Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 26, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 204 POPULATION 29,919 BRITISH MAKE PROGRESS IN SURROUNDING BAPAUME British and French Continue to Advance INorwithstanding That the Germans Have Brought Up Strong Reinforce- ments on Both Wings of the Battle Front. (By The Associated Press.) Netwithstanding the fact that the Germans have brought up strong re- inforcements on« both wings of the battle front, the British and French forces everywhere have beaten off the enemy und continued their victorious progress. . Many additional towms have been captured by Field Marshal Haig's men the north, while the French have cessfully overcome obstacles plac- ed in their way and reacked territory north of Soissons which adds further to the dangey of the Germans in the Noyon sector and to their line run- ning eastward from Soissons to Rheis All alonz the front from Arras to the Somme the Germans are being driven back gradually to the old Hin- irg line by the British. Along Somme the enem) is being harassed well to the east of Bra while farther north strong counte acks have been repulsed and the town of Mametz the Mametz Wood, Martinpuich, Le Sars and Le Barque have been captured. M is around Bapaume that the Ger- mans are keeping up their strongest efforts to hold ‘back the tide that is surging against them, but the Brit- \sh are contimuing to make slight gains aily in the progress of surrounding ‘he town, which seemingly soon must be evacuated. The taking of Le Sars and Le Barque appears to be a fore. runner of this eventuality. Le Barque is only two and three-quarters miles =t of Bapaume. here, except directly Bapaume, the British are south well of mcross the Bapaume-Albert road. and north of the town they are fast press- Ing forward toward the line. Unofficial reports Hindenhurg have placed the British in the outskirts of Bulle- court, which is just west of the old iine. . Since last Wednesday the British have taken more than 17,000 prison- ers, and large numbers of guns and great quantities of supplies also have fallen into their hands. Some of the prisoners taken have been identified as coming from Austro-Hungarian units. The Germans are lamnching strong counter-attacks against the French be- tween the Oise and Ailette rivers. in an endeavor to hold back Genepal Mangin's army which is thp-atening the entire German front in this re- gion. Here also the Germans have been reinforced by troops from the dual monarchy. North of Soissons in the region of Bagneux, the French have made further progress eastward and now are abreast the raiiroad line run- ninz frem Soissons to Laon. A con. siderable number of additional pris- oners have fallen into French hands. As yet there has been no movement by the Germans along the Vesle river to indicate that a retiremeni toward the Aisne is in immediate prospect. The Americans and French in this region continue to heavily shell the enemy's back areas. Farther east, in the Vosges region, the Americans are keeping up their patrol actjvity against the enemy. The Americans also are busily engag- ed in bombing German points behind the line. Thirty-eight bombs were dropped from ailplanes on Conflans Saturday and ten direct hits were scored. Considerable fighting in the air also is taking place, one Ameri- can airman apparently having dispos- ed of two German Fokkers and two other Americans each sending down one enemy plane. TURKS ARE GIVING INTERNED AMERICANS GOOD TREATMENT Washington, Aug. 25.—Officers and enlisted men of the U. S. S. Scorpion, nterned at Constantinople by the Turkish government since April 11, 1917, are being accorded exceilent treatment and all are in good health the navy department announced to- night upon receipt of a peport through the Swiss legation at Constantinople. T?e report, which tells of the condi- tidns of living of the three officers and fifty-six men of the Scorpion’s crew, was the first detailed word received since the gunboat was interned for failure to leave Turkish waters before the twenty-four hour period expired. The crew of the Scorpion receiye ( wholesome and abundant food, the re- port states. Football imiés ‘on the’ drill grounds of fHe ‘Turkish minister of marine, visits under escort to .Con- etantinople, daily newspapers and books are allowed the Americans. A healthier anchorage for the Scorpion has been provided and men have been permitted to visit dentists in the city. The men are reported to be content- ed, their only requests as found & _the Swedish officials being more news from home and more shore leave. The an; ancement of the navy gives | for the first time the names of the men interned. The officers are: Lieutenant Leman L. Babbitt, Houghton, N. Y. Lieutenant Com- | manders James C. Omelvena, Weston, | W. Va; and John F. Huddlestone, Geneva Fla. The enlisted men include: D. H. Barnes. Parsons, Pa.; J. B. Denight, Delanco, N. J.; G. L. Dickera- | hoof, Philadelphia; B. Douglass, 110 Blackhall St., New London, Conn.; R. ‘W. Earle, Brighton, Mass.; M. F. Gais- er, Providence, R. I.; B. W. Jeffris T. Miskell. Bayonne, N. Jersey City, N. J.; Athens, Pa. GERMANS ALONG THE RHINE ARE EXPECTING AN INVASION London, August 25.