Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 20, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 147 AUSTRIAN TROOPS FALL IN ATTACKS FOR BRIDGEHEADS ltalians Are Holding Them With Their Gunfire and Inflicting Great Losses OVER 9,000 PRISONERS TAKEN BY ITALIAN The Teutonic Allies Seem to Have Lost Their Spirit, as Their Attacks Everywhere Lately Have Lacked the Dash of Days Gone By—An Attack of the Germans Near Rheims Resulted Seriously to Them, as They Were Cut to Pieces and Forced to Fall Back Precipitately — Little Activity Has Prevailed on the Remainder of the Western Front. L The Teutonic allies apparently have lost their spirit of do-or-die. Their at- lacks everywhere lately have lacked the tenaciousness of days gone by. Instead of ploughing through allied lines with stubborn indifference to cas- valties so long as an objective was attained, they now waver and then halt in the face of the artiliery and rifie fire of the men barring their way, and with the points they were trying to gain still far beyond their reach. The Austrian offensive in the Itali- ,an theatre is still in progress along the Piave river, but in the mguntain re- 'glon after the sharp reaction by the Italian, British and French troops, who in counter-attacks pushed back the in- vader from the points he had reach- ed in his initial rush, the enemy evi- dently is fearful of again trying out the mettle of the defenders. On the Piave numerous ' attempts have been made by the Austrians to gain further bridgeheads on the west- ern bank of the stream, but the Itali- ans everywhere are holding them with their gunfire and also doing sanguin- ary execution within the ranks of the enemy acioss the river with bombs and machine gun fire. The Austrian-war office asserts that the Austro-Hungarian troops have crossed the Fossetta Canal at some points where Tuesday it was claimed thev had made advances and also that several Italian lines at the southern foot of the Montello plateau, the key to the Venetian plains, have been pierced. Rome, on the other hand, declares that all the weak attempts in the Montello region were completely repulsed. More than 9,000 men hsxve been tak- en by the Italians since the offensive began, and many guns and several machine guns have been captured. That intensive air fighting has taken place is shown by the fact that fifty enemy planes have been shot down. Only two of the allied machines have failed to return to their base. The attack of the Germans near Rheims resulted disastrously to them. Hardly had they left their trenches after one of the most terrific bom- bardments with shells of all calibre in- cluding gas projectiles, ever experienc- ed on the western front, when nearly 40,000 men were faced by the rein- forced ¥French armies and literally cut to pieces and forced to fall back pre- cipitately. Only at one point, to the cast of Rheims, did the enemy sue- ceed in penetrating the French line. Here they were ejected almost imme- iately. The German official communi- cation describes the attack as a dem- onstration of artillery and mine throw- ers. Little activity has prevailed on the remainder of the western front, except the usual reciprocal bombardments and operations in the nature of patrol en- gagements. The success of the recent naval at- tack by the British on the German submarine base at Zeebrugge seem- ingly was more successful than an- ticipated. Twenty-one destroyers, a Jarge number of submarines and nu- merous auxiliary craft are blocked in the canal by the ships sunk across the waterway. NORWICH, CONN, AN e ,-.\”I_ RSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO. CENTS Funew-Amncnn War Co-operation. Jl.uls 19. —Armmmcement wlll officially tomorrow. anch government of the establlsh- ment of a secretaryship for Franco- American war co-operation at the of- fice of Premier Clemenceau. The new department will be headed by Cap- tain Andre Tardieu, the French hi; commissioner to the U;'uted Stat.es. OBITUARY. Ex-Cangmlmln an William Kennedy. Naugatuck, Conn., June 19.—William Kennedy, former member of congres3 from the fifth Connecticut district, died early today at his home here. He had been in failing health for two years, but he continued at his law practice and even until recently seemed to retain much of his former vigor. He had suffered from a com- plication of ailments.’ Yesterday morning the patient was quite low but he rallied during the day. During last night there was another sinking spell and the end came unexpectedly. The funeral will be held from St. Fran- cis’ church here on Friday morning. ‘William Kennedy, who represented the Fifth Connecticut disiriet in con- gress from 1913-15, and who for many years was a well-known member of the state bar and a leader in demo- cratic politics for some years, was born in Naugatuck, Dec. 19, 1854, H» began practice of law in 1879 upon being admitted to the bar in Semem-, ber of that year. He was in the state| senate in 1899 and 1901, having been. central committee in 1896 and 189S. chairman of the democratic state conventions at Chicago in 1396, 1t Kansas City in 1800, at Dover i 1908 and at Baltimore in 1912 was chairman of the delegation to the Kansas City convention. fices for many years, and had been its| attorney for a long period begimning | with 1393. In the election in 1972 he was choven to congress from the Fifth district. Mr. Kennedy married Mary Clerkin of New Haven on November 23, 1882, and three children iwere born to them. One daushter is Charles F. Mitchell of New Haven the son Louis, and the other daughter Miss Julia, who lives at home. William 8. Pardee. New Haven, June 1 Pardee, member of tne K. em as bly in 1918 from this died to- day, after having been long in poor health. He was a democrat in politice and served on the ittee on B¢ and boroughs. He was an advocate of a plan to divide the cit'es of the states into towns In order to secure {larger representation in the lowe: bmm‘h and as a uns to offset the stem. As a mem worked for a plan dc New Haven ipto 14 townei with twice that number of represen tatives, the present city having only its two members, the same ys some of the smaliest towns. Mr. Pardee was identified with silk spinning here. His ancestry wen{ back to the early davs of the colony. In his home town he had Leld of-|" | Gabled Paragraphs | Fggq Situation is Serious in Vienna LACK OF EVERYTHING THAT IS NECESSARY » CRISIS IS APPROACHING The Vienna City Council Has Pro- tested Against Reduction the Bread Ration—Labor Calls For a “Speedy” Peace. Washington, June 19.—An official dispatch today from Zurich quotes the Arbiter Zeitung of Vienna as saying: “The situation will be still more se- rious in Vienna when the sarguinary defeat of the imperial torces on the Halian front becomes known. “The food crisis is more and more serious. There is a lack of everything that is necessary. The situation is very serjous in nna_and still more €0 in the provinces where pecple do not, get even the promised rations. The culminating point of the crisis and privations is approaching. The government ought to realize that workmen cannot live on such spare rations, which they do not even re- ceive. On the other hand, paper cur- ’”rency has reached 7,300, 000,009 and is inz ausmented hy 800,000 000 a month and we have not even a parlia- ment.” VIENNA PROTESTS REDUCTION OF THE BREAD RATION City Council and Labor Council Have Passed Resolutions. Amsterdam. June 19, city council on Tuesday. according to a despatch received here, passed a resolution protesting against the re- duction of the bread ration. The Vienna labor council after conferrinz for'many hours on the same subject, passed a resolution renewing its de- mands for the “speediest general peace notwithstanding the great ob- The Vienna «|stacles at present in the way of peace endeavors.” The labor counecil resolution said it was apparent that no improvement in the food conditions in Austria was possible while the war continued. The resolution of the city .council remanded that the bread ration be in- creased at the earliest possihle mo- ment and that in the meantime other foodstufis be used to replace the re- duction in the amount of bread. EXTENSION OF DRAFT AGE NOW SEEMS PROBABLE. In his business connections Mr. Par- dee was secre of the New Canaan ry. Secretary Baker Has Withdrawn His Opu«fian. Four Men Indicted for War Graft Contracts EMPLOYE OF WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS THEY DUPLICATED BILLS They Are Charged With Trying to Make a Second Collection of Bill For $187,000 For Repairs to Govern- ment Bills. the war and navy departmeuts today were drawn into the net set by the, depariment of justice for war contract | brokers, through indictments returned | iby a federal grand jury here chargins four men with trying to collect on a duplicate bill for $187 000 submitted by | a drydock company for repairs to a government vessel. The case does not involve contingent fee profiteers, but grew out of the investigation into their practices. Four Men Indicted. The four indicted as Clyde C. Walt- man, a yeoman in the navy depart- ment's bureau of supplies and