Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 17, 1918, Page 1

i & Sack & RO Bulletin Service Flag Norwie VOL. LIX—NO. POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1918 Nowhere Thus Far Has the Enemy Bzen Able to Press Forward as in Previous Offensives GAINS MADE MAY BE RECKONED IN YARDS From Some of the Positions Captured, the Germans Have Been Ejected Under Vicious Attacks Delivered By Am- erican Troops Fighting Alone as a Unit and Americans Fighting Shoulder to Shoulder With Their French Com- rades—The Successes of the Americans and French Give Back to Them Points of Strategic Value on the Heights Dominating the Marne Valley—German Official State- ment Claims the Capture of 13,000 Prisoners Monday— | The Enemy is Carrying Out Spirited Bombardments in Northern France and Flanders. encouraging here. Germans appear to have occupied a considerable amount of territo ind the French with American | were gradually beating . American reinforce- ments were also reported as arrivi gzetting into the fighting line ever ast toward Rheims. Over 250000 Americans Involved. of 230 000 Ameri- are involved in one place as that would be the ap- | , trength of Major ceneml‘m S¥e ace DratarEdtto. d “igrette first army corps, ons of which are known to the French | n ejected sum- delivered by the American he r).‘m'nlinfl j2lonz the Marne sector. Nothing had | department late to- fighting shoul oulder with their t Claims of Germans. rilliant mu’nnev a | ¢ which helped materially | stemming the German tide. believe that the as operating as a unit, ing employed in French rangement makes it fmpossi- the extent otl American participation. High military officials did not S to be able to the southwest form definite as to the whole course of the great battle or i would develop be- v or two had passed. Americans Held Door to Paris. It appears certain that for the mo- the American forces Allies Take Strategic Points. Americans and fore another as accomplished T "mn !\'n" to the Considerinz the operations an troops only, officials were, tisfied with the show would sustain the aditions of the American ser- vice so far as courage and pure fight- ing spirit went. Object of German Assault. 1s to the probable pur- of the German assault was gen- h of ound he took. Fightin~ East of Rheims. Speculation widen out the German line .']ong the Marne to such an extent that a later blow could he delivered with Chateau the line northwest of the French fire r Crosnes and of the Campiegne salient as its o far as the present drive satisfaction re in the fact that the German right n into an abrupt check against the icans who still hold what will be | i center of assault if a new thrist at Paris is to follow the pres- e French on their part TRANS-ATLANTIC MARRIAGE SERVICE PERFORMED Bride in Frederick City, Groom ‘““Somewhere in France” and rifle fire. Allies Have Situation Well in Hand. he allied troops seemin on well in hand e Germans soon Frederick City, Md., July 16.—An un- ceremony was performed here this evening when Miss Goldie Anita aughter of Mr. and Mrs, Will- Black, of Thurmont, * bride of Guy V. Lewis, also of and who is “somewhere in these men behind lly northeast of The ceremony in this country was parents by Rev. E. O. Pritchett, while performed at the home of the bride’s Licutenant Warred an army chaplain officiated across the sea. The cere- mony was arranged after considerable cable communication, and everything was carried out Jimultaneously in the two countries. Lewis is a member of an aviation squadron. Jorerunners of early i CRISIS OF GERMAN OFFENSIVE IS STILL TO BE REACHED In the Opinion of High Officials in Washington—Situation Satisfactory. STRIKE OF OAKLAND LERMAKERS SETTLED To Strike Agal ‘Washington. July the new German offensive in France is still to be reached, high officials here. rush of the ememy apparently with a decided along the line and fall far short of the probable objectives marked out for the first day, both official and unofficial reports from the front tonight showed that bitter fighting was still in pro- gress with varying results. Advices from Generals Pershing and Bliss covering yesterday's operations prompted a statement from the war department today was regarded as satisfactory by the American commanders at the end of the first day of the first great battle of the war in which American have been engaged. Enemy Has Been Ousted. On the comparatively limited part of the battle front held by the Americans e gl D s advices in- Gicated that the enemy had been oust- ll-.hflw of the points where made headway &suation appears 16.