Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 25, 1918, Page 1

Bufletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 177 POPULATION 29919 g NORWICH, CONN. THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918 AMERICAN AND FRENCH TROLPS PUSHED THER FRON Overcome vmnmnnan Wr—htackshnd?Sflhng Rear Guard Actions IMPORTANT GAINS MADE ON U-SHAPED FRONT Slowly But Surely the Entente Allies Are!Closing in on the Road Leading to Fere-en-Tardenois, Germany’s Great, Storehouses for the Supply of Her(Troops in the South— In the Marne Region the Enemy!is Making His Fiercest Resistance in an Endeavor to Extricate Large Numbers of the German Forces Who Are in Danger of Capture— In the Region Between the Marne and'Rheims the Crown | Prince, With Picked Forces, is MeetingiWith Hard Usage at the Hands of the British — The:Germans Inside the the Huge Pocket of the U-Shaped Battle,Front Are in a Precarious Position, as They Are Being'Heavily Shelled Bv Artillery and Bombed (By The Associated Press.) Violent German counter-attacks awi rear guard actions in great strength still fail to serve the German high command as barriers to the advance of the allied troops on the Soissons- Rbeims salient. True, they have aided somewhat in slowing down the fast pace set by the allfes at the commencement of the of- fepsive, but nevertheless on the three sides of the now U-shaped battle front further important gains have been made. Driving slowly but sarely south of Soissons, the American and French troops have pushed their fronts faf- ther eastward toward that part of the ofesons-Chateau Thierry railway line ihat is still in the hands of the enemy, and farther south, along- both sides of the Ourcq river and’the road leading 1o Fere-en-Tardenois, Germany’s great storehouse for the supply of her traops to the south, important penétrations int6 enemy-held - territory have been made niil the maximum point where v e fighting near Coincy is miies. fram .their.point of ro.lasi Thursday. . ina North of Chateau Thierry. Marne region north of Cha- ry the Amerieans . and have met with the fercest of resistance, for nere the’ Geg- machine gunnefs and infantry- are striving hard to stay their prozress in an endeavor to extricate large numbers of the German forces who are in danger of capture, and al to save part of the enormous quanti ¢ guns and war materials which it is mpossible to get out except by the oigh roads over the undulating and wonded country. Advantage With Allied Troops. The advantage in the fighting, how- ever, has rested with the amalzamated aliled troops, who have pushed porthward past the village of Epi and ousted the Germans from greater part of the Chatelet forest. In his region the allies now hold the villages of Epieds and Trugny-Epieds, ch wers captured by the Germans 4 were recapiured Wednesday in a er-attack by the Americans. ssing on northward, the allies have riven their front beyond Courpoil, _which lies about three and one-half miles northeast of Chateau Thierry. Along the Marne at several points, notably in the region of Charteves and Jaulgonne and farther east at Tre- loup, the allies have put the northern bank of the Marne farther behind them in advances and captured a large number of cannon and machine guns and considerable war materials. Hard Usage for Crown Prince. In the region between the Marne and Rheims, where the German crown prince has brought forward large num- bers of picked reinforcements to stay the British, French and Italians, his warriors are meeung with hard usage. Following . up the advamces of the French and Italians of Tuesday, the British imme to the southwest of Rheims apparently have begun a movement which possibly portends Zood results. Here the British have overcome a strong counter-attack and, following it, a violent bombardment, and struck German line at Vrigny for a good- gain. . This manoeuvre, it it is pressed to further advantage, will seri ously menace the Rheims-Fismes rai way, a scant three miles to the north, and also will tend materially to lessen the width of the mouth of the pocket through which the Germans are en- deavoring to retreat from the Sbissons- Rheims salient. Germans in Grave Situatiol Gauged by the war maps, the new inroads of the ailied troops into the German-héld territory necessarily add further to the extreme gravity of the situation of the Germans inside the huge pocket, and with the long range guns on both sides of the U heavily shelling them far .behind the actual Gghting fronts, with airmen bombing them assiduouslv, and with the in- fantry attacking them on all sides with rifie and light gur fire, their situation seemingly is a hazardous one. ot 10 Fig on MASSED GERMAN RESERVES MAKING DESFERATE EFFORTS To Open the Jaws of the Trap General Foch Has Sprung. Washington, July 24—Massed- Ger-, produce. of heav By Airmen. i o German Positien Imperilled. The situation was graphica plained today by General March, in a mid-week confer with newspaper correspondent: the last two days, General March said, the