Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 18, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 171 ' POPULATION 29,919 ICH, CONN., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1918 TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS GERMANS HAVE HADE SHAL ISOLATED SECTORS GAING | Eastward From Rheims the French Are Holding the Enemy and Maintaining Their Lines Intact e EVERYWHERE BATTLES STUBBORNLY CONTESTED Where the French and Italians Have Been Compelled to Give Ground It Has Been Only After Inflicting Heavy Casual- ties on the Invaders — The Americans Have Improved Their Positions Between and Nowhere Have They Been Forced to Withdraw— The Germans Have Brought Up Fresh Reserves in an Attempt to Advance North of La Chapelle-Minthodon and It is Reported French Reserves Have Entered the Chateau Thierry and Dormans Fighting—There is a Deluge of Shells From the Guns of Both Sides Along the Entire Marne Front—In North- ern France and Flanders Violent Bombardments. h ! (By The Associated Press.) Although the Germans still are at- tacking the allied lines viciously on both sides of the Rheims salient, what gains they are making continue to be TATRTRTETRY | ke SEO the Germans Are Keeping Up it ¥ In these endeavors, the German war office asserts, the Germans have driven back the allied troops on the mountain of Rheims between Mantenal and north of Pourcy, the last named place small ones on isolated sectors and|being a scant five miles distant from seemingly are confined to the region along the Marne and immediately southwest of Rheims. Eastward from the cathedral city through Champagne the French re- port that they everywhere are holding the enemy and keeping their line in- tact, notwithstanding the prodigious expenditure of shells by the Germans and the determination h . which their troops are delivering their thruets. Everywhere the battles are being stubbornly contested, and where the ¥rench ang Italians have been com- pelled to give ground it has been only after the infliction of extremely heavy casualties on the invaders. The Americans nowhere have been forced to withdraw. On the contrary, in the vicinity of Fossoy, near the bend of the Marne, between Chateau Thierry and Dormans, they have made further improvements in their positions. Like their French comrades in arms, the Americans also have been enzaged in violent firhtifgwith tHe drhiemy: Daily it becomes increasinzly ap- paregt that the strategy of the German fhigh lcommand in the present battle had THfemost in its considerations the blotting out of the Rheims salient and ihe straightening of the line eastward sthrougsh Champagne toward Verdun. “The hardest fighting of Tuesday was Fouthwest of Rheims, where the en- .emy is endeavoring to break through *the hill and foreest region, reach the aiiroad running from Rheims to Spernay an dforce the evacuation of Rheims. the Rheims-Epernay railwa¥$. The French official communication admits that the Germans hold the line west of Nanteuil-la-Fosse, about a mile and a half south of Pourcy and rela- tively five miles west of the railroad. The German war office is now claim- ing the capture of 18,000 prisoners since the present offensive began. It is reported that French reserves have entered the fighting line along the Marne and that to the north of La Chapelle-Monthodon they have re- captured lost territory. The Germans also, as was expected, have brought up fresh forces in an endeavor to pus forward their project in this region. There is a veritable uge of shells from the guns of both sides along the ientire Marne front. On the British front in northern France and Flanders the Germans are keeping up violent bombardments on various sectors, using both gas and high explosive chells. Gas has been. used extensively on “the Villers Bre- tonneux sector, where the British for several days past have been delivering sucecessful patral attacks and taking prisoners. The Albert sector is com- ing in for an increased shower of shells of all kinds. Nowhere, however, has the German command seen fit as yet to start an infantry engagement, if one is contemplated. In Albania the French and TItalian troops continue to make progress against the Austrians, and in the Ital- fan sector, up in the mountains, re- peated Austrian cttacks have been re- pulsed by the Italians. & REPUBLICANS GATHERING AT SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. For Unofficial State Convention to Begin There Today. 