Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 3, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 185 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., SATUBDAY, AUGUST 3, 1918 GERMAN FORGES ARE FALLING BACK EVERYWHERE IN PRECIPITATE RETREA French Troops Have Entered the Town of Soissons, the Western Anchor of German Line CRISIS IN ALLTED OFFENSIVE HAS BEEN REACHED The Splendid Gains Made By the Allied Troops Foreshadow the Necessity of the Eventual Retirement of the Forces of the Crown Prince to More Tenable Ground in the North—Numerous Towns and Hamlets Have Been Cap- tured By the Allies in the Latest Fighting and at Some Points They Have Advanced From Two to Three Miles | —The Situation of the Allied Troops at Present is a! Pron:lising One For Complete Success in Ridding the | Soissons-Rheims Salient Entirely of the Enemy. Tne assocrated Prese) in the allied offensive on ssons-Rheims & The crisis the So ient apparent- reached. Jops have western an what remaine of the famous salient and all along the thirtv-six miles of curving battle line from Soissons to Thillois, which lies about three miles west of Rheims. French, American and British troops have pushed in the en- re enemy front and sent the C ward everyiwhere in precipi er the battle front the allies by and forcible methods of on- have deeply indented the Ger- man defense line for splendid =zains, which seemingly foreshadow the n ¥ of the eventnal retirement the forces of the German crown to more tenable ground in the nerth Plains Dominated by Allied Guns. he plains behind the northwe: n of the Pattie front row are nated by the allied south the French atee ward 3 r the eas nd French are almost astride w €0 placed that the tried as he d_gain a :re to he sorely he retreat of the will go-earnot at preseht be ' but. with.. the -southern line swinging northward@ in conjunction with that on the east toward the Vesle and with the French dominatinz the | Aisne eastward from Soissons, it is not | ed to the Germans may ake refuge nort Alsm Allies Capture Towns and Hamlets, Numerous town 1 hamlets have been captured by aliled point | of of prince | heels of the Germans two and a half | try and are | the | s railway end have | some points the allied troops, particu- esle river. | | points they have advanced from two to | three muiles. South of Soissons the entire Crise river has been forded by | the allied troons. Northeast of Fere en Tardenois the allied line has been pushed well to the west of the region | Grand Rozoy and the town of Saponay been taken. In the cen- ter the Nesles wood is being swept clean of Germans by the French cav- alry, and American and French troops | are pressing the Germans hard north of Sergy and the, hamlet of Nesles British Harass the Enemy. Farther eastward almost to the gates of Rheims combined forces of is B ang French evervwhere are sorely harassing the enemy. In this latter region, in addition to Thillois. the vil- lage of Ville en Tardenois is in allied | ands. and the French now are on the | the Dormans-Rheims four | miles north of highroad over a front of nearly miles. Altogether. viewed from the war| maps, the situation for the aliied troops at present is a most promising | one for complete success in ridding the Soissons-Rheims salient entirely of the nemy Throughout the latter phases of the battles the Germans have not shown | their stamina of previous days, and at | larly the Americans, were enabled to make their way into German positions with virtually no opposition being im- posed. All beliind the battle line the smoke of the burning towns is visible, which seemingly would give weight to the bel. of the |lent troops | bombarding the Br 2, and at some | Somme and near Ypres. prevailing_belief in the allied capitals that the Germans at present are no. where near the end of their retreat. Aside from the Soissons-Rheims sal- there has been little fighting in of the war theatres. are continuing their raids on the Ger- | mans in France and Flanders, and the | Germans at last accounts were heavily | British south of the | PENAL SERVITUDE FOR A CONNAUGHT RANGER Lance Corporal Joseoh Dowling, Who “Sank” $1,431,700 in Connection With | Landed From German Submarine. Avg. —Lance Corporal| New York, Aug. 2—The German| »wiing, of the Connaught|government “sank” an aszgregate of ass, who was landed on the coast|$1,431,700 in its at'émpt to influence relasd from a German submarin three months aso, was pilty today and sentenced The sentence, however to pemal servitude for iife Farly in June it the honse of was announced in commons that an un- ashore on west coast of Ireland from a Ger- n submarine. A collapsible hoat as used to comvey the man submarine to the shore. lazer it was announced