—The German population along the Rhine expects an allied invasion, in the " opinion of a Dutch woman of German descent, which has just returned to Amsterdam from visiting relatives in a smail vil- lage near Bonn on the Rhine. In a itatement to the Amsterdam corre- spondent of the Daily Express she vaid: “The impression gathered from what saw and heard in Germany was one »f real despair. In spite of what the newspapers say or do not say, the Ger- nan retirement in the west is making i worst possible impression, espe- cially along the Rhine. The people here know that they will be the first o _be hit if the allies ever come. “The idea that German soils is to re- main inviolate to the last has disap- peared completely and on the Rhine svervbody expects 2 foreign invasion sooner or later. Many families are preparing to leave for central Ger- many. “The ravages of allied aircraft are simply terrific. ~When you read: “There was some material damage, It means that whole streets were torn up with a heavy casualties list to com- plete the picture.” i MINERS ON STRIKE IN FOUR COLLERIES IN NOVA SCOTIA Sydney, N. S, Aug. —Four local 183 NAMES APPEAR IN LATEST CASUALTY LIST Washington, Aug. 25.—The tollowing casualties are reported by the Com- manding General of the American Ex- peditionary Forces: Killed in action, 46; missing in ac- tion, 32; wounded severely, 46; died of wounds, 19; died from accident and other causes. 1; wounded, degree un- determined, 38; prisoner, 1; total 183. The following named are men from the New England states: Killed in Action. Sergeant Simeon L. Nickerson, War- ren Ave., Middlesboro, Mass. Privates—Ernest S. Odams, 802 Main St., Malden, Mass.; Frank Downs, 1306 E. Main St, Waterbu Conn.. James J. McCarthy, 11 Seaview Ave. Malden, Mass.; Michael Ronanuk, 156 Barrie St., Stoughton, Mass. Died of Wounds. Privates—David Friedman, ville, Conn. Wourided Severely. Union- Corporals.—John H. Glazebrook, 235 Grdvel Creek oad, Medford, Mass.; Maurice W. Pond, Lincoln Me.; H ry J. Anderson, 10 Arnold Wil- liamstown, Mass. Privates—Timothy Flaherty, 643 Summer St.. Holyoke, Mass.; Clarence A. McNeill, 93 Maplewood Ave., Gloucester, Mass.; Harry Daniel Matute, 5 Beacon St. Highwood, Conn,; Patrick L. Bullock, 61 Market St., Cambridge, Mass. Wounded (Degree Undetermined.) Private Arthur C. Burke, West Fal- mouth, Mass. U. S. IS ESTABLISHING A CREDIT WITH SPAIN Madrid, Aug. 25.—El Liberal today announced that negotiations were pro- ceeding for a commercial loan between Spain and the United States. “Spain,” the newspaper declared, “is opening a credit of 300,000,000 or 500,000,000 pesetas, the United Stalesl giving as a guarantee the signatures of American firms exporting cotton to Spain. With this credit the United States will be able to purchase in Spain some of the products necessary for its army in France. withéut the necessity of changing dollars into pe- setas and thus aveiding the reduction in exchange. “Ambassador Willard and other American officials have had several interviews with the members of the Spanish government and it is decided that the basis of an agreement has been reached. The interest . payable on the loan has been the subject of discussion, the United States object- ing to pay 5 per cent. America offers to pay the balance remaining of the loan in Mexican gold on the day of liquidation.” SITUATION BETWEEN SPAIN AND GERMANY I8 CRITICAL London, Aug. 25.—German newspa- pers received in Denmark affirm that the sitvation between Spain and Ger- many is critical, but they agree that Germany cammot make concessions with regard to her submarine war- fare, says a despatch tothe Lxchange Telegraph from Copenhagen. The Taeglische Rundschau admits the beginning of a conflict which may affect the position of both Mexico and collieries with a daily output of 2,000 lons were idle yesterday as the re- sult of a strike of miners precipitated by the withdrawal of four of their lellow workers from the Amalgamated Mine Workers. The meneresigned be: cause they had bTen promoted to of- ficial positions. The miners have called a meeting for some time next week. Meanwhile the Nova Scotia Steel Plant may be forced to shut down for lack of fuel. PERUVIAN DEPUTIES TAKE ACTION ON MUTINY AT ANCON Lima, Peru, Aug. 25.—In view of the mutiny at Ancon, 30 miles from the capital, of 200 Peruvian trcops head- ed by Major Armando Patino, the Pe- ruvian chamber of deputies by 108 to 18, has voted to suspend individual guarantees throughout tiie republic. MARINES KILLED IN FIGHT WITH DOMINICAN BANDITS. ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—Three Ameri can marines were killed and ons wounded in a bloody fisht with bandits in the Seibo province of Santo Domin- g0 on Aug. 13. A report reachiny Marine Corps headquarters here yes- terday says many of the bandits wcre %illed or captured. Argentinf. “The complaints of Spain meay an admission in favor of the en- tente powers,” says this newspaper, “and Spain's threat means a step | | away from the path of neutrality de-; sired by the Spanish people. The Span- ish note must be considered by the German people as an unfriendly act.” 42 GERMAN DIVISIONS HAVE LOST 40,000 MEN British Front in France, Aus. 25.