—The eris in_the opinifn of While the first August 7 Unless Back Pay Claims Are Adjusted. Oakland. Calif., July 15—A strike of more than 3,000 boilermakers employ- ed in shipbuilding plants here and at points nearby was called off today. It was announced they would return to work tomorrow but would strike again unless back pay claims are | the situation DESIGNS FOR 5,000 TON WOODEN STEAMSHIPS Have Been Authorized by Charles M. Portland, Oregon, July 16.—Wooden shipbuilding interests here have heen {authorized by Charles M. Schwab, di- rector general of the Emergency Fleet to proceed at once with designs of a 5,000-ton wooden steam- ip_ larger than any heretofore built by the government. Corporation, STRONG RESISTANCE OF THE ALLIES Cabled Paragraphs Trial of Louis J. Malvy Begun. Paris, July 16.—The trial of Louis J. Malvy. former minister of the interior on a charge of treason was hegun to- day by the senate, acting as the nigh court. At 1.40 o'clock he was brought in and took hs seat in an armechair in the room. AUSTRIA IS READY TO DISCUSS PEACE. Statement Made by Baron Von Burian, Foreign Minister. Amsterdam, Juiy 16 (by A. P.).— Baron Von Burian, the Austro-Hun- garian foreign minister, in a note ad- dressed to the Austrian and Hungarian premiers, is quoted in a despatch from Vienna as saving: “There is hard difference be- tween the general p: ples enunciat- the statesmen of both bellig- President Wilson's four new 1 s crations, arouse our op- any inacy regarding iemands concerning ste, Trentino and 's to be in- territo sace-Lorraine. e Cormpni 0 surmountable.’ In his reference to President Wil- son's four new points in his. July Fourth speech, Baron Burian said he was able to approve them heartily, and that to a great extent “nobody would refuse homage to this genius and no- v would refuse his co-operation.” Saron Durian said none of the bellig- ates need ever come into the position reached by Russia and Ru- mania, as “we ever are ready to enter into peace negotiations with gl our oppenents. Continuing, the foreign minister hi: “If our enemies continuously de- mand atonement for wrong done, and | restitution, then this is a claim which we could urgé with more’ justification against them because we have been attacked, and the wrong donme to us |must be redressed. every- xcept our aid Baron Burian, jown ter; GERMAN RE%ERVE§ ARE READY TO ENTER BATTLE. s | About 20 Divisions in the Fighting Be- tween Rheims and Chateau Thierry. Paris, July 1f—(Havas Agency).— About tw divisions were engaged in the s between Rheims and Chateau Thie and the same num- ber berween Rhe‘ms and Other divisions were in reserve and ready to enter the battle. All the divisions have been identi- ed as representing the elite of the Garman army, showing that Germany on Mond; delivered an extremely powerful effort. All the divisions suf- fered heavily Statements made by prisoners are to the effect that their officers had as- »ured |hf‘m they would have an easy it z that they would be s in no great num- bers and who were completely de- zed. ever before w so high. Piles ¢ ground. T and It In th attacks of re the enemy losses bedies cover the e fighting of the Americans ians was extremely brilliant. gion of Prunay the heav. e enemy were repulsed The German losses at that point are estimated as §5 per cent. of the effectives engaged. TO PROTECT PROCUREMENT OF ALL WAR MATERIALS War Department is to Co-operate With the Department of Justice. Washington, July 16.—With the co- operation of the department of justice the war department is putting into ef- fect = system of control devigned to protect the zovernment in the pro- curement of all war materfals. The new system, the war depart- ment announced today, provides for a Teview of every contract by hoards of corsvol, the centralizing of purchas- es of each commodity in a single bu- reau, the s zation of contract Ses, A d. E for public. information on war needs. Operation of this plan is expected to remedy the conditions revealed by the recent arrest of contingency fee agpts and the raiding of offices of manufactursrs over the country. The agents, it was charged, received large fees for procuring government con- tracts for manufacturers, the fees be- ing added to the price paid by the government. MANAGER OF FIRE INSURANCE OF RAILROADS. Charles N. Rambo of Philadelphia Has Been Appointed. Washington, July 16.