Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 29, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 180 NORWICH, CONN. MONDAY, JULY 29, 1918 FRANCC-ANERICA T O PENETRATED One of the Great German Supply Bases qu Troops| Inside the Soissons-Rheims Salient GERMANS CONTINUE RETREAT UNDER PRESSURE On the Extreme Wings of the Gradually Decreasing Pocket the Enemy, Heavily Reinforced, is Holding Tenaciously to His Ground—The German Line on the South Has Been Driven Back More Than Twelve Miles From the Point South of Chateau Thierry Where. They Were Stopped in Their Drive Toward Paris — Where the Teutons Are in Retreat From the South, Entente Cavalry Has Been Brought Into the Fighting and Numerous Tanks, Machine Guns and Airplanes Are Harassing’the Enemy, Whose Losses Are Heavy. (By The Associated Press ) The Franco-American troops, con- tintding their pressure on the Germans in retreat from the Marne, have reach- ed and crossed the Ourcq river and penetrated the town of Fere en Tar- denois, one of the great German sup- ply bases for the enemy trdops infide the Soissons-Rheims salient. Meantime on the center of the al- lied right wing southwest of Rheims violent attacks by the Frencn have forced the enemy to give further ground and enabled the Frencr to capture several towns of strategic value and to draw their front appre- clably nearer the high rvad -whicn runs northeastward from Dormans to Theims. On the cxtreme wings of the grad- ually decreasing pocket—near Sois ®ons and Rheims—the enemy, Lioavil reinferced. is holding tenaciously to his ground. realizing that there would result in a general crumbling of his plans of defence against the locking up of his entire armies Inside the big bag. In addi- tion to the large number of troops for reinforcement that have beem tarown on_these iwo sectors, the German long yange guns from the region north of fSoissons and north and portheast of Kheims are keeping both wings of the sslient under a heavy enfllading. fire. Under the battering tactics cf the Americans and Frenchmen the Ger- man line on the south now has been driven back more than twelte miles from the point south of Chateau Thier- rv where the allled troops locked the door to Paris against the enemy July 15 and themselves became the az. gressors in what has turned out to be one of the greatest battles of the war. The crossing of the Ourca, even if ofly by advanced elements of the al- Y..d forces, presages a_general cr later on. The French official mmunications thus far during the attle have been remarkably conser- tive in iheir estimates of the rains that datly have bein made, and it is indicated in unofficial despatches that allied troops are considerably in ad- vanee of the line as announced offi- sially. Where the Germans are in retreat rom the south the cavalry has been rought into the fighting and numer- ous tanks and machine guns i fusion are everywhere harr: enemy, whose losses aré heav: time airplanes are flying over the re- treatipg hordes dropping hombs, while the big ailied zuns from the sides of the salient are keeping up their inten- sive firinz from all angies into the Censely congested area. The retreat of the énemy has by no means become a rout, and so long succrsses as the picked troops around Soissons and Rheims are able to keep, well open the mouth of the bag through which the Germans are falling back, it is expected - that the greater portion of the armies of the crown prince will be suceessful in reaching in order the line where it is intended for them to turn and make a stand. Just where this stand will be made is problematical. More than half the pocket been recaptured: by the American, i'rench,British and Italian troops opposing the enemy, and there have as yet been no signs of a let-up in the reirograde movement. If, as some of the military critics have suggested, Crown ¢rince Rup- precht-of Bavaria purposes to start an offensive against the British in I'rance ! Flanders as a diversion against = hattle now in progres: no of it are apparent at present. little fighting has been doing on this region has been in the rature of patrol raids, in which PEritish have taken a number of prisoners and ma- chine guns. GERMANS ARE RETREATING FAR BEYOND FERE EN TARDENOIS Twenty Villages and Important For- ests Have Been Recaptured by En- tente Allies. Paris, July 2§ (Havas Agency). “Un- doubtedly the boches do not intend to make’a sfand at Fere en Tardenois,” says the Kcho De Paris, “but are re- treating far beyond that town. A com- pilation of the results of yesterday show that twenty villages and very fnportant forests have been recap- tured by us. It is believed that the ermans will make a stand along the Vesle River.” Le Journal says: ““We are dogging the enemy’s steps, rendering his re- treat extremely painful. Our cavalry has reached far beyond the pointe of- ficially mentioned. We are two Kilo- meters from Fere en Tardenois, which is threatencd on both sides. Our avi- ators are keeping in the pursuit and are increasing the severe losses of the enemy. it is now possible to.re-es- tablish th: famous Paris-Chalons line in the secior between Chateau Thierry and Chalous, The Petit Parisien says: “We have advanéed with magnificent speed rear- ly eight kilometers along a frcnt of forty kilometers. Our troops every= where are overwhelming thes enemy.” Other newspapers declare that a considerable amount of booty and prisoners have been captured. Pre- mier Clemenceau spent vesterday af- ternoon at the front witnessing French advance. VIRTUE OF UNITY OF COMMAND OF ENTENTE French Tanks Supported British and British Tanks Aided French. “Paris, July 28.