Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 30, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 208 POPULATION NORWICH, CONRLs FRIDAY, " AUGUST 30, 1918 TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS - BRITISH CAPTURE BAPAUME: NOYON FALLS T0 THE FRENCH Allied Troops Are Pushing Forward With Greater Impetus— Northwest of Soissons, Where the American Troops Are on the Line, There Has Been Severe Fighting. (By The Associated Press.) The Germans continue in retrest everywhere between Arras and tae sector under the violent at- the allied troops. As vet | there seems to be no slackening in the offensive the allies steadily and re- claiming numerous French towns and villages and_territory that long has been in the hands of the enemy. Indeed, instead of haiting his men for breathing spell Marshal Foch seems be pushing fhem forward with greater impetus. And at pres- ent ¢he retiring enemy shows no in- dications of turning and offering mgre of a battle than he recently has 'en giving wi is machine gnnners and infantry units that are actinz as rear zuards to aid in covering the eastward retrograde movement. Already out- flanking the oid Hindenburg line on the north Field Marshal Haig's forces graduaily are cutting their way east- ward both nerth and south of the Somme and putting down stron¥ counter offcnsive actions, although on several sectors they have had to cede ground temporari Unofficial reports assert that the ave captured the important town Bapaunfe, where for days there has been bitter fighting, the Germans exerting their utmost stren ceep Haig from gaining contr the railway and the heh road Ie to Cambrai. To thé| south the Dritish also are reported to have penetrated to the outskirts of Maurepas, another point cf strategic value. Alon sides of the Somme running eas ind has been gained, and of Peronne, where the river bends southward, ream has been crossed at sev- ints and this important railroad n outflanked e the caving in of the German he 1! of Chaulnes and Roye e French litera have overrun the CONFLICTS IN THE AIR OVER AMERICAN LINES Amer, Army on the Aug. 29. (By the As- An American patrol ) today met a Ger- mar %ker ‘n the rezion of Manon- tie and dived upon it. Lieutenan Armstrong fired 230 shots at the ene ¥ plane. There was a burst o me from the aircraft it and made for the German side, fallin: 45 it crossed the line at Pont-a-Mous- son. A huge German triplane swaopcd déw spon the Amer! n lne near r fousson this morning, show- ering the_trenches with machine gun Thic craft made its escape( violent anti-air- sainst it. BRIDGEPORT MACHINISTS TO STRIKE THIS NOON ridgeport, Conn., Auz. 29.—Four thousand union machinists and tool~ makers voted at a meeting here to- night to strike in every plant in Eridgeport except the e Torpedo Hoat Company, tomorrow at noon. In accordance with the unarimous the men will not return to work ntil their respective plants have sub- mitted written agreaments to establisi + minimum wagze scale of S0 cents an our and T an hour for tool- makers a nists, respectivel The taken because the National War Lahor Board, in its de- ision Bridgeport issue vester- lay refused a minimum for the two rades WOULDN'T SUBMIT DISPUTES TO THE WAR LABOR BOARD Boston. —After a conference with Willard Howard, chairman of the itate board of conciliation ana arbitra- ion, who had endeavored to present a strike of employes of the Middle- sex and Boston Street Railway, James L. Richards, president of the road, announced that the directors would not agree to submit wage disputes to the war labor board. The employes had asserted that unless the company agreed to refer the matter to the board they woud quit work at mid- night tonight. Twenty-two cities and towns would be affected by a strike on the com. pany’s lines. uz. 2 ENDEAVORING TO LOCATE SEAMAN HARRY M. BEACHY ‘Washington, Aug. 20—The Depart- ment of Commerce is endeavoring to locate Harry M. Beachy, an American seaman who has been awarded by the Pritish gowernment a silver medal in recoguition of the part which he had in saving the crew of the British schooner Busy Bee. Mr. Beachy was born December 22, 1894, either at Baltimore or at Grantsville, Maryland. Every effort to locate Beachy has been made but so far without suc- cess. The medal is now being held in the Department of Commerce in the hope that some trace of Beachy may be found. GERMAN ALIEN THRASHED AND FINED $200 AT DANBURY Danbary, Aug. 23—Willlam Froecks, & German alien, was fined $200 and sentenced to six months imprisonment by Judge J. Moss Ives in the city court here today for makimg remarks reflecting upon American soldiers, Be. fore Froecke's arrest a man who had recently been rejected for the nation- al army on account of physical disa- bility thrashed him for saying that one German could whip a dozen Amer- ican soldiers. SENTENCE OF 100 1. W. W. LEADERS POSTPONED Chicago, Aug. 29.—Because of new evidence introduced by the defense, Federal Judge Landis late this aft. erncon postponed the sentencing of 300 L W. W. leaders convicted of conspiracy to disrupt the govern- menpt's war programme and announc- ed that he would finally dispose of the case at 2 p. m. tomorrow. UNITED STATES CREDI‘ITS TO ALLIES $7,092,040,000 Wi on, Aug. 29.