1-Saratoga Springs, N. Y. July 17.— Republicans gathered here tonight for the unofficial state convention which will open tomorrow were trying to re- adjust their viewpoint to the pall of grief which fell upon them when news was received Of the death in France of Lieuterant Quentin Roose- welt and to the anxiety caused by the eerious injury in an automobile acci- dent early today of Attorney General Pierton E. Lewis, chief rival of Gov- ernor Whitman for the .gubernatorial nomination. Deepest sympathy was expressed on every hand for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and his family. His decis- ion to adhere to his original plan of addressing the convention tomorrow in Epite of his bereavement was greeted fas a characteristic manifestation of Jis courage. A formal resolution of sympathy was adopted bv the state committee at a meeting tonight. Preparations were made tonight to give Colonel Roosevelt, when he deliv- ers his patriotic address tomorrow, cne of the most enthusiastic demon- strations ever accorded to a republi- can in_this state by a party conven- tion. Many of the delegates did not hesitate to express the hope that the convention might be stampeded into endorsing the former president for the gubernatorial nomination. The com- mittee also ratified selection of J. Sioat Fassett of Elmira as temporary chairman. The evening was devoted to infor- mal conferences designed to prevent the division of the party into two fac- tions, one headed by Governor Whit- man and the other by Attorney Gen- eral Lewis. Will H, Hays, chairman of the republican national committee, devoted all his efforts to promoting harmony. The degree of success which had been attained was prob- lematical tonight. M. DUVAL EXECUTED IN PARIS YESTERDAY Was Director of Germanophile News- paper, Bonnet Rouge. Paris, July 17.—(Havas Agency). M. Duval, director of the Germanophile newspaper Bonnet Rougs, was execut- ed o rly today for treasonable actions against the government. The execu- tion was carried out promptly at 5 ock in the forest of Vincennes. condemned man died almost in- stantly with the command to fire. NORWEGIAN SAILING SHIP SUNK BY A U-BOAT Was Loaded With Coal—Crew Has Been Landed at Canso, N. S. An Atlantic Port, July 17.—Word reached here teday that thz Norwe- gian sailing ship Marosa. 1,882 tons, lcuded with coal, had been sunk at sea by a German submarine and that the craw had been landed, safely at Canso, Nova Scotia, ycsterday. , A WAR LABOR BOARD IN SESSION AT BRIDGEPORT. Elxectives of War Industries Were Given a Hearing. Bridgeport, Conn., July 17.—Three exccutives of important Connecticut war industries testified before the national war labor board at ‘this af- ternoon’s hearing that a decision granting the demands of union men for a minimum wage rate of 80 cents an hour for toolmakers and 70 cents an hour for machinists would hinder America’s prosecution of the war by lessening production and causing dis- content among some of the workers. Those who testified to this effect were ‘Howard Edge, manager of the Locomobile Automobile company; Herbert L. Sutton, manage rof the American Stamp and Tube company, and Louis G. Kibbe, vice president and general manager of the Stamford Roll- ing Mills company of Stamford. Conn. There was one exception to this sorf of testimony when Conrad A. Hanson, manager of the Columbia Graphaphone company, a concern that already pays the ‘wages asked by the union men, told the board that he saw no reason why a minimum wage should not be granted. The contention of the manufacturers is that if skilleq workers are started at the same wage that less skilled men are paid they will not lend their best /efforts to the output. The hearings of both sides are ex- pected to be completed by tomorrow or, Friday and the decision of the board will be rendered Aug. 1. CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL HAS BEEN ABANDONED. Turned Over to the War Department for Hospital Purposes. Washington, July 17.