Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 16, 1918, Page 1

POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, AUGUST 16. 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS EIGHT PAGES—64 COLS. w NEMY STILL FALLING BACK: BRITISH IN CLOSE CONTACT British and French Have Been Able to Gain in Two Important Sectors—Enemy Have Crossed Ancre River'With British Fellowing Closely—Hebuterne Salient is Obliterated. the Aseociated Press) ng the Somme-Oise ill continues of a minor ompared with that of the the week. when the Ger- stop- allied p of th Nevertheless the British and French g2in have been able to gain ground twn important sectors—the British short distance nmorthwest of Rove, where t took the villages of Dam- ery and Parvillers, and the French on the southern wing of the battle front, where ther have captured two farms in the cess of clearing the hilly and wooded distriet around Lassizny of the ¢ North of the Somme berween and Arras the Ger- mans arc continuing to fall back and the British are ke in close con- tact Thu with them Germans have definite- Iy given the towns of Beaumont- Hamel Serre. Buequoy. and Puisieux an Mont, and at several points have nere river, with the Brit- osely on their trail. expnation has yet been At retrogade movement of < over this front, but it is not 1 unlikely that the operations on the Somme front and the harassing tactics the British recently tave em- ploved made the enemy desirous of|. establishing eastward wit rier between himself on new ground the Ancre river a bar- him ané his foes. At any rate, the Hebuterne salient virtu- ally has been cbliterated by the re- tirement of the Germans. and seeming- v they now will be compeiled to make a readjustment of their line between the Some and Arras In the week of the fighting on the Plcardy frdnt 30.244 prison have fallen into hands of the British Fourth Army and the French First Army, according to an official an- nouncement. Of this number the British captured 21544, Unofficial re- portp probably compiled since the of- ficial data was sent from the front, give the number of prisoners in the British Fourth and French First and Third armies since August 8 as 34,- 000 and say also that 670 captured guns thus far have been counted. The situation in Russia azain is looming large. With the Soviet lead- ers having fled from Moscow. The Boi- shevik capital, to Kronstadt, the: Soviet troops now are declared to have begum the evacmation of Moscow American troops have besun to disembark at Viadivostok to aid the Czeeho-Slovak army in its campalgn in Siberia: an allied force is chasing the enemy more than a hundred miles south of Arch- angle on the railroad; further allied troops have made a landini south- west of Archangel and are endeavor- ing to cut off the retreat of the Soviets with Pritish troops have arrtved at Baku, i the Caucasus on the Ca: pian Sea, to assist the Armenians in defending t'#: important seaport against the Turks, to whom It was given by the Brest-Litovsk treaty in the attempt made by the Teutonic al- lies to dismember Russia. Thus it will be seen that altied forces now are operating jointly on three important sections of Russian territory—on the north with a base in the White Sea. in the east with a base in the Sea of Japan, and on the south of trans- Caucasia. Probably realizing the seriousness of the situation as it now affects the Central Powers, with defeats on the western front and their military posi- tions in the other theatres ‘none too secure; with the feeling In Russia daily growing more intense against the Bolshevik and Germanic rule, and witlhy the spectre of the more than a million Americans already in France and more millions of them soon to be in readiness for overseas duty, im- portant conferences are in progress at German headquarters. The German and Austrian emperors and _their suites and Field Marshal Von Hinden- burg and General Ludendorff are the main conferees. FRESH FiSH INDUSTRY CONTROLLED BY ONE MAN. Boston, A ing a of creat- and of on sh ish the expense of the pub- ere contained in a_secret indi returned by a Suffolk county crand jury today against four men vminent in financial affaire and ividuals identified : Ty of this port. | Use -of. the-dominaiing-posttion <h market and the ef- s on the price of fish s of the country, interest faz-reaching. those indicted is headed . banker and ‘As president of bankers and brok derick C. Dumaine of Bocton, easurer of several large manufa ing_corporations, and Arthur Wain Iton, director of the Bay om ‘tate Fishing this stat e the largest kind in_the United pany ‘n 191§ from a Maine corporation th capital six- imes as large was brought Gout, the indictment eays, through the ef- 'nfll' of Mr. Dyer. Later, it is al Dyer formed the Atlantic “sheries company with a capital of $126000.000 to operate the production field sovth of the New England coast. Thus virtually all the fresh fish in- & ry of the Atlantic seaboard. it is erted, was under the control of Mr. I'yer and his associates. DEFIANT SUFFRAGETTES NOW BEHIND BARS Washington. Aug. 13.—Twenty-six | women who have been defying the po- lice in demonstrations on the square directly opposite the White House. in protest against the semate's d in acting on the federal suffr: amendment, were given jail sentences in the police court today whem they refused to pay fines Ten day sentences wers imposed for unlawfully holding a meeting without permits and seventeen of the defend- t= were given five additional days r climbing on a statue of General sentences were imposed for participation in the first demon- stration staged last week. Cases are pending against most of these women and a number of others on account of later activities. I'he women made no attempt to ap-' peal from the decision of the police rt judge and tonight began serv- LE their sentences. After court offi- Cials at the hearing called the roll the women refused to answer any ques- tions put to them and remained si- Jent. The women will be confined 'n a city workhouse and according to pres- ent plans will not be sent to the Dis- trict of Columbia workhouse at Oc- caquan, Va., where members of the National Woman's Party who engaged in a similar demonstration last year and who were sentenced on the same charge, were confined MISS MARGUERITE CLARK MARRIED LIEUT. WILLIAMS. Greenwich. Conn., Aung. 15.