—An additional credit of $400,000,000 for Great Britain was established today by the treas- ury department. This_brought the total of credits to Great Britain to $3,- :::-::m and of credits to all the ai- iLea2.04k000. turned | southern portion of Picardy, having reached the western bank of the Ca- nal Du Nord along almost its entire length and captured the town of No- yon which, surrounded by hills, has stood defiantly for days under a rain of shells. East and southeast of Noyon other important positions have been taken and between the Oise and the Aisne the French have overcome the heary resistance of the enemy and crossed the Ailette river. Northwest of Soissons, where the Americans are in the line with the French in the general movement of clearing Picardy of the enemy. there has been severe fighting, but with the zllied troops having the advantage. The American sector is between Cha- vigny and Juvigny, and the enemy facing them includes the Prussian sev enth infantry. Along the Vesle river at Bazoches and Fismette the situation is rather less tense than it was Tuesday and Wednesday, when beavy fighting oc- curred between the Americans and Germans. Thursday the Americans heavily shelled the German positions, but the Germans failed to accept their challenge to a duel and replied only teebly. The claim of the German war office that 230 Americams were made prisoners during the recent fighting is denied by the Americans, who sert that only a few of their men are missing. The situation in eastern Siberia seems to be somewhat clarified through the disarming by the Czecho Slovaks of all the Russian volunteers who revolted recently and took sides with General Horvath, the antl Bol- shevik leader. The first big battle in which all the allied forces, except the Americans, took pa occurred ias wturday, when the enemy attacked hut was de- cisively beaten. At last accounts the jlited troops were steadily advancing against the enemy, AMERICANS USED TANKS IN FOWARD MOVEMENT With the American Army on the Vesle Front, Aug. 29.—(By A. M.)— Accompanied by a fieet of tanks and covered by a heavy artillery barrage the Ame ins swept forward ea jtoday against the German lines that |8iowly and reluctantly fell back over |Juvigny platesu. The litfle operation carried out yesterday by the French and Americans had been merely pre- paratory to the attack which began at seven o'clock this morning. The kink had been taken out of the line yesterday. but no determined , effort was made to advance 1o any extént. The firing was continuous through- out the night on both sides, the Ger- man guns being especially active The rains of the early evening ceaSed be- fore the ground had been converted into mud, so, when the orders were given today the men moved forward unimpeded. The frontage assigned to the Am- ericans was less than two miles, That part in which Juvigny is located was the scene of a dramatic tank drive. Under the cover of artillery, the light French tanks flirted along both sides of the path up to the little place, smashing down one machine gun nest after another, in spite of the employ- ment by the Germans of their new tank gun,a sort of super-Mauser. This gun is virtually identical with the Mauser, except that it fires a bullet a little more than half an inch in dia- meter. This, it is calculated, can pierce the tank and possibly injure some vital part of the engine. But in the path of the advancing machines, there now lie broken or smashed into the earth scores of these guns. _There is unquestioned mastery of the air by the allies along this front. It has been misty this morning and there was little effective aerial work, and virtually none by the Germans. Above the lines the allied planes were seen all forenoon, attempting to conduct observations in spite of the murky at- mosphere and occasionally a German plane dared to dart through, but in fvery case it was forced to retire hasti- y. Only a few prisoners are reported as yet. the Germans apparently seeing to it that only machine gun crews should be sacrificed. GERMAN TROOPS ACTIVE ALONG THE VESLE RIVER . With the American Army in France, Aug. 29.—(Reuter's).. The enemy, though he is showing renewed activ- ity along the Vesle River, wher he is surpassing his previous efforts to test the strength of -the Americans, has indicated the jmportancs of the Juvigny plateau by bringing up some of his hest troops to check the prog- ress of the Franco-Americans, which slowly but surely is being made from the deep hollows which the French are holding, as well as from the curious cirenlar mound to the south of Crecy- 2u-Mont toward the ridge Mne of the vlateau along which rung the Sois- sons--St. Quentin road. The Germans know that when the Tranco-American fo reach that they will be able to obtain observa- tion which will permit the sunners to pick out their targets on the long hill line that lies between the piateau and the Vesle valley, and that his zun positions on this hill, facing artillery fire from the south, southeast and west, will have to be relinquished. After this several interesting thinzs would be due to happen, but they would not be of interest tp tne Ger. mans. STANDARD SHIP BUILT IN FIVE WORKING DAYS London, Aug. 29.—Ancther world's record has been made at a Belfast shipbuilding yard by the completion of a standard ship in five working days after the launching of the ves. sel The boat took the ways on August 22 and the work of puttipg in the ma- chinery was started the same day. Steam was gotten up on the 26th, and trials were completed yesterday and she was handed over to the owners this morning. ORDINARY WAR EXPENSES YESTERDAY WERE $156,000,000 ‘Washington, Aug. 29.—The govern- ment today paid out $156,000,000 for ordinary war expenses, making the largest single day’s expenditures for these purposes in the nation's history. This was in_ addition to disbursing $20,000,000 on foreign loans and a num- ber of minor expenses. Cabled Paragraphs Italian Women Ask Aviation Training. Rome, Aug. 29.—A number of Italian young women and girls have petitioned the military authorities to set up schools where they can take training in aviation. Their leaders declare that women on many occasions have prov- ed that they possess sufficient physical stamina to become fliers. They pro- pose that there be separate schools in airdromes for women. JUDGE LANDIS DENIES NEW TRIAL FOR I. W. W. LEADERS Chicago, Aug, 29.