— Forty-two German divisions have suf- fered considerable losses in the pre- eent British drive. losing 40,000 sold- iers, including several hundred officers in prisoners alone. ‘The capture of one officer and four gunners of an Austrian battery con- firms the presence of Austro-Hungar- ian artillery on the western front, TOBACCO MANUFACTORIES ! IN GERMANY TO CLOSE London, Aug. 2.—German tobacco manufacturers have decided to close their cigar factories on January 1, 1919, because of the lack of raw ma- terials. Six thousand workshops will be closed and 220,000 workers will be thrown out of employment, accord- ing to a Copenhagen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company. 73 5 ; Cabled Paragraphs: Artillery Active on italian Frd Rome, Saturday, Aug. 24.—] artillery” duels along the whole are announced in an official stotement issued today by the Italian war office. ‘Enemy marching troops have been dis- persed in the Val Tellina and_Brenta valleg regions and his patrolls were driven back on the River Giudicaria. Our aviators bombed enemy camps in the Lagarina valley and on the Friuli plains. GERMAN PRISONERS NOT SO ARROGANT AS THEY WERE British Army Headquarters, Aug. 25.—The demeanor of hundreds of man officers taken prisoners recently is in striking contrast with the atti- tude of officers captured during the British retreat last spring. Then .Ger- man officer prisoners were arrogant and meant to crush the British to earth, but now they ore depressed and very anxious. They appear very will- ing to talk and the tenor of their con- versation may be summed up as fol- lows: They say Germany entcred the war with enthusiasm, but this long since has disappeared and the struggle now has become on economic one with Great Britain, They admit that Germany is in a virtually hopeless condition, both eco- nomically and from the man power point of view and ask whether Great Britain cannot now consider Germany sufficiently reduced te be no longer a dangerous trade rival or whether the allies intend to crush her altogether. In the latfer case, they say, Germany will be forced to fight to the last but they make no effort to conceal their impression of what this means for the fatherland. They say they believe there is every disposition to evacuate Belgium and northern France and even negotiate for the retention or evacuation of Al- sace-Lorraine. . They are generally unanimous in agreeing that annexations thus for made and the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty were a great mistake, but think they cannot withdraw from Russia in the present condition of affairs there. They ar: aware that the American army now has assumed very formid- able proportions and there is a gen- eral admission of the serigusness of this factor. The submarine campaign they can- not refer to without gestures of im- patience. Captured non-commissioned officers attribute recent German defeats to the inefficiency of their air service and more especially to the inexperience and lack of stamina of the latest re- cruits who are most inadequately drill- ed and trained and who are ph: v incapable of sustaining the heavy strain of defensive warfare. The mere presence of these new recruits, th say, produces in a company demora effects upon the older men becaus it indicates to what straits Germany must be reduced to employ such poor mategjal. EROCKTON SHOE WORKERS TO RETURN TO WORK Brockton, Mass.,, Aug. 25.—Fifteen hundred ng shoe workers here voted tonight to report for work to- morrow. Strike Jeaders said the ac- tion was prompted by a telegram from the War Labor Board, urging the men to go back to work stating that it would not be necessary for them to pay reinstatement dues in the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, the.senior labor organization here with which most of the factories have contracts. Most of the str left the ranks of the union and formed an independ- ent <. Members of the older i stated tonight if the strik- ers returned under their present tus they would precipitate another e. was announced tonight that a It hearing on_the labor troubles in this city would be held in Washington next Wednesda, YACHT VEGA PLACED UNDER AN ARMED GUARD An Atlantic Pert, Auz. —Nayal authorities late today brought the steam yacht Vega into port and placad her under an armed guard pending an investigation of the status of several foreigners among her crew. Acti s of enemy submarin along coast, officials said, caused a strict examination of craft with versons of foreign.birth on board The Vega, it is understcod, was bound from New London, Conn., for stport, Maine. Apparently not sat- isfled with papers of all members of the crew, the commander of the pa- trol boat ordered the yacht taken to a nearby harbor where the records of some of the crew will be checked up. Further information as to the owner of the craft with the names of those on board and other details was re- fused by the naval officials. TO CONCENTRATE GROUND TRAINING OF ARMY AVIATORS Washington, Aug. 25.