—Charles X. Rambo of Philadelphia was today ap- pointed manager of a mew insurance and fire protection section of the rail- road administration and wil resign as | superintendent _and secretary of the | Mutual Fire, Marine and Inland In- surance company It will be the zeneral policy of the railroad administration,” said an an- nouncement, “to do away with the fire insurance policies heretofore carried and to have the government itself stand directly responsible to the rail- roads for fire losses of property in government possession.” Inspectors will be provided to en- force regulations for reduction of fire losses to a minimum, and an advisory committee of insurance experts will be named. GERMANY IS USING A LARGE PORTION OF RESERVES Fact Established by Captures Made by | Americans. 'h the American Army on the Marne, July 16.—(By The Associated | Press.)—From prisoners taken by the Americans it is established tHat the enemy has used up a large portion of his reserves since yesterday morn- ing. The morale of the last prisconers taken is excessively low, in fact low- er than any captured in recent months. The fighting, following the American counter-attack which drove the Gera mans back a long distance yesterday, has ~ontinued fiercely. Some of the ground bas been fought over several times. Pittshurgh Firemen 1o Resign in Body UNLESS GIVEN $15 A MONTH WAGE "INCREASE Japanese Warship e Re annace thel soming Blew Up and Sank " . 2251 A5z " By the Wil of the Late Joim N, Sterling, a New Y@i_‘v 150 MILES NORTHEAST OF NA- |dered Deputy Nolens to form a capi- GASAKI ON JULY 12 AT MIDNIGHT SUNDAY F THE CREW LOST|""™ It is Estimated That About 700 of the in the Department Will Battleship Kawachi, 21,420 Tons Dis- i Placament, ‘Was 500 Fest. Lo, and number of Jews were shot at Quit, From Captain to Hosemen. Carried a Complement of 960 Men. Pittsburgh, Pa., July 16.—Practical- ly every fireman on the Pittsburgh fire department will resign Sunday next. at midnight, unless the mayor of and city council accede to their demands for a $15 a month wage increase, ac- cording to announcement made today by officers of the city firemen’s protec- tive association, an organization affili- ated with the American Federation of It is estimated that about 700 fire fighters of the 918 men in the de- partment are members of the associ- Tokio, July 16.—The Japanese bat- |ield, Buffalo. Ueship Kawachi, of 2 tons_dis- S gasaki, ox July 12. bers of the crew lost their lives. The battleship Kawachi was built at | Newark. ; a com- |home. He was asphyxiated by gas. The She carried pdement of 960 officers and men. acmament « sted of twelve 1 inch guns, eight 4, guns and twelvg federal war board entered the dispute late today when Frarcis Fee- all not, apart from ! Pittsburgh district for partment of labor and industry, was delezated, in a message from Wash- ington to represent the board in an ef- fort to prevent the wholesale resig i t"eehan, who members of the firemen's tomorrow, said tonight that the federal wayr board takes ttsburgh is too important a factor in the war to permit any interruption of its fire-fighting service at this time.” The board will first offer looking forward to a settlement of the wage controversy, but reaches a deadiock, then the hoard take the necessary step to prevent the impending paraly: fi partment’s act John T. Con the state de- - IS CHARGED WITH DISCRIMINATION |perts say. Against New England in Fixing the Freight Rates. vill meet with 7 . _Rich, formerly genera] counsel of the Boston | . The latest quotations for clothing in now counsel | Viennasare: Men's suits. $200; shoes, e Railroad and of the Associated Industries of Mass: peaking today ence between public t a confer- | $9 vice commis- oo states| Orders were received at San Juan Mc- | ordering the drafting of 15,000 men in railroads, ?Zdedli\ion to the 13,000 recently mobil- | tute a fitting memorial of my gratitude ized. and affection for alma mater.” The university trustees have within their discretion authority single building or set of buildings for the use of students in the academical or graduate departments and “to some its services if the situation and shippers, charzed William G. director-zeneral { the country after politics had been brought to bear ) z freight B ——- 1 I and sectional pres- | Officers in charge of various depart- upon | ments at the American arsenals declare president of the fire- in reference to lhe pmposed res:gnauons, tonight ‘from captains to 1eslg'nauons will be department of y next Saturday and will be in Harriman, pres r of Commerc, .