—Federal Judge K. M. Landig today after denying a new trial to the one hundred L W. W. leaders recently found guilty of anti- war conspiracy, later graited three of the defendants continuances of their cases and announced that the remain- ing ninety-seven will not be sentenced until tomorrow afternoon. This de- cision was reached only after Jjudge Landis had listened to the idual story of each defendant. He was vis- ibly” affected by the stories of some and showed every inclination to give cach defendant the benefit of amy doubt that might exist, Some of the defendants made pitia- ble pleas for mercy while others de- fied the laws of the republic and e: pressed their willingness to “take their medicine for the cause.” Wiiliam D. (“Big Bill") Haywood, secretars and treasurer of the 1. W. W, was one of the Jast to step before the bar of jus- tice. He, cool and collected, said: “I feel that the verdict in this case is one of the zreatest mistakes ever per- petrated in a court of justice. . No member of the I W. W, 1s zuilty of any act against the Unitea States. If reieased there is mothinz I could do but to continue to uphoid the L W. W. constitution as I have done in the past.” TROUBLE BREWING BETWEEN NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS SanSalvador, Salvador, Wednesday, Aug. 28.—The newspapers here publieh reports that invaded Honduras, the Government of Nicaragua claiming that it does not look upon the recent arhitration of the boundary dispute between the two countries as legal. Nicaragua, it is s aid, claims that the decision of the King of Spain favors Honduras. The newspaper deciare that the Honduran Hinister to Nicaragua has been handed his passports and gicen 24 hours to leave the country. The Nicaraguan Minister here de- clares that the reports are absolutely untrue and without foundation, while the Honduran Minister says alarmist reports are being circulated in order to create disaffection in the other coun- tries of Central America. n Agree to Withdraw Troops. Washington, Aug. 29. — Nicaragua and Honduras have averted their | thearteneq armed crash over a long | standing boundary dispute by agree- lin, at the reauest of the United States to w w all troops from their bor- ders and submit the controversy to the | United States through their Minister in Wyshington. NEW HAVEN ROAD ALLOWED i TO KEEP ITS WATER LINES Washington. Aug. 29. — Authority wes granted to the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad Com- pany by the Interstate Commerce Commission today to continue its opetration of steamer and barge lines through subsidiary companies. The railroad’s petition had been hefore the commiss nce January 6, 1914. The idiaries are the New Eng- land ation, the New England Steamship and the New Bedford, Martha’s Vine; steamel cut, M New York, vard Company operating n points in Connecti- otts, Rhode Island and nd tugs and lighters in New York and Boston harbors. Under present conditions the com. mission holds that the water services are being operated in the interest of the public and are of advantage to commerce and of convenience to the people. Tariffs of steamship comp2nies must be filed by October 1, mext. No time Limit for the railroad’s or- eration of water lines is fixed by the order, but it sets forth that “action in the future is dependent on eircum- stances and conditions.” LONDON POLICEMEN WENT ON STRIKE AT MIDNIGHT London, Aug. 9.—The metropolitan police, famous ihroughout -he world for its efficiency, discipline and de- votion to duty, strucl at midnight, ac- cording to the Press Association. They demand incrtased wages, recognition of their union and the reinstatement of a discharzed man who has been ac- tive in unlon sffairs. 5 Reports that the demands of the men had heen zranted were dehied in a statement issued at New Scot- land Yard. The strike only affected some sections of the ) The Daily Express savs that the mes at every station except four re- fused to begin work at midnight. In the Strand the officers collected at Witerloo Bridge and marched to the Bow Street station in a body for a two hours' meeting, after which they went home. The men at the other stations held meetings and when they left they were met by pickets sent from the United Headquarters. GERMAN PAPER EXPLAINS GREAT NEED OF COUNTRY Amsterdam, Aug. 20—The greatest need of the moment in Germany, says the Cologne Volks Zeitung. is “a cam- paign of enlightenment, organized by all the ccmpetena authorities. * * + to hammer into German heads, if further sacrifice and exer- tions are required of us. that it is not the hobby of some dozen of people in Germany, nor German _obstinacy, but the enemy’s.intention to destruc- tion that imposes them on the people at home and at the front. “Dishonorable and stupid is the man,” the newspaper continues, “who toys with the idea of cowardly sur- render of the exalted treasures which for four vears we have successfully defended, or who toys with still worse ideas which our pen refuseu to de- seribe.” L MEXICANS OF NOGALES MUST SURRENDER ARMS Nogales, Ariz, Aug. 29.—General Plutarco Elias Calles, military gov- ernor of Sonora, issued a manifesto tonight ordering ail civilians in No- sales, Sonora, to deliver their fire- arms and ammunition ‘o the general military headquarters at once to pre- vent further sniping across the bor- der. The manifesto was distributed in the form of a handbill and resulted in many rifles, pistols znd much am- munition being surrendered to the military authorities. General Calles apparently has complets control of the situation across the line tonight and no further trouble is anticlpated. ;I’he Mexican town is under martial aw. Nicaraguan troops have | A Severe Battle on the right and left of the Ameri- Confronts Americans ‘With the American Atmy in France, Aug. 29.—(By A. P.).