Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 30, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 181 GERMAN LINE CONTINUES T0 BEND UNDER PRESSURE OF FRANCO-AMERICAN With Fresh Reserves the Enemy Is Stubbornly Con- testing Passage P_lorthward of the Allied Trdops RETIREMENT OF GERMANS REMAINS ORDERLY Particularly Heavy Fighting Has Taken Place Aftund Fere en Tardenois and at Sergy, Both of Which Towns Are in the Hands of the French and Americans — Picked Bavarian Troops Failed in an Endeavor to Drive the Am- ericans Out of Sergy, Which Village Had Changed Hands Four Times—Immediately South of Soissons the Ger- mans Are Striving to Hold Back Their Enemies to Pre- vent the Cutting Off of Large Forces of Their Fighting Men, But in This Sector Scottish and French Troops Made Slight Gains. The Associated Press.) istanding the fact that tle line running -Rheims salient fresh reserves and have stub disputed further bornly northward to the entente allied troops, the enemy of the sabient, except and Rhemms. Further Wedges in Enemy Front. South of Soissons American troops have crossed ing the vi the forward movement still German Retirement Orderly. The retirement of the Germans stil remains orderly, but everywhere icans near Fere ter Fe: hands of the French and Americans. At Sergy the Germans paid the Amer- pliment of reinforcing e with two divisions of tried Bavarian troops, men whose tested Zoing It was an ef- fort either to destroy the Americans icans the o their battle courage previously has been when the tide of battle was against the Germans. or to herd them back across the Oureq. The effort resulted in failure. Americans Overcome Picked Troops. The battle the masters of the picked retained the village. were inflicted on the Germans. The fighting in Fere en Tardenois the s have powerfully strengthened across the with addi- passage front has been compelled to bend back appreciably on all sides at the anchor points resting immediately on Soissons further wedges have been driven eastward into the enemy front down to the Ourcq river, eastward,along the Ourcq French and the stream at various points and advanced thelr linesiwell to the northward, while southwest of Rheims the allies have debouched from the wooded sectors;overcame and gained the plains, notwithstand-} lence of the enemy’s counter manoeuvres. At some points the Ger- mans succeeded somewhat in checking but nowhere were they able to bring it to a stand- the \lied troops, and especially the Amer- en__Tardenois, -are pressing them hard. Particularly bit- fighting has taken place around en Tardenois and at Sergy, both which towns are npw well in the line shifted back and forth and Sergy changed hands four times, but the Americans proved to be enemy troops and finally droye them out and Heavy casualties also was of a sanguinary charhcter, the opposing forces fighting in close contact through the streets of ‘the town, but with the Germans being driven back gradually under the ma- _|chine gun and rifle fire of the French and Americans or left weltering in their blood from contact with the cold steel of the alied bayonets. Heroic Efforts of Germans. Immediately south of Soissons on the western edge of the salient the Germans strove heroically to hold back their enemies in order to prevent the further flanking of Soissons and the possible cutting off of large forces of their men fighting along the Ourcq south of Oulchy le Chateau. Scottish troops, however, captured positions in the outskirts of Buzancy, just to the west of the Soissons-Chateau Thierry road, while farther south the French the resistance imposed against them, crossed the high road and took Grand Rozoy and Cugny and the Butte Chalmont. Enemy Retiring Northward, Southeast of Soissons, well inside the sallent and at present far outside the immediate battle zone, various towns and villages along the Soissons-Fismes | | railroad are said to be in flames. This seemingly would indicate that the re- tirgment of the Germans from the bie |pocket--is ‘to_proceed - still - furthet northwa-d before they intend to halt it, face about and give battle to the allied troops along a chosen line. If the retreat on the west is to be carried .|beyond the Soissons-Fismes line it seems h.ghly probable that it is the inteption of the Germans. to make their stand from Soissons eastward along tha Aisne to the Vesle river and thence southeastward to Rheims. British Harass Germans, British troops on various sectors in France and Flanders continue their haraesing tactics against the German front. Near Morlancourt in the Amiens sector the Australians have taken sev- eral lines of trenches, captured a fair- ly large number of prisoners and in- flicted heavy losses on the enemy dur- ing counter-attacks. Near Gavrelle, which lies northeast of Arras, Cana- dian contingents likewise have car- ried out a successful enterprise and taken prisoners. IRISH MEMBERS DEFEATED IN HOUSE OF COMMONS Resolution of John Dillon Rejected by a Vote of 245 to 506. London, July 