—Mar- guerite Clark, motion picture, actress, ‘was_married here today to Lieut H. P. Wiliams of New Orleans, who is attached to the engineering corps at ‘Washington. The ceremony was.per- formed in the First Methodist chareh by Rev. H. B. Alley. The bride was attended by her sister, Miss Cora Clark. Lieutenant Williams is divarced his first wife. He and his bride both gave their ages on the marriage license as 31 Forsign Service Men Drown. Washington, Aug. 15.—Death by drowning of two men in foreign ser- vice was um(.u:md mmgxéxh EL mfl: navy. departmen ar] I-l.—hrofnhtnb-nmm;h- is | “ al | announcement HOLD ON THE CASPIAN SEA FAIRLY WELL ESTABLISHED London. Aug. 15.—A Britisn force from northwest Persia has reached the Caspian sea and taken over a part of the defenses of Baku. Whether the allies will be able to hold Baku per- manently, in view of the difficuitics of transporting supplies, is too early to predict. ~However, if the British can hold their position a_short time Honger, “which fiow scems TKely, ‘X%‘ probably will be able to cut off the enemy from an outlet to the sea, thus Jrotecting the important oil fields of ihe Baku district. It appears from the meagre infor- mation at hand in London thac the Eritish detachment voyage, er from Enzelli, Bersia, to Baku, cnstrating that the allied } dem- 1d on the Caspian sea already tablished. The allied naval Goubtediy is fairly well es- forces will endeavor to now make un- se- r communications and, once will is acgompli: oe nardly a_possibility of the Cen Powers gaininz possession of the B: oil fields The brief advices received here in- dicated that the Russian general Do- kuchaieff was commanding at Bak The British advance th; gh Persia from Hagzdad was accomplished under the greatest difficulties. In the m tainous sections they were r ted by few croups of tribesmen but ‘they quickly overcame this oppositicn, The iritish force crossed the Persian fron- tier and reached Enzelli, the vian sea, by wav of Hamadan. ed, there ku UNION WAR FUND DR!VE FIXED-FOR NOVEMBER WEEK _New York, Aug. 15.—The week of. November 11, has been set for the eat union war drive to raise $133 100,000 for war work of the Y. M. C. the Y. W. C. A. the War Camp Community Service and the American Library Association according to an made here tonight by r.presentatives of the four organiza- tions. The Knights of Columbus, the Jew- ish Weifare Teague and the Salva- tion Army, the only other tiree war relief organizafjons recognized by the government, will be asked to join in similar campaign to be launched in January, 19 It was impossible to arrange for these organizations to take part in_the November campalgn. AMERICAN TROOPS READY TO START FROM SIBERIA COAST Washington, Aug. 15.—Reports, offi- cial and otherwise, from all parts of Russia indicate the news of the ap- proach of aliies spreading throughout the country and that peas. ants are flocking to the standards of any group openly anti-German and anti-Boisheviki. The landinz of American treops at Viadivostok, announced today by Sec- retary Daker, marks the actual be- sinning of operations from the Siver- ian coast to the reiief of the Czecho- Slovaks. British and French contin- gents have been at Viadivostok for several days and there is reason to believe that the Japanese also have landed. BRITISH FIRE PREVENTS ENEMY FROM DIGGING IN With the British Army in France, Aug. 15—(By The Associated Press). Aside from patrol activities, the ene- my’s infantry has been cententing it- self with digzing some shelter for it- seif and in making another small at- tack in the Fouquescourt region. This ;ra.l speedily broken up by the British e, The enemy guns, which are quite active at several points, seem to be firing from a considerable distance. They also are active in the region of Albert, which is strongly held. But the advanced posts to the north have been withdrawn and the batteries moved slightly back. Miss Gay Killed. Shazon, Conn., Aug. 15.—Miss Jessie A. Gay of this town, 40 vears old, was killed this afternoon when she backed her automobile over a bluff in the rear of the home of John R. Taber.. The machine fell 25 feet, turning over and landing on the wheels, but pinning Miss Gay underneath. She was prom- inent in soeial activities in this sec- Cabled Paragraphs King Ferdinand Worse. Geneva, Aug. 15.—The health- of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who is at Nauheim, suddenly has become worse, according to'a despatch received here from Munich. His condition is now considered critical. * Caid Mad Paris, Aug. Glaoui Dead. .—Caid Madni Glaoui, who was prominent as a supporter of Mulai Mohammed, pretender to the Moroccan throne, ten years ago, is dead, according to an announcement by the Temps. Mulai-Mohammed was unsuecessful in his uprising and died suddenly in 1909, rumor being that he had been poisoned. Caid Madni Glaoui was friendly to the entente cause in thé present great war. PRESIDENT IN SECLUSION AND CLOSELY GUARDED Manchester, Mass, Aug. 15.