—Late this after- noon the Americans held positions in the fighting line in the Soissons re- gion extending in a northerly direction from Chavigny. All the skill of General Von Scherwin, commanding the Seventh Guard_Division, is being exercised to hold back the Americans at their point in the line north of Soissons and save the Germans from the menace they would be under if the allies occupied the plateau extending further toward the east. Recovering before the day ended from the shock of the early mosning attack, Von Schwerin brought int> piay his artillery and other resources in a desperate effort to check the movement. Bqually determined ef- forts were made by those organiza- tions in front of the French divisions cans. Reports from point on the line where the attack is in progress indicate that the Americans are confronted by what is believed by many to be one of the most determined stands vet taken by the Germans, who realize that a break at any point probably would be fol- lowed by disaster. The opinion seems to be that every vard of territory gained will be bit- terly contested and that it is not im- probable that villages and. other ob- jectives will be subjected to the fate of capture and recapture many times before their possession is undisputed. The rapidity with which the gains were made by the Americans and French early in the day was not dup- licated in the afternoon, when the bat- tle settled into a strong artillery duel, in which the guns of both sides fired often at direct targets and at unus- ually close range. The country which has been the bat- tleficld almost four years again is the scene of a conflict which has started out with the promise of being one most stubbornly fought. Tonight -the sky is dotted with flashes of explod- ing shells, while the roar of the bar- rage and counter-barrage must be audible almost to Paris. In the back areas shells, are falling behind the Americans, biit not so frequently as at many times previously. The Germans apparently are using all their guns and energy in attempting to tear down the determined lines of their advaneing enemy. Two captured officers when quest- ioned today by intelligence officers at tempted to give the impression that iittle resistance would be made, assur- ing the officers that there were few machine guns left emplaced. While telling the story, however, it was be- ing refuted within their' own hear- ne. How many hundreds of thousands of these little guns the Germans have immediately in front of the Americans is not known, but the number is quite up to the lately developed German tactics. Every hillside, ravine and weod crackles with their fire whenever they are approaghed. And it has been in_the face of their destructive offen- sive that the Americans, and the French as well, have been moving. Comparatively little gas has been employed by the enemy, perhaps be- cause the wind has not been alto- gather favorable to its use. There have arrived at the dressing stations & few cases of men suffering from mustard gas, but most of them en- countered it in shell holes, hollows ind depressions where it was old but still effective. As the day passeq the visibility im- proved and the aviators of both sides hecame more active. Those of the al- lies rendered valuable assistance sin observation work. The Germans today concentrated much of their efforts on the destruc- tion of tanks. Just back of the lines there is a mixture of French and husky young Americans. Truck trains and long lines of artillery crowd all the roads, but everywhere there is that precision of organization which prevents a jam for more than brief intervals, this part of the machine co-ordinating well with that fighting a few miles beyond. German prisoners were scarce at the American lines today. Less than a dozen were brought in to division headquarters, although a few others passed through the dressing stations. The wounded are being given exactly the same treatment accorded the Am- erican wounded and even are being treated in turn of arrival. di k3 M G REV. JOHN STEIK ARRESTED UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT Boston, Auz. 20.—Charged with vio- lating the espionage act by making seditious remarks from the pulpit and in iprivate conversation, Rex. John Steik, 2 Lutheran clergyman, known throughout New England, was arrest- ed here today. The minister is alleged to have eaid from his pulpit that the explosion at Halifax was “an act of God against the eniemies of Germany,” and to have entered into a personal attack on Ma shal Joffre during the latter’s, visit in this city. In private conversation Mr. Steik is alleged to have advised young men_contemplating enlisting to enter the German army and to have offered to help drafted men to escape military service. He is alleged to have said that the soldiers of the United States would be “like children when they en- counter the German: The clergyman, who is 53 years old, was born in Russia. He came to this country twelve years ago and is un- derstood to have spent some time in Philadelphia before cominz to thfs city four vears afo. He was pastor of the Boston Lettish Evangelical Luth- eran Trinity church in Roxbury until a few months ago, when he resigned. He has taken out his first citizenship papers. bi a H Britain, Conn. la a 1y, SKIPPER SIGHTED CORPSE OF A GIANT WHALE Portland, Me, Aug. 29.—Captain Toothaker, skipper of the Lochinvar, highliner of the local fishing fleet, re- ports that three miles to eastward of Cape Elizabeth lightship on Tuesday the corpse of a giant whale was sight- ed, which he believed was killed either by a U-boat or a submarine chaser which mistook the leviathian for a German_undersea fighter. Bullet for shrapnel wounds in the whale's car- cass were still freshly bleeding. The animal was 75 feet long. DIAL HAD -MAJORITY OF 20,000 IN SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, S. C.. Aug. 29.