Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 4, 1918, Page 1

NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1918 EIGHT PAGES—64 COLS. | (By The Associated’ Press.) From Flanders to Soissons the Brit- ssh, rench and American forces are keeping up without cessation. their strong offensive tactics against the who | along the battle g zround, although nts not without strong Seemingly it is the full realization of the peril he is in that now is prampting the enemy to put torth his ewery effort to averti. com- plete disaster. Additional areas of territory which long had been held by the enem restored: many thousand. ans have been sent behind the 1o swell the great throng already in prison camps, and many of my's dead lying upon the bat- tify to his heavy casualties. lefield Retreating columng of the Germans t been cut to pieces by the British from captured vantage region around Arms rd to Peronne t Bri line ed forward everywhere since s Drocourt-Queant defanse overwhelmed and 15t in the sastward of the Drocurt line now are nearing the Canal Douai, Valenciennes and further encroach- inzlish, Camadian and troops, while east of Pe- 2 Tine_has been .stead- 4 forward. Numerons towns ges have fallen into the hands Marshal Haig’s men, notable em_Queent, at the southern Queant souih the Fren x the Nord are givir > enemy nd gradw ng_out e remaining portio o narth of Noyon, while e Sois- wons sector the French and Ameri cans are in control of entire ateau _dominating the me, the Chemin des Dames Jaon and La Fere. ers the British have pene- and the roads to of Lens, the fa- mous coal mininz city in northern France, and farther north in the i salient have taken Richebour: ‘sast and established themselves on the Mne of la Bassee road and be- tween there and Estaires, hving cap- tared the last named place. Steeo- werck and Wulvershem also arc in Fritish hands, and thus the grent sa- lient is virtually wiped out. Unofficial despatches say that in the region cast and southeast of Arrat the Germans are retirimz to a2 new switch line running from Brebieres, five miles southeast of Drocourt, southward to Moeuvres, where it joins the Hindenburg line near Graincourt. If this should prove true, the rc line alrendy Seems menaced as Fleld Marshal Haig’s men virtually are up- on it at Lecluse and Rumancour’, southeast of Arras and almost abreast of it at Baralle, three miles north of Moeavres. British aviators have carried out an nsive bombarding raid on towrs the Rhine provinces. Heavy dam- age is said to have been done by the missiles dropped from the low flying 1lanes. The United States government has recognized as co-belligerents in the war against the Central Powers the zecho-Slovak peoples. They already ave been recoznized by Great Brit- France and Italy, and Japan, ugh her participation in the ex n Siberia with the other al- countries, has given implied rec- ition PERSHING'S FIRST FIELD ARMY IN ACTION SOON Washington, Sept. 3—Reports from the British front today indicated to of- In Flanders the British Have Penetrated the Outskirts of Lens —Retreating Columns of Germans Have Been Cut to Pieces—Pershing’s First Field Army to Enter Battle Soon y ficers here that the German retire- ment, heretofore conducted with ut- most military skill, was getting out of hand. Under the terrific pressure of the British and French armies all along the line from Ypres to Soissons, the enemy apparently is being forced to a more precipitate withdrawal, par- ticularly on the old Drocourt-Queant front where Marsha] Haig’s men ham- mered forward irresistibly again to-| day. The official announcement from Lon- don that more than 10,000 prisoners have been taken in two days of fight- ing on this front in itself indicates, he said, that there is growing disorgan- ization in the German ranks. z With this in mind, there was ‘wide speculation today among officials to what new developments of the battle are to be expected. In it was clearly evident that observers believe that the time is fast approaching when General Pershing’s first field army will participate in the battle, on the theory that Generai Foch has been with= holding this new and vigorous force for a decisive blow when the time was ripe. As to where or when that blow would be deiivered. however, there was a wide variance of opinion. The Eritish now have broken a de- cided gap in the old German fortified line and the fall of Cambrai, Doual, St. Quentin and several other rail and raliroad centers upon which the Hin- denburg line depended seems immin- ent If the enemy intended to fall back upon this line when he was forced in- to a general withdrawal along hie hote front ficin Rheims to Ypres, his dwindling as’ the forward at the very canter of the great battle front. Mirehal Haie’s forces are moving on Camhrai, the key to a large section of the ol iine and if that place is tak- en, it hpears to officers here that the enemy will be quickly forced to evac- uate the salient in which he is rapidly being pockesgd by the French and American advance of the Oise-Ailette lires in the sonth and the British thrust eastward from Peronne to the north. o evident is the growing disor- ganization among the Germans shown in reports from the British front that some officers are inclined to think it possible that the enemy mayv he fore- ed to a witadrawal to the Rhine this vear. Others, however, feel that the <kill the