—All the French cor- respondents on the British front paid tribute to the gallantry and tenacity cf the troops who rept the recent attack on Meteren. The Journal says: . “The original captors of Meteren were there. They were Scotchmen, which means that they were as firm n the defensive as they were bold in zttack. Instancing the curiots effect of the unity of command, the Journal cor- respondent says: “In the fAghting west of Rheims the ¥rench tanks supported British troops, while in an attack by the Freénch south of Montdidler British tunks so powerfully asgisted Srench colonials that the French genmeral on the fleld prcun(ed a French flag to the crews of the British tanks.” The Petit Parisien points out that as a true indication of the Germans' state of confusion, they required seven days preparation before they were 2ble to attempt reaction against Meteren and even Mhen no result was achieved. LUXBURG TALKS OF BREACH OF INTERNATIONAL LAW But Declines to Speak of Various Political Questions. Amsterdam, July 28.—The Loka! An- zeiger says that it endeavored to.in- terview Count Luxburg, former Ger- man minister to Argentina, on various political questions, but Count, Lux- burg declined to taik, saying that he was unwilling to do so without the foreign minister's consent. He, how- ever, gave a short account of his voy- age, especially dwelling on what he termed “4 disgraceful breach of inter- national law” in conmection with his search at Halifax. He added that he was busily engaged in reading everything that had been published about him personally and his activi- ties, while he “to the best of his ability day and night had been makinz ail efforts on a difficult post to guard the interests of Nl_)ll‘fl beset fatherland.” JAMES L. McCONAUGHTY RESIGNS FROM DARTMOUTH,| Has Accepted the Presidency of Knox College, Galesburg, lls. Hanover, N. H,, July 28.—Dartmouth college tonight announced the resig- nation of James Lukens McConaugh- ty, professor of eductaion, -director of the summer séssibn and secretary of the college commiittee on admission. He has accepted the .presidency of Knox college, Galesburg, 1lls. As he is only 31 vears of age he is cne of the youngest college presidents in the country, Graduated fobm Yale in 1909, Pro- fessor McConaughty received hismas- ter's degree from Bowdoin, and later a degree of doctor of philosophy from Columbia. He began teaching at Bowdoin college, where he was for six years professor of education and of English. In 1915 he came to Dart- mouth. GUILTY OF DETAINING J. F. SLATER OF WEBSTER Andre Biscaye and His Wife Sen- tenced to Five Years’ Imprisonment. Moulins, France, July 28.—Andre Biscaye and his wife, Anna, today ‘were found guilty of having illegally detained James Samuel Slater of ‘Webster, Mass,, in a chateau and com- pelling him to sign checks in their fa- vor. The court decided tHat there were extenuating circumstances and sentenced Biscaye and his wife to five years’ imprisonment, but ordered them tc restore the money, furniture and jewelstaken from Slater. Raymond Barru, the other defendant in the case, was acquitted. EACH STATE TO HAVE A MUSICAL DIRECTOR To Acquaint Every Community With Patriotic Songs. Washington, July: 27.—To stimulate patriotism and ‘acquaint every com- munity with the patriotic songzs of America and the allies, the state coun- cil section of the council of natlonal defence is planninz the organization of “Liberty Choruses” throughout each state, under a state musical director. EN TARUEAU Cabled Paragraphs Accepts Crown of 'Finland. . Paris, July 27.—The crown of Fin- land has been offered to Duke Adolph Friedrich of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and he has accepted, says a Zurich despatch to Le Journal. Instantly Killed in Auto Accident. Paris, Saturday, July 27.—First Lieu- tenant’ Warren Harries, son of Gen- eral George Herbert Harrie= of Wash- ington and Louisville, Ky, was i stantly killeq in an automobile acci- dent in a provincial city of France where he Was on duty on the night of July 25. Lieutenant Hobbs Buried. With the American Army in France, July 28 (By The Associated Press). The official announcement is made of the death of Lieutenant Warren H. Hobbs of Worcester. Mass.. a member of the Lafayette flying squadron. He ‘was Buried by the British. T. P. OCONNOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICAN PREPARATION Written For The Associated Press Just Before His Departure For Eng land. { | _ew York, July 28—-Impressions of T. i P. O'Connor,;” M. P, one of the Irish Nationalist leaders, of America’s pre- paration for