Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 31, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LiX—NO. 182 # POPULATION 29,919 5 - : NORWICH, CONN. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1918 AMERCAN LINE HAS MOVED TWO " MLES ORTHNA Made Advance in Fa;ce of Continued Heavy Oppositioh By Large Numbers of the Enemy ) SOLDIERS FROM MIDDLE U S ) WEST, EASTERN STATE The Germnas Apparently Are About to Aliempt to End Their Retreat From the Soissons-Rheims Salient By Offering Frontal Battle in Force to the Allied Armies — Violent Counter-Offensive Measures Already Are in Progress By the Germans Over Most of the Battle Front—Southwest of Ypres the Australian Troops Are Keeping Up Their At- tacks Against the Germans and Have Captured the Town —(of_Mnrris. £ (By The Associated Press.) American troops fighting north the Oureg river in the Soissons-Rheims salient have enlarged their brilliant pictory on Monday at Sergy, where they cut to pieces divisions of Ger- ny's picked troops and took and d the village against counter-at- ks, : 3 Votwithstanding continued heavy rition by guns, machine zuns and e numbers of teh enemy, scoldiers m the middle western and eastern states drove their line northward from Sergy Tuesday for a distance of about two miles and were resting at night on the slopes approaching the woods be- yond the town of Nesles. Where they stood at last accounts the Americans formed the apex of the long line run- ring across the salient. “While the bitter fighting was in pro- rress between the Americans and the Germans the French troops on both sides of the-fighting front also moved forward for. goodly gains northeast of Fere en Tardenois and east of Sergy. In the Nesles Forest the Germans are holding strong positions, from which they are shelling, but thus far ineffec-J tively, the menacing allied line before them. Outfought by the Americans. Prussian Guards and Bavarians were in the thick of the fizhting throughout Tuesday, but again they wera out- anoeuvred and. outfonzht by the mericans &nd dgaih suffared héavy wasualties. The Germans apparently are on the eve of attempting to end their retreat from the Soissons-Rheims saiient and turning and offering frontal hattle in force to the entente allied armies, The day of rear guard actions seems @rawing to a close. Violent counter- offensive measures against their an- tagon’sts already are in progress by the Germans over more of the battle front, and seemingly, for the present at lsast, the allied advance has been ma- terially slowed down. 4 R BT " g % g ! o) "9F Further Gains by Allies. Further gains have been made by the allies, ineluding the Americans, but only after the bitterest kind of fighting. And these gains have been copsiderably less in extent than those of previous days, before the Germans stiffened their retreating armies by rushing numerous fresh divisions to their aid between Soissons and Rheims. Partitularly heavy has bcen the fighting in the center of the saiient and on the right and left archor points of ths salient rescting respectively southwest of Rheims and south of Soissons. It is still on the two anchor points that the Germans are keeping a most watchful eye, fearful that the allied troops may yet press back the line and threaten the armies of the German crown prince with the pincer manoeuvre. Germans Made Slight Gain. Tn the center of the pocket. north of the Ourcq river the Germans in a counter-attack drove the Americans out of Cierges, but this slight gain was more than overcome later by the pen- etration of the Americans northward from Sergy. Beugneux, lying on the west side of the pocket northwest of Fere eh Tardenois, also was taken by the Germans, but later the French and Americans recaptured it and. with Grand Rozoy in their possession. they still hold vantage points for a scmall turning movement towards Fernp, which, if successful, would give them a goodly number of prisoners. Southwest of Rheims the Germans delivered a violent attack against the French from both sides of St. Eu- phraise. Their effort to capture the village, however, was futile, although they pushed their line slightly forward on the west side of it. Southwest of Ypres the Australian troops are keeping up their attacks against the Germans and have captur- ed the town of Merris and with it 169 and a number of trench mor- and ‘machine guns. The Germans at last reports were heavily hombard- ing the new positions of the British: SECOND BATTLE OF MARNE HAS ENTERED NEW PHASE hington Officials Believe Decision Canrot Long Be Delayed. W Washington, July 30.