—Virtually complete returns from Tuesday’s dem- ocratic primary in this_state show Nat B. Dial to have a majority of 20,- 000 for the long time nomination as United States senator. A second con- test will be necessary for the short term senatorial nomination between Wiiliam M. Pollock and Thomas H. Peeples, Senator Benet failing to get in the second primary. b e ble numbers attacl the Ussuri front last Saturday. the allied forces participated in the fighting except the Americzns. wards of 300 of the enemy were killed. _The Japanese hore the brunt of the fighting. They captured two armored trains and several field guns. According to the wounded Czech the Japanese, infuriated by finding muti lated comrades on charged and routed the enemy ‘in the face of heavy machine gn and rifle tire. v been ted to disarmament witho! Thus 347 NAMES IN LATEST AMERICAN CASUALTY LISTS ing commanding general M. Moore, 14 ton, died of wounds )Howard, 63 Bow street, i-2 Mass.; street, Athol, gan, Mass.; street, Leo T. Mason, levard, Spring! Henry L. Worcaster, Davis, 15 street, Loder, Pittsfield, ; nor, 59 King street, Worcester, Charles Bonner, 44 Orient street, Wor- cester, Mass West 'Lenox Leon Clays, 417 Newton street tonville, 1 uthbridge street, Worcester, Mass. Edward J. Corporal street, Dorchester, Joseph Bianchi, 11 French street, Wa- tertown. Mass.; Clarence A. Dougla: South street, Danbury Cord Mever, airplane accident in which Lieutenant Alexander. Blair Thaw 2nd was killed, is a Yale graduate and a son of the chairman of the New ate democratic com- mittee. old, enter the aviation service shortly af- ter America entered the war. turned to Yale and received his dip- loma in_June, 1917 France July, 18. \” in a hospital near Par centrate the fishi records for a single day 2,000 postmasterships the president al- so tendered those of about 2500 army and navy officers mostly promotions "in the lower grades. Monday, Aug. 2 the The Japanese report that the all troops are advancing steadily. REVOLTING RUSSIAN VOLUNTEERS DISARM Vladivosigk, Monday, Aus. succeeded in disarming all Bolshe: Alied Troops are | Advancing in Siberia Vladivostok, (Reuter's)—The cnemy in considera- ed desperately. along All Up- battlefield, ied ED 26— (By The Associated Press.)—Entente allied and Czecho-Slovak troops to- day Russian volunteers who had revolted and had gone over to Lieutenant Gen- eral Horvath, the an: itary leader in eastern Siberia. the mil- After a discussion lasting an hour, join General the council of commanders presented an ultimatum to the troop: who numbered 400. They they could return to the allegiance of General Tolstoff, thereby restoring the tatus quo: forces in Manchuria or submit to dis- armament. in revolt were told Semenoff's Last night the entente allied and in the vicinity of the warned and th them for Eventually, however. they an_ intolerable Washington, casualties Aug. are 29— repor peditionary Forees: « her ied undetermi ed of woun total 11 Men from New Enzland named: Died of Wounds—Private Patric causes | Czecho-Slovak patrols appeared in the streets y racks and virtually besieged the rev- olutiorkres. The latter apparently had closed their doors to the allied emissaries and re. fused to treat with bar- hours. submit. t violence. ituation promis- ing ‘local disturbances was ended. of the American tion 32, missing in action 10, wound- cd severely 24, died from accident and et wounded, degres ullivan, 17 Pennyweizht street, Cam- Wounded Severely—Sergeant. Fran! West Mass.: Privates Spruce stree treet, Paul Bridgepert , NO emergency orthamp- Wedin 49 Hol Yesterday Afternoon’s List. The foliowing cas 84, died of dise wounded (degree tndetermined) 19, total 23 New England men in the list: Killed in Action—Cook Fernald Somerv Privates Amedee Poirier, 1 New ass. Acushnet avenue, Mass Wounded severe: Pleasant Alfred A, Watervili Walter A. sireet . Castonguay, Maine; Fro st Hartford, Conn.: Lo- Stoneham, alties are report- ed by the commanding general American. Expeditionary Fcree: ed in action 24, missing in action 23, wounded severely G. ille, 602 Bedford, Harold F. Prevost, 140 Spring ont Corporals 103 Connecticut bou- Harold Woodruff, 136 Kiendale street, East eld, Mass.: Laurence street, Lamb, M P Fitchi Vincent Privates Roger £ Ma: Ha Wakefield, Mas: S Hammond stre, Emil Monnot, 18 W Mass.; Timothy right, 65 Go 1; Arthur D. Brownell, street, Roxbury, Ma: Reuben Dobson, Forget, 97 Mas! (degree P Armory orcester, Wounded John undetermine Walsh, 64 B Mas tsford, Vt.; Timothy FL. Farrell, Conn.: reet MecCabe, Edward C. Sauare, East B Larin, 137 Park s Patrick R Canton, Mas Maveric! Action: 62 2 in Hoffman, Jubilee sireet, r- | LIEUT. MEYER IN ACCIDENT Waldemar Ericson, avenue, ant street, Worcester. uld 40 Mass.; New- 787 street, Q) : urt Privates anc) Bennington Norfolk i 05— Private Arthur New WHICH KILLED LIEUT. THAW New York te Cord Mey York s former Lieutenant ured in the Lieutenant Mever, who is 23 vears left Yale in his nior vear He and sailed o re- for According to relatives, a cablegram fractured hip, but wa “doing ni TO CONCENTRATE FISHING. from Lientenant Meyer received Mon- day, stated that he was suffering from ce- FLEETS OF MASSACHUSETTS Boston., Aug. 29.—A decesion to c Fishermen, capta on- 3 fleets of this state into more limited areas as a protection against U-boat operations was made today at a conference between James Phelan of the Public Safety Commit- tee and Master ang representatives of labor among the fishermen. to .agree upon certain areas in which all the vessels would operate and from time to time change these fields. so doing it was expected that the fish- ermen will be protected and the catch- es kept up to normal. PRESIDENT SENDS FLOOD OF ins unions 1t was planned By NOMINATIONS TO THE SENATE ‘Washington, Aug. 29.