Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 31, 1918, Page 1

Bulletin Service Flag VOL. LIX—NO. 209 POPULATION 29,919 BY THE ALLIED OFFENS! i ies is|ternational situation, ana o L The Only Resistange Offered’ to Advance of the Allies is {emational sitvation, and. many con- Through: Rear Guard Actions—French Have Capturediticians now at the capital. RALIZED | Chavigny. Three Miles:Northwest of Soissons. (By The Associated Press.) There has heen no abatement in the. strength of the offensive the Pritish, French and American troops are throwi; against the German armies/| from Arras to the region of Soissons. And as vet there:is no indication ithat it .is the purpose;of the seemingly, de- moralized enemy to turn about' and face their aggressorsiar ‘o offer morei resistance for the present than through -the activitiesof strong rear guards. Not alone hawe the allied troops.all over the battle front from Arras to Soissons snined further impertant; terrain, but to.the north the British have advanced their line materally in the famous Lvs sector -and aprar- ently without mmich effort on the/part of the foe to restrain them. Of great- er significance than any of the;other victories achieved in Friday's fight- ing is in the.gain of the French, with whom Americans are brigaded ingthis general sector, north of Soissons. The latest French. official communication records the capture by the French here of Chavigny, three miles northwest, and Cuffies, a mile and a half north, of Soissons, and the entry into the outskirts of Creuy, a short distance| to the northeast. i These victories - gained only = after’ the hardest kind of fighting, makej niore secure the allied line running} northward and outflanking tha A and the Chemin des Dames positior Also_betterinz this_general situation; has been the crossing by the rrench of the Ailette river at Champs. In the region north »f Novon the French have made further progress. crossing-the canal during the day and several places advancing materially’ in the direction of th¥ Noyon-Ham railroag line. ANl around Noyon the French have strengthened their posi- tions. All the territory on the north and west banks of the Somme where the British have the highways, =it Hendecourt on ' the old line both were captured, but the Ger- violent counter attack forced! back the Pritish to their west- | Windsor Av ern_ontskirts, where at last accounts, occupying an oid German trench sys- tem, the Gérmans were being held. Northeast.of Arras the British now are only a step away from the fa- mous Drocourt-Queant cne of the strongest of the fortified positions, Which filled with forces who" intend to te- naciously dispute its capture. Southwest of Ypres‘in the Lys sa- |St, lient the Germans again have begun withdrawing followed up by the Briti ish again_are holding th town of Bailleul in this sector. The withdrawal of the German, indicates that it blot out this salient ani strai their lines southward from Ypres is their pury been operating against [ing casualties are the Germans now has been cleared of | Commanding General of the American the enemy, and_south of Peronne on | Expeditionary Force: the east bank of the stream, notwith- standing_the destruction of the bridges | tion, by the Germans, To the north the British almost ev- | termined, 20; prisoners, 1, total 126. erywhere are pressing eastward along ng the Germans thstanding the des.- perate resistance that is everywhere being offered by machine gunners in- numerable and_infantry units. bies is now- in British hands, and eas of Bapaume Field Marshal Haig's men are working along the Bapaume-Cam- Drai road;toward Lebucquiere. To the | forth, — 4-2 adwa north of this region Bullecourt and|Mass.; Joseph Tribadi, Hindenbarg | St. Lawrence, Mass. Com- enemy’s said to be A o8, S19el | The following casualties are report- e it~ |ed by the Commanding General of the seemingly to Several patrol at- COAL MINERS REQUESTED TO BE DISCREET LABOR DAY Washington, Aug. 30.—Coal miners and operators were cailed upon by Fuel Administrator Garfield in a statement tonight to make sure that the Labor Day celebration Monday doee not seriousiy decrease production of coal The statement, addressed to all persons engaged in coal mining, | Fays: “It is urged and expected that coal produgtion for the week beginning Scptember 1 will be a demonstration of the true metile of America's coal| rers and operators. “The excellent working record made for the day folldwing the last general holiday, July 1 showed what can be se. and it is hoped and expected i both attendance récords and out- ut following Labor Day will equal exceed all previous records. The more coal we produce the few- er lives will be sacrificed in battle, for coal means everything in transporta- tion, equipment, guns and ammuni- ¢y on, which America’s soldiers must have to speed the end of the war. The more coal mined now, the more sheils, will be available, the fewer lives lost in the battie line, and the quicker will be ultimate victory: Bar_Harbor, ew Florence hotel and three build- |ings, occupied by six |known as the Rogers, Johnson blocks, were burned early to- | day with an estimated aggregate loss | of_$100,000. Lukazewick, 3 East St, Walli Several of the fifty guestc of the|Gona o o ° Hast St, Wallingford, hotel were forced to make hurried ex- Ha B weli b its, but all escaped safely. On naval reserves, who assisied in fire; | AMERICANS PRODIGAL IN and USE OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES 2 W American Army in France, m unknown | Ay § p. m—(By A.yP.).