Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 2, 1918, Page 1

”» &« Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 184 : POPULATION 29,919 " NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918 10 PAGES—74 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS ALLIED FORCES RESUME THE OFFENSIVE; MAKE NOTABLE GAINS IN TWO SEGTORS Allied Successes Appear to Place the German Armies in Front of Them in a Precarious Condition MOST IMPORTANT GAIN SOUTHEAST OF FERE Northwest of Fere the Entire Elbow of the German Line Where It Turned Eastward Has Been Blotted Out, Giv- ing the Allies Better Ground Over Which to Work in Further Outflanking Soissons in the Southeast — The Germans Contested Stubbornly the Advance of the Al- lied Troops — Since July 15 the Entente Forces Have Taken More Than 34,000 German Prisoners—Mutual Bombardments Are Réported on British Front in Fland- ers and France—Vienna Claims Austrian Troops in Al- bania Have Forced the Italians to Give Ground. Associated Press.) period of relative calm the | the tle front again have been the scenes of miehty Soissons-Rheims salient tra and western sections of Zles. rs the allied d notable gains of ground ved on the war maps, the German armies in n precarious positions. < extending from the region south of Soissons to the en Tardenois and of the last named town over he upper portion of the left hranch of V™ =alient running ten miles east- from Nesles to Ville en Tarde- forces s and with St. Gemme as its south- base, American, French and Brit- sh troops pushed back the rmies of the German crown prince. Allies Straighten Line. Northwest of Fi the entire elbow the line where it turned eastward ong the morthern bank of the Onrcq has been blotted ont, making the line a trajeht from Fere to Hartennes % the allies mnch better er which to work in furth- Soissons on the south- pressing on toward Fis- junction with the troop: the Americans, now hoid tegic points ndrth and north Fere fichting the allied troops the Germans who had been sly holding positions between eu and the river and took ground north of Grand Rozoy. pressed on past the village of Begu- neux and arrives before the villages of “ramoiselle and Cramaille. The gen- eral advance was ahout two miles, and six hundred Germans were made nris Germans in Precarious Plight. The most important gain, however, upper western point of the east of Fere. Here the vil age of Cierzes and the Meuniere Wood both were taken, a manuoeuvre which places the Germans at the bot- at St. Gemmes in a precarious plight. from the llage the allied suns will rake the Germans. if they endeavor to make their way rorthward. their only avenue of escape v an enfilad! fire. Through the cap- Meuniere Wood the width o7 the “¥™ from the fringes of the for- to Romi: the east, has been + down relatively to four miles. 34000 Germans Prisoner. As has heon the case during the past week, the ( ‘mans contested stubborn- the advance of the allied troops, ¢ ai lto no avail. Since the battle of the Marne began July 15 the a troops ve taken more than 34,000 soner. part the Ame; Thursday’s folded Cermans ican troops battle has not but they doubtless enter of the battle thick of the fray. Cierges, respec- heast of Fere, made boodly 2wy the the Bombardments in France and Fland- t drving out the ermans are bom- barding heavily various positions held by Field Marshal Haig's men, who in T are answering the fire of the en- Funs and keepimg up with much their annoying raids into the ghting. 1t is office ire being pursued by lans the Austrians AMERICAN TROOPS OVERCOME RESISTANCE OF GERMANS Nesles Forest i Under Range of the American Heavy Guns. With the American Army on .the Aisne-Marne Front, Aug. 1, 8 p. m— By The Assoctated Press) — The American troops m Tines at certain points Thursday on the center of the Rheims-Soissons salient, ptwithstanding the resistance of fthe Germans, who did not give ground on pome sectors until thev actually had been shot from their positions. The Germans are desperately cling- Ing to their strongholds at Nesles and in the Bois Meuniere, northeast of Roncheres, but the Americans have a hold on the northern edge of the Meumere Wood, The Nesies forest &= under the range of the American Dheavy guns. Germans Rushing Up Reinforcements. Aviators report that the Germans pre rushing op reinforcements, includ- 8z tanks. The enemy’s heavy guns are hed forward their | | heavy pounding the Nesles Woods unmercifully. Observers and prisoners who heen brought behind the lines previ- the forests as having been jammed with German troops and also with large quantities of supplies. ously reported The German losses must have been guns started shelling the woods several davs ago. The allied troops continued today to encounter barber wire, Between Ser- inges and Sergy fields the tions of wire creek crossings and very and Meuniere in men therefore as the great, To Double Tax on Tobacco, Theaters —_— BILLIARD AND POOL PARLORS Cabled Paragraphs ; Peruvian Cabinet Has Resigned. cabinet has resigned. GERMAN RETREAT IS ‘'WARD FROM LAUNOY. northward along the road Tardenois. The attack by the allied which brought them such good tanks. villages, each of which had aid of machine guns. had lages of Courdoux, Servenay Lima, Peru, Aug. 1—The Peruvian NO LONGER ORDERLY FLEEING PRECIPITATELY NORTH- With the French Army in France, Aug. 1—(By The Associated Press— Evening.)