and participation in th: world war, were written for The As- sociated Press jyst before his de- parture for England amd wor publi- cation- at the time. of this arrival. Mr. O'Connor was in this countrv for more than a year as a commj sioner of the Irish parliame ty, and he séon joined to such’ labors very effective campaigns to create al- lied sentiment among the Irish. par- ticularly one directed by the National Security League. He came in contact with most of .the government officia's including President 'Wilson and saw the transformation of the nation from seeming lack of realization of wl the war meant to a nation “that feels most passionately, most unitedly ani most ruthlessly.” He reached this con- clusion: “If anyone or all of the Ruropean nations should in war weariness show any sign of accepting an inconclusi~e peave, America would keep on evea if she had to stand alone. Whereve* else the Germans may look for a spi it of compromise, they cannot look for it, or'even for an approach to it from the people of the Ufited &tates.” Mr. O'Connor’s characterization of President Wilson is one of :he most intimate éver given by foreign writ- ers or staty _pioturesque Irish leader votes the president as dominantly Celt and sees a contra- diction bstween the president of the photograph and the president of the living flesh and blood and he pre- fers the latter. GERMAN LINE IS NORTH OF THE OURCQ RIVER Americans Occupy Sergy, on North Bank of the River. the With the American Army Aisne-Marne Iront, July 2§, 7 p. m.— The German line is ag: north of the Ourcq river, and Fere en Tardenois, which has been entered by Irench troops, is at the merey of the allies. The tightening of the flanks holds Dpromise that the retreat will be con- tinued. The line along the greater part of the bottom of the Soissons-Rheims salient has been pushed forward in some places as much as five miles, The Germans are bringing into play their artillery in forcs to check the plunges of the Franco-American troops. The Americans have played 2 brilliant part in the advance, which on the the.! included the occupation of Serzy. on the north bank of the river, und a number of small villages. The line tonight follows the Oureq river to Sergy and to Goussancourt, the latter place lying about six miles north of the Marne. The Germans offered bitter 1esist- ance, but not to compare with that which began today for the retention of the higher ground further north of the river. There they supplemented their defense with artillery fire reach- ing over the American front lines to the supports, the volume of fire at times attaining enormous proportions. Unwaveringly the Americans held their ground and even advanced slightly, while the French on their sec- tors to the right and left resisted as steadily against the vicious efforts of the Germans. From behind the advancing lines the allied heavy guns kept up a con- tinuous bombardment throughout the day, shelling the German positions, wherever the airmen reported troop concentrations. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN FLANDERS. All Parts of the Battle Front Are Wet and Sogay. ‘With the British Army in France, July 28 (By The Associated Pressi— Continued rain has turned the Flan- ders front at many points into an al- most impassable mire, while all other parts of the front are wet ang sozgy. Such’ conditions are most unfavorable for launching an assault against the British lines, even if the enemy, who is busy trying to save his troops north of the Marne from further defeats, should have some such plan in mind. Large quantities of gas have been projected against various sections of the German lines, which also have been shelled freely, and, according to prisoners, the enemy units are losing strength little by little. So far as the German soldiers themselves are concerned, they seem perfectly satisfied to push matters for their officers have been telling them extraordinary ‘tales in order to make 'them fight, instead of submitting to capture when they come into contact with the British. Prisoners taken dur- ing recent minor operations say that they had been warned before leaving their own lines that the New Zealand- ers were opposite and that on no ac- count should they allow themselves to be taken alive. as the New Zealanders were cannibals. They were told that they would be offered cigarettes and eaten directly after. All the prisoners, much to the astonishment of their captors, firmly declined to . accept cigarettes. No St ke of Bitsh |May Use Wheat M mitions Warkers MAJORITY = WILL RETURN TO WORK TODAY SITUATION IS IMPROVED Mass Meeting in Birmingham and West Bromwich Decided That the Men Should Return to Work This Morning. ' London, July 28.—The ministry of munitions announced tonight that re- ports received today from all parts of the country indicate that the strike situation in the munitions industry “has distinetly improved tnd that majority of the strikers in all proba- bility will return to work tomorrow.’ As a result of mass_meetings in Birmingham and West Bromwich to- day, it was decided hy the district committees of the strikers’ organiza- tions that the men should return to work Monday morning. A majority of the men at the Birmingham meeting favored a continuation of the stri but as a two-thirds vote was nece sary and this was not obtainable the committee * advised a resumption of work, Y Likewise, at the West Bromwick meeting there was a majority vote in favor of the men remaining out, hut a decision was reached that the strikers should abide by the decision of the Birmingham meeting. ENTENTE ALLIES HAVE—THE ASCENDANCY OF THE AIR But Time for Great Aerial Offensive Seems Remote. New York, July 28.—Although the allies have the ascendancy of the air, the possibilities of aerial warfare are vet far from realization, and an aerial offensive on a grand scale carried to cities of Germany remote from the battle, including Berlin, is in the realm of certainty in the not distant future, provided the allies organize and co- ordinate their resources. This is the conviction of Major General W. Brancker, controller-general of equ ment of the Pritish air ministry, who has been in this country for several weeks in consultation with government officials in charge of aviation. Major General Brancker, in a state- ment tonight to The Associated -Pr on this subject, laid strong empha: on the necessity for the organization of the air forces on a basis quite in- dependent of the land and sea forces. This was forcea upon the British gov- ertment. culminating last January in the creation of an air ministry which now. has Lord Weir at its head. General Brancker - believes that eyentually the United - States-will be obliged by the pressure of military necessity to create a secretary of air forces. or the equivalent, under whom air fighting, airplane production, equip ment and personnel will function as a separate branch of combat just as the army and navy. For the success of the allied cause, he feels strongly that the quicker air independence is estab- lished in this country the better. Another vital step to be accomplish- ed, he believes, is the co-ordination of the operations of all the allied air forces beyond those required for the respective armies and navies as an independent ofensive force under the supreme war council, just as the allis: armies and pavies are co-ordinated now. It is within the realm of certain said General Brancker, “that we can bomb Berlin *in the spring if not in the fall with airplanes we have build- ing. as we bave already bombed Cologne and the Rhine cities, but we have not the numbers for a really big offensive. in my understanding of the term. We have plenty of planes and can build plenty more, but we lack engines, and we have about reached the limit of capacity for engine pro- duction. “We have built up a biz airplane program to take the Liberty motor and bomb Germany, but America cannot now epare these motors, and so. | fear that our airplanes will be wasted and the real offensive from the air seri- ously delayed. “The delivery of certain types of planes by flying them across the At- lantic is feasible. 1f we can fly to Berlin and back, which is more than 800 miles, we can fiy from Newfound- land to the Azores (the longest lap of the journey), which is 1,00 miles. This means a big organization. airdromes and repair plants in Newfoundland and the Azores. “Your air forces ought to be or- ganized on a tremendous scale, and this is what, we look to America to do. OBITUARY Dr. John Duer Irving. New Haven, Conn.,. July 2§—Dr. John Duer Irving,- professor of .econ- omic geology at Yale, and an author- ity on ore deposits, has died of pneu- monia in France, where he was in the engineering ‘service, according to a ca- blegram received today by Secretary Anson' Phelps Stokes of the university and Director Russell H. Chittenden of the Sheffield Scientific School. Pro- fessor Irving was one of the first of the Yale faculty to volunteer for ser- vice at the outbreak of the war, join- ing the New York engineerinz corps. He was born at Madison. Wis,, on Aug. 18, 1874, was graduated from Co- ilumbia in 1396, received the degrees of master of arts and doctor of philos- ophy for post graduate work there and was given the honorary degree of master of arts by Yale in 1907 General Andrew H. Emzrer, New Haven, Conn., Jul: —General Andrew H. Embler, former treasurer of the Southern New England Tele- phone Company, a pioneer in the tele- rhone industry and a veteran of the Civil war. died at his home here to- day in his 84th year. He was born in New York city in 1834. At the out- break of the Civil war he enlisted as a private in New York and was bre- veted lieutenant colonel at Washing- ton, D. C. by Secretary Stanton on the occasion of the presentation of the flag surrendered by General Lee’s ar- my at Avpomatox. He was made brigadier zeneral of the Second regi- ment, Connecticut Nationa! Guard, in January, 1890. Hindenburg’s Health is Excellent. Amsterdam, July 28.