—The second battle of the Marne has entered a new phase. Both French and German offi- yjal statements tonight reflected the increased fury of the fighting for sev- eral days past, indicating to officials here that & new crisis is approacling. The decision cannot be long del though relatively small clanges e battle line were noted tonight. It was rot clear whether the enemy had reacaed 2 line on whicn he pro- ed, in posed to halt his withdrawal. The general trend of his present [front ilong the irregular line that now forms the bottom of the Aisne-Marne salient was regarded by most observ- ers, however, as not representing po- sitions of such nature as would iend themselves to a determined effort to bring the Anglo-French-American forces to a halt, The in‘ensity of the struggle and the vigor, with which picked German troops have been hurled forward In iocal counter-attacks rhowed conclu- sively the importance the German Bigh ' command attaches to holding ust for the moment at least. The re- ction appeared to center on the American spearhead, striking at the very center of the enemy position. It was quitn evident that the Germans tegarded this thrust as menacing. Official despatches did littie to clear up the situation. Officers based their views on press reports coming from London. Paris or the fighting fronts. These told of repcated attacks and counter-attack, but a summary of all reports s=omed to show that the € imang had failed to relieve their situ tion, although the rapidity of the ad- vance was reduced. The last available accounts indicated that the American jiositions southeast of Fere en Tarde- is had Leen retained. The fiercest hting of the battle appears to have saken place here with the ‘illage of Sergy as the storm center. « If the ‘merican spearhead is fur- ther advanced as a result of the pres- ant prolonged struggle, this. coupled with French and British dank opera- wons to the east and west,. would cre- dte a situation that might well force further German withdrawal to escape Snyvelopment. There was some fear, however, tLat the impetuosity of the ameriean froops night lead them too far forward in case of renewed suc- seeses, plecing them in danger in their turn to squeeze operations by se enemy 3UGAR GOING UP ONE CENT A POUND SOON to Meet Washington to Decide on Price for 1919, New York, July 30.—An increase to the consumer of one cent a pound in the price of sugar is indicated in a statement issued here today by George M. Ralph, chairman of the In- ternational Sugar Committee, after a sonference with representatives of the Tubgn government. Sugar acthoriti @f the Cuban and United States wov- ernments, will meet in. \\asi next .week to uecide on the 1919 price. iF Authori ington | ther in N TAX ON TOBACCO SURELY WILL BE DOUBLED House Committee Drafting the New $8,000,00 enue Bili. ‘Washington, July 30.—A ten per cent. tax on gross sales of manutacturers producers and importers of automo- biles, piano players, graphaphones, sporting goods, cosmetics, patent med- icines, cameras and similar articles was tentatively agreed upon today by the house ways and means committee, which is drafting the new $8,000 000,000 revenue bill. The present excise tax on most of these articles ranges around three per cent. and the increased tax- ation will produce an immensely great- er revenue from these sources, al- though no estimate was made of the total yield. Motor trucks will be tax- edp half the increased rate, on the ground that they are for business pur- poses and not in the same class wth passenger automobiles. The automobile tax was discussed at length. It was felt by some members of the committee that a large propor- tion of automobiles are used for bus- iness as weil as other purpeses, but it was agreed that it would be impos sible to differentiate. There was no ef- fort to put a tax on gasoline, although such a tax has been urged. There was some discussion by the committee today of the tobacco tax schedule. The treasury department has recommended the doubling of the pres- ent rates on tobacco. The committee wants more revenue than this would vield and will decide on the increases later. Data laid before the committee showed that consumvtion of cigars in this country is decreasing, while the consumption of cigarettes is mounting rapidly. The committee also had under con- sideration a tax on admissions to the theaters. operas and moving picture shows. Tt favored doubling the tax on admissions and club dues and also to impose a one cent tax on all admis- sions where the maximum ch not exceed 7 cents. Under ex all moving picture shows, theatres and other amusements whose maximum charge does not exceed five cents are exempt from the tax, ARRESTED AND HELD FOR THE GOVERNMENT New Haven Police Detain James Lees an Englishman, New Haven, Conm., July 20.