Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 18, 1918, Page 1

T VOL. LIX—NO. 145 * POPULATION 29,919, NORWICH, /CONN., TUESDAY,'JUNE 18, 1918 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS AUSTRIANS, HALTED IN THEIR DRIVE, ARE® FORCED TO ASSUME THE DEFENSIVE ‘Allies Have Recovered Ground Lost to the Enemy in the Initial Onslaught * | ITALIANS AGGRESSIVE IN IMPORTANT SECTORS Austrians Are Bringing the Strongest Kind of Pressure to Bear on the Allied Lines on Both thé Northern and Eastern Parts of the Battlefield in an Effort to Gain Access in Force to the Venetian Plains—The Italians Are Inflicting Heavy Casualties-on the Austrian Troops That Crossed the Piave—There Has Been No Heavy Fighting on the Battle Fronts in France:— American Patrols East of Chateau Thierry Again Have Crossed the Marne, Attack- ed the Germans and Returned to Their Base. e ‘Not alone are the Ttalians and their 'British and French comrades in arms holding in check the Austrian offensive along the greater part of the hundred mile battlefront from the region south- east of Trent to the Adriatic sea, but they themsgelves have turned aggres- sors on some of the more important sectors, especially in the mountain re- Counter-attacks in the hill country on the north at several points have +resulted in the occupation by the allies _of ground won from them in the initial onstaught and the rectification of their ‘lines, while a stiffening of the front aleng theé Piave river has rendered imf- poegible, for the time being, at least, further fording of the stream by the enemy, Hard fighting still Is in progress, however, with the Austrians bringing the strongest kind of pressure to bear against the allied armies on hoth the and eastern parts of the bat- d in an endeavor to reach the ‘and gain access- in force to the The strokes of the enemy are pa tiedlarly violent on the Montelly pla ati, the highest bit of grouad along 158 hhiddle Seathse of ths Piave, he capture of which would give him com- -pf the roads leading through 'to Venice anda fair way west- through' the province of Trevis: The KHalians are inflicting heavy ca: on- the tros of Emperor Charles whifh crossed the river at this int. To the south from St. Andrea to Fossalata, respectively, the northern and southern flanks of the famous Zenson loop where last year the Aus- trians effected a crossing of the Fiave, only later to be driven back with san- guinary losses, and from Fossalata to Ban Dona di Piave the fight'ng also is of a violent character, with the Italians, heroically and successfully, ac- cording to the Rome war office, holding the Hne of the river. ‘Between Candelu and ‘the Zenson loop, where the Austrians crossed the Piaeve in Saturday’s fighting, the Ital- ians have driven them back to the river bank and are endeavoring to push them across the stream. The latest Austrian official communication re- cords the gain of additional ground west of San Dona di Piave and the capture of the village of Capo Sile, on the eastern edge of the lagoon re- gion in the province of Venetia and about twenty miles from the city of Venice itself. Thus far the Italians, British and French troops have made prisoner of more than 4,500 Austrians, while the Austrian war office asserts that 12,000 prisoners have been taken by the Aus- trians. 5 Although the fighting has died down considerably in the mountain region, it is expected soon again to be re- sumed with increased violence. Em- peror Charles is reported to be at the front and thousands of reinforcements for the armies are said to be moving southward. allied commanders are anticipating vicious fighting, be- lieving that owing to the turmoil and political unrest in the dual- monarchy the Austrians must make a good show- ing in order to temper the feeling against the war at home. There still has been no return to the heavy fighting of last week on the battlefronts in France, although sev- eral engagements of greater import than the ysual raiding operations have taken place. ~Counter-attaeks against the French in their newly-won posi- tions between the Oise and the Aisne delivered by the Germans = Monday were repulsed. The French captured 370 prisoners and 25 machine guns in the fighting. Northwest of Chateau Thierry, es- pecially in the Belleau Wood, the Ger- mans are treating the Americans to large waves of gas and ehells. Their efforts have gone unrewarded, how- ever, so far as breaking the line is concerned. American patrols east of Chateau Thierry again have crossed the Marne, attacked the Germans-‘and returned to their base. RELIGIOUS BELIEF IS NO EXCUSE FOR VIOLATING LAW Statement by Judge Howe at Trial of . International Bible Students. New York, June 17.