—With the fall of darkness | tonight fighting continued between the allies and the Germans on the western side of the Soissons-Rheims salient. Allied observers reported that bodies of Germans were fleeing precipitately leading from Launoy, which lies about mid- way between Soissons and Fere en forces, re- sults during the day, started at four o'clock this morning, with the aid of The British joined with the French in attacking the woods, thickets and been transformed into a fortress, with the By six o’ciock Hill 205 and the vil- and Cramoiselles had fallen before the de- termined allied assults and prisoners were coming in. By seven o'clock the advance was so marked that the Brit- ish and French batteries were able to go forward to new positions. The Ger- mans’ guns replied feebly. but their| AND BOWLING ALLEYS IN NEW REVENUE BILL House Ways and Means Committee Also One Cent Tax on Retail Sales of Mail Order Agrees on Per Houses Doing More Than $100,000 Annual Business. ‘Washington, Aug. 1.—Doubling the present special facturers of tobacco, arettes and increased taxation of brokers, theatres and other amuse- ments, billiard and pool parlors, bow! ing alleys and capitalization of cor- porations, were agreed on by the hou: ways and meams committee today in framing the $8 000,000 000 revenue bill. A new tax of one per cent. on retail sales of mail order houses doinz more than $100,000 annual business, was an- nounced, Pullman seats and berths and passenger rates will be subjeci to a uniform tax of eight per cent. Stamp taxes were undisturbed. Chairman Kitchin after the com- mittee adjourn=d, summarized the sit- uation as follows: Kitchin Summarizes Situation. “We have put a tax of one per cent. on retail sales of mail order houses that has above $100,000 annual bu: of taxes on manu- cigars and cig- ness. We have increased the special taxes. Brokers now under a special tax of $30 will pay an annual tax of $100 and if they are members of a stock exchange, or board of trade engaged in buying and selling, will pay $250 annually. We have increased the tax on pawnbrokers from to $100: ship brokers from $20 to $50: custom house brokers from $10 to $50. Taxes Doubled. “Theatres, including movinz picture shows. museums, and concert halls OV R havis a seating capacity of not over othere were woven | mitrailleuses were very numerous. | 320 i s 5 canat i horensen e ihe valleys| The enemy counter-attacked furi-|from $23 to $30: seating capacity be- German's machine gunners held their commanding positions until the heavy zuns of the French and Ameri- cans’ blasted away through the wire and ousted the enemy from his posi- Some of the ememy. machine gunners stuck to their posts terrific open and the showed great courage. To the north of Clerges the Ameri- cans algo advanced their line. The fight began early Thursday for the posses- sion of a farm: from which the Amer- cians swept away the Germans. North of Sergy the Americans crossed wheat fields that had been planted by French peasants, the crops of which had heen garnered by What remained of the wheat was re- partially Anwrican many the covered by the Americans. Numerous Battles in the Air. There was much throughout Thursday. sent out large numbers of who appeared to be determined to pro- tect the forests from the allied air- men. There were numerous battles in the air, aerial SITUATION HAS CHANGED Finnish Population is Now Intehsely IN NORTHERN RUSSIA Hostile to the Germans. London, Aug. 1.—There are indica- tions that the situation has changed last three weeks in northern Russia and that the Germans shortly will begin an offensive against the southern part of the Murman Rail The Finnish population is now in the way. intensely hostile to the pose they will co-operate with Germans. The Germans have induced the Boi- government to cession of the whole of the Murman coast to Finland, notwithstanding the desire of the inhabitants to remain The Finnish army capable of undertaking an offensive probably sheviki Russtan does not exceed 30,000 men. In the Ukraine the peasant rising | UP 10 43. A far greater proportion of has assumed large proportions and | R between 31 and 45 have independ- apparently seriously menaces tho | SNt incomes than