—James Lees, alia, James Burrett-tee. former- ly of this city, was arresied tonight by the local police and he'd withou* bonds, on charges understood to have been preferred by the.government. The police and department of justice men both refused to discuss the case or to indicate the nature of the charges. The prisoner is an Englishman He came here from Canada several years ago. The family came into orominence about two years age when the young dawghter disappeared while on her way home from school. The parents had been estranged. Subseatently the ~hild was found livine with the fa- ew Orleans and was return- ed to the morher. }more good than harm. RD- OF SERGY % Cabled Paragraphs Missing Texas Aviator Returns. Paris, July 30 (by A. P.)-—-Rumors of the disappearance of Lieut. Wil- liam T. Ponder, of Texas, an aviator, have proved groundless. Ponder was forced to land during a reconnaissance over the German lines because of en- &ine trouble, .and for a time was un- able to rejoin the French fiving sec- tion to wkich he was attached tem- porarily. He turned up two days ago, however, rone the worse for his ex. Dperience. ELDERLY MAN KILLED BY 23§ LIGHTNING AT HARTFORD. Had Taken Refuge from Storm Under #w: a Tree in Colt Park. Hartford, Conn., July 30.—Joe Delu- o, between 60 and 70 years old, an employe of the park department, was struck by lightning at Colt park this afternoon and died ‘instantly. Deluro was working with a hoe when the storm began ang took refuge under a tree about 150 feet south of the en- trance to the park. Lightning struck the tree, barking it and then striking Deluro with fatal effect. Policeman John Whitfelt carried Deluro’s body to the caretaker’s house and summon- ed the coroner.. The police and park departments gave Deluro’s address as No. 20 Front street, but there is no such number. GROWING TOBACCO WAS DAMAGED BY WIND During a Severe Electrical Storm at Windsor Yesterday. Windsor, Conn,, July 30.—During a severe electric storm here late today lightning struck on the tobacce farm of J. J. Saunders and as a result a barn, a tobacco shed and a tool shed were consumed by fire doing damate of $10,000. The house owned by Fran% J. Harrington was also hit und dam- aged to the extent of $300. Growing tobacco was considerably bent by the force of the wind accompansing the sctorm but th's ill effect will be more than offset by the benefit of the heavy rain coming after a long season of extremely dry weather. HEAT WAVE BROKEN BY ELECTRICAL STORM Degrees in Less Than an Hour. Boston. July 30.—An electrical storm which covered the greater part of New England today removed the heat wave which had caused much sufering ir.! this district for nearly a week. In 1¢:s | than an hour the temperature in this city dropped fourteen degrees from $3 | degrees. | Violent squalls which marked the approach of the storm flattened out many acres of corn but it was believea | that truck gardens generally received | THREE PERSONS WERE KILLED BY LIGHTNINC In the State During Yesterday's Elec- trical Storm, New Haven. Conn., July 2).—Threr persons killed by more than cted and L v damage, swvere the outst.nding results tonight of an clectrical storm of considerabla in- tensity which swept over a large sec- tion of Connecticut' today. One mar was killed in Harcford. and A man and.a young girl in Glaston bury. TO PROTEST PLAN OF STANDARDIZATION OF WAGES Connecticut Manufacturers Vote to| Send a Committee to Washincton. Hartford, Conn., Ju necticut Manufacture today voted to send a commiitee seven to Washington tc pr against the plan of the War Indus‘ric:, Board for standardization of wage This acticn was taken at a attended Ly about 300 members timent expressed was that the pr system of wage adjustments w: erable to that of making 1 form for various localities ‘n view differences in living conditions The committee will be hcaded Ralph O. Wells, a lawyer of this PERMANENT COMMISSION OF FOOD CONTROLLERS on- ation of Al 30.