29, Irish members. The resolution John Dillon, the Nationalist condemning the government's The debate in the bouse of commons today on the Irish question ended in_the defeat of the of leader, ! Irish policy was rejected by a vote of 245 GERMAN AMMUNITION FOUND BY ALLIED TROOPS Believed to Have Been For a Drive Upon Epernay. With the American®Army on the Aisne-Marne Front, July. 29—(By The Associated Press). The tremendous steres of German ammunition. found by the Franco-American troops in the forests of Fere and Ris leads officers to believe that the allied ic offensive to B0 e susgestion that the | PiFPEd In -the bud German plans for 3 2 € | momentout i guestion of Ireland be referred to e el President Wilson was well received by the house, but, as Former Premier As- quith pointed out, it could not be ex- pected that the president of the Unit- ed States would attempt such an ardu- cus task at this time and the matter was obviously one which the people wouid have to selves. The question was one of overwhelm- ing importance, Mr. Asquith declared, and he made a strong appeal to the government to make another effort, even at the eieventh hour, to vettle it. The chief secretary for Ireland, Ed- ward Shortt, made a speech concilia- tory in tone, but it did not conciliate tne Nationalists. They received the warmest support from the Labor par- ty, whose spokesman, William Adam- s0n, member for West Fife, announced that Mr. Dilion’s motion would receive its support. the Labor party believing that the Irish' question could be set- tled by a1 generous measure of home rule, and, he added, the British peo- ple ‘oushi to gramt it now. British settle them- ACTION OF HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE Kgainst Any Increase in Passenger or Freight Transportation Taxes. ‘Washington July 29, — Decision, The forests and the surrounding country nerth of the Marne virtually ‘were one great arsenal for German ammunition of all kinds, big gun shells being particularly numerous. At places on the edges of the woods therc were large shells stacked like cord- wood over large areas, Thousands of these shells were in- tended for the German 210 milimetre guns, only a few of which have been captured. The Americans assume that the Germans withdrew many of these guns and that others intended jor the great drive had not vet ar- rived when the allied offensive began. All through the forests the Ameri- cans came upon ammunition depots, at some places more than an acre of ground being covered with shells of all calibres. Some of the smaller shells were labelled “For immediate use.” All along the roads every- where, and even in the open places, the shells were camouflaged with limbs of trees. | HAS BROUGHT DOWN 31 GERMAN AIRPLANES. Lieut. Nuenger, Second French Ace, Cited for Legion of Honor, Paris, July 29.—Lieutenant Nuenger, the second French ace, was cited for the Legion of Homor _today, having any increase in passenger or'| Prought down, to the official announce- freight transportation taxes: majority sentiment favorifk a tax on both im- port and export -trade if constitutional, and postponement of consideration of increased taxes on liquors and other beverages were ammounced today by the house ways and means committee, which is framing the $8,000,000,000 rev- enue bill. The committee deferred action as to ext g the pipe line tax so as to incl comparies piping their own products and also as to increasing taxes on life, marine and casualty in- surance. Tetanus Prevalent in German Army. Amsterdam, July 29—Tetanns has proken out to a serious extent in the German army, according to the Tele- graaf. The Netherlands export com- pany has agreed to send a large con- signment of anti-tetanus serum to ment, thirty-one German planes and destroyed three observation balloons. He has received many wounds and has been cited fifteen times and is created an officer of the Legion of Honor “for his superb example of courage.” CHARGED WITH ROBBING DANBURY DENTAL OFFICE John Foley, of New York, Held in $2,- 000 Bail For T Danbury, Conn,, July 29.—In the city court today John Foley, forty-fiye, who says. his home is in New York, was held in $2.000 bail for trial op a charge of burfglary. . He is accused of enter- ing and sacking the denta] office of Dr. G. E. Bolles, on Main street. Pro- perty taken from the dentist’s office was discovered in a suit-case carried by Foley when he was arrested for a minor theft in a loeal hotel. TROOPS Cabled Paragraphs Italian Success in Albania. Rome, Jaly 29.—“In Albania on the Senini river at the Kuci bridze ene- my attempts to advance were san- guinarily repulsed,” says today’s offi- cial statement. British Aerial Success, London, July 2 munication of aerial activiti by the war office tonight says that nine hostiie machines were brought Gown and two hostile balloons were Four shot dowr: in flames yesterday. British muchines are missins, | FORECASTS WONDERFUL AIRPLANE DEVELOPMENT New Machine as Powerful as a Whole Squadron of Present Day Aircraft. Paris, July 20.