—Presi- dent and Mrs. Wilson came here to- day for a few days' rast in the seciu- sion, of a coionial mansion on the pic- turesque North Shore. Visits were interchanged with Colonel M. House, the president’s intimate triend, LT mOSt of- the time was spent in the out of doors enjoying some of ‘the most deligniful and invigorating wea- ther of the Present summer. The president and Mrs. Wilson were accompanied by br. Cary T. Grayson, the presidents physician. The vis yson said, was for the purpose 2 the president an opportunily quiet and for conferences wiin Ciolonel House. While a few social calls had been planned, Dr. Grayson said, the president's chief desire was for quiet and he earnestly requested the newspaper men not to follow the president on his automobH® rides as has been the custom on previous vis- its to New un.i, So keen w: 1e desire of the pres- ident for on that he and M Wilson took up temporary housekeel ing by themselves in a recently va- cated summer residence with servants left behind by the previous occupants, The house with its imposing colon: pillurs, stands in the midst of cious grounds on a rugged point com- manding a view of the sea. In the rear the land, thickly set with pine trees, slopes down into a pretty vale. In no previous visits to New s£ngland bas the president had more guards to ensure that he will not be disturb- in addition to an increased force 1 spa- of secret service men, u detuil ol mia- rines from Boston picketed the srounds. Dr. Grayson pointed - out, however, that the guard was the same that had been thrown about the pres- ident since the Unites the war. At the station Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Mrs. House States entered were met by Colonel and and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon the daughter and son-in-law of Colo- nel House. After a brief stop at the mansion taken hy the president, the party went to the summer hogme of Colonel House for luncheon. THE only other guest was Sir William - Wise- man of the British embassy, who has been visiting here for the past few The president, however, had no de- sire 1o spend-much time indoorsywhile 4 ‘Téfreshing north wind was driving the *oppressive heat and humid- 4 4 days and with Col- onel House and Dr. Grayson he spent some time strolling on the beach., The rresident was in outing clothes and seemed in high spirits, smilingly ack- nowledging - the greeti of the few persons who were in the vicinity at the time, After Turcheon: the president and wife mot witn Colonel and Mrs. House to Newburyport and on their return the party dined at (he| presidential cottage. CONSPIRATOR ROBERT FAY RECAPTURED IN SPAIN on, Aug. 15.—Robert Tay, convicted of placing hombs supplies and troops ~Washin who was on to the nded nounced to it back to extradition. sted with several other ind and York on charges of ships which wers that h | o the United | without was. arr man agents convicted in N conspiring to de! cony 0d and munitions to Eu- rope acing infernal machines in t cargoes and attaching time bombs to their rudde He also was connected w. I to destroy. rail- road bridges in Canada and generally committing sabotage with the purpo. of interfer; with the movement of supplies and dian iroops to Eu- rope, being part of thA vast agency created by Bernstorfl, Boy-Ed and Von Papen of the German embassy. Some months ago he escaped from the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., where he was serving a term of im- ucces eluded 1y, when agents of tiw state department located him in Spain, As the crime of which he was con- victed is a statutory offence covered by the extradition treaty with Spain, and committed before the Uniteq States became involved in the war, Fay probably realized that he was cer- tain to be surrendered by the Span- ish government upon demand. There- fore, he waived extradition proceed- ings and consented to return te the American prison. FAY ESCAPED FROM ATLANTA THROUGH FORGED PASSES New York, Aug. 15.—“Lieutenant” Robert Fay, the German plotter, whose arrest in Spain was announced today by Secretary Lansing, had served only a few months of an eight vear term when he escaped with another Pprisoner from the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga, by means of forzed passes. Both men were employed as efectricians and had more privileges than other prisoners. Fay, who came to the United States from Rotterdam in 1915 under the name of H. A. Kearling, first came to public notice when he was arrested near Grantwood, N. J., in October, 1315, on suspicion that he was con. spiring to destroy munition ships. Indfeted, and later re-infiicted on five counts, he pleaded not guilty, but it was reported that he would turn state’s evidence. He failed to do so, however, and it was said that he as- sumed all the blame in order to shield other conspirators “higher up.” " During a sensational trial, he testi- fied that he had deserted from the German army and had fought with the French. After having been con- victed and sentenced. he addressed u letter to President Wilson, asking that Jre be deported to Germany. This re- Qquest wag refused. .Captain King’s Body Found. Warwick, R. I, Aug. 15.—The body of Captain’ Frank King, 37, of Stam- ford, Comn., was recovered off the Roeky Point shore here . today. Cap- tain King fell from his barge Bill Scully and was drowned Aug. 9 oft Comimicut light. Draft Machinery is |6 Being Made Reafly Washington, Aug.' 15. .Provost Marshal General Crowder announced today that plans already have heen made for registering the 13,000,000 ad~ ditional men which he_estimates will be brought under the. selective service jaw when congress enacts the pending bill extending the age I ts to in- clude men hetween 18 and 45 vears, Erom this number approximately X, 000,000 qualified for full military seie vice are expected to be secured So urgent is the need for additiona man power General Crowder said, tiat the draft machinery is being py shape for. the sreal task ahead with out waiting for final action by con- gress. Men of the new draft will be needed by October 1 and in order (o gei them registration day