—The Asso hy ity To Represent Great Britain, and the United States. France London, July 30.—It was announcec | tonight that the food controllers Great Britain, France, Ttaly and the United States, who have been holdin~ daily conferences here, have appoini-d a permanent commission, callcl committee of representatives. committee will study various program of fooq supply and transport and co- ordinate programs among the various commodities with shipping, and super- vise their execution. DETECTIVES ON TRAIL OF TRAIN ROBBEPRS| Who Robbed Safe of C. & O. Express| Train Near Charlottsville, Va. Charlottesville, Va., July 30.—Rail- road detectives were tonight working on clues whith may lead to the arr= | within 24 hours of the masked bandit | who robbed the safe of the westbound | Chesapeake and Ohio expres: er it left this station early tplay. Express officials have not announce the total amount missing. but the locs police are of the belief that around $135,000. A quantity of was left undisturbed. JAPANESE LINER ASHORE ON THE PACIFIC COAST. All the Passengers Have Been Taken | Safely Off. A Pacific Port, July 30—Wireless reports received here late today said that all of the passengers of the Jjap- anese liner Canada Marn, which went ashore on reefs during a dense fog early today, have been safely taken off. There was no loss of life. No details of the mishap were contained in the reports. TEN PAGES—70 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS Emhassies Barred From A_rchangel ALLIED DIPLOMATS HAVE AR- RIVED IN KANDAIASKA, LAPLAND PROVIDED Wl'l'H SHIPS It is Reported the Moscow Government Had Ordered That the Sailing of the Ambassadors Be Prevented. Kandalaska, Russian Lapland, July 30 (By The Associated Press).—The allied embassies which recently left Vologda for Archangel, wére not per- mitted to remain in Archangel and have arrived in Kandalaska. The embassies left Vologda July 25 in response to a message of M. Tchit- cherin, Bolshevik foreisn minister, de- claring that they were in great danger and, that a bombardment of Vologda was threatened for the next day. He urged the embassies to come to Mos- cow, but the ambassadors decided to proceed to Archangel, where they ex- pected to communicate with their gov- ernments. At Archangel the Soviet, acting un- der orders from Moscow, refused to permit the foreign representatives to remain, but placed two small Russian ships at their disposal, and aboard these they left July 28, escorted by a Russian trawler. on an uneventful voy- age across the White sea. On the night they were leaving Archangel it was reported that the Moscow zovernment had ordered that the sailing of the ambassadors be prevented. Reports Reach State Department. Washington. July 30.—Unconfirmed reports reached the state department today tnat Ambassador Francis has moved his headquarters from Vologda to Archengel. No direct word has been received from Mr. Francis and the state department has cabled him regarding the report. GEDDES GIVES REV(EW CF NAVAL SITUATION Defended Policy of Stertino National ‘ &hipb Yards. London, July —S8ir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British admiralty save the house of commons todoy a review of the naval situation, and particularly defended the policy of starting tional shipbuild.ng yards, in discussing the shipbuiluing pro- gramme in connection with the navy estimates, The first lord compared 1on toda. regarding hat of a year aZo. in tonnage, tons’ monf the situa- tonnage with Tien the net loss hs said, was 530,000 gross Submarines then were not beinv destroyed t as tie Germans were building them, while the merchant shipyards were short of men and material. Four nun.tred thousand tons net loss monthly was the Britishi deficit. Every vard that could take naval work had beem put on naval tuilding. Gradualy d t t the past year, Sir Eric conlinued, the position ~had chanted in many direction: Instead of losing ionnazc the world's net re- sult jn the last guarter had been ain rougnly of 106,003 tons a mont: The aliied and neutral world was as jwell off oan June 30 as on January 1 1918. This resuit, he declared, Deen obtained by reduced and increased buildings. The rednced sinkingz had been ar- rived at. le sai a greater pro- ductive effort devoted to warships and small cratt of an anti-submarine character. Nothing was included of commandzered or required *onnage in this resuit. he problem of a considerel by many a able and insoluble,” ved. ‘“Mercantile carrying power being sunk at-a rate whi have meonLt an in the war. an® Yhere was no tried rec :nized means of combatting the cam.