—The Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Indian school has been abandoned and turned over to the war department for hospital purposes and the rehabilitation and re-education of sick and wounded soldiers. Secretary ‘Lane announced today that the plant, originally an army barracks, but as- signed to the interior department un- til needed, had been returned to the war department. Cato Sells, commis- sioner of Indian affairs, said this meant that the famous school would cease to exist and its 700 students would be transferred to other Indian schools. EIGHT ENEMY AIRPLANES DOWNED BY AMERICANS French Observers Report That Thir. teen Fell. With the American Army on the Marne, July 17—(By The Associated Press). French observers reported to- day that thirteen enemy airplanes fell in the region over which an American pursuit squadron was patrolling and fighting Tuesday. Within the American lines it had Leen considered sure that the Ameri- lcins had downed eight, and possivly nine, cnemy planes. N ‘| chael and St. George. (Cabled Paragraphs Berlin Claims 18,000 Prisoners. Berlin via London, July 17.—Eigh- teen thousand prisoners have heen taken by the Germans in the present offensive, according to the claim of the war office in its, report from general headquarters today. England Honors General Pershing., London, July 17.—General John J. Pershing has been awarded the grand cross of the Order of the Bath and General Tasker H. Bliss, American representative at the supreme war council, has been given the grand grand cross of the Order of St. Mi- cially announcel tcday. & QUENTIN ROOSEVELT i ¢« KILLED IN AIR COMBAT. He Appeared to Be Fighting Up to the . Last Moment. Paris, July 17.—Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, Colonel Roosevelt’s young- est son, who had been attached to the American line forces on the Marne front, was killed at Chateau Thierry on July 14. Philip Roosevelt, Quen- tins cousin, witnessed the battle and saw the machine fall, but did not know until later that the airplane was that of his cousin. Lieutenant Roosevelt was last seen in combat on Sunday morning with two enemy airplanes about ten mil inside the German lines. He started out with a patrol of thirteen Ameri- can machinds. They encountered seven Germans and were chasing them back whe ntwo of them turned on Lieutenant Roosevelt. Reports of the fight state the Germans appeared to be shooting at the lieutenant from | the rear, the three machines being men were rescueq off Charles Island| New Jersey 800, Camp Wadsworth. e Diuis 00 e e il artenigs during the heavy storm | New "York 2300, Camp Greenieaf, g throush the | which swept the shore between | Gia, et e ramt. Hoosevell (UM | were seen-to be thrown into the| Pennsylvania 3,000, Camp Wads- eared o be. fighting up o the lnet |Faging waters, according to Captain | worth, Limipeell ol accougt 2 e embat | William Merrifl of the oyster steamer | " Rhode Island 100, Fort Slocum, states that the machine caught fire before it began to fall. Another says it was not in flames when it fell. WAR DEPARTMENT IS WITHOUT INFORMATION. Has Received No Official Report of Death of Quentin Roosevelt. Washington, July 17.—The war de- partment late tonight still was with- out official information from France regarding the death Lieutenant eported | by the Havas Azency as having been shot down behind the German lines | while engaging two German airplanes. It was assumed that a report would be in General Pershing’s communique for vesterday, which has been delayed in transmission. 1 FORTITUDE SHOWN BY COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT In Statement on Death of His Son, Quentin, Who Wasz Killed in Air Combat. _Oyster Bay, N. Y., Jul 17.—“Quens 4in's mother and T are v T8lad that he got to the front and had tlie chance to render some service to hls‘% and to show the stuff there was in him before his faté befell him.” This statement was issued h in Y R S Aitalin The American steamer Oconee, load- onel Theodore Roosevelt toda Thunderstorms in Years. ?leh ()-.T1 mu.vlzluyiso ngmm hu\llldflg ed and ready to sail. was rammed in | ress des hes ha : IS i Oxpone et i ntry. Means|the harbor of an Atlantic port. She Lo I LR Waterbury, July 17.—One of the|said that he fourd that the boats had | e lerfor, of an Suantle Dort. She Lieutenant Quentin Roosovel: most remarkable hail and thunder- |gun emplacements and that Captain | yoqched > = } beennkllled-in an *aerial . |storms, in years, began here at about|Boy-Ed called tnis to the attention 7 L Feance = 'M11230 today. Three houses in the city |of the neutrality board at Washing-| Thomas J. Mooney will be executed Colore Hoate i |were struck and two fires resulted. | ton. 4 + Ber. of Thdge S amt ma:xm:-?;zxtr;\‘v)gst:,elfuf;a;fif]., that BISINo one was injured and as far as| “President Wilson then very proper- |oh A% O York state republican convention at Saratoza Springs were unchanged