by James 1 pamed man had been put e in MacPherson, tary secretary to the war office, that the man, then a prisoner in the Tower of London, was Lance Corporal Jo- seph Dowling, of the Connaught Ran- Commons parliamen- s trial by conrtmartal open- uly 8. The prisoner, of mé- dium height and slim, and of a wide- awake appearance. pleaded not guilty to the formal charges, which were un- der three heads: first, that while he was a prisoner of war in Germany he ed a hestile force: scecond, that he endeavored to induce others to join; third, that he participated in an at- tempt to land a hostile force in Ire- land AMERICAN TROOPS HAVE CAPTURED HILL 230 Penetrated Enemy Line to a Depth of Five Miles. Washington, Aug. 2. American troope pursning the enemy, whose forces on the Soissons-Rheims front began to fall hack this morninz, have penetrated fo a depth of fiva miles &nd their prosress is contiuing, Gen- eral Pershing reported in todav's com- munique received late tonight by the war department In Thursday's . fighting, American troops captured Hill 230 south of Cou- lenges and the wood east of the hill. American aviators last aight success- fally bombed the railroad station and yards at Conflans, numerous hits be- fog made, the commumiome say: SJANITOR =7'1\21'?7'“A1’ED ROBBERS IN BOSTON | Whe Attempted to Rob a Wholesale Fur Company. Beston. Anz. 2—An attempt to rob fhe warerooms of a wholesale fur com- pany here today was frustrated by a jamitor who telephoned police head- guarters that two men were on sleventh floor filling bags with valua- ble furs. When the men tried to get away the janitor grappied with them and heid them until the police ar- rived. The prisoners said they were Philip Weinrobe and Samuel Dulnger, both » Brookiyn, N. Y. Wrrisd contained $4,000 worth PN A S 1 from the | A few days | iFURTHER DISCLOSURES OF to death. | Evening Mail, Alfreq L. was commuted | uty attorney general of the | firemen from DECISIGN CONCERNING THE Two bags they | will of fars. pected. GERMAN F‘ROFAGANDAA! Purchase of New York Evening Mail. a section of American publ Be dep- ew York, an- nounced tonight. Following the arraignment today of Dr. Edward A. Rumely, former pub- lisher of the Mail, and S. Walter Kauf- mann, a former director of the Mail and Bxpress company and one-time counsel of the German embassy in the United States on federal indictments | growing out of the Mail purchase. Mr. Becker made additional disclosures re- arding his investigation of the case for the department of justice, He declared that the money which went into the newspaper, coincident with and following Rumely’s purchase in Jjune, 1915, was paid by Count Von | ernstorff, then German ambassador to this country, and Dr. Heinrich Al- bert, commercial attache of the em- bassy, through Walter Lyon of the Wall street firm of Lyon, Renskorf & company Dr. Rumely, according to Mr. Becker, gave the German govern- ment's representatives notes for the huge sum involved. securing them with the entire capital etock of the Mail and Express company. DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA, The National Order is Entitled to Use the Name. Utiea, N. Y, Amg. 2—Thirty-five thousand members of 847 branches in | 38 states are affected by a decision re- | garding the National order, Daughters of Isabella, announced by United! States District Judge George W. Ray today. The National cirele, Daughters of Isabelia, a Connecticut corporation, sought to enjoin the national order from using the title “Daughters of | Isabella,” and Judge Ray decides the national order is entitled to the name. The national order was incorporated by Uticans and the national headquar- ters are here in a building owned by the order The cae has been in the courts since April, 1816, FIREMEN FROM TEN CITIES FIGHTING FIRE In the Yards of the Union Bag and Paper Corp. at Hudson Falls, N. Y. Glens Falls, N. Y, Aug. 2—With ten cities and villages fighting the blazing pile of pulp wood in the yards of the Union Bag and Paper corporation at Hudson Falls, the fire which started Thursday, was believed tonight to be under control. The wood. of which there was 36,000 cords, stifl is burning fercely, and | the The British | r Cabled Paragraphs Hungary for.Suffrage. Amsterdam, Aug. 2—The Hungarian house of magnates vesterday passed the suffrage bill,, according to a des- patch from Budapest. There was only one dissenting vote. Tablet for Thomas Claudie. Manila P. I, Aug. 2—The Manila city board today voted to erect a mon- ument anq memorial tablet to the memory of Thomas Claudio the first soidier of Philippine nativity with the ‘American forces to die in France. Maharaja of Patiala With Troops. London Aug. 2 (British Wireless rvice).