- aizn. It was necessary to provide a uilding programme on a greatly in- st nunh: of men emploved on uction of warships and Sir Erie said, ‘s 150,000 merchantmen 120,000, had sinkings i b | WCNDERFUL PERFORMANCE Described by Reuter Correspondent With the American Army. Tonden. Jul- 20 —The Reuter cor- respendent with the American armv| cn the Aisnpe-Marne front sends follow: nnder Tuesda “Yesterday was a day ne. in which little actual progress the cantd he mada. The enemv. offered mose determined resistance It up frash troons. roughout yesterdav the enemy’s mach'ne gun fire scarcelv ceased, even hen apparently none of our men we-e in tho open. The fire swept every bit nf cover where thev might be expected to he and dnring the morning wss strongly backed by artillery. “Shortlv after they recaptured Ser- ©v the Americans advanced np the ravraw vallev djviding the hi'l behind Sergy, and after a fight, in which thy bavenet and butt were almost alone nsad toel: Meurcy Farm, about a mile up the valley. WA ey and held Seringes in great he village was also protect- ~d I+ machine gun nests on either ='de. The attack was an almost in- ~Aihle affajr for the coolness with whieh it was carried out and for the mera fact that it could be done under sfroneth. } =n-% conditions. “T-a aceaulting troons formed wup on the sonth side of the Ourvea on ~nan eronnd. The enemv opnened upon “~am a heavv fire of artillery and ma- “hina euns-along the slopes east and wost of the river. The ground in front ~f the enemy’s lines was ploughed hy “ne anemy's fire. hut the men forded tha river with Arilldike stendiness. “Tt was a wonderfnl performance for nv troons, astounding for troens so renentlv hlonded and as fine a test as anv to which the American army has hasn rut “The men went Tanas steadily up the silenced one after ancther the Gormnn machine gun nests. and swent on tn the ton of the hill, then. wheel- ine enctward. stormed the village. Tt was 2 ferce fizht. There was no asking ar ziving ouarter. The ‘enemy was stanthearted. and the Americdns: glad ¢~ find him-so. Thev wanted that sort of a finish to their ordeal. Some of tha Germans fled into Nestes Forest. Tha remainder are where they will remain —in the village.” 1,000,000 Tons Steel inNext Three Months — HAS BEEN CALLED FOR BY THE SHIPPING BOARDD AN INCREASE OF 250,000 The Increase is Desired So as to Pro- vide a Reserve of 1,330,000 Tons By November. Washington, July 30.-—Steel require- ments of the shipping board for the next three months call for 1,000,000 tons, an increase of 250,000 tons over the regular monthly schedule for that period. This increase is desired so as to provide a reserve of 1,330,000 tons by November. The requirements, it was learned to- night, were placed before the steel manufacturers of the country by Di- rector-General Schwab of the emer- gency fleet corporation at the meeting held "yesterday in New York. The reserv ock is regarded by Mr. Schwab as a stimulus to produc- tion and plans have been made to keep it intact. Allocation of the present reserve of 1,080,000 tons is fairly good, according to shipping board officials, althougsh several Pacific coast yards still are in need of sthel. SEVENTH RAISE IN WAGES FOR U. 8. STEEL LABORERS. Increase of About 10 Per Cent. Be- comes Effective Aug. 1. sy 30—Wage increases xim 10 per cent. and ef- fective on Aug. 1 will be granted by the United States Steel corporation to |laborers at its manufacturing plants, it was announced today by the cor- poration’s finance committee. Other wage rates will be equitably adjusted except in cases where recent advances have been made. Coal min- ing companies are not included in the v_increase, these employes have received similar advances, s the seventh raise in wages which Uaited States Steel operatives | i generally have received sirtce January | Of 1916 The seven increases aggre- gate 75 per cent. Six of them were for 10 per cent. and one, granted last March, was for 15 per cent. The sevem advances increase the corporation’s payroll by about three million dollars monthly as compared wit hthe latter part of 1915, according to unofficial estimates. Approximately 300,000 men will benefit. RECORD PROFITS MADE BY U. S. STEEL CORRORATION For the Second Quarter of 1918— Financial Statement Issued Yesterday. | New York, July 30—Profits in excess | of all previous records were made