Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 5, 1918, Page 1

VOL. " LIX—No. 213 GERMANS ARE GIVING GROUND OVER 150 MILE BATTLE FRONT Outflanked On All Defensive tle Line, the German High Command Has Been Forced to Begin Retreat/in the (By The Assoctated Press.) The Germans are now giving ground over the entire 150 mile battle fraht from Ypres to Rheims. et S | y eir present line to Champagne is being an- And he negative, The strategy of Marshal Foch which osed upon the Germans the neces~ falling back and Picardy now likewise ng_the enemy to ms, northward toward order to awert disasten d on all western part of and Soissons, the German at last has been forced he retrograde movement in s-Rheims sector which the had predicted through. the British, French and necess? of the armies max to the:German manoeu- he Vesle culminated wren swept away the tion of the old sali- ion of Novon and the Americans north of Sois- long the Vesie reached pp- ominating the Aisme and the s Dames and crossed to the e of the Vesle on a. front of twenty miles. ehind the front toward the we huge fires are 1o be seen where e enemy is making his way as fast as possible northward, in all probabili- harassed by outposts of French and American troops and by artillery fire “he question whether”the be able to hold even from the answer - apparently into Flanders, is withdraw e Vesle river between Soissons the defensive works the battle 1 great danger of a turning eastward ‘rom the regions EIGHT PAGES—64 COLS. Work Along the Western Bat- and the machine guns and bombs of the allied aviators. While the debacle in the south seems complete, in the morth the Ger- mans also are facing a crisis. Every- where from Peronne to Yepres, Field Marshal Haig’s men are keeping hard afte rthe enemy, whose line is daily bent back further eastward, giving the British_better points of vantage from which to work in their task of regain- ing as their first objectives St. Quen- tin, Cambrai, Lille and Armentieres. From Ypres to Lens additional towns have been recaptured and the old sali- ent more nearly reclaimed. Lens, the famous coal city, is said to have been entirely evacnated by ' the Germans, and the British ‘are only awaiting the dissipation of the noxious gases and the rendering of the city safe from the possibility of the detonation of mines in the subterranean coal chambers to enter it. From Arras southward to Peronne, English. Scotch, Welsh, Canadian and Australian _troops everywhere are harassing the enerf, meeting his vio- lent machine gun fire with such irre- sistible pressure that the enemy has een virtually nonplussed and has re- tired, at some points almost precipi- tately. Eastward of the old Drocourt-Queant line the enemy has been pushed across %o the east bank of the Canal du Nord, where at last accounts he was en- deavoring to prevent by the use of innumerable machine guns a British \advance over the ditch To the north of Peronne. over an eight mile front hetween Moislains and Demicourt, the British at several points have beaten their way across the canal, and Wednesday night were pressing the enemy well to the east- ward, TO SPEED UP DELIVERY OF SOLDIERS' MAIL IN FRANCE An Atiantic Port, Sept. tion of a postal regiment in France, composed solely of men who nave reen the postal service in the i States to spged up the de- very of soldiers’“mail, was announced Congressman Siegel of New York, who returned {rom France on a steam- hip which arrived here today. The regiment, he expkuned, will be inder the command of Colonel Howe {armerly a Boston business man, and ail for the fezhting men overseas sent to four por's in France 4 of one as has been the cis- Slegel, who arrived in France, 16, said be.had consulted Gen- Toials in the interest of “speeding 10 soldiers’ mail. Three handred young women of land, the Waacs as they are call are ng in the statistical work d the jefters will seek out the men herever they are” said Mr. Siegel. First of ail the men want their mai batter handled. Next they want more cigarettes, more chocolate, a quicker ettlement the war allowance to t folks at home and quicker pay- themselves over there. Mind there is no kicking, for the mo- rient splendid, but when 1 asked wand most the thinge that were up- mina ER SUSPECTS TAKE AT CHARTER OAK PARK rd, Sept. 4. —There's rap group of young men in building this afternoon who 1g see the Connecticut State alr at Charter Oak Park t morn- ng only to be hurried back to the city under guard because they could not show to United States Marshnl G. C. Middlebrooks and his men who met them at the gates, draft classification Hart Ny increasi he federa ent out a cards. Up to early afternoon about 0_had been detaineg. The marshal went to the grounds early this morning. His aids were ten deputies, two Hartford detective ser- geants, and several uniformed police- men in charge of Chief Livingstone of the West Hartford police department. It was pirened to meet every man en- teriaz the enclosure. A small wooden building near the main entranse was wed as a place of temporary deten- on for the men and was emptied #bout once an hour by the officers in charge of transportation 6f the de- talned. Among the victims was a German enemy alien, who claimed New York * his residence. He hal no permit. The men brought to the city were examined before the United States ommissioner this afternoon SHIP'S OFFICERS FOUND GUILTY OF CONSPIRACY New York, Sept. 4—Captain Leland P. Hawkes of the steamship Yadkin, and five officers of his ship were found guilty of conspiracy against the movernment in federal court here to- day. The maximum penalty for the offense is two years' imprisonment and $10,000 fine. The men, after taking food supplies to the allies on the Yadkin, took the ship for a marine “joy ride” in the Mediterranean and financed the cruiss by selling the ship's stores and coal from the bunkers. They vere arrest- el on Yheir arrival at an American port. They will be sentenced Friday. A NEW DIVISION OF THE NEW HAVEN ROAD Danbury, Conn, Sept, 4.