is trie with the men German and Austrian communications. The peasants are destroying the rail- roads and have blown up the bridge Kiev. The Austrian troops in the district have been unable southeast of to_control them. In the Caucasus there is great fric- tion between the Germans and Turks. The Germans are trying to prevent the Turks from occupying Baku, on which a Turkish attack appears to be imminert. Baku is lightly garrisoned Armenians and Boisheviki by probably will fall. There is evidence of growing dis- couragement in Budgaria which is said to be due chiefly to the exploitations of the Bulgarans by the Germans. FRENCH AND BRITISH Are Within Five Miles of Only Rail- road Germans Can Use For Main- TROOPS FORGE AHEAD taiming Communications, under | fire until they were killed. Americans Pushed Germans Back. The Anierican heavy artillery com- mands the village of Chamer: east of Sergy, the Americans having wrested the hill beyond the last named village from the Germans in a battle lasting for hours. The 1 back and forth Americans eventually pushed the Ger- mans back. This fighting was in the infantrymen , north- s swayed times but the Germans. Fetivity The Germans | aviators, Germans. There is a great shortage of food and the people are entirely dependent on he entente for sustenance. vernment ‘and the army, are completely under German con- trol. and there is every reason to sup- Both the however, agree to the up by the allied infantry. TO CONSIDER EXTENSION Recalled to Washington. Washington, ment the ar: Aug. back up the forces already at week. Member: committees have been Washington by to recalled pedite the bill committee, that his increased project was virtually ready, Secreta any way the is planning essary to secure assent of them. I a conference with Mr. Dent th: this Senator Chamberlain as soon as gets back. “A surgestion revised, they will have to be it will be both.” The only specific information garding the new age limits to and 36 will be recommended. From the purely this has been a b o8 war of modern’ warf are. Older men more limited use to the army. be called out of the higher age: below 31 tor for exemption to that extent, PROTESTS FROM NEW Interstate Commerce Commission. Aug. changes in freight c heard here today by que, examiner, of the Inte merce Commission. It was and tion Relpful waking rector General McAdoo. Shippers registering given until November 1 to the commission York. With the French Army in France, = Aug. 1L—(By The Associated Press— General Mangin, with the French and British troops of his com- mand, is fighting a severe battle north of the Ourcq river and s making con- siderable progress. After taking tbe village of Grand Rozoy, northwest of Fere en Tarde- nois, the allied troops advanced to the Plessiere Wood, where the combat- ants are in the closest of grips and is extraordinarily The heights north of Grand Rozoy, have fallen into the handg of the al- Evening). the combat lies_ and at several taining points the alled toops have approached miles of the railroad leading to Ba- 7oches, whica is the only railroad that can be used by the Germans for main- within commumications. frerce, FIRE LOSS OF MORE THAN Corporation of Glens Falls, N. Y. more than $75 broke out at 3 and which is ill raging. London, Aug. l—Andrew Law, government spokesman five in er rate than heretofore. ously from Bubancy and Eveque Wood, | but their efforts were splendidly held ! By evening the allies had occupied | Cramaille, northwest of Fere en Tar- denois and the hillocks to the north of OF DRAFT AGES NEXT WEEK Members of Two Military Committees 1—~War depart- recommsndations for enlarging. and for the extension of the draft age limitations in order to pro- vide new reservoirs of man power to the front will be laid before congress next of the two military to the chairmen in order In announcing following a_ confer- ence with Chairman'Dent, of the house army Baker would not say what age limits had been settled on, nor indicate in e of the army which he “T don't want to say what the ages will be,” he said, “because the concur- rent action of the two houses is nec- morning @nd went over wth him the full plan, involving the suggested ages. I am to have a conference with he to extend the draft ages is to produce in class one an ade- quate number of men for the enlarged military programme. If the ages are either below 21 or above 31, or both. I think re- be drawn from Mr. Baker was a state- ment that the limits of 19 to 40 had been among the suggestions canvass- ed but rejected. In many quarters it is believed extension to the ages of 19 army standpoint from the start. The quick recuperative powers of youth have been vitally necessary to the military machine under the strain are slower to recover and are, therefore, of On the other hand, however, there are a great number of men who could even reducing the dependcnts fac- ENGLAND SHIPPERS HEARD By Examiner William A. Bisque of the 1.