—“Airplanss, carrying a_hundred men and equipped with en- gines eq in power to those in a medium sized steamship, will be de- veloped within three years,” said Gian- ni Caproni, inventor of .the Caproni bombing planes, in an interview to- “The bombinb planes now in_fse,” Signor Caproai continued, “will be mere dwaris, compared with those to be developed. There is a surprise in store for the Germans. Instead of the forty and fifty machin2s necessary to start cn a bombing expedition it will be possible to do the same work with a new machine as powerful as the whole squadron.” “The new machines will. bp much more efficacious and will p-ove a great saving in operation. A trip across the Atlantic could be accomplished with August and September, and probably October. The weather situation would be unfavorable during the other ronths of the year. Heavy fogs make aerial navigation impossible. Avia- tors are unable to guide themselves in a fog as it makes everything black. A trip across the ocean at this time would have to be made by way of New York, the Azores and Portugal. “The development of an aerial code r to the maritime code will be vefore there can be general igati There must be in- ternational signals like those at sea: aerial laws and a whole volume of for aerial transportation. quick development of larger machines is inevitable. At the begin- ning of the war the largest bombing machine was of 100 horse power. Now. the largest bomber is of 1,000 horse- power. “The Liberty motor will do. We want them now in large quantities. I have seen them work and they are isfactory for bombing machines. iner engines made with much intri- cate and specialized parts, like a watch, cannot be made in quantities, but the Liberty motor can, which is a big advantage. “War of the future lies in the air, for when the bizg commercial planes are developed they can . easily be turned into fighting machines with powerful offensive propensities. Eng- land was able to defend herself ‘with a large navy but it will be necessary in the future for nations to have large aerial forces. “Battleships will be no match for the mnew aerial machines which will revolutionize warfare both on land and sea. The activities of the fizhting forces will be transferred to the afr. Armies and navies will be unable to battle with the immense bombing ma- chines of the future. “The world will look to America for great developments in aviation be- cause she has unlimited resources, while European countries are impov- erished by long years of desperation and destruction. America will manu- facture large commercial machines. They will be speedy and able to carry a hundred tons instead of a thousand pounds as now.” Signor Caproni is in Paris on gov- ernment business. He expects to visit America probably after the —var. His whole time is now devoted to war purposes. He is not deveioping com- mercial machines. PREMIER ASOUITH SPEAKS ON THE LRISH QUESTION Appeals to the Government to Find a Settlement. London. July 29—FHerbert H. As- quith former prime minister, speak- ing in the house of commons tonight made an appeal to the government in the interests of the country, the em- pire and the entente allies, to try again settlement of the Irish question. Regarding the suggestion made by John Dillon, the TIrish Nationalist leader, that the Irish question be re- ferred to President Wilson, Mr. As- quith said: “He would be a very bold man who would expect Mr. Wilson to underta’e a task which has baffled so many pi oneers in the past. If it could not he referred to members of our own fami- ly it does not seem that a question of that kind could well he-submitted to the arbitrament of a foreign country, however kindly.” WHY U-BOATS ARE . NOT SINKING TRANSPORTS Reason Given by Chief of German Ad. miralty Staff. Amsterdam, July 20.—The chief of the German admiralty staff, Tdmirai Von Holtzendorff, has explained to the Cologne Gazette to the best of his ability the reason why German U- boats a not sinking American transports. He says that owing to the many Toints of debarkation that are at the disposal of the Americans from the north of Scotland. to the Mediterra- nean, the irregularity of the coming of the transports and the strong de- stroyer guards _which. accompany them, it is inexpedient for the U-boats to lurk off all these harbors en the chance of getting a shot at them. Ths real object of the U-boats, adds the admiral, is to reduce enemy carzo space, for on this depends the abil- ity of the allies to continue the, war. Ernest A. Inglis of Middletown was appointed state’s attorney for Middle- gex county. A month azo Rollin Tyler of Haddam was named Tor this office but declined it. Mr. Inglis sue- ceeds Frank D. Haines who will be- come a judge of the superior court on Aug. 30. the present day machines during July, | even at the eleventh hour, to find a| kNORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JULY éO, 1918 U. 8. Marines Kill Dominican Bandits| DESPATCHES RECEIVED BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT NUMBER GIVEN AS 20 Casualties Among the Marines Were One Gorporal Killed and Two Pri- vates Slightly Wounded. ‘Washington, July 29.