—The new division _of the New York, New Ha- ‘ven & Hartford railroad, just created is to be known as the Danbury divis- don, it was announced at the head- Quarters here today. The division will embrace the lines from Danbury to Waterbury. Hawleyville to Sheiton, Fotsford to Bridgeport, Litchfield to Hawleyville, Danbury to Pittsfield, Van Dausenville to State Line and Brook- field Junction to Hawleyville Junc- tion. The Central New England rail- road will be operated from the head- quarters here as a separate division. FORECAST OF INTENTIONS OF GERMAN RETREAT London Sept. 4, 4.30 p. m.—The tac- ties of the Germans in Flanders, whers the line moved slightly forward igain today, leads to the helief that {he enemy intends ultimately to ro- re 1o the line held in 1917. This is rast of the Passchaendaele ridee, where ‘;fl]h reasonable to assume the at least fight a strong rear Fomed action, : 1"'-— 4—Forma- | Pershing and other high military | STUDYING UTILIZATION OF EX-SERVICE MEN AFTER WAR An Atlantic Port. Sept. 4.—Commis- sioner David C. Lamb of London. an international secretary of the Salva- { tion Army, who was appointed by the | British government to serve on a com- { mittee studying utilization of ex-ser- | vice men after the war, arrived here | today with Brigadier General George Davis, principal of the Salvation Army training school in Chlcago. While in this country, Commission- €r Lamb will confer as representative of General Brargwell Booth head of | the Salvation Army of the World, with the general's sister, Commander Evan- | geline Booth, regarding suppiies need- ed-by_the army abroad:, He spend i six weeks in the United States, goink to. Canada before returning to Eng- land | According to the commissioner, vears of prosperity will' follow a brief Fperiod of depression after the war, and remewed efforts to accumulate wealth will provide ample work for both men and women, at equal wages. He declared that “t was no real problem in the early scare stories of ‘war babies. " NEGRO LYNCHED IN GEORGIA By MOB PARTLY NEGROES Macon, Ga, Sept. 4—A mob jast right lynched John ‘Giiham. a negro, shortly after he had heen delive into the custody of county office | nezroes who had captured h n al |swamp near here. Gilha aped | from a chain gang recently and is al- |leged to have attacked two white wo- men was said he confessed. | Sheriff Middlebrooks of Jones coun- {ty, from which Gilham was taken on |arrival at Gray, the county seat, re- | | ported tonight that he was certain the mob was composed partly of nezroes. The sheriff and a deputy left here last | |night wit hthe prisoner. When they | reached Gray they were met by an ‘armed crowd and forced to deliver Gilham. He was then taken tc the cene of the alleged crime and put to death. MELLEN CASE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL SEPT, 24 Pittsfield, Mass, Sent. 4—In order to afford time for preparation of de- rositions in the. case of Charles Mellen, former president of the New York, New Haven ond Hartford rai road, against his wife, Catoerine Mel- len, Judge E. T. Slocum in probate court today ordered the hearing put over from September 10 to September 24. The hearing is expected to re- quire four days. In this case Mr. Mellen asks for a decree justifying him in living apart from his wife and also the right to transfer his property @s if he were an unmarried man. It has been definitely decided not to hol up the probate court proceedings on fled Paragraphs - British Shipbuilding. {ilding completed and entered for in the month of .August amounted to 124,675 gross tons. This announcement was made by the ad- miralty tonight. Baron Forrest Dies at Sea. Melbourne, Sept. 4.—Baron Forrest, three times premier - of the common- wealth of Australia, has died at sea whie on a voyage from Australia to England. g TWO CASUALTY LisTs CONTAIN 593 NAMES Washington, Sept. 4—The following casualties are reported by the Com- manding General of the American Ex- peditionary Forces: Killed in action 46; missing in ac- tion 33; wounded severely 75 died from accident and other causes 7; died of wounds 6; wounded, degree undeter- mined 20; prisoner 1; died from aero- plane accident 3; total 19: New England men a: Killed in Action. Lieutenant William H. Thomas, Candia, N, H, Corporal Arthur J. DeDan, 28 Thet- ford Ave., Dorchester, Mass. Privates—Jesse Fairbrother, 41 Mill St Westfield, Mass.; Arthur Gibeault, 333 N. Front St, New Bedford, Mass.; Emerson Maple, Chestef, N. H. Died of Wounds. Private Charles Marino, St.,, Boston, Mass. Wounded Severely. Privates—John T. Fenn, K. F. D. 53, Mt. Carmel, Conn.; Abe Levine, 54-A Clifford St., Bqston, Mass.; Leon Pat- terson Lincoln, R. F. D, Box 54 Barre, Mass.; Murray Smith, 144 E. Springfield St, Boston, Mass.; John H. Collins, 32§ Oliveti St, Derby, Conn.; Clarence W. Johnson, 1117 Park St, West Hartford, Conn.; Henry H. Jones, 514 Pine St., Providence, R. L; Stephan Krajpczo, 64 Hemlock Ave,, Hartford, Conn, Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Private Israel N. Charoux, 17 Howe St. Haverhill, Mass. Missing in Action. { Corporal William P. Cahill, Jr., R.| F. D. %, Woodbury, Conn. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON'S LIST Killed in action $3; missing in ac- | tion 75; wounded severely 166; died | of disease 15; wounded, degree un- determined 78; died of wounds 7; died : from aeroplane accident 2; died from 38 Fleet accident and other causes 6; lotal New England men are: | Killed in Action. Captain Frank M. Leahy, 2 Bailey St., Lawrence, Mas: Died of Disease. Private Charles F. Johnsor, 11 Hasted Court, Providence R. I. Died of Accident and Other Causes. ‘Wagoner Patrick J. Doyle. 