—Protests from New ppers against proposed sifications were William A. Bis- ate Com- announced that the principal purpose of the hear- ing was to guther facts and informa- in its recommendations to Di- protests were to file briefs in_support of their chaims for changes. This is the first of ten hearings to be given throughout the country. The second is to be held August 5 in New $750,000 IN PULP WOOD Saffered by Union Bag and Paper| Glens Falls. N. Y, Aug. 1.—A loss of 000 in pulp wood was| suffered by the Union Bag and Paper | Corporation as a resnit of a fire which o'clock this afternoon Bonar the house of commons, stated in the low- er house today that German subma- rines were being sunk at a far great- tween 250 and 500, increased from $50 to $100: 500 to %00 seating capacity creased from $75 to $130 and all over 700 capacity increased from $100 to $200 annual tax. We have doubled the present special taxes on theatres. cir- cuses, bowling alleys, billiard and pool places, and on manufacturers of to- bacco, cigars and cigarettes. Taxes on Exchanges. “We have put a new specia! tax on saies of seats on stock and produce exchanges of ten per cent. on the Sale price of the seats, and on anrual dues of these exchanges a tax of 20 per cent. on the amount of the dues. This is to put them on the same basis as clubs and sther organizations alread: put under tax. = “Pullman seats and berths ‘are un- der present law taxed ten per cent. and passenger rates & per cent.. of the amounts paid for tickets or coupons. We today agreed to make the tax on both of these $ per'cent. This was at the request of the director general of railfoads, who wanted the taxes op them made the same to simplify the mileage coupons about to be issued. We imposed a tax of 10 per cent. on the sales of vachts. Stamp Taxes Unchanged. “We considered the stamp taxes in as at present.” A proposal to tax cotton was reject- Moore, Pennsylvania, proposed a tax of $3 per bale, which he contended would produce $33,000,000 a year rev- enue but its opponents immediately suggested tax on grain an anthracite coal and similar articles produced in the north. Only Representatives Moore and Fairchild, New York. voted for it. Mr. Moore also proposed a tax on dogs, which the committee voted down. AN I. W. W. SECRETARY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY Ernest Krohn of New York Says He Neglected to Register Through “Carelessness.” New York, Aus. 1—Ernst Krohn, secretary of the I. W. W. branch in this city, who was taken toaay to the enemy alien bureau, declared that it was “just carelessness” that kept him from registering as an alien and from taking out his first citizenship papers. His internment as a dangerous ene- my alien has been recommended According to the federal authorities, Krohn was born in Koenigsbers, Ger- many, 43 years ago. After having gone to Shankhai as an engineer on a German steamer, he shipped on the United States collier Saturn and came to this country in 1903. Since then, it was said, he had worked as a ma- chinist in various cities. He asserted that he did not care who won the war and said he joined the I, . W. which he characterized as “a bunch of dreamers and freaks,” 1o serve his “own purpose.” NEW HAVEN MOTORCYCLE POLICEMEN UNDER ARREST Charged With Conspiring to Extort Money From Motorists. New Haven, Conn;, Aug. 1—Michael Peecher, 31, and Patrick Coilins, 29, motorcycle ‘policemen of this city, were arrested tonight or warrants charging them with conspiring to_ex- tort monmey from rmwtorists. They were held under bonds for a hearing in the city court. It is alleged that their practice was for one to stop a motorist and_accuse him of speeding. The other officer would then appear and, pesing as a superior, enter into the ' discussion and, it is alleged, the suggestion was then made that a money consideration would permit the motorist to proceed. The accused officers asserted their innocence and that the charzes were the work of disgruntied automobile drivers. HEALTH OF TROOPS IN FRANCE IS GOOD. Death Rate for Week Lowest Recorded Since Last October. Washington, Aug. 1.