Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 22, 1918, Page 1

Bufletin Service Flag \S el L ; VOL. LIX—NO. 201 > AUGUST 22, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS ° (By'The Associated Prss.) fly against the France and Flanders. On four impor- agai e been served and the en- i« more: seriously menaced than be- operatinz n northwest of Soissons to the Oise river, and those of General Humbert, fighting between the Oise and the Matz have 'bringing them to positions threaten to compel the immediate evacuation of the entire Somme-Oise salient from Braye to Noyon. Farther to the north. hetween Albert and Arras, Field Marshal followed up his successes of previous Schmith, Southington, Conn.; aymond days by a new offensive over a froat|pressed eastward in conformity. Stirk, 26 W. Main St., Mariboro, Mass. | of about ten milles and driven forward | On the Lys salient the Germans| Privates—William E. Carr, 339 ] his troops for splendid zains over the |pave gelivered a violent counetr-at- | Broad St., Bridgeport, Conn.; Anthony entire line, capturing a number of|ack in an endeavor to recoup in part|Cwek, P. O. Box 169, Thomaston, villages, taking prisoners and guns and inflicting heavy casualties on the en- emy. less, for the British everywhere with- |iSt, Burnside, Conn.. Albert 4| Still further north, in the famous|giood their assaults and pushed back | James, 72 Orchard St, Wallingford, Lys eector, & general eastward ad-|ihe enemy beyond the.points of his|Conn.; Walter S. Slavinski, 106 Vet- ance on a front of more than four|geparture. eran St, Meriden, Conn.; Andrew miles has been made by the British, who have brough reciably nearer ne run their positions ap- the old 1916 battle g east of Armentieres Numerous additional villazes have | highly probable that-this entire front|thony G. Palladino, 1726 Highland Av- been liberated by the French north- |soon must be realigned. The particu- |enue, Waterbury ,Conn.; Peter P. Le- east of Soissons, and positions have |lar menace to the Gers aside from | mieux, Box 212 Taftville, Conn.; Jas. heen ptured on both sides of the territory between the|J. McAuliffe, 461 New Britain Ave., Vise river which seemingly make un- [ Somme the Oise, abpears to be|Hartford, Conn.; James O'Brien, Rox- tenable for oecupation by the enemy |on sector along the Vesle river|bury, Conn.;. Thomas F. O’Brien, 102 the important town of Noyon, which |from Soissons to Rheims, which from |Charlotte St. Hurtford, Conn.: Daniel i« now outflanked on the southeast|the war maps looks to be untenable.|J]. O'Leary, 501 Millbury St. Worces- | and dom d by the French guns|Even the Aisne and Chemin des | ter, Mass.; Joseph Pelkey, Graniteville, from the south and west. On the|Dames do not appear to be any t00|Mass.; Leroy M. Roberts, R. F. D, 2 south the French are standing in|safe for a defense line if General|Glastonbury. Conn; John Skulski Sempigny, 2 mile and a half distant. | Mangin presses much further north- o e while on the west they have captured sectors French and British arms | Rrench east way for the west of Soissons. IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS . . o tion. The Entire German Front From Ypres, in Belgium, to Sois- !}l A. . . y md MANY CONNECTICUT MEN sons, on e Aisne 18 w mfld—Fm‘l British Made Gains in Four Sectors. the important pivotal tu\vn of Iag!g; _| ny, the key position to Noyon anc B, i65: potoRe e M%%mfii:"m Plains to the morth. o 3 With the latest advances of roads, over Haig still the losses they have sustained. Their efforts, however, were fruit- | Roxbury, Mass.; Albert Jacobs, School What is to be the effect of the al- lied drives along the 120 mile battle|Conn.; line from Ypres to Soissons cannot be | Hartford, Conn, foretold at present, by 'the |died of disease, 4; there has | yndetermined) 23; come under the range of General Man- | 197, tire German front from Ypres, in Bel- l!e';; n!;“;!;{_’: '1'\{:;3“ gt 4 Ay glum, to Solssoms, on the Aisnc, MO | Fere—tho sole remaining line, ‘except for two narrow gauge v 0 re Hich the enemy may transport his |coln St, Lewiston, Me.;: Guy George, rench Lioghi_st IHenstilKa e ana: supplios beyend the range |22 Battery St Bokton, Mass, e SR T of the French artillery. At last_accounts preseing forward on the heels of the ) : Germans between Albert and Arras, materialty pushed forward their-front | yin “tank innumerable clearing the infantry and machine guns and the field artillery, which was | Foster St keeping close up to the advance. The [ Arras-Albert railway already has been | Woodbury crossed by the British east of Bois- ; Haig has |jeyx-St. Marc and Mercatel, and south | Turner of these towns the new line has been was seems | Hanover St. MUNTTION WORKERS HAVE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE Washington, Aug. 21.—The right of representatives is i controversy between Wesson Company, arms mahufacturers nd their employes at \fass. The board ruled Il the time lost on account of the dis- |emplary soldiers and as the | Scott, 13 Hill St, Waterbury, Conn. in_questioning . Cl 4Stamm. the| amendment postponinz service for arge. Brandenburgers have always proved Missing in Action. Providence representative of the Bay- | boys 1% and 197 Oppopents of the The-prabtice of the company in|themselves and only recently in the| Privates—J: WL KDrds, . Cleneralls e pams (WIS (b ailewy o Hiis - {ater. amendment, to, wilich adrilnls: times past to make restrictive person- | Ereat battle in rance where they earn- | Dentesee Haettord Onor® jodeneral | ternment 2s a dangerous. alien. tration spokesmen have made strong Gt ricts, Gyl WMWEST Wiheh ‘tande, | €0 Presh laurels, e teniod Con RO, S, e objections, tonight predicted it would i« contrary to the principles of '"Tm “For ‘some time s ha:lmri'crhh:she»n er, Mass.; Thomas Morrison, 27 Chart- | THREE MEN KILLED BY et .ff‘p:g‘;’oggg e card, it was stated in the award, and | put at work and_shall become | er Oak St. S, 2 nd- | With ; 3 s in- ® Dractics shou 3°he discontinued for |the instructor. in Aghtmg In Y“O"k‘n!fi:t“urr;k.;\.lfl\r‘,l B ‘Ck:‘fiswrr"rocs‘;'»:’:i bfl‘} EATLOSION OF BEACK POWDER | istration draft to fix the order of call- the period of the war. battle. fresh: battle experience, | Worcester. Mass.. John O'Donnell, 17|, VWiimington, Del, Aug. 21—Three ing all classes. . The board ruled that cmployers |every new fighting method shall here 2 should not discharge workers for mem- hership in trade unions timate trade union activily, an® that the workers on their part in the ex- pany, the board sugzested selected by the emploves in a conve- hood of the plant In commenting upon the one of the most important cases yet decided by the board. The company | CHEMIST CHARGED WITH clatmed the right to make individual contracts with the men, he said. which was intended to prevent from thereafter joining iabor unions under the fight guaranteed to them by the very first principle of the war la- bor board. TO CHANGE ASTRONOMICAL Cambridge, Mass., Aug. ond session of the American Astron- omical Society at the Harvard College | Which Dr. observatory today. ous convention recommended that ef- fective January 1, 1925, the ci stituted for the astronomical which begins at noon. has consulted tories in the heads of observa- to 1 Leon Campbell, of the Harvard Ob- |directly or CONN. WOMEN PICKETS CLAIM THAT JAIL IS UNSANITARY (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, D. C., Aug. 21. — The Connecticut women who are now in jail for creating a dist cting opposite the White House in the cvause of Suffrage, have appealed to the Connecticut members of congress to fake up the matter of their griev- ance with the District of Commissioners. Mrs. Ascough of Hartford is the only | ported by the Commanding General of one thus far to pay her fine and be|the American Expeditionary Forces: released from jail. The other women servatory, said complications ‘thich would result from a change in the sys- tem would bring havoc. because of old records and the cause of computations for planets and stars that have been made as far ahead as 1940, The report was finally accepted. MARITAL TROUBLE OF A NEW BRITAIN PHYSICIAN New Britain, Auz. 21.—Dr. Henry T. Bray, physician end surgeon was made defen n a suit for $35000 brought today by Dr. Robert E. Beard- sley, who charges alieniation of af- fections. The allezed acts by which Dr. Bearé: ms he has been de- prived of his wife's iove, were com- | the mitted between May 9 and 23, this ypear. Dr. Beardsiev and Anna Beau- mont of North Oxforl were married Aug. 3, 1808. They Fave one son. ROUMANIAN SOLDIERS JOIN Washington, Aug. _21—Roumanian ®nd Montencerin soldiers are joining the Czecho-Siovak troops now fight- ing on the Italian front, An despatch today says all technical dif. culties have been removed and the talan army officials are greatly pleased with this addition to their forces. ITALIANS HARVESTED GRAIN UNDER FIRE OF ENEMY | 27052, F Jis kind in Oglethrope, where he will be interned for the duration of the war because of harvesting the grain on the right bank | his pro-German sympathies and ac- of the Piave river under fire of the | tivities for that country. 5 Feltman was put aboard a train on trict | which were other German alien ene. |andin: artillery mies from New York and New Eng- land points. Washington, Aug. 21—Italian sol- diers and civilians have succeeded in enemy, according to official reports to- fay from Bome. The entire di was swept by the enemy while the baryesters worked. = e e Springfield, | lute on be taken employers | doiph Hutz States,, Amsterdam, Aug. enized and af-|adressed the soldiers. fArmed in an award made pubiic today by his v the National War Labor Board in|Rosner, in the Lokal Anzieger, as foi- the' Smith and |lows: and enemy in custody today from |of Wounds. 9: bis summer home at Merideth, charg ed with violating the espionage actjined) 15. total 161 and the trading with the enemy act. Dr. Hutz is engaged in business on |india street, Boston. TIME FOR NAVIGATORS | cd at midnight by United States mar- 21.—A pro- | sials accompanicd osal to change astronomical time so |department of justice, and was hur- 7 s That it will agree with civilian time,|riéd to this city for Arraignment be- ‘,’,{:Le‘::’fi‘ .X‘a-ss‘?a"“v 22 Moore St., largely for the benefit of navigators,|fore the federal commissioner. Burns i ralsed animated comment at the sec- [P. Hodgman. to give details of the of Hutz plans, maps, models, in_consequence of commissioner and physicians however, that the iliness of the Con. |CCRPORATIONS DELINQUENT necticut women is caused by their per- sistent “hunger_strik iy conditions as they exist at the jail,|ternal Revenue, James J. Walsh said SE= N0 BLONAK TROOES| 1o Comnecticat: womien oy serving |to0ay that the Silnteof sy 2 jail sentences are Mrs. Keon'z, Miss|porations in this district to file suppie. Pertell of Hartford, Mrs. Helena Hill|mental income tax returns for 1917 ‘Weed and her sister, Miss Eisie Hill|has led him to have prepared a list of official | of Norwalk. PRESIDENT OF ANILINE WORKS TO BE INTERNED | S52ry- T £ file the: Phisdephi, Aue. 31Fan Tea ailure to Ale these returns is § man, president of the Berlin Aniline Works, said to be one of the biggest|SEVEN OF CREW OF PATROL United Fort KAISER IN ERROR ABOUT THE BRANDENBURG LINES| a 21.