b, the Unit 5 Steel corporation for | the - of 1918, according atement issued after today's meeting of the directors Total earnings amounted to $62, out 60 per cent. of returns, for ac- count of federzl income and r taxes and a nominal sum for interest on bonds of sub: TV _companies. The engrmous federal appropriation or allowance includes $5 7162 the current quarter on the bas cxisting tax laws, and $32,000,000 for account of additional ta be imposed for the first six months under proposed federal legislation. Net income for the quarter amount- ed to $52,309.483, and payment of the regular quarterly dividends of 1 3-4 on the preferred stock and 1 1-4 regu- lar and the usual 3 per cent. extra bursement the common left a which may on balance of $19,017 375. KECOGN!ZING FIGHTING VALUE OF AMERICANS Berlin Vorwacrts Correspondent Says They Siould No: Be Urderrated. —The Berlin at the fron under date Amsterdam Vorwaer July 5 COrrespe the a following iy 2 the batile between the the Aisne and Marre the ontente the first time throw the fire i able to “The serried div T in the French ol {ments now in the been over z vear in others were oniy superfi ned in America und on the contine Theit equipment is excalicnt “The consepsus our front tromns value of the Ameri in no wise be under lfioaflf!vl‘ cof their American T and in high spirits. owing to the “ulsome flat- tery of tae French public, they rush into the fire with raive reckiessress, fut as they have not vet learned to {fisht in extended order ard how to protect thcmselves skilfully from ar- ltillery fire, their losses are immensely | heavier than the others.” WOULD MAKE MILK 16 1-2 CENTS A QUART IN BOSTON If Requests of Producers and Distrib- utors Are Granted. ‘Boston, July 30.—Milk producers and distributors today asked the regional milk commission to permit an advance of two cents a quart in the price of milk for ‘August. This would place milk at 16 -12 cents a quart for con- sumers in the Boston district. The producers want a cent and a half of the proposed increase and the dis- tributors half a cent. No decision was announced. HAD FIVE HOUR FIGHT WITH GERMAN SUBMARINE. Experience of a Tanker 600 Miles Off the New Jersey Coast. An Atlantic Port, July 30.—A tanker arrived here tonight after a five hour fight with a German submarine 600 miies off the New Jersey coast late lagt Friday. The ship's cook was wounded in one leg by shrapnel during the engagement. The U-boat, sighted when eight miles away, tried to head off the tank- er from the land and then opened fire, g(liat:h:l.x'smg about 200 shots. ! bases in Europe. | hearing, recommended that the strik- Condensed Telegrams | King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has Iefti the country, presumably for his health. Launchings from American shi yards for the week ended July totaled 15 ships. p- % Ligut. Bonsal made a record when he flew from Philadelphia to Belmont Park, in 42 minutes. The Siberian Government has been granted a loan of $250,000,000 by the Japanese government. The German General von Francois has been placed on the retired list for his failure at Soissons. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant Secretary of the Navy, had a long in- terview with King George. Brent Dow Allinson, a Chicago slacker, was sentenctd to 15 years at the Federal prison “in Rockford, Il Several hundred employes of the General Electric Co. at Lynn, Mass., who were on strike. returned to work. French and American troops have found a second emplacement for a super-cannon at Nanteuil-Notre Dame. The Vossische Zeitung of Berlin re- ports of a reduction in the weekly meat ration from 250 grammes to 200. T. M. Edwards, of Lowell, Mass, is among thuse reported wounded in the ‘anadian casualty list issued yester- day. Pencilled “l. 0. U.s” are being is- sued in Russia by several of the larger restaurants as legal tender in Petro- grad. . America’s war bill has reached $13,- 935877600. The war costing the United States nearly $2 000,000 .an hour. Official statements received at Am- | sterdam from Berlin report that Field\ Marshal Hindenburg is in excellent health. The House Ways -and Means Com- mittee decided that all men in uniform shall be exempt from railroad trans- portation tax. St | Back pay to employes has been paid | by the New York, New Haven and| Hartford railroad, under the order of| Director MicAdoo. Clarence Brown, . politician of state-wide 1 ominer publi-her of the Toledo Times, ed at