German leaders have display- ed does not warrant any anticipation of an early collapse of the military ma- chine. On all sides it is evident here that announcement of the formation ‘of the first American field army and the fact that many American units which had ! been brigaded with the French or British for final training have been! Fitzpatric! withdrawn to be added to it have been taken to mean that the Americans would attack during the: present year. Ample time remains, it is sald, for the organization of the force to be com- pleted and the assault launched be- fore winter interferes. The American army is a picked force composed of *the prime fighting manhood of the nation and filled with ardor for the battle. It forms, officers here believe, an ideal instrument with which General Foch will be able to de- liver a real offensive coup when he deems the fleld ready. The present fighting, in this view. is preparatory to the delivery of such a blow and it now appears nrobable to many observers that it wil be delivered soon and prob- ably in a region to the east of Hheims or of Verdun where the concentration of enemy reserves to meet it will be most_difficult because of the bitter fighting in Flanders and Picardy. BRITISH VICTORY ALONG THE HINDENBURG LINE he British Army in France, 4 p. m—By The Associated The British victory in the Drocourt-Queant line Without having de- With Sept Préss) battle of seems con plete. ivéred a single counter-attack, and staggering from the blows adminis- ed them yesterday, the Ger- ns during the night and .early this morning were in full flight for the castern side of the Canal du Nord. The enemy is trying to save what men and material he can from the wreck in and behind one of the most powenful defense systems ever de- vised. The much-boasted Drocourt- Queant line, or as the Germans call it, and Germans are hurryipg stward, leaving behind only pockets of machine gunners, and even resist- ance from these is gradually melting ay. The fishting this afternoon seems to be more vigorous along the north- crn part of the Hindenburs line than elsewhere. The British are sweeping ong astride it from the point where t joined the Drocourt lime at Queant. msiderable progress is reported and rge numbers of Germans have been illed or taken prisoner. Thousands prisoners are coming into the cages. One army had 6,000 Germans 5 its cages this forenoon. How many machine guns were captured will not known for many days, but There were thousands. The prisoners were of all sorts, in- cluding cavalrymen, who had been dismounted and fought as infantry. The hard pressed German command- ers took men from anywhere, no mat- what they were supposed to he doing, and put them in the line with rifies and machine guns in an effort to_stem the tide. How many dead there are it is Im- possible even to give an estimate. The scene of the battle in many places shows that the Germans suffered ter- rible losses. The German formations which opposed the British have been Lterally torn to pieces, and the tear- ing still continues along the Hinden- turg line and to the south. SCHWAB WOULD EXEMPT SHIP WORKERS FROM DRAFT Philadelpbia. Sept. 3.—Director Gen- eral arles M, Schwab, of the Emer- ncy Fleet Corporation, tonight wanded a warning against skilled workers being taken from ship vards for the draft. Last week 385 skilled men at Hog Jsland/were taken from the yard and an effort will be made, Mr. Schwab said, to put a stop to it. ‘If we cannot have the men we cannot build the ships,” Mr. Schwab sad. - - R R R L, CIR e ‘W&"srf’{'"”“ PA i Ay UNITED STATES RECOGNIZES CZECHO-SLOVAK NATION Washington, Sept. 3.—Recognition of the Czecho-Slovak nation today by the Uniteq States government assures the Czechs of northern Austria of a standing in the league of nations,and, since it follows similar _action by Great Britain, France and Italy, it may have a far-reaching effect on the war situation in Europe. In any event, it is expected to produce a new align- ment of demands upon Germany and Austria-Hungary at the peace table, The first immediate effect of the American government's action, state department officials said, will be in opening of the way to furnishing much needed war materials and eup- plies to the Czecho-Slovak armies op- erating against the German and Aus- trian forces in Siberia and southern Russia. In the official view, the Czecho- Slovaks, if properly financed and aid- ed, will be able to make a more seri- ous and determined offensive against the common enemy. The Czecho in Russia and Siberia are particularly anxious to re-establish an eastern front and are said to lack only equip- ment and moral Support to accomplish their purpose, It is estimated that there are from 150,000 to 2,000 Czecho- Cabled Paragraphs Disastrous Explosion at Odessa. Amsterdam, Sept. 3 patch received here reports laut disastrous explosion occurred in Od. sa last Saturday. ., The drcspatch sa a number of Austro-German officers @ por the suburbs of Odessa. and men were killed tion of one was destroyed. . 912 NAMES IN TWO nd th & Washington, Sept. 3.—The followis peditionary Forces Killed in action tion 95; wounded severely 143; from aeroplane accident 2 New England men are ¢ Died of Wounds. total 4 Rd.,; Greenwich, Conn. Wounded Severely. ersfield Ave., Hartford, Conn ham, Mass.; Arthur B. Benny, F. Rennie, 26 Gardiner St. chester, Conn. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). P .0. Box 67, Weston, Mass. TUESDAY AFTERNOCN'S LIST. American Expeditionary Forces: 114; wounded severely 163; disease 5; died aeroplane accident 1; died and other causes 1; total 506. New England men are: Killed in Action. . Ashmont, Mass.; . 78 Brookline Ave. Mass.; Benjamin Parson Carter, Wiest 4th berby, Conn.; . 19 Fremont St. Thomas J. Ka ., South Boston, Mass.: Kowalenicz, 1199 Main St., ; Fred J. MacMann, 271 ew Haven, Conn ng in Action. e, Antho llow St, West Acton, Mas: Privates — Michael Farrandi, Front St. Hartford, Conn.; Kroll, 408 Grand Ave., Conn.; St.. Haverhill, Mz Marino Dello, London St., Bast Boston, W. Lonergan, 191 mouth, N. H.; James Tiberi; cher Place, Newton Cent, Irving J. Tollotson, dington Place, Lynn, Mass. NO CHANGES IN BASIC ‘Washington, Sept. 3. are contemplated in in the case of men in new age limits. This wa der, who after a visit to the Wh House with General March, chief staff, explained that the ance of those operating the selecti machinery. ever, in the details relating to m engaged in certain industries. included in the new regist: days. General March and Crowder conferred with summoned by the president, who wisl Slovaks operating in Russia and Si- teria, and these, with the aid of such military aid as is being furnisheq by the allies and the large numbers of Russians which they may attract to their standards, are expected to suc- cessfully combat German and Auetrian aggression in the east. In extending recognition to the Czecho-Slovaks the United States went farther than Great Britain and France by recognizing the Czecho- Slovak nationdl council as a de facto belligerent -government. Recognition of the Czecho-Slovak nation by the United States was de- Jayed because President Wilson and his advisers wished to be certain that the national council, with headquarters in Paris, was the real representatives of its people. President Wilson has told congress that it was not the pur- pose of the United States to dismem- ber Austria, but the fact that the Czecho-Slovaks as a mation have ex- isted before the Christian era and re- cent developments in Austria are rep- resented as lending weight to a change in this governments' attitude. The terms of peace which the en- tente nations will impose upon Ger- many and Austria are,expected to es- tablish definitely the territorial posi- tion of the Czecl nation. This means that the northern tier of states in the dual monarchy, Bohemia. Mora- via and a part of Galicia will be sey- ered from the empire and become the independent home of the Czecho-Slo- vaks. Under thie plan the adjoining talls of the man power measvie its proposed method of operation . Whether arrangements will be ma which will automatically exempt ra road men and’ coal miners as a body cannot yet be stated. TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED ON GERMAN MILITARY WORKS London, Sept. 3.—The Fritish bombs on German military works, | the Rhine provinces. Three raids were made on the Ge: man airdrome at Buehl, Were obtained on many others. The railways at Ehrang, four mil northeast of Treves, from a_height of 900 feet and ery bomb scored a direct hit. At Saarbruecken, forty miles south- Works east of Treves, the Burbach and railways were bombed. section of Germany also would be em- braced in the newly established na- tion. Immediate results in Austria also are looked for by officials here. The Jugo Slays of southern Austria have for a long. establish an themselves under the leadership Serbia and it is believed that they w ceize upon the recogmition of time been ambitious nite action looking to their freedom. - i A Kiev des- CASUALTY LISTS casualties are reported by the Com- manding General of the American Ex- 7; missing in ac- died of wounds 14; died from accident and other causes 5; wounded. degree un- determined 82; died of disease 8; died Private William G. Carroll, Glenville Privates—Axel I Carlson, 788 Weth- ‘Eugene Lemoine, 21 Summer Hill St., Stone- Wadsworth St., Hartford, Conn.; John S. Man- Privates—Samuel A. Mears, 70 Pond St., Bssex, Mass.; Frederick J. Rand, The following casualties are report- ed by the Commanding General of the Killed in action 68; missing in action wounded, degree undeter- mined 143; died of wounds 11; died of of ‘accident Privates—Leo J. Driscoll, 62 Edwin Charles W. Mc- liam Wright 47 Prospect St., Chicopee, John ‘Worces- 37 W. Hartford Port 486 August New Haven, Melkis Hasbatanian, 20 Locust 13 Providence, R. 1; Edward J. Vaughan, RULES GOVERNING DRAFT — No changes the basic rules governing the operation of the draft d_under the |, ndicated to- day by Provost Marshal General Crow principles which prevailed in the selaction of men between the ages of 21 and &l would be retained in large measure for the guid- There will be some changes, how- ‘and more especially to men of more mature age ion. Just what these are the government is not prepared to announce, but it is be- lieved that rules to cover all ques- tions that can be foreseen now will be sent to draft boards within a few General President Wilson for an hour today. They were ed to familiarize himself with all de- and in- dependent air force within the past 24 hours has dropped fifteen tons, of Three han- gars were demolished and direct hits were attacked ev- independent nation for the Czecho-Blovaks as an excuse for defi- e | War in ing Washi of the reached ported 06 | mittee house, icns, C 36 | ot the take th &t the Privates—Vincenza Anthony Fer- |the bill, the house may recess for 1 rara, 154 Breman St. E. Boston, Mass.; | month So that members can partici- Paul Girdzis, 37 Sunnyside Ave., Wat-|Date in the congressional election erbury, Conn.; Charles Scarlata, 108|campaign. Some house leaders have Staniford St, Boston, Moss.; John F.