and that he would deliver an address be- fore the convention tomorrow. RAY OF HOPE FOR SAFETY ticut O; rescued one of the five saved, and the Milford oyster patrol boat Eva M. the other four. SHREDDED BY THE HAIL This was offix{ At Waterbury Hail Stones as Large - as Walnuts Fell Thunderstorm in Years. was blown down and a big stock barn was struck by lightning and burned. ‘ The tobacco shed belonged to Bee- man and Strong, who sald their loss on the structure was about $2,000. stock barn was owned by James Dodd, who gave his loss age to the tobacco crop was estimated as about $10,000 HEAVY STORM BETWEEN BRI Five Men Rescued Off Charles Island— Six Others Thrown Into the Water. Bridgeport, Automatic, belonging to the Connec- t The to Providence, caping going on the rocks. boat R. with Capt: men aboard, was struck by lightning off Stratford light. flag were carried away and the crew temporarily made ‘Bridgeport harbor. Two oyster schooners in distréss off on Steeplechase Island. A woman who fainted on a house- boat in the harbor here was rescued | Harbor gardens at Lordship park, which pro- jects far out into the sound, between Bridgeport and Stratford, were totally destroyed and buildings on Steeple- chase Island, Bridgeport’s abandoned pleasure resort, were struck by light- ning. Heavy damage is reported from Mil- ford and Stratford and at the Milford beaches cottages were badly damaged. lHAILSTONES AS BIG AS WALNUTS AT WATERBURY During One of the Most Remarkable hy could be learned the storm did not ex- tend outside of the city limits and did rractically The water v streets that within a half hour afte the storm started, a canoe paddled by two men made its through the center New Milford, Conn., July 17.—Dam- age estimated as close to $20,000 was caused by a rain wind and hail storm OF COLUMBIA During Heaviest White Registrants. ‘Washington, July August 9. The as $8,000. The dam- | o0 “or 300,000 men. number. Included DGEPORT AND MILFORD. R Quotas From States. Maine 100, Fort Slocum. assachusetts 200, Fort Sl New Hamp: Conn., July 17.—Five Vermont 50, Fort Slocum. GASTON B. MEANS IS er Farms company. Merrill The power Erry, Greenport, L. Ig4 Halsey and four other S. Chicago, July n Its gstaff and some of New Yerk's stunned. Halsey finally today by Gaston B. Means Chicago. Master Lamond. War |for whose alleged sl tied and acquitted i last summer, freely admitted money ng received on a gheck to Capt: Ed. one of Glrmeny’s this country, who expelled. and German spies were to tie up ir in this tective work declared Me: time the public knows Boy-Ed_was sent back I turned all my the government in no damagze to the crops. ; so deep on the ma‘in why Concord, te G ohacco Crop Badly |Callfor 46,000 Men Bamage_d_hy Storm NEW MILFORD ESTIMATES LOSS CLOSE TO $20,000 FROM ALL STATES AND DISTRICT STATE’S QUOTA IS 500 First General Call of the 300,000 to Be Called During August—All Are to Be 17. — Forty-six thousand men from all states and the Listrict of Columbia were called to the of great intensity here today. Stand-|colors tonight by Provost Marshal |28reed to postpone action on oil land ing tobacco was beaten down or shred- | General Crowder. They are to be all |legislation until after recess .of Con- ded by the hail, a large tobacco shed |white registrants. Movement into | BT€SS. camp will be between August 5 and First General Call For August. This is the first general call for Au- gust, during which month the military rrogramme provides for the entrain- Special calls al- ready issued account for 19,941 of this in the quotas to be fur- nished by each state and the camps to which the men go are the following: Connecticut 500, Fort Slocum, N. Y. locum. ire, 50, Fort Slocum. AGAIN IN THE LIMELIGHT. s Ve ¢, Bridzeport " W T chooner Woolsey, Bridsepokt|, . . Was'a Besret, Agent of Bridgeport breakwater, narrowly es- Germany Before U, S. Entered War. 17.—Admissions that he had served as a secret agent of Germany before the United States en- tered the war and the allegations that most prominent lawyers had dore as he did were made in testi- mony at the hearing to determine the two wills purport- Bridgeport, were towed to safety by |legality of one ot the Radel company Steamer Bishop |ing to dispose of the $3,000,000 estate after a narrow escape from beaching|left by the late James C. King of Means, who appeared as a witness for the heirs of Mrs. Maude A. King, was s he recel ain B chief sples in was subsequently The witness also admitted that he couns building of elect ly asked him wky he was doing de- the United States,” nd now for the first Captain nany. information over to = of the city. Hailstones as big wal- ———————— OF QUENTIN ROOSEVELT |t fell with great force for several | FULLY $90,000,000 WENT TO Mirs. Theodors Roosevelt. Jr. Cables|MinUtes. The storm lasted about hail From Paris Heport of Death is “Ab- solutely Unconfirmed.” Imen who are accused of harboring | fO,vstex- Ba’y_'.N_IY_, July 17—A ray NEAR LAKEWOOD, ME': | them in xqr_w junfmvs of Sa]n A?