15 Ariing- ton St, Worcester, Mass. t Wounded Severely. i Lieutenant ' Harry D. Brown, 54| Hanks St., Lowell, Ma | Sergeant Lewis.. Jow.. Williams, .. 203 | Seeley St, Bridgeport, Conn. Corporals—James Chaban, 66 Hill | St. Waterbury, Conn.; Victory Ma- | goon, Barre Plains, Mass.; William J. iCavanaugh, 4 Willow St. Gloucester, | Mass. | Privates—Svante A. Lee St Cambridge, Mass.; Joseph | Shapiro, 90 Harrishof St.. Roxbury, Mass.; Natale Sterine, Windsor Locks, | onn. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Sergeant Jimes B. McElroy. Tracy Place, Worcester, Mass. Corporal . Bresnahan, 9| { Crown St., Westfield, Mass, Privates—Geirge A. Bodfish, Hyde Park Ave. Sullivan Forte, bury, Conn.; Lindgren, 54 13 1052 Hyde Park, Mas Scovill St., Wates vid H. Reid 1966 Ni orth | Ave,, Bridgeport, Conn Missing in Action. Corporals—John - H. Hitchoock, 101 Locus St, Hampton, Mass.; Hugh V. 20 Jamaica Road, Brookline, Foster E. Paul, 23 Auburn St., Springfield, Mass. Privates—Shelburn Kincaid, 43 Rap- | piilo Ave, Middletown. Conn.: W liam A. Litch, 41 Windsor Ave., Lynn, | Mass. MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES. Summary of casualties to date: Officers. | Deaths Har Wounded . . 60 Missing . . i 2 o8| Enlisted Men. | Deaths . . 875 | Wounded . 1895 In hands of cnem: 10 Missing . . 123 — 203 3,001} BABSON LABOR CONFERENCE DISCUSSES PROFIT SHARING Wellesley, Mass., Sept. 4. — Profit sharing was discussed at the first ses- sion of the Babson Labor Conference which opened here today. Before the sessions began it was announced that account of the action for divorce which Mrs. Mellen hag started again her husband, alleging cruel and abu- sive treatment, WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD TO SAFEGUARD COTTON CROP Washington, Sept. 4—The War In- dustries Board, with the approval of President Wilson, is soon to appoint a committee to consider the desirabil- ity and feasibility of effecting a sta- bilization of cotton prices and other matter.:r jonnected with handling the crop. is_was announced tonight b; Chairman Baruch, el “The announcement of another short crop of cotton,” said Mr. Baruch's slatement, “raises in acute form the problem of satisfying the needs of the nation as well as those of the allies and of securing an equitable distribu- tion for the gul‘pflae of winning the war. Involved In the distribution ie the problem of bringing about a rea- sonable ‘stabilization of prices in the interest of both the producer and con- sumer.” BRITAIN SENDS DEMANDS TO BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT London, Sept. 4—The British goy- ernment has sent a telegram to the Bolshevik goversment at Moscow de- mi ing reparation P - iy oy A on e at Pe- g.nn-ul on w:}l ‘when .the em- hassy was sacked and Captatn Cromie, the British attache, was kilted. 5 The British government.threatens in the event of the fallure of the Bol- shevik governmeitt “to give satisfac- tion, or if there should be a repetition of acts of vielence, to make the mem- bers of the Soviet government indi- vidually responsible and have them treateq as outlaws by civilized na- representatives of 175 large manufac- turing ‘plants employing about 600,000 persons had registered for the confer- ence, In opéning the meeting Roger Bab- son advocated co-operation among emplovers and wage earners and co- operation between both ani the fed- eral government. He pointed out that it was the interest of The government and the wage workers for business men to succeed and to the interest of all that there be a fair division of profits among all_concerned Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst, the.Eng- lish suffragist, was one of the speak- ers. TWO NEW OPERAS BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS New York, Sept. 4—Two new operas by American composers will be pro- duced here this seacon by the Metro- politan Opera company, according to announcement tonight by the manage- ment. The new operas, each in one act, are ‘The Legend” by Joseph Charles Breil, and “The Temple Dancer,” by John Adam Hugo. Mr. Breil is the composer of several popular songs and\ has written inci- dental music for atnumber of big cinema productions. * Mr. Hugo is a piano teacher in a syburban town. Both composers are ne&eomm to the operatic world. BIENNIAL CONVENTION OF NATIONAL LODGE, M. U. New Haven, Conn. Sept. 4.—Before concluding the biennial convention of the Nationa] Lodge,” Manchester Unity 0dd Fellows today, these officers were chosen: Grand master, John. Rigg, New York city; deputy’ grand master, Joseph . Armstrong, . Philadelphia; grand secretary, J. S. B. Clarke, Fall River, Mass.: grand treasurer, George Lord, Providence. The 1920, conven- | buildings was |and a detachment of explosion. unconseious but later was revived and Kas. This action which were denied by Sheriff John E. Traeger, that a bomb had been found ment today as follows: Bomb Kills Four Persons in Chicago ' W. Suspected of Causing the Explosion. Chicago, Sept. 4—Four. persons were killed and more than seventy-five oth- ers injured by the explosion of a bomb in a crowded entrance to the federal ‘building at 3.10 o'clock this afternoon. The . explosion. which not only wrecked the entrance of the building, but shattered every window' on the first three floors of buildings across the street, was attributed to the L W. W. by Philip J. Barry, in charge of the local offices of the department of justice. Raids on two headquarters of the I W. W. within fifteen minutes after the explosion. resulted in the arrest of nine men. Several more were taken into custody within the federal build- ing, and a woman, whosé name was suppressed, was arrested in a nearby building. Tonisht government agents and. the entire city- police force were seeking the perpetrator of the outrage. __“This outrage, in my opinion, was inevitable as an act of reprisal on the part of the I W. W.” Mr. Barry declared after a hurried investigation, “following the sentencing of nearly a hundred of their members. We are certain® that the L. W, W. committed this deed. I'believe that the bomb ‘was composed of nitroglycerine. Sev- eral arrests-have been made and we are questioning the prisoners as fast as we can. The court room of Federal Judge K. M. Landis, where ninety-five I. W. 