——W'hfile men, was struck by a hose nossle “_The_fire started from cause ia the hotel kitchen and spread rapialy through the six-story struc-|left 'of the Ame: four-story [norta of So wooden buildings_adjoining on the | today. westerly side of Main street, opposite | of the village green. The fire burned over{shr: a third of an acre. The Yotel was purchased last spring | their line. by Phelrs and Jones whose loss is partially covered by insurance. The|was made by the A Rogers block was owned by A. H.|region of Juvigny. the Johnson block by J. L P. Bass of Bangor and block by Harvard Dunbar of Sulli-|far $100,000 FIRE DAMAGE AT M BAR HARBOR YESTERDAY | S Maine, Aug. stores three Among the stores burned was that of the West End Drug compzny, own - “Every added ton of coal is liter-jed by J. E. Goold company of Port ally apother supply of munitions and |land, whose loss of about $15,000 is covered by food. So far as the miner is concern- dustry of America can and show its temper to the world by its record for Tuesday, the day after La- bor Day. With shells to waste lives can be saved.” MASNE DOING SPLENDIDLY IN BUILDING, WOODEN SHIPS insurance, London, Aug. Deutsche Politik on the German political propaganda, says the 30.—Writing Partland, Me., Aug. 30.—Maine is do- wooden ships, Charles M, Echwab, di- should | Knights of Pythias hall were burn-|counter-attack. GERMANS NOT DECEIVED ,land the contest seems to have nar- BY OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONS | merits of officers and men of the two in the | OT82nizations. failure of Times, Professor Rhorbach, of Berlin, ing eplendidly” in the production of |Still clings to the bellef that Ger- many can swallow all she wants/in the rector general of the Emergency Fleet | €ast if the name of “liberation” if she carporation, said before he left to- Portlang and this city. “I find the work, as far as it came under my observ: can obtain peace by breaking excellent manner” he said. “I consider | Public opinion and fresh indications ihat the Maine ship vards rank among |as to the character of the net German the best in the east for their work. T|peace offensive. At the beginning of bave no fault to find with them at|August Professor Rohrbach was trav- aill “The only regretful thing about it ig that there are not more yards in this state than there are. Maine with her precedence and her reputation in the past for ship building and her present facilities and resources should have more shipyards.” DEATH OF FORMER SENATOR JAMES DONALD CAMERON Harrisburg, Pa. Aug. 30.—James Donald Caméron, for thirty vears U, S. senator from Pennsylvania and secretary of war from 1376 to iS77, died early today at his country home, Donegal, Lancaster county, Mr. Cam- eron had been ill for only a short time. He was born in Middletown, Pa., May 14, 1833 Senator Comeron retired from ac- tive business several yvears ago, plac- ing his property in trust, and had been residing in the summer -at his Lan- caster county farm, spending the win- ters off the South Carolina coast. Mr. Camaron was stricken with three weeks ago and re- mained unconscious until his death CANADIAN ARMY IN NEED OF DOCTORS Boston, Aug. 30—Urgent need of doctors for service overseas with the Canadian army was announced in a bulletin issued by the Canadian and British recruiting mission here to- day. During the past few months more than a hundred physicians in this dis- trict who have applied for enlistment in the Canadian Army Medical corps have been told that there were no places for them but now all applica- tions will be forwarded immediately lo Ottawa. Graduates of all colleges slassed “A” by the American Med- ical association will be eligible. REP. STATE COMMITTEE TO. to a question. isolated communities. England under county chairman is rapidly progressing. ‘Washington, reduction of two cents per hundred pounds in rates on through the lakes from Lake Michigan | toda; MEET AT OCEAN BEACH SEPT. 6 elling in a remote part of Germany and he says he was horrified to dis- | "cAU In 2 the German people no long- | Might < er believed in the official explanation of the German retreeat. He writes: A number of citizenus weré stand- ing together in a shop. of coversation In the course somebody asked me whether I would give a frank answer Then he said: “ Tell us, please, your honest opin- Must we stop it? “He meant to ask of course, whether ‘we must stop the war. unsuccessful first impression made by the news of Marne area. This was the offensive in the GOVERNMENT SEES VALUE OF NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING | Repor Boston, Aug. 30. — Newspaper ad- vertising has been found to be such A ] a powerful force in the sale of war|:N& instructions to go out. securities that the Liberty Loan Com- mittee of New England has decided to | RECORD MADE BY use newspaper space on a larger scale A A during. the next Liberty loan cam- paign, it was announced today. Pre- vious’ campaigns have shown that i | AUS, 30.—(By A. P)—The record of districts where strong newspaper ad- |20 American air unit vertising has supplemented the REDUCTION IN GRAIN RATES THROUGH LAKES Aug. 30.—Temporary grain _handled ports from Buffalo to eastern seaboard cities, was ordered today by tHe rail- Hartford, Aug. 30.—J. H. Roraback, |road administration, effective between chairman of the republican state com- | September 1 and October 10. mittee, today sent out notices for the The purpose, it was explained, is to fall meeting of the committee, to be|hasten the movement of grain from the held at Ocean Beach on Friday, Sep- [middle western states passing through tember 6, at noon. The committeemen | Lake Michigan ports, before the move- ;fll“ entertained at dinner by W. H.Iment of grain from the northwest'around to see what the other woman starts through Lake Superior. switch line,| Sgt. William Gerald Fitzgerald, 82 it |of disease ,1; wounded. (degree unde- 5 8 move, homweren toar wrres ot | termined) §; died of wounds, 7, total lessening the chance of a drive during the present vear toward the channei ports from this region. There has been a conziderable in- | Bedford Mass.; crease in the enemy's ariillery activ- ity against the American troops in the Vosses region tacks by theiGermans have been stop- ped by the Americans. 