—The health of ; troops in the training camps and can- | tonments of the Uniied .States during the week ended July 26 was character- izeq as good in the weekly report is- sued today by the war department. The death rate for the week was 2 the lowest recorded since last Octol Deaths numbered 104. the present law and they will remain | ed almost unanimously. Representative | | ments Capt.A.W.Vaughan Has Pleaded Guilty TO CONSPIRACY IN ARMY RAIN- COAT CONTRACTS ACCEPTED COMMISSIONS Has Agreed to Become a Federal Wit- ness—His Counsel Says He Is Ready to Make a Full Confession—Has Ex- i onerated Other Army Officers From Suspicion. New York, Auz .1—Important dis- closures in the alleged conspiracy of army raincoat manufacturers to make large profits by delivering inferior 800ds to the government were indi- ited today when Captain Aubrey W. Vaughan, a quartermaster corps offi- , indicted in connection with the case, pleaded guiity and agreed to be- come a fedes witn He had pleaded not guilty when arraigned yesterday. Vaughan was charged with having accepted commissions, which 1ater were ailezed to have becn divided with other army officers, for pre ing raincoat contracts for Felix. led, a Weehawken, N. J., manufac- turer. Ready to Make Full Admission. _His counsel asserted in court that Vaughan was ready to e a full admission of the facts. His testimony was taken iater at the United States district attorney’s office, and it was said that the witness had exonerated cther army officers from suspicion. Millions of Dollars Invelved. Millions of dollars were Involved, according to federal officiale, in con- tracts of several manufacturers, which are under investigation as part of an #lleged cons; i ale of sol- diers ts to the overnment Jo: president of the Pines Rubber fy,” was arraigned in federal court, chargel with s bribing a federal inspector to pass inferior rubber zoods designed for army rain coats. wa Pines pleaded released under DETAILS OF MURDER OF MARSHAL VON EICHHORN Assassins Showed Boldness, as Ger- man Sentries Were Necarby. not guilty $5,000 bail. an. Amsterdam A murder of Von Eicbhorn, who, Captain Bon Dressler, ssinated on Tuesday at Kiev, as effected with great boidness, the erlin Vo: che Zeitunz says, The distriet in which the field marshal re. sided and in which the murder oc curred is only a short distance from the Casino ard was guarded by Ger man sentries, fthe newspaper points| out. After the assassination, che Zeitung continues General Sko- ropadski, the hetman o the Ukraine, went to the spot and made arrange- for proper attertions to the field marshal and hi Later the hetman visited the German minister and expressed his sincere regret over the crime. A manifesto which he is sued declares the indignation of the Ukranian government at the murder and laments that “a great friend of Ukrainian independence had fallen by the hand of the enemy.” There is evidence, the newspaper @dds, that an attempt on the life of the hetman aiso had been pianned. the Vossis- ALEXANDRO M. CASTRO ARRESTED AT BRIDGEPORT Had Written Letters to Peru Stating This Country Was “Panic Stricken.” Hartford, Conn., Aug. 1—Alexander Malino Castro, who savs he is a Pe- ruvian, was arrested in Bridgeport to- day by federal officers and brought to this city, where b is held under $10,- 660 bon it arraignment be- fore United States Commissioner Hugh Lavery at Bridgeport. It is al leged that he has been writing lette to Pern in which he stated that this country was “panic-stricken,” that the government and the White House was “in despair and siving frantic orders” to protect various cities and the coast from Zeppelins and submarines, and that New York was ‘in fear of aerial attack: He has been working in Bridgegort a part of the time at the Remington plant. Intercepted letters, it satd, led to his arrest LLOYD GEORGE TALKS OF “AFTER THE WAR” In Addressing Delegates of National Union of Manufacturers. London, Aug. 1.—*No man should boast until the battle is over. But all men who know are pleased at the way it is going. Premier Lioyd George thus comment- ed. in addressing a deputation of 200 members of the Naional Union of Manufacturers, whom he met yester- day for a discussion of after-the-war commercial problems. After discussing the necessi promoting after-war-industries tial to the country economically militarly, the premier continued: “The longer the war lasts the stern- er must be the economic terms we im- pose on the foe. I think the sooner he realizes that the better. He is fight- ing in order to impese his own econ- omic terms on the allies. He will nev- er succeed in doing “So far as that is concerned, we must be in a position to determine tie conditions which we regard as fair, without haying them imposed upon us Dby the will of the enemy. “If he goes on fighting, imposing | greater burdens on us, destroving our Young manhood and guilty al<o of out.