ae- counts; Charles E. Waltman, his brother, a business man of Victoria, Va.; Benjamin W. Peake, a soldier stationed at Fort Meigs, Washn., for- | merly of Berea, N. C.. and D. Malvin Mowery, a stenographer employed in | the signal corps office, formerly of | Lancaster, Pa. ? Scheme to Pay Same Bill Twice. Clyde €. Waltman and Mowery, who | ane roommates in Washington, are, alleged to have conceived a scheme for | getting the navy department to 14)' the same bill twice, and te collect one of the payments throush a confederate | in the offices of the company render- ing the bill. They successfully tested the plan twice, it is charged. but dld‘ not try to actually collect the money, and the firms refurned the duplicate | payment to the government. ' Free Access to Dopartment Files. | Finally, with free accesg to navy department files, they were said to have obtained a- bill for $874 rendered April 23 by the Morse -dock and Repair company of New York for re- to the government ves: Canan- gua between March 1 and March this year. After the bill was al- 13, leged to have been taken from the! filos, the company was told it was lost and was asked to submit a duplicate, | which was paid. Before the men pre- | sented the original bill for payment| they were arrested. Soldier Informed the Government. The scheme failed, it is said, be- cause the men trieq through Peake to offices of the drydeck company and ‘Washington, June 19.—Employes of | 1512 2 month for Condensed Telegrams New York's police reserves will be increased to 25 000. Premier Clemenceau made another short visit to the front. ‘War orders of the Ford Motor Co. are estimated at $350 000,000, Great Britain is spending $34,240,000 daily for the prosecution of the war. Half of the Russian prisoners re- turning from Germany are tubercular. Economic negotiations between Ger- many and Holland have been resumed. British aviators dropped 24 tons of Ostend and explosives on Zeebrugge, Bruges. Holy Cross college graduated a dia mond jubilee class of 95 yesterday for its 95th anniversar: Permanent increase nf the navy per: voied -by the house. About 20,000 men of draft age must be re-classified in Philadelphia owing | to an error of a draft board. Bonar Law, Chancelior of the Ex chequer declared the rush of American | troops to the front was a surprise to the Allies. _The President ordered the elimina tion of contract brokers posures of graft. Capt. Frederick C. Spang, who sold four sacks of flour ;at Camp Travis, from the service. to civilian dealer: The navy dirigible, missing Cape May, N, J., since Saturday, wa: picked up at sea with her crew and| brought into port. Counsel for the Anti-Saloon League declared liquor interests had support ed pro-German organizations as on means of (lek‘hmg prohnibition. Directors of the Chicago board of lution | trude yesterday adopted a r prohibiting the circuiation by mem A-er: of all but official crop reports. Fifteen manufacturers were raided' by Federal agents in Philadelphia and | heir records examined in a search for | ‘contingent fee brokers” and war fiteers. Zro. The Senate pasced the bill of Sena tor Thomas vroViding an allowance of vidows of soldiers o the Boxer rebellion and Spanish-Am erican War. The house which John jwas born, terday. It was owned Brown association. _in West Torrington i Brown, the abolitionis by the Joh Clarence F. Lea, congressman from California, argued to the Senate agri- get in touch with a confederate in!cultural committee that flat prohibi- tion would be reuinous to the Califor- rmel from 87 000 to 131,485 men was in Federal manufacturing contracts following ex- Tex., was dismissed{ from in was destroyed by fire yes- A Great Revoltis i Progress at Kiev ARTILLERY STORES HAVE BEEN EXPLODED FIGHTING IN- STREETS 1 Forty Thousand Peasanis Armed and Organized Are Participating in the Revolution, Which is Spread- ing to Other Districts. London, June 19.—A great revoit has begun at Kiev, according to an intercepted wireless message trans- itted from Moscow to the Exchange Telegraph Company. Artillery stores have been exploded and there is con- tinuous street fighting. - The revolt is spreading to the Poltava and Tcherni- gov districts. Forty thousand peas- ants armed and crganized are partici- ting in the revolt. INDIANA DEMOCRATS IN STATE CONVENTION Hear Vice President Marshall the Republican Party. t ! Deride Indianapolis, Ind.. June 19.