30.—The and | Galt St., Worcester, Ma: Dunbar and the Dunbar | by a Fanuel Hall |in a manner which would sug h ed he who works fights. The coal in-|market, Village Green Cafe and the|they it ity s s the|, The orders to the Americans were day for Portsmouth after his visit to | “home front” of the ~western powers ;‘:nmf‘;:“m.‘" a_harassing fire through- the vards at Bath, Freeport, South|through a demonstrative repudiation e an of Pan-Germanism, c The political writers article contains | N1 after the advance made by the ion, progressing in | illuminating admissions about German | | Ten¢h indicate its advisability. ot | Dilots, shows that during July it shot forts of salesmen and canvaseors, tng|10Wn 28 enemy airplanes and one bal- quotas have invariubly been met, the | 100D, committee said. The committee, with enlarged head- x . quarters, is preparing for e od; |erican’airmen engaged n*144 combots campaign and pians a sharp. i |and went on 131 combat patrols, drive in the larger places with longer | . - campaigns In the Smaller g smock|When six enemy machines and one The formatiey | Palloon were destroyed, and July 24, of local crganizations throughout New | When five airplanes were destroyed e Histriey | without an American casualty. Cabled Paragraphs Cabinet Council at Madrid. Madrid, Aug. 30.—(By A. P.)—The cabinet council will meet at five o'- clock® this afternoon, according to the official explanation, the meeting will be held to discuss economic prob- lems and the budget but it is the gen- eral helief that other . importance Questions will be brought ~forward Public opinion displays symptoms of considerable excitement oves the ‘in- LATEST CASUALTY' LISTS CONTAIN 239 NAMES ‘Washington, Aug. 30.—The follow- reported - by the Killed in action, 10; missing in ac- ; wounded severely, 65; died of wounds, 29; wounded, degree unde- New England names in the list: g Kiiled in Action. Corporals—Thomas J. Burke 1022 Fremont St., Boston, Mass.; Albert S. Weeks, Miss Jennie Brainard, Palmer, Mass. Privates—Isam Allgood, R.F.D. 3, Brookhaven, Mass.; George C. Dan- Broadway, Somerville, 33 Chestnut Wounded Severely. Privates—Merfiee E. Bill, Sta. 19 1-2 Windsor. Conn. An- thony Martinse, Fairmont St., Fitch- burg, Mass.; Charles A. Snickers, 106 Boyce St, Auburn, Mas: Wounded (Degree Undetermined.) Cheever St., Milton, Mass. Corporal neis Slavin, 548 South St.. Holyoke, Mas: Privates—Andrew Fitchburg, Mass. AFTERNOON LIST McCabe, 8 Oak American Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action 49; missing in ac- tion, 13; wounded severely, 34; died from accident and other causes, 1; died | 11 ew England men in list: Solomon Cohen. 23, Adams, St., Karl A. Morandi. T Sank Court. Cambridge, Mass.; John E. Serry, 492 W. Main St.,, Waterbury, Conn. Wounded Severely | Privates Joseph N. Levi, 154 Union St. Lawrence, Mass.; Daniel J O'Leary, 104 North St., Northampton, Ma: Vinzenzo Paglia, 280 Pleasant Malden, Mass. Wounded (Degree Undetermined) | Private—Gregor P. Simonian, 11| Missing in Action. Privates—Charles Kramp, 7 Boyl- Iston St.. Brookli Mass.; Walter Conn. the” French troops on the right and ans on the front!| sons struggled forward ; the Americans sent thousands unds of high explosive shells and pnel into the German positions. made little effort to advance Late this afternoon some progress icans in the Although the day was not marked y spectacular advance, there was from a lull in the activities on the American front. nce the Americans appeared on Wednesday the Germans have display- ed stubbornness and skill. They have good positions and are defending them might even attempt a serious The positions of the Americans are perhaps not so good, howed down to one of comparative Before the day was over the Ger- mans had begun to show signs of weakening observers reported troop movements which appeared to indicate a re-grouping and perhaps retirement. and even the minor at- tack of one flank was decided upon ALL CITY OF LONDON POLICE JOIN IN STRIKE London, Aug. 30—The Press Bu- statement issued at mid- the striking metropolitan police have been told that if they return to work the government will give full and sympathetic considera- tion to their representations. Tonight virtually all the city of Lon- don police joined the strike. At the Tower Hill meeting this evening it was decided to send a Geputation to the Home Office at noon tomorrow to meet Premier Lloyd George or any other member of the jZovernment in order to submit the case of the strikers to him. At headquarters of the police union tonight it was asserted that there was every probability that the strike would be extended to provincial towns. eceived from Manchester and other cities, it was said, were to the effect that the police were only await- AMERICAN AIR UNIT With the American Army in France, comprising 75 Eighteen other. planes are claim- ed to have been brought down but these -are not confirmed. The Am- The unit's best days were July 16, 200.000 MEN ON STRIKE IN GERMAN COAL CENTER Geneva, Aug. 30.—Serious strikes involving 200,000 workmen have brok- en out at Bocham. in Westphalia, ac- cording to despatches received here from Munich. Three thousand strikers have been sent to the front and 5,000 deported from the region un- der escort. Troops are guarding the town, it is said, as riots are feared. | Mother FEve may have invented curiosity, but she is the only woman on record who has never turned had on. wasteful and resulted proposition. of age. ORWICH, CONN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1918 © EIGHT PAGES—64 COLS. | ‘Washington, Aug. 30.