—Concentration of all ground school training of army aviators at four universities has been determined upon the divisions of mili- tary aeronautics, according to an an- nouncement made today by the war department. The schools at Princeton University and at the universities of California, Illinois ond Texas are to be retained, but those at Cornell and Ohio state universities and at Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology will be abandoned, their facilities being more urgently needed for other work. Extensions of a large ale will be made at the four ground schools re- tained. ALLEGED MURDERER ARRESTED IN TOLEDO New York, Aug. 25.—Migudich H. Mehitarian, alleged murderer of Gul- ladi Guldenkian, wealthy New York rug merchant, and Schopi Guldenkian, his nephew, on July 23, was arrested tonight in Toledo, Ohio, according to a telegram received here by the po- lice. Mehitarian had been traced through Boston and Chelsea, Mass., Hartford, Conn., and Providence, R. I. According to the police, Mehitarian, who had been employed as porter in Guldenkian’s store for twenty years, shot the two men when he was dis- charged. all SENATOR LODGE FLOOR LEADER OF REPUBLICANS Washingten, Avg. 25.—Senator Hen- iry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, sen- jor republican in point of service and ranking minority member of the for- eign relations commitiee, was elected unanimously floor leader by republi- cans of the senate in conference yes- terday to succeed the late Senator Gallinger of New Hamp: RAILROADS SHOW DEFICIT UNDER GOVERNMENT CONTROL ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—Owing large- Iy to big payments of wage increases, the railroads under federal control in June reported an aggregate deficit of $58 659,000 in railway operating in- \come as compared with positive earn- ings of $08,909,000 in June, 1917. NORWIC, ONN., MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1918 EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS, PRICE TWO CENTS 21,900,000 Damage ‘ByFire at CGanton, 0. Canton, Ohio., Aug. 25—Fire which started shortly before six o’'clock this evening destroyed the block surround- ed by Tuscarawas, East Second Street, ‘Walnut and Piedmont streets, causing a loss estimated at 1,500,000. At 8:30 the fire still was burning and had . spread to the block south of Second street. The loca] fire department was re- inforced by companies summoned from Akron and Massillon and-the fire was Zotten under contrel about 9:30 p. m. The origin of the fire is unknown. A fireman was seriously injured when a building collapsed and two other firemen were overcome by smoke. STATEMENT BY LEON TROTZKY, BOLSHEVIK MINISTER OF WAR Amsterdam, Aug. 25.—Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik minister of war and marine, in a proclamation published in the Krasnaya Gazetta, August 23, characterizes the statements that the allied troops were landed in Siberia to protect the trans-Siberian railway as a lie, according to a despatch re- ceived here from Berlin. The procla- mation of Trotzky follows: = “To all: When in April preparations were being made for a Japanese land- ing in Vladivostok, the Japanesé gen- eral staff informed the cabinets of the allies that danger threatened the Si- berian railway from German and Aus- trian prisoners. I thersupon sent American and British officérs from Moscok to the Siberian railway, who were, obliged oficially to confirm that all statements regarding the railway being in danger were idle gossip. This fact is known to Ambassador Frau- cis. Now that the intervention of the allies is an accomplished fact, the American government has supported the Japanese lie. “According to thé American state- ment, the object of the intervention of the allies is to help the Czecho-Slo- vaks against risings of German and Austrian prisoners -of war. This is a lie, just as was the Japanese stat ment regarding the menace to the Si- berian railway by the Germans.” | REVOLUTIONS BREAK OUT IN VARIOUS PARTS OF RUSSIA Amsterdam, Aug. 25.—The big coun- ter-revolutionary movement which re- cently broke out in Moscow was or- ganized to preventi the despatch of troops to the Czecho-Slocak front, ac- cording to the Bolshevik newspaper Izvestia of Moscow. The movement, the newspaper adds, was directed by General Alexieff, former commander- in-chief of the Russian army. Eight leaders of the counter-revolution; and including the former commander of the Eighty Sixth Rifle Regiment, were arrested and executed. Moscow newspapers report revolu- tionary movements in the provinces of of Vologda, Vladimir, Vyatka and Orel and say that they were sanguin- arily repulsed. At Dinni, in Orel, 300 White Guards were killed. At Petro- grad twenty persons, including ' the were executed. Three members of ‘a foreign mission also were put to death, The Russian newspaper Pravda de- mands the arrest of the entire bour- geoisie. BRAWL IN FORESTVILLE RESULTS IN MURDER Bristol, Conn. <. a brawl in IForestville early which four men took part, goni was killed and Stephen Minurski reccived a knife wound. The latter and Guiseppi Christofaro are ‘being held without bail by the Bristol lice, who are searching for Drunvik, the fourth man. The police learried of the murder when Christofaro told them that body of his friend Lagori was lyin, in a street in Forestville. Minurski, when taken into custody, declared that Lasoni stabbed him and tnat Drunvik killed ,Lagoni with a stone. tol. All four men live in East . BELIEVE GERMANS HAVE SUNK TRAWLER TRIUMPH Washington, Aug. 25.