(::ustli;‘\e} of hope tha Jeutenant Gues = County ex., for a week after e | Flonbieit thiny rmit b fallen to his | Only One of Fifteen Passengers lndluf the $109900,600 dérived from _szm e WDoaly Whits heq been death in a combat with a squadron of Employes Escaped. sale of German war bonds in this|ghot and killed, surrendered to the| German _airplanes = was bron to S (e e L g e e Colonel Roosevelt and his wile Skowhegan, e v one [ Went into a cor tuymot& lun\d ‘r( rd- e L e in a cable message sent from » [of the fifteen enger em-!ing to statements today by federal " Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, 3 ployes escaped injury when a passen- | officials : COTTON GROWERS ARE she said the report was ger car and a work car on the Som-| Control of Americans newspapers OPPOSED TO PRICE FIXING! unconfirmed” there. The fermer pros- | © traction line collided today near |and magazines avas ident felt, however, that there only i: a slight possibility that his voungest| Mota/men Reuel Copp and Elmer G.|tain colleges St e i o mEy Il A Som i e seriously | investigator k) Iihngieolitge a2 ot ot Agzus, The message from Mrs. Roosevelt.|and perhans fatally injured. ation, it was charged, the L W aating " ow- who Is doing Red Cross wor in the| Samuel Palmer. of Portland, a com- |Hugo Muensterbers of Harvard and e French capital, contained nothing but | mercial traveler, had both legs broken. | ested last year, were | (10 T erred here today with officials the simple statement that hag | Conductor Jsaac Wheeler of Skowhe- | J Esninee of the department of agriculture, the been able to get no confirmatior of |#an was struck on the head and sus-| Ambassador Von Bernstorff and Dr.}of the SePartmmctt o+ 28 S0 b o Grehiles Geats wd o s cd minor injuries. Among those | Heinrich Albert, ihe German financial | war industries board, shipping board. velt feared there was little room to|slightly injured were Mrs. A, L. Nut-|agent in the United States, directed| @cera TCSSTFR JOTPC PR M SO0 doubt the accuracy of the pre: g and the child of Louis Cornier of | commercial transictions for the ben- |ernment agencies pr S TEe A A OABET patches which said the young fi <kowhezan. aftiier “Getaany. German lasents |0 e e mEtia aoIleR s PRt pought cotton, wool and other com- | restrictions by the govel 3 1 Thousands of telegrams of condo- lence were received today at Saga- more Hill. Colonel Rooseveit had | nothing to add, however, to the brief ! statement he issued earlier in the d. in which he expressed for himself a his wife a sad pride.that their-son been ziven an opportunity to the stuff of which he was made 1 he died. All Oyster Bay mourned with its most distinguished citizen. In Town- |J send Park flies the service flag of the |¢ village. with a blue star for each of its sons in the service of the nation.|T Just at sundown a gold star was |l piaced on the flag to mark the first |t death among the village's younz war- riors. OBITUARY. S W = Prof. Arthur Martin Wheeler. New Haven, Conn., July 17.—Prof. Arthur Martin Wheeler, Durfee pro- fessor of history, emeritus, at Yale university, died- at his summer home at_Grove Beach, Westbrook, today. Professor Wheeler was one of the best known professora at the uni- versity. Until two years ago it was his custom each spring to give a leg- ture upon the battle of Waterloo, un- der auspices of the Phi Beta Kappa, to the undersraduate body. He had done this, it is believed, for thirty years. During his active service he had written largely on historical sub- jects. Professor Wheeler was born in ‘Weston, Conn., January 21, 1836. *He was graduated from Yale in 1857, and studied in France and Germany from 1864 to 1868; took a course in theolo- gy at Andover Seminary and then be- came .a member of the Yale faculty. He had been appointed a professor while studying abroad. His retirement was in 1906. From that date until 1911 he was a lecturer on TEuropean history. The funeral will be held here on_Iriday afteynoon. -Professor Wheeler is survived two ‘'sons and one daughter. by an hour. TROLLEY CARS COLLIDED Lakewy( »d. REV. THEODORE BUESSEL HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY Of Violation of the Espionage Act—To Be Sentenced Today. Hartford, Conn., July 17.