|suggested a recess of both the house Curran, Suite 7A, 10 Oxford Terrace [and semate for over the November Boston, Mass. ¥ elections, but senate leaders generally WiSsinaiin Aation: . |oppose the proposal. Senator Sim- mo: . | the way solidly some o rropose rlan to vropose of fact child of B Brookline, | crease of the present rates. Maurice E. Marder, 74 Nightin- E . Dorchester, Mass.; Albert E.| BEVERAGE WAR TAXES | Scott, 218 Freeman Brookline, ESTIMATED AT $1,137,000,000 | Mass. ? R 7 : ; Washington, Sept. 3. — Estimated Died of Wounds Received in Action. | rovenye collections from the war reve- Mechanic Llewellyn R. Decker, 74 \nue taxes during the first twelve Allen St., Bangor. Maine. {months period of the war revenue law Wotn-lod iBaveraly: is to be in operation (“disrezarding Corporal Maarice J. McKelligot, | (e effect r‘:’,;{"o!"’?‘?“:“‘“f“ legisla- Hadley, Mass Soirite: ity Privates—James T. Stomber. 75| poiifSt Limerick St., Gardner, Mass.: Bdgar y,,‘r :j’f,;:r";‘fp“;;r :,,fi':;:?," o0 L. Lockhart, 10 Whittemore Terrace,| pectified $11.400 000, Dorchester, Mass.: Arthur J. Bellav-| pectfed HLA00000., 00000 aince, R. F. D. 1, Willimantic Conn, Wiges, 6tc, | $20.000:000- 2" = Wounded in Action (Degree Undeter- | Cereal beverages 324,000,000, mined. Other soft drinks sold by the man- Corporals—Michael _Demartin, 64 | tfacturer, producer, or importer, $10,- Market St. Woodhaven, Comn.; Kel-| (03000 = logg Strong Hale, 632 Main St. Port- | q9f% (K - 5 land, Conn % - . o 4 Total $1,13 00, Privates—Charles Baranowsky, - 137 L B 1ne ¢ Lawrence St, Hartford, Conn.; Wil- [ A fifteen cent floor tegIg Te¥led on H or ice ny DISILL 3 ! Paris, Sept. 3—(Havas Agency). James H. Danckart, 136| A ") A Gispatch rromgBerné, St., Lowell, Mass.; Roy Mac erland. to Le Matin, quotes a 1 Sanoma Place, Holvoke,|jrominent Swiss citizen coming from Arthur Passek, 12 Galpin St |Germany us declaring that in- the last tuck, Conn.; Lyman M. Wether- | g1 'ae bl ¥ man m prove, tl pire, TO PR ‘Wash; 41 Winslow St, Cambridge, Mass.; Harry W. Bishop, 264 Appleton St.[may be Lowell, Mass.; George Burrill, Hod- | vision o ed or a his sect Collection From Taxation on Beverages Is Expected to Reach $1,137,000,000. nue measure will begin in the house next Friday house ways and means committee. At the same time the senate finance com- house draft, but Chairman Simmons announced they would continue only until the measure is passed by the In presenting tailed report of the committee e: laining the measure's man bate on the bill' as a whole, but to vote within ten days. While the senate s is insistent that the senate dis- rose of the revenue bill befere the elections. While democrats and republicans on house and other representatives also labor below the standard ages. Another will be de: huge estates by largely increos keritance sition has been expressed to the com- mittee’s excess treasury department has ojposed in- rectified spirits. Because of the tax on soft drinks iwo cents for each ten cents or, frac- tion, and one cent where the charge ig seven cents or less, the bill abol- ishes the tax on caroonic acid gas. s swept over Germany. v surpass the acts of the Bolsheviki in Ruse cv joint resolution designed to prevent speculation in homestead under 21 Yearg of age, whether dra vice, yas adopted today by the sen- ate after brief debate. been passed by the house. ‘Revenue Bl the House Friday ington, Sept. 3. —Consideration eight billion dollar war rev under an agreement today after it had been re- by Chairman Kitchin of the wiil begin hearings on the the bill and a de- : provis- hairman Kitchin it was purpose to have extended de- e measure up for amendment start with the view to a final is engaged with and means committee voted to report the bill favorably, f them reserved the right to changes on the ficor of the offer amendments. One will a substantial tax en products ories of mines that employ gned tc bre: taxes. Consi derable oppo- profits rates as the cream sold at soda fountains SRR USIONMENT HAS SWEPT OVER GERMANY a formidable disillusionment It the Ger- ilitary situation does not im- he informant said, trouble that 4 menaces the Gorman em- EVENT SPECULATION IN HOMESTEAD RIGHTS ington, Sept. 3.—The emergen- ights which acquired under a special pro- f the man power act by youths olunteer in the mi ary ser- It already had retary, said todty. Drought Disastrous to the_cutjon Crop Harvest Will Be 4,098,000 Bales Less Than Was Fore- cast Early in the Season. . Washington, Sept. 3.