—Belief among naval officers that the trawler Tri- umph had been destroyed by her Ger- man prize crew after a day or two of playing havoc with North Atlantic fishing fleets grew vesterday almost into certainty. Despatches from na- val patrol craft again failed to men- tion the sighting of the raider by cither fishermen or warships. Thé cpinion here is that the Germans sent the Triumph to the bottom and re- turned aboard thieir submarine. BRITISH WITHIN 1,000. YARDS OF OLD HINDENBURG LINE With the British Army in France, Aug. 25, 10 p. mfl—(By A. P.).—On some parts of the ngrthern battle front the British hav:’oached points a thousand yards from:the olhd Hin- denburg line, which seems strongly held. In addition to crossing the Albert- ‘Bapaume road at many places, the British have made progress southward for+a considerable distance, with the cavalry operating in front of the in- fontry. NEW MILEAGE BOOKS GOOD ON ANY RAILROAD Washington; August 24—The new $30 mileage book, good for, one thou- sand miles on any railroad in the Unit- ed States by any number of persons, now is on sale at all ticket offices. Purchasers do not save money by buying this book but may save them- selves and railway agents the bother of selling tickets and making change. Other mileage books, good for 500 miles and costing $15, will be ready for sale on September 10. ARBITRATION TREATY WITH JAPAN EXTENDED Washington, August 24—The arbi- tration treaty between Japan and the United States was extended for an- other term of five years yesterday by the signatures of Secretary Lany- ing and Viscount Ishii, the Japanese ambassador. . PRONOUNCED DECR=ASE IN USE OF NEWSFRINT PAPER ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—War econo- mies practiced in July by newspapers, particularly the larger publisherss, re. sulted in pronounced decrease in the use of newsprint, according to the federal trade commission. Total con- sumption was 102,500 ton Bitten By a Rabid Pig. Hamden. Conn., Aug. 25.—Mrs. Miles Smith of this town was at- tacked and bitten today by a rabid pig, which had been bitten by a“mad dog. She was attended by a physic- ian. Big Measures Before Gongress This Week ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—Enactment of the man power bill extending army draft ages to 18 and 45 years; launch- ing of the $8,000,000 000 war tax meas- ure in the house and probably definite action on’ national prohibition during the war are the war legislation meas- ures scheduled during the week. Passed yesterday by the house in virtually the form submitted by the administration, the draft bill will be transferred tomorrow to the senate, reported by the senate milita: com- mittee with its “work or fight and other more minor amendments and substituted in the senate for the meas- ure which has been under debate there. Passage by the senator tomorrow or Tuesday, quick agreement in con- ference and transmission to President Wilson before the week-end is the course planned for the bill. The revenue bill is to be completed tomorrow by the house ways and means committee formally introduced in the house Thursday and called up officers of a Krasnoye-Selo regiment, | the | for initial consideration on .the follow- ing Monday. Its passage in the lower body by September 15 generally is ex- pecteq. To expedite senate considera- tion, Chairman Simmons of the senate finance committee plans a meeting late this week to set a date to begin hear- ings on the house draft of the meas- ure. Ten days of semate committee hearigs are ptanned and passage of the bill by the senate early in No- vember is hoped for. Sharp contests are expected in the senate tomorrow on the principal amendments to the man power bill, affecting youths under 21 and the “work or fight” proposal. Defeat of all amendments designed to raise the minimum age of 18 or to defer ser- vice on those eunder 21 generally is predicted. The consensus of leaders’ opinion, however, is that the “‘work or fight” amendment will be retained in the bill and sent to conference where it will form the principal con- troversy with the house. GERMANS TALK OF PEACE TO AVERT AN INVASION American Forces on the Vesle front, Saturday. Aug 24—(By The As- sociated' Press.)