employment of divisions of fresh German reserves on the Soissons jaw of the trap virtually has steadied the line there. On the eastern jaw front, however, the ene- my has been crushed back more than a mile and a half on a ten-mile front, further imperilling his whole position in the salient from ' which of staff, probably deavoring to extricate his troops. Enemy Has Only One Railroad Line. “The railroad - running from Sois- sons to Chateau Thierry is now eitiver in our hands or under our fire.” Gen- eral March said, indicating the fronts “The only way in which the enemy can get out now, or set supplies over a railroad, is by, the remaining line from Nanteuil on ' the ‘Ourcq to Bazoches on the River Vesle, “It was necessary for' him, if not. intend to be caught absolutely a pocket, to keep troops from advanc- ing and cutting off this rpad, which would put him entirely at the mercy of the allied forces.” General March did not indicate what development ‘the continued battle all along the front of theigreatly reduced German salient might be expected to Amons other officers, how- cver, the obinion prevailed that Gen- era] Foch was rushing forward masses artillery, d pound the. interior of the | on his war maps. plants wo which with _ai German positions frem three sides. As these officers see the situation, the very strength of :the German lines | now established will make his losses the allied artillery and aircraft. forces occupy center of which is less enemy his communic: gun ranze, on behind the allied lines. Desperate Efforts to Move Guns. There is forth at will. another e s consideration. Lacking railway lines on which to ma- noeuvre the enemy probably is mak- ing desperate efforts to get his big- gest guns away safely. lines are backed by circling railw: on which long range weapons on rail- way mounts can be shuttled back and It is recalled that the German attack on Chateau Thierry li tle more than a week ago was accom- panied by the fire of big naval guns shells from which fell ten and fifteen miles behind the jines. The bitterness of the battle around Chateau Thierry and along that por- tion of the north bank of the Marne where the enemy still- retains o fool- ing probably is largely due to his de- termination to stave off Franco-Amer.. ican attacks from the south at least until the big weapons have been drag- ged back to safety. The Amerlcan advance reported today througn Cha- telet Forest and to the northeast of Epieds is beginning to menace seri- ously enemy positions further east- ward on the Marne which are cover- ing his withdrawal within the salient. Germans Have 40 Divisions in Battle. It has been estimated that the Ger- mans now have as many as half » million men in the limited salient they About forty " divisions -are understood to have been still hold. there. space my could: not all be gotten away. Chicago. July Noyes, Chicago zemshin, $2,500,000 GIFT. TO UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO To Be Used in. Education of Soldiers and Sailors. 24—ILa Berne W. philanthropist, today gave $2/580,000 to the University of Chicago to be used in the education of soldiers and sallors and their descend- ingle | ants after the wat. In addition to free tuition for war heroes and their chil- dren, the fund provides for the per- petnation of instruction in American history and the public duties of citi- ‘Appraised at its lowest probable e, officers say, the counter stroke already has drawn most vital necessity. his reserves, His ‘whole plan of campaign has been over- turned in less than a week and it is regarded as more than probable that the initiative seized by General " will remain. in his hands permanently,; to be amplified into blows at other parts of the HNne. in FURTHE fifteen he is en- did The attacking %04 to-nve identified e _irregularly shaped pocket is about thirty miles broad at i'.spc:ase, between Seissons and Rireims, while its greatest depth is around twenty miles. Obviously, it is said, the ene- my is badly cramped for which to handle his huge army. Shouid the final rail commection northward come under direct gun fire, it is regarded as possible by many of- ficers that a veritable rout wou!d re- sult as the massed forces of the:ene- the enemy’s Foch Cabled Paragraphs British Court to Mourn Former Czar. London, July 24.—King George has ordered the British court to go into mourning for four weeks for former Emperor Nicholas of Russia. GIANT LINER JUSTICIA SUNK OFF IRISH COAST Ten Members of the Crew Were Kill- ed—Ten Torpedoes Were Used. An Irish Port, Monday, July 22 (As- sociated Press).