—The German kers of ammunition plants to or- |emperor witnessed manoeuvers in Ar- i inions or groups. and |dennes Wood by Brandenburg to barsein collectively through chosen |chausseur battalion and afterwards He is quoted specia | correspondent, Karl | St.. Springfield, Mass. “It is a special pleasure to me to sa- its manoeuvre ground fhat any em- |Brandenburg chasseur battalion, ploves discharged in violatlon of the|name is highly prineiples of the award should be re_|army. ored to their positions und paid for | fresh esteemed in the entire The Brandenburg spirit in its loyalty malkes ex- up and worked out for the nor for legi- | benefit of the army. idea of entire task shall | Areh st fill the individual fighter and battalion ise of their right to organize, should | With spirit and efficiency not use coercive measures of any kind |$hall be transmitted to my whole in- to induce emplovers to bargain or deal | fantry. with them. Representatives to present | the Brandenburg thoroughness and en- grievances and mediate with the com- | €rgY, are forces which know to how to should be | find victory The old Brandenburg everywhere. You| George E. Tuines, 9 Stantors aven s | nient public bullding in the neighbor- | will find him firmly in mand. He shall | ot oe, = Turn Siartoud Auemne again and again know that he cannot award, |break through the Brandenburg line: Joint Chairman Walsh said that it was |May God help you.” VIOLATING ESFIONAGE ACT made public Concord, N. H, Aug. 21.—Dr. of Boston, a chemist brought here He was arrest- il 4rns | Constine, 77 Sullivan St., Keene, N. H. o the mclals Jdeclined | Corporal Herbert C. Coulman. 53 Kirk is alleged to have |12nd St, Lynn, Mass. Bugler Arthur been connected, but said they committee appointed at a previ. |sidered the arrest an important -one. . e e The warrant charges that he at. || Privates an [tempted to deliver to the Imperial :{;u A 3&?1“ : day, beginning at midnight, be sub-|German government or its represent- £ gEch ‘ 5 327, |020e bogke: Dhotomaee blue e, | Haverhill, Mass. committee , 3 s, |5 = ot ob instruments ap- |57 Newbury St. is country as well as navi- | pliances or information relating to the |L- Fnnis, 24 Fators of I teamships that sail |national defense.” 3 | o ports. These authori- |Of the warrant alleges that Dr. Hutz e ties favored the change by a vote of |attempted to take or send out of the | O b es 3 l"»ln» v : country certain papers to be delivered [SPh Scannell Arbor St. indirectly to the enem: ‘Amother paragrapy | Northampton, Mass.; ance by pick- are still confined but protest against|ceived in action, 1; wounded in action conditions. They ctafm they are|(severely) 3; wounded in action, (de. in an unsanitary building and are ill | gree undetermined), 6, total 15. The — assert, privation. and not from the for the then spirit | Ma Ru- of the con- writings, Columbia Cabled Paragraphs London, August 21, (By A. P).—The Independent Labor party today issued a manifesto urging the British labor leaders to reunite and to assemble in international conference. Internation.. al Socialism and labor, the manifesto says, possess the means of initiating a. settlement of the war by negotia- IN LATEST CASUALTY LIST ‘Washington, Aug. 21.—The following casualties are reported by the Com- handing General of the Amercian Ex- peditionary orces: Killed in action, 21; missing in ac- severely, 81; died from accident and other causes, 2 wounded (degree prisoner, 1; total Those from New England are: Killed in Action. Privates—Alfred J. Curtis, 110 Lin- Died of Accident and Other Causes. Privates—Nicholas Higgins, 20 Fox St., New Haven, Conn. Wounded Severely. Lieutenants—Henry A. Riecke, 63 Meriden, Conn. Corproais—Raymond J. Meegan, Avenue, Northampton, Mass.; Joseph Niedbola, L St Falls, Mass.; Ernest F, Conn.; Alfred G. Garvin, 53 Fort Ave., Stempien, 11 Silver § New Britain, Daniel Healy. Portland Si Frederick B. Loomis, Yalesville, Conn.; An: Chaple St.,.Thomaston, Conn.; Alfred E. Swanson 184 Washington St, New Britain, Copn.; Edmond J. Toomey, 10 Smith St, New Britain, Conn.; Jo- seph F. Tracy. 89 Ward Hartford, C Edwin Valley, 155 Austin St. Bedford, Mas: Walter Zam- 92 Clark St, New Britain, Sergeant—Solon Prince, 254 N. Main Privates—Henry P. Garside, 280 Rhode Island Ave., Fall River, Mass. Missin in Acti se | _Sergeants—Frank Latimer, Mills, Waterbury, Conn. Corporals—Michael McCarthy, 38 6th St, Waterbury, Conn. Karl R. n. Platts Stoddars St. Woburn {mond J Worcester, Mass.; Ray Rosseel, 1005 Grafton Mass.; John W. Ryan, 38 Providence, R. I.;: Alexander P. Thompson, R. D. 1, Winchester, N. | H.; Ernest R. Ward, Morrissville, Vt. Amos T. White. R. D. Houlton, e; Frank W. Woods, 11 Buckman St.. Woburn, Mass.; Ralph J. Reil, 31 Chestnut St ranklin. N. H.; Clyde Savage, 1S Maple St. Bangor. Me. | Providence, R. L 5 Arlington St. Worcest Alex Wilsky, Lincoln, N. H | The following casualties reported by | the Commanding General of the| American Expeditionary Forces, were | yesterday afternoon: Killed in action. 24; missing in ac- | tion, 64; wounded severely, 47; died total 144; died of dis- wounded, (degree undeterm- Albert Waters. | . Mass.; | ease, New England men mentioned are: Wounded Severely. Sergeant Leo J. Brown, 36 High St.. Farmingion Me.; Sergeant Axel M. Lee, Lowell St, Concord, Mase.; Corp- Corporal Edmond B. L. Gaulin, 23 Florence St. Worcester, Mass. Privates—Frank T. Connelly, 46 Al- Arthur Jan- ., Lynn, Mass, Chester A. Richardson. 15 How St. Corrado Corradino, Portland, Me.: John Highland Avenue, | John H. Gall: Stoneham, Mass Blaine, M S. Hamil- ton. Mass. William Anderson, 369 Main St, New Britain, Conn.; Alex Balough, 5 George St, Wallingford, Conn.; rederick Dransfelt, South St., Elmwood, Conn.; Stanley J. Frodema, 53 Chicopee St., Chicopee, Mass. Wounded Degree Undetermined. Corporals—William F. Boogar, Johnson St., Provincetown, Mass.; Ig- nac Bis, West Warren, Mass; Mi- chael L. Coughlin, 111 Beacon St., Worcester, Mass. Marine Corps Casualties. The following casuaities are re- Killed in action, 5; died of wounds re- IN INCOME TAX RETURNS Hartford, Aug. 21 —Collector of In- the delinquents to be placed in the hands of the district attorney for in- vestigation and prosecution if nec- The maximum penalty for 9,000, BOAT MONTAUK DROWNED An Atlantic Port, Aug. 21.—Seven members of .the crew of the Tnited States patrol boat Moatauk were lost vhen the eraft was driven ashore by a hizh northeast gale on Cumberiand nd, twenty miles north of Fern- at one o'clock Wednesday, eve- irinz. The body of onc has been re- covered. fabout 2: May Be Reinstated New York, Aug. 21.