will hai\ to be held not later than Septembver | 15 and if possible September 5th will be fixed as the day When the 13,000,000 men are en- rolled nearly 25,000 000 men will_have been registered since the United States entered the war. There were some ten miliion enrolled on the fArst June 5, 1917, another June 5 and several hun- thousand more are expected to nrolled Aug. 2 il the legislation is actually * said General Crowder's state- it cannot be stated -with exact= of course, what the new age will be. Butf, because of .ths v of the situation, it is essem- tial that as much of the preparatory work as possible be done at this time, ir order that the administration may promptly avail itself of the mew law, To that end now, as in the past, the utmolit reliance is placed on the Amer- ican people to the necessary co-operation and teamwork “The situation is urgent. b October 1. class one under the age limits of the original -act will have been entirely exhausted. Unless there is to be a very serious interruntion_in the flow of American troops to the camps and thence across the seas to France, class one must be replenished at the earliest podsible moment by available men, both below and above the present age limits of 21 to 31, There is, literally, no time to be lost.” registration day £00.000 dred THE ROUT OF BOLSHEVIK BRINGS DISMAY TO GERMANY ‘Washington, Aug. 15.—The march of events in Russia from news received today seems to be rapidly assuming the propsrtions of a rout of the Bol- eviki and of a nature to bring dis- ¢ to Germany. With allied troops south from Archangel, ish, French, Japaness troops at Viadivostok ma rapidly moving forces of Brit- anl American and operating British force ovaks have heroic fight Austrians. to the westward, and a at Baku, the Czech ken new heart in their inst the Germans and Late despatches today recorded the advance of the allied troops from Archangel to Babereshskaia, 190 miles south, on the road to Vologda. The Bolsheviki are retreqting and were reported committing every known atrocity upon the civilian population which openly espoused the cause of the alli The Bolsheviki | throughout Russia are reported not only fleeing the advancing allies, but the newly aroused Russians who have learned that the allies are not beaten on the west front, as the Germans and Polsheviki have been persistently preaching. As the real news reaches the great mass of the people, the men are reported taking up the arms that they carried home with them when they disbanded after the debacle of Brest-Litovsk. FEDERAL UMPIRE CALLED i ON WAGE CLASSIFICATION Washington, Aug. 15.—Members of the War Labor Board found it impos- ble to agree today on questions in a ontroversy invoiving tiftv-eight war industry plants at Bridgeport, Conn. and called in Otto M. Bidlitz. director | of the department of labor’s housing bureau. to act as umpire. Mr. Bidlitz accepted the task and will hear both sides of the dispute at an executive session of the board to- Morrow. The board is required to agree unanimously in making an award and after several houps’ discussion today decided to call on an umpire as the law provides. This is the first time| such a step has been necessary since | the board was instituted. As umpire Mr Eidlitz will hear each side and then cast the decidinz vote. The principal point of difference is understood to be the the method of classification to be established for the governing of wage rates in the re- spective plants. AMERICANS INDULGED IN SEVERAL PATROL ACTIONS| With the American Army on the; Vesle, Aug. 15—(By A. P.).—There was some hombing sihd some observa- tion work last night, but nothing to compare to the previous night. when | enemy planes were over the greater part -of the allied line and far into the back areas. French and Ameri can airplanes continue their observa- tion work and are doing some bomb- | . 0 | ing. Additional artillery has been! brought up. The German position still is of a mobile character, consisting almost wholly of machine zuns at short in- tervals. The line offers an excellent defence and at the same time can be quickly evacuated. There was com-| paratively unimportant patrol actions | today, but no attacks. AERIAL ATTACKS CAUSE PANIC IN RHINE TOWNS Geneva, Aug. 15.—An official despatch received here from Frankfort, Ger- many, says that city w: attacked Monday by tweive enemy aviators who dropped twenty-six bombs, kill- ing twelve persons and injuring five others. Reports from Basel, however, assert that the casuaities were far more nu- merous. These sav that a bomb fell in the crowded Kaiserstrasse, kiiling many persons and stopping the streel cars, that another fell in'the middle of the large station and several in its vicinity, while two more fell in the barracks .and still | another near Goethe's house, which was undamaged. The Basel despatch savs the aerial attack has increased the panic reizn- ing in the Rhins towns. New Haven Aviator Killed New Haven, Conn. Aug. 15.