—The glant liner Jus- ticia, formerly the Dutch steamer Statendam, was torpedoed and sunk off the north Irish coast on Saturday morning last. She carried a crew of between 600 and 700. Ten members of the crew are dead. No passengers were lost. One of the crew of the Justicia is quoted by the Belfast*Eve- ning Telegraph as saying that ten tor- pedoes were discharged at the Justicia. Four of the approaching missles, he added, were exploded by gunfire from the ship. Four hundred of the crew of the torpedoed Justicia have been landed at an Irish port. They revort that the linér was sunk after a twenty-four- hour fight with submarines. The first todpedo struck the engine room and the ship then stopped. Sev- eral other torpedoes were fired, but only two were effective. The story of ihe fight between the U-boat and the Justicia, if it could be told, would make one of the finest stories in_th annals of anti-submarine wariare. Nothing which has occurred in con- nection with the sinking of the liner gives navy men any cause for m: givings over-the submarine war. The defensive measures and methods showed to excellent advantaze and indicate that the entente naval torces can always be counted on to make the enemy y dearly for every attempt he_ makes. The Belfast Telegraph says that jand had_been lost sight of when a terrific explosion shook the Justicia. — The crew was spee mustered on deck but it was soon ascertained that the damasge so trivial that the liner would remain aflozt for a sufficient period to emable her to be towed to port. A tug puiled alongside the liner for this purpose when two more torpedoes were fired by # submarine which had not heen sighted. These missiles pass- @il hetween the liner and the tus. Fur- ther attempts were made by the sub- marine to torpedo the Justicia dur- ing Friday, night, but ali failed and it was not until Saturday morning and after the submarine had expended nu: merous torpedoes that the destruction accomplished The final attempt was made at ejght o'clock on Szturday morning when two torpedoes hit"the ship. One struck the o in engine room nz a violent ex- plosion and the cther penetrated a forehold. The liner was in tow at the time as she di_dnot sink until two o'- ciock in the afternoon there was time ansfer the crew to other rescaing DISPARAGING REPORT OF MASSACHUSETTS PRISON. r-. Bureau of Prisons Classes It as One of the Worst in the Country. Boston, July 24—The Massachusetts great from the concentrated fire of | prison was classed as “one of. the The | worst prisons in the Unite§ States’ 2 pvedse, e | by the burcau of prisons in its annual 0 n eefl i report issucd today. Inmates are miles rlfxs:.;lm from the hard pressing | opliged to pass 15 hours out of every ines o e allies at any pomt. Allls4 in unsanitary cells, the report stat- ion within | ed. The report indicated that the bu- get up reau feels that the possibility of se- curing remedial legislation is remote. The report stated that the recreation yard at the prison was only 140 feet by 130 feet and that within that space 600 men were expected to get needed recreation in the open three hours each week. It then pointed out that there is no farm connécted with the prison “‘on be employed.” Continuing, the report said: “The result is that all the in- mates, with the exception of the com® parative few who care for the build- ings, are emploved in the shops, whether fitted or not for industrial work.” ¥ MARK ABOVE GRAVES OF JEWISH SOLDIERS Will Be a Double Triangle Instead of a Cross. Providence, R. I, July 24.—A double triangle will be placed above the sraves of the Jewish soldiers who fall in France, instead of the cross, as the result of conferences between Colonel Harry Cutler of this city, chairman of the Jewish Welfare Board, and the war department. Colonel Cutler to- day received a letted from Third As- sistant Secretary of War Keppel, stat- ing that his recommendation had bheen adopted and that General Pershing had been informed by cable to make the substitution of insignia for the Jews to notify the American sraves registration service in France of this order. The other allied nations al- ready have been using the double tri- Tn | 2ngle. PROMINENT WOMEN SHOW SUBSTANTIAL PATRIOTISM Mrs. G. B. Chandler and Mrs, E. W, W. Hayward at Work in Hartford Factory. Martford, July 24—Mrs. George B. Chardler, of Rocky Hill, wife of the compensation_sommissioner for this district, and Mrs. E. W. W. Hayward of this city, both prominent in wo- mems sctivities in Connecticut with the war are working daily in #ne of the large Hartford factories on gas masks for the a'lies. Both are college graduates and mothers of families, Mrs. Hayward has a son In the service abroad. OBTTUARY, Wilfred E. Griggs. Waterbury, Conn.. July 24—Wilfred E. Griggs, a well.known architect, died today at his home in this city. He was a native of this city and was graduate, from Sheffield = Seientific School in 1887 and from the, Columbus School of Mines in 18%9. He design- ed many of_ the important buildings of Waterbury, including the Hote] El- ton znd ‘he County Court House. He also_designed the seminary buildings of Fisk uniyersity at Nashwille, Tenn. which men unfit for indoor work can | Railroad Shopmen to Get68 Cents AnHour INCREASE MADE BY DIRECTOR- GENERAL M’ADOO RETROACTIVE TO JAN. 1 —— The New Rates Are from 5 to 13 Cents an Hour Higher Than For- merly Paid. Proportional _ Advances - Are Made for Assistants. Washington, July 24. — Wages of