—Prisoners taken to- day by American troops in the region of Chateau du Diable, to the west of Fismes, said they had been ordered to keep in constant contact with the Americans along the Vesle river. The German retreat north of the Marne river had been carried out in an or- derly manner. they declared, hence German soldiers believe it to have been premeditated and a tactical manoeuvre intended to eliminate an awkward salient. The general impression among the German soldiers, the prisoners said, Wwas, now combined against Germany, that it was not possible for Germany to yin, yet the entente allies never would be able to enter Germany because the Ger- mans had seem too much of the de. struction in France to permit of Ger- many suffering in a similar manner, The. prisoners said Germany would be defended to the last man. If that did not suffice. an immediate peace must avert an invasion. The Germans admitted that the Americans had fought with freshness and enthusi- asm. COLOGNE GAZETTE IS DECEIVING ITS READERS Amsterdam, Aug. 2 After sum- marizing the recent fighting on the western front, where, he declured, the entente ailies evervwhere had failed to attain their object of through the German lines, the Berlin correspondent of the Cologne Gazette. in an attempt to reassure his readers regarding the outcome of the battles, coricludes his article as follows: “These tremendous failures on parts of the front give the German command and their troops reason to look forward with entire confidence to ajl the further heavy battles which are expected. LA C8 The TREL (th after the heavy bati®es an unobserv ed withdrawal has heen possible W in the clearest manner that the Ger. man command is master of the sit- uation and has retained freedom of decision in all these battle days.” JEWS BEING MISTREATED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HUNGARY Amsterdam, Aug. —Jews for some time past have heen rounded up by orders of the government in va- rious parts of Hungary. according to a Budapest report to the Jewish cor- respondence lbureau. Streets were barricaded and Jews are dragged to prison. These measures especially were directed azainst the Jews in Calicia from whom large sums of money were taken by the police as a special tax after which they were es- corted to the frontier. In a recent debate in the Hungarian pariiament Premier Wekerle attempt- ed to justify the measures by declar- ing that he had given orders for the imposition of a sepecial tax on Galic- ian Jews and their expulsicn from the country because they were undesira- ble foreigners. TEN BRITISH AIRMEN HAVE BOMBED KARLSRUHE Amsterdam, Saturday, Aug. 24.—. telegram from Karlsruhe on Jriday to the Frankfort Zeitung. a copy #f which has been received here, says that ten British airmen bomber Karlsruhe at 9 o'clock that morning. Most of the bombs fell in the open country. re-| seulting in considerable damage to private dwellings in one, place. Nine| persons were killed and six injured. Five of the attacking airplanes, ac- cording to the telegram, were destroy- ed. 3 35,000,000 LIBERTY BONDS FOR FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—The treasury feels so sure the Fourth Liberty loan will break all records for size and number of subscribers that it has or- The dog which bit the pig has|services as comman toeen confined and will be examined®entente allied foraes dered the Bureau of Engraving to pre- pare about 35,000,000 separate bonds, or 8,500,000 more than for the Third Loan, when about 26,500,000 bonds were sold. One'third of the Fourth loan bonds already have been en- graved and they are being turned out at the rate of 500,000 a day. GERMANY PROTESTS SEIZURE OF INTERNED SHIPS BY SPAIN Amsterdam, Aug. 25—Germany has energetically rotested againt the in- tention of Spain to replace sunken Spanish tonnage by interned German ships, according to an official state- ment issued in Berlin. Sword of Honor For Foch. Paris, Aug. 25.—The municipal council of Paris has unanimously agreed to present to Marshal Foch a sword of honor in recognition of his der-in-chief of the that so many powers had | Condensed Telegrams Scnator Berenger was appointed oil controller for Prarce. | Attempts against lives of Austrian officers are increasing. The Chicago Board of Trade limited speculative trading in rye to 100,000 bushels. A new Hawaiian-Philippine sugar corporation has been organized with a capital of $1 250,000. The War Department announced the health of troops in the United States was very satisfactory. Sweden’s population in 1917 was 5,800847. The birth was higher and death rate lowest recorded. The War Trade Board announced a complete revision of the commodity list for Holland and Denmark trade. July production of the Chile Copper Co. amounted to 7,556,000 - pounds compared with 9,280,000 pounds in June. Emperor Charles of Austria par- doned 24 persons awaiting trial on the charge of high treason, in Bosnia. Representative Webb opposes , au- thority for the President to prohibit exportation of goods to the Philippines. Prices of fresh beef are reported higher in Washington than in any other part of the country except New England. The President has authorized a loan of §$100,000 to forest fire fighters to meet emergency conditions in national forests. Mount Llama, near Las Lajas, and Mount Lanan, near-Juin de Las Andes, Argentina, are reported in ‘violent eruption. President Wilson will be unable, be- cause of the pressure of public busi- ness, to attend the Labor Day cele- | bration at Chicago. The Canada Board of Grain super- visors were requested by the Canadian Council of Agriculture to fix the wheat price at 2.24 1-2. American and British aviators who are making a 3,000 mile tour of the middle ewest with ten airplanes ar- rived at