Toledo, Ohio. The internal situation in Switzer- | land is becoming grave as the r it of | a clash between labor organizations and federal authorities. atiorney, | i The White House is being flooded with petitions and letters in behalf of Thomas Mooney, under sentence of | death in San Francisco. | n The Western Union in New York pleaded ' not guilty to indictments | charging the sending of night wire let- | ters by messengers on trains. Bruno Opperman, an alien enemy, was arrested on his farm at English- | town. , on suspicion of signalling, submarines off the Jersey coast. The names of cleven Americans ap- peared on the Canadian casualty list. One was killed in action, one died from disease and nine were wounded. American soldiers in England have been ordered to turn over all of their sombrero hats to the Quartermaster’s | Department and wear the “oversea Many members of Queen Mary’s | Auxiliary Army. Corps have been at-| tached to the Amer n armies in France and are doing extremely work, fine lives were lost when the | steamer Giuseppe Garibaldi was | sunk J ¢ 24, wrile carrying a cargo ! of wheat from Buenos Aires to Rio| De Janiero. Seven Italian Major John Biddle, commanding the | American forces in the United King: d: has been made a knight com. of the Bath. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant se retary of the navy, announced in speech in London that more than | American_w ps have permanent Dr. W. H. Murless of Guilford has | been appointed by Governor Holcomb trusice of the Henry Whitfield house in Guilford in the piace of Edward C. Seward, deceased. : Investigation into the cause of a se- res of powder flares at Bridgevort, which destroyed 500 pounds of smoke- less powder, resulting in a loss of $ 500 last n:ght disclosed thay the fires were of an accidental nature, The Massachusetts board of arbitra- tion and conciliation, after a two days’ |ing shoe cutters in Brockton and vi- cinity return to work pending negotia- tions for an increase in wages., Loomis Scofield of New Canaan, Conn., was elected chairman of the National Association of Naval Veter- | ping board, mander of the Most Honorable Order | New England Fuel Supplyis Threatened BECAUSE OF INCREASING DE- MANDS FOR COAL OVERSEAS BEHIND IN SHIPMENTS Bituminous Production in the Fields Assigned to Supply This District is Far Behind the Amount Estimated, Washington, July 30.—Increasing de~ mands for coal from overseas and for the Emergency Fleet, Army, Navy and other government operations threaten seriously the New England fuel sup- ply_for next winter. Coal shipments to New England, it became known to- day, are now behind the' scheduled figures on the ratio of production nec- essary to supply the needs of the dis- trict. Falling Off in Production. Bituminous coal production in Penn- sylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, the three states assigned to supply the New England district, was on July 13 at a ratio of 77,000,000 tons for tha coal year beginning April 1, while pro- duction on that date should have been at the rate of 91,600,000 tons. Out of the allotment for New England coal must come also for the emergency fleet, army, navy and oversea ship- ment. Part of the production from Ohio fields probably will be diverted to New England to relieve the situa- tion. These facts were brought out at a conference here today attended by Chairman Baruch, of the War Indust- ries Board, Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board, and Representatives of the railroad administration, in addition to Federal Administrator Garfield and the New England administrators. Tentative allotments for New Eng- land and other section of the country which have never been made public, were considered. Storrow Protests Curtailment. J. J. Storrow, fuel administrator for all of New England, is said to have represented at the meeting that the situation in New England would not permit any cutting of the allotmen. This was in response to a suggestion that his territory had been granted a greater allowance than needed. Chairman Hurley of the shipping board and representatives of the rail- road administration were present to devise means to get coal promptly to New York and New Engiand. Shortage in Storage Coal. At the shipping board it was said today there is no summer coal short- age in the New England states, but there was a serious shortage in storage coal which is usually accumulated during the summer months. for- the.