—Rev. The- Buessel, pastor of Bristol, was found guilty of violation of the espionage act, by a j in - the United States sdore ury ourt here deferred until tomorrow. He was ar- rested on May 28, charged with hav- ng made erances, AMERICAN NEGROES ARE H They Requested Permission to Take Over Part of the Line. With the American Army on the Marne, July 17—(By The Associated Press).—American negro troops are helping to hold the allied line against the fifth German offensive. quested the favor of being permitted to take over a part of the line of at- tack, though they had been holding a piece of a French sector for the last three months without relief. FLIGHT FROM MINEOLA FIELD TO PHILADELPHIA Made by g planes, in Practice. Minaola, ron of eight biplanes left the Mineola ion fi delphia. plannad to furnish practice in_ antici- pation of service which the aviators expect to see in France and are for rh-~ purpose of plotting the course and seiecfing suitable landing places for regular. air post -planes. derogatory and its war activities, and in praise of Germany and the kaiser. c fostering of pac modities and succeede: in some shipments through neutral coun- tries. At frequent York, it was stated, general directions conferences were given for bombing under the immediate a German Lutheran,|Franz Von Rintelen. district late today. Sentence was Twelve Against Industrial Al ing to Berlin. disloyal and seditious ut- ccording to this country as Berlin. Twelve of ELPING HOLD GERMANS.|1oraine and Luxemburs, against the Dillingen and bruecken regions and one They re-|able. CHARGED WITH TRYING T York. a Squadron of Eight Bi- N. Y. July 17.—A squad- eld this morning for Phila- L. Mitchell, U. S. Officers said the trip was cisions of draft boards. GERMAN CORRUPTION FUND Of the $100,00C,006 Derived from Bond ntemplated, a1 d ment in cer- making in munitions plants, ships and_railroad properties, supervision of 33 AIR ATTACKS AGAINST GERMAN TOWNS DURING JUNE. Districts, Amsterdam, July 17.—Thirty-three air attacks were made during June by the allies against German towns and cities, according to a statement issued these against industrial districts in Alsace- four were Saar- at each various places in the Rhine district. The report admits that slight dam- age was done to blast furnaces in the Saarbruecken region and at Ludwig- shafen, while the damage to private houses is said not to be inconsider- Thirty-four persons have been killed and 37 severely injured. Thirty- five others suffered slight wounds. TO FRUSTRATE DRAFT Frank S, O'Neil, Lawyer and Former State Boxing Commissioner of New .New York, July 17.—Frank S. O'- Neil, lawyer and former state boxing commissioner, and Second Lieuten- ants. Oswald L. Simpson and Leonard A.. were placed oif & 4 Sl trial in the federal court hera today, | stufis remaineq aboare 2 charged with using money in an at- | would be stopped by British warships, | the Yfuel ‘administration today an- with the inevitable result t};zt ftlhe gm;;:;dd.' 3.0 S istrants from military service. Samuel | commander of the convoy would offer 2] for year is 10,331 s, Re(chbsack: is a fourth defendant in an|armed resistance, the Dutch govern-|and the fuel adminisi tempt to obtain ‘release of draft reg- ng for acting as a secret agent of the German government before the outbreak of the war with the United States. = Quietly he told of receiving $85.000 at one time and $92,000 at an- other, for his services to Germany, and of delivering $1,300,000 which he o New were An additional credit of was extended to Belgium. $1,680,000 BetweenAHg-sandg The first ship bulilt without rivets was launched in South England. The price of coal in Portland, Me., ang vicinity was fixed at $12 a ton. President Wilson permitted his per- sonal stenographer to enlist in the aviation section. Some 500 persons die of cholera daily in Petrograd, according to trav- elers arriving in Copenhagan. The United Spanish War Veterans, of New York, renominated Colonel R. L. Kline as department commander. A fire in the Long Island power house, at Winfield, caused thousands of the commuters to be held up in the city. The ‘House and Senate conferees Captain Reinhard, commander of the squadron formerly under Captain von Richthofen, was killed during a trial flight. Communication with the Philippines, China, Japan and Dutch Bast Indies via Commercial Pacific cable is re- stored. War Savings Stamp sales for the last week totaled $50,199,000, the best weekly record since the campaign started. A suggestion that a New York street be named after Marshal Joffre was laid before the board of aldermen. by Mayor Hylan. The Austro-Hungarian war minister announced that more than half a mil- lion Austrian prisoners have been re- turned from Russia. Committees were announced by the War Labor Board which will investi- gate the labor controversies now pend- ing before that body Permission was granted to the New Jersey Central Railroad to construct a | new bridge across Newark Bay from | Elizabethport to Bayonne. Fire from unknown origin destroyed the fertilizer plant of the American! Agricultural Chemical Co., at Jackson- | iville, Fla. Los: i According’to a circular issued by the Department of Labor the retail price of food in the country advanced 3 per cent between April 15 and May 15, | Robert S. Armstrong of New York, | fabricating engineer of the Carolina Shipbuilding Corporation was found dead in his hotel at Wilmington, N. G R R A | President Wilson shook hands with the 23 Boy Scouts who rode to Wash- ington on bicycles with a message of | ereeting from Mayor Babcock, of Pitts- burgh. i The first of three wooden ships of the Ferris type to be launched at Meri- ner’s Harbor, Staten Island. N. Y.. was ! called the Aowa for Mrs. Woodrow | Wilson. . lin A. Grifin before whom Moon was convicted of murder in connection with .a preparaedness day bomb ex- plosion in San Francisco. Floyd Dell, associate editor of “The Ma a socialist paper. was dis- charged from the Spartanburg S. C., camp on the charge that he was ille- cally drafted while under Federal in-} { dictment for seditious utterances. | Three draft registrants and eight | Protest to the Officials of the Depart- asked Secretary Houston to put in operation the federal warehouse law nnder which he can provide ware- houses and issue warehouse certifi- cates for the cotton stored; sought facilities of financial transactions at the federal reserve board, and asked the shippink board to supply as many vessels as possible for transportation of cotton. . FURTHER CURTAILMENT OF SOME . INDUSTRIES quirements of Steel. ‘Washington, July 17.—Further dras- tic curtailment of the so-called lesser essential industries may result from the enlargement of the war program, steel and existing shortage in the sup- ply. War requirements for the last six tries board announces today. The board stated. DUTCH WHITE BOOK HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED. With German Dyestuffs. The Hague, July 17.—A Dutch white book, containing correspondence re- garding the convoy to the East Indies, has just been piiblished and reveals that the convoy actually sailed with German dyestuffs, to When Holland saw that ‘ilf the dye- the of the cargo. s $1,250.000. ik convoy | England during April, Condensfl_'_lflegrams 637’929 GVerseas > in Three Months 350,956 AMERICANS WERE CAR- RIED IN BRITISH SHIPS v STATEMENT IN COMMONS Sir Leo Money Says Arrangements Are Being Made For British Ships to Carry Larger Numbers in the Future, London, July 17.—Of the 637,928 American troops. brought to Europe in the months of April. May and June, 350,956 were carried in British ships, according to a statement made in the house of commons today by Sir Leo Money, parliamentary secretary to the ministry of shipping. He added: “Ar- rangements are being made whereby we hope to carry larger numbers in the future.” WASHINGTON REVIEW OF SITUATION IN FRANCE Officials Regard Press Reports as In- _ Washington, July 17.