—An official communication . received here ~ from German main headquarters denies the recent_rumors copcerning Field Mar- shal Von Hiudenburg's - health. The communication - says Hindenburg's bealth is excellaet, 18100 | damaged. iter August 1 RULE REGARDING SUBSTIT_UTES TO REMAIN IN FORCE HOOVER CANCELS ORDER Food Administrator Congratulates the People Upon Their Patriotic Com- pliance and Thanks Them For the Large Savings Made. Hartford, Conn., July 25.—AIl hotels, restaurants, clubs and individuals Which vcluntarily pledged themselves to an absolutely wheatless regime will be released from their pledges Aus. 1, according to a cablegram sent from London today by Federal Food Ad ministrator Herbert Hoover, a copy of which has been received at the of- fice of Robert Scoville, federal food administrator for Connecticut. The establishments and persons so released may after Auz. 1 use wheat products subject, however, to the prescribed baking regulations relative to the use of wheat and wheat substitutes. The legram made, public by Mr. Scoville Rule Was Generally Observed. “In releasing the hotels, restaurants, clubs, dining cars and individuals from the voluntary pledzes not to use wheat n any form until the new. harvest I wish to congratulate them upon the patriotic example they set and thank them for the large savings made. The echo of heir servite has been heard in Europe and has pointed the way of democracy. “It has been a pérsonal inspiration to me to,have the continued help so freely given of all the men and women who put through the ‘no wheat’ cam- paign, which helps us to provide for the n ies of. the allies, in spite of our short crops. “I have confidence. that the same spirit will enable us to build up a great reserve of wheat and other food needed to provide against ruture crop failure, and to assist the allied nations in putting throngh the great offensive which must win the war.” SAVED ABOUT 200,000 POUNDS OF WHEAT PRODUCTS Result of Voluntary Pledge Made by Hotels, Restaurants and Clubs. Washington, July 28.—Although ex- act facts have not been compiled, it was_estimated today by the food ad- ministration that through the volun- tary plecze made by hotels, restau- rants, clubs and dining cars there has been, Oct. 1, 1917, and Oct. 1, 1918, a saving of between 175,000 000 and 200 - 009,000_pounds heat-and products: 150,000,000 pounds of meat and 50,000,- 000 pounds of sugar. The action of the proprietors of public eating places, it was said, also has been of great educational value in’ carrying to the homes of the nation the necessity of food saving. Approximately 5,000 hotel proprietors have observed the principles of the wheat saving pledge and many of the 200,000 proprietors of other public eat- ing places have observed the rezula- tions of the food administration. GERMAN RETREAT TO BE ON A LARGER SCALE Than Was First Anticipated—Ameri- cans Doing Effective Work. London, July 28—From news re- ceived in London this evening the im- pression prevails that the German re- treat will be on a scale larger than was first anticipated. Even now it is said the enemy does not retajn a sin- gle inch of grountd gained as a result of his attack of July 15. The allied troops have gained four miles on a twenty mile front between the Ardre and the Ourcq. They are virtually at the gates of Fere en Tar- denois, while the cavalry patrols are pressing the Germans along the front at Chambercy, where the enemy is re- sisting with iong range guns. Further west the enemy appears to be holding out on the line of tne Ourca. At Mont Sans Nom the enemy is making reactions against the impor- tant French zain. The number of prisoners taken here this afternoon had increased to 1,500, Good news W received from the Americans, who are doing very ef- fective work in the Ardre valley, where, with the aid of French tanks, they are slowiy heating back the en- emy in this sector. A SCORE OF FIREMEN OVERCOME BY SMOKE Which Occurred Last Night in a Big Grocery Store in Stamford. Stamford. Conn., July 28.—More than a score of firemen were temporarily overcome by smoke while fighting a fire which occurred tonight in the big grocery store of the Acker, Merrall & Condit company. The fire was con- fined to the street floor and basement, the upper floors being only. slightly The total loss is estimated at between $15.000 and $20,000. The origin of -the fire has not been deter- mined. k So many of the firemen were laid out by the dense smoke that help had to be cailed from Glenbrook and Sound Beach. At the sam: time the commanding officer of the Edgewood arsenal here ordered out the soldiers to give assistance. They equipped themselves with gas masks and carried a supply for the firemen. A PARADE IN PROTEST OF SENTENCE OF T. J. MOONEY, Thousands of Union Workers Turned Out at Chicago. Chicago, July 28.—Thousands of un- jon workers paraded through the city and later held a mass meeting today in protest against the sentence of Thomas J. Mooney, who has beert con- demned to death as the San Irancisco preparedness _day paradae bomber. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the national war labor board, addressing a mass meeting, charged that the con- viction of Mooney was the result of a conspiracy. 