—A disaster un- paralleled in ihe history of the cotton growing industry of the United States has befallen the American cotton crop this year as the result of a severe drought in July and August. The gov- ernment's' September cotton report, sued today, forecast the prospective production this year at 11,137,000 equivalent 500-pound _bales—4,098,000 bales less than was forecast at the beginning of the season. An eleven million bale crop would be slightly smaller than the crops of the last three years. Cotton growers planted this year the second largest acreage on record and prospects seemed bright for one of the largest crops ever grown. Drought during July. however, reduced the crop by 1616000 bales, and dry weather in August caused the greatest deterioration ever recorded in a singe month, there being a decline of 17.9 points’ in the condition on Aug. 25 as compared July 25. The entire cotton belt was affected, but in Texas and Oklahoma and the wéstern part of the region it was greater than in the east. ROUND-UP OF SLACXERS JN NEW YORK AND VICINITY New York, Sent. 3—More than 10,- 000 suspected draft evaders had been herded tonight into the armories of New York and nearby cities after the most vigorous slacker hunt Since the United States entereg the war. It was estimated officially that from 25 to 30 per cent. of this number were “wilful slackers. The drive, started early today in this city, Westchester county and nearby New Jersey communities, will continue until it is believed all draft; evaders have been caught, according to Charles F. DeWoody. chief of the New York bureau of investigation of the department of justice. It is ex- pected that the 25,000 government agents enrolled for the work, inciuding several thousand soldiers and will yund up aimo: tomorrow as today. sailors as many slackers Tonight hundreds of mothers, wives | and sisters besieged the “corral In many instances, where prisoners had ly left their registration and clas- sification cards at home, the women obtained the pieces of pastebo: hich meant liberty for the suspect: in_other cases where prisoners had| Thirty motorists were fined $3 each, | YOting to hold biennial conventions in- wilfully evaded the call of duty, all|for driving automobiles in Hartshorne, d of every four vears as hereio- the women could-do was weep-and|a suburb of Paterson, N. J., against} National qm‘gers_e!me% on:rm\? plead in vain for their relatives' re- |the request of Fuel Administrator Gar- | year terms are: President, Dr. T. A lease. field. Pitwsburgh: vice presi: Meanwhile, with suspects arriving| D. W. Cooke, New York State fuel! ,;z,\hmxi:‘_aml ers', = by the van load every minute, the spe- | administratdr, does not fear a coal Pittsburgh: secretary, cial examining boards toiled far into |shortage in New York providing there { Machnilowskl, Pittsburgh: treas: ren | the night, disposing of the cases as|is reasonable caré taken to prevent)l-eo: Kprpan Pittsburgh; physical rapidly as . possible. Mare than 200 | waste. instrictor, F. Cnutkiewicz, Chicago. prisoners, ju_whose evade the draft were proved. were summarily taken to Fort ‘Jay and Camp Upton, there to don the uniform ses attempts to or, in some ins to be court- martialed as deseri As the task ng,*feeding and guarding the suspects became hourly more serioys, Mr. DeWoody conferred here with Governor Whitman regard- ing the problem Tt was safd that at the conference the question of mobilizing the state guard was discussed, for it had been found that the number of armed guards had to be increased during the day, not only to patrol streets near the armories, but to accompany batch es of prisoners to restaurants near by It was estimated that from 15.000 to 20000 men between the ages of 21 and 31 were stopped anq questioned during the day. Hundreds of them were rounded up at the entrances to thea- tres and motion picture houses and it was found that many of the 10,000 ar- rested were from out of town. This feature was explained by Cap- tain David Asch, assistant to the di- rector of the draft in this district, who declared that “New York is the great- est slackers' retreat in America” and that “men.who want to evade -their duty have come here in droves from all parts of the country.” Women aided in the raids by driv- ing many of the hundreds of auto- mobiles used in trahsporting prisoners from police stations to armories, ite of | ve en h- de il- n r- les to of ill gust §, THE WESTERN FRONT BATTLE Shaded area shows allied advance since opening of Picardy drive Au- B e — LINE Broken line shows Soissons salient which Marshal Foch obliter- ated, The solid black shows Brllls}x and French advance this week, e e e e e TS PO Rn H30 AT P Condensed Telegrams were sunk by U-boats. tained on the Canadian casualty list. Two Nova Scotian fishing vessels The names of 23 Americans were con- German ships manned entirely by wowmen have reached ‘the port Lulea, Sweden. niversary. with King Provost refuses to rulings_in Albert of Belgium. Marshal-General drafting farm: workers. rived in Washington from Havana. 1917, ter. of The American Methodist Church at Buenos Aires celebrated its $2nd an- The Belgian minister to the vatican has gone to France for an interview Crowder interfere with' draft board The British war mission, which has visited South American countries, ar- An official German crop report says the wheat crop area was increased from 10 to 15 per cent. above that of A new course will be inaugurated Oct. 1, by the home service branch of the New York County Red Cross Chap- Washington, Sept. 3—In an infor- mal summary of the army munitions situation today, Assistant Secretary Crowell, director of munitions, indi- cated that rapid progress’ was being made in the production of rifles, ma- chine guns and some types of artil- lery. In a majority of the twenty- four plants at work on artillery con- tracts, however, he said, the flow of