—Religious be- liet is no excuee for violating the law, to a statement made in the foderal court here today by Judge Howe at the trial of Joseph F. Ruth- erford, who succeeded “Pastor” Rus- sell as head of the Iaternational Bible Students’ Asdoclation, and his seven agsociates, charged with opposing the war policies of the government by the cireulation of alleged seditioug litera- ture. Reading court opinions to the effect that religious belief did not offset the constitution, Judge Howe said that he would call this fact to the attention of the jury throughout the trial. In a tiit with counsel for the defense he sald that he was amazed the lawyer should hold the opinion that the re- Ligious belief of the defendants justi- filed them “in evading the law.” Rutherford, called to the stand, de- scribed how, after practicing law in St. Louis and New York, he had suc- ceeded “Pastor” Russell in_ 10616. Last March, he said, he had asked Attorney General Gregory and the de- partment of justieé to point out pas- rages in _‘“The Finished Mystery,” “Pastor” Russell’s’ posthumous book, to which the government took excep- tion, Although he did not obtain ex- act answers, he said, he ordered the pul n and sale of the book sus- Agked if he believed in the draft, he replied that in bis youth it was his ambition to lead an army, “but ac- ng to the temets of our organi- ration It is against our-principles to fizht, ‘and on that ground alone I am opposed.” Robert J. Martin, another defend- ant, identified letters written by and to men opposed ta war which had passed through his hands when he had [ of distributing the associa- tion’s mail. Calling war “brutal and unholy,” he asserted that members of the association should be exempted because of their religious belief. e i PRESIDENT APPEALS TOO /' WAR WORK EMPLOYERS Washington, June 17.—~All employers encaged in war work were ordered in a statement by Presidént Wilsin to- t to refrain after August 1 from emoloyment service recently organ- j=ed by the department of labor. The Iibor forces were called upon by the 1 esident “to respond lovally as here- 1~fore to any calls issued by this ¢ ~ency for volantary enlistment in es- sential industry”’ The statement by the president was accompanied by a letter written June 15 by Secretary of Labor Wilson call- ing attention to the r--rgxng of the employment sérvice, pointing out the ity for such a-labor distributing Vi body and detailing its duties. HOUSE HAS PASSED THE,SUNDRY CIVIL BILL. Carries a Total of $2,915,000000—Now Goes to the Senate. 'Washington, June 17.—The sundry jcivil bill, carrying $1,761,701,000 for the shipbuilding® program, $50,000,000 for the president’s emergency war fund and $1,250,000 for the committee on public information, was passed by the houte late today without a record vote. It now goes to the senate. The measure carries a total of §2,- 915,000,000, of which more than $52,- 000,000 was added by the house, in- cluding the founds for the president and the information committee and $1,000,000 for Mississippi river flood control. The appropriations for the presi- dent and the information committee ‘were approved today by the house ap- propriations committee and attached as ameéndments to the bill with both democrats and republicans supporting them. Before passing the measure, however, the house amended it so that none of the information appropriation can be used to pay salaries to men of draft age unless they are physically disqualified -for milftary seryice. Most of the nearly two billions pro- vided for the shipping board is for construction of ships in this country and abroad, with $87,000,000 for estab- lishing shipyards, $60,000,000 for oper- ating ships heretofore acquired and $6,250,000 for recruiting and instruct- ing ships’ officers. Other appropriations include $7,500,- 000 for the food administration, $3,500,- 000 for the fuel administration, $3,500,- 000 for the war trade board, $2,800,000 for the department of labor, $1,150,000 for the war industries board, $900,000 for the alien property custodian, $400,- 000 for the council of national defense, and $200,000 for the national advisory committee for aeronautics, AUSTRIANS ARE POURING FORCES TOWARD JTALY Place Slav Trredentist Regiments Front to Prevent Desertions. Geneva, June 17.