railroad shopmen were increased, to 68 cents an hour today by Direstor’ McAdoo with proportional advances for assistants and miscellaneous class- es in mechanical departments. @ The new rates. which are retroactive to last January 1, are from five to thir- teen cents ‘an’ hour higher, than_ the wages paid these men In most shops under the general wage advance allow- ed two Tionths ago by the director gen- eral, but are somewhat less than the labor organizations sought. Beginning August 1, eight hours will |be recognized as a standard working day and overtime, Sundays and_holi- day work will be paid for at the rate of one and one-balf times the usual rate. Back pay will be given the men as soon as it can be calculated. About 500,000 Men Affected. The .advances affect about 500,000 men and apply flajly to all sections of the country, despite local differences prevailing heretofore. The addition to the aggregate annual payroll is esti- mated as nearly $100,000,000. The ad- vance is the first extensive modifi- cation of the new wage scale and was made on recommendation of the com- mission on railroad wages axd worl ing conditions, following representa- tions of shop crafts that high wages paid machinists and_other mechanical workers in ship yards resulted in di crimination against railroad shop em- ploves. The new scale of wages was an- nounced as followrs: New Scale of Wages. “Machinists, boilermakers, black- smiths, sheet metal workers mou'ders and first . class electrical workers 68 cents per hour. “Carmen and second class electrical workers” 33 cents per hour. “Helpers 45 cents per Lour. “I"oremen paid on houriy basis, five cents per hour more than respective crafts. “Foremen paid on monthly basis, in- crease forty dollars per month, min- imum one hundred and fifty-five and maximum two hundred and fifty. “New rates are retroactiye to Jan- uary 1, 1918, “Beginning -August 1, 1818. eight hour diy with time and one-half_for overtims, Sunday workv and seven pécified holidays. The full text of the new order which deals in detail with methods of cal- culating specific increases will be is- sued next weele The former waze in- creace order provided for percentaze adivances, with a minimum of 55 cents an hour for shopmen. STRIKE OF BRITISH MUNITION WORKERS Began at Birmingham. Eng., Last Ev- ening—About 65000 Involved. London. July 24—A strike of mu- nitions workers began at Birmingham at six o'clock this evening. the hour the day tworkers finished thelr work and when the nizht shoft was to come on duty, according to a despatch to the Central News from Birmingham. | ~ The aggregate membership of the twelve socities affiliated with the joint committee of the Engineering Trades Tnions is about 635,000 including about 5,000 women. Officials of the joint com- mittee say they have no reason to doubt that all the workers will be loy- tal to the: resolutions to stop work. A number of discharged soldiers whose union members inquired of the officials of the Federation of discharg- ed sailors and soldiers regarding their position. They -were advised not to ! cease work under any eirecumstances owing to ‘the serious consequences which: would ensue to the men in the trenches. A, Lincoln, where' the strike was to become effective tonight unless the em- bargo was withdrawn, the workers agreed to remain at their posts pend- ing a decision of the natlonal con- ference tomorrow. FRAUDULENT SECUfi|T|ES ARE BEING FLOATED. Government is Considering a Means of Suppressing Their Flotation. ‘Washington, July 24—Propaganda educating the public to the value of Liberty bonds as investments also has served to aid the flotation of many peace times. ' This was asserted today by Louis B. Franklin, director of Lib- erty loan organization for the treas- ury, at a conference of government agencies ang other organizations called by the capital issues jommittee to consider means of suppressing highly speculative promotion and develoh- ment_enterprises during the war. i Between' $250,000,000 and $500,000 000 of fraudulent securities, not paesed on { by the capital not recognized by organized ment_bankers, have been marketed in the United States within the last year. said Richard Morse, represent- % the: Investment Bankers' aseocia- tion. This sum is ‘lost both to the individual purchasers and to'the gov- ernment, he explained. AM‘ERICAN SUMATRA TOBACCO CO. PROSPEROUS {To Declare Dividend of 15" Per Cent. to Common Shareholders. the American Sumatra Tbbacce Com- pany. were called today. to.msct here ‘August 29 next to vote on a. proposi- tion o increase the common capital stock from $7,000,000 to $15.080,000, 1f the increase is authorized, the s the meeting said, the directors clare a stock dividend of 15 per cent. to the common sbareholders, and will give them the.right to smhseribe, pro Tata ‘at par, for additional common stock to the extent of 50 per cent. of {their holdings of that 'security. The additional capital will be used to cancel $2,200000 of mote obligations and make experiments-in the produc- tion