—Opposition to various appropriations attacked as unnecessary; together with protracted debate on/the ference report to.the man;power bill in' the' failure -of ‘the senate, today to pass the emergency agricul- tural appropriation con- bill with its time. amendment providing for national pro- hibition after June 30, 1919. Prohi- bition leaders plan for a final vote tomorrow. 3 Discussion of minor . appropriatiens in the $11,000,000 measure most of the senate's contending. that much of the' money could be -devoted ‘to better. purposes in the prosecution of the war. An amendment. authorizing the secretary of agriculture to set aside $2,500.000 for the purchase- of seed,wheat-to be sold to farmers was adonted. The bill with the prohibition amend- ment according to the plans of sen- ate leaders is to be passed finally by a viva voce vote, without placing sen- ators on resord as to the .prohibition Upon passage by the senate the measure will go to con- ference. % DRAFT BILL GO!S TO occupied Senators PRESIDENT THIS NOON ‘Washington, Aug. 30. — Congress failed again today man power bill, to complete the extending the selec- tive drast age limit to 18 to 45 years Only the formality of the signing of the measure by the pre- Agricultural Bill Was:|Germans Mutiny in Delayedinthe Senate Opposition Developed to Va- " rious . Appropriations. as Wasteful and Unnecessary. the Vicinity of Kiev Join With ;_A—n;ed Russian Peasant Body and Attack German Forces. London, Aug. 0.—Tweive hundred German mutineers have jomed forces with an armed peasant body and at- 'tacked the German forces in the re- gion of Dymera,, twenty-four miles from Kiev, according to a Russian wireless despatch- received here today irom Moscow, Fierce fighting has taken place me- {ween the Germans and the peasants and there have been heavy losses on both, sides. B LIEUT. HITCHCOCK ESCAPES . FROM GERMAN PRISON COMP Berne; Switzerland, Aug. 30.—(By A: P.).—Lieutenant . Thomas Hitclicock, Jr. of - Westbury, L. L. who, wkile a |member of the Lafayette flying spuad- ron last Mgrch, was captured by the Germans, has escaped from a German prison camp and has arrived here. Young Hitcheock, who is ‘the 18 year old son of Major Thomas Hitchcock. jumper from a train near Ulm, in Wurttemberz, and walked eight miles to the Swiss border near Schaffhausen. The aviator is returning to the Unit- ed States immediatel HITCHCOCK WAS WIDELY KNOWN AS A POLO PLAYER New York, Aug. 30.—Licutenant Thomas HitcHcock. Jr., son of Major Hitchcock, commander of the train- ing department at the Minegla avi tion field, who has just escaped to Berne from a.German prison camp, was captured on March 6, after a noon a yea and nay cpposition from a few senators pres- Dakota, the striking oug df which has been' fought by organized Chairman Chamberlain of the senate conference committee defend- ed the action of the vielding labor. Alleged dongress, Criticism dF war department schools and colleges as socialistic. action, ticall; NO GAMBLING THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS THE VALUE Advertising has lonsened the purse strings of the nation. has sold billions of dollars’ worth of Liberty bonds and war savings stamps LML suffering and and is going to sell more, has filled the coffers of the Red Cross, the the Knights of Columbus and the Salvation Army, has brought no end of relief to the homeless and has knocked props from under the propaganda inspired by spies and ene- my aliens. It has likegise provided shipworkers and essential'indus- try employes. It has been of the greatest value to the government in the con- duct of the war but it is of/equal value to the merchant in the con- duct of his ‘business. And’ the service of The Bulletin in this field is such_that none can afford to neziect it. Duri Bulletin's columns Bulletin Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, ‘Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Augu: Augu: Augu: Totals. ... the past week'the st 24. st 26. st 27. August 28. August 29. August 30. Telegraph lowjng matter has appeared in The Local General Total 122 151 341 614 143 150 294 587 140 183 274 607 108 137 375 620 99 168 287 110 96 450 855 2021 vote— siding officers of the semate and the house remains and it was predicted tonight_the measure will be in. Pres- ident Wilson’s hands soon after the convening hour. ate approval by the executive is ex- pected. The conference report on the bill ap- proved Its immedi- combat with three enemy planes. He fell behind the German lines after he had been wounded in the side. He was taken first to the prison camp at Saarbrucken. camp in Bavaria. Before the United States entered the vesterday by the house was|war, Lieutenant Hitchcock was widely adonted late today by the senate by |known as a horseman and polo play- ith but feeble |er. A student at St Concord, N. H., last year. he tried to Senate debate on the work or|enlist in the American flying forces vehemently author fight amendment’s excision was so|bhut although he passed the 100 hours’ protracted that the house adjourned hefore the bill could be returned there | rejeated because of his youth. for the sighiture of the speaker. The | now. 18 years old. rules require that signatures of the presiding officers be attached to the|underwent further engrossed are in session. Senate debate today the elimination of the “work or fight” centered on | With several other Americans. of the the provision, committee in 12 PER CENT. TAX ON to house opposition, declar- ing that the present law and regula- tions could, if enforced, meet the ends designed by the Thomas amendment. failure of the war depart- ment to enforce the law against union strikers was due to executive admin- istration and rot to lack of fiat from Senator Chamberlain said. published plans of the war despartment for free technical and special education of drafted youths inder 21 was expressed by senators, denouncing the action of the in taking over the several INCOMES OVER $4,000 unearned Washington, Aug. 30.