—James Lyons Goggins, an American _naval aviator, of this city, was killed in a| fiying accident in Italy on August 11, according to a message received to- night frem the navy department by his mother, rs. John J. Goggins. Gog- gins was a graduate of Georgetown University and was a sootball star while in college. He enlisted with a United Sfates unit in Italy. He was 27 years old. jand the U-bo German Submarines Active t)fi the coa§t Nantucket, Mass, Aug —The vietim of ubmarine attack 100 miles east of ntucket Sunday, was surik withdut warning, Benjamin Duavics, executive officer of the ship. reported on arrival here today with other survivors. A torpedo fired at close range hit the vessel amidship, killing the fourth en- gineer and wounding four firemen. The captain of the Penistone, who re- turned to his ship, just before, she went down in the hope of obtaining his papers, was captured by British steamer Penistone, a thae 1 Voat and Kept aboard, . prisoner of war. The commander of the Penistone was Captain David Evans and the en- gineer killed by the explosion was Cavivor Howells. , The fact was de- finitely established by naval authori- ties was stated, that Captain Evans still was dboard the The Penistone left New Yor with forty men. comprisin and crew. Twenty-nine of these were landed today at Provincetown. mine were brought here with Howells dead, the only man not accounted for was the commander, Davies and the ,eizht othe; here were picked un by this morning, so utteriy ought 2arly tug exhausted that they could not speak clearly nor in- tellizently. They had been adrift in all sorts of weather since Sunday with the limit=d stock of provisions nt aboard a lifehoat for such emer- gencies. All the time they had bLeen out the executive officer had sat at the_tiller, never getting up to permit a shipmate to steer and when he at- tempted to stand he collapsed. After heing removed to i naval hos- pital Davies revived somewhat and as abl> to describe the attack on the Penistone. The torpedo, he said. was let loose at close range. It tore a great hole in the vessel amidship, wrecked the engine and scattered burninz oil over the fire-room .crew. Howells was instantl Through the hole in the ship's s water poured in rapidly, filling holds. ~Captain Evan: dered men into the small boats and stood close by watching the work of the U-boat. Then Captain Evans and eleven volunteers started apoard to save the ship's papers and the per- sonal effects of the men. All realized that th were taking desperate chances. for the Penistone was slow- ttling. " This did not deter the volunteers, however, nor were thev frixhtened by the U-boat, a short distance away. But the whole outfit was captured. The men were ordered back to their Killed boat and Captain Evans was taken aboard the submarine, while its Ger- man crew expressed its delight in} wild cheering. Then the U-boat com- mander had four bombs placed on the Penistone and she went down exactly an hour and a half after being atruck by the torpedo. Davies was Do tive that the sub- magine. had a pumbver, but he could not remember.dt:a Captains of fishing vessels sent down have stated that the submarine they encountered was without number which led to the be- lief here that there might be subma- irines of several types in American | waters. « CAPTAIN MERRITT TELLS OF LOSS OF HIS SCHOONER Capt Ma; J., Aug. 15.—Captain William Merritt he crew of ten men of the Ame hooner Doro- thy Parrett, sunk vesterday off C: May by a German submarine, W landed here today, having heen picked up by a patrol vessel while rowi ashore. The schooner was sent down at nine o'clock in the morning about twenty miles off the coast, Captain and were star ross our how,” That was the fir of a submarine then hut we went ahead and nrepared to leave the vessel when the subma- rine appeared and fired four more shiots. Then it submerged and came up again about 100 yards away and circled about us. We were not hailed apparently was wait- leave. time we had launched the dory and all had gotten aboard. We tried to follow the periscope of the| submersible hut the Germans were ap- parently not anxious for us to. ap- proach and really wanted us to £+t Finally we did so and started to row toward shore. “We rowed in about ten miles when | we met a submarine desiroye com- ing out, attracted by the shots. 1 sent the crew on in and returned on the destrover to the spot where I had left my ship. When we got back to the place there were no signs either of our hoat or the submarine, led by a shot fired said ‘the captain. warning we had The 1 we saw of our ve was in flames and fast sinking, but hplhsr the German had 1\uardctl hip had taken fire not ooner, according to. was valued at about $15 Merritt, ENEMY COUNTER-ATTACKS HAVE NOTABLY REDUCED. With the American Army on the Vesle, Auz. 15 (By The Associated Pre; ained pressure by . the| French and the Americans on the line between Soissons and Rheims 2 ed today to he having the result. ‘Information from behind the German front. obtained by observers, indicated the withdrawal of ome or| { two enemy divisions. In addition, the counter-actions of the Germans have been notably reduced of late. Moreover, the enemy’s reply to thcl American guns, which never have ceased their ~punishment, has been appreciably less prompt, and the fall- ing off in_the enemy's aerial activities has been especially noticeable. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF DOMESTIC MOHAIR Boston, Aug. 15.—The government has assumed control of the entire do- mestic fall clip of mohair, Le: Pen- well, chief of the wool division of the War industries board, announced to- day in a telegram to Jesse Kosh Land, president of the Boston Wool Trade Association. The fail clip is esti- mated at 3,000,000 pounds. Tt is pro- duced mainly in the southwestern states. Mr. Penwell said definite tion regarding pr regulations nounced by Informa- ce,” commissions and probably would be an- September 1. Railroad Dodged Tax. Chicago,. Aug. 15.—That the Illinois Central railroad has escaped taxation on approvimately a " billion' * dollags’ worth of property. from the years 1889 to 1918 was charged today in a com- plaint - filed befoge- the board of re- view oy Attorney General Brundage. He asked that assessment be made on | war. We saw ncthing even |y | ably the property. Condensed Telegrams The first class. of weather observers ever trained for the United States army is preparing to leave shortly for The. second chamber of the Diet of Bagen adopted a motion reducing the membership of the nobiiity in that house. Women employed in all branches of| industry in France number . 