of tobaccos, times more wildcat securities than in| issues ' committee - to | invest- | New York, July 24—Stockholders of | 1 i | i No Army Officers in Raincoat Graft FORMAL STATEMENT MADE BY WAR DEPARTMENT NOT EVEN SUSPECTED Statement Denounces as Entirely Un- founded Any Inference Tending to Involve Army Officers in Accusations of WroRydoing. Washington, July 24—A formal statement from the war department today denounced as entirely unfound- ed any inferences tendinz to involve army officers in accusations of wrong- doing in connection with the contracts for army raincoats. The statement follows: “Robert J. Thorne, assistant to the actiig quartermaster general, after a preliminary investigation in rezard to the raincat - inspection scandal in New York, states that any suspicions of the integrity of the army officers is apparently without a shred of ev dence to substantiate the statements. The entire situation has been greatly magnified to the extent that a grave injustice is bing done to the reputa- tion of the army officers, Defends integrity of Officers. “It is impossible to meet the emer- gency of suddenly equipping the army without a few sporadic instances of dishonesty coming to the surface, but it is an outrage to have such instances magnified into an unjust accusation of army officers; but, fortunately, the in- tegrity of the army officers is so well understood by the general public that very féw people give any credence to these unfounded accusations. “The investigation of the raincoat tion system was made at the stigation of the quartermaster corps, which realized that with thousands of new civilian inspectors gbtained through the civil service commission, here and therg a dishonest one would be taken on. "It is firmly believed by the department that the final inspec- tion conducted at the depot will detect all raincoats not properly fabricated.” Inspectors Are Civilians. Department of justice officials announcing the discovery of frauds in connection with raincoat production indicated that only a few army offi- cers were under suspicion of irregu- Jar conduct with contractors. They did not imply corruption among any large proportion of army officers, most of whom, it was recognized, have dem- onstrated their honesty. Most in- spectors invoived in the corruption disclosed by the department of justice in New York are civilians. ADDITIONAL A,RRé;S IN ALI:EEED ARMY GRAFT Sixteen Raincoat Makers Are Await- ing Grand Jury Action, in New York, July 24.—Additional ar- ts resulting from the government investigation into alleged graft in ar- my contracts were made here .today. i“our employes ‘of ‘the C. Kenyon Cq of Brooklyn, one of the country’s largest rubber manufacturers, were taken into custody charged h at- tempting to pass off on the govern- raent army raincoats which had been previously rejected as defective Dy army inspectors. They were released on_bail. Sixteen raincoat makers in this dis- trict, previously atrested, are awaiting grand jury action on profiteering charges. The scope of the Kenyon company Zovernment business was shown i night with the statement that it had been awarded contra for 1,303,000 raincoats since - the war began, and during the last ten years had pexn awarded 45 per cent. of ail the cloth- ing contracts which passed through the army quartermaster’s depot at Philadelphia. The Philadelphia business was filled conjunction with the Sigmund sner Company of Red Bank, N. J., th which the Kenyon company nad a working agreement, it was etated, and among things included 1,304,000 wool and cotton breechas, half a_mil- lion wool and cotton coats, and laige quantities of overcoats, winter and summer underwear, eaters and flannel shirts. MOBILIZATION OF RUSSIAN ARMY NOT ALARMING Regarded in Washington as an Effort to Raise a Draft Army. Washington, July 24—The mobiliza- tion of the Russian army, as an- nounced in reports tbday from Mos- cow via Amsterdam is not regarded as & matter of serious moment by state department officials. In" some quar- ters it was regarded as simply an- other ecffort to raise the draft army which Leon Trotzky, Bolsheviki min- ister of war, declared to be the only solution to the. military shaos of the Russian republic. The suggestion was made that the Russian government might send its new army to drive out the allied and American forces in the - Mourmansk Deninsula, but it was explained that this would be almost impossible ac it would -mean_the transportation of the army 800 miles over extremely diffi- cult territory without means of sup- ply. The Tolsheviki assured the German zovernment that.its own army would Protect the German embassy in Mos- cow . when Germany asked to.beal- lowed to send battalions to that city fter the assassination of Count Von Mirbach. At that time the govern- ment had no army except on paper and 1t ie baiieved here that the mo- bilization on July 7 was to make good the pledze. to. German: TO FIX RESPONSIBILITY FOR ' STRIKE OF SHOE CUTTERS. Massachusetts Board of Conci to Hold a Hearing. jon