manufacture had not vet reached the Lroduction stage. The output of 135-millimeter howit- Zers is an exception to this rule, ap- rroximately 230 weapons of this cali- bre having been shipped to France. Mr. Crowell From 6,000 to 7,000 Heavy and From 8,000 to 9.000,‘£, ight Browning Guns Per Month Are Now Being Deli Cutput of Rifles Is Steady at About 200,000 Per houses destroyed by a typhoon which swept over the Japanese Island of For- mosa. commissioned officers of army were promoted on the field of battle for bravery. cess for making hay from sugar 1ops. The production will reach 50,000 tons each year. Fifty people were killed and 3,500 cnly By royal decree more than 500 non- try. the Greek | v near Experts at Honolulu perfected a pro- ! i The British steamer Escrich bound | material ©opposit sizes. In this connection Mr. Crowell sal new government plant, on nd, near Pittsburgh, was designed experienced ordnance manufac- turing concern at work, ninetecn oth- ers being wholly new ‘to this indus- In all of them, however, the raw being steadily one end of the plant-and the time is will emerge at the eng in completed guns of all is i when it pointed out that the Rethlehem Steel Company was the fed in at eville ‘| Garrett Hay, chairman of the French coast. a long addr ments and ims. is reported. stroyed by fuel. The 158th Infantry, former entire personnel took drink until the war s over. the to establish higher education of our: troops. Organized labor day’s work at the co: steel plants nd munition plants. to make an early visit to Russia. sion educational and military, there. The Railroad Administration is tal ed at Spanish ! ma building. and offers tion of ships. men in railw: ada, Diminion Steamship Line, in charge of the coastwise stea operated by the Railroad admi tion. night of August 2 age from Bizerta to Saloniki. Serbian soldiers. out of 3 board are missing. The re 1as presiden: Mining devote ment wa. Company, so that his_entire time to th announced yesterday. their Industrial War order: because of congested transportation facilities. housi 4 Douglas MacArthu: the newly formed * briga to a revoked. cow who are not actually Government war expenditures $1, day. $50,000,000. WHITMAN AND SMITH WIN man will be the republicans’ com: ficial democratic state ed at the primarv election tod: Attorney backed: by several nomin; about half of the dfstri missing, his v was pared with 95,785 for Whitman. of the Anti-Saloon “dry” forces in general Mr. Smith's victory decisive than that of Mr. Osbern, running independently out organized support. The vote was virtually negligible =3 S way of determining won franchise, ing as the men. “Suffragidts are pleased at the primaries,” declared . Mis Suffrage Party of New York. have been quick to avail thems of ‘their opportunfties ‘and _cons tious in their devotion to -luty.” express purpose of voting. Cardinal. Farley Sitting Up. Mamaroneck, N. nal Farley is able to sit up hour every day, Mensignor hig secretary, said today. from Bordeaux to Montreal was tor- pedoed Aug. 16, about 500 miles off the President Caranza opened the Z8th session of the Mexican legislature with ss reviewing his achieve- | Serious disturbances at Kyushu, Ja- pan, coal . district, among the miners | Fifty buildings were de- | First Arizona Infantry, announces that the | an oath not to The National War Work Council of Y. M. C. A. has formulated a plan colleges abroad for the in Alabama cele- brated Labor Day by putting in a full and iron mines, | Senator King of Utah, is preparing | e has been an advocate of sending 2 mis- | ing a census of cars owned by mil- lionaires. The cars may be comman- deered and converted into sleeping cars. The Spanish Government decided to | take over all German steamers intern- ports because of the torpedoing of Spanish vessels by Ger- President Irigoyen sent a bill to the | Argentine Congress encouraging ship- | The government will assist wards for rapid comple- Wage increases aggregating $15,000,- 090 annually will be granted to 30,000 v shops throughout Can- H. B. Walker, president of the Old | was placed The French steamship Pampa, 4,47 71 tons, was struck by a torpedo on the 7 while en a voy- Four 59 persons on nation of John D. Ryan of the Anaconda Copper he might zovrn s director of the Ai: Service xty cities of the east, south,*mid- | dle west and Pacific coast are to have cut down and Orders assigning Brigadier Genera: e of favette Division” at.Camp Meade, Maryland, have been! Al persons in Petrograd and Mos- residents are ordered by a decree issued by the government to leave within 24 hours. in August broke all monthly records by more than $100,000,000, amounting to 4,000,000 on geports up to vester- Later reports may raise this to IN NEW YORK PRIMARIES New Yorlk, Sept, 3.—Charles S. Whit- candi- date for a third term as governor of, New_ Yok, He will be opposed in the z campaign by Alfred E. Smith, president of the board of aldermen of | New York, and the choice of the unof- | convention. The party candidates were determin- General Merton E. Lewis of the republican ! leaders of the state, whe scught the| ion in opposition to Mr. Whit- | man, was literally snowed under. With s in the state 07 as com- Mr. Whitman had the endorsement League And the even more ‘Whitman. Tie was opposed by Willlam Church with- Osborn Especial interest in tne election cen- tered in the participation of women for the first time in a statewide prim- was comparatively light throughouy wne state and there was no tonight exactly | what percentage of the 679,5:° women enrolled took advantage of their hard Leaders of the feminine element in both parties asserted that the women voters had made fully as good a show- the shnowing made by the women voters at Mary opaan They Ives ion- Miss Hay declared many women cut short their summer. vacations for the Y., Sept. 3.