—The veteran senate employ Besides number of nominations sent to the senate to- day by the president, it was believed s, broke, all the Condensed Teiegrams The Irish recruiting scheme is re- ported improving. Sheep farms are pearance in Japan. Arthur Playfair, noted English actor, died at Brighton, England. The name of 16 Americans appeared on_the Canadian casualty list. The arable area in England and Wale is 12,400,000 acres, a record for 20 years. Winers in Heerlem and Limburg | Holland, threatened to strike because | making their ap- of insufficient food. Experienced aviators are being sent back from the front to instruct pupils in aviation camps. Director-General McAdoo asked all railroad employes to put ther spare dollars behind the next loan. Young men of the Jowish faith re- | lcenlly called to the colors will be al- uowed furloughs for the holidays. ~ The Chilean government is pre ing to send a permanent military and naval commission to Washington. The Senate adjourned out of re- spect for the late Senator Ollie H. James of Kentucky, who died in Bal- timore. Rear-Admiral Henry B. Wilson,| commanding the American naval fore- | es in French waters, was appointed Vice Admiral. Varnish makers throughout the country are in conference with the paint and pigment section of the War | Industries Board. Publishers and moving picture pro- ducers were warned by the Military | Intelligence Service to beware of pic- tures of enemy origin. Wage increase to ali workers on munition plants receiving less than 78 cenis an hour was announced by the National War Labor Board. Four hundred mcn who are exempt from the draft stormed the Hall of Records, New York to obtain posi- tions as clerks in Washington. The military authorities have taken over the home of Richard Stevens at! Castle Point, Hoboken for use 5 a convaslescent hospital for soldier Empress Charles and Empress Zita | of Austria are making a trip through Germany visiting the Kkimgs of Sax- ony, Munich, Wurtemburg and Ba- varia. | Manuel Menanda of Madrid was sen- tenced to death by a military court in Paris for attempting to inform the en- emy of the arrival of American troops. William H. Brophy, of New York, was killed in Stamiord, England, when he fell in front of a train. He was at- tached to the 31st American air squadron. October 14 was set as the date for the trial of Jeremiah O’Leary, Adolph Stern. Luthe jeford and the Ameri- can Truth Society on charges of ob- structing the draft. Edward Foster, a Brooklyn carpen- | ter, was sentenced to 30 d: for re- fusing to remove his hat when the “Star_Spangled Banner” was played . S. meeting. Thos. Neison Page, American Am- arrived in London. strongly rumored that he will succeed Walter Hines Page, who re- | tires as ambassador to Britain. The American Railway Express Co. asked the Commerce Commission to grant hearin, sc that constuent | companies may present argument on | their right to extend franking privileg- es. A French despatch to Washington announced that a German audience of five thousand at a public meeting organized by syndicates of lannheim to discuss the food situa- tion, applauded the name of President ‘Wilson. DRAFT BILL READY FOR SIGNATURES TODAY Washington, Aug. 29.—Although the house late today approved the confer- ence draft of the man power bill. ex- tending selective service to include all men between 13 and 45 years, the| measure failed to reach the senate be- fore adjournment and its enactment | and transmission to President Wilson v:as postponed until tomorrow. Plans of leaders to rush through the bill today went away through their miscalculations but they were positiv tonight that the bill would be in president’s hands tomorrow within a few hours after the senate reconvenes and probably signed by the executive | before night. Even with today's de- lay, leaders believed a record es- tablished in passage of so important a measure, directly affecting the 12.- 000,000 men who will be added to the military rolls and untold millions of others indirectly, as the measure was reported to the senate but two week ago and passed both bodies virtually unanimous | Senate and house conferees promptly reacheq a formal agreement on the | bill today, following removal yesterday | of the “work or fight” amendment— the principal obstacle. The conference report wae adopted by the house after | considerable criticism but only of min- | or features, without a roll call Although the senate remained in ses- sion late prepared to dispose of th report after the house had acted, nibition moved a considerable forward today or adopted an brouzht home and demobilized. Senator Sheppard. of Texas, gency under Passage of the bill itseli is planned | returned to accept | 1a Until the American Army is Demobilized—Vests the President With Power to Create Dry Zones at Any Time. ‘ Washington, Aug. 29.—National pro- step in congress. Without a record vete being taken requested, the senate late today the ' loaders’ compromise on “hone dry” pronibition, effective July 1919, and continuing during the war, until the. American troops are The compromise, an_amendment by prohi to the $11,000,000 emer- agricultural appropriation bill, is expected to remain in the measure the' harmony agreement of wet” and “dry” factions, _although technically subject to another vote. e, tion leader, smorrow, and the measure will be wiich s ex- by advocates to the senate provision. Adoption of the compromise legis- n came after today's debate, spir- ited between champions nd oppo- nents of prohibition but with many marks of lack of interest, including vacant seats both on the fioor and in the galleries because the compromise was regarded as insuring approval by the senate. Lfiorts to materially change the Sheppard substitute , were futile. Amendments o advance and defer the cffective date, and lo extend the time for its operation against. beer and ne w over defeated, without record re That there was among the leaders against having rec- ord o'es was denied by Senator eppard and other advocates and al- 50 opponenis of prohibitory legisla- tion. The zenera! undevstanding, it was declared, extended only to sup- port of the compromise amendment nd av bstructive debate or par- mentary tactics nator Phelan of California made vigorous fight for a longer lease of e for the wine and beer industries. fe offered amendments makinz ef- fective the date for their prohivition June 30, 1920, instead of a vear pre- vious as the amendment vrovides, and also applying the later dates to wines «lone. th were rejected over- vhelmingly by viva voce votes and ufficient senators did not support Phelan’s request