Indianapolis. A barge with 540 tons of gasolene for the United States army in a French port was hurned. The fire lasted for more than 14 hours. Muinicipal authorities of Buenos Aires have taken over tL: sale of meat to the public on orders of Presi- dent Irogoyen to combat the high prices. A British aeroplane carrying its crew and nine passengers flew from the interior of France to the interior of England in a half hour. The ordnance bureau. of the. War | Department announces the completion jof 19 out of 26 proposed plants for i the manufacture of gun carriages. Theodore Roosevelt will be the prin- cipal speaker at Newburgh, N. Y, when the first ship built for the gov- ernment slides down the ways on La- bor Day. Two of tHe crew of the American steamer Grays Harbor were killed when the vessel was destroyed by al boiler explosion according to despatch- es from Pernambuco. Lieut. Edward A. Lindsay, an avia- tor attached to the Great Lakes train- {ing station, was shot twice in his {home in N&w York by an intruder. { Lindsay waswon a furlough. A plea for immediate enactment of |the super-power plant bill was made {before the House interstate commerce committee by Secretary F and Chairman Baruch of the War Indus- tries Board. Rumors that army officers were in- structed not to buy their uniforms in this country for service abroad are re- ported false. The Marine Corps headquarters has |requested relatives and friends of | fighting marines to lend their letters {to have them incorporated in the ma- | rine records. | Many women school teachers have { entered: into the railw mail service Railroad. strikers. have gone 1 i 1 Yorkshire coal | back to work. Lieut. Jefferson W. Healy, Columbia | University football star, who was wounded in actien early in August, |died of his wounds in a base hospital | in France. Major Ream, an American flyer with | the British-American flying mission, | {was killed at Effingham. 11, Saturday twhile flying with the mission from ! | Indianapolis to Scott Field, near Belle- ville, Iils, An embargo on shipments from Massachusetts to Vermont w. |announced by the Vermont commis- sioner of agricuture. Fire destroyed the annealing, turn- ing, sorting and tumbling departmen boinler room and pattern storage vault |of the Rhode Island M\leable® Iron | Works at Hillsgrove, R. 1. The Rev. James N. Supple, 68 state chaplain of the Knights of Columbus of corn |and for thirty astor of St. Francis de Sales Catholic church, Charlestown, Mass., died there Sat- urday. The United States Army School of Military Areonautics’' established in May, 1917, at the Massachusetts In- situte of Technology will be discon- tinued within a few days. SEVEN MEN KILLED ON A UNITED STATES TdANspon'rE An Atlantic Port, Aug. —Seven men were killed and a number are said to have been injured by the s of a steam pipe on an Amer. ican transport lyving at a dock here. | Fourteen coal it was said, | coal room of the sion occurred. Sev- ! 1 that way to thej ters made their were dead. The naval information concerning the! e of the accident, and no report was made to the polics The transport, which ‘is said to have been one of the largesct and miost pop- ular of the German liners before it was taken over by the government, has been in the harbor for some time undergoing repairs. It was l:ter reported that four men of the naval reserve had been trapped in a steam filled section of the hold and killed. Tn the absence of an offi- cial report thesstory could not be con- firmed. The transport was about fo sail it was stated, with supplies and men for France. HUNGER AND EPIDEMICS ARE RAGING IN NORTHERN RUSSIA Amsterdam, Aug. 25.—Hunger, typh- us and are raging in the northern Russian provinces, says a } Petrograd_despatch to the Weser Zei- jtung of Bremen. The population of entire villages are dying in gre: bers. In some places each pe ceives only two.pounds of oats weekly jand no bread. Railway connections. between Mos- | cow and the rest of Russia, except the provinces of Tver and Tula, have rely according to o M ch to the Dusseleorf This condition is due chrichten. part to the passive resigtance of the in German sub; Iy authorities declined to/, Cunard Line Cleared of Lusitania Suits New York, Aug. 25.—The Steamship Company. liable for "l the torped Cunard cannot be held loss of life and property .ir oing of the Lusitania by a : marine, accordi - cision handed down in thtlga(tign;‘:lfy S:z;]tchb)otJ tge L-'Tmlted States district ¥ Judge Julius M. i made public today. e “The cause of the sinki e Lusitania_was the illegal aet :; *: imperial German government, acting through its instrument, the submarine commander,” declared Judge Mayer, Who held that “the fault, - therefore. rust be laid upon those who are re- sponsible for the sinking of the ves- sel in the legal as well ag moral sense.” - In disthissing suits agai: s gainst the Cau- nard Line aggregating nearly $4,000,- 000, brought by heirs of persons wh Pel‘l‘;{l'ed.’ with the Lusitania on I 5, Judge Mayer asse is not to be doubte g States of America and her alli i well remember the rights ol'th::ev:.ffli fected by the sinking of the Lusi- tania, and when the time shall come, Will