'W. leaders recently were convicted and sentenced " to prison for obstructing the government’s war program, is on the sixth floor of the building. Wil- liam D. Haywood, general secretary- treasurer of the 1. W. W. and one of those sentenced to {wenty years in prison for his part in the conspiracies, was on the eighth floor of the build- ing with his lawyer, who was planning to seek a Writ of error in his behalf, when the explosion occurred. He d plored the outrage and while emphat- ically denying that any of his men had committed the act, admitted that he believed the I. W. W. would be blamed. The so-called “uncrowned king” of the I W.: W. plainly feit the bu)glding tremble with, the detonation of the bomb and heard the glass crash in the dome of the structure and the cries of the injured. He appeared calm and did not leave the deputy marshal's of- i It is unfortunate that this happened at this time.” he said feel- ingly. “1 know that the I. W. W. will be'blamed, but I am convinced in my own heart that no'man of my organ- ization was in any way connected with thls matier. It would be insane for al s . . to commi ch a E i mit such' an aet at he bomb, which is-believed to havé consisted of «at least -three ow’?x"e- wrapped steel cvlinders chargedwith high explosive, was carried into the Adams street entrance of the building during one of the most busy periods of the day. Concealed in a suit case, and connected with a time fuse. the device was deposited behind a radiator unnoticed by - the passing ' throng. Nearly a hundred persons were in the corridor at the time, at the stamp windows, writing desks and letts - istry division. o thing The explosion came just as a bel in the dome of the building struck 3.10 o lock. This bell is rung at that time each day to mark the change of clerks in the postoffice. The forée of blast tore the radiator from its fasten- i and hurled it twenty feet into et, where' it struck ang killed a horse, smashed desks. tore up great slabs of marble from the walls, ground nto splinters and filled th plaster, stone and broken ass. Directly across the street every pane of in the first three floors of the (ommonwealth-Edison and Marguetto in upon occu- pants of offices ores and restaurants, Many of the injured were cut by these fiying frasments. Every person in the corridor where the explosion took place was hurled to the floor, and their cries soon filled the building and halted the first_panic-stricken rush of the unin- Jured to escape from other entrances. The streets outside were soon roped off by policemen and ambulances and requisitioned" automobiles began rush- ing the victims to hospitals. Within half an hour a detail of sailors from the Great Lakes naval training station n Home guards with fised bayonets took up the task of keeping back the crowds, The dead included two postal cler! a sailor and a Chicago woman. Pete Dailey of St. Paul, Minn., who was placed on trial with the other I W. W. members, but later was released by Judge Landis because of his physi- cal and mental condition. was taken, into custody tonight for questioning in connection with the explosion. A’ young moman who was passing the office of the British recruiting mis- sion opposite the federal building was Dblown through the window by the ex- plosion. A squad of British soldiers was sent immediately to help the police restrain the crowds. Helen - Michike, one of the victims, was killed at her sister’s side as they were walking past the éntrance to‘the building. Both were struck by pieces of the bomb or debris blqwn out by the The sister was rendered taken to her home. One of the first men taken into eus- tody in connection with the outrage was James Connelly of ‘Philadelphia. He was found on an upper floor of the building and was quesiioned by gov- ernment officials, A double guard of police and depu- ty sheriffs tonight was placed around the county jail, where the 95 . W. W. prisoners are awaiting removal to the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, followed reports in the jail. CASUALTIES ANNOUNCED BY NAYY DEPARTMENT Washington, Sept.« 4. — Casualties were announced -by the navy depart- Thomas Sumner Finnegan, machin- ist’s mate, South Manchester, Conn, died September 2 from severe burns on board the hospital ship Solace. Clarence Singles Evans, previously Harry B. Dekay, machinist's mate, Hancock, Vt,.and.Thomas Randolph’ Symington, chief - quartermaster, Bal- timore, were._injured in an aeroplane accident at Kév: West, Fla, Sept. 1. The condition of both men ig reported ton will be held In New, York city. . 