581 . Mr. Walsh, while predicting that the reprieve granted Mooney Friday by Governor Stephens of California would result in a pardon, demanded that the president senl troops into California to free the prisoner in the event that the governor dves not pardon him. Condensed Telegrams Trained combatant American Troops 1;1‘[:;11 France have begun to arrive ‘l’n Another revolutionary socialist | er in Russia. . M. Katzkamkof, been executed. d- has The family of Nicholas Romanoff, the former Russian emperor, is safe in a Siberian monastery at Abalak. The journeyman plumbers and tin- ners at Bridgeport, are to receive $33 a week beginning October 1. Th: get $27.50. i Prof. Paul N. Milukoff, the leader of the. Constitutional democrats in Rus- sia, has been expelled from Kiev by the Ukrainian government. There were three fatalities in air- plane accidents in army aviation training camps in the United States during the week ending June 20. The number of German prisoners cgplpred by the allies since the be- ginning of the counter offensive is placed at 30,000 by the Havas Agency. The German aviators who were cap- tured by the Bolsheviki when they alighted on Russian territory were ill- treated and shot, according to German reports. Brewing companies advertisements painted on refrizgerator cars must be eliminated immediately, railroads were advised by the railroad adminis tration. The eastern Paris tramways have decided to increase the wages,of their employes five francs per day because of the high cost of living, it is an- nounced. Major General John Ruckmdhn, re- cently commander of the southern de- partment has been assigned to com- mand the north Atlantic coast artillery district. Lieutenant C. H. Haynes of Dor- chester, - Mass., was Kkilled' at Hemp- stead, N. Y. when a giant Haviland battle'plane which he was piloting fell 100 feet. The war board announced the ad- dition of 217 corporations and in viduals to the enemy trading list. They include 100 in Mexico and €i in Spain. s The bodies of a man and a woman, lashed together with rope, were picked up in the harbor at Bar Harbor, Me. | by a patrol boat of the Naval Coast | patrol reserve. Eight representatives of the faculty of Dartfour College and 104 members of the student body, are taking a 60 day course of intesive military train- ing at Plattsburgh, N. Y. Karl Knortz, a German writer and translator of Indian stories, died at his home at Tarrytown, N. Y. ecarly sterday of apoplexy after an iilness two weeks, aged of ears. Governnor William D. Stephens of California, announced he had. decided to grant a reprieve to Thomas J. Mooney, which will operate as a stay of execution until December 13, 1918. tandard news and total print pa per production showed a s'ight de cline in the first two weeks of July, but there was on increase in mill stocks because of smaller shipments. There are now 1,321 members of the Harvard club of New York in active military and naval service and 750 members in_auxiliary governmental, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. and othtr war work. In an article quoted by the Vor- waerts, Dr. George Michaelis, form- er German imperial chancellor. warn the Germa nation that there will be a time of dearth after the war because of lack of shipping. Fifty Knights. of Columbus secre- taries, including Johnny Evers, wer: bidden God-speed prior to their early departure for France from at New York Saturday by Marcel Knecht of the French high commission. When the 7,500 ton freight ship Nahma, named by Mrs. “Woodrow Wilson, was launched at New York Saturday, the controlling rope brik> and the vessel sped forward 1200 feot and plunged her nose into a mudbank. Wooden shipbuilding workers at the plant of the L. H. Shattuck Shipbuild- ing Company at Newington, N. H. claimed a record, when they completed all the square framing and erection of stern posts on a 3500 ton ship in 58 hours. DESTROYED LIFE SIZE PAINTING OF THE KAISER Which Had Been Presented by Him to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. Oyster Bay, N. Y.. July 28.—A life sized painting of Emperor William, presented by him to Colonel Theodore Roosevelt several years ago, came to | grief when a party of citizens visited | the home of its possessor, Mrs. C. H. Pollitz, here today. The picture_had been given to the public library by the colonel and hung there until after the sinking of the Lusitania. when it was relegated to the cellar. Mrs. Pollitz offered $5 for the painting to the trustees and became its owner. The incident was foreotten until the death of Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, and thén the villagers re- called it. They organized a party to- day and going to the home of Mrs. Pollitz, demanded the piciure. Mr. Pollitz wanted to give it up, but M Pollitz wanted to keep it, members.of the party said. In the struggle on a balcony for its possession, the portrait fell among the vigilantes gathered in the street. .A sailor promptly put his foot through it. “NEW AND FAIR TRIAL" | FOR T. J. MOONEY Demanded in Resolutions Adopted at a Meeting of Labor Men in Hartford Hartford, Conn., July 28.