| Adoo exceeded him by congress in Boston . that Mr. Me- | One man was killod and three women - “granted | injured when an auto in which they cine freight Tates | Were riding overturned at Pine Road,| Dr /AL BY MANAGER Declarine that the | Pompton, N. J. OF GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. r cent. was un- pointed out| M-;:. deoirew Wilson will christen | That Any Employe Was Discharged percent. | the Red Jacket the first to lexve the | Mgrely B He Was a Union Man. n vhmpers of the six | ways at the Hog Island ship e 5 five | early in August. AN APPEAL MADE TO WATERBURY PASTORS To Urae Workers in Their Congrega- tions to Be on Their Jobs Every Day. have been put up northeastern s The conference called to deter-| Vice-President Piez, of the Emerg- requesting | ency Fleet Corporation, announced the the railroad jower rates to shipyer but there were so many spea conference adjourned| Edward C. Pickering, -director of | COmPaM United States employment service in mailed letters to pas- this city toda tors of all questing that workers in their congre- gations emploved in factories engaged on war materials contracts be urged to be on-their jobs every day and put The letter from Supt. R. W. Budd to the clergymen reads in part as follow: “In_three o in this section, |istrator of lumber. S ers to Te until tomorrow. BROCKTON SHOE WORKERS PICKETING FACTORIES Leaders Estimato-2500-Men Had ‘Quit | Place near the great German head- in a full week. the largest plants of this city, on July 5 and 6, 10,000 hours of productive labor were lost by the employes in these plants alone staying out theSe two days. proving their shoe cutters and Whitman and men | $25 sty ¥l es of the I 0 thtan Tl D 0 G to tell their wishes and during all that 5| The Prussian House of Lords, after | {ime we have had no strikes unt! secret sittings, decided not to expel | :. e na valor in the shell-ridden trenches of France, but to keep those boys there and to bring this war to a successful termination it is as neces- industrial army mobilized and have as much patriot as the boys in khaki asking you, as made through s up- | Prince Lichnowsky for biaming Ger- 1ne WOHIE [ or snuain: = were union men has & S Sthorwar, Second, T de re-| A detachment of 100 soldiers rein- [ cVer been Therefore, I am 15 ; at Pridge- employed in plants 21st, a word to your congr as to the absolute putting in a full week at their jobs and sticking to_their j oin the strike. these towns up of was votad to = c'an1 | Four members of the Cleburne Coun- | SILVER WEDDING OF KING ft band evad- KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND were named with the manufacturers the matter increased MARlE K. DE VI REPORTED CRITICALLY ILL. Subject Who Was With Jeremiah A. O'Leary. Shoe Worker: at work duri remain | ¢y, WOMAN MURDERED 8Y A NEGRO EMPLOYE During a Dispute Over Wages at Mc- | ¥ear: k. July 16—Mme. ) subi Keesport, Pa. dicted with Jeremiah several other defendants on charges of July 16 —Word was re-| t of the arrest on} , of Ed- lholl}:nl‘ a train near espionage, was reported tonight as be- i ia in|ward Brown, s base hospital on Ellis Island. as regarded as a curious coin- Despina Davido- the government to have been an agent of the imperial German government, died suddenly of i Bllis Island March before being brousht death was made the subject of a se- cret investigation. INCREASE IN FARES ON B. & W. STREET RAILWAY Allowed by the Mas: Service Commission, her orch, said by Dennty | urg, and isbe- | , the by |85 United States Food Administrator | allezed to have struck the butt 4 dispute over | i Bl et ul | former member of the Chicago Federal | GERMANS CROSSED MARNE AT VARIOUS PLACES. M,ss'm.flm. i the woman cver tae end of a shotgun VERMONT HAY CROP IS UNUSUALLY LIGHT. In Some Sections of the Crop Was Winter-Killed. husetts Public State the Boston, July —The state public service commission announcer tonight that it would allow crease in passenzer fares on the B the proposed in- 16.—Fitful |at Quantico, Va. ncluding too many are seriously fering with the harvesting of the hay crop in Vermont, according to reports 2 from various parts of the state where |mills here and at Spri produced in large auantities. As|Needham, Mass. haying is the seasonable occupation at time on Vermont farms, agricul-| David L. Fultz, president of the up | Baseball Players weather condition: inter from two cents to two and cents a mile provided some inconsis- tencies in the proposed minimum fares and in the price of trip ticket books are straightened out by the company. The road estimated that the new tariff tural operations opinion that in some sections the crop | the rank of first lieutenant. was winter- WILL OF LATE MAJOR JOHN PURROY MITCHEL |ing him to take over and operate for| STRIKE OF RUBBER MILL WORKERS AT BRISTOL, R 1,300 Employes of the National India Rubber Co. Quit. Bristol, R. L, July 16.