—A flat twelve per cent. normal tax on annual’in- comes above $4000 and a normal tax of six per.cent. below $4,000 down to the exemption limit without any dif- ferential against was agreed to at a conference today on the war reveune bill between Sec- retary McAdoo and Chairman Kitch- in and members of the house ways and means committee, There will be changes made in the surtax rates to correspond with this Mr. Kitchin said today prac- all questions at issue now had been settled but it was unlikely that the revenue bill would be reported to the house before Monday. incomes IN SALE OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS District persons G. T. PAGE PRESIDENT New York, Aus. 30.—The sale of|for persons & war savings stamps through the use of gambling wheels was ordered dis- continued today by ney Swan. . “The gambling d law and is un-American in principle,” he said in a notification to the police to arrest on_sight using the wheels for this purpose. “The United States does mot have to resort to gzambling devices to raise revenue to support the men fighting at the front.” Attor- e is against the found OF AMERICAN "BAR ASS'N. e-elected. Cleveland, O., Aug. 30.—George" T. Page of Peoria, Ills, was elected presi- dent of the American Bar Association for the coming year at the final busi- ness meeting of the -annual \conven- tion today. Secretary George White- lock of Baltimore and Treasurer Fred- erick E. Wadhams of Albany, were 3%, 5 Next year's conven- tion city will be selected by the ex- ecutive committee at the mid-winter meeting. endurance test to the famous Lafayette escadrille captured. Last February be brought down two |German fliers and received the Croix de Guerre, with two palms, and the prize money awardedq by the Lafayette squadron. ~ After he had been flying for several months, he was promoted from corporal to sergeant. Last July made a lieutenant by General Petain in recognition of his “zallant work.” URUGUAY I8 STRONG FOR PAN-AMERICANISM New York, Aug. ready to adopt the principles of Pan- Americanism, Dr. Brum, minister of for relations of Uru- guay, and head of a financial mission to the United States, asserted here to- day at a luncheon tendered members of the mission by the Pan-American Society of the United States. “I am enthusiastic for Pan-Ameri- canism,” Dr. Brum said, “and recall with great satisfaction the first Pan- American congresss called by a fellow student. The young members of that congress proclaimed the union of the American peopie. With deep feeling I can justly say that I have seen the realization of these prohetic words. I come to tell you that my copatriots are ipmatient to see the ideal of Pan-Am- ericanism realized.” Other speakers at the luncheon were John Bassett Moore, president of the Pan-American Society of the United States and Frank A. Vanderlip, MAN SHOT BY GUARDSMAN WAS TEMPORARILY INSANE Ocean, City/ N. J.. Aug. 30.—Thomas Ellis, of Trenton, N. J., who was shot and kilieq on the beach here last night by a member of the naval reserve on duty in Ocean City as a coast guardmen have been on the watch spected of being ' Ger- man spies. Last night the guard Ellis actinz queerly and' placed him under arrest. - He resisted and in the struggle he was killed. Investigation today showed that El- lis had been acting strangely recent- ly and is believed to have come to Ocean City in search of a nephew who has enlisted in the government ser- vice. BRITAIN PUTS OUIETUS ON SOLDIERS’ GODMOTHERS Boston, Aus. 30.—Soldiers' godmoth- ers must give up torresponding with men of the British and Canadian arm- ies,” according to an order that was received at the British and Canadian recruiting mission here today. The military autherities are said to have found that ‘the practice has resulted in_the ‘obtaining of important military information by the enemy and al- though all persons who write to sold- iers are not upder suspicion, it has been deemed wise to climinate this practice in which chances have to be taken. ! Later he was|lished a German wireless transferred to Giesen an again to a|many’s reply Paul’s School in | increase of 20 cents an ho in the air, he was|to ill health, has arrived at Havana. He is The Going to France in June, 1917, he|and reported : 17 t 6 training in the| marine was towed into measure while the houses|French air service and was assigned | port. He had i abandoned French-made hosp not, however, been transferred to the |surgical dressings amendment by the conferees, Senators | United States forces when he was|monufactured by the Thomas of Colorado, amendment, and McCumber of North protested against while he was still a prisoner. he was | tration. Condensed Telegrams Brigadier General Henry Clay Wood, U. S. A, retired, died at his apart- ments at Pordand, Me., where he has ieen an invalid the past two years. Sam Miller, 22, ot Bridgeport and Louis W, Fisfier of New - York eity, charged with stealing severul hunareu dollars worth of furs’at Meriden and at Waterblry, were held in $2,000 each for the superior cour: at Meriden. Wiltiam J. McGee, 19 years oid, a railroad brakeman, died at St. Francis’ nospital, Hartiord, 10LOWILg he 1088 of a jeg under a train. Daniel J. MacGillicuddy of C: bridge, Mass, is among ihe