'as avorable. . the | Cossacks Cooperate With Czecho-Slovaks The Bolshevik Army East of Lake Baikal Has Been Destroyed. Washington, Sept. 4—Belated des- patches reaching the state department from Irkutsk, Siberia, via Peking dated Aug, 13, say that the Bolshevik army east of Lake Baikal, has been destroyed by the Czecho-Slocvaks; that Cossa%is are co-operating ‘with the Czechs and that all Americans in Siberia are safe. When the messages were sent th provisional Siberian government form- ed at Omsk had formally declared war upon Germany, assumed the foreizn debts and asked for allied, assistance. United States’ Consul Harris was'| reported back at Irkutsk after a irip to_Omsk and Ychecyabinsk. Reports of the killing of Sassanoff, former Russian foreign minister, at Simbirsk were confirmed. LABOR BUSINESS AGENT ATTACKED AT BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 4—Loyal ‘workers of the huge gun plant of the Bullard Engineering Works executed a mass attack on Samuel Lavit, bus- iness agent of the local branch of the International Associations of Ma- chinfsts and members of the strike committee when today at noon they tried to entice the ordnance work- ers to leave their work and join the strike here of 5000 machinists and tooimakers, a movement that has dangerously, threatened production of essential war materials. The Bullard Engineering works is the only plant here of any tmportance that has not lost a man in the strike movement. Agent Lavit at the noon hour threatened the Bullard workers with the loss of their membership cards it they did not join the strike. The men made such a threatening demonstra- tion against Lavin that the plant guards interfered and persuaded the men to return to work. A large group of the striking ma- chinists Jeft the city today for work in other ciiies. It is now estimated that at least 1,000 of the strike: lef: town. Tonight the workers of five of the largest plants here assembled and elected their delezates to a conven- tion to be leld at a near date. At this convention the delegates from the shops will clect three representatives for them on the committee of i d conciliation. wo hundred of the strik- ers will return to woi;“ tomorrow at the plants of the Electric Compositor Company, the Lindstrom Toal Works the Modern Manufacturing Company and the Bridgeport Ma-hine and Too! Company, wio have agreed to pay the minimum" wage demanded. {RECORD IN DE LIVERY “MERCHANT SHIPS Washington. Sept. 4—-Delivery merchant ships by American shipyards in August exceeded all previous rec ords for this country, Chairman Hurle; of the shipping board was ised to- day by Charles M. Schwab. director- general. of the - Ei ¥ Fleet cor- poration. aggregating 340,145 deadweight were turned out. Forty-four of the ships, of an aggre- lzate deadweight tonnage of 260,645 {were steel, and theremaining twenty- | two were wooden or composite. | ction of American shipping previous deadweight by British d, 1 | | of the sixty ships. it i permit the return to nd South Am can trades of some of the fast vessels that recent transferred t to meet war demand: deliveries put the total ton- for the shipping hoard be- 1 the yoi 2,000,000 million tons was deliv the tota! production was 2,019,439 deadweight tons. Increased deliveries by American lyards added to those of the allied { countri places new constructfon well Thead of destruction by submarines. | For the first six months of this year, i the sinkings of allied and meutral to- taled 279393 gross tons while pro- | duction” was 2115.591 gross tons. A SPECIAL CREDIT OF $200,000,000 WITH FRANCE Paris, Sept.' 4—The weekly report of the Bank of France, which will be issued tomorrow. will carry a new heading entitled “United States Treas- ury Account.” A statement explain- ing_this says: “The presence of an American army, which is constantly increasing, has brought about negotiations between the French and American governments. Without awaiting a conclusion of these pourparlers, the American treasury has placed a special credit of $200,000,000 at the disposition of the French treas- ury, which- has" transferred it to the Bank of France on the basises of me- tallic parity, thus reducing advances by the bank. “As these dollars are utilized the bank will credit the treasury with the difference between the metallic parity and tBe rate of exchange at which the dollars are transferred. The govern- ment thus itself is integrally assured of the benefit of the exchange result- ing from this operation, of which the first effect is to liquidate its debt to the bank of 1,036,000,000 francs.” AMERICAN TROOPS ARE IN CLOSE PURSUIT OF GERMANS Washington, Sept. 4. — American troops in close ‘pursuit of the Germans retiring north of the Besle have cap- tured jhe villages of Bazoches, Ber- les Fismette and Daslieux, taking prisoners and machine guns.: Gener- al Pershing reported in his come munique for today, received tonigh at_the war department. The American forces,. - General Pershing said, have reached the gen- eral line of Vauxcere-Blanzy-Le Grand Hameau. American aviators al- 0 have successfully bombed the rail- road yares at Longuyon, Domary- Daroucourt and Conflans. INSUBORDINATION IN GERMAN TROOPS IN ESTHONIA Christiania, Norway, Sept. 4—Ger- reported’ as: wounded. when submarine | man troops in Esthonia are showing chaser 209 fired on by the steamer Fe- |signs ,of insubordination, according to lix Taussig, died Aug. 29. d advices received here - from . Russia’ Several hundred soldiers have hoisted the. red flag; singing the Mrseillaise. Their officers were powerless to keep order. At Reval 400 German soldiers and sailors - tqok -part -in. similar demon- | strations, according to the reports. of | Condensed Telegrams An ltalian troopship has arrived at a Chinese northern port. * Aerial mail trips between New York and Chicago will begin today. Cuba has begun preparations to draft men between the ages of 21 and. 29 _years. Purchases of war savings and thrift stamps in New York amount to $25,- 723,452, The condition of Lenine, Bolsheviki Premier, is reported improving and all danger passed. George Lorand, radical member of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies died of heart failure. Further exportation of copra from the Philipipnes was prohibited by the