—Declar- ing in their platform that “the imme- | diate purpose of the democratic party, rthe purpose which takes precedence of every other, is to win the war,” the ! democrats of Indiana, in state conven- tion here today, nominated a state ticket, adopted a platform and listen- ed to addresses by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, former. Governor | Samuel M. Ralston and Representative Scott Ferris of Oklahoma, chairman of the congressional demccratic cam- | paign committee. The contests for places on the ticket were enlivened by squabples within the delegation from this (Marion) county, the most heated Ibefore adjournment, tion of judgzes for the appellate court for the First division. Vice President Marshall. put the delegates in a happy frame of mind by reference to Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican national committee, as “this young Lochinvar” | who “ambled out of the west upon the G. 0. P—Grand Old Palfry—and with force of arms seized the Lady Theo- dora and carried her off to that me- | dieval castle called the republican headqarters. where he set her above ! the salt and introduced her as a re- pub! vestal virgin.” Former Governor Ralston them to sreat enthusiasm by declar- ing that the ewigenoles of the times demanded the renomination and elec- tion of Woodrow Wilson in 1920, re. gardless of precedent. Representative Ferris quoted statistics to show the preparations made by President Wil- s s | e '3 13 t. stirred n 7 n unnamed soldier who heard of the|nia grape industry. son for carrving on the war. i i R TG Wachingtoy, . June 19 Withdmwali?not informed the government. Charles | S e e i o iy ¢ CENTRAL POWERS BENEFIT WILSON & CO., PAGKERS; SOLD “*|12.YEAR-OLD GIRL KILLED B I I T | e e e et g pent Pardonsd & ssntry, wiid BY EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. “BAD” HAMS TOGOVERNMENT. Detected by Vigilant Inspection Offi- slept on post in France, saying, “This young man will take the restored op- portunity of his forfeited life as a chal- BY AUTO AT ANSONIA |ation of the proposal before congress to extend the draft age limits so that Was c.,,ymg Child and Was Unable | the war department will have available on the subject. All four men have ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION been arrested and released on bail. Returning Russians Tell of 1lI-Treat- ment at Hands of Germans. Orsha, Mohiley, Russia, Sunday, June 3—(By The Associated Press).—The exchange of invalid prisoners between Russia ang the central powers, which has been going on for several weeks, is proving advantageous to Germany and Austria-Hungary, as under that guise they have been sending home able-bodied men, to the eye of the physician in charge of the sanitary train on which the correspondent traveled to Orsha, “produced the im- pression of being well men.” Og 653 prisoners the train carried. snly 43 were bedridden and about 60 ill, while the remainder, mostly Aus- trians, were quite strong, healthy and cheerful, in striking contrast to the returning Russians, who, with few ex- ce:dt:‘ons, all were seriously ill or crip- pht Returning Russians told of their ill- treatment by the Germans in simple but eloquent words; how their boots and clothes had been taken by the Germans when they entered hospitals and never returned to them, receiving instead wooden shoes and torn trous- ers and jackets in which they were driven to work in snowstorms and the cold; how they had been starved, be- ing given watery soup after a hard day’s work, and were forced to gather potato peelings in pits where slops were thrown and eat them after they hag been washed in order to appease their appetites. These statements were corroborated by a steward who had witnessed hun- gry and sick Russians pick bones found in the mud near the station at Moldechno, southeast of Vilna. BIPLANE FROM MINEOLA WRECKED AT GREENWICH While Pilot Was Attempting to Land in Field of Tall Grass. Greenwich, Conn., June 19.—A large two passenger biplane from the avi- ation grounds at Mineola, L. I, was cers of the Navy. New York, June 19.