—Reports received here from Buchs and also from several points along the Swiss-Tyrolese fron- tier indicate that the Austrians are aided by some contingents of Germans adn that the Austrians continue to pour considerable forces toward Italy. It is said that trains from Innsbruck, Botzen and Trent are crowded with troops going southward and that the ordinary traffic on the railroads has been suspended. The new Austro-German headquart- ers, tbe reports add, Is established Jjust behind the Sette Comuni region. Following the example of the Germans with the Alsatians and Lorrainians, the Austrians are placing Slav irre- dentist regiments in the first and most dangerous lines with Tyrolese troops hehingl them in order to present whole- sale aesertions. Vienna newspapers received here de- vote large headlines to alleged suc- cesses by the Austrians. Cabled Paragraphs Turkish Troops Occupy Tabriz. London, June 17.—Turkish troops have occupied Tabriz, next to Teheran the largest city in Persia, according to a Turkish official statement dated June 14. American Aviator ‘Taken Prisoner, Paris, June 17.—Lieutenant R. W. Parker, an American pilot in the French flying corps, was forced toland while acting as a scout on a bombing expedition over Germany and was taken prisoner by the Germans. ADMINISTRATION CRITICIZED FOR SHELVING GEN. WQOD In Address By George Wharton Pepper < at Tridity College. Hartford, Conn., June 17.—The ad- ministration was criticized for shelv- ing General Leonard Wood, in an ad- dress by George Wharton Pepper, of Philadelphia, at the Trinity College commencement exercises today. The assembly rose and cheered when he said that the American people must demand General Wood’s services. i “If, when a democratic state is atl war,” said Mr. Pepper, “there is a| man possessing in marked degree the qualities that make the soldier and the experience and training that make | for command; if the people trust him and he has justified their trust, if the congress has honored him and the al- lies are calling for him, then he must be given responsible coraimand orj Washington ceases to be distinguish- able from Berlin. If it were to turn out that the command of his division had been denied to such a man becanse another general does not want him around or because a cabinet officer is unable to estimafe him at his true worth, then one of the two things will be true; either that the bottom is dropping out of American democracy. | or else that soomer or later the Am- erican people will insist upon having the services of Leonard Wood.” CASUALTIES AMONG | U. S. MARINES OVERSEAS | Now Total 717—105 Killed in Action—9 58 Died of Wounds. ‘Washington, June 17.—Total cas- ualties among the American marines overseas from the date of their land- ing to last June 9 number 717, ac- cording to a summary issued tonight | by Major General Barnett, marine corps commandant. This includes 106 killed in action; 58 who died. of wounds, 533 woupded in action ‘and one missing and one held prisoner in Ger- many. ¥ The summary includes all the cas- ualties heretofore announced as well as those given in a list received toda: but which has not vet been mad public. The total casualties are di- vided as follows: Officers: Kkilled in action, of wounds received in action (airplane accident) 1: other causes 1. Total 10; wounded severely 26, Enlisted men: Killed in action 101; died of wounds received jn action 52 ! : died killed died of disease 15: nccidentally killed | ed severely 134; wounded slightly 373. Z; other causes 2. Total 172. Wound Total 507.- In hands of enemy 1: miss- ing 1; total deaths (officers and men) | 182; total wounded (officers and men) | 533; in hands of enemv and missing 2. Total casualties 717 NAVAL TRAINING FOR | YALE AND BROWN UNITS( Will Begin July 1 at Madison—To Con tinue During July and August. New Haven, Conn., June 17, — Thei summer training of the naval units of | Yale and Brown universities will begin July 1 at Madison, it was announced tonight by Rear Admiral C. Chester, U. S. N, superintendent of the units. The headquarters will be at the Madi- son Beach hotel, the owners of which, Messrs. Strong and Hamburger, have offered the place to the government for this purpose for onedollar. The work will continue during the months of July and August. Materials, ships and other equipment have been provided by the navy de- partment and it is intended to give the college undergraduates under in- struction about equal time afloat and ashore, It is also anndunced that the course will be open to any men intending to enter either university in the fall. M. A. Abbott, commandant of the Yale unit, will receive the applications of those planning to enter Yale, and Rear Admiral J. R. Edwards, Providence, R. L, commandant of the Brown unit, of men intending to go to Brown. CUBA SENDS 571,422 FRANCS TO FRENCH RED CROSS To Be Used For Refugees From the Invaded Regions, Paris, June 17.