overnor-General. Lieut. S. G. Green, of Calhoun, Ga., was Kkilled at Atubaron Aviation Field Fort Worth, Tex., during a flight. A nine-story cooler and storage beilding will be built in Chicago by Armour & Co. The plant will cost $1,500,000. The French Ambassador and Mme. Jusserand will attend the celebration of Lafayette Day in New York on Fri- day. There will be no delay for Liberty Bond blanks. A sufficient quantity, has been assured for those who pay' cash. s The French steamer Pampa was sunk by a torpedo of the night of Aug. 27 while on a voyage from Bizerta to Salonica. More than 40,000 manufacturers us- ing steel were called upon by the War Industries Board to make complete re- ports of stocks. Two Germans interned at Camp Sherman, Ohio, cantonment escaped while at work under guard in a corn- field but were captured. The corn crop of Oklahoma is placed at 19 per cent. of normal compared with 39 per cent. a month ago and 43 per cent. a year ago. Anthracite production for the last five weeks went “over the top” despite the shortage of labor. The amount mined was 23,000,000 tons. Navy reports announce that the steamer West Haven was shelled by a submarine 400 miles off the coast of Halifax but escaped. The House passed a bill of Repre- sentative Russell, of Missouri, forbid- ding the payment of pension to anyone convicted of disloyalty. French mail trains are travelling through Amiens from Paris, Calais and Dunkirk instead of a round-about way forced by the German drive last March. The Berliner Zeitung Am-Mittag re- ports that several American transports were sunk by submarines between tAug. 12 and 23 with the loss of 900 troops. Captain Studley of the Nantucket Shoals Lightship, reports he saw a U- boat near the Lightship last Sunday morning. He said the crew made pre- { paration to abandon the ship but then the submarine withdrew. The Clearing House Association an- nounces that 10,000 bankers will at- tend the annual convention of the American Bankers' Association at Chi- cago, beginning the week Sept. 23. The Republican committee on com- mittees selected Senator Dillingham, of Vermont, conservative Republican, as the new member of the finance com- mittee to succeed the late Senator Gallinger. | An effect of war on education was shown at opening of the State {Normal sc’al] at New Britain yes- when only one-half the usual r of young women enrolled. Journeymen tailors to the number of 160 employed at New Haven, ruck yesterday as the merchant tailor e to grant an increas- ed_price list. : Fiying Cadet C. M. Milliken, former Pittsburgh XNational league pitcher. died at Fort Worth, Texas., from in- juries received yesterday when he | crashed to carth in an airplane with | Lieutenant Sidney Green. Lieutenant Irby Rice Curry, att; ed to the air service, American peditionary Forces, and once star f bilt Universi | has {in France. | BREAK IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. tion in the democratic party i further complicated to- Mitchell Palmer, de; cratic national comm |ally repudiated Judze Eugene C. {niwell, Philadelphia, democratic can- | didate for governor, and submitted to |tiic ‘state committee, which ze was addressing, whetker it should not al- so repudiate him A A resolution was adopted callin; jon the candidate to show causc why {he should not witadraw from the | ticket. Mr. Palmer, in a statement read to the commi tee, sayd he had been in- formed by John Sinnot, Philadelphia president of the Liguor Dealers sociation of Pennsylvania that Judge Bonniwell was on the payroll of re- publicans lining upstafe firemen for William C. Sproul, the - republican candidate, when Bonniwell was asked by Sinnot, a supporter of United States Senator Penrose. to run for {the democratic nomination. G, MEETING OF DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE New Haven, Conn,, Sept. 4—To plan their campaign in this section and to co-ordinate that plan with arrange- ments made elsewhere in Connecticut the democratic state central commit- tee met at Savin Rock this afternoon. Registrars of voters and nominees on the state ticket made up a party of about sixty. Thomas J. Spellacy, the nominee for governor, made the chief address, and the campaign prospects were outlined by Chairman D. E. Fitz- Gerald. The latter said the party was animated by a spirit of harmony and solidarity and which gave promise of o democratic victory in the state in November. CONSCIENTIOUS DRAFT OBJECTOR SUICIDES South Norwalk, Conn., Thomas Lawlor, of this cit; ted suicide by hanging hi; tree near the home of his mother, Mrs. Mary Lawlor, in Cranberry. Law- lor was a conscientious draft objector and had an aversion to military ser- Vice. He was twenty-nine vears and married. After registering he was placed in Class 4 because of the fact that his wife was dependent upon him. He has done no steady work for some time and persistently refused to take up any occupation. SEVEN ARRESTS IN U. S. ARSENAL AT ST. LOUIS St.' Louis, Mo., Sept. 4—Seven men employed in the United. States arsenal here are being held by federal author- ities as a result of an investigation into” thefts in the last eight vears of thousands of dollars worth of army supplies. Three of the men, federal officers say. have confessed their com- Plicity in the thefts, which included army. shoes, socks, shirts, underwear, blankets and other material S ol ment today by General March, chief of staff, that more than 1§00.000 American troops had besn embarked for all fronts up to August 81 fur- nished a new measure of the forces Marshal Foch has at his disposal wjth which to follow up the victories l- ready won on the western' front. Included in the American ship- ments are men sent to Italy and Si- beria, the arrival of General Graves, American commander, at