—Men of _the American navy and the naval reserve would have been served great quanti- ties of decayed meat but for the igil- ance of inspection officers who rejected it as unfit for human consumption, according to evidence given here to- day before the federal trade commis- sion. The testimony was brought out during the inquiry which the commis- sion is conducting into charges that ‘Wilson & Co., packers, sold “bad” hams to the government. Naval officers also testified that the packers had asked “exorbitant” prices in bids to fufnish hams to the navy, with the result that a commandeering order was issued at prices fixed by the | p, governmeht. After Captain Charles Williams, the navy pay director, had described his refusal to accept 492,074 pounds of ham, which he said was “musty, moldy, marrow-sour or just plain sour,” Thomas E. Wilson, president of the company, denied that his firm ever had knowingly delivered tainted meat to the army or navy. “Since the United States entered the war we have sold to the government' 500,000,000 pounds of meat,” declared Mr. Wilson, “and if any of it was found to be bad we have taken it back.” Asked if any member or agent of his company ever had knowingly shipped unfit meat to the military forces, he replied: “Never, and such a person would be immediately dismissed. My firm has held for its motto perfect willingness to, guarantee all deliveries as sound. All meats shipped by this firm to the government were inspected by agents for the department of agriculture, who have filed no charges against us.” - “Of 539,662 pounds of ham offered the government by Wilson & Co. to fill a contract for only 300,000 pounds,” Captain Williams testified, “only 110,- 588 were accepted. The remainder were rejected because they had bone Or marrow-sour, or were musty or mouldy. No sour ham is fit for human to See the Car Approaching. Ansonia, Conn., June 19. — Mamie Tontintro, 12 years old, of New York was killed here today by an automo- bile, owned by Henry Wanning, of | Shelton, and driven by his chauffeur, Carl Neilso Police investigation showed that the little girl with five-year-old Sarah | Catalino in her arms, was crossing the street and from the manner in which she was carrying the child was unable to see the approaching car. She \\'.ls; knocked down. As she fell someone on | | the “sidewalk called to the driver to! back his car. He did so and one of the wheels passed ovar the Tontintro girl's body, causine the injury which resulted in her death. TAFT ADVOCATES E'\JTRV OF JAPANESE INTO RUSSIA| To Establish an Eastern Front From | Which to Strike Toward Berlin. New Haven, Conn., June 19.—For-!| mer President Taft, speaking at the ! Yale alumni dinner, urged that Japan | and her allies be allowed to go into| Russia, by way of the Siberian rail- road to establish an eastern front from which to strike towards Berlin, | He also criticized those who he said seek to belittle the war aims of Eng- land, and praised the work of Herbert Hoover, federal food administrator, and Henry P. Davison, head of the Red Cross bureau, both of whom re- ceived the honorary degree of doctor of laws from Yale today. CHORUS OF 75000 TO SING ON BOSTON COMMON One of the Features of the Fourth of | July Celebration. Bosten, June 19—Singing by a_cho- rus of 75000 voices gathered in groups on Boston Common is to he at no distant date ample man power to carry out President Wilson’s pro- gram of an army of unlimited size for the war on Germany. Officials in the office of Provost Marshal General Crowder immediately began preparation of statistics show- ing results which might be expected if the draft is extended to variows ages between 18 and 45 years, the limits fixed in a bill by Senator France of Maryland, republican. Amplifying his statement withdraw- ing his opposition to extending the draft ages, Mr. Baker said today that the only reason for- his having hesitat- ed to submit a recommendation to congress on the subject was a desire to learn the resulting effect upon vital industries of the country. “There are a great many industries | almost as vital to.the successful prose- cution of the war as is the army it- | self.” the secretary said.’ { roads, for instance. dustry. It “The rail- ang the steel in- is just as necessary to keep these at highest efficiency as t is | to_mobilize an adequate army. The war secretary indicated that any recommendation he makes on the subject will include a reiteration of his original proposal that 19 years be made the minimum limit. Mr. Baker has never voiced an oninion as to the proper maximum limit since his first suggestion cf 2§ years was rejected by congress. AMERICAN AVIATORS START FOR THE ITALIAN FRONT Will Go Into Action Immediately Up- on Their Arrival, Washington, June 19.—The first es- cradrille of American aviators trained in Italy started today for the Italian front. and will go into action imme- diately upon their arrival, the Italian cmbassy was informed today by cable from Rome. The aviators are accom- panied by Captain La Guardia, a member of congress who has been in GIFTS TO YALE UNIVERSITY { PAST YEAR TOTAL $1,279,764 Announcement Made by Hadley at Luncheon. President New Haven, Conn., to Yale university and credited June 19.