—(Havas Agency). General Torriente, president of the Cuban national commission for relief of war victims, has sent to General Pau, president of the Red Cross com- mittee, a chck for 571,422 francs. The money is to be used for refugees from the invaded regions. INCREASED WAGES FOR COASTWISE OFFICERS Because of U-Boat Activity Off the American Coast. ‘Washington, June 17.—Because of German submarine activity off the American coast the shipping board to- day ordered a bonus of 25 per cent. of their monthly wages paid to all Ij- censed officers employed on American merchant vessels in the coastwise, West Indian and South and Centrai! American trade. SENATE VOTES FOR STATUE OF JAMES BUCHANAN.| Adopted House Resolution by a Vote of 51 to 11. ‘Washington, June 17.—The senate today by a vote of 51 to 11 adopted a house resolution authorizing the erec- tion in a public park in this city of a statue of James Buchanan. Senators opposing the resolution vigzorously at- tackeq the loyalty of the former presi- . dent. 5 | White, fifteen years; {eil, / Objectors Approved | Condensed Telegrams ni War Profiteering SEC'Y/BAKER UPHOLDS FINDINGS|{MAY FOLLOW RAIDS MADE BY OF COURT: MARTIAL S 20 YEARS IMPRISONMENT Baker Recommends That “These Un- desirable Citjzens Be Returned to the Countriesof Their Preference at the End of the War"—Not in Class With Conscientious. Objectors. ‘Washington, June 17 (by Associated Press—Sentences’ ranging from eighteen months to twenty years’ im- Prisonment imposed by courts-martial {uron so-called conscientious objectors Wwho reftised military service at Camp Upton, New York, and Camp Gordon, Georgin, were approved today by Sec- rctary Baker, Most/ of the men objected to fighting against Germany or Austria because they have relatives there. In approv- ing ithe findings of the courts, the first of the xind, to reach the department, ir. Baker went on record as favoring (e return of such men “to the coun- iries of 'their 'preference.” after the war, Sentences Imposed. Tevelve objectors were sentenced -as follows: ‘Hyman Polkes, fifteen years: Wil- liam J. Seider, twenty years; Joseph Anton Zsoldak Julius Levinthal, eighteen 2 is Silverman, ten yeurs; Mayep Suffkind, ten years: Louis H. Blumenthal, fifteen years: Samuel Spire, five years; Paul Bauer, ten vears: William Charles Schwab, twen- Ly years. and Michael Ciupa, ten years. “In my " judgment,” said Secretary Vaker's approval, “the sentences should be executed and if after this war is over some process can be de- vised by which these entirely undesir- ahle citizens can be returned to the ountries of their preference, it would be highly desirable from the point of view of the United States. “I have not the least doubt as to the propriety of the procedure in these cases, nor am I uncertain as to the correctness of the results reached. Gave “Shuffling” Explanation, “The soldiers 1n all these cases wern either naturalized - citizens of the United States or native citizens of the ten years; montis United States born of parents of countries with which ' the United States is now at war. - They were properly members of the army of the United States pursuant to the selec- tive draft law. . . . They were sum- moned before. proper -officers of the army -and’ asked whether ‘they would (hn iélcklx fulfil .their military qh],i%nilnhs y fighting, against Ger: and Aus- tria “in Eumlé), % ‘%?es"n“ ?g answered that: they ‘would nof. . “Phere was the same shufling on the pért of some of the soldiers as to, what they meant by their answers, and some winded . definéments were undertaken to_the effect that some of them .were willing to fight Germans and Austrians in general, but would not fight their own relatives. although they offered no explanation of the process by which they were going to discover whether particular Germans and Aus- trians whom they were reauired to shoot at from long raage happened to be related to them. “In one of the records the soldier claims to have an uncle, evidently too oid to be in the military service of Austria, whom he once saw, and he had heard of ten or twelve other rel- atives in Austria, some of whom he hadl seen photographs which must have been of a very persuasive char- acter, since they aroused in him emo- tions of blood kinship strong enough to overcome the obligations of hisoath s |of allegiance as an American citi-j zen. Equal Rights, Equal Responsibilities “These men were full citizens of the United States, most of them by the voluntary act of naturalization. They were full citizens n the sense that they had equal rights and privileges h all other citizens. They have al- &0 equal responsibiliti Among these duties and responsi es is to pro- teet the United States against all its enemies, domestic and foreign. No right is extended to a naturalized citizen to pick and ehoose. BROUGHT WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND CHILDREN TO SAFETY Rev. Karl S. Kate Drove Motor Truck 48 Hours Without Sleep. New York, June ' 17.