—Thirteen hun- dred employes in the pump and gaiter National India Rubber Strike lead- would present demands increase in pay and the reinstatement of two discharged The plant employs 4,700 hands, all of whom will be afiected unless the strike is soon settled, mill officials said The company has war con- ficiaries Named. rooms of the company struck today. ers said they for a 25 per cent. ' Vork, Vi tor at New ¥ §.—The widow ) thsoni Qi o arvod | Institution and noted naturalist, died - Yok |today at his home there. He was 66 6 in an airplane Louisiana; in the mother who was killed July accident at Gerstner field, beneficiaries . which was filed for probate | It is_reported that the Brooklyn “$10000 to hi James Mitchel, and the rem CROWDER CALLS FOR 7000 DRAFT REGISTRANTS | ! To Be Sent to Schools Training, August 1 and 5. TWO AMERICAN AVIATORS ry T U 1 PRISONERS IN GERMANY, | freighters built for use by the Unitec Washington. July 16.—Fifteen states were called upon by Provost Marshal Generai Crowder today for 7,000 draft registrants for general military service to be sent to schools training. The movement will be be- tween August 1 and 1. William H. Plyler of Kershaw, S. C. and Clarence Shoninger. prisoners in Germany, ment has been advised. held at Camp Karl to be Lieutenant Fire Caused by Explosion of Nitrate. Jacksonville , 3 caused by the explosion of nitrate ear- iv today destroyed the fertilizer plant of the American Agricultural Chemi- cal Company near here, loss of a million and a quarter dollars. slightly wounded, i information unofficial |6 p. m., Sunday sources to be a sergeant in the Lafay- | with a United S entailing a|ette escadrille. His home address is|stroyer. Both vessels were badly dam- aged but were able to proceed. to arrarze his affairs Condensed Telegrams Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, or- net. Captain Archibald Roosevelt’s left arm is paralyzed and he may be sent According to reports arriving in London cholera continues to spread in | Russia. Kherson, Ukraine, because they were hiding grain. W. A. Hale, of Qumcy, 1, was killed when his machine fell at Curtis Max Nusser, a German alien, of . J., was found dead in his peared on the Canadian casualty list. |named in V\llar gardens have caused a decline i fever in Chicago, health ex- |$20,000,000. Weeds spread the disease. Yale ge Word was received at the Crescent Athletic Club in Brooklyn today of the de&th in France of I’aul Barrett. is left $1 330 to $50; shirts, $9; silk stockings, university women make more capable inspectors 1.|than men. Discretion Authority to Erect a Single Building or Set of Buildings For the Use of Students in the Academicor . placement, blew up and sank in Toky- | The observance of July 4 caused the Graduate Departments—The Testator, a Bachelor, Dwfl orthwest of Na- production of coal during the week of e hundred mem. [July 6 to decrease > 081,000 tons. July 5. New York, July 16.—Yale university feet |, M’é‘" -General William C. Langfitt | 1S Deaueathed nearly $20,000,000 by the 28 feet of water. Her | @S been appointed chief engines nch | the American Expeditionary Forces. nch extent to the foundation of scholar- ip, fellowship or lectureships, endowment of new professorships and r of | Will of the late John W. S the establishment of special funds for New York lawyer, : : the institution <. She al-| The names of one American prisoner | bachelor on July S0 WS equipped with five 18-inch ter.|Of War, one gassed and ome il ap-| The value ho graduated from s 1864 and died a| Two bequests of $250,000 each as memorials to triends go to the Miriam Osborn Memorial Home association &t for the erection of a build- he care of “indigent gentle- preferably of Scotch descent: is give nto the Presbyterizn nospital of New York and_$10,000 to the Bridgeport hospital at Bridgeport, > A number of his employes are also handsomely remembered. The bequests to the Osborn Memo- rial home were in memory of Lady Mount Stephen, the first wife of Mount Stephen, a lifelong friend of and to the wife and mother of Lord Strathcona, also a life- The home was founded in a bequest of Mrs. Miriam A. Os- . wife of Charles J. Osborn, & banker, for