—S8ir Bhupindra Singh. maha- raja of Patiala, who has been one of India’s representatives in the imperial war cabinet, for some days past has been visiting the British armies on the western front. The maharaja, as head of the Sikh community, was es- pecially interested in the places where Sikhs and Hindus fought in 1914, British COLLAPSE OF GERMAN DEFENSIVE POSITIONS Is Sweeping the Enemy Back Out of the Aisne-Marne Salient. Washinzton, Aug. 2.—The collapse of the German defensive positions just north of the Ourcq. forced by the dash of American troops in the. center and illiant French and British flank operations which followed. is sweeping the enemy swiftly back out of the | Aisne-Marne salient The rush forward today came So swiftly that it was difficult for army officials here to appraise the full ex- tent of the victory. As the situation stood. accordinz to reports Jate to- night, however, there was a strong | possibility that the Germans would be unable to hold the Vesle line toward which they are hastening and would be driven to the heights north of the The greates: value seen by many officials in all that has happened since the coun‘er-blow was launched is that a precedent of a victory on the west- ern front has bee ablished. 1t has been fully demonstrated already that the enemy can be fought offensively and there are many signs that his panishment is just beginninz. There |aro renewed possibilities of a coup of 1 decisive character, it is believed Among many officers there is a strong feeling that operations on other fronts of the western line are impend- ing. They believe that a blow by the British to obliterate the Flandere sali- ent may come at any moment. FRENCH AND AMERICAN ADVANCE SIMULTANEOUSLY French Infantrymen Have Entered the Town of Saponay. With the American Army on the isne-Marne Front, Aug. . 8 p. m. (by The Associated Press).—The krench and American lroops north of Fere en Tardenois advanced simulta- v early Friday, the French og- cupying Cramaille and Cramoiselle be- o'clock and French infantrymen Saponay at eight o'clock. Americans meantime kept pace with the French through the forest of Nesles. Several Jocomotives and forty rail- road cars were taken at Saporay. The allies advanced under barrage, the Germans withdrawinz northward through the valley stretching from Saponay, feebly replyinz at intervals with artillery. | There were many iine, the Germans ammunition Gumps northward. The allies in ths dstrct encountered fires behind the having destroved before starting virtually no resistance. The French ton are sleeping in Saponay for the first time in two months. ARMY AVIATOR FELL INTO CCRONADO BAY, CAL. Corporal Carl F. A. Christenson Was Killed in a Tail Spin. San_Diego. Cal, Aug. 2—Corporal Carl F. A. Caristenson ‘of the army aviation school at Rockwell field, North Island, was killed today when his air- plane went into a tail spin at a height of 0 feet and fell into Coronado bay. Lieutenant H. F. Cotton, in the airplane with him, sustained minor in- juries. Christenson was a Secandinavi- an and gave the address of Mrs. Mar- garet McDonald, Philadelphia, for emergeney requirements. FINNISH FLAG FLOWN ON A SAILING SHIP| On Vessel Which Arrived From South American Port, An Atlantic Port, Aug. 2.—A new flaz made its appearance here todav and took its place among the colors flown from vessels of American allied and neutral nations. The flag is that of the republic of Finland and it was fiying from a sailing ship formerly un- der the emblem of Russia. The flag is of two coors, red and vellow, the former predominating. The vessel ar- rived from a South American port. ONE OF ENGLAND’S FAMOUS AVIATORS IS MISSING. Major Edward Mannock Was Last Seen Fighting Over German Lines, London. Aug. 2.—Maj Edward Mannock, one of England’s most sue- cessful flying men, who had 58 Ger- man machines to his credit up to a month ago, is missing, according to the Evening Standard. Major Mannock | was last seen fighting over the Ger- man lines July 20, when his machine was observed to fall in flames, OBITUARY, George E. Pollock. New York, Aug. 2—George E. Pol- lock, vice president of ihe New York Herald Company for the pasi three vears and, iong a close friend of the late James Gordon Bennett, who own. cd The Herald, died at Lis home here today of iniestinal trouble. He was about 60 vears old and for vears made kis summer home at Pittsfield, Mass,, be for several days, it is ex- his birthplace. He was a member of an old New England family. Mr. Pol- lock was graduated from Yale in 1878.'itary reasons. | Was Issued Yesterday by the War lof the allied Incensed at German Control of Finland INHABITANTS OF THE ALAND ISLANDS HAVE DYNAMITED FORTS Fortifications Were Destroyed to Pre- vent Them Becomjng a