—How Rev. Karl S. Kate, a Young Men’s' Chris tian Association motor truck driver, brought five wounded American sol- diers and a large party of French children to eafety from a point which was being overrun by a German at- tack on the western front was de- scribed in a cablegram raceived: today by the association’s war work coun- from Paris. Xr, Kate, who formerly was. rector of All Saints’ Episcopal church, Prov- idence, R. I.. was taking Y. M. C. A. supplies - from behind the battle line when he came upon the recfugees. Emptying his truck, he made room for the wounded Americans and children and, except for brief naps by the road- side, drove forty-eight hours without sieep, to Paris. BRIDGEPORT IS ENFORCING “WORK OR FIGHT” LAW. Sixty Alleged Loungers Were Set to Work Unloading Barges. * Bridgeport, Conn., June 17.—This city started in to enforce the “work or fight” law today, following the'round- up in the slum district yesterday of 60 alleged loungers, who set to work un- loading barges loaded with pig iron consigned to a local manufacturing company, on pain of arrest if they re- fused. . . Today in the eity, court Joseph Spot- sky was fined $100 and costs, charged with refusing a job at 45 cents an hour at a local factory. Judgment was su- pended and he was probationed on condition that he goes to work. OBITUARY. Howard H. Knapp. ° Hartford, Conn., June 17.—Howard H. Knapp, former member of the Yale Law School faculty and for twenty years a prominent member of the Bridgeport bar, died today, aged 57 years. He was .born in South Nor- walk, - April 18, . 1861; was graduated from Yale in 1382°and from Yale Law school in-1884. -He “is Survived by ‘his wife and a son. - - . long- ! FEDERAL AGENTS S A WIDE CONSPIRACY Raids Were Made on Hundreds of Manufacturers’ Business Offices, In- cluding Some in Hartford, New ' Britain, Bridgeport, Danbury, Meri-; den and Middletown, Washinzton, June 17. — A gation- wide conspiracy between manufactur- ers and contractors’ agents in Wash- ington to_soli vernment war or-i ders under an nt to pay com- missions illezaliy he agents, was| disclosed today by the department of Jjustice. Hundreds of Raids Made. Simultaneously with the announce- ! ment, raids were made on hundreds of | manufacturers’ business offices throughout the United States ‘n search of papers showing the scope of the il-! legal practice, and four Doston busi- ness men were indicted in Washington on charges of acting as contingent fee lagents. LEven before the resuits of the raid! were fully reported here tonight, of- ficials indicated they had evidence that who were under pledge to turn ov to contract commiss’on agents in Washington and 2 York and else- where a percentage of their profits. Agents Claimed Special Influence. Officials said the manufacturers were led to enter into the agreements by as- surances of the ugents that they had special influence with army officers or others in charge of letting contracts and under threai to use that influence !against the manufacturers. Evidence iwas said to have been secured that isome of the agents already have made their thousands in comm’ssion fees. Baker to Investigate. This development led to investiga- tion of the relations between certain army officers and these agents and al- though there is no definite indication that these officers are knowingly in- {volved in the conspiracies, Secretary Baker is making a thorough investi {tion in co-operation with the depart- iment of justice ond tonight authorized | | the statement that he would go to the’ hottom of suspicious cases, Secretary Danifels also is keeping in close touch with “the investigation and the whole situation has been called to the atten- tion, of President Wilson and his cab- inet. Contracts May Be Annulled. The commission _agents . guilty glon, of. thesé illexdl practices will be. prose- their aid are subject to annulment by i the government. Ramifications of the plot may lead