—Gifts in the past year endowment made a total of $1,279.764, the alumni were informed by Presifent Arthur T. Hadley at the luncheon which follow- ed commencement ecxercises this af- ternoon. From time to time gifts have been announced but the new litems included $100,000 as the Ea- Memorial fund from Mrs. James Har- vey Williams for the benefit of the University Press; $400,000 from Wi liam L. Harkness, 'S1, as a_building fund; $10,000 from Robert W. Kelley, *74. ‘and $1,000 for the Yale record | uilding fund from the 1913 Record board. The Williams fund is for Earl ‘il 1910, 301st JField Artillery, in May. For the present the Harkness building after the war will be placed on Dwight Hall site and will class rooms. contain lecture and The original comm Nathan Hale a captain in tinental Army was given William A. Read in mem n Read, aviator, who recent killed. The university met the ments of the general educati and the $2.500,000 endowme medical school is comnleted, & school will receive interest board’s subscription of $782 part of i*s vearlv income. Total receipts of the ni fund were announced a including $160.450 from reu es. This is the largest gift ever r ceived in the history of the fund. ’|"|B1 largest gift from anv class is the for- | the class of 1878, | which amounted to $78 00 | Piave battle line while ‘; terday that nied reports cableq from France that ! American troops e not proved effective in meeting | mustard gas attacks. lenge to devoted service.” Johnny Evers will represent in Eur- ope the Knights of Columbus and th War Department Commission o Training Camps, and will be athletic | director for the Y. M. C. A, The International Red Cross is mak- ing inquiries with the German Gov- ernment as to the faie of- Housto Woodward, of New of the Lafayette scadrille. Captain Joseph F. D n, his so and two members of the crew wer drowned when his fishing boat Caraquet, N. B., yesterday. Co-ordination of all highway worl will be effected hereafter through i Federal body called the United States | Highways Council, it was announce: by the Department of Agriculture. Representatives of the British Sea- men’s Union who went to Sweden t confer with the Swedish seamen wer ordered upon their arrival at Gothen burg to leave the country at once. Lieutenant Edward Michael McKay, whose of the American Red Cross, home was in New York, has been kill ed by ‘the explosion, of a shell on th in comman of a rolling canteen. The war department announced yes. nawal Pershing has d gas masks used by b Fire, starting in a livery stable at Pembroke, ‘Ont., destroyed many build ings on Pembroke street in the com mercial district and caused loss of Two women are said about $1 000,000. to have lost their lives. York, a member |- cap- | zed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off | N:tc By Bainbridge Colby Before the House Agricultural Committee. Washington, June 19. Vigorous protesi against immediate absolute rohibition was made before the house | Zericuiture committee today by Bain- Lridge Colby, member of the shipping board, who decladed if beer were taken from the workmen the output of the shipyards would pe reduced e i n | the chief wit- urged imme- n e A n"rumt from the heads of inter- nal unions offiliated with tha j 4 me Federation of Labor was presented by Joseph Proeostle of Ci: K | cirnati. zeneral secretary of the Unit- a|ed Prewerv and Soft Drink Workers. The proposed legislation. the peti- | tion said. would render an unneces- sarv burden upon the workers of this nation. Mr. Colby in voicing his protest snid he appeared at the. request of Chairman Hurley as a representative of the shinninz board. Of the pending Jones prohibition amendment to the { emerzency agricvltire bill he said: “We believe that this legislation would reduce the efficiency of the workeds in the shipyards and reduce the out of tonnage to a substany tial 2mount.” Ship builders in drinking heer essential, d 0o e e d he said. saw no harm and thought it was ASSUMED RF"PCNSITILITY FOR DEPORTING MINERS Harry Wheeler, Former Sheriff of Cochise County, Ariz, Cables from France. ‘Bisbee, Ariz., June 19.