is Brockton, Mass. July 24—The staté board of conciliation and arbitration will hold a hearing on Monday to de- termine responsibility for the ~shoe cutters’ strike in this city. Twe bundred Rockland cutters who joined thg sirike yesterday will return to work tomorrow. . It was agreed with the manufa-turers that if their wage dispute corid not be adjusted by con- ference the differences. should. be re- ferred to the state board. of concilia- tion and arbitration. fi; tree The 175 strikers at South shops returned to work this Condensed Telegrams The failed, Argentine strike movzment A serious outbreak of typhoid has occyrred in Berlin, American congressmen visiting Italy stopped ‘at the Vatican. ¢ Edward R. Stettinius and his staff have arrived safely in Europe. The names of two Amétican wound- ed appeared on the Canadian casualty list. Two hundred bolts of silk valued at 525,000 was stolen from A. J. Tamor, of New York. 3 Most of the 64,000,000 silver dollars melted into bullion by the treasury were exported to India. D. ‘W. Cooke, vice-president of the Erie railroad, was appointed fuel ad- ministrator of New York. An order by General Pershing re- quires men in France to wear two ad- ditional identification tags. Graduate nurses from 42 states rep- resenting 115 coilegzes have enrolled at the Vassar summu cain). Many cotton: mills of Charlotte, 2 C.. will close because of the shortage of coal and lack of water pow Secretary Daniels announced that the navy personnel now numbers 503,- 792 men in all branches of the service. American foreign trade for the fis- cal year of 1918 totaled $8,874,000,000, a slight dgcrease compared with 1917, Lake Ronkonkoma on long lsiand, N. Y, dropped several feet. The lake is said to be the deepest in the coun- try. > Civilians in Germany pay 30 cents a piece for esgs, $2.85 4 pound for buiterine and $1.60 for a pound of meat. The third officers’ training camp opened in San Juan, Porto Rico. Six hundred men including 150 negroes are attending. Airships from the San Diego, Cal station and warships are making a search for a submarine reported in Mexican waters. Accordina to reports published in Vienna, it is probably that Emperor| & Charles will ask Count form a new cabinet. Czernin to To keep American soldiers provided with “smokes” the Y. M. C. A, must Pave 200,000,000 cigarettes a month and 4,500,000 cizars. Major Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., re- ceived the wound from which he is suffering while leadinz an attack on a machine gun nest. The food administration announced that prices to govern the sale of flour and milling products hud been weorked out to prevent profitecring. Twenty-five commissioned in the Cuban army are to coms: to Barrancas, Pensaeola, Fla.. to train tory the Coast Artillery Service. Robert A, Bachman,” for 17 years with Thomas A. Iidison as vice presi dent and general manager of the Edi- son Storage Battery Co., resigned. Lord Lee of Farsham resigned his post as- British director of food pro- duction. He disagreed with the pol- icy of the ministry of agriculture. Two American charpshooters in France shot down two German air- planes with their automatic rifles. Both were awarded the French Cross of War. Sir Leo Money, parliamentary retary to the shippin: rounced in thé house of commons that Americans are going to France at the rate of 300,000 a month. THe treasury virtually has decided to hold the fourth Liberty loan cam- paign in the three weeks period be- tween Saturday, September 28 Saturday, October 19. Officers and enlisted men of the American Expeditionary Forces in France earning $1,000 or more will have to file incorie tax application blanks before Oct. 1, 1918. Fifty thousand negroes in the draft qualified_for general military service, were called to the colors Lv Provost Marshal General Crowder from 41 states and the District of Columbia. Acting Secretary of State Po'k an- nounced thath lawyers of Mexico City are workinz on a modification of the new Mexican laws regarding oil nrop- erties owned by citizens of the Unit- ed States and the tax on them. NEW PEACE FEELERS ISSUED FROM BERLIN Suggestions For a Peace Conference Made to Madrid Government. Amsterdam, July 24. a peace conference Germany _has made Zovernment. says the Vorwarts, of Berlin. are: ; (1) Germany #ants no annexations or indemnities in the west. (2) The peace treaties with Russia and Rumanta may not be questioned. (3) The principle of self-determin- ation of peoples has not been dis- cussed. but may be settled at the Peace Conference, where the fate of Belgivm also is to be settled. (4) The Balkan question is to he settled around the conference - table (3) The freedom of the seas the dismantling of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, and the right for Germany to use coaling stations. (6) The Colonial question is to be settled on the basis of the status quo. The Vorwarts considers this a very reasonable peace programme. DELEGATES TO AMERICAN PRISON ASSOCIATION (By A. to the Spanish Appointed by Governor Holcomb—To Meet in New York, Ost. 14 to 18. Hartford, Conn., Holcomb today appointed the foflow ing delegates to the annual conven- tion of the American Prison Associa- tion, to be held in New York, Oct. 14 to 18: sdward A. Fulle Norris G. Osborn. New: Haven: O. Burr, Hartford: Artbur R. Ki Waterbury: Charles . Hopk Suyffield: Colonel Willi Hurtford: Georze C. Frskine Ch: Edward F. ‘Bovd, Woodbury: F Governor - Frank B, Wesks, town: Morris W. §: rme; Middle- officers and P)— suggestions for Socialist * paper The suggestions July: 24.