- | rages which shock humanity, and | makes it difficult to shake hands with | him when the war is over, sterner will | be the terms imposed upon him.” GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION OF FISHING FLEETS | was strictly neutral. Condensed Telegrams The output of potash in Germany is estimated at 1,056,500 tons. Two Greek missions are in Paris on their way to the United States. Since March 21, the British have tak- en 14,300 prisoners on the west front. The Soviet Government at Moscow has issued a decree against anti-Semi- tism. The American Red Cross has opened its seventh hospital six miles from Paris. Shipping in Montevideo, Uruguay, is paralyzed as the resuit of a strike of 18,000 laborers. The War Labor Board announced that no minimum wage would be es- tablished now. . As a means of reviving British trade after the war preferential tariffs are being discussed. The French military mission sent to train the Guatemalan army has arrived in Guatemala Cit William H. White, president of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad, has resigned. Brigadier General Cornelius Vander- bilt of the 27th Division, United States Army, was in w York. The cost of making bread in Canada showed a decrease of one-sixteenth of a cent for the month of May. Tin imports for the fiscal year ended June 1918, were 69,731 long tons compared with 67,529 tons in 1916. The French Government has be- stowed the Chevalier of the Legion of Honor decoration on Otto H. Kahn. Every doctor in Stockholm is report- ed hurrying from house to house to check the attack of “Spanish grip.” British casualties for the month of July showed a decrease. The list con- tained the names of 67.291 officers and men A collision of two German railway trains between Scheidemuls and Landsberg resulted in the death of 3( persons. Documents taken from German sol diers captured on the French front lshow that a pillage system has been organized. Ira Nelson Morris, U. S. ambassador at Stockholm, said in London Sweden He is on his way to Washington. Major General Mann, former com- mander of the Bastern Department, with headquarters at Governors Is- land was retired., The first convalescent home for American nurses in England was opened by the Red Cross in Putney at Colebrook Lodge. Speaking in the House of Commons, Arthur J. Balfour, British Foreign Sec- retary, said no ememy country had made any peace bids. Owing to a delay in building altera tions, the :%rvice house of the S Wome War Relief will not he open- ed on Aug. 4 as announced. Two aviators are reported to have made a flight from Paris to St. > caire and back a total distance of 4 miles, in five hours and fifty minutes. The famous “hunger stone” in the River Elbe, near Tetschen, which a cording to popular belief in Germa: predicts famine, has been seen again. Railroad Director McAdoo told rail- way employes in Washington that the employes would be expected to do bet- ter work because of the wage increase. Major-General James G. Harbord, former chief of staff of Gen. Pershing. was appointed head of the supply ser- vice of the American Expeditionary Forces. Provost Marshal General Crowder called upon 23 states for 5,586 gramm: chool graduates of draft age qualified for general military service to take an officers’ course. T. J. Ritter, of New York, and G. S. they made a forced landing and their airplane caught in wire fence at Gainesville, Tex. a The United States Emplovment Ser- vice announced that it would deter- mine later the initial quotas of un- skilled labor which the states will be required to furnish Dayton-Wright Airplane Co.. has shipped its 1000th de Haviland air- plane. In honor of the event, tomor- row was declared a holida~ and employes will be given an outing. all Miss Anne Martin, former dent of the National Woman's Pa ty filed her petition as indenendent candidate for United States senator from Nevada with tac secretary of sate vesterday. Miss Martin’s peti- tion signed by 7,217 electors DROUGHT PLAYED HAVOC WITH THE COTTON CROP. Forecast Shows a Reduction of 1,706, 000 Bales. Washington Aug. 1.—Drought played havoc with the growing cotton crop during July, damaging the plant {0 such an extent that the department of agriculture’'s August forecast of pro- duction, issued today, showed a re- duction’ of 1,706,000 bales from the mate made a month ago. The mon- etary loss is comservatively estimated at_approximately $250,000,000. This year's crop, as estimated from its condition on July 25, was forecast at 13,619,000 equivalent 500 pound bales which would be slightly larger than the average crop of the five years, 1912-16, and about 2,300,000 "bales larger than last vears crop. A crop of that size at present prices would be worth more than $2,000,000. Is to Be Proposed by Congressman Jages A. Gallivan, § s i Aug. 1—Arming of coast| ard stations and government siupe: ion of fishing fieets as a measure of protection againsi the marine menace will be proposed by Conars man James A. Gallivan of this when congress convenes, he announ ed in a statement today. OBITUARY William B. Stevens. Litchfield, Conn., Aug. William B. Stevens, a prominent business man of Deep River, died suddenly in a hysician's office here ioday of heart flure induced by acute ife had motored with his wife from | Goshen, where he had a summer home, to consult with the pin .. He represented the town_ of Savhrook in Se generai ansembly in 1895 He w: orn at Corning, N. Y., September 18, 1856. : Curtaz of Boston, were injured when | presi- | 35 T0 65 PER CENT INCREASES IN WAGES \Granted to Employes of 22 Street and Interurban Railway Companies Operating in 16 Cities AWARD ANNOUNCED BY WAR LABOR BOARD Wages of Motormen and Conductors in the Larger Cities Are : Fixed at From 48 to 504 Cents an Hour, in Smaller Cities From 38 to 45 Cents, With a Minimum of 42 Cents For Trackmen and Similar Employes—About 50,- 000 Are Affected By the Awards—Cases of the Rhode Island Company and Philadelphia and Boston Company Are Being Considered. Tage increases half, which places the employes on per cent. were | the same basis with skilled mechanics of 22 street and |in zovernment industries. companies operat- | In awardinz increases to employes {inz in 16 cities in an award announced | in Detroit and Chicago, the beard jtoday by the war labor board. Wages | specificaliy recommendad an advance !of motormen and conductors in the |in fares. |12 ties were fixed at from 48 to| While not going deeply into an hour, while those of | question of labor unions, the board in | similar employes in smaller cities and s where the right of employes to {on interurban lines at from 38 to 45 |organize has been an issue ordered } 1 general minimum wage | that workers he protecteq in the ex- | for trackmen, pitmen, con- | ercise of their right to join trade un- | trotl < and similar employes. | ions without fear of molestation by the | Approximately 50,000 were affected ! employer. the awards. | A step to accelerate the method of Recommenditions that the president | sraduating men from one waze classi- I;:rzo enactment of special legisiation | fication to another also was taken by {which would enable some federal | the board, which arbitrarily fixed the jagency to “consider the very perilous | limit of apprenticeship on cars at one | financial condition” of the street rail- | vear. from | interurban railwa: | way companies of the country with a| Among cases still heing considered | view 1o increasing fares whereverfare those affecting companies in rranted, were made by the board,| Wilkesharre, Pa. Philadelphia and | which deciareg this to be a war neces- | Boston, as well as the Rhode Island | sity. | company. Past wrongs of street car companies | The War Finance Cornoration with ue to over-capitalization, corrupt|an available fund of $500,000,000 to lethods or exorbitant dividends shou!dllend war industries, is piepared to e forgotten, the board declared, and | sive financial assistance to some of the public should pay an|the companies for whose employes { adeg pensation for a service | higher wazes were ordered. The cor- ¥ be rendered except for |1oration insists, however, that com- : | panies’ credit be gzood, and that ade- | ds and recommendations | quate security be furnished. It is im- | were made by former President Taft |yossible for some companies te fur- tand Frank P. Walsh, joint chairmen | th , in view of the fact that their | of the board. after extensive investiga- | 1evenues have not_kept pace with ex- tion during the past two months dur- | penses. For these®companies there is |inz which a large number of witnesses | no direct help available in Washing- {and great masses of statistics were | ton examined. Controversies between em- | Directors of the War Finance Cor- | ploves and 15 other street railway and | poration. however, are said to be will- | interurban companies still are before ing to applications from | the boar | companies with impaired credit. and | The s awarded tcday |to recommend informally to state or were scale and varied, | local Public Service Comm: increa being on local conditions and | the fare increases for the facts peculiar to the individual cases. {In virtusily el instances the awards reports that President | were mace retroactive and in all cases | where employes are compelled to \\'Ork: {in excess of the period of their regu- | ‘lar runs the companies must pay {overtime on the basis of time and a i * A SERGEANT OVERPOWERED BY A MILITARY PRISONER take ovcr street car general'’y and turn. over their cperation to the railroad sdministra- tion were discredited specifically to- day by high officials. ALLOTMENTS OF QUOTAS OF UNSKILLED LABOR Connecticut Must Furnish 3460 Men During the Next Two Months. Frank Smith, the Prisoner, Was Be- | ing Taken to Camp Devens. soldier, | { Conn., Aug. 1—. Washington, Aug. '1.—Allctment of ; ; <’ Albert M. Stone. a |GUOtas of unskilled labor to be fur- S nt of artillery at Camp .