both of whom Mr. Sterling He established the home in accordance with Mrs. Osborn's Mr. Sterling’s bequests were paid over, however, before his death. Mrs. Osborn was the donor of Osborn hall at Yale. estate, while not filed today, Yy a representative of the executors, placing it in excess of made public the residue after the be- friends, employ institutions which to- in excess og $1,000,000. The Skuli and Bones society of Yale of which Mr. Sterling wa quests of relatives, and bepevolent tal not much The will directs that all the residue of the estate be applied as soon as possible for the use and benefit of Yale “for the erertion of at least ane enduring, useful ang architectural- ly beautiful edifice w! long friend. h will consti- acted as executor. yard ence appointment of J. H. Kirby as admin- leader Harvard Observatory, announced the observation of Wolf's periodic comet at Yerkes Observator: es sho oversubscribed. Applications for $67,- | SAi 000 000 bonds were received but only At police arrived at Vaudreuil, Que,, and | iz forced by 100 members of the Dominion | . The * camped outside the city to quell draft | I%eTS ¢ Little Rock. Ar surrend a d_to National Guards er: chine guns. Roberto Castro, for more than 30 director of the telegraph lines of Costa Rica, was discharged and all the operators arrested. The reason is not known. for Thomas Walling a deserter from the | & 5~IP”‘“ | national army camp at Columbia, S. C. | St Jame: was shot and killed near his home in | 9Uen important s of suppre: food is to be held 1 London as soon | pa Hoover arriv e dominions. appeintment of Frederic A. Delano, ! Reserve Board as a major in the army engineer corps. Three hundred enlisted men were commissioned second lieutenants in the | Marine Corps after ta the Marine Officers’ Training School, William Carter, $8, father of Con- an William H. Cdrter and nead ge knitting e bridges be instructor to the Aviation Corps with President Wilson yesterday signed | A1 the wire control resolution, empower- nerthwi the period of the war all ‘elegraph € Y. M. C. A. NEEDS EXPERT i - | telephone, cable an i E Widow and Mother Are the Sole Bene- | te pv‘one cal and radio lines, AUTOMOBILE MECHANICS Dr. Richard Rathbun, acting direc- | = ashington of the Smithsonian | For Service = old and a native of Buffalo, N. Rapid Transit Co. Las received author- | je. A vessel from the Orient arriving at | .re nceded Seattle, Washn,, brought word of the completion in Japan of nine big! States under the shipping azreement recently signed. Forcible seizure of the houses in the ' Washington, July 16.—Aviators Wil- | vicinity of the great shipyards and the liam Ply]egr and Clarence Shoninger are | NaVY Yard at Portsmouth Va. te end; San the war depart- | rent profteering, will be recommended | committing Thon Pivier, who is | bY Judge Grahom Egerton who is in-| Quentin peniten helieved | Vestigating conditions. | tion there on . Plyler of TR | given the r, who was| A large is believed accord- |at an | tank steamer u ing | Franklin jore reported that Mooney w she was in collision | connect tes torpedo hoat de. HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THE GERMAN ARMIES the Losses ns Has Been Received. No Information as Among Ameri July 16.—Readiness to and go into confer- ith representatives of the Gen- eral Electric rike which Lynn, Mass. present demand Washington, July 16.—The war de- partment tonight received information from the American military attache at | Paris of heavy losses sustained by_the German assaulting armies to the and east of Rheims and of the faflure of the enemy to make substantial pro- gress against the allied resistance dur- ing the past 24 hours. No late cable despatches had been either General Pershing or Genéral iss. The war department issued this has crippled the local plant s expressed by tonight. In a statement issued by committee it was alleged that employ- interest in labor or- ganizaticns at the plant had been dis- Chancellor Von Hertling has gone to | 510 03 “ihere was. no--system - for S i 2 he company, quarters where he will take his vaca- | e ening demends on the comp Hon o HlasemenDin T ! In answer to this statement The Japanese loan of $25000,000 was | C;, Iish, seneral manaser of the plant, received from ing. o At midnight the war department was not in receipt of late cable des- patches from General Bliss or General Pershing, but it was in communica- tion with the military attache at Paris. Infcrmation from this last source does not deal specifically with