626000, according to an official report. At Lord Furness' ship yards on the Tees seven hundred women are work- ing with spades and shovels, on cxtensions H. G. Chilton, first secretary of the gation at the Hague leaves hington to exchang: places with A. Rpbertson, first secretary of the British Embassy. Dr. Marco Tiedel Suarez, the presi- dent-elect of Columbia, i$ resarded anti-German and pro-American, nd has the confidence of the greater part of the Columbian people. Word has been received in Wash- on of a proposed compulsory arbi- tration treaty between Uruguay, Bo- liva and Peru, A new foreian trade bureau estab- lished by the city of .Yokohama is - tended to furnish informatien about Japanese goods and therchby Increase Japan’s export trade. Every six minutes a merchant vessel arrives and another deparis from Am- erican ports, The Danville tobacco market, one of the largest in the world, began the 1918-19 ‘season Thursday. with the prospect of breaking all previous rec- ords Th s staff of London, the Food Mini strv. totals 11933 employes and. their salaries, amount to $8.650.000 a vear. An increase of $235,000,000 a year in wages and bouuses has heen secured for railwaymen in London. New Haven coroner held Angelo Gerardi for murder of Michael Flan- nery. Drowning of Everett G. Pillbrick, clectrician, of , Mass, while in bathing in announced by the navy department. GERMAN SUBMARINES OF DEUTSCHLAND TYPE. Washington, Aug. 15.—German sub- marines carrying out raids in Ameri- can waters are of the cruiser type, very probably converted merchantmen like the Deutschland, which Thade two peaceful trips to the United States before this country entered the war. They are low-speed craft with great <ruising radius, carrying large crews, 5.9 inch guns and mine-laying equip- ment, as well as torpedoes These conclusions have been drawn by naval officers from detailed réports which have been gathered from time, to time since the U-boats first ap- peared off the Atiantic coast last May. The largest of them probably is not more than 300 feet long and officers are satisfieq they are not the super- submarines h frequent reports of late have said Germany was building. It may now be stated that the raid- ers have made no effort to attack troops ships leaving for Europe and that none of them ever has been sight- ed by outbound transports or convoy- ing warships. This fact, together with the general character of the opera- tions of the submersibles, is accepted here generally as proof that the sole purpose of the radds is to hinder com- merce as much as possible nad inci- dentally to carry the German cam- paign of “frightfulness” to the United States, The Germans are believed to have turned out six merchant submarines and two of them, the Deutschland and Bremen, are known to have been com- pleted before this country declared At least one and possible two of these vessels are believed to have been destroyed, but the others un- questionably have been converted into fighting ships. Their great beam en- ables them to mount much larger gune than the ordinary U-boat and this oc- counts for the fact that they have out- ranged nearly all of the armed mer- chantmen when they dared to attack. ced has been sacrificed to cruising radius and it is estimated that their maximum surface speed is mot than twelve knots, while they cannot do better than merged. Their slowness, officers say makes them unsuitable for operations in the war zone. where speedy destroy ers are constantly on guard, and they have heen emploved larfely in spora- dic- raidiag expeditions, is LARGE TRAINING CAMPS ARE TO BE MADE LARGER Washington, Aug. 15—Plans for cn- largement of several of the bif train- inz camps were announced tonight by the army general staff. Camp Han- cock, Ga, designated as a center for the training of machine gunners. will be enldrged to accommodate between 56,000 and 60000 men An officers’ training school, housed in tents there, now will be given barracks and quart- ers and the total cost of new work will be_about $2 000,000. The capacity of Camp Grant, Ilii- nois. which has been created an in- fantry replacement cantonment. will creased from 42,000 to 60,000 men. artillery firing centers are to ed at West Point. Ky.. Camp d Fayetteville, N. C. ades of artillery located at each of them except Jackson which | will have four. rs' training schools with tent| accommodations at Camps Lee, Va. Gordon, Ga., and Pike. Arkan; are to be given permanent housing at a cost of 000,000 each. RUSSIANS WILL FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM Washington, Auz. 15.—The official of the state department declared to- day that far from being tired of fizht- ing and wanting only to zet back to their homes, as the German propagan- eported, the Russians are freedom, which they y had lost so soon after having gained it by revolution. One proof of this is found in the marching of arm- ed bands of peasants upon Petrograd demanding food and charging that t! Ked Guard have, robbed their farm: and stores of all provisions. The Soviet of Petrograd, fully ap- preciating the menace of the aroused peasants, have fled to = Kronstadt, where, with Lenine and . Trotzky, many observers- believe the Soviet government is making its last stand. thought ALLIES WAR TANKS HAVE DEMORALIZING EFFECT London, Aug. 15—Agcording to un- official estimates here. the Germans captured in the present offensive the British Fourth army and the French First and Third, total 34000, while thus far 570 guns have been counted. Of these, the British took 20,000 pris- oners_and 450 guns. There is clear evidence of the de- moralizing effect of the tanks on the enemy. Where previously the Ger- mans offered stubborn resistance this time they surrendered aimost as doon as the tanks got near them. more | 1 1 | | ‘Washington, Aug. 15—TFour- million! American soldiers can defeat the Ger- man army, in the belief Marsh, chief of staff, and presznt plans of thc war . department call for more that number under arms next summer with some 3,200,000 of them, 2; eighty divisions. in France by June ‘These, concerning the nation's effort than war Chairman 18 _an President bring the war to a conciusion-by con- centrating all front. 