for a roll call, An- other Phelan amendment, drowned in a roar of “noes,” wouid have extend- ed the effective date for wines six months longer, or until December 31, 1919, With “wet” and “dry” members evi- dently observing the agreement to unite on the Sheppard draft, the sen- ate also voted down without a roll call an amendment by Senator Tram- el of Florida to move the effective date ahead to January 1, 1819, as pro- vided in the bill before the compro- mise agreement was reached. The amendment as passad is a sub- stitute both for the orizinal amend- ment of Representative Randall of California, prohibiting use of money in_the agriculture appropriation bi'l unless the president.should exercisy vected re any agreement president of the United States for the purpose of conserviug the man power ot the-nation and to increase efficien- ¢y in the production of arms, muni- tions, ships, food and clothing for the army and navy, it shall be unlawful %o sell for beverage purposes any dis- tilled spirits, and during said time no distiiled spirits held in bond shall be removed therefrom for beverage pur- noses, except for export. - After May 1, 1919, until the con- clusion of the present war and there= after until the termination of demo- bilization, the date of waick shal be determined and proclaimed by the president of the United States, no grains, cereals, fruit or other food products shail be used in the mamu- facture or production of beer, Wwine, or other intoxicating malt or vinous liquor for beveraze purposes. “After June 30, 1919, until the con- clusion of the present war and there- atter until the terminatien of demo- bilization, the date of which shall bs determined and prociaimed by the president of the United States, .no beer, wine, or other intoxicating mait or vinous liglor shall be sold for bev- crage purposes, except for export. The commissioner of internal revenue is hereby “authorized amd directed fo prescribe rules and regulations, sub- cct to the approval of the secretary of the ireasury, in regarl to the manufacture and sale of distilled spir- its and_removal of distilled spirits held in bond after Juue 30, 1913, until this aet shall cease to operate, for. other than beverage purposes; aiso in regard to the manufaciure, sale and distribution of wine for sacra- mental, medicinal or other beverage uses. After the approval of this act mo Qistilledmalt, vinous or other intox- icating liquors shall be imported into the United States during the contin- uance of tht présent war and pericd of demobilization, “Any person who violates any of the foregoing provisions shall be pun- hed by imprisonment not exceeding one vear, or by fine not exceeding $1,000 or by both such imprisonment and_fine. “Provided. that the president of the United States be and hereby is a thorized and empowered, at any time after the passage of this act, to es- tablish zones of such siz: as he may deem advisable about coal mines, mu- nition factories, shipbuilding plants, and such other plants for war ma- terial as may seem to him to require such action whenever in his opinion the creation of such zones is neces: sary to, advisable in the proper prose- cution of the war, and that he is hereby authorized and empowered to" prohibit the sale, manafacture, or dis- tribution of intoxicating liquors in such zones, and that any violation of the president’s regulations in this re- gard shall be punished ‘by imprisen- ment for not more thari one Vear, or by fine of not more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. | “Provided, further, that nothing in this act shall be construed to inter- his present authority to stop manu- facture of beer and wines (an amend- ment adopted by the house when it passed bill May 23 last) and for the original semate agriculture com- mittee provision to stop sales of all intoxicating beverages January 1 next. The text of the amendment follow: “That after June 30, 1919, until the conclusion of the present war and thereafter until the termination of de- mobilization the date of which shall be determined and proclaimed by the fere, with the power conferred upon the ‘president by section .15, of 'the fcod control act, approved August 10, 1917, When the zgriculture bill comes be- fore the senate tomorrow a sharp fight on its apprepriations, alleged to be extravagant and unnecessary, is pianned by several senators, but gem- eral opinion was that the measure would be passed before adjournment withont further action on the prohi- bition clause. INVESTIGATING CAUSE OF FOUR DEATHS IN ONE FAMILY Lawrence, Mass, Aug. 20—The au- thorities of Bavonne, N. J.. have been asked by District Attorney Henry G. Wells, of this city, it was learned to- day, to ascertain ‘the cause of the death of four members of the Wilkins family in Bayonne, in connection with his own investigation of the death of Miss Florence M. Gay of Andover. Miss Gar was a teacher at Abbot Academy for girls. Since her . death some weeks ago her body Las been exhumed and a re- port on the examination of the stomach by a Harvard University ex- pert has been submitted to the dis. | trici nilorney. he result of the ex- amination was not made public, but the district attorney said today that his invesigation was_proceeding. Tt is expected that Mi%. Bessie May of Bavonne, who nursed Miss Gay in her last illness, will be arraign- ed tomorrow or Saturday. on the charge of larcency of jewelry from the dedd woman's estate. Since her arrest Mrs. Skeels has been under the |care of a physician at the jail, but it was said tonight that her condition had | improved sufficiently to permit of her arraignment. house vote came too late, Chamberiain of the military tee stated that he inquired. shortly before the senate adjourned, of the | prospects in the house and was in- | formed that debate there probably | would prevent its return to the senate | today. While the semate was closing | its day's affairs in xecutive session, | the house finally approved