—Severely ar- raigning the Industrial Workers of the ‘World and their sympathizers, and an- nouncing his intention to “protect his friends,” Harry Wheeler, former sher- Ari: now a iff of Cochise county, captain in the United States army, to- day cabled from France accepting full responsibility for the deportation of George Clayton, a negro, was hanged to a tree near Mangham, La., across the Mississippi River from this city, |by a posse of citizens, after he had NEW ENGLAND BEHIND IN COAL SHIPMENTS | wrecked today in the Stanwich sec- tion of the town, when, as the pilot, Captain H. W. Lake, was attempting one of the features of the Fourth of July celebration in Boston planned by the Independence Day committee. Ar- E Italy several months. consumption. “This first contingent,” said the ca- blegram, “is composed entirely of vol- TT i I W. W. members from Bisbee, Ariz, sements are being made o have | Unteers representing the finest speci | Scale Calls For 30,000,000 Tons of Soft |killed his employer, Ben Brooks, and a landing in a field of tall grass, the | TURKISH TROOPS ATTACK Tangorien A 5 = % il 1, |in a battle with the posse had wounded | 1ast vear. forward end of the engine struck a THE AMERICAN CONSULATE | ¢, chorus divided into national [Mmen of American youth. This morn-|Coal During Year That Began April 1. rise in the ground and the plane turn- groups of the allied nations and sing | INg -they were received by Commis- ed upside down, pinning the occupants under it. Captain Lake was cut about the nose and bruised and shaken up. His mechaniclan, Sergeant Robert R. Belcher, was unhurt. ‘The machine left Mineola daring the forenoon and stops had been made at Piping Rock and Rye, N. Y. MRS. LILLY BUSCH RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. Widow of the Late Millionaire St Louis Brewer. Key West, Fla, June 19.—Mrs, Lilly Busch, widow of the late millionaire £t. Louts brewer, en route home after several vears’ residence in Germany, tcday was released from custody by federal immigration authorities under instructions from Washington. Mrs. Tusch and her party are leaving to- night for St. Louis. TWO NAVAL AVIATORS KILLED AT PENSACOLA When Their Airplanes Collided—Re- cently From M, I. T, Pensacola, Fla, June 19—B, F. Syl- vester and A. B. Blair, naval reserve aviators, were killed near the navy air station today when their airplanes collided. Both men were sent here 1eceéntly from the Boston School of Ty to complete their training. At Tabriz, Persia, and Loot an Amer- ican Hospital. ‘Washington, June 19.—Attacks by Turkish troops on the American con- sulate at Tabriz, Persia, and the loot- ing of an American missionary hospi- tal in that city, reported to the state department today, was believed in some quarters here to presage the long anticipated declaration of the exist- ence of a state of war between the United States and the Ottoman Em- pire. Diplomatic relations between the two governments have been suspended since April 20, 1917, when Turkey withdrew Abdul Hak Hussein Bey, who had been acting as charge of the Turkish embassy hetre since the com- Pulsory retirement of the regular am- bassador, which followed his open criticism of the United States govern- ment. Necessarily, American Ambas- sador Morgenthau was obliged to leave Constantinople and since . that time the relations between the two governments have been just short of actual formal enmity. Recently there have been. vigorous demands in congress for a declara- tion of a state of war between the United” States and Turkey and Bul- garia, but President Wilson and the state department have not regarded this step as necessary or desirable, since there has been no actual ('01- ieral lision between American and. Turkish ! placed and Bulgarian troops. in costume. The chorus will be led hy a military band of several hundred ieces. Fireworks will not be used this year. STRIKE OF DRESSER TENDERS AT AMERICAN THREAD PLANT Demand an Advance of 5 Per Cent. Now Receiving $28.50 Per Week, ‘Willimantic, Conn., June 19.—Nine- ty dresser tenders employed at the lo- cal mills of the Americdin Thread Co. struck today for an increase in wages. Early in the month all of the opera- tives received an increase in wagzes of 15 per cent. The tenders now de- mand an additional 5 per e=nt. ad- vance. They receive at present $28.50 a week. ;. MAJOR GENERAL H. A. GREENE ORDERED TO WASHINGTON Has Been in Command of National Army, at Camp Lewis, Washington. ‘Washington, June 19.—Major Gen- eral Henry A. Greene, who has been in command of the 91st division, na- tional army, at Camp. Lewis, Wash- ington, has been ordered to report to ‘Washington. No explanation of the order was forthcoming from the war|m department tonight. Brizadier Gen- Trederick S. Feltz has been in command at Camp Lewis * temporarily. oner of Aeronautics Chiesa and As- sistant Secretary of State Gallenga and numerous civil and military au- thorities. “After many evidences of solidarity given by the United States this con- tribution of airmen to our fighting front constitutes a fresh truth of the invaluable support of America, the significance of which is deeply ap- preciated by the Italian nation.” ‘NO RECONSIDERATION OF MINERS’ DRAFT CLASSIFICATION Members of Congress From Mining Districts oS Informed. Washington, June 18.