marines reported severely tion. Frank Konig, 68 years old, of Mad- ison, Conn, a trackwalker Zor the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail- road, was struck and killed by a west- bound epress train on the Shore Line division there. War bills for the month of August mounted to $1,621,000,000. Legislation to prevent speculat'on in food in’ Brazil is being enacted. London . military experts place German dead losses at 2,000,000 men. Passenger,fares in Baltimore have been increased from five cents to six. Production of anthracite for the week ended Aug. 24, totalled 1,70%,- 616 tons. The outiook for the late fruit crop and vegetable crop of Canada is re- rorted good. It is reported in Paris that a Ger- man submarine sink the Spanish steamer Crusa. During the week ended Aug. 23, 423 wounded and sick soldiers returned from_ Irance. Thirteen captains of the navy were recommended for the temporary grade of rear-admiral. A campaign for the pensioning of all Federal employees was started in Brooklyn by the navy vard worker: Albert Rathbone of New York s nominated by President Wilson to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. The municipal authorities of Rome have taken over control of the egg market, fixing the price at ten cents each. Regulations are being drafted by th® South African Government to prevent the use of German language in public places. Upward of 2,000,000 letters and oth- er mrailed documents were seized re- cently in Chicz They contained seditious matter. The oil tanker Frederick Kellogg, which was attacked by a (ierman cu marine was towed to Staten Isiand ané beached. Tncreased pay for hard working Washington draft board” clerks 1w authorized by Provost Marshal-Ge: !eral Crowder. Bids for the manufacture of 4000,- |60 pairs of army shoes will be opentd |in the office of the Quartermaster Ceneral yesterday. { During the skirmish between Amer- | | ican ana Ariz., U. was shot and wounded, Vladimir Bourtzeff, the Russian Rev" olutionist, in Paris, reports that Gen- i eral Korniloff, who has often been reported dead, is living. A billion pounds of beef was ship- ped abroad by the United States -this ear compared with less than 40,000, 00 pounds prior to the war. taking over of the Lake steamer AM: souri. It will be used training ship for apprentice seamen. The newspaper A. B. C. of Ma- drid was suppressed because it pub- bout (er- ish subma- to the Spa: rine note. Striking structural iron workers of Rochester, returned to work pendin investigation of their demand for a in pay, E. A. Ronssin, the new I'tench min ister to Cuba in snccession to Co De Clero who resigned recently owin Newfoundland schooner Bianca which w three-; ted captured nk by a Germanssub- a Canadian The French War Department ha al of those American Red in favor Cross. The chief citier and towns of the Rhine district, accordmz to the Co- logne Gazette, formed a committee deal h the increasing menace of Allied air raiders. A new flag will be flown from steam- ers operated by the Railroad admini It will have the words U R. A. in blue'on a white field and a red border. Wage increases ranging from 15 to 25 per cent. for railroad track labo ers and for certain classes of clerks were recommended to Director Me Adoo by the Board of Railroad Wages. Sergeant Conrad Elworth Lester, se- verely wounded in France, has b in the Army 17 years. He was one of the first men that pursued V- nad his bandits. He is a_New Yorker. Navy calls attention to the urgent need for sextants for uvse in the nav; Any cooperation and help in obtainin these articles will be greatly appreci ated. PRESIDENT OF MIDDLESEX AND BOSTON ROAD RESIGNS Boston, ‘Aug. 30.—President James L. Richards of the Middlesex and Bos- ton Street Railway Company resigned today a few hours after a strike of carment had tied up the entire system Pitt F. Depew, an attorney of Boston, was named as his successor. planation of the change was given. During the day an attempt was made to continue operations in the twenty two cities and towns affected car crews mad up of starters, in- spectors and bar men, but regular s vice was generally suspended. CAPT. KARL BOY-ED HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ON THE WAR With the American Forces on the Vesle, Aug. 30.—(By A. P.).—A pr soner captured by the Americans brought the news that Captain Karl Boy-Ed, former naval attache at Washington, who recently resizned head of the press section of the Ger- man naval department ,had publish- ed ‘a book in Germany dealing with | the reasons why the United States en- terede the war. Other prisoners con- firmed the reports of heavy German casualties as the result of the terrible | artillery fire of the Americans. AMERICAN CONSUL POOLE STILL IS IN MOSCOW Washington, Aug. 30.—So far as the | state department here knows Ameri- can Consul General Poole siill is in Moscow and no official report h been received to confirm despatches from German sources that the last of the entente representatives have left that city. Nothing has been heard from Mr. Poole since about two weeks ago when he cabled that he intended | to remain in Moscow to lend any as- Wounded im me. |SPiracy to overthrow the The Shipping Board announced the | * Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the| S |crew of the tug Triton which reached | Boone Island during the day. It was others. Were Sentenced to Chicago, Aug. 30.'— William D.