we have believed to be right. “Germany, whatever her fauits has her ideals as a nation and has shown the power to pursue them consistent- ly in the face of adverse circum- slances. If we are to win this war and prove the superiority of our ideals to hers, we must not only.feel them th equal intensity, but pursue them ith more than equal constancy.” The baccalaureate service marked the formal opening of Yale's com- mencement ceremonies. Tonight the annual meeting of “Yale in China” was held, with addresses by Rev. Frownell Gage, dean of the college at Chang Sha, Chang_RBolling of Tien Tsin, and Dwight H. Day, treasurer of the Presbyterian mission board. Dean Gage reviewed the situation in China, referred to chaotic conditions resulting from civil strife there and urged that steps be taken by Ameri- ca to offset the campaign for the spread of German culture and infl ence throughout China. which he said was now being planned. The several thousand German prisoners now' in Japan, cantured at Tsing-Tao, he said, were making themselves ready for this campaign, spending all their free time in the studv of the Chinese las zuage so as to be prepared when set free. This he said lent point to the suggestion of Minister Reinsch that Amedica should send over a reziment of business men trained as lecation zuards to relieve the guards row on dutv-at Pel While dine this. he | =nid. the business men could study the | Chinese lanzuage and market <o as to further American business when the war is over and offset the German ef- forts to gain ascendency in the coun- try. Mr. Gage sails soon to oreanize edu- | cational work amon= the (hinace la |borers in Euvope, behind the Fren anA British lines. Tomorrow will come the meetinz af {the alumni advisory hoard and the I meeting of the Yale Cornoration. On | Tuesday the chief featurn will be a |bizg patriotic meeting with addresses and others. BROUGHT DOWN TWO THREE SEATED AIRPLAMES (Havas Agency).— Sub-Lisutenant Nungesser celebrated his prometion as an ofirer of the Le- | gion of Honor by bringing down two. | three-ceated airpianes making his to- ‘tal of enemy machines worsted in bat- irey. another aviator. on June 9. He had o his credit. MAJOR-GENERAL COOPER GAVE A GARDEN PARTY In Honor of.the Staff of the American | Base Hospital at Plymouth, Eng. Plymouth, June 16.—Major-General Cooper gave a garden partyy last night in honor of the staff of the American base hospital. Americans numbering We have We ure and sacrifice our life blood for| 27: died of wounds, 13; died of accl- dent, 1; ‘wounded severely. 16. Lieut. Whitney W. Stark, Brooklyn, N. Y, severely wounded, was the only officer in the 1 The list follows: Killide in action—Sergeant Charles E. Bohn, Portsmouth, O.; Sergeafit William A, Williams, Lindley, N. ¥i; Corporal Cecil R, Secor. Winnewood, Okla.; Corporal Frank Topinka, Chi- cago: Corporal Homer E. Weathers, Cache, Okla... ?ihvmfi: George Bax;’: win, Chicago; John H. e, Paul, Ind; Leonard Wflm. | Buffalo, George H. Blyler, Ran- shaw,. P rence J. .Cowgill, El- wood, Ind.; Howard S. Ehrie, Phillips- burg, N George H. Foster, Fair- mount, Ind.; John L. Gardner, Totten- ville, N. Y.; Herman Goetz, 622 Robb avenue, Johnstown, Pa.; Richmond Hall, Grand Forks, N. D.; George W. Hill, Burr Oak, Kas.; Antoni Kisilow- ski, New York:; Llovd A. Long, Fort Wayne, Ind.; John J. Loudon, Spring- field, Mass.; Robert R. Parks, City, pas.; George M. Klicht, M kee, Wi Frank Skelly, Toledo, ). William . Stone, Ogden, Kas.; Roger Sullivan, Perry, Me.; Floyd H. Sy- monds, Woodhull, N. Y.; Joseph A. Veillette, Lowell, Mass. John W. Vogel, Tell City, Ind. Died of wounds—Sergeant Edward Harding, Cambridge, Mass.; Corporal P Lancaster, | Fink, Grand , N..D.; | Ernest Godreau, Derry N. H.; Harvey. | M. Husted, San Franciseo, ~Califi; Frank J. Kroutch, Rio Vista, Calif. Francesco Lucchessi, Oakland, Calif. Frank C. McClenahan, ~Brents Tenn.; Johr F. Miller, Michigan City. Ind.; John M. Musser. Lincoln, William H. Noon, New Bedford, Mase John C. Propper, Grasemont, Oklas Oliver R. Smith, Ipava, Ills. 1 Died of accident: Private Owen H.i Johnson, Waterville, Washn. Severely wounde |ney W. Stark, Brooklyn, N. ¥.; Cors jporal Bernard, J, Igo, West Somerville, | Mass.; Cook John A. Laudolf, Fond: jdu Lac, Wis.; Privates: Joseph F.| | Curtik, Lawrence, Mass: Charles B Dempsey, Trumansburg, N. Y.; Stanial 1 C. Flibbert. Worcester. Mass.; George! | S. Forbes, Hoboken, J.; _ Charles: Halfhide, Menonie, Wis.; John B Kearney, Worcester, Mass.: James, Til jMackav. Nakland Calif.: Andry Mak= arewech. New York: George: H. Mun-' der. New’ York: Tred J. Polk clistg} !lotte. N. € Abraham Schriber, St | Louis: Josenh_Stefanck, Russia; John| R. Williams, New Pork. = i APPOINTED DEAN OF .:{ WESLEYAN UN|VERS"Y( Frank W. Nicholson Chosen For ij ly Created Office. Middletown. Conn., June 1 appointment of Frank W. dean of Wesleyan university, a newly created office, and as vice president the university. was announced tomight. The office of vice president is a revi- val. Dean- Nicholson has heen secre- tary of the faculty since 1895. Other announcements _included the| appointment of George M. Dutcher, &/ member of the. faculty since 1905 as| professor. of history and the re-el ! of two alumni_trustees, Judge Martin A. Knapp of Washington, D. C., a Abram W. Harris of New York. bo] 4 THE AUSTRALIAN PREMIER HAS ARRIVED IN LONDO! William M. Hughes is to Attend the. London, Rome, June Admiralty, Pen = Wireless - William M. Hughes, the Australian. premier, arrived in London Saturday, to attend the imperial cobinet. In amé interview he sa: “All things were going well in Apss tralia for the allied cause when I lefe the shores of tha‘ counts The feel-. ing now is what it has ever been-z. ome of staunch lovaky {o the moths countr” and to the cause for whichy 350. including 120 nurses in motor am- bulances, paraded through the princi- ral streets of ihe city headed by the mayor and prominent naval and mili- itary officials. all tite allies’ are “fighting. 2 “Recruits are roiling up and we are able, 1 am thankful to sav. to-keen ja continuous flow of men to the seal af war Lieutenant Whit-' e A BFVLE SRR | 3 R