—There wiil be no re-consideration of Provost Mar- shal General Crowder’s decision not to grant deferred draft classification to coal miners as a class. Members of congress from mining districts were so informed today by General Crow- der’s office. SENATE PASSED PENSION BILL IN FIVE MINUTES Garries §220,000,000—Larger Than Any . Hitherto by $12,000,000. Washington, June 19.—0nly five minutes were required for passage day by the senate of the muu un. eral pension bill, carrying the largest pension measure iu- 000,000 in the memmsnt'srhhm Boston, June 19.—The federal fuel administration has placed New Eng- land back on its orizinal scale calling | for a delivery of 30,000,000 tons of soft ! coal during the vear ihat began Annl: 1 last, according to an announcement | made tonight by James J. Storrow, fuel administrator for the district. Mr. Storrow has just returned from Wash- ington, whede with state fuel admin- istrators, he placed the deficiency in all-rail coal shipments before Dr. Henry A, Garfield, federal fuel ad- ministrator. Mr. Storrow asserts that New England i¢ a million and one- half tons behind on the original pro- gramme of shipments. 21 GERMAN DESTROYERS PENNED IN BRUGES CANAL As the Reluk of the Reean! British Naval Operations. London, June 19.—Twenty-one Ger- man destroyers, a large number of submarines and numerous auxiliary craft are penned in the Bruges Canal docks as the result of the recent Brit- ish naval operations at Zeebrugse, the German submarine base on the Bel-|dergo an operation for chronic appen- dicitis on April 4, after he had be;!n e made announcement in the house ofsaid that he made an affidavit prior commons to this effect today and said | to May 6 to the effect that his pa- tient's condition was such as not to gian coast. Thomas J. McNamara, fi- nancial secretary of ths admiralty, that the operations were more suc- cessfu]l than' at. first had been sup- posed. ‘craft were now the subject of con- stant bombin, six men, one probably fatally. Mrs. a pair of runaway horses attached t a city sprinkling cart collided with an electric coupe in which she was rid ing with her 15 year old son. GOVERNMENT RESTS IN CASE OF JOHN O’LEARY Indiéted on Charge of Aiding Wit Brother to E-cfpo. New York, June 19.—The government fested its case and the defense opened today at the trial of John J. O'Leary, indicted on a charge of aiding hi brother, Jeremiah A. O'Leary, the Sinn Fein leader, to escape from the juris. diction of the federal court just be fore he was to have been tried fo: publishing alleged seditious ‘articles in an anti-British magazine. It was indicated that the case might go the Bull, to the jury Friday. Dr. Frank B. Jennings, the first wit ness called by the defense, that he haq induced Jeremiah to un. indicted for ‘articles in the Bull He added that the German|a month, ‘but he denied that he ad- “to stall off the vised the operation trial” F. Goodwin Smith, of West Hartford, died at a hospital at Hart- ford of injuries suffered today when testified Twenty-one prominent men of Bis- bee, including Wheeler, recently were indicted on charges growing out "of the deportations. The cablegram fol- lows: “I wish my friends to know that 1 am anxious to protect them by again assuming all responsibility for the de- portations. Would do the same thing over again under same circumstances No traitors or L. W. W. sympathizers Lover here; only American soldlers. My country needs me here, but ‘when 1 can be spared, if still alive, you will find me ready to go home and stand with my friends, and fellow Ameri- cans, to undergo any tribulation the politicians, I. W. W. sympathizers and other traitors can inflict. Eagles in France feel only contempt fof those vultures at home, but do not fear them.” HOUSES FOR WAR WORKERS IN NEW LONDON To B2 Built Out of $60,000,000 Fund Provided by Congress. o r -] Washington, June 19.—Authority te administer the $60,000,000 fund recent- ly provided by 'congress for housing war workers “:ls delegaied by Pmi— dent Wilson today to Secretary Wil- 'son of the department of labor. Plans for using the money at eon- gestad muustrml eenficr- _have bein prepared. ¥ - ‘They include Bethleh: . port, Conn.; \:‘(‘_,hme“m,h. Edfll‘ New London, Conn.; P! iSharan.'Pa.: Abes permit him to go on trial for at least Md.