|' Haywood, ‘“uncrowned king” of the Industrial Workers of the World, and fourteen of his chief aides in*the*con- American war programme were sentenced to! twenty years in the federal peniten- v _at Leavenworth, Karsas, by ral Judge K. M. Landis here late today Ten years sentences were imposed upon thirty-three of the organization's leaders, five years'.sentences on thir- ty-three, one vear and one day on eleven defendants and. ten day sen- ténces on two others. Cases against Benjamin Schraeger, Chicago writer, and Pietro Nigra Spring- Valley, 1lls., were continued. All sentences on: the four counts in tae indictment will run concurrently Fines ranging from ,$20,000 on Hay- wood and his chief aides. down to $5,- 000 were imposed. Ninety days is granted in which. to file 2 bill of exception, and a stay of seven days in which to petition for bail . Those sentenced with ~ William Haywood to twenty vears in the pen- ntiary and to pay $20000 fine are: Carl Ahlteen, Minneapolis; - George Andreytchine, Chicago; Forrest Ed. vards, Minneapolis: Ralph Chaplin. Leo Laukki, Duluth: Aurelio ra, Los Angelas: G. L. Lam- bert. Minneapolis: Vladimir Lossieft, “hicago: Walter T. Neff, Philadelphia; arles Rothfisher, Chicago: James Rowan, Spokane Washn.: -Sam Scar- lett, Akron, Ohio: Manuel Rey. Bui- Richard Brazier, Spokane, “It is the closing chapter in Aszeri- ca’s biggest criniinal case” said nk K. Nebeker, thief prosecutor. “We are confident a new trial will | he cranted”. said George F. Van- derver, chief counsel for the defense. Before pronouncing sentence on the defendants, Judge Landis reviewed at some length the salient points in thy government’s case. laying especial Stress on the I W. W. preamble de- claring efernal war on the employing class and denouncing war with other nations: the meeting of the executive ard after America had entered the war at which it was decidéd to ex- HEAVY SENTENCES FOR I, W. W, LEADERS William D. Haywood, Secretary and Treasurer, and Fourtesn “ tiary and to Pay a Fine of $20,000 Each. e Twenty Years in the Peniten- 1" members entering military ser- %e and later the\concerted plan by strikes and rebellion to ~ block war measures. i “In times of peace you have a legal right to oppose, by free speech. pre- parations for war. But when war been declared that right ceases forth- with.” was the court's closing re- marks. 3 Aside from a slight disturbance in the “corridor when one of fhe pris- oners became hysterical while being led away there was no disorder. There was u deep silence in the courtroom .as Haywood and his four- teen chief assistants were called be- fore the bar As “Big-Bill” arose from his seat a group - of women who had been weeping. started a mild ovation which was Suickly silenced. % The procession continued the pro- ceedings interspersed With an ocea- sional groan from the defendants and an outcry from the women relatives, until ninety-five of the organization's chief directors had been sentenced and led to the county jail, through lanes of curious spectators that sur= rounded the federal building. ¥ Vincent St. John, who formerly held Haywood's office as general secretary- treasurer, was sentenced to ten years at Leavenworth. J. A. MacDonald, Seattle, publisher of a radical paper, was sentenced to ten years. while J. T. (Third Hail Red) Doran, a western coast ieader, and Harrison George of Pittsburgh, whose printed vision of President Wilson and his cabinet "in flight bojore an army of T W. Wi, was an important factor in the trial, reecived sentences of five vears each. For more than an hour Judge Lan- s with sharp, direct sentences, re- . viewed the nation-wide conspiracy’ against the government and read ex- cerpts from Haywood's correspond- ence relative to- opposition to the war. “In the light of the evidence before it, the jury had no avenue of escape from the verdict of guilty,” the court said. » Benjamin_Fletcher, Philadeiphia, the only colored mesiber on triai, grinned brcadly when he was sentenced to ten years. He was being led away when he remarked: “Judge Landis is using poor English today. His sentences are too long.” 3500 MACHINE WORKERS ON STRIKE AT BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport. Conn., Aug. 30.—Unless action is taken by the United States sovernment there seems little possibil- ity tonight of any immediate abate- ment of the strike of 3,500 union ma- chine workers who at noon today left nearly evefy piant in Bridzeport, ‘thereby greatly decreasing the pro- duction of essential war materials. The strikes met today in the Casi- no and after a riotous sessign yoted unanimousiy to continue the strike until every manufacturer concerned in the strike bows to their demands. Four of the smaller plants accepted the de- mands of the machinists for a mini- mum wage of 80 cents and 70 cents an hour for tooimakers and machinists, respectively. But the strike commit- tee ruled that the men in these shops should also remain on_ strike unil all the manufacturers submit. Many of the men are leaving the city. Geo Hawley, representative of the manutacturers’ association, which cludes all the larze plants, said that the members of the association wouid not accede to the demand of the men because it wouid be offensive to the government, since the war board had decided in the case. It 1s considered possible that the charter of the local union wiil be re- voked by the grand lodge of the In- ternational Association of Machinisis, as the strikers have violated the in- structions of the grand lodge by ng and have violated their pro- mise to abide by the decision of the war board. Thirteen representatives of the Na- tional War Labor Board, the largest force ever sent out from Washington, arrived here today to effect the es- tablishment of the terms of the award. Their outlined procedure was tem- porrarily halted by the strike. - The body is powerless to act in the situa- unless they get instructions from Washington, {FLIGHT AND MASSACRE OF CHRISTIANS iN PARIS New York. Aug. 30.