—Three encoun- ters between United States marines and Domirfican and Haytian bandits in Santo Domingo were reported in des- patches 1o the navy department today. Casualties among the marines were one corporal and two privates slightly wounded. One Dominican guard offi- cer also was wounded. About twenty of the bandits were killed, several wounded and others captured. INVESTIGATING CRITICISMS OF DE HAVILAND AIRPLANE Simuitaneous Action by Secretary Baker and the Senate Committee. Washington, J —Criticisms by General Tershing and others of the De Haviland airplane—now the princi- pal output of American factories—are heing investigated simultaneously by Secretary Baker and lhe senate com- mittee inquiring into aircralt produc- tion. After Secretary Baker's stutement last week, to senate committee mem- Lers, that General Pershing had sent a cablegram criticising De Haviland machines sent him from this country, suggesting changes and disapproving features both of design and construc- tion,.the senate committee arranged to regpen its hearings tomorrow for fur- ther inquiry into the De Haviland type. Three army officers in charge of testing De Haviland machines made at the Wright plant at Dayton, Ohio, have been subpoenaed to appear to- morrow. Accordiry to information given sen- ators by the war secretary, 643 De Haviland machines have been com- pleted in this country up to the last report fron: official sourc: of which more than 400 have been thipped to General Pershing, who, however, has 1eported receipts so far of only 67. There are no reports from General Persning that any of the American- built De Havilands have been used: by the American forces on the nghting front. ~ The senate military sub-committee's investigation of De Haviland praduc- tion, members said, has not jet de- veloped that any of the criticism made against the Ameticanized tyfe are well founded . STATUS OF STRIKE AT GENERAL ELECTRIC PLANT Manager Fish Rejects Services of the "Federal War Board. Lynn, Mass, July 29.—A proposal that the federal war labor board act cn the strike of the General Electric Company employes here in place of the state board of arbitration and con- ciliation was rejected by Walter Fish, general manager of the works, tonight. The proposal was submitted through Henry J. Skeffington of Bos- ton, acting ~government conciliator, who has Leen identified with previous efforts to bring about a renswal of operations at the big electrical plants engaged on war contracts. Mr. Fish replied to Mr. Skeffington that he could not endgrse the proposi- tion, as the state l7grd of arbitration and conciliation a'fady had submit- ted a set of recofimendations which the company had accepted. The state Loard, he #aid, was selected to arbi- trate the matter in order to bring about a speedy adjustment in view of the many duties of the war labor hoard. The members of the strikers' com- mittee who went to Washington Sat- urday to endeavor to have the war la- bor board to intervene had not re- turned hers tonight. THREE PERSONS KILLED IN RIOTS AT PHILADELPHIA. Quelled by Police and Four Companies of Home Reserves. Philade'phia, July 29.—With the sa- loons in the affected area closed by order of the police, and nearly 400 patrolmen on duty, comparative kuiet prevailed tonight in South Philadel- phia, where three persons have been killed and ecores injured since early Sunday morning in race riots. The police were augmented by four com- panies of home reserves. The only disturbance tonight occur- red when a negro shot a white woman in the arm, inflicting a slight wound. Immediately a large crowd of whites gathered and threatened the negro with violence, but the police managed to_get him safely to the police station. Sporadic outbursts. in which one negro was shot to death and othérs badly beaten, occurred during the day. A large number of arrests were made. TO PERPETUATE NAME OF JOHN PURROY MITCHEL Object of Meeting of New York' Citi- zens Held Yesterday. New York, July 29. Theodore Roosevelt was made honorary chair- man and Cieveland Dodge permanent chairman of a representative commit- tee of New York citizens who met to- day to perpetuate the name of John Purroy Mitchel in the form of a suit- able memorial. Major Mitchel, former mayor, was killed recently while flying as an army aviator.in training ~for service in France. Subscriptions will _be coliected to finance_the project. William A. Brady and Mdurice Loew pledged the support of the motion picture and theatrical | professions. EAGLES DEDICATE SERVICE FLAG WITH 23,191 STARS At Opening Session of National Con- vention in _Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, July 29.