—All former em- ployes of the Western Union Tele- graph company who were discharged because of their affiliations with the Commercial Telegraphers' union of America during the recent difficulties between the company and the union, before the company was taken over by the government, will have the privilege of reinstatement, it wae an- nounced by the company today. Vice President Atkins of the com. pany made the following statemen “Conforming with the policy laid down by the government. all former employes of the Western Union Tele- Zraph company released solely be- cause of the affifiation with the Com- mercial Telegraphers’ union of Amer- ica are now eligible for re-employment with the company. Between 650 and 700 men are af- fested by the ruling, Mr. Atkins add- ed. The difficulties hetween the West- ern Union and the telegraphers, which involved a threat of strike, arose from the refusal of the company to deal with the union. The company dis- charged employes who joined the un- ion and organ: its non-union employes with which it announced it would deal exclusive- ly. Notwithstanding a decision of the war labor board favoring the conten- tion of the union, the company re- fused to modify recent action of the taking over government in telegraph and telephone | lines followed. GERMAN PLOT FRUSTRATED BY A. MTTCHELL PALMER New York, Augz. 21. scheme whereby the ' former Gierman owners ci the $10,000,000 er Company, mznufacturers and impor the government, hoped to acquire a tantial par{ of the company ness through crganization of a idiary company. has been frust- rated. A. Milchell Palmer, alien pro- perty custodian, asserted announcinz he had taken over the Williams and Crowell Color Company, Inc, of New York, with $250,000 in undisturbed dividends. Accordinz to Mr. Palmer, the Wil- lisms and Crowell Color ' Company, irc, was organized with dummy di- rectors and stockholders by Charles J Hardy, New York lawyer, and Her- man A, Seebohm, director and secre- tary of the Bayer Company. on Jan- uary 17 last, and was fizanced with unds of the Bayer Company. Seebohm, former direcior of the Layer Company, and four other men onnected with the company, were arrested today by agents of the de- partment of justice and are being held for investization as dangerous enemy aliens. The other men held are Dr. Robert J. Pabst, Adelbert Segin and Carl A. Heiser, of New York, and Dr. R. Hu cording to Mr. of Boston. Ac- Palmer, first suspic ions as to the connection between the Ayer company and the subsidi- ary were gleaned by sbecial agents men were killed this afternoon at the Hagley yard of the company Dupont above this city Powder when a building known as a pack house was| demolished by powder whi an explosion of biack kegs. The men killed are: Charles Kimber! aged 48, mar ried, of Free Park road. Montchanin, Allay Pollett, aged 23, single, of | Princess Anne, Md. William E. Poliett, aged 2 of 1308 West Third street ton. Del. Allan Pollett and William E. Pollett were cousins. The accident occurred at about half past 4. At the time the three men were in the house working at the op- eration.’ Only a short time .before everything had seemed to be going well in the building. When the e plosion came it demolished the build- ing and killed the three men instantly, it is believed. At the time, it is esti- mated, there were 150 kees of powder in the house, cach keg containing pounds of powder. Beyond destroying the house, the explosion did no_other damage. The pack house where the accide took place was an open building about one story and a half in height. When the powder is brought into a building of this tipe it is completely finished and is ready to be packed inio kegs for storage or shipment. It is taken upstairs and run down a hopper, pass- ing into screens and then is separated into bins. It is afterwards run down into the kegs and the kegs sealed. The cause of the accident is now be- ing investigated. ngie, Wilming- ANSONIA MAN DROWNED IN AN UNUSED QUARRY Ansonia, Conn., Aug. 21.—The hody of John Maddigan, an old auarryman, was found shortly before noon today in a pool of water in an unused quarry on Rockwood avenue. Mad- digan went to work in a local mill some years ago but often visited the quarries. He was subject to dizzy spells and did not work today. He left his home for a walk and is believed to have been attacked with dizziness while walking through the quarry and fell into the pool, which is a deep one. A wife and one daughter sur- vive him. ARMY DESERTERS TRACKED INTO WEST VIRGINIA HILLS Huntington,” W. Va, Aug. 21—A rumber of alleged deserters from the United States army tracked by a posse into the hills of Mingo County, W. Va, resisted arrest today and in a pitched battle which ensued Depu- ty Sheriff George Dillion and a man named Ellis were killed. Aid was asked from Charieston and a special train carrying deputy Unit- ed’States marshals and members of the state military police is rushing to the scene. Twenty members of the militia reserve from this city are en- route to Mingo. LEADER OF STRIKE IS CHARGED WITH ESPIONAGE. Boston, Aug. 21—Herman O. Snay of Rockland, one of the leaders of the shot cutter strike in Brockion, was arraigned before the United States commissioner here today, charged with espionage. He pleaded not guilty and was held in bonds of $1,000 for a hear- ing a week from today. !iis brother furnished the required security. Snay_was arrested vesterday during street disturbances at Bre sulting from the strike. FormerW.U.Employes its position, and the | W ers of drugs |bill exten ind chemicals, now in the hands of | limits to all Americans 18 to 45 years tonight in | German Troops Show a Spirit of Revalt British Headquarters in France, Aus. 21 (By The Associated Press).