Menace to Sweden Through German Control. Washington, Aug. 2. — Incensed at the German control of Finland, the in- habitants of the Aland Isiands, in the Baltic Sea, have dynamited the forti- fications on the islands to prevent them becoming a menace to Sweden through German control, according to advices received today through offi- cial channels. The same advices said the Finninsh War Tax on Tobacco May Be Trehled HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COM- MITTEE AGREE TO IT The Proposed Tax is Independent of the Special License Tax on Manu- TO RAISE $340,000,000 facturers of Tobacco. . Federal license taxes on manufact- D sSiinslan . ARE. 2—Heavy 10 |urers of tobacco were doubled by the h = 3 Ways Means C ttee. bacco, cigars and cigarettes were | 110Use Wavs and Means Committe agreed to today rates: on some $340,000,000 in com, by parison with the house ways and means committee as part of the new $8,000,000,000 revenue bill tax imposes three times the existing items of the schedulé and is expected to raise zppmxim:«lefiy the The Condensed Telegrams The Oklahoma corn crop is reported badly damaged from hot winds and drought. Argentine flour is being imported in Curacao and distributed by the gov- ernment. The Food Administrati economy in the use of foodstuffs by the American people. The Department of Agriculture fore- casted the cotton crop at 13,619,000 bales of 500 pounds each. A new executive department of aero- nautics is provided for in da bill in- troduced by Senator Harry New. Herbert Hoover, American Food Ad- ministration. who has been in London for two weeks, has left for Paris. The Ordnance Department announced the establishment of 2 new production district with headquarters at St. Louis. Six firemen were killed and four in- jured when the two walls of the Eco- nomic Feed Co. collapsed at Peekskill, country. “If the despised Yankee patronage. tising contracts everywhere. well as in peace. ADVERTISING.” Cancelled advertising contracts terpreted as weakness. “The far-seeins merchant never Huns. Following is 2 summary of the ing the past week: Read this taken from the Berlin Zageblatt tion think they are going to win the war and force Germans cut of foreign markets there is nothing to in- dicate this sentiment in their local and foreizn advertising. their advertising agencies have closed their doors Germany and German merchants have increased their space in neutral markets and at home. THE FAR-SEEING MERCHANT NEVER STOPS It pays to adves give vour stops advertising,” This is an old truth from a new quarter, and it should sink deep into ‘the business spirit of -American trade. news printed in Th through country They disclose to the enemy lack of spirit and the caution which is in- Cancelled Advertisements Everybody who advertises to a lesser or greater degree, advertise not only themselves and the town in which they live, but also their Many of lack of “Their much-talked-of captains of industry have cancelled adver- dvertising rtise in war as a black-eve. declare the e Bulletin dur- e, Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, July 27.. 128 147 382 637 Monday, July 29:. . 425 163 182 470 Tuesday,: July 30.. 136 159 276 571 Wednesday, July 31.. 113 124 362 399 Thursday, Aug. 1.. 146 148 357 651 Friday, Aug. =2, 132 132 348 . 612 Fofals ... 2780 873 1907 3560 e ———— N. Y. The Marine Corps casualties list con- | tained the names of three men who [died of wounds and two severally wounded. 2 President Wilson sent a message to | his “deep gratification” over the decla- | ration of war upon Germany by that republic. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that 300,000 men in the draft will be called to the colors dur- ing August. Information was received at Phila- delphia that a cargo carrier had been in a collision with a tanker off the Atlantic coast. The Shipping Board announces that the steamer Invincible will be launch- ed Aug. 5. The keel to the.Invincible was laid 24 days ago. committee voted yesterday to hold the annual state convention at Worcester Saturday, Oct. 5, at noon. After a conference of grain, milling and banking interests at Ottawa it was indicated that a fixed price for wheat would be adopted. i The Army General Staff and the ad- ministration will ask Congress (o ex- tend the draft age to include men bétween the ages of 19 to 40. Charles Clodi, a conscientious ob- | jector to military duty, been sen- | tenced to hard labor at Fort Leaven- worth, Kansas, enty vears. A conference of the American oil producing interests of Mexico is being held in Houston, to consider the modi- fication of the Mexican oil decree. Cincinnati German language newspa- pers were delivered by mail only in Covington, Ky., no attempt being made to