Viadivostok, with nearly 1,400 men of the forces| despatched direct from the United States having been announced today by General March. The total number of men sent elsewhere than to Franee, however, is less than 10,000, leaving more than a million and a half Amer- ican troops available for the use of the supreme commander in the great battle. . The size of this American force be- comes increasingly important as the scope of the mew British assault at the very center of the German line on the Douai-Cambrai front becomes ap- parent. In the opinion of army offi- cials here, the breakdown of the Ger- man defense lines on this front may Dprove the entering wedge for allied successes of a sweeping mature since the fact that General Pershing’s army has not yet been largely employed is proof that Marshal Foch has ample reserves with which to press his ad- vantage. In his mid-week conference with newspaper correspondents, General March reviewed briefly the Yattle sit- uation of the last three or four days, noting particularly that the British in the most impressive phase of the Dattle, east of Arras, had smashed their way across the Hindenburg line on an eight mile front with Cambrai as their objective. The major enemy resistance along the whole sixty-mile battle front from the Scarpe to the Cise, he said, had been encountered and overcome by the British and the vift advance of the French troops last we2k, when they gained five or six miles;on a 25 mile front in a sin- gle day, was due iargely to with- Grawal forced upon the enemy in the north. Genera] March pointed out also, in- dicating the rapidity with which the DECISIVE BLOW IN WORLD WAR | General March Opines That General Foch in New n Wil Hit the Enemy With the Full Force of the American. and Allied Armies—Believes German Amy is — ¥ steady drive of the allied the British had pressed ahead teen miles since they launched attack on Aug. 21. Even as General March talked, came from the battle front that the enemy had been hurled still § further back along the uai-Cambrai line and indicating the British early today - stoed within five miles of the Cam- brai pivot to this German defense-po- sition. Later reports from both Flan- ders and the Vesle, farther . to the south, indicated that new retirements were 'in_progress in both places, due to the combination “of the British thrust in the center and General Man- gin's flanking movement toward. the Chemin des Dames. = The advance of cO- At in_forces acrot the Vesle indicates that the German line at this end of the battle is, being forced back toward the Aisne by the pressure from the fl:hnk. . the despatches from abroad, officers here noted again today, veiled indications that some new and portant phase of the battle is to be expected shortly. There was an air of expectancy among both unofficial and semi-official commentators which produced the impression that Mar- shal Foéh is preparing for a new blow. If this is the case, it is be- lieved here that the employment. of General Pershing’s army may be well included in the plans, the object: be- ing to hit with full force of the Amer- ican and allied armies now, that the German disorganization appears to be spreading and his line wavering. The reports indicated tonight to many observers that the enemy was now - withdrawing along his = whole front. from Flanders to Rheims. This was the deduction made from the new French advances in the pocket formed by the Oise line around the Ham- Guiscard-Chauny triangle and also from the movement across the Vesle. If it develops that the Germans have Leen forced by the rupture of their center to attempt such a. wholesale retreat, it is argued that Marshal Foch might well believe that the mo- ment to attempt a decisive stroke had come since the confusion resulting from such a movement to the rear necessarily would be great. : that ‘four- their word (PRESIDENT’'S MESSAGE ON DEVELOPMENT OF PALESTINE New York, Sept. 4—On the eve the Jewish New Year, which® begins at sundown I sage irom President Wilson expressing his “deep and sincere interest” in the progress of the developmeni of Palestine as |the Jewish homeland, was made oub- lic here tonight by Rabbi Stephen s. Wise, former president of the proviss ional Zionist Committee. The. presi- dent wrote to Rabbi Wise: “I swatched wititsdeen and sin- cere interest the re-constructive work which the Weizmann Commission has idone in Palestine at the instance of |the British government, znd 1 wel- come an opportunity to express the satisfaction I have felt in the prog- ress of the Zionist movement in the United States and in the allied coun- | tries since the declaration by. Mr. four on behalf of the British govern- ment, of Great Britain's approval of the establishment in Palestine of a Inational home for the Jewish people, |and his promise that the British zov- |ernment would use its best endeavors {to facilitate the achievement of that lobject, with the understandinz that {nothing would ,be done to prejudice civil and réligious rights of non- Jewish people in Palestine or thd hts and political status enjoyed by Jews in other countries. T think that all Americans wil! he deeply moved by | the report that ev in this time of stress the Weizmann Commission has been able to lay the foundation of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem with the promise that t bears of spiritual rebirth. NINE MORE AMERICAN PRISONERS IN 'GERMANY Washington, Sept. 4—Names of nine, additional American officers and men who are prisoners in Germany were announced today by the war depart- ment, but the camps in which they are held are as vet unknown. The pris- oners_are: Major John F. Goodman, Ridgewood, N. J. (reported to be at Langenealza). Lieutenants Thomas P. Shea, Springfield, Mass.; Arthur