point of attack and defense, but brings information of heavy losses sustained by the enemy’s attacking forces, and of his failure to make substantial pro- For over twenty vears the employ- t have heen able any policy of because they against the allied resistance during the past 24 hours.” General Pershing’s communique for yesterday had not been received at the department late tonight. In tae ordin= ary course it would have come this morning but probably has been delay- ed by the crowded condition of the ca= v prescenting request to me.” ke began Monday and organ- im that ten thousand of the troubles. thirteen thousand employes are as was known tonight no fn= formatic§ as to the losses among the men when they were pursued by ma-|To Be the Occasion For a Shower of 1 s s yeaterday BLARits s Gifts From Wounded eMn. American troo; ing has yet been received. STRIKE AT SPRINGFIELD PLANT OF SMITH & WESSON Employes to Place Their Cause in the Hands of President Wiison. TLondon, July. fering Queen Mary the wounded in celebration of the niversary of the king nd queen has had an amazing suc- 16.—The pre ‘er wedding 585,761 Pikeville, Tenn., by soldiers sent to 7‘;.1""‘“5 of sterling. apture him. he queen me at the magnificent total of zifts which 3 came from 3 e e oY% |are. displayed & Anne Drawing Springfield, Ma striking employes of the Smith and Wesson company in mass meeting to-. voted to place their cause in the hands of President Wil= son or his representative and to abid& by the decision of such arbitrator. No- tification of fhis vote was given to the through the press and no member of the firm could he located. to learn its attitude. in kind besides 9, astoniskment unanimously tments in the Palace and include great variety of offerings from ‘lh; Many boxes are unpackes . The strike was: The War Department announced the | While others are on the lost Friday and strike leaders claim that their number has been aug* mented to between 900 and 1,000, Ef- forts to bring the company and em- Dlu es into conference have thus far is working ex- Five Bridges Were Destroyed as the The company Troops Were Passing Over. ely on government contracts. INCREASE IN RETAIL PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS Has Been 3 Per Cent. From April 15 to May 15 This Year. ng a course at| (n the French Front in France. July 16—(By The Associated Pres: ing) —The Germans have cr Marne at various control over southern bank of the stream hetween blishment with | Gland and Mareuil-le-Port. eld, died at| This operation c places, giving them t them dearly, five g destroyed as the troops while hundreds of to have met Washington, Jul, ]:I‘i:‘es in the United ‘States increased from April 15 to May 15 of. \ear according to est the bureau of labor statistics. ending May 15 last, there was an increase of five per cents;: vegetables showed a | were passing over their men are Fraternity, has been | death from the appointed physical director and athletic | bombs of aviato During the year The town of Gland lies about-2 1-2 miles east of Chateau Thierry euil-le-Port t of Bpernay. althouzh most Rmhn" beef 1rcre1sed 32 per 2 per cent, 20 per cent. For the five vears endinz May 15 s an average increase of’ in the price of food. VILLA FOLLOWERS KILL SEVENTY FEDERAL TROOPS last there w in France—180 Men Are Needed at Once. 16—The Young Men's ociation motor service in v 1u_need of men, Seorge 4. Pitts, a Y. M. K who has just returned mother, Mrs. |ity from the War IRinance Corporation from nce with a commission to help - of |0 put in operation the plan for re-!m Beiore from | fUnding the $57.000000 5 per cent!yeads of | several large insurance policies he hag | NOtes. i 5 men wn estimated Valuztion of o mechanic In Attack on Railroad Station at Hors according o citas Last Wednesday. worker Juarez, Mexico, July under Martin ithe railroad station at Horcitas, Chihuahua_City, 16.—Villa fol- Lopez attacked federal troops encamped there, hanged | ster and burned the sta. tion, according to passengers who ar: rived here today AN AMERICAN RED CROSS NURSE WOUNDED When Germans Dropped Bombs .& Hospital in France. the stationm: iMOONEV TO BE TAKEN TO SAN QUENTIN PENITENTIARY d Tn Await His Exccu(lon There on Au- v 1f.—German aviators a$; dropped bombs. the American s 2d men were kill- mong the personnel nine per- sons were wounded. Miss Jane Jeflery, an American Red Cross nurse, Mooney was grantad nutil tomorrow lamong those wounded, though her in-- juries are not serious. preparedness day parade bomb explosion here.