deliver them by newspaper carriers. A new plant to cost $500,000 will be government had ordered the immedi- ate dismantling of all fortifications on the Baltic coast of Finland except those at Viborg and Helsingfors. This is in accord with the demand by Ger- many in its agrcement with Fin- land. It wes explained that w of Iinlana_the sympathy of the Aland Islanders lies with Sweden, their old maher country, and this led to their drastic action. The Swedish press, while express- ing sympathy with the islanders’ loyalty to their old ties, censured them ing of the fortifications probably would sult in the immedfate sending of nnish or German troops to guard the islands; TRIAL OF FORMER FRENCH MINISTER OF INTERIOR Prosecution Has Withdrawn the Charge of Treason. Paris, "Aug. 2. — Attorsiev General Merrillon summed up in the high court of justice tpday the government's case in ‘the trial of Louis Malvy,. former minister of fhe interior In several French cabinets. The attorney general said M. Mal- vy was not a traitor as Leon Daudet. leader of the Royalist association and editor of L'Action Francaise, had de- clared, and he contenc#1 that the form- er interior minister really had not betrayed the country. The attorney general said he did not wish to compare M. Malvy either with Bolo Pasha or M. Duval. director of the Fonnet Rouge, hoth of whom were shot as traitors, and that he wouid with- case. Attorney General Merillon maintain- ed, however, that M. Malvy was partiy | responsible for certain mutinfes in the French army.. which he attributed to pacifist propaganda, and he stated | that the former minister should be punished in this connection. REVISED PROCEDURE FOR EXPORT SHIPMENTS Trade Board. Washington, Aug. 2.—Revised pro- cedure for jicensing shipments for ex- portation te or through the United Kingdom France, Italy and Belzium were issued today by the War Trade Board. They are designed to carry out the recent agreement reached between the War Industries Board, the food administration and the war missions zovernments to prevent the manufacture of articles which may not be exported or which the movern- ment of the country of destination does not want imported. Hereafter no goods for export to these countries can be manufactured until a license for its exportation has been secured with the approval of | the war mission of the country to which. the goods are to be shipped.| The purpose is to save ship tonnage and prevent the useless consumption of material and labor. ) ARCHANGEL FRONTIER HAS BEEN CLOSED For Fourteen Days—Statement Says | For Military Reasons. | | Amsterdam, Aug. An_officiai statement received here from Moscow says that the Archangel frontier has been closed for fourteen days, for mil- present $168 000,060 bacco, Substantial The committee ha ger of delay in taxation ever contel tion’s history, will b the bill in form to report when the |has been added to the list of field holise reassembles on Aug. 19. So far, | Secretaries by the Knights of Colum- however, there is a large gap between | bus- the total estimated tions in the original plan. The com- |States a message of thanks for the mittee accordingly went back foday to | Sentiments of loyal regard expressed the income 'surtax paragraphs and|on her birthday while there was mo definite action it 3 TR 3 was evident there will be heavy in- | American Ambassador Francis in- HedaCH T G\ BE FALes formed the State Department that he Today s action as license tax on manufacturers of to- |have left for ‘Murmansk bacco, in which double the present taf| _ A | was imposed on the basis of the an-| The Federal Trade Commission is- nual sales. sued complaints against the Miller Cooper Ink Co. and the Kansas City £ reporting ile subjects | over and that the total of $8,000.000,000, [the greatest volume of revenue fi revenue from to- Headway Made. e substantial headway in its work und some of its members predicted today < ma that all da the bill mplated in e provided fo from the to war taxes on | tobacco was independent of the special Statement by Kitchin Chairman Kitchin ment tonight: “The tommittee reached the follow- ing tentative decision as to the tobac- On cigars weighing not | more than three pounds per 1000, tax increased from the present 31 per 1,000 to $2 ver 1.000: cigars than three pounds per 1,000 and retail- co schedule ing at not more increased from $3 cigars ret and not more than creased from $4 to § retailing $10 to $30 per 1,000. Tax on C “Cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds per 1.000 and retailing at less than 2 cents each, increasedq from those of same or more increased from $2.05 to $S per 1,000 those weighing more than three pound: por 1,000, increased from $4.80 to $10 $2.05 to $5 per weight retailing at per 1,000, t more than 7 and less than 15 cents each, draw the charge of treason in Malvy’s|from $6 to $15 per 1,000. and between 15 and 20 cents each ,increase from $8 | to $20 per 1000, and those retailing at | 20 cents or mere each, 1,000: made this stat vei igarettes. 