4,000,000 MEN TO DEFEAT GERMANY Plans of War Department Calls for Fully That Number Uflu ‘Arms Next Summer—2,300,000 Youths. of FEighteen Will Probably be in France Before August 1, Next. ’ of and other important General Marshn, Secre d 4 vea Wilson is ' determined forces on the westes including Italy, this by stating that and decisively. General facts in the as given ‘to the senate military committee Ly tary Baker and Provost Marshal Gen- eral Crowder, were reveaied today by Chamberlain in presenting to the senate the administration man power bill extending the draft ages to include all men between the ages of Secretary Baker told the committee, and General Marsh supplemented the purpos struggle quick'y. the nation not to put forth 1ts maxi- mum. effort at once. the-chie: of staff to end the great world For 30, nearly two million men must be sent to France in'the next eleven months. Mr. Baker would . not be drawn into any discussion of the coun- ‘tr's ability to transport men.’ But it is_known that many more than that number could be landed in,the war zone »° the present rate of shipments. General Marsh told thé committee, according to the report to the sedate, that he was in favor of young men for the army and that the youths of 18 registered under the new draft law would be in France by June 30. He - estimated that some 2.300.000 men qualified for full military service would be secured from the new registrants and he outlined the calls for the next year or more, as follows: August, 2250,000; Seplember, 200 000 Octeber, 155 000: November, 150,000; to | December, 150,000; January, 100.000; February, 200.000 and 300,000 meonthly T thereafi ,~ until the end of next year. Thye calls would. aggegate 4205 000 against the estimate of 2,300,000 to be had from the new registrants, but no explanation was made of this and other discrepancies in the draft figures. General Crowder has said that the present reservoir in class one will it declared, would be but “playing Ger-|be exhausted by next October 1, but many’s game.” Secretary Baker made it plain foday Thirty one American dlvisions, or| that the reservoir of, men now in eamp approximately 1,300,000 men, are now |in this country is sufficient to keep up in France with camps in t| Secres overseas which Pershing to organize hif army continied hecause of the gencrous ac- tion of the British government in sup- as many country more as a reservi tary rst of some 4,250,000 men will plying ships. To carry out the present programme of eighty di ions overseas by Ju Baker said that the accele- rated programme of troop movements has enabled General field, in the present troop movement overseas. Plans for considering the man power bili in the senate next Monday were blccked today because a quorum was not present and a quorum s expected Monday and leaders plan then to vote to end the recess programme so the S be taken up next Thurs- be The senate Is cxpected to pass the bill within a few davs and it then will ne' be sent to the house. FETE OF DELIVERANCE With the Aug, abandoned. of Albert, FROM GERMAN MENACE. France, 15 (Noon).—(By The Associated Press).—(General interest in the situa- tion along the Picardy battle front has shifted to the northward, where it is confirmed evacuating some of their forward po- sitions, Beaumont-Hamel, quoy and Puisieux-au-Mont have been British patrols crossed the Ancre at Authuille and Aveluy, north last night, and went some distance before they were fired upon. British Army in that the Germans Albert still is held strongly by t Germans. the 't British_patrols. on_enteri own, Albert cathedral. It German retirement in February, 1917, to. the Hindenburg line was immedi- preceded .by slight local retire- ments such as have been made north of - ‘Albert. whether some sucH plan is being car- ried out by the enel the situation should be clarified in & ately short Along the new Somme battle front quiet still continues except for rather increased artillery activity points France. fete of will be remembered that t The Jmystery._ Row time. ‘Throughout this section and especiaily at Amiens. the debris caused are Serre, Buc-. were fired upon from the It this is true, at several deliverance from the menace of the Germans was celebrated today. Among the sandbags piled about the statuary and ARMY CASUALTY LISTS CONTAIN 212 NAMES Washington, Aug. 15.—Two .army casualty lists issued today contained a total of 312 names. No mfarine list was_isswed. Today's casualties were divided as follows: Killed in action, 43; died of wounds, 7; wounded se- verely, 131; wounded degree unflem- mmed 6; missing in action, 25. The army casualties Tist today shows: 3 A Killed in action 17, wounded severe- ly 95, total 112, The list of New England ryea fol- lows: Killed in action: John C. Gram- storff, Everett, Mas: Albert Yaczun- sk; John ‘street, New London. unded severely ih action, include: Sergeants Joseph F. Brown, Bangor, Me.; George P. Dyer, Bangor, -Me.; James _F. Philbrick, Bncmnmt. Mass.; Warren ' R. - Prputy, lalls}lq Ci Peter J. Bris- D R J«:‘:- som, Ame: forge, Cambridge, Mass.: P burg, Worcester, Mass.; James A. o Govern, Lyon, Mass.; William J. Ol- Brien, Northampton, Mass.; Harvey F. Taylor, Florence, Mass.; Edgar R. White, 35 Beckley street, Barre. Vt.; Cook Edward W. Laudrick, Gardirer, Me.; Walter Beauchaine, ~Hallowall, Me.: Paul Beallieu, Winchendon, Mass.: Ara S. Belcher, Bangor, Me. Jurgis Bingelis, Salem, Mass.:' Felix J. Boisvert, Manchester, N. H. T H. Cunningham, Manchester, he ng he Is of a by German shells, a few old-time resi- | Wilfred Damboise, Nashua, N. H, dents of Amiens, a group of Rea Cross | Henry A. Day, Ashland, N. H. 2 nurses and some British and French| Ernest Deschene, Somarsworth, N. officers United States. I bomb: tiful one sheil penetrated the roof and burst near and soldiers gathered was decorated with at one end of the done to tI by German shells during t ardment of Amie) window: have been-smashed ai the entrance, severely wrecki that part of the gigantic church FRENCH MAKE MORE GAINS BETWEEN MATZ-OISE RIVERS Paris, Aug.