—Governor{ of ew York, way for party maries, both of the democratic Church Osbor Hear: remaining in ocratic leader assembly, and Hall. hamton, was tenant-govern: Movem bury, who w. after Mr. Saratoga Springs, N. Y, July Subsequent to recommendinz a full te ticket headed by formal - convention although us recommendation they cornered primary fight. uniess one or withdraws Both have signified their intention of discordant notes of Action Taken in State Convention at Saratoga Springs in Interests HEARST’S NAME WAS MENTIONED ONLY ONOE Mr. Smith is President of the New York Board of Aldermen, Former Democratic Leader and Speaker - of the State Assembly, and a Member of Tammany Hall — Mayor Harry C. Walker of Binghamton Was Reccommended For Lieutenant Governor—Party Faces a Three-Comar- ed Primary Fight, as William Church Osborn and Hearst Have Declared They are to Remain in the Contest. 24— Alfred E. Smith s of the state in today paved the harmony after the pri- result of the faced a three- democr: announced canlidates n and W i ndependent Wil iam Randolph candidacy. the contest until the votes are counted on primary night. Ticket Named by Roll Call. The ticket was named by. a roll call of the counties and resolution was recommended enrolled voters of the party for sup- port on primary day. Mr. Smith i York board of later by formal to the president of the New dermen, former dem- and speaker of the state a member of Tammany ‘ Mayor Harry C. Walker, of Bing- recommended for or. ent For Harmony. ileu- The movement looking to party har- ¢ ‘was led by Former Judge Sea- s responsible for the only the convention Smith had been endorsed. He pressed to unanimous passage his of Harmony motion that if Mr. Smith were suc- cessful in the primaries it wouid be the sense of the convention that the New Yorker receive the united sup- port of the party in the election cam- paign. Judge Seabury cast his half vote for Mr. Osborn, maintaining that although he had the highest respect for Mr. Smith personallly, he wished to sup- "~ port a candidate entirely free from “any possible influence by T: Hall or William Rapdolph Hearst.™ That was the only time Mr. Hearst's name was mentioned publicly in the entire convention proceedings. i Judge Seabury’s Remarks Hissed. Subsequently, Judge Seabury char- acterized Mr., Smith as representing “the best of the worst element of the democratic party.” Both of his etate- ments were greeted with hisses and other demonstrations of disapproval. Judge Seabury was the only one re- corded in the negative on the Smith tally sheet and he was credited with only half a vote. Putnam county, the home of Mr. Osborne, was at its ewn request recorded as “not voting.” Official Vote. The official vote on the Smith lot_stood: For Smith 443 1-2, For Osborne 1-2, Not, voting 3. Not recorded 3. Total 450. bal- u ceived {of publ jthe French | Washinzton, casion of the Ameri repe, declared that opposition to and her love an Had Lowest London, Ju British and a emy action any month si The British 114.567. quarter since of recent mo steamships of Kingdom por 430,386 ton quarter endil PRESIDENT In His Messa Lisbon, dinio Paes opening army a d the tions between {ean ani stantly being republic. his best to iey. Dr. A.' L, Bluj Chicago, Blunt, .recent’ ing narcotics, cision of the appeals today. court held a gcvernment of tional. The persons now New Haven, on Phelps Stokes Of man of the trustees of the American University Union in Europe, today cablegram from the mj ¢ instruction -in Par the Frénch un ciation of “the ci universities of America,” on the oc- month of June tons, this being the lowes! tons and allied and and cross-channel Portugal, the | sal, in his message read foday at the of parl gotiatiofis had 1 ing to-a more active participation by Portugal in the re-establishment of cemonstrating hele by that n Years and Fin Jui FRENCH UNIVERSITIES SHOW APPRECIATION Of Cordial Greetings From American ersities on B: le Day. Conn., , through high commissfoner at expressing i the name sities, an appre- dial greetings of the observance of Bastile Day, the French national holiday. “The students of our " the cablegram said, “fraternal- 1y united in the saered cont right will remain linked in th= future by an enduring friendship.” The greetings to the versities - from the .trustees University sent through two coun- rench uni- of the Union in - the Paris branch, “Fraace's self-sacrificing every form of dzspofism of political and intell tual freedom are an inspiration to all the students in our universities.” |U-BOATS WERE NOT VERY EFFECTIVE IN JUNE. “Tonnage Toll for Any Month Since September, 1916. lv 24—The losses ‘to liied shipping due tq en- or ine risk for the totalled gToss record for nce September. 