see to it that reparation shahl be made for one of the most indefensible acts of modern times,” Judge Mayer went 'y “i d that the United { exhaustively in- :loegf_!axms that the Cunard nn:y was i gent, and dismissed them wi conclusion that the captain ;:éhg:: niembers of the crew took every pre- caution justified by the then knowm facts, both before and after the ves- sel I:Vas torpedoed. “It is, of course, easy now,” h clared, “in the light of Jnany ela‘::r events, added to Preceding acts, to look back and say that the Cunard Line and its captains should have known ' that the German government would authorize or permit so shocking 2 breach of international law and so foul an. offense, not only against an enemy but as. well against peaceful Citizens of a then friendly nation. But the unexpected character of the act Was best evidenced by the horror which it excited in the minds and hearts of the American people.” . Judge Mayer declared that prodt brought out in his investigation, which covered a year, is conclusive that the Lusitania was not and never L.;.d been ;m;‘ed, and that on the voy- e on which she. was sm carry _explosives, Pt iscussing the warnin; - ments published by the ée::lxnmg:-' l‘)'ass'!m[hNedw York newspapers on , the day the Lusitani i Judge Mayer, said: S “It is perfectly plain that the mas- ter was fully justified in sailing on 4 neutral port non-combatant unless he and his com- were willing to'vield to an at- of the German government to v British shipping. « - v at that time would be likely ‘0 construe the warning advertisement is calling aftention to more than the perils to be expected from quick dise ‘ embarkation and the possible rigors, of the sea after the proper safeguarding of the lives of passengers by at least full opportunity to take-to the boats.* Judge Mayer held that the emer- the appointed day from with many neutral and nassengers, pany CYy equipment of the Lusitania fully up_ to maritime re~ s, and declared that while ) rable confusion on the liner after she was torpedoed, the officers and -the greater part of the crew “acted with that matter of fact courage and fidelity to duty which are traditional with men of the sea.” IRISH NATIONALIST LYNCH IS RECRUITING A BRIGADE s Dublin, Aug. 5.—Coldhel Arthur nationalist member of parlia- for West Clare, and Captain ames O'Grady, labor member of par- ament for Leeds, summoned a meet- 12 in the square opposite the recruit- ing offices here Saturday evening to hear their appeal for recruits to fight in Lynch’s brigade on the western me J. front. An. Pn’?rmf}gfi crowd, composed mostly of Sinn Feiners, continually in- terrupted” the speakers, who faced their audiences for th v L an hour urging special claims of France and the ited States " on freedom-loving men. The statements of the speakers were received with jeers. At the conclusion of the meeting the crowd cheered for the Sinn Fein lead- ers and sang Sinn Fein songs. Colonel Lynch, in an interview with the Associated Press, said be belleved that before the campaign ended many of those who had jeered would join the colors. MONTHLY REPORT OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Paris, Aug. 24—The American Red has supplied 1,100,000 surgica] ssings to the American wounded during the past month, twelve hospi- tals are being operated: four new hes- ritals are being built and convales- cent homes have been established at Biarritz and other places. The monthly report made public today hows also that the canteen serv 1as supplied 100,600 meals and a mil- lion hot drinks to the wounded, to whom 4,000.000 cigarettes also ave heen d buted. rican Red Cross Is now « ‘ms for the convalescent. 219 acres. The report with supplies chows that each on of the army receives 2, papers and 500 Loans to 362 ioned army officers h m in buyving equipment. FRENCH SOCIALIST PAYS TRIBUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN Paris, Aug. 25.—Deputy Alexandre Varenne, founder of the party of for ty national socialists ,pays a tribute to Great Britain’s efforts in_the war in the form of an article in L'Evene- mente, in which he descrites a visit to the British fleet. The deputy says: “All that may be accomplished by the allies in the war is only possible because somewhere in a roadstead ia the North Sea there exists an incom- parable naval force preventing any sortie of the enemy fleets, and assur- ing only to ships of the entente frpe use of the seas of Europe and of the oceans. “France enthy is now demonstrating her m for her new American al- lies but she does not forget that it is lirgely thanks to the British navy t the assistance of America was ble to reach its maximum” ALLIES RELEASE GOODS FOR CONSUMPTION IN SWEDEN Stockholm, ‘Aug. 25.—According to the tonnagze agreement entered into by the Swedish government with Great Britain, France and the CUnited States last week about 10.600 tons of goods o destined for Russia and now in Sweden, consisting of met- railway men and partly to the acts of counter revolutions in blowing up sailway bridges and destroying tracks. als. hides, parafin. mineral and anij- mal oil, resin and cloth, have been re- leased for consumption in Sweden,