i shortly to other disclosures as sensa- | tional as those of today, when secret agents of the department of justice's bureau of investigation entered offices of several hundred husiness firms, showed their badges of authority and| spent several hours going through let- ter files searching for documents which might shed light on contingent fee contracts. Eleven offices in Wash- ington were raided at the same time and a great mass of papers of contract agents was carried away. Raids in Connecticut. Other cities in which raids were made include New York, Boston, Jer- ! séy City, Philadelphia, _Pittsbursgh, Providence, Hartford, Conn, New Britain, Bordertown, N. J.. Bridgeport, Camden, N. J, Danbury, Conn., Farm- ingdale, N. J., Freedom, Pa., Fullerton Pa., Hagerstown, Md.. Harrison, N. J., Meriden, Conn., M:ddletown, Conn., Middletown, Pa. o Indictment Returned. At almost the same hour that the raids that the raids were made a fed- eral grand jury in Washington re- turned indictments charging conspira- cy to obtain contracts under the illegal | contingent fee plan, against John Fleming. former water commissioner of Boston; John T. Cavanaugh, Eugene Sullivan and Joseph Kohn, all of Roston. These men, it is charged, worked together in a mysterious in- volved manner, persuading manufac- turers to pay them commissions on contracts they obtained, representing that. they had special influence with certain unnamed army officers. and in some cases actually procuring the con- tracts and receiving their fees. © At Liberty Under Bonds. It was officially announced that these men were detected in their ne- gotiations with B. A. Bittan. president of “the’ Quaker City Rain Coat Com- pany, Philadelphia, who worked with government ‘agents in gathering evi- dence against them. They were arrest- ed in' Washington recently and are now at liberty under bond. The gov- ernment will make theirs a test case, meanw hile taking action against oth- ers susected of similar tactics. NEW CONDITIONS UNDER FEDERAL INCOME TAX ACT Discussed by Attorney General Hin- n Given Tax Com- i Hartford, Conn., June 17.—The ques- tion of whether a corporation is enti- tled to a refund by the state in conse- quence of new conditions under the federal income tax act is discussed by Attorney General George E. Hinman in an opinion given to Tax Commis- sioner William H. Corbin today. The attorney general says: “To say the least, the question is, in my opinion, not so free from doubt as to warrant a refund by the state unless and until the same be author- ized by a judicial determination of the question.” TWO MILITARY AVIATORS KILLED AT PARK FIELD, TENN. Lieut. Keller and Sergt. Chapman Fell cited under conspiracy statutes, and the district is estimated at all contracts’ made by them or with 11000, from Height of 100 Feet. Clarksdale, Miss., June 17.—Lieuten- ant Keller and Sergt. Eugene Chapman were killed when the airplane in which they were flying from Park Field, near Memphis, Tenn., to Camp Shelby, Miss., fell from a height of 100 feet here today. Lieutenant Keller's home was in ornia and Chapman was from Jackson, Miss. new West Point Military Academy class. H. A. Wheeler, Illionis Food Admin- istrator, will fix a ‘“fair maximum price” for ice. Henry Ford will make no campaign for the Senatorial nomination, but will accept it if it is offered. Southern Senators asked Robert Lansin:* if China is going to bar Am- erican imports of tobacco, According to figures of the Shipping Board contracts for 8,183,000 tons of shipping have been approved. Twenty-one saloons within the dry zone prescribed by military authotit- ies at Camp Mills, Mineola, were clos- ed. John Spargo, former Socialist leader, who is now in New York, will sail this week for Europe on a war mis- sion. German language books and text books in that tongue used in the Tar- rytown N. Y. high school, were burned. A mass meeting in Newark portested against an advance from 30 to 40 cents in the round trip fare to New York in the tubes. Ralph Peters, president of. the Long Is.and Railroad ‘was named Federal nanager of that road by Director-Gen- eral McAdoo. Staten Island bath house owners are going to hrve an insignia put on bath- ing outfits for soldiers to prevent them from obtaining liquor. ~ ‘diers returning from Hussia to Germany are imbued with Bolshevist ideas and are circulating Boishekiki revolutionary pamphlets. Mcn of 49, 50 and 51 are being called for examination in Britain for the army. Needs for reserves a year or two longer is the reason. The British Board of Trade figures for the month