—A service flag containing a total of 23,191 stars and including 86 gold stars for members who have made the Supreme sacrifice while: serving the nation, was ded cated here tomight by the Fraternal Order of Eagle: the “ovening’ s ion of the national convention, which wilj_continue -throughout the present week, i A Break Between li-ermaiiy‘_an_d Turkey UNOFFICIAL ADVICES RECEIVED ispem Sunday at Coney Island. TO THAT EFFECT BREWING SOME TIME, Exchange Telegraph Company Says| the Information Comes Direct From million and a quarter troops in France. Constantinople. London, July 21.—"“The relations be- tween Germany and Turkey have been severed according to direct informa- tion from Constantinople.” This announcement is made by the Copenhagen correspondent of the Ex- change Teiegraph Company. Excitement Against Germany. ! 'G;l_ldenséd- Tel;grams_ : British casualties last week' totaled 112,093 ofticers and men. An_eignt-foot shark was killed on ithe beach at Newport, R. L Three hundred thousand persons More than 500 ore laborers of Duluth, { Minn., are on strike for more wages. 1 ._Secretary Dani -boat is stil announces that a off the Atlantic coast. i for Lieut. {Rene Fonch has raised his total to 59. The United States has more than a | | The Congressmen abroad visited the American Red Cross hospital in France. The Dutch steamship Sirrah has left Rotterdam for New York for a cargo of grain. Five persons were wounded when six Allied airmen dropped bombs on Con- stantinople. The excitement against Germany,| The War Trade Board .announces the advices further say, has been|the addition of 217 names to the enemy growing, particularly after last week’s | trading list. = events. The Germans recently de- - manded the cruiser Hamidien, the | The 2,000,000 people of Petrograd are only larg: ship then in possession of |near starvation. Food is constantly Turkey , s compensation for the|growing scarcer. Lreslau, the former German cruiser, which was destroyed in the Dard: The municipality of Paris will offi- nelles while under the Turkish flag.|cially receive Food Administrator Despite ‘Turks the Hami- | Hoover en Aug. dieh has dei stopol with WASHINGTON OFFICIALS ARE NOT SURPRISED. Aware That Central Powers Had In- curred 1ii-Will of Turkey and Bulgari Washington, Jul between Turkey and doubt ' Austria is involved with Ge many in the di government— officials expressed night at the Copenhagen Turkey had severed relations. cial circles here for some time to serve both Turkey and Bulgaria the division of spoils resulting fro the enforced treaty Germany had incurred the ill-will both her allies. Following the conclusion of peace treaty with Rumania at J both Tmiey and Bulgaria laid clai to much of the territory which enemies. Adrianopie to Deadeagatch and sation,. Belief in Turkey-that favoritism was being shown Dulgaria by Germany the negotiatiorls, according to recent despatchs received here, caused rapid growth of anti-German feeling Constantinople. A cause of its submission control recently found expression Constantinople in food riots and muni- tions uprisings which have been stern- the military authori- ly suppressed by ties. That Turkey has become more and more weary of 'the war was indicated | 2ir brakes when a train passes a dan-| portions ith repeated =xpansion of in the failure of the latest Turkish |8er signal. the nation’s military programme, that loan in June. According to Swiss des- g the ailotments to “less _essential” patches, only 12,000,000 pounds w: General Manoury, who commanded | manufactudes must be continually re- obtained out of 32,000,000 pounds|the army if the “defence of Paris|duced J. L. Replogle, federal steel sought. against von Kluch in 1914 says that|administrator, announced here today. It was alse that the Turk most entirely by Germans, pointed out, and ties might sever relations with Ge . the army would remain tho; oughly German. Also reports been ble the cor nuation of the spread German propaganda among the Turk- ish peopl®. GERMAN SUBMARINES 200 MILES OFF THE COAST. | Three Trans-Atlantic Liners Report Attacks Made on Them. An Atlantic Port, July which trans-Atlantic liners tacked by German submarines, Atlantic coast, in latitude tude . 70.40. perior hours. The master of another vessel in port said today that three days ago Wire- less calls were caught by coming from a v asking for assi: his shi marine with telescopic masts and many respects was made up to imitate a sinking condition. a sailing. vessel ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR UNITED STATES SENATE Former Gov. Walsh of Massachusetts Qut For Democratic Nomination. ) g i Boston, July David I Walsh tonight resented by men who could to shoulder with President “to stand fearl which we are waging war.” HELD IN CONNECTION WITH $250,000 GEM THEFT | Louis Simon, a New Ycrk Jewel Under $20,000 Bond. y 29.