—Further gains ha great cathedrai for service. a most impressive Ceraminy. the flags of France Great Britain and the |1 The wartime congre- gation sat between two great piles of sandbags structure. choir. ixtensive damage was edifice giant French soldiers sang in the Many beau- | at|H.: John F. Dorzan, Pittsfield, Mass., Herbert C. Durant, Exeter, N. iL; Robert W. Evans, Monument Beach, Raymond Fanning, Everett, Thoflas Flemming, Beverly, Newell G. Flood, Northampton, Frank Ford, Lynn, Mass.; Haverhill, Mass.: Eu- Mass. Frank Foster, gene Gebe, Mascoma. N. H.; Howard E. Gilvert, Oldtown, Me. Harold E. Grandshaw. Pittsfield, Mass.; Harvey L. Gray, Sedgwick, Me.; Arthur V. Hillman, Hancock, Mass.: Eilzar W. Jeffries, Gardner, Mass.. Joseph A. Lacoy, Northampton, M-ass.; Napoleon i Fontain, Northampton, Masss Stanley Lawnick, Easthampton, Mass. Thomas N. Lennon, Northamptom, Mass.; Ernest A. Mazerall, Bangor, Me.; James B. McGee, Salem, Mass Erie J. Morrill, Morrisville, Vt. cis Patneaude, Montpelier. Bt.: he he nd ng ve lard I been made by the French in the wood- ed region between the Matz and Oise rivers and just north of the Oise near Ribecourt, according to the French of- Patterson, ~Gardiner, Fraonk F. Peaslev, Pittsfield, Joseph J. Ravgiala, Haverhill, Zephlin Raymond. East Me. Mas: Mast Hampton, ficial ening. communication For the most issued this e part character. The text of the communication fol- lows: “During the course minor operations have enab.led us to and hill regmn between the Matz and the make Oise. west ed of the progress in the wooded e have eaptured to the nort of Ribscourt the Aftiche farm and the Monolithe farm, which were { energetically _defended by On_ August s moderate artillery as hole of the front. To tl tack, however, the operations have been of a minor day the enemy. which was repulsed. tors have bombarded en- Mass.: Leo A, Ricard, Belmont, N. H. Yorman Ripley, Bradford, )Mas: olney A. Roberts, Guilford, M Charles R. Savage, Henniker, N. Letwis R. Scherp, aDjton, Ma Stambler, Danvers, Mass.: Wilfred J. Thibodeau, Peabody, Mass.: Willlam E, Thurston, Mount Vernon, Me.; Mar- L. Tilletson, Groton. Franic L. Vose. Leominster, Mass.: Hareld P. Waldron, Boston: Roval P. Webbery Litchfield, Me.: Julian Pan- for, Me.: Harry E. Whittaker, Haver- hill, Mass,; George J. Wiilett, -Mont- relier, Vt. second section issued tonight was divided as follows Killed in action 26: died of wounds 7: wounded severely 36: wounded, de- missing in ace V- h- he west of Porocanu the enemy attempt- |.!* gree undetermined, tion. 25: total 100. Among those who died of wnnmls. ; Captain Hollock Welles. ~Brooklina, e Mass.: Private Georze Cody. Cam- HEROES' DAY MONDAY bridge, Mase, IN NEW YORK GITY.| The severely wouned Sy SO | Corporal_Stanley _Colody, o vror Hylan | Gonn,; - Privates- Peroival - Go-Butlery in & Droclamation issued toreght des: | Worcoster, Mass.: Stenti Cwek, Ters ignated Sunday, Sept. 1, as Heross’|ryville, Conn.: John J. Geary, Revere, Who have died in’France, and named|>ass.: Bugene W. Jomes, 30 Lawicq a committee to prepare a suitatle|sireet. New. Britain Conn.: Ernest T. Brogrant Tols, Haverni, Mass.: Francis HI The proclamation calls on “all Z00d | n-a: o oA - 3 eitizens” to lend their aid “to make }O:NCIL ,Huntington, Mass.:, Michael this Heroes’ pressive public tribute to our dead. weeks have -been weeks of battle and victory soldiers in France,” reads. the enemy and have selves with ‘glory. “The nown “It should honor have died in arms for the cause of setting aside a day on-which to celebrate their ‘valor and their achievements ang their supreme human liberty by day a solemn and past few the proclamati “They have met covered fitting that those brave men wl is altogether sacrifice.” min leged railroa, General Crowder that 8, Class classification be ance Railroad Men in ‘Draft. unfairness in classification of men by draft boards. A com- icn deciares raflway administration has presented 1: He urged that granted with tions.” im for . our and beaten them- and added new r to the great name of America. we The railway ad- stration hds protested against al- nstances where employes con- sidered necessary have heen placed in deferred “in ‘accord- the spirit of the regula- Shemet, 24 High School avenue. Mer- iden, -Conn.; William L. Wenzel, Wakefield, Mass. on | KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS & AGE LIMIT RAISED New York, Aug. 15.—Because of the expectation that the draft age will ‘be raised to 45 ) lumbus have raised their age limit for. field secretarfes to 50 and will now accept only “young-0id” men Detweeis the ages of 45 and 50, according to an announcement tonight by William Mylligan, chairman -of the Knights' committee on war activities. Asserting that this, step. had been . ltaken because - the Knights “are co- operating to the limit with the zov- ernment in all things,” Mr. Mulligan said his organization “cannot use any. man liable to draft” but needs thou-- ands of men “whose gray hairs don't signify aged spirits.” el ho Voting Not Compulsory. - Boston, Aug. 15.—By a margin of two votes, 104 to 106, the constitutienal convention today defeated a proposed to make voting cvmpulsnry. s ars, the Knights of Go- * amendment to permit, the lngillllw