of May show an increase of £38,257,000 in imports over the same Period for last year. New credit of $175,000,000 has been extenced to Great Britain and $9 000 - 000 to Belgium, bringing total cridits | to the Allies of $5,954 000,000. Depressed drafted, James Moran Darby, of Bor- dentown. N. J. committed suicide while on leave from Camp Dix. Irish Nationalists will return to Parliament. They withdrew as a pro- test against the draft. Conscription has been deferred until Autumn. A four thousand tons steamship in Government service as/a freight vessel went aground a mile and a half off a1 Atlantic port. She will be floated. Payments of income and excess pro- ifit taxes in New YOfk amounted to $100.000 000 on §aturday. THe total for $3000,000,- The War Department announced that enplisted men abroad will be fur- nished with safety razors, soap hair brushes, combs, towels and tooth brushes. . Pope Benedict made a protest o the Austrian authorities over the requisi- tioning of all bells in churches throughout Italian territory occupied last year. Sir John Monash, & Jew by race, who belongs to the new Australian Citizens’ Army, ha. been riade a Lieutenant- General. He is a veteran of Ypres and Messines. Rodman Wanamaker is building a hydro-aeroplane like the America with which in 1914 he hoped to cross the Atlantic. He will use it as an aid in submarine patrol. Rejresentatives from 15 utates will call upon Secretary McAdoo today to urge that the _jississippi River be used more for freight movements, sav- ing the railroads. Thomas . Magruder, of Columbus, Ohio, and George Robinette. of Ever- ett, Pa. both in the American Ambu- lance Corps, have been decorated with | the French War Cross. Labor companies composed of citi- zens are being organized in France to take over construction work on the American lines of communication at the parts of debarkation. Upon being presented before Com- missioner Wright at New Haven, charged with violation of the espion- age act, John McCarthy of Ansonia was held in $5,000 for the district court. The Supreme Court in Brooklyn ruled that the Union Bank of that city which suspended in 1910, must pay 100 per cent to depositors as well as 40 cents on the dollars additional as in- terest. E. J. Tully, of Philadelphia, was held in $25 000 bale on a charge of stealing an almost complete set of blueprints and plans of the concrete boats from the Emergency Fleet Corporation, in Philadelphia. German delegates at the British-Ger- man war prisoners conference at The Hague are demanding the return of all prisoners in Capada and Africa. Brit- ish delegates say the transportation for these cannot be furnished. The Federal Food Administration tel- egraphed inquiries to the Chicago Board of Trade, asking if there was Wall Ctreet manipulation in corn. The secretary replied that all precautions had been taken against manipulatior. ALL PROPERTY OF MRS. ADOLPHUS BUSCH SEIZED By Alien Property Custodian—Valued at Mllions of Dollars. ‘Washington, June 17.—All the prop- erty in this country of Mrs, Adolphus Busch of St. Louis. valued at millions of dollars, was ordered seized today by Alien Property Custodian Palmer. Mrs. Busch has recently been in-Germany and s now in Cuba en route to the United States. The property consists largely of breweries in St. Louis and many other cities throughout the country. $ A Minnesota Republican. Primaries. St. Panl,' Minn., Juné 17.—Returns from 272 précincts out of 3,119 in the state primary election gave Burnquist 27,851 and -Linbergh 15,235, in the re- mun gubernatorial primary held in spirits since he was' Sentetce o ity Starting Bgosire | S Toors Optinsc Vot View There are still 76 vacancies in the | Optimistic War View From Washington FOLLOWING APPARENT BREAK IN AUSTRIAN DRIVE - OFFICERS CONFIDENT There Is a Strong Feeling That the Italians Will Launch a Counter- Offensive on a Large Scale—There Are No Americans on the Ital n Front. Washington, June 17.