- winter. This is due, it was said, to failure of the fields to produce coal in sufficient_quantity. Emept ships await- ing coal for New England, it was said, have been at Hampton Roads for sev- eral weeks and at one time recently there . were 17 coal ships there wun- able to get coal for New England. Ships Awaiting Bunker Coal. Ships are now awaiting bunker coal at Baltimore and Norfolk, shipping board officials said. The production the eastern field is less than fhe ure set by the fuel administration as necessary, but that in Indiana, Illinois and Ohio is ahead of the mark set. The demand for coal by the ship- it was pointed out, wiil increase with the progress of the Em- ergency fleet building programme. CAPT. AUBREY W. VAUGHAN OF THE U. 8. A. INDICTEL For Conspiracy in Connection With Contracts for Raincoats, New York, i July 30.—Aubrey W. Vaughan, a captain in the quarter- maste! corps of the United States was indicted today bp a fed- 1 grand jury on a charge of con- ng to defraud the government in nnection with contracts for rain- coats. Indicted also were Felix Gouled, a manufacturer, who was arrested last week with nearly a score of other men in connection with the governrgent's inquiry into alleged frauds in con- tracts and David L. Podell, a lawyer. ptain Vaughan in his official posi- tion received bids from manufactuPers of shoes, leather and rubber goods. There are two counts in the indict- ments against the three men. The first charges ‘“‘conspiracy to defrauc and to commit an offense against the United States” and the second “using the mails in a scheme to defratd.” The indictments allege that Gouled had an agreement with Captain Vaughan, who is attached to the sup- ply and equipment division of the quartermaster general's office in Wash- ington, whereby Gouled was to assure raincoat manufacturers he could ge! government contracts for them, on the payment to Gouled of a “commission.” These “commissions,” according ta the indictment, were to be turned- avet to Vaughan, “and divided among divers officers of the United States.” According to the indictments, the part Podell was to play in the alleged ans at Asbury Park, N. J., at its 33d annual convention. ~Resolutions were adopted pledging aid and loyalty to the government. Winchendon (Mass.) town farm was destroyed by fire started by lightning at 11 o'clock yesterday, causing a loss estimated at $25,000. The inmates, many of them old and feeble, were re- moved to safety by Warden Edgar S. Chase and his wife. An increase of 25 per ceat. in freight rates between New York city and New York Haven, Conn., and also an ad- vance of five cents a hundred weight in drayage charges were asked of the interstate Commerce Commission, by the Starin New Haven Steariboat line. RUBBER MANUFACTURERS TO MEET WAR TRADE DMRD To Discuss Production and Distribu-| tion of the Product. New York, July 30.—Three hundred rubber manufacturers from all parts of the United States will meet repre- sentatives of the war trade board here tomorrow to discuss the allocation of the amount of rubber to be produced by various plants for the next twelve months. Possible curtailment of the manufacture of automobile tires will be another topic. The conference will be held under the auspices of the Rubber Associa- tion of Amerigca. conspiracy was to ‘“prepare certain contracts and agreements for the pur- pose of concealing the true nature and characters of the transactions to be carried out.” Gouled was arrested on July 22, when seventeen raincoat manufactur- ers were taken into custody by agents of the department of justice, and was released on $20,000 bail. COURT DECISION OF - INTEREST TO BATHERS: Owners of Beaches Have No Right to Insist on Use of Houses by Bathers. New York, July 30.—Fences barring the public from bathing beaches in this state must be removed, according to a decision handed down in Brook- lyn today by Supreme Court Justice Benedict. Ruling that such fences are illegal, the court explained that while a charge may be made -for the use of bathing pavilions, owners of these pavilions have no right to-bar from the peach anyone not wishing to use bath- houses or other facilities. “The doctrine of ‘vested rights’ has many applications in the law, but not infrequently it is made use of to pro- tect vested wrongs,” said Justice Ben- edict. A farmers’ market startsd about weeks ago by a rfumber of women at Woodbury, N. I, is a suc- reported a | cess by the Department of, Agriculture.