—The flight of 40,000 Christian refugees from Uhmia to' Hamidan, Persia, and the deaths of 15,000 others .through massacre .by the Turks and disease and starvation whil en route, was described in cablegrams made public Joday by the American Committee of Armenian and Syrian Relief. Forty thousand more refugees were reported to be foliowing. The message, from J. L. Caldwell, United States minister to Persia, and Gordon Paddock, United States consul now at Kasvin, said the Turks had abandoned their pursuit but that many of the survivors had been robbed of everything. ‘Aid of the American Red Cross was - invoked. The American Committee for Ar- menian and Syrian Relief, it was an- nounced teday. Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, presient -of the University of Chicago, head. of the Atherican relief commission, was re- ported in Cairo and hastening to Per- sia, Dr. Wilfred E. Post, is was stated quantity of food supplies and other goods for the oppressed Americans and - Syrians. A campaizn_to raise $30.000.000 is planneq for November 23 to 30 to cope with ~the famine conditions which are expected - to prevail this wigter. TUG FIRED UPON BY AN ENEMY SUBMARINE An Atlantic Port, Aug. 30. — The here toda: ed upon reported having been fir- an enemy submarine off very foggy at the time. The tug chang- ed its course and raced for safety. The submarine fired only one shot an American stoamer appeared on the scene. Both vesssls were weli shelter- ed from sight by the-fog as. they made haste to reach the nearest har- bor. 3 ARMED GERMANS HOLD- AUSTRIANS IN BATTLE LINE ‘With the American Army on -the Lorraine Front, Aus. 30.—(By The Associated’ Press.)—An Austrian taken prisoner_on the, western _ front . says ihe morale cf the Austrian army now |and operated for the period of the will sail on September 5, with a large | and soon submerged: At that:-moment |s SMITH & WESSON CO. RESENTS WAR LABCR BOARD DECISION Washington. Aug. 30.—The Smith and Wasson Company of Sprinzfield, Mass., informed the war department today that rather than abide by a recent decision of the War Labor Roard it would prefer to have its plant taken over by the government war, . The decision objected to provided for the restoration with back pay of employes discharzed for violating :a rule regulating union membership. and approved collective bargaining between employes and the company.. d In a letter to Secretary Baker the company said it had not submitted its rights to the War Labor Board and did admit that the board had con- ducted the brief investigation which preceded its decision in accordance wih President Wilson'’s lobor procla=- mation, and saw no reason why it should abandon its legitaiate methods of doing business The company employes 1400 persons and is engaged on many government contracts, including the making of a quarter of a million army revolvers. It offers, if the government will take over the plant, to have the individuals of the present management co-operate with any officer placed in charge. HOUSE COMMITTEE READY ’ TO REPORT WAR REVENUE BILL: Washington, Aug. 30.—Completing its task of framing the eight billion dollar war revenue bill, the house, ways and means _committee today agreed to report the measure to the house Monday. It carries greatly in- creased income taxes, beginning with a normal tax of six pe: cent on all* below $4.000 a year and above the ex- emption limits. To reach war profits a flat war pro- fits tax of S0 per cent is levied with |an alternative plan of excess profits taxes ranging from 35 to 70 per cent. The miximum surtax on incomes is raised to 65 per cent and the normal tax on all incomes over $4,000 is made 12 per cent. : The bill.probable will be taken up in the house for consideration next Thursday, with prospeets tnat it can be disposed of within a week or ten days. Treasury experts have estimated, Chairman Kitchin stated, that the bill as finally agreed upon. will produce an annual revenue of between $8,100,000,- 006 and $8,200,000,000, thus making the measure by far the greatest re- venue producing proposal which con- ever has been’ called upon to GERMANY EXCLUDES PAPERS PRINTED IN ALLIED NATIONS London,. Aug. 30.—(British Wireless Service.)—The sale of Tewspapers published in allied countries.has been prohibited in Germany for some.time past. Previously English, French and American newspapers could easily be bought at shops and bookstalls and were allowed to circulate freely, but now they afe obtainable only by spe- cial permits which are issued to priv- ileged persons, such as members of the reichstag. The prohibition apparently is in- tended to counteract the growing pessimism of thc German people and is attributed to fear on the part of the German military authorities lest the truth about the American effort should become known. FEDERAL AGENTS MADE A ROUND-UP IN BRISTOL Bristol, Conn., Aug. 30.—Nearly 500 men without draft registration cards were rounded up here topight in raids on « theatres, pool rooms and factory boarding houses by federal agents, as- ed by local poiice. After examina- tion, ten were held and will be taken to Hartford tomorrow. During the round up, three enemy aliens who were beyond the limits of their permits, were taken into custod STAMFORD IRON WORKERS VOTE TO WORK LABOR DAY Stamford, Conn., Aug. 30.—Employes of the Stamford Rolling Mills, at a mass mbeeting voted to work all day on.Labor Day. This action was taken after: several soldiers of the French is o bad that German troops habit- ally are placed behind them with sistance possible to endangered allied i consular-officers, u orders to shogt any men who endeav- or to desert, .- . o o foreign legion had made. speeches in which “they said the output of muni~ tions, for the allied armies must < be zetarded. - u. 3