2 cents om the na- and excess for their action, declaring that the raz- | profits and income tax sections and the $6,000,900,000 allotted to those sec- hing more increase from | built in Chicago as a result of the shortage of sugar. The plant will manufacture malt sugar from barley The total value of imports received lin the United States for the first quarter of 1918 was placed at $260,- 350,071, compared with $305,622 939 for 1917. is “Johnny” Hayes, who won the Mara- thon at the Olympic Games in London, Queen Elizabeth of Belgium has sent to the Belgian Minister in the United n urges rigid | |10, The Massachusetts democratic state | - Training in This Country and in France ‘366,692 HORSES AND MULES HAVE BEEN BOUGHT Siace April 1, 1917, 55,958,000 Pairs of Woolen Socks, 10,- . 507,000 Pairs of Woolen Breeches, 8,069,000 Woolen Coats and 5,377,000 Gvercoats Have Been Purchased, Also 4,373,000 Puttees—Motor Trucks Shipped Oversea Up to July 1, Numbered 17,988, Besides 3,420, Passen- ger Cars. of | coats. Spirai puttees to the number of 4.- %00 .nave been purchased. During Washington, Aug. 2.—Purchases wearing apparel and ot r supplies for | American troops in training in this|fhe week onding July 20 overseas caps |country and in ¥France, reports on!duplicated to replace the felt service which were made public today by thelhat to tle number of 191,000 were war depuriment give an indicat’on of |made and delivered. Motor trucks ship- the war programme of the United | ped ¢ eas up to July 1 numbered States. Since April 1, 1917, or since the|17.988. In additian 3420 passenger United States entered the war, 53,958.- | cars had been shipped at that time and 000 pairs of woolen socks have been|3,860 motor ambulances purchased. purchased. Other purchases include| 'A total of 366602 horses and mules pairs of woolen bresches 8,-|weis purchased up to July 15. Of this 069,000 woolen coats and 5 377,500 over- | number $3,538 were obtained in France. CHIEF OF GERMAN ADMIRALTY STAFF RETIRES Admiral STATEMENT IN BRITISH AERIAL ACTIVITIES In the Mediterranean. Adriatic and Aegean Seas. Von Holtzendorff is Said to Be in Poor Health, Copenhagen Holtzendorff, 2.—Admiral Von chief%f the German ad- miralty staff, has been retired for rea- sons of health, according to an_an- ouncement by the semi official Wolff Lureau of Berlin. Admiral Reinhardt | Scheer, commander of -he battle fle=t, |has been desiznated to succeed Ad- {miral Von Hoitzendorfr. London Aug. 2. An 2dmiralty statement on aerial activities issued tonight, says: “Detailed reports have been receiv- ed from royil air force units, working with the navy in the Mediterranean, Adriatic and the Aegean. Anti-subma- rine aed escort patrols have been well maintained in the Mediterranean nd Adriatic, “As indicated in recent Italian offi- cial communiques from Rome. our Ad- Admira] {called from Von Holtzendorff was re- retirement and appointed head of the German admiralty staff |riatic formations have closely co-op- in July, 1916. This appointment was |erated with the Italtan air forces in reported at the time being regard- |raids on the Austrian naval ports of ed in Berlin as a rebuke to the ad- |Cattaro and Durazzo. and in the land mirals concerned in th>' battle with operations at Valona (Avlona). { the British ficet off the coast of Jut- | “In connection with the latter, one of | i B i, - B n [fond, and an official admission that |our machines was forced to land with- = Sicmn s - vic- | in the enemy 1 tory had been claimed. y lines, but both the pilot and observer wera rescued the follow- 1 ing dav, on the allies' advancing and a_statement to the Cologne Ga- zette July 29, Admiral Yon Holtzen- | capturi i i y 29, apturing an Austrian airdrome. dorff explained the reason why Ger- |man U-boats were not sinking Amer- Reconnaissance of Dardanelles. ivan transports. He said that owinz {to the many points of debarkation at the disposal of the Americans from the north of Scotland to the Mediter- renean, the irregular passage of the transports and the strength of the de- siroyer guards which - accompanied fhem, it was inexpedient for the U- boats to lurk off these harbors on the jchance of getting a shot at them. The Irea)l object vf the U-boats .the admi- {ral declared, was to reduce enemy | carzo space, tor on this depended the “In the Aegean a constant recon- naissance of the Dardanelles has been maintained. In two raids on Kule Bur- gas, on the Oriental