\1e:~nn,‘mshed by the various states to war N7 ked into police headquarters | industries during the next months e told f of Police |under the system of government re- Biosen of having heen over- | Cruiting put into operation today dn- powered a_ New York New ‘-H_,'h@ Umted empleyment a0 Eankood ¥ 3 train late|Service were annougced tonight by tod by a military ner he_was | the department of labor. By assigning takinz from Camp Devens to Camp|duotas of unskilled laborers to be | Merritt, handeuffed by his prisoner and | furnished in each staie, the employ- | then dropped off the near this|Ment servica took the first step in the shortage of bor estimated by reports received te- day as approximating 300,060, The announcement of the state quo- followed a conference here today representatives of a dozen war in- dustries with officials of the depart- ment of labor. The estimated labor needs of ecach of the industries was submitted by the representatives and these estimates will used in ap- portioninz the first quota: Among the state quotas announced | city. His prisoner. he said was Frank Smith. The prisoner | cuffed. Seizing a momen | were alone in the smoking | ment of a parlor car, Stone said, Smith | | struck him over the head, dazing him, | took the handcuff key from his pocket, | removed the manacles from his own | wrists and snapped them on his | Smith, he said, then dragzed him to the car door and dropped him off, aft- | |er he had taken the railroad tickets and his revolver from m. | After he recovered, ne said, he made his way to this city and to po- lice headquarters. Chief Brernan no. tified the New York authorities and| gave Stone money enough to take him | | to New Yorl common la- Private hand- when they Connecticut 8,46 Maine 3,913; May chusetts 30 150; New New Jerses New York 6,480 The quotas, it w e requirements’ of the various war in- | CLOSE OF CHRISTIAN dustries and do not make allowance | ENDEAVOR CELEBRATION |for extra needs or for lzhor turnover. H SR b Complete returns of the labor need are | Dinner Was Turned Into a Patriotic | eXpected by Au: and when thestes B timates made at that time are tabu- iBenonstIc, supplemental lis- of quotas ssued. State directors of the emplovment service were instructed today to bezin immediately the ap- portioning of the siate guotas among the local districts. In the industrial states the quotas announced tonight average about five per cent. of the estimated number of men not in military. service or already 1, are the net Boston meeting Aug. 1—The three . days’ | of the Society of Christian | { Endeavor in celebration of the com- ipletion of the \World's Christian En- {deavor Building wound up tonight i with a dinner that turned into a pa- | triotic demonstration by the: presence sentatives of the in the army and engaged in war worl agriculture, s of congratulation from |Mining or transportation. | far and near were read. Speakers in- | cluded the * er” of the society, Dr. | STRIKE AT LYNN GENERAL and “Mother” Clark | Francis E. Clark | NO CHANGE IN OPERATION OF THE S. N. E. T. COMPANY ' ELECTRICAL PLANT ENDED Federal Labor Board is Wage Demands. to Adjust Prefiminary Arrangements Have Been| [ .\ o o Made For Governmen: Control. |nearly ten thousand emploves of the | ¢ two local plants of the General Eiec- | | _New Haven. Auz. 1—James T. Mo- tric Company was ended tonight by , vote of the strikers. At a mass meet- ing they decided to retmrn to work tomorrow and await adjustment of their wage demands by the Federal War Labor Board. s The strike began three weeks ago. | In addition to a heavy igss in wages, | ran, pi nt, and H. C.-Knight, vice | president, of the Southern New Enz- {land Telephone Company, were at the conference in New York yesterday of 1 Bell company relative to government !control of wires. Mr. Knight today said_in part: “The telephone service {in Connecticut, as”elsewhere, Will' be |it' hag involved a zreat curtailment af {under governmental direction and | production of important war sup- . conuol. Until further instructions are | e given the conduct of operations Wwill ibe as befors S, Sied ) RESERVES OF ALLIES ' A NEW BRITAIN BAKERY, OUTNUMBER ENEMY’S HAS BEEN ORDERED CLOSED S =t Because of Alleged Vioiation of Food Regulations. But Germans Have More Men in Ae- n on Whole Bat‘le Front. London, Aug. 1.—For the first time * nce the open h 21 of this stern front, the fresn reserves at disposal of the allies considerably cutnumber the tresh reserves at the disposal of the enemy, notwithstanding the fact that the . enemy still holds a substantial numerical superiority on the whole of the . frant, according -to ‘the view in military circles here. New Britain, Conn;, 3 der and Rubenstein, ers. received notice todav, | Administrator Rebert the; place of business must remain ciosed Monday, Tuesday and Wed- nesday. It is allezed tha concern vio- iated food regulations hy exchang- ing fresh bread for stale bread In a retail store, Food that