--Cardi- I'B for an Carroll, fpr the manufacture of largest {{re high power guns oniy and will furn out nothing smaller than 14- nch rifies. The contract made with the: United States Steel €orporation, which is erecting and will operate the plant for the government without profit for the company, contempla‘es an expenditure of $150.000,000 on this project alome. - The plant has a ground area of 1,000 acres in addition 1o large housing projects for the em- ployes. cali- P The flow of Browning machine guns from the plants is increasing rapidly. From 6,000 to 7000 heavy and from 8,000 to 9,000 light Brown» ings per month are now being deliv- ered, Mr. Crowell said, or_enough to meet all requirements in France. La- ter on it will be possible to supply large numbers of these weapons for traininz in the United States. So far no report has come show- irg - that divisions equipped with the Browning guns have been in action but such reports cannot long be de- layed, for a large part of the army in Trance is now supplied with these weapons. The output of artillery tractors has reached ‘about 1200, Crowell's figures showed. He regard- €d it as still far below the rate of production desired. - There is no shortaze of powder and no shortage whatever in quartermas- ters’ supplies. The rifie production, Mr. Crowel] said, is steady at abouf 200,000 a month and the output of re- volvers and pistols rang=s from 50, 0 to 60,000 a month which, it is ex- pected, will be largely increased with- ir another sixty days. The assistant secretary would at- tempt no_estimate upon the relative sirength in artillery between the al- lied and American forces and the Ger- cans which the completion of Ameri- an projects would zive. He said, howeyer, that it seemed evident that the American troops or the allied torces would be able to make zood use of all the guns that could be turned out and shipped. POLISH FALCON ALLIANCE OF AMERICAN ALLIANCE Filkesbarre, Pa. Sept. 2—Delegates to the national convention of thePol- ish Falcon Alliance of America which cnded here today, sent telegrams to President Wilson. President Poincaire and other officials of the two republic thanking them for the support of the movement to establish a Free Poland afteér the war. Messages were also sent to generals in command of the Polish army on the western front as- suring them of the undying support of the Polish people of America. An ap- provriation of $15,000 was made for the erection of a Polish soldiers’ home in Prance and for the maintenance of welfare work among the Polish army. Baltimore was selected as the con- vention city for 1920, the delegates Pitisburgh will-continue as the nation- al headquarters of Falcon Alliance, ATTACK ON PRESII’)EN'IT BY SENATOR SHERMAN shington, Sept. 3 day, on President Wilson and his ad- ministration and, particularly Colo- nel B. M. House. the president's per- scnal friend and adviser. With ironical references to the pres- ident’s recent ement that poiitics v:as adjourned, the senator asserted that, having elected the president “al- most single handed” Colonel House and a coterie of Texas politicians were “in the saddle and doing poli- tics in the same old way.” Under pretense of war powers, he said, the administration was placing control of the country in the hands of a few politicians and labor leader-, to be used relentlessly for the election party candidate now and a oOresi- dent in 1920. “I denounce” he added, lautocracy covertly engaged, when the nation is in the stress of war. in un- dermining institutional civil liberty.” “ a political REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA MAY PASS THROUGH FINLAND Washington, Sept. 3.—Safe conduct for passage through Finland has buen granted to citizens of allied countrics seeking to leave Russia, the German authorities dictating the policy of the Finnish government having made no objection to the arrangement. ‘Special trains will be provided for the refugees, who include some one hundred Americans, who carry: them through Finland to the nearest Swed- ish port to embark for their homes. AIR RAID ON GERMAN AIRDROME AT BASSENAERE London. Sept. 3,—American and British airmen in an air raid on,the German airdrome at Vassenaer gium, have caused great damage, cording to an annountement made rere today. A gasoline and oil dump was set’on fire and this, in turn, ignited an ammunition dump and also six Fokker biplanes. Two other machines were destroyed by direct hits by bombs and a large Gotha hangar was completely burned. KEYES LEADING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY Concord H., Sept. 3.—Governor Henry W. Keles was lealing in the triangular contest for the republican nomination for United States senator on the face of returns from more than half the state in today's primaries. For the democratic nomination for the successor to Senmator Henry F. Holiis, the same returns gave Former Con- giessman Eugene E. Reed 2 lead over Albert W, Noone, a manufacturer, of Peterborough. AMERICANS IN FIGHTING LINE HAD A GUIET DAY With the American Army In France, Sept. 3, 8 . m—(By The Associated Press.)