—Resolu- tions demanding a ‘“new and fair trial” for Thomas J. Mooney, under sentence of death in California for participasion in the preparedmess day bomb murders in San Francisco, adopted at a mass meetin men and others here toda 2 voted to send-a copy of the resoiutions to President Wilson, the Connecticut | delegation in congress, national iabor leaders and Governor Stephens of California. Mayor Richard J. Kinsella and a number of other city officials ‘were among. those present. The speakers included ol Sontheimer, former pros ident of the Hartford Central iabor Union: Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett. a WAS WITH THE JUSTICIA An Atlantic Port, July 28.—Passen- 2ers on a British liner arriving here today said that last Friday their ship gaye battle, to a German U-boat 750 miles off the New Je coast. and last night fired three shots at what was believéd to be an American sub- marine. " Apparently neither undersea craft was hit. This liner was one of several which were being conyoyed with the giant Justicia when that vessel was torpe- doed and sunk off the north Irish coast on July 20. According to the passen- gers, a torpedo which hit the Justicia passed astern of their own ship and narrowly missed another merchantman before finding its goal. E. H. Butt of Augusta, Ga., a brother of Major Archibald Butt, once aide to President Taft, who lost his life on the Titanic, describeq the liner’s three en- counters with submarines. The first, he said, came on July 19, two days after the merchantmen, con- voved by destrovers, left a British port. The booming of guns and the shrieking of whisties brcught the passengers to the_deck. “The sea was smooth, as we took our stations at the lifebeats,” said Mr. Butt. “We crowded on all steam and zigzagsed as, in company with our convoying destroyers, we left the scene in a race to save ourselves, We heard during the night that the Justis destroyers were fighting the U s and later learned that her struggle to survive had failed.” Mr. Butt said that the ship met no more submarines until last Friday at noon, when 750 miles off the New Jer- Experience of a British Liner Which Arrived at an Atlantic Port Yeserday . ; WHEN LATTER WAS HIT A Torpedo That Struck the Justicia Passed Astern of the * British Liner and Narrowly Escaped Hitting Another Vessel—Second Encounter Was When 750 Miles Off the New Jersey Coast — Exchange of Shots Lasted About 45 Minutes—Saturday Night Three Shots Were Fired at What is Believed to Be an American Submarine Which Broke Water Three Miles Distant and Had No Flag to Denote Its Nationality. sey coast. the call to quarters again was sounded and the ship's guns began firing at an object apparently several miles away. “Thls was a super-submarine,” eaid Mr. Butt. ‘It made no attempt to come -nearer, and, after firing solid shot, which fell short at least 1,000 vards, bezan o fire shrapnel.” > The exchange of shots ted about 45 minutes, according to Mr. Butt, who said the U-boat then submerged and was not seen again. At the same time, he said, another submarine engaged a British freighter in the same waters, and it was thought the U-boat was sunk. “If so, the British got a good ome,” said Mr. Butt, “for these boats are super-submarines, which depend. more on destruction by gunfire than by tor- pedoes.” < “We got our next shock last night” he said. “In a smooth sea a big sub- marine -broke water not three miles away, and at once our gunners fired three shots at the boat, while our com- mander signalled: ‘Who are you? “The shots fell close to the boat and we could see the flutter of flags, but no sign of a flag to denote the na- tionality of the U-boat. Finally our commander signalled to the gun crews to cease firing, and we came on, leav- ing the submarine on the surface. Rumor on board had it that the latest U-boat was an American.” ‘Among the passengers were Captain John H. Pratt and the crew of 37 from the American steamship George L. Eaton, which was abandonéd June 22 in European water after she sprank a leak. FOOD IS SCARCE AND COSTLY IN PETROGRAD Former Weli-to-Do Inhabitants Con- duct a Co-operative Restaurant. Petrograd, June 11 (Correspondence cf The Associated Press dica- tion of the straits to which former weli-to-do _inhabitants of Petrograd have been brought by the scarcity of food, is the formation of a co-operative -t a restaurant. Here former ‘bour- and society to condv the “intelligentsia” or geoisie, do their own cookinz waiting on the table. A person yroves himself a former “bourgecisie, and is needy, may, if he surrenders all his food cards except that for Lread, thus taking his chances of get- ting any other meals, secure one meal day for two and a half rubles a meal. This cofisists of thin soup and a meat stew. In the better class restaurants which n some way, manage to get focd, din- ner costs forty rubles. The meal gen- erally consists of about two gills of thin soup, a bit of fish (the mos: plen- tiful food in Petrograd), a thin auail- like bird, a bit of bread the size of a postage stamp. a few thimblefuls of a sweet, gluey substance. and coffee without mil This is the best to be had in the city. PROPOSED STRIKE OF LAKE SEAMEN CALLED OFF Union Leaders Act Following a Con- ference With Chairman Hurley. Washinston, July 28.