—Ger- many’s military leaders have become worried over the prospects of a revo- lution in Germany. General Luden- dorff, as has been revealed in a cap- tured secret order, has taken steps 10 employ the assistance of his com- manding officers and varlous govern- mental agencies fo help him stamp out the glowing spark which has been seen. The order follows: “It has come to my knowledge through a letter addressed to tie royal Prussian ministry of war that men on leave have spoken, publicly of a revo- lution which is to break out after the war, “A soldier. said to have come from the industrial region of Rhenish West- phalia, declared in a train that in his home district men were going to leave, taking weapons with them for the aforesaid objcct, and that it was easy to take home German or captured re- volvers as well as hand grenades, sep- arated into two parts. “1 desire that the clothing of men going on leave be searched, as test cases, before their departure. It will ed an association of |De possibie to carry this out at the baths and dressing stations. 1 wish to impress upon ail superior officers who happen to hear such objectionable tafk, or who hear of it through others, that they must deal with it at once and thout hesitation. The home authori- ties and the director of military rail- ways have been directed to take cor- responding measures.” MAN POWER BILL IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS TODAY. prepared to turn its attention exclu- sively tomorrow to the man power ng the army draft age of age, to provide the army counted | upon to defeat Germany next year. Debate on. the measure will begin imultaneousiy iomorrow in the senate and house, with the passage expected in the house before adjournment and by the senate within a few days. Exclusive right of way was given by the house ioday to the measure when it was 1eported by the military committee with the amendment to de- summoned. The senate has set aside its three- day recess program for the especial purpose of taking up the bill. The first business s on of the senate will be held tomorrow and Chairman Chamberlain of the military commit- tee tonight anticipated no difficulty in securing the bili's immediate and ex- clusive consideration. If not passed before next Monday, when the na- tional prohibition measure would W come privileged, the bill probably will be held before the senate until passed, prohibition leaders having agreed to lay their measure aside temporarily. The only serious controversies ex pected are over the “work or fight amendment of ' the senate military committee and the house committee’s For the “work or fight” legisiation, | oppesed by orzanized luobor. Chairman | Chamberlain and Senator Thomas of Colorado, its author, arc prepared to make a vigorous fight, with its d.spo- ch was being loaded Ifo |sition in doubt. AMERICAN AVIATORS BOMB TOWN IN GERMANY, With the American Army in France, Aug. 21 (By The Associated Press).— American aviators bombed Flabeu- ille. in the department of Muerthe- et-Mosclle, vesterday afternoon and secured many hits, some of them di- rect ones on the railroad tracks. The airplanes returned standing thé heavy anti-aircraft fire directed against them. The bombers origina attack Longuyon, dun, in the misty tain. In Alsace last night the enemy shelled a portion of the American trenches heavily, but could not even reach the wire entanglements when the infantry attempted a raid. NAUGATUCK BERRYING PARTY ENDED IN DOUBLE DROWNING. Naugatuck Aug. 21—A ber- ving excursion by five Naugatuck 1children ended in a double drowning this afternoon when one of the bo; in the party attempted to ferry hi companions ~ across the Naugatuck Iriver in a small soapbox. | Two of the children had been brought safely from the west to the east shore of the stream at High Rock, in the town of Eeacon I'alls, and the other children were in mid-stream when the box was upset. Rocco Mariano and Angelina Borzniss, both 12 years old, were drowned, the for- mer being pulled under the surface when the girl clutched his hair. The boy who acted as' ferryman reached shore safely. AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK IN FOREIGN WATERS ‘Washington, Aug. 21—The Ameri- can steamer Montanan of 6539 tons gross, was torpedoed and sunk in foreign waters August 16 with the probable loss of three members of the civilian crew and two members of the naval armed guard, te navy depart- nient tonight announced. Bighty-one survivors were landed. The Montanan was in the service of the quartermaster's department of the army and was used as a supply ship. The members of the naval guard reported as missing are David W. Johnson, - coxswain, and Chester C. Eidridge, seaman. The names of the civilian members of the crew unac- counted for have not been ascertained. COURT DENIES NEW TRIAL FOR THOMAS J. MOONEY, San Francieco, Aug. 21—A petition that the trial court be directed to grant Thomas J. Mooney a new trial on the ground that his conviction was brought about through malfeasance practiced by the district attorney was denied by the state supreme court here toda: 3 BILL PASSED FOR $40,000 TO INDEMNIFY GREECE ‘Washington, Aug. 21.