—The Americans in the fight- ing line north of Soissons had a quiet day. 3 There has been considerable aerial activity in the Vesle region.and sev- eral combats in the air. One German machine is reported to have been BREAK IN MACHINISTS’ STRIKE AT BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport,” Conn., Sept. 3.—Two hundred of the 5,000 machinists and toolmaXers on strike here will return to work in five of the smaller sub- contract shops tomorrow morning. The heads of these piants have agreed to meet the demands of the strikers for a minimum wage of 80 T cents an hour for tool chinists, respectively. This ' decision was reached at & meeting of the strikers under the au- spices of the local branch of .the In- ternational Association of Machinists today. In accordance with the vote, the union men will not work on any material that is to be delivered to the larger plants here that have not agreed to pay a minimum wage for machine workers. The men wiil return to the follow- ing ¥hops tomorrow morning: The Precision Gauge and Tool company, Trumbuil Manufacturing com- , Elliott Manufacturing company, Triangle Tool company, and the Erick- son & Johnson Manufacturing “com- pany. It was stated by officials of the local wnion that other shops have since conferred with the strike committee and have agreed to pay the minimum wage. The possibility of the men re- turning to these other shops that haye agreed to meet the demands of the —In a lengthy }strikers will be taken up at a meeting red addressé on whit he called |Of the strikers tomorrow afternoon. “unofficial and personal government”| William H. Johnston, president of Senator Sherman of Illiiols, 1epubli- | the Internatioral Association of Ma- /n, made an attack in the senate to- | Chinists and the representative of labor - on the national war labor board, met here today with members of the strike committee. The committee reported that he had advised that the men re- turn to the shops that have agreed to pay the wages trey ask. 3 ollowing the exodus of the men from the shops last Friday, a meeting was called and it was voted that no men should return to work until the manufacturers had agreed in a body to pay a minimum wage. President Johnston adviseg that this action be rescinded, saying that if in- dependent agreements were accepted it ity of the manufacturers. He also said that the men should 142 up to the agreements made by their strike committee, unless they wanted mob rule. Members of the Manufacturers’ as- sociation, which includes all the largest plants here, and some of the most important war comcerns in the country, are still determined that they shall not accede to the strikers’ de< mands, saying that the case has been’ decided by the national war labor board. WAGE INCREASES FOR NEARLY 1,000,000 RAILWAY EMPLOYES Washington. Sept. 3.—Nearly one million men, or half the railroad em- ployes in the United States, share in additional wage increases approved to- day by Directdr General McAdoo for track laborers, watchmen, other main- tenance of way employes, clerks, sta. tion agents and other classes of em- ployes drawing relatively low pay. The new increases, the second grant- ed in supplement to the government’s’ general wage order, will add nearly §100.000,000 to the annual railroad pay- rolls. it is said. Most of the increases, range from 10 to 30 per cent. above present wages. Details of -the new order will be announced tomorrow. Pay increases for railroad telegra-' phers are the subject of another report fo be made soon to the directan gen- eral. M’ADOO TO MAKE TRIP THROUGH NEW ENGLAND Washington, Sent. 3—Director Gen- eral McAdoo plans to leave tomorrow for a ten day trip through New Eng- land and Pennsylvania. At New York Thursday he will meet district diree- tors and federal managers of the east- ern operating region, ang later will in- spect the Boston and Maine, the New Haven and other railroads in New England, the terminal facilities at Bos- ton and the Cape Cod canal. Probably next week a meeting of railroad officials ‘from the Allegheny region will be held at Pittshurgh, Be-| fore returning, Mr. McAdoo plans to visit roads in the Pocahontas region. 600 MEXICAN FEDERALS ARE PURSUING VILLA El Paso, Texas, Sept. 3.—A force of. 600 Mexican federals are . pursuing Francisco Villa as the result of an all-day engagement last THursday downed by allied airmen. EMERGENCY RATIONS FOR OVERSEA FORCES Washington, Sept. 3.—An order for million_cmergency rations. for the oversea forces was announced. today by the war department. The ration orresponds to the “iron rafion” of the itish troops. Tt s omposed of ground meat and wheat . compressed into a cake and a biock of sweet choc- vlate ‘and will sustain’ a man a day a when about 200 men were killed at Pilar de Concho, where the Villaists- lured the regulars by a ruse, accord- ing to an American arriving here to- day. The federals are said to have lost_ about 120 men. ' German Staff Change: b Amsterdam, Sept. 3.—The German. general staff has transferred its head- quarters from Spa, Belgium, to Ver: viers, a little further to the north and. 14 miles east of Liege, according 0. i Les Nouvelles, a month, Mr, would be a wedge to break the solidar- . Headquarters. 7