—While no offi- cial notice of the breach of relations Germany—or, rather, the central powers, fcr without pute with the Ottoman reached Washingzton, litle surprise to- despatch from Londin saying that Germany and In offi- past it has been realized that in her efforts with Rumania the Ru- mania hzd been forced to cede to her included in these claims was the title to the railway running from his became the source of the sreatest ®n tention between the two allied nations. Germany for some time endeavored to induce the two countries to settle. this dispute amicably by suggesting that the nation which failed to obtain the rajlway should receive’other compen- shortage of food, weariness of the war and dissatisfac- tion with the Young Turk party be- to German; however, h army is officered al- that while the Turkish diplomatic authori- have ceived that the Constantinople m is permeated thoroughly ‘man_influence, making possi- 29.—Three arrived here today reported having been at- each of them when about 200 miles off the 8.55, longi- All three vessels by su- peed escaped undamaged after a running fight which lasted several ssel in plain sight x tance, but which upon closer obgervation proved to be a sub- -Former Governor announced himself a candidate for the democratic romination for United States senator. Mr. Walsh said that he was impelled to make this announcement because he believed that the state should be rep- be de- pended on not only to stand shoulder Wilson during the progress of the war, but also at th> conclusion of the struggle, y and forcibly for | those vital principles of democraey for Twenty persons were injured by be- ing swept off the running board of a B. R. T. street car by an automobile. Dr. Helfferich, the newly appointed German ambassador to Russia was ac- companied to Moscow by a battalion of 3| Hun soldiers. A record delivery by a single plan: of 7,000 army rifles in cne day last week was annouiced vesterday by the r. {war department. Ratification of the British and Can- adian recruiting treaties with the Unit- ed States will be exchanged in Lon- don next Tuesday. Colonel Thompson, U. S. A., retired, was appointed as supervisor of manu facturing arsenals succeeding Colonel S. E. Blunt, retired. One million Liberty Bonds of the first. second and third issues have been registered by the Treasury to insure against theft or loss. in m of "| American engineers have been or- dered to proceed from agasaki to Vladivostok to make repairs in the Chinese Eastern Railroad. ssiche Zeitung, declared that the big battle now in- progress in France must result in a decision. A girl of Atlanta who has a sweet- heart in France had a “beauty spot” V _shaped, with the infantry, put on her cheek. wi| The Bosch Magneto Co., of Spring- field, Mass. announced a voluntary in- :crease in wages of 10 per 1800 day and piece workers. a in British food officials at a conference with leaders in the packing industry in|in the United States complained that snipments. of beef were often taintea. The Railroad Administration is con- idering the installation of automatic top devices which would operate the the Germans were preparing to burn the capital. Several hundred people witnessed the launching of the first concrete boat to be completed in New York at Foug- ner Concrete Ship Building Co., on Flushing Bay. r- 2 John D. Ryan, director of aircraft production, announced that the pro- duction of spruce and fir must be doubled this vear to gain American supremacy in the air. of A despatch received at Amsterdam from Batavia says that exports of co- coa from the Rutch East Thdies to the United States have been stopped, says the Nieuw Rotterdam Courant. King Alexander of Greece had a row escape from death while riding When an enemy aviator dropped bomb which just missed the engine. Cadet George G. Kellar of Peoria, Iil., was instantly killed and Cadet George C. Henderson of Arlington, Mass. se- collided yesterday at Kelly field, Texas. The American Committee ‘or Ar- menian and Syrian Relief recefved a cablegram announcing the safe arri- val of Dr. Harry Pratt Judson of Chi- cigo, head of the American Comm sion for Kelief in Persia, and his as- sociates, in England ip in MORE THAN 250 U, S. Anglo-Saxon ' Activity. London, July 29. — which co-operation and comradeship are more marked and more than in the navy,” said Sir Eric Ged- des, first lord of the British admiralt: speaking todav at the America Luncheon club. “There are more than 250 American warships now based on this side” Sir Eric said, “and Mr. Roosevent (American assistant sec- retary of the navy), has assured us this number will increase faster in the future than in the past.” KING GEORGE OF ENGLAND PLAINTIFF'IN $1,022,006 SUIT V'Aglinst the Lehigh Valley Railroad | Co—Outsome of Black Tom Explo- z 3 ! plosion. New York. July 29.