Railway, direct hits were obtained on .the railway sta- tion, which was much damaged. A raid on the Karagachi station and the bridge which carries the Oriental Rail- way across the Arda resulted in direct hits on the line, close to the bridge, and among rolling stock. A raid ‘on the railway station and bridge at Uzunko- pri resulted in damage to the station bility of the allies to continue the building. | war. sl Enemy Airdome Bombed. DR. EDWARD A. RUMELY “During a dawn reconnalssance of the enemy coast north and west of Imbros thirteen casques ~were ob- served. Bombs were dropped, damaging two and destroying a third. A new en- HAS EEBN INDICTED With §. Walter Kaufmann in Connec- tion With Purchase cf New York |emy airdome at Uzunkopr! was bomb- Eleruginimll ed and photograph show much damage was done, one hangar being completely New York, Aug. 2.—Federal indict- |destroyed. ments were returned here today| ‘“A raid was made at dawn on July |against Dr. Edward A. Rumely, for- |26 on Nagara, and at night at Galata. {mer vice president ani secretary of|A further raid cn these two places the New York Mail and Express com- |Was made during the night of July 28. {pany, and S. Walter Kuufmann, for-|Over half a ton of bombs were drop- mer counsel for the German'embassy [ped and large fires were started. One in the United States, as participants |of our machines failed to return. and heads of allied embassies who were in Kandalaska. Russian Lapland, Printing Ink Co., both of Kansas City e- [for unfair trade. practices. The Amsterdam Telegraf reports that as the American Government has prohibited trade with the Dutch Bast Indies, firms there employing Germans are gradually discharging them Charles M. Schwab, director of the than 4 cents each,|Bmergency Fleet Corporation, request- to $5 per 1,000:leq that a reserve of 1.000,000 tons of ling at more than 4 cents|steel he accumulated during the next T cents each, in-|vear for shipbuilding purposes. 10 per 1,000: cigars saniteli cents cach| Miss Margaret A. Hanley, a senior increase at the State Normal school in Salem, won second place in the nation- ide prize essay contest conducted by the American School Peace league. The war department announced re- ceint of information that Irving E. Lines of West Haven, Conn., a private with the American forces in Franc has been taken prisoner by the enemy A working agreement between unions {of Great Lakes Seamen Firemen and | Stewards and practically all independ- lent shipowners was signed by repre- | sentatives of the unions and compan- Other Increases. e SaToteceo r:nxmv:rmw from 13 101 Five ltalian editors, representing 30 ces & u = S eadin Italian publications, arrived at Cigarette paper and tubes, taX|,, pjantic port last nizht on a French d(\‘l.J;flPfl g TR e steamer. They will make a tour of Sxperts estimate at the United States to study America’s for the twelve mon 000, aga 600,000 from the committee adjourne when the luxuries t be considered. th per cent G until axes probably w CHARGED WITH TRYING TO CBTAIN CONTRACT ILLEGALLY E. E. Travis, a Leader in North Caro- na Politics, Arrcsted in Washington. Washirgton, Aug. Halifax, N. C. tics, and two otHe: and Washington hotel obtain a contract pany. was not announced. tonight by authorities, charged with conspiring to from the shipping board for a New Jersey com- The name of the concern for which the contract was to be obtained 2:—F. E. Travis of . former mcmber of the corporation commission of that state, and a leader in North Carolina poli- r men, E. I. Joseph T.eon Green were arrested at illegally Secretaries of the Y. W. C. A. will| wear uniforms or horizon blue. from these tobacco taxes will total $340 000 - | st a present revenue of $168,- | same sources. The Monday. | il il federal | war work. paying especial attention te the American system of food conserva- { tion. . NEW ARMY PROGRAM FOR DRAFT AGES Will Be Given to the Military Com- mittees of Conaress Next Week. Washington 2 the military committees recalled to Washington Dent and Chamberlain of the ho and senate respectively, will receive next week the new army program on the draft age limit There was a feeling in some quart- ers today that extension to the'ages of 19 and 36 would be recommended. Senator Chamberlain was expected to return to Washington late today or tomorrow to confer with Secretary Baker. Members of the senate here said that the bill undoubtedly woutld be expedited and, if possible, made ready for consideration py con- aress when active sessions begin late | this month. Aug. Members of of congress by Chairmen a committee in the purchase of the Bvening Mail | Dockyard at Constantinople Suffered, Three indictments were brought. [ . —ne basin and dockvard at Con. One is against