—A serate bill providing $40.000 to indemnify Greece as requested by President Wiison in a ! recent message to congress for dam- | ages suffered hy Greeks in. South Oma- riots in 1909, was passed today by the house and now goes to the president, purposed to, northeast of Ver- Woevre, but found it too to make military targets cer- Washington, Aug. 21—Congress is| . saved. Condensed Telegrams' The American Red Cross received $118,000 from_Chile. Fhe Salvaion Army campaign in Chicago netted $417,000. Final work on the aircraft vestigation committee is being pre- pared. | The cost of living has increased 69 per cent. within the last five years. The condition of Senator Ollie James of Kentucky is reported very serious, Gordon Sarre, former baseball play- | er now in France 215 feet. the United States was Copenhagen. | More than 50 petitions were filed in one day in Chicago to have Teutonic names changed. £ Maj. Gen. Henry P. McCain, new his duties, American soldiers are reported to be | well protected against any kinds of | poison gas used by the foe. The War Industries Board demands that small merchants must report stocks of knitting varns at once. The New York depot of the Quart- ermasters’ Corps is reported in need of laborers for work in warehouses. A 19,000-ton steamer was recent completed at Dunkork. despite the Ge man bombardment of the ways. Community labor boards are being | established throughout the country to | determine_what work js essential. Loom fixers in ecight textile mills have gone on strike, at Pawtucket, R. L, because of alleged discriminatio Dr. H. D. Cafter of East Orange, was appointed temporary inspector of the Deputy Nolens has reguested Queen ‘Wilhelmina of Holland to relieve him of th eduty of forming a new ministry cabinet. in regard question, to “be delicate situation.” The cotton area of Egypt has been been limited to one-third of the pe-| to the patient conscription | in present | rennial area. The limitation will be effective until the end of 1919, | Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the| |board of directors of the United | | States Steel Corporation, is motoring | from New York to Quebec. Heavy rains broke the drouth in southern Illinois. The rains caused | considerable damage to some of the'! crops and small houses. { Major Baker, aide of Gen. Pershing, and a lieutenant were seriously in- jured when thrown from an auto into | |a ditch near Montolien. | George J. Roseman, a taxicab driver | was sentenced to three months in the | penitentiary for selling liquor to sol- diers. Sand, gravel and stone were placed {on the non-essential list by the rail- road administration except when ship- ments are for war industrics. Matt Crosby, cowboy, Ocat M, | | celebrated his 91st birthday by break- ing a young horse and roping a three- vear-old steer in four minutes. The plant of the La Salle Fortland Cement Co. of La Salle Ill. doing a business of $3,000.000 o vear was taken over by the Alien Property Custodian. Hundreds of men are at work fight- ing forest fires of serious proportions which cover 40 miles along the Ver million and Mesaba range highways, Minn William H. Kipp, 79, chie of the Police Department. a Civil War veteran who at one Ume commanu. the Seventh Regiment died of apo- plexy. According to letters taken from prisoners captured on the Picardy front, 6,000 persons were killed or in- jured in an explosion at the Krupp works in June. The German officers formerly in- terned in Switzerland and repatriated were sent. on military duty to the Ukraine, in violation of the agreement at_Berne. Eight airplanes of the “flying cir- cus” composed of British and Ameri- | {can airmen who are making a 3,000 mile trip through the middle western | states, left Toledo for Detroit. The Shipping Board announced that marine engineers holding land jobs | have been listed by the government| and may be given berths in the new merchant mdrine. Governors of all states were asked by the War Labor Policies Board to | send representatives to Washinzton for a conference concerning industrial problems on Sept. 30. Gen. Pau was appointed head of the French diplomatic mission to Aus- tralia. The mission was halted at San Francisco because of the death of Albert Metin the former head. Shoe manufacturers meeting at the War Industries Board discussed the establishing of “Liberty shoes” They will be made in a few standard styles. The price will be stamped on the bot- tom. Thomas N. McCarter, president of the Public Service Railway Co.. of New Jersey announced he was willing to have the company go under a trustee- ship, similar to the one established in Boston. Earth tremors aroused scores of residents of Rumford, Norway and Me- chanic Falls, Me.. early yvesterday. The shock was of half a minute duration. Spinners in the Winsted Hosiery and the New England Knitting Com- pany plants here went on strike yes- terday, demanding a 25 per cent wage increase, Employes of the Hartford Machine Screw Company have submitted to the national war labor board at W: ton their request for a basic eight hour day, time and one haif pay for all over time and double time for Sun- day and holiday work. The New Britain Furniture Com- pany filed a petition in barkruptey in the United States district court today showing liabilities of $17,919, owed to ninety creditors, which is offset partially by assets aggregating $6,3! DENIES AUSTRIAN TROOFS ARE FIGHTING IN FRANCE | ‘Washington, Aug. 21.—The Rome Messaggero, in an article quoted in of- ficial despatches today, says Austria is endeavoring to make the allis be- lieve there is great di usion 1n Aus- | tria_and that Austrian troops havei been sent to France to aid the Ger-| mans in order to cover preparations for another offensive against Italy. “From a reliable source” the paper says, “we have a denial of the state- ment that Austria-Hungary has sent new divisions to France to fight to- getner wtih the Germans.” FRENCH MAIL STEAMER SUNK BY A MINE 21.—Official announce- French mail steamer Polynesian. bound from Bi- serta to Saloniki, was sunk by a mine the morning of August 10. Six Ser- bian passengers, eleven Indian firemen and two sailors are missing. It also is announced officially .that the French steamer Balkan, on her way from France to the Island of Corsica, was torpedoed and sunk the night of Aug. 15-16. One hundred and Paris. Aug. ment is made that the invesy. | Navy Department is A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 21. —The fishing schooner Lucille Schn- threw a grenade are of Luaenburg, N. S, was sunk s late toduy by A naval mission from Denmark to|yn 2 announced in|converted into a raider. and gunfire were used. rived at Canso tonight. Members of the crew said that the Fa: Jin commander at Camp Devens, assumed | sent to the bottom. way tor LINE OF SHIPS STRETCHED Washington, Avg. 21.