the repert | but senate leaders were not advised | of its action until the adjournment had | been taken. Mrs. Skeels formerly was Miss Wil- cins of Bavonnme. According to the trict attorney, her father’s death ocenrred there 1wo years ago and since that time her mother, _sister-in-law ana brother, Albert Wilkins, have died, the latter two months ago. LAY PREACHER HALL IS HELD FOR WIFE MURDER Prompt approval tomorrow by the | senate of the conference agreement which will be called up s fter | predict the noon convening hour w - | ed by leaders. Semator Tho Colorado, author of the “work or amendment, and_others of its champ- | jons are expected to criticize mi- | nation by approval of the senate con- | ferees but there was no doubt in any | one's mind that the senate also would | ve its .approval to the conferces’ agreement. | ‘Arrangements have been made for | prompt signature by senate and house presiding officers of the final draft and | its immediate transmission to the | prisedent. 1,700 DRAFTED MEN REACHED CAMP DEVENS YESTERDAY | Ayer, Mass, Aus. — Seventeen | hundred drafted men Devens today from chusetts and Vermont had been given deferred classification on the first draft examination but #at- er had been reclassified and placed in Class 1. Two thousand more draftees from New Englana are ex- pected here next week. Nine conscientious objectors wers | sent to New Hampshire farms today. Death of Dr.'W. L. Thompson. New York, Aug. 20—Dr. Willam L. Thompson of this city, lect thor and specialist in or surgery, died in_a hospital Born in Portland, vears ago, he was grad Johns Hopkins Universit hera Maine, ated and stud- ied in New York, Bostqn and London. | relatis | Landstrum Rennebunkport, Maine, Avg. 28— Henry H. Hall of Wells Depot, a lay preacher, charged with the murder of h wife, Minnie, held without bail for the grand jury at the con- ciusion of a’ preliminary examination hefore a trial justice here today. The defense offered no evidence. Fal] died on June 11 at a hos- pital in Biddeford as a resut, her hus- band claimed, of an accidental fall from a railroad trestle over which she was wa'king. According to the evi- dence presented today by the county attorney. Franklin L. Chesley, the au- topsy showed that the woman's in- juries could not have been caused by a fall. Attention was called by the medical examiner to marks on- the throat indicating that she was choked. Mrs. Francis Stevens, of Harrington, mother of Mrs. Hall, testified that Hall and her daughter had quarreled many times in her presence over his alleged s with other women. LANDSTRUM LEADS M!SS RANKIN BY ABOUT 2700 VOTES Helena, Mont, Aug. 20—Dr. H, M. of Helena hzd a lead of approximately 2,700 votes over Miss Jeanette Rankin, congresswoman from Montana, for the nomination as re- publican’ candidate for Unitel States scnator, in the count, of the ballots cast in'the statewide primary election Tuesday. Miss Rankin, according, to _her brother, Wellington D. Rankin, will be a candidate for United States senator al the November eiection even if she is not nominateq by the republicans, INCREASED WAGES FOR WAITRESSES IN BAY STATE Boston, Aug. 29.—A call for all res- taurant proprietors in the state to grant increases in pay to female em- ployes who are not mow getting enough to cover the cost of living, was issued by the minimum wage commis- sion today. Pending a satisfactory re- sponse to this appeal, the commission will postpone the formation of a wage board- for this occupation. In a ma. jority of restaurants, the board finds, women employes are receiving a Wage sufficient to cover the minimum cost of living and says that these em- ployers should not be forced to meet the unfair competition of those who have not increased their wage scale. Two supplementary inquiries this vear into the restaurant sitation, the board says, shoved a_general increase. in pay ranging from 15 to 30 per cent. in the money wage paid. Since the greatest increase in ths cost of living is for the item of food.” the board says “and since the majori- ty of restaurant workers receive from one to three meals a day in addition o a moner wage, the restaurants of Massaciusetts arc at the present day paying -to most of their female em- ployes a wage sufficient to cover the minimum cost of living. NEW CONCERT MASTER OF BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Boston, Aug. 29.—The appointment of the American violinist, Frederick Frandkin of Trov, N. Y, as concert master of the Boston Symphony Or- chestra, to succeed Anton Witek, was announced by the trustees of the or- zanization today. Mr. Fradki> who is 26 years old, is the voungest man to hold the post since Franz Kn=isel was appointed in 1583, and succesds to a position that has been filled by some of the best known violinists of Europe. 2 Mr. Fradkin was born in Troy, N. Y.. and studied in Paris and Brussels, For three vears ho was concert master and soloist of the Weiner Conzert Verein, of Vienna. In 1915 pe retrun- ed to this countrz to be concert mas- ter and soloist of the orchestra of the' Ballet Russe. RUSS!A HAS.FAILED TO MEET INTEREST ON BONDS Concord, N. H. Aug. 29—For the second time Since the Russian-Jap- anese charity fund was created In this state. Russia, it was learned today, has failed to meet the interest on hond§ valued at $10,000 held by the fund.’ After the signing of the treaty of Portsmouth in 1905 Russia and Japan each gave $10.000 for a special chari fund commemorative of the event, and the money was Invested in war bonds of the two nations. DISGRUNTLED MACHINISTS IN BR!DGEPORT ARRESTED_ Bridgeport, Aug. 23. — Three ma- Taft-Walsh wage award were today arrested in front of the plant of the American Graphophone 2 where they had formerly ployed. They are: Christie Charles Stelanes and John They are held under charges breach of the peace: : SENKTEPASSES “BONE DRY” ANERDNENT Calls for National Prohibition on June 30, 1919, to Confinue chinists who quit work following the = bl