Dr. Rumely, charging |S.intinople was successfully bombed One s ugainst Dr. Rumely, charging |yt atter midnizht on July 27; but | making the same accusation: and the | (4l details have not yet Leen recetv- third alleges that the iwo defendants [ °%; ; conspired to commit perjury and to In_home waters during the perlod omit, from a report made to A. Mit- [JUIY 23-31 anti-submarine, hostile air- chell Paimer, enemy property custod- (rfifv' f!fld <Or!, patrols have been icn the fact that 9,260 shares of pre- maintained. Submarines have been at- tacked with success. | ferred stock and shares of com- | '€ | mon stock in the newspuper were held |, ‘More than fifteen tons of hombs by the Germen .Zovernment have beer dropped on objects of mili- The :ndictments charce that Dr.[t3TV importance at Zeebrugge the Rumely purchased the Evening Mail | Bruges docks and Ostend. Enemy ship- {on behalf of Former Ambassador Von |PIn8 has also Leen bombed. and a di- | ety o e O or I Tect hit wth. 2. 230 :pound honibiwes i former commercial at'ache of the obtained on the stern of the leader of . | Corman o e in June 1915, Tt jo|four enemy torpedo boat destroyers. | further alleged that on Dec. 4, 1917, Columns of smoke were seen to arise Rumely and Kaufmann fileq state- [Put the mist obscured further ob- ments with the alien property ecus- |Servation. ‘Our bombing patrol and eseort formations have been attacked by en- emy aircraft. Fifteen enemy machines have been destroyed and twelve shot down out of control. Five of our ma- chines have failed to return, ome of | which is known to have landed in Hol- iand. One of our seaplanes on patrol was shot down in flames. Two of the crew were drowned. {todian in which no mention was made |of German zovernment ownership of any part of the Evening Mail. | WETKLY VEVIEW OF BRITISH AIR FIGHTING Seventy Enemy Machines Were Des- | troyed on the Western Front. Tondon, Aug. tinuance of Bril —Proof of the con- sh_airplane suprema. | CONFERENCE, FOR THE cv is afforded in weckly review of the EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS | air fighting which shows that during | that period seventy ememy machines|T, Be Held Between Commissioners | were destroved on’ the western front Ubneils |and eleven driven down out of con-| Of the United States and Germany. | trol, while oniy British machines Washingion Aug. 2—Thne president of Switzerland will open the conference hezvien commissioners of the United ies ard Germany for the exchange which is to be held in Swi 2 s00m as a date can be azreed upon between the Washington |and Berlin covernments. The official |advices today that the Swiss govern- ment had accepted the presidency of the conference were received by Pres- ent Wilson and state department of- als with genuine pleasure. Everything affecting prisoners in both the United States and Germany —their exchange, repatriation condi- tion and treatment—will be ryen up at the conference. Selection of the per- sonnel of the American commssioners were raeported as missing. On the other | fronts eizhteen enemy machines were destroved at a cost of two Brit planes. | In the course of the week there were | seventeen raids into rmany in which Offenbnrs was hombed three times and Stutt; t. Saarbruecken and Bade: twice cach. There gvere also eighteen on German naval and military in Belgium, in which Ostend four times, the Bruges twice hases hombed docks thrice and Zeebruzg, | was i Se e |LET-UP ON SUBSTITUTE JALES WITH FLOUR Ruling Made by Food Administrator i Endicott of Massachusetts. bas nptDeen complatal: | Toston. Anz. 2 Wholes )2 and re-| BURNED TO DEATH IN tail flour dealers in Mass chusetts, with a_surplus of graham o whole HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS. wheat flours in stock, were givéy fem- ieeon = | norary release from the ruling of sell- [John H. Smith, a Garage Owner, at ing with substitutes by Food Adunir trator Hegry B. Endicott. Through ! lthe local committees they were in | formed that more of these accumulat- ed stocks must be nsed in bread in {order that more white wheat, flonr may | be shipped abroad. belonging to summer residents, was The rule requiring three pounds of | burned last night. The loss was about | substitutes to be sold with five pounds | $30.000. The gre caught from a vul- of graham or entire wheat has not been | canizer while “aith was out. As he Lakeville—11 Autos Destroyed. Takevi'le, Conn., Aug. 2—John H. Smith, garage owner, was burned to death when his place of business. with eleven automobiles in it, most of them stocks on hand is concerned. changed excep: as the disposal of the re-eentered the place to save property, a barrel of oil exploded. . 0f Wearing Appar;I and Other Supplies For Troopsin : a St IS