—Whila- offi- cial reports from Generals Pershinz and Bliss were too belated to permit formal conclusions to oe drawn to- night by military authorities here as to the situation along the fron: where the German offensive was still beat- ing against American, French and Italian defenders, it was clear tnaf they read press advices as indicating that the crisis was past and the ene- wy’s plans frustrated. Apparently both Generals Pershing and Bliss are observing great cautior in formulating their reports. They have studiously avoided over-optimis- tic statements from the first and it 1s understood that their reports, which Lave not been made public, have been confined strictly to the faets of the great action that have been establish- fed beyond question in every cise. War department officials follow the same ctice. Among officials generally, however, it was obvious that the bat- s regarded as more than half press accounts and the brief of- communiques from Paris and Berlin have so far disclosed the sit- uation, the great thrust, starting over a sweep of more than sixty miles, has |been narrowed down in three days of zhting to only one active sector where the enemy still was moving sluggishly at last .reports. Sharp counter-assaults by Franco-American forces in this sector indicated, it was thought, that still further restriction of the active line was to be expected. In effect, officers said, agreeing with the views expressed both in France and London today, the great offensive aiready has degenerated intosa purely local action on a front of less than twenty miles. This sector lies be- tween Jaulgonne sector to the wooded region west of Rheims. It still was indicated by today's re- rorts that the Germans who have crossed the river stand with both fla exposed and with their com- munication lines seriously menacad. The twelve mile stretch of the south pank of the river the enemy holds was not regarded as wide enough to pro- tect the flow of supply and ammunition trains and of replacement the front. Modern gun ra increasing effectiveness of aireraft, it was said, made any salient dependent pon so narrow a base a dangerous. It was believed that unless the Germans can widen out their positions they wi be compelled to fall back to the river or face the possibility of being trap- ped as the Austrians were on the Piave. The extent of any counter-movement that might be launched would depend wholly upon General Foch's availabla reserves and upon his own campaign plans. Tt is regarded as certain, how- ever, that he would not overlook an cpportunity to annjhilate an enemy di- vision or two, possibly the bulk of General Von Boehm'’s army, even if the time for more extended counter strokes has not come. MACHINISTS GO ON STRIKE AT NEWARK. Between 15,000 and 18,000—Majority Employed on Government Work. Newark, N. J, July 17.—Between 15000 and 18,000 machinists, tool- makers and apprentices, the majority of them emp! on government work, were on strike here tonight to enforce demands for higher wages, according to a statement made by C. P. Gibson, national organizer of their union. He declared many more would jain the walkout tomorrow. The Employers’ Association of North New Jersey, which includes all the shops in which the strikers were em- ployed, disputed the claims of the union and declared that not more than 5,400 men are on,strike oyt of a total of 52,000 machinists and toolmakers employed in the Newark district. The demands of the union were served on 350 employers but it was asserted that not more than 15 per cent. of that number have been affected by the strike. The ultimatum served on the em- ployers demanded 85 cents an hour for May Result from Government’s Re- |toolmakers, 75 cents for machinists, 65 cents for specialists and 30 cents for machinists’ helpers. TWO YOUTHS SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR MURDER. the consequent increasing demand for | Charles Pagnillo of Paterson, N. J., and Michael Ferraro of Bridgeport. Paterson, N. port, Conn.. none of them 20 years greatest output of a like period for the | old, were sentenced to life imprison- steel industry was 16,500,000 tons, the|ment in court here today for the mur- der of Michael Westdyke and Chris- tian De Vrits of Prospect Park, N. J, last May. port also was tried in connection with the crime, bu-on the plea of his coun- Reveals! That)Convayi/Actuslly Sailed |/=cL. ¥/ xEmanted fur, weniteuce Jater, MOVEMENT OF ANTHRACITE COAL TO NEW ENGLAND. 3250,000 Gross Tons During April, ¥ May and June. ‘which Great ‘Washington, June 17.—Three and Britain objected, and it was recalled. | one-quarter million gross tons of an- thracite coal were moved to May and June, The total allotment for New is en- tration 1leg i to influence the de- | ment resolved to discharge this portion | deavoring to ship two-thirds of the s ot Aat b amount before winter sets fn. . - July 17.—Charles ' months of this year will be approxi- | Pagnillo of this city and Edward Den- mately 20,000,000 tons, the war indus- | nis and Michael Ferraro of Bridge- John Losanov of Bridge- *