1916. losses totalled 161,062 neutral losses The total losses for the quarter end- ing June 30 amounted to 946,578 toms. which was the lowest record for amy the third quarter of 1915. Sailings continue at the high level nths. The tonnage of 500 gross tons and over entering or clearing from the United ts, other than coastu# vessels. totals T The total sailings for the g June 30 was consider- ably higher than the sailings of the two preceding. quarters. OF PORTUGAL PRAISES ARMY AND NAVY ge Read at the Opening of Parliament. July sident 24—Dr, of Si- Portu- ment, navy anl e praised the said that ne- entered into lqok ar. He justified the diplomatic. rela- Portugal and the Vati- that reports were cen- tecsived from Spain the eordial friendsnip rehy {or the dberiar Dr. Paes said he had alwavs beon a republican and deciared he would do, consolidate the republic and to foliow a definite foreign pol- SEVERE' SENTENCE FOR s DISPENSING NARCOTICS nt of Chicago Gets Five of $12,000. 24—Dr. Arthur .J.' convicted of dispens- must serve five years in the Leavenworth penitentiary and pay a fine of $12,000, cording to the de= ted States court: of At the same time the portion of the anti-nar- cotic law, dealing with the misuse of rder blanks, unconstitu- decision in this respect may affect the status of a number of rving sentences for for the | ‘|pose for which FORMER GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN CONSUL ARRESTED Oswald Kunhardt is Charged With Being an Enemy Alien. Bosten, July 24—Ohwald Kunhardt, formerly German and Austrian con- sul in this city, was arrested today s an enemy alien at his home in Manchester and brought here. Fed- eral officerg refused to confirm or 'de- a report that tre arrest was com- nected with submarine activity off the coast. It was admitted, however, that In- formation in the possession of the of- ficials indicated that the arrest was of more than ordinary importance. Mr. Kunhardts apartmenss in the house in Manchester where he boar: ed were searched by agents of the de- partment of justice after he had been taken in custody. No statement was made 2s to what evidence, if any, bear-. ing on his activities as an enemy alien was discovered. At the office of Judd Dewey, asgistant United States dis- trict attorney in this city, it was said that Mr. Kunhardt probably would be interned for the duration of the war. In registering some months ago as an enemy alien, Mr. Kunhardt said that he had been in this country 19 years and that he was 42 years of age. He is unmarried. NOISE ENDANGERS LIVES _ OF TROOPS AND SAILORS Rear Admiral Wood Advises Againet Celebrating Satling of Transports. Boston, July 24—Rear Admiral: Spencer S. Wood, commandant of the st Naval District. in a statement ight called the attention of all ship masters and factory managers to the danger to which “troops and sailors. are subjected as the result of Llowing of whistles, ringing of bells or of any other demonstration in celes. bration of the sajling of troop trans- ports from American ports.” “It is well known by all,” the state- ment continued, “that an enemy sub- marine is lurking in the waters ad- jacent to this coast, that the sinking of coal barges and fishing vessels ig_ merely incidental to the real mission. To sink our transports, to mercilessly train_machtne gun fire on our men who may be struggiing to save them- selves from’ drewning is the real pur- this submarine was sent 3,000 miles from hor base.” JAMES H. HUSTIS IS AT BUZZARD'S BAY- To Take Over Direction of the Cape : Cod Canal. Boston, July 24—James H. Hustis, - district _director of railroads, went to Buzzard's Bay today to take over the- direction of the Cape Cod canal in ac- cordance with the proclamation of President Wilson which. becomes im- mediately effective. Mr. Hustis was accompanied by Frank C. Wright, as- sistant director, division of operation of the federal railroad administrator: |J. J. Storrow, New England fuel adas- ministrator, and Arthur L. Crowley, agent of the United States, shipping board. who will confer with officers of . the canal company regarding plans for the utilization of the waterway to its capacity. SEVEN CENT FARES ON G BOSTON ELEVATED ROAD - Beginning Aug: 1—Will Increase Reve- nue $6,150,000. Boston, July 24.—Fares on the Bos~ ton Elevated street railway will be raised from five to seven cents, be-- ginning Aug. 1, the public trustees of « the road announced tonight.- It -ie! estimated that the two cent increase will. bring $6,150.000 additional reve. nue needed to maintain the present service. “Other expedients will have te be tried if it does not” the state- ment says. 5 Under the legislative act by whic the ‘trustees were appointed, they must. conduct the road so that it will earn dividends. . I tie s B