—With practi- cally all official and unofficial reports today indicating that the Austrian drive in Italy has been sharply checked by the reorganized Itaiian army and the British and French.units support- \ing it, officers here discussed the sit- {uation with an increasing air of op- | timism. | In some quarters it is believed that these operations may have a decided effect on the situation on the western front. There is a strong feeling that if the Austrian drive breaks down the Italians will launch a cofinter-offensive on a large scale. In that event, officials Tare certain that Germany would rush divisions of its troops to aig its ally | because of the effect an Italian suc- j cess would have upon the already tur- bulent internal situation in Austria. Shifting of German Forces. Some officers are confident that the lack of success for the Austrians now disclosed already has resulted in a | shifting of German forces on the west- lern front in preparation to rush di- visions to the Italian front to prop up i weak spots in case of a counter-drive. Certainly, German reserves must be | heid -for that service, it was argued, las the disorganization resulting from | the failure of an attempted drive to zet through is almost as demoralizing to an army as an enemy advance. While there is any doubt in the { minds of the German leaders as to the | progress of events in Italy, a consid- erable force of German shock troops probably will be kept out of the west- ern front fighting and held at points | in Germany where they ean be hasten- ed to Italy if needed. Some officers hold that the lull in the west may be due, in part at least, to the fact that the Germans feel it necessary to await developments in Italy. No Americans on ltalian Front. In connection with the Italian situa- | tion. Secretary Paker stated today that no American fighting units are in that region. . American medical de- tachments have been in. Italy for.some time and somé ‘American aviators have been in training there. The war secretary recently stated, however, that American troops-are- to be sent to the Italian front, but for military {reasons the plans for the expedition | have not been -disclosed. - ! Rumors of Gen. Wood Going to Italy. Persistent_rumors that Major Gen- eral Leonard Wood-was slated to com- mand the expedition to Italy have been current ever since that officer was de- tached from his division just befofe it sailed for. France. No confirmation i has been obtainable, but the fact that General Wod has been regularly as- signed as commander at Camp Fun- i ioved to have any bear- {inz on his ultimate duty, as there are indications that he is under considera- tion for more important service. FIVE HONORARY DEGREES CONFERRED AT WESLEYAN, Only 35 of a Class of 55 Were Present to Receive Diplomas. Middletown, Conn., June 17.—Honor- ary degrees were conferred upon five at Wesleyan university’'s commence- ment exercises today. The recipients | were: Doctor of Law—Justice William- R. Riddell,; judge of the appeilate division | of the supreme court of Ontario, Can- ada, and Rev. Dr. William Mason | North, 1872, of New York city, presi- | dent of the Federal Council of Ccurch- 1es in America. Doctor of Divinity—Rev. Albert G. Kynett, 1878, of Philadeiphia; Rev William D. Beach of the First Meth- odist church, Middletown; Rev. Robert Jones of the Southwestern Chris- tian Advocate, of New Orleans. The class graduated numbered 55, but only 25 were preseni to receive their sheepskins, as the others are in war service. Of 121 who entered with the class, 86 are now serving with the colors. Of the graduates, 23 belong in Connecticut. High honors went to Frank D. Harris of Middletown. i Honmors also went to Robert W. Brooks, Wallingford: Herbert E. Fin- negan South Manchester: Russell T. { Purnell, S Manchester: Earland M. Stand sfield: KKenneth P. Stevens, and Benjamin H. Bissell of Meride: GOV. CARL E. MILLIKEN OF MAINE RENOMINATED By the Republicans at Primaries Yes- terday—Few Contests in Either Party Portland. Maine June 17.——Governor Car] E. Milliken, Senator Bert M. Fer- rald and the four congressmen from te were renominated by the republicans at the primaries today. | There were no contests except in a | few. of the county and legislative dis- | tricts on either the republican or dem- {ocratic tickets and the vote, accord- ingly, was light. The democrats nominated Bertrand C. MclIntyre of Waterford for gov- error and Elmer E. Newbert, of Au- susta, for senator. Among the party nominees for congress is Former Congressman Daniel J. McGillicuddy, of Lewiston. . The socialist and prohibition parties |did not participate in the primaries. They will present the names of their candidates at the fall elections by petition. TWENTY OF CREW OF KRINGSJAA LANDED {No Details Could Be Obtained From the Survivors, Lewes, Del, June 17.—Twenty of the crew of the Norwegian. bark Kringsjaa were picked up at sea and landed here this afternoon. The men left on ‘a late afterndon train, 'pre- sumably for New .York. No details could be obtained from the survivors, who were nurriedly placed on a train. The Kringsjaa was sunk by a Ger- man U-boat about mir~ —‘'-= off the Virginia ease+