—Lou Simon, ) a jeweler indicted on the charge of. Newark, N. I, July 29— King receiying stolen goods was arraigned | George of Enwland is plaintiff in a here today and held in $20,000 bail in connection with last January from Company of Chicago. Simon is said to the H derson of Upper Montelair, N. J. $14,000 and to have negotiated the of another to the'same buyer. Mr. An- derson subsequently turned the jewels over to the authorities, the $250,000 gem lhefl.iheru today. asking $1, lar-Rose | agains{. the lehigh Val have sold a dia- mond and pearl necklace to Scott An- t fied «in the state supreme court company B in connection wi ruction of PBritish-owned 0 the disastrovs Biack Tom I explosion at Jersey Oity, in Jul The French rep: cntered ¢’ for $520,000. The damage aslke. these ‘and other actions begun today aggregate nearly $2,000,000, Erich Salzman, military critic for the ro§s rifles of the | cent for on a tram car from the Serbian front a riously injured when their airplanes WARSHIPS BASED IN EUROPE Co-operation and Comradeship Marks “There is no branch ot Anglo-Amerjcan activity in complete Plant Located at Garfield, N Second Largest Corporatign of the Government and the canized, Washington, July 29.—Sefzure of the Heyden Chemical works at' Garfield, N. J., secong largest corporation of its kind in the Umted States, with exclu- sive right to use many valuable Ger- man patents, processes and -formulas for the making of salol. sodium salicy- late, saccharine and other by-products of carbolic acid, was announced today by Alien Property Custodiah Palmer. The plant wili be operated for the government, Mr. Palmer said, and the patents und formulas Americanized. The Heyden works, which did a bus- . J.—Announcement Hafl; By Enemy Property Custodian DID A BUSINESS OF $4,000,000 LAST YEAR Its Kind in the United States —Had Exclu:ive Rights to Use Many Valuable German Patents and Formulas—The Plant Will Be Operated For Patents and Formulas Ameri- iness of $4,000,000 last year, were taken over, the custodian said, after an in- vestigation by Francis P. Garvan, di- rector of the bureau of investigation in the alien property custodian’s of- fice, revealed t{lt it was owned by the Chemische Fabrik Von Heyden of Radebeu!, Germany, the largest chem- ical company in the world, and that an effort to conceal the real owner- hip had been made in 1916 by George ton of Brookiyn, N. Y., representa- tive of the German company, aided by & T. Ellett Hodgskin, an attorney of New York city. HOUSE NAVAL COMMITTEE HAS ARRIVED IN LONDON Witnessed Joint Activities of British and Amcrican Navies. London, Jul The naval affair committee of the United Siates house of representatives, headed by Lemuel P. Padgetf, the chairman, has arrivel n Londoa after an uneventful vo: age on an American battleship. The committee was met by repre- ntatives of the Bri admiralty and_other officials, and before pro- ceeding to London visitel the nmava: bases and witnessed the joint activi- ties of the British and American na- s in those waters. The members of the commitiee to- day visitel Vice Admiral Sims, Am- bLassador Page and the first lord of the admiraity and were the guests of the American Club. They attended the del on the Irish question to- night in the house of commons. Commodore Guy Gaunt, formerly at- tached to the Pritish embassy in Washingten, has been delegated by the first jord of the admiralty to act as ort. The committee will remain in Englana for several davs and then will g0 to Oueenstown and afterwards to Franc» and Italy. Chairman Padgeit said that the committee were enthusiastic over what they already b rrouder than ever of America's ef- forts in tre war and happy to find such cordial relations batween Brit- ish and American seen, and.were NO CAUSE FOR ALARM | OVER THE STEEL SI‘TUATIONi But Allotments For “Less Essential”| Manufactures Must Be Reduced. New York, July 2—Demands_ of gov- ernment and private war industries for steel have reached such huge pro- ter conferring h | neral of ward United Bonner, A American Tron and Steel Institute. and heads of | Shipping Board: J. representing the the country's leading steel firms, de- | clared there was no cause for alarm | over the steel situation as it affects| ship building, munitions making and other activities vital to the war. Mr. Replogle said that the greaf- est difficulty the government faces is not a shortage of steel, in general. but inability of mills, owing to limited! equipment, to turn out the varietios of the product in greatest demand in sufficient quantity. This condition is being met as rapidly as possible, he asserted by turning out the required machine HELD ON CHARGE OF SHOOTING HIS WIFE Leroy Buffett of Madison Was Ar- rested at Saybrook. Madison, Conn, July 29.—Leroy Buffett who is charged with having shot his-w:fe tlast night arrested at Saybrook today and after a_brief hearing here today held by order of Coroner Mix to a t the outcome of | wife's wound. Buffet rode from ybrook to East River in an automo- tile, leaving the machine a quarter of a mile from the house of George Shipman, fer whom Mrs. Buffett work- ed. He had carried a parcel done up in paper. This proved to be a shot 2un, and he shot once at his wife as she sat at a window. This probably will he a mortal wound. At the time Mrs. Buffet was holding her taby in Eer arms but the infant was not hurt. Buffet was taken to New Haven jail Mrs. Buffet is in the New Haven hos pital. The couple had had a dis- agreement and the mother refused to give up the child. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FOOD CONTROLLERS Satisfactory Progress Made at Meet- | ings Held in London. | London, July 29.—The conference in London between the food controllers of the United Kingdom, United States, France and Italy is continuing its la- bors. Meetings are heing heid almost and it xpected that the con- trollers will _include their discussions by the end of the weel Satisfactory progress has. been made, and the establ'shment of an in- ter-allied - food council, composed ' of the controllers, is nos: an accemplished fact. A resolution adopted. toda phasizes they need for the elimination of waste, creased prod {up the stociis as insurance possibiiities. It concludes: We cannot admin‘ster the *fond problem on the basis of one year's wants, We must prepare for long con- tinuance, if we are to insure absolute ! victory.” | 'to brinz about the expul the county which were struck by iightnings will ; 1$25,000. Traffic in this efty was SEEK INCREASED PRICES FOR NEWS PRINT PAPER Manufacturers Have Appealed to the Federal Trade Commission. Washinston, July 29.—Paper manu- facturers foday appealed to the fed= eral Trade Commission for increased prices of nawsprint paper as of May 1. June 1 and Juiy 1. The American Newspaper Publishers Association ob- jected to a hearing, contending. that the commussion’s functions as arbiter on paper prices were suspended pend- ing a decision on the manufacturers’ appeal from the 33,10 a hundred- weight price fixed by the commission and effective last April 1. Without passing on the publishers' contention, the commission decided to hear evi- dence begitning tomotrow. 3 Henry A. Wise of New York. coun- sel for the manufacturers, said the increase was requested because of ad- vanced costs of labor and material and freight rates. Cost of wood for making paper, he told the commissien, has increased 35 per cent. The companies asking the Increase are the International Paper Company: the Gould Paper Company: the Min. nesota and Ontario Power Company. Limited; the Fort Frances Pulp and Paper Company,: Limited: the Spanich ip and Paper Mills. Limited; the lake Superior Pulp and Paper Cempany, Limited the Donnacona Paper Company, 1imited; The Abitibi Pulp and Paper Company, Limited; Price Brothers' Company, Limited; the TLaurentide Compan Limited: the Belzo-Canadjan Pulp and Paper Compan Pulp and Faper Company, Limited. FOOD ADMINISTRATION RELEASES HOUSEWIVES From Voluntary Pledges to Control Consumption of Wheat. Washington, July 29.—Another step toward partial resumption by the na- tion of its old* habit of eating was taken today by the food admimistra- tion in recleasing housewives from voluntary pledges to curtail the con- sumption of iwheat, This foliows closely the release Of hotels, restau- ants, clubs and dining cars serviced from their pledge, effective August 1. No change has been made, the food administrationp announced, in the half and half ruie, and purchasing of wheat flour will be required to continue the purchase ci an equal weight of wheat substitutes. Bakers still are required to make “Victory” bread, containing at least 25 per cent. wheat substitutes. Coming :n of the tnew wheat <rop has mado it possible for the release of voluntary wheat saving piedges, the administration said. . 500 CANS OF SMOKELESS . POWDER DESTROYED In a Series of Explosions at Union Metallic Powder Magazine, Bridge- port. Bridgeport, Conn., July 30. — Five hundred cans of smokeless powder were destroyved in a series of explo- sions that occurred at the _powdes magazines of the Union Metallic Cart= 1idge Company in the northeastern section of the city shortly after 11.30 . + night and did considera- ble da to the surrounding wood- land. The origin of the explosion is unknown as_officials of the concers refused to divulge any information late last night. No one was near the scene of the explasion at the time it * occurred. «'clock Iz BRITAIN DEFINES ITS AIMS REGARDING RUSEIA In Reply to the Provisional Govern- ment of Siberia. 4 London, July 30.—The British gov= ernment has defined its aims regard: ing Russia, in a reply to the pro- visional government of Siberia, accord= ing to tae Daily Mail's correspondent. at Viadivostok. The'statement as teles zraphed by the correspondent follows: “The aim of his majesty’s govern: ment is to secure the political and | economiic restoration of Russia without internal interference of any kind and’ ion of enemy, forces from Russian soil. His maje ty's government categorically declares that it has no intention of infringing to the slightest degree the territorial integrity of Russia.” HUNDREDS OF HOMES FLOODED AT ERIE, PA. Was Tied Up Scveral Hours by Storm. = Traffic Erie, homes Troper swept Pa., July 29.—Hundreds of.. have been fiooded and heavy, caused 1Y a storm whieh section - tonight. Mill s out of its banks and Garriz. g rising rapidly and flood! residences in the lowlands. Damag, to ngs in up for several hours by the storm. , Limited, and the Brompton ° ¢ . |