M. Roberts, Birmingham, Ala., and John McArthur, Fremont, Neb. Corporals Foster E. Paul, Spring- field, Mass.; Percy Holvorson, Neenah, Wis. t Privates lis E. Snowman, Blue Hill, Me.; Leonard H. Lungren. Nor- ben, Mo.; Peter Sagehorn, Syracuse, N X LAFAYETTE DAY TO BE CELEBRATED IN BAY STATE Boston, Sept. 4 proclamation urging the observance of September 6 as “Lafayette Day” was issued to- night by Governor McCall. “The day,” Governor McCall said, “falls on the 161st anniversary of the birth of this great French hero. It is also the anni ry of the battie of the Marne, which turned the lide of barbarism in 1914. The day is ‘set aside, the governor said, to the end that “our thoughts may be more particularly directed to- ward those ties that bind us to France not only of the present when we are fighting by her side, but also of that day when she was instrumen- tal in helping us obtain our liber- ties.” ABANDONMENT FOR WAR OF AUTOMOBILE SHOWS New York, Sept. 4—Abandonment for the period of the war of the an- nual New York and Chicago automo- bile shiws was recommended tonight by the directors of ‘the Nationzi Au- tomobile Chamber of Commerce in a rommunication addressed ‘to mem- bers. The directors expressed the be- lief that holding .of the shows would e “inconsisten: with the patriotic ob- ligation of the industry” which call for conservation of labor, fuel and transportation. AMENDMENT TO WATER POWER BILL VOTED DOWN ‘Washington, Sept. 4—An amendment to the administration water power bill eliminating the provision that thé pur- chase price to-be paid by the govern- ment for power plants taken over at the end of the lease periods shall be based on the net investment was voted down today by the house, 86 to T1. The amendment . was - endorsed . by President Wilson, who asked for res- toration of the original provision that the purchase price should not exceed FURTHER DELAY IN ACTION ON WAR PROHIBITION BILL ‘Washington, Sept. 4.—Final action on the bill providing for national pro- hibition after next July 1 and con- tinuing until the demobilization = of American troops has been completed after the war, failed again today in the senate owing to the introduction of amendments to the $12,600,00 emergeney agricultural _appropriation bill to which the prohibition legislax tion is attached. Senator Jones of Washington, a pro- hibition leader, predicted during de- bate that the house would fccept the senate’s prohibition plan, thus pre- cluding the possibility of changes be- ing made in conference. A substan- tial majority in the house js claimel by prohibition leaders, who also sy Eresident Wilson will not object to the lesislation. An amendment providinz for the purchase by the zovernment of all distilled spirits held in bond on July 1, at 4 price to be fixed by a commis- sion appointed by the president, was introduced late today bt Senator Tankhead of Alabama. Under its pro- visions, the commission would fix the value of such spirits and report to congress through the secretary of the treasury. 1t congress held the valua- tion to be fair, the government would pay the owners for such liquors in cash or zovernment honds. The | amendment was not taken up. DEATH SENTENCES OF TEN NEGRO SOLDIERS COMMUTED ‘Washington. Sept. 4—Death sen- tences of ten negro soldlers who par- ticipated in the rio; a}t1 Hou:'on. Te‘:- as, August 23, 1917, have been com- Tuted i life imprisonment by Pres- ident Wilson. . In six other cises the precident af- firmed the death sentences because the condemned men had been found guilty of having deliberately and with great cruelty murdered c § This action, announced today by the war deépartment, concludes the cas- es of twenty-nine negroes given the death penalty for their part in the riot. Thirteen were executed and the president was called upon lo review the findings In sixteen cases. The president found {hat the ®n whose sentences he commuted had not bebn convicted of personally and di- causing deaths. The soldiers involved were not named in the war department’s statement. The president reviewed the record at length, emphasizing the gravity of the rioters’ crime and the care taken by the military autorities to give them justice. HEATED DEBATE AT BRITISH TRADES ' UNION CONGRESS Derby, England, Sept. 4 — J. H. Thomas, labor member of parliament for Derby. precipitated a lengthy and heated debate at the trades union cen- gress today by introducing a reso- lution calling for the war aims of the labor and socialist parties of the Cen- London. The resolutien urges ibe congress to institute peace, negotiations as soon as the enemy, voluntarily or by com- pulsion, evacuates France and Bel- gium and re-affirms his belief in the internationals as the safest goar- antee for world peace. The resolution also demands labor representation at the peace congress. PROBABILITY OF STRIKE . OF BOSTON FIREMEN Boston, Sept. 4—A strike of city firemen in case of failure to meet their demand for more pay is a probability, according to a statement made by Mayor Peters today after a conference with Thomas G. Spellacy, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters. Mayor Peters said Mr. Spellacy told him the situation was most serious. The mayor replied that he knew of no way of granting the re- quest before the next budget was framed. FRANCE APPRECIATIVE OF GENEROSITY OF AMERICA New York, Sept. 4—Marshal Joffre, president of The' Fatherless Children of France, in a cablegram to the New York headquarters of the organiza- tion, received - today, expressed ‘“the gratitude of the whole of France for the generosity ‘with which came so_spontaneously to the Washington, Sept. 4 — Announce- |battle front is shifting under the 7 3 tral Powers in answer to the war aims| of the inter-allied conference held i,