—Navy depart- ment awaited a of trawler Triumph, whick was seized by e armed and pedition agai of stockyards at Newark and Jersey cuy,”‘f;'::"wke" e raider Eenson, e the type of crait the hunt. !t was nu the eventful apprehension of the con- Vel fain uni the ship or of Official {1ealized the utter hopelessness of hi more than 4 hours, that a rine had been arj Triumpn would be 1 da. officers might hope. in b v de |est manoeuver of the G | rcarine fotil hed with the Schnare. crew of the raval Confident of the Capture or Destruction of Trawler Triumph Which Was Seized by a Submarine On the Fishing Banks. % press despatches and was flashed by of patrol forces in the vicinity. y “The ‘department has taken steps. the trawler Triumph, | to protect fishing on the Grand Banks wireless to ‘officers in command . ich a German submarine crew. has |and to counteract -the, effect of this™ Both bombs | raid,” Tae crew ar- |pressed the opinion that it would be . impossible for the Germans'in the! limited time at their disposal to equip . Admiral Bensen said. He ex- sedena, znother fishing vessel, was |the Triumph property as a raider.. th vicinity when the Schnare was |Such s sunk atter the Germans had fin- None of the |umph ad been re- >asedena night, AROUND FISHING REGION officials tonight confident y wireless despatch telll the capture or destruction of the boats German submarine vesterday, i vman crew put aboard, the vessel tarted on a raiding ex- the defenseless feet is operating on the Every precaution h:s | id, to prevent the slipping through the line etched around the fishing region. The department, through Admiral aciing secretary, requested wspapers to make no mention of being employed in said that these are merous and swift enough to make fis came later, rted fishing vessel absoivtely cer- ess the enemy crew destre attempis {o enzage one the pursuers n unequal combat. here expressed the t the German commander sciate continuing operations rendezvou. the crew zed Dy mph, after the Tri sunk so that the ol fiotilias would find it necessary conti their hunt for several vs. This would resuit, the German 1 large force the Grar Bankz, strenzth of the coast|sight ing held along ening the |euard at other fmade to. this I is that ad- cquate forces are now in service at|men, ery vital point to protect all The only des partment today concarning been, n sub- was a brief message from the ander of the Ifirst Naval District { Me: at Boston. This despatch merely con- | Frmed the lan |crew of the T ti | bours earit ing of the captain and mph and reiterated these sailors. Six this__information was ven to the navy department through e story rold by Although they did | cceupy the Ney Inot sec any atiack upon the Pasedena, Iy a week. W they expressed ihe opinion that she men, however, armed with revolvers und a machine gun or two, the Tri- waters. V' information regarding of these crat cfiicials that actively oo much hope submersibles being destroyed. connection he divulzed the fact that the claim of a British merchantman having sunk a submarine after a long. range gun duel already has been de- finitely_controverted. A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. belief | The operations of the steamer trawler Triumph, manned by ! German submarine for_| the sinking of four fishing vessels. and Some considered | proba h the subma-|at hand tonight. w have been sunk are the Una P, Saun- which the ! ders and the Lucille Schnare of Lans enburg, Gloucester. Mass., and the Francis J.4 O'Hara of Boston. bering eighty in all, had reaehed port cafely tonight. A fifth v The answer]sent down and it was believed thik she fared the fate of the other fisher- had.been received. patch received by the|felt here he new- |of thé marine af 2 p. m. veste of sixteen men was ‘'placed on board and they lost no time in arming her with two guns and beginning their~ work of havoc among the fishermen. he pointed out, would York navy yard near- h a crew of seventeen - a task, would be able to cepture and® then. destroy a number of small craft. ported as having reached shore late {The maximum military ajvant tage the ' Germans can hope to obtain, it was held, was the depletion of the supply; . of canned fish for the army. Admiral much credence in the declaration made | by the submarine commander to %@ ciptain of the Triwmph that six U- Benson refused to place now are operating in American careful checking of all the activities ' , has convinced naval only three have been The acting secre- ! st the public placing in stories of German In this engaged. It was on this submarine and several dave: that Captain ISvans of the stéa-. mer Penistone was detained after his: ship had been captured and sunk. AT LEAST FOUR FISHING VESSELS HAVE BEEN SUNK. a crew from & have resulted in others, ace ing to reports Schooners known to ., the A. Piatt’ Andrew of Their erews, num- sel, the Pasadena, was In when the Lucille Schnare was although no direc: newe of her Great anxiety was Iso regarding other vessels fisning fleet known to have thin the scene of the raider’s off the American coast | activities. = The Triumph, which left Portland, last Monday for the western banks, was captured by a German eub- rday, A cre¥ FUNERAL OF U. S. SENATOR fu ! se ber of the upper house of congress, were heid inthe here this afternoon vo tions, 1 ed by the pastor, the Rev. M fr L re people in and out of congress. esi th th until the funeral hou I coffin, dark draperies served as a hackground for a profusion of flowers, n; r The American and state flags stood rearby. PENALIZED FOR VIOLATING for ministration were imposed on several Connecticut Cahill, ordered to cease all business from |colol midnight, Aug. 2§, until night, Aug. 30, or to pay, in lieu of this penalty, o wh or pa Baking company of Hartford was or- dered to pay the Red Cr Eastern Flour and Merchandise com- pany of New Haven was ordered to ce: sive, or to pay the Red Cross $300. This company wae closed for two days last April. The New PBritain was ordered to pay the Red Cross $100. gri and the evidence passed upon by Jo- m! ENCAMPMENT OF GRAND th the sianism and redeemed the worid from said Commander-in-Chief | $100,000 FOR SALVATION , Orlando A. Somers. today autocracy fift Grand Army of the Republic here. Republic will be eloguent in the story of de book to be written be autocracy.’ thanks of the G. A. R. to congressmen wh gr: ne HUNGARII{N GOVERNMENT ci Leipzis. Neueste | newspaper has , recentiy painting the condition of af- fairs in Austria two persons are known to have been|known te he distasteful to the Pan-'re ! Germanists. tallinger's JACOB H. GALLINGER Concord, H, Aug. 21.—Simple neral services for United States enator Jaconh H. Gallinger. for more vears New Hampshire mem- an irst Baptist church There was-no hcal music, only a few organ selec- ind the services were conduct- Walter C. road. yers unassisted Pittsfield, Warner, counsel for Mrs. Charles S. | Mellen, who is being sued for.a legal separation by hes husband, Charles S. | Mellen, former president of the New ! York, STATEMENT BY COUNSEL FOR MRS. C. S. MELLEN | Mass. Aug. 2.—M. B New Haven and Hartford Rail- | today issued a statement in her | bebalf in waich it was set forth that she had submitted in silence for more ! than a year to unfounded charges. Re. | gret was expressed that “the trouble | Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator | of the Mellens had been aired in the colleague and intimate iend of many years, paid tribute to s memory, in a brief address in which recounted his many labers for his With a military zuard acting as an cort, the body was removed -from llinzer home at 11 o'clock to e state house where it remained to be viewed ay in state in Dorie Hall in front the main entrance. Behind the any of which had been sent by Mrs. iends in official life at Washington. FOOD ADMINISTRATION RULES. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 21.—Penalties r viclations of rules of the food ad- w. J. concerns today. fihe Red Cross. KEaton Brothers, holesalers, of the same town.. were -dered to close, Aug. 27 and 28, or to y $100 to the Red Cross. The Lenz nine, 26 to 31, inclu- | bells ase business, Aug. Hoffman bakery of In tach anted instance hearings ph H. Lawler, an assistant food ad- inistratos ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Portland, Ore., Aug. 21.—Members of eir sons who have crushed Prus- before the ty-second annual encampment of the “The book of the Grand Army of the a republic saved .and a. race re- emed from bondage,’ he said. Commander Somers expressed the 10 helped enact the new pension law anting increased vensions to many edey veterans. SUPPRESSES NEWSPAPER hington, Avg. —Despatches witzerland. {oday -say the Hun- Zovernment has forbidden the culition in the Wi Naciriehten. ~ The printed st ng articles |'their work Hungary in 4 manner|cent action for the protection of herself.” “Mrs. Mellen and her daughter, Cath- erine, are now stopping in this city. A hearing in the case is set for Sep- tember 10" G RESTRICTIONS IN HEADWEAR | Washington, Aug. 21 — Wholesaler, of Plainville, was |and curtailment of variety in_ styles, of fur and felt hats for men and wo- men for the Epl"}éls t;fdml! 'ml Plainvi nounced by the War Industries $100 to the Plainville chapter | Bouneet e e T o ith the manufacturers. 3 Colors of fur felt hats fcr both men and women will be restricted to os $30. The | Men's hats will be restricted to black, | two shades of brown, two of green, two of steel and pearl and Belgiam TWO WOODSTOCK MEN KILLED | Woodstock. Conn.,, Aug. 21.—Jarvis | were | T: Hall, & prominent_ citisen of this : 2 ’ town, an erbert Macomber, a car- the concerns complained of| 00 " U “killed late today when the scaffolding on which they were working ‘gave way and they crashed to the ground. clapboards_on Mr. Hall's barn in the village of West Woodstock. Mr. Hall was a_prosperous farmer and represented the town of Wood- e Grand Army of the Republic are|stock in the state legislature several awaiting the time they will welcome | vears ago. leaves a wife. New York, Auz. 21—In recognition of the assistance rendered the wound- ed in France by the workers of the Salvation Army on duty, there. the “The | United States Steel corporation today, our sons will | sent ‘$108,000 to the army's war work the story of a world redeemed from | Committee. do tion was a letter of congratulation to Commander Evangeline Booth from Fibert H. Gary, chairman of the steel ' corporation. % RED newspapers and that it was necessary for her to seek the protection of the courts in refuting false accusations. “Such a propaganda has been .con- ducted, however,” the statement com- tinues. “that we no longer can sub- mi: in silence without justly arousing suspicion that the charges that have been made are true. “Mrs, Mellen alleges that Mr. MeTlen the venerable senator’s home folk. | caused a groundless suit to be, brought in New York city to which licity has been given. This action was wholly Jinary e pub- unwarranted. These extraor- | proceedings launched mfl* Mellen have forced her to take FOR MEN AND WOMEN shapes, weights and trimmings and wool felt hats, to twelve. WHEN SCAFFOLDING FELL. They were putting He was 69 years old and ARMY’S WAR COMMITTEE. Accompanying the dona- CROSS CONTINGENT TO SAIL BEFORE NOV. 1. New York, Aug. 21.—Two hundred and fifty: wom of the Atlanti car’ Red Cross, ‘will sail before No- vember 1 for’.ser’ kingdom' of the {‘France, it was ainounced here tonight. The women yere selected because of: from ' the jurisdiction ision of the Ameri- di ice in hospitals in cheerful dispositions as their will consist of cheering convales- sojdiers. They have agreed to nain abroad ‘one Year and will serve without pay. i