—Orders calling off the threatened strike of seamen and firemon on the Great Lakes, set for tomorrow, were issued today by Victor A. Olander, secretary of the Salors’ Union of the Great Lakes,and cther union leaders, following a con- ference with Chairman Hurley of the shipping board. In meeting all grie the men for'a strike, Chairman Hur- ley tod: ordered the Lake Carriers’ Association and all its members to sign the nation’s appeal for mer. for merchant ships s originally drafted and without any chang 1 ordered: the association not to require seamen to register in its ahm!? fices or assembly rooms, pendi ther negotiations, FAST FREIGHT TRAIN STRUCK AN AUTOMOEILE ances given by At a Grade Crossing Near Wilming- ton, Dei.—Three Persons Killed. Wilmington, Del, July 28—Tkree people were Kkilled and four injured, one of them seriously, tonight at State hoad, a grade crossing near here, when a fast-moving freight train < teh automobile in which they were riding. The dead are: James and Elsie Spiro, azed 12, and 13 years, respectively,| and Abraham Keiman, their ceusin.{ The injured are Mr. and Mrs. David Spiro, parents of the dead children, Mrs. Abraham Keiman, and Max Spi- ro, who is at a local hospital and is expected to die. All the victims of the accident resie here with the ex- ception of Max Spiro, who lives in Philadelphia, 200 MEN BETWEEN DRAFT AGES WERE ROUNDED UP In a Raid at the Lake Quassapaug Summer Resort at Waterbury. Waterbbry, Conn., Ju —Over 209 men_ between = the draft ages were rounded up by the local department of justice men and the police in a ra the Lake Quassapaug summer 1ess this afternvon. Of this number only 34 were held at, the station, the others having ‘been released brought the miss cards. “This is the zeneral vhich has been held here. occurred cleanup Tue first AMERICAN CASUALTIES NOW TOTAL 13,766 2,009 Men Were Killed in Action—749 Died of Wounds. Washington, July 28.—Heavy fight- ing along the Aisne and Marne in which American troops have partici- ed has begun to show in the cas- ualty lists issued by the war depart- ment. Today's list of 225 names is the longest to be given out since American units made their appear- ance on the battle front. The lst, however, it was believed, gives cas- uaities resulting from the recent Ger- man offensive operatins rather than from the allied counter-stroke now in progress. Total casualtiés in the army and marine corps overseas increased 1,050 during the week compared with 983 the previous week, and agsregate 13,- with the inclusion of today's army List of 225 and the marine corps list of two. The week’s increase also was the largest vet recorded. In the 13.766 casualti total deaths including 291 men lost at sea, men Lilled in action, dead of wounds, ‘dis- ezse, accident and other causes, num- Lered 5433—army men 4173, marines 7 The wounded aggrezate 7,432— army men 6340, marines 1,192. Those missing, including prisoners, total 741- —army men 657: marines 8. Of the week's increass, 949 were army men and 101 marines. Killed in ction and other deaths numbered 393 compared with 427 the previous week: the wounded numbered 591 compared with 465 the previous week, and the missing aad p ners 6, compared with 91 the previous week. The army casualiies summary as cfficially announced, follows: Killed in action (including 291 at sea) 2,000, Died of wounds T4 Died of disease 1,955, . Died of accident and other causes 570, Wounded in action 6 Missing in action 657 Totals to date 11,780. The official summary corps casuzlties follows: Deaths 7i0. Wounded 1,192 In the hands of enemy 5. : Missing 79. Total to date 1,986, Officers included in the marina corps: summary totalled 5 The army sum. mary does not distinguish officers: from enlisied men. JAPAN'S REPRESENTATIVE ¢ ARRIVES AT VLADIBOSTOK General Nakachima, Who Was Head of Japanese Mission to Russia, 340 of marine London, July 25.—A despatch to the Daily Mail from Bladivostok under date of July 25, says that Major Gen= eral Nakachima has arrived there to act as Japan's military representative. General Nakachima was head of ths Japanese mission to Russian head- quarters. The correspondent quotes General Dieterichs, commander of the Czecho- Slovak forces, as saying in an inter- wview that it was important that the allies take a quick decision regarding Russia and not waste time in hesita- tion. , AMERICAN TROOPS AT . THE ITALIAN FRONT Erthusjastically Grested Everywher Along the Route. : The newspapers to-, display announce- ment of the arrival of American troops at a point behind the Italian front. The Americans were enthu- siastically grected everywhere along the route, patriotic associations turn- ing out with bands. The soldi most